After talking to the elders in the family for a while, Chu Jiayin moved to Fu'an Hall to see her grandmother.

Old Madam Chu's health is getting worse day by day, and she is getting older, even if there is no catastrophe, she can't resist it.

"Grandmother, are you better?" When a person who is not blind sees it, he knows that it must be bad.

Chu Jiayin couldn't believe that her grandmother, who was domineering and tough on the outside world, would become like this after she fell.

Old Madam Chu grabbed Chu Jiayin's hand and said, "Where is there anything good or bad, I just can't let go of my grandmother's voice in my heart, otherwise I would have gone earlier." You insisted on going with your second brother, how can you marry him in the future? ”

"Grandmother don't worry, we'll have a solution." Chu Jiayin's eyes drooped, where is there any way.

As long as their relationship is made public, it will always be criticized and ridiculed by outsiders. She doesn't want to be famous, she just wants to stay by her second brother's side.

Old Madam Chu pointed to a cabinet opposite and said to Chu Jiayin, "Yinyin, you go and open the third floor of that cabinet by the leftmost drawer." Last time you left, my grandmother was still angry and forgot to give you something. ”

Old Madam Chu pointed to a very old cabinet, with a large room on top that was spacious enough to hang clothes, and a series of small drawers below.

Chu Jiayin walked to the cabinet and opened the leftmost drawer on the third floor under the cabinet according to her grandmother's instructions. Inside was half empty, half lying a box.

This box Chu Jiayin knew, when Sister Zhen married Qi Lin, her grandmother also gave her one.

Chu Jiayin sent the box to the old lady.

The old lady wanted to get up, so Chu Jiayin went to help her.

Old Madam Chu opened the box and spread out the contents for Chu Jiayin to see.

There is a phoenix crown inside, with a complete set of wedding jewelry, including gold hairpins and hairpins.

"This is what you and Zhenzhen have, and in the other drawer, there is also for Jingming and Jingyang's daughter-in-law. It's a pity that they're all gone. You go and open the drawer next to you and bring the two boxes. The old lady's voice was weak, as if she could fall down in the next moment.

Chu Jiayin obeyed the order and took out the two boxes again.

There were only two grandchildren in the room, and the three boxes were spread out, sighing.

The box for the two elder brothers is different from Chu Jiayin and Chu Jiazhen's, the meaning is also different, but the value is almost the same. The grandmother was fair to her four grandchildren.

"Jingming, you can take it to your sister Zhen and ask her to use it for her children in the future. Jingyang's, you take it away, and keep it for your own children. Since the two of them were under the Nine Springs, on the day of the funeral, they had already given enough. It's better to leave these things to the living. ”

Old Madam Chu held Chu Jiayin's hand, and her eyes moistened. In the past, because she was full of energy, she didn't look old at all, and even if she was old, she had a little charm, but now she is old, and it is difficult to shake up.

Chu Jiayin didn't know if it was for the tears of the two dead brothers, or because she was distressed to see her grandmother like this, and the tears came down.

After being silent for a long time, Old Madam Chu remembered one more thing and said, "Grandmother still has something for Chu Liangshan. Although the child looked bad on the surface, she had a good heart, and was worthy of her mother's random nonsense of goodness. He has actually helped the Chu family a lot in secret, even if we don't want to recognize him as the Chu family, we still owe him something. ”

Old Mrs. Chu fumbled under the pillow for a long time, took out a title deed, and handed it to Chu Jiayin.

"That kid is now full of glory and wealth, and he won't be rare with us. This house, which is located outside the city outside Kyoto, will be left for him to use as a place to rest in the summer. ”

Chu Jiayin looked at the title deed in his hand with a complicated heart, and didn't know what to say.

"Grandmother knows that you don't have a good relationship with him, and she has been in trouble since a few years ago. But grandmother can also see that the people of the Chu family, the one he wants to see the most is you. In the future, it's better for brother and sister to take care of each other, don't make too much trouble. He didn't help us speak, leaving us a son of the Chu family, why don't we force our words. Didn't the imperial court keep him for us? Let him go and tell the emperor that staying in our family Jingming or Jingyang is not equivalent to telling everyone that the Chu family does not recognize him, and he has to plead with us bitterly. I can't say it! ”

Old Mrs. Chu raised her hand, wiped her tears for her granddaughter, and said, "Did you hear what Grandmother said?" ”

"Yes, Oin knows." Chu Jiayin put the box away, planning to go to Qi Mansion tomorrow to visit Sister Zhen, and after returning to the imperial city, he would go to see Chu Liangshan.

Grandmother is right, no matter in the past or now, Chu Liangshan has never owed anything to the Chu family. The first debt for his life was owed by his mother, and the second did not save the debt when he saw death, whether he saved it or not, it was all his suffering and sin.

His life is too bad.

"Don't cry, grandmother's voice is born like a flower and jade, and the heavenly immortals descend to earth, so shed tears, the heavenly immortals should be distressed." Old Mrs. Chu seemed to be coaxing Chu Jiayin when she was young.

Chu Jiayin burst into tears and laughed, and said, "I know, Yinyin doesn't cry." ”

The tears don't fall, and the heart hurts.

So many years have passed in the blink of an eye, and looking back, everything has changed. Without the tragic scene of the previous life, what is left of the Chu family in this life except for being able to keep the family wealth undefeated?

After all, there is not even a person who can guard the yard.

I don't know if there will be a little boy born in the future, and he will continue to live and live for the continuation of the Chu family.

"Well, grandmother is tired too. It's getting late, and it's time for you to go back and rest. Old Madam Chu said.

Even when Chu Jiayin grew up, he found all kinds of stinginess and all kinds of bad things about his grandmother. But in the end, her grandmother loved her.

Even if my grandmother did a lot of excessive things, she was not sorry for these grandchildren.

"Then grandmother, you have a good rest, Yinyin will go first.

Chu Jiayin packed up the three boxes and left Fu'an Hall with her arms. Ru Yun waited outside the door, saw that she was holding something, and hurriedly stepped forward to take it and took it into her arms.

Chu Jiayin turned his head and glanced up at the plaque on this courtyard.

How many times have I seen it, but there has never been a time when I have read three words seriously like this.

Fu'an Hall, blessed and safe.

But how much peace and blessings has my grandmother enjoyed in her life?

Seeing his children grow up, there is one more troubled Chu Zhang. The grandchildren of the whole generation have also grown up, but except for one Chu Jiazhen, they are all miserable. Two of them also let the white-haired people send the black-haired people.

Chu Jiayin has embarked on a bottomless road of no return.

"Girl, let's go." Ru Yun said, "It's deeper, be careful of catching a cold." ”

"So many years have passed in a blink of an eye, Ru Yun, you have been with me for so long." Chu Jiayin said with emotion.

"yes, it's been five or six years, or seven or eight years. It's been too long to remember. Ru Yun smiled.

……

When Chu Jingyan was about to leave the princess's mansion, he was stopped by Princess Qiuyang.

Princess Qiuyang led several servants to block the road, and if Chu Jingyan wanted to leave, he could only retreat.

"Your Royal Highness, what do you mean by this?" The last time Chu Jingyan met Princess Qiuyang alone was the last Wenju scientific expedition.

That time, he was calculated by the Chu family's little servant, he was coaxed to a no-man's land in the suburbs, and then he was caught by Princess Qiuyang's people and taken to the princess's mansion.

Princess Qiuyang meant at that time that as long as Chu Jingyan was willing to marry her, even if she didn't get the top three in the scientific examination, she would ask the emperor to give Chu Jingyan a good reputation. If he doesn't agree, even if he has both ability and political integrity, he won't be able to enter the court for half a step.

Princess Qiuyang confidently thought that Chu Jingyan would definitely agree, after all, it was obvious how important this scientific examination was to students all over the world.

Especially Chu Jingyan's results in the first two scientific examinations are not bad, if he misses the next session of the examination, it will be really a crime.

Who knows, Chu Jingyan is a hard bone, but he didn't agree to her.

Princess Qiuyang locked him up for two days, and as a result, he was taken away by Fengchenyue and Yuexi Design. After that, the two never communicated again.

"Isn't Master Hou going to stay and eat?" Princess Qiuyang asked.

Chu Jingyan smiled and said, "I am the guest of the little prince, and he doesn't plan to keep me down for dinner, how can I stay?" ”

Just now, because the two disagreed, Yang Qi rushed Chu Jingyan away in a hurry, and Chu Jingyan left desperately in a fit of anger. In this way, the two are faced with the situation of how they should not greet each other tomorrow, how to start talking, and even who to apologize first.

"Doesn't this princess even have the qualifications to stay with the marquis and you to come down for a meal?" Princess Qiuyang doesn't smile at her skin.

She knew that she was confused when she was young, so she was only awkward and embarrassed when facing Chu Jingyan now. But seeing that Chu Jingyan is getting better and better, she is really unwilling to be such a person and become a husband to others.

Especially his little sister who grew up with him.

"Master Hou is still holding a grudge against what Princess Ben did to you before? Didn't I apologize to you afterwards? ”

Princess Qiuyang sent 10,000 taels of silver to Chu Jingyan, but Chu Jingyan unceremoniously accepted them as military salaries.

Chu Jingyan smiled and said: "The princess's apology was received in my heart, and the princess's gift was not accepted by you and refused to take it back, so I also informed the emperor that you had donated 10,000 taels of silver to make up for the sake of everyone in the barracks." The emperor also gave you a compliment. You don't owe me, I don't owe you, we still never know each other, and it's better not to know each other again. ”

He didn't want to see this woman a few more times, and every time he saw her, she was trying to challenge Chu Jingyan's patience. There was no confrontation between the two, and they were happy with each other.

Princess Qiuyang secretly clenched her fists, swallowed all the dissatisfaction in her heart, and said with a smile: "Master Hou, where is this forgiveness for me, obviously I still hold a grudge." ”