"On the auspicious day of the month, the first Canadian dollar is served. Abandon your young ambitions, and become virtuous. Shou Kao Weiqi, Jieer Jingfu. ”

Although Binwei Courtyard is only the residence of the elder 'daughter' of the past generations of the You family, but the courtyard is spacious, and it is the famous scenery of the whole Moling, the twenty-fourth day of the first month, the afterglow of the Lantern Festival has not yet dissipated, the ancient apricot and ancient peach in the courtyard 'pumped' out countless buds the size of rice grains, bit by bit embellished on the branches, although it is not as good as the scene of apricot burning peach in March, but it has been very lively.

Under the smiling gaze of the 'female' family of the official eunuch who was invited to watch the ceremony, Mrs. Jiang, the wife of the Taishou who was invited to be the guest of Zhuo Zhaojie's ceremony, was dressed in a deep coat with wide sleeves, with a dignified demeanor, while chanting loudly 'chanting' the congratulations handed down from ancient times, while combing Zhuo Zhaojie's hair and adding a flute, after the initial addition, Zhuo Zhaojie accepted Mrs. Jiang's congratulations, returned to the east room, and replaced the Zhu Yuan's 'color' clothes worn when he was a boy into a plain skirt that matched the hairpipe.

Stepping out of the 'door' of the room, a bow to his parents, Zhuo Fangli and You Ji are not here now, naturally they are worshipping You Ruoheng and Ban's, after worshipping them, they will bow down in the direction of Chang'an.

"Ji Yue Lingchen, Nashen Erfu. Respect for the majesty, the grace of the soot. Eyebrows live for 10,000 years, and will always be blessed by Hu. "This is two plus, go to the hairpin for hairpin, go back to the room and then change the hairpin with the hairpin to match the deep clothes, this time out of the room 'door' is to worship Zhengbin, the hall 'flower' group of guests are full of goodwill to look at her, smile and bow, several older ladies, eyes full of emotion.

"With the right of the year, with the order of the month, the salty gar is served. Brothers are there, in order to become a virtue. The astragalus is boundless, and it is celebrated by the sky. "Sanjia is to go to the hairpin and add the hairpin crown, Zhuo Zhaojie's hairpin crown, is more than half a year ago Ban's to the most famous shop in Moling specially customized, the style has been changed and changed, 'fine' incomparable, although there is no excess, but it also looks extraordinary, this time it is a dress with a large sleeve long skirt.

The fifteen-year-old Zhuo Zhaojie has already 'revealed' her grandmother who is said to have moved Chang'an with her beauty, her figure is slim, her skin is fair, her eyebrows are picturesque, the hair of the black crow crow is illuminated by the pearl on the hairpin crown so that people can't help but want to touch it, the pine green beads are on the Lu Ruijin placket wide-sleeved robe, the ethereal 'color' Yuehua brocade 'handover' collar undergarment, ultramarine long skirt, Ban personally selected this dress from the three sets of prepared dresses will be the young 'woman' the most proud of the most precious green ' Spring's years are completely set off -

Zhuo Zhaojie stood quietly at the bottom of the steps, looking at the hall with a soft and quiet gaze, the whole person, like in the shroud of light, is a beauty that no one can describe in 'jade'.

Such a dazzling, undisguised, and unconcealed youthful 'spring' brilliance made many of the deceased old ladies in the audience 'reveal' their 'color' of remembrance.

The audience was frightened by her appearance, and there was a moment of silence, and the second lady who served as the secretary remembered the next step.

"Gan Li is only thick, and I recommend Ling Fang. Worship and accept sacrifices, in order to determine the auspiciousness. The rest of the heavens, the longevity test will not be forgotten. "Leave the liquor, Mrs. Jiang wishes again, Jiaozi, the following is the edict - last year, You Ruoheng personally wrote a letter to ask Minping Hou about the words added to the Zhuo Zhao Festival, it is said that Minping Hou considered it for half a month, took two, and let You Ruoheng choose. Although Min Pinghou has named several grandchildren, it is the first time to give his grandchildren a word, and even two at a time, of course, this does not necessarily mean that Zhuo Zhaojie is liked by his grandfather, it is more likely that Min Pinghou is looking at the face of his in-laws, or in other words, looking at You Ruoheng is not only his in-laws, but also the face of Shi Huan and Cui Nanfeng's senior brother......

Zhuo Zhaojie got up and left the table, stood to the east of the west steps, facing the south, Mrs. Jiang got up and stood facing the east, You Ruoheng and Ban Shi faced the west, Mrs. Jiang looked dignified and awe-inspiring, and said: "The etiquette is ready, the moon is auspicious, and the word is announced." The word Kong Jia, the fashionable person is suitable. It is advisable to be fake, and it will always be insured, and it is said that it is the first year of life. ”

Chu Sui, this is one of the two words taken by Minping Hou, from "Chu Sui Yuan Zuo, auspicious day Wei Liang", Chu Sui is also another name for the first month.

…… Another word selected by Minping Hou for You Ruoheng is also an allusion to the nickname of the first month, Meng Chen.

It seems that the two words are about the same, but even if he only happened to hear Cui Nanfeng and You Ruoheng discussing the turbulent undercurrent in the East Palace in the study, Zhuo Zhaojie was also sensitive to the difference between the two words when he learned of this choice.

It is difficult not to think of the eldest son of Donggongshu, who is deeply liked by the prince and can even be treated as a concubine and named the king of the county early.

And the first years ...... There are many aliases for the first month, and Minping Hou chose the first year with the well-known allusion of "Yuan Zuo", Yuan Zuo, the original meaning of Yuan is the first, and it also has the meaning of beginning and the longest, but at this time, it is easiest to think of it because of the words such as Yuan and Son-in-law...... Therefore, the first age corresponds, of course, to the only concubine of the East Palace, but it is the second son of the prince's knee, from the prince and concubine who is not liked by the prince......

Zhuo Zhaojie understood that if You Ruoheng had a choice, he would definitely not be willing to choose from these two words, and if he could regret it, he probably wouldn't write that letter directly...... Originally, You Ruoheng specially asked Min Pinghou for the word "daughter" of her grandson, just to show respect for the Zhuo family, and secondly, to hope that Min Pinghou would pay more attention to this granddaughter who has been away from the Zhuo family for many years.

However, Min Pinghou took this opportunity to 'force' You Ruoheng to make a choice......

For this grandfather who had not yet been seen, Zhuo Zhaojie thought of it, and there was a faint disgust and defensiveness in his heart......

Seeing that she actually lost her mind at the ceremony, You Yan, who served as the praiser, was busy using the cover of the dress to secretly pull her, Zhuo Zhaojie woke up suddenly, secretly regretted his gaffe, and replied respectfully: "Although you are not sensitive at the beginning of your life, you dare not to sleep all night." ”

With the simple and solemn music, she bowed down to Mrs. Jiang according to the ceremony she had rehearsed yesterday, and Mrs. Jiang returned the salute with a smile and reset.

At this time, it was the turn to listen to the training, Zhuo Zhaojie knelt in front of You Ruoheng and Ban's feet, patiently listened to You Ruoheng's personal deliberations for several days, and replied according to the ceremony: "Although the son is not sensitive, dare not accept it!" ”

After worshipping You Ruoheng, Ban's, Zhuo Zhaojie saluted the guests again, everyone smiled and nodded in reply, and You Ruoheng, who had announced the opening ceremony before, came out again to announce the completion of the ceremony, and thanked everyone - this cumbersome and solemn ceremony is over in the end.

Affected by the thaw of the northern rivers, a few days after the ceremony, Zhuo Zhaocui, who specially went south to pick up people, arrived in Moling, he came this time to pick up Zhuo Zhaojie, and could not stay for a long time, but a group of classmates who met in Huaixing Academy two years ago always had to meet and get together, and several of these people participated in the Autumn Festival last year - for example, Song Weiyi even won the title of Xie Yuan in one fell swoop, making Huaixing Academy's reputation in the south even louder.

Because Song Weiyi understood the yuan, the third lady also changed her mind under You Chi's persuasion - what if she refused to accept gifts from others at this time? If he becomes an official in the future, he will not accept benefits, can you persuade him after accepting it......

Although Song Weiyi is also a child of a large family in Moling, the identity of the side branch, his parents died early, and the family has no permanent property...... Compared with the grandchildren of the Hanlin family, the 'daughter' is all high, not to mention that although the children of the You family are not amazingly talented, they are probably of good character, and You Ling is a beautiful embryo...... After a slight hint from the You family, Song Weiyi begged Cui Nanfeng to personally come to the 'door' to propose marriage, and before last year's lunar month, the two sides 'handed over' the token, which was considered to have finalized this matter.

Originally, after Song Weiyi won the title of Xie Yuan, many big clans in Jiangnan wanted to marry their 'daughters' to him, and even Meng Yuanhao was a little tempted, but the grandchildren of the Hanlin family were 'daughters' - even if You Ruoheng had already become a scholar, even if he was old, but Shi Wei was still in the court, Song Weiyi was cultivated by Cui Nanfeng, and the You family also had this intention, and everyone could only regret it.

In this way, Song Weiyi can also be regarded as Zhuo Zhaocui's future brother-in-law, and it is reasonable for Zhuo Zhaocui to congratulate him.

So Zhuo Zhaojie here to clean up things he couldn't help at all, fortunately, Ban ordered someone to put away the things that Zhuo Zhaojie was not commonly used and had to take away one after another half a year ago, after the ceremony, Mama Zhou led a healthy 'woman', and it was like a busy five or six days before it could be cleaned up, looking at the thick booklet, Zhuo Zhaojie secretly breathed a sigh of relief, thanks to the ability of the elders, otherwise even if Zhuo Zhaocui helped here, the two brothers and sisters would be in a hurry.

Hearing that her things were almost packed, Zhuo Zhaocui went out to find people to say goodbye one by one, he walked on the front foot, and the back foot Ban asked Coral to call Zhuo Zhaojie to Duanyi Yuan, after Zhuo Zhaojie arrived, Ban ordered left and right: "You all go down, I will talk to Zhaojie." ”

Mama Zhou stepped back, naturally no one dared to stay.

Zhuo Zhaojie thought that Ban was going to tell him what to do after returning home, so he hurriedly straightened his sitting posture, but Ban first took out a brocade box from his sleeve and said: "This is the silver ticket you left behind when you transferred 'handover' Zhaocui, a total of 100,000 taels, which is 80,000 taels." ”

"Grandmother?" Zhuo Zhaojie was taken aback, she followed Zhuo Zhaocui's instructions and 'handed over' the silver ticket to Ban after he left, Ban accepted it without saying anything, although Zhuo Zhaojie had expected that Ban would not end the matter so simply, but she didn't expect her to 'hand' the silver ticket to herself, and said busily, "Starling is ...... here now."

Ban smiled and said: "Don't care about him, he was raised by your grandfather, and he listens to your grandfather for everything, I am impatient to convince him, you were raised by me, your brother is so obedient, you can't make me lose face, right?" ”

Zhuo Zhaojie said: "But ......"

"Listen to me first." Ban said calmly, "This silver ticket belongs to your grandfather, what did he give such a sum of money to the family?" ”

Zhuo Zhaojie lowered his head and did not speak.

Ban said: "Your grandfather doesn't know much about the affairs of the court, and I don't know much about it, but since he gave it to him for the reason of thanking us for raising you, I don't plan to return it to him." ”

"Grandmother ......"

"So now this money belongs to your grandfather and grandmother, to you and to your mother." Ban solemnly put the brocade box into her arms, "I'll leave 20,000 yuan and share it with your cousins...... You take the 80,000 with you, and you keep 20,000 or 60,000 for yourself, and 'hand' them over to your mother, so that others don't know, even if it's your father and Zhaocui, do you know? ”

Zhuo Zhaojie was taken aback and said, "But this is from my grandfather to my grandfather and grandmother, how can I give it to us?" ”

Ban smiled, but there was no smile in his eyes, and said, "This is what your grandfather and grandmother owe you, you must take it!" ”

Zhuo Zhaojie exclaimed: "How can my grandfather and grandmother owe us? ”

"Have you forgotten that your grandfather still didn't have a son?" Ban quietly reminded her, "You probably don't know, but I know very well with your grandfather, your eldest uncle has no son-in-law, and the first and only grandchild raised by your grandfather is your starling, do you know what this means?" ”

Without waiting for Zhuo Zhaojie to answer, she said, "This means that your grandfather actually had the intention of making your father the son of the world!" But now...... Your grandfather chose your words for your grandfather...... This is very complicated, you don't have to know, in short, because your grandfather chose the word "first year" for you, but did not choose that Meng Chen, it is very likely that your grandfather will be angry with you Sifang, if this is the case, then we will not be able to make your father a son! ”

Zhuo Zhaojie said: "How can this be counted like this? The father is the son of the grandfather's relatives, if the grandfather wants to be jealous of the father and son for such a thing, it means that the grandfather did not treat the father as a parent in the first place, how can he say that he was killed by his grandfather and grandmother? "And if it weren't for me, why would my grandfather write to ask my grandfather for my words?" Grandfather, he didn't think of me! ”

Ban smiled and said, "This is your idea, but for me and your grandfather, this time it was because of him. She turned her face and said sternly, "Your father is now only a four-rank loose official, and he has no real power!" Even if you have real power, your grandfather and step-grandmother are still there, and you can't buy an estate, so how many 'private' houses can you save?! There are four brothers and sisters of your father and mother, and your cousin will not talk about it first-Zhaocui is not married to you, do you know how much this dowry and dowry must be? Your third brother now has two sons under his knees, what will happen to them in the future? You don't want it here, do you know how much hair your father and mother will break when you look back?! ”

Zhuo Zhaojie said with a red face: "How much heart have I asked you to '' since my grandfather and grandmother raised me?" If I have to take such a silver ticket when I want to leave, I'm afraid that I will enter the 'door' of the house and tell my mother that I will suffer a family meal first! ”

"You haven't even met your mother, why do you think of her so harshly?" Ban Shi laughed out loud when he heard this, and said, "If your mother was willing to beat you, how could she insist that your eleven-year-old third brother send you south?" You know, I wrote to reprimand her all night for this—there is really no one to send you, so won't you send someone over and ask someone to send someone here? Xiao Langjun, who is only eleven years old, sends you a baby sister to your grandfather's house, this is thousands of miles away! It's a shame that there were no accidents on the road! ”

Seeing that Zhuo Zhaojie would definitely refuse to take it, Ban coaxed for a moment, and suddenly said coldly: "Since last year, you have corresponded with Na Ning Shizi, do you know why I didn't mention it to your grandfather?!" ”