The most popular families in the capital are none other than the four surnames. As for other noble families, they dare not be too arrogant because the emperor does not like noble families. Some noble families who stood on other sides in the fight for the succession have been purged by the emperor with iron blood. Even if there are descendants, they are like the Yang family, who are outside the imperial court and are not close to the main family. They have all been exiled or transferred to other places. In addition, the princes in the capital have not grown up yet, and the fight between the princes has not started yet, so the capital is still peaceful.
Mrs. Du said, "There are currently four aristocratic families in the capital that people avoid, namely the Ren family, the Shen family, the Qi family, and the Yao family. These four families have children serving as concubines in the palace, and they have all given birth to princes, namely the current eldest prince, second prince, third prince, and fourth prince. Speaking of which, all these years have passed, and no princes or princesses have been born in the palace."
Sister Du said, "Everyone is speculating that the emperor has been on the throne for many years, so why no princes or princesses have been born in the palace."
Mrs. Du's tone condensed: "Shut up, how can you say that? You have no sense of propriety at all. What if it gets out?"
As someone who knew the plot, Yang Haiyan naturally knew why no princesses or princes were born in the harem, and she also knew that no princes or princesses would be born in the harem in the future. Because the emperor had experienced the pain of fighting for the throne, and knew that having many sons would make the struggle for the throne fierce, he did not want his sons to kill each other, so after he ascended the throne, the women in the harem drank the medicine. Of course, the women in the harem did not know this. Besides, the emperor already had four princes, and he was not worried about not having heirs. These four princes, including the future emperor, the second prince, were all born when the emperor was still a prince. It turned out that he made those women pregnant just to gain the support of their families. Of course, those were his own sons, and he did his best to teach them. Although the birth of his sons was to gain his own power, how could he not feel sorry for his own sons?
However, people are biased, and his favorite son will always be the second prince.
Sister Du hurriedly said, "Don't worry, mother, I just said it at home. I know that these words cannot be said outside." Sister Du is also a smart woman. She is just too gossipy at home. After all, who dares to discuss the emperor's affairs outside? Unless you are looking for death.
Mrs. Du also knew her daughter's character, so she didn't say much about her. She continued, "Originally, in the capital, the Shen family had nothing to do. When the emperor ascended the throne, Empress Shen was the first empress. Everyone thought that Concubine Ren would be the empress, after all, she was the princess, but no one expected that she would be named the imperial concubine
. As for the Shen family, Empress Shen had passed away, so they kept a low profile. Even if they were the royal family, without the empress and the prince in the harem, the royal family was just a title and had no real meaning. But who knew that later a second prince would appear, It is said that the child is born of the Shen family. Needless to say, the appearance is indeed similar to the Shen family, so the Shen family is different in everyone's mind, and it means that it is equal to the Ren family. However, compared with the Shen family, the Ren family is much more high-profile. "Then, Mrs. Du talked about the Qi family and the Yao family. The Yao family is a military family, and the Qi family is a noble family. When the current emperor was still a prince, the two families were not particularly prominent. Needless to say, the noble family Qi family, although it has some foundation, but the official position of the family is not high, and no one is higher than the fifth rank. Later, when the emperor ascended the throne, the Qi family turned over.
The same is true for the Yao family. When the emperor did not ascend the throne, even though the Yao family was a military family, their official positions did not exceed the fifth rank, and the officials in the capital were also inconspicuous. But who knew that in the fight for the throne, the Yao family played a very important role. You must know that the military force is the most important thing for the capital to change. The emperor ascended the throne and the Yao family was made a marquis.
Yang Haiyan listened to some of Mrs. Du's words and learned some things. It is best not to offend these four families. Similarly, the Qin family has the Du family behind it. Under normal circumstances, these four families will not offend the Qin family and will not make the Du family hate them. If Lord Du has many students, then perhaps Qin Fang cannot represent the Du family, but Lord Du has only one student, which means the same as the only son of some families. Moreover, Lord Du's eldest son is not in the capital, and Du Er is a dandy boy, so Qin Fang can really represent Lord Du. Therefore, normal people with brains would not go looking for trouble with Qin Fang.
Moreover, the gunpowder matter is already known to the world, and the gunpowder ore was discovered by Qin Fang, and this matter is also known to the world. Going looking for trouble with Qin Fang is not justifiable.
Study Room
Du Ke took his two sons-in-law, son and students to drink tea together. Old Lady Du was not there. Du Ke was the head of the Du family now, and Old Lady Du was no longer in charge of the matter.
Du's eldest brother-in-law is Wei Jin, from the Marquis of Qingcheng Mansion. He is the eldest son of the second branch of the mansion. His father and the current Marquis of Qingcheng are brothers from the same mother. Logically, with Du's status, she can marry the prince of the mansion, but Du Ke and Mrs. Du only want their daughter to live a good life and have no intention of letting her marry, so they chose Wei Jin, who has a good character. Wei Jin has a calm personality and is a member of the imperial examination. Now he works under Du Ke in the Ministry of War.
Du's second brother-in-law is Hua Wenchu, who is from a poor family. Just like the ancient practice of selecting a son-in-law under the list, Hua Wenchu went to Beijing to take the exam and was favored by Du Ke. The Hua family is also rich in their hometown and is a landlord family. Such a clean family background makes Du Ke very satisfied. Hua Wenchu works in the Hanlin Academy.
Du Xingran, needless to say, used to be a city guard.
Therefore, in the Du family, Du Ke only had to train the eldest son. If a family had too many promising people or people who were married, it would inevitably arouse the emperor's suspicion, so he did not have this idea. He was still very satisfied with his eldest son. Even if he passed away in the future, the Du family could continue with his eldest son, and the eldest son would not treat the second son badly.
Du Ke drank a sip of tea and asked Qin Fang: "You went to the palace yesterday. Did the emperor have anything to say about your official position?"
Qin Fang shook his head: "No, the emperor just told me to have a good rest and not to think about it. Teacher, what do you think the emperor means?"
Du Ke said: "The emperor's mind has always been difficult to guess, but since the emperor said so, you don't have to worry or worry about it. Just rest at home. If you go somewhere else to use connections, it will be bad. Of course, I won't use connections for you, so as not to fall into the emperor's eyes and arouse suspicion. Maybe the emperor is polishing your character." Du Ke meant that he should avoid risks himself so that the emperor would reuse him. If you use connections to get the position, the emperor will think you are impatient and not stable enough.
Qin Fang said: "Students are not in a hurry. Students never care about these things. Now it's just right to be at home with my wife and son." Qin Fang's mentality is very good, and he is really not in a hurry.
Du Ke is still satisfied with this student.
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The Qin family had lunch at the Du family, and after lunch, the family of three left.
At the door of the Du family, little Qin Linyang held Wei Zhanyun's hand and refused to let go: "Brother, let's go to my house to play with big cars." Wei Zhanyun is the second son of Sister Du.
Little Wei Zhanyun also missed his brother's big car. He looked at his mother: "Mom..."
Sister Du laughed: "How about this, you are tired today, mom will take you there tomorrow? Ask your auntie if she welcomes you."
Little Wei Zhanyun looked at Yang Haiyan: "Auntie?"
Yang Haiyan smiled and said: "Of course she welcomes you, then you should come early tomorrow, with your brother. Auntie will prepare delicious food and fun things at home, waiting for you brothers." After that, she said to the little girl from Sister Du's family, "Ying'er should come too, bring your second uncle's sisters with you."
The few of them chatted for a while, and then went home.
The Qin family didn't have many servants in the capital. In addition to the first batch of servants who came to clean, there were the group that came with Yang Haiyan and the others. They had already settled here, and were just waiting for the rest of the group to come. As for the capital, they were not going to buy servants. The servants in the general's mansion were enough. Besides, the servants in the general's mansion had lived together for three years, which made them more trustworthy.
"Madame Lian, go to the capital and ask around. I want to renovate the yard here and see where there is such a team." Yang Haiyan was late in preparing to build a small amusement park for her son and give him a happy childhood.
Nanny Lian said, "Yes, I will go and ask."
Nanny Lian went to inquire very quickly. There is a place in the capital that specializes in introducing this kind of work, so she came back in just half an hour. After reporting the matter to Yang Haiyan, Yang Haiyan decided to have someone come the day after tomorrow, after all, there will be guests at home tomorrow.
There was no one else in the Qin family, and there were three hosts, so the house was very quiet.
During dinner, Yang Haiyan asked about Qin Fang's official position. When she learned that the emperor asked him to rest first, she was not worried. Without an official position, he would be a rich man. Anyway, the money in the family is enough for them to spend. Isn't it good to rest at home every day?
Qin Fang didn't care. He didn't value officialdom. He would rest if the emperor asked him to. After dinner, he played with his son for a while.
However, for Qin Fang, there is only one worry at the moment, because he just changed the place, and his son slept with them again, which is distressing.
The next
day Today, Sister Du, Sister Du and Mrs. Qu will bring their children to the house, so Yang Haiyan got up early in the morning to prepare things for entertaining the guests. When the guests came, Nanny Lian greeted them at the door.
"Sister, the facial paint you gave us is really useful." Seeing Yang Haiyan, Sister Du couldn't help but said.
Sister Du: "Yes, after applying it, it is not only smooth, but also the skin on the face is better when you wake up the next day." Mrs. Qu
also said: "Sister, I heard you say yesterday that you made this thing yourself. Is it cumbersome to make it?"
It is really a woman. From ancient times to the present, there is no woman who doesn't like skin care products.
Yang Haiyan smiled and said, "Don't worry, sisters. If it runs out, I will send you more later."
Sister Du said, "Sister, I won't take advantage of you. I have the best materials here, which I will send to you later. They are all not available outside."
Sister Du also said, "My husband's family produces a lot of things. When the cherries are ripe next month, I will send you more."
When Yang Haiyan heard this, she was overjoyed: "Second sister, does your husband's family grow a lot of cherries?
" When the second sister heard this, she knew that she liked it and felt happy: "That's right. My husband's family is a landlord. They have a lot of land, but they don't do business. They can't just eat the things grown on the land but sell them. Among them, cherries are the most popular. Every year everyone scrambles for them."
Yang Haiyan said: "I wonder if you can give me two of the cherry trees in your family? I will contract your facial cream and lip balm for twenty years." She didn't say she was buying it. It would seem too unfamiliar. Even if she said she was buying it, Second Sister Du would definitely not charge her.
When Du Erjie heard this, she was not dissatisfied at all: "Then I won't be polite."
Du Dajie joked: "It seems that you are a foodie."
Qu also joked: "That's right, I just don't know if you like beauty. I can't provide fabrics or food, but my dowry has a jewelry store, and the things inside are quite novel. You can take care of my face cream and lip balm for 20 years, and I will take care of your jewelry for 20 years. How about it?"
Everyone couldn't help laughing.
Qin Linyang heard that his brothers and sisters were coming, so he hurried over to greet them: "Come on, come on, let's go play with cars."
Yang Haiyan said to the mother-in-law: "Take the young men and girls to play, don't let them bump into anything."
The mother-in-law: "Yes."
The mother-in-law led the children to play, and the children also had their own personal servants, so they all followed.
The children were playing in the yard. The weather outside was nice and comfortable this season. There were many toys in the yard, including big cars, children's bicycles, cloth balls, leather balls, etc. This time, there were also food, including cakes, French fries, potato chips, and chicken strips. These foods were placed on a low table with a small stool next to it.
The children saw the food, but they were not interested. These children usually have enough food and the food at home is also good, so they are interested in playing.
Qin Linyang called his friends over: "Come on, come on, this thing is delicious." As he said, he picked up a potato chip and took a bite, making a crisp sound.
Seeing this, the friends also sat down, watching Qin Linyang eat, and they also picked up the food to eat. At first, they were just passive, but after eating one thing, they started to eat the second and third things. Sister
Du’s eldest son, Wei Zhanlei, who is five years old this year, said: "It’s delicious, really delicious."
Hearing his brother’s words, Wei Zhanyun also said: "It’s delicious." He likes to eat French fries. He can eat several bites of one in his hand.
In the room, when the women are together, the most talked about is gossip.
But at this moment, they are not chatting, because someone has come. The guard at the gate reported: "Madam, there is an old lady at the door. She claims to be from the Cheng'en Marquis Mansion and wants to see you."
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