After a month of sitting on the boat, and finally arriving in the capital, the old lady was also very happy, and when there was still some distance away, she sent someone to take a small boat to go ashore first to pass the message.

Now the eldest lord not only has the title of Earl Shun'an, but also leads the errand in the household department, and is a member of the fifth grade. Because he had to work as an errand in the household department, the prince Song Qinghe brought a few younger brothers to the dock to greet the old lady, and there were servants and dozens of carriages, which were also conspicuous at the dock where people came and went.

As soon as some people recognized the signs on the carriage, everyone showed a "strange" look. The Song family is now an upstart in the capital, and some people secretly smacked "nouveau riche", but their hearts were inevitably sour, and the old nobles also came from the upstarts.

The Song family itself has the merit of the dragon, and the daughter is a favored mother in the palace, and the descendants are all extraordinary, not to mention, and now they are married to the Wenchang Marquis Mansion, one of the six major marquis mansions of the founding of the country. The Song family itself is a salt merchant, although it is not the richest man in Yangzhou, but it is not bad for money, which is a well-known thing.

The son Song Qinghe, no matter what others think, he is looking forward to his grandmother's coming to Beijing. It's not a son's talk, if his relatives really count on his mother, he will definitely not be able to marry a daughter-in-law. Even the dowry for his daughter-in-law has to be smeared with two taels of oil, what else can he say? The eighteenth and ninth people, thinking of these, Song Qinghe wanted to cry aggrieved.

The ten big ships were getting closer and closer to the dock, and the lively fourth young master smiled: "Come on, I saw our family's flag on the ship, and I don't know if Xiao Liu has lost weight?" ”

Song Qinghe also smiled when he heard this: "When you see him, don't you know!" ”

While speaking, the Song family's boat had already docked, and several young masters hurried forward, and saw a little chubby dun wearing a royal blue silk embroidered silver thread bat peony tuanhua little Confucian robe with a smile on his face. When he saw them, he rushed over with his short legs like a small cannonball.

The fourth young master, Song Qingyu, saw that the third brother who was still in front of him flashed, and the little fat dun crashed into his arms.

Everyone only heard the sound of "oops", and the fourth young master and the sixth young master rolled together, and then they heard the fourth young master at the bottom screaming: "Sixth brother, why are you still so fat?" Third brother, you pit brother, big brother, help! ”

And the sixth young master stood up by himself, patted the dust on his body, and said with a smile: "Fourth brother, why are you still so unsmart?" Look at how cunning the third brother is, hey, it's a pity that I have a new dress. ”

Song Qinghe, the son of the world, helped his fourth brother up with a smile, and saw the second brother and the third brother clenching their fists and pretending to cough, but in fact, they also couldn't bear to laugh and endure uncomfortable, this son heard the words of the sixth brother, and he really couldn't help it, and the three brothers laughed without brotherly love.

The second young master said with a smile: "Little four, did you say that the sixth brother has lost weight?" The fourth young master had a disappointed expression of disappointment in this loveless world.

While laughing here, the fifth young master and the four girls also got off the boat with the old lady in their arms, surrounded by a group of beautiful maids. Fortunately, a servant at home politely cleared an empty field and came out, otherwise, these handsome men and beautiful women would have attracted onlookers.

Shizi took his three younger brothers to see his grandmother and all his younger brothers and sisters, and after everyone took turns to greet him, the old lady carefully looked at the four grandchildren, especially the other three young masters who had not seen him for a long time, and saw that they were all handsome and magnificent, and had a good temperament, so she nodded with satisfaction.

The sixth young master is young in the end, and when he went to Beijing for the first time, he was clamoring to ride a horse with his brothers. The old lady usually loves the grandson who grew up in front of her the most, and he said: "It's okay to ride a horse, but you have to ride with your eldest brother." The sixth young master knew that he was small, and his grandmother would not allow him to ride a horse by himself, and he was also thinking of riding a horse with his brothers.

The second young master, the third young master, and the fourth young master have not been back to Yangzhou for three years, and when I saw Su Su who was following the old lady today, I almost couldn't take my eyes off, but in the end, I saw some of the world with the eldest master, and I was busy pulling the fifth brother and escorting my grandmother and sisters into their own carriage.

Su Su took a deep breath and exhaled slowly, after a six-year absence, she came back again. I can't tell you what it's like. In the novel, she is just a passerby, and now, she still hopes that she is just a passerby. But even as a passerby, she wants to live well.

Su Su, Yang Liu, Ning Cui, plus the clouds that made up for the lack of Bisi, the four big maids followed the old lady in a carriage, and the two jujube red horses pulled a four-wheeled carriage with sandalwood inlaid treasure carvings and gilded bells hanging at the four corners.

Because it is summer, the window and door curtains are a water of light after the rain, and the innermost part of the carriage is a black lacquered wooden couch that can make people half-lie down, with thick cotton mat felt at the bottom, and a layer of shrimp and bamboo mats on top.

On both sides of the wooden couch are low cabinets with black lacquer, which can be used to sit and store things; In the middle is a small sandalwood table, with four legs fixed to the carriage, and a gilded teapot holder and cup holder on it, even if the carriage is bumpy, it will not be called a tea spill.

Yang Liu lifted a low cabinet and looked at it, which was filled with tea leaves, tea sets, red clay stoves, charcoal fires, kettles and melon and fruit snacks, and there were a lot of them. The tea is the old lady's favorite drink, and there are Longjing, Pu'er, and Biluochun; The dim sum is the eight treasures cake that the old lady often eats, as well as the jujube paste yam cake, cream walnut cake, etc., and the melons and fruits are chilled.

Yang Liu raised his eyebrows, and then looked at the cabinet on the other side, which was a delicate small copper basin, a handkerchief, soap, balm, and a dressing box, and said with satisfaction: "I don't know who prepared it, but I have a heart." ”

Ning Cui lit a small red clay stove to boil water to make tea, and Su Su took out a pill of incense from his purse and put it into the copper-gilt crane wanglan incense burner placed on the small table, and a light and elegant fragrance suddenly wafted out of the carriage.

The old lady saw that the three maids were busy, and saw that Yun Duo, who had just risen to the first rank, was a little overwhelmed with her hands together, and said with a smile: "Don't be afraid, you are the first time to come out with you, just do what your sister Bisi explains." ”

Yun Duo said: "Sister Bisi has explained, when you go out in the future, you can't leave the dressing box and other clothes, and the slave and maid have to follow the old lady closely, without the old lady's orders, the slave and maid next to you don't have to care." ”

The old lady took a piece of Bazhen cake to her, and said to Su Su and the three: "You also eat some, there is still a toss at home, and you won't be able to eat for a while!"

The old lady saw that Su Su had eaten a snack, and said: "Although I haven't seen the mansion given to our family by the Holy Lord, I have also heard some of the letters from your eldest master, presumably the third girl and the fourth girl should also tell you." The total is not half the size of our courtyard, but there are 1,800 rooms in the halls, and the courtyard is only separated by a wall. There are many people, and the maids below must be well managed! ”

This matter belongs to Yang Liu, Yang Liu has a grandfather who is a big housekeeper, and a father who is a confidant of the old man, and he is not afraid! The old lady just said it, and the following words are the point.

"Now the old family's housekeeper, the charter is different from our family's before, I heard that I learned the style of the people in the capital. Don't worry about this for now, let's wait until we get to the house! But your lord is in a hurry to call me to Beijing, I guess it's his daughter-in-law what's going on! The old lady's face was very bad at the mention of this.

Ning Cui hurriedly brought the brewed tea to the old lady and said, "With you here, we are not afraid of any moth to her!" You, even the Buddha, no matter how powerful the monkey is, can't escape your Five Finger Mountain! ”

With the urine nature of the traverser, although the name of the capital is Changle, it is still built according to the structure of Beijing City. With the imperial palace Weiyang Palace as the center, radiate to the four outside, the palace city is the inner city, the outer city turns into one to the fourth ring again, the outer ring is the suburbs of Beijing, and there are the royal garden Yuanmingyuan and the small Tangshan Palace.

The founding emperor took the concept of "governing the country and having fun" to the limit, anyway, the Great Chu royal family had a huge ocean-going fleet and internal affairs offices that made a living in various places, and every year only the emperor's private treasury had millions of taels of silver in the account.

As the emperor of Da Chu, he completely interprets what it means to "wake up to the power of the world, drunk and lie on the knees of beauty"! But being the prince of Da Chu is very hard.

In addition to the royal family's Yulu, the princes and princesses of Da Chu only have a one-time payment of settlement fees when they build a mansion and start a family. Not only did there be no fiefdom, but there was also no euphem.

Giving an errand is favored, and it's normal not to give it, so becoming a prince and getting rid of this hard life is the dream of all princes. As a result, bloody incidents of the prince's seizure of the throne occurred every time.

In contrast, Da Chu is the dynasty with the most princes forcing the palace in all dynasties, and every time it is a river of blood. God knows how the head of the founding emperor of the Holy Ming Shenwu in the eyes of future generations grew, this is simply a festival for raising Gu!

In fact, the wharf is not in the capital, but in Tongzhou, Shuntianfu, which is also the northern starting point of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal. When Su Su went to Yangzhou, he did not take this wharf, but took the ship from Tianjin Port.

Tongzhou is almost more than 20 miles away from the capital, and it will be at the gate of the city in half an hour, and it is not yet noon at this time, and people come and go so lively.

Su Su also couldn't figure out how the four rings of the capital were divided today. I only heard the fifth young master mention it on the boat, and the imperial city is the palace city, a series of palace institutions and council yamen, including Weiyang Palace.

The four rings of the outer city, one ring is the major royal mansions, princess mansions and the four major princely mansions of the founding of the country; Marquises, counts and other nobles, as well as some first-class and second-class officials, lived in the second ring; The third ring road is the largest and most prosperous, with residential and commercial streets, which are well planned; The Fourth Ring Road is for ordinary residents and some handicraft workshops, which is also very lively, and there is more life than in the Third Ring Road!

Although the Song family has now won the title, it only has a history of 30 years of fortune, and it is not a big family.

The residence of the Holy Gift is in the third ring road, close to the second ring road, and it was also an earl's palace. It's just that the unlucky earl stood on the wrong side in the battle for the throne a few years ago, and was clicked, and the mansion was confiscated, and later rewarded to the Song family.

After entering the city and walking for about half an hour, the carriage stopped, and the four maids and the old lady glanced at each other, knowing that "the big drama is about to begin".

There is a servant woman outside to lift the curtain, the first glance to see the main gate wide open, there is a plaque on the main door, on the book "to create the auxiliary country Shun Amber Mansion" eight glittering big characters, full of style!