Chapter 21: Last Year's Joke
Zhu Rong didn't want to be seen his true thoughts, so he ignored the controversy, and then inspected the whole house, and instructed him: "Tomorrow I will leave the palace at night, if there is anything at home, you go to the west gate of the imperial city to send someone to spread the word." ”
Zhengming smiled: "The family has gone out, what can happen, you just have to worry about it." ”
Zhu Rong wanted to say a few more words, after all, there were still guests in the Qingqiu Pavilion, but he didn't say it in the end, his mind hadn't settled down at this time, so he couldn't stop arguing or talking nonsense from the people next to him.
All the way back to the inner courtyard, ready to change clothes and go out, I saw the kitchen to send lunch to Qingqiu Pavilion, and the laughter of the housekeeper came from inside: "I still think about whether you two will come back after shopping, and I don't care about serving the girl for lunch." But the girl said don't worry, the citron will definitely come back when the meal is served, but no, did you come back smelling the aroma? ”
I heard the little girl's laughter, and said angrily: "Miss, how did I become a foodie." ”
Zhu Rong smiled at the moment, and when he realized it, his heart tightened suddenly, and he immediately walked away.
Early the next morning, Zhu Rong entered the palace on an errand, far away in the manor where the ancestral hall of the Zhu family was located outside Beijing, Zhu Chengqian also led the whole family and began a tedious and solemn ancestor worship ceremony.
The old lady is old, after sacrificing her ancestors and deceased husband, she retreats to the garden to rest, only Ping Jue, who has just recovered from a serious illness, and her little great-grandchildren follow her, and the other children and grandchildren have to pay tribute in the ancestral hall.
The two little great-grandchildren are only three or four years old this year, which is the age when the tiger brain loves to play, and there are seven or eight people around the nurse and maid, the yard is lively and lively, the old lady is basking in the sun under the porch, and Pingjue next to him is very quiet.
"Don't go playing with your nephews?" The old lady asked, "When your third brother was so old, he either climbed a tree or went to the house every day, and his butt did not stick to the stool all day long, and he asked your father to break a few rulers, so that he could practice such a strong and upright physique, you are always so quiet, and it is inevitable that your body will be weak." ”
Ping Jue responded obediently: "Mother said that the son of the nobles of the family must be polite and elegant, not jumping up and down, and want me to restrain my temperament, be obedient and sensible, and not play crazy, grandma, isn't the third brother the son of the nobles of the family?" ”
The eldest lady is a good hand in charge of the house, and she keeps the house in order, but she is not a charitable mother-in-law, and treats her children as a concubine......
Anyway, the old lady sighed secretly, what qualifications did she have to ask her daughter-in-law to be generous.
Poor Yang couldn't have children after giving birth to a daughter, so she couldn't calm down, and she didn't beat or scold, didn't abuse the concubines and concubines, and treated the two aunts very leniently, how could she say that she was sorry for anyone.
"Grandma, why does the third brother never participate in ancestor worship?" Ping Jue asked.
"Always keep someone to take care of the house, your third brother is capable and steady, and now he is still on an errand in the palace, and the emperor's ladies and sisters will also have a clear life." The old lady said lovingly, "Jue'er, go play with your little nephews, you don't have to make rules in front of grandma, go." ”
The weak child, with a bright light in his eyes, repeatedly looked at his grandmother for instructions, and the old lady shouted to the capable little maid beside her and led the little boy to play.
Mama Rui came from the small kitchen, boiled the decoction for the old lady's daily drinking, and after feeding it carefully, she said: "Last year's joke is still in front of me, and I don't know if it can be peaceful this year." ”
The old lady smiled bitterly: "Let's make trouble, I always think now, some of the trouble is not necessarily a bad thing, and it is only when the life is turned into a pool of stagnant water that it makes people panic and terrible." ”
A year ago, also on the Qingming Festival, the whole family came here to worship their ancestors, and the third lady Jin and the two aunts of the main courtyard house fought. The two aunts both gave birth to children, and they were not ordinary slaves, and they didn't want to be easily abused by the Jin family, because of a few words scuffle, and they made a lot of trouble.