Hou Men Splendid

Chapter 162 The Twin Beauty

After being away for more than two months, the trip to the south has yielded a lot. It is the first time the emperor has visited the south since he ascended the throne. This can be regarded as a new understanding of various places.

Half a month after returning, at the beginning of December, early in the morning of Laba, the palace gave out porridge to the outside world. There were porridge stations outside Luodu City, and all the people could go there to receive a bowl of Laba porridge. In the palace, Shouhe Palace Here, the queen arranged the emperor's clothes and sent him out to court. When Xiao Jingyi went out, he did not forget to tell her that he would see the people brought back from the Southern Tour in a few days.

The queen sent him out obediently, but when he walked back to the house, his face was not so good. The people brought back by the southern tour actually brought back two women. When they brought them into the palace, they learned the palace rules for half a month. Your Majesty Think about it from time to time.

"Your Majesty, those two beauties." The maid beside her helped her to sit down, and the queen shook her head, "Stop here, after you stop, bring them here, and I will see how you are doing."

Not long after, the palace maid brought him in. The twin sisters are very beautiful. They are fifteen or sixteen years old. Their bright appearance when they smile can brighten up the whole room. It's really nice.

They greeted the queen respectfully, and it was not difficult for Yan Shi to let them get up and sit down, "I will arrange for you to sleep in a few days. From now on, you will start serving the emperor. You must not be arrogant because of the favor. The rules in the palace After learning everything, you have to remember that if you make a mistake, you will be punished according to the palace rules."

"Yes." Wan Ruoying cried.

The queen waved her hand, and the maid took her down again. A trace of fatigue appeared in her expression. The maid carefully went behind her and pressed her temples. Immediately after, there was the announcement of coming to greet her outside the room.

Nowadays, there are too many concubines in the palace. After all, there is only one draft, but they are all young and beautiful.

The concubine Liang who gave birth to the princess is now also in charge of the seal of the first palace. After Lu Zhaoyi was demoted, the position of Zhaoyi was vacated, and the bottom is much more lively. Now there is no dispute, let alone when the emperor returns, then fight for it It is best to be pregnant with a dragon heir, then the mother is more expensive than the child.

When it was almost time for people to arrive, a palace official came to report in a hurry, saying that He Ronghua felt unwell early in the morning, and fainted for a while, and now he can't make it when he is lying down.

"I asked the imperial doctor to go over and have a look."

"Looked at it early in the morning, and said it was a bit of fetal gas, so let's rest now."

That's the end of the story, the queen nodded, "Then rest in peace, so that she doesn't have to come here to pay her respects for a month, the heirs are the most important thing."

The palace people went out, the queen looked at everyone, He Ronghua was diagnosed as pregnant half a month after the emperor made his southern tour, this promotion was only given after the emperor came back, now the palace's heirs are too weak to come out of her stomach , It comes out of someone else's belly.

Yang Jieyu pursed her lips and smiled, "Sister He was fine a few days ago, now that she has a body, she is a lot weaker." Usually it will be fine if you catch a cold, but now it is rare, come here to say hello I don't want to walk the road, but it's precious.

The queen glanced at her, Yang Jieyu was making fun of herself, she pursed her mouth and said nothing more, the queen ordered a few things, waited for the people to leave, and asked the maids around to invite the imperial doctor Wei to come over

Outside the palace, Lin Qingran stood under the corridor, looking up at the gray sky. After Laba passed, the city of Luodu was still cold this year, but the snow seemed to be late.

New Year's presenters came over from the front yard from time to time, Si Qin brought over the booklet for receiving gifts, Lin Qingran turned back into the house, and Sister Ning was sitting on the soft couch, learning how to read the bill.

"The snow came late today." Lin Qingran read the brochure once, the sky was overcast, and she always felt like she was planning a heavy snowfall.

"Mother, are you not going to grandpa's house this year?" Sister Ning asked Lin Qingran with cold hands and a small warm stove in her arms.

"They are going to Yanzhou, and they must be celebrating the New Year at your uncle's house in Yanzhou." Lin Qingran wrote several annual gifts in return, and Sister Ning sat next to her and watched, with longing in her tone, "Mother , You said I could go to Yanzhou anytime."

At the end of the year, Sister Ning fell ill with wind-cold syndrome. She lay on the bed for a few days and drank a lot of decoction. The road is long, she can't go far.

"Let your father take you to Sangjiang next year to see that the house there has been repaired." Lin Qingran patted her head with a touch of love in her tone.

When Shao Ziyu came back in the evening, there were fewer cases at the Ministry of Criminal Justice at the end of the year, but there were more things in the major yamen, and the Ministry of Criminal Justice sent more people to go there. There were no major cases, but a lot of small cases.

Lin Qingran pushed him to change clothes, don't bring the cold air into the room, Shao Ziyu looked at her expression, it seemed that something was wrong, so she changed clothes, came over and sat down, "What's the matter."

"The Lan family sent a message today, saying that my uncle might not be able to survive the winter." Lin Qingran paused, "Now I am getting more and more confused, and I can't remember for most of the day."

"I'll accompany you to have a look tomorrow morning." Shao Ziyu thought for a while and said

The next day the husband and wife went to Lan's house, the sky was still dark and gray, and the cold wind blowing by knives this winter made it even more gloomy.

When he arrived at the Lan's house, his uncle's actual condition was even worse than what the Lan's family sent a letter. He didn't even remember Lan Ling'er, and lay there in a daze. He invited many doctors to come to see him and shook his head.

When he was brought back from Yanzhou seven or eight years ago, his uncle's condition was already not improving. Imperial physician Wei also said at that time that it was incurable.

Lord Lan Guogong in the outhouse sighed, "Uncle always tells us not to be too sad when we are awake. He has picked up his time all these years, and he is content with the extra time. His life is also from Lord Yan's hands. Been discussing for several years."

Duke Lan sighed, and then he talked about Lan Ling'er's marriage, "My uncle is thinking about Ling'er's marriage." But three years later, Lan Ling'er refused to get married.

"Luodu City may not be suitable for her." Lin Qingran evaluated objectively. She was born in a noble family, but she lived in such an environment since she was a child, and she has not been taught extra in the past few years. Her temperament is far from that of a lady. Nor is it the kind of girl who would condescend and cater to her husband. During the days of her daughter's temple, her mother's situation made her push this lifelong event far away.

Even if she is willing to marry, she may not be able to live such a life.

The mother who was serving in the house came out and said, "Master, Master is awake."

Lin Qingran and the others walked in again, and the little uncle leaned there, his eyes clear, looking at Shao Ziyu and Lin Qingran, after a while, he opened his mouth and uttered the word "ling'er".

"Little Uncle, you don't have to worry about Ling'er's marriage." Shao Ziyu said so, Little Uncle shook his head, Shao Ziyu approached and heard him say a few words, "Little Uncle, I'm afraid Ling'er won't want to go back to that place."

Lan Yueze's eyes were full of sadness, he was a dying person, there was nothing to worry about, except that stubborn child.

The Lan family said they would take good care of her, but they really didn't want to get married, so he left again. Ten or twenty years later, they still treated the child as before.

And she didn't want to go back to the Yue Palace, and she didn't want to recognize that father. In fact, she went back, and the Yue Palace was only her heir. good.

The more he worried about this, the more worried he was, and he couldn't leave with peace of mind.

"Ling'er." He opened his mouth and shouted again, and Lan Ling'er, whose eyes were red as if she had just cried, walked in. Shao Ziyu stepped aside, she knelt by the bed, took her uncle's hand, and said with a choked voice, "Grandpa .”

"What will you do in the future." The little uncle looked at her and said with difficulty.

As if she had made a big decision, Lan Ling'er wiped her tears and promised, "Grandpa, don't worry, I'll go back to Xiyue, and my mother will go home, I'll stay with her, you don't have to worry about me, I will take care of myself of."

The little uncle was startled, and then his expression relaxed a little, "That's fine too."

Without saying a few more words, the little uncle fell into a coma again, and the longer the period of coma, he might not be able to wake up.

Shao Ziyu and the others came out, and Lan Ling'er stayed in the house the whole time, and Lord Lan sent them out, "Today this child just said that she was going back to Xiyue, but a few days ago she said that she would go with my uncle."

No wonder my uncle is so worried.

"It's just hard for her to accept it for a while, but she will figure it out slowly." There is no blood relationship, but it has already surpassed this blood relationship. After so many years of companionship, in Lan Ling'er's heart, she is only left with her little uncle. loved ones

Seven or eight days after returning from Lan's house, the Lan's family sent someone to report the funeral. My uncle fell into a coma for three consecutive days and left early this morning.

Lin Qingran prepared the mourning clothes here, and took a few children to Lan's house for the funeral.

Not many people went to the Lan's family to attend the funeral. The Lan's family hadn't appeared in Luodu City for so many years, and the old people had already passed away.

It was already mid-December at this time, and the sky finally started to snow. On the day of the funeral in the Lan Mansion, the heavy snow fell especially majesticly, and it was hard to see it from ten meters away. The heavy snow that is falling is gradually getting brighter.

The heavy snow continued until the New Year's Eve. It was to make this belated one-time fall. The yard that was cleaned early in the morning accumulated over the ankles in half a day.

It has been two days since the whole family arrived at Shao's old house. Sister Ning stood by the window with the heater in her hand and watched her brother build a snowman for her in the yard. Sister Ning grew up in the Shao Mansion. When I came here yesterday, I took a look around the Chenxiang Courtyard. There were fewer people, and the Shao family’s old house seemed even more empty. There were only one room left for five rooms, so Master Shao Er He just hoped that his son would flourish and the Shao family would flourish again.

Someone came over with an umbrella from a distance through the heavy snow, and it was the second aunt He who sent someone to invite them to dinner. Lin Qingran asked Ning to put on a thick cloak, opened the umbrella and the family walked to the front yard , In the huge front hall, there are no separate tables, and the whole family eats at one table.

It's not hard to think of the Shao family in the past, every New Year's day, the front hall was full of people, and it was very lively. Now that it's Chinese New Year, the uncles, uncles, and uncles don't come back to the Shao's house anymore, they just come on the first day of the new year. A visit to the ancestral house to worship, the brotherhood has long since disappeared.

The second uncle and the second aunt are both open-minded people. No family is prosperous or declining. When the fireworks are in full swing, the whole family goes outside the house. Lin Qingran looks up. It's another year.

(End of this chapter)