Chapter 594： Old things

Qi Xiuyuan lowered his head, his eyes were a little hazy, as if he was reminiscing, "Although I don't remember the Queen Mother's appearance very much, I always remember how she cooked mung bean soup for me on a hot day, when King Rong was not yet born. , she can still hold me in the Baosha for the summer, and now, I can remember her smile."

Qi Xiuyuan's face was slightly solemn, and he said: "The first mother and successive posthumous titles are indeed going to be drafted. Chen Qing, I will leave it to you at this time, and the Ministry of Rites will try to come up with a charter."

Chen Fang stepped out of the queue and bowed in response.

"What else do you have to play?"

The old minister was entrusted by the Wu family, hesitated for a while and then went out and continued: "Your Majesty, since the deceased's posthumous title has also been discussed, the placement of the Wu family should also be put on the agenda, I don't know how the emperor plans to place the Wu family? "

Chen Fang was silent for a while, and then came out: "Your Majesty, the second master Qi and the third master Qi have not yet divided the seal. Before the state affairs were busy, since the Wu family's issue was brought up today, it would be better to discuss the separation of the royal family together. the hearts of the people.”

In Chen Fang's opinion, the emperor has already expressed his attitude by delaying the matter for so long, and it is okay. It is better to settle the matter as soon as possible, so as not to delay it again and again, but instead let the people and ministers dislike the emperor. Good words come.

Qi Xiuyuan also thought this way, so this time he did not excuse himself from being busy with state affairs. He also reiterated just now that his mother family was the Zhu clan, not the Wu clan.

"How do the ministers think they should be arranged?"

The old minister looked left and right and found that no one said anything. He was annoyed and had to bow: "Back to the emperor, the minister thought it was time to welcome Mrs. Wu into the palace. Now that there is no owner of the harem, you can let the empress dowager take care of it for a while."

Qi Xiuyuan chuckled softly and looked down at the old minister. He was an old Hanlin. Qi Xiuyuan remembered his resume. Rank five, Qi Xiuyuan finally knew why.

Chen Fang was the Minister of Rites, and his position was too front, which made him unable to turn around and take a closer look at the fool.

He just lowered his head now, rolled his eyes secretly, and continued to stare at his toes without speaking.

Qi Haoran was angry, and almost as soon as the old Hanlin finished speaking, he jumped out and said, "What kind of empress dowager is Wu? What's the benefit of taking her?"

Old Hanlin blushed and said angrily: "Rongjun Wang Shenyan, there has always been no objection to the division of the empress dowager. The Wu family is the successor of Qi Taigong, the emperor's stepmother, isn't it right to be the empress dowager?"

Qi Haoran sneered: "Who said she is our stepmother? The documents in the yamen say that the concubine is a concubine, and the concubine is still a concubine."

Old Hanlin looked stunned and asked, "How could it be a concubine? Didn't the Qi family always take her as their mother?"

Qi Haoran looked at him with contempt and said, "That's because my father thought that she was successful in giving birth, and made the servants in the house scream. My family, Zhu, doesn't recognize it."

Concubine is mentioned as the main room, strictly speaking, it is very strict. It needs to get the approval letter of the first wife's mother's family. With the approval letter, the husband's family can go to the yamen for certification, and the family will also recognize it.

Marriage is good for two surnames. Under normal circumstances, as long as the man pays a certain price, the woman's mother's family will agree to write a letter of approval because the woman has passed away, so that the two sides will not have bad relations.

Back then, because the Zhu family still had two nephews in the Qi family, they wanted to write a letter of approval despite their grief. It was a deal. I hoped the Qi family could treat Qi Xiuyuan brothers kindly in this regard.

It was Qi Xiuyuan who asked his uncles Zhu Qing and Zhu Feng not to write letters of approval.

Qi Xiuyuan can remember very early. Although he was not yet six years old at the time, he remembered that his mother was weak after giving birth to his younger brother, but he would not die. He knew that his mother was angry with his father and Wu.

The mother did not want Wu to be his wife before his death, so how could he let Wu become the successor in an upright manner after his mother's death?

So, fighting the danger that he and his younger brother might be abused, Qi Xiuyuan still insisted not to let the Zhu family write a letter of approval. After that, the Zhu family and the Qi family had bad relations, and the Qi family did not communicate with the Zhu family for more than ten years.

The lives of him and his younger brother were indeed greatly affected. Fortunately, the Xia family lived in the capital, and from time to time they were picked up to live there for a period of time. , Brother Qi Xiuyuan will not have to suffer too much.

But Qi Xiuyuan will never forget the kind of life where there is no carbon in winter and no ice in summer.

Qi Xiuyuan looked at His Highness's indignant younger brother, and he was in a trance for a while. In fact, he could endure it. No matter how bad the Qi family was, it was still his family.

It is that he sometimes has to go hungry, and he still has a little affection for that father, but they should never have done anything to Qi Haoran.

Qi Xiuyuan has forgotten his mother's face, but he has not forgotten the way his younger brother was lying on the ground covered in wounds.

The Xia clan often came to see them, or took them to the Fan residence for a period of time, but that period of time would not exceed five days. After all, the Qi clan was still there, and the Xia clan should not overdo it, otherwise he would suffer in the end. of two children.

It was only after Qi Haoran's wet nurse abused Qi Haoran that Qi Haoran lived in Fan's house.

At that time, Qi Xiuyuan was very young. Although he loved his younger brother, he had limited energy and experience. In addition, he had to study during the day, so he could only visit him often. In my impression, his younger brother was a crybaby at that time, and the child who only gave birth would cry all day and night. Qi Xiuyuan felt distressed, but sometimes he was irritable, but his younger brother was just out of the moon, and he was so small that he couldn't blame him at all, he could only coax him.

Once, my husband had to leave school early. Qi Xiuyuan will always remember that day. He excitedly bought a rattle and ran back. When he entered the yard, he heard his brother crying, but there was no servant in the yard.

Xiao Qi Xiuyuan just frowned, and hurriedly walked in, until he reached the door. When he saw the scene inside, he felt that the blood was flowing back all over his body, it was cold, and it was difficult to even breathe.

The little Qi Haoran was stripped clean and thrown on the ground. Bai Nen's arms and waist and abdomen were all bruised and purple, while his wet nurse was sitting while drinking tea, frowning at the crying villain on the ground.

At that time, Qi Xiuyuan's mind was blank, and when he came back to his senses, the wet nurse had already been crushed to death by him with a bench.

That was Qi Xiuyuan's first murder in the true sense, when he was only six years old.

The manpower left by the Zhu family was still available. Almost immediately after the accident, someone secretly ran out of the house to inform the Xia family, and therefore Qi Haoran was able to live in the Fan house, but the Qi house became his occasional place to stay.