Chapter 66: Spring Dawn
On the night of the thirtieth night of the Chinese New Year's Eve, Han Qing solemnly entered the ancestral hall with the men of the Han family to worship the ancestors. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info She couldn't help but feel a little excited in her heart, saying that in her previous life, she was only able to enter the Han family ancestral hall to worship her ancestors after being named the imperial concubine.
Han Qing participated in the ancestor worship in the Rongguo Mansion, and he actually walked away in the capital, and many boudoir nobles didn't know how many soy sauce and vinegar bottles they had knocked over after hearing this, and even the nobles couldn't help but have mixed tastes in their hearts.
On the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, the Xie family gave Chu Yuan a birthday gift as usual, among which Han Qing also gave a fan pendant and a purse according to the old calendar, and the fan pendant was replaced with a glass bottle, and an extra cloud pattern was embroidered on the purse. Chu Yuan pinched the moire purse and gritted his teeth secretly, in the end, he still changed the one from last year.
After the fifteenth day of the Lunar New Year, the Xie family's aunt came to pick it up early in the morning. When Han Qing came, it was the luggage of one car, but when she returned, it became the luggage of three whole cars. Grandpa Guo also specially gave Cui and Han Qing a list each, saying that a lot of things were packed into boxes and placed in a separate warehouse, which was reserved for Han Qing as a dowry.
The Cui family also heard that Rong Guogong led Han Qing into the ancestral hall to worship his ancestors, and then he saw that everyone in the Han family was really sincere. I saw Han Song holding Han Qing's hand and said very seriously, "Sister, we still said that we were going to play there again, but it turned out that something went wrong." If it weren't for my sister's intercession, my fifth brother and I wouldn't know if we could live. ”
Han Qing rolled her eyes several times when she heard his words, it could be seen that this young master was still regretting that he couldn't go to the secret passage to play again, "Fourth brother, don't talk about that, be careful to let your grandfather know that you are still thinking about it." Besides, you and the fifth brother are grandfather's own grandsons, and you can still take your life at home. ”
Han Shan confirmed the truth, "The fourth brother doesn't mean anything else, he sincerely thanks his sister for interceding for the two of us, but the fourth brother has always exaggerated his words." I heard that my sister is going back to Hangzhou soon, and the fifth brother is also very reluctant to you. ”
Han Qingxin said that Han Shan's words were honest and reliable, so she quietly revealed the matter of asking Xie Heng to take his three brothers to Hangzhou, and the two were overjoyed after hearing it. Han Song couldn't suppress his excitement in a low voice, "Sister, can you be serious?" If it can really get us out of the sea of suffering, my brother will make you a cow and a horse! ”
Han Qing snorted and said, "The fourth brother said stupid things again, how can the capital become a sea of bitterness, you can't learn to speak and rhetoric, I don't want you to be a cow or a horse, only in the future, if the fourth brother goes to Hangzhou with him, he will have a long face in front of my grandfather." ”
These words made Han Song blush for a while, and he didn't dare to agree confidently. Han Shan said with a straight face, "Thank you sister for speaking for our brother, sister rest assured, the fourth brother has always been the smartest, we will not embarrass my sister when we go to Hangzhou." Han Song also nodded hurriedly.
Cui Shi saw that Han Qing got along well with his brother, and naturally he was also happy for his nephew's daughter. But seeing that it was not early, he had to call Han Qing to bid farewell to Rong Guogong and his wife, leave a gift, and return to Xie Mansion.
After the New Year, the Xie family began to prepare for the spring festival of the eldest young master Xie Yi, even if they were confident in Xie Yi's knowledge, it was regarded as the top priority in the family. After Han Qing came back and complained to her brothers and sisters, she stayed at home honestly, occasionally bubbling to send some soup and water to her eldest brother, and she ate Xie Yi full of energy and body.
On the ninth day of February, Jinghe's 18-year-old top event Spring Festival, a total of three sessions, each three days, officially kicked off. During the period, people were carried out of the examination room every day, which shows how hard this exam is, and when it was over on the ninth day, Xie Yan personally went to the gate of the Gongyuan to pick up people, only to see that his eldest brother walked out refreshed.
"Big brother, come home with me, grandfather and they are all waiting at home. But how can I see that you don't feel like you've taken the test, but like you've just met friends? Xie Yan couldn't help but be curious.
"The exam is a little longer, and those who are carried out are not good at exercising on weekdays. I don't think I'm tired from staying up for the past nine days, so let's go back quickly, so as not to make my family anxious. ”
The two brothers hurriedly got into the carriage and left, there was a family that knew the son of the Xie family, looking at the eldest son of the Xie family with a ruddy face and full of spirits, they were all amazed, and their hearts said that it was worthy of the origin of family learning.
A few days later, to everyone's surprise, Xie Yi won the first place in the Hui Examination and easily won the title of Hui Yuen Long. Just when the Xie family was overjoyed, only Xie Yan complained to Xie Yi in private, "The eldest brother has been born for a few years longer than me, it really makes the younger brother chase so hard, I just took the exam back to Xie Yuan, and now you have been admitted to Huiyuan again, and you will take the top exam in a few days, I don't know how long it will take to be read." ”
Xie Yi also has some sympathy for his younger brother, "Second brother, you have been compared to me since you were a child, and the eldest brother naturally knows your grievances, but the eldest brother believes that with your talent and ability, you will still be on the gold list in a few years." ”
Xie Yan wailed, "Big brother, are you comforting me, how do I think your schadenfreude is obvious!" ”
Xie Yi patted his younger brother on the shoulder and went to find his own mother-in-law.
The palace examination was presided over by Emperor Jinghe himself, the topic was about maritime trade, many students couldn't help scratching their heads when they saw this topic, most people read the four books and five classics hard, and many people were not diligent and did not divide the grains, not to mention the economy and trade, if this was examined, I am afraid that the lowly businessmen would be able to take a champion back.
But there are also those who don't just die to read. Let's just say that Xie Yi, who has followed his grandfather since he was a child, can answer questions fluently whether it is the way of governing the country or the people's livelihood and economy, and he has something to say, which makes the examiners in the Jinluan Hall happy, and he can't wait to make him the champion.
When the palace examination is over, the examination of the full hall is convinced, and Emperor Jinghe appointed Xie Yi to be the champion, and the list is a man over forty years old with solid knowledge, and Tanhua is in his thirties.
Of course, these people also have self-knowledge, no one in this Spring Festival wants to rob the demeanor of the champion, but there is one thing to comfort, the champion has already married a wife, but left a way for those single young people to live.
The first time Han Qing saw the scene of playing horses and parading the streets, the Xie family naturally booked a private room in an excellent location early. I saw Xie Yi wearing a brocade robe sewn by Yuan Jianing's own hands, stepping on a horse with a golden saddle, and he was originally a fairy-like figure, but today he has his own halo, which makes people unable to open their eyes.
There are many big girls and little daughters-in-law below, they just look straight in the eyes, and they can't care about the reserve of the past, and the flower branch sachet is thrown at him one by one, and the degree of madness is no less than that of the star chasers in later generations in Han Qing's opinion. Han Qing peeked at the sister-in-law beside her, and saw that Yuan Jianing had already burst into tears, so excited that she couldn't take care of those female fans on the street.
As if excitedly pulled Han Qing's hand, "Third sister, I don't realize it on weekdays, but now the eldest brother and the list of eyes and tanhua are simply fairy, it seems that people still have to compare." ”
Han Qing listened to it interestingly, and said with a smile, "If this is heard by Nabangyan and Tanhua, I don't know how to be depressed, even if the eldest brother hears it, he may not be happy, so I can have fun with you after listening to it." ”
seemed to be happy and said, "I naturally know that he is not happy to exaggerate my brother with this, but I just feel that there are more ordinary-looking people in this world." ”
made Han Qing so sick that her stomach hurt, "Second sister, don't worry, my grandfather will marry our children, and they are all good looks, you can see that the sister-in-law and the future eldest brother-in-law will know, and you don't have to worry about it now." ”
As if he was generous, he still couldn't help but say, "You little petty ghost, I want to see what kind of marriage you will marry in the future!" ”
Han Qing wanted to laugh again, but her voice was drowned in a new round of firecrackers. On this day, the capital is full of lights, thunderous joy, crowds of people, and it is very lively. The procession on the street was hugged by the front and back and moved slowly, and it took a while to walk out of the Xie family's sight.
After the Spring Festival, Wang Tan, the head of the Wang family, took the sixth young master Wang Wei to personally come to the door to make a marriage, and the process was low-key but solemn. Both parties were very satisfied with this family affair, and agreed to officially agree on the marriage date after Wanran and Lu.
After the two major events of entering Beijing were completed, March 3 was not only the Qionglin banquet, but also Han Qing's birthday. After participating in the Qionglin banquet, Chu Yuan followed Xie Yi back to Xie's house, although Han Qing's mother was filial and it was inconvenient to celebrate, but she still received a lot of gifts on this day.
The Xie family didn't expect the prince to come back with him, and they were busy calling Ah Qing to see him, but Chu Yuan said, "Ah Qing is still young and not so particular, I brought a gift and sent it to her personally." ”
Xie Heng was not polite to him, so he asked Xie Yi to lead Chu Yuan to find Han Qing. In the spring of March, the prosperity was in full bloom, Han Qing was sitting on the soft collapse by the window and counting the treasures he received today, and saw Chu Yuan holding a box in his hand through the window lattice, because he drank some wine at the banquet, the corners of his eyes and eyebrows were crimson, which was even more gorgeous than the peach blossoms in spring.
Chu Yuan walked to the window and didn't enter the house, only lowered his head to cover the light on Han Qing's face, and stretched out his hand to hand over the red sandalwood gift box, "Ah Qing open it and take a look, I like this year's birthday gift." ”
Han Qing smelled a burst of fragrant wine, and his little face was a little hot when he was smoked, and when he took the gift box, he saw that it was a golden silk flower inlaid with treasure incense balls, as well as a bag of seeds, "The one given by Brother Junyue has always been the best, and Ah Qing likes it." ”
After Chu Yuan drank the wine, his attitude became even more arbitrary, and he raised his hand and pinched Han Qing's little face, "You girl has always been the most difficult to please, I don't know where I offended you, I haven't given me a good face for two years in a row, and my birthday gift this year is still so perfunctory." ”
Han Qing glanced at the three cloud-patterned purses on Chu Yuan's waist and muttered, "If you don't like the purse I made, just say it, I won't give you the moire purse next year." ”
Chu Yuan didn't know if he was really drunk or what, he only felt that Han Qing was unsettled at a glance, and he felt that he was probably really drunk, "I don't mention it, as long as you embroidered it yourself, it's a grass." I wanted to drink more today because your eldest brother was the champion, so I went back. ”
After that, he looked at Han Qing again, paused and said, "You will go back to Hangzhou after a while, and I don't know when you will see you again, if I offend you somewhere, for the sake of my sincere reparation, don't be angry?" ”
Somehow, Han Qing's eyes were hot, and she nodded with a smile, and when Chu Yuan saw that she responded, he turned around and left satisfied.