Chapter 169 The Male Protagonist's Excellent Mother (Fifty-Six)
Hiss~ After taking a deep breath, Ji Keji's broken brain was awakened by the big words "Anxi King Huo Yun".
This great general is definitely one of the great heroes of this dynasty.
He has a noble status and his family is full of loyal and brave people.
In that battle in the northwest, he inflicted a severe blow to the invading Hu Lu Khan at the cost of the tragic death of his entire family.
The enemy was so frightened that they did not dare to send troops for thirty years.
Therefore, the Huo family is not only loyal and brave, but also has made great contributions to the country.
The only drop of blood left in the Huo family is sometimes more noble than the royal blood.
A saint cannot bear the stigma of "treating meritorious officials poorly and being harsh to orphans".
Not to mention that the historian's pen is as sharp as a knife, even the veteran generals in the army and the scholars in the capital would not agree.
Especially since there is the example of Princess Yongjia, who died young.
Although he died of illness, the royal family also bears some responsibility.
Queen Mother Han: ...It’s really unfair.
When she married her adopted daughter back to her parents' home, she did have some selfish motives, but it was also for her own good.
She always thought that it was the Han family, and the wealth of the entire family depended on her.
Regardless of blood relationship, if we only consider her as the empress dowager, she would treat Princess Yongjia, whom she raised, well.
However, Queen Mother Han forgot that the Han family was indeed her mother's family, but she was not the one in charge.
Her sister-in-law, the wife of the Duke of Han, also had her own considerations - she wanted to strengthen the relationship and make her niece a daughter-in-law.
The Duke's wife also disliked Princess Yongjia very much.
First, she was just a fake princess and not of royal blood; second, all her relatives had died, so she was obviously destined to be a tough one.
Han Chong is her most beloved and most promising son, but she has no say in his marriage.
The Queen Mother arranged the marriage, and the Duke's wife dared not show her dissatisfaction, but had to accept the marriage "joyfully".
Han Chong is indeed the most outstanding and most capable son of the Han family.
But he is also proud.
He might not dislike Princess Yongjia as much as her own mother does, but he also wouldn't try to please her like a normal prince consort.
Princess Yongjia herself was also a proud person.
When two strong-willed people get together, conflicts are likely to arise.
When there is a conflict, no one is willing to give in, and after this happens over and over again, they become a couple of resentful of each other.
But Princess Yongjia was, after all, a woman, an orphan with all her relatives dead, and she happened to give birth to a child. These several factors combined made her depressed and she eventually died of depression.
If Princess Yongjia was a real princess, and if she did not marry the nephew whom the empress dowager valued the most, her husband would be held accountable even if he died of illness.
If one fails to do it properly, the whole family may suffer the consequences.
It just so happened that Princess Yongjia was an adopted daughter, and her in-laws were the Empress Dowager's family, so the Empress Dowager was caught in the middle and was in a dilemma.
In the end, the death of Princess Yongjia due to illness was reduced to a small matter.
As for Han Chong, he was only symbolically "exiled" by the Empress Dowager and was not allowed to be promoted and return to Beijing for several years.
The Queen Mother felt that she had already made the decision for her adopted daughter.
But everyone knows that she is still biased towards her mother's family.
Princess Yongjia is not an ordinary adopted daughter, she is the descendant of a loyal and brave person.
With her death, the royal family has been branded as the one who bore the stigma of being a hero.
So, when it came to Princess Nanping, the Empress Dowager might have felt guilty and distressed, and the Emperor might have wanted to quell some rumors, so this supreme mother and son pair almost doted on Princess Nanping.
Her status in the capital and in the imperial palace is extremely transcendent.
To put it bluntly, even if Brother Ji had offended a real princess, it wouldn't be so serious.
Ji Keji is not stupid, on the contrary he is very smart.
He just had it too easy in the past few years and was praised too highly, so he felt a little proud.
Moreover, he has little experience and lacks certain political qualities.
After Zheng Dalang's suggestion, Ji Keji understood it instantly.
Swish! A layer of cold sweat broke out on his back.
"Brother, what should we do?"
“Should I go to the Han family to apologize in person?”
Ji Keji was panicking. He had realized that if this matter was not handled properly, it might implicate him! Xiao Qilang was the same. He knew nothing, but he dared to rush around in the capital.
Do you really think that I, your eldest brother, am some important person?
I'm just a juren!
Even if I passed the imperial examination and was appointed an official, I would still have to start from the sixth or seventh rank.
And the thing that the capital city lacks the most is officials! "No need! Aung will go to apologize."
When Zheng Dalang saw that Ji Keji was still afraid, he knew that this man could still be saved.
He said calmly, "Besides, the nobleman's guards punished Xiao Qilang on the spot, which shows that the matter has been settled."
If the guards hadn't taken action, this would have been a problem.
Ji Keji was filled with shame, and he cupped his hands to Zheng Dalang and said, "It's all my fault for not disciplining my family well. I caused trouble and implicated my grandfather!"
Ji Keji understood what Zheng Dalang meant by this -
Although the matter was settled, Xiao Qilang shouted out the name of "Lord Zheng" in the street, so Zheng Qi, the person involved, could not pretend to be dead.
He must send someone, or even go to the Han family in person to apologize.
If the Han family doesn't care about it at this time, the matter will be completely resolved.
Seeing Ji Keji bowing to him, no longer with that ignorant arrogance, Zheng Dalang's eyes finally showed some warmth.
However, Ji Xiaosi still needs to be observed, and he also needs to listen to his sister's opinion.
…
"I?"
Zheng Wanjun felt a little strange and didn't quite understand what his brother meant.
"Jun'er, you have been precocious and intelligent since childhood, and you have a very smart mind."
Zheng Dalang did not make his words very clear.
He looked at his sister meaningfully.
Zheng Dalang is not a sister-con. Strictly speaking, he does not have much affection for his only sister, Zheng Wanjun.
However, he was raised by his grandfather and uncle, the perfect eldest son of a noble family.
He has feelings for his parents, younger brothers and sisters, etc., but it is more of a sense of responsibility.
He was "used to" taking these relatives under his wing.
So, when he discovered his brother-in-law's shortcomings, his first reaction was whether he could be saved and whether his sister was willing to be saved.
My sister wants to continue living with her husband, and Zheng Dalang has a way of dealing with it.
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
If his sister gets tired of this ungrateful man and wants to divorce him, Zheng Dalang will take another approach.
In Zheng Dalang's opinion, the marriage between Zheng Wanjun and Ji Keji was extremely inappropriate.
It was her own father who was unreliable and had brought harm to her sister.
As the eldest son of the fourth branch of the Zheng family, he has the responsibility and obligation to help his sister! Zheng Dalang believes that with his sister's intelligence, she should be able to detect Ji Keji's problem.
And that cousin, such a living person, my sister should be able to see her too.
Under his elder brother's sharp gaze, Zheng Wanjun felt as if he had nowhere to hide.
She was incapable of saying anything that would deceive herself.
Although she had the final say in the Ji family, she was very tired.
Confused parents-in-law, a bad brother-in-law and sister-in-law, and a cousin Feng with ulterior motives.
And Ji Keji is no longer the same Ji Xiaosi as before.
He is a Phoenix man, and in the future he may want to live off others and be ungrateful.
In ancient times, mistresses were legal.
However, Zheng Wanjun could not tolerate a third person in her marriage.
She married a man of lower status, and if she still had to compromise, that would be too cheap.
Divorce?
Oh, all crows are black.
Without Ji Xiaosi, there are still Wang Xiaosi and Liu Xiaosi.
She and Ji Xiaosi had a childhood sweetheart relationship, a sense of gratitude for his help and support, and a child! Zheng Wanjun subconsciously supported her belly, which was slightly bulging with a small foot.
The baby in my belly will be born in two or three months.
There is also a one-year-old son! Can she really divorce Ji Xiaosi so easily? Zheng Wanjun, the usually straightforward time-traveling girl, began to be confused at this moment.
Zheng Dalang noticed Zheng Wanjun's eyes and movements, and he sighed slightly in his heart: Well, for my sister's sake, let's try again.
…
As soon as the Ji family members entered the city, they were frightened out of their wits by a beating.
Brother Ji is bedridden recuperating from his injuries, and sister Ji is also being particularly well-behaved.
Ji Keji went to pay a visit to Lord Zheng and Uncle Zheng.
Originally thought, the grandfather would blame him, but Ji Keji still saw an elder whose smile was as warm and loving as the spring equinox.
However, Ji Keji did not relax at all.
After being tested by Lord Zheng and Uncle Zheng one after another, his entire back was wet when he left.
Only then did he deeply realize that the Zheng family, which seemed "nothing special" at first, was actually unfathomable.
Lord Zheng and Uncle Zheng are a pair of old foxes.
That kind of shrewdness and the sharpness that comes from deep in his bones are completely different from Mr. Zheng.
Ji Keji stood outside the gate of the small courtyard arranged for him by the Zheng family. When the autumn wind blew, he couldn't help shivering all over.
Afterwards, Zheng Dalang began to take Ji Keji to visit friends and attend some poetry gatherings and parties of young people.
In his spare time, Zheng Dalang would share with Ji Keji some case files that his uncle had seen in the Ministry of Justice.
"Don't just study hard, you still need to understand some social practices."
"There is also the Great Zhou Code, which you must memorize as well."
Zheng Dalang specially gave Ji Keji a copy of the laws of the dynasty.
Ji Keji has become numb.
Less than a month after arriving in the capital, he suffered several setbacks.
At a party, a minor official who was working in the Hanlin Academy was so attentive that Ji Keji was originally very disdainful of him.
After careful questioning, I found out that this seemingly humble little official was actually the runner-up in the imperial examination.
The second place, the second place in the first class!
But it didn't happen overnight.
After six years, he is still just a minor official of the sixth rank.
In order to get a job, he would not hesitate to kowtow and curry favor with the powerful!
There were also talented people who deliberately talked a lot to attract attention, and there were also scholars who stopped the carriages of nobles in the street to hand over their papers...
Compared with those people, Ji Keji's so-called "talent" is really not worth mentioning.
And they are still at the bottom, feeling frustrated!
Seeing all the "strange stories" in the capital, Ji Keji was first amazed, then panicked, and then he began to ponder silently.
He no longer had the energy to talk to his cousin Feng about his true feelings, and instead spent time with Zheng Wanjun whenever he had time.
Zheng Wanjun looked at Ji Keji's familiar yet unfamiliar face, and slowly, she made up her mind...
PS: The story of Ji Xiaosi and the original heroine has come to an end. Ahem, they will not become villains, they are just a control group.
(End of this chapter)
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