Chapter 3: Vestibule

Three months ago, I was just a young lady in Ling's Mansion. I had a carefree life. I just read books, practiced handwriting, played piano and painted in my boudoir. Either reciting poems against the three brothers, or making some female celebrities with my mother, which is very pleasant.
The three elder brothers are the champions of civil and military affairs in the Three Realms, which makes his father's face very bright.
His father is a righteous person, an extremely human minister, and he is very appreciated by the first emperor. He is the humerus of the first emperor. Therefore, when the new emperor succeeded to the throne when he was young, his father was assisted by the first emperor's bequest, so the father was in charge of major affairs in the court.
In addition to the three elder brothers, the eldest brother is Shangshu of the household department, and the second brother is the general of Zhenxi, with heavy soldiers in his hands. Although the third brother is the champion, he did not enter the court as an official. At that time, the country paid attention to encouraging merchants to buy and sell, and the status of merchants was greatly improved compared to before. The third brother became interested in it when he was young and went to Jiangnan to do business. Without borrowing the influence of the Ling family, we also succeeded in becoming a well-known businessman in the country, and our Ling family became famous all over the world.
Perhaps it was because my father was a little self-reliant and suppressed the young emperor. Their relationship has not been very good, and there will always be differences. But his father said he was a hard-to-see British lord, and he would do a lot when he matured.
After all, what can you ask of a person who is only sixteen years old.
But their "war" in the court made his father very helpless, all for the country. Every time his father had trouble with the emperor, he would call him sick at home, and the emperor would always give his father or his elder an official promotion to his father or elder brother every time in order to get his father back. Therefore, the status of our Ling family is beyond the reach of ordinary ministers, and is almost equal to the prince.
In this way, I grew up to sixteen and the emperor was nineteen.
However, their frequent "wars" in court made his father very helpless. Both were for the country, but their thinking directions were different.
Every time his father had an uproar with the emperor and left him, he would call him sick at home, and every time he was able to "recover" for his father, the emperor would always give his father or his elder brother a promotion. Therefore, the status of our Ling family gradually became beyond the reach of ordinary ministers, almost equal to the prince.
In this way, three years have passed. I grew up to sixteen and the emperor was nineteen.
That day, my father returned from the court again angrily, and then he did not go to the court for more than a month. This time, the emperor had a huge disagreement with his father on the issue of the use of troops in the Huijiang. His father advocated gentleness, but the emperor wanted to send troops, and for a while in the court, he forgot the distinction between monarchs and ministers. Finally the emperor slapped his father.
As a result, everything is out of control.
I walked into the study with a bowl of pheasant black ginseng soup. My father was struggling with his brush, and the house was burning with the spices of the Western Regions tribute, emitting a faint fragrance.
"Father, have a bowl of ginseng soup." I walked to my father's side, and saw four big words "Don't be surprised" written on the rice paper that almost covered the entire desk.
"Vil, did you make this soup?" Father took a sip of the soup and turned to ask.
I picked up the piece of rice paper and stood in the background. The bright sunlight cast my figure on the marble floor, like a picture of a lady dyed with ink. I looked at the word carefully, and smiled and said, "Is this really what my father thought? Don't be surprised, watch the flowers bloom and fall; leave and stay freely, let the clouds roll and the clouds."
The father didn’t answer, and it took a long time to say:
What do you think? Your brother, they all persuaded me to go to court, and the queen mother also had the same meaning. You see, yesterday the emperor gave your eldest brother a promotion. However, now he is facing center left. Xiang's strength has also grown a bit. A few days ago, the queen mother married Princess Heshuo Huimin of Prince Li to his eldest son."
"Is my father afraid that if he continues to call him sick, will the Zuoxiang's strength grow longer?" I looked at the four characters and continued: "If my father can really be humiliated, what will he care about?"
"Daughter's family, what do you know."
Seeing my father frown slightly, I smiled: "But my daughter knows that our Ling family has been honored for three dynasties, and my father will never give up. The emperor does what he did to his father, and the father still cares about it."
I walked back to my father, smiled and put the rice paper aside: "My daughter is in a humble opinion, my father is thinking, since he is going to come out, he will be called out."
Father looked at me and nodded approvingly.
I said blessing and picked up the soup bowl: "Father, read the book, and my daughter will go down first."
Sure enough, my father did not go to court, even though the elder brother kept lobbying, the second brother also sent letters from the northwest...
Finally, the solution to Huijiang came out-Huairou. It is said that this is also the meaning of the queen mother, and it is also heard that the emperor is very dissatisfied with this, and even had a dispute with the queen mother. However, he still dare not violate the Queen Mother after all.
"Father, when did you go to court?" Brother's voice came from the study. He is still lobbying his father, but it seems that the effect is not great, because his father’s reprimands from the horse-
"Presumptuous, is this what you want to talk to your father?"
Then came the voice of the elder brother admitting his mistake.
"You, don't have a long-term view than your sister."
"Ville?"
I was sitting in the garden embroidering a koi, when suddenly a figure came to me. I raised my head and smiled: "Big Brother."
"Little sister, go with your brother."
I stood up, handed the things in my hand to Haoyue, smiled and said to my brother: "Okay, brother."
After walking in the garden for a long time, the eldest brother has not spoken. He walked straight to the curved bridge on the Baili Pond. The eldest brother stopped, but did not speak or turn around.
I looked at the koi in the pond and said, "Brother, look how happy this koi swims."
The older brother nodded and said nothing.
I smiled and said, "My sister thinks that they are happy because they don't have any worldly troubles, and don't worry about whether there will be today's comfort tomorrow. What do you think?"
"The emperor has already been promoted to my official position and has adopted my father's ideas. There is no reason for my father to call him sick? Zuo Xiang's power in the DPRK has increased recently. Some time ago, he married with the royal family, which greatly surpassed the momentum of our family... "
I looked at the handsome profile of my eldest brother, and said with a smile: "Big brother, my father is waiting. Don’t worry, since the Zuo Xiang’s family is married to Prince Li, then my father will definitely find a way to raise the prestige of our Ling family. .Or, father will come out when necessary."
"Wait? What are you waiting for? My father is already a first-class member and ranks third, and Prince Lu is the prince of food. In the whole dynasty, who is higher than his father besides the prince? How can he be elevated."
When I was about to speak, Haoyue hurriedly ran over and said pantingly: "Grand Prince, Miss, the queen mother is coming, and the master wants you to get ready to pick you up."
I looked back at Big Brother, his face was full of surprise. I smiled: "Brother, this is not waiting."