deliberately came to show off in front of Ou Qingjin, and attacked the sore spot of the Ou family, and the meaning of warning was inside. Ou Qing couldn't understand it, and smiled lightly at the moment: "Don't hide it from the eldest son, my grandfather and his old man are a little uncomfortable, and I and I are about to rush back to visit the sick at this time." ”

Zhao Mingtao was surprised: "What's wrong?" But does it matter? ”

Ou Qing was worried about Old Lady Ou's condition, and worried that the city gate would be closed, so he hurried back, and saw that Zhao Mingtao was still here and didn't know each other, so he barely suppressed the impatience in his heart, and said in a low voice: "I don't know either, I'm very worried." ”

Zhao Mingtao hurriedly got out of the way: "Since this is the case, I won't delay you." Visiting the sick is important, visiting the sick is important. I'll visit you another day. "He achieved his goal, and naturally he didn't want to waste time.

When Ou Qingjin got into the carriage and rushed to Xijing City, sure enough, the city gate was closed. However, the Ou family had already bought off the soldiers guarding the city gate, and let Ou Qingying wait at the gate, and as soon as he saw the carriage, he quietly opened the city gate and let people in.

As soon as he saw Ouyang Ying's solemn expression, Xia Ruixi knew that Old Lady Ou was only afraid that he would be more than lucky.

Xia Ruixi remembered that in Beijing at that time, the eldest son of the emperor had been a matchmaker for Zhao Mingtao, but because he had King Rui of the concubine family as the matchmaker for the Ou family, the Xia family was able to retreat.

Since then, she has lost news of Zhao Mingtao, and she thought that he had lost in the struggle with Zhao Minghuai, the third son of King Shou, but now it seems that not only did he not fail, but instead relied on other more powerful and noble people and was promoted. He has mastered the soldiers and horses of Xijing City, even if he is King Shou, he has to look at his son differently, what about others? He dared to show off in front of Ou Qingjin, which meant that the situation in the court was not only treacherous, but also that the concubine was defeated.

Mrs. Ou fell ill and passed away at this juncture, which is not only meaningful to the death of the old man in the family, but also has a greater and more far-reaching impact.

After Ou Qingying and Ou Qingjin got together and muttered for a long time, when Ou Qingjin returned to the car, his face was not only ugly, but simply gloomy.

Xia Ruixi asked nervously, "Qingjin, what's wrong with grandpa's condition?" ”

Ou Qing sighed: "Xixi, the mountain rain is about to come, and the wind is full of buildings. The letter I received this morning said that the emperor's sixteenth son had died, the drought was expanding, and the emperor was sad and anxious, and he was seriously ill. ”

The sixteenth son of the emperor is the baby who was named a prince before the moon was born by the concubine Niangniang, and the blow his death brought to the concubine family can be imagined. In addition, the emperor, the umbrella of the concubine, is also seriously ill, and the eldest son of the emperor, who has been dormant for a long time, will naturally gain power.

Although the imperial concubine is the granddaughter, because she has been extremely smart since she was a child, she is very angry, and she is also beautiful.

The relationship between the imperial concubine and the Ou family is closer than her maiden family, and the relationship with the old lady Ou is the deepest, so after hearing the news that the sixteenth son of the emperor died and the imperial concubine fell ill, the old lady Ou couldn't stand it anymore and fell ill all of a sudden.

Xia Ruixi's guess was confirmed, and he was immediately confused and terrified. The building will collapse, and the future of the Ou family will not see any brightness. The concubine and the emperor's eldest son are mortal enemies, Zhao Mingtao and the Xia family are also mortal enemies, the emperor is good if he doesn't die, if he dies, they will be unlucky!

No one could have imagined that Old Lady Ou's illness would come so seriously and so violently, even if Old Man Xia personally waited for nursing and decoction for consultation, he was unable to return to the sky, but he struggled for a few days and then drove west.

When he was dying, he took Ou Qingjin's hand and muttered: "The family motto is wrong!" Family motto misleads people! Two cloudy tears hung in the corners of his flabby eyes, and countless sadness and unwillingness were all in it.

For a while, Ou Qingjin burst into tears uncontrollably. No one understands what Mrs. Ou means better than him, the Ou family has a family motto, and children are not allowed to participate in politics, so they can only do some learning and gain some fame.

For many years, the children of the Ou family who have been mistaken do not know how much there is.

Old lady Ou's exclamation aptly reflects his mood, he does not participate in politics, concentrates on learning, and has a reputation, which can certainly make the reproduction of the family more stable and long-lasting, and will not bear greater risks when the regime changes.

But since the reputation is outside, it is inevitable that a daughter will enter the palace, and it will inevitably be involved in the political struggle, and at this time, those who do not exercise power will become weak. If the Ou family did not have this family motto, and there were more children entering the office, the concubine would not have had such a difficult time, and the Ou family would not have fallen to this stormy situation at this time.

"Now that the Ou family is in turmoil, after my death, if there are outstanding people in the Ou family, they will be able to become famous! If the fathers and fathers want to blame, blame me. "Old lady Ou took all the responsibility for violating the family motto of the ancestors on his shoulders, but finally left a way for the children and grandchildren who can neither do business nor go out of business, and can only live by the ancestral industry.

When Mrs. Ou clearly said the last words that the descendants could become famous, Xia Ruixi saw that the eyes of all the young sons and nephews of the Ou family were open, which should be what everyone expected.

It's a pity that this restriction was relaxed too late, my grandfather died, it was a great filial piety, three years of filial piety, not allowed to participate in the imperial examination, not allowed to go out, even when the petty official Ou Dashao had to resign and go home to keep filial piety, the Ou family wanted to regroup and launch their own talents, but I am afraid that they would have to wait until three years later.

As soon as Mrs. Ou was angry, the funeral was managed in an orderly manner. The change of clothes, the burning of paper, the funeral of mourning, the change of mourning clothes, the change of decoration in the house, within half a day, the Ou family has become a white expanse.

Regarding whether this matter should be told to the seriously ill concubine Niangniang, after everyone discussed, considering that even if they didn't tell, there would be someone who was interested in telling it, at that time, the concubine Niangniang was afraid that she would be caught off guard, so she chose Ou Dashao, who was respected by the old people, to go to Beijing to report the funeral.

During the entire funeral, Xia Ruixi was nervous. Because she heard a shocking news from Mrs. Xia, who came to mourn, the young master of the Sun family died, and the concubine who was bought by Mrs. Xia and asked the aunt of the Sun family to carry her back to Chongxi covered her with a quilt.

The Sun family was unforgiving to that aunt and grandmother, and counted all the accounts on her. Although this matter doesn't seem to have anything to do with the Xia family, I'm afraid that it will be used by someone with a heart.

After all, the initiator of this matter was Mrs. Xia, and she paid for the Sun family's aunt and grandmother to do it. If people say that the Xia family bought a murderer to achieve the purpose of marriage, it will be a big trouble. Especially the timing of this incident is too coincidental, why did Zhao Mingtao just come back, so something happened to Sun Yi?

Under normal circumstances, the garrison of Xijing would not be handed over to the son of King Shou, who is resident in Xijing, but now there is such a strange situation, which can only show that the road to the heir of the eldest son of the emperor is not smooth, and he has his plans, and does not rule out the day when he will seize power by force.

Xia Ruixi couldn't help but feel anxious when he thought of the possible political turmoil, the possible troubled times, and the uncertainty of the future of the Xia family and the Ou family.

Dead, she wasn't very afraid, she had died once anyway, and this time it was a bargain to pick up, and she had nothing to fear. But thinking that she was likely to go hungry and live a humble life, she was very afraid, and often couldn't sleep all night, and then laughed at herself for being too poor in psychological tolerance, and was a paranoia. Since you are not afraid of death, what are you afraid of?

Despite thinking so, she still planned to exchange the silver ticket in her hand for real money and hide it in a safe place, so that one day, the silver ticket would become a piece of waste paper. Thinking that food is a big problem, and thinking about accumulating grain, digging deep holes, and storing more food is the right way.

The pressure was too great, she wanted to talk to Ou Qingjin and exchange views, but because of the funeral, the two gathered less and left more, and lived in separate rooms, even if they met occasionally, they were in front of people, they could only exchange glances and vaguely express their concern for each other.

Compared with Xia Ruixi's anxiety, the Ou family showed a unique calmness and endurance at this time, after crying and mourning, no one shed a single tear, and everyone did what they had to do in an orderly manner.

In the words of the second master Ou, the red and white happy event, the old lady Ou has arrived, and it is time to go, in a certain aspect, it is also a happy event. Instead of sitting and howling, it is better to do something practical, which makes the old lady Ou underground more pleased.

This sounds a bit rebellious, but Xia Ruixi has since respected the miserly Second Master Ou. In her opinion, no matter what, an old man who has seen through life and death, can treat honor and disgrace correctly, knows that the family is poor, does not pretend, does not pretend, takes the lead in saving, and supervises others' savings, is a true temperament and deserves her respect.

After the burial of Mrs. Ou, the Ou family opened the ancestral hall and prayed to the ancestors to make everything that should be delivered clearly. In fact, there is nothing to divide, after all, the generation of Ou Er is not young, although there is no clear separation, but in fact, he has long lived separately, and he is conceited, and there is no difference between the family. What is to be divided is nothing more than to divide the things behind him according to Old Lady Ou's will.

To Xia Ruixi's surprise, in addition to Ou Qingjin getting a set of unique books and a precious inkstone, she actually got something. It is said that Master Ou thanked Master Xia for treating him, and specially left it to Master Xia to express his gratitude. It's just that after Master Xia got this thing, he handed it over to Xia Ruixi, and said that it was ordered by Old Lady Ou.

This is because Mrs. Ou has too many grandsons, granddaughters-in-law, great-grandsons, and great-granddaughters, and if everyone has a share, his little things are not enough at all. Favoring one over the other will cause contradictions, and everyone always remembers that what others have in their hands is better than what they get. That's why it took such a big detour and sent it to Xia Ruixi's hands.

From the belly of the cute pastel doll, he took out a small bag, and inside was a yellowed rice paper, written by the dragon and the phoenix, and the rice paper she received at the wedding ceremony was a picture.

Xia Ruixi didn't understand what kind of medicine Old Lady Ou bought in the gourd, if he wanted to give people something, he had to hide half of it and keep half of it, and he had to wait until he died before giving it to her such a big bend, and he didn't know what this old man thought.