And Lu is a rite of passage for women, Song Rumu is twenty-eight years old, it is actually five out of ten, so on the occasion of this birthday, the gift of the party and the flute.

The ceremony of the Song family temple was selected in the main hall of the Song family temple, and the "east room" was specially repaired on the east side of the courtyard for Song Rumu to freshen up and change clothes. Three seats have been laid in the center of the courtyard, one seat is placed with the clothes worn by today's Jialu, the deep coat of curved clothes, and the long-sleeved long skirt dress, and the other two seats are covered with brocade mats for Song Rumu Jialu to use when he saluted.

Song Rumu's ceremony was not only a matter of the Song family, but the imperial court also sent personnel from the Ministry of Rites to watch the ceremony, as well as two grandmothers and eight female officials sent by the Internal Affairs Office. The task of these people is to wait for Song Rumu to be punished, and then receive her "women's morality, women's appearance, women's skills, and women's words", and also teach her how to treat people after becoming the crown princess, how to serve her aunt, and the various virtues that must be possessed to become a royal daughter-in-law.

Arrived at the Song Mansion with the Ministry of Rites, as well as the eldest lady and Song Hao's party, they waited for Song Ruixi's wedding to return to the door before taking the ship of the Ministry of Rites from the capital back to Mocheng.

In addition, there is another heavyweight who has to say with the Ministry of Rites, that is, Her Royal Highness the eldest princess, Song Ruixi's mother-in-law. The eldest princess came far this time, in fact, she was asked by Huangfu Tianyou to come specifically to be Song Rumu and Lu Zhengbin.

Before Huangfu Tianyou returned to Beijing, he had said that he wanted to surprise her, Song Rumu always thought that it would be something like hairpin jewelry, at most one ancient jade, but he didn't expect him to invite Her Royal Highness the eldest princess.

Women once in a lifetime and etiquette, Zhengbin more invited elders with both virtues, originally Song Rumu's Zhengbin was recommended by the Qingzhou prefect's wife, and now the eldest princess is here, the Qingzhou prefect's wife naturally happily withdrew, anyway, the intention was expressed, it really doesn't matter if it is a Zhengbin or not.

The music played by the ceremony was calm and pleasant, and the guests could also experience a sense of soothing breeze in the heat of being sunburned.

In the sound of blessings, Song Rumu, who successfully completed the ceremony, was grateful for the surprise sent by Huangfu Tianyou. Looking up at the blue sky, the white clouds floated and became boundless, and she seemed to see him standing on the high city wall through the layers of clouds. Looking south.

The two were only one day apart, today was her birthday, but yesterday was his birthday, he gave her the respected and respectable Ji Zhengbin, does he know what she has prepared for him?

After years and years. The people of Mocheng have been trained very calmly.

But many years later, the details of the crown princess and the day of the ceremony, the people who watched the ceremony can still tell the story, such as a few treasures. At the moment when the ceremony was completed, the prospective princess was dressed in a brocade dress with sideburns and phoenixes, and a smile was full of honey, with such a demeanor and such a look, no wonder she was selected as the royal daughter-in-law, and even a few people from the palace had to be impressed. Secretly, this woman is really better than the county lord of Xincheng.

On the tenth day of the first month of June, the sun is shining, and Qingzhou has entered the hot summer, and the wheat harvest is officially opened.

Chopping wheat straw and picking wheat ears, drying grain and raising the field, the whole Qingzhou from the farmer to the clan everyone is busy for the summer harvest.

The old lady, who is in her seventies, personally took the three Song Han brothers and a group of children and grandchildren to check this year's harvest in the countryside. After receiving congratulations and praises all the way, the old lady was kind-hearted, and did not hesitate to exempt the tenant farmers from the rent of this year, even the arrears of previous years. It's all written off.

For the fourth house of Song's East Street, it was just a good deed of losing some money and grain, but it made the tenant farmers cry bitterly, and some debts have been pressed for many years, crushed the backbone of many people, and then they were tied to this land that did not belong to them. From generation to generation, there will never be freedom.

The old lady's actions were opposed by several other rooms, but Song Rumu had another understanding of her grandfather, so from the bottom of her heart, she had a sense of admiration for the old lady.

Didn't the old lady know the consequences of this move? He naturally knows that he is not only good but also blessed, and he is willing to accumulate deep virtues and blessings for the upcoming glory of the Song family in this way.

In mid-June, the war in the northwest broke out suddenly, and the wolf smoke reported all the way through the danger, Lu Xinfei, the prince of Fuyang, was ordered to lead an army of 500,000 to the north to aid the garrison, but the household department of the imperial court could not make up a lot of military rations, and the imperial court was disturbed inside and outside for a while.

The enemy came fiercely this time, because of the snow disaster last winter, when the entire Huangfu Celestial Empire was affected by the snow disaster to varying degrees, not to mention the foreign tribes in the extreme north, the disaster situation was only more serious than that of the Celestial Empire, so on the occasion of this summer harvest, it began to attack the border of the Celestial Empire on an unprecedented scale, intending to break into the Central Plains and reap the harvest fruits of the people of the Celestial Empire.

The poor people of the Northland have already suffered from disasters and wars, and it is really miserable.

At the beginning of July, the imperial court arrived in Qingzhou and ordered the county yamen to quickly collect grain, without entering Beijing and sending it directly to the northwest.

The joy of such a harvest for the people of Qingzhou came to an abrupt end before it began.

Song Rumu, who has been trapped in the boudoir on the grounds of etiquette, has been trapped in the boudoir by people from the palace, and learned about the military rations from Song Nianzhi, Yan Shuiji, Xuanling and others, and her heart can't help but be anxious, Huangfu Tianyou is at least safe and worry-free in the capital, but there is Ji Wuchen in the northwest and Lu Yixuan, how can she not be in a hurry?

This anxiety turned her original hesitation into decisiveness, and she directly found the old lady and told the old lady what she had been thinking for a long time.

If the old lady was rent-free before, it would be a good deed, but after listening to Song Rumu's words, the old lady was angry. Compared with Song Rumu's thoughts, what to exempt from a year's rent and what to exempt those old debts has all become children's play.

He suddenly got up from his chair, his eyes were like torches, staring straight into Song Rumu's eyes and said, "Do you know that doing this will lead to a catastrophe!" Tell grandfather if this is your idea or your father's. ”

A bold girl, she thinks she is a quasi-princess, so she dares to do anything wrong? The gate lord of the Shi clan has a tacit understanding, she has not yet sat on the crown princess, she dares to say that she will let her family pay food to the imperial court, if she really does this, not to mention that the other houses of the Song family will oppose it, even Qingzhou, no, it is the entire clan of the Huangfu Heavenly Dynasty, everyone will stand up against it. At that time, not only her, but also the Song family will become the target of attack and resistance.

"Grandfather, please listen to your granddaughter. This is the granddaughter's idea, and it has nothing to do with the father, and the granddaughter knows that the father will not agree, so she comes to you directly. As for the catastrophe you mentioned, the granddaughter naturally knows that it's just that my Song family is a child of the imperial dynasty, and when the country is in trouble, it is the royal way to pay food to the imperial court...... "Song Rumu thought of various consequences before she came to see the old lady. The reason why she came directly to see the old lady instead of Song Han was because she knew that Song Han would definitely oppose it, not because Song Han was not favored enough, on the contrary. It was because Song Han cared too much about her daughter that he would never agree to this, and the practice of putting her in the blazing barbecue oil to fry was really a matter of accepting food, which touched the interests of too many people.

"Know...... Do you know you still dare to come to me? Where did you put my Song family? The old lady pointed at her granddaughter's hand and began to tremble. Even talking with Douyin.

Seeing this scene, Song Rumu touched his forehead with both hands, bowed to the old lady, and said decisively with a decisiveness that made the old lady a little afraid: "Grandfather Mingjian, if I don't accept it at this time, my Song family will become the second Chu family sooner or later, and it is not even as good as the Chu family." ”

"What do you mean by that?"

Hearing the Chu family, the old lady shuddered in his heart for no reason, the Chu family, the princess's mother's family. Later, the queen's mother's family, now only one of the princes is lying half-dead in the Chu Mansion, and the rest of the children, regardless of men, women, old and young, are all distributed for 3,000 miles.

"Back then, the emperor asked the Chu family to help him seize the heir, so he would tolerate the retreat step by step, so that after ascending the throne, most of the power could not be recovered, and it also created no one in the eyes of the Chu family, and they were rampant inside and outside the court for 20 years. But what happened to them in the end? The emperor endured it for 20 years, and once he was in power, he completely threw the Chu family into the abyss. It is said that the royal family is ruthless. In fact, in the final analysis, it is the ** of power, so that the people who originally supported him lost their hearts, if the emperor is ruthless, then the queen in the manna hall. He has long been beaten into the cold palace with the Chu Mansion! If the emperor is affectionate, then how innocent are the civil and military officials and the people of the world? The most important thing is that the Chu family has all fallen into such a field, so what about our Song family? No size but enjoy monstrous wealth ......" Speaking of the excitement, Song Rumu slowly closed her eyes, and her face, which was always smiling, was full of coldness. In the past, she may have been able to get by, but now she needs to be calm, the opportunity is fleeting, and the Song family must seize this opportunity.

The Song family is kind to her, she can't let the Song family embark on this dangerous road because of her, she wants to let the Song family make a great contribution and earn a gold medal for the future descendants of the Song family.

The granddaughter's impassioned words made the old lady's anger melt in an instant, and her body fell back to the bench, and fell into deep thought, and all the joy and pride of the marriage decree turned into fear.

Yes, the Chu family has the merit of helping the emperor, and in the end it ended up like this, the Song family, who has no merit of size, how can the emperor and the prince be cared for.

"At this time, if my Song family takes the lead in collecting grain from the imperial court, it can not only solve the danger of lack of food in the imperial court, but also explain to the outside world that it is the return of our Song family's love for the royal family, and it is a gift of gratitude to Dade. ”

The old lady seemed to be asleep, and did not respond to Song Rumu's words, Song Rumu could only kowtow again: "Grandfather...... As long as this is done, the crown prince will remember the good of the Song family, so that he will not be a killer to the Song family in the future, and the Song family will have a gold medal for avoiding death from now on. ”

"You...... Alas...... "The old lady's head was swollen and his limbs were cold, and he sighed, he indulged in wine when he was young, and he woke up in middle age, the old man knew the importance of his family, but to make such a big decision, he really had more than enough strength to do it, he had never been tested so much.

"Grandfather, think about it, we may be able to do this from a different angle, this head has been opened, whether it can continue is a matter of the imperial court, our Song family is a soil bun into the city, and I don't know how to do anything...... "Although the Song family is a clan, they have been huddled in a small northern city for several lifetimes, and in the capital and even other noble gates, there is no doubt that it is indeed a soil bun.

The old lady was amused by this statement, and said angrily: "You just think of our Song family in Mocheng?" Bumpkin...... Why don't you say it's an earthen dam? ”

"Granddaughter naturally doesn't think so, it's just that we can use this as a cover to create an illusion for outsiders......" Song Rumu also smiled, Tubazi is Mocheng's scolding words, which are much heavier than Tubaozi's tone.

"You don't care about your grandparents' old faces, don't you care about your face as the crown princess?" The old lady has seen the sharpness of his granddaughter in front of him today, although he understands the benefits of doing this, but he really wants to pull down his face to make dirt buns, he is really ......

"Hehe, what is face? It's true to get the benefits, that's the gold medal for avoiding death! Does grandfather dare to guarantee that all of our Song descendants can be content with the status quo and not cause trouble? The conversation entered a relaxed state, Song Rumu knew that the old lady was tempted by this, and she was still hesitating at this time, and she still had any scruples.

Just when the old lady inhaled and encouraged himself, the door of the study was pushed open with a "clang", and Song Han, who was dressed in green clothes, stood in front of the door, his eyes were as deep as the starry sky in the night, as if he had never seen it, carefully and seriously.

The old lady and Song Rumu were shocked by the sound of pushing the door, and if the conversation was heard by outsiders, the entire Song family would suffer.

But when they saw that it was Song Han, they were all relieved, and the secret road was dangerous.

Song Rumu was kneeling on the ground, but suddenly relaxed, and couldn't help but change from kneeling to sitting, and a layer of fine sweat appeared on the corners of her face, neck and back.

The old lady slumped directly on the seat, and scolded in the Mocheng dialect: "You little biang, this is trying to scare you to death?" ”

Song Han raised his eyebrows and couldn't help laughing when he heard this, he hadn't heard the old man scold like this for many years, so it could be seen that he was really frightened. Seeing his daughter's delicate and panicked appearance, compared with Fang Cai's shocking and sharp words, he couldn't help but say, it seems that his daughter is really soft and strong, and she can enter the kitchen in the hall, and she is really the best choice for the crown princess.

"Mu'er get up and ......" Song Han stretched out his big hand to Song Rumu, watching Song Rumu put a pair of slender jade hands into his palm, and couldn't help but sigh, once upon a time, this hand was not as big as his palm.

Many years of past events have never been forgotten, from the lovely baby girl who cried in the river back then, to the girl who is now in her prime, the daughter's flexibility and strength, early wisdom and sensitivity, he should have known it a long time ago, so Her Royal Highness the eldest princess named the small character "Minhua", which is really reasonable.

"Since you've overheard, what do you think of Mu Yatou's idea?" The old lady scolded comfortably, watched Song Han pull his granddaughter up, sat down together and asked, and at the same time did not forget to use the word "steal" to tease this son who is always serious.

Song Han glanced at his daughter again with warm appreciation, and then turned his head to the old lady and said, "This method is very good......" (to be continued.) )