An old lady's life

Naturally, the news that the imperial guards captured the fugitive was also spread in Beijing last night, but the spread was not fast.But it happened not far from Rongning Street, and when Hongye heard about it, her heart skipped a beat, and she immediately sent someone to the Lin family and the Tian family to inquire.

Everyone in the Lin family seemed to know about it, but no one in the Tian family except Jia Xiyao and his wife and the coachman knew about it. Although the husband and wife deliberately concealed it, it can be seen that the status of the two in the Tian family.

When the servant got the reply, he immediately went back to the Rong Mansion to report to the old lady. Hongye frowned and thought for a while, and asked someone to pick some good things from the warehouse, and sent two teams to send them to the Lin family and the Tian family respectively, in the euphemistic name of suppressing shock.

Not to mention the Lin family, Hongye slapped the Tian family again, especially after Tian Shilang found out, his face was black again, but he couldn't blame his mother-in-law for doing something wrong. When it comes to unforeseen disasters, the mother-in-law comforts her, because the mother-in-law loves her children.

When Jia She, who had been cramming, heard about it, the two of them were taken aback. They just went home. The younger sister and brother-in-law seemed to be unlucky. They went all the way to Jinling years ago without encountering any troubles.

After the lunch break, Hongye summoned her two sons. She naturally knew that Jia She and Jia Zheng would not be idle for a moment when they came back, and they were still living in the sea of ​​books, but Dafeng's abuse of them was like a failed first love.

Of course they don't have a first love, and their wives barely qualify as first love.

Jia Amnesty and Jia Zheng came to see his mother with anxiety, Hong Ye didn't whet his appetite, and said directly: "I planned to let you rest for a few days before talking about the exam, but mother sees that you are working hard, so I won't delay. Tomorrow morning , let’s take the test.”

Jia She and the two were immediately confused. Jia She leaned forward and said fawningly: "Mother, son, tell the truth. Although my son tried his best to study, he really didn't get much in. The test is too bad. Mother, please don't be angry."

The corner of Jia Zheng's mouth twitched, the eldest brother became more and more cheeky, what should he do if he said that?

"My son has only read one-third of the book." Jia Zheng said with a blushed face, quite ashamed.

Hongye glanced at the two of them, raised her eyebrows and smiled and said, "It's okay, mother doesn't mind, it won't work this time, just come back next month, once a month, there will always be progress."

Jia She's eyes widened immediately, "Is there anything else?"

Hongye responded, and said again: "Of course, until you learn it."

The two brothers looked at their mother eagerly, hoping that what they said before was a joke.

"Okay, go back and work hard. After you pass the exam tomorrow, mother has other arrangements. As I said before, mother will arrange tasks for you."

In the past, Jia Amnesty was quite active, but the mother couldn't complete the first task, which shows how difficult the next task must be. The two brothers suddenly looked like frost-beaten eggplants.

Hong Ye secretly smiled in her heart, and arranged countless tasks for the two brothers, she did not believe that they would still have time to engage in infighting.

When Jia Amnesty returned to the east courtyard, Mrs. Zhang saw his gloomy expression and asked, "But what embarrassing thing did mother order?"

Jia She lowered her eyelids and hid her whole face under the beard. "Mother said that the exam will be taken tomorrow, and only the Taifeng Law will be tested. She also said that the exam is not good this time. It will continue next month, and the exam will be taken every month until it is mastered."

Zhang Shi suddenly clicked her tongue, she supported her stomach and slowly sat beside Jia She, with her right hand on Jia She's hand, "Master, don't worry, since mother said to learn it, then there will be plenty of time, so you don't have to worry about it at all. Although there is a lot of content in the Taifeng Law, we can always finish it in a year."

Jia Amnesty twitched the corner of his mouth and muttered, "Doesn't that make me appear incompetent?"

Mrs. Zhang couldn't help but smile. Jia She is not as talented in reading as the third brother-in-law and the fourth brother-in-law, and he has not seen any achievements in other fields, but he has a childish heart, so it is good for her. Looking for a good man?

Jia Zheng returned to the West Courtyard, and went into the study as usual, followed by Wang. She thought about it for two days. She wanted to please her mother-in-law. She wanted to learn how to read and read without barriers. I can only ask Jia Zheng.

Jia Zheng couldn't concentrate, so he put down the brush in his hand and asked instead, "Madam, what's the matter?"

Wang Shi bit her lip, came to Jia Zheng's side, and said after a while, "Master, I want to ask you some questions."

Jia Zheng wondered, "What's the problem?"

Wang gritted her teeth and said, "Can master teach me how to read and write?"

Jia Zheng looked confused, and Wang continued: "The exam questions given by my mother are actually written by my mother, my sister-in-law, and my concubine. It's just that I can't read much, and I can't help you with anything. Almost all of them are from my sister-in-law." I sorted out Liuli and Jade according to my mother's request, and I seem to be quite useless."

Jia Zheng was speechless. You only know a few designated fonts, so of course it is useless. Just teaching your wife to read and write seems to be the first time.

Wang looked at Jia Zheng eagerly, and Jia Zheng thought, since he spent a lot of time in the study anyway, it would be feasible to teach Wang how to read.

So Mrs. Wang got her wish, and Jia Zheng read a book on the sidelines, and took out the enlightenment books, and taught Mrs. Wang how to recognize characters from beginning to end. Every day, Mrs. Wang had to start practicing big characters.

When Hongye learned about it, she was a little surprised. She hadn't asked Jia Zheng to teach his daughter-in-law to read and write. Did the husband and wife automatically comprehend it?This is gratifying!

And seeing that it was time to get off work, Lin Hai was still a little distracted, should he go to Guard Lou?In the morning, he ordered the coachman to bring a lot of fruit from home when he came to pick him up in the afternoon. The fruit from his mother was more delicious, and he couldn't give a heavy gift, so he gave these to eat.

It wasn't until he walked out of the Hanlin Academy and got into the carriage that Lin Hai made up his mind and ordered the coachman to divert to the gate of the palace.Anyway, he really couldn't find a way to meet Guard Lou in private, so he could only pass the news from the gate of the palace.

In the palace, around the Imperial Study, Lou Gao came to patrol. The first-class guard on duty here today is Shang Yong, and Yu Yang will report to the Emperor in the Imperial Study.

The prison of the Ministry of Justice is very strong. Gao Mao must have helpers to escape from the prison of the Ministry of Justice, but it is obvious that Gao Mao is not as good as the people behind him. more difficult.

Yu Yang followed that person and watched him for a day, and only after the time of day in the afternoon did he see that person had a special action. It took a whole day before he went through several connections to the person behind the scenes.

After hearing Yu Yang's report, Emperor Changping's expression froze for a moment, and his brows were full of anger and disappointment. Although he had already prepared in his heart, Emperor Changping still had fluctuations in his heart.

"No more monitoring, just prevent Gao Mao from escaping from prison again, and don't let people silence him."

Yu Yang responded seriously, this was their duty as a guard, so naturally it was incumbent on them.

After Lou Gao made his rounds, he received news one by one from the guards that someone was looking for him at the gate of the palace.

Lou Gao immediately thought of Lin Hai, because so far, no one has found him in such a blatant way, and he has really succeeded in finding him. No one has tried it before, so naturally he didn't know it would be so simple.

Sure enough, Lou Gao came out from the palace and saw Lin Hai from a distance. He knew that Yu Yang had saved Lin Hai and the others last night. Strictly speaking, it was their responsibility, not a life-saving grace.

Seeing a sack next to Lin Hai again, Lou Gao's eyes lit up. The sleeves the old lady gave last time were very delicious. I don't know if these fruits are equally delicious.

"Guard Lou." Now that Lin Hai remembered what Jia She said about Jia Zheng, he seemed to be used to it, and he would not feel embarrassed.

Lou Gao clasped his fists in return: "Master Lin."

"Last night, thanks to Guard Yu's rescue, I came here to thank Lou Guard and the others. These fruits are from my own family. Lou Guard took them back to eat, and distributed them to Yu Guard, Shang Guard, and Yu Jiang Guard. The next official chatted to express his affection. "

Lou Gao still felt a little embarrassed, and clasped his fists in return: "Thank you, Mr. Lin. In fact, we didn't do a good job and caused you trouble. It's good that you don't mind."

Lou Gao took the linen bag, Lin Hai smiled gently, thinking about what his mother said about inviting guests to dinner, and immediately said: "Guard Lou, when are you free?"

Lou Gao carried the heavy linen bag and weighed it. It looked like it weighed more than 20 catties, and it could be distributed to many brothers. Hearing Lin Hai's words, he was a little puzzled.

Do it in one go, so as not to be courageous next time, "Mother has always asked me to invite Lou Huwei and others to be guests at home." This time I brought the words to the table.

Lou Gao was a little dazed, but they haven't been free recently, so he had to say regretfully: "I'm sorry, Mr. Lin, I've been busy recently, and we don't have time. Even if we are free, we can't take a bath together. I'm afraid it will take a while."

When to wait, of course, after the New Year's drama ends, Yu Jiang is still far away in the south of the Yangtze River and has not returned.

Lin Qing felt a little regretful and a little happy, hehe, mother, I didn't deliberately not invite Lou Weiwei and others, it's just that they are not free.

"Well, when Guard Lou is free, you can send someone to tell me, lest mother keep thinking about it."

Lou Gao's mind was running fast, and he had already thought about how to do a rest with several people, and just let the master take over, he said with a reserved face: "Thank you, old lady, for your kindness."

For no more than a quarter of an hour, Lou Gao watched the carriage go away, and then entered the palace gate with a linen bag.Arriving outside the imperial study room, Yu Yang hadn't left yet and was talking with Shang Yong.

"A thank you gift from Mr. Lin." After finishing speaking, he took out five fruits from the bag, including apples, pears and oranges. Seeing this, Shang Yong refused to give in, and immediately took two fruits from it.

The three of them got close, and Lou Gao lowered his voice and said what happened just now.

Yu Yang and Shang Yong's eyes flickered, Lou Gao lowered his voice again, and said his arrangement, the two immediately nodded, and it was only natural that the master would do his best.

It's just that I'm afraid it will take at least ten days and a half months, maybe next month.

Yu Yang carried the fruit down to share with the other guards. Lou Gao swayed outside the imperial study room with the fruit in his arms. Seeing that the emperor was not busy in the imperial study room, he chatted with Wang Wei who was standing outside, and handed it to Wang Wei. An apple, after he peeled the orange, divided it into two parts, one for himself and one for Wang Wei.

Wang Wei ate with great relish, and chatted and laughed with Lou Gao in a low voice.

The aroma of the fruit spread into the imperial study room. Emperor Changping walked around for a while, and immediately saw his guards and personal steward enjoying the fruit. "Come in, Lou Gao!"

Lou Gao and Wang Wei immediately had a conversation with each other, and immediately entered the imperial study room. Emperor Changping saw a few fruits in his hand, and asked in surprise, "Bringing them to honor me?"

Lou Gao scratched his head, didn't hide anything, and said in detail, this is still Lord Lin's thank you gift, he took the fruit knife next to him, peeled the fruit, and asked Wang Wei to check it, and then presented it to the emperor .

Emperor Changping was in a depressed mood, but suddenly healed a lot, "This Lin Hai is really unlucky." After saying that, he took a piece of apple with a toothpick, it was crunchy and delicious.

"Not bad." It's no worse than the tribute in the palace.

After eating the fruit, Lou Gao's goal was achieved, so Emperor Changping dismissed him, leaving Wang Wei behind, and asked: "This year is another year of official evaluation, Wang Wei, the three champions, second place, How about Tanhua?"

Wang Wei couldn't answer right away, but if it was an important minister, he would be able to answer it. For a junior official of the Imperial Academy, he had to read the report from below to know.

Emperor Changping was also aware of the situation here, and he didn't ask Wang Wei to answer him immediately, and it will be the same next time.

Although the time was delayed, it was not too late when Lin Hai returned home. The setting sun was shining brightly in the sky. He thought it would rain last night, but he didn't think it would be a sunny day today.

After dinner, Lin Hai reported to his mother that he had made consistent contact with Lou Weiwei, but Lou Weiwei and others were not free recently, so they couldn't get away.

Ai Cao waved her hand: "It's okay, anyway, as an old lady, I have time, let's wait for them to rest." She took another look at Lin Hai, "Next time, if there is any danger, Haier can't hide it anymore. Mother, I know you don't want your mother to worry, but you don't know that some things are small things, but because they are concealed, they become big things. Ignorance is the most terrible thing, knowing it is not terrible."

What is good for you is to hide it from you. Ai Cao expresses this kind of concept, and she doesn't appreciate it.

Lin Hai was taught: "Yes, mother. My son is ashamed!"

After a day's rest, Jia Min has recovered, so she is a little embarrassed. After all, her performance last night was really not good. A wife must have the courage to face danger. It is obvious that she is still very immature!