In the autumn of the twenty-eighth year of Hongwu, Xinguo Gongtang and died of illness at the age of 70. The emperor was overwhelmed with sorrow, and posthumously sealed Tang He as the king of Dongou City, nicknamed Xiangwu, and buried at the southern foot of Cao Mountain in Bengbu, Anhui Province.

In August, the [Emperor Ming Ancestral Training] was promulgated to all the divisions of the world, and the ministers were instructed to make the internal decree of the funeral and sacrifice laws of the post system as the ancestral system. and after the enactment of the law, he commanded his subjects to obey it forever. Make a will, if the future generations dare to say that they will change the ancestral law, they will be treated as traitors without forgiveness.

Publish the [Collection of Etiquette System], once again standardize the etiquette in detail, up to the court, down to the courtiers, crown weddings and funerals, and the system of clothing utensils, each with equal differences, and the work is a rule, so that the subjects of the world know the difference between the upper and lower.

As soon as the holy decree was issued, all the noble families in the capital were terrified, and they were all afraid of being approached by the Jinyi Guard, who had greatly increased their power.

In August of the same year, Geng Bingwen, Marquis of Changxing, was ordered to patrol all parts of the border passes in the west, and Guo Ying, Marquis of Wuding, was ordered to tour all parts of the border passes in the north.

Xu Huizu, the governor of the left capital, was ordered to train troops in Beiping, and Li Jinglong, the governor of the right capital, was ordered to train troops in Shanxi.

Geng Bingwen's eldest son, Geng Xuan, the former governor of the Governor's Mansion, was ordered to train troops in Fujian, and Guo Ying's eldest son, Guo Yong, the governor of the Governor's Mansion of the Chinese Army, trained in Henan.

When the news came out, the civil and military officials discussed it a lot, and they couldn't guess the emperor's intentions. And the parties understand very well, this is a warning from the emperor, and they dare not marry each other anymore, and the contacts are too close.

In a courtyard overgrown with weeds, Zhu Qiaoqiao knelt in plain clothes in front of the Buddha shrine, on which a bronze Buddha was enshrined, and the tablets of his parents were enshrined on the left and right.

The incense of the Buddha shrine continued, but the stove room was little rice and no firewood, and the fat cook came over with her waist twisted and said, "Grandma, there is no fire." ”

Zhu Qiaoqiao didn't move at all, Sixi frowned and handed over the candle on the table. The cook took it and said, "What do you eat without rice and noodles?" ”

Si Xi said angrily: "Didn't Sister Yuelan send a bucket of rice and a bucket of noodles, two live chickens and one side of meat a few days ago?" ”

The cook sneered: "It's been eaten for a long time, oh my Sixi grandmother, when I ate chicken thighs that day, it was a pleasure, why did I eat it with a greasy mouth." Don't admit it when you wipe your mouth? ”

Sixi's face turned red, and he said angrily: "You." ”

"Don't talk about it." Zhu Qiaoqiao raised her head and stared at the cook, and ordered, "Go and take out my satin jacket and pawn it, and buy some rice and noodles to come back." ”

Sixi muttered: "I have to cheap those black-hearted little guys again, no, this time I'll go by myself." ”

The cook was afraid of Zhu Qiaoqiao, and said with a smiling face: "Grandma, don't blame the slave family for having a bad temper, now except for us, who is not fragrant and spicy?" Saying that, the eldest lady will be married in a few days, and the old lady is happy. Everyone was rewarded with the same amount of money, but unfortunately we didn't even get a penny. ”

Sixi suddenly sneered: "That's grandma's money, it's really shameless." ”

The cook said, "What's the use of talking about this at the moment? Obediently accept your fate. The angry Sixi turned his head and went into the house.

Zhu Qiaoqiao didn't say anything, lowered her head and continued to chant the scriptures, the cook pursed her lips when she saw this, and said deliberately: "I forgot to tell grandma, the eldest young master accepted the daughter of the Geng family as a concubine, and now the eldest young master has been promoted to an official with a knife." ”

Zhu Qiaoqiao's body trembled, and anger appeared in his eyes. Soon, he looked more sad than dead, and regained his calm.

Sanxi, who had just come back from fetching water, immediately sneered: "What is an officer with a knife?" The third young master was reinstated, that was a dignified envoy, and sooner or later he would come back with the brocade guard to settle accounts with you. ”

The cook said disdainfully: "Sister, you should die!" Since the third young master soared. The whole person is gone. It is said that he didn't even return home, and it is estimated that he was sent by the Holy Lord to go on an errand in other places. The eldest grandmother was stained, so she was released by the eldest lady to live by herself, but even if others came back. This sister-in-law and brother-in-law, how can people come to pick you up and enjoy happiness regardless of gossip? Lonely men and widows can't tell the truth, even if the third young master misses grandma. But grandma doesn't think about the future of the third young master? ”

"The third young master is not that kind of person." Sanxi shouted without confidence.

Zhu Qiaoqiao sighed faintly, and said in a depressed mood: "What you said is that even if Hao'er comes, I will definitely not go with him." ”

The cook looked at the angry Sanxi proudly and said, "See, don't you see? Grandma, this is taking care of the overall situation. ”

Sanxi stomped his feet and said angrily: "I was really blind at the beginning, I knew that he was so ruthless and unrighteous, why did grandma blindly help him in the first place?" ”

After a long time, when the cook was bored with a kitchen knife, Sixi panted and carried a rice bag, tied a straw rope around his waist, and came back with six large charcoals.

The cook stepped forward to take the rice bag, and Sixi excitedly took out an oily paper bag from her arms, "I bought a crispy chicken, and the grain store will send some oily noodles and vegetables in a while, and everyone will satisfy their hunger tonight." ”

The cook wondered, "You're not enough?" The clothes were pawned for three or five thousand dollars at most, and they were all spent all at once, and how many pieces of body did grandma have enough for you to toss? ”

"Happy today anyway." After Sixi finished smiling, he walked to Zhu Qiaoqiao and knelt down in front of him, "I heard from the family just now that the two girls' family affairs were in vain, and the angry wife was furious and fainted. ”

The cook was taken aback when she heard this, and hurriedly followed, and said curiously: "What the hell is going on, you have made it clear." ”

Sixi smiled: "Later, I went to my familiar mother to inquire, it turned out that when the second master of the Geng family was eating flowers and wine on the Qinhuai River, he was arrested by Jinyiwei and sent to the prison of the Criminal Department overnight for interrogation. ”

The cook opened her mouth wide in surprise and muttered, "God, this must be a good thing done by the third young master, he was kicked out of the house that day because of the second master of the Geng family." ”

Zhu Qiaoqiao listened quietly without showing any expression. Sixi said happily: "This is not over, the young master of the Qi family was reported by the Jinyi guard for wearing a dragon and phoenix jade pendant, which violated the law of the country, and was beaten in public with eighty boards, beating his life half to death." Qi Shilang begged the Holy Lord for mercy for this, and as soon as he returned home, he sent someone to inform his relatives that the matter had been canceled. ”

The cook sighed: "The third young master really still doesn't have the temper to suffer a little loss, it seems that the long house will be difficult in the future, and he will not give up." ”

Sixi looked at her with bad intentions and sneered: "You still have to think about yourself, I have been angry with you a lot these days, eat and take, wait." ”

The cook was dumbfounded, and she was busy compensating Zhu Qiaoqiao, and slapped herself more than ten times, and she didn't dare to be slacking off at all, and honestly worked hard to cook.

Zhu Qiaoqiao, who was originally like water, looked at the cow dung fire burning under the stove, and the yard was full of stinky smoke, and slowly stood up.

"Let's go, let's go and reason with my wife."

In Weijia Village, in the empty courtyard, Xu Qingtang was eating tea against the patio, and Xiao, who was wearing a coarse cloth hairpin skirt, came over and sat opposite, and the couple looked at each other speechlessly.

After a long while, Xu Qingtang smiled bitterly: "That kid is ruthless enough, let us eat bran here, and don't send a penny." ”

Xiao Shi, who had washed up the lead flower, served her husband by herself because of the recent coarse tea and light meal, and was a few years younger than before, and said lightly: "Child, he wants us to see the world clearly, and now I understand the truth that prosperity is empty in a blink of an eye, and wealth is like floating clouds, and it is good to live quietly." ”

"Don't say it's useless." Xu Qingtang smiled energetically: "The people below are gone, and those who stay can't be treated badly, so I'll go to Zhang Luo to eat." ”

Xiao Shi then got up and said, "Qinglian Hongye has been in Beijing for so long, why haven't you come back yet?" ”

As soon as the words fell, I saw Father Li walking with a happy face being supported by Li Qiu, and shouted: "The old lady is very happy!" ”

Xu Qingtang smiled and asked, "Where does the joy come from?" ”

Father Li daxiao said: "The second master of the house sent someone to pass the word, saying that I couldn't live with you before, and all the silk shops were given away, which is regarded as an apology." And said that the old man sent a message, and all the properties belonging to our second room were returned to Zhao, and he also said that he would let the government come forward and re-divide the family. ”

Xiao Shi was immediately overjoyed, and Xu Qingtang frowned and said: "Just take the store back to feed the whole family, and you don't need to divide any family, you can't make your mother sad because of this, the Xu family is not separated." ”

Xiao Shi frowned, and said unhappily: "After this incident, you are still so ignorant? ”

Xu Qingtang smiled bitterly: "It's not that I'm stubborn, as long as my mother is alive for a day, I can't be unfilial." ”

"That's right." Xiao Shi also saw it now, "It's okay not to divide the family, but in the future, the second room will be lived by yourself, and the affairs of your own family will be decided by yourself." ”

"Depending on you," Xu Qingtang nodded.

When the big guy was happily talking, a little guy ran and said, "There is a guest in the capital, and it is a female dependent." ”

Xiao Shi was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said: "Quickly welcome the guests in, you all avoid it." ”

Later, a sedan chair slowly fell into the courtyard, and a middle-aged beautiful woman came out. Xiao Shi looked at the other party carefully and saw that he was wearing an agarwood-colored Yunlu cloak, a goose yellow satin spring shirt, a moon-white plain silk drag skirt, and big cloud-headed green satin high-soled shoes.

For a while, he was a little unpredictable about the identity of the person who came, and Xiao said politely: "Who are you?" ”

The beautiful woman smiled: "You are Hao'er's mother, right?" To tell you the truth, I am Princess Lin'an who has no husband, and I am here to invite your family to move to the capital to settle down on behalf of Hao'er. ”

Xiao Shi was surprised and delighted, she knew that her son lived in Princess Lin'an's Mansion, and the two sides didn't have to see each other, so she didn't make a big salute and said, "Dare to ask Your Highness what this means?" The slave family was a little confused. ”

Princess Lin'an said with a smile: "This matter is a long story, anyway, the Holy God rewarded your family with a mansion, which has been repaired for the past two months due to disrepair, and now that it has been repaired, it is natural to invite the master's family to move in." ”

Xiao Shi finally understood, and secretly said that I said, why did the little rabbit cub not only send money to the family, but instead stretched out his hand to ask for money, daring to love in order to repair the house, this bastard thing dared to hide it from the old lady? I'll come back to you to settle accounts.

Xiao Shi was embarrassed and said: "Don't you know, if the old lady doesn't enter Beijing, how can you be a child and enjoy happiness?" Alas! ”

Princess Lin'an smiled slightly: "Don't worry, the old lady will leave for Beijing soon, and then your family will be reunited in the new home." (To be continued......)