Chapter 74: A Visit to Chang's Family
On October 11, Yun Xi rode from Donghua Gate to the main gate of the Founding Mansion in the morning. The Chang family www.biquge.info sent all the servants to Erlidi, and all the members of the Chang family gathered in the front yard near the gate, so when Yun Xi arrived at the gate, everyone in the Chang family had already greeted the door. Because Yun Xi did not bring a full set of prince's honor guards this time, they greeted Yun Xi in accordance with the greeting etiquette that Zhu Biao went to various national mansions in the past.
After Yunxi dismounted, the servants of the Chang family knelt on the ground, and the master of the Chang family, headed by Chang Mu, bowed.
Yun Xi immediately went to help Chang Mu, and said: "Grandma, the old lady is the person appointed by His Majesty not to salute in front of him, how dare you accept the salute?" And I have come to visit my relatives today, so how can I receive the courtesy? The eunuchs who came with him also stepped forward to help the other Chang family members.
Although Chang's mother was puzzled as to why Yun Xi called her 'Old Lady', it had nothing to do with the overall situation. She got up and replied, "Then the old body will rely on the old and sell the old once." ”
Everyone then hugged Yun Xi and walked into the Chang Mansion. Before entering Changfu, Yun Xi looked up at the sky, the fog had cleared in the gray sky at dawn, and the sun shone directly down, which was very clear.
Everyone came to the lobby of the main courtyard, and Yun Xi was of course sitting in the first place. As we have already stated that we are here to 'visit relatives' today, and there is no young grandmother in Changfu (Note 1), there is no place for the inner family to sit.
After a few more greetings, Chang's mother introduced Yunxi to the current masters of the Chang family. She pointed to a middle-aged man and said, "This is the second Chang Sheng." ”
The man saluted and said, "I have seen Your Highness." ”
Yun Xi returned the salute while thinking, "Sure enough, the person I saw in the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies that day was Chang Sheng. ’
Under normal circumstances, Yun Xi should call Chang Sheng uncle, but now it is obviously not the general situation. Therefore, Yun Xi can only be called Chang Sheng as the "Founding Prince" by the official title.
Next, Chang Mu introduced Chang Sen, Chang Mao's wife Feng, Chang Sheng's wife Hu, Chang Sen's wife Wu and other people of the same generation as Yunxi.
For people of the same generation as him, Yun Xi can be called casually and called "brother", and for girls, he can be called sister or sister.
But the scene still did not seem to have the atmosphere of visiting relatives. Yun Xi's affection for the Chang family cannot be expressed due to etiquette; The Chang family didn't dare to make a mistake, so the atmosphere at the scene was very unnatural.
However, the Chang family is obviously prepared. After introducing everyone, Chang Mu said: "Your Highness, it's not interesting to sit here all the time, my family has built a new garden, although it must not be as good as the scenery in the palace, but it also has a different flavor, Your Highness might as well let Jizong accompany you around?" You're close in age, and you're easy to talk to. ”
Yun Xi didn't think much about it, thinking that it was good to go shopping, but it was boring to sit all the time, and it might be faster to go to the garden to walk around and talk to people alone, so he said: "The scenery in the palace looks like that, and it may not be as good as our founding mansion." He stood up.
The young girl, accompanied by the maid, returned to her boudoir. The reputation of the girls is still very important, since it is impossible for the Chang family to marry their daughter to Yun Xi again, they must not meet Yun Xi in private.
Feng, Hu, and Wu also went back to their rooms to deal with their own affairs; They are not related to Yun Xi, and Yun Xi will not pay attention to them.
Chang Sen also went back to the room, only Chang Sheng seemed to accompany Chang Mother back to the backyard; The young boy hugged Yunxi and walked to the back garden.
Out of the hall, the atmosphere was really better, Yun Xi and these his cousins had a good chat, and there was still laughter.
But Yoon-hee still has a hard time talking to his cousin. There are two reasons: first, the current Yunxi ideological understanding is that he is a person in his twenties in the 21st century, and his cousins are all genuine teenagers in the 14th century; Second, Yun Xi grew up in the palace, and life in the palace is very boring, and he doesn't know what everyone's sons and brothers outside the palace play.
The only point of conversation between the two sides was the war at this time. Don't say it, Yun Xi and Chang Jizong had a good chat on this point, it was quite speculative, the two of them had a circle around the garden, and the others were scattered, and they were still chatting with great interest.
At this time, Chang Jizong suddenly said, "It's not enough to say that," he pointed to the east, "There is a room over there, and I often stop there when I come to the garden, so I put some geography books (not maps, Note 2) in the house, let's go and see somewhere." Yun Hee agreed.
When he arrived at the door of the house, because the room looked small, Yun Xi said to the guards and eunuchs who followed him (Note 3), "You don't have to go in, I can go in myself." Then follow Chang Jizong in.
But when he got inside, Yun Xi didn't see any books, and Chang Mu, who had frosty temples in the room, sat upright on a chair. Yun Xi suddenly realized that this was an opportunity created by the Chang family to avoid the eunuchs or guards and meet with Yun Xi alone.
Chang Jizong quietly left without knowing when. Yun Xi faced Chang Mu and didn't know how to speak. Chang's mother was still experienced, and said to Yun Xi with a smile: "Shouldn't you call me grandmother?" Back then, your father called my mother-in-law in Changfu. ”
Suddenly, in the depths of Yun Hee's memory, there are memories of his mother Chang Fei popping up, and the feelings of missing his mother in this life, which are usually suppressed (later life memories), burst out and fill Yun Hee's mind. Looking at the face in front of him, which vaguely resembled his mother in his memory, Yun Xi couldn't help but kneel on the ground, crying and shouting, "Grandmother! ”
Chang's mother was also obviously emotional, leaving two lines of tears, stretched out her hand to hug Yun Xi, and said, "Good grandson doesn't cry." ”
As soon as she cried out like this, the next emotional exchange was much easier, Chang's mother asked Yun Xi how she was in the palace without touching the secrets in the palace, and also asked about the poisoning case of Concubine Lu some time ago; Yun Xi replied one by one.
Then Yun Xi remembered something and said, "Grandmother, change the door in the mansion and the eldest cousin's mansion in Beicheng." ”
Chang's mother asked a little strangely, "Why do you want to change the door?" "What's wrong with Yun Xi's visit to Menzi this time? That's not right, even if the door in the house is not good, what's the matter with the door in Guanbei City? Chang's mother was puzzled.
Yun Xi said: "My grandmother should have known that the owner of the Qilu noodle restaurant in Beicheng had discovered some conspiracy and informed my eunuch Wang Bu, and then Wang Bu came to stop me. ”
Chang Mu replied, "Yes, I know. ”
"But grandmother, you shouldn't know that before Tang Bohe met Wang Bu, he went to Jizong's cousin's residence in Beicheng and here to inform you at this time, but Menzi saw that they were not rich and noble, and they had no relatives in the house, so they refused to go out and almost made a mistake."
Chang's mother was shocked! Because this matter is not an important matter in the case, Tang Bohe didn't want to sue, but just told the matter as it was, so the Chang family never knew.
Chang's mother immediately said: "Chang Sheng and I have warned the people in the house several times not to look at the top and treat people modestly, but such things will happen in the house." Fortunately, it did not cause a catastrophe, which is really a blessing. ”
"I immediately ordered them to be beaten forty boards, expelled from the mansion, and sent them to Liaodong to open up wasteland."
Yun Xi didn't care about the fate of a few disciples, and just mentioned it casually to remind the Chang family. He persuaded Chang Mu and talked about other things.
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Note 1: The term 'grandma' here refers to the wife of a young or young man.
Note 2: Ancient people forbade the possession of maps in private.
Note 3: Most of the eunuchs serving around Yunxi now are high-ranking eunuchs who can be called eunuchs.