Inheritance policy

Chapter 56 Dust

The days flew by, and it was March in a blink of an eye.

The war in the northwest continued, and the Tartars launched several attacks with all their strength, but Fang Qi stopped them outside Pingxi Pass.After several imperial edicts, the Fang family was brought to the forefront.Empress Fang was very calm, and the eldest lady handed her son into the palace several times, but the empress refuted them all, and asked Eunuch Lin to bring a letter saying, "The situation is not stable", just these four words made the eldest lady While I was full of joy, my heart was flustered.

".The Empress has always been a calm and steady person. I know that there is always a clear distinction between women who are married and women who are married. But my brother is still working hard in the northwest. Whose eyes can we sisters support and comfort each other?" The eldest lady sat on the lower left. First of all, I dare not contain resentment in my tone, but I can hear my obvious ignorance.

Looking at Mrs. Tai who was leaning on the cushion, pursed her lips, and said: "My brother was assigned the post of General of the World Army, and even Brother Huan was appointed a hereditary fourth-rank commander. I can't tell that Fang's family is cooking with fire, and the flowers are blooming? But I always worry about it, and Master Hou doesn't want to talk about it in detail, and I have no place to talk, I can't Tell Ah Wu and Brother Jing? You can’t talk to the second lady, right? You’re still healthy, so I don’t dare to make trouble with you.”

After listening to the words of the eldest daughter-in-law, Mrs. Tai always knew that Mrs. Fang was a careless and soft person. If she didn't know, she might think that she was pretending to take Joe in front of her mother-in-law!
"The empress is smarter or you? Is it the empress who should listen to you or the empress?" Mrs. Tai said indifferently, looked up at the eldest lady, and said: "Fang Qi worked so hard in the northwest, not to let the two younger sisters It was used in Dingjing to show off its might. Think about it for yourself, which general has not been impeached since the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty? The higher you go, the more you have to behave with your tail between your legs. You should learn from the empress.”

What she said left the eldest lady speechless, she could only nod her head slowly, at least she was able to tell others what was on her mind.

In March, the Rongshou Hall is peaceful and refreshing, with gray walls and blue bricks, red railings and vermilion lacquer. The warm and cool light in early spring shines through the towering ancient cypress in the courtyard, casting mottled shadows on the blue brick floor. There is a bright light like water in the middle.

Mrs. Tai has been in poor health since that time, and went through the turn of spring and winter. Apart from showing up to the Pingyang Palace, she closed the door to thank guests, and even seldom took care of the big and small matters in the mansion.Xing Zhao didn't dare to send someone to the Rongshou Hall to inform about the chaos in the Northern War, but in the end Mrs. Tai still figured out the matter thoroughly, and she thought it a little deeper than others.

"If you really can't take it easy, go to Min's house. Anyway, in the letter, you can be regarded as fighting side by side with Fang Qi in the northwest. Mrs. Min is not the one who can't hide her words." Mrs. Tai said again, but secretly said in her heart , such a big matter as the second prince's concubine selection has made way for Northwest, and the candidate has not yet come out.It was rare for the emperor to remember that Xin Zhonghou had rewarded him with an errand as an army guard. This was the emperor's promotion of the Min family.

The Da Furen and Tai Furen were talking in this room, and Xing Ming and Xing Zhao were also whispering in Huai Shan Garden in that room.

"Xingxiao came to Dongkua courtyard before saying hello to me, and he also brought the handkerchief and purse embroidered by himself. I was so surprised that I didn't even sit down." I had a lot to say, but was about to speak, but saw the hydrangea on the high table in the corner, and changed my mind halfway: "Is this hydrangea beautiful?"

Xingzhao laughed again and again and said: "It looks beautiful! As soon as you delivered it, I put it on the high table. It smells good and smells good." After the compliment, he opened his mouth to reply to her previous sentence, hastily said: "I gave birth Once you get sick, you will become more sensible." Then he asked Xingming: "Second Aunt insists on whether you want to read the account books or become a female celebrity all day long, and you are not even allowed to go to Mr. Chang's place. What's the matter? "

"What else?" Xingming pursed his lips, looking very unhappy, but his face was red all over.

Xingzhao suddenly remembered that after the second wife took Xingming back to her mother's house last time, several wives from Zhongshan Hou's mansion came to He's mansion very frequently
Xing Zhao covered his mouth and smiled, but didn't say anything.

However, Xingming seemed to be suddenly interested, leaned over, whispered in Xingzhao's ear and said, "Last time, my mother was still asking if Brother Huan from my aunt Fang's family is 14 years old. Asked if we were married, but my father scolded me all the time."

Xing Zhao was stunned, and then burst out laughing, the second wife was no less worried about Xingming's marriage than she was about her mother!

When the eldest lady came back from the Rongshou Hall, He Yan was already waiting in the main courtyard, and it was rare to call all four juniors out to have dinner together.

When He Xingxiao saw Xingzhao, he hurriedly folded his sleeves and bowed his knees.

Xing Zhao raised his eyebrows, but didn't talk to her anymore, he just asked someone to help her up, and never looked over there again - even Xing Ming knew how to please and behave, but he didn't see any movement in Huai Shan Yuan , it can be seen that He Xingxiao firmly believed in that dream, and he was sure that the branch of the main courtyard would be like the flowers in the dream, just a flash in the pan.

Everyone has their own minds when they eat a meal, their actions are seldom talkative, their actions are cautious in their words and deeds, and their actions are always flattering and obedient.

Seeing that He Yan put down his chopsticks, the others dared not eat or drink anymore.When they were about to leave, He Yan called Xing Jing and Xing Zhao to stop, and said softly to Xing Jing: ".I was working hard a while ago. Recently, although I still go to Mr. Ming's place every day, I don't read books when I come back. Did you look at the map instead?"

Xingjing hangs his head and doesn't speak.

The eldest lady came forward to smooth things over: "Isn't his uncle fighting in the northwest? Brother Jing is worried about it."

He Yan frowned and wanted to speak, but held back in a daze, frowned and waved his hands, and simply let Xingjing go back.Then he asked Xing Zhao in a gentle voice: "After playing around all winter, Mr. Chang has started to attend class, can you still take it easy?"

Is this enjoying family fun?Xingzhao suddenly felt a little nauseous, and he couldn't get up early without benefit. If the Fang family failed to become famous in the northwest and reversed their decline, how could He Yan be able to hold back his temper and ask one by one?
I was thinking wildly in my heart, but still nodded lightly on my face, found an excuse, and was about to leave: "Mr. Chang arranged ten strokes of red, and I haven't finished writing them yet." He Yan also asked her to go back with a smile up.

The night is late, the stars and the moon are rising, and the twilight is thick. The lights of the Marquis of Lin'an's Mansion are turned off one by one from the outer courtyard to the inner courtyard, except for a few little maids in the veranda who occasionally pass through the corridor with the lanterns, leaving rustling noises , you can only hear the sound of the breeze "huhu".

In the silence of Wan Lai, there was a sudden rush of horseshoes outside Jiujing Hutong. The sound of "treading" was getting closer and louder. The paper lanterns on the bed were frightened and swayed in all directions. Under the swaying candlelight, one could vaguely see a man in silver-gray armor with a red-tasseled gun on his back leaning over his horse.

A street vendor who was squatting in the corner and hadn’t closed his stall was startled by the sound of horses’ hooves, and stared blankly at the people who had left in the dust. While packing his things, he muttered in his mouth: “It’s so late, why is there a curfew at the gate of the city?” Someone can come in on horseback.” Then he probed in and saw that the person had stopped in front of the gate of Lin’an Hou Mansion, the peddler couldn’t help but click his tongue: “It’s really a relative of the emperor. broken."

Not long after, the lights of He Mansion were lit up one by one, from the outer courtyard to the inner courtyard at a very fast speed.

"Girl! Girl!"

Xing Zhao was startled, and sat up abruptly from the bed, propped himself up, looked at Lian Yu who was looking anxious in front of him, his chest was suffocated for no reason, and he raised his jaw, motioning for her to continue.

"Girl. Pingxi Pass. Broken!" Lian Yu's voice was so sharp for the first time, with a weeping tone and hoarseness, as if it soared straight into the sky.

Xing Zhao poked his head forward, frowned and asked her, "What did you say?"

Lianyu's eyes were very red, and she held back crying and stepped forward to support Xing Zhao's shoulders, bit her teeth desperately, and said word by word: "The Pingxi Pass guarded by uncle is broken. Someone came to take pictures of our house just now. The gate was brought to the main courtyard, and both Lord Hou and the eldest lady were awakened. Mama Wang went to ask Mama Huang, only to find out that Pingxi Pass had been lost last night, and the Tartars had already invaded Cangnan County. Uncle was alone, with Three thousand elite soldiers are going west, and now... now life and death are uncertain"

Xing Zhao felt as if his head was hit three times by the drum bell in the temple. Hearing Lianyu's voice, he felt buzzing and was very bored.

After gasping for breath a few times, she clasped her hands fiercely in her palms. The pain of piercing her flesh woke her up instantly. Looking at Lianyu whose face was flushed from suffocation, but who wanted to cry but dared not cry, she lightly He patted the back of her hand lightly, and said softly: "Don't panic!" Then he looked around at the terrified people in the room, with a solemn expression, and said in a deep voice, "Get dressed! Go to the main courtyard!"

There was a curfew in the He family, and the gates of all the courtyards were tightly locked, but no one stopped Xing Zhao along the way.

Xing Zhao picked up the hem of his skirt and walked forward quickly, feeling that it wasn't enough, so he simply jogged and turned around the corner panting. There was no voice, nor He Yan's harsh questioning, but a feeble voice that seemed to be speaking with all its strength: "The tartars attacked yesterday at [-]:[-] pm, first with arrows, and then with fire."

"The Tartars are approaching with tens of thousands of people, but the guards and guards can't see them? Don't you know?" This is He Yan's voice sinking into the ground.

"It always gets dark early in the northwest, and the general even specially ordered people to stand on the eagle eye platform, and they are not allowed to leave even half a step!"

The words are concise and clear, although it can be heard that the vitality has been seriously injured, but it can still be sonorous and powerful, and every word is pitted.

This is my uncle's Fang Jiajun confidant.

Xing Zhao forced himself to clear his head, and still found useful information from the clues.

(End of this chapter)