Chapter 146

Since ancient times, there has been a saying of "glorious ancestors" in the land of the Great Zhou, Yuan Changqing was hit by Tanhua, and he wanted to tell the ancestors of this good news, but the two of them just moved out of the Yuan Mansion to live, and nominally did not separate from the four masters' family, so they still need to go back to the Yuan Mansion to worship their ancestors.

And after the Golden Palace passed the news, Mrs. Yuan learned that Yuan Changqing was visiting flowers in high school, and she almost didn't hold herself out. At this time, Bian Shanniang sent someone to report the good news, she was angry for a while, so she called her sick, and she didn't even see anyone. The next day, the old lady thought that the two of them were now different, and they should cherish their reputation even more, but they were coy, and they were afraid that they would also come to visit the patient. But I didn't want the two, one said that she was going to the palace to go to the Qionglin banquet, and the other simply learned that she was sick, and only sent a flower mother to visit the patient, and the old lady was so angry that she sent people away without seeing anyone. On the third day, she was still thinking about how she would spread the unfilial reputation of Tanhualang and his wife if she didn't see anyone today, and she didn't want a few respected old men and old ladies in the Yuan clan to come to the door first.

Several people flattered the old lady one by one, saying that half of Yuan Changqing's Tanhua should be attributed to the old lady's upbringing, and praised her for treating Yuan Changqing as her own, and said that she understood the righteousness and knew that the turmoil in the family would affect Yuan Changqing's imperial examination, so she ignored the gossip of others and agreed to ask the two of them to move out to study quietly, which is why Yuan Changqing has such good results...... In this way, there is a basket of good things to say about not wanting money. In the end, a few people said what they meant today.

But it turned out that, like all previous dynasties, in the early days of the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty, it was a noble and a lowly, and with the peace of the world for a long time, the court gradually became a noble and a lowly. Coupled with the battle of Moluohe, the elite of the Yuan family army was mourned, and now although all the rooms of the Yuan family have children and nephews who are officials in the court, except for the fourth master, who is considered a high-ranking official, the others are either at the grassroots level, or in the locality, and they are all in military positions, and there are few children and nephews in the family who are literate. Therefore, when they learned that Yuan Changqing was in high school, the clansmen who usually thought he was an invisible person seemed to suddenly see his existence, and began to persuade the old lady to take him back quickly.

“…… Now that he's finished the exam, there's no need to live outside anymore. Besides, the two of them are young and know what life is, but they are just being fooled by the subordinates, and they always need the help of the old lady to sit in the town. ”

The old lady has dealt with these people all her life, how can she not know the little abacus in the hearts of these people. Speaking of which, everyone has a desire for profit, Yuan Changqing was like an invisible person in the family before, in addition to his own dull personality, in fact, because these relatives looked at him as just an orphan, far less valuable than the fourth master. Now that he has entered the department, the clansmen have discovered that Yuan Changqing still has a use value that they don't know, so he came to hint at the reconciliation between the old lady and Yuan Changqing.

As for what the old lady and the fourth master are worried about, whether Yuan Changqing will take back the title after his wings grow hard, the clan doesn't care, anyway, this title can't fall on their heads.

And as far as the old lady is concerned, in fact, she also wishes to get Yuan Changqing and the others back-it is better to put it in front of her than not to know what they are doing outside. So the old lady sighed and said, "As elders, who of us doesn't look forward to having our children and grandchildren by our side?" That kid is a boring one, and he doesn't like to tell anyone what he thinks in his heart, so I'm just afraid that he will move out these days, and he will be used to being free outside, and he will not be too lazy to come back and be controlled. When you say that you will take them back, we will be willing, but we are afraid that they will not. ”

Everyone immediately laughed and said, "What's so difficult about this, when the time comes, we will persuade him together." How can he say that he is the son of the Yuan family, can he still not listen to the elders? ”

So, after Yuan Changqing came back from receiving the holy decree from the Qionglin banquet, some clansmen were already waiting at home and asked him when he would return to Yuan's mansion to worship his ancestors.

Who is Yuan Changqing? People listen to the gong and listen to the sound, he is the person who can guess the sound of the gong before the gong is opened, how can he not know what the people in the clan are doing, so he smiled and returned to the clan, "Ming'er will go back to the house early in the morning." He turned around and confessed to Shanniang, "After Ming'er returns home, you will pretend to be dumb, if someone says anything to you, everything will just be pushed on me." ”

Hearing him say that, Shanniang knew that he had a countermeasure in his heart. She didn't ask, and he didn't take the initiative to say, which made Shanniang grit her teeth angrily. Now she really hates Yuan Changqing's mute temperament, except when she wants to coax her to do something "inappropriate", he will become so sweet-mouthed, and dare to say anything that can and can't be said, he usually pretends to be a cold fan! So she simply didn't ask.

The next morning, when the two returned to the Yuan Mansion, the Yuan Mansion changed the coldness and desertion when Shanniang sent someone to report the news that day, and it was actually a lamp in front of the door, and the court was colorful, and the patriarch had already led a group of old and young masters in the clan to greet them in front of the door.

Now the fourth master is still suspected of "stealing the dowry of his nephew and daughter-in-law", where is he willing to see the two of them, so he only said that the ministry was busy with official business and avoided going out. To say that the position of the patriarch of the Yuan clan was originally borne by Lao Linggong, and later, although the fourth master walked through the back door of the palace to get his father's title, the position of the patriarch was not something that outsiders could control, so one of his cousins was called. And although the position of the patriarch is no longer in the hands of the four masters, the ancestral hall of the Yuan family is still in the Yuan Mansion, and now the Yuan Mansion is full of lights, so to speak, it is just the place where the clansmen borrow the Yuan Mansion, and even, the four masters are not there, and there is no one in the clan who really cares.

Yuan Changqing helped Shanniang get out of the carriage, and the two were immediately surrounded by the clansmen. When the two of them were sent to the main hall, the old lady was sitting upright waiting to be saluted. Seeing them come in, the two maids stepped forward and laid out a mat in front of the old lady. Shanniang looked at Yuan Changqing from the corner of her eyes, and saw that the corners of his lips were slightly curled in a mocking arc, so she also curled the corners of her lips. Yuan Changqing did not hesitate to bow to the old lady, and she followed with a curtsy - it was not the kowtow that the old lady was waiting for.

Suddenly, the old lady's face became unsightly, and even the patriarch's face became delicate.

Yuan Changqing still maintained his usual cold silence, but Shanniang turned her head to look around, turned back and asked the fourth lady: "Fourth uncle is not at home?" ”

Immediately, the surroundings were quiet, so quiet that the old lady's face changed again. Just outside there was a master of ceremonies coming in to remind that the auspicious time was coming, so the old lady stood up from the chair, beckoned Shanniang over, and took Shanniang's hand, while smiling and saying, "Your fourth uncle has official business", while turning back to urge everyone not to miss the auspicious time, it was a "family carnival" with a long and filial piety.

Although she pretended to be kind to Shanniang, and Shanniang also pretended to be submissive, she didn't stop the people of the Yuan family who were watching, as well as the relatives and friends who were invited to watch the ceremony, with a different kind of eyes.

Now who in Beijing doesn't know that the fifth master came to the door and asked Yuan Li about giving away the dowry he prepared for his daughter? This is the headline scandal of the year. It was the fourth old man who argued that he didn't know about it, and implied that this was Yuan Changqing's frame--of course, this is indeed the truth--but the fifth old man, who couldn't resist his temper, raised his voice and asked the Yuan family, why did his healthy daughter get seriously ill within two months of marrying? Why was his daughter swept out of the house by the Yuan family with a serious illness? Why did his daughter's illness heal as soon as the couple moved out......

As I said earlier, the brains of the masses are endless, and the details that everyone didn't notice were so exaggerated that the fifth master shouted, and suddenly deduced countless versions of the new story. was then borrowed by the storytellers in the teahouse and played in depth, and finally made the story so out of shape that even the "original author" five masters could not recognize it, and even followed the other listeners to excitedly call Bao Gong Bao Qingtian, please Bao Daren hurry up and ask the dog head to come over, and kill the uncle who became rich and powerful by embezzling the property of the orphaned nephew, but poisoned the pregnant nephew and daughter-in-law, and drove the seriously ill nephew out of the house.

Although the fifth master couldn't recognize it, the old lady of the Yuan family and Yuan Li always suspected that the uncle who took the property of the orphaned nephew in the mouths of the storytellers was referring to them, so they hated the fifth master in their hearts. When the old lady and the fourth master were thinking about ordering Shanniang for Yuan Changqing, they also saw that the fifth master of the Hou family was a mixed eater and drinker, but they never imagined that the fifth master who had no interest was unknown in his hometown, and when he arrived in Beijing, he suddenly changed into a celebrity and became a celebrity......

After worshipping the ancestors, it is natural to have a family banquet. Yuan Changqing was dragged to the outer courtyard by the men, and the women sat around Shanniang in the inner courtyard. Then I asked Shanniang if the fifth master was Mr. Shuyi, who had lost the head and tail of the dragon. Shanniang generously admitted. Someone else asked about the painting secretly. This time, Shanniang was silent.

She was silent, but Yuan Yongmei stopped doing it, stood up patting the table, pointed at Shanniang's nose and said angrily: "That painting was obviously bought by my father with money, why did it become your dowry?!" Why haven't I seen you take it out before?! It's really your dowry, and who knows if you secretly sold it to someone else and turned around to frame my father?! You've got to make it clear today! ”

Shanniang's eyes narrowed slightly. If you want Yuan Yongmei to get off the stage, she has a lot of words. But looking at the people around her, she didn't want to look too strong. You must know that there are not only the Yuan family here today, but also many outsiders invited by the Yuan family who are showing off - behind closed doors, they can make any trouble, but in front of outsiders, she can't go too far, otherwise those guests will think that she is bullying her unmarried sister-in-law, she is a member of the Yuan clan, I am afraid that Yuan Changqing has just developed and has no one in her eyes. So, she looked at the finger in front of the tip of her nose and said, "My sister asked me very aggrieved, when did I say that the fourth uncle stole my things?" It's not uncommon for you to never see that painting, my father gave me a lot of paintings, and I never hung them out. And because of the small place where we live, my dowry cannot be opened, so many things have been locked as they are, and even Da Lang has never seen those paintings. But we only moved the box once when we moved out, and we didn't open it to see it......"

Yes, Han Cuixuan, who covers the largest area in the Yuan Mansion, is so small in her mouth that she can't even put her dowry. The Yuan family, who knew the inside story, said that the one who was invited to watch the ceremony didn't know what to make up......

“…… If my father hadn't seen it at Shangshu-sama's house, I wouldn't even know I had lost something. Shanniang said: "My father's temper is more anxious, and when he saw the painting, he wanted to come to the house to ask clearly, but the family in the house was unreasonable, and pushed my father without asking." My father was annoyed, so he shouted in public, but he never said that the fourth uncle stole my things, but asked how the things got into the hands of the fourth uncle. ”

and admonished Yuan Yongmei "seriously", "My sister is angry, I'm still angry!" Losing the dowry was a very humiliating thing, and now all the people in the capital know about it. I only hate myself for not knowing where I lost the painting, and I never dared to say anything to doubt the fourth uncle's words. Anyway, our surname is Yuan, for the sake of the dignity of the family, for the reputation of the fourth uncle, my sister should not be so open-mouthed. ”

Shanniang said this to be righteous and righteous, and to have family affection, so the elders in the clan nodded for a while, but looked at Yuan Yongmei with dissatisfied eyes, and even taught Yuan Yongmei a lesson based on the old and said: "I see that you were a reasonable child when you were a child, why do you not know the advance and retreat of the city government now that you grow up now?" Your sister-in-law is right, if you don't say those nonsense words outside, you don't say it as if you didn't hear it, and you even blame your sister-in-law, it's really rude for you. With that, she immediately forced Yuan Yongmei to apologize to Shanniang.

Shanniang pretended to be generous, and smiled at the old lady of the grandmother's generation: "This is not necessary, the fourth sister is also filial piety." When I first knew that my father was offended by the family in the house, I was also angry, but after thinking about it, it was just a misunderstanding, so I didn't take it to heart. ”

- She's so generous! It contrasts with the rudeness of the Yuan Mansion. You know, until this point, the old lady and the fourth lady have not apologized for the matter of the fifth master.

The old lady sitting at the top of the house, her plump cheeks trembled silently. When Yuan Yongmei stood up, she guessed what she was about to say. The old lady originally had the idea that she wanted to use Yuan Yongmei's words to clear the name of the fourth master in public, and she thought that Shanniang would bite the fourth master and hold on to it, but she didn't expect that Shanniang would actually speak for the fourth master, and she really couldn't tell whether the fourth master was innocent in this matter, but it made people think that Yuan Fu was rude, and Shanniang was a person who understood righteousness......

The old lady had no choice but to stare at her, and then ordered Yuan Yongmei to apologize to Shanniang, and then personally apologized to Shanniang solemnly for the fact that the fifth master was "pushed by the family". Shanniang was in a mood for a while, and the two performed a long and filial piety drama in public.

No matter what happened to the old lady, Shanniang followed the pretend to have fun.

As for Yuan Yongmei, she felt that she had lost face, where could she still sit still, and she left the table by changing her clothes and never came back.

After three rounds of drinking, Xu Shi began to "discuss" with Yuan Changqing about his move back, because the fourth master was not there, the fourth lady was not easy to come forward, so someone came to invite the old lady out.

As soon as the old lady had just left here, another good thing came to Shanniang's side, and asked her in a low voice, "Why is it good, you two have moved out of the house?" ”

Shanniang flattened her mouth "aggrieved", and also suppressed her voice: "I don't know what it is!" I wasn't allowed to ask. ”

These words immediately caused everyone around them to prick up their ears.

Shanniang said, "That day, after I finished copying the scriptures, when I was resting in the East Pavilion where the old lady temporarily borrowed my foot, I accidentally felt a cold and was dizzy, so Da Lang came over. When Da Lang saw that there was no one waiting in the East Pavilion, he became angry and sent my maid to call for someone. But we waited in the East Pavilion for a long time and didn't see anyone coming, but I started to burn again, Da Lang was not at ease, so he sent me back first. Later, we found out that it was Erlang who was beaten. The old lady was very angry, sent someone to call Da Lang over, and asked Da Lang what I didn't know, I was sick and groggy at that time, I only knew that after Da Lang came back with a black face, he ordered someone to pack up his luggage and move out with me. ”

Although everyone has heard rumors about this story outside, now it is recounted by the parties involved, which immediately satisfies everyone's curiosity - as for the truth, who cares!

Shanniang performed to her heart's content, until her throat was almost hoarse, and then she stopped and drank a sip of wine to moisten her throat. But when she finished moistening her throat and looked up, she suddenly saw several women not far away looking at her and whispering something. Then one of the women walked over to the other table, apparently saying something. Shanniang didn't care for a while, she just turned around and continued to entertain those who came to get close to her. It wasn't until she found that the face of the person who came over again was obviously less flattering and more gossipy, and she quietly wondered.

She was wondering in her heart that Aunt Nine had brought her little granddaughter Yu'er and the two over. Aunt Jiu asked Shanniang worriedly, "Are you and Changqing okay?" ”

Shanniang was at a loss when she asked. After careful questioning, I found out that it was news from the front, saying that Yuan Changqing bluntly told the Yuan family about his new errand, and he also did not hide that the emperor made things difficult for him at the Qionglin banquet yesterday. The Yuan family can be regarded as a family in the capital, and the sense of smell is extremely keen, and everyone can see it from the clues, although Yuan Changqing was ordered by Emperor Changyuan, but obviously he is not a sacred heart, and he is even disliked by the emperor...... As a result, the original hot energy immediately became a curiosity about the gossip protagonist in the gossip story.

Sitting in the carriage home, Shanniang didn't need to ask to know, they probably didn't have to move back. Not to mention that the old lady finally let go, knowing that Yuan Changqing had no future, even the people of the Yuan family who wanted to take advantage of Yuan Changqing also felt that Yuan Changqing was probably like this, so they naturally let go.