Chapter 257: Talking about reputation and private matters
He had caught a cold after being injured, and later he had a dispute with Lin Fantai over some details in the memorial that lasted until late at night.
After leaving the provincial government office, Sun Shaozong felt his eyelids were so heavy that he felt dizzy when he walked. He finally got into the carriage with the help of two clerks. As soon as he leaned on the cushion, he completely lost consciousness.
I don’t know how much time passed.
While half asleep, he felt several hands moving back and forth on his body. He subconsciously grabbed one of them with his backhand. The touch was delicate and smooth, obviously belonging to a young woman.
How could there be a woman's hand?
And there seems to be more than one!
Didn’t I return to the inn from the Governor’s Office?
Sun Shaozong reluctantly opened his eyelids, and in the dim light, he saw several unfamiliar pretty girls sitting around him. They put their fair little hands into the quilt and wiped their bodies with dry cotton cloth.
The three on the outside were fine, but the two inside were wearing thin spring clothes. They only needed to untie the thin belt around their waists to move around naked without any worries, looking like typical foot-warming maids.
“You…you are…”
Sun Shaozong asked doubtfully, but his voice was so hoarse and low that even he found it irritating.
"Master is awake?!"
However, upon hearing his broken voice, the women were delighted. Someone immediately brought a bowl of ginseng soup and carefully fed it to Sun Shaozong with a spoon, explaining in a tender voice, "We are servants from the gentry of Jinmen Prefecture. We specially sent us here to serve you in return for your life-saving grace."
Someone beside him added: "We originally gave a lot of silver, but it was all rejected by Mr. Xiang, leaving only a few of us."
I see……
Although these gentry would not necessarily be in danger of their lives even if Sun Shaozong did not take action, it was inevitable that their wives and daughters would be insulted. For some people, this was more terrible than the grace of saving their lives.
Therefore, it is very common to give money to women as a thank you.
Now that he knew the origins of these women, Sun Shaozong became calm. After all, he really needed someone to serve him. If they didn't like him, the worst that could happen was that he would send them away after he recovered from his illness.
He motioned the woman to continue feeding him half a bowl of ginseng soup. When his throat was moistened and his spirits improved, Sun Shaozong asked, " What time is it now?"
"It's just past 9 p.m."
The woman who was feeding the ginseng soup was about to answer when someone next to her said, "The master came back in the middle of the night yesterday and has been sleeping soundly ever since. We servants were really worried!"
The other girls also nodded quickly, looking sympathetic.
Just passed the Xu hour?
Doesn't that mean that I slept for a full ten hours?
According to the time calculation, if the court sent someone here immediately after receiving the urgent report, it should be about the same...
"Jirang? Jiro?!"
Just as I thought of this, I heard a loud roar like thunder from outside, and then the door was slammed open. My cheap brother rushed in with red eyes and military uniform, his face full of anxiety.
However, when he looked carefully at the bed, he saw five or six beauties surrounding Sun Shaozong and talking. He was stunned on the spot.
Sun Shaozong tried to straighten up and asked in astonishment: "Brother? Why are you here?"
"Damn it!"
Then Sun Shaozu yelled, "That messenger didn't explain clearly enough. I was almost worried to death along the way!"
As he said that, he walked up to the bed and sat down, looking Sun Shaozong up and down, praising him: "I heard that you killed dozens of rebels by yourself in Jinmen Prefecture this time, and even killed a third-rank governor? You are great, kid, you are worthy of being a descendant of our Sun family, you have such ability and courage!"
After all the talk, nothing serious has been said!
Sun Shaozong had no choice but to ask again, and the cheap elder brother finally said, "I heard that you were seriously injured. I was planning to take a few days off to come here, but it turned out that the higher-ups were going to send someone to escort the Korean delegation to Beijing, so they assigned this task to me."
The two brothers chatted for a few more words, and a girl beside them carefully reminded them: "Master, the master has been unconscious for a whole day and has just woken up. We are afraid that it would be a bad idea to let him work too hard."
"What?!"
The cheap elder brother suddenly jumped up and roared outside: "Where is that damn doctor Hu? Could it be that he is a coward? Does it take him half a day to enter the yard?!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a personal soldier outside reported back: "General, Doctor Hu is vomiting violently. I will let him in after he finishes vomiting!"
It turned out that the cheap elder brother had specially brought a famous doctor from the capital.
"Brother, I just suffered some external injuries and caught a slight cold. It 's nothing serious."
Sun Shaozong comforted his elder brother with a few words, then changed the subject and asked about the current situation of the Criminal Law Department.
Sun Shaozu chuckled and said, "I heard that the kid surnamed Wei asked Prince of Beijing Shui Rong to come forward a few days ago and overpowered General Qiu, forcing Qiu Yunfei to surrender in front of him. He has been making every effort these days to completely undermine you."
"But before I left Beijing, I had someone tell Lin Delu about your victory over the rebels and your great achievements. It is human nature to go against the powerful. Only a fool would choose to go against you at this time!"
At the beginning, Lin Daiyu said something about "a fox heart but a bear skin", but she could only be considered a cheap product at best, and it was the cheap brother who was the real "a fox heart but a bear skin"!
Speaking of which, isn’t Prince Beijing too tasteless?
When kids are fighting, how can an elder intervene directly... Well, it seems that he is not Wei Ruolan's elder.
But as a prince, participating in this level of "fighting" is still a great loss of status.
Especially since Shui Rong had always been a quiet person, but this time he suddenly set a precedent - could it be that he was really afraid of his wife as King Zhongshun said at the beginning?
Sun Shaozong was just daydreaming when his cheap brother suddenly waved his hand and said, "You guys go down first."
After the women left, they heard the cheap elder brother say earnestly, "Erlang, you should just focus on recuperating these days. There is no need to rush what we have discussed."
Something that has been discussed?
Sun Shaozong naturally knew what his cheap brother was talking about, but he had never been anxious about that matter, okay? !
Just as they were about to explain, Sun Shaozu said sternly, "We'd rather do it later than force it. Otherwise, what if a sick child is born? What will we do?"
"Besides, I can also take this opportunity to lay the groundwork, so that the Jia family girl won't rush into battle and cause any more trouble."
The more I think about it, the more detailed it becomes!
It seems that my cheap brother thinks about this a lot.
but……
"Brother."
Sun Shaozong said helplessly: "I think we should take a long-term view. We brothers are all on the rise, so why should we risk ruining our reputation..."
"Bullshit reputation!"
Sun Shaozu glared at him and said angrily, "Which of the wealthy families is not prone to such a shady secret? Let's not talk about other things, just take the Ningguo Mansion, who has a reputation for stealing the brother-in-law, how many people in the city don't know about it?"
"And that Prince Zhongshun loves to mess around with men and women in bed. I heard that when he gets excited, even the concubine who has received a formal imperial decree has to roll around with the actors in the palace!"
"Commander Wu of the City Defense Battalion bought an outhouse two years ago. It's not far to the northwest of our home. Guess who's living there? It's his widowed nephew's wife!"
"The Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of War..."
"Dali Temple..."
The cheap elder brother listed all these things one by one, and even mentioned more than ten absurd things, and then he said angrily: "These people's futures have not been affected, not to mention that this was my own will?!"
But the problem is that I didn’t volunteer…
Sun Shaozong thought so , but he didn't dare to say it out loud. He just said awkwardly: "We don't have to follow the bad ones, right?"
"how?"
Seeing that he still refused to give in, Sun Shaozu suddenly stood up and said, "Do you really want my brother to kneel down and beg you?!"
Yes~
It seems that this matter is not negotiable.
Even if Zhou Ruqing knelt for a year, Sun Shaozong would not change his mind. But if it was his cheap elder brother, it would be a world of difference.
Even without considering the grace of upbringing the 'original owner' had received, just to say that for more than a year, all the food and drink expenses were dependent on the eldest brother, and the eldest brother not only did not complain at all, but took care of her in every possible way!
People are all made of flesh and blood. Sun Shaozong already treats him as his own brother, so how can he bear his kneeling?
