A Timely Wife

This time, the schedule for adding Enke was very close. On the surface, it was said that the state-owned princes were celebrating together, but the Li family knew that it might be due to the death of Prime Minister Zhou.

Having been an official for decades, Prime Minister Zhou has many disciples and former officials. Now Prime Minister Zhou has been forcibly detained as a shitpan. Not one of the family is left dead. The youngest son of the Zhou family has gone to nowhere. It is said that he also died in the palace. In that fire, the most promising grandson had been missing for half a year. Just thinking about what happened to Zhongliang makes people shudder.

It's not that the people above the court didn't complain for Prime Minister Zhou, but without exception, they were all thrown into the sky prison and charged as an accomplice. Their wives and children were either exiled or not sent to the Jiaofang. The emperor changed his mind, but within two days, no one dared to say a word of justice for the dead Prime Minister Zhou.

But the court did not talk about it, but there were more voices from the people, especially those disciples of Prime Minister Zhou who were not officials in the court. They insisted on the court giving them an explanation. I was also a little panicked. If it continues like this, Da Chu may be in chaos ahead of time.

I don't know who suggested it. It is said that Prime Minister Zhou is nothing more than being the chief examiner for several times, so there are so many former students and old officials. If you find a reason to add Enke and let their people become chief examiners, it will be fine. Well, the imperial concubine felt that this method was very good, so she talked to Emperor Chu Cheng. Emperor Chu Cheng never cared about these things. Since the concubine Ai said yes, she would definitely do it. She ordered it casually, and the matter of adding Enke was a foregone conclusion.

It’s just that Emperor Chu Cheng and the imperial concubine didn’t expect that this time Enke would lead to a war that lasted five years, and Emperor Chu Cheng himself died in this war. chaos".

The Prime Minister's Mansion became a forbidden place in the capital. Emperor Chu Cheng didn't know what kind of mentality he had, that is, he didn't let people collect the bodies of dozens of members of Prime Minister Zhou's family, but he didn't continue to search the house. Fortunately, it was already February. The weather is colder, otherwise no one will be able to get close to the Prime Minister's Mansion within a radius of ten miles within three days.

At the beginning, there were still people guarding around the prime minister's mansion, but slowly, Xu felt that no one would take the risk of beheading to collect the corpses of the dozens of people in the prime minister's mansion, plus the new year was coming, the guards in the palace had to be strengthened Because of this, Emperor Chu Cheng withdrew the people back, and the former prime minister's mansion, which was crowded like a city, is now like a ghost mansion in a deserted village.

While the entire capital of Chu was busy preparing for the New Year, on a cold and windy night, the Prime Minister's Mansion was flooded, and the fire started quickly. With the help of the wind, the entire Prime Minister's Mansion was engulfed in a sea of ​​flames in just one cup of tea time. middle.When Jing Zhaoyin brought people over, the fire in the Prime Minister's Mansion could no longer be controlled, so he could only evacuate the surrounding people to settle down first.

The fire burned for two days and two nights, and when the fire was completely extinguished, there were only charred stones left on the ground in the prime minister's mansion, and even human corpses were only left with a few scattered bones. Jing Zhaoyin did not dare to When he came closer to investigate, he was somewhat afraid. No one knew how Prime Minister Zhou died or how his eldest son died, but Jing Zhaoyin understood it very well.

Jing Zhaoyin, who didn't dare to approach, led the people around hastily, and quickly took them back to report. After hearing this, Emperor Chu Cheng just waved his hand and didn't say anything. He didn't speak, so Jing Zhaoyin naturally He didn't dare to say anything more, and the Prime Minister's Mansion remained empty.

As for Liujiagou, which is thousands of miles away, Liu Cheng sent people there to gently move more than twenty jars from the carriage with dignified expressions. Zhou Nuyuan pulled Zhou Jinyan to stand in front of the carriage. Everyone was wearing white linen mourning clothes, kneeling there in a proper manner, Zhou Nuyuan was a little better, but Zhou Jinyan kept sobbing softly.

People from the Li family were not at the scene. After all, this was a matter of the Zhou family. They could not rush to greet the spirit without receiving the obituary. Zhou Nuyuan and Zhou Jinyan did not hold any funeral. After the urn was taken down, Zhou Huyuan and Zhou Jinyan kowtowed three times respectfully, and then they buried all their family members in a geomantic land in the back mountain according to the names on the urn.

Enke’s examination date is scheduled to be at the end of March, and Yihao’s is on the [-]th day of the first lunar month. During the Chinese New Year, you can spend it at home, but the Lantern Festival can only be spent in the examination room. Rao Li Ruosong has matured a lot, He couldn't help complaining, he and Cheng Dong hadn't been married for less than a year, and it was rare to see a good time like Chinese New Year, but he had to be abandoned on the road, how uncomfortable he was.

If Chengdong had heard Li Ruosong's complaints a few months ago, he would probably have said a few words about Li Ruosong. Speaking of which, Chengdong was also very unwilling to separate from Li Ruosong, although intellectually he understood that Li Ruosong had to take the imperial examination, he had waited for so many years and was suppressed by the Li family for so many years, it was rare to have such an opportunity, No matter what, he should support Li Ruosong, but unfortunately, emotionally, Chengdong hoped that Li Ruosong would be by his side.

Chengdong's belly is getting bigger and bigger, which makes everyone feel a little startled. Butler Zhang has already reminded them that Chengdong's baby is likely to be delivered early. Counting the days, it will be in mid-April. I don't know if Li Ruosong will be able to come back in time. If he can't, this matter will be a regret for Li Ruosong's life, and it will also be a regret in Chengdong's heart. After all, it is his first child and he is a parent. Who doesn't want to see his own flesh and blood for the first time.

Because of Prime Minister Zhou's affairs, and because Li Ruosong and Li Ruoshan had to leave home to take the exam after the new year, the Li family's life this year was inevitably a bit dull, and everyone felt like a stone was pressed in their hearts while they were happy.

On the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, the Lord of the Stove was worshipped. On this day, Cheng Dong, who was already inconvenient to move, followed Li Ruosong to the kitchen. Li Liang was pasting the paper portrait of the Lord of the Stove. Chengdong had only heard of this custom in modern times, and had never seen it before. However, I can't help being a little more curious.

Seeing this, Li Ruosong said, "23, Jizao officer, don't you have any over there?"

"Our family does not have this custom. I heard that there are places in the south, but I have never seen it." Cheng Dong shook his head and said.

"You don't use a stove?" Li Ruosong raised his eyebrows, also curious.

Chengdong thought for a while and said, "The rural ones are still used, but the cities don't use them. They don't need them, and they don't need them. What's written on the paper? I can't read them."

Li Ruosong looked in the direction of Cheng Dong's finger, and read: "The master of the east chef, the god of supervision in the world, and the head of the family, these are the names of the Stove Lord, which shows the status of the Stove Lord."

"Oh, what's written on both sides?" Cheng Dong continued to ask.

"Sacrificing to the Stove Heaven said good things, and the lower world will keep you safe. This is to hope that the Stove Lord can say something good to the Jade Emperor and keep our family safe." Li Ruosong explained.

Cheng Dong nodded thoughtfully, and asked, "Don't you need to sweeten the Stove Lord here?"

"Sweet mouth?" Li Ruosong frowned, and asked, "Why sweet mouth? Is it your custom?"

"Well, I heard that we have to give the Stove Lord sweet mouth with sugar, so that he can speak nicely to the Jade Emperor. To put it bluntly, I bribed you with some sugar, so you don't want to sue us in front of the Jade Emperor. " Cheng Dong said.

"No, we probably have different customs, and sugar is very expensive here. Generally speaking, ordinary people can't afford sugar. How can you give something that you can't afford to the Stove Lord?" Li Ruosong finished. , smiled a bit.

Chengdong scratched his face in embarrassment, and said, "Cough, I don't know, by the way, do you have to clean up the house tomorrow?"

Although the topic was changed abruptly, Li Ruosong changed the subject very cooperatively, "Yes, we have to clean up the house on the 24th, inside and out. Fortunately, our yard here is not too big. Over there, just cleaning up the house can make people speechless."

"Ah? Isn't the yard over there in Songjiang Mansion the same size as this side?" Cheng Dong asked in a daze.

Li Ruosong shook his head, smiled and said: "You, you really are, we didn't live in the east courtyard when we were in Songjiang Mansion, you forgot, we lived in the west courtyard."

Chengdong immediately realized, yes, when he just married Li Ruosong, he lived in the West Courtyard, the West Courtyard is really not too small, there are six front and back yards, this is not counting as two rows of inverted houses, " Who cleaned up the house over there before?"

The smile on Li Ruosong's face suddenly subsided, he pursed his lips, and said: "Our family has always cleaned up, and we can add a few servants at most, but they always do things carelessly, often they have done us You have to do it all over again, rather than letting them do it."

Chengdong thought about the big house, and then thought about the appearance of Li Ruosong's family of three, and suddenly became angry, "They just watch your family of three doing things like this?"

"No, maybe they think we are not as good as servants who are close to them. I didn't understand why it was like this when I was a child. When I grow up, I understand and don't care." Li Ruosong said lightly.

"However, how could they bully people like this? No matter how unpleasant you are, you are still the masters. There is no reason to use you masters like this." Cheng Dong said angrily.

Li Ruosong quickly comforted him: "Don't be angry, don't be angry, take care of your body."

Hearing this, Chengdong quickly suppressed his temper. He vaguely remembered that his colleague said in his previous life that if a pregnant woman has a bad temper, the child born in the future will also have a bad temper. The little ancestor with a bad temper is kept at home.

"Well, it's okay, they bullied people too much." Cheng Dong still couldn't help complaining.

Seeing Chengdong defending himself like this, Li Ruosong's heart warmed, and he said, "It's okay, it's over.