Prince Rong smiled and said: "My brother-in-law is young and has done well in the local area. Naturally, the emperor will not let go of a talent like him. If you hadn't been serving as an imperial envoy now, you would have been released a long time ago."
Jin Fengju smiled bitterly and said: "If something like Yangzhou happens again, what's the difference between me and Waifang? It's even worse than Waifang. Others serve as officials for one term, but I lick blood on the head of a knife." Because the two of them said again After a few words, Fang resigned and went home.
Returning to the mansion, he went straight to Kangshouyuan. He saw everyone there except Fu Qiuning. The old lady was very happy to see him coming. She asked him to sit over and said with a smile, "Why are you back at this time?" ? I thought that your injury was healed, and the Emperor must have no idea how much work he had to give you, but now you are so free? "
Jin Fengju smiled and said: "I went to Yangzhou and almost lost my life there. How can the emperor be willing to send me out just after I have recovered? Even if he wants to send me out, there must be some reward or something before he can open his mouth." Before he could finish his sentence, he was The old lady slapped her on the forehead lightly, and listened to her laughing and scolding: "It's getting more and more ridiculous. It's not a good idea to arrange the emperor like this behind his back. If it is spread out, it will not be given to others."
"There are only you and my grandson here, who will spread the word? Ancestors, don't be too careful." After Jin Fengju said with a smile, he looked around and asked doubtfully: "Won't Qiu Ning come to pay respects to our ancestors now? Why don't you see her? You are becoming more and more ignorant."
The old lady snorted and said, "Why are you blaming her for being ignorant? It's obviously because she didn't come here and asked you to come in and see it. It was my order. Seeing that she doesn't like to scheming with these people, so Maybe she doesn't have to come to say hello, since you think about it, then I'll just ask Luo Cui to find her."
Jin Fengju stood up and said, "That's all, I'll go there myself..." Before he could finish, the old lady pulled her sleeves and sat down. She laughed and said, "You are not allowed to go. Now that I have a daughter-in-law, not only did my mother forget, but she even Don’t you recognize me as grandma?” After saying that, he said to Luo Cui: “Go to Wanfengxuan and ask Ning Yatou to come over and say that the young Marquis is waiting here.”
Jin Fengju smiled and said: "Grandma called her, how dare she not come? Why bother to involve me." After saying that, Old Mrs. Jin also said with a smile: "If I don't involve you, how can she know that you have never seen each other this day?" What do you think of Sanqiu?" Having said this, he sat up again, approached his grandson and whispered: "Fengju, when will you ask Qiu Ning to move here? We live in Wanfengxuan, but it's too remote. , do you have to walk through that garden every day to see her? It's several miles away, how can this be home? Going to the racecourse is closer than this."
Jin Fengju said helplessly: "How many times have I told her, but she insists on staying there, what can I do?" After saying this, the old lady snorted and said: "How smart and clever are you usually? Why? Don't you have any ideas at this time? Qiu Ning refuses to move, so you can find a way to let her move here. Women are naturally timid. They live in that remote place. Nothing has happened in the past few years, so they get used to it. Otherwise, it's okay If something happens, are you afraid that she will retaliate?"
Jin Fengju's heart moved and he looked at his grandma. He saw the old lady's mouth was curved and she was smiling like an old fox. He couldn't help but laugh and nodded: "Yes, my grandson has remembered it. Our ancestors are still smart and my grandson is really smart." Even if you pat the horse, you can't catch up." Yin said a few more words, but saw Luo Cui coming with only Jin Zangfeng and Jin Zangjiao. He felt strange, so he took the children's hands and asked, "Where is your mother? Why didn't you come?"
Jin Zangfeng lowered his head slightly and said: "To answer what my father said, my mother caught a cold because of the wind outside yesterday. She is still lying on the bed now. She really can't come over. She sent her son and sister over to ask our ancestors, my wife and father I just said that I would come over to say hello in person after I recover." He spoke very calmly and clearly every word, and the nine-year-old child looked like a little adult.
"What? Is your mother sick?" Jin Fengju stood up suddenly and asked anxiously: "Have you asked a doctor?" After saying this, he shook his head and said: "How could you ask a doctor? He is the most afraid of trouble. No, I'm going to take a look." After saying that, he turned around and said goodbye to the old lady. When the old lady heard that Qiu Ning was ill, she was also startled and said quickly: "Go and have a look. She is in good health now. After coming here last year, I didn't hear her get sick once. Now that she has a cold, it's not necessarily a bad thing. Take two doses of medicine to get rid of all the poison and fire in the body."
Jin Fengju nodded and was about to go out when he suddenly saw Jin Ming barging in and stammering: "Master... Master, go out quickly. The eunuch who announced the decree is here, carrying... carrying a lot of things..." This usually calm guy was stammering at this time. Jin Fengju's heart moved, and he secretly thought that the emperor's reward had arrived, but he didn't know how much it was, and even Jin Ming was shocked.
After the imperial edict came down, Jin Fengju did not dare to abandon the edict and go visit Qiuning. After all, it was not the time to say goodbye to life or death, so he hurriedly came to the front yard with the old lady, his mother and others, and saw that the incense table had been set up. By chance, that day The brothers Jin Yu and Jin Shi, the old marquis, were both at home, and Jin Pengzhan and Jin Luanfeng were also at home, so the spacious and clean courtyard was full of people kneeling on the floor.
"The Marquis and the young Marquis are very happy." The eunuch who delivered the edict said with a smile. He first opened an imperial edict, which was to confer the old Marquis Jinyu as the first-class Duke of Jingguo. With just this eunuch, he almost gave way to the Duke of Jing. Everyone in the mansion fainted. From then on, the Marquis's Mansion became the Duke's Mansion, and its status naturally rose to a higher level. Above the Duke, only the princes could overwhelm them. And with the current momentum of the Duke's Mansion, how could an ordinary prince's palace be able to overwhelm them? Fuzzy
After the eunuch recited this imperial edict, he opened another one, which was to confer Jin Pengzhan as the censor of Jiangnan Province of the third rank, and his wife to confer a fourth rank imperial edict, ordering him to set off for Jiangnan in half a month. Jin Fengju's heart moved, and he secretly thought that the old man was really good at it. My brother is so young, but he has been promoted to a third-level official in a row. On the surface, he seems to be very prosperous, but secretly, he was asked to go to Jiangnan to help the cashier and manage the government. With the cause I planted, how can the people of Jiangnan do it? Don't support him? This arrangement is indeed good, and it saves my brother-in-law from having to rack his brains to figure out how to put people in there.
Just when I thought of this, I saw that the eunuch accepted this decree and came up with another one. The last one was for Jin Fengju, making him the Jinxiang Hou Ye, and he could choose a place to rebuild the Jin Xiang Hou Mansion. All the expenses It will be borne by the palace. In addition, because he had made the greatest contribution this time, he was rewarded with 10,000 silver, 5,000 gold, and a lot of treasures, antiques, silks and satins, etc., which only stunned the entire Hou Mansion. "
After finally kneeling for a long time, the three decrees were announced. Finally, Mr. Jin Laohou and Jin Fengju still had some determination, but Jin Pengzhan and Jin Luanfeng were a little confused. At this time, the eunuch came over, smiled and cupped his hands and said: "Congratulations, congratulations to the Duke and the little Marquis. Ah, now we should not call you the Little Marquis. We should call you the Marquis."
Jin Fengju hurriedly smiled and said: "Eunuch Liu, you should call me Little Marquis. It sounds younger." Everyone laughed at this sentence, and then Eunuch Liu turned to Jin Shi and said: "I also want to congratulate the second master. I just received you in the imperial study room." When the edict came to be announced, I heard the emperor telling Mr. Qin, the Minister of Civil Affairs, that after Mr. Luo, the young minister of Dali Temple, retires and returns to his hometown in May, this vacancy will be left for Mr. Jin. Even Mr. Jin will have to leave. Granted a sinecure as a Dragon Cavalry Guard, although it is a sinecure, it has a good reputation. Who wouldn’t be envious when someone says he is a fifth-grade Dragon Cavalry Guard?”
Jin Shi didn't expect that he would have such a happy event, so he hurriedly thanked the eunuch. He had never been a person who liked to argue, so the two brothers had been getting along for decades without any resentment. Now, of course, we know that Jin Fengju sacrificed his life for this wonderful event, and that he and his son are just taking advantage of it, so they are only grateful and not jealous at all.
Jin Fengju's heart moved, and he secretly asked what the old man meant? Most of the people in our family are in important positions now. Is this paving the way for my brother-in-law? Or do you want to test your brother-in-law? It seems that at this time, we should be more cautious. Because he invited Eunuch Liu to come in to serve tea, Eunuch Liu was also eager to curry favor with the most considerate and popular person in front of the emperor today. How could he not agree? After entering the house, they fawned over each other for a long time. Jin Fengju thought about Fu Qiuning's illness in his mind, and almost got angry in his anxiety. He had to laugh and deal with it, and finally waited until Eunuch Liu left, sealing him a hundred taels of silver. It was a big red envelope, and the accompanying young eunuchs also sealed it with red envelopes worth ten taels of silver, which naturally received praise.
Eunuch Liu was finally sent away here. Jin Fengju was about to lead his two children to Wanfengxuan in a hurry, but saw his father's personal servant Li Qiuqian coming over. He congratulated him with Qian'er first, and then said: "Hou Master..." After only saying two words, he gave himself a slap in the mouth, and said bitterly: "This unsatisfactory mouth can't be corrected until now. The Duke of the country asked the second master to go over. The uncle and the second master Uncle Feng is also here."
Jin Fengju sighed, knowing that this divine grace must have knocked his father and others unconscious. Although he was anxious, he had no choice but to say to the two children: "Jin Ming, take them to Wanfengxuan to wait for me. Be here in a moment." After saying that, he went to his father's study.
Just because Fu Qiuning saw the peach, apricot and pear trees in bud in the backyard yesterday, and remembered his life in modern times, he couldn't help but sing a few more lines. Because he wore few clothes, he stood in the wind. For a long time, she felt sore throat and dizzy head at night. She knew it was a cold and a fever, so she didn't take it seriously. She just asked Yu Jie and Yu Niang to boil some herbs and take them. Who knew that when she woke up this morning, not only did she not feel any symptoms, Okay, but I felt a little worse. I finally drank the medicine and fell asleep again. Yu Niang quietly walked forward and saw a thin layer of sweat on her head, and then she felt relieved. Then he quietly walked out and said to Yu Jie: "You are sweating. Sweating will reduce the fever and the disease will be cured."