An old lady's life

Because of the delay on the road, it was almost Xu o'clock when Ai Cao and his party returned to Lin's house, and Lin Hai was restless, worried that his mother might encounter some trouble on the road.

Seeing two carriages coming galloping in the dim light from a distance, Lin Hai stopped circling around, and after the carriage stopped, he walked forward with a nonchalant face.

"Mother, you have worked hard all the way."

Hao Ding jumped out of the carriage one step at a time, stretched out his hands together with Lin Hai, and Ai Cao jumped out of the carriage with the help of their hands.

"It's late, Hai'er is worried, isn't it? It's really not intentional. I ran into something on the road and helped." Ai Cao patted Lin Hai's shoulder and comforted her.

If any major incident happened, Hao Ding would definitely speak quickly, but if it involved a woman giving birth, Hao Ding really couldn't say it.

The chef in the kitchen has been waiting for a long time, and when he heard the report from the little maid, he immediately started cooking. Here, Ai Cao washed up briefly, changed his clothes, and the side hall had already begun to serve dishes.

When the dishes were ready, Ai Cao explained some things in detail, and Lin Hai and Jia Min were shocked.

"Seven-month-old child, why does the imperial concubine still appear outside?" Lin Hai felt that his wife should be treated like a jewel if she is pregnant, so she can go outside casually.

Jia Min felt a little scared, it was really dangerous to have a baby.

Hao Ding held his chopsticks like playing with nunchakus, and said with a pursed mouth: "Mrs. Anhou doesn't like the concubine, she must have thought of many tricks to tease the concubine, Zhou Ziwang has a concubine of an uncle's cousin, it is acceptable Madam Hou likes it."

Lin Hai was speechless, Jia Min paused with his hands under the table, "Does the Eldest Princess not care?"

Hao Ding shrugged: "I don't really care, but when something like this happened today, the Eldest Princess will definitely show her power, Madam Hou got involved! After all, the embarrassment was thrown outside, so what do others think of Anhou's Mansion?"

Hao Ding was very gloating, making that Mrs. Anhou's eyes go to the sky, let's see how arrogant she is now.

Ai Cao sighed, "I hope."

After dinner, Hao Ding stayed for less than half an hour, and then reluctantly left. Of course, he brought two big bags of fruit before he left. He eats meat, so he must give his brothers some soup!

This statement immediately made Ai Cao and Jia Min couldn't help laughing, this Hao Huwei is really not afraid of his brothers beating him up!

Anhou Mansion, the lights are still brightly lit, as Hao Ding said, it alarmed Princess Jingrong, this is a disaster for Mrs. Hou!

After the concubine and the dying son were welcomed back to Anhou Mansion, they were sent directly to Princess Jingrong's yard by the nuns, where the two imperial physicians had already been waiting.

One imperial physician is good at gynecology, the other is good at pediatrics, and the one who is good at pediatrics is Huang imperial doctor who treats Jia Hu.

Princess Jingrong sat at the head of the seat and asked the two imperial physicians to prescribe medicines for the concubine and the little prince. Lord An and Mrs. Hou were silent, especially Mrs. Hou's face was pale and her eyes were wandering. She didn't want to try the method, but she was angry in her heart, that little bitch, when she didn't give birth, she was born on the road.

The eldest son Zhou Ziwang was restless, and he couldn't stop looking behind the screen.

At this moment, the Eldest Princess has already understood the whole story, her eyes lightly fell on Mrs. Hou, and Mrs. Hou felt chills down her spine, knowing that she would be angered today.

The two imperial physicians saw a doctor and prescribed a prescription. The imperial physician who treated the imperial concubine left, but the imperial physician Huang stayed. After all, the young imperial concubine was born prematurely and was in poor health. After the first three days, and then three months later, the little prince can grow up safely after taking good care of him.

That night, Mrs. Anhou was deprived of the right to manage Zhongfu, and was ordered by the eldest princess to contemplate the Buddhist hall for three months, and the concubine of the niece of the Anhou mansion was sent out of the Houfu by the eldest princess. , Whether you can come back depends on the behavior of the people in Anhou's mansion and the restlessness of the noble concubine in the future.

As for the eldest son Zhou Ziwang, he was actually relieved, he was not having a good time being caught between his wife and mother, and now that his grandmother had made a move, it would save him a dilemma.

In fact, except for a slightly poorer family background, Shi Zifei is not bad in anything else, much better than her cousin. Unfortunately, his mother doesn't let him get too close to her. Now it's better, and he doesn't have to worry about his mother in the future.

The next day was the day of the imperial examination. No matter how big the matter was in Beijing, it was suppressed by this matter. The matter in the Anhou Mansion only caused a small splash and did not attract too many people's attention.

Ai Cao didn't know the news about Anhou Mansion until noon. No matter what the eldest princess and Anhou Mansion were like before, now that the eldest princess has made a move, at least the safety of the eldest concubine and the little son can be guaranteed, otherwise, Anhou will be left alone. Madam decides, Xiao Shizi is afraid that he will die soon, now that the imperial physician is in Anhou Mansion, the probability of Xiao Shizi surviving will be greatly increased.

In the palace, Hao Ding chatted with his elder brother and younger brothers after learning about the news of Anhou Mansion, "Zhou Ziwang is really irresponsible. The old lady said that filial piety is not foolish filial piety. His behavior is simply embarrassing to us men!"

Wei Liang blinked: "What else did the old lady say? Could it be that if Lin Hai forgot his mother because of his wife, the old lady would be very happy?"

Hao Ding gave Wei Liang a white look: "You are misinterpreting my words. If Lin Hai dared to forget his mother because of his wife, he would have been punished by the old lady. Besides, my sister-in-law is very nice. I have never seen my sister-in-law and the old lady have conflicts. And The old lady said that young people’s lifestyles and ideas are different from those of old people. Why should she interfere in the lives of young people? As long as Lin Hai does not do illegal things, the old lady said that even if Lin Hai is naked outside in winter /Ben doesn't care about her."

Hao Ding coughed, looked around, and saw that there were no outsiders, "The old lady said that a daughter-in-law becomes a mother-in-law. The reason why many mother-in-laws have trouble with their daughter-in-law is because the mother-in-law's life has been focused on her son for many years. If he gets married in North Korea, his mother-in-law will also be jealous if other women care about him. Of course, most of these kind of mother-in-laws are not liked by their husband-in-law, so the focus of life is on the son, and then the cycle continues like this. The relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, It is really like a natural enemy."

Ying Xing, Wei Liang, Luo Feng, and Tan Sheng looked at each other, half-responding to Xing and said: "The old lady can think about it!" Tan Sheng is the thirteenth brother among the fifteen brothers.

Several young people discussed the matter of mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, and finally came to the conclusion that a man who can't balance the relationship between his wife and mother is too incompetent!

A truly capable man can win the court, and he can settle the troubles between his wife and mother, so that his official career and family life can flourish!

Speaking of which, as the emperor's most trusted guards, Lou Gao and the others knew all kinds of tricks in the backyard of the officials in Beijing. They used to find it difficult to understand why the official looked brave in the court, but why he couldn't detect the secrets in his own backyard. Chung?However, after getting to know the old lady, the old lady gave them an in-depth analysis of the minds of such men. As long as these men have sons to inherit, they only care about enjoying themselves. I really don't know that the jealousy among women in the backyard is like a volcano erupting. I can only say that this kind of man is too naive, thinking that women love him to death. In fact, in this case, women only love money and status.

Feelings are mutual, as men who are not naive, Hao Ding and others feel that they want to be truly capable men!

There were few people on the street today, and most of them went to the Gongyuan. Even the peddlers in the downtown area had no energy to do business. After several days of hard work, Jia Zheng finally chose a place.

It is still the three-entry house on the side of Xiangyang Street. The outside can be used as a bookstore, and the back can be used as a study building. After the reputation slowly spreads, the study building will come in handy.

Hongye didn't refute. This place is a protracted war. It really won't have much reputation at the beginning, but if things go on like this, the library will definitely become a place sought after by scholars all over the world.

Hongye looked at the architectural graphics carefully, and carefully planned with Jia Zheng, how to decorate the shops in the front, how to decorate the book building in the back, and what he should do. Next, Jia Zheng will have to work for a while.

Renovation is a troublesome matter, no matter in ancient times or in modern times, especially Jia Zheng, who knows nothing about this business. After buying the library, he thought about what he should do on the first day, just like the day he first bought a shop. That way, having no idea at all, he stayed in the study and made a schedule. Jia Zheng was relieved when he saw the first thing that should be done on the schedule.

Oh, the first thing, he should go to a famous craftsman, draw the decoration drawings first, and then find more craftsmen to form a construction team to carry out the decoration.

After working hard for three days, the exam is not over yet, Jia Zheng has already asked the master to draw the blueprint, and this will be brought over for his mother to check and accept.

Hongye took a closer look at the drawings, because she and Jia Zheng were laymen, so they could only make certain requirements. The color matching still needed to be matched by the master, and the master's drawings made up for her lack of empty talk.

After the drawing was finalized, the next step was decoration, and Jia Zheng excitedly ran to find the craftsman.He took care of this matter himself, without letting others intervene, and the library has not yet been renovated, but he is already full of a sense of accomplishment in his heart.

As for the Lin family, Ai Cao welcomed Eldest Princess Jingrong's personal visit. Not only was the gift generous, but even the Eldest Princess came out in person, Ai Cao felt that she should be flattered.

The reason why he came to the Lin family to express his gratitude after three days is because after three days of careful maintenance, Xiao Shizi has passed the most dangerous period, and there is no need for the imperial doctor to be at the Hou's mansion anytime, and only needs three months of intensive care Well, Xiao Shizi is going through this hurdle, and his body will at most be weaker than ordinary people in the future. After years of meticulous care, Xiao Shizi will be able to recover.

Ai Cao took Jia Min to welcome the Eldest Princess Jingrong in person, and the two sides exchanged polite greetings, because the Eldest Princess brought her grandson. After a short greeting, Ai Cao sent Jia Min to the kitchen to prepare the noon banquet.

Princess Jingrong is much older than Ai Cao. They are not of the same generation, and they look quite old-fashioned. When they smile, their faces are wrinkled. "This time, I really thank the old lady for lending a helping hand." After explaining to the nanny and hearing the report from the imperial physician, the eldest princess still didn’t know what Mrs. Lin had given her granddaughter-in-law. The imperial physician said that the granddaughter-in-law should have eaten a great tonic, otherwise she would not be able to have a child at all, but The servant girl only said that she drank water, but she remained skeptical in her heart, but she couldn't say it out loud.

"Ziwang, the old lady saved your wife and children. You should thank the old lady yourself." After thinking about it countless times, the eldest princess patted her grandson on the shoulder.

Ai Cao didn't wait for Zhou Ziwang to finish his big gift before helping him up. Zhou Ziwang was a young man who was about the same age as Lin Hai.

Although she doesn't like such irresponsible people, she can't say anything about other people's family affairs.

"The eldest princess is too polite. Saving someone's life is better than building a seven-level pagoda. What's more, the concubine is pregnant. Besides, I didn't do anything. I know a little acupuncture points. At that time, I just massaged the concubine and stimulated her. The potential in the body, the one who really works hard is the imperial concubine." Ai Cao suddenly thought of this matter, but it was just acupoints, she can get it done tonight, and she can also use it to fool people in the future.

Zhou Ziwang's face was a little embarrassed, he always felt that Mrs. Lin looked at him very displeased, and he didn't dare to speak when he retreated to his grandmother.

The eldest princess sighed quietly: "The family is unlucky, and the old lady laughed."

Ai Cao shook her head, she really didn't have the right to comment on the family affairs of the Anhou Mansion, "Don't say that, the Eldest Princess, the child didn't do well, just re-educate her."

The most famous brothers Jia She and Jia Zheng in the Red Chamber can teach well, and I believe others can also teach well.

Zhou Ziwang suddenly felt his face burn, and always felt that the old lady was talking about him.

Princess Jingrong smiled kindly. This old Mrs. Lin is very interesting. Her expression and words showed that she was very displeased with Ziwang. She glanced at her grandson and sighed inwardly. The grandson was actually spoiled by her and his mother How can I take on the future of the Anhou Mansion like this?

In the past two days, she also checked the situation of the Lin family. In the past, the Marquis of Jing'an was highly valued by her imperial brother. For this reason, the nephews were particularly displeased with the Marquis of Jing'an, and the jealous expression on their faces could not be hidden. But he didn't want that person to die early, leaving orphans and widows behind. The Lin family has been silent for many years. Now Lin Hai has his father's strong character, and the day when the Lin family rises is not far away.

The garden of the Lin family was well taken care of by servants. Ai Cao accompanied the eldest princess for a walk in the yard. Zhou Ziwang followed behind him like a quail. deceitful.

"My surname is Su, and my girlfriend's name is Mingxiu. The Eldest Princess can call me Mingxiu." Mother Lin's name hadn't been called for many years, and if she didn't mention it deliberately, she might forget what Mother Lin's name was.

Princess Jingrong said with a smile, "I'm getting old, and I only know Mingxiu when I'm old. I wish I could get to know Mingxiu earlier."

"Princess Dachang is too polite. Even if we knew each other in the early years, you would not like me. I was immersed in my own world before, and I was not very pleasing." Ai Cao smiled, "This person, who did you leave? If I can survive, I will live a good life now. The eldest princess is also the same, I want to live happily, and I want to live a happy life!"

Princess Jingrong thought this sounded good. Others said that she and her son-in-law had a very strong relationship and lived together for a lifetime. In fact, a woman's heart cannot be hurt. She will always remember the first few years of marriage. The cousin treated her coldly, and they had a "deep love" later, but it was only because of her superb means that she let him see the true face of the pure first love cousin, and disappointed him, so she fell into her arms, but her heart was already in her arms. It was cold, and then it was just a show.

When he died, he held her hand and kept asking if she could still marry him in the next life.Unfortunately, she shook her head and denied it. If there was a next life, why would she marry him?Why doesn't she find someone who won't misunderstand her from beginning to end and treats her consistently?

At noon, the Lin family held a banquet, and Ai Cao entertained the eldest princess and the eldest son Zhou Ziwang. The grandpa and grandson didn't stay in the Lin family much, and left after lunch.

But Princess Dachang likes wormwood very much, she has been holding her hand, and agreed that everyone will play together in the future.

Ai Cao could be said to be very happy. She was just worried about how to find a high-status woman to help her complete the April blind date, and this eldest princess was sent to her door. It was not too kind.

When Lin Hai came back in the evening, Ai Cao knew the detailed situation of Anhou Mansion.

The late Princess Jingrong's son-in-law, Lord An Hou, Zhou Ke is a powerful figure in the army. Even though he has been dead for many years, he still has a very high prestige in the army.Emperor Changping didn't want the Anhou Mansion to have too much power, and he didn't want it to be too involved with the important officials in Beijing, so he gave Zhou Ziwang the daughter of a fourth-rank official in marriage. Shude's good woman, she doesn't object at all.

However, Master Anhou and his wife are not satisfied, especially Mrs. Anhou, she thinks her son has heaven and earth, and marrying a princess makes it easy, but she married a small daughter of a fourth-rank official. She didn't dare to resist openly, so she vented her anger on Shi Zifei.Zhou Ziwang is not like the dude in Beijing who fights cocks and walks dogs. He is very talented and learned. He was awarded a Jinshi at a young age. He is indeed a good son-in-law candidate in Beijing. Yes, it's just embarrassing.

After listening to Lin Hai's narration, Ai Cao concluded: "This Mrs. Anhou is sick! She is still very sick! According to Mrs. Anhou's narrow-mindedness, she will definitely blame me. I am equal to her, but she is not. Dare to embarrass me, but Miner remembers to be careful of her language trap, some people say grapes are sour when they can't eat grapes."

Lin Hai's Adam's apple slipped, and he always felt that his mother was making too much of a fuss?

Jia Min thought for a while and nodded heavily. The topic she deserves to be attacked now is that she has been married to the Lin family for many years and has not yet conceived. As a virtuous and virtuous woman, she should take the initiative to take a concubine for her husband.

Ai Cao rolled her eyes at Lin Hai, "The struggle between women, Hai'er, you are too young to understand. Mother will teach you now. Before you get married, women start to compete, compare family background, compare parents' love, get married After that, the family background of the husband's family, the ability of the husband, the love of the husband, the filial piety of the son, the filial piety of the son, the filial piety of the grandson..." This is the norm in this society, but she still prefers it. Women who are self-reliant and self-reliant are unfortunately rare to meet in ancient times.

Jia Min couldn't help laughing, Lin Hai's eyes wandered, he felt that there was no normal woman in this world after what his mother said.

"Just wait, Mrs. Anhou's topic of attacking me in the future is that her son and daughter-in-law have been married for many years, and she has not yet given birth to a boy and a half girl. She has several grandchildren. Of course, I am not dissatisfied with Min'er. Let things take their course, the mother in-laws gave birth to their first child in their 20s, if the daughter followed her mother, it would be too early for Min Er to have a child."

Jia Min is still smiling. The Lin family has discussed the topic of having a baby many times. Her mother-in-law and mother-in-law have comforted her. Even if she is anxious, she can't show it, otherwise she will disappoint her mother-in-law and mother-in-law's kindness.

Lin Hai was a little embarrassed, his mother always liked to hit him, from all aspects.

"When you are out of the filial piety period and have too many entertainments, others will attack you because you have no children under your knees, so Haier, mother reminds you again, you must calm down and don't be provoked by others. The women outside are all Sugar-coated cannonballs are neither attractive nor useful." Ai Cao stared at Lin Hai, making the corners of Lin Hai's eyes twitch.

"Mother, my son won't be so useless." Lin Hai stabilized his mind and dealt with his mother as usual. The mother always seemed to like to see him flustered.

As the head of the family, he must not panic, there is a tall man when the sky falls, so he has nothing to worry about!

Lin Hai had never met Zhou Ziwang before, but the next day Lin Hai met Zhou Ziwang who came to borrow books from the Imperial Academy. At first he didn’t notice Zhou Ziwang, but Zhou Ziwang secretly looked at him, how could he not find out? ?When Lin Hai saw his name from the library registration book, he immediately understood the reason.

When eating lunch at noon, because Zhou Su had something to do and didn't come together, Luo Jin broke up with him again, so he had to eat this lunch alone.

"Master Lin." Zhou Ziwang was sitting opposite Lin Hai with a lunch box in his hand. Seeing that Lin Hai hadn't noticed, he called him out.

Lin Hai looked up, and after swallowing the food in his mouth, he said, "Master Zhou, what's the matter?" Zhou Ziwang was two years older than Lin Hai. Among the people of the same generation in Jingzhong, Qingqing was admitted as a Jinshi, and he was indeed young and promising.

Zhou Ziwang glanced left and right, and said in a low voice, "It's nothing, I just want to thank Mr. Lin."

Lin Hai's face was a bit stiff, for the good deed your mother did, you already offered a big gift to thank her personally yesterday, there is really no need to tell him specifically.

"Master Zhou, you're welcome." Lin Hai felt that these people always came to him because of his mother, and he didn't know how to react.

Zhou Ziwang actually wanted to get to know Lin Hai. Since he knew the situation of the Lin family, he really admired Lin Hai for being able to balance the conflict between his mother and wife. He wanted to ask Lin Hai, how did he do it?But they were not familiar with each other yet, so they asked rashly, fearing that it would not be appropriate, so they thought of finding an excuse to get to know each other, and then discuss this issue after they got familiar with each other.

Zhou Ziwang has no problems in other aspects except that he is not doing well between his mother and wife. He works diligently, and even if he goes in and out of the brothel with his colleagues, he has not caused an affair. If he doesn't care so much, Zhou Ziwang is A person to befriend.

Under Zhou Ziwang's intentions, Lin Hai really became acquainted with him.After getting acquainted, Lin Hai found that Zhou Ziwang was really a good friend.Introspecting carefully, Lin Hai felt that without his mother's beating every day, maybe he would not be as good as Zhou Ziwang.

On the last day of the imperial examination, around mid-afternoon, Jia Zheng left a young man to look after the bookstore for him, and he took another young man to the Gongyuan.

Naturally, he came here to pick up Zhou Juren after the exam. Zhou Juren arrived in Beijing a little late because he fell ill on the way. Jia Zheng was very busy at that time, so he didn't have much time to see Zhou Juren.

Zhou Juren is a typical scholar, and his physical condition is not as good as that of a warrior. Jia Zheng and the servant saw him walking out of the Gongyuan with a bearded and tottering appearance, so they hurried forward to help her up.

"Cunzhou, thank you for coming to pick me up." As a poor family who is not rich, Zhou Juren can't afford a servant, but because he rented a house after he came to Beijing, he didn't live in Rongfu.

Jia Zheng quickly helped him into the carriage and told the driver to go to Zhou Juren's residence.

"Mingfang, you don't need to say thank you for this trivial matter. You can rest quickly. When you arrive at your place, I will call you, and you are welcome." Jia Zheng felt that the scientific examination was really not easy, but the students all over the world still sharpened their heads. Drill in.

Zhou Juren squinted his eyes. Under the safety of the surrounding environment, he really fell asleep soon.Zhou Ju's name was Zhou He, and his style name was Mingfang. Jia Zheng had been in contact with him.

Jia Zheng picked up Zhou He and left. He didn't see Yu Qiu waiting in the crowd to pick him up. He was also here to pick up his friends. This high-profile test was over, and the result was expected in ten days. Within ten days, central Beijing was very lively, especially in the Jinghe River, where there were countless cruise ships, and it was a grand sight for men and women to go shopping on the lake.

Next, Jia Zheng continued to work on the decoration. Zhou He stayed in the bookstore with Jia Zheng in addition to seeing some classmates.

This time when he went to Beijing to rush for the exam, Zhou He found that Jia Zheng had grown up a lot compared to when he was in Jinling. At that time, Jia Zheng was a representative of taciturnity, and he was a little depressed. Depressed, but full of vitality.

Seeing how well Jia Zheng discussed with the craftsmen, Zhou He was quite novel.