Ajiu

Chapter 66
On this day, Erye Pei returned with a full load, bringing back ten dendrobiums of pearls and ten bolts of brocade from the West Garden.Ah Jiu looked at Second Master Pei with adoring eyes, expressing her surprise, "Father, you are really amazing! So many good things don't cost money!"

Second Master Pei's vanity was greatly satisfied.

Ah Jiu likes beautiful clothes, and of course she also likes fabrics.Ten bolts of brocade were laid out, and she ran back and forth, looking at them one by one, "Two bolts of cloud brocade, two bolts of Japanese satin, two bolts of damask silk, two bolts of bright brocade, and even two bolts of Western cloth, too complete!"

"Which one do you like?" Second Master Pei watched his precious little daughter running around like a spinning top, with a smile on his lips.No matter how he thinks his daughter is good, Ajiu just looks at the fabric, he also finds it interesting.

Lin Youhui generously promised, "Ajiu will go to school next year, and it's time to make new clothes. You can choose whichever pattern you like." Little Ajiu who loves beauty, choose it, don't be polite to your parents.

Ajiu's eyes sparkled, and she ran up to Lin Youhui cleverly, "Mother, even if I don't go to school next year, I should make new clothes. I will be one year older next year, and I will grow taller."

Lin Youhui felt itchy when he saw her snow-white and pink face, he squeezed it, and felt smooth and comfortable, smiled and said: "I, Ajiu, are right, even if I don't go to school next year, I should make new clothes of!"

Ah Jiu smiled complacently, "The brocade is too luxurious. I am growing tall. It is extravagant and not advisable to make clothes with brocade. The same is true for silk brocade, which is quite expensive, and it is not suitable for children to wear. Japanese satin, forget it." , I don’t like Oriental brocade, let’s choose Mingguang brocade, or western cloth.” She picked out a piece of Mingguang brocade with phoenix and gourd patterns on an apple-green background, and a snow-white western cloth, and these two belonged to her.

Second Master Pei and Lin Youhui waited for Ajiu to choose, and expressed their surprise, "These two pieces of fabric are so beautiful! My little Ajiu has a good eye." Ajiu giggled, very proud.

Lin Youhui picked out round, soft and bright pearls, and planned to string a few strings of pearl flowers for Ajiu to make a headdress, as well as small bracelets, necklaces, earrings and so on.Ajiu approached her attentively and discussed with her, "Mother, there are so many pearls, and they are not bought with money, can I be extravagant? You can let the craftsman string an anklet by the way, so that my feet can also be dressed up." .”

Lin Youhui suppressed a smile, and agreed, "Sure, put a little anklet on Ajiu." Second Master Pei said brightly, "Hurry up, dress up our little girl from head to toe, don't be wronged. Girl, do it again." How about a pearl belt?"

Ajiu raised her small face and gave a silly laugh, "Okay, I like the shiny belt." The pearl belt wrapped around my small waist, it was so beautiful.

Beautiful fabrics and beautiful pearls brought a lot of happiness to Ah Jiu.Ajiu has no worries and is easily satisfied.Eating a delicious meal, taking a comfortable bath, talking and laughing with her parents and brothers will make her happy like a bird.

Her happiness is very simple and pure.

Lin Youhui left three pieces of fabric, and the rest were honored to his grandmother and grandmother, and to his aunt, eldest aunt, third aunt, and cousins.Pearls too, everyone has a share.The grandmother, aunt, and eldest aunt can be sent away the next day, but the grandmother and third aunt have to wait and take advantage of the boat so that they can be taken back.

Ajiu picked out a hempy-colored brocade with golden makeup for her grandmother, "This color suits my grandmother." Lin Youhui smiled and nodded, "Yes, my grandmother is dignified, and this color is very good." As for my grandmother, she is over fifty years old. She is fair and beautiful, with gold makeup flowers woven with peacock feathers on a red background, rich and elegant, bright but solemn.

Ajiu followed Lin Youhui to send it to her grandmother herself. The grandmother's smiling eyebrows curved, and ordered the maid to find a few ancient silver anklets and emerald anklets from the box, "My dear girl, dress up your little feet."

Grandma couldn't see her face to face, so Ajiu wrote a letter with her own handwriting.In addition to expressing his longing, he also showed off his vision in choosing fabrics, "Grandma, you use this material to make clothes, it must look good!"

Second Master Pei read the letter, corrected a few typos for her, and reminded her, "There is still grandfather!" Ajiu was right after thinking about it, and sat in front of the small table again, writing a letter to her grandfather carefully, "Grandfather, I miss you very much. I look forward to your coming to the capital to reunite with us. Although I am very greedy, you only eat meat and vegetables. I still look forward to your coming."

Second Master Pei stared at the letter for a long time, but remained silent for a long time.

Ajiu wrote letters to her third uncle and aunt very thoughtfully, reporting what she ate, what she played, and how much she had grown in the past few days. Finally, she flaunted proudly, "I'm going to school! I'm an older child." Already!"

Second Master Pei read them one by one, folded them with a smile, sealed them, and prepared to send them to Gusu.

Ajiu is busy delivering gifts to her aunt and aunt herself, she is a busy person.She is popular no matter where she goes, and her aunt and eldest aunt all praised her, "Ajiu has grown up, and she will be a primary school student next year! Now she is going to school, but it is very different, and she should be paid special attention to." The eldest aunt gave a precious color The second aunt gave Hubi with an ivory pen holder, and the eldest aunt did not know how to love her so she found a rare green Duan inkstone from Uncle Pei's study and gave it to Ajiu as a school gift.

Soon to become a primary school student, Ah Jiu was filled with emotions.I used to be a preschool child, but I won’t be anymore. Once I go to school, I will bid farewell to the carefree life of a child and become a big child.

"I'm going to play to my heart's content this winter, and I will change my appearance next spring. Then I will transform into a well-behaved primary school student!" Ajiu announced to her parents and brothers with a solemn expression.

At that time, Journey to the West was not written yet, but various legends were very popular among the people, and the image of Sun Monkey has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.When it comes to "transformation", it reminds people of the elf monkey. Ajiu is naughty, but connects "transformation" with "well-behaved elementary school students", which makes people laugh.

"You're still young, so you don't have to be too polite." Second Master Pei looked at his precious daughter with such a tragic expression, he couldn't bear it in his heart, and comforted him softly.

"Five years old is still a child, so don't be too restrained." Lin Youhui also said with a smile.She doesn't want Ah Jiu to be a mature learner at a young age, with a stern face, and lose her innocence.

The brothers looked at little Ajiu suspiciously.Sister, can you behave yourself?Why doesn't my brother believe it?

Because of an accident that happened in Ping'an Temple, Second Master Pei was rewarded by the emperor, and his family was harmonious and happy, carefree, while Jin Changli, a member of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, was nervous and anxious. Like ants on a hot pan.

Jin Changli is in his 50s, with a medium build, thin, thick eyebrows and big eyes. At first glance, he looks like a polite and well-educated person.However, if you look closely, you will find that his eyes are sometimes sharp and sometimes flickering, which is obviously a malicious intention.

He had bad luck, and he won the Jinshi when he was 40 years old. He was still the top three, and he was born with Jinshi.Because of this fellow Jinshi, his official career has not been smooth in the first few years.Just when he was in a hurry, the first man named Jin in the palace gave birth to a prince by chance and named him Concubine Jing.Since this respected concubine was born in the capital, her natal family cannot be mentioned, she is a bricklayer in the countryside.Jin Changli then managed to establish a family relationship with the concubine Jing, and called the concubine Jing "aunt".After that, his official career went smoothly, and he was transferred from the original Qingshui yamen to the hot and popular official department. He was first in charge, and now he was promoted to Yuanwailang.

Don't look at Yuanwailang who is only from the fifth grade, and his rank is not high, but he has great power. Officials' examinations and dismissals are all under the control of the examination department.Yuan Wai Lang is the deputy of the doctor of the Kao Gong Division, and no one dares to underestimate the power in his hands.Jin Changli made a lot of money in this position.

He has no other wishes in his lifetime, he just wants to be promoted to the doctor of the examination department, and after earning a few more years of steady money, he can retire with a smile and return to his hometown to spend his days leisurely.

Unexpectedly, when he was full of ambition and wanted to go up another liter, something went wrong because he was too enthusiastic.

Isn't Concubine Qiu out of favor?Because Concubine Qiu is domineering and domineering on weekdays, there are many people in the palace who secretly hate Concubine Qiu and want to beat the dog in the water, and Concubine Jing is one of them.Concubine Qiu Gui was young and beautiful, but she didn't pay attention to Concubine Jing, a concubine who was born in Beijing, and insulted her too many times.After all, Concubine Jing has also been promoted to the position of concubine, and Concubine Qiu has belittled her again and again, how can she not be annoyed?Seeing Concubine Qiu losing power, she wanted to add insult to injury.

On the one hand, Jin Changli wanted to curry favor with Concubine Jing, and on the other hand, he wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to please Queen Zhang and the Marquis of Jinxiang, so he deliberately planned to embarrass the Xingguo Palace, and it was best to commit a crime. A serious crime, so that the concubine Qiu Gui in the cold palace was also implicated, and she would never be able to stand up again.

If he can really achieve this step, let alone Concubine Jing is happy, Empress Zhang will definitely look at him differently, there is no doubt about it.Concubine Qiu Guifei, who gave birth to three little princes in succession, could not be ignored by Empress Zhang, and it was impossible that she did not want to completely overthrow her.

There was a fire in Jin Changli's heart, and he eagerly wanted to please Queen Zhang, climb up, and climb up... But, because the people in Xingguo's mansion were really worthless, they were dumbfounded when Concubine Qiu fell down. He didn't even dare to leave the door, and of course he wouldn't cause trouble.

Disappointed, Jin Changli set his sights on Linjianghoufu.Marquis of Linjiang is Concubine Qiu's benefactor, Marquis of Linjiang is Concubine Qiu's sister, it seems that Marquis of Linjiang still has an inexplicable ambiguity with Concubine Qiu?It would be a pity not to make good use of such a family.

Chen Qing, the second younger brother of Marquis Linjiang, served as the commander of the front guard of the government army, and he and Jin Changli had a similar taste and had some contacts.Because the titles and titles of Gonghou Bo are all under the management of the Seal Inspection Department of the Ministry of Officials, Chen Qing wanted to sit down with the person in charge of the Seal Inspection Department and ask the truth, so he asked Jin Changli to lead a thread and send a message .Jin Changli agreed with all his mouth, and he really invited He Dong, the doctor of the seal inspection department, and Chen Qing booked a place in Yicui Pavilion, and the three of them had a good time for a long time.

What He Dong meant was that normally this title belonged to your nephew Chen Lingfeng, he is the son of the concubine, as long as he is of good character and there is no major trouble, it should belong to him.Unless...unless he loses his morals, it's no one else's turn.

Immorality, immorality.Chen Qing thought about these words, lost his mind.Chen Qing believed that he had some popularity in the court, and if the eldest son was rejected by the emperor, he could manage up and down to get the title.The key is how to "lose morality" for a child who is only a few years old.

Chen Qing thought about "losing morality", but Jin Changli was concerned about making the Linjiang Marquis's mansion a big shame, embarrassing an adult, so that it would affect Concubine Qiu Gui in the cold palace, so that she would never be able to stand up again. "Your nephew is young, what virtue can he lose? But his mother can do bad things, and the Marquis of Linjiang can be ashamed." Jin Changli advised Chen Qing.

Chen Qing was right when he thought about it.If the reputation of the Marquis of Linjiang's mansion is ruined, either the emperor will replace him as Marquis of Linjiang in a fit of anger, or the title of Marquis of Linjiang will be withdrawn. "Anyway, it's not mine now, so it's not a pity to take it back." Chen Qing nodded after considering it.

Jin Changli and Chen Qing carefully planned the incident at Ping'an Temple.Chen Qing paid a lot of money to buy the guards of the Hou Mansion. Mrs. Qiu only asked them to arrest Mrs. Ye, but they deliberately let Chen Lingyun know about the fight, and injured Chen Lingyun, making things worse.

Jin Changli and Chen Qing treated the heart of a gentleman with the heart of a villain, thinking that Second Master Pei would definitely hate the Linjiang Hou Mansion and make this scandal public. The scandal disappeared.

Originally, Jin Changli was dejected after all the fuss.When Second Master Pei was summoned by the emperor and came out after receiving the reward, Jin Changli was keenly aware that something was wrong.What happened at the Ping'an Temple on the rest day, the emperor specially summoned Second Master Pei the next day and rewarded him with a lot of property. What could be the matter?

People from the Imperial Academy are often summoned by the emperor, and the emperor will express his appreciation if they "responsibly agree with the decree".However, it shouldn't be such a heavy reward.

Jin Changli Yuanwailang felt a strong sense of danger.

(End of this chapter)