Ordinary people's small courtyards look a bit messy due to the owner's tidying up.
That's right, the owner's house is tidying up.
Mrs. Dong packed her luggage and prepared to live in the Yuguo Mansion. She classified the rouge and gouache and took away the small and precious things, forgetting the big ones.
"What are you thinking about? How can you mix your clothes together like this?" Looking at He Tan's distracted look.
Dong sighed, took out pieces of clothing from the package He Tan packed, and recategorized them.
"Mom, what should you do if you find that you are wrong about something?" He Tan's face showed confusion.
When encountering something that is beyond our understanding and fixed thinking, we instinctively seek help from our mother.
"What happened yesterday?" Mrs. Dong put down her work, walked up to He Tan, touched her little head, and said gently.
Delicate hair, small head, cute little face with tangle.
"Mom, Brother Xun really likes Sister Lanzhi." Although He Tan felt that the tone was flat, she couldn't believe it, and Dong felt it.
"Everyone has said that a wife has four virtues, and now the whole Jizhou knows it. You still don't believe it?" Ms. Dong smiled, and her eyes reflected He Tan's face that was somewhat similar to her own. She touched her swollen belly. It’s July and it’s getting harder and harder to move around now.
"No, this is wrong...it shouldn't be like this." He Tan shook his head, trying to get rid of yesterday's humiliation from his mind.
The feeling of being held in someone's arms, watching her enjoy the joy of victory, and then taste the bitter fruit of failure, is so uncomfortable, so uncomfortable.
He was killed by Si Qin Mi, completely defeated, and became the buffoon in the comedy. He suffered humiliation. His sworn predictions came to nothing, and his anxiety and worry became unfounded and made people laugh.
"What's wrong? I saw Mrs. Wei. She behaves well. She comes from a wealthy family and has both talents and virtues. Mr. Zhuang, no, why does Zhuang Yushi like her?" Mrs. Dong understood He Tan's words and said deliberately .
"No, no, mother...what are you doing? Brother Xun is already the supervisor of the censor, and even went to Chengguo as an envoy." Seeing that Mr. Dong didn't understand what he meant, He Tan denied it and told Mr. Dong Talk about Zhuang Xun’s current identity.
"I've known this for a long time. I also know the two places where he comes to negotiate now, one of which is the place where he will take office in the future." Dong said disapprovingly. She knew what He Tan wanted to say, but she just didn't say it.
"Mother, forget it, you don't understand." He Tan thought that Dong didn't understand, so he took a step back and got out of Dong's hand.
"I don't understand. How can I understand if you don't tell me? Do you rely on guessing?" Dong said with a chuckle, encouraging He Tan to speak his mind.
"I thought Sister Lanzhi was quite pitiful before." He Tan slowly expressed his feelings while facing his mother's gentle eyes.
"Pity? Is she separated from Yushi Zhuang? Indeed, a woman's fate is always so out of her control." Mrs. Dong sighed, but did not get to the point.
"No, I pity her for marrying Brother Xun. Brother Xun said it himself, he is so beautiful. Sister Lanzhi has some flaws. Brother Xun married her because he wanted to repay his kindness." He Tan recalled the first time he met her. My first reaction was that it was impossible.
I don't believe that Zhuang Xun would marry such a beautiful woman. How could Zhuang Xun, a man who likes mature and beautiful women, marry a wife without beauty?
After hearing that Zhuang Xun was trying to repay his kindness, she suddenly realized, and then she felt pity for Si Qin Mi. After all, it was impossible for her to be liked by Zhuang Xun, just like herself. Zhuang Xun himself made it very clear.
"How can I attract Brother Xun without beauty? If I have the emotion of repaying my favor, Brother Xun will definitely find a concubine. That's what I think." A logical inference.
"Then what?" Ms. Dong was interested, but started packing her luggage again.
He Tan helped her and spoke slowly: "Sister Lanzhi is really very nice. She teaches her daughter needlework and reading. She has her own opinions on many issues. She even teaches My daughter’s manners and how she walks looks good.”
Even if he was held in his arms, severely humiliated, and completely defeated yesterday, He Tan did not change his evaluation of Si Qin Mi.
"My daughter also regards her as a caring sister." He Tan said with admiration.
"But Sister Lanzhi is good at everything, but she is too affectionate towards Brother Xun. Maybe her beauty is lacking. It is the first time she meets someone who can tolerate her. Every line of her words is full of love for Brother Xun and she misses him."
Speaking of this, He Tan smiled bitterly. This was the beginning of her clown journey. Because of her previous understanding, she felt that Wei Lanzhi was simply confused by Zhuang Xun's concern for responsibility.
No matter how good you are, can you be attracted to someone who is beautiful and good? Moreover, compared to Zhuang Xun, who was able to support his family and was about to become the right envoy of the Jiedu of Hebei Province, Siqin Mi, who had a bad appearance, was in a weak position. She sympathized with Siqin Mi, a weakling.
"So my daughter reminded her that Brother Xun is actually a lecher, and told her not to be too fancy, otherwise Brother Xun might take a concubine later, making it easier for her to accept it in the future." It was just a reminder to let her accept it.
She didn't have such a big heart to let Si Qin Mi leave Zhuang Xun. For a woman as obviously disfigured as Si Qin Mi, Zhuang Xun's willingness to marry her was the best destination for her.
She just wanted to remind Si Qin Mi that Zhuang Xun is a beauty lover. You have to be prepared for him to have a concubine in the future. If you like him so much, be mentally prepared so that you won't be sad.
But this kind of reminder was useless. He punched the cotton. Si Qinmi didn't pay attention at all. He still missed Zhuang Xun every day and said good things about Zhuang Xun.
"Then." Ms. Dong was a little curious about Si Qinmi's reaction.
"It doesn't work. Sister Lanzhi seems to be possessed. Does she really believe that Brother Xun will love her wholeheartedly? With her appearance?" At this point, He Tan once again lamented that he was a clown. Judging from yesterday's situation, he said that he Zhuang Xun, who liked mature and beautiful women, really fell in love with Si Qinmi, a woman with imperfect appearance.
"Is it true that only talented men and beautiful women are worthy of love, and others are not? Can't we have a beautiful wife if we are ordinary?" Dong asked He Tan, if others are not worthy of love?
Beautiful people can only be with beautiful people, and ugly people can only be with ugly people? Since they are all marriages between powerful families, and the woman is with the man because he is rich and handsome, can it be called love?
"Brother Ke Xun said that he only likes mature and beautiful women." He Tan was greatly shocked when he heard this sentence. This is what made Zhuang Xun so unique among the crowd.
"People will change. Just like when I was young, I liked your father very much. Now Zhuang Yushi is more in line with me. It's normal for Zhuang Yushi to change his preferences. You can continue." Dong never concealed his feelings. She was fond of Zhuang Xun and wanted to be his mother-in-law and his mother.
"But it can't be such a big change. I went out with Sister Lanzhi, got to know silk weaving, and heard rumors that my brother was sleeping in Miss Li's boudoir at night. My daughter thought her prediction was right." When she said this, she thought of how anxious she was at that time. , and how calm and calm Si Qin Mi was, He Tan felt ashamed of wanting to crawl into the cracks of the ground.
"My daughter is worried about Sister Lanzhi. If you think about the daughter of General Li, if such an affair spreads with others, the result should be that Sister Lanzhi is demoted to a concubine or divorced by Brother Xun." This is what she concluded, That's why she tried her best to persuade her, because compared to the current Zhuang Xun, Si Qin Mi really only has one wife left, and she is extremely weak. If she doesn't help Si Qin Mi, who will she help?
She even thought about how to help Siqin Mi get out of the shadows after Zhuang Xun became a scumbag in the end, but, but...
"It is indeed the case. The second young lady of the Li family is willing to be an equal wife to preserve Zhuang Yushi's reputation. Who would have thought that it is also the censor's personal style that has been recognized by the second young lady Li." Following Li Rusi and Zhuang Xun When I came to Jidu, the theory of Li Rusi's equal wife before Jidu began to prevail.
The story is probably that Zhuang Xun accidentally delayed Li Rusi's reputation and was unwilling to divorce his wife. He was about to commit suicide to apologize to Li Rusi. Li Rusi stopped him and promised to be her equal wife.
"There was a vague argument about equality later, but my daughter still didn't believe it. After all, Brother Xun himself said that he was a beauty lover." Then he was completely defeated and was held in Si Qinmi's arms. During the execution, Zhuang Xun had no choice but to accept Li Rusi, and how much he loved Si Qinmi.
"The result is not what you want, right?" Looking at He Tan's expression, Dong knew what was going on.
"How could he like Sister Lanzhi? I asked my brother how he could like Sister Lanzhi. Didn't he say it himself? He is so beautiful. How could he fall in love with Sister Lanzhi." He was fed a lot of dog food and couldn't eat it. And He Tan, whose faith has always been shattered, cannot accept it.
He was stunned by the shock. When he saw the two shaking hands and talking, Zhuang Xun saw how affectionate Si Qin Mi was. Si Qin Mi responded with a smile. Wasn't the so-called advice before just based on his own sentimentality?
Zhuang Xun's reaction was within Si Qinmi's expectations from beginning to end. His so-called understanding of Zhuang Xun was just a frog in the well, which made people laugh.
Although she was not wrong, after all, one of the reasons why Zhuang Xun fell in love with Si Qin Mi was that she was good-looking and looked like a divine concubine.
It's a pity that she can only see the surface, and now she is in this situation of doubting her life.
"Tan'er, many things are not exactly what you think. They are not black and white, and there are not so many whys." After packing the baggage, she took He Tan's hand and sat down, holding her waist and cheering. The belly is more obvious.
"I told you before that people are complicated. Maybe today they have good thoughts, and tomorrow they will have evil thoughts. Today, appearance is important, and tomorrow, character is important. It is possible. People who have experienced dangerous situations can feel the most."
Teaching He Tan, seeing her lost in thought, Dong stroked her belly and said.
"Tan'er, love is the same. When I was young, I was just like you. I was naive and innocent. I wasn't even smarter than you. I could share the burden of the family. I liked your father the most at that time. He was a famous ranger at that time. Yes, it was a short story book. We are kind of like the young heroes in the world, and he even traveled thousands of miles to the Five Sacred Mountains to pick flowers for me." At this point, Mr. Dong showed a nostalgic smile.
"But now, I like people like Zhuang Yushi who are honest and responsible and can take care of the family. Your father has restrained himself a little. In the past, tsk tsk, I wanted to... forget it, don't deal with it too much. Think about it." Mrs. Dong saw the look of disgust on He Tan's face again and said no more.
As the protagonist of the discussion, Zhuang Xun was undergoing crazy verbal torture from Si Qinmi.
"If the other party talks about money and food, saying that it was transported to Hebei Road via a river, and the losses have to be made up, how should you answer!"
"The other party said that General Li worked hard and led a large army to defeat You Guo. Cheng Guo's contribution is greater. Yu Guo owes Cheng Guo. How do you answer?"
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Zhuang Xun's scalp was numb when he was asked, and the standard answer really gave him the experience of memorizing texts in high school.
"You don't need to memorize every word. You just need to be able to say it with your own meaning when they ask. You can't deviate too far." Si Qinmi saw that there was not much time left, so he didn't ask Zhuang Xun to follow the instructions. Memorize the standard answer completely.
"Remember, countries only talk about interests, not friendship. The core of helping Yu State is not to let You State grow bigger..."
Not only asking, but also telling, the beautiful teacher’s words should be remembered more firmly.
Memorizing the answers is very hard, but copying them is very refreshing. When I go to the stage the next day, all the questions asked by the other party have answers. It is really refreshing to see the other party speechless.
This feeling of answering questions with reference answers is like the pleasure of an open-book exam.
Most of them are based on the division of credit. Cheng Guo's claim is generally that they saved the Yu State and lost soldiers, and Li Pingyuan commanded them. If the credit is great, the Yu State should give more subsidies.
Yu State, Zhuang Xun is here to highlight the hob meat. You came to save the Yu State. Wouldn't it be helpful to your success as a country? In terms of sacrifice and merit, how many people of the Yu State were sacrificed by abandoning Chengdie Pass. When attacking, it was also Yu State. The soldiers of the country fought in the front line.
You said that this battle could not have been won without Li Pingyuan's command, but I said that without the service of the soldiers of Yu State, the army would have been defeated when they lured the enemy.
This went back and forth several times, but it seemed that I couldn't get any advantage in terms of credit.
Entering into a substantial confrontation, it was the Chengguo army stationed on Jiannan Road.
Zhuang Xun wanted to say, "Just take Jiannan, I will take the Hebei Road myself."
But the first point that the other party raised was that King Yu had promised to use Hebei Road in exchange for the remnants of Chengguo's attack on Youguo.
There is no way to deny this.
My father-in-law, you are trying to trick me. This request made by Li Pingyuan makes it impossible for Zhuang Xun to obtain Hebei Road now.
This is the moral basis for Chengguo to obtain Hebei Road. Of course, you can also ignore this agreement, and King Yu's face will be smashed to the ground.
Although Zhuang Xun thinks that appearance is more important than face, it is not his face, and he cannot sell it. Although King Yu already thinks that face does not matter, if Zhuang Xun loses his face after talking to him, he will not care, everyone will die. I don't care about your face.
It's a pity that Zhuang Xun didn't know, nor did Si Qinmi, so he could only take the conservative route.
Let’s talk about Jiannan Road again and withdraw troops.
"This is the land that our Chengguo won from Youguo. Why did the censor talk about withdrawing the troops?" Highlighting one need and another.
Fortunately, Zhuang Xun has also been trained: "If this is the case, Hebei Province can be considered to have been taken back from Cheng Guo."
You have no shame, and neither do I. Diplomatic etiquette is so simple and unpretentious.
Then there was another quarrel, and the army withdrew from Jiannan Road and took over Hebei Road.
Things that were clearly agreed upon from the beginning are still being discussed again, and the result is still the same.
Zhuang Xun was exhausted.
(End of chapter)
