After the third anniversary of the old lady in April, Jiang Qinyuan did not return to the border immediately, the seventh old lady was worried that he would delay his official business, so he specially called him to ask, Jiang Qinyuan was honest to his father, and told him everything before and after his leave, and the seventh old lady asked with some confusion after listening: "Why did the imperial court let you take leave for so long this time, you don't have a clue at all?" ”

"My son didn't understand it before, and then a friend from the Ministry of War secretly delivered the news to my son, there is something wrong with King Hui and King Jin in Beijing recently, and the emperor is at an important time for pro-government, but all the military generals who have some reputation in the army have been involved, and even what the fifth brother has done has been dug up, and I went to discuss it with the fifth uncle after I came back, and the fifth uncle also advised me to be careful not to be involved."

The seventh old lady listened, but also silent, his fifth brother was an official, when the prince was still a baby, King Hui and King Jin have already married, and the prince is much different in age, and then the prince ascended the throne, King Hui and King Jin had to be ordered by the first emperor to assist the new emperor, the two disagreed political views are not a day or two, it was too much trouble at that time, the fifth brother did not want to get involved, but resigned and returned to his hometown in the prime of life.

Now I am afraid that the new emperor has reached the age of pro-government, and the two princes have their own ideas in their hearts, so they will make trouble again, the seventh old lady thought of this, and agreed with Jiang Qinyuan's words, since ancient times, the military generals who hold military power are more careful than Wenchen, and if they are not careful, they may be doomed, "That is the case, it is better for you to rest more at home." ”

Jiang Qinyuan got his father's consent, and he was relieved to worry about the marriage of his children with the Qin family, and he could get closer to his brothers in his spare time, and he was away from home for more than ten years, and the relationship between the brothers became increasingly alienated, Jiang Qinyuan also took this opportunity to mend one or two, especially about his fifth brother Jiang Qinhan, friends in Beijing frequently sent letters, and they all mentioned the matter of the fifth brother.

Min Wei naturally had no way of knowing Jiang Qinyuan's plan, maybe even if she knew, she didn't have the extra heart to pay attention to and study, because shortly after April, the patriarch suddenly proposed to succeed, maybe because the Li family couldn't have children, and Jiang Qinjin didn't want to toss for the heir anymore, so there was a rumor that he wanted to succeed.

Jiang Qinjin just came out, and the whole clan began to wait and see, even if they knew that the next patriarch was not necessarily Jiang Qinjin's stepchild, but there were still many people who began to make up their minds, as long as Jiang Qinjin was still the patriarch, then even if his past children could not be the patriarch, they would be closer to the next patriarch in the future.

For this news, the Yao family also made a fuss, but in the end he learned that his son had no hope for a long time, so he stopped, and at the beginning of June, Minwei heard that the patriarch had decided to succeed the eldest son of Jiang Qinnian in the seventh room, that is, Minwei's third brother Jiang Mincong, when she heard the news, Minwei somehow remembered the third anniversary of the old lady.

The ancestors of the Jiang family have lived in Huangzhou for generations, and the Jiang clan who died naturally are buried in the same place, that is, the ancestral tomb, and the third anniversary of the seventh room is finally to go to the ancestral tomb to worship the old lady, and Minwei's third brother Jiang Mincong disappeared after the sacrifice to the old lady, but there was no trace, and finally everyone found him in front of Jiang Mincong's biological mother's tomb, and when he found it, he was already asleep in front of Jiang Qi's tomb, with clearly visible tears on his face, and he looked like he would fall asleep when he was tired of crying.

Jiang Mincong's actions made Xiao Qi's face very embarrassed, because she was a stepmother, and now her stepson ran to her mother's grave crying and fell asleep, anyone would think that she must be treating her stepson badly, and the stepson would be sad, but Xiao Qi was also very aggrieved, as a stepmother, she could neither beat and scold, nor spoiled, so that she often had to let her biological father discipline her.

Now, even if Xiao Qi bothered to explain and try his best to clarify, everyone in the clan would be suspicious, and when the news that the patriarch was going to succeed Jiang Mincong came out, some clansmen accused Xiao Qi of it, and Xiao Qi simply didn't explain, just closed the door and lived his own life, this kind of thing can only wait for two years, and it will slowly fade.

The succession ceremony is set in October, and two days before the Mid-Autumn Festival in August is Jiang Minqi's ceremony, and in November, Jiang Minjing gets married, and the seven rooms of the Jiang family are busy in addition to Jiang Qinhan, and Jiang Qinhan's house is very cold and calm, and even Yao's fighting spirit has disappeared a lot like a leaky balloon after the succession ceremony is decided.

Since Mo's asked about his dowry and kept Min Wei by his side, Min Wei really knew that Mo was not an ordinary merchant girl, and the Mo family was also considered a leader in the business, and Min Wei's grandfather was also a scholarly family in his early years, and later turned to business in the middle of the family, and earned a huge business from scratch in just a few years.

It's just that Min Wei's grandmother gave birth to three sons and four daughters, except for Mo and one of the sons, the rest did not live past the age of ten, the family business is prosperous but the heirs are withering, Min Wei's grandfather has also extinguished the idea of expanding the family business, in addition to the family business laid in the early years, the rest of the money is used to buy land, but there are also a lot of fields.

When Mo's got married, the old man Mo was ruthless and divided the family business into two halves, half of which was given to his son, and half was given to his daughter as a dowry, so Mo's dowry is also very considerable, not to mention the fields, jewelry, antiques, silk and satin are all boutiques, and what is more enviable is the dowry shop, the old man Mo is very talented in business, and the business in the early years was very great, and more prosperous states and counties have his shop, and half of the shops have become Mo's dowry.

When Min Wei heard Mo talk about it for the first time, she still didn't believe it, and after confirming that it was true, Min Wei was really full of black lines, and she couldn't complain, she knew for the first time that the weak and bullying Mo was so wealthy, and at the same time, it was really unbelievable that Mo could keep his dowry under such circumstances.

Since Min Wei had questions, she naturally couldn't help but ask, it turned out that Old Man Mo also knew that his daughter was not good at business at all, so he gave none of the cronies he had cultivated for most of his life to Mo's family, and for this, he was also complained by his son and daughter-in-law for a long time, but Old Man Mo had already made a decision, and he had no right to intervene with his son and daughter-in-law at all.

When Min Wei heard this, she also somewhat understood why Mo's sister-in-law, that is, her aunt, always looked at herself and Mo with calculating eyes, thinking that the root cause was here, Lao Tzu actually favored her daughter, no matter whether her son would have an opinion, her daughter-in-law would definitely have an opinion, and even the next person who took care of the family business went out.

It's just that the legendary old man Mo died less than a year after Mo's marriage, although Min Wei has not seen his grandfather, but he deeply admires his old man's foresight, if there are no cronies, it is estimated that Mo's marriage after the death of Old Man Mo, either by his brother and sister-in-law, or by himself to defeat.

By the time Minwei followed the Mo family to figure out the shops and fields in the marriage, the time had already arrived in August, and in a few days it would be Minwei's third sister Jiang Minqi's ceremony, although it was not the first time for Minwei to participate in the ceremony, but the second sister Jiang Minshu's ceremony was very simple, but this time Jiang Minqi's ceremony was very grand.

Xiao Chen's family prepared for a long time, and when it came to August 13, they also invited the ladies of the big and small families in Huangzhou City, and the housewives of the Jiang clan also came, and even the Li family, who had been in poor health, also came to Jiang Minqi with a smile on his face.

Jiang Minqi usually has a strange personality and loves to read, so he doesn't have many good close friends, but in the end he found Xiao Chen's maiden niece, that is, Jiang Minqi's cousin, who looks a little older than Minwei, about thirteen or fourteen years old, Yousi is Jiang Minjing's future sister-in-law, and the daughter of the head of the Hu family in Huangzhou City.

When everyone arrived, the ceremony officially began, Min Wei can be said to be the first time to see the whole process of the complicated and grand ceremony, and when she saw the halfway point, Min Wei had no idea where the ceremony had been carried out, and finally had to give up, just watch the excitement, don't worry about what the so-called 'first ceremony, then add ceremony' and the like.

finally waited for Jiang Minqi's and Lu ceremony to end perfectly, Jiang Minqi still looked cold, but Xiao Chen cried with joy, her daughter and Lu Ji, it means suing the sù family, my daughter can already get married, and after today, I am afraid that someone should come to the door to propose marriage, and Xiao Chen naturally wants to be happy.

Waited until not far after Jiang Minqi's ceremony, it was time for Jiang Mincong's succession ceremony, although the succession caused the dissatisfaction of many elders of the branch, but Jiang Qinjin rarely insisted, so the succession was settled, Minwei sighed a little, I don't know if my third brother is lucky or unlucky, but in my own opinion, I don't think it's a lucky thing.

After the succession is over, Jiang Qinjin, as the patriarch, still needs to kneel in the ancestral hall to ask the ancestors for guilt before he can officially record Jiang Mincong in the name of the second room, Minwei has long heard that there are actually very few such things in the Jiang family, and even fewer in recent generations, except for the early years when the fifth old lady of Jiang knelt for his concubine, it was Jiang Qinjin this time, so Minwei took this opportunity to think about the fate of her father in the future.