Jiang Yucheng and his entourage followed the three of them into the inner house, and after passing the weeping flower door, the left and right sides of the weeping flower door are copying hand verandahs, there is a small vermilion door at the end of the verandah, and after opening the door, they go down the steps, and under the steps are the small stones paved with small stones.

Yonglu is cross-shaped, left and right are the east and west wings, and then the front is the main room, with two ear rooms on each side. The main room is Jiang's mother's residence, the east wing is Jiang Yucheng and Yan Niang's house, and the west wing is full of boudoirs, and the twins can only live in the second room next to the main house with their grandmother. Behind the main house is a row of back cover rooms facing north and south, which can be used to house the maids and women in the house and place sundries.

After arranging everyone's accommodation, Yan Niang asked Qi to take the maids and servants to the front to carry their luggage, and when everyone settled down, it was almost dark. I ate dinner hastily and waited for the next day to clean up carefully. After two days of hurriing, they finally settled down, and then Steward Guo's father and son and the three maids went back to Guo's mansion.

Seeing them leave, the big stone in Yan Niang's heart finally landed.

On the third day, Jiang Yucheng took his wife and daughter to visit the teacher's mansion. Zhang Yuanqing was very happy to see the return of his proud protégé, and left their family of three for dinner before leaving. On the fourth day, the couple prepared a gift to visit Guo Shilang's house.

Guo Shilang's mansion is located on Sajin Street, where all the high-ranking officials and ministers above the fifth rank live. The Guo family's mansion is a five-entry mansion, Guo Shilang likes elegance, and the whole house looks magnificent and elegant.

Yan Niang saw Guo Shilang for the first time, and after leading the full man, she was taken by the maid to see Mrs. Guo.

Mrs. Guo is Guo Shilang's original partner, and her mother's family is an imperial businessman, and it is thanks to Mrs. Guo's mother's family that Guo Shilang can live in this magnificent mansion. Even the Jiang family's mansion was found by Mrs. Guo's efforts.

When Yan Niang and Man Man arrived in the main hall, Mrs. Guo was already waiting. Seeing their mother and daughter, Mrs. Guo got up to greet them. She quickly glanced at Yan Niang's mother and daughter, and her eyes flashed with amazement. smiled and said: "Zirun is really blessed, not only the mother is born well, but the girl is also cute and tight." ”

Yan Niang was a little embarrassed, "Thank you Madame for the compliment." ”

Man Man also said, "Thank you, Madame, for the compliment." ”

Mrs. Guo smiled and invited them to take a seat, and asked the maid to serve the two of them with tea and snacks. Yan Niang drank tea while taking the opportunity to look at everyone in the hall.

Mrs. Guo is about thirty-five or sixteen years old, her appearance is rich and round, her expression is kind when she smiles, and she is majestic when she is not smiling, wearing a dark green homely clothes, and she has the aura of a lady in charge.

Sitting at the bottom of her right are two young girls of little age difference, the first one is wearing a green brocade dress, her skin is as white as snow, her eyebrows are picturesque, and her smile is gentle and amiable; The other eyebrows and eyes are somewhat similar to the previous girl, her complexion is ivory white, and a gorgeous red dress sets off her youth and liveliness.

Yan Niang heard that Guo Shilang and his wife have two daughters, so they should be them.

Further down, there were two young women sitting on the embroidered pier next to the curtain, ordinary in appearance, dressed plainly, and looking a little restrained. There is no need to guess, they must be Guo Shilang's two concubines.

Before coming to Guo's mansion, Jiang Yucheng told Yan Niang that in addition to the original Mrs. Guo, Guo Shilang also had two concubines, both of whom were selected by Mrs. Guo from the dowry, and they were the most loyal to Mrs. Guo.

After Yan Niang put down the teacup, Mrs. Guo introduced to her with a smile: "The one wearing the green dress is my eldest daughter, whose name is Xue Ying. The one in red is my second daughter, named Red Silk. ”

The second daughter immediately got up to meet Yan Niang, "Xue Ying/Hongying to meet Auntie." ”

Yan Niang hurriedly got up and helped the two of them, and then took off the two jade bracelets in their hands and stuffed them into their hands, "The first time I saw the two girls, I can take these two bracelets, and I hope the two girls will not dislike them." ”

Xue Ying and Hongying hurriedly thanked her.

Mrs. Guo quipped: "Let my younger brothers and sisters break the bank, these two monkeys, don't give them good things, just a few silver buns." ”

Xue Ying and Hongying shouted in unison, and their tones were full of coquettishness.

After introducing the two girls of the Guo family, Mrs. Guo pointed to the two concubines and said, "The one on the left is Aunt Hua, and the one on the right is Aunt Lan, both of whom are the concubines of my lord." Today, my brother and sister are here, and I asked them to come out to meet the guests. ”

Aunt Hua and Aunt Lan hurriedly got up and saluted Yan Niang, and after Yan Niang accepted the gift, she asked Qingyang to reward each of them with a small purse.

Mrs. Guo waved her hand towards the two concubines, "Now that you have finished meeting the guests, you can retreat." ”

Aunt Hua and Aunt Lan retreated together.

Without the presence of the concubine, Mrs. Guo's smile was much more casual, and she whispered two words to the personal maid Forsythia, and Forsythia quietly retreated. After a while, I saw her come in with a tray covered with a red cloth.

Mrs. Guo beckoned to Manman, "Good boy, come to Uncle Niang." ”

Man Man looked up at his mother, saw her nodding, and went to Mrs. Guo.

Mrs. Guo lifted the red cloth on the tray, took off the jade white jade ring on it and put it on, and looked at it after putting it on: "It's so beautiful." ”

Seeing this, Yan Niang hurriedly excused herself: "Madam, I can't help it, we can't ask for such a valuable thing." ”

Mrs. Guo glanced at her, pretended to be unhappy, and said, "Why, you are allowed to give me two daughters jade bracelets, and I am not allowed to give me full gifts?" ”

Yan Niang didn't mean this, and when she was about to explain, she saw Mrs. Guo with a straight face: "If you refuse again, don't blame me for turning my face." ”

"Well... Thank you, ma'am. Yan Niang had no choice but to respond.

Mrs. Guo glanced at her, "Don't call me Mrs. anymore, follow Zirun to call me sister-in-law." ”

Yan Niang called her sister-in-law again. Mrs. Guo smiled at this time.

Manman returned to his current side with the Yingluo circle, Yan Niang sighed in her heart, but her face was no longer revealed.

Turning his head and talking about the house, "Thank you sister-in-law for your help, otherwise, our family doesn't know where to stay." ”

Mrs. Guo waved her hand, "What's this, Zirun and my master are brothers, neither of them has other brothers and sisters, and they are almost inseparable from their own brothers." ”

Yan Niang followed her words and said, "What my sister-in-law said is that my husband has always regarded Senior Brother Guo as my brother. ”

"Isn't that right?" Mrs. Guo smiled and said, "You have come to Beijing, and you can often come to the house to play in the future." ”

Yan Niang responded: "Then bother my sister-in-law." ”

At this time, a maid came to report that the meal had been prepared, and asked the ladies and girls to move to the dining room.

On this day, the couple took their daughter to have lunch in Guo's mansion before going back. After arriving home, Jiang Yucheng sent his wife and daughter to the backyard, talked to his mother for a while, and then went to the front yard.

Senior brother Guo Shilang told him that he had made a lot of achievements in the past three years, and he had already left his name on Emperor Xianqing's desk, and as long as he operated a little, he could stay in the capital. Jiang Yucheng is very confident in staying in Beijing, even if there is no teacher and senior brother to deal with, he is confident that he will not mix too badly.

Five days later, the assessment results of the release officials came out, and Jiang Yucheng was naturally excellent. After the official order came down, he was awarded the post of director of the Criminal Department, the director of the Criminal Department is the sixth product, and he is also the official of the sixth department, Jiang Yucheng This is a real promotion of two levels in a row.

Originally, Guo Shilang wanted to arrange him to the household department, he was the household department, and the junior brother would definitely be much smoother under his command, but Zhang Yuanqing, the teacher of the two, suggested that Jiang Yucheng go to the criminal department. The reason is that the Criminal Department belongs to the Yasukuni Gong faction, and one of the main officers of the Criminal Department has been dismissed for committing a crime, and the Yasukuni Gong has not yet found a suitable person to take over, so Jiang Yucheng is just stuffed into it at this time.

Also in the idea of the Punishment Department are Yong Yihou and Ling Jiming. Ling Jiming stayed in the General Administration Department for three years, and Yong Yihou took a fancy to the vacated position in the Criminal Department and wanted to arrange his grandson-in-law in. Who knew that Zhang Yuanqing was the first, so he had to take a step back and stuff Ling Jiming to Dali Temple and take the position of Dali Temple.

After Ling Jiming knew that the official position that originally belonged to him was taken by Jiang Yucheng, he was so angry that he smashed the study. He secretly swore in his heart that he must make Jiang Yu pay the price for his behavior of robbing officials.

Fan Jin was playing with her son, and Mei Zhi hurriedly ran over to report, "Madam, I don't know who angered the adult, he smashed the study again." ”

Fan Jin hurriedly rushed to the study with his son in his arms, and Ling Jiming's attendant Qingzhu was guarding outside, looking frightened. Fan Jin asked him a few words, but he couldn't say clearly.

"Husband, Bao'er misses her father, I brought him in." Fan Jin knocked on the door, but did not go in directly.

Ling Jiming in the house heard his wife's voice, slowly restrained the anger in his heart, and opened the door to let her in.

Looking at the messy study, Fan Jin looked at Ling Jiming worriedly, "Husband, anger hurts your body, don't do this in the future." ”

Ling Jiming took his son from her hand and nodded, "Okay, I'll pay attention to it later." ”

Fan Jin asked him again what he was angry about, Ling Jiming told her about conferring an official, and Fan Jin couldn't help but be angry after hearing it, "I said a long time ago that Zhang Yuanqing is not a good thing, and I actually let the person surnamed Jiang rob her husband's position." ”

Ling Jiming said hatefully, "From now on, I will not recognize him as a teacher again." Zhang Yuanqing, Jiang Yucheng, and Guo Jinyi, I will not let any of them go. ”