Chapter 6: I once saw the name Xuan Wang in a dream
Ji Gongyou hugged the beauty and sipped on the wine as he watched the dancers dance, looking like he was drunk.
Queen Jiang saw that her son was a good-for-nothing and came over to scold him.
Seeing that his mother was still afraid of scolding him, Ji Gong Xue restrained himself and dismissed his attendants.
The Bao Empress Dowager said to the King of Bao who came to greet her," My son, this year Prince Zhou is holding an ancestral worship ceremony, have you prepared a gift?
The king of Bao Country, Bao Xu, said," Mother, your son has already prepared it, and it is even more abundant than last year.
The Empress Dowager said,"Our Bao Kingdom lives in Nanshan. The land is fertile, the climate is mild, and the products are abundant. It is the most fertile area in this area." My Bao Kingdom has always lived peacefully in the Qin Ba Valley. On both sides of the Han River, wars against neighboring countries were rarely launched. However, it was inevitable that other countries would covet it. It was also because our country had close ties with the King of Zhou and had in-laws that we could live in peace.
The king of Bao said,"I know that."
The Empress Dowager of Bao said," Every time the Zhou Dynasty holds a major event, the King of Bao will go in person. He is also listed as a " friend of the Zhou Dynasty " by the Zhou Dynasty. The reception standard is higher than that of other countries." This time, we didn't do a good job in in-laws with the Crown Prince. Although I was chosen, I wasn't ranked. This was what I was worried about.
The king of Bao said,"The reason is that I have prepared many rare toys. Each of these things is priceless."
"That's good. You'd better prepare well! Only by talking to the emperor of Zhou can we keep our country safe. However, good things are not as good as beautiful women. When you come back from the Zhou family, you can take in all the beauties in the world and see if there are still beauties in my Bao Kingdom? Be prepared." The Empress Dowager of Bao Guo stood up and said.
The king of Bao Kingdom, Bao Xue, also stood up and bowed. Your son will do it now. Your son will take his leave.
The Empress Dowager turned and said,""Don't forget to bring a beauty with you this time. Even if it was not presentable, at least it could be used.”With that, he left.
The king of Bao said,"I will listen to you."
Madam Jun, the monarch of Bao Country, had been following her husband around.
Qiao Lian entered the Si family's gate at a young age. Her adoptive parents, who had left to do business, were not used to it and cried to go back. Her crying made her adoptive father, who had not left yet, feel sad and somewhat unable to bear it. However, he still endured the pain and left. He did not want to hear his daughter's cries. It was too heartbreaking.
The old lady, Madam Zhu, was a strict person. She whipped the bamboo strips and said, I make you cry
The bamboo strips hurt the skin but not the bones, but it was extremely painful when they were whipped.
Qiao Lian ran around the house after being whipped, but she was also caught up and cried in pain.
The old lady said fiercely,"Shut up." Cry again? I still have to give you bamboo threads.
Qiao Lian couldn't take the beating and could only stop crying.
The old lady scolded,"Don't cry." Tears welled up in her eyes again, but the bamboo thread did not allow it.
Qiao Lian could only wipe away her tears and sob instead of crying.
The old lady said sternly,"Don't make a sound." If you make another sound, I'll beat you up.
Qiao Lian didn't dare to make a sound and tried her best to suppress herself.
When the old lady saw this, her tone became a little calmer as she said, I don't believe that I can't deal with you.
Qiao Lian listened and glared at him.
"Why do you look so angry?" When the old lady saw it, she jumped and said something, but then she hit him again.
Qiao Lian couldn't help but cry after being hit.
The old lady said angrily,"Are you crying again?"
Qiao Lian also suppressed her crying, but she couldn't help but cry out a few words like how angry and wronged she was, but she was still stopped by a shout.
Old Mrs. Han said,"This is bad." You're quite bold and disrespectful.
Qiao Lian didn't dare to resist and accepted it.
The old lady said again,"Did I ask you to make a fuss about going home?" This will be your home from now on. Remember, in this house, you have to call me mother in the future, just like your younger siblings. Did you hear that?
Qiao Lian ignored him.
The old lady shouted again,"Did you hear that?"
Qiao Lian saw the old lady shouting and raising the bamboo thread again, so she said," I heard it.
The old lady suddenly said to her daughter, Si Zengyu, who had been watching Qiao Lian being beaten at the door, Call your brother over.
Si Zengyu happily agreed and ran away. Not long after, he called his brother Si Zengjian from the study.
Si Zeng Jian was the flower protector.
The refined Si Zeng Jian came to see his mother and asked," Mother, why did you call me?
The old lady said,"Son, what do you think of this girl?"
Si Zeng Jian looked at the obedient Qiao Lian and said," This younger sister was quite pretty.
The old lady said,"As long as you think she's beautiful, she'll be your daughter-in-law in the future."
It turned out that Sang Qiaolian was sold to the Si family by her parents to be a child bride. This older brother Si Zeng Jian was her future man.
"My wife? She's too young." Si Zeng Jian turned to Qiao Lian and said in his heart,""This younger sister is so familiar. I seem to have seen her somewhere before. But I can't remember!" He asked,"How old is my sister?"
"Four years old." As Qiao Lian spoke, she looked at Si Zengjian in front of her and thought," This brother was so familiar, as if he had seen him before. But I'm so old, how have I ever seen him?
Si Zeng heard Qiao Lian's voice and asked," What was his sister's name?
Qiao Lian said,"My name is Qiao Lian. Someone called me again."
"What did I call you?" Si Zeng Jian asked happily, but Qiao Lian's gaze was evasive. He found that his mother was using her eyes to suppress her, so he said to his mother, Mother, will you let her speak?
The old lady said to Qiao Lian,"Go ahead."
Qiao Lian said,"Someone called me He Hua again."
Si Zengjian asked,"Lotus?" Aren't lotus flowers the same?
Qiao Lian said: It is not the lotus of lotus, but the He of unknown place.
Si Zeng asked with interest,"What's your surname?"
Qiao Lian said,"My surname is not He."
Si Zeng Jian asked in confusion,"Not surnamed He?" Then why is his surname He?
Qiao Lian said,"The parents over there are my adoptive parents." I was picked up by my adoptive parents in the river.
Si Zengjian asked,"Sister is called River Flower?" From the river
Qiao Lian said: It is not a big river, but a river that does not know where it came from. People say that I don't know where a flower comes from, so I call it He Hua. Some call me He Hua, some call me Qiao Lian.
Si Zeng felt a little sympathetic, so he said," I think my sister should be called Wu Chen, Wu Chen. No dust, no dust.
When Qiao Lian heard this, she replied happily," Sigh!
The old lady saw that she had chosen a daughter-in-law for her eldest son, so she smiled and said, Alright then! In the future, you will follow the surname Si. This way, it will be easier to call you by your surname, and it will also prevent others from talking too much. When you're of age, I'll marry you.
Si Zengjian was a little embarrassed and didn't say anything.
Although Qiao Lian didn't know what marriage meant, she started to like this brother of hers.
Old lady. The old lady's eldest son, Si Zengjian, her third son, Si Zengjian, and the old lady's daughter, Si Zengyu, sat at the table and ate.
Qiao Lian stood at the side and watched the Si family eat. She then looked at Zeng Jian's brother and said," This is my man? She was good-looking, with a square head and a big face. She was not ugly. Shame, I'm still a little girl. It's so embarrassing to think about this.
When Si Zeng saw Wu Chen standing at the side, he pulled him and said," Sister, sit down and eat together.
Si Wuchen didn't dare to sit down, so he glanced at the old lady.
Si Zeng Jian pulled Wu Chen and said," Wu Chen, just sit down!
Si Wuchen was pulled to sit down.
The old lady didn't look up and ate her food in small bites. She saw it from the corner of her eye and said coldly, Who allowed you to sit at the same table?
Si Wuchen hurriedly stood up.
Si Zeng Jian said to his mother,"Mother, Wu Chen is already my family. Why can your sister once sit at the same table as you?"
Si Zengyu said unhappily," Brother! She's just your wife. She hasn't married yet and hasn't raised a family yet! Whether it was true or not was still a problem. I
The old lady scolded her daughter,"Zeng Yu!" What nonsense are you talking about?
Si Zengyu said unhappily,"It's true!" I'm your biological daughter. How can she compare?
The old lady said coldly,"It's not up to us to decide whether we can compare or not." I only told her to learn some manners so that she would know how to serve you in the future. There was a saying that without rules, there would be no boundaries. Your sister is not sensible, so don't lower yourself to her level.
Si Zeng didn't say anything. After dinner, he went to the study to read.
Si Zeng was very unhappy. After eating, he pushed the bowl away.
Si used to eat like a tiger. Even though there were many grains of corn in front of him, he also threw away his bowl and chopsticks and left.
Si Zeng Jian went back to his room to read after dinner. This sister of his was not bad looking. Where had he seen her before? Could she be my fate?
Si had once gone out to play with his friends after dinner.
As soon as he welcomed Si Zeng's friend, he looked around the house and asked, Sigh! Was the one who washed the pots and bowls your sister-in-law?
"Yes!" Si Zeng once responded and pulled his little friend and said," Let's go out and play.
Si Zeng put his arm around his friend's shoulder and said," Your family is quite rich. Your brother is still studying and has a wife. She's quite beautiful.
Si once said,"Beauty is food?" No money. I heard that he was picked up from the streets. Tomorrow, I'll ask my mother to tell me that he must be rich.
The old lady was the last to finish her meal and got up, so she ordered Qiao Lian to wash the pots and bowls after she finished her meal.
Si Wuchen could only sit down and eat after the Si Family had finished eating and left. After finishing the leftover food, he cleaned up the dishes and went to the stove to wash the pots and bowls. Because she was short and couldn't reach the stove, she got a small stool to wash the pots and bowls.
Si Zengyu saw a few grains of corn on the table and picked them up to his mother. He said," Mother, look at her eating. The table looks like it's planted with corn, as if she hasn't eaten before.
Hearing her daughter's words, the old lady walked over, pointed at a few grains of corn on the table and asked Si Wuchen sternly," You still slipped your tongue? Who asked you to leave these corn on the table? You still don't know that this is a result of hard work?
Si Wuchen looked at the old lady without saying anything, then came back to wipe it off with a rag.
The old lady said sternly,"Eat it for me. Don't waste it."
Si Wuchen timidly picked up the corn on the table and put it into his mouth, then said in his heart," How did I miss this? It's clearly my uncle who used to
Queen Jiang helped Prince Xuan put on his clothes and said," His Majesty must be working hard to worship the ancestors today. When you stay in the Abstinence Palace at night, you must take care to bring warmth and not let it get cold.
King Xuan of Zhou said,"I know this."
Queen Jiang sent Prince Xuan of Zhou to the palace gate worriedly and only turned back when he was gone.
The altar had long been set up and the sacrificial objects had long been placed. King Xuan of Zhou held a cigarette and led his ministers and the kings of the vassal states to kneel respectfully to their ancestors.
King Xuan of Zhou took the lead, offering tributes and incense, kowtowing and saluting. He was solemn and meticulous as he muttered, King of Zhou, Ji Jing, led his subordinates to worship heaven and earth and sacrifice to the gods. He prayed for the gods and ancestors to bless the Great Zhou Dynasty with good weather and pray for blessings to avoid disasters.
The monarchs of the various vassal states came to pay their respects, so they respectfully followed King Xuan of Zhou to pay their respects. The monarch of Bao country, Bao He, still sat in the front row.
At noon, the banquet was hosted by the Crown Prince, Ji Gong. Many of the vassal states 'monarchs also came to offer wine to the crown prince, Ji Gongyou.
Because King Xuan of Zhou wanted to eat vegetarian food, there was no banquet, so his son made full decisions on his behalf. After all, his son was the future monarch, so he naturally had to interact with these people.
The King of Bao Country, Bao Xue, had always been on good terms with the Zhou family, so he naturally had to toast to the Crown Prince.
When Ji Gong You saw Bao Hua, she seemed to be unhappy, but she responded with a cold gaze.
When Bao Xue saw the Crown Prince's expression, his skin and bones went numb. Did I offend him this time? No! I didn't miss his gift! Did he think it was too little? Or did she not send him a beauty? Or is it because I was dissatisfied with the beauty I chose for him last time?
Seeing Si Wuchen finish his dinner, the old lady said," Rats have been rampant recently, disturbing people. From tonight onwards, chase away the rats.
Si Wuchen didn't understand, so he asked,'How do I drive away rats?
The old lady scolded,"Are you dead?" Can't you use your brain? Do you know how to eat? You don't know how to do things?
Si Wuchen didn't understand and didn't dare to say anything.
The old lady knew that she really didn't know, so she said, At night, if you take a red dustpan and hit it with something, wouldn't the rats not dare to come?
"Oh!" Si Wuchen responded.
That night, in King Xuan of Zhou's Abstinence Palace, there were already male servants who had tidied up the room. After settling down, King Xuan of Zhou left.
Almost all the members of the Si family were asleep. Si Wuchen sat not far from the old lady's bed and knocked on the dung dustpan from time to time.
The old lady of Si Clan was lying on the bed with her eyes closed. She said to Si Wuchen, who was knocking on the dustpan," Don't keep knocking, okay? You still want me to sleep?
Si Wuchen just looked at the old lady and said nothing.
Old Lady Si retorted,"Why are you looking at me?" Or do you have to be unconvinced?
Si Wuchen said carefully,'No.
Old Lady Si said,"Don't knock non-stop. If there's a rat, knock." Aiyo! He only needed to knock once in a while.
Si Wuchen had no choice but to do as the old lady said.
It is said that King Xuan of Zhou was sitting in the Abstinence Palace and meditating. After a while, she felt a little sleepy. She was also tired from the day's sacrificial activities. It was the third watch, and there was no sound. Suddenly, a beautiful and dignified figure appeared. A graceful woman walked in from the west.
When King Xuan of Zhou saw this, he said unhappily,"How dare you offend the forbidden court?" Men, take him down.
The woman didn't care and didn't show any fear. She went straight into the ancestral temple and laughed three times and cried three times.
King Xuan of Zhou shouted again: Men, take him down.
The woman suddenly waved her sleeve, and the memorial tablets of the ancestors of the Zhou Dynasty that were offered in the ancestral temple were carried away by her.
King Xuan of Zhou was anxious and wanted to stand up to stop him, but his feet were empty. It was just a dream.
Si Wuchen knocked out the feces for the old lady to drive away the rats. He was sleepy in the middle of the night, but the old lady hit him on the head with a stick and the pain didn't go away for a long time.
When King Xuan of Zhou woke up from his dream, he was in low spirits. He immediately summoned Taishi Boyang to explain the dream.
Taishi Boyang father explained the dream and said: Your Majesty, this is the verification of the nursery rhyme three years ago. The female disaster and evil spirit were eliminated, and this dream came again.
King Xuan of Zhou said,"Didn't you kill that witch?"
Taishi said,"How can a mere village woman control the fate of our Great Zhou?"
King Xuan of Zhou was shocked. Knowing that the rumors had not been eliminated, he went up to the palace and passed Du Zhong on, Is the doctor here?
Uncle Du stepped out and bowed in the middle of the hall. I'm here.
King Xuan of Zhou asked,"I ordered you to investigate the matter of the demoness. Is there any?" What happened?
Uncle Du stammered.
King Xuan of Zhou asked again: It has been three years. Why haven't you replied?
Si Wuchen saw that there wasn't much firewood at home, so he went to the nearby forest to pick up some firewood. Soon, he picked up a small bundle and carried it back.
The old lady sat on the recliner with her eyes closed.
Si Wuchen walked over and called out in a low voice,""Mother." Seeing that he didn't respond, he thought that he was already asleep and was afraid of disturbing him, so he carefully walked around.
The old lady suddenly opened her eyes, but she was furious and said, I told you not to call for help? I told you not to shout. Let's see if you still won't call for help in the future?
Si Wuchen covered his head with one arm and said," Mother! I called you, I really did.
The old lady stopped hitting him and asked, You really shouted?
Si Wuchen said with a sobbing voice,"I really did."
The old lady said,"Alright, I'll let you off today." In the future, shout louder. If you don't agree, I might not hear you. Be careful that your skin will itch.
"Oh! I know." Si Wuchen said in a low voice.
The old lady said loudly,"You still haven't eaten?" Louder.
Si Wuchen could only say loudly," I know.
The old lady then said,"Do you think I'm angry and silent all day?" Did you eat my food for nothing? Or didn't I give it to you? It's as if I'm starving you.
Si Wuchen sent the small bundle of firewood into the kitchen, then touched the place where he was hit and wiped his tears secretly.
The old lady shouted from outside again, Come over here.
Seeing the old lady pointing at him, Si Wuchen walked over timidly.
The old lady said,"Give me the clothes on the bed and make them into corn porridge soup."
The old lady of Si Clan was in a good mood that day, so she brought Si Wuchen to visit her foster parents 'house.
Si Wuchen's adoptive parents were very happy to see the old lady of the Si family come back with their daughter, Qiao Lian. They hurriedly poured tea and said to the old lady,"" Qiao Lian is still a child. Please take care of her."
Old Lady Si smiled, but she was unhappy. I discipline people, do I need you to teach me?
Si Wuchen was playing with his adoptive parents 'son and daughter. The adoptive parents' son held his sister and said to his sister," Sister, you're back this time? Don't go back?
Hearing that, Si Wuchen smiled with tears in his eyes.
The old lady of Si Clan left Si Wuchen's foster parents 'house with a smile. She didn't call Si Wuchen and just walked away.
Si Wuchen immediately followed them, then signaled to his younger siblings and left.
King Xuan of Zhou asked Uncle Du in the palace," Why aren't you saying anything?
Uncle Du had no choice but to say,"I've followed your orders to look for the little demoness, but there's no news." Later, he saw that the doctor caught the witch and immediately executed her. He thought that the rumor had come true, so he did not investigate again.
King Xuan of Zhou said,"Did I tell you not to search?"
Du Bo said,"No."
King Xuan of Zhou asked,"Then why didn't you investigate?"
Uncle Du said,"I think that you're right."
King Xuan of Zhou said sternly,"Do you think that we won't investigate just because you think so?" Do you think it counts? Do you think, do you think, do you think my position is for you?
Uncle Du hurriedly said,"I dare not."
King Xuan of Zhou roared,"What do you not dare to do?" You can do whatever you want. Then what do my words mean to you? Then I'll just do as you think?
Du Bo heard this and quickly said,"I dare not. I know my mistake." But I think
When Prince Xuan heard Du Bo's "think" again, he pointed and said, Rip! You're thinking again.
Du Bo hurriedly said,"It's just that after a long investigation, it disturbed the people, so there was no further investigation."
King Xuan of Zhou said,"You are clearly deceiving heaven and earth and deceiving the monarch." That woman is already an adult, and I asked you to investigate the baby girl. How can the two be mentioned in the same breath? You're clearly disrespecting the emperor's orders and neglecting your duties. Someone, drag him out and behead him.
When Zuo Ru heard this, he went out to plead with Uncle Du," Your Majesty, you must not kill him. The Great Doctor is loyal to the monarch and loves the people!
There were also other officials who came out to plead with Uncle Du, I agree.
"Then we'll first imprison Du Bo in Jiao (now south of Shan County in Henan Province) and await his punishment.”After saying that, Prince Xuan of Zhou flicked his sleeves and entered the harem.
The male eunuch announced in front of the hall: Retreat.
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