Xie Rongzhao was brought to two banquets by Liu Ruolan. This first one was not a big deal, mainly because it was in the Zhao family, that is, the Weixin Hou Mansion. The former eldest son has now become the prince, and Zhao Heng is dancing every day. The man who wields swords and guns actually gave him a chance to show off his skills.
The battle had been fought for more than a year. Xie Rongen went directly to the border from the beginning, while Zhao Heng secretly went there by himself halfway.
Mrs. Zhao was not rushed to death at that time.
Fortunately, there was no danger, and it was impossible for Zhao Yue to really ignore his son, so he sent a few skilled people to follow him.
The same is true here with Xie Rongen.
He left before the army set off, and followed the 20,000 cavalry to the border. He already had a position, and naturally he had loyal subordinates around him.
Xie Xiuwen was worried and arranged for two more people to protect him.
Although the battle was hard and Xie Rongen was injured twice, fortunately he earned military merit and will be able to come back next month.
Zhao Heng came back years ago, and he couldn't do it without coming back. Zhao Ying wrote to him, saying that her mother was crying so hard that she was going blind. When Zhao Heng saw the letter of surrender, he asked for permission to come back.
Xie Rongen is going to come back with the army. It would be good to arrive in the capital by the end of February.
Although they haven't come back yet, the rewards given to them by the Holy Spirit have already come down.
Xie Rongen was granted the title of Lieutenant of Zhechong. Because he was the Captain of Zhechong in Zhongfu, he was granted the rank of fourth rank.
It sounds scary!
But this is the fact. The way to be promoted as a general is mainly through fighting. As long as you perform meritorious service, you will be promoted and rewarded.
Xie Rongen was granted the title of Captain of Zhechong. His subordinates had to control a thousand people, his subordinates had to control 800 people, and his superiors had to control 1,200 people.
Xie Rongen is already very content. He is still young and will have many opportunities to earn military merit in the future.
Xie Rongen's official position has reached the fourth rank. After returning to Beijing, he can apply for a royal title for his mother.
Xie Xiuwen also knew this, but the uncle and nephew had a tacit understanding and did not mention it, mainly because they were afraid that other incidents would happen again.
Liu Ruolan is now a concubine of the third rank. If Xie Rongen were to apply for the title for his mother, he should be of the fifth rank.
However, there is only one such opportunity. Whether Xie Rongen applies for a title for the Wang family or for his wife, it depends on him.
Generally speaking, you will first ask for a seal to your mother.
At that time, Xie Xiuwen was mainly considering that Liu Ruolan was moving around the capital, so he first asked her for a royal title. Later, when he was promoted to an official position, he still cared about the word filial piety. In addition, he was promoted too fast at that time, which was not good. I was promoted again, so I asked my mother to be granted a royal title at that time.
As for Xie Rongen, Xie Xiuwen estimated that he would first ask for a title from the Wang family.
After all, Xie Rongen's wife was the daughter of a general, and she had no royal orders, so she would not dare to offend her even if she walked around the capital.
Xie Rongen married the youngest daughter of General Yunhui who accepted him as his disciple, and now all the children were running around.
Zhao Ying married into the Cao family, the Cao Xin family who worked on the case with Zhao Yue back then.
Although Zhao Ying is a concubine, she is favored by the Zhao family, and even her aunt dotes on her, so it is not unbelievable for her to marry into the Cao family.
Perhaps because of her status as a concubine, she married the second son of the Cao family.
If she were the eldest daughter-in-law and was going to be in charge of the family business in the future, Zhao Ying's status as a concubine might be a bit inferior. Even if she was born in a noble family, it would still be inappropriate for some noble families.
Fortunately, the Erlang of the Cao family is also a young talent. Now, like Xie Ronghui, he has gained a reputation as a civil servant. It will not be too difficult for him to become an official in the future.
The second banquet was hosted by the Chen family.
Chen Jiaojiao naturally wanted to go too. Several adults did not take their children with them, mainly because they felt the weather was a bit cold and were afraid that the children would not be able to bear it any longer.
Chen Bo's position in the Chen family is now stable. After all, his official position has been steadily seeking promotion, and he has indeed received attention from above. Therefore, Chen Bo's family has naturally been very conspicuous among the Chen family in recent years.
The Chen family's banquet was nothing at first, but later on, Xie Rongzhao and Chen Jiaojiao heard someone privately saying that Xie Rongzhao could not give birth.
If he just talked about her, Xie Rongzhao would tolerate it. Who knows who else could blame Liu Ruolan for this matter.
The young daughter-in-law looked at her and said, "I heard that Mrs. Xie couldn't give birth on her own. She only got one daughter after getting married. Otherwise, she wouldn't have adopted two sons. Tsk, tell me. Mr. Xie is also pitiful, he has a high position and powerful position, but he doesn’t even have a biological son.”
"Well, after all, they are not from the capital. We don't know the specific things, so it's better not to discuss them."
The little daughter-in-law rolled her eyes: "Young Master! Who in the capital doesn't know that Mr. Xie is very clean? Then Mr. Liu cannot give birth to a child and does not allow her husband to take concubines. She is a jealous woman! And Mrs. Liu's daughter Xie Rongzhao cannot "Sir, I think this is the kind of daughter a mother would raise."
The words became more and more unpleasant to hear.
Not only the two of them heard it, but Liu Ruolan and Xu Ruyi, who had just walked here, also heard it.
"presumptuous!"
Before Liu Ruolan could say anything, Xu Ruyi got angry first.
"Which family are you from? How dare you talk about Madam Gaoming here?"
The young daughter-in-law took a step back in fright, but then she seemed to regain some confidence when she saw where she was.
"Greetings to Mrs. Xie, Mrs. Wang."
It seemed that he recognized the two of them.
Xu Ruyi was about to speak when she was stopped by Liu Ruolan.
Seeing this, the little daughter-in-law thought this was the Chen family. They didn't dare to be too presumptuous. Unexpectedly, Liu Ruolan said lightly: "Here comes, slap the mouth!"
"yes."
Gu Shi stepped forward immediately, and before her daughter-in-law could react, she slapped her twice!
This time everyone was confused.
When the others saw that the situation was not good, they immediately knelt down.
"Please forgive me, madam!"
Regardless of whether they participated in the discussion or not, just because they were here, that was a sin.
Gu Shi stared at her coldly: "You are also dressed as a woman. Tell me your name. Which family are you from?"
Why don't you call her madam?
The main reason was that Gu had followed Liu Ruolan around in the past few years and did not remember seeing this woman before, so he just thought that she was not a member of the official family.
"You, how dare you hit me? I am a member of the Chen family, and you are here to be a guest, but you still hit the host's house. How can this be reasonable in the world?"
Liu Ruolan frowned, and Gu family retorted directly: "You are the Chen family, but this is the Chen family? If not, then you really can't be considered the master. And, even if you are the master, so what? You invite guests to your home, not just to treat yourself well. Could it be that the banquet is just for the sake of humiliation? My wife is a third-grade imperial concubine. I would like to ask you, whose influence do you rely on to think that you can humiliate my wife arbitrarily? "
