Chapter 17: Ascension

On the second day of Angel's stay in the British Duchess, a major event occurred, or rather a major event for the British Duchess, the old lady, in the name of the British Duchess, asked to carry Aunt Lan as the side lady, and enjoy the enshrinement of her children and grandchildren after her death.

There is an obvious gap between Mrs. Fang and the concubine, although the children born are all concubines, but Mrs. Fang can be buried in the next class of the grandfather and Mrs. Zhengtou after her death, and the children born still have to be recorded in their own names.

In this election, one of An Ruozhi's three daughters is a nobleman, and if she follows the rules in the future, not to mention Jieyu's position, even if it is the position of the nine concubines, plus the child she gave birth to, if it is a daughter, she can bless her to live in peace, if it is a son, it is a capital for her to compete for imperial power, Aunt Lan has a hard wound in An Ruozhi's hands, but Aunt Lan is completely out of control without An Ruozhi.

Although the British government also has a daughter who entered the palace, and was named Mi Baolin, after all, it is only a Qipin Baolin who can only bring a maid into the palace, plus An Yingying is the daughter of the second room, and she was suppressed by her second daughter-in-law, and she is very cowardly, as if she doesn't even dare to speak loudly.

"Miss, the Duchess of Guo just broke her favorite Ruyao gentle vase, she almost circled in the room in pain, and now she choked on a mouthful of phlegm in her chest, she couldn't cough it out and couldn't swallow it, the whole person fell on the **, her face was purple, and she was in a hurry to call the doctor!." After receiving the news, Bing'er hurriedly glanced at the Duchess of Guo, afraid that she would embarrass Aunt Lan, so she hurriedly went to take a look at the situation, and when she saw the appearance of the Duchess of Guo, she was much more relieved, and quickly came back to report to Angel.

Angel was moved, as if she had expected it now, and while embroidering her own embroidery, she asked, "How is the matter that asked you to check?" ”

Bing'er nodded, "Recently, there is no major event in the mansion, that is, the youngest son of Grandpa Guo has grown up, because he is just the son of a cheap concubine, and the family property has not been divided much, it stands to reason that with the identity of Grandpa Guo's youngest son, it is not impossible to marry the second daughter of a petty official, but Mrs. Guo arranged for him to be a side concubine of the Ye family, not to mention that the identity is not worthy, and that woman is also a lady with a bad reputation, the old lady disagreed, and personally came to the door to warn the old lady of the Ye family, For this matter, he also deprived the Duchess of her right to take charge of the family. Not a few days after this, a woman who the old lady rewarded the fourth master suddenly had a miscarriage, everyone didn't know the reason, they all said that it was done by an aunt in the fourth master's house, and the slave secretly checked it, and this matter has something to do with the second wife and the fourth wife, and the second wife and the fourth wife are the daughters of the lady's mother's family. ”

After hearing this, Angel paused slightly, "This matter is over, there is no need to check it again, tidy up the things, we will go back to An's house tomorrow." ”

This kind of thing even Bing'er found out, not to mention the former hostess of the Guogong Mansion, the Duchess of Guo is deliberately warning the Ye family, and at the same time saving the Guogong Mansion.

Although the Ye family was personally nodded by the Duchess of Guo, but after entering the door, she became more and more out of tune, not to mention that when she appeared on the accounts of the Guogong Mansion, she asked for the third daughter of the richest man in Hangzhou as the side room, and after entering the door, she was deprived of all her dowry, and after giving birth to her daughter, she died with a whimper, although Ye raised her daughter in her own name, which is considered a daughter.

After her daughter became an adult, she actually married her daughter to General Fengguo for the future of her son, and General Fengguo was not considered to be the age of the sixtieth year, but the young grandson of the concubine was a year older than the daughter, and the children of the concubine were even more numerous.

In addition, except for the princess of the Guogong Mansion, who was appointed by the old lady, the other two wives of the sons were all surnamed Ye, and even An Ruozhi's flat wife was also the daughter of the Ye family, and the Ye family was almost in charge of the family, which made the old lady unbearable.

The old lady may not care about these so-called concubines, but those children are her own grandchildren, and they were killed by the women of the Ye family one after another, which made her even more heartbroken, and she didn't have a good impression of the women of the Ye family.

This time, An Ruozhi's daughter wants to enter the palace, but her grandmother is an aunt, which is not good to say, and Aunt Lan is still living in the British Mansion, and the British Mansion itself has a daughter who has entered the palace, and the An family occupies four places at once, which is a role that will definitely cause the royal jealousy.

The old lady followed the old Guogong all over her body, and raised her son to become a talent, and only An Ruozhi, the son of the concubine, was born in this generation of grandchildren, she did not seek to make the Guogong Mansion glorious for a hundred years, but it was true that the people in the family must be safe and sound.

Shuang'er walked in with her clothes in her arms, and looked at Angel puzzled, "Miss, since Aunt Lan is going to be promoted to a side room, then at least there must be a banquet or something!" Ordinary people, even if they marry a noble concubine, they must have a banquet. ”

Angel shook her head after hearing this, "Yes, most people have to invite a banquet when they take concubines, but do you really calculate, since the British duchess is in charge, which one of them has really invited a formal banquet?" In addition to the only side lady, there is also a concubine who is a petty official, and when she enters the door, she is a concubine, which one of them is not finished with two tables at random at home. ”

Shuang'er roughly calculated, there are a total of four noble concubines of the British duke, and there are many good concubines and cheap concubines, although there is only one in the side room, except for Aunt Lan who is the old lady's principal, it seems that any one of them has directly set up a table at home, which is similar to when they eat on weekdays.

Shuang'er shook her head a little irritably, "Shuang'er still doesn't quite understand, since Madame is such a person, and Madame's position is still very strict, will the people of the Ye family tolerate this matter?" ”

"Of course, although the side room is strict, it also requires the consent of the wife and the people in the family, but the side room is just a concubine in the end, and the child born is just a concubine, and it can't change anything substantial, not as exaggerated as a flat wife, and the child born is a concubine. The people of the Ye family will not turn their faces for a concubine, but the British government will turn their faces for this, the old lady has long not wanted to tolerate the Ye family, plus the Ye family has been subsidizing the Ye family with the money of the British government over the years, just because she is jealous and detrimental to women's morality, these two items are enough for the British government to divorce his wife. The Ye family still has to rely on the British government many times, and they will never be willing to break off this relationship, even if they give up this daughter and marry another daughter to come in. ”

Shuang'er trembled slightly after hearing this, "Miss, that is the eldest daughter of the Ye family, and the Ye family is also willing to do it?" ”

"Why can't you bear it?" Angel rolled her eyes and was disdainful of this, "Actually, the Ye family is smart and confused for a while, she always thought that everything was under the control of the Ye family, but she didn't know that she was just a chess piece in the hands of others." The daughter of the Ye family married the prince as a side concubine, the other concubines married the other sons of the Ye family, and the concubines married the most promising sons of the Ye family. Ye's old age, without his former appearance, and without the good reputation of his early years, he has long been listed in the ranks of abandoned children, and the only thing missing is just an opportunity. ”

Shuang'er nodded after hearing this, and understood it, and sure enough, the housekeeper came to inform her that a promotion ceremony would be held for Aunt Lan at four o'clock tomorrow, because the little master of the family would enter the palace, and she was afraid that there would be a collision, so she would not do it.

Angel's eyes flashed, the hour is four quarters, that is, at eight o'clock tomorrow morning, every moment of the old man is very regular, and the promotion to the hour is also decent, this hour should be chosen by the old lady.

On the day of the ascension ceremony, except for a little red silk hanging in the ancestral hall, there was almost no difference from the past, and there were already a few elderly uncles and old people sitting quietly drinking tea in the ancestral hall.

Aunt Lan was dressed in a brown longevity text, and knelt respectfully in the Sanjin courtyard of the ancestral hall, listening to the teachings of a group of old guys, and let the hot sun hit her body, and she did not waver for half a minute.

Although An Ruozhi is distressed, he does not have any impatience, the ancestral hall is divided into four courtyards, the courtyard of the first entry is for the descendants of the clan to bow down, the courtyard of the second entry is for the children of the concubine to bow down, the courtyard of the third entry is for the side system, or the side room of the clan to bow down to the luggage, and the courtyard of the fourth entrance is the place where the slave and aunt kowtow, unless it is a promotion, or there is some great merit, a person like Aunt Lan will never want to enter the courtyard of the third entry to kowtow in his life, let alone add his name to the family tree.

The patriarch spoke freely for an hour in the ancestral hall where he entered, and then asked Mrs. Lanfang to kowtow respectfully, ordered the maid to pass a red envelope to her, and served her a cup of tea, and let her serve it to the Duchess of the Kingdom, which is also one of the rules.

Angel looked at the hot tea cup and kept steaming, she could imagine how soup this cup of tea was, but her grandmother was like no one else, holding it in her hand safely, facing the eyes of the British duchess who were about to eat people, respectfully saluted the hot tea, and asked for a thin red envelope, and the etiquette of a qiē was completed.