Jiang Sangongzi entered the palace, Yan Ruojiu followed his father and mother into a street in a carriage, and not long after the carriage turned into the street, the lively sound in his ears gradually subsided. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Yan Ruojiu was strange in her heart, so she picked up the carriage window and looked out, and what caught her eye was a long gray courtyard wall, which seemed to be out of sight, Yan Ruojiu wondered: "Dad, mother, is this coming?" ”

Mo smiled slightly and said, "Well, it's coming." ”

"See the courtyard wall?" General Yan Shuqing asked with a smile.

Yan Ruojiu nodded and commented truthfully: "Well, it doesn't look very easy to climb." ”

"Anime!" Mo's was really angry.

"Mother, my daughter just said that it was not easy to climb, and she didn't say that I was going to climb, what are you anxious about." Yan Ruojiu's little girl is very inappropriate.

"You, you shouldn't even have this idea." Mo Shi frowned.

"Okay, okay, my daughter said it wrong, huh...... Don't climb, no, don't want to, don't want to. Yan Ruojiu immediately raised three fingers and seriously assured.

"Huh...... Ah Wei, don't make your mother angry anymore, otherwise your father won't be able to save you tonight. Yan Shuqing looked at her daughter's playful appearance and smiled happily.

"Sir!"

"Daddy......"

"Good good ......"

As he spoke, the carriage stopped.

Before Yan Shuqing could open the curtain, a respectful and joyful inquiry came from outside the carriage: "Little Wang Daocong, waiting for the third master and his wife." ”

The curtain opened, Yan Shuqing got out of the carriage first, and the person who had just made an inquiry immediately greeted him and said, "But the third master, the leading general?" ”

Yan Shuqing was slightly stunned and said, "...... you?" ”

"Ao, the younger one is Wang Daocong, the housekeeper of the Yan Mansion, who was ordered by the old lady to wait here for the old lady and the young lady." Steward Wang looked enthusiastic.

"Ao, it turned out to be the housekeeper in the house, and the king housekeeper has worked." Yan Shuqing recognized the person in front of him and said politely.

"This is the small one, the old lady has been waiting in the back house for a long time, the third master, please invite the lady, the young lady, the son, and the little one to enter the house together."

"Okay, good, good, there's work, ma'am, we're here, we can get off." After the words fell, Mo Shi took Yan Ruojiu's sister and brother to get out of the carriage one after another, and the entourage behind them also got out of the carriage.

Seeing this, Steward Wang leaned over to Mo Shi and said, "The little Wang Daocong has given a salute to the third lady, the ninth girl, and the tenth son." ”

"This ......" Mo Shi was also stunned, he had been away from the house for more than ten years, and the people in front of him had long been unrecognizable.

"Ah, it's the housekeeper in the house." Yan Shuqing explained.

"Ao, I was the king's housekeeper, I really worked hard." Mohs was also very polite.

"Master, madam, you're welcome, the old lady and the ladies and ladies of the courtyards, the sons have been waiting in the backyard for a long time, uh, and please take a few of you, please come here." Steward Wang said politely.

Yan Ruojiu got out of the carriage, and then really looked up and took a closer look at the house in front of him, the rows of locust at the door, the courtyard wall protecting the blue bricks and blue tiles, the bright gate, facing the shadow wall of the hollow eight-character mortem with grinding bricks, and a gilded red sandalwood plaque hanging above the gate, with four typing words written "Yan Guogongfu", Yan Ruojiu was stunned at first, and then muttered to himself: "Guogong Mansion? ”

didn't have time to think about it, Yan Ruojiu followed her father and mother into the gate of Yan Guogong's mansion, but the entourage was taken down by the people who had been arranged by Steward Wang a long time ago.

On the steps, Yan Ruojiu found that there were also some articles outside the gate, there were lanterns with carved beams and painted buildings, and there were lazy stools with upper and lower horse stones and horse stakes.

Steward Wang said with a smile while instructing: "Third master, after this second door, this is the hall, and it is the place where the guests are greeted in the house, and it is the same as before the third master leaves the house." ”

Yan Shuqing nodded and said, "Well, this Wutong, this fish tank looks a little familiar." ”

"Hehe, it's not, sir, please." Steward Wang took Yan Shuqing's family to continue to move forward, and the maids, servants, and housekeepers who passed by on the side all turned sideways and bowed their heads to salute.

After a while, after passing through the hall and arriving at a hanging flower gate, Yan Ruojiu, who didn't have time to look at the hall carefully, also followed through this gate courtyard and entered another courtyard.

Steward Wang said with a smile: "Third master, this is the inner hall, it is the office and living place of several masters, and the study of the third master is also arranged here." ”

Yan Shuqing nodded and said, "That's naturally good, it's hard work." ”

"Hehe, the third master is a lot rusty when he goes out, the old lady said, you are returning to your own house, naturally everything must be arranged for you, the master is here, please." Steward Wang said and led everyone to a hall door again.

At this moment, Yan Shuqing hesitated a little and said, "This is the Dao Neiyi Gate, but you are about to enter the inner room?" ”

Steward Wang said with a smile: "The third master still remembers, yes, after this door will enter the inner house, now the entire Wutong Street is the boundary of our Yan Mansion, this outer house is the front hall, the hall and the inner hall, a total of three doors, this back house is the inner hall, but also three doors, a total of six doors, our house has a large population, several old people live together, it has been changed to the courtyard of seven in and seven out, it is a little complicated, but it will be familiar with it after a few more walks." ”

"Hehe, now the house is becoming more and more noble." Yan Shuqing looked at the courtyard, which was much larger than when he left, and sighed deeply.

"That's also the old lady and several old men hard to build, although the old lady died, but in the end he was awarded the Duke of the auxiliary country, the old lady is also a product of the fate, now the house of Miss Shuqin, has been noble Concubine Hui, the big lord worships Guanglu Temple Qing (from the third grade of the civilian), the second master is the head of the Hanlin Academy (from the second grade of the civilian), the third lord you are now also the leading general, even the fourth master is also the Shaoqing of Guanglu Temple (is the fifth grade), our Yan Mansion is also the home of Zhongding in the capital boundary." Steward Wang said with a smile.

Yan Ruojiu listened by the way, and said clearly in her heart: It turns out that it is really called the Yan Guogong Mansion because of the sealing of the Fuguo Prince, hey, the grandmother's family is really prominent, these uncles are all members of the imperial court, and the aunt is a concubine in the palace, so such a big mansion should be.

After walking for almost half an hour, I passed two more doors and came to the door of the main room of the inner hall, and the housekeeper and maid at the gate of the inner hall immediately turned around and went in with great joy when they saw the people coming from the verandah in front of them: "Old lady Qiqi, madam, the third master and the third lady have arrived at the door with the ninth girl and the tenth young master." ”

The maid went in to return, Yan Ruojiu followed her father and mother at the door of the inner hall, Yan Shuqing was waiting for the reply inside Because it is an inner house, even if it is a mother's house, you have to ask for instructions to report, this is the rule of the big family, Yan Shuqing came out of the Yan mansion, he understands this very well.

With this kung fu, Yan Shuqing asked: "Steward Wang, I don't know if the two elder brothers and the younger brother are here together?" ”

Steward Wang said with a smile: "The fourth master is here, the eldest master, the second master has to go to the palace first because of the court, but looking at the time, he is also on the way back." ”

As she was speaking, the maid who passed the message immediately stepped out and saluted, "Third master, third lady, old lady, please go in quickly." ”

Yan Shuqing was slightly stunned and then smiled: "It's hard work." ”

At this moment, the maids and mothers-in-law in the main room have already opened the door of the room and greeted them, and when they arrived at the door of the main room, a bright and dignified lady greeted them with a smile and said: "Third brother, third brother and sister, let the old lady wait." ”

Yan Shuqing was stunned for a moment, and then smiled respectfully: "But the second sister-in-law? ”

The lady in crimson smiled more brightly and said: "Oh, the third brother has good eyesight, I can still recognize it if I haven't seen it for all these years, the third brother, the third brother and sister, you are back, go in quickly, the old lady will sit in the house and wait in the morning, this time it will be noon, you can be regarded as arriving, come in." ”

"Mother......" Yan Ruojiu was stunned for a moment.

Mo Shi said: "This is your second aunt." ”

"Ao, Ruojiu, Wen Xiu visits the second aunt." Yan Ruojiu immediately said.

"Yo, this is Ruojiu girl, she has grown so big, she is really a beauty, hurry up and go in with your aunt to meet your grandmother." The woman in red smiled politely.

Before Yan Ruojiu could take a closer look, she was hugged into the door of the main house with her father and mother, and then stepped in, and a strong sandalwood fragrance rushed to her face, which made the autumn cold around her instantly fall a lot.

As soon as she entered the door, a warm air enveloped her whole body, Yan Ruojiu raised her eyes and looked, there was a jeweled crane-haired woman sitting in the main hall of the house, and there was a lot of kindness between her eyebrows, Yan Ruojiu knew that person must be her grandmother who had been mentioned by her mother many times.

After secretly looking at the person in the right position, Yan Ruojiu also took the opportunity to look around and look around the old and young, men and women, this dark posture really recognized it for a while.

At this moment, the woman who greeted them smiled and said, "Old lady, you see, these three brothers are a family, but you are looking forward to coming back." ”

"The book is clear!" The old lady on the throne suddenly became a little excited.

Yan Shuqing immediately took a few steps forward, lifted his robe, and knelt on his knees before kowtowing: "My son Shuqing is back, I have a greeting to my mother." ”

Mo Shi also knelt down, and Chi Yan Shuqing also kowtowed after half a step: "Daughter-in-law Mo Shi kowtowed to her mother." ”

Seeing this, Yan Ruojiu pulled her younger brother, knelt down and kowtowed according to her mother's previous instructions: "Granddaughter Yan Ruojiu, grandson Yan Wenxiu, please say hello to grandmother." ”

The old lady was emotional, and she was about to stand up with the servant beside her and said, "Okay, okay, just come back, just come back, get up, get up." ”

"Thank you, Mother."

"Thank you, grandmother." Yan Shuqing helped his wife and child get up together.

The old lady said excitedly: "Shuqing, my son, come forward and let my mother take a closer look, it has been really hard for you to be alone with your family all these years." ”

"Mother, where is the son, the son is a man, naturally he should stand up to the sky, these hardships are nothing, but in the past ten years, I have not been able to fulfill my filial piety under my mother's knees, I am really ashamed of my mother." Yan Shuqing said and leaned down to kneel.

Yan Ruojiu, who couldn't stand firm when he got up, could only kneel down with his father and mother when he saw this, and the younger brother Yan Wenxiu didn't understand the situation, so he was pulled to his knees again in a daze.

"My son, hurry up, although my mother is reluctant, but you are also determined to serve the country in all directions, since ancient times, loyalty and filial piety dilemma, mother naturally knows, although your child is far away, but every year on the New Year's Festival or mother's birthday, you don't give gifts, do your filial piety, that's enough, hurry up, my son." The old lady personally supported Yan Shuqing, who was kneeling on the ground, and she really looked like a Buddha-hearted mother.

But Yan Ruojiu, who was kneeling on the ground, muttered in her heart: My mother said that my father was not born to the old lady, but he was raised under the name of the old lady, and he was not by his side for more than ten years, so he really has such a deep mother-son affection?

Daddy was still polite to the old lady, Yan Ruojiu knelt on the ground and was a little bored, but in the end, kneeling in front of so many people, Yan Ruojiu knew that this would be impossible to lose the rules, and it was impossible to raise her head, so she could only walk around with her eyes and look at the range of her eyes.

After a while, when Yan Ruojiu wanted to take a closer look at the hems of the clothes of the people standing beside her, the old lady reluctantly helped her father up, and then the old lady spoke: "Hurry up, help Mo and the children up, this boat is tired, and you have to kneel at every turn Isn't it provoking my tears, get up quickly, no one is allowed to kneel anymore, this is coming home, don't be so rusty." ”

The old lady's words were full of intimacy, Yan Ruojiu's heart was also warm, and the woman in red immediately stepped forward to help Mo and the children affectionately: "Third brother and sister, this is coming home, there are not so many rules, you see, kneel down again, the old lady's eyes are really swollen today, you should get up quickly." ”

The polite words fell, Mo Shi and the children also got up, Yan Shuqing took a few steps back and wiped his tears: "Mother, my son returned to Beijing from the northwest, there is nothing to bring, just some special products from the north, all the brothers have it, and it has been entrusted to Steward Wang's arrangement, your old one, your son brought it personally." ”

After that, Yan Shuqing took out a box from the maid behind him, and then opened the lid of the box, revealing the good century-old wild mountain ginseng inside: "I know that my mother has been taking ginseng soup to prolong her life, these ten century-old wild ginseng is a unique tribute in the northwest, and my son doesn't have many treasures, so now I can only use this thing to show filial piety, and I hope my mother will accept it with a smile." ”