Li Guolou is now sitting on four horses to pull the carriage, and his house is now renting a house in Dengcao Hutong, specializing in raising horses, with eight horses, two carriages, and two often chartered carriages, which is no way, he is different from the past, the family is busy, as for the sedan chair, he has no sedan chair, only has style, and the sedan chair is slow, which is not suitable for the rhythm of life at his home.

The carriage turned into the door of the Li Mansion in Dengcao Hutong, and Battle knocked on the door of the carriage and said loudly: "Master, go home!" ”

Li Guolou was awakened by the knock on the door, Shicai drank too much wine, and fell asleep in the carriage, Li Guolou rubbed his sleepy eyes, and said with a sigh: "Battle, so I'm home." As he spoke, Li Guolou put on his official hat, tidied up his wrinkled official robe a little, opened the door of the carriage, and jumped out of the carriage.

But in front of the Li Mansion, there was a long queue, more than 100 meters away, straight to the corner of Dengcao Hutong, a team of three or four hundred people, all of whom came to congratulate Li Guolou, and all of them were congratulatory gifts to Li Guolou.

Such a long queue, it is too spectacular, this kind of thing has never happened in the Dengcao Hutong, in the team, there are hundreds of eunuchs, in turn, the eunuch action is really, Li Guolou was promoted at noon to do the "Wanshou Mountain Project Supervision", in the afternoon, people have not gone home, the Tao is gratifying, and has heard the wind.

Li Guolou saw so many people queuing up outside the gate, he didn't want to go, so he walked back and forth first, said hello to the guests, and the etiquette was not strange to many people, and he couldn't offend anyone, and turned to the entrance room, which was crowded with more than 20 fellow scholars, drinking tea and chatting.

At this time, Li Guolou's face couldn't hold back, and he said angrily: "Old wine, what are you doing, how can you let the guests sit here!" ”

The janitor Lao Jiu, touched his nose on the lees, and said vaguely: "Master, the living room in the house is also crowded with people, and it is already good to have a seat to sit!" ”

"Hey, Li Laosan, we can't blame the old wine, we like to sit here, who told us to like to join in the fun." Named Zhao Yutang Kejinshi hooked Li Guolou, and said without hesitation, he used this trick, and in the future, in the Hanlin Academy, he could study to be an official for a year or two, and Li Guolou could also make a real shortage here, and he didn't need to be a poor Beijing official.

The other 20 or so Jinshi are all thinking like this, the so-called one person who has won the Tao chicken dog ascends to heaven, they are all in the same department as Li Guolou, Baozhifang has made trouble with Lang, good friends of the mother, two years of mixed Beijing division, of course, I hope that life is better, just take a piece of the court Lu, how can they show their Jinshi and the first honor.

These fellow science and technology scholars didn't leave, they came to find Li Guolou, to find Li Guolou to ask for a cup of wine, and to clamo for a drink with Li Guolou at night.

How could Li Guolou have time to drink with his friends, so he hurriedly made a round of advice, and the group came down in a round, patted his chest and promised, not forgetting the friendship of the same department in the same year, and looking for a real shortage for them in the future.

Li Guolou blew the conch and sent these science and technology scholars away, turned his head and asked, "Old wine, who else is there in the living room of the house!" ”

"Oh, it's all a retinue of big and small officials, holding greetings to congratulate people, and they want to wait for you to give an appointed time." Lao Jiu lowered his eyebrows and bowed to reply, and there was a smile in a pair of mouse eyes.

"I don't have time." Li Guolou grunted, brushed his sleeves and walked straight to the living room, he is not Sun Dasheng, he knows how to doppelgänger, how can he have time to accompany the official to speak official words, meet an official, it will take thirty minutes to talk less, otherwise what does it mean for people to come all the way, and sometimes they have to have a meal with others, so as to reflect the relationship of mutual respect and love, plus some officials are higher in rank than him, then it will be troublesome, people are here, only to chat with the guests.

Li Guolou's stomach is troubled, where is the joy of promotion, Li Guolou came to the living room, and went around, greeting the officials in the living room, took a pile of worship posts from Chen Xiangfang's hand, and said with a wry smile: "Ladies and gentlemen, these days are too busy, I can't spare time to arrange, and when I come back from my hometown in June, I will let my entourage set a time, please visit the post, I will take it first, and I will definitely meet guests when I have time!" ”

Dozens of officials and entourage can also understand Li Guolou's situation, anyway, the congratulatory gift has been delivered, and Li Guolou has also accepted the post, they got a reply, so they said auspicious words in their mouths and bowed down to say goodbye to Li Guolou.

The family already knew that Li Guolou had been promoted, Li Guolou explained a few words to the family, and the three ladies would dress up as full women to meet the guests, and the family came to the incense hall to give incense to the two holy decrees, and solemnly comforted the ancestors and ancestors, and he would be a disciple of the Eight Banners in the future.

Chen Xiangfang wanted to ask clearly, Li Guolou blinked, and said hurriedly: "Grandma, go to the inner house if you have something to say." After speaking, Li Guolou hurriedly walked to the inner house, and he couldn't take care of the outside affairs.

Coming to the inner house, Li Guolou rushed to drink a bowl of tea, wiped the corners of his mouth, and took a breath a little, Yelia, Xie Liya, Mayuko, and Chu Xiangyu had already gone to Tianjin, leaving five grandmothers at home, Li Guolou said to the five of them: "I'm going to burn my buttocks, and I'm going to go to Prince Qing's mansion soon, otherwise there will be no good fruit to eat in the future, second grandmother, put the gifts to Prince Qing in the carriage, Seventh Grandma, give me another 30,000 taels of silver tickets, I thought about it, it's not appropriate to give Prince Qing 20,000 taels of silver, this person is too greedy, If you don't put him right, you will cause disaster for our family in the future! ”

Xie Xiuzhu hurriedly said: "Oh, I'll arrange it now." After saying that, Xie Xiuzhu pulled her legs and trotted out of the back house, everything in the house was carried out by her, Chen Xiangfang, and Zhen Yuhuan, and the three of them were on top, and the others were not of enough level to be put on the table.

Zhen Yuhuan was a little dissatisfied, and a little reluctant to pay 30,000 taels of silver, and said: "Xiaolou, it's too much, it's just a chief secretary of Qingzhong University, I don't think it's hard to say if it can't be done, you are Prince Gong, can you afford to go to Prince Qing's stinky feet!" ”

Li Guolou said with annoyance: "Seventh grandmother, I don't know, the matter of Qingzhong University seems to have been promised by the imperial court, and it is also started by Prince Qing, and it can be even more difficult to develop later, in order to prevent Prince Qing from going back on his word, I only have to fill his greed first, this person said a bad word about me from the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces, even if I destroy his hands in the rest of my life, our family can't hang Prince Gong here, Prince Qing is also my teacher, do you understand!" ”

"Oh······ Anyway, it's a broken silver, I'll go upstairs and get the silver ticket for you. Although Zhen Yuhuan is reluctant, Li Guolou has just been promoted, and he should have laid a good foundation.

Li Guolou briefly said what happened today, and when Xie Xiufang came back, Zhen Yuhuan gave him 30,000 taels of silver tickets, and Li Guolou said: "Tell you something, our family will be full of people in the future, and you will all order Manchurian clothes, especially the eldest grandmother and second grandmother, dress appropriately outside, and you can dress as you like in the inner house, don't cause trouble for me when you go outside!" ”

"Oh, we see." Chen Xiangfang took the lead in speaking, in order to be promoted and make a fortune, Li Guolou even sold his ancestors, what did she have to say, it was difficult to say something rebellious.

Li Guolou wanted to go to Prince Qing's mansion earlier, and when the old mother gave him hot dishes and hot meals, he said: "I'll tell you some Manchurian rules first, don't grab the handle for others, Manchurian parenting customs are more special, the left side of the male door hangs a bow and arrow, the right side of the female door hangs a strip of colored cloth, the mother's family sends a leisurely car, when the child is born for three days, relatives and friends send congratulatory gifts, commonly known as 'lower milk', and hold a baptism, called 'wash three', when the full moon is full, you should invite guests to 'do the full moon', and take off the bow and arrow or cloth strips to hang' Children and grandchildren rope', 100 days, to use from each family to color cloth strips into locks, called padlocks, when the first year to hold a more solemn ceremony, let the child 'catch the week', generally 16 years old, boys shaved hair, girls bun, these grandmothers, you give me remember, three grandmothers give birth to children, to follow this set of rules! ”

Chen Xiangfang asked: "What about the fifth grandmother!" ”

Li Guolou pouted and said: "Isn't the first three occupied by you, she is Japanese, let her go!" ”

"Old eight" Wu Peipei is a Manchurian, smiled and said: "I'll tell you some Manchu rules, you all listen to me, Shangyuan Festival: that is, the fifteenth day of the first month, commonly known as the 'Lantern Festival', like the Han people, the Manchus also have the Lantern Festival to hang lanterns and eat Lantern Festival customs, go to a hundred diseases: is the Manchu women's festival, generally on the sixteenth day of the first month, that night women in groups of three or five, traveling together, or walking on the sand and rolling ice, or frolicking and having fun, called 'walking a hundred diseases', February 2: commonly known as ' Dragon raise its head day', that morning, the Manchu people put the stove ash in the courtyard, the gray road bends like a dragon, commonly known as 'leading the ash', and then the courtyard holds a ceremony, pray for the wind and rain, the whole family also eats dragon beard noodles and dragon scale cakes, women can not do needlework on this day, Dragon Boat Festival: The Manchu Dragon Boat Festival is not to commemorate Qu Yuan, but to pray for blessings and disasters, according to legend, a long time ago, the Emperor sent people down to observe the people's feelings, the fifth day of the fifth day of the fifth day of the emperor's envoys dressed as oil sellers shouted: 'One gourd two, Two gourds three 'everyone rushed to buy, only one old man not only did not buy, but also told the old man that the account was wrong, and when the oil was sold out, the old man followed the old man who did not buy oil and said: 'You are a good person, tonight the plague god sent the plague, you put mugwort on your own eaves, you can avoid the plague,' the old man heard and told everyone from door to door, every house plugged in mugwort, the plague god yuan could not descend the plague, people were saved, the May Dragon Boat Festival Manchu pay attention to the eaves of the eaves of the mugwort to prevent disease, but also pay attention to the suburbs to step on the dew, it is said that with this day dew wash face, head and eyes, Can avoid boils, eye disease, Laba Festival: Manchu people on the eighth day of the lunar month to soak Laba vinegar and cook Laba porridge, in addition to the whole family to eat, but also to send relatives and friends, small year: the old customs of the Han nationality, to the 23rd day of the month of the month for the small year, then every household to sacrifice to the god of the stove, commonly known as the king of the stove, the Manchu New Year customs and the Han nationality are the same! ”

The grandmothers all nodded and listened carefully, there are some Manchu customs, they don't understand it very clearly, most of them don't understand it halfway.

Li Guolou hurriedly said: "Eighth grandmother, tell them about ancestor worship, our family will also worship ancestors in accordance with Manchu customs in the future!" ”

Wu Peipei was very happy in her heart, with a smile on her face, and said: "When the tomb worships our ancestors, we are not like the Han people who press paper money on the top of the tomb after burning paper money, but insert 'Buddha Duo' on the grave, 'Buddha Duo' is Manchu, translated into Chinese as 'willow' or ' Willow branches', according to the Manchu belief in shamanic legends, willow is the ancestor of people, people are the descendants of willow, in order to show that there are successors, to insert willow on the grave, Manchu taboos are more, it is not allowed to blaspheme gods and ancestors, such as the Manchu people to the west is precious, the ancestors are placed on the west kang, the west kang is not allowed to live and put sundries, can not have all kinds of disrespectful behavior, do not fight dogs, taboo to kill dogs, eat dog meat, wear dog skin hats, and do not allow foreigners to wear dog skin hats into the house, legend has it that dogs have saved the life of Manchu ancestor Nurhachi, so Manchu people are not allowed to eat dog meat in the future, Wearing dog skin, the dog died to bury it, because the dog is human, can savior, is a righteous dog, since then the dog, respect the dog has become the Manchu custom, in addition, the Manchu people not only do not eat the meat of the crow, but also feed the crow, sacrifice the crow customs. Wu Peipei saw Li Guolou listening very carefully, and said: "I will talk about the ordinary Manchu family, there are sacrifices or celebrations, to kill animals and eat blessed meat, to invite relatives and friends as guests, let Yu Nankang sit, the family to pay tribute to the blessed meat to respect the elder guests, the meat is boiled in vain, not allowed to add salt, especially tender, guests eat with a blade, accompanied by salty, sauerkraut, sauce, guests enter the door to kowtow to the god, turn around and sit down to eat blessed meat, after eating, you are not allowed to thank and wipe your mouth, otherwise it is disrespectful to the master, Manchu traditional housing is generally west, middle and east, the door is open to the south, the west is called the west house, the middle is called the hall house, the east room is called the east house, the west house is set up in the south, west and north three sides of the kang, the west kang is expensive, the north kang is large, the south kang is small, the guests live in the west kang, the elders live in the north kang, the younger generations live in the south kang, and the funeral customs, today's big day, I won't say it, I will write it down in detail tomorrow, you all have to study well! ”

Li Guolou said sneakily: "Don't be happy and sad, keep a low profile, grandma, you go and tell those family members, who wants to be a soldier and sign up early, and become an officer in the future, understand!" ”

Chen Xiangfang understood, nodded and said, "Oh, I'll ask!" ”

Li Guolou suddenly remembered, looked at Chen Xiangfang's back, and said: "Sister Xiaofang, I want to be literate and recognize people, don't be illiterate!" ”

Chen Xiangfang didn't reply, and said, "Then you don't need to say, I don't know what you think!" ”

Li Guolou laughed a few times, it is better to use people or slaves, obedient and unhesitating, no matter whether your order is wrong or right, and those who are full of poetry and books have their own ideas, and they will never abandon their great ideals, he doesn't want to be betrayed by his own selection.

In the bedroom, Li Guolou was alone with Zhen Yuhuan and said: "Seventh grandmother, hurry up and ask Prince Gong, do I want to visit him, I found out today that Prince Gong seems to want to avoid suspicion, and he doesn't want me to worship him, and he deliberately made me a slave of the emperor in the Palace of Nourishing Hearts, this trick is to let me break off the relationship with him!" ”

Zhen Yuhuan nodded and said: "Well, I know, Prince Gong also knows that the emperor is going to be in charge of the government, and his authority will become smaller and smaller, you are Prince Gong's chess pieces buried next to the emperor, and he will not move you unless he has to!" ”

Li Guolou exclaimed: "Hmm······ Seventh grandmother, it's a pity that you don't do Xi Shi, you are very politically minded, and you will have the opportunity to enter the palace in the future, and hand over the birthday to the two queen mothers, the eldest grandmother and the second grandmother can't do this kind of thing, you will accompany the two queen mothers to play, you are first-class in kung fu, and you will definitely be able to make me save the day and rise step by step! ”

Zhen Yuhuan immediately understood what Li Guolou meant, and was happy in his heart, but said: "Xiaolou, you are not afraid that Emperor Tongzhi will take a fancy to me!" ”

Li Guolou sneered: "Seventh grandmother, you still think you are eighteen years old, and you ······ Ugh. Li Guolou screamed and jumped up, grinning in pain, to be honest, he was going to be punished, didn't he suffer a crime.

Next, Li Guolou could only coax Zhen Yuhuan, hold her in his arms, and swear a gambling curse, promising to go home at night and be the first to get on her.

As soon as Zhen Yuhuan arrived in Li Guolou's arms, he was paralyzed and weak, and he did not resist being kneaded by Li Guolou, and said coquettishly: "Well, little villain, don't cross the river and tear down the bridge, you treat the slave as an eighteen-year-old, and reward you with sugar." After speaking, Zhen Yuhuan kissed Li Guolou, and the two hugged each other.

Li Guolou gasped and asked, "Seventh Grandma, you want it now!" ”

"Hmm." Zhen Yuhuan is like a hungry tiger pounced, gnawing on Li Guolou, this little man gave her infinite motivation.

"Alright, meet your little she-wolf." Li Guolou took off his official robe, hugged Zhen Yu to the bed, the jade body was horizontal, the liquid flowed, and the two of them were in the bedroom for a while, if you want to let "Xi Shi" die for him, you must let "Xi Shi" have the determination to die, Li Guolou let "Xi Shi" praise his merits in a madness,