Yan Ting, who was sitting in the carriage, had an expression of sadness and joy, and an inexplicable feeling came to his heart. He buried his face in his hands and let out a howl like a wounded beast.
In fact, Yan Ting could have imagined the situation in his family. With his death, the family was really torn apart. But imagining it and seeing it with his own eyes are two different things. Recreating the glory of Weiyuan Hou's mansion and making it last from generation to generation has been Yan Ting's obsession since he was a child.
This obsession was as early as when he was just a child. His father held his hand and pointed to the huge golden plaque and said, "Dad's health is not good, I will depend on you in the future, and I will bury him deeply in him." the deepest part of my heart. After more than 20 years of hard work, and after a busy time, he still lost it...
After a long time, Xu Xiangrong, who was on the side, looked at the other party's profile, and when he saw that his demeanor finally recovered, he let the coachman drive the carriage away from here.
Seeing that he was looking at him, Yan Ting raised his face expressionlessly and said, "Don't worry, I'm not a fool, I know that I'm a 'dead man' now."
As he raised his head, a scar on Yan Ting's left face was revealed. The scar extends from the corner of his left eye to under his left ear. If you only look at the right face, Yan Ting looks tired and weak, but he is still a handsome man. But if you look at it from the left, it looks ferocious and scary like a yaksha.
Yan Ting fell off the cliff that day, and he had the heart to die. Unexpectedly, when he woke up again, he was rescued. At that time, he was seriously injured, with multiple bone injuries all over his body, and his legs were broken. A little awake, but found that it was Xu Xiangrong who saved him.
Why do you want to save me
At that time, Yan Ting really wanted to die. The reason why he jumped off the cliff by himself was because he knew that Shen Ding would not let him go, and secondly, he was completely disappointed. After so many years of hard work, in the end, he was arrogant, and even overturned everything he did, thought, and thought, as if he was just a joke, a big joke through and through. Self-proclaimed smart and unparalleled, in fact, is a jumping beam clown.
Yan Ting didn't want to live, he felt that his existence had no meaning and value. He did not eat or cooperate with the treatment of injuries until Xu Xiangrong told him about the current situation of Weiyuan Houfu.
"Don't you think it's ridiculous that you look like this now? A dignified boy can't stand the blow like a bitch. If it's a man, stand up and go back and have a good look. Then hide and accumulate until one day you will lose it. All of them were snatched back…”
Yan Ting's injuries were too serious, and when he was raised to the point where he could ride a carriage, Weiyuan Hou's mansion had already been removed from the plaque, and the building was empty.
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"Your younger brother and your mother live in Hengshui Hutong, do you want to go take a look?"
Yan Ting was stunned for a moment, then shook his head: "No need, since we can't meet, why go to see." After a pause, he said with a complicated expression: "Thank you."
Xu Xiangrong didn't speak, just smiled.
After the third prince got married, a month later, the fifth prince Luo Jing also got married.
The person whom the third prince married was chosen carefully by Concubine Xu, who was the direct daughter of the Lin family. The Lin family is the head of the hairpin-ying family, although the third prince and concubine are only a collateral niece of Prime Minister Lin. But to be able to use this to build a relationship with the civil servants, Concubine Xu Gui can be regarded as well-intentioned.
Yan Yan had met the third prince concubine Lin, who was timid, submissive and weak. Walking beside the sturdy third prince always makes people feel unbearable, like a beast paired with a little rabbit.
The fifth prince concubine is the daughter of the Xiao family of the descendant family, the direct daughter of a partial housekeeper, and the niece of Empress Xiao of the same clan.
After the prince got married, the next day he had to go to Fengqi Palace to meet Emperor Xi and Empress Xiao. At the same time, there were also princes and concubines present, which could be considered as meeting relatives at home.
The last time the third prince got married, Yan Yan and Luo Huaiyuan went back to the palace, and this time the fifth prince got married.
The fifth prince concubine is a rather dignified and dignified person, and she is worthy of being the daughter of the Xiao family. The husband and wife came forward and bowed to Emperor Xi and Empress Xiao one by one, and they were rewarded for serving tea. With a decent smile, Empress Xiao said something to Mrs. Xiao about being a wife.
After that, I saw my brothers and sisters-in-law. The fifth prince couldn't speak, so he just stood beside Xiao Shi and saw her greet everyone one by one. When Yan Yan put her gift in the hands of the Fifth Prince, she saw that the curvature of her man's mouth seemed to be sarcastic.
After the matter was over, the princes and their concubines dispersed, while Yan Yan and Luo Huaiyuan were preparing to leave the palace.
After getting on the carriage, Yan Yan said, "Why did you smile so strangely when you looked at your fifth sibling just now?"
Luo Huaiyuan's eyes flashed, and he asked suspiciously: "Is there? I seemed to be running away just now, you must have read it wrong."
Yan Yan was noncommittal.
Naturally, she didn't understand Luo Huaiyuan's mood at this time. Whenever she saw an old person from a previous life, Luo Huaiyuan would inevitably think about it once.
Remembering the past life, the fifth child has always been extremely honest. Even after he went to the domain, he has always been a good baby of the three good cards. It's a pity that Luo Jin's servant was ruthless, and he didn't let go of the disabled fifth, and the fifth prince, Luo Jing, died in the end. Although Luo Jin was the leader, he died in the hands of this Xiao family.
Because of this, Luo Huaiyuan saw that Xiao Shi's expression was a little unusual, but these were all things that could not be said to Yan Yan.
Luo Huaiyuan suddenly felt in his heart, and unconsciously showed a dull expression.
In the last life, some things have changed, and some things and people have returned to their place one by one. Is this life still the same as the previous life
In any case, for him and A Yan, he had to plan well.
With the big marriage of the third prince and the fifth prince, the second prince Luo Jin has no excuse to stay in the capital.
The Ministry of Rites issued the title and fief of the second prince, and the second prince was named King of Jin and the fief of Jinzhou. Jinzhou is a land of fish and rice, and it has always been rich. It has to be said that Emperor Xi is quite partial to the second prince.
After the title and fief came down, the King of Jin left Beijing on another day to become a vassal. After another month of delay, it was already July when the King of Jin left the capital.
After that, the title and fiefdom of the third prince were drawn up. After the second prince left the capital and became a vassal, Emperor Xi seemed to be interested in the arrangement of the princes. Not only the titles and fiefs of the third prince were drawn up, but even the titles and fiefs of the fourth prince Luo Huaiyuan came out.
The third prince was named King of Qi, and the fief of Qizhou.
Luo Huaiyuan, like in his previous life, was named the King of Yun and the fief of Yunzhou.
It seems that they have all been crowned kings, but from their fiefs, you can see the status of several princes in Emperor Xi's mind. Like Jinzhou, Qizhou is a land of fish and rice, and it has always been rich and not far from Beijing. But when he arrived at Luo Huaiyuan, he suddenly jumped into the water. Not only did he go to the cold land in the north, but Yunzhou also belonged to a land that was slightly better than that of a bird.
However, with the experience of his previous life, Luo Huaiyuan was not surprised, he knew that there was someone more unlucky than him. The fifth prince's fief in his last life was far more remote than his, and it was a notoriously bitter and cold place.
The third prince soon left the capital and became a vassal. After all, he was too old to be crowned this spring. Xu Guifei delayed several times, but failed to block the rules of the ancestors. In this regard, these days, Queen Xiao's family is secretly proud.
Luo Huaiyuan's crowning ceremony was three months later, and it was time to do the crowning ceremony, and it was also necessary to leave the capital to become a vassal, which meant that they could still stay in the capital for three months.
Therefore, Luo Huaiyuan and his wife began to prepare early. All the businesses that can be collected here in the capital are collected, and those that cannot be collected are entrusted to those who are assured.
Most of Yan Yan's dowry Zhuangzi and shops were in the capital, so she gave them all to her mother, with Shen Yiyao in charge, she could rest assured.
Yan Yan had also asked Shen Yiyao and Yan Mo if they would go to Yunzhou with them, but Shen Yiyao refused. First, the journey to Yunzhou is far away, secondly, Yan Mo has to continue to study, and thirdly, Shen Yiyao feels that her parents, brother-in-law and sister-in-law have worried a lot for her over the years, and she wants to stay and do some filial piety.
Yan Yan did not raise any objection. She heard Luo Huaiyuan say that the climate in Yunzhou is not as suitable as that of the capital. In addition, my grandfather and grandmother are getting old, and I can't be filial by my side, but it's okay to leave my mother by my side to do my filial piety.
During this period, the Xue family found a marriage for the fifth girl, Yan Chan. After Shen Yiyao saw it, she felt that it was not bad, and after asking Yan Chan's opinion, she decided on the marriage.
This marriage was naturally not the best in the past, but now the Weiyuan Marquis Mansion no longer exists, and Yan Chan is the concubine of a deceased father and mother. To marry into such a family can be regarded as Xue's heart.
The wedding date was set for October. At that time, Yan Yan was naturally not in Beijing, but she didn't have much friendship with this concubine.
Not long after the big house was settled, Yan Zhi set off for Fuzhou alone after obtaining Luo Huaiyuan's consent. His plan was to go over by himself first, and then pick up the whole family after he established a firm foothold. The Xue family was naturally reluctant to give up, but the man's ambition was in all directions, and when he finally got a chance, he naturally wanted to give it a shot.
The Xue family is a straightforward person, and is not the kind of person who is sad about the wind and autumn moon. After Yan Zhi left, he lived his life behind closed doors, keeping his family in order and urging his two sons to study hard. In his spare time, at most, he would come to the Duke's Mansion to talk to Shen Yiyao.
After moving back to the Duke's Mansion, Shen Yiyao's life was quite leisurely.
Yan Mo is a worry-free child, and with her grandfather and uncle watching, she doesn't need to worry about it. At first, she still twisted her body with mourning, and did not dare to take half a step out of Jingyuan. After a long time, no one in the Shen family paid attention to these things, and they gradually left them behind.
In my spare time, I talk to my mother and chat with my sister-in-law. Doing a needlework or drawing a leaf card together seems to be back to the happy time when we were in the boudoir.
The days went well, and the complexion improved. Now Shen Yiyao's face is radiant, if it wasn't for the mourning on her body, she would not walk outside, and when others saw her appearance, they would definitely not believe that she was a new widow.
During this period, Liu Shuyi also got married, and she married Chu Mingchen, who had been her enemy since childhood. Yan Yan knew that the two had gotten married when they were very young, but she didn't expect it to take so long to get married. There is naturally a dispute between them, but fortunately the result is good.
Naturally, she couldn't come to celebrate if she was bereaved, and her only friend who got married couldn't be there. Yan Yan could only collect a lot of rare things to add makeup to Liu Shuyi, and Shen Yiyao also came with a large amount of generous gifts.
It seems that everything is going well, and after leaving Weiyuan Houfu, I realize that life can be lived in a different way. Yan Yan had already experienced it, but Shen Yiyao was like someone who had closed his eyes for a long time, but suddenly opened his eyes one day and saw the beautiful world outside.
Everyone knew about the whereabouts of the people in Sanfang, but they didn't know whether they were intentional or not. Everyone deliberately forgot them.
So, how are the people in the third room doing
Hengshui Hutong is located in the outer city. The location is not remote. The surrounding people are all the homes of small officials or scholars, so the environment is also simple.
The reason why the Chen family sold this house was because the environment here was not mixed with dragons and snakes.
He moved out from Weiyuan Hou’s mansion that day. Because of the limited area of the mansion and wanting to put some money in his hands, Chen shi sold all the servants in the mansion, leaving only a few servants.
In the courtyard of the two entrances, the old lady lives in the main room of the second entrance. In the east wing is the sixth girl Yan Xia and the seventh girl Yan Juan, and in the west wing is Lan Yiniang with the fifth young master. The first person to enter the main room lived with Chen Shi and Yan Qu, the east wing lived with Aunt Cui and Sixth Young Master, and the west wing was Yan Hong's residence.
The small one and two entered the yard and were crowded to the brim.
Naturally, it couldn't be compared to when he was still in Weiyuan Hou. At that time, who didn't live alone in a huge yard, and there were wives and maids serving him between waking up and sleeping. Now that I came here, not only was it crowded to nowhere, but the servants around me were also evacuated.
The old lady left a mother Zhao and a little girl named Xiaomiao. Because the sixth and seventh girls were born to the Chen family, they were naturally treated better than the others. They had a mother-in-law and two little girls beside them. The other ones are the fifth and sixth masters, and there is a girl beside them. Yan Hong is now grown up and a man again, but he usually relies on himself for walking, living and sleeping. Mrs. Chen kept Nanny Wang's mother and a little girl. Because the third master had to go out every day, the two servants were left behind. When there was nothing else, the two servants had to change the door. .
Today is different from the past. In the past, the servants performed their own duties, but now this condition is no longer there. In addition to serving their masters, they also have to do some chores in the mansion. For example, there is no special cook in the kitchen, and everyone has to go to the kitchen to cook, for example, sweeping the yard and washing the masters' clothes and bedding.
Not only the masters, big and small, lived extremely aggrieved, but also the servants. It's just that the servants who are a little more capable all redeem themselves or let go of their face in front of the master, and those who are left are those who are incompetent or have nowhere to go.
The most eye-catching is the Tian family, which is Aunt Cui's natal family.
Before, Butler Tian had begged the third master to release his family, but the third master did not embarrass the face of Aunt Cui and the sixth master. Therefore, even if Chen shi rolled his eyes with anger, he couldn't stop it.
The Tian family all left the Weiyuan Hou Mansion, and no one knew where they had gone at that time. Until Sanfang settled down here in Hengshui Hutong, it didn't take long for the Tian family to drive to the door to visit.
It turned out that the Tian family had been working in Weiyuan Houfu all their lives, and they had some savings to some extent. After being released, Butler Tian set up a shop, and the family lived by the shop business, and they were quite happy.
Of course, this is only a superficial rhetoric. As for whether the Tian family in the inner circle was holding money when the Yan family was on business, or the savings they had saved, no one could tell. All I know is that the Tian family has a very bright appearance. Mrs. Tian, who is usually dressed in plain clothes, wears gold and silver, and is accompanied by a little girl to wait on her. Butler Tian didn't mention it. Aunt Cui's two brothers and brother-in-law were also completely new and looked like dogs.
In the eyes of others, it is self-righteous, but in the eyes of Chen, it is like a dog!
Do you really think that if you change your skin, you will become a grandfather? But it is true, at least people seem to live a lot more moisturizing than Sanfang.
No, I'm here to support Aunt Cui.
Concubine Cui's eyes were all smiles, and she waved her handkerchief for several days, standing in the yard and talking to the servants at home. Of course, it is the family business, and the current life of her mother's family. The servants who were acquainted with him were all full of admiration, while Mrs. Chen was full of anger and scolded Aunt Cui for being a bitch.
Even if she was scolding, she could only scold in secret, not to mention the face of Sixth Young Master. Now she and Yan Qu are just having a relationship, and her parents' family was originally a small official's family, but now it's outside, brothers and sisters None of her parents are in Beijing, and she has no confidence.
She couldn't send her temper to Aunt Cui, let alone to Yan Qu and her two daughters. Aunt Lan, Fifth Young Master and Yan Hong naturally became the targets of her frustration. On weekdays, I looked at a few people without a trace of good looks, and I often pointed to Sang and scolded Huai, saying that a few people ate for nothing.
Yan Hong is a smart person. He rarely shows his face in front of outsiders on weekdays, so Chen shi's anger naturally can't get over him. Aunt Lan lived in Huanchang in her early years, so naturally she was not stupid.
One day, seeing Yan Qu at home, he started making trouble in front of Yan Qu and the old lady.
First, there was a cry, crying for the poor sixth master, and Yan Ting, who died young, and let the mother and son depend on others. After crying, she was looking for death and life. After being stopped, she said with tears in her eyes, saying that if the third lady really did not like their mother and son, she would return Zhuangzi in the name of the sixth young master to her, and she would bring him with her. Move out with the Sixth Young Master. Even if the mother and son will inevitably be bullied when they are outside, it is better than being cold-hearted here.
This suddenly grabbed Chen's lifeline.
Today, unlike in the past, the third master's annual salary is only a few dozen taels. Such a large family has to rely on the income of Zhuangzi for food and drink. The sixth young master is still young, and it will take more than ten years before he can become independent as an adult. How could Chen shi willingly give up the money at hand.
It can only be an apology and a comfort, saying that now that the family has changed, she works hard every day, and her temper will inevitably be irritable.
Naturally, Aunt Lan didn't really want to go out as an independent household. She was a weak woman with a child, and the world outside was dangerous, and she might be swallowed up by her life at some point. No matter how bad Yan Qu was, he was still an official, and he could also take shelter from the wind and rain. The reason why she made a fuss was just to tell everyone that she and the Sixth Young Master didn't eat for nothing, and now so many people in this family are serving the Sixth Young Master's bowl. Don't be respectful, at least you can't be reduced to a punching bag, otherwise you won't be able to live in the future.
Because of Aunt Lan's move, everyone knew that she wasn't easy to mess with. On that day, Yan Yan forced the two remaining Zhuangzi to be changed to the names of Yan Hong and Yan Qing. In fact, many servants in the house did not know about it. This kind of trouble is known to everyone.
Immediately, the people below looked at Yan Hong and Aunt Lan differently. In the past, there was no one around Yan Hong to serve, and when Aunt Lan wanted to do something, the servants always pushed and refused. Naturally, things have changed a lot at this moment. As long as there is something in the room of the two of them, there is no shortage of servants in the room of the other masters who came out to be courteous.
Therefore, no matter how small the place is, there are also rivers and lakes. Yan Yan's actions that day showed the effect. To put it bluntly, it was just to find a support for the two of them, so that they could live on.
On the other side, the old lady.
The old lady has always been pampered, and she didn't mention it when she was still able to move in the early years. In the past few years, she has been paralyzed on the couch, and she has been taken care of every day.
First, she moved out of Rong'an Hall, where she had lived for decades, and moved to such a cramped and shabby room. Then, the old lady's house was not small, but it was humid and stuffy. In addition, there is only one mother Zhao and a little girl to take care of her, and it is inevitable that she will be a little busy on weekdays, which makes the old lady extremely unbearable.
The old lady naturally made troubles, but now it is useless to make troubles under such conditions. The whole family is closely following her, what else do you want
Feeling aggrieved and uncomfortable is not to be mentioned, the old lady was paralyzed on the couch day and night upside down, and when she woke up, she lay on the couch and cursed vaguely. Not only the mother Zhao and the girl Xiaomiao who were in the same room with her couldn't stand it, but the sixth and seventh girls in the east wing were pampered and slept lightly at night. Shi cried and complained that the movement her grandmother made at night was too scary.
However, there was no movement from Aunt Lan and her son in the West Wing. In fact, it wasn't that Aunt Lan didn't want to comment, but that she and the Sixth Young Master knew nothing, so naturally they didn't dare to provoke the old lady. Naturally, she was frightened at first, then Aunt Lan found some cotton wool, and when she was about to go to sleep at night, she used cotton wool to plug her and Sixth Young Master's ears. Although it was not very comfortable, she could sleep peacefully all night.
Zhao's mother is not too young, and has served the old lady all her life. Said to be waiting, in fact, it is just talking, and someone will do the work for you. Now she and Xiaomiao are left to take care of the old lady. Xiaomiao is young, with thin arms and thin legs. She turns over and wipes the old lady on weekdays, and she relies on Zhao's mother alone.
It didn't take long for Zhao's mother to lose weight to the naked eye.
Zhao's mother also has a son and daughter-in-law. When he moved out of Weiyuan Hou's mansion that day, he begged the old lady to speak and let him go. Zhao's mother is also a number one person in the backyard of Weiyuan Hou's mansion. This is naturally an oily errand, so after Zhao's mother and son were released, she bought a small yard, and the husband and wife made a small business, and the days were quite nourishing. I told Zhao's mother several times that she wanted to take her out to enjoy her happiness, but was rejected by Zhao's mother.
Zhao's mother repays her kindness, thinking that everything in the family is because of the old lady. Now that the old lady's situation is so difficult, how can she bear to leave.
But no amount of loyalty can survive this day-by-day wear and tear. As the saying goes, there is no filial son before the bed for a long time, let alone a servant
Especially Zhao's mother can't support her now that she is old and infirm. And since the old lady left Weiyuan Hou's mansion, her temper has become even more eccentric. On weekdays, she would make trouble with others when she eats and drink water.
Now it can't be compared to when he was in Weiyuan Hou's Mansion. The old lady's dirty bedding had to be cleaned by Zhao's mother and Xiaomiao. Naturally, you can also ask other servants to help, but others can't finish the work in their hands, and it is inevitable that the washing will not be done in time. The old lady could not be frozen, and the two of them could only be busy with their heels on the ground every day.
On the one hand, the old lady with a quirky temper but tossing people around, on the other was the son, daughter-in-law and grandson urging her every day. Finally, Zhao's mother couldn't hold on, and she thought of leaving. Together, this thought will never be erased.
After some days of hesitation, Zhao's mother fell ill.