Chapter 634 Concentric
After Hu Weiyong finished speaking, he picked up the teacup, and the rest naturally got up and left. Although it was just to pass the scene, it shouldn't be too ugly. After all, they are relatives of the empress, so they have to arrange it in person.
There are also some people who are still thinking about whether to go further, but I heard that not only Wu's relatives are here, but also a lot of junior sons and brothers. Neither support.
There was a long queue in front of a magnificent mansion in the south of the city, and carts of gifts kept pouring in from the side door. Several young and strong men followed behind the officials of the Ministry of Rites to accept the gifts on behalf of the Wu family with shocking expressions.
This is also the arrangement of the Minister of Rites. Although the Wu family is a relative of the empress empress, although they have been famous after their ancestors, after all, they have experienced the Yuan Dynasty and encountered troubled times.
There are very few educated people in the family, and the children of the clan have only started to read general literature in the past two or three years. When they suddenly enter Beijing, there must be a shortage of suitable people to greet them, so they specially arranged for officials from the Ministry of Rites to help. It is good to be accompanied by the juniors.
The gifts given by the civil servants are very stylish, whether they are pens, ink, paper and inkstones, calligraphy and painting books, and even vegetables, fruits and bacon.
In the inner courtyard, a group of Wu family members sat in a state of anxiety, and the famous cards and gift lists were continuously sent in like a stream of water. At the beginning, two juniors who could barely read were asked to read them to them, but now they dare not even listen to them. After listening, most of them were frowning.
The old man with white beard and hair sighed: "Hey, we shouldn't have come. What if we lose face for Xiuying?"
Another skinny old man also responded: "Yeah, I wanted to close my eyes and take a look at Xiuying again, seeing with my own eyes that she is doing well, and I will have an explanation to my aunt and sister later, but I didn't." I think people have collected so many things before seeing them."
"Hmph, what kind of friendship do we have with these high-ranking officials? It's worth giving them so many good things. It's just to show favor to the empress. Although our Wu family is poor, we still have backbone. They will give things to them. Who will give them when we leave?" They are not allowed to be taken away.”
"Seventh brother is right, this makes sense."
Several elders finalized their words, and some young and strong people who originally wanted to get rich were a little unwilling. After all, this was a wealth that could not be saved after several lifetimes of farming, but this family had not yet reached the time when they could be in charge of the family, so they dared to contradict themselves. There are patriarchal rules and family law.
How could the elders not know what they were thinking, but the elderly Lifeng knew better what to do for the family. In times of disaster and chaos, many families were scattered. The Wu family was able to preserve the clan members. In addition to being lucky, It was also thanks to the dexterity of these elders that they were able to lead the family over.
They knew that the empress's surname was Ma after all, and their Wu family was far away. If the Ma family and the Deng family hadn't survived the troubled times, there would be no room for them to enter Beijing. If their Wu family was a serious queen mother Clan, let alone this little property, I will never give up until I earn a hereditary title for the family.
But they are not. The love of taking care of them in the past is just to use a little less.
"Okay, since it's settled, then these things don't belong to us and we don't need to look at them. Let's go back and have a rest. You have to kowtow to the prince tomorrow morning."
"Hey, this is a big deal, we have to kowtow to Xiuying's son."
"Shut up your dog mouth, if it's not for dragging your mother's blessing, even you are worthy of entering this capital, and the prince can still accept your head, so you can go and have fun secretly, it is considered that the ancestral grave of our Wu family is smoking .”
The old man snorted a few times without getting angry, and looked at the nephews below in a blink of an eye and reprimanded: "Have you heard clearly? Tomorrow, everyone behaves well, and the prince asks you what to say, don't look at or touch things randomly. If I lose face to the Wu family, I will have to kill you **** when I go back."
They have nothing to say except to bow their heads and agree, but they still feel that the uncles and uncles are really old.
No one in the village knows the beauty of the Wu family, not to mention the people from the same village, even if the officials who came down did not come to the Wu family to pay a visit to the clan elders, even the county magistrate would have to give face.
It is not easy for men in the clan to marry daughters-in-law, they are all begging to marry in. If it hadn’t been for the fact that the harvest has not been so good in the past two years, everyone would marry concubines.
Not to mention the daughters of the clan. There are hundreds of daughters in a family, and now they are all married to scholars. Usually, if they come to the door with mud legs, they will be kicked out. Who doesn't know that the daughters of the Wu family are blessed, and the Wangfu family.
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Zhu Biao wore a suit of ordinary clothes, although it was luxurious but not so exaggerated at all, Chang Luohua put on the jade pendant and said: "Then the concubine will not go, Your Highness will send the concubine's greetings to the elders."
"Well, although the parents are here, they are all outsiders after all. You will be restrained when you go to see them. After all, let the nanny take the child away."
Chang Luohua was actually happy to be at leisure, and originally planned to receive him because of his mother's face. The Chang family had no contact with the Wu family, and he didn't want to see him much.
What's more, concubine Li was punished last night, and there are many things going on in the harem at this time. She is acting as Fengyin, but she is not a queen after all. Concubine Li is old and has two princes who have been canonized under her knees. .
"Master, the parents of the Wu family have arrived at the Hall of Martial Heroes and are waiting for you."
Zhu Biao nodded and reached out to pat the back of his wife's hand. Although the harem didn't have a frontal face, it was more troublesome. Concubine Li had high qualifications and had followed Lao Zhu for many years, and she was satisfied after having two sons. There is care.
Because of the favor of Empress Ma and Zhu Biao, no one in the harem would dare to confront and bully Chang Luohua, but in the eyes of some people, he is still a junior after all, and there are quite a few people who want to vent their anger on Concubine Li or himself secretly.
As long as there is no big taboo, the Holy Majesty will not bother to take care of their affairs, and the prince would not want to do anything to them or their father and brother because of this, after all, it is just a woman's house chores.
Zhu Biao whispered: "If you really can't get angry, tell me at night, and you will be honest after beating their house a few times. If you have children, you can just punish the younger ones. The father, the queen, and the queen are not here. The elder sister-in-law Like mother, who dares to stop you."
Chang Luohua raised his mouth slightly and said: "Women's trivial matters are not worth mentioning. The concubine can handle it by herself, so you don't have to worry about it."
Zhu Biao smiled happily: "That's good, I just want you to know that you don't have to be too patient. You are the princess of my palace, and I can handle being a bit willful occasionally."
Concubine Li's affairs can be big or small or even dispensable. Although it is a gift from the emperor, it is just a bowl for eating. It is just a new treasure made in Jingdezhen this year, and the number of exquisite styles is relatively small.
Empress Ma is frugal in her family, but she will never punish Concubine Li for such trivial matters, making the second and third children feel ashamed. According to Chang Luohua's temperament, she will not care about such trivial matters, and punishing Concubine Li is still to cooperate with Zhu. Act on purpose.
Although the punishment is not harsh, it is still somewhat detrimental to Chang Luohua's reputation. As a princess, her bearing is still very important. It is hard to justify an elder who has given birth to two princes for a porcelain bowl.
Chang Luohua didn't answer, but just looked at him with a smile on his face. The husband and wife are one heart, so why do you need to say more?
Zhu Biao turned and walked out of the hall, looked in the direction of Fengtian Hall, and calculated that the morning court should be over. I don’t know how Hu Weiyong presided over the morning court without Lao Zhu and him.
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(end of this chapter)