Chapter 32 The Prime Minister's Mansion Recognizes His Relatives
In the evening, some friends returned home, leaving a few relatives of the Prime Minister's Mansion to stay at home for dinner, before eating, Wang Pu took the family to the ancestral shrine, Wang Pu led Tiyun to stand in front, Qianwu and Liangchen stood behind.
Wang Pu led everyone to kneel and worship the ancestors, then got up and lit incense, and took Rumo and Xiao Gu Rabbit to worship again.
"Wang Pu hereby respects the ancestors and the ancestors, thanks to the blessing of the ancestors, the wife gave birth safely, and the little girl Tingying was born safely, and now leads all the relatives to thank the ancestors for their protection." Wang Pu said, turned around and benefited from this Tiyun girl again. "There is another thing today, in the presence of the fathers and fathers, I want to ask all the relatives to testify. This Tiyun girl ......"
As he spoke, he pulled Tiyun to his side.
"My family Ying, I can come to the world safely today, and I have also received the help of Tiyun, such a great kindness, Wang Pu can't thank you enough." Wang Pu choked up when he spoke, "Madame is very compatible with her, so I will accept her here today as my daughter-in-law." ”
"Today happens to be Tingying's three dynasty ceremonies, and I will take this opportunity to inform heaven and earth and the ancestors of this matter. It's just that you also need to come with the teachers and friends of the Tiyun family, which is the etiquette. Wang Pu said, and lit incense for Tiyun, and asked her to incense the ancestors in the family.
Tiyun put incense on it, and gave Wang Pu and Rumo a prepared gift, and then kowtowed three times. After taking the peace lock sent by Rumo and putting it on, Wang Pu led her up and said, "When your sister is full moon, I will set up a banquet and invite your teachers and friends to come with me." ”
Tiyun smiled and nodded.
"Come, I'll introduce you. This is your eldest brother Wang Duzhi, and his words are safe. Wang Pu led Tiyun to Wang Duzhi, Tiyun glanced up at him, and then laughed, "Big brother is good." ”
Wang Duzhi had heard his uncle and sister-in-law mention this Tiyun girl earlier, and when he saw it from afar today, he felt that she was an extremely clever and lively girl, and now when he heard her call him like this, he smiled and handed her a wooden box and said, "The eldest brother didn't prepare any meeting gifts, this is his heart." ”
Tiyun thanked him and took it with a smile.
"You also have a second aunt, who is your eldest brother's own mother, and now she is cultivating herself in Liuju'an, so you can go and see her when she comes back." Wang Pu said to Tiyun.
Presumably this second aunt ...... It was the "second lady" mentioned in the mouth of those girls in the temple that day. Prime Minister Wang used to have an elder brother, and the two brothers lived in the same house.
Wang Cheng married his wife first than his brother, so Rumo was the eldest lady, and later his brother married the current second lady and gave birth to Wang Duzhi, and then the prime minister's brother died early because of his frailty, leaving them orphans and widows. Wang Pu couldn't bear it, so he didn't propose to split up.
The Wang family was already withered, and Wang Duzhi was already the most promising child in the family, why did this second lady assassinate Rumo's child? I can't figure it out. After thinking about it for a while, I didn't have a clue, and I shook my head and left it behind.
Then everyone went to the main hall, the main hall had already set up tables and chairs, Tiyun and Wang Duzhi sat opposite each other on the left and right sides of the main seat, and Qianwu sat on Tiyun's right hand. The prince had a banquet in the prime minister's mansion, and everyone also greeted him. So after eating, Qianwu said a few words to Tiyun, and explained some trivial matters to Liangchen, and then got up and went back to the palace.
Tiyun wants to stay in the Prime Minister's Mansion, and it is okay to go back the day after tomorrow. She was originally an easy-going person, and she knew Rumo Wang Pu, so she didn't feel any strangeness and embarrassment, and she had never had such a big family, so now she really likes the title of "Daddy and Mother".
The servants of the Prime Minister's Mansion had already cleaned Tiyun's room, and lived on the north side of Wang Duzhi's courtyard, with a garden and two flower corridors between the two courtyards. At night, Tiyun talked to Rumo for a while, and just stepped into the garden, he happened to bump into Wang Duzhi coming back from the other side.
"Hello big brother." Tiyun saluted, "It's so late, where did the eldest brother come from?" ”
Wang Duzhi didn't think her question was abrupt, and said with a smile, "I just prepared some things for my mother, and let the girl bring them to her tomorrow." ”
"By the way, did you save your uncle in Yong'an Temple last time?" Wang Duzhi's face suddenly became serious, "My mother's thing is really inappropriate, and now it is also appropriate to ask her to go to the Liuju Nunnery to cultivate her self-cultivation." She and the prince teamed up to murder her uncle, and it was also a loss that you didn't leak it, otherwise I don't know what the situation would be like today. ”
"You know everything?" Tiyun was a little surprised, "How do you know?" ”
"There are a lot of eyeliner in the imperial court, what happened in Yong'an Temple is no longer a secret, you still don't meddle in such a thing in the future." Wang Duzhi glanced at her, "So as not to bring trouble to the palace and the prime minister's mansion." ”
Tiyun thought about it seriously and said, "Thank you for your concern, Yun'er keep it in mind." ”
Usually when he speaks so bluntly, others have long been annoyed and angry, but I didn't expect this girl to know that she was caring about her. Thinking of this, Wang Duzhi was relieved.
"But big brother, blessings and misfortunes depend on each other, if I figured it out that day and didn't save my mother, then everything that happened after that would be different." Tiyun raised his head again and said, "Although I also know that there are those last resorts in the officialdom, but the morality of being a man still can't be let go." ”
Wang Duzhi looked back at her, "Actually, there is a better solution to the matter, but I just want you not to be the target of public criticism." ”
Tiyun returned to the room and thought carefully about Wang Duzhi's words, and felt that his head hurt a little. Liangchen instructed his maid to prepare washing utensils for her, and when he saw her like this, he said, "Girl, don't think too much, something has happened." Besides, at such a critical moment, who has time to think twice, it is not easy for the girl to catch the murderer. ”
"Actually, I can pretend that I haven't seen the murderer, and it is inferred that the lady drank the medicine and fell down the steps...... Because even if you catch the murderer, it's pointless......" Tiyun muttered, "I'll tell the fox about it afterwards, and let the fox deal with it secretly, so that it would be better...... I caught him, and not only did I expose myself, but I almost killed the prime minister and the fox. ”
"Xiao Tiyun, why are you so stupid!!" Tiyun put her head over the pillow and wailed for a moment.
Liangchen laughed when he saw this.
Early the next morning, Tiyun got up early to meet Rumo and Wang Pu, and was about to leave the garden, when he suddenly heard an old woman scolding his girl, and the two approached and stood behind the flower tree and listened.
"I said it all, the second lady wants sandalwood incense powder, this incense powder is mixed with cloud lotus leaves, how many times do you want me to say it?" The old woman crossed her waist and was angry.
"The guy at the incense powder shop said that there is no pure sandalwood, and there is only a little bit of this cloud lotus leaf powder, and the second lady will not notice it...... Oh, Granny Li, you can do it, this carriage is about to leave, and there is no way to do it. The girl muttered and tugged at the sachet, turned and left.
"Ouch, I said fine beads, sandalwood powder is sandalwood powder, cloud lotus leaf fragrance powder is different, hey I said you! Where are you going? The old woman followed the little girl.
"I'm going to go to the eldest prince to judge...... Didn't you say ......" The voice of the bead became farther and farther away, and Tiyun retracted his mind.
"Let's go......" Tiyun turned around and called Liangchen, but saw Liangchen with his head down as if thinking about something, so she asked again, "Liangchen, what's wrong with you?" ”
Liangchen stood in place, thinking about the conversation between the two just now. There is only a little bit of cloud lotus leaf powder, and the second lady will not notice it...... The second lady will not notice......
Seeing that something was wrong with her, Tiyun was about to reach out and pat her on the shoulder. Suddenly, Liangchen suddenly raised her head, took a deep breath, and seemed to suddenly understand something, her expression flashed, and she seemed to be a little uneasy, "I know!" ”
Tiyun knew that she must have thought of something terrible, and was about to ask, but at this time, someone's voice interrupted the two, "Tiyun! I am back! ”
When I looked up, it turned out that the drunk drip had returned. The maidservant brought in the drunken drop, and as soon as she saw Tiyun, she walked over quickly, took out a letter from her bosom, and whispered in Tiyun's ear, "Auntie said that she will come down the mountain to pick you up in the next few days." ”
Tiyun took the letter.
At this time, Liangchen saw that Zuidi was coming, so he said to Tiyun, "Girl, I have an urgent matter to go back to the palace, so let Zuidi accompany you." The girl will be able to go back this afternoon, and she will not lose her manners. ”
Tiyun watched her leave quickly in a daze, which was very strange. After thinking about it, he opened the letter in his hand again, and after reading it, a smile appeared on his face, "It seems that Master agreed." ”
The master promised her to recognize Prime Minister and Rumo as her stepfather.
"By the way, what did you just say? My aunt is coming to pick me up? Tiyun asked.
"Yes, she asked me to tell you, don't recognize Prime Minister Wang as a relative first, she seems to have something to say to you, but she always seems to be entangled in trivial matters." Drunken Di was a little puzzled, "But the master agreed, why did Aunt Qinghe insist on taking you back?" ”
Ti Yun couldn't figure it out, shook his head, and pulled the drunken drop to see Rumo and Prime Minister Wang.
Here Liangchen sat in the carriage back to the palace, her hands have been shaking, the more she thought about it, the more she felt that something was wrong, just now she heard the old woman and the girl talking about the incense powder, and suddenly woke up. She remembered what happened at the Dragon Immortal Inn back then, and went through all the details again, and this time she seemed to have figured it all out.
She realized that Xiao Jinzhi's death was much more than a simple assassination.
When she returned to the palace, Qianwu happened to come back from the court, and when she saw Liangchen alone in the palace, she was about to ask her where Tiyun was. But he saw Liangchen whispering to him, "I have a new idea about that matter." ”
Qianwu looked stunned and led her to the study.
"Lord Wang, I finally understand what I couldn't figure out that day." Liangchen said, "I still remember what you told me before, the post-mortem for Sister Jinzhi said that Sister Jinzhi seemed to have taken some anesthetics before she died?" ”
Qianwu's expression sank and he nodded.