Chapter 12 Fortune Storm Asking for a Monthly Pass

The inner house of Pei's mansion was full of laughter, and in the lobby of the inner house, Pei Ju's wife, Mrs. Cui, and several other high-ranking ladies of the Pei family were chatting and chatting with the visiting guests.

The guest who came to visit was Yu Shiji's new wife Lu Shi, Lu Shi is about 30 years old this year, born in a famous family in Youzhou, was originally the wife of Sima Zhao Yan in Youzhou, Zhao Yan died five years ago, Lu has been widowed at home, and married Yu Shiji who came back two months ago.

The Pei family in Hedong and the Lu family in Youzhou are both Gaomen surnames and have always been world friends, so the Lu family came to visit the Pei family and received a grand courtesy.

Accompanying the Lu family to visit the Pei family was Feng Deyi's wife Yang Yun, Feng Deyi is Yu Shiji's confidant who has always been reused, and the two have a very good personal relationship, so Yu Shiji married a bride, and Yang Yun took her to visit the homes of various high-ranking officials and ministers.

In addition to Mrs. Cui's appearance, the Pei family also has the eldest daughter-in-law Zhang and the second daughter-in-law Wang, and the eldest daughter Pei Hanyu, who is widowed at home, is also here, and Pei Minqiu also lives in her mother's house in the past two days, Mrs. Cui simply called her to sit together, she is Yang Yuanqing's wife, although she is no longer the Pei family, but after all, she is the daughter of the Pei family.

And Pei Minqiu is Yang Yun's nephew and daughter-in-law to some extent, although they have never met.

Pei You was also here, she had seen the Lu family when she was a child, so she changed her cold attitude, and was very enthusiastic about the remarried Lu family, and it could be seen that she wanted to make friends with the Lu family and wanted to learn a little about remarriage from her.

The Lu family is not the original match, so he is very respectful in his attitude, especially in the face of the Pei family, a high-grade family, the Lu family is a little low-browed.

"I should have come to visit a long time ago, but there were too many things, and I went to Jiangnan again, so I didn't come until now, please don't blame the old lady."

Mrs. Cui smiled and said: "How can there be a reason not to be busy when you get married, one of you is a top grade in the north, and the other is a famous family in the south of the Yangtze River, which can be described as a good fate, it should be the Pei family who came to congratulate him, and it should be us who are ashamed." ”

Mrs. Wang also smiled: "I had a very good relationship with your sister-in-law Ah Qian more than 20 years ago, I was invited by her to go to Fanyang Lu's house to live for a month, and we have not been in contact since we got married, and I haven't seen her again for 20 years, I don't know how she is now?" ”

Lu Shi nodded and smiled: "Aunt Qi just had a grandson last year, and I saw her at the beginning of the year, she married to the Bohai Gao family, Mrs. should know!" ”

"I know this best!"

Mrs. Cui said with a smile: "It turns out that you are talking about marrying the girl of the Gao family, she is married to Gao Xiangguo's eldest son Dehong, and I was the matchmaker for them back then." ”

Everyone is a famous family, and the relationship gradually became closer when it was said, Pei Minqiu sat at the end, but she didn't say a word, pursed her mouth and smiled, she is a junior, she can't interject when the elders speak, she does this better than Pei You.

Yang Yun who accompanied her paid attention to her, and glanced at her from time to time, because Feng Deyi was known as the first pen of the Inner History Province, all the major holy decrees were written by him, although the official position was not too high, but the status was very high, plus she was Yang Su's niece, so Yang Yun was also quite respected among the hundred official women, like other Yang families, Yang Yun was also a little resentful of Yang Yuanqing, especially when Yuanqing got married a few months ago, there was no Yang family invited, which made Yang Yun very dissatisfied.

When Minqiu was introduced just now, Mrs. Cui specially added a sentence about Yuanqing's wife, and Yang Yun paid attention to Pei Minqiu.

She found a vacancy, smiled slightly and asked her, "Minqiu should have a destiny now!" ”

Pei Minqiu bowed with a smile and said, "Back to Mrs. Hui's words, Minqiu has not yet made an order." ”

"It's kind of weird."

Yang Yun frowned and said: "It stands to reason that within ten days of getting married, the imperial court should grant the decree, and now it's been a few months, how can there be no decree, could it be that the imperial court has forgotten?" ”

Yang Yun's words sounded very concerned, but in fact, the general etiquette of being a guest, chatting with the host about dishonorable things, will deliberately avoid it, so as not to embarrass the host, this is the most basic guest etiquette, but Yang Yun took out the matter that Pei Minqiu did not ask about in detail, although the tone was concerned, in fact, there was a hint of sarcasm.

The decree is related to the vital interests of every woman, whose wife has a few fates, this kind of thing is most concerned by women, once there is a holy decree to the door, it will be immediately stared at by thousands of pairs of eyes, if it is higher than himself, he will be jealous, if he is lower than himself, he will be secretly proud, so after Pei Minqiu married Yang Yuanqing, he was immediately targeted by countless women, and everyone wanted to know how many times she could get it.

Unexpectedly, a few months have passed, Pei Minqiu actually did not get a fate, which surprised all the women, but it was more of a schadenfreude, Yang Yuanqing's wife actually did not have a fate, this matter has spread in the elite circle in the capital, and even the lower-class people have begun to talk about it with relish.

Yang Yun mentioned this matter in person, which made the Pei family a little disgraced, which is called which pot is not opened and which pot is mentioned.

The atmosphere in the room suddenly became a little awkward, this question is not easy to answer, it is indeed a bit strange, Min Qiu has not made a decree yet, Mrs. Wang was just about to speak, but Min Qiu said with a smile: "My husband is fighting for the country in the Western Regions, I hope that he can make contributions to the country and return safely, as for fame and fortune such as fate, I have never cared about it, and I have never asked about it, if there is, I will accept it calmly, there is no need to pay baht, Mrs. Yang said yes?" ”

Yang Yun laughed dryly and said: "Although I say this, I always feel that I should fight for it, the court does this, there is always a reason, and the reason should be clarified, maybe you forgot something when you got married?" ”

Min Qiu smiled, but did not answer, the atmosphere in the inner hall became more and more embarrassing, and Lu Shi hurriedly said: "Disturbing the old lady for so long, it affects the rest, Mrs. Yang, let's leave!" ”

Yang Yun glanced at Min Qiu, in fact, what she wanted to say was that they did not worship their ancestors when they got married, so the court did not recognize it, and they did not worship their ancestors when they got married, this is a big rebellion, of course she did not have an edict, but after all, this is the inner hall of the Pei family, Yang Yun is not easy to say too explicitly, she smiled, and was about to get up and say goodbye.

At this moment, the housekeeper's wife hurriedly ran in and said in a hurry: "Old lady, the holy decree has arrived!" ”

Old Madam Cui's face sank, "The holy decree has arrived, you can go to the second master or the eldest grandson to deal with it, what to do with the inner family?" ”

The housekeeper's wife hurriedly pointed at Pei Minqiu, "It's Minniang's holy decree, the eunuch said that there was no one in the aunt's house, so he came over." ”

Pei Minqiu was stunned, and gave her the holy decree, she quickly glanced at Yang Yun, and secretly wondered in her heart, "Could it really be such a coincidence?" ’

After a moment of thought, she understood that this must be her husband's return, so the holy decree came back, and she was pleasantly surprised in her heart, in her heart, her husband's return was much more important than the holy decree.

Old Madam Cui saw that she was a little stunned, thinking that she was at a loss, so she smiled and said: "Since you don't have an edict now, you won't change into court clothes, so you can accept the order." ”

She hurriedly instructed the housekeeper's wife, "Don't go and set up the incense case quickly!" ”

Pei Minqiu calmed down the excitement in her heart, and walked quickly towards the gate, and the Pei family's relatives also followed, especially Mrs. Wang, she also guessed that this might be her daughter's fate, and she was also very happy in her heart, her daughter did not have a fate, which made her a little unable to raise her head, and now that her daughter's fate is coming, how can she, as a mother, be unhappy?

Yang Yun's face was a little gloomy, she didn't expect it to be such a coincidence, she had just used this matter to ridicule Pei Minqiu, and the edict came, didn't she slap her in the face on the spot?

It's just that the Lu family also went out with the Pei family, and she couldn't leave alone, so she had to go out with her.

In front of the shadow wall of the gate, the incense case has been laid out in vain, the three eunuchs of the decree are standing in front of the case, the relatives of the Pei family are kneeling on both sides of the shadow wall, Pei Minqiu stepped forward and slowly knelt down on the futon, and said loudly: "Pei Shi, the wife of Yang Yuanqing, the general of Zuo Xiaowei, receives the order!" ”

The chief eunuch glanced at her, opened the holy decree, and a slightly high-pitched voice echoed in the courtyard: "Pei Shi, the wife of Yang Yuanqing, the county prince of Wuyuan, the general doctor, and the general of Zuo Xiaowei, is virtuous and sensitive, sensible, and righteous.

"Pei's thank the Son of Heaven for his grace!" Pei Minqiu kowtowed in thanks.

A eunuch held up a vermilion lacquered wooden plate with court clothes and fish cards in it, and said with a smile: "Madam, please accept it." ”

"Thank you, father-in-law!"

Pei Minqiu took the holy decree, as well as her court clothes, jade crown and fish card, and thanked her with a smile, she didn't understand the meaning of this edict, but the other elders behind her were surprised and delighted, and they actually made a decree from the first grade.

Generally, the grant of the decree is based on the title, if there is no title, it is to see the loose official, but it is not entirely the case, such as the hereditary title, because the mother has already received the decree, although the son has the hereditary title, but if there is no official position and merit, when marrying a wife, the wife does not even have the wife of the decree, that is, if the wife wants to obtain a high edict, it still depends on the merits of the husband.

Just now, the relatives of the Pei family thought that Min Qiu would be awarded the edict from the fourth grade, which was Yang Yuanqing's rank of loose officials, and generally only the officials with old qualifications, or the founding ministers, would grant his wife the edict according to the title, but they didn't expect that Minqiu would also be awarded the edict according to Yang Yuanqing's title, which surprised everyone, you know, Mrs. Cui is the first grade.

The lord of the Great Sui Dynasty has a king, a duke, a marquis, an uncle, a son, a male, a total of six levels and nine grades, last year has abolished the uncle, son, male three-level, only the king, the duke, the marquis, its Chinese duke, the county duke and the county duke are listed from the first product, Yang Yuanqing is the county duke of Wuyuan, so Minqiu can get the first product of the wife, but this is definitely a special case, is the emperor's special reward.

Mrs. Cui was so happy that she couldn't close her mouth, her granddaughter actually got a fate, and she said repeatedly: "Hurry up and give the three fathers-in-law tea money!" ”

The housekeeper's wife had just prepared three red bags, each with twenty taels of silver in them, and stuffed them into the three eunuchs, who thanked them for their kindness.

The relatives of the Pei family suddenly surrounded Min Qiu in the middle, and congratulated her on being called Mrs. Cong Yipin, Min Qiu's face was swollen and red, and she was very embarrassed.

"Grandmother, what else do I do?"

Old Madam Cui smiled and said, "You still have to go to meet the queen, but don't worry, there will be female officials in the palace who will teach you etiquette first, so you have to wait at home these days." ”

Mrs. Cui is a person who has come over, she saw the problem more thoroughly, and said with a smile: "It is estimated that Yuanqing has made great contributions in the Western Regions, so he will grant you an edict according to his title, which is why you have not been granted an edict for a long time, if it is granted early, then you can only be from the fourth grade." ”

At this time, the two guests next to him, Lu Shi and Yang Yun, were forgotten, Lu Shi did not know the grievances between Yang Yuanqing and her husband, and there was a smile on her face, and there was more envy in her smile.

And Yang Yun couldn't hide the jealousy in her eyes, she only had a life from the fifth grade, but Yuanqing's wife got the order from the first product and became the lady from the first grade, with a difference of 108,000 miles, but just now she also ridiculed Minqiu for not having a fate, which made her face unbearable.

Yang Yun stayed any longer, didn't even want to say congratulations, turned around and left quietly, Mrs. Lu saw her leave, but she couldn't say goodbye, and hurriedly stepped forward to give a smile and said: "Congratulations to Minqiu for getting a good order, I'll leave first." ”

"I'm so sorry! In a moment of excitement, he neglected the distinguished guest. ”

Old Madam Cui hurriedly apologized and sent her out, but Yang Yun was gone, and she couldn't help but be stunned, "What about Mrs. Yang?" ”

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