During the Shangyuan Festival, there is no curfew in Beijing.

This is the last day of the New Year's Festival, and early tomorrow morning, the yamen will open the seal, and the case of Lord Zhong's family, which was dragged down a year ago, will also be examined and disposed of step by step.

The ancestor didn't want to cause trouble, so Shangyuan didn't let everyone go out of the house to watch the lanterns on this day, and only hung all kinds of lanterns in his own home, which should be a scene.

Chu Weilin was generally interested in watching the lanterns, but it could be seen that Brother Lin was very interested, so he planned to take his son to the garden for a walk.

Chang Yuyun accompanied their mother and son over, the space in the garden is limited, and it is not as lively as guessing lantern riddles and dancing dragon lanterns on the street, but Brother Lin is the first time to see all kinds of lanterns, grinning.

Not far away, Chang Yuxiao came with Sister Ling in her arms, and when Xu saw Chu Weilin, he called Chang Yuxiao and motioned him to come over.

Chang Yuxiao handed over her daughter to Xu, walked over quickly and said to Chang Yuyun: "Go with me for two glasses of wine." ”

Chang Yuyun saw him frowning, afraid that he had something to say, so he asked the maids to heat a pot of wine, and prepared some snacks and placed them in the pavilion.

Chu Weilin and Xu didn't go to join in their excitement and took the children to watch the lanterns.

Xu had a lot of news, turned his head and stretched out four fingers, and said to Chu Weilin: "I heard that I haven't eaten for two days." ”

It's Chang Yuxi.

Since yesterday I heard that the Liu family wanted her to marry to the Zhongyong Uncle's mansion, Chang Yuxi stretched his face and smashed the things in the house, Liu went to see her, Chang Yuxi didn't know the strength from there, moved the chair flower stand in the house to block the window and door, and did not allow the maids to open the door, and the Liu family was persuaded and coaxed outside. Chang Yuxi didn't pay attention to it at all.

In the night, the maids had the courage to move their things, but Chang Yuxi refused to say anything to the Liu family, and even knocked over the food sent in, and didn't eat a bite at all.

According to Xu's statement, it should have been since yesterday that he had not touched anything sent from the kitchen.

Chu Weilin raised her eyebrows, and had her own thoughts in her heart.

Chang Yuxi couldn't have eaten nothing in the past two days, her body and bones were not strong, if she was really hungry for two days, how could she still have the strength to toss with Liu. When Chu Weilin was at her mother's house, she saw Chu Weichen lose his temper. It is said that there is no food or drink, but in fact, there are a lot of snacks and snacks in the house, and it is impossible to eat full, and it is still feasible to fill the stomach.

It's just that Chang Yuxi wants to change Liu's mind with a hunger strike. It doesn't necessarily work.

The two of them were talking. In the distance, I saw two people hurrying away. Xu's eyes were good, he stared at it for a while, and said, "It's Cen Niangzi." The one who led the way seemed to be Minzhu. ”

Chu Weilin looked over, and it was indeed Minzhu.

Minzhu is the maid next to the Liu family, why is it that at this hour, she will invite Cen Niangzi to come over?

Although Chu Weilin and Xu were curious, neither of them wanted to wade into troubled waters, so they didn't mention it again.

There was no wind tonight, and I didn't feel cold when I walked around the garden, and because Chang Yuxiao and Chang Yuyun were drinking wine in the pavilion, Chu Weilin didn't plan to return to Ji Jinyuan early, so she looked at the lights along the road.

Halfway through the meeting of Liao, she walked aimlessly, as if she was looking at the lights, and seemed to be preoccupied.

Xu asked her in a low voice: "Fourth brother and sister, I saw Minzhu and Cen Niangzi just now." ”

Liao's smile froze, and he said, "Yes, Mrs. Cen invited by your mother-in-law." ”

"Sixth Uncle is sick? Then why are you still in the garden? Xu asked again.

Liao Shi became more and more uncomfortable, frowned, and said in a suppressed voice: "I came out to avoid it, hey!" When I go back at this time, I will be angry for a few words. ”

According to Liao's statement, Chang Yuxiao was injured.

Chang Yuxiao has a lonely temperament, always loves to read and learn words alone, she also has a pair of skillful hands, she likes to make harriers in the spring, likes to make lanterns in January, and it is a habit to make a lantern by herself in the Yuan Dynasty every year.

Seeing that she could still calm down and make lamps, Liu Shi breathed a sigh of relief and asked someone to send something over.

Chang Yuxiao stuffy head to make a lamp, until just now to do it, the lotus lamp is delicate and beautiful, in order to make her happy, the maids and women in the yard have to praise and flatter. Chang Yuyu was also very satisfied, so he asked the maid to take the fire fold and light the lamp with his own hands.

The master finally got a smile, who dared to go against the tune at this time? I sent a fire fold.

Chang Yuxi lit the candle, but he didn't know what was going on, the whole lantern was burned, and when the fire was extinguished, Chang Yuxi's palms were already burned.

Liu hurried over, she felt that Chang Yuxiao did not hesitate to hurt herself in order to fight, but Chang Yuyu insisted that her hands were shaking, and it was definitely not intentional.

Liu's didn't have a problem with her, and it was important to treat the injury, so he invited Cen Niangzi, and Liao avoided it after hearing some rumors, and at this time he came over, not only could he not receive half a good word, but he might also have to bear Liu's anger.

After hearing this, Xu Shi only felt that the back of his neck was cold: "The fourth aunt doesn't look like she can be ruthless." ”

"It should be careless." Chu Weilin didn't think that Chang Yuxi had that courage, but she was afraid that she was thinking about the things next to her, and she was hurt carelessly, but the two mothers and daughters were having a temper, and in Liu's heart, I am afraid she would not think so.

The Liao family avoided things until Chang Yuming looked for her, and then went back.

Chang Yuyun was going to the government early the next morning, and Chang Yuxiao didn't want to keep him much, so after eating a pot of wine, they dispersed.

Back in the house, Brother Lin was carried back by Fang's mother to rest, and when the lamp was blown out, Chu Weilin whispered to Chang Yuyun: "What did the third uncle say to you?" ”

"Talk about the matter of the sixth brother." Chang Yuyun said.

The fifteenth moon was full, and the moonlight outside poured into the house through the window lattice, and the curtain was falling, and the vision was only a little hazy.

Chang Yuyun looked down at Chu Weilin, and when he saw that she frowned when she heard this, he gently patted her shoulder and said, "It's an old thing." ”

If Chang Yuming's friends are from high or low backgrounds, and they do everything, then almost all of Chang Yuxiao's friends are children of the family.

During the New Year's Festival, Chang Yuxiao asked them to go out for two drinks, and came back after listening to some gossip.

He was late that day, and the men had already eaten and drunk. Some of them don't drink enough, and they have already started to talk nonsense.

Naturally, it was the matter of the children of the Zhong family, and it also involved Chang Yuhui.

They were all thrown into prison for misconduct, Chang Yuhui went in on the day of Shangyuan, and the children of the Zhong family simply spent the New Year in it.

In other people's mouths, the Zhong family is unlucky, and Shi Yifei is a jinshi, and he died that night, unlike that Su Ziyu, it's just a play. It dragged on for a few more days. No one has carefully calculated this life account with Chang Yuhui.

At the beginning, Chang Yuhui ate in prison, and Chang Henghan was suspended for reflection, but it was only three months, and he returned to the court. As for the fines. Changfu is such a family. The absence of a few months of monthly income is not a big deal.

Talking about it carefully, the matter between the Zhong brothers and Chang Yuhui is half a catty, and the Zhong brothers molested the singing girl. Chang Yuhui is so chaotic that people can't speak, the difference is that it is the drama or the jinshi who die.

The Chang family had a thrilling past at that time, but the Zhong family seemed to have taken a lot of bad luck, not to mention the suspension, Lord Zhong's black gauze hat may not be able to be saved.

Some people talk eloquently, saying that such a differential treatment is unfair, and they will either punish the Zhong family lightly, or hold the Chang family accountable.

It wasn't until they noticed that Chang Yuxiao was coming that those people stopped talking.

Yu Xiao thought back and forth in the past few days, he also had some knots with Chang Henghan because of the affairs of the Da Zhao family, and Chang Henghan was already at home, so Chang Yuxiao came to say a few words to Chang Yuyun.

"I'm afraid that someone will make a fuss about this matter." Chang Yuyun explained.

Chu Weilin understood.

But if you want Chu Weilin to say, things are actually a little different.

Chang Yuhui didn't have a life lawsuit on his body from the time he got out of prison, if it wasn't for the rich businessman who found someone to beat Chang Yuhui, no one would know that Su Ziyu was dead, and the Zhong family had already taken their lives.

This is the era, there are three, five, nine and so on, the emperor's relatives, the official family, the farmer and the industrialist, each class is different. Shi Yifei is famous, compared with the common people, he also belongs to the privileged class, and his accidental death cannot be easily erased.

If someone really wants to turn over the old accounts, it is clearly for the sake of the whole Changfu.

Chang Yuyun was afraid that Chu Weilin was thinking too much, and said, "Linlin, don't worry about this, it's not too late to think about it when the fifth uncle has a letter tomorrow." ”

Early the next morning, Chang Yuyun went to the office.

In the Songling Courtyard, the ancestor knew that Chang Yuxi had injured her hand, and she was annoyed with a straight face, but she had already decided to ignore this family business, so she didn't say anything more to the Liu family.

In the evening, some news came back one after another.

Shi Yifei was bleeding to death due to organ injury, and someone reported that the Zhong family had bribed during the New Year's Festival, and Lord Zhong naturally shouted that he was wronged, but the saint was furious, and went to his black gauze hat on the spot and was imprisoned.

Chang Yuxiao's speculation is true, some people make a big fuss about the Chang family, especially a few poor scholars, scolding the world for being unfair, just because the Chang family is a royal family, they can stand tall in Beijing, Chang Yuhui's ugly things don't say, the in-laws Zhao family cut off his head and copied it, but the Chang family stayed out of the matter, and they were still favored.

Chu Weilin pressed her eyebrows, this is a disaster.

The old ancestor glanced at the Liu family obliquely, and let everyone disperse, leaving only the Liu family down.

The Liu family knew what the old ancestor was going to ask, and she said bluntly: "It's not me, but I remember what the old ancestor said, and I want to help the little prince up, and make the Chang family anxious, and it is useless to the little prince." ”

The old ancestor didn't say a word, and let the Liu family withdraw.

In the next few days, the atmosphere in the mansion was somewhat gloomy, and finally there was not much difference between the palace and the Zhao family before the accident, but everyone was afraid of being implicated again.

There has been no word about this in the palace, and there is a bit of yin and yang in Uncle Zhongyong's mansion.

Liu was so angry that he fell down, and Chang Yuxiao was also a little stunned.

"They're disgusted with me?" She had an injury in one hand, pointed at herself with the other, and a pair of eyes blinked, and the more she thought about it, the more angry she became, "Bofu is amazing?" It's just that the ancestors have some merits and have been sealed, and now, in addition to a title, what is left? No matter how my Chang family is, my ancestors are also from the clan, and my great-grandmother, Princess Rong'an, is the sister of my grandfather! ”

Chang Yuxiao is arrogant, she doesn't like to marry Uncle Zhongyong, but she can't stand the dislike of others.

This thing started because of Chang Yuhui, remembering that since Chang Yuhui entered prison two years ago, Chang Fu has been in all kinds of troubles, and the more Chang Yuhui thinks about it, the more angry he becomes, regardless of the dissuasion of the maids and sisters-in-law, he quickly went to find Chang Yuhui.

She saw Chang Yuhui in the garden, Chang Yuhui had nowhere to sprinkle her anger, and sprinkled her brain on Chang Yuhui, her words were fierce, there was no good word at all, it was the brother and sister who were angry, if the two sisters quarreled like this, I was afraid that they would have to make a move.

When the ancestors got the letter, they were also angry, and each of them was beaten with fifty boards, and two were punished together.

In January, the weather is still cold, I don't know if it is tired or cold, the ancestor has a faint headache these days.

When he had a headache, he was afraid of noise, and the ancestor didn't leave a few children every day, so he only recuperated in the house alone, and asked Mama Duan to accompany him.

At the end of the month, someone came to the Cihui Palace and invited the ancestor to enter the palace.

The queen mother was invited, but the ancestor refused, she originally wanted the Tu family or the Liu family to accompany her into the palace, but the chamberlain shook her head and said that the queen mother only invited the ancestor alone.

When it came to this, Rao was uneasy in his heart, and the ancestor had no choice but to do so, only to let Chang Henghan send her outside the palace gate, and enter the palace alone in a soft sedan chair.

Chang Henghan waited outside the palace gate for two hours, and a word came from inside, saying that the queen mother left the ancestor to spend the night in the palace, and asked him to come back to pick up the ancestor after noon tomorrow.

The ancestors stayed in the palace, and the Changfu was somewhat worried, and the sacred heart was unpredictable, was this to show grace or ......

However, since he said that he would return home tomorrow, it is better than nothing at all.

At noon on the second day, Chang Hengmiao accompanied Chang Henghan to the palace gate again, and when the time was about to end, the ancestor's soft sedan chair appeared on the palace road.

Chang Henghan stuffed some broken silver to the palace people, and helped the old ancestor to get into the car, he wanted to ask about the situation, but it could be seen that the old ancestor looked tired, and this was really not a place to speak, so he pressed it.

Knowing that the ancestor had returned home, Chu Weilin got up and went to Songling Courtyard, but asked Mother Ge to stop outside the courtyard.

Not only Chu Weilin, but everyone who came over was stopped, Mother Ge only said that the ancestor had rested, and she couldn't say why.

Chang Hengmiao and Chang Henghan were also bottomless, and the two of them didn't hear a word from the old ancestor.

I had to wait patiently.

When Chang Yuyun returned home, the ancestor had not yet gotten up, so he went straight back to Ji Jinyuan.

When the husband and wife had dinner and were teasing Brother Lin's childhood, a word came from Songling Courtyard, saying that the ancestor wanted to chant the scriptures and asked Chu Weilin to come over.

Chu Weilin turned her head to look at Chang Yuyun, Chang Yuyun stood up, asked Fang's mother to take care of Brother Lin, took Chu Weilin's hand, and said, "I'll accompany you." ”

All the way to Songling Courtyard, in the small Buddha hall of the wing, the lights are bright.

Mama Duan led the couple in, and the ancestor knelt in front of the statue of Guanyin, clasped his hands together, and recited the scriptures silently in his mouth.

Chang Yuyun and Chu Weilin knelt down beside the old ancestor on the left and right.

It wasn't until she finished reading the dedication text that the old ancestor opened her eyes, she didn't stand up, but just glanced at Chang Yuyun lightly, and sighed: "I accompanied the old lady to recite the scriptures, and I have some experience, I understand what her old man means, in fact, the old woman herself knows that I am at this age, and I am not far from kicking my legs." ”

Chu Weilin was surprised, the old ancestor was a very taboo person, how could he say that he didn't live long? What did the Queen Mother say to her ancestors?

The old ancestor paused, his eyes tightened, and he said in a deep voice: "But the old woman hasn't given up yet!" (To be continued......)

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