Chapter 148: The Ancestral Hall

The patriarch changed into his regular clothes, lifted the curtain and sat down, shook his head at his wife, and said: "She is a boudoir daughter, how can I take a closer look at her appearance, but I think she is quite generous, dignified and steady." Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 ļ½‰ļ½Žļ½†ļ½ā€

The patriarch's wife raised her wrist to show him, and the patriarch saw that the blood jade bracelet on his wife's wrist that never left his body was missing, and heard her mention Wen Wan, and wondered: "Could it be that you gave her that bracelet?"

The patriarch's wife stroked her bare wrist and nodded slightly.

Hearing that his wife said that he gave away the blood jade bracelet, the patriarch was not happy, and his face sank and he reproached: "She is not the bloodline of the serious Su family." There weren't many things left from the ancestors back then, so how could such valuable things be given to an outsider?"

The patriarch's wife sighed leisurely: "First, I am accompanying your ignorant sons and nephews, so that Mrs. Anguo can feel at ease." Besides, you didn't take a closer look, that girl really looks like the little master, and people can't help but think of the girl who has never seen the light of day under His Royal Highness Chongjiu. If Her Royal Highness the princess is this age, she will probably be like Miss Wan. After several successes, the concubine sighed in her heart for a while, so she gave her the bracelet. ā€

Zhou Yangchen, who took away the little emperor's widow Su Chongjiu, was the ancestor of the patriarch.

Zhou Yangchen left the little princess in desperation, and later felt guilty about this matter.

This secret was pressed in his heart for a lifetime, and when he was dying, he finally told this matter to future generations. said that in fact, the nurse gave birth to dragon and phoenix twins, and His Royal Highness Chongjiu also had a sister-in-law. It's a pity that he didn't have the ability to bring out the two highnesses, and only saved Su Chongjiu.

The soldiers were in chaos, and they were abandoned in the secret passage of the palace just after birth, presumably Her Royal Highness the princess had already died.

Zhou Yangchen closed his eyes with regret, but His Royal Highness Chongjiu, who knew the truth, was unwilling, he said that the twins have induction, if his sister leaves, he should have the pain of losing his relatives. But what he felt was not pain, but that there were still people in this world who were connected with him.

His Royal Highness Chongjiu did not give up, and led the remnants to visit the clues of the year, wanting to find his only relative in this world.

In fact, except for him, the others have never reported hope, but they are afraid that His Royal Highness Chongjiu will be sad, and in order to alleviate the guilt in his heart, the people below pretend to look everywhere, and naturally they can't find it.

His Royal Highness Waiting for Chongjiu to die of hatred, although he told his subordinates not to give up, they must find the princess and her descendants, and the brothers and sisters can be reunited underground after a hundred years. The people below have long been taken seriously, and the matter of finding the princess is over, but it has been passed down from generation to generation as a secret left by the ancestors.

Hearing Mrs. say this, the patriarch also remembered the poor princess Her Royal Highness back then, so he could only be silent, and said sullenly for a long time: "In the situation like that day, it is not easy to protect His Royal Highness Chongjiu, no wonder the ancestor raised the dust, and can only complain about the fate of Her Royal Highness the princess." ā€

The patriarch's wife frowned slightly, and her eyes were full of sadness: "Speaking of which, it is always women who are sacrificed. I wonder if Her Royal Highness the princess survived back then, and whether there were any descendants left?"

"Women's family, thinking all day long", the patriarch sank his face and said in a low voice: "There are many people in the family during this time, don't think about those things that you shouldn't think, cheer up, coax Mrs. Anguo, don't delay us to discuss big things." ā€

After the patriarch's wife complained, she still knew the general situation, and looked at her husband as the horse's head. agreed at the moment, lifted the curtain and went out, and went to order people to settle the people who rushed back from Yunnan and other places.

Chu Zhaohui rested in the inner house, and she didn't need to come out of the outside affairs, just gossip with gentleness every day.

The patriarch's wife occasionally asked a few concubines to accompany her, and her words were courteous and polite, and sometimes she sat down and touched a few leaf cards, talking and laughing for a long time.

Seeing that Chu Zhaohui likes to eat jujube cakes and shortbreads that he brought, the patriarch's wife told her that the dates were harvested from her own orchard, and the noodles used for the dim sum puff pastry were also harvested from her own field and pushed into flour in her own mill.

The words are simple and kind, and the few concubines who often come are all kind-faced people, Chu Zhaohui threw away the unhappiness when he came, and saw that the clan took care of her very well, so he lived with peace of mind.

Opening the ancestral hall was originally a matter for men, but seeing that his son was so busy that his feet did not touch the ground, when he came to ask for peace every morning and evening, Chu Zhaohui not only did not blame, but asked him to go and get busy with business.

This is out of place, Chu Zhaohui is not suspicious in his heart because the other party is his own son and is in contact with her husband's clan, and the rules in the countryside are different from those in the imperial city.

Wen Wan noticed the difference in the attitude of the juniors towards the four treasures of the study as soon as she entered the door, and deliberately paid attention, and naturally saw that the Su family was connected to Su Duhan, which was strange from her bones.

In addition to accompanying Chu Zhaohui, Wen Wan showed her ability to treat people in the palace, with long sleeves and good dancing, and a smile. She looks similar to Su Duhan, and she is gentle and quiet, which is very popular with several ladies who often come.

Before and after, Wen Wan listened to a lot of broken words, and remembered them all in her heart.

He also asked the wife of the patriarch to arrange, accompanied by the girls in the clan, to see the orchards and fields of the Su family, to see the dozens of acres of chrysanthemums of the Su family, and expressed full curiosity about the tall waterwheel and the rotating rolling plate.

A few days later, the patriarch's wife told Chu Zhaohui that the Su family had already chosen an auspicious time and was scheduled to open the ancestral hall at the end of the second day.

The next day, Chu Zhaohui was gentle according to the hour, both of them changed into indigo blue and white chrysanthemum patterned curly clothes, hairpins with white flowers on their hair, and under the guidance of the patriarch's wife, who was also plain, they went all the way to the ancestral hall.

The ancestral hall has been renovated, which is not the same as the last time Chu Zhaohui came, and it looks more atmospheric. It covers an area of about half an acre, sits north to south, and there is a pair of white marble stone lions guarding in front of the door.

The green bricks are paved with green, and the pines and cypresses are sprouting, which adds some solemn atmosphere to the ancestral hall for no reason. Wen Wan noticed Chu Zhaohui's stiffness and held her arm intimately.

The ancestral hall is divided into two courtyards, the hall house, the east and west wings, and the main hall. Passing through the front yard, it is the main hall of the five wings, blue bricks and gray tiles, simple atmosphere. Going up the stone steps, the black jade plaque with a black background in the middle is only engraved with the four words of Su's ancestral hall.

The female dependents did not enter the ancestral hall, and the patriarch's wife accompanied Chu Zhaohui and the women in the clan to kneel outside the main hall, listening to the patriarch chanting a sacrificial text first, followed by several solemn ceremonies, which looked quite solemn.

After the ceremony was completed, a maid stepped forward to dress everyone, still standing outside the ancestral hall and waiting, Su Duhan was wearing a plain white robe, holding his father's tablet, and slowly walked into the ancestral hall under the protection of the clansmen.

In the middle of the main hall of the ancestral hall are two portraits of the ancestors of the Su family, the lines are smooth, the clothes are gorgeous, the two sides are a couplet of Wei tablet body, and the ancestral tablets are neatly placed below, all made of copper gilt, and the names of the ancestors are surrounded by simple patterns. (To be continued.) )