The eunuch who came to deliver the decree didn't see the figure of the old lady, so he asked, "Isn't the old feudal lord in the palace there?" Jin Bao hurriedly said: "My mother is sick in bed, and I just tried to get up to receive the order, but I really can't get up, and I hope to forgive my sins." Or, the lower official asked someone to help her old man out? The eunuch waved his hand and said, "No need, our family just asks, the emperor can say, don't work the old lady." Then he took a posture and read the decree. Shu Ning knelt behind to listen to the decree, only to feel that her whole body was uncomfortable, and the content of the holy decree was also four and six, with gorgeous rhetoric and obscurity. Shuning listened to it for a long time, and only slightly estimated that she was talking about how her ancestors were, what merits they made, and then how her grandfather was when he was alive, how his father and his brothers were outstanding, and how good their family style was. In general, they are praising their family.

In the end, in view of the situation of their family, the emperor Lao'er let the eldest son Jin Bao inherit his father's title and become a second-class Wei Yuanbo; Then the fourth son Rong Bao served as a guard to fulfill his duties loyally, and was awarded the first class light car captain; The third son, Zhang Bao, was an outstanding official and filial piety, and was awarded the second-class lieutenant of the light car; The second son, Xingbao, also got the title of Captain of the Cavalry. I hope that these brothers can understand the emperor's intentions, be loyal to the court, and work hard.

The whole family kowtowed to thanksgiving, received the holy decree, and invited the eunuch into the house to drink tea. The eunuch smiled and said that he would go back to pay the decree, and Nala was busy saying: "My father-in-law has worked this trip, and he specially came to our house to deliver the decree on such a hot day, so I can drink a cup of tea and cool down before leaving, and I will never delay your errand." Then the eunuch did as he was told, and went into the house and sat down.

Jin Bao and his wife accompanied him to gossip, and asked the emperor what these wills meant. The eunuch sat with a smile and groaning for a long time, without revealing a word, and finally walked away with a few delicate knick-knacks in his arms.

As soon as their figures disappeared, Xingbao, who was originally sitting quietly in the hall, suddenly changed his face: "What's going on?" What did you do? ”

Jin Bao frowned: "What's wrong with the second brother?" Is there something wrong? ”

Xingbao Tie's face was blue. said: "The eldest brother attacked the knighthood, and our brother recognized it, but the emperor gave our brother a few titles." But I'm not convinced! The fourth child is on an errand in the palace, but the third child is not even an official now. Why can he be named a lieutenant of a light car, but I am only a lieutenant of a mere horseman? (Note) is the last one?! ”

Rong Bao spoke: "The second brother said this is a mistake, who to knight and what knight to knight, the emperor has the final say." Could it be that the second brother thinks the emperor is wrong? ”

Xingbao glared: "Fourth, you don't want to slander me, when did I say that the emperor was wrong, I was asking if you did something?" Otherwise, why is my title the lowest one? ”

Jin Bao straightened his face and said, "What are you doing?" The emperor's will is reasonable, the fourth is already from the third grade, the third is from the fourth grade, and it is normal to seal a third-grade title. You were already idle at home, and you only donated a five-rank dragon guard. There is a knight who is a four-rank riding captain, and he is already a great emperor. You don't want to make such a fuss, in case someone spreads your words outside. What do you make the emperor think of our family?! ”

Xingbao puffed up and shut up, shook his hands and left. Suo Xue Luo followed with a flick of his veil.

Back in the beginning of the seizures of Xingbao. Li Shi pulled Qingning a hand. took the younger siblings down, so Shuning didn't hear much of the quarrel behind the uncles. found that Wan Ning was a little unsettled. She seemed to know the eunuch who was carrying the decree, and she whispered a few words to him, and then remained silent. Yuan Ning next to her saw her like this, so she sneered and went back to the room. Because Xianning kept shouting hot, Shuning dropped the doubts, pulled her brother to pick up her younger brother, and rushed back to Huaiyuan.

She settled her brother, changed back into light clothes, and went to the upper room to chat with him. After a while, my parents came back, and it was another big project to change clothes. After changing into home-style summer clothes, Zhang Baocai breathed a sigh of relief and said to his wife and children: "I was so hot that I knelt under the sun for a long time, and I didn't dare to move, it was difficult for them to quarrel." ”

Tong said with a smile: "Although it is hotter, it is worth it, now we also have a knighthood, although the annual silver and rice grain are not much, so that future generations can benefit, as long as you save some, you don't have to worry about not being able to support yourself." ”

Shu Ning asked curiously: "How much silver does this second-class light car lieutenant have every year?" Tong replied: "It's only 185 taels, although it's not much, but there are 185 taels of rice, which is a thousand buckets of grain." We don't have a large population in the third room, so this alone is enough to eat. ”

That means you won't be hungry anyway? That's not bad. Although the hereditary title is usually passed down from one generation to one generation, it must be passed down for several generations. When his father resigned, Shuning was still a little worried, but now she is a little relieved.

Duan Ning asked at this time: "Why did the emperor suddenly confer the title of our family?" Like this, the four brothers all have a lord, and it's not common in Beijing, right? ”

Zhang Bao thought thoughtfully: "Although I heard some rumors, I am not sure. On the day of the Marfa Raceland with you, I heard that it was a certain prince? ”

Duan Ning said: "I heard a little from the third brother, it is two old princes, and they also brought a few clansmen. ”

Zhang Bao thought for a while and said, "Since the Holy One has a grace, don't spread these words." When others asked, they only said that the old man accidentally fell. I will also remind you brothers to go back and remind you. ”

Duan Ning responded, and accompanied his parents to talk some gossip, because Shunning called someone to invite, so he retired. Shu Ning looked at it and thought it was almost time to copy the scriptures, so she also confessed and left, leaving only Zhang Bao and Tong in the room to continue talking.

Zhang Bao shook his fan and sighed: "I don't know what happened that day, but since the emperor has secretly compensated, we should know what is wrong." It's not bad to get a knighthood for nothing. ”

Tong said: "I was worried that you resigned from the official position, and this idea alone would not have enough land, but now I am relieved." Later, we will buy some fields, and we will have a lot of inputs. ”

Zhang Baodao: "Actually, our room has always been the most frugal. Even if I have been more relaxed in recent years, I have never learned those vanity styles. Unlike other brothers, they always like to spend money indiscriminately. ”

Tong nodded: "Isn't it?" After returning home. I looked at the other rooms coldly and felt that they were too expensive. The big house wants to maintain the dignity of the house, but it's just that. Although the second room has earned a lot of money. There is no need to show off all day long, the second sister-in-law has been sick these days. Occasionally, I came out to meet people, and I looked at what she was wearing, and I didn't repeat it, even the four girls began to dress up at a young age. This is still in mourning. The fourth brother and sister wrote a note to ask me to gossip, and I also wanted to use the snow wave poems, and the tea I drank cost fifty or sixty taels of silver. In contrast, we are like a country village. ”

Zhang Bao smiled: "Those who come from the countryside are from the countryside, and we haven't seen the world." Ask them, have you seen hundreds of chests of silver dangling in front of your eyes? Can you see a large piece of jade jade walking with an ox cart? With a bucket of pearl gemstones? An all-over golden chime? The idea of jewelry that was sent back to Beijing at the end of last year. It's only a small thing over there, they all think of them as treasures, who is from the countryside? ”

Tong couldn't help laughing: "Husband." Your words are poisonous. ”

Zhang Bao sat on the sour branch recliner and shook his fan. Said: "It's not that I'm talking poison. I really don't think there's any need to show off some gold and jade all day long, as long as the life is comfortable. Those are just external objects. ”

Tong sat down on a round stool beside him and said with a smile: "I, I just want a few children to be safe, and I will be satisfied when I have a chance in the future." ”

"Now Duan'er is second to none in martial arts and literature among the brothers, Shuning is sensible and well-behaved, and Xian'er is also smart and cute, what else do you have to worry about? Speaking of which, why don't you see our youngest son? Where did Yahuan take him? ”

He was sunburned, and he was afraid that he was suffering from heat stroke, so Shu'er let him drink some summer tea, and went back to the room to sleep. I went to see it when I was changing clothes, and he was sleeping soundly, so don't bother him. Tong grabbed her husband and didn't let him get up to find his son.

Zhang Bao sat down obediently, and Tong said again: "I have something to discuss with you." Yesterday, Xiao Liu's sister quietly went to see her son, and when she came back, she complained to me, saying that Xiaobao's aunt was going to marry her daughter-in-law, and the house could not be lived, so she did not want to keep Xiaobao in her house. What do you think? ”

"Don't you want to make money, do you? Just give more silver, you can't really take it back to the house, now Eniang is sick, yin and yang all day long, who knows what she will say? ”

Tong said: "It's not a matter of a few taels of silver, it's not a way to do this." We have given a lot of money, but how can people's hearts be satisfied? Besides, although we gave money, how could Aunt Guo really use the money on Xiaobao? It's better to take the child out, just the original land money is enough to build a house outside. ”

Zhang Bao thought for a while and said: "In this case, then choose an honest and reliable family member, first pick a nearby room, and take the child to live, it is more convenient for Aunt Liu to see the child." In a few days, you go and talk to your sister-in-law and bring people into the house. Tong nodded, and went to call Thursday Lin Jiadi into the house to command. I'm the dividing line of the transition scene

Shuning and the other sisters copied Buddhist scriptures together, but found that it was Wanning's turn to be restless today. She always copied the wrong words, and the blank paper was replaced one after another, and she was going to crumple it into a ball and throw it on the ground, but when she saw Yuan Ning's gaze, she just learned from Shuning to put the paper in the basket next to her. Yuan Ning glanced at her sarcastically, and continued to copy.

Wan Ning continued to be unsettled, looking outside the Water Pavilion from time to time. Shuning asked, "Second sister, who are you waiting for?" Wan Ning smiled indifferently and said, "It's nothing, I just asked Qiaoyun to get some things, but I haven't seen her come back for a long time, so I'm a little anxious." ”

"But what matters? If it's the four treasures of the study or something, I still have it here, and the second sister can take it. "It's not that simple for you to make it clear like this, who believes you?

Wan Ning looked outside, but said in her mouth: "No need, I don't lack anything." ”

As he was talking, he saw a figure flashing outside the window, Wanning was overjoyed, and hurriedly got up to welcome him out, and sure enough, Qiaoyun came. Wan Ning pulled her over and whispered next to a bunch of flowers, Shu Ning couldn't hear what they were saying, only saw the expression on Wan Ning's face change.

They talked for a while, only to hear Wanning's "What?" Are you sure? The voice became louder, and I faintly heard the words "show girl", "selected", "brother" and so on. Shuning knows in her heart, this is probably talking about this year's draft.

This year, Wanning was going to run for election, but because her grandfather died and she had to keep her filial piety, she had to postpone it. Originally, there were examples of show girls running for the election after a hundred days of mourning, but this year's draft date was set early, the primary election in May, and the re-election in June, and now even the results are out, Wanning missed it this year, but three years later, she is seventeen years old, but she is a little older.

Since Shuning returned to Beijing, she knew that Wanning could not run for election this year, and because she didn't show any emotion, she thought she didn't care. If you think about the girls who have traveled back from modern times, they probably think that fourteen is too early to marry, right? If you choose again in three years, the age will be more appropriate, and she should be happy. What's more, the fifth elder brother who is quite fond of Wanning is one year younger than her, and it is a little too early to marry a wife, and it will be more beneficial to the health of teenagers to marry in the next draft.

But now it seems that Wanning is still very concerned about the draft. She may have known something from the eunuch who had announced the decree, so she couldn't sit still, wondering what she was worried about.

After a while, Wan Ning returned to the water pavilion with a gloomy face, sitting in front of the desk in a daze at the pen and paper. Fang Ning continued to bury her head in copying, and she didn't pay attention to what was happening around her. Shu Ning and Yuan Ning glanced at each other and spoke first: "Second sister, what happened?" ”

Wan Ning smiled reluctantly and said, "It's nothing, Qiaoyun actually took the wrong thing, it's really careless." ”

Yuan Ning sneered: "Who are you fooling?" She's obviously going to help you find out the results of this year's draft. How? Could it be that your enemy was chosen and entered the palace to be the master's mother? ”

Wan Ning cleared her throat, picked up the pen and said, "Where did I come from?" The fourth sister is really good at laughing. Fang Caiyun did tell me some news by the way, but there was nothing bad about it. ”

Shu Ning smiled faintly and asked, "Speaking of which, Sister Yumin is also running for election this year, right?" I wonder if she chose it? ”

"Yumin has been registered, and she will have to wait for a second election in three years." She looked up and smiled at Shuning, "There are a few other girls, who were pointed out to the crown prince and the eldest brother, but they are all side rooms. ”

Yuan Ning raised her eyebrows: "Speaking of which, the girl from the Song family who quarreled with you as soon as she met was also chosen this year, right?" ”

Wan Ning paused, looked at the white paper in front of her, and said, "It is indeed this year's election, she was selected, and she was pointed out to the fourth elder brother." Note: The first-class light car captain belongs to the third grade, and the second- and third-class light car captain is from the third grade. Riding the captain is the fourth product. This is a knighthood customization that only existed during the Qianlong period, and I arrived in the Kangxi Dynasty in advance, please take it as a butterfly effect.