Chapter 241

In the morning, Xiaofu, Qizhou.

Last night, there was a little snow in Qizhou. The snow on the roof was shining in the sunshine. A group of sparrows were looking for food in the thin snow field in the courtyard.

In the furnace of the house, sandalwood curls and pale blue curtains were burning, and more than ten maids and maidservants stood with their hands hanging.

Two maidservants served an elderly woman to gargle her mouth. On the left and right sides of the room, a man over 60 years old had a pair of black and bright eyes. His hair was gray, his eyebrows went into the temples, and his nose was straight. Naturally, he was dignified. Even now, we can see that he must have been a handsome husband when he was young. This man is Xiao Xuan, the Duke of Song Dynasty.

Opposite him sat a woman of the same age, the Duke's wife Dugu. Dugu's well maintained, if not for some details of the old-fashioned, at first glance looks less than 50 years old, golden brown clothes, such as clouds of hair on the hair pin with gold flowers inlaid with jade hairpin, delicate and decent makeup, posture is dignified, a move with a natural noble spirit.

The three had just finished their breakfast. They were all gargling and cleaning their hands. However, the house was very quiet, with only the rustle of cloth friction.

After finishing everything, the old lady leaned back on the back of the round waist Hu bed.

Dugu's eyes narrowed slightly, and then he raised his eyes and said, "mother, the lady you mentioned two days ago has been checked by his daughter-in-law. It's a pity that Ran's family has not been a poor family since the Five Dynasties. It's a pity that since the Five Dynasties, there has been no one out there. The mother of that lady is Zheng's daughter. Is it not suitable for her to be the wife of yue'er

As a matter of fact, Dugu family wants to say that the identity of ran shiqiniang is different from that of her son, which is not worthy of Xiao.

This can not blame Dugu's high vision. Her sister is the empress dowager, the old lady is the mother of empress Xiao of the former dynasty, the eldest daughter-in-law is the princess of Li Shimin, and the second daughter-in-law is the legitimate daughter of Princess Dachang in Pingyang. Every lady is very dignified. Where does ran Yan's background attract her attention.

The old lady looked at Dugu's family with no emotion, and her tone was clear and light. "Can Jiulang, the life style of wife killer, be regarded as ordinary? In case there is no match in the noble girl, will you let him be single all his life? It's not easy to hope for a person with the same eight characters. It's still after a famous family. Why not? "

After a pause, the old lady looked at Xiao Xuan and said, "I'll be 90 when I see spring. I'll live today without tomorrow. I just want to have a look at yue'er's offspring before entering the earth. Can I have another 10-8 years to wait?"

"Why not? My mother is just saying something unlucky Xiao Fan frowned, but he also felt that Ran's ancestry was not too bad, and that Xiao Song's situation should not be delayed any more.

Dugu Shi said with a smile, "the daughter-in-law doesn't mean to object. She just thinks that it's not appropriate for her to be a proper wife. It's quite appropriate to marry as a side wife."

Dugu family also can't bear to be a loner, but he is also afraid that he will not be able to raise his head in front of his clan brothers after he married ran Yan. After all, the influence of wife clan can not be ignored.

"I know what you mean. However, the eldest son of the marriage will soon be able to go to the Imperial College, which is no less than one point. If Ran's son is married to be a flat wife, he wants to have children. If the mother of Sanfang's first son is only a side room, how can you make him look up in the future? That Ran's family is not bad. It's reasonable to support her mother's family after she is married. " The meaning of the accusation in the old lady's words is obvious: do you think only for your son, not for your grandson?

The old lady saw that she wanted to talk, she raised her hand slightly and said, "it's almost time. You go back. I want to worship Buddha."

Beside her, a woman in her thirties stepped forward and helped her. Xiao Xuan and Dugu quickly got up to see him off.

The old lady stopped and said, "I'm still in good health these days. I'm going to go to Chang'an to see for myself the character of ran shiqiniang."

"Mother!"

"Mother!"

Xiao Xuan and Dugu could not help but be surprised. A 90 year old man can't live a good life at home? How worrying it is to run around!

"I grew up in Chang'an since I was a child, and I have lived in Chang'an for decades. Naturally, I want to go and have a look while I can still walk around. I've made up my mind, so I don't need to persuade. " The old lady was a little impatient and went out of the door with the help of the maid.

Back in the house, the woman asked softly, "why don't you explain that the Cui family also intends to marry ran Shiniang. In case the husband and his wife know that you have already written and sent someone to propose a marriage, it will be bad to turn back and have resentment."

"What if you know?" The old lady said with a smile, "my grandson had a hard time waiting for a woman with the same character. He looked up to him. Isn't this a gift from heaven? How could he have been preempted by Cui? "

The woman put a mattress on her back and chuckled, "you are still so stubborn. I don't know if Shu Niang's progress is going well. When the marriage contract is settled, you can be at ease."

"Who says no, Jiulang's family doesn't even have a concubine Come back, I'm not rare for my concubines! I just hope that Jiulang's daughter-in-law will have a daughter for the first time, and I like Girl dolls. " The old lady sighed, "I don't know if I can live to that day."

"You're just saying despondent words. Your health is stronger than your wife's after taking medicine every three days." The woman pretended to be angry. After that, she discussed with her about who Xiao song would look like if she was born. "Listen to Shu Niang, that's a good appearance of Ran seventeen Niang."As soon as the old lady heard this, she was very interested. She began to think about the name of her granddaughter.

This room was talking about it, but Dugu's mind was not happy. People say that her daughter-in-law has become a mother-in-law. Now she is 60 years old and is still under pressure from her mother-in-law. This morning, she was blocked by the old lady. The more she thought, the more aggrieved she felt, the more angry she thought. She could not help but carefully explore Xiao Xuan's words, "husband, yue'er's marriage..."

"My mother is right." Seeing her hesitation, Xiao Xuan interrupted, "Wu Wangke's blood is noble and rare in the world, but is he still Wu Wangke?"

Xiao Xuan's words are not obscure. Li Ke's great grandmother and grandmother are all from the Dugu family. His great grandfather is Li Hu, the Duke of Tang, Yang Jian, the founding emperor of the Sui Dynasty. His grandfather is Li Yuan, Emperor Gaozu of the Tang Dynasty. One of them has the blood of Yang Sui, Li Tang and Dugu's three powerful families. He is the first person in the world. But what can it do? Lineage did not let Li Ke cross Li Chengqian and Li Tai. What did Li Chengqian and Li Tai rely on? Isn't it because their mother is the queen of the house?

If you want to talk about it, the birth of empress changsun is not comparable to that of concubine Yang. Therefore, the family status is one thing, di Shu is also important.

Xiao Song is now 26 years old and will be 27 years old after the lunar new year. Even if the position of his wife is vacant and ran Yan is not allowed to have a son, then if there is no match for Xiao Song's status in ten or twenty years, isn't it going to cut off Xiao song's descendants?

"I understand." There is no way for Dugu's family. Who let his third son's life suffer, but he has a fate of killing his wife? Moreover, now her husband also agreed, and she could not continue to object. She had to comfort herself. Fortunately, ran was not a common people, otherwise she did not know where to put her face.

When they returned to the main courtyard, Dugu's family went to prepare the old lady's luggage. Although it is very close from Qizhou to Chang'an, the old lady is too old.

The sky was overcast, and gradually snowflakes were floating.

Chang'an city is also a city of dark clouds, scattered with ice particles.

Ran Yan is still in Xiao Song's house to do the work of facial recovery, Xiao Song went to the official office to look after things.

Knowing that Xiao song would come back for dinner, ran Yan cleaned her hands with traditional Chinese medicine and went to the kitchen for lunch. She didn't know Xiao Song's preference, so she made ordinary four dishes and one soup.

When the soup was being served, the door of the kitchen was pushed open. When Xiao Song went back to the house, he heard the story told by the boy. He was very happy, but he didn't hold much hope. However, as soon as he entered the door, he could smell the smell of the food and couldn't help being stunned.

"All right." Ran Yan put the soup bowl on the tray and untied the apron.

Xiao Song looked at her movements, soft and warm in his heart, and his exhaustion swept away most of his body.

"How do you think of cooking yourself?" Xiao song came forward to hold ran Yan's hand and asked.

Ran Yan had a black face, but he did not shake off his hand. "Liu Qingsong is not here. There is no one in the kitchen. Do you want to be hungry?"

Xiao Song gave a dry cough and said with a smile, "I usually don't pay attention to these things, or I'll get Liu Qingsong back. Anyway, you're not going to go to the market with him to treat people's diseases? If he's here, it's convenient for you to come. "

"Did he even tell you that?" Ran Yan is a little angry, Liu Qingsong, this eight woman! But then he looked at Xiao Song suspiciously, and thought whether he had extorted a confession from Liu Qingsong.

Two people walk into the hall, Xiao songcai reluctantly release ran Yan's hand, and sit down on the table.

Xiao Song's eating behavior was very casual, but there was indescribable elegance and no voice. It was obviously related to the good education of his family background.

Ran Yan's eating action is not elegant, but it is not rude.

Since the Duke of the state of song was appointed governor of Qizhou, Xiao Song seldom dined in the government. The year before last, he found this courtyard in pingkangfang, and lived alone here. Since then, he has either eaten in the official office, or socialized with others and ate outside. Xiao Song did not feel how, but compared with today, how did it look so desolate before?

See Xiao Song put down the dishes and chopsticks, Ge Lan to serve him gargle.

The house is quiet, the stove is burning, and the ice particles rustle on the roof tiles. It sounds very peaceful and peaceful.

"May I have a rest?" Xiao Song asked.

Ran Yan shook his head and asked, "may the case be solved before the end of the year?"

"It's hard to say. The other three are dead or alive. " Xiao Song rubbed his temple and drooped his eyes. "However, I found out that Dou Chengfeng was in close contact with a widowed woman. This was the news I got from Dou Chengfeng's elder brother repeatedly. As soon as I learned the identity of the lady, I guarded her residence. Take time to have a look in the afternoon. I don't believe that a living man goes to the countryside, and no one knows the news yet. "

Ran Yan looked at the light blue color of his eyes, and said, "you go to take a nap. After a good rest, the train of thought will be clear. I will call you back to get up."

Xiao Song raised his eyes and looked at her quietly. His smile was peaceful and gentle, which was different from any smile he used to have.

"Good." He answered, got up and went to ran Yan. He leaned over and gave a kiss to her hair. (to be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to start（ qidian.com ）Your support is my biggest motivation to vote for recommendation and monthly tickets. )www.novelhall.com , the fastest update of the webnovel!