Master fake high cold

The servants of the Qiu Mansion were very efficient in their work, and on the second night they had a harvest. They found a woman's skeleton under the water. Clothes worn by women.

Although it had been soaked in the river water for a long time, and the body was only bones, the clothes were not changed because of the excellent materials, but why did they look familiar?

Several servants looked at each other, shocked in each other's hearts, they read it right, it seems that this is the clothes that the eldest lady of the family Qiu Wan wore before she disappeared!

According to Qiu Shangshu's instructions, they carefully collected the bones and prepared to take them back to the mansion quietly, because considering that the person who died at the bottom of the river might be the young lady, they became more careful in their actions, and some of them sneaked into the bottom of the river many times. , and strive to make this corpse more complete.

But who had the audacity to murder the eldest lady of the mansion?

That is the daughter of Shang Shufu's concubine!

As for how to determine that it was murder?Nonsense, don't you see that chain wrapped around it?

Several servants had doubts in their hearts but did not dare to ask. After receiving the rewards, they were sent to a manor outside the manor together. They usually have no worries about food and clothing. There is only one request, not to leave the village for half a year, and not to disclose this matter.

It was related to the death of the eldest lady, and they knew the seriousness. The family members were properly arranged. Not only were they rewarded with money every month, but they didn't have to do anything. They were extremely happy.

The 259 years of Baiyue passed away without pain and pain. On the first day of the Lunar New Year in the 260th year of Baiyue, Li's father, who was far away in Zhuxian County, Huangzhou Prefecture, waited for a long time. He already knew about this.

After all, the capital city is quite far away, and it has been almost a month since I came and went. My daughter has to concentrate on preparing for the exam. When I left, I made a promise that I might not come back, but what happened to the Chinese New Year at the foster father and foster mother's house.

Father Li left the room full of members of the Li clan, quietly looking at the letter in his hand.

But someone down there couldn't stand it anymore, an old man stood up tremblingly and said: "Boss, your father is only your son, and you only have a girl named Jubai. There is a saying that the fat and water don't flow to outsiders. Since Jubai recruited If you have a daughter-in-law, you can choose a child among these nephews to adopt."

Father Li put the letter on the table, and took a moment to say: "I only have one daughter, Jubai, and these family properties are naturally left to her, Second Uncle, don't worry about it."

"Nonsense, can a girl's family keep such a large family business like ours?" Second Uncle Li blew his beard and stared, becoming more and more dissatisfied with his nephew, but no matter how capable this eldest nephew is, it doesn't matter if he is a successor. None, it doesn't look like I have given birth to four sons and five grandchildren, and this time they are all among the candidates for adoption.

Of course, for the sake of fairness and to silence other people's mouths, there are still a few children from other people's families, but his grandsons are all smart, and as long as the eldest nephew is not stupid, he will choose him, the grandson who is close to the second uncle, to adopt him.

Father Li was silent for a while and said, "Second Uncle might as well read Ju Bai's letter before we talk about it."

Uncle Li took the letter with a cold snort. What's so interesting about it? Let alone a juren now, so what if he won a Jinshi in the future? It's not that simple to have a way out in the officialdom. As far as family background is concerned, it is simply not enough for people to look at in the capital.

But he looked at the letter and was speechless.

What does it mean that Mu Lan recognized Mr. Qiu, Minister of the Household Department, as her adoptive father, what does it mean that her adoptive mother treats them as her own, and what does it mean that she has now lived in the Shangshu's mansion and wants to celebrate the New Year with Mrs. Qiu and his wife?

Didn't Li Jubai keep her husband unknown?How can there be such good fortune?

Seeing that he was silent in a daze, Father Li laughed heartily and said, "So Second Uncle doesn't have to worry about it. She can keep my little family property, and besides, the family property I earned can only belong to my daughter." , others don’t worry about it.”

The hall was silent, no one spoke, it was equivalent to beating, and those who didn't know could not help but wonder if that ominous girl Li Jubai had some great luck in the capital.

It wasn't until everyone dispersed that they learned from Second Uncle Li that their guess had come true. Mu Lan actually recognized Mr. Hubu Shangshuqiu as his adoptive father.

Father Li put away the letter and hummed a little song comfortably. His daughter is not the unknown person, but the unknown person should be the boy from the Shao family.

When he thought of this, he slapped his thigh suddenly, yes, why did he forget this, the daughter will be an official in the future, how can she have an ominous reputation?

It was obviously the Shao family boy's bad luck. He was engaged to his daughter before, but since he broke off the engagement, he was imprisoned, broke his fortune, and failed the exam.

Looking at my daughter again, not to mention the daughter-in-law who was recruited won the first place in the test, and she even recognized the Minister of the Household Department as her god-in-law when she came to Beijing.

That boy from the Shao family is blind, so he dares to blame his daughter. Now, it's clear who is unknown, okay?

Father Li waved his hand to call the housekeeper, and after giving such instructions, within two days, the whole Zhu County heard that Li Jubai had become the adopted daughter of the Minister of the Household Department. After getting married, they won the top spot, but the Shao family plummeted.

Everyone suddenly realized that the unknown person was not Li Jubai, but the unlucky Shaowang.

The government examination is unknown, and he is still a scholar of the Shaowang family. His family has spent all their wealth in order to keep his fame, and the family has been neglected a lot. Yundu retired.

For the first time in his life, Shao Wang was divorced by others: "..." The plot should not be like this! ! !

In the Qiu Mansion far away in the capital, after the new year, Mu Lan has no chance to go out of the mansion, because the examination will be held in the Gongyuan in March, and the Ministry of Rites must have already started to make arrangements.

Fortunately, the master didn't like to go out on weekdays, and he stayed with her in the study almost every day to read and practice calligraphy, and he didn't feel boring anymore.

Before the entrance examination, the candidates from all over the country generally travel lightly, only the children of the aristocratic families in the capital put up some battles, and among them, the House of Ministers of the Household Department is particularly conspicuous.

Because usually only one elder came from other houses, and Qiu Shangshu and his wife appeared together outside the Gongyuan. The wife of the minister of punishment, Mrs. Huang, turned her head and glanced, muttering to herself, isn’t today the day of Xiaochao?

Baiyue is a small court every three days, and a big court every ten days. Why did Shangshu Qiu come to the Gongyuan if he didn't go to the court?

Half a day later, after the adults from all the prefectures returned home, she was relieved of her doubts. Qiu Shangshu specially asked for half a day off for a adopted daughter whom he recognized.

And the emperor Nian only had one daughter in his concubine, and he had been missing for so long, looking at the old minister who had become much more energetic in recent days, he knew it without even thinking about it.

Besides, the test is different from the one-by-one test of the government. The three tests are conducted together, and the results are released together at the end. Of course, during this period, board and lodging must be in the Gongyuan.

The meals in the Gongyuan are buns and millet porridge in the morning, and one meat and two vegetables for lunch and dinner.

It is expected to be cold in spring, and the food is almost cold when it is delivered to the examinees. It is normal to be woken up by freezing at night, so it is not enough to just learn, and people who are in poor health and prone to illness can't bear it.

When she woke up on the last morning, Mu Lan was pinching her arms. She always liked to sleep with her arms outside the bed. She didn't usually feel like she was freezing at home in this air-ventilated shed, okay?

I don't know how the master is. Fortunately, she has taken care of her health in the Qiu Mansion in the past six months. Otherwise, with the thin body of the original owner, she would definitely not be able to hold it, let alone concentrate on answering the questions well.

What surprised people was that the day when the examination ended happened to be Xiaochao's day, and Qiu Shangshu appeared outside the tribute courtyard again. Don't think it must be a leave of absence, the key is that His Majesty approved it.

Ordinary people can also see that Qiu Shangshu attaches great importance to his adopted daughter, and his own one is no different.

Qiu Shangshu stood in the crowd with cold eyebrows, and he didn't take it seriously when he heard some whispers, hum, a group of ignorant people, Mu Lan is Wanwan, his own, okay?

As for some old foxes in the court, they saw more. The Ministry of Households was in charge of the court's finances. Since Qiu Shangshu took over, there had never been any mistakes. Only one daughter from the progeny was missing, and there was no tendency to form cliques for personal gain.

Otherwise, the Lu family, which is about to be ruined, would not be appointed to the daughter-in-law, and the concubine would only choose well-behaved ones, and would not involve the situation of the court.

Therefore, His Majesty is very relieved of him, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is honored and favored. After all, which superior would not like such a courtier who is dedicated to the public? To put it bluntly, he is only loyal to the emperor. No fool would value such a person.

Just like these two leave requests, would the emperor agree with ordinary people?

No, it should be said that ordinary people dare to go to the emperor to ask for leave with the excuse of "my adopted daughter is going to take an exam, and I have to guard outside the exam room"?

So people are more popular than others, this is not enviable.

When the exam was over, Mu Lan deliberately went to look for Li Jubai. After meeting a sight that was also looking for her, she bent her lips and walked over with high spirits. The two of them walked out of the examination room side by side.

As soon as Mrs. Qiu saw them coming out, she went up to meet them, touched this one, looked at that one, her eyes were full of distress: "My son has suffered, fortunately, I don't have to take the exam anymore."

The ear of the person next to me moved, what does this mean? Don't you take the test in the future?Or is it that I am very confident in the results this time, so I don't need to take the exam if I pass this time.

Mu Lan smiled and took Mrs. Qiu's arm: "Don't worry, mother, I will definitely not take the exam again in the future."

Hearing this, Qiu Shangshu finally found an opportunity to intervene: "Are you very confident about this time? Can you enter the first class?"

"more or less."

Mu Lan replied wholeheartedly, she looked at Li Jubai quietly from the corner of her eye, although what she said was true, Master wouldn't think she was arrogant.

Qiu Shangshu also looked at Li Jubai and asked the same question.

Li Jubai nodded lightly: "Hopefully."

Both Qiu Shangshu and Mrs. Qiu burst into laughter, especially Mrs. Qiu touched Mu Lan's hair and said one by one: "My son must be a first-class scholar." She is still the champion, and she will soon be the mother of the champion, hahaha.

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