The Lofty Fierce Consort

Chapter 73

? Supper was placed in the flower hall of Jinhuatang.

Except for Shen Yiyao, who is an elder, the others are all juniors. The eldest Luo Huaiyuan is only twelve this year, so he doesn’t pay attention to being a man or woman.

A large table of dishes, very rich, there are exquisite dishes made by the chef, and there are also good dishes made by the horse woman.

Now Ma Pozi has moved to the kitchen in Anyuan as a errand. She is responsible for the meals of the masters. Her wages have doubled and she has a lot of decent people.

Her son has long reached the age to marry. Some people with daughters think that her orphan and widow are poor at home, and those who are slightly better will not want to marry their daughters into her home. Now when I work as a errand in the wife’s kitchen, there are more people asking. These days, the horse woman smiled with joy, and she waited with all her heart, hollowing out her mind to let the lady and the young master eat well.

When I used to be in the Hou Mansion, the house was big and everything was easy, so I could just ask for something to eat in the big kitchen. Later, Ningxiang Pavilion set up a small kitchen, and Yan Yan rarely stayed in Jinseyuan to eat. After arriving at Zhuangzi, limited by conditions, there were only two cooks in the kitchen, most of the time the three of them used to eat together.

Every time the three of them sit in one place to eat, the atmosphere is very low. It’s just that I can’t eat or sleep, and it’s really nothing to say. Shen Yiyao is a stupid mouth, she wants to say something to her daughter, but looking at her daughter’s smile-free face, she can only swallow words full of stomach. As for Yan Yan, there is always a knot in her heart that prevents her from responding to Shen Yiyao’s smile.

Because Shen Qi and Luo Huaiyuan are present today, the atmosphere on the table is a lot more active.

Shen Qi is a foodie, the dishes on this table suit his tastes, it is like flying with chopsticks. Luo Huaiyuan is a lively person, and he can see the clue when he comes in the afternoon, and he naturally spares no effort to gag in the middle.

Speaking of how they played cards together in the afternoon, Shen Yiyao listened very seriously. When she heard that Yan Mo was posted with a small note on her face, she took her eyes to see her son. Yan Yan also thought of the fun she had had before, and smiled to see her younger brother who was sitting next to her. The two looked at Yan Mo very embarrassed, their faces were red, and their eyes looked forward to Ai Ai.

Yan Yan picked up a chopsticks and put the stewed duck into his younger brother’s bowl. When she raised her eyes, she accidentally bumped into Shen Yiyao’s eyes. Both of them were taken aback, Yan Yan withdrew her eyes faintly.

Although it was a flash, Shen Yiyao’s eyes were pleasing, uneasy, anticipating, and uneasy, and they still left faint traces in her mind.

When Luo Huaiyuan saw this scene, his eyes moved slightly and he didn’t speak.

After dinner, Shen Qi called out to go to Lincangju to draw cards. He was miserable in the afternoon by Luo Huaiyuan riding Yan Yankeng, and now he is anxious for revenge. At this time, the sky outside seemed to be dark, but in fact it was still early, just after the unitary hour. Fragmented snowflakes floated outside, and a layer of white fell on the eaves on the ground.

Cui Qiao walked in from outside, rubbing her hands, “It’s snowing again, and the slave girl asked the little girl to prepare a few more oil-paper umbrellas.”

Seeing this, Luo Huaiyuan said: “Since it’s snowing outside, don’t move the place. Sister, you feel sorry for us, can you come out and play for us for a while?”

Shen Yiyao naturally wouldn’t have any comments, saying that they should go to the Xi Nuan Pavilion to play. With a little girl holding an umbrella and going to Lincangju to pick up cards, a few people went to Xi Nuan Pavilion. Luo Huaiyuan took advantage of the situation and asked Shen Yiyao to watch the game as a supervision, so as not to shame Shen Qi from losing.

This is a crime of wanting to add to it, and Shen Qi was so angry that he retorted that Luo Huaiyuan was shameful. While laughing, Shen Yiyao went with a few children.

A floor-to-ceiling cover made of red sandalwood, with a crystal curtain hanging over it. Entering inside, there is a big kang close to the north wall. The kang is covered with a large scarlet money python mattress, a dark green woven gold pillow, and a black lacquer snail flower bird kang table is placed in the middle. Next to the kang lay four square chairs with carved sour pear wood, separated by two small tables with carved sour pear wood. On the long table by the window, there is a jade gall bottle with a blooming red plum.

Several people took off their shoes on the kang. Shen Qi and Luo Huaiyuan sat cross-legged on one side, and one person occupied a corner of the kang table. Yan Yan and Yan Mo sat across from them. Yan Yan was on the outside, Yan Mo was in the middle, and Shen Yiyao was slanted. On the pillow inside, watching them play with a smile.

This time Yan Yan did not play, but let Yan Mo play. In the afternoon, the younger brother was very interested, and he was very happy to be instructed by the little note with his face posted up, which naturally made him enjoy himself. The girls cut out thin strips of paper and put a small bowl of rice paste on the side table.

The game begins.

The first Shen Qi lost, and two small notes were posted on his face. Shen Yiyao hadn’t seen this kind of gameplay, and her face was full of unbearable smiles.

The second hand Yan Mo took a good hand and turned him to be the landlord again. He was very nervous, squeezed the cards tightly, wrinkled his brows, studied the cards in his hand carefully, and considered whether he should be a landlord.

This is not a game of chess. Everyone who sits and watches likes to command blindly, Yan Yan said, “Go ahead, the card is pretty good.”

The support of her sister made Xiao Amo confident and picked up the three cards below.

Yan Mo’s cards went smoothly, and almost no room for a backhand to the other two, he drew out all the cards. There is a ‘bomb’ on this plate, and it is the rule to post two notes to Luo Huaiyuan and Shen Qi.

Yan Mo took a small note, dipped it in the rice cereal bowl, and put it on the faces of the two with a smile. After posting, she turned her head back and smiled at her sister, Yan Yan smiled and touched his head.

“Fighting Landlords” is a game suitable for all ages. It is very fast to learn. Shen Yiyao will see it next to her son for a while. When Yan Mo hesitated and didn’t know how to play the cards, she would give two suggestions. Yan Yan is the same. Otherwise, how could there be a saying that “the emperor is not in a hurry, the **** is in a hurry”, and the people watching the battle are always more active than the parties involved.

If there are many people, opinions will be different. Sometimes Shen Yiyao will say this one, but Yan Yan thinks another one is good. You came and I met, and before they knew it, the two said a lot. When the cards are sometimes tangled, the two will argue for two sentences.

Due to the concentration of attention, everyone did not notice this clue, except for Luo Huaiyuan and Cuiqiao and Cuiping when they were standing by the side.

It wasn’t until Haishi that the game was demolished, and everyone was still a little bit unsure.

Shen Yiyao instructed the maid to send the young ladies and masters back separately, and also instructed not to let the rain and snow get wet. Back in the bedroom, under the service of Cui Qiao and Cui Ping, she changed clothes and washed on the bed.

In this winter day, the quilt has to be baked once a day, and the smoker is set up under the quilt, and it is dried to dry and hot before putting it back on the bed. Before going to bed, I put two soup ladies in it, so I won’t feel cold again.

Cui Qiao helped Shen Yiyao tuck the quilt, and said with a smile: “Madam is very happy today. That Young Master Luo is really a wonderful person, and he actually had such a fun. The doctor said that if he keeps his mood happy, the illness will heal quickly. , It will be fine day after day.”

Taking a look at the small smile on Shen Yiyao’s face, she put aside the lotus-blue tent full of embroidered flowers and birds: “The slave maid is also very happy to see the fourth master today, and there are three girls. The slave maid said something arrogant, but the three girls are actually very concerned. Yours is just that you are stubborn and don’t know how to express it. Madam will be more proactive in the future, and it will always improve.”

Shen Yiyao was a little bit startled, and said for a while, “A Yan is still mad at me in her heart.”

“How come? There is no overnight hatred between mother and daughter. The third girl is just hard-tempered and can’t pretend to be the same. But you see, this has been repeated several times. Which time did the third girl stand up? Without the third girl, Mrs. Swallowed by life.”

Cui Qiao was in a hurry for the moment, and when she said something, she realized that these words weren’t what she should have said. She yelled, “Madam, the slave and maid trespassed.”

Shen Yiyao showed a bitter smile, did not speak, and signaled Cuiqiao to turn off the light and rest.

**

When Shen Qi arrived in Anyuan, he played off. He was supposed to send someone home to deliver a letter, but didn’t think of it until the next day.

I quickly talked to Shen Yiyao and asked her to send someone home to deliver the letter.

As everyone knows, Zhen Guo Gong’s Mansion has been deep-fried by now.

The night before Shen Ding was about to beat his son, he was stopped by Mrs. Shen. There was a shadow in the morning, and Shen Qi ran away. Mrs. Shen thought the Pi Monkey didn’t dare to show up for fear of being beaten. It wasn’t until the evening Xu that there was no figure of her son, and Mrs. Shen’s second wife panicked. Not only did they send people to the Qingshan Academy to look for them, but they also searched everywhere in the mansion.

If it hadn’t been for Zhen Guogong that someone was secretly guarding him, he would have not come back because of the rush of snow outside, and Mrs. Shen might be planning to do something.

Even so, after returning home, he did not lose his anger to Shen Ding, complaining that he shouldn’t be so to his son, knowing that he didn’t like studying, and even forcing him. What is there to read about that book? I have already read the eldest son so that he will never return home, so it is impossible to read this little one and run away from home.

Mrs. Shen didn’t close her eyes all night, and didn’t feel relieved until Shen Yiyao wrote.

“This little bastard, he can run!” Shen Ding scolded with a smile.

Mrs. Zhenguo also breathed a sigh of relief, “I must go to Ayan.” When she mentioned her granddaughter, she thought of her daughter, glanced at the old man, and whispered: “I don’t know how Yao’er is, tell her I’m sick, and I don’t know if it’s good.”

How could Lord Zhen Guo not understand what the old woman meant, he raised his eyelids and glanced at her, “Don’t worry about being wronged, your children and grandchildren have their own good fortune.” He said to Shen Ding, “Come with me to the study.”

The father and son came out of Ninghui Hall, and the father-in-law of Zhenguo said to Xu’s mother with his mouth curled up: “The old man is insincere, when I don’t know that he is worried more than me.”

At that time, I got news that Shen Yiyao was in a coma and had not been awakened. The town’s father was covered with low air pressure, and everyone in the mansion avoided him. Several times I wanted to send someone to take a post to invite a doctor to come back, but I had to bear it. Fortunately, Shen Yiyao woke up afterwards. The granddaughter sent someone back to deliver the letter, and the whole family was relieved.

Mother Xu smiled and said, “Since the father-in-law doesn’t like you to worry about it, you should do it less. The father-in-law has some discretion in his heart.”

Of course Zhen Guogong understands this truth, but understanding and rest assured are two different things.

“I know, I’m just worried about Yao’er, that **** Yan Ting actually treats my precious daughter like that. My Yao’er, what a sin did this have done, and I was blamed for not persuading me at the time. Watch her…”

While talking, Mrs. Zhen Guo was unstoppably sad.

…

In the study

“Then what has happened to Yan Ting recently?”

Shen Ding, who was sitting in the lower head, put down the tea cup in his hand, “It’s like a headless fly. But these days, seeing him and Liu Xi of Wuding Hou’s family are more diligent, and seems to want to use Liu Xi and his elder brother to be there. Get on the line.”

Lord Zhen Guo snorted, “He can go to camp.”

“Maybe he will be enlisted in the camp. The Xu family has no foundation, so I hope to gather more people in his hands.” Shen Ding made a gesture, “The two are not too young over there, but it’s not time to move. .”

This is true, and it’s a bit farther to mention this.

A selection a few years ago, Xu Guifei, who was originally from a market, leaped onto the branch. At that time, it was not Xu Guifei’s Xu changing clothes, with a beautiful face and a beautiful appearance, I saw pity, and the Emperor Xi was very fond of it.

Xu Gengyi made a cold voice, but was empathetic, and his belly was also arrogant. He gave birth to two princes at once, and he was spoiled by Emperor Xi. He went all the way from the last dressing to the position of the noble concubine in the sixth house. The honor was so great that even Empress Xiao didn’t dare to take advantage of it.

As the saying goes, when one person gains the Tao and the chickens and dogs ascend to heaven, the Xu family naturally develops along with it. Xu Guifei’s father was a butcher who killed pigs. He took off his greasy shirt and transformed himself into Cheng Enhou.

The nobles with a bit of background naturally don’t look down on this upstart who started by nepotism, but they can’t hold the concubine Xu Gui as a favorite, and they only dare to talk secretly with some sour words, but they are all smiles in front of them, and they are highly praised. . Even some families moved the same thoughts, wishing to send their good-looking daughter to the palace, hoping that there would be a great concubine in the family.

Not to mention it, after all, the Xu family was born in a humble background, with a shallow foundation. Now the princes are also big, the second prince and the third prince are all coming out of Xu Guifei’s belly, it is normal for Xu Guifei to move some thoughts.

This Xu Xiangrong is the brother of Concubine Xu’s compatriots, who married the daughter of the Wuding Hou family, and Liu Xi is his brother-in-law. A elder brother and a younger brother-in-law, the two are all the same, both are the kind of dudes who eat, drink and have fun, and why Yan Ting would catch up there is self-evident.

“He’s quite ambitious.” Zhen Guogong pondered: “Let’s watch it first. Keep your eyes on the others. Where is Pei’s house?”

Shen Ding grinned, “We don’t need to do it, the Pei family is over this time.”

When spring comes, the capital is the busiest time, and in February this year, the capital is especially lively.

The origin of the matter is untestable, and the reason why there is such a stir is because of the problem of trying to vent the questions.

This is about to start from before. After the closing of Chunwei, the censors from various places will not immediately return to their hometowns, but will all wait in the middle of Beijing for the list to be released. Han Chuang has been studying for decades, and whether he can jump through the dragon’s gate at once depends on this time.

These days waiting for the release of the list, the public will naturally meet together to drink and eat tea to play Tachun. Those who feel good on the exam will naturally be rewarded with aspirations, and those who feel bad on the exam will inevitably walk around planning to take the exam again in the future, or become a nobleman or something.

At this moment, someone from the citations reported that they would try to vent the questions this time. There is more than one person talking about, but a few people from different places who live in the same inn.

After asking for the details, I found out that there was a surnamed Chen living in this inn. This Chen surnamed son is kind and generous, and has a bold personality. Other examples that arrived in the capital early were to concentrate on studying and hug the Buddha’s feet temporarily, hoping to be the champion and the first prize. Only after he arrived in the capital, he always met like-minded people to drink and have fun and visit the Qinlou Chu Pavilion.

Once Chen surnamed a son who participated in a poetry meeting and met a friend at the poetry meeting. The two of them were able to talk very well and returned after a drink. Later, a few days later, on the way back to the inn with the surname Chen, he saw a man drunk on the side of the road and found that it was an unknown friend, so he took him back to the inn.

After that, the man became feverish in the middle of the night, and the son of Chen surnamed him again with **** soup and was busy looking for a doctor. After the man woke up the next day, he knew that it was Chen’s son who had saved him, and he was very grateful. You must know that in this winter day, if this person is allowed to sleep on the side of the road for a night, he will either be frozen to death or be seriously ill, and the next meeting will definitely be missed.

The man pondered for a while, took out a small paper envelope from his sleeve and gave it to the surname Chen, let him take it back and read it carefully, and don’t tell anyone.

Then the man left without saying goodbye.

Juzi Chen opened the paper envelope and found that there were several test questions.

At that time, there were several other Juzi in the house, all knowing that Chen’s Juzi had saved someone, and that person came to comfort him without saying goodbye. Seeing that the son of the surname Chen looked strange, someone leaned over to look at it. Someone with that good thing joked, is it possible that this is the test question for this test?

As soon as this statement came out, the minds of the people present were different. Some people think this is a joke or even sneers, while others are moved. Most of the people in the same inn knew about this.

Press Do not mention, the examiner revealed the subject of the question during the examination that day. Those who were present on that day were horrified, and those who moved their minds were fully prepared, if there was divine help. People who feel jokes are uneasy, and have not even performed half of the usual level.

This is so noisy.

In fact, it is conceivable that I once had an opportunity to put it in front of me, but unfortunately I didn’t cherish it, but regarded it as if it was a mess. Of course, in real life, you will definitely not be given another chance, so red-eye jealousy is an emotion that will inevitably arise. Some people even reprimanded righteously. This kind of behavior is an act of deceiving the world and stealing one’s reputation. My husband and I will definitely not get along with it.

What are the facts? Only God knows.

By the time the list was unveiled, there were dozens of people on the inn’s list, and this was a big deal. Rumors swept across the entire capital very quickly, and even a group of members went to the gate of the Ministry of Rites to protest.

The matter can’t be covered anymore, when Da Tian listened, Emperor Xi was furious and ordered a thorough investigation.

Those involved were all imprisoned and interrogated one by one, and the first few of them were the key interrogators.

By this time, it was too late to regret. What’s more, when this matter has developed to the end, it is no longer the question of the initial angry words. Those who reach the top resent being bad, and those who do not reach the top are afraid of being righteous in their mouths. The ultimatum is attributed to the surname Chen. Without him, there would not be so much right and wrong, everyone. Try your skills.

But the Chen surnamed son is also very wronged. If he had known this situation, he would have been more cautious and would not be known to outsiders. And the person who was rescued didn’t investigate his behavior first, they were kind, and the life-saving grace should be repaid, and if they shared their hard-earned things with the life-saver, how could it be known that so many incidents would have occurred.

In the end, I didn’t find out who vented this question. That person was probably also the person who vented the question, and he actually disappeared from the world.

If you can’t find that person, you can’t find it anymore.

Press not to mention.

In order to quell public anger, all of Chunwei’s results were invalidated, and the court issued a decree to retake the exam another day. And several examiners who presided over the test were also checked one by one, including the officials in charge of the Ministry of Rites also being held accountable.

Pei Nan, the right servant of the Ministry of Rites, felt very wronged.

But it is useless to be wronged. Every imperial examination is a major event of the Ministry of Rites, and it is not the first time that the issue has been leaked, but it is the first time that it will go out. The outsiders don’t know the situation, and the insiders know that if there is no nephew or younger generation in the family, or if someone in power asks to come to the door, they will have to pay for it. But everyone knows each other well, it can be your mouth, it can be my ears, and you must never know it with others, who knows that this time I encountered a card that didn’t follow the card.

The person who was able to come into contact with this test question, the whole Ministry of Rites, except for him, who was in charge of this spring, was the Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites. Pei Yan couldn’t even wash himself, so how dare to bite his boss.

After that, Shilang Pei was dismissed from office and exiled.

He knew that this was the best result, and if someone secretly protected him, he might have lost his life.

Of course, this is also something later.

**

Naturally, these things that happened to the Pei family could not be hidden from the old lady.

When the incident happened that day, someone from Pei’s family came to see the old lady, begging her to let the daughter-in-law go back to her natal home and ask the town’s official to stretch out her hand. But Shen Yiyao is not living in Zhuangzi now, and there has been so much discord before, how can the old lady have the face to ask her daughter-in-law to ask the government of Zhenguo for help.

But Pei’s family didn’t know the specifics inside, and thought that the old lady was unwilling to reach out. During the days when Shi Lang was detained, Mrs. Pei visited the door several times. First, soft talk, then good talk, and then bad talk.

Mrs. Pei was forced to have no choice but to sit in the Rong’an Hall with her great-grandson and cry. Weeping husbands, weeping parents-in-laws who have passed away, weeping poor sons and grandchildren, the old lady was so devastated.

The old lady didn’t dare to cover up anymore, and talked about part of the previous discord, which basically meant that both the daughter-in-law and the in-laws were offended, and there was nothing she could do.

Mrs. Pei didn’t believe it, but she did find out that Shen Yiyao was no longer in the house now, and then went back suspiciously.

The sister-in-law is gone, the old lady’s heart is restless.

Shilang Pei was held accountable, and no one dared to say what the outcome was when the incident was so big this time. This is her own brother, Pei’s family is her natal family, how could she be indifferent.

She found her son and asked Yan Ting to figure out a solution. If Yan Ting could figure out a solution, he would go out and run for a few days and come back and said that this matter really couldn’t be managed. The old lady didn’t give up, she was tossed and turned for a few days and couldn’t sleep well, so she squandered her face. Don’t send Mother Zhao to Zhuangzi to invite Shen Yiyao back. Who knows that Mother Zhao did not see Shen Yiyao’s person. Sorry.

After Zhao’s mother came back, the old lady was also ill, this time she was really sick.

Fortunately, there was good news afterwards. Pei Nan was only dismissed from office and exiled, and his family was not involved. After a few years, he will be able to return, and the old lady will slowly get better. ?