Yanjing is thousands of miles away.
Ningrong Street, Xifu.
The stage in the backyard of Rongguo Mansion.
The newly arrived orchids from the Western Regions are dancing to the accompaniment of musicians.
A handsome young man came up from the side of the stage and joined the dancing crowd. He gradually approached the center and found the most beautiful girl. He danced with her and exchanged his feelings with her.
The beautiful girl's eyes became more and more blurred, and finally she lay in the boy's arms.
The music behind them suddenly stopped, and the boy and girl stood up to take a bow. The boy took off his felt hat, revealing his thick black long braids. This was also a beautiful girl.
A few clear and euphemistic cheers came from the audience, and the men with beards on their chins who were commenting on the show also heard the cheers, looked at each other and smiled, and ignored them.
"Shut up, how rude are you guys for being so startled?" A middle-aged woman with a serious smile and a rosary in her hand spoke out.
Someone still came to be the villain.
Several young ladies immediately covered their mouths.
The old lady who was getting older was not happy.
"Okay, this play is indeed good. Brother Hui put in a lot of effort to train it. Isn't that all you're waiting for?"
The young ladies immediately breathed a sigh of relief and smiled at each other.
"I didn't expect that Brother Hui's script this time was surprisingly good. I still remember that the last episode was so, so, so goosebumps that made my whole body feel bad."
A tall young lady with broad shoulders and a narrow waist, she was outspoken and spoke out casually.
These words made the other little lady unhappy.
"That is a script brought back by my brother. If it has not been trained by my brother, it will naturally be bad."
Even the rebuttals in the soft tone are not lethal, and even give people a desire to bully.
The young lady with slender shoulders and waist just covered her mouth and smiled softly.
The two people quarreling, one is the old lady's niece and nephew, and the other is a cousin who is a concubine like him, but has the support of an upright and good brother.
Thinking of this, the little lady inadvertently left the little man in the arms of a beautiful woman, imagining the scene of the little man growing up to support her.
But until his own brother grows up, it would be better for him to speak less.
The other three older girls were also arguing and discussing. The youngest one could still interject a few words at first, but as the argument became more intense, her big and smart eyes slowly lost their luster.
What are they talking about?
"I heard that this is a play compiled by Brother Hui based on a story from the Western Regions. Oh, cousin, are you listening?"
"Okay, okay, it's so big." The elder Jia She stared at the Orchid on the edge of the stage and said something vaguely.
The big man in purple robe hesitated to speak, but still gave a word of advice.
"I said, cousin Enhou, no matter how good-looking he is, he must still belong to Brother Hui. We elders can't, at least we shouldn't..."
"Ah, yes, yes, this is my son's woman," Jia She regained his senses and wiped his saliva, "As a father, I would never steal my son's things. Anyway, brother Hui gave me a lot. Beauty, I can still use it for a while, but I don’t know when I can deal with those Heshuotes on the plateau again.”
After saying that, Jia She took out a purple clay pot, rubbed it with his sleeve like a baby, and sipped the tea into his mouth.
His right hand was not idle, even if his soul was attracted by the big-breasted Orchid, he did not stop holding the two shiny red walnuts on the writing plate.
"It's almost time. I heard that the Anxi Army has organized troops to support Gansu. I think it won't be long before Heshuote can be driven back to the plateau." A man with a scar on his face came over and spoke with that face. He said in an uncoordinated tone.
"I guess Brother Hui will also accompany the army to support him. Not only him, but those concubines... those talents from various families should also come back and be granted titles. After a while, the thresholds of each family will be smoothed by matchmakers. Here you go."
The scar-faced man, Shi Ding, the Marquis of Zhongjing, earned his title by his own hard work, so he had a great impression of Jia Hui, who had made great achievements in fighting for his family.
"It's very, very true. I heard from people in the Ministry of Industry that when Brother Hui comes back, a count will be indispensable. Brother Hui is only seventeen." The second master Jia Zheng also sighed and thought of something again. He looked towards He looked at Jia Zhu, who was standing beside him, his eyes full of determination.
Jia Zhu, who was thin and tall, trembled all over. She didn't know why, so she just thought it was because of a cold, and when she found an opportunity, she resigned from everyone.
The slim girl with a noble temperament glanced at her brother worriedly. He was always forced to read by his father. Except when he went to the Imperial College to study, he wouldn't even let go of the door of his room all day long.
Seeing that his brother was getting thinner and thinner, standing together as if he was even thinner than his sister, Yuanchun looked at his father on the other side of the screen, who was vaguely ignored by several uncles, and hesitated to speak.
The woman who knew her best friend's concerns held Yuan Chun's hand and comforted her.
"I know what you are worried about. I will talk to my father later and leave him in the Imperial College for an extra hour on weekdays to have a good rest."
Yuanchun looked at his best friend gratefully.
"Don't look at me like this. Anyway, I will eventually become a family with you." The girl's voice became smaller and smaller, and her courage was in a quantum superposition state of yes and no.
The girl is none other than Li Wan.
At that time, the old Duke, who was still a mighty middle-aged man, felt that his family had lost a bit of quietness. He wanted to change his style and respond to the court's policy at that time, so he decided to marry the daughter of a civil servant to Jia She, who was destined to be a military general.
This is what is called the integration of civil and military forces.
Generally speaking, military generals marry civil servants' daughters, and civil servants marry generals' daughters.
Rather than letting civil and military forces marry alone and form two major political groups, it is better to let them blend and split into more small groups.
Anyway, that’s what the emperor thought and did at that time.
The two major groups that had gradually formed were torn apart in an instant, forming small communities of interests based on geographical divisions.
For example, the Four Jinling Families, headed by the Jia family, formed with the local imperial examination families around Jinling such as Li Wan's father Li Shouzhong, and were called the "Jinling Sect" in the court.
It's just that the Jia family's power in the court has been thwarted, and many Jinling families have moved closer to the Zhen family.
Regardless of the effect, it was much more stable than the Heshuote people who had formed two major factions on the plateau. The emperor was often proud of this and continued to adhere to his own policy.
In this case, Jia Daishan's eldest son Jia She also welcomed his eldest son.
Since he is a concubine, there are many marriage partners.
In the end, Jia Daishan chose a junior whom he had met when he was on official business in Jiangnan, and was sent to be his official, Li Shouzhong, a Hanlin scholar who had won the top prize in high school the previous year.
Coincidentally, his eldest daughter is three months younger than his eldest grandson, and her official position is neither high nor low, she is the fifth-rank doctor of the etiquette department of the Ministry of Etiquette. This rank is suitable for his grandson, and Jia Daishan also knows Li Shouzhong thoroughly.
Li Shouzhong didn't have any objections to this. Even if the lintel of the Duke's palace was a concubine, he couldn't compare with other people's legitimate sons. With Jia Daishan's emphasis on Jia Hui's training, he would not be bad no matter what. The worst thing was that Jia Daishan also promised to be with him a hundred years later. , the private house belongs to Jia Hui, and the children will not suffer if the family is separated and lives alone.
The worst he could do was to give her more as a dowry. Li Shouzhong, who came from a wealthy family, would not wrong his daughter.
Under various coincidences, the fates of Jia Hui and Li Wan were intertwined.
Just as Yuanchun and Li Wan were holding hands and chatting passionately, the pretty girl next to them curled her lips.
Bullying her that Wang Xifeng doesn't study much?
"Look, look, I've started worrying about my sister-in-law even before I get married. Is this because I'm preparing to settle the relationship with my sister-in-law in advance..."
Before he finished speaking, Li Wan covered his mouth.
Yuan Chun also smiled and teased Wang Xifeng: "Then you have to work hard. I see that you have been looking at Brother Lian and you are almost falling in love with your husband. How about I talk to the old lady so that I can follow your wishes?"
Wang Xifeng's face suddenly turned red. She lost all her former cheerfulness and became incoherent.
"Lian, what's so good about Lian San? I don't like him. I want to marry whoever wants to marry him!"
After saying that, he ate the pastries on the table, pretending not to hear the two nasty sisters teasing him, which made the few young ladies watching the fun cover their mouths and snicker.
Wang Xifeng's aunt, Wang Ziteng's wife Li, heard the conversation between Wang Xifeng and others, and turned to the old lady to mention the marriage between Wang Xifeng and Jia Lian.
Because of Jia Hui's brilliant record in the Anxi Army, Jia She and Jia Mu did not choose to support Wang Ziteng, but asked someone to take care of him to avoid being blinded by his military achievements.
However, in the past three years, Wang Ziteng has never accomplished anything. Instead, he took advantage of the civil strife and annihilated his entire army. Only Wang Ziteng and a few soldiers came back, which caused the commander-in-chief of Datong to completely cancel the battle plan and take advantage of the civil strife to severely damage Chaha. Your opportunity was also lost. The Chahar tribe united and moved north calmly.
Jiang Sheng, the commander-in-chief of Datong, was furious. He begged his grandfather and grandma to take care of the military headquarters and the governor's office. He also begged the commander-in-chief of the two neighboring towns to cooperate. He wanted to use this merit to be promoted to the governor's office of the Fifth Army and enter the power of Daqi. The center's plan fell through.
If the old relatives of the Jia family and the Shi family hadn't stopped him and promised to work hard to help him get into the governor's house, it's hard to say whether Wang Ziteng could have saved his life.
The grace his father had prayed for before he died was gone, and he was demoted from a military officer in Datong Town to a soldier guarding the city gate.
Li was sent by Wang Ziteng to run the relationship. Since Datong couldn't stay any longer, Wang Ziteng wanted to start over in another place. For example, Anxi would be good, and Jia Hui could take care of him.
When Li arrived at the Rongguo Mansion, she just started to hint about Wang Ziteng. Jia Mu started to fool her. Before she could say a few words, she was called in to watch the play. She was so anxious that she could only watch the play patiently. Everyone applauded her. Always cheering with a smile.
The more she thought about it, the more aggrieved she became, but for the sake of the Wang family, she persisted.
When my father-in-law was still alive, the Wang family was still a family that could speak loudly with the Jia and Shi families. Compared with the Xue family, the moneybags of the four Jinling families, they were not even a bit better.
But when his husband Wang Ziteng became the head of the family, the Wang family became the beggar. In order to borrow money to support the military department, even the sister-in-law who married the Xue family began to blame herself. If her husband still couldn't make a move, I was afraid that Xue, the moneybags, would Everyone is riding on top of the Wang family.
For the sake of the Wang family and herself, Mrs. Li, as the mistress of the Wang family, must ask for support from the Jia family today.
Seeing that her natal family had been wronged, Mrs. Wang was also very anxious. As the second wife, although she was in charge of the family, her mother-in-law, Jia Mu, was in charge of the overall situation, and the eldest wife, Mrs. Xing, was watching covetously.
Now she is not the perfect person who was turned a blind eye by Jia Mu and could secretly send money to the Wang family.
Jia's mother was also a person who rose from great-grandson's daughter-in-law to dowager, and she had a clear mind. Although the Jia family fell into decline, the eldest grandson still had a bright future, and the Jia family still had a future.
