Suzhou weaving house, inner house.

The old lady of the Wen family closed her eyes and lay on the bed. Wang took his daughter-in-law Sun and stood aside to serve.

Seeing Li Xu coming in, Wang hurriedly stepped forward and said in a low voice: "Master, the old lady hasn't eaten anything, and she has a headache for a long time." ”

Sun followed behind her mother-in-law, leaned over, and gave her father-in-law a salute.

Li Xu nodded, took two steps forward, walked to the side of the bed, bent down and said, "Old lady, what's wrong?" The son has sent a doctor to him. ”

Wen listened to Li Xu's voice, slowly opened his eyes, and sat up.

"Don't worry, the old woman won't die for a while." Wen leaned on the bed and looked at Li Xu, his face as cold as water.

Li Nai followed his father in, and when he saw his grandmother having a seizure, he was afraid that his father would be embarrassed, so he hurriedly pulled Sun's sleeve, and the husband and wife withdrew from the room.

"Why is it okay to say hello in the morning?" Li Nai was puzzled and asked in a low voice.

Sun replied in a low voice: "It's Cheng'er who caused the trouble, mentioning the second old lady." The old lady asked her if she had sent someone to Beijing to pick her up. The old lady was annoyed by the vague answer. ”

When Li Nai heard about it, he only felt dizzy.

Since the New Year, Wen has been talking to his children and grandchildren about picking up Gao's return. Li Xu's side has other selfish intentions, although he should respond, but every time he sends someone into Beijing, he just asks for a gift, and he doesn't mention picking up someone at all.

In the room, Wen glared at Li Xu and said, "Don't tell me anything about your sister who is reluctant to kiss her mother, and if you want to stay by your side to serve, will I be confused as an old wife?" Your aunt came to our house before she was twenty years old and stayed there for more than forty years. When your brother-in-law's family was in Jiangning, she couldn't stay. It's been a year since I went to Beijing, and I haven't said it back. Not to mention anything else, my wife is ninety years old, and I don't believe that she is not afraid of not seeing me. Why don't you take it back, you explain it to the old woman today. is greedy for the wealth of your brother-in-law's family, thinking about stammering; Or did your aunt know about your ugly things, and you didn't have the face to see her......"

The more she talked, the more annoyed she became, and by the end she was already gasping.

Li Xu's face was flushed when he was said, and he was speechless. Wang was beside him, and he didn't dare to squeak.

Wen Shi had already turned his face away, no longer looked at Li Xu, and said, "I know that in the past two years, you have not dared to let the old woman see your relatives, because you are afraid that the old woman will be confused and talk about it...... You came out of my belly in the end, there are a few flower intestines, and the old woman doesn't know ......" Speaking of this, he sighed and said: "Now that your grandchildren are getting older, you better be more disciplined, and you should accumulate blessings...... The old woman was blind, she couldn't see anything, she didn't want to see anything. Ming'er sent someone into Beijing to bring your aunt back, she has been widowed for many years, and she is also a strange surname, impatient to stay in someone else's house. When she is old, let her see the faces of her daughter and son-in-law, and I can't bear ...... old woman."

Li Xu gagged, wanted to say something, hesitated, nodded for a moment, and said, "My son wrote it down." Don't worry about the old lady, if she hurts her body, it will be her son's sin. ”

Wen waved his hand and said weakly: "The old woman is tired, she wants to rest, you can go ......"

* The capital, Caofu, the inner house, Gao Taijun's residence.

The house was burning with Buddha incense, Gao Taijun washed his hands, asked someone to hold a liter of beans, and picked up the beans one by one while chanting the Buddha. Xiangyu followed beside her, learning from each other, and also picking up beans.

In the end, she was young and picked up more than a dozen beans, Xiangyu lost her patience, she stopped, raised her little head and melon seeds, and asked, "Ancestor, can't you just pour it over?" ”

When Gao Taijun heard this, he hurriedly said to the Buddha statue: "Tong Yan is unscrupulous, Tong Yan is unscrupulous, the Buddha is not to blame." ”

When Xiangyu saw it, she didn't dare to speak again, but just looked at Gao Taijun with a puzzled face.

Seeing this, Gao Taijun put down the beans in his hand and said: "This is a Buddha bean, let's read it, it is to pray for your great-grandmother's birthday, and bless her old man's life and good health." ”

Xiangyu seemed to understand whether she understood or not, and said with a little childishness: "Ancestor, what is the great-grandmother like, have you seen Yu'er?" ”

When Gao Taijun heard this, his face soothed, nodded with a smile, and said, "He is a good old man who is charitable, of course I have seen Yu'er, and your name is still given by her old man." ”

When Xiangyu heard this, her little face showed a look of yearning, and she shook Gao Taijun's arm and said, "Ancestor, let's go see our great-grandmother, right?" Does she live in the house, or outside the house, do we use a car? ”

Listening to this child's words, Gao Taijun couldn't help laughing, reached out and touched Xiangyu's little head melon seeds, and said, "Since you are your great-grandmother, she is naturally in your house." It's far away from here, and the waterway will take more than half a month. ”

When Xiangyu heard this, her little face slowly dimmed, lowered her head, and said, "Ancestor, are we guests?" ”

Gao Taijun was just about to nod, but he noticed that something was wrong, and frowned: "Did you hear that mother-in-law gossiping, or did someone give you face?" ”

Xiangyu shook her head, raised her head, and said with red eyes: "Everyone else goes to school, but I didn't go." Is it because we are outsiders, and the teacher doesn't want it? ”

Seeing her aggrieved appearance, Gao Taijun shook his head and said, "Silly boy, you are only a little older, and you are not a little boy, what are you thinking about studying?" ”

Xiangyu didn't speak, her eyes fell on the Buddhist book on the side, and she looked straight at it. The tears could no longer be contained, and "let's click" and "let's click" fell.

Because she lost her father in infancy, Gao Taijun also felt special pity for this great-niece and granddaughter in her heart. Seeing that she looked so eager, she couldn't bear it, so she took a handkerchief and wiped her tears, and said, "Okay, okay, I still learn to cry my nose." Ming'er, I told your aunt and grandmother to let you go to school too. ”

"Really?" When Xiangyu heard this, she immediately burst into tears and laughed, pulling Gao Taijun's sleeve and said.

"It's true, who is willing to really send you to be a palace maid and waiter? It's good to learn Braille, not to be blind. Gao said.

The girl of the Li family, although she wants to participate in the small election of the Ministry of Internal Affairs according to the rules, but because she is in Suzhou, she has found a child to be exempted from the election. Only Li Xu's eldest daughter, although she was elected to the palace in her early years, she served in front of the palace. It's just that his life is short and blessed, and he died of illness not long after entering the palace, and he didn't even have a title.

Xiangyu had already picked up the scriptures next to her and flipped through them beautifully, although she didn't know a word, she looked good when she turned it.

Seeing this situation, Gao thought of Xiangyu's father Li Ding, and couldn't help sighing......* Half a moon passed in a flash.

On the Yamen side of the Rehe Palace, there have been no arrests of suspicious people entering the city for three or four consecutive days. The outsiders who had been detained before were released one after another through interrogation, verification, and identity verification.

Those who forge their identities, whose origins are unknown, or who carry murder weapons with them and have criminal records, will be severely extorted from confessions. If the supplier is asked, all of them shall be filed pending judgment; There are no confessions, and there are not many people left.

The sixteenth elder brother wrote an excerpt of what he had obtained on this side of Rehe and handed it back to Beijing.

Although before, he wanted to stay here to accompany Cao Hao, but now he is thinking about returning to Beijing. Because he received a letter from Fujin, which mentioned that the Li family of Fujin was happy, and the pulse of joy was a little unstable, and the imperial doctor had prescribed medicine and was now protecting the fetus.

Although he already has a pair of children under his knees, the Li family has an extraordinary relationship with him, no more than other concubines, which makes him worried.

Of the palace maids who were waiting beside him, one of them had already won his favor before, and now he also ignored it.

Before he married Fu Jin, the sixteenth elder brother had been a husband and wife with the Li family for several years, and he had a very strong relationship; When Chang Fujin first entered the door, he was still worried about the grievances of the Li family, so he deliberately sent him out of the palace for several months.

Later, after a long time, I knew that Chang Fujin's surname was different from that of other girls in Guo Luoluo's family, and the relationship between the sixteenth elder brother and his wife gradually became affectionate.

In this way, Lee's identity is very embarrassing.

The sixteenth elder brother was ashamed, he didn't want to be a negative person, he treated her more and more favorably, and he refused to ignore her at all.

Fortunately, the Fujin Guo Luo Luo clan is virtuous, and the Li family is not in the limelight, and they get along with each other, but they are also harmonious wives and concubines.

Cao Hao's side knew that the sixteenth elder brother had something to do and urged him to return to Beijing. On his own side, he also plans to take his wife and daughter over.

In the middle of the leap March, the sixteenth elder brother finally waited for the holy decree to allow him to return to Beijing, and he was overjoyed.

It just so happened that the yamen had not found the suspect for seven consecutive days, and the sixteenth elder brother was also much more down-to-earth, and said goodbye to Cao Hao and Sukhbaru, and returned to the capital with the guards.

Cao Song's duty was to follow the sixteenth elder brother back to Beijing, and the garden of King Chun's mansion returned to silence.

Chu Yu's mother and daughter have returned to the garden. Knowing that the couple were going to stay until the arrival of the Holy Driver, Bao Yage went back to Mongolia and took his son Arslen to Rehe, apparently intending to stay for a year and a half.

Chu Yu got the news and asked someone to pick up their mother and son to live in the garden.

Arslem was four years old, and as strong as a lion cub was as strong as his name.

He can speak Manchu, Mongolian, and Chinese, and behaves like a little adult, and he already has the momentum of a little prince.

When Cao Hao and Chu Yu saw him like this, they thought of their son. If God bless and Hengsheng are there, the children will be able to play together.

On Baoya's side, she hugged Tianhui all day and refused to let go, which was so rare that she couldn't do it.

Since last month, when she met in the palace, she recognized the "godgirl" by herself, coral collars, gemstone chains, and sent several boxes.

Tianhui's side is also quite close to this "cousin", "cousin", and "godmother" who used to be called Wangfu Gege, and now is called the Mongolian princess.

Blind eyes and bright hearts, that's what I said. Even if she can't see it, she can feel who really loves her.

Even for the "little brother" of Alslen, Tianhui is not disgusted. Every time Boya asked Alslan to take her to the garden to play, she obediently followed.

The two children are not much different, but they can play together. Although Arslen has younger brothers and sisters, they are all born from half-mothers, and they are not usually close, but it is the first time that they are close to a child who is similar to himself.

In addition, Tianhui does not cry or make trouble, he is honest and well-behaved, and he is willing to play with Tianhui.

This day, the weather was fine, Bao Ya pulled Chu Yu to the garden to breathe, and the children were playing not far away, ** and the maids followed the side to watch.

Twittering, Alslen told Tianhui the story of the prairie, his foal has grown taller, he can draw a small bow, who offered a red fox skin, Yunyun.

Tianhui listened with relish, because this is a world she has never been exposed to.

"I forgot to say 'tiger', 'tiger' has grown up, and they are all bigger than lambs. This time I wanted to bring him over, and E-Niang said that the tiger's E-niang would miss it, so she didn't bring it. Alslen said, with a hint of longing in his voice.

"Tiger?" Tianhui listened to this somewhat familiar name, and asked, "The tiger has a mother?" That's more powerful than a tiger? ”

Als Leng nodded, shook his head again, and said: "'Tiger' is not a tiger, it is a puppy cub that only landed last month, with yellow fur and a black spot on the head, it looks majestic, similar to the tiger in the picture of the tiger descending the mountain in my Amma's study, so I named it 'Tiger'." E-niang also praised me for being smart, saying that this fame is good. ”

Tianhui has heard of "tigers" in the stories of grandmothers, but she only knows that it is extremely powerful, and children are afraid of it. Now, listening to the meaning of Als's cold words, he is not afraid at all, and he is still playing with him, which is really amazing.

Although Tianhui didn't say anything, the expression on his little face was clear at a glance, and Ars sneered and scratched his head, feeling more and more amiable about Tianhui.

He came to the end, untied the small golden jade dagger on his waist, stuffed it into Tianhui's hand, and said, "Here you go, let's get married." In the future, if anyone bullies you, tell me, 'I will make him beaten.'" ”

"Anda?" Tianhui rubbed the thing in his hand, and he didn't know what Alslen meant.

"Yes, it's Anda." Ars patted his chest coldly and said, "I am the elder brother, you are the younger brother...... Speaking of this, he glanced at Tianhui and was also a little confused.

It just so happened that Bao Ya and Chu Yu came over, and when they saw this scene on the side, they couldn't help but wonder.

"Good son, this is your sister, and you have to find a little brother in Anda." Bao Ya touched her son's head and said with a smile.

Arslen looked up at his mother and asked seriously, "Eniang, can't my sister marry Anda?" The son wants to marry Tianhui's sister Anda, but she can't see with her eyes, what if she is bullied? As a son, no one dares to bully her. ”

Bao Ya heard her son talk about Tianhui's eye disease, and was afraid that Chu Yu would be sad, so she glared at her son and wanted to reprimand.

Chu Yu had already squatted down, looked at Alsleng, and asked, "Others have married Anda, all for the sake of multiple little brothers, and they also ride horses, shoot arrows, and play together. can also work together and not be bullied. Tianhui has bad eyes, can't play with you, and can't protect you, such Anda, are you also willing to get married? ”

Ars straightened his small body coldly, stretched out his hand to pat his chest, and said, "Auntie, don't underestimate people!" E-Niang said, I am the lion of the grassland, and when I grow up, I have to stand up to the sky and the earth, and I don't need Anda to protect me. Speaking of this, he looked at Bao Ya and said, "Eniang, is my son right?" ”

At that moment, Baoya couldn't help but have an illusion, as if the little little person in front of her had grown up all of a sudden. She nodded and said with a smile: "That's right, we Alslen will protect all the people in the future, can't we protect a little Anda?" It's just that the Anda you chose is E-Niang's goddaughter, if you bully your Anda, be careful that E-Niang spanks you. ”

Ars was overjoyed when he heard this, stretched out his hand and pulled Tianhui's arm, and said, "Anda, you will be my little Anda from now on." This dagger was given to me by my uncle and given to Anda. ”

Tianhui was confused, but she also understood that Alslen had no malicious intentions and was close to herself.

She stretched out her little arm and untied her purse, pulling a red thread out of it. At the end of the silk thread, it is a piece of mutton fat jade safety buckle.

She grabbed Guanyin in her hand and sent it out in the direction of Alslen.

Als was overjoyed, took it, and said with a smile: "Is this a return gift for me?" ”

Tianhui nodded, Bao Ya saw that this peace buckle was not ordinary, Chu Yu's eyes looked at it again, and hurriedly said to his son: "It's the same as your sister, this is your aunt for your sister, it's too precious." ”

Ars listened coldly, hesitated for a moment, and said in a low voice: "Eniang, this is for Anda to his son." ”

Bao Ya was about to say more, but she was stopped by Chu Yu laughing.

"It seems that it is really their brother and sister who are in love, this peace buckle also seems to be the marriage of Ama and me, Tianhui had a tiger bone before, and then lost it, so I found this for her." Chu Yu said: "It's just an object, I hope the child is safe." Tianhui with it, Als Leng with it, what's the difference. Don't go against the will of the children, it's rare for them to be able to play together. ”

Baoya's surname has always been refreshing, and when she saw Chu Yu saying this, she didn't have much to do.

In fact, Arslen's little dagger is also old. It is the object of the king of Pingjun, Nersu, when he was a child, and it is one of the full moon ceremonies of Arslem.

Two children, one lively and the other quiet, but the picture is very harmonious.

Bao Ya looked at it and said to Chu Yu with a smile: "I understand what it means to 'pity the hearts of parents in the world', and now I don't have anything to look forward to, I just hope that the little lion will grow up strongly." ”

Chu Yu listened and said with a smile: "Since you like children, you can have two more, and you will save Als from being lonely." Even if you add a girl, it saves you from being hungry for anything. ”

Hearing this, Bao Ya raised her eyebrows and said, "What are you doing with that?" It's weird, just this one single seedling, I'm so tired that I can't do it. I won't be so unthinkable, go and be an old sow, and keep the next one. In the end, he also smiled, stuck out his tongue at Chu Yu, and said, "Look, it's only been a few years since I came out of Beijing, and I'm full of slang." Fortunately, my sister-in-law is not here, otherwise, I don't know how to talk about it......"

* Imperial Palace, Interior Office.

Yi Duli looked at Cao Hao with a bit of urgency and said: "This collapse has destroyed the previous project, and three or four people have died. Those halls have to be renovated, and the construction period is afraid that it will be too late. ”

"Seven or eight dead?" Cao Hao stood up when he heard this, and said, "Okay, why did it collapse?" There is no wind and no rain, why did there be an accident? ”

Yi Duli shook his head and said, "The lower officials don't know the details, so I still ask Lord Dong to report to the chief manager." ”

Dong Changhai, a member of the construction department, followed behind Yi Duli, although he tried his best to restrain himself, he still showed a little indignation.

Seeing Cao Hao and Yi Du Li both looking at him, Dong Changhai took a step forward, raised his head and said: "It's wood, they used moth-eaten rotten wood to make this accident...... Speaking of this, the green tendons on his forehead stretched out, and he said slowly: "It's not three or four, it's thirteen ...... who died."

(To be continued)