Chapter 51: Turning the Tide of Danger
It wasn't until the sunset that Li Xunzhuo dragged his tired body from Xiyuan to Xiyuan and saw the three of Ling's mother and daughter, that he sighed heavily.
Ling didn't know why, seeing her husband sighing like this, her eyes widened in fright, and she took two steps up and hugged him: "Uncle is back?" How's going in the palace? The two Shaohua sisters, one pouring water and the other moving a stool, were nervously waiting for Li Xunzhuo's words.
"It's okay, it's over." Li Xunzhuo's words made the big stone in everyone's hearts fall.
Ling Shi hurriedly clasped his hands together and said silently to the heavens: "Bodhisattva bless, this frightened us all, and the castor white cloth was torn out." Looking at the white cloth on the table, Ling hurriedly asked Shaohua and the others to clean up, "Hurry up, hurry up, put these away quickly, save bad luck!" ”
"We're okay, I heard that the Marquis of Anqing's mansion hung out white lanterns, but the San Lang commanded by Song came back and saw it, scolded him fiercely, and then removed it." Li Xunzhuo enjoyed the massage of Shaohua's small hands, and today's spirit was tense, which made him feel that the years were unforgiving.
"Why is the Marquis of Anqing Mansion so careless, there is no news in the palace, what lanterns are hung." Wanhua also complained a little.
"The old marquis is sick, Commander Song is not in the mansion at this time, and he doesn't let that kid go upside down." Li Xunzhuo sneered.
Shaohua didn't understand, so he asked Ling's to know. The old Anqinghou has two sons, the eldest son is ready to inherit the title, and the second son is the commander of the Xicheng Soldiers and Horses. But a few years ago, the eldest son drank and made trouble outside, and died suddenly.
Because it is not a glorious thing, the funeral is also simple.
However, as soon as the eldest son left, the old marquis still had a son under his knees, that is, Song Yu's father, so it should be him. However, the old marquis is very fond of the eldest grandson of the big house, although he has the same virtue as his father, he will only be idle every day. But who makes the old marquis like it, many flatterers and flatterers default to Song Yan being the one who inherits the title, and opens and closes his mouth "Little Marquis", so that he can also see himself as the future marquis, and he walks with a wind.
When Shaohua heard this, he sneered in his heart, ignoring that he still had his uncle and uncle above him, and he actually remembered the title. If the Marquis of Anqing is really so old and dizzy, I am afraid that the scenery of the Hou Mansion will not be long after. Thinking of the relationship between Song Yu and Yan Kaizhi, maybe Anqinghou Mansion will have to rely on the second room in the end, and maybe it will be.
"Daddy, did the uncle say what's going on, the saint has always been in good health, why did he suddenly have an emergency." Shaohua asked curiously.
Wanhua also became nervous, "Yes, I heard that the city gate is going to be closed." "If it weren't for the urgent moment, the city wouldn't be full of haze, and even they would feel uneasy when they sat at home.
Li Xunzhuo looked at his daughter's innocent little face, stroked her soft hair with his big hand, and said softly: "Little lady's family, don't ask so much, no one can say for sure what is going on in this palace." In short, now that the saints are safe, it is a great good thing for the people of Jiangshan and Sheji. ”
"That's right, if there are three long and two short, maybe there will be some bloody storm." Wanhua nodded solemnly, which was praised by Li Xunzhuo.
Shaohua pursed her lips and said nothing, she didn't care about anything about the country, she just felt that something happened suddenly. In case of turmoil, Yan Kaizhi's safety is what she worries about the most.
"Where's Hachiro?" Li Xunzhuo glanced at them and found that Si Mo was not in front of him, so he asked.
Ling shrugged his shoulders and said in a somewhat dissatisfied tone, "Let Mr. be detained in Baichuan Pavilion, and if the sky falls, you can't delay your homework." Really, at this time, what homework is still being done. ”
Li Xunzhuo glanced at her with disdain, "You are a real woman's opinion! "When it comes to the title of the Smo Gold List, it doesn't matter who is in power, and he is not the prince and grandson, so he can't wait to cry and mourn. Reading the book into the stomach is your own, and it doesn't matter who is the emperor. Li Xunzhuo suddenly felt that Mr. Liu's thoughts were very important to him, although he didn't know that Liu Baichuan's original intention was just that he didn't want Si Mo to run around, for Si Yan, he had already given up, and how to leave it to fate next year.
The emperor's life was saved, but it was inevitable to be bedridden and recuperate. After a few days in a row, some people began to worry that no one was presiding over the government, and the people were uneasy, and they risked their lives to hand over the fold to promote Hongwen to come out to supervise the country, so angry that the emperor grabbed the incense burner on the bed and smashed it. It is said that the eunuch who helped to bring the words disappeared later, and after the minister who played was hit, he lay at home for a long time, and suddenly had an epiphany, and returned to his hometown after returning to the court.
These are all afterwords, before Shaohua heard this, Jingli had long since resumed its former livelihood and liveliness.
When he heard that the people from the Liu family in Luyang had finally arrived in Beijing, Shaohua suddenly breathed a deep sigh of relief, and finally didn't have to worry about meeting Yichen anymore.
But the Liu family didn't think so, and while the whole family was eating together, it was a farewell to the Yichen brothers and sisters. Li Ge Lao still valued Yichen, said many words of advice to him, and told him that in the autumn of three years later, the Li family still welcomed him to take the exam. This moved Yichen very much, and immediately said that he would study hard after going back, and no longer let Li Ge Lao down.
Although they don't have a good impression of Yichen, the girls are still a little reluctant to Yan Sui, and after a meal, they go from laughter to parting.
Ling Shi said with emotion: "Yan Niang is really a sensible and well-behaved lady, and I don't know when I will see you again." It's a pity that Hachiro is still young, or he will take Yan Niang as his daughter-in-law. ”
Shaohua said with a smile: "Wait for Brother Yichen to enter Beijing next time, and then bring Sister Yansui over." ”
Ling glared at her, "Three years later, Yan Niang is a wife and mother, how can she still follow her brother out and run." ”
Shaohua stuck out his tongue, and saw Yan Sui's smiling face as if he was about to cry, Liu didn't seem to see it, and excitedly proposed: "The second brother and sister will be worried about Yan Niang, in fact, I see that Wu Niang and Chen Lang are a natural pair, or take this opportunity to make a marriage, three years later, Chen Lang will be named on the gold list, and it just so happens that Wu Niang is also marriageable." ”
As soon as Liu said this, Ling's face immediately changed, "Sister-in-law really plans, if she can't pass the exam in three years, then Wu Niang will have to wait any longer!" ”
Ling's heart was so straightforward that it almost frightened everyone present, and his voice was high, just in time to be heard by Yi Chen, who was about to come in to say goodbye to the elders. The atmosphere suddenly became very awkward, and Liu relieved himself and was very unhappy.
Wanhua hurriedly tugged at her mother's sleeve and smiled at Liu: "Bohm, my aunt didn't mean that, she just couldn't bear Wu Niang." Not long after Wu Niang came home, my aunt didn't feel sorry for her, and she was reluctant to marry her so soon. ”
Pang Zi also felt that the atmosphere was wrong, and hurriedly made a round, coupled with the girls changing the topic babblingly, finally eased the atmosphere.
When they resumed laughing, Yichen came in to say goodbye to them, and Liu pulled him to say a few sour words in distress before he was willing to let him go. Before leaving, he also deliberately walked in front of Ling Shi and waved at her, but his eyes fell on Shaohua, "Second aunt, I will study hard when I go back and live up to your expectations." ”
"I don't have any expectations, you just have to work on your own." Ling's cool words almost made Yichen unable to get off the stage, but fortunately he didn't care at all.
Finally returned to Xiyuan, Wanhua sulked and complained to her mother: "Auntie, why did you have a falling out with Bohm, it's not a big deal." Push is pushed, it's not your character to go straight with her. ”
Shaohua also nodded, "Well, don't agree anyway, no one can say for sure what will happen in three years." I saw that his face was not good, and I thought he heard it outside. ”
Seeing that her two daughters came to refute her, Ling was so angry that one of them twisted, "You two have no conscience, who cried to me before, now blame me." Staring at Shaohua, who was weak and silent, he said angrily: "Do you think I really quarreled with her because of Chenlang's matter?" Hmph, let me tell you, if it was when they first arrived, I might have said yes when she said that. But now, huh! But I don't know what she had in mind. ”
"What's the idea?" Shaohua was dizzy.
"Do you know why your grandfather didn't agree to the Liu family." When the Ling family exited, the two girls shook their heads, "The current Liu family is not as good as before, let alone the Li family." When your great-grandfather entered Beijing, he persuaded the Liu family, but the Liu family was unwilling, saying that it was not easy to ask for business at the feet of the Son of Heaven. All of them have been in business since childhood, and no one has studied, and more than half of the shops in Luyang at that time were owned by Liu and Li. Later, your great-grandfather settled in Beijing, and your grandfather was admitted to the Jinshi examination, and many people on the Li family's side followed the sale of their fields and shops into Beijing to take the exam. So for a while, the Liu family was louder than the Li family in Luyang. ”
"I know this, grandfather told me before." Wanhua nodded.
Ling sneered, making the girls laugh inexplicably, and Ling paused before speaking. It turned out that at that time, the Li family saw that someone was an official in Beijing and made a name for themselves, so many people were also tempted to follow and study, or move to the vicinity of the capital. But the Liu family was jealous that the Li family had a good business in Luyang, and it was prosperous in Beijing, so they secretly hired someone to destroy and occupy the Li family's field shop. Later, he colluded with the local Baichang Lichang, came out to be a peacemaker, and took over a lot of real estate of the Li family for nothing.
If no one breaks through this matter, they always think that the Liu family is helping the Li family behind their backs, so the Li family has always been very grateful. But after all, evil has evil retribution, in the past few years, the Liu family's business has been doing what is missing, and the family has raised a lot of idleness, if it weren't for the rich family background, those people would have been ruined.
Now that the Liu family is not mixing well in Luyang, I thought of Li Ge's old family, and it happened that Yichen was a rare scholar in the clan, so he wanted to send it over. In the final analysis, the Liu family has always relied on the Li family, so it has made a career all the way. Now that the Li family has turned to the capital, it is impressive, and the Liu family is not as good as before in Luyang, so they naturally want to follow. When Li Ge Lao took Liu as his daughter-in-law, the Liu family was not down, but Liu still looked at his mother's family to send things from time to time, which made Mrs. Li suspicious.
In fact, Liu's family didn't mean it, but her mother's family came back from time to time to play an autumn breeze, her ears were soft, and she was exposed to some since she was a child, so she habitually took her mother's family as the mainstay. Later, she was severely reprimanded by Mrs. Li, and she relented, but unfortunately after Mrs. Li died, she became unscrupulous again, and later Li Ge simply left the house to the Ling family to take care of. The Ling family's methods were tough and varied, and the Liu family couldn't see the benefits before they stopped.
Although the Liu family is not so depressed that they need to rely on the Li family for relief, the Liu family knows in her heart that she is no better than Mrs. Li, but she doesn't know if Yan Sui will be the same as she used to be. It wasn't until she became a mother and had to worry about her children and grandchildren that she understood what Mrs. Li had said.