Chapter 53
Chapter 53
Mrs. still loves my brother
Master Mohou moved his sparse beard, and asked again: "His Royal Highness Yi Wang, what industry is not easy to develop, why do you want to build flower boats?"
To put it bluntly, the flower boat is a brothel moving on the river, and it is of the nature of private prostitution, which is quite dirty, and it is not a good business.
Want to make money, there are more decent businesses to do, why do this despised business?
Shi Qing remembered that Miao Pengxuan had told him that idlers could not enter Xinxiangfang, that is to say, the boat ladies of Xinxiangfang picked people up to pick up guests?No!The boat lady is definitely not qualified to pick the guests, the one who picks the guests is the steward of Xinxiangfang?
No!Judging from Miao Pengxuan's sentence "People who wait for leisure can't enter Xinxiangfang", maybe the manager is not qualified to pick someone, and the one who picks someone is Yi Wang!
The boat lady picks up a guest, so does Wang Yi need to personally pick the guest?Even if King Yi didn't personally intervene, I'm afraid it would be arranged by King Yi's senior staff.
Rule out the possibility that King Yi has a special preference, and the guests who can enter the flower boat are not ordinary people, even if they have not yet set foot in the court.
But after all, he grew up in the Hou family and was naturally sensitive to politics. He said: "Yi Wang is using flower boats to win over and cultivate his own power."
King Yi, the No.11 son of Emperor De, is a descendant.
The harem of Emperor Hede is full of flowers. In addition to the Yuan Empress, three successors have been established successively. If they are established as queens, the princes born to them can be transferred from concubine to heir, and have the status of heir.
King Yi's status as a direct descendant is not at all dominant among his brothers, because before him, the third, sixth, and eighth princes were all direct descendants.King Yi and the sixth prince, King Shen, were born from the same mother and were born in the second successor.
Although they are both descendants, the three princes were born after the Yuan Dynasty, and they are more noble than other brothers who turned from concubine to descendant, so they were established as princes by Emperor Hede.
Now that he has the status of a descendant, he cannot help thinking about the supreme position.Now the emperor is nearly [-] years old, his body is getting weaker every year, his energy is low, and his ability to control the court and ministers is getting weaker and weaker. The princes who have ideas about the throne are stepping up their plans.
Old Master Mo shook his head: "Prince Yi is not necessarily for himself."
"For King Shen."
"Not bad." Old Master Mo nodded.Brothers are of the same heart, and their profits cut through gold.King Shen and King Yi's ability and power are not outstanding among the princes. They want to break out of the siege in the life-and-death struggle for imperial power, but they have to form an alliance with brothers.
Shi Qing asked, "Grandfather, who do we support?"
"The way to be a minister is pure. Why do we, the Marquis, take part in the princes' dog-eat-dog? Whoever sits on the throne, we will support him." Old Lord Mo said, "Your grandfather and uncle often remind me to be close." Pay attention, but don't participate in it." Therefore, he knew some inside information about Xinxiangfang.
Only pay attention, do not participate, wait until the last moment, the situation has become clear, and then seize the opportunity to show loyalty, this is the psychology of most court ministers.
At the end, Old Master Mo asked: "Naqu Suili was invited to the Xinxiang Boat, but in the end, he was stripped naked and thrown into the Mei River, and he was even drowned. What do you think this means?"
Shi Qing speculated: "Wang Yi wanted to win him over, but he didn't agree. As a result, Wang Yi wanted to throw him into the river and drown him in a fit of anger. Talents that he couldn't win over by himself couldn't be recruited by others."
No wonder when he said that after getting married, he could no longer go whoring-prostitution-hospital-prostitution, Sui Li hurriedly argued, saying that he didn't want to prostitute for nothing, and he even denied prostitution, it seemed that it was probably true.
For some reason, thinking of this possibility, Shi Qing seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, and unconsciously evaluated: It seems that Sui Li is not a frivolous person, very good.
Old Master Mo laughed and said: "It is said that my brother is a person with great luck, great fortune, and great opportunity. This old man believes it. Look, you just fish out a person from the Meihe River casually, Not an ordinary person." The person who can be wooed and silenced by Yi Wang is definitely not an ordinary person.
Shi Qing was still somewhat resistant to his brother's identity and didn't want to be mentioned, but he didn't like to throw face at his grandfather, so he brought up the topic: "That Miao Pengxuan told me..." The princes coveted their own words, so it's hard to say , then omitted it, paused, and said: "Say, there are many people who want to harm Qu Suili, what should we do."
No matter if it is a door-to-door husband and son-in-law, he can't be like a woman, locked at home every day and not allowed to go out.
Old Lord Mo didn't care, he just said: "When he goes out, send a few more generals to follow." Old Lord Mo is full of confidence in the fighting power of his own generals.
"It's you, didn't you take advantage of that moment last night to dig out the details of my brother?"
Shi Qing's face collapsed, and he said: "Grandpa, I have already told him clearly that the marriage is for outsiders to see, and I will not do anything with him. After three to five years, we will get back together. Grandpa, You have to know in your heart that you can give him face in front of outsiders, and we don't have to be too affectionate or polite to him in private. I will try to find out his details." After finishing speaking, he turned around and left.
Looking at his grandson's straight back, Mr. Mo Lao Hou felt uncomfortable. After a long time, he seemed to come back to his senses and sighed, "It's a fake marriage."
After communicating with his grandfather, Shi Qing went to communicate with his mother again. The focus of the communication with his mother was the attitude towards Qu Suili.
Shi Qing also clarified his real relationship with Qu Suili with his mother, and told his mother not to take too much care of Qu Suili in the future.
"He is a tenant who lives in our house temporarily. There is no need to send him a servant alone. You can use my servant and the certificate in my yard. Grandpa said that if he wants to go out, he can send a servant. Will follow. As long as he spends in the mansion, he can live with his face. In three to five years, when the limelight has passed, I will make peace with him."
"Wait!" Seeing that his son turned around and was about to leave, Zuo hurriedly shouted: "After He Li, who do you want to marry? Do you have someone you like?"
"Why do you want to marry?" Brother looks like a man, why can't he live like a man?Brother can't stand upright?Can't live freely and unrestrainedly?Why do we have to marry and have children, relying on men?
Zuo said decisively: "No! If you dare to reconcile, I am in a hurry with you!" Since there is no one you like, why do you want to reconcile?From the current point of view, Brother Qu's performance is not bad. The key is to reconcile and leave, and she is not ready to marry, so when will she be able to embrace her grandson?
Shi Qing was depressed and couldn't feel the emotions of taking care of his mother. He didn't want to quarrel with his mother, so he bowed his hands and backed out.
Zuo sat in front of the book desk, thinking more and more, getting more and more angry, and he was not in the mood to read the account book. After being angry for a long time, he called the girl and ordered: "Go, pass on my words, so I can choose two young servants for my brother, two The long-term follower. The young servant should be smart, and the long-term follower should be shrewd and capable, with good skills. You opened my warehouse, brought out a few horses of good material, and made clothes for my elder brother. First, eight sets of clothes for four seasons. Except Prepare four sets of clothes and accessories for each."
Thinking that my elder brother had nothing on him when he was fished out of the river by his son, Zuo ordered again: "Send another 50 taels of silver to my elder brother, and let him use it. From now on, I will give my elder brother one silver tael every month. The month and month, the month and month are the same as the young master."
The eldest maid happily agreed to go down to work. Just now she vaguely heard the young master said that she wanted to get divorced, and even she was worried for the young master. Fortunately, the madam loves the elder brother very much. Seeing like this, she must be inseparable!
Shi Qing went back to his yard, looked around, but couldn't find Sui Li, when he asked, the young man replied: "Brother wants to wander around the mansion to get familiar with the environment."
Shi Qing went into the study room, wanting to read a book and pass the time.As soon as I entered the study room, I found that the study room was organized very neatly, especially the books on the two Duobaoges, which were all sorted and put together, and the categories were written on them for easy search.
The handwriting on the silk silk has a straight edge, strong strokes, round fonts, and broad strokes. One can tell that it has been practiced hard.Shi Qing secretly evaluated in his heart: This word is well written.
A person who can write such good characters must be a scholar.Shi Qing couldn't help guessing: Qu Suili isn't a candidate for the exam in Beijing, right?Seeing that he is talented, King Yi wanted to win him over?However, when I rescued him, he was stripped naked and had no paperwork. How could he take the exam?Could it be that he still has to go to the people from Xinxiangfang to get back the documents?
Shi Qing passed the college examination at the age of 16, and already has a reputation as a scholar, but he is still young and honored, so he has no plans to take the provincial examination.
After waiting for a long time, Shi Qing finally waited for Sui Li to come back. As soon as he entered the courtyard, Sui Li saw Shi Qing, and said with a smile: "Shi Qing, you got a good name for this courtyard, I like it! Head over the wind, haha, you have personality. Name it Qingfeng, Chengfeng, Dongfeng, Nanfeng... I have seen such names a lot, and I will remember them right away as you are the head of the wind."
Shi Qing was too lazy to talk, just said: "Come to the study, I have something to ask you."
After Sui Li entered the study, after the two of them sat down, Shi Qing got straight to the point: "Tell me, who are you? Why did you go to Xinxiangfang yesterday? What happened that caused you to be stripped naked and thrown out?"
Whoring courtesans for nothing?As long as you understand the background of Xinxiangfang, you will know whether it is difficult to say whether it is possible to prostitute the lady in Xinxiangfang for nothing, but it is easy to say.
Xinxiangfang is not an ordinary flower boat, making money is the secondary purpose, it is mainly used to attract officials and talents for King Shen and Yi, so as to strengthen his own power.As long as you are willing to contribute to King Shen and Yi, don't talk about whoring the oiran lady for nothing, I'm afraid you can still get back pay.
Knowing the details of Xinxiangfang, it is easy to understand that the reason why King Yi wanted to buy flower boats in order to buy brothels directly was because brothels are easy to be stared at by hostile forces, and flower boats can sail on the Meihe River and even go out of the city Go, it's not easy to be stared at.
"Oh, don't keep talking about people being stripped naked, I'm so embarrassing." Sui Li smiled with a smile on his face, and his expression was frank and upright, so there was no embarrassment at all.
This was the first time Shi Qing looked at Sui Li directly, for some reason, he felt his eyes were dazzled by Sui Li's smile, he quickly calmed down, and said with a serious face: "I'm telling you something serious, don't laugh at me. "
Sui Li took a sip of tea, restrained his expression, and said, "I've only been in Yiyong for ten days."
"Come to catch the exam?" Two months later, it will be the autumn period, and there are many students from other places rushing to the capital at this time.
"I just came to Yiyong to travel around, to see the most prosperous town in Rongguo, and to broaden my horizons."
"Do you have any fame?"
Sui Li hesitated for a moment before saying, "No."
Sui Li's handwriting is good, and it looks like he has worked hard and practiced hard, so he is undoubtedly a scholar.Shi Qing asked in disbelief, "Not even a scholar? Or a child?"
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