Chapter 85: The Bai Family's Side Branch
This year, with Renqi seeds, it is no longer a matter of lip service, and this matter is immediately put on the agenda.
The winter in Kyoto is much colder than that in Qinghe Town, even if the soup lady does not leave her every day, there is enough carbon supply in the room, Yan Wenzhi needs to read and write every day, and there are still a lot of chilblains on his hands.
It's still the same place as before, and there is a low cough from time to time.
Bai Yun came back, and set off a big wave in the court, but the good thing is that the emperor knew in advance that he was going to return to Beijing, so he issued an edict asking Bai Yun to return to Beijing and serve as the crown prince.
It's good to block the mouths of the people.
After more than ten years, Bai Yun put on his court clothes again and stood at the door of the Jinluan Palace, as if he was in a different world.
Back then, this place was the place he had to come to every day and stayed the longest every day.
But you can accompany you like a tiger, this sentence is true after all!
There were more and more colleagues who came to the court around, and everyone greeted him warmly when they saw him, and even many of them were new, and he didn't know them.
What kind of existence is Bai Yun in the Great Calendar Court, the kind of person who even the emperor has to give three points of courtesy.
But because after the incident more than ten years ago, Bai Yun retired from the court, and they hadn't seen each other for more than ten years.
The emperor sat on a high seat, overlooking the people below, standing at the front was Bai Yun, this was his position more than ten years ago, and now he can still stand in this position when he comes back, which is enough to see the emperor's importance to him.
"Bai Lao is finally back, but let me wait."
Bai Yun was shocked, and hurriedly leaned over and saluted, "The minister knows that he has done something wrong, so he should reflect on it all these years, and now the emperor can still use the minister, which is the minister's luck." ”
After some greetings, as usual, there was something to start playing, and nothing to retreat.
Everyone walked out of the Jinluan Palace, but Bai Yun was left behind.
Bai Yun was invited to the imperial study.
The door of the imperial study closed from the outside, and the emperor got up from the dragon chair and walked straight to Bai Yun, "Teacher, you are finally back, if you don't come back, I don't know how to carry it down." ”
Bai Yun helped him and sighed in his heart, even if he resented and hated in his heart, it was also a matter between him and the first emperor.
The current little emperor has only succeeded to the throne for two years, and he is the prince he taught in the past, and he is also the prince he is most optimistic about.
Since he came to power, he has said more than once that he wants to ask him to come back to help him control the court, but he has refused many times, and now he is still back.
His position is the crown prince, but the prince is only one year old, and he doesn't need any teachers at all, it seems that he is looking for a reason for himself.
"Your Majesty, please hurry up, the old minister can't afford your courtesy."
"Now there are no kings and ministers, only teachers and students, and you will always be my teacher."
The emperor respects Bai Yun the most, otherwise he would not have invited him back to Beijing many times after succeeding to the throne.
The two stayed in the imperial study for several hours, and even lunch was used together in the imperial study.
There are many eyes and ears in the palace, when he entered the imperial study, when he left the imperial study, when he left the palace, what he did on the way, who he met, and those who have a heart can know it when they check it.
Twenty-ninth of the lunar month.
It's Chinese New Year's Eve.
The Hou Mansion has not been so lively for many years, and the two families decided to get together for the New Year.
The two families add up to dozens of people, all of whom celebrate the New Year in Baifu, Lin Nanyi likes this kind of lively time the most, and put aside the development of chilblain cream for the time being, and also followed the women to buy the things needed for the New Year.
When there are more people, the things she makes are naturally more popular.
This year, she also made a lot of jerky, trying to let everyone get some, made a lot of rock sugar gourds, and the side branches of Baifu and Houfu will come to the lord's house to pay New Year's greetings after the year, and there are many children, these are their favorites.
On Chinese New Year's Eve, they still ate a tomato pot, prepared a much more hearty dish than the last time, and the whole family, regardless of the master and servant, sat around eating and drinking, enjoying the last day of the year.
After dinner, Lin Nanyi came to the backyard alone, which was her favorite place in the entire Huaiyuan.
There is a small plum tree in the corner of the backyard.
Partial birth is blooming in this coldest day.
Maybe it's so small that no one notices it, and it makes it a little arrogant.
"If you like it, move it to the garden."
Yan Wenzhi's voice sounded behind him, and his cold body was suddenly wrapped tightly by the big coat he put on.
"No, it's going to be freer here."
Yan Wenzhi didn't speak again, just quietly beside her, not making her feel lonely or noisy.
The two of them stood under the eaves for a long time, until a little snow fell in the dark night, and fell at their feet, and on the plum branches in full bloom.
"Let's go."
As soon as Lin Nan spoke, the two walked out of the backyard one after the other, Yan Wenzhi was always half a step behind her, and watched her enter the yard.
The third day of the Lunar New Year.
The side branches of Baifu and Houfu began to come to pay New Year's greetings one after another.
Lin Nanyi, as a new family member and a concubine, naturally had to be present.
The night before, she stayed directly in Baifu, and early the next morning, she started preparations with Zuo.
Those who came today are relatively close people, and there are quite a few of them, so it should be a tough battle.
Zuo didn't like this kind of occasion very much, but he had to buy it.
She taught Lin Nanyi while buying it, and if she could learn some calculations, there would be no shortage of such banquets in the days to come.
Before noon, people arrived one after another.
Lin Nanyi was returning with fresh vegetables from the vegetable patch in the backyard.
Uncle Zhang likes to grow his own vegetables the most, and specially made a small piece of land in the backyard to come out, and now some of them are all Chinese cabbage, which is even more fresh and sweet after being frozen by ice and snow, and it must be delicious to make a pot of cabbage and tofu soup.
Bai Yi Baiyin was called to the front by the Zuo clan to help, and now only Bai Qi followed her.
Lin Nanyi hugged the cabbage, jumped and jumped, and the falling beads and hairpins on his head jingled, adding a touch of vitality to this snow-white scene out of thin air.
The way back to the kitchen was blocked, and seeing that it was a few girls of the same age as her, Lin Nanyi guessed that it was someone who came to pay New Year's greetings today, but he didn't know him and couldn't say hello, thinking that as the master, he was going to leave from the side after a little blessing.
Now the kitchen is in a hurry to use cabbage.
The tofu made by the mother-in-law of Baifu is super tender and melts in your mouth, which is the most suitable for making soup.
"Stop, did I let you go?"
Lin Nanyi: ......?
This was said by the woman who was surrounded in the middle.
This breath? I don't know, I think she's the master of this house.
Lin Nanyi didn't stop, too lazy to pay attention to her.
Seeing that she ignored herself, Bai Lanlan became even more arrogant, turned around and was ready to pull Lin Nanyi back.
Before his hand touched Lin Nanyi, he was shocked back by a sudden force, and before the pain could reach the perceptual nerves, Bai Lanlan saw his palm drooping down and hanging in midair.
"Ah~"
The sharp pain came, and Bai Lanlan shouted sharply.
Lin Nan scratched his ears and died!
When I turned around, I found that Bai Qi had unloaded Bai Lanlan's wrist with just one hand!
Pour... Not so radical.
"You... How dare you break my hand!! ”
"Do you know who I am, I won't let you go!!"
It was so painful that Bai Lanlan's last few words were floating.
Seeing that everyone came in a hurry, they left in a hurry.
Lin Nanyi could only shrug his shoulders and say that I didn't understand.
"Why did you remove her wrist?"
She didn't want to make trouble for the Zuo family in the Bai family.
"She wants to pull your hair."
Hiss~ Why do you suddenly feel some pain in your scalp?
"Do you know who she is?"
Bai Qi shook his head.
It doesn't matter who she is.
Anyway, now it is unloaded and unloaded, and this enmity is also over.
The two hurriedly hugged the cabbage and headed towards the kitchen again.
Vestibule.
Zuo sat on the main seat, and under him sat the dearest side wives.
Everyone was chatting for a while, and suddenly someone spoke, "Madam, didn't you say that you recognized a righteous girl?" Why haven't you seen her all this time? Isn't it in Kyoto? ”
Zuo Shi took a sip of tea and put down the cup, and put his hand on the side casually, knocking lightly, adding a touch of nervousness.
"This kid likes to cook, so it's probably in the kitchen now."
Zuo's eyebrows and eyes are full of doting, just like his own biological child.
Several ladies had different faces, and they talked about it with a haha.
Bai Lanlan found someone to catch her wrist and hurried to the front hall to say goodbye.
When I saw Zuo's face from afar, I couldn't hide my excitement.
She was almost about to pass on to Zuo's people.
Bai Yun can be regarded as the boss of the Bai family, and now he is the crown prince and concubine, and the status of the Zuo family is naturally much higher than that of the side branch.
"Aunt is well! Lan Lan really misses her aunt. ”
Bai Lanlan stepped forward and bowed, her lips were red and her teeth were white, and her clothes were also very flattering, making the whole person look delicate and small.
"Okay, okay, Lan Lan has grown up and grown into a big girl, can you have a good match?"
Zuo happily shook Bai Lanlan's hand back and said to Bai Lanlan's mother, Mrs. Erfang.
"I haven't allowed anyone yet, there are not many children in the family, and it's good to keep her for two more years."
Mrs. Erfang replied with a smile.
When the Zuo family lost their daughter, Bai Yun thought about letting Bai Lanlan come over and accompany the Zuo family.
Later, for some reason, he couldn't succeed, but Bai Yun also took a lot of care of the second room.
Therefore, the second room is a lot more decent for other side branches.
Lin Nanyi happened to come from the verandah, and she specially went back to the courtyard this time to change her clothes, looking very lively.
Looking at the woman who seemed to be in trouble with her today, she stood beside Zuo's side, and she was intimate for a while.
Lin Nanyi casually quipped, "Bai Qi, look, that's not a small person, it seems that something big is going to happen today." ”
Bai Qi also realized that he might have caused trouble, and stood next to Lin Nanyi with his head bowed, a big man of more than one meter and eight meters was much taller than Lin Nanyi even if he lowered his head, but at this time, he seemed to have no momentum around him.
"Miss, the subordinates do their own things and bear their own responsibilities, and the subordinates will admit their mistakes by themselves."