During the Laba Festival in previous years, the emperor would take everyone to a winter hunt in the paddocks on the outskirts of Beijing. This year, the winter hunt was cancelled, and the ice fun was held at the Mingtai Ice Arena instead.
"I heard that this year's Ice Festival is extra grand, I really want to participate."
The fifteenth day of every month is the time for Shi's family to gather for dinner. At the dinner table, Shi Dingxu thought of Bing Xi, who everyone was talking about during this period, and couldn't help but murmur.
Shi Dingnan: "Tenth brother, don't think about it. We couldn't go to the paddock in previous years, and Bingxi doesn't have a place in our family either."
The children's voices were loud, and the adults heard them too.
Mr. Shi looked a little sad. He accompanied the emperor to participate in the event. What a glorious opportunity it was. It could only be obtained by a powerful minister and a favored minister. Today's Shi family is not qualified.
As soon as this idea came to an end, Shi Dingxuan said: "We can go to the ice play."
As soon as these words came out, everyone's eyes turned to Shi Dingxuan.
After working as a servant in the palace for more than a year, Dingxuan can now deal with it calmly no matter what occasion he encounters, and his face does not change even when his family members look at him so eagerly.
Shi Dingxuan glanced at his younger brother Shi Dinghao.
Shi Dinghao suddenly patted his head: "Look at my memory." He quickly took out a pornographic post from his arms, stood up and gave it to Mr. Shi.
Mr. Shi opened it and saw the admission ticket and stand number of the Mingtai Ice Rink. His face suddenly became overjoyed: "How come you have this?"
Shi Dinghao chuckled: "After winter this year, my guard camp started practicing running on the ice. The top three will get admission tickets, and my brother won the first place."
Hearing this, Jin Yue'e and Shi Zhenghe immediately looked at Shi Dingxuan, their faces full of pride.
The rest of the Shi family also looked at Shi Dingxuan with a smile.
Mr. Shi smiled and praised: "Wulang has really brought honor to the family."
Shi Dingxuan quickly stood up and said a few words of humility, and after receiving a circle of compliments from his elders, he sat down again and continued eating.
It is certainly a joyful thing for the Shi family to participate in the ice fun, but there are more than thirty people in the Shi family including all the masters.
The number of people that can be accommodated in the stands of the ice rink is limited. Even if you don't care about other people's eyes and you squeeze in, you can't accommodate everyone in your family.
In this case, some people will not be able to go.
Of course, Shi Fuxin's family does not have this problem.
There was no way, Shi Dingxuan got the ticket to Bingxi, so it would be unreasonable if his family couldn't go.
"The fourth sisters are all a little depressed because they can't go to the ice rink."
In Lanyue Building, Shi Fuyin and Shi Fuxin were checking the supply records of Hongyanxiao's branches while chatting about homely matters.
Shi Fuxin: "There is nothing we can do about it. Our family's resources are limited, so of course we have to take care of our legitimate son and daughter first."
Shi Fuyin nodded: "Even if you are not close to getting married, you still have to be a wife and a concubine. It will not only harm yourself, but also harm your children."
Speaking of this, Shi Fuxin thought of Shi Fuyue: "How is the second sister doing in the Seventh Prince's Mansion?"
Shi Fuyin: "On the surface it looks okay, but I don't know what's going on inside. But now that she's in charge of the Hongyanxiao No. 2 branch, she can at least find a chance to come out and get some air."
Shi Fuxin: "I wonder if the second sister regrets her original decision?"
Shi Fuyin: "I guess there are some."
The beauty opened the branch with a smile, and her married eldest sister and second sister were not left behind.
During the preparation of the store, she had several contacts with her eldest sister and second sister.
As both married women, she could tell from their expressions that the second sister's life was definitely not as easy as that of the eldest sister.
"When looking for your husband's family, you can't just look at family status."
"In terms of family status, there is no comparison between the eldest brother-in-law's family and the seventh prince's house, but the eldest sister lives a much more comfortable life than the second sister."
Looking at Shi Fuyin with an emotional look on her face, Shi Fuxin smiled and said, "Sister, everyone has their own way of living. No matter whether their life is good or not, it is their own choice."
Shi Fuyin nodded, did not continue talking about this, and talked about other things.
The Mingtai Ice Rink is built along the Yongding River in the south of the Outer City. On December 18th, early in the morning, the people of the Outer City packed the three floors outside Zhengyang Gate with people.
"What happened?"
Father Li and Mrs. Li took their two grandchildren out to buy groceries. They saw the crowd rushing in one direction, with curiosity on their faces.
Shi Zhengkun bought several maids and women for the Li family to take care of their food, clothing, housing and transportation, but Mrs. Li felt that the cooks were spending too much money, so she had to go out to buy food herself.
Father Li wanted to get familiar with the capital, so he went out with us every day.
"Today the emperor is going to the Mingtai Ice Arena to watch the ice. We are going to the Zhengyang Gate to see the emperor." The vegetable vendor explained to the two of them with a smile.
Mrs. Li's eyes widened: "Can you see the emperor?"
The vegetable seller smiled: "The emperor is sitting in a carriage, and there are guards escorting him around. He can't see it, but you can have a look at the emperor's guard of honor."
After hearing this, Mrs. Li looked at Mr. Li and said, "Shall we go and have a look too?"
Father Li agreed without thinking. He was the emperor. When they were at the border, how could they dare to imagine that one day they would see the emperor?
When Mr. Li and his two grandsons arrived at Zhuque Street, both sides of the street were crowded with people, and it was so dark that it was impossible to see the end of the street.
"There are too many people in the capital!"
All four of them were shocked by this scene.
There were so many people that Ms. Li felt a little uncomfortable because of the crowd. Seeing that the street was so wide in the middle, but there was no one there, she couldn't help but muttered: "The street is so wide, why don't you stand a little further out? It's too crowded?"
The young man next to him heard this and sneered: "If you're not afraid of losing your head, just stand on the street."
Dad Li glared at Mrs. Li, and quickly said with a smile: "We have just arrived in Beijing, and we don't understand many things. Don't be as knowledgeable as us, little brother."
Seeing that Father Li's words were quite pleasing to the ears, the young man put away the ridicule on his face: "Today the emperor is going to the Mingtai Ice Arena via Zhuque Street. The road was cleared here yesterday. Who dares to hit the emperor at this time?
That is a serious crime of beheading."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! As he spoke, he pointed to the guards with swords standing on both sides of the street to maintain order.
"Anyone who disobeys the rules today and is regarded as an assassin by the guards will be directly hacked to death."
Mrs. Li shrank her neck and did not dare to say any more.
"嘘嘚嘚~"
Not long after, everyone felt the ground shaking, and then there was the sound of dense horse hooves.
Then, the bright yellow flag appeared in everyone's sight.
Hundreds of imperial guards rode in front to clear the way, each one majestic and majestic, and the aura of royal majesty hit their faces.
At this moment, Zhuque Street was completely silent.
Mrs. Li swallowed her saliva and looked at the Emperor's vast honor guard with bright eyes.
Father Li also watched attentively.
However, when the bright yellow car got closer and closer, both of them changed their expressions.
"That is."
"Sanlang?"
Seeing Shi Dingxuan riding a tall horse and walking majestically in front of the chariot, Mr. Li and Mr. Li both looked in disbelief.
When the Luan Yu honor guard passed by, everyone started talking. Father Li hurriedly asked the young man in front of him: "Who are the people walking on the left and right of the Emperor's carriage?"
The young man: "Those are the imperial guards." He said with a look of envy on his face, "I heard that those who can be the imperial guards have superb martial arts and can block a hundred people with one person."
Mrs. Li couldn't accept it: "They are just reckless men with well-developed limbs."
After hearing this, the young man's face changed drastically: "What are you talking about? Do you think everyone can be an imperial guard? Those who can join the emperor's side are those who have been selected through many layers. Everyone is outstanding."
As he spoke, he hummed.
"For the sake of your age, I kindly remind you not to talk carelessly in the capital. If you offend the nobles, you may lose your life."
Father Li's face tightened, and he thanked the young man with a forced smile. Then he pulled Mother Li and left quickly with his two grandsons. He slowed down after leaving Zhuque Street.
"We must have seen it wrong just now. That's not Saburo, it just looks a bit like Saburo."
Mrs. Li couldn't accept that Li Sanlang had become so good and kept denying it.
"Nai, that's the third brother."
Li Dalang couldn't help but speak out.
Mrs. Li looked over with a 'shua', her eyes fierce.
Li Dalang was stunned for a moment.
"If I say no, it's not. Can I not know who Li Sanlang is? What qualifications does he have to serve the emperor?"
When Father Li saw Mrs. Li yelling on the street, he quickly scolded her: "Shut up. If you have anything to say, we can talk about it when we get back."
After returning home, Li Erlang couldn't help but said: "Master, grandma, my eldest brother and I seemed to have seen Qilang just now. Qilang was also riding behind the emperor's car."
Hearing this, Mr. Li and Mr. Li looked at each other, one with a solemn expression and the other with a gloomy expression.
"Next time Zhengkun comes over, let's ask him what the Changmori family is doing."
The Mingtai Ice Rink occupies a large area, with stands distributed in an undercut shape and a large ice rink in the middle.
The stands are divided into single rooms of different sizes. The largest stand in the center is definitely reserved for the emperor, and then gradually becomes smaller with the emperor as the center.
The bleacher assigned to the Shi family was in the middle on the left. It was not too big or too small. After the Shi family sat down, it was a little crowded.
It's been a long time since the Shi family attended such a grand occasion. Even Mr. Shi and Mrs. Shi were a little excited.
Looking at the glances from all around, Mr. Shi couldn't help but straighten his back. The Shi family was back again.
"Grandfather, grandmother, father, mother."
Shi Fuhui was escorted by Uncle Han to the viewing room of the Shi family.
The seats in the stands are limited after all. With so many officials and their families, it is impossible for everyone to have a seat. As a result, many people can only watch from the stands.
Aunt Han respectfully greeted Mrs. Shi.
The Han family's family background is not obvious, and he is only a fourth-class guard, so he has no qualifications to come to watch Bingxi. He can come this time only because of his wife's blessing.
Thinking of the Shi family getting better and better, Uncle Han became more attentive and considerate.
Mrs. Shi Wu looked at Shi Fuhui and his wife who were chatting and laughing with the family, and thought of the daughter who married into the seventh prince's house, and couldn't help but look outside.
When Mrs. Shi saw Mrs. Shi Wu stretching her neck to look in the right direction from time to time, she couldn't help but frowned and said, "Fifth wife, what are you looking at?"
Mrs. Shiwu quickly looked away: "I want to see if Sister Yue is here?"
Speaking of her second granddaughter, Mrs. Shi sighed: "On such an occasion, would you bring out the people in Zhengde's room?"
Going out to socialize and entertain is the business of the main wife, while the concubine is just to serve others.
Mrs. Shi Wu was silent and looked a little sad.
This is the tragedy of being a concubine. When going out to meet guests, the main wife has the final say.
At this moment, Mrs. Shi Wu felt very regretful.
If we had known that Sister Xin was so powerful, that she could open any shop and be successful, and the girls at home would also benefit from it, she would not have to worry about not being in a good family, why would she let her daughter be a baby for others?
Unfortunately, there is no regret medicine in the world.
"What are you looking at? My eldest sister and brother-in-law are here. You should go over and say hello."
Shi Fuyin walked up to Shi Fuxin who was lying on the edge of the stands, watching the guards on the ice rink warming up with interest.
Shi Fuxin turned back to look at Shi Fuhui and said with a smile: "Sister, they are busy chatting with grandparents. It won't be too late for me to go over and say hello later."
"Sister, look, brother is also in there. Jiulang said that he will participate in skate walking later. I heard that there are more than a thousand people walking on skates, and everyone is a good player. The scene will be spectacular by then.
"
Shi Fuyin is also a brother-controller and said directly: "Brother must be the most powerful among them."
Shi Fuxin smiled and nodded, but when she saw Zeng and her daughter walking towards them, the smile on their faces suddenly disappeared.
Shi Fuyin saw it, followed her sister's line of sight, and immediately saw Zeng Yuwei walking over with Shi Fuzhi and Shi Furan.
No, it should be Li Fuzhi and Li Furan.
Shi Zhengkun took the Li family to his side and took care of him. When people in the Hanlin Academy learned about it, they all praised him for his filial piety, and this matter even reached the ears of the emperor.
When he entered the palace to meet the emperor, the emperor mentioned Shi Zhengkun's surname. After Shi Zhengkun left the palace, he went to the Shi family to find Mr. Shi.
After being told, "There is no need to report your matter to the uncle's house in the future," he changed his surname to Li the next day.
"Greetings to father and mother."
"Granddaughter sends greetings to her grandfather and grandmother."
Zeng Yuwei brought her two daughters to the viewing room of Shi's house, and she did a good job of showing off, attracting many people to look over.
Mrs. Shi looked at the mother and daughter with a smile on her face: "I know your filial piety is commendable, but you don't have to be like this in the future. Now that Zhengkun's biological father and mother are here, they should be the ones you have to be filial to in the future.
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"The Shi family raised Zhengkun for a while, and now he has changed his surname back to Li. We are now two families. You are the daughter-in-law of the Li family. It's okay even if you don't come to pay your respects."
Mrs. Zeng didn't expect that Mrs. Shi would speak so ruthlessly, and her face was stunned.
Mrs. Shi did not lower her voice deliberately, and people on both sides were a little surprised when they heard it.
Mrs. Zeng forced a smile and said, "The Shi family will always be my husband's home. Neither my husband nor I will forget this."
Mrs. Shi smiled at these words and did not answer.
No one else in the Shi family came forward to smooth things over, which made Zeng very embarrassed.
After Shi Zhengkun and Li Zhengkun took the Li family back to Beijing, there were many more rumors in Beijing.
Li Zhengkun has been well received. Many people say that he is filial and that he is not affected by wealth or poverty.
However, the Shi family suffered a lot of criticism, saying that the Shi family would not allow Li Zhengkun to take back his biological parents, which greatly affected the reputation of the uncle's house.
If we say that at the beginning, the Shi family felt a little guilty for not having contact with Li Zhengkun's family, but now, they are also hurt because of Li Zhengkun, and the previous feelings have faded.
Shi Fuxin saw the expressions of the Shi family in her eyes and pouted. As long as the pain point fell on her, she could give up all the friendship and the overall situation.