After a dozen sons and buddies underwent the baptism of Mrs. Tai in the Zhaoguo Mansion, when they walked out of the door, everyone had a new feeling, as if the whole person had been sublimated. Those secret things that their fathers and ancestors never told them, and those secrets that the court bosses kept secret, were told in the mouths of the princesses, and they actually felt that they had really become characters.

But just when everyone was sighing in their hearts, they suddenly only heard a loud slap. The person who clapped his hands was Lu Sanlang, and when he saw that everyone else was looking at him, he said earnestly: "Everyone, if half a word leaks about today's matter, then our people will be discredited." Everyone must remember that we are both prosperous and loss-making. ”

"If one person leaks the news, we in Mrs. Tai will become untrustworthy in the eyes of Mr. Xiao."

Lu Sanlang's words were suddenly like pouring a basin of cold water on everyone's hot hearts. The people who had just been proud looked at me for a while, and as the first person stood up and swore a poisonous oath, whoever spread the word will cut off their children and grandchildren, and they will not die well, and for a while, a large number of people are rushing to express their position. In the end, Zhu Er, who personally sent it out, felt a little unbearable.

However, he himself was a little suspicious of his grandmother's conversation this evening, and although he knew that such a gambling curse and swearing were useless—as long as there was one person with a big mouth among so many people, the news would probably spread through the streets and alleys—but he could no longer sternly warn the people to keep silent, so he could only admonish him without pain.

"My grandmother trusts you, so she told it a secret, and if you fail her old man, then touch your conscience. In short, just like Lu Saburo said, don't be confused for a while, you can't say what you shouldn't say! ”

Seeing that everyone should respond to the promises, and the assurances were assured, his chest beat loudly, and he watched a person either get on a horse or ride a car away, and then ordered the door to be closed, and then turned and ran away. When he returned to Shou'an Hall like a gust of wind, he was about to ask Li's mother to report in front of the door, when he heard Mrs. Tai's voice coming from inside.

"If they really spread these words, it would be nothing, but they moved those things in the secret to the light, and I am old, and it is not an old man's mouth to say these words. You know, I'm saying this in front of so many people just to get it out, and if they all keep their mouths shut, I wouldn't be able to do it. ”

Zhu Er was taken aback, and after scratching his head, he thought of Lu Sanlang's warning, and he knocked again, in case everyone really kept silent, wouldn't it be a bad thing for his grandmother? But he thought about it again, so many people are all good, maybe someone will mention these things in order to show off, maybe even add such a prefix that is said by Mrs. Zhao Guotai.

At this time, he listened to Zhu Ying inside: "I still think, how could my grandmother call such a large number of people to the house...... Also, there are a lot of people, and everyone will definitely know that I took them to check the celebrant tomorrow, so I went to make trouble! Grandmother, it doesn't matter if you don't tell me earlier, it's that before I just went there, I was ready to go back and be scolded by you and my father! ”

Zhang Shou, who was sitting next to Mrs. Tai, saw that Zhu Ying was so coquettish, and he couldn't help crying and laughing. If it were someone else, such a big thing was just scolded severely? Being smoked or even being locked up in a small black house and kneeling in the ancestral hall is light...... For example, if today's incident happened to Zhu Er, try it?

When he was thinking like this, he saw that Mrs. Tai actually lowered her face and said, "Who said that you will not be punished?" Jiu Niang, you said to the outside world, Yingying is really too nonsense, and I punished her to the ancestral hall! Zhang Shou, you take Yingying to the ancestral hall to reflect now! ”

One of my prospective sons-in-law took Zhu Ying to the Zhu family ancestral hall for reflection?

Zhang Shou simply felt that Mrs. Tai's words were really amazing, and the next moment, Zhu Ying's smiling face seemed to tell him that this so-called ancestral hall reflection didn't seem to be a difficult thing. Sure enough, even Jiu Niang couldn't help but wave her hand at him as a farewell, and Mother Li, who took them out, was even more smiling.

Especially when he went out to meet Zhu Er, he saw that the future second uncle greeted him warmly, and then squeezed his eyebrows and said, "Yingying, have you gone to the ancestral hall to think about it again?" Hey, don't eat and drink well, don't wronged yourself! ”

So, halfway through, Zhang Shou finally couldn't help asking: "Yingying, is there any misunderstanding about this ancestral hall in your family?" "Is this introspection? Why do you think it's just a change of place to eat, drink and have fun?

"No misunderstanding!" Zhu Ying blinked innocently, and then said seriously, "Isn't the ancestral hall reflecting on it just to accompany the ancestors to talk, pour them wine and cloth dishes and invite them to eat and drink, and by the way, I also accompany myself to eat and drink together?" Well, if I had to spend the night, my grandmother and dad would usually prepare the thickest and softest bedding for me......"

Hearing this, Mother Li was afraid that Zhang Shou would really have any misunderstanding, so she immediately smiled and said: "Even if the eldest lady has a dispute with someone outside, most of the time it is someone else's fault, and of course Mrs. Tai and the master will not punish her." It was only occasionally that her temperament was a little too much, and Mrs. Tai sent her to the ancestral hall to be quiet and talk to her ancestors. ”

"Then sleep well, and the explanation that our Zhu family should give will be given. If anyone still refuses to forgive, then Mrs. Tai and the eldest and young master will definitely not spare them! ”

Well, he guessed that this so-called giving an explanation was like this......

Zhang Shou was funny in his heart, but he and Zhu Ying have been together for more than a year, and he knows that Miss Zhu may indeed be willful and impulsive, but that sense of proportion is very measured, if people don't offend me, I won't offend people, if people offend me, I will offend people, this is the principle of her behavior.

If Zhu Ying is really angry and angry, and she wants to slap you hard regardless of the consequences, the person who provoked her is definitely not a good thing.

When he followed Li's mother to the ancestral hall of Zhao Guogong's mansion, he saw that the lights were bright, and several servants had urgently cleaned up the huge place, and fresh melons, fruits and dishes had been added to the table as offerings.

The most unusual thing is that there is a square table at the bottom, and there is a copper hot pot burning on it, and there is a bead-like dish next to it, and he suddenly doesn't know what to say.

Shabu shabu in the ancestral hall...... The Zhu family is really trendy and powerful!

"The tributes are not taboo meat and vegetarian, and of course the dishes are not forbidden to meat and vegetarian."

Mother Li smiled and led the two to the square table, and then explained, "The ancestors of the Zhu family have never liked those red tapes, and several ancestors like to be lively, especially like to eat, drink and talk with their children and grandchildren, so the rules passed down by the ancestors are set up here to eat a big meal after the ancestral hall worship every year." ”

"The eldest lady is the most favored by the ancestors, before she was young, one day she ran around, and she secretly ran here to hide under the offering table and fell asleep, but the family was easy to find, or the ancestors entrusted the dream to Mrs. Tai, saying that she was very pleased to add a little girl with pink makeup to the family, Mrs. Tai had an idea, and immediately sent someone to the ancestral hall to find her, and soon found her under the offering table."

When she said this, Mother Li remembered that Zhu Ying's life experience was now revealed, and she didn't know whether it was the daughter of the Zhu family or the princess of the royal family, but she still said in a proud tone: "Therefore, every year in the ancestral hall to worship the ancestors, the eldest lady is the one who lights incense and candles and makes offerings to the ancestors." Every time the eldest lady lights the incense candles, the fire is big and bright, which shows that the ancestors are happy! ”

Zhang Shou listened and looked at Zhu Ying, and saw that the eldest lady was smiling with crooked eyebrows, as if taking such a compliment for granted, he couldn't help but laugh dumbly. For this era of believing in heaven and believing in ancestors, he didn't plan to refute Li's mother's simple understanding, anyway, the Zhu family's respect for their ancestors, compared with that kind of red tape worship, is already very simple, very simple, and very down-to-earth.

Therefore, when Mother Li took the incense, he watched Zhu Ying worship in front of the portraits after ordering it, and said in a cheerful tone that I am here again as if he was a relative, and he suddenly felt that the ancestral hall that others thought was gloomy was a little warm at this moment.

Take a closer look, those unchanged portraits in other people's ancestral halls came to life when they arrived at the Zhu family ancestral hall.

The ancestors had boxing, drinking, touring, fighting, and archery...... The paintings with a great sense of life are hung all over the wall, which is very interesting.

It is completely different from the sitting statues in other ancestral halls that are flat and stable, and they seem to be carved out of a mold.

And after Zhu Ying put on the incense, she came over again and insisted on pulling him to the incense. Because he had accompanied the Wu family at home in the past to worship the relationship between Widow Zhang and the talented husband, Zhang Shou was also skilled in this set, but when he bowed his head and saluted, he always had an illusion.

The ancestors of the Zhu family with different movements on the portrait seem to be looking at him with a smile at this moment, as if they are examining who will pick the most bright peony flower of the Zhu family. When he finally sat down to eat hot pot, as soon as he sat down, he saw that Zhu Ying had already started to cook shabu with skillful movements.

At first, the eldest lady remembered to use a colander to scoop up all kinds of meat and vegetables to eat, and then pour all of them into his bowl, but because she saw that he ate slowly, she also took care of herself first. From the deflated mutton venison often eaten in the homes of dignitaries, to all kinds of haggis and the like, to fresh chicken and duck blood, fresh vegetables, her windswept eating appearance aroused his appetite.

The most important thing is that among today's seasonings, there are his favorite chili peppers, as well as in the previous imperial chef selection competition, because of the gathering of Cantonese chefs, it was easy to prepare hoisin sauce and sand tea sauce - after all, all kinds of dried seafood are naturally the most in the south - plus the sesame sauce commonly used in old Beijing hot pot, those piping hot dishes are dipped in, all add a bit of deliciousness.

The couple of them had a happy meal at home, but the news that the Zhao Guogong Mansion had punished Zhu Ying for going to the ancestral hall to think about it was not far away. Coupled with the incident of the door of the ceremonial eunuch being blocked, the previous dispute between the Guozijian and the entire capital became muddy like a mud pond with all the mud under it stirred up.

Especially Zhu Ying was punished by the ancestral hall, which really shocked countless people. This eldest lady has been rampant in the capital for so many years, and the number of times she has been punished by her family is simply a handful. Just because she went to the ceremonial supervisor to make a big fuss, Mrs. Tai was so strict?

After getting the news that Mrs. Tai punished Zhu Ying, the people who participated in the action before were from Zhang Chen to Lu Sanlang, from Zhu Er to Zhang Wu and Zhang Lu Jijiu...... Anyway, one is counted as one, and it is said that all of them were severely trained by the family.

Of course, the scene that seemed to be spinning around in the outside world became a passing cloud in Chu Kuan's ears, and it was not worth mentioning. Even though Lu Chan cautiously reminded him that Mrs. Tai's punishment of Zhu Ying may have bad intentions, and this caused various families to punish those sons and brothers one after another, which pushed the celebrant to the cusp, but he was still safe.

"It doesn't matter, that lady came to warn, and secondly, she also peeked into my mind, so she took advantage of the situation. If she really wants to subdue me, she only needs to directly lock Zhu Ying at home for ten days and half a month, and she doesn't need to scare others with the word ancestral hall at all. If Zhu Ying is really locked up and confined, the Queen Mother and the Emperor will all have to settle accounts with me. ”

Speaking of this, Chu Kuan couldn't help laughing. Others don't know what's going on in the ancestral hall of the Zhu family, but he still went there with the emperor who was in Weifu at the beginning, so don't you know? The ancestors of the Zhu family were not particularly big as officials, and it was not until Zhu Jing that he stood out, but among the generations of ancestors, there were many guys with strange personalities, so they didn't care much about the rules.

As for the ancestral hall of the Zhu family, that is, there are some rules when worshipping ancestors in the past. Zhu Er went to kneel down and think about it, he had to suspect that there was something greasy in it, let alone Zhu Ying?

Sure enough, as Chu Kuan guessed, when he entered the palace from the private house on this day, he was directly called to the Qianqing Palace by the emperor. As a result, as soon as he entered the Dongnuan Pavilion, where the emperor lived daily, he saw a bright girl standing beside the emperor who was glaring at him fiercely, who else was Zhu Ying?

"Yingying, okay, it's just this little thing, I'll be the peacemaker myself, so don't worry about it!" The emperor had a patient expression on his face, and what he said was also coaxing and deceiving, "Since Zhang Shou is not happy in the Guozi Prison and is restricted and excluded by people everywhere, then simply move out, over there in the public school, I have already agreed with people, and the concubines will pay another sum of money......"

Zhu Ying couldn't help but glance at the emperor, and when she saw Chu Kuan smiling and silent, she said angrily: "I thought that the emperor would use a reward to gag my mouth, but now it's good, is this actually a benefit to plug Ah Shou's mouth?" ”

"I'm not an unreasonable person, but why should Chu Kuan be sneaky when he does things, he made it clear earlier that he was adhering to the will of God, Ah Shou definitely doesn't care, and I won't make such a big move! As a result, I went to the ancestral hall all night without saying anything, and a lot of people were punished for this. If it is exposed like this, wouldn't I, the leader, be very shameless? ”

Although Chu Kuan said in front of Lu Chan before that he retreated in order not to apologize to Zhu Ying, at this time he said with a smile: "If the eldest lady is really angry, I will hold a banquet to apologize, then it can also be ......."

Before he could finish speaking, Zhu Ying snorted coldly and said, "Forget it, grandmother has said that you are amazing, how dare Ah Shou and I eat your indemian wine?" Don't you just want to make it look like you're not the same as us? Now you're satisfied? I think you've watched too much drama, you're originally the emperor's person, why do you have to pretend to be a lonely minister! ”