Hou Men Splendid

Chapter 113 Parents' Memories

At night, the second sister and the others went back, and Lin Qingran was going to live in the Lin Mansion for two days, so Lu arranged for their family to live in Tingnuange, where Lin Qingran used to live.

It was almost noon the next day, and the second sister sent someone over to tell her the news. She went to He's mansion to inquire and heard that there was nothing wrong. She had been visiting relatives during the first few days of this year, and she didn't see any special guests. , Of course, this is just a rough idea.

Stayed from the fourth day to the sixth day, on the seventh day Shao Ziyu was going to be on duty at the Ministry of Criminal Justice, and after dinner on the sixth day, the family left Lin's mansion.

After getting into the carriage, Lin Qingran could see from the small window that father and mother were standing at the door to see them off, with some reluctance on their faces.

Lin Qingran shook her head, the carriage started to move, and soon the gate of the Lin Mansion disappeared from her sight. Lin Qingran remembered the situation when she saw her father for the first time. After 23 years, in her impression Zhong is always such a young and handsome father, and he is also old.

When she was young, Lin Qingran liked to rub her father's beard stubble with her cheeks, the prickling feeling was very interesting, but now those beard stubbles are a little pale like the hair on the ear temples.

She still remembers the conversation with her father in the study in the afternoon. When she mentioned that assisting the new emperor might be a thankless task, her father told her that the road ahead is chosen by oneself, but if you have The best choice is definitely the best one, the best may not be the safest, but in this world, if you have the opportunity to live timidly, wouldn't it be aggrieved.

"What's the matter?" Shao Ziyu saw her staring so dazedly, and stretched out his hand to pull down the curtain.

Lin Qingran turned to look at him, "I seem to be getting more and more timid." I don't know when, Lin Qingran will weigh many pros and cons, think far away, and then choose the one that is best for herself and her family. Harmless way to continue.

"You are not timid." Shao Ziyu pulled her over, hugged her in his arms, and said with a light smile, "How could you be timid? You are the mother of Han'er and Bo'er. You gave birth to them and raised them so bravely." Big, support this family together with me, and you can still not be afraid of people who want to arrest you, how timid are you."

Lin Qingran talked about the conversation with her father in the study, and Shao Ziyu held her hand, "The left hand and the right hand are called a pair together. The female master is inside, and the male master is outside. Both are indispensable. You just use your own ideas to make a pair." Looking at the matter of father-in-law, if you look at it from a different angle, you won’t think so from the standpoint of father-in-law.”

Lin Qingran looked at it from the perspective of a daughter, wife, and mother. Of course, the family is safe and stable. They don't want to be rich and powerful, but they want to be healthy and stable.

But from a man's point of view, if he has been in the government for decades and can't show his ambitions, then his life will be in vain.

"My father has never been a person who is content with the status quo." Lin Qingran made sense after thinking this way, and felt a lot better. If her father was a contented person, would she be able to sit in this position today? A person who is content with the status quo, but she and her father are working in different directions
After the seventh day of the lunar new year, the palace began to go to court early. Except for the fact that entertainment and noise were not allowed during the national funeral, the atmosphere in Luodu City gradually recovered. The next morning on the 15th Lantern Festival, Lin Qingran also received a summons from the empress dowager in the palace, stating that Lin Qingran was asked to bring the two children into the palace together.

As if he was afraid that Lin Qingran would not agree, the eunuch who came to deliver the decree added another word, "Mrs. Shao, it is the noble concubine who wants to see you."

Having said that, Lin Qingran didn't say the words of refusal.

After the eunuch announced his will, he was waiting to bring Lin Qingran and the two children into the palace together. Lin Qingran asked Guanyan to invite her father-in-law to the side hall for tea, then went back to the main house by herself, and ordered the nanny to change the two children. clothes, and asked Si Qin to send someone to the Ministry of Punishments to find Eleven and send a message to the husband, and took them out and got into the carriage.

Both brothers entered the palace for the first time, and it was very novel. On the way, Lin Qingran asked Brother Han to do something. As for Brother Bo, at this age, he would not listen to the instructions, so he had to take them with him and watch them anytime. with.

Arriving at the Shouhe Palace where the Empress Dowager lived, the eunuch said a few words to the maids waiting at the gate of the palace, and went in to report. After a while, a maid came in to lead them in.

When they arrived at the door, another report came out, and a palace maid came out and led them into the room. After entering, they saw the empress dowager and the noble concubine sitting on the top.

After Lin Qingran pulled Brother Han and Brother Bo to salute, the Empress Dowager asked them to sit down, Brother Han sat next to Lin Qingran, and Brother Bo stood behind him held by the nanny.

"You don't have to be so cautious." The empress dowager smiled, and ordered someone to bring some pastries that the children like to eat. The noble concubine sitting on the left looked at Bo Geer who was curiously watching everyone in the nanny's arms, and said to Lin Qingran Said, "Let the two children come to Aijia."

The nanny put Boge down, and Lin Qingran asked Han to lead his younger brother to walk over. How could Boge know the rules that should not be followed? He raised his head to look at the imperial concubine, and then at the empress dowager, grinning and smiling with.

The noble concubine directly hugged Bogeer and let him sit beside her. Bogeer subconsciously grabbed her hand, and the noble concubine pinched his little hand, soft and with eyes They all softened.

"I called you into the palace to talk, and there is no one in the Jardine Palace now." The imperial concubine bluntly stated the purpose of calling Lin Qingran into the palace. She has no children, and the juniors of the Zhang family are not familiar with her. With such a temperament, if I like Lin Qingran's family, I will ask her to come into the palace to have a look.

"There are no people in the Shouhe Palace of the Ai Family." The Empress Dowager gave her a look. The imperial concubine has no children, and now that the late emperor has passed away, there is no reason for hostility and competition among the women in the harem. Yes, they are all going to die of old age in this palace, so who would want to make things difficult for others at this point.

The new emperor ascended the throne, the layout of the palace is actually very strange, the new emperor is young, naturally there is no queen and concubine, the new emperor directly skipped his father and became emperor, so the empress dowager is not the empress dowager Let's do it. After the first prince became king, he moved out from the Prince's Mansion and gave him another mansion. Most of the concubines left by the late emperor went to the temple. Today's palace is very empty.

Occasionally, the concubine would come into the palace to see the emperor and accompany the empress dowager. Before she ascended the throne, she was her son.

The noble concubine laughed when she heard what the empress dowager said, "So the concubine ran to the Shouhe Palace with shame, and there were few people here and there, and there were few people there."

Chatting here, someone over there came to greet the Empress Dowager, Xiao Yuanxun brought his younger brother Xiao Jinghe to greet the two grandmothers, walked into the room, the siblings respected the Empress Dowager and the Grand Concubine .

Xiao Jinghe and Brother Han are about the same age. From this point of view, children of the same age can catch up with each other.

Brother Bo could sit still at such a young age, and Brother Han couldn't stay like this, the Empress Dowager said, "Xun'er, take He'er and this younger brother to play in the garden for a while."

Brother Han took a look at Lin Qingran, got his mother's approval, and walked slowly in front of Xiao Yuanxun. He likes all beautiful sisters. This sister is even more beautiful than Sister Lan. Brother Han obediently called her sister , Xiao Yuanxun took one in each hand, followed by several court ladies, and went out

The imperial concubine liked to listen to Lin Qingran's family affairs very much, and the empress dowager also listened. The two noble people did not have the slightest dignity at this time, but they were very easy to get close to.

When the Empress Dowager heard Lin Qingran say that she met Shao Ziyu for the first time, she smiled, "The late emperor liked to protect the matchmaker." Then she glanced at the imperial concubine, "At that time, if you didn't come out and say it, the late emperor also agreed to Lord Shao. "

Concubine Gui pursed her lips and smiled, "This shows that the two children are destined. Speaking of which, Ziyu's parents are also very destined."

Having already spoken, Lin Qingran naturally took the opportunity to ask, "The concubine has never heard anyone talk about the matter of father and mother, the imperial concubine and the concubine talk about it."

The imperial concubine glanced at the empress dowager, "That happened many years ago. They hadn't entered the palace at that time. They met when they were outing. At that time, your mother was careless when she stepped down the steps." I stumbled, stepped on the hem of the skirt, and didn't stand firm. I was about to fall down the steps. At that time, Aijia grabbed her, but she didn't fall down. Instead, she fell from the side. Just as your father passed by the steps, she Hug your mother."

Reminiscing about these things is always a very beautiful thing, the imperial concubine smiled to herself as she said, "Your mother thought that she would fall seriously, but she didn't recover when she was hugged by your father, and she hugged his neck and refused to let her fall." Let go, close your eyes and hide in his arms, it takes a while to react."

This hug is a promise.

"After that, the Ai family and your mother thought it was over, and not many people saw it. A few months later, the Shao family came to the Zhu family to propose marriage. At that time, your mother was only 13 years old, and the marriage took three years. "At that time, the Shao family was in glory, and the Zhu family was naturally willing to have this marriage. Just because of that one-sided relationship, Shao Changzhong took a fancy to her, and made a decision very quickly, so he hurriedly asked Master Shao to send someone to propose marriage.

The imperial concubine paused for a moment, with a hint of sadness in her tone, "In the spring of the second year after they got engaged, Ai's family entered the palace." After that, her relationship with Wan'er became estranged because of her decision at that time.

It wasn't until Zhu Wan'er got married and gave birth to Shao Ziyu that the relationship between the two eased up, but it didn't ease up for a few years, and something happened to the young couple.

The imperial concubine changed her mouth and talked about things after her father and mother got engaged. Lin Qingran listened, and she could always see a trace of longing in the eyes of the imperial concubine.

Now she is completely sure that the imperial concubine asked her to bring the child into the palace to talk because she missed her mother-in-law. Even if there is no need to worry about food and clothing in the palace today, life is boring. Looking back on the past, the days will not be too difficult.

Lin Qingran has never met her father-in-law and her mother-in-law, and even her father-in-law has very little memory of them. If there is someone who can recall it to her, Lin Qingran is very happy to hear it

Here, Shouhe and the palace chatted in a good atmosphere, but the atmosphere in the small garden over there was not so good. Brother Han was rejected by others for the second time, and stood beside Xiao Yuanxun aggrievedly, while Xiao Jinghe was always He looked angrily at the two girls standing opposite them who were only a few years older than them.

"My princess is right, she is definitely not cute if she is so fat." The little girl's delicate and sweet voice sounded, and the ones who spoke were the only daughters of the late emperor, Xiu and Princess Dachang, who were only seven years old this year, and standing beside them was the Zhu family Zhu Lexuan is the eldest miss, and Zhu Lexuan looks at Brother Han with a look of disgust.

"Auntie, you can't say that about Brother Han." Xiao Jinghe protested, "Master said, you can't judge people by their appearance, and you can't say that about others' beauty or ugliness."

Xiuhe looked at Xiao Jinghe, then looked at Brother Han, there was no malice on his face, but the words he said were not so pleasant, "I didn't say he was ugly, I only said he was fat and thin, He'er, this is not as beautiful as ugly. It doesn't matter."

"That's not the case." Xiao Jinghe, who was only half a year older than Brother Han, was stumped at once, his little face was flushed red, it was obvious that Aunt Ming was wrong, why couldn't he refute her.

Brother Han looked at Zhu Lexuan, who snorted, Xiuhe was amused to see the aggrieved look on his face, walked over and stretched out his hands to pinch his face, the corners of his mouth curled up on his pretty face, "Well, look more It's actually quite cute."

(End of this chapter)