Mao Guogong took the blue and white bowl, pinched the white porcelain lid with his knuckled fingers, and slowly brushed over a few pieces of turquoise tea leaves.

"It's not all acting, and the anger is really angry, but it's not like that."

The old lady sat sideways beside Mao Guogong, hugged the brass hand warmer wrapped in a tea-gold brocade cover and rubbed it in her arms, and sighed faintly: "This day, when is it a head." ”

Seeing his old wife like this, Mao Guogong couldn't help patting the back of her hand.

"Don't worry, everything is just a soldier coming to block the water and cover the earth. When we were young, I had military merits, and I already saw that the first emperor had the intention of suppressing the military, and now I am even more sure of this, the Dayong Dynasty is now peaceful and prosperous, and the imperial court does not need to spend money to raise too many troops? Wouldn't it be better to use this money for people's livelihood? So I can understand and agree with such a decision. ”

"Yes, Grandpa Guo agreed, so he retreated bravely, conforming to the meaning of the saint. In fact, if you look at Brother Hua'er, he was originally a civil official, and it may not be contrary to the meaning of Grandpa Guo. ”

But the problem lies in his origins. He is the child of the military general's family. He ascended to the sky in one step, and people will only say that the Maoguo Mansion ascended to the sky in one step. ”

Mao Guo straightened his body and sighed, "If this is the case, I will be in harmony with him again, what do you think?" Besides, eggs can't be put in one basket, and the two camps of me and him are also a kind of preservation for our family. I'm going to be a villain today, look at those cubs, don't you just get together behind your back and talk about it when you go out? ”

Mao Guogong sneered and laughed when he said this, and spat: "That little rabbit cub has too good an idea, he will be fierce since he was a child, and Lao Tzu has never won him in a quarrel, what does he want?" Still want to go to the house and uncover the tiles? ”

Originally, the topic was still very heavy, but the old lady was amused by the last few words of Mao Guogong.

"Or the concubine will call Brother Hua again, and Grandpa Guo will scold him again and get angry?"

"That's it, scold him again, Ming'er Chinese New Year's Eve dinner is estimated to be uneaten, my old man still wants to live at home for a few days."

The two laughed for a while, and the old lady sighed: "When will I be able to move back?" ”

Mao Guogong smiled and said, "It's almost there." ”

But no one knows how fast this is coming.

Even if Mao Guogong and Chu Hua had a fight, the family ate on Chinese New Year's Eve was still lively, and the cold scene that the old lady was worried about did not happen.

After eating the New Year's dinner together, the old lady and her daughter-in-law got together to play leaf cards. Chu Junlan and Chu Lingxi followed Chu Zhan to the yard to set off fireworks, and the people in the family also came to join in the fun.

Chu Junlan lit it with a fireworks stick, the bright light lit up in front of her eyes, her nose was full of gunsmoke, and her ears were full of laughter, she couldn't help but hook the corners of her lips and let out a long breath.

I don't know what happened to my eldest brother.

In the first year of coming to ancient times, he couldn't be with the blood relatives of this body, and the loss in Chu Junlan's heart didn't know whether it came from himself or this body.

"Sister Lan, come on!" Chu Lingxi rushed over waving a fireworks stick, and pulled Chu Junlan lively, "Come on, let's go find the eldest sister-in-law and the second sister-in-law!" ”

The loss and melancholy were all washed away by Chu Lingxi's liveliness, and Chu Junlan also laughed and kept up with Chu Lingxi's pace.

The family laughed until midnight, and when it was over, the old lady smiled and said, "Let's go back and rest separately, I will enter the palace tomorrow morning." ”

"Yes." The people saluted and withdrew.

Chu Junlan was puzzled, took Xu's arm and went out, and asked in a low voice: "Mother, what's the matter with Ming'er entering the palace?" ”

Xu smiled softly: "This is Dayong's practice, all the women of the Xungui family who have a rank have to enter the palace on the first day of the new year to ask the queen mother and the queen to say goodbye, and now we have neither the queen mother nor the queen, and we are going to visit the concubine Shu when we enter the palace." ”

"Meet Concubine Shu?"

"Exactly, Concubine Shu is in charge of the phoenix seal, manages the affairs of the six palaces, and is deeply favored by the emperor, plus the Cai family behind Concubine Shu, in fact, to put it bluntly, it is a matter of time before Concubine Shu is sealed."

Chu Junlan smiled and nodded: "I see." Thankfully I don't have to. ”

"Silly girl," Xu sneered, "do you think you can dodge?" The woman who has a seal in our family is your grandmother, your aunt and me, although you don't have a seal, but your identity is special, don't forget that this is a way to think for you in whose name. ”

"It's Concubine Shugui......"

"Yes. So it's reasonable, I'm going to take you to kowtow to Concubine Shugui. ”

Chu Junlan was helpless for a while, sighed lightly and said: "Mother, I used to have an unpleasant quarrel with the six princes at the Juya meeting, if I can, I still don't want to enter the palace, the six princes can raise such a temperament, Concubine Shu must be very doting on him, I offended her son, she can look at me pleasing to the eye?" ”

"You," Xu scratched the tip of her nose with his fingers and smiled softly, "Have you learned anything through this?" ”

Chu Junlan was stunned for a moment, his pace slowed down slightly, and he hesitated: "I shouldn't be unhappy with the six princes in public. ”

"Yes, no," Xu said slowly, "We have a family background, and your future in-laws are Gongding Wang's family, you will have to deal with people in the future, the exchanges between this hairpin and the family may not all be sincere, everyone is a face-to-face, and when you don't have absolute strength, you can stand in a high position, so that even if the other party hates you, you can't do anything to you, you must learn to forbear."

"For example, now, there is a status gap between you and Concubine Shu and His Royal Highness the Sixth, if you had been more cautious in the past, you wouldn't have to have this trouble now, right?"

Chu Junlan's eyebrows curled when he listened, "Mother said yes." Although she didn't fully approve of Xu's way of doing things, she was already very touched by Xu's willingness to teach with her heart.

"But don't worry, although our Maoguo Mansion is lonely, we won't be bullied, you will follow me tomorrow, talk less, be obedient, I am here."

"Yes." Chu Junlan's smile became brighter and brighter.

In the early morning of the next day, the old lady took her eldest daughter-in-law and the Xu family to change into the big clothes worn during the New Year's Festival, combed her hair carefully according to her rank, and took Chu Junlan into the palace, got off the carriage at the palace gate, and followed the mama who led the way to the Yong'an Palace where Concubine Shu lived.

In front of the gate of Yong'an Palace, Chu Junlan was about to help Xu in, but he heard someone talking behind him.

"Isn't this the Duchess of Maoguo. ”

The old lady, the eldest aunt, and Xu Shi turned around at the same time, and saw a middle-aged beautiful woman wearing a royal blue collared brocade gown, a white fox fur collar cloak, and a sapphire rabbit of the same color, walking under Ge Shuyu's service.

"It turned out to be Mrs. Ge and the fourth girl." The old lady stepped forward with a smile, "I haven't seen you for many days, and the four girls are getting more and more beautiful." ”