Struggle of Baochai

Baochai had lost a lot of weight in the past few days, and Mrs. Xue felt distressed when she saw it, so she thought of ways to make up for her.

When Yuan Xue Hong passed away, this family was not allowed to eat meat, so Mrs. Xue had to ask the resident doctor to prescribe medicinal food, and every day, the family invited the best vegetarian restaurant in Jinling City to send a table of noodles. , although they are not allowed to eat meat every day, they are not bad at eating. Therefore, even though Baochai is holding vigils and mourning every day, he can still hold on.

Xue Pan was originally very strong, although he is busy and tired now, but he has not lost weight, and his whole body is still full of baby fat, but his eyes no longer have the recklessness of the past, and they are much clearer, and the whole person is extremely Lovely, white and tender, it is loved by those wives and grandmas who come to Xue's house.

It's a pity that Baochai and Mrs. Xue are both serious ancients. If a modern person looked at Xue Pan, he might say something cute.

It went on like this for seven consecutive days, and many relatives and friends came to express their condolences during the seven days of the dead body. The Xue family was busy every day, and it was finally time for the burial. It looks like it's going to rain.

Early in the morning, the monks and priests invited at home began to perform rituals and chant scriptures. Baochai listened to the sound of chanting scriptures in his ears, and then looked at the gray sky, a trace of worry flashed in his eyes.

Xue Pan opened the curtain and came in, took the wet handkerchief from Ying'er, wiped his hands and face, and said loudly: "Sister, it's not a good day today, I asked someone to take the green tarpaulin, and I also asked someone to turn over the car. After checking, there are umbrellas in every car, if it rains later, you remember to take care of mom, don't let her catch the cold."

"I see." Baochai nodded: "Brother, I remember that we still have a few big umbrellas in the storeroom, you ask someone to take them with you. You can't get wet in the rain when your father is buried. If it rains at that time, take them A few umbrellas are fully opened, and they can be blocked for a while."

"Okay." Xue Pan said anxiously, "I'll send someone to the storeroom to find it right away."

Upon hearing this, Baochai quickly called Xue Pan to stop, and asked softly, "Is there any news from the capital?"

Xue Pan shook his head: "How so fast? It's still uncertain whether his son Chen Yu will arrive in the capital. Besides, even if he arrives, he has to pass the sign into the palace and intercede with the emperor. After all, it will take time. We Just be patient."

Baochai shook her head: "What we lack the most is time. After my father is buried today, I'm afraid they will come to the door immediately. When the time comes..."

"What are you afraid of!" Xue Pan glared, with a look of fearlessness: "If they dare to try to trick our family, I will tell them to come and go."

"Brother." Baochai was a little helpless: "You must not say such things again, after all, you are the flesh and blood of the family, and you are the elders. If you do this again, others will only say that you are wrong."

"I know you can do something, but you don't have to put on airs and teach me." Xue Pan was so upset that he couldn't speak properly at the moment: "If you have a good way, just use it, and tell me what to say, I will tell you Everything is wrong."

Baochai felt sad for a while, covered her face and said in a muffled voice, "Brother, what is this called? Do you want me to live?"

Xue Pan also didn't control his mouth for a while, talking nonsense, seeing Baochai feeling uncomfortable, his son hurried over to apologize: "Sister, don't cry, don't be as knowledgeable as a vulgar person like me, it's all my fault, I owe you ,I……"

He slapped himself hard, and the clear voice came to Baochai's ears. Baochai immediately looked up and held Xue Pan's hand tightly: "Brother, what are you doing? I didn't give birth to you." Angry, why do you have to wrong yourself so much, in fact, what brother said is that brother is the male of the family, and my mother and I will rely on him to live in the future, I shouldn't talk to brother like this, I will correct it in the future. "

In fact, Baochai was not angry with Xue Pan, she knew that Xue Pan was close to her, and she really loved her, and she also knew that Xue Pan would never hold grudges if he had no intentions, so she just felt sorry for Xue Pan.

Xue Pan smiled: "It's nothing, as long as my sister is not angry with me."

Baochai shook her head lightly: "We are a family of flesh and blood, how could I be angry with you? Don't say such things in the future. Brother, if someone from the side branch really wants to come to you, brother just drag it, don't let it go." Turn against them and drag them to Beijing to send a letter, and we can relax."

"I see." Xue Pan responded, "Sister, just rest assured, just watch me."

After talking for a while, Xue Pan went out to arrange the funeral procession, and Baochai also hurriedly put on filial piety and went to the front to help Mrs. Xue take care of the servants and other trivial matters at home.

Not to mention how the Xue family was buried, but how Xue Hong was buried.

It only said that after Chen Yu received the things from Xue's family, he packed up his things in a hurry and went back to Beijing the next day.

He did not travel by water, nor did he take a carriage. Instead, he took the train from Beijing to Jinling, which had just opened recently. After traveling for a day and a night, he finally returned to Beijing.

Chen Yu had his own house in the capital, so he went back to pack up the things he had brought, and then went back to Zhongjinghou's mansion to meet his parents and brother and sister-in-law, which took about a day.

After everything was settled, Chen Yu got up early and handed the sign into the palace. In the afternoon, the palace sent someone to pass him, saying that Emperor Qianning wanted to see him.

Chen Yu quickly took the booklet and the checklist and followed an old eunuch into the palace. Chen Yu played in the palace all day long when he was a child. It can be said that he grew up in the palace. As soon as he entered the palace, he was like his own family, walking all the way and asking the eunuch who was leading the way: "Eunuch Cheng, has there been a new dish in the imperial dining room recently? Is Master Liu on the white case still working in the imperial dining room? I remember He makes good noodles, especially the Wowotou with chestnut noodles."

Then Eunuch Cheng didn't fall down, he felt a headache for Emperor Qianning, he thought that the emperor's cousin really lived up to his reputation, he had the demeanor of the ten princes back then, but the emperor didn't know what to do when he saw it, would he be angry out of breath.

Stepping on the Kowloon Danbi, Eunuch Cheng took Chen Yu into the Qianqing Palace from the left side. As soon as he entered, he smelled an indescribable fragrance. Chen Yu sniffed and walked quickly along the fragrance, but saw Qianning Emperor was leaning against the window, drinking tea and tasting a new kind of dessert.

Chen Yu walked over a few steps, with red eyes, staring at the dessert like a wolf: "Brother Emperor, what kind of dessert is this, why is it so sweet?"

While speaking, he didn't wait for Emperor Gan Ning to react, he had already brought a plate to him and began to eat hard.

Emperor Gan Ning was both angry and funny, and gave him a white look: "Can you do other things besides eating?"

Chen Yu stood in front of the window, the whole window had been replaced with glass, so the room was very bright, he shook the light blue robe embroidered with green bamboo patterns on his body, the bamboo reflected the sunlight as if alive , The bamboo leaves rose up automatically without wind.

"See, this is a new material developed by the Jiangnan Weaving Factory. It is made using the principle of light and shadow. There is a kind of plum pattern decoration. When people move, the plum blossoms will bloom slowly. There is also a kind of water ripple, which is also very beautiful. I I brought a few horses when I came to Beijing, if Brother Huang likes it, I will give you some."

Chen Yu smiled and said, "Brother Huang, just call the dim sum cook and let him tell me the dim sum recipe."

Emperor Gan Ning was furious: "You are so idle every day that you don't know how to do something serious. Forget it, Shanghai is newly opened, and there is still a lack of a navy stationed there, so you will train for me..."

"Oh, Brother Emperor, I have a headache." Chen Yu rubbed his forehead, looking in pain: "Forget it, forget it, just pretend I didn't say anything, and I don't want dim sum recipes either."