Chapter 172 A family like a barrel
"What's the relationship between Princess Minghui and Nie Yuanshen? Why did they quarrel?" Hua Jingyao asked.
The eldest prince said, "Nie Yuanshen loves horses as his life. There are more than a dozen good horses in the mansion. Princess Minghui also likes horses. They are able to become husband and wife because of this common hobby. After getting married, they have a harmonious relationship and are famous virtuous couples in the capital. The reason why they quarreled that day was because Nie Yuanshen wanted to send a good horse in the mansion to Taipu Temple to breed. Princess Minghui refused, so the two started arguing."
Hua Jingyao raised her eyebrows lightly and smiled, "It seems to be for a small matter."
"Yes, it's because of a small matter that starts quarrel." said the eldest prince.
"Does their couple have children?" In fact, Hua Jingyao only learned about Nie Yuanshen and Princess Minghui after she was reborn, but she was only limited to knowing and didn't know the situation in their mansion.
The eldest prince said: "They have been married for many years and only have one son under their knees. He is named Nie Zhengqi, who is eighteen years old this year."
"Eighteen years old? Are you getting married? Are you studying or have you received an errand?" Hua Jingyao originally thought that Nie Yuanshen's child was very young, but she didn't expect that she was already seventeen years old. Logically speaking, with Nie Zhengqi's background and age, she shouldn't have never heard of it.
Nie Zhengqi, Zhang Shier and Gong Liu are about the same age, and they are both from the same circle, maybe they know each other.
The eldest prince sighed and said, "Nie Zhengqi fell into the water when she was a child. Although she saved her life after she saved her life, she fell into the disease. She has been lingering in the sickbed since then and never went out. If it weren't for Nie Yuanshen's case, I wouldn't even remember him."
When the eldest prince said this, he felt a little bit of self-blame in his tone. He just remembered that Nie Zhengqi had played together when he was a child, but after so many years, he had long forgotten this person.
Hua Jingyao suddenly remembered something and asked, "The Empress is the cousin of Prince Qing's Mansion, so Nie Zhengqi is also considered the Empress's nephew, right?"
The eldest prince smiled and said, "Yaoyao finally sorted out the relationship between these relatives and made progress. Yes, the Empress and Princess Minghui are cousins, while Nie Zhengqi is my cousin."
However, the eldest prince was not born by the queen and was not raised by the queen. Although he and Nie Zhengqi were cousins, they were not related by blood.
"Hey, that's strange. Since you are a relative, you don't even remember him for so many years. It seems that Nie Zhengqi is really sick."
In the past few months, Hua Jingyao has been dealing with the eldest prince a lot. The eldest prince is the kind of person who can remember all the aunts and aunts. Therefore, he said that he didn't remember Nie Zhengqi, and Hua Jingyao felt it was strange.
The eldest prince was ashamed. He didn't know why he forgot Nie Zhengqi. It was not until Nie Yuanshen died that he remembered that Nie Yuanshen and Princess Minghui had a son.
"So does Nie Yuanshen have a concubine, a room or an outdoor room?" Hua Jingyao asked again.
If the eldest prince had heard his cousin ask this a few months ago, he would have been shocked, but now he has become accustomed to it. He said, "Nie Yuanshen only has one concubine, Princess Minghui's dowry maid, two years older than Princess Minghui. That concubine has no children. She lives in a simple and easy way on weekdays and serves Princess Minghui most of the time. As for the outdoor room, it is still under investigation and has no clue. As far as I know, Nie Yuanshen is a horse fool. He has no other hobbies except horses. He is neither good at drinking nor lustful. It is said that once a social event, he did not say a word to the priests around him for two hours, and he didn't even get any of his clothes."
Hua Jingyao coughed dryly and sat in a row for two hours without even touching the corner of her clothes? Brother, tell me if Nie Yuanshen brought a piece of iron plate to separate himself from the innocent man when he went out for a social event.
"Does Nie Yuanshen have any classmates, colleagues or relatives and friends?" Hua Jingyao asked.
"Nie Yuanshen has a good relationship with him. From people to horses, everyone has a good relationship with him. In addition, Nie Yuanshen is closest to him, should be his brother-in-law, Wang Qing, who was once from the Hanlin Academy. By the way, Wang Qing is good at drawing horses and may know Master Hua San." said the eldest prince.
Hua Jingyao frowned slightly. No wonder Luo Junyi spoke of Nie Yuanshen in that tone. Nie Yuanshen was clearly the kind of official who was not touching dust. He had a good relationship with anyone, which means he was not particularly good with anyone, but the one he was closest to was a Hanlin.
If he doesn't stand in a row, others will not be able to find out his faults. Such people can usually go far in the officialdom.
Could it be that Nie Yuanshen can still make a fortune even in a place like Taipu Temple that seems to have no future?
But how could such a person die so miserably?
"Where is Princess Minghui, who is she in the capital? Do you have any handkerchiefs to get a handkerchief?" Even the empress dowager has two handkerchiefs that have been used for decades, not to mention these destiny wives outside the palace.
"Princess Minghui likes to ride horses before getting married, and is with horses all day long. Even after getting married, she is quite like this. She rarely goes out for social engagements on weekdays. Most of the ladies and ladies in the capital are not familiar with her." The eldest prince almost blurted out. When Empress Defei once mentioned Princess Minghui, she directly said that she was a monster.
Hua Jingyao nodded. It turned out that Princess Minghui was actually Qingliu in the circle of noble ladies in the capital. No wonder she rarely hears this name.
Suddenly, Hua Jingyao's brows frowned. When the eldest prince saw it, he asked, "Yaoyao, what's wrong?"
"Big Cousin, have you noticed that Nie Yuanshen's family of three is as if they were isolated from the outside world. Speaking of them, there is nothing except knowing that they like to raise horses. Nie Yuanshen has a good relationship with everyone, but except for a clean Hanlin, there is no one who gets close to him; Princess Minghui has no friends or best friends, and she doesn't even attend social events; their only son is ill in bed for many years, and even relatives and friends don't remember him, and Nie Yuanshen's only concubine, who is usually easy to understand, Big Cousin, guess can mosquitoes fly into their house?"
The eldest prince was stunned. Yaoyao was right. Nie Yuanshen's family of three seemed to know clearly, but in fact they were like an iron bucket and could not even fly in a mosquito.
At this moment, Captain Yin came back and the eldest prince hurriedly called him in.
Captain Yin said, "The small courtyard where Nie Yuanshen lived for the first night after leaving home was given to his grandson by the old Ping'an Hou when Nie Zhengqi was born. At first, no one lived there, but it was rented out and only took it back last year. Now the one who lives in that yard to see the house is Princess Minghui's family. According to Liu Qi, because the house is very close to Taipu Temple, Nie Yuanshen occasionally lives there, but this time he only stayed for one night. He didn't go the next day. Liu Qi thought he had returned home, so he didn't care."
Chapter completed!