Liansheng is the soul of modern people, in her time people are equal, but in the feudal era, the privileged class occupies the upward path, the imperial examination can indeed make the reader have the hope of being an official, but an ordinary jinshi without a background, it is very difficult to make up for a real shortage, and it is only a small official who has been awarded nine or eight grades for many years.

Fang Sheng is a native of this dynasty, and at the same time he studied in the academy, and came into contact with scholars from various families, so of course his upward spirit is stronger.

Lian Sheng gently tugged Fang Sheng's sleeve and asked him to follow him to the courtyard to talk.

"Fangsheng, I understand your feelings."

Fang Sheng was surprised, he thought that his sister would look down on him.

"Sister, am I sorry for my mother?"

"No, you are the concubine of the main family, and you deserve everything you deserve from the court's shadow of the Gu family for officials, you just want to get back what belongs to you, right?"

"When I was studying in the academy, I found that there was a world of difference in background, and I didn't look down on my grandfather, the sign of the fast family. It's just that this is the case in the world now. Fang Chang sighed.

"Now he's coming to the door because you have a use value, and if you are unknown, he won't bother with us at all. But our capital is not enough, you are just a showman, what if you are a jinshi? At that time, we will reap the greater benefits of our home. ”

"Sister, what do you mean? Slowly? ”

"Yes, anyway, we are on the family tree, no one can change our identity, and you need to be hard to strike iron, you passed the hospital exam at the age of fourteen, this is your own ability, right?" Liansheng tried to smile as much as possible, and his eyes also showed confidence, such an expression could easily persuade others to accept his opinion.

"That's nature!" Fang Sheng was fourteen years old and was admitted to Xiucai, and he has always been called a prodigy, and when he talked about it, he couldn't help but move forward and straighten his chest, looking extremely proud.

"Gu Shangshu relied on the imperial examination to ascend to the sky one step at a time, he knows your strength and your potential best, and being able to descend to our house means that it is beneficial to him to review our family now. If you win the Jinshi after the township test, then we will have the initiative, and everything that the Gu family owes us will be recovered. When Liansheng said this, he gently patted his younger brother on the shoulder: "You have to believe in your own strength, and you will definitely get a good ranking in this year's township exam." ”

"Well, sister, you're right, we can't go back now, if we go back, if we get the Jinshi, the Gu family will consider themselves the benefactor, and the world will laugh at me for being greedy for wealth and nobility, if I go back after I get the Jinshi, it will be very different." Fang Sheng is of course also a smart person, and he quickly figured out the twists and turns.

"That's right, Fang Sheng is so smart. Everyone loves the icing on the cake, and everyone wants to give charcoal in the snow. ”

Liansheng grew up in a welfare home in his previous life, and he came into contact with the hot and cold state of the world too early, and he still saw many things more thoroughly.

"Okay, that's right." Yu Shizhao didn't know when he had already walked out of the hall, and it seemed that he had completely listened to Liansheng's words to persuade his brother, and applauded.

"You're the most sneaky."

Lian lives in this era, she has always been cautious, she just wants to live a safe and happy life with her cousin and younger brother, where did she think that since she met this Yu Shizhao, her life has been completely turned upside down, how can it be possible to say that there is no complaint. "I was really angry when I listened to Master Gu's official tone in the hall, so I just walked out to take a breath. I still use sneaky, this Dashun Dynasty, what I Yu Shizhao wants to know is just a finger hook. ”

Fang Sheng is an orthodox scholar, and he is naturally very disdainful of what Jin Yiwei does, and he is also young and not good at hiding his thoughts, so he can't help but pout when he hears it.

Yu Shizhao saw that he was not convinced, and was about to tell him a few powerful examples, scaring and scaring him, so he heard Yang Quan shouting in the hall: "Liansheng, Fangsheng, you two come in." ”

It turned out that Master Gu returned to his hometown this time to preside over the joint funeral ceremony of his parents. This old lady Gu was originally a continuation, according to the clan etiquette, only the original spouse can be buried together with the husband and wife. Now Gu Shangshu is in a high position, and his mother was given the title of Mrs. Zhengyipin, and the half-brother in front of him really can't fight him, so he can only agree to open the ancestral grave of the Gu family and bury Mrs. Yipin and his wife together. This eldest uncle and half-brother have never been in contact, and he has no good face for the Liansheng sisters and brothers, but he was forced to agree to the joint burial, and he was still uncomfortable, so he proposed at the Gu family clan meeting that after all, the Yang family was the one who was hired by the old lady Gu to marry, and the Liansheng sisters and brothers must attend the ceremony of the old lady Gu's bones, which represents the etiquette of the Gu family.

No matter how uncomfortable Gu Shangshu was, he had to abide by the etiquette law, so he could only come and discuss with Yang Quan.

"In this way, it is a joint burial for grandparents, of course we have to go."

After listening to Yang Quan relay the ins and outs, Liansheng answered quite simply.

Gu Lianyong couldn't help but stare at Lian Sheng for a long time, not knowing what the hell she was up to. Lian Sheng smiled at him, and Gu Lianyong realized that this annoying girl was quite good-looking when she smiled, and she blushed and looked away.

"Ahem." Gu Shangshu didn't expect Liansheng to agree, in fact, the old lady died when their sister and brother were less than a year old, and Liansheng's feelings for his grandmother would not be very deep.

"Okay, then prepare, tomorrow morning the ancestral hall will be opened to ask for the throne."

He stood up, intending to take his leave.

"My lord, may I ask my lord, are the other brothers and sisters in the house going?"

"That's nature." Gu Lianyong replied on the side.

Liansheng sighed. When Master Gu stepped out of the door, he suddenly beckoned to Gu Lianyong with a smile. Gu Lianyong was stunned for a moment, but still stepped forward.

Liansheng motioned for him to stick out his ears.

"Where's the mouthy dog!"

Gu Lian never believed that Lian Sheng would scold such vulgar words, and said angrily: "You scold again?" ”

Gu Shangshu and Yang Quan both looked back. Gu Shangshu didn't want to make any extraneous trouble, so he frowned and said, "What's the matter with the two of you?" ”

Liansheng burst into tears in an instant, and crystal tears rolled in his eyes: "I know you don't want me to go, but after all, my grandmother watched me and Fangsheng be born, how can we not do this filial piety." Don't worry, we're just going to pay a visit to our grandparents, and we're not going to make anything. ”

She wiped tears from her eyes as she spoke.

Gu Lianyong pointed at her and shouted: "You are a wicked person who sues first, where and where do I say those words?" ”

Although Gu Shangshu didn't like Fang Sheng, as a member of the imperial examination, after reading a few articles made by Fang Sheng that circulated outside, he decided that Fang Sheng was a material that could be made, and such a son would be a great help to the Gu family. Although Gu Lianyong worked hard, he was obviously not as talented as Fangsheng. Therefore, when he heard Liansheng Pear Blossom with rain say this, and then looked at Gu Lianyong's blushing and thick neck, he felt very uncomfortable: This Lian Yong's heart is really not broad enough.

"Lian Yong, you are brothers and sisters, you must not be like this in the future. And you, Liansheng, will also be your mother in the future, and you are not allowed to speak lightly. ”

Lian Sheng didn't say anything, only stared at Gu Shangshu with tears.

She looked very similar to the Yang family, and Gu Shangshu was chilled by her complaining eyes, so he had to turn around and leave.

Gu Lianyong glared at Liansheng fiercely and chased him out.

Liansheng turned around. Rubbed his nose gently: The strength of this snuff is too strong, and the brain is cool for a while, so uncomfortable!

It turned out that before coming in, she begged for a snuffbox from Yu Shizhao and sprinkled a little on the handkerchief, ready to act cheaply at any time.

She took out the white jade snuffbox from her sleeve and looked at it carefully: "It's really a good thing, Ah Yan!" ”

The next day the weather was clear and cloudless, which was a good day. Presumably, this Gu Shangshu was buried with his parents, and he must have carefully calculated his life beforehand.

The Liansheng sisters and brothers got up in the morning and dressed up, because it was a very solemn day, Liansheng deliberately wore the dowry gift given to the Yang family when Mrs. Gu was hired: a golden phoenix with a tired silk inlay. This should be the most valuable thing of the Gu family at that time, and the golden phoenix has a ruby on its mouth, lined with the hair of the lotus black duck, which is very amazing.

The two sisters and brothers came to the Gu family ancestral hall, and basically all the people in the clan came.

Because of the outstanding achievements of the wife of the king of Chuang Gao and the red lady during the establishment of the Dashun Dynasty, the women of Dashun also have the right to enter the ancestral hall to talk about things, and they can bow together with the men during the annual sacrifice.

Lian Sheng entered the door and saw several uncles in the clan sitting in the right seat, next to Gu Shangshu and the eldest uncle, and the graceful and luxurious lady sitting next to the eldest aunt Wang was the lady of Shangshu Chen, and behind the Chen family stood several women dressed like flowers and jade, presumably the ladies of the Gu family.

Liansheng and Fangsheng stepped forward to greet several uncles and ancestors, and then greeted the eldest uncle and wife, and finally came to Gu Shangshu to say goodbye to the adults.

If you don't call your father an adult, it's okay.

But after worshipping Lord Gu, their sister and brother quietly stood behind the eldest uncle of the Gu family and did not move.

Gu Shangshu motioned for Gu Lianyong to step forward with his eyes.

Gu Lianyong really hated Liansheng, but he couldn't speak: "Liansheng Fangsheng, come and see our mother." ”

"Mother?" Liansheng looked dazed.

The uncle of the Gu family was extremely dissatisfied with Gu Shangshu's bullying and insisting on burying his stepmother together, and when he heard this, he hurriedly said: "You child, isn't your mother's stepfamily Chen who married your father. ”

"Uncle, Liansheng doesn't know, will he marry a concubine or a flat wife in the future? Our Gu family is from a school background, so we can't be like those businessmen who have a flat wife, right? ”

As soon as these words came out, Chen's face turned red and white, and the young lady standing behind her also began to stare at Liansheng, with fire in her eyes.

"This ......" The eldest uncle turned to look at the two patriarchs: "Third uncle and fifth uncle." I didn't have a credential back then, and I had to ask the old man to speak. ”

He deliberately shifted the trouble to the patriarch.

This patriarch had already received a lot of benefits from Gu Shangshu, and of course he had to speak for the Chen family. So the third uncle twisted his beard and said: "Well, the elder told us a long time ago, it was me and your fifth uncle who acquiesced, and it was regarded as a flat wife at the beginning, and after your mother died, she was the step-wife." ”

According to the law of the Great Shun Dynasty, the so-called flat wife is a coaxing outside woman. The one who married later will never return to the ancestral house for the rest of his life, and will not join the clan, but only the outer house. If you want to recognize your ancestors and return to your ancestors, you have to perform the concubine ceremony when you go home, and if you want to enter the family tree, you can only be a concubine, and your children can only remember that the concubine has children. If the wife of the main room dies and the flat wife becomes the stepfamily, then the Chen family can become the main family, and his children are also descendants. However, the step-room, during the sacrifice, the deceased ex-wife has to offer incense and worship.

"Hehe, it turns out that our Gu family can also get a flat wife."

"Shut up, today is your grandmother's good day, what are you talking about here?" The fifth uncle had a bad temper, and he went crazy directly, wanting to suppress people with power.

"Uncle, it's not Liansheng who is making trouble here, it's really a good day for my grandmother, of course, I have to set my name before I can hold the ceremony, my grandmother is a lady of Yipin, and if the daughter-in-law and descendants who meet below are not right, it will make the world laugh, not to mention that my father is still a scholar of the Ministry of Rites, and the ceremony cannot be abolished." Liansheng looked at Fangsheng after speaking.

Fang Sheng also hurriedly followed: "The clan etiquette is greater than one qiē, the Gu family is a family of etiquette and righteousness, and it is better to figure out this respect and humility etiquette first." ”

The eldest uncle was already annoyed that his half-brother pressed him, and he couldn't help but nod when he heard this: "What your sister and brother said is extremely true, this distinction between the inferior and the inferior cannot be wrong." ”