Greetings, Ninth Uncle - Chapter 67

[Chapter 67]

Empress Dowager Yang is a very careful person who likes to make decisions by herself.

This may be related to her life experience. Empress Dowager Yang has a very smooth life. When she was a girl, she was born in a well-off family and had no worries about food and clothing. Later, she entered the palace after drafting, and she didn’t have to worry about her livelihood.

After entering the palace, although her holy favor was mediocre, she couldn’t hold back her luck. After a limited number of favors, she became pregnant, and then directly gave birth to the eldest son.

The mother is precious by the child, so the Empress Dowager Yang was named the queen. After a few years, the most arrogant and arrogant concubine of the emperor gave birth to the second prince.

The second prince was crowned Prince Rong at a very young age. The late emperor loved this child very much, and even had the idea of making him a prince for a time.

However, due to the ancestor’s rule that “there is a direct descendant without direct descendant” and the huge number of civil servants in the previous dynasty, this idea could not be implemented for a long time.

Empress Dowager Yang, who was still the empress at the time, quickly became cruel in the harem because she gave birth to the eldest son of the emperor, and vigorously promoted her younger brother.

When the gods fight, mortals can’t mix. Even the same princes are high and low.

Empress Dowager Yang didn’t care about King Kang at first, but a prince who was not favored and had little talent was nothing more than a prince who received the title early and became a vassal. Having a few more children on the vassal land was the greatest contribution to the court.

But no one expected what happened next. The crown prince and King Rong fought a battle, and died unexpectedly without checking for a while. The emperor was furious when he learned about it. Empress Yang and Yang Fucheng refused to give up. , The prince’s so-called accident was nothing but the assassination of King Rong.

Because of this, King Rong was demoted to a commoner, and the domineering concubine also collapsed. The former emperor lost two sons one after another.

It is true that Empress Dowager Yang avenged her half-life revenge and killed the enemy, but her son would never come back.

After Empress Dowager Yang was in pain, at the suggestion of Yang Fucheng, she took the initiative to call Kang Wang, who had a child in the vassal land, to return to Beijing.

The throne is bound to be cheap to others. Instead of having a strong mother chosen by the ministers at that time, it is better to do it yourself and sell the favor of the new emperor.

The Empress Dowager Yang chose Li Huan, the king of Kang, and before Li Huan arrived in Beijing, the late emperor passed away before he could see his unloved third son for the last time.

Later, Empress Dowager Yang arranged for the funeral of the late emperor and the enthronement ceremony of Li Huan, and she was also promoted to Empress Dowager.

Immediately, Empress Dowager Yang’s power in the harem expanded rapidly, and after the second empress of the Yang family came out, it basically reached its peak.

At the same time, everyone in the Yang family has been promoted aggressively, and Yang Fucheng is in control of the cabinet.

Although Empress Dowager Yang has had ups and downs in her life, she has generally developed according to her expectations, so she has also become extremely assertive and tough, and no one dares to refute her words.

Empress Dowager Yang said that she wanted to leave the palace to repay her vows, no matter whether it was feasible or not to leave the palace in the winter and twelfth lunar month, how much manpower and material resources it would take, how many battles and how many people had to be fought, she said that the palace was to leave the palace.

And this time the emperor also followed the nonsense, and actually wanted to personally accompany the queen mother to the incense.

The Ministry of Rites and the Imperial Forest Army hurriedly hurried, and finally cleared a clean and safe road before December.

A few days in the beginning of December, the empress dowager and the emperor’s ceremonial frame set off from the palace and walked all the way to Xiangji Mountain.

The empress dowager traveled, and the squatters meandered for ten miles, and the baggage was countless. Yiluanwei, who opened the way at the front, had already left the city, and the empress dowager’s frame had not yet made it out of the palace gate, and the accompanying ladies and wives were waiting in place.

I waited from early morning until the sun was full, and finally moved a few steps forward.

The queen mother was accompanied by female officials and eunuchs, as well as the wife of the official family and the lady of honor, and these ladies and wives had other maids, and the maids like half a lady could not do rough work, and there were special servants, Miscellaneous… The personnel are layered on top of each other, and it is conceivable how large the team is.

Cheng Yujin is also a member of the mighty accompanying female relatives.

Although it was very tiring, Cheng Yujin didn’t have to do anything at all.

It was not her turn to accompany the queen mother to go to the incense and listen to the scriptures. The Yang family and other prominent families had already occupied these places, and the Yichun Houfu had no sense of existence and no prominent relatives and friends, and went to Xiangji Temple with the large army. After going through the process, there is actually nothing wrong.

At this moment, even Cheng Yujin couldn’t help sighing in his heart, there is nothing more than this.

Cheng Yujin is still Miss Hou’s mansion, and she has been tossed enough all day long. What should the officials in charge of this matter and the servants below be like?

Move your mouth above, break your legs below.

But what can be done about this, Cheng Yujin didn’t dare to show any complaints, she still smiled politely, and went to the lounge to greet Mrs. Cheng.

Xiangji Temple occupies a vast area, so it is not an easy job to place so many ladies and ladies all of a sudden.

Because of the limited space, the largest and most spacious incense room is naturally the Queen Mother, followed by the Yang family’s wife, the first assistant’s wife Qian, as well as several young grandmothers and aunts of the Yang family, and then many royal relatives, princes and princesses. When it comes to ordinary Xungui, only five or six people are left in a second-class incense room.

However, being able to squeeze in the incense room is not bad, there are ladies outside who don’t even have a place to stay.

This important occasion cannot sit outside, so I can only stand all the time.

Because of her old age and seniority, Mrs. Cheng was also fortunate to enter the guest room to rest. Although the husband-in-law of Qingfu County is useless, she is the county owner after all. She has the face of the royal family and also has a seat.

This is probably the densest concentration of honors and honors. The ladies who are pampered on weekdays have to endure and squeeze together in a small room.

If the younger generation of any family came to visit, naturally everyone would comment together.

This is exactly the purpose of Cheng Yujin, she made a special trip to show her face.

Taking advantage of such a good opportunity today, she wants to show her face in front of the lady as much as possible, showing her various talents and being virtuous and generous. She may not know where her marriage came from.

Cheng Yujin followed the little novice’s instructions and walked to the house where Mrs. Cheng was.

Today is a natural social platform, no one will give up a great opportunity, everyone is moving in a small area, and Mrs. Cheng’s foothold is not fixed.

Cheng Yujin just followed Qingfu County Master and separated from Mrs. Cheng.

She wants to go back now, and she has to ask the novice for directions first.

Cheng Yujin passed by many incense rooms along the way. If she met a girl she knew, she had to stop and exchange a few words.

Just stop and go like this, and happened to meet Cheng Yumo on the way.

Cheng Yujin didn’t want to waste time because of Cheng Yumo. Mrs. Cheng was of high rank, and other noble ladies had to bring their younger generation to Mrs. Cheng to greet her. Cheng Yujin sat next to him, and God knows how many people he could meet by the way.

If she talks to Cheng Yumo, it will delay her time and influence her to choose her future mother-in-law.

However, it was too late when Cheng Yujin wanted to avoid it.

Cheng Yumo waited behind Huo Xue’s, and her mother-in-law didn’t have the right to speak in front of her. Cheng Yumo was bored and turned to see Cheng Yujin.

Cheng Yumo was stunned for a moment, and then she called out directly: “Big sister?”

Cheng Yujin sighed in her heart, yes, this time she couldn’t even pretend to be invisible.

No matter what she thought in her heart, the smile on Cheng Yujin’s face was never cold. She heard the voice, as if she had just found Cheng Yumo standing in another yard, and walked over kindly and softly: “Second sister.”

Talk to Huo Xue ‘s

Several of the wives stopped and looked back at the people who came over.

Cheng Yujin gradually approached, and her face was shown in front of everyone. The ladies were surprised, all with surprised and curious eyes, waiting for Huo Xue’s introduction.

Huo Xue was a little annoyed that Cheng Yumo made a random voice and interrupted her.

When Huo Xue looked back and saw that it was Cheng Yujin, his face became even more ugly.

Everyone was staring at it. It was not easy for the Huo Xue family to give Cheng Yumo a cold face, so she said lightly, “This is the eldest girl of the Cheng family, the elder sister of my daughter-in-law.”

“The Cheng family? Is it the Cheng family from Yichun Houfu?”

Cheng Yujin approached and answered naturally: “Exactly.” After she finished speaking, she saluted several ladies present very naturally: “Madam, I wish you good luck, madam.”

Cheng Yujin’s voice, movements, and etiquette were impeccable, and the ladies looked at each other and felt shocked: “So you are the eldest girl of the Cheng family. The second aunt married in the Jingyong Hou’s mansion, why doesn’t the eldest girl come to the Hou’s mansion often? We I haven’t seen the big girl very much.”

Cheng Yujin smiled unchanged, and said, “What the ladies said is that the second sister just got married, and there are still many things that Hof people don’t understand. Madam caused trouble, so my grandmother detained us in the house.”

This passage was brilliant.

In fact, there is such a big circle in the capital. Everyone has heard about the Cheng family and the Huo family, including why Cheng Yujin is still called a girl, and Cheng Yumo has become the daughter-in-law of the Huo Xue family. There are numbers.

However, everyone is tacit, not to mention it.

As soon as the lady said it, she regretted it. Why didn’t Cheng Yujin go to Jingyong Hou’s mansion, but wasn’t it because of divorce and filial piety.

However, none of them was a reason to be told on the stage. She asked this as if she was deliberately giving Cheng Yujin a hard look.

But Cheng Yujin’s reply was unexpectedly clever. She avoided breaking off the marriage and keeping filial piety, and set the reason for Cheng Yumo to serve her mother-in-law.

In this way, Cheng Yumo will not be faceless, Huo Xue’s family is also good-looking, and inadvertently reveals Cheng Yumo’s filial piety.

The married woman did her best, and the Marquis of Yichun, as her maiden’s home, of course had a bright face.

Several ladies present were surprised and happy, and gave Cheng Yujin another high look.

Huo Xue noticed that several people were looking at her secretly and wonderingly, and Huo Xue could guess what they were thinking without asking.

It’s nothing but strange. Cheng Yujin looks upright, has a good personality, and can speak well. Why did the Huo family break off the marriage?

Huo Xue’s heart was suffocated, and his mood was even worse.

Huo Xue’s young widow actually cares about other people’s eyes, and her decision to withdraw from Cheng Yujin and order Cheng Yumo is not very correct.

Huo Xue was already annoyed in her heart, and when others reminded her again and again, Huo Xue was even more annoyed.

Cheng Yujin was a girl from someone else’s family, and it was not Huo Xue’s turn to give instructions, so Huo Xue’s anger poured out on Cheng Yumo.

Not to mention, getting along day and night, Huo Xue’s look at Cheng Yumo is getting more and more unpleasant.

Especially when she was so soft and clinging, crying with Huo Chang Yuan, Huo Xue became furious every time she saw it.

Huo Xue said: “There is nothing to cause trouble. The marriage of children and children is fixed. Since they are married, they are people of Hou’s mansion. Even if some things are not done properly, I will always teach them slowly, over time. Yes, maybe it will be taught. These things can’t be rushed, if Miss Cheng and Mrs. Cheng really have something to say, there is no need to delay it.”

Cheng Yumo lowered her head after hearing this, she was ashamed.

Huo Xue is usually very mean and harsh, and can’t say good things in his mouth.

Cheng Yumo could bear it at home, but now in front of many outsiders, even in front of Cheng Yujin, Huo Xue’s still said this, and Cheng Yumo felt very embarrassed.

Cheng Yumo got up before dawn today, because she was going to go to the palace, she got up earlier than usual, and hurriedly didn’t even eat breakfast in the morning, so she went to wait for Huo Xue’s to get up and dress up, and she didn’t have time to take a breath after that. , then followed her mother-in-law into the palace, and went to Xiangji Temple in exhaustion.

More than half of the day has passed, and Cheng Yumo hasn’t sat down and rested since he opened his eyes.

However, she has worked so hard that she has to be picked on by her mother-in-law.

Cheng Yumo’s face was pale, his lips were bloodless, and he looked very pitiful.

Cheng Yujin frowned secretly, she understood how difficult the Huo Xue family was, but now, is it too harsh?

Cheng Yujin represented the Cheng family, and Huo Xue’s family dared to say this to Cheng Yumo in front of her mother’s family, but she didn’t know how mean it was in private.

Cheng Yujin glanced at Cheng Yumo lightly and quickly, the road was chosen by herself, and she didn’t sympathize with Cheng Yumo, but Huo Xue’s words in front of her mother’s family just didn’t give the Cheng family face.

Cheng Yujin doesn’t like her with this kind of problem.

Cheng Yujin then smiled and said, “If there is something wrong with the second sister, it is naturally because our Cheng family is not good at teaching it, which will cause the Hof people to worry. It happened that the grandmother also asked about the second sister. She is the youngest daughter at home. She has been spoiled for more than ten years, for fear that she will be wronged outside, but I didn’t expect to cause trouble to the Hof people. Don’t worry ma’am, I will take her back and ask her grandmother to point her.”

Cheng Yujin’s words were polite, but the words were not spoken. With a gun and a stick, Huo Xue’s face suddenly turned ugly.

After Cheng Yujin finished speaking, she didn’t wait for Huo Xue’s reaction at all, and said, “Grandma has been waiting for a long time, and it’s not good for the younger generation to stay. My second sister and I will leave first, and ladies, walk slowly, safe.”

Cheng Yumo heard Cheng Yujin The words were vaguely happy, but I was afraid that I would offend the Huo Xue family because of this, and I would have no good fruit to eat after returning to the mansion.

She hesitated, wondering if she should follow her. Of course she wanted to go back to her mother’s house in her heart, but Huo Xue’s…

Huo Xue’s face was flushed by Cheng Yujin’s rebuke, and her daughter-in-law’s sister said this to her face, Huo Xue was very faceless.

At this time, in front of everyone, if she stopped Cheng Yumo from leaving again, wouldn’t she have a harsh reputation?

Huo Xueshi forced out a smile and said to Cheng Yumo: “Since Yumo entered the door, I have treated her as a daughter, and I am more strict with her because of my deep love. It seems that I speak quickly. It’s misunderstood, why am I willing to blame Yumo? It’s too late for me to love her.”

After speaking, Huo Xue said to Cheng Yumo with a superficial expression without any smile at all: “Blame me, forget about it. I miss my daughter after my parents. Since Mrs. Cheng is waiting for you, you can go with the eldest girl. Go early and come back early.”

Cheng Yumo was so flattered, she didn’t confirm that it was true until Huo Xue said it again. , hurriedly bowed his head and saluted, followed Cheng Yujin away.

After stepping out of Huo Xue’s line of sight, Cheng Yumo felt that the pores all over his body were relaxed.

As soon as she raised her eyes, she saw Cheng Yujin in front of her, with mixed feelings in her heart.

Cheng Yujin had never complained to her parents’ family in her previous life, so Cheng Yumo felt that Cheng Yujin’s married life must have been very comfortable and smooth, and she didn’t understand the pain until it was her turn.

Cheng Yumo followed Huo Xue’s all day long, from the early morning when Huo Xue got up and waited until Huo Xue’s rest in the evening.

Even if Huo Xue was merciful one day and did not allow her to work, Cheng Yumo would have to stand from morning to evening, during which time he could only sit down and rest for a while during lunch.

Standing for a whole day, every day, how can it be said casually.

Cheng Yumo was accustomed to Huo Xue’s suppression of her, but she did not expect that it would be Cheng Yujin who would stand up like a heroine and speak justice for herself.