Across the Red Mansion: Qingwen Upgrade Road

Before Wang Xiangtian could speak, the older sisters pushed open the door and walked in, held hands happily to salute Li Chunming, and said in unison: "Thank you, Uncle Li, for the name."

The three Liu Xicai looked helplessly at the four eldest girls in the family, and said, "The names have been decided, you can divide which one you want." The eldest sister, as the oldest, said calmly: "We are all sisters, so naturally Be courteous to my younger sister. Why don’t you choose according to the order from the youngest to the oldest?”

The older girls agreed, and the youngest girl chose Chen Xin first, the younger girl chose Chen Yi, the older girl chose Chen Lan, and the older girl was Chen Xian. The group had dinner together and rested separately.Early the next morning, Wang Xiangtian took Wang Shi, Liu Xicai, and Zhou Shi back to Penglai Village.

The project on Dongli Village required two men to watch over it. Zhou and Wang just took care of Penglai Village. They bought another five families and recruited more than a dozen tenant farmers in Penglai Village to take care of the fields on the village.

On the tenth day of February, people suddenly came to the palace. Fortunately, the eight guards at the gate were all retired veterans from Min Yue's barracks.Although I was shocked, I politely asked the father-in-law who passed the decree to wait a moment, and the two hurried in to pass the message, and after a while, Qingliu came out with Li Chunming and Li Jinxuan.

Qingliu had met the father-in-law next to the emperor a few times with Min Yue in the palace before, this father-in-law was a bit unfamiliar, but this father-in-law was not arrogant, and looked at him kindly.

"I don't know where my father-in-law is coming. I'm not far away to welcome you. My father-in-law will greet you face to face. But I don't know where my father-in-law is on business? What's the purpose of today?"

That young father-in-law is Su Peisheng, he helped Qingliu up with a smile and said: "Our family is just a low-quality eunuch, not worthy of Qingliu's guards. Our family is now serving as an errand in the Qing Palace. This time, the emperor rewarded him with some tributes." Hi Tara Gege, you don’t have to be nervous.”

Qingliu was stunned for a moment, then elated, and asked in a low voice: "You mean our lady has been crowned princess by the emperor?" Su Peisheng's big eyes sparkled, and he smiled lightly and said nothing.

Qingwen and a group of female relatives set up an incense table in the courtyard, quietly waiting for the imperial decree to arrive.Su Peisheng was very happy when he saw his nobleman standing in front of him from afar.There was a sense of intimacy in the voice, "Xitaragege accepts the order." Qingwen knelt down on the futon in a graceful manner, and said loudly: "The servant accepts the order."

Qingwen didn't understand a single word of the long list of orders, and it was hard to understand how the little eunuch memorized the ancient prose.You must know that the eunuchs in the Qing Dynasty were not allowed to be literate, unless they were specially trained confidants to be the so-called eunuchs who passed orders.The little father-in-law in front of him is naturally impossible, so he was taught to recite every sentence before, and he looked at the imperial decree, but in fact he couldn't understand any of them.

Waiting for the little eunuch to bend down and say: "Ge Ge, please get up, it's windy and dewy outside, Ge Ge take care of your body." Qingwen was helped up by Chen Xian and Chen Lan, and the moment she received the imperial decree and raised her head, she realized that the eunuch looked familiar.

Invite the little father-in-law to go in for tea. There is no one at home, so Qingwen can't avoid it and drink tea with him.The little father-in-law said respectfully: "I'm afraid Ge Ge doesn't recognize our family. Our family is still highly regarded by the emperor because of Ge Ge's blessing. Here, our family would like to thank Ge Ge."

It was only then that Qingwen realized that it was the case, "You don't need to be polite, father-in-law, you still have the ability." Su Peisheng thought that Qingwen would take this opportunity to inquire about the affairs of the palace, but seeing that Qingwen was just drinking tea quietly, he was very impressed.After sitting for a while, he said goodbye and left.

Qingwen let out a long breath, opened her eyes and looked at Qingliu and the others and asked, "What did the decree say just now? I just found it obscure, so I didn't listen to a word."

Qingliu staggered, "Gege, you are amazing! But it's all a good thing, the general idea is to praise Gegehui for her quality, pureness, filial piety, and ingenuity. The emperor gave Gege the title, and also rewarded one piece of gold, two pieces of white, and two pieces of satin in various colors." This is the gift list for ten horses, please take a look."

Qingwen waved her hand, "Forget it, just put it away as you see it. Didn't it mean that if the Manchu family is born and is an official, the daughter can be called Gege? Why is the emperor still imperial?"

Qingliu's face was full of complacency when he mentioned this, "Gege didn't know that in the past, all the girls in the Manchu family who were officials were called Gege, and it is the same now, but this is not the same as the emperor's seal. Only the emperor personally meets However, only women who are highly appreciated or have made special contributions can be granted royal titles. It is the glory of our Dudu Mansion, and those princesses are all envious of you."

Only then did Qingwen understand, "That's a good relationship. If there is a happy event today, let's get together and have a meal together. Let's eat a pot. I recently thought of a curry pot and a mandarin duck pot. Let's eat it tonight. Chen Xian and I The housekeeper, brother Xuan, brother Jing, and brother Chen are at the same table, the guards are divided into two tables, and the maids below are also divided into two tables. Let's have fun together, talk, and communicate to deepen the relationship. What do you think? Sample?"

Qingliu grew up in the military camp, and he likes to be lively the most, so he cheerfully ordered people to do it.I also remembered that Daiyu hadn't been seen for a long time, and I had moved here for a while, so I happened to pick Daiyu over to play.Sending Chen Yi took the prepared post and wrote the invitation card, and sent Chen Xian to the Lin Mansion with the servant on the second door.

Lin Wen happened to go out on business, but saw a green carriage with tassels on the side of the roof, and a carriage with a glazed lantern in front of it stopped in front of the mansion.Although I don't know whose car it is, I can tell it's not simple just by seeing this outfit.The guard followed Lin Wen towards the carriage, and saw a girl getting out of the carriage, wearing a rabbit fur cape embroidered with silver plums, walking towards him with a smile.

Chen Xian bowed gracefully, "Is it Butler Lin?"

Lin Wen returned the salute and said, "I'm just here. I don't know why the girl came?"

"The maidservant is from the Henan Military Commander's Mansion, and I'm here to send an invitation to the eldest lady of Lin's mansion. We invite Miss Lin to the mansion for a while. This is an invitation, please pass it on to Steward Lin. Thank you."

As he spoke, he handed the invitation to Lin Wen with both hands. Lin Wen glanced at Chen Xian appreciatively, and accepted it with a smile. "Just don't worry, girl, I will hand it over to Miss."

Chen Xian smiled and squatted down again, "Thank you, Steward Lin, I'm leaving." The servant lowered his head and helped Chen Xian get into the car and left without mentioning it.

Lin Wen looked at the exquisite greeting card in his hand, with a smile in his eyes, and the guard behind him said, "Housekeeper, since when did our mansion know someone from the Dudu's Mansion? Look at how polite each of their maids is, it shows that their mansion is very well behaved." .”

Lin Wen said in a deep voice: "Since you know other people's rules, you should know how bad your own rules are. So I decided to learn the rules from tomorrow, and make sure to think like others."

No matter how much the guard behind him regretted his talkativeness, Lin Wen went to the backyard with a smile on his face, and went in to meet Daiyu under the word of Cuizhu, the first-class maid beside Daiyu.

"Miss, this is an invitation card from Ge Ge from the Henan Military Commander's Mansion. I invite you to visit the mansion tomorrow."

Daiyu took the invitation, carefully looked at the familiar small script with hairpin flowers, and only said softly: "Understood, I will go tomorrow, and trouble Uncle Lin to prepare."

After Lin Wenshili left, Daiyu pinched the invitation card in her hand with red eyes, looked at Nanny Liang and Nanny Chen beside her and said, "It's true that there is another village, I forgot that Sister Qingwen is now The governor's mansion is terrified, but I don't know if it will help."

Nanny Liang said distressedly: "Miss, please don't be so sad, Qing, oh, no, I'm afraid Sitaragege doesn't know that something happened to Mr. Lin in office, please go over now and you must talk about it. It's absolutely impossible Don't say a word about face, you have to know that Mr. Lin is having a hard time now, and it would be good to have someone to help."

Daiyu nodded fiercely, "I know Mammy. After this incident, I will know who treats me sincerely. Tomorrow I will go and trouble Sister Qingwen to see if I can help, but grandma is really annoying. People are chilling."

Nanny Chen is usually very serious, she doesn't talk much but hits the nail on the head. "Since the miss understands Jia Mu's character, she will go far in the future, and now she is thinking about how to talk to Xi Tara Gege tomorrow. In addition, the servant girl heard that Master Xi Tara took Master Jing to Inner Mongolia to fight, but I don't know if it is true or not. Can help."

Nanny Liang also looked at Nanny Chen in surprise, and asked in a low voice, "How could this happen? If Master Sitara is not here, who will help Master Lin?"

Daiyu also had hope but felt hopeless. She was a little stunned for a while, and suddenly said: "Nurse, don't panic. Although my sister's Ama has gone to the north, there are still people in Henan Road. As long as my sister repairs the book and sends it to me." Lord Sitara is also useful."

Nanny Chen looked at Daiyu with relief, she seemed like a young girl of our family who had just grown up. "Girls are growing up. If you have this kind of reason and courage, everything will turn into good luck. Sister Liang, let's go and pack some presents and bring them to Xitala Gege tomorrow."

Daiyu was lying on the bed alone, thinking about the letter she received ten days ago, in which her father told her to be careful, stay at home and not go out.It was Mammy Liang who realized that something was wrong, and only after careful interrogation of the sender did she know that Mr. Lin was framed for embezzling 10 taels of Mo Gongyin and accepting bribes of 50 taels, and now he has been put in prison for trial.

The little servant said with snot and tears that Mr. Lin was wronged, those public banks were corrupted by the prefect of Yangzhou, and they made false accounts and planted them on Mr. Lin, but the person who made the false accounts is dead, and there is no cure.

The bribe of 50 taels inexplicably appeared in the Lin Fu's warehouse the night before being reported. No one knew what was going on, and it was really justified.All the officials in Jiangnan, large and small, conspired to accuse Mr. Lin of corruption and bribery, and the situation was very critical.Fortunately, Mr. Lin is appointed by the emperor as the patrol censor. If you want to kill Mr. Lin, you must report to the emperor, and now you are waiting.

After Daiyu heard about this incident, she immediately took the letter to Rongguo Mansion. The only person Daiyu could think of helping in such a matter was Jia Mu.Who knew that Mother Jia was very happy to see her at first, but after seeing the letter, she calmed down, and only said: "Now you are the housekeeper of your second aunt. I am too old, so I can't help much."