On how to make the big cat sleep obediently [Time Travel]

After Zhang Zhiping listened to the visitor's report, he sat back on the chair and couldn't calm down for a long time.

It wasn't until his wife Zhang Lishi went through the initial shock and picked up a handkerchief to wipe away her tears with endless chill in her heart that Zhang Zhiping realized how terrible this news was for them.

Among the aristocratic families in the three counties of Huai'an, the Zhang family of Lanhe belonged to an older family, decades earlier than the Miao family, and had existed for several generations even before Prince Yu came to the northern border.

Compared with the Miao family who grew rapidly through Prince Yu's mansion, the Zhang family remained very low-key after Liu Yu took charge of the fiefdom. It was not until the eldest son was about to be engaged to the Zhang family's daughter that he suddenly showed his face in front of the northern family.

Prince Yu was obviously very satisfied with the Yue family he had found for Liu Kui, but Mrs. Zhang was not very happy with this engagement.

Part of the reason was naturally that the eldest son died young, and the eldest son was not so outstanding.

But more importantly, the existence of the successor concubine Miao's family and Liu Xuan made the eldest son's position in Prince Yu's mansion very embarrassing. He was married to Liu Kui. This makes the Zhang family, who has always liked stability, feel more pressure.

They were originally unwilling to get involved in the dispute over the successor of Prince Yu's mansion, but the marriage contract was negotiated by Prince Yu personally with Mrs. Zhang. At that time, Liu Yu was not suffering from illness and was in his prime. He was a well-deserved master in the northern border and could not be disobedient , Can not refuse, Zhang can only compromise.

But some time ago, a straw broke this trembling relationship, and this straw was sent to the Zhang family by the Miao family.

After the death of Prince Yu, what will happen in the palace? As a famous family, the Zhang family can guess a thing or two even if they don't see it.

Later, the imperial court did not seal the county king for a long time, and the arrangements for the northern border were still not settled, which made all the families who were related or not related to Prince Yu worry about it, and the same was true for the Zhang family.

Later, Prince Yu came to the northern border to take charge of the overall situation, and the three counties of Huai'an, which were faintly turbulent, stabilized temporarily. Everyone was waiting for the emperor in Beijing to recover and give Huai'an a letter of approval as soon as possible.

Who knew that His Majesty's letter hadn't been heard, the Zhang family got the news from the Miao family first - the eldest son was sick frequently, and even Prince Yu couldn't see him, probably because he was born with a serious illness and dared not see others.

Regarding this news, the Zhang family didn't believe it at first, and they didn't want to believe it. After all, the Miao family will be their opponents in the future, and they have been secretly wary of each other before. How could the other party be so kind and come to "tip the news".

But once there is a seed of doubt in his heart, it is difficult to get rid of it. Afterwards, the Zhang family also tried various methods to find out the news, but the conclusions they finally got were not ideal.

In Jizhou, before the two families got married, although the young couples could not meet each other by themselves, they could ask their close mothers to greet each other.

In this way, the woman can take this opportunity to see the environment in the man's house, whether the other party has any bad habits and used maids, and the man can also take this opportunity to understand the woman's virtue and appearance, which can be regarded as doing some homework in advance for the beautiful life of both parties after marriage. Prepare.

The Zhang family sent the nanny of the eldest daughter of the Zhang family to visit Prince Yu's residence on the grounds of paying their respects to the concubine and the eldest son.

Now, there is something the Zhang family doesn't understand.

Even if Liu Kui is an ordinary person and has a serious disease, he cannot marry, let alone a child of the clan.

Once His Majesty knows that Liu Kui has a serious illness, he will definitely dislike him. At that time, Liu Kui's defeat in the battle for the throne will be minor, and if it is serious, he may be expelled from the royal family, or even lose his life.

In the previous dynasty, Emperor Li was tyrannical by nature. Because he didn't like the stuttering of a cousin's son, he was drowned. In order to prevent him from giving birth to a disabled child, the pregnant wife of the clan son was buried with him.

Although the current emperor of Jizhou has a gentle temper and is well-known for his reputation, he does not know whether he will have the same attitude as his elder brother, Emperor Li, towards this kind of person who insults the royal face.

At that time, not only Liu Kui will suffer, but even the Wang family where the eldest concubine lives, and their Zhang family may not be able to avoid being implicated.

As the patriarch of the eldest family, Zhang Zhiping only had one precious daughter, of course he was raised like a pearl like a treasure, how could he bear her suffering, and in front of the whole clan, he was not just a father.

They could not say that the eldest son Liu Kui was born with a serious illness and resigned, nor could they wait until the court noticed his abnormality before retiring. If they wanted to cut off the relationship with the eldest son, they had to make sacrifices themselves.

Thus, there was the unfortunate "accident" known to outsiders.

Zhang Zhiping was heartbroken because of this, but there was nothing he could do, so he could only ask someone to send a post to the palace, hoping that the eldest son and concubine Wang, who had been eating vegetarian food and praying to Buddha for many years, would have a moment of kindness and let the Zhang family go.

However, what happened next was astonishingly fast, and it was completely beyond the expectations of the Zhang family.

It turned out that Princess Ji and Liu Xuan had already been concerned about the eldest son's affairs, and sending a letter to Zhang's house was really a malicious intention.

In fact, they had already sent a letter to Beijing, asking His Majesty to send an imperial doctor to give the eldest son a pulse under the pretext of caring about the eldest son.

But anyone with a discerning eye could tell that the imperial doctor's visit to Xing'an might be the eldest son's death talisman.

The reason why the Zhang family was forced to make a decision was to break Liu Kuizhi's wings, so that he would completely lose this hard-won help, and there would be no possibility of resistance.

Not to mention the Zhang family, even the Wang family behind the concubine retreated because of this, so for the first time, she showed her favor to the Miao family at Liu Xuan's young daughter's full moon wine, and immediately put the concubine in an embarrassing position, which is embarrassing endlessly.

The Zhang family didn't have time to wait for the other party to retire, and the internal officials and imperial doctors sent by the imperial court were already on their way to Xing'an.

However, there was no news of the resignation from Prince Yu's mansion, so the Zhang family naturally thought that it was the concubine and the eldest son who wanted to die together, dragging the Zhang family to suffer together.

What they didn't know was that Liu Kui had been suffering from illness before, and the crown princess Wang stayed by Aizi's side day and night, so she had no time to care about the marriage contract.

Later, the brothers of the Jian family treated Liu Kui. Although the treatment went well, it was very dangerous for a few days after the operation, and he had to recover slowly, which took some time.

In addition, there are still some unknown reasons, so the eldest son has not responded to the Zhang family.

What happened after that shocked everyone in the northern border.

Liu Xuan, the concubine son of Prince Yu, and the Miao family, the second concubine, not only relied on the favor of Prince Yu to be domineering and domineering in the three counties of Huaian for a long time, but also secretly smelted iron and raised private soldiers, intending to rebel, and was secretly transferred to the north by the court. The army was swept away,

All local wealthy families connected with Liu Xuan's family were quickly liquidated one by one, and all were escorted to Beijing.

The court's swift and ruthless actions finally let the aristocratic families in the three counties of Huai'an understand that all this did not happen suddenly.

Perhaps as early as the emperor of Jizhou was "sick", there were already things that they couldn't see, which changed quietly in the north.As for Prince Yu, who wandered around the three counties of Huai'an but only seemed to dislike the eldest son, the past few months were not in vain.

Because the cleansing was so massive, news of the eldest son's illness did not spread at all, and it was only after a while that it spread.

The internal officials next to His Majesty and the imperial doctor Jiang who came to give the eldest son a pulse have been in Prince Yu's mansion, waiting for the seal of the imperial court to come to Xing'an before leaving for Beijing.

Liu Xuan has already fallen, and when he arrives in Tianjing, he will end up with a different head. The eldest son, who has no serious illness, has originally received the support of the Emperor Jizhou, and now he inherits the throne, which is even more logical.

For the Zhang family, this news is good news, but not good news.

……

"In this way, the Zhang family doesn't have to worry about being implicated by the eldest son..."

While watching the little tiger cub running in the yard, Xiaonian talked to Jiang Zhidao who was standing beside him.

The matter in the northern border is not over yet, and some escaped fish are trying to find a way to escape. Prince Yu went to catch them himself. He has not been in Xing'an City for the past few days, and only Zheng Rong and Jiang Zhi are by his side in the mansion.

Jiang Changshi completed what he hadn't said: "But now, the Zhang family may be worried that the eldest son will retaliate against his former Yue's family after he becomes the king of the county."

Although the marriage has not been formally divorced, it is true that Miss Zhang's leg is ill, and it is true that the Zhang family sent a letter. This matter will explode sooner or later.

Although judging from how Xiaonian got along with the eldest son during this time, he didn't think Liu Kui would take any revenge as the Zhang family thought.

However, Liu Kui and her mother, Wang Shi, have been treated unfairly and even cruelly before. Even Wang Shi, the concubine's natal family, made such a choice at a critical moment. Now that Liu Kui is about to gain power, no one can guarantee that They can still keep their original intentions.

No matter in Huaguo or Jizhou, Xiaonian is not a person who gets overwhelmed when he gets rich. He doesn't want the people he saved to be fascinated by the wealth that is turning around at this time, and make bad changes.

When Prince Yu was about to leave the house, he urged him not to bother his little doctor with outside affairs.

Jiang Zhi was also afraid that Xiaonian would be worried, so he decisively changed the subject: "When the remnants of Liu Xuan's family are punished, the eldest son is crowned the county king, and the northern border is settled down, His Highness can take us back to the northern border."

What he said will not be solved in a short period of time, it may be as short as half a year, and as long as one or two years, but in the end there is something to look forward to, which makes people feel happy.

Sure enough, Xiaonian immediately laughed when he heard the words: "When we go back, Xiaohuai should be able to call my brother."

Jian Xiaohuai is just the youngest son of Xiaonian's uncle's family. Because Jian Wu's life has passed but he has not given birth for a long time, he suddenly started after eating two pieces of Sophora japonica cake. the name.

Doctor Jian's letter is actually still on the way, and it will take some time to get to Xing'an, but Xiaonian got the news through the people of Prince Yu's mansion today, and he has been thinking about it from time to time since he heard it, and his joy is beyond words.

Even when he saw the locust tree in the courtyard, he had to think about what the little guy looked like, whether he looked like his uncle, Xiao Ling, or even him.

"My aunt gave birth to Xiaohuai at home. My uncle and her have discussed it a long time ago. When my aunt is a month old, I will move back home. My room is sunny, so it is just vacated for my aunt and Xiaohuai."

These were all discussed before, and he was not at all unhappy that the house was occupied, but he felt happy because of the birth of his little cousin.

Because Xiaonian and Prince Yu came to Xing'an, and Jian Xiaoling was studying martial arts at Prince Yu's mansion again, Jian Xingyuan and his wife went to Jian's mansion to accompany their father. It was when Jian Wu's family was about to give birth that they invited Dr. Yao and his wife who were good at gynecology from the nearest medical clinic. , went home.

Since they don't know when Xiaonian will be able to go back, they plan to spend more time with Imperial Physician Jian.

Jiang Zhi couldn't help laughing with him when he heard that Xiaonian had already started to imagine how to teach his younger brother to read and write medical books.

At this time, the little tiger cub who was chasing around in the yard saw his brother smiling. He didn't know what he was laughing at. He looked so good under the sunlight, so he spread his fat legs and ran towards this side. Jump on him.

Xiaonian squatted down, stroked the little tiger cub beside him with his hands, and asked, "Is baby tired?"

They had indeed been running for quite a while, when they heard Xiaonian's question, they immediately fell down beside his legs like a weak willow supporting the wind, and stretched out their little claws to hug him.

Xiaonian picked them up immediately, but didn't rush into the house, so he let them enjoy the sun on the porch at the door.

On a morning near summer, the sun was shining brightly, which seemed to indicate that the dark clouds that had shrouded the northern border since the death of Prince Yu were about to completely dissipate, and everything was going in a good direction.

……

When Prince Yu comes back, Xiaonian can go to Prince Yu's mansion to see Liu Kui.

Back then, the Eldest Prince was weak, and most people in the palace followed suit, surrounding Liu Xuan and Princess Ji.

Now Liu Xuan and Miao's family were escorted to Beijing, and their servants were also caught in a net and put into the prison of the government, waiting for the court to deal with them.

Most of the remaining servants were concentrated in the eldest son's Nanyuan, while the new servants purchased temporarily were not familiar with the environment of the palace, faced with heavy guards, they behaved tremblingly, hiding in the dark and not daring to appear.

The formerly bustling Prince Yu's Mansion suddenly lost eight to nine out of ten people, and everything changed, making it look even more desolate.

Xiaonian sighed inwardly, and went straight to Nanyuan. When he observed Liu Kui's complexion, he found that not only did he not look happy, but there was a bit of sullenness between his brows.

"The eldest son should maintain a good mood, so as not to affect the recovery of the wound."

Liu Kui nodded and said: "Thank you for your concern, Yanping will pay attention." Although he immediately agreed to Xiaonian, it seemed that it was not so easy to do.

Out of responsibility to the patient, Xiaonian decided to ask the next question: "Is the eldest son depressed because of something?"

Liu Kui is very grateful and dependent on the little doctor Jian in front of him, and liked to talk to him before.

It's just that after Prince Yu left Xing'an City, the little doctor Jian didn't come to Prince Yu's mansion for a long time, and this matter was a bit long to talk about, so Liu Kui was silent for a moment, and then said: "Because of my marriage , I have a different mind from my mother, so it's difficult."

Xiaonian was a little surprised when he heard the words. In his opinion, Wang Shi and Liu Kui are very close mother and son. The two depended on each other in Prince Yu's mansion, and they had a very close relationship. He didn't expect that there would be disagreements.

Thinking about Liu Kui's marriage, it is naturally related to the Zhang family, so it is even more puzzling.

Liu Kui lowered her head and said, "Mother wants to withdraw as soon as possible, but I don't want to."

Now, Xiaonian was not calm anymore, he asked strangely: "Why is the eldest son unwilling?" Isn't Liu Kui angry at the Zhang family treating him like that?

"It's not that I don't know what Mrs. Zhang did, but I also have my own considerations."

Liu Kui explained to Xiaonian: "That Miss Zhang family, I have actually met a few times. From a distance, she should be a dignified, virtuous, and rich-hearted lady from a famous family. She is not a good match because of her grandfather's orders... To tell the truth, Dr. Jian, Yanping once said to himself that he would treat her well after getting married."

Hearing this, Xiaonian nodded - it turned out that the eldest son fell in love with him first, no wonder he never forgot.

However, no matter how good the young lady of the Zhang family is, she is already disabled. Although Xiaonian sympathizes with her experience, even if the concubine Shizi is an ordinary Jizhou woman, she might not be able to accept such a daughter-in-law. What's more, she is still a clan wife.

"Miss Zhang's family has now suffered an unreasonable disaster and her body has been damaged. If she is divorced at this time, she may have no hope in this life... In the end, it is because of Yanping that she ended up in such a situation. I really don't want her to fall into a more miserable situation. "

Facing Xiaonian, Liu Kui seemed to have opened her heart. From the initial hesitation, now she is willing to express her heart slowly: "My mother is very sad because of the matter of the Wang family, and now she is angry with the Zhang family, so she can't listen to me at all. "

For this point, Xiaonian still understands Shi Zifei very well.

For the eldest concubine, her natal family turned against her at the last moment, putting her in an embarrassing situation, it was tantamount to putting the eldest son in a dangerous situation without the support of his maternal ancestral family.

A mother who has been touched against her scales is extremely disappointed with her natal family, let alone the Zhang family who is not as good as the family.

Even if the concubine Shizi had compassion for that young lady of the Zhang family, she would never allow Liu Kui to marry the daughter of this family. She did not take revenge on the Zhang family in turn, and she had already accumulated virtue for Liu Kui.

Liu Kui never asked Xiaonian's opinion from the beginning to the end, which shows that he still has a sense of propriety in his heart, and knows that he should not use his personal affairs to embarrass the little doctor Jian who is an outsider, but he has no other people to confide in, so he speaks out. Absolutely.

He raised his head and looked at Xiaonian: "Among them, there is another reason why I don't want to withdraw from the marriage. It sounds a little utilitarian and selfish, but you are not someone else. Yanping would like to tell you what is in his heart."

Sensing Liu Kui's seriousness, Xiaonian sat up straighter and asked with a serious face, "What's the reason, sir, but it's okay to say."

At this time, I am afraid that the patient will hide it, unwilling to express his true feelings, and blindly hide the unhappy things in his heart, so how can he be happy.

"A son never speaks of his father's faults, let alone his grandfather's faults. However, the three counties of Huai'an experienced such a catastrophe, but it is not unrelated to the fact that the Miao family took advantage of their grandfather's power. It can be seen that those in power love their relatives too much. In the long run, Not a good thing."

Liu Kui said this, paused for a moment, and looked at the screen in the room, which was a gift from his grandfather Wang's family in the early years.

In the early years, the grandfather's family also made a lot of efforts for him and his mother, but now things are different, and Liu Kui only feels sentimental when he sees the old things.

He suppressed this sadness and continued: "No matter how hard it is for my grandfather's family and my mother and son now, it will naturally be difficult to make troubles by taking advantage of the situation in the future. If I withdraw my marriage and choose another lady from a famous family, if I don't keep it together, there will be another one." A Miao family. Instead of this, it is better to choose the Zhang family, at least to alienate them, it is a reasonable thing, and my mother and I don't have to have any burden."

When Xiaonian heard this, he finally understood what Liu Kui meant.

The Miao family's evil actions in the northern region were largely due to the fact that Concubine Ji and Liu Xuan were favored in front of Prince Yu and had people backing them.This is actually a pattern with the Xu family in Beijing who gained power through the Empress Dowager and the former Concubine Xu.

Compared with Prince Yu and Emperor Jizhou, the Eldest Prince Liu Kui has no foundation in the northern border. Even if it is logical to inherit the throne now, he must manage well to consolidate his position. It is inevitable that he must unite with some forces.

In addition, Shi Zifei and Liu Kui are not ruthless people. If you are not careful during this process, it is indeed easy to make your grandfather's family and wife's family have more desires and follow the Miao family's path.

The Wang family is Liu Kui's natal family, so they are separated by a floor, not to mention that they are not kind, and chose to abandon their daughter and grandson at a critical moment, and they dare not get too close when they think about it.

But Liu Kui's family of wives, if it wasn't the Zhang family who also owed the eldest son, it would be hard to say. The so-called pillow wind and pillow wind are forces that should not be underestimated.

Liu Kui showed Xiaonian the side of her own heart, on the one hand, she trusted him, on the other hand, she was really depressed, and wanted to talk to others about her plans that she didn't even like.

When Xiaonian heard this, he didn't feel bored with Liu Kui in his heart, on the contrary, he liked Liu Kui more.

——Being able to tell him these reasons honestly is actually a rare quality...

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After listening to Xiaonian's words, Liu Yu also had a new understanding of his nephew.

——He has good thoughts in his heart, and he has a city... If this son can continue to stick to his heart like this, he will surely achieve something. In the long run, the northern border will be safe.

"I don't think there is any problem with the concubine Shizi. Their mother and son have always been close. As long as the eldest son communicates with her well, there will always be a time to make sense. But the young lady of the Zhang family he is going to marry is unfortunately disabled. The court will allow Zong Does the woman have a serious disease?"

Leprosy, leprosy, deafness, blindness, leprosy, baldness, lameness, lameness, and lack of human relations are all serious diseases.

After hearing Liu Kui's state of mind relayed next year, Prince Yu felt that this might not be a problem: "If he knows Liu Kui's plan, he should be very satisfied."

For the emperor of Jizhou, it doesn't matter whether the future mistress of the northern border is beautiful or ugly, tall or short, fat or thin, as long as she is obedient.

At this time, Liu Yu suddenly thought of something: "Jiang Shike has all-round talents, but he is best at orthopedics. It turns out that he wants to use it here."

When Xiaonian heard the words, it took him a while to realize that Jiang Shike was Imperial Doctor Jiang's full name, and then he felt turbulent.

——It turns out that the emperor had long planned in this regard... This person hides everything behind him, it's really scary!