incense as a medium

Chapter 178 Origin
"Poor mouth." Mrs. Sun Shizi cursed with a smile, and they revealed the matter with laughter.

Mrs. Su followed everyone's words and laughed a few words, then changed the subject and turned back to Liu Bailu: "My niece is very capable, and she gave birth to a pair of lovely twin daughters, Yuxue, who are more than two years old this year. Oh, whoops, I guarantee that you will be reluctant to let go. Mother-in-law, where are your precious granddaughters? Your daughter-in-law is hiding from us, so the granddaughter should be called out? What's the matter? I'm afraid that such wives are less Is it their meeting ceremony?" Without waiting for Qi Ding to answer, Mrs. Su pointed at Qi Ding and said with a smile: "You don't know, your granddaughters are really a pair of little money lovers, come to our house that day, uncle Aunt, cousin, etc. gave a bunch of presents, and the little sisters received the purses. No one gave them, and they opened them one by one in front of the big guys, and gave all the money to their mothers."

"I made my in-laws laugh at me," Qi Ding said with a smile to Mrs. Su: "The livelihood was difficult in the past few years. Bailu had to take her two children to look for work in the streets and alleys. The two children were also suffering. They followed her mother for a few years. It's because they have a wild temper. No, it's not that I don't want them to come out to meet guests, but I don't know where they have gone. It's only been a few days since I came back to the capital, and they are clamoring to go out to play when they see the sky. Yesterday Pei Yun took them out, and there is still no sign of them today."

After Qi Ding finished speaking, he took a handkerchief and pressed the corners of his eyes.

Mrs. Lu Shizi glanced at Mrs. Su, then at Mrs. Qi Ding, and said with a smile: "If I remember correctly, Mrs. Su, you are Mrs. Qi's aunt, right? Why do I listen to your words as a compliment? But they said behind their backs that the two children have shallow eyelids? This is clearly because the two children know that the family has no money, so they feel sorry for their mother! This is filial piety, how come you have shallow eyelids in your mouth? And you, Mr. Qi Mrs. Qi, why is Mrs. Qi looking for a job in the streets? The family is difficult, what about your son? Isn’t raising a son a household to earn money to support the family? Where was your son when the family was difficult? I remember you were still sick at that time Right? Didn’t your son ask for orders to come back to Beijing to take care of you? I also heard that your daughter-in-law sold her only valuable dowry to you for medical treatment. What do you mean by accusing them of being playful?"

Mrs. Lu Shizi came here today to see what Mrs. Qi's Mrs. Liu's egret, who has been missed by her husband, looks like, but she saw this mother-in-law belittled her daughter-in-law and niece together with her aunt before the Lord saw her, so she was not angry. Call one.

It is normal for a mother-in-law to have opinions on her daughter-in-law, but it is rare for a family to bring its own conflicts to others, especially so many people.What's even more rare is that this is an aunt. Although the married daughter splashed water, the niece is naturally far away, but is it still a family?How can someone slander his own family in front of outsiders like this?
Really fresh!
She couldn't hold back for a moment and sprayed out.

Mrs. Sun Shao gave Qi Ding a glance, and said with a low laugh to Mrs. Lu Shizi: "Sister Lu probably doesn't know something. The Qi family has some connections with the Liu family."

Mrs. Sun Shao's voice was not loud, but it was enough for the three or five people sitting near them to hear clearly.

Although Mrs. Lu Shizi wanted to listen to gossip, but Mrs. Sun Shao's mother-in-law was here, so she couldn't let their mother-in-law and daughter-in-law quarrel just to hear this, so she glanced at Mrs. Sun Shizi, who knew that Mrs. Sun Shizi didn't know when to shut up Eyes closed, looking at this movement, afraid to fall asleep?
Mrs. Sun noticed Mrs. Lu Shizi's gaze. She covered her mouth with a smile and said, "My mother has been a little lethargic recently. Let's talk about us, Sister Lu, let me tell you, Mrs. Qi's deceased father-in-law and Qi The wife's mother..."

Mrs. Qi Ding and Mrs. Su were very angry by Mrs. Lu Shizi, but where is her identity, what can she do except argue a few words?But when they organized their words and wanted to refute, they found that Mrs. Lu Shizi had already chatted with Mrs. Sun Shao.

Qi Ding's complexion turned ugly in an instant, Madam Xia, who has a good relationship with Qi Ding, quickly came out to smooth things over: "I said you haven't made any progress in all these years? You don't even praise people. Look, it's misleading." Right? Fortunately, your daughter-in-law knows about your temper, otherwise it would be another inexplicable misunderstanding. Okay, okay, it's almost time now, let's start the banquet."

Qi Ding's complexion softened a lot in Mrs. Xia's words, and after taking a deep breath, he still smiled like a spring breeze: "Please go to the garden, there is a small lake in the backyard, and now the Xiaohe building has a sharp corner, the scenery is very pleasant People, we had dinner in the waterside pavilion, and the island in the middle of the lake invited people to sing, and the sound was very empty."

"That's right, I still remember listening to operas here, I don't want to leave, there is nowhere better than listening to music in your water pavilion." Mrs. Xia smiled.

"If you don't tell me, I'll forget it. I've been helping you for a long time. Let's go quickly." Mrs. Xia has been in Beijing for many years, and she has more friends than Qi Ding, who has been away for many years. Mrs. Xia stepped forward To smooth things over, more people naturally responded.

The whole room got up logically and headed for the waterside pavilion in the backyard.

"How many times do I tell you before you understand! That aunt of yours is not a cheap lamp!" Mrs. Ding wanted to poke her daughter's heart with her fingers, and poke her a few more heart eyes.

Ding Ruolan stubbornly turned her back to Mrs. Ding and looked at the blooming peonies on the window sill. For no reason, she thought of the magnificent peony that Fang Yuxiu had: "The aunt is at least our relative, and she will definitely treat her well in the future. There are also big rules in a big family, so the mother is not afraid that her daughter will not be able to deal with it if she goes in?"

Mrs. Ding laughed, she was angry: "Yes, you are not her daughter-in-law now, she naturally treats you very well, and when you become her daughter-in-law, you will wait for her to give you little shoes to wear. Right! This mother-in-law and daughter-in-law have been natural enemies since ancient times! No matter how close the relationship is, it can’t be changed! What’s more, what’s wrong with a rich family? It’s good to be well behaved. What will happen to you! What I am most afraid of is that the small door and the small family want to follow the rules of everyone, painting a tiger is not an anti-dog, and you will be the one who is tired in the end!"

"How could this happen?" Ding Ruolan firmly disagreed: "Even if the rich and powerful family are very good, but mother doesn't look at it, how many of those sons and daughters can make a deal? All of them are idle all day long. The family is just looking for an errand, and this day is just dawdling, how many people are really capable? Who can earn a job for their wife by themselves?"

"Then Qi Peiyun will definitely be able to do it?" Mrs. Ding suppressed her anger and gritted her teeth: "If your cousin can succeed, he won't be suppressed after returning to Beijing. Don't you agree with the oral order given to your cousin by the Holy Majesty?" Don’t you know? Watching your children coax your wife! I guess your cousin will be like this for the rest of his life! At the beginning, I wanted you to get closer to your cousin, but it was just a way out. If you go to join the No.1 Yuan again, your status will improve a lot in an instant, and then you won’t be allowed to choose the richest family?”

In fact, the key to Madam Ding's change of mind was the oral order that Qi Peiyun knelt down to accept, wasn't it?
The emperor didn't take it seriously, but some people did.

"Mother! My daughter is grown up! Can you still make decisions for her for the rest of her life?" Ding Ruolan stood up, turned to Mrs. Ding and said, "Mother, my daughter has made up her mind, so you have to persuade her again. In her life, she will Don’t marry unless you’re a cousin!”

When Liu Bailu came out of an inconspicuous silk and satin shop and boarded the carriage at the door with a new look and a tired face with a few little girls, several figures were speeding past Zhuque Street, and Liu Bailu looked up in surprise. , only a golden afterimage remained in front of my eyes.

However, the next nine bells made Liu Bailu realize what might have happened.

There is a Dengwen drum and a golden bell in the palace, and there are Dengwen drums at the gates of the four palaces.

Dengwen Drum, as the name suggests, can directly reach the sky and hear the emperor's court order when the Dengwen Drum is sounded.As long as the Dengwen drum is sounded, no matter what the emperor is doing, he must meet the person who beat the drum to complain of grievances. However, there are conditions for beating the drum to complain of grievances. Anyone who dares to beat the Dengwen drum is not a big grievance, and they will all be distributed to the frontier.Therefore, no one was free to bother the emperor with trivial matters such as sesame and mung beans.

A golden bell is placed at the Temple of Heaven outside the palace, and the clock for the emperor's sacrifice to heaven rings ninety-nine and eighty-one times.

For the rest of the time, the imperial list was posted and the bell rang nine times.

The emperor's funeral bell rang 72 times without interruption.Although the emperor is known as the emperor, he really dare not compete with the sky for the number of ninety-nine, so it is one less.

The Empress Dowager's funeral bell rang 36 times.

The queen's funeral bell rang 27 times.

The prince's death sounded eighteen times.

None of the other concubines and princes.

Sure enough, when Liu Bailu's carriage drove forward for no more than a cup of tea, a team of honor guards with gongs and drums appeared in front of them. Among the honor guards, four huge gold-lettered plaques gleamed on the golden armor guards. They swaggered through the market under the crowd.

Loyalty
Loyalty
Ridiculous
unyielding
The sixteen characters of Sanzhen and Two Festivals summed up the lives of the four women, and brought them and their families, relatives, friends and hometowns supreme glory. However, who knows the pain in the hearts of these four women?
Who knows that after these four chastity archways are bestowed, how many women will continue to spend their youthful years of loneliness and suffering just for the four characters of this archway?
The plaques inscribed by the four imperial pens will be covered with red silk and satin after they leave Beijing, and then they will be carried to the destination in eight sedan chairs. Officials will come out to greet them from every prefecture and town on the way. At that time, the four memorial archways will come out to welcome them. Stay in the town for a day and a night for people to pay their respects.

The local government will use the silver allotted by the imperial court to build the memorial archway until it reaches the destination and is handed over to the person who has been rewarded and his family.

(End of this chapter)