The old lady in Duke Jin's mansion was ill, and she didn't even ask for an imperial doctor, because the emperor was also ill, and the illness was severe.
As soon as Prince Heng came back today, he came directly to see Mr. Gan.
"I don't know what the old man is thinking?" Prince Heng took off his coat, sat directly on the kang of the Nuan Pavilion, took a sip of tea, squirted out the water suddenly, and threw the teacup directly with a raised hand.
He said: "Bring me a cooler one. I don't have any eyesight at all. How can I serve you?"
Mrs. Gan gave Aunt He a wink, and then she poured a cup of herbal tea and handed it over. Mrs. Gan said: "It's not that the tea is too hot, it's that your heart is dry."
The emperor was ill, and of course he was upset.
Prince Heng rolled his eyes at Mrs. Gan as if he knew what he was asking: "I don't believe you are not anxious?"
Mrs. Gan chuckled softly: "Everyone can be upset, but you can't be upset." As she said that, she sat opposite Prince Heng and whispered: "If the emperor chooses one of you and Prince Duan to be the supervisor temporarily,
What should you do then?"
Prince Heng's hand holding the tea cup froze. If there is such an opportunity, he should strive for it. The power to supervise the country is the most reliable if it is in his hands. Even if the final candidate decided by the emperor is not himself, then he himself
I can compete with this time arrangement.
Gan leaned back and leaned on the soft pillow: "The emperor is not a foolish emperor. If he is really ill, he will not be able to do so in the future... No one needs to push him. The emperor will rush to appoint a crown prince. But now, the emperor still has not appointed a crown prince.
Meaning. Tell me, what is going on?"
Prince Heng said in astonishment: "You don't mean to say that the emperor is pretending to be ill when he is not sick..."
"Perhaps it is a minor illness that is deliberately turned into a serious illness." The expression on Mr. Gan's face became increasingly unpredictable, "It seems like this is an opportunity, but in fact, this may be a test. Testing your heart, and also testing Prince Duan's.
Heart. Have you always been a person without beauty? If you can't bear to jump out this time, what will the emperor think? You have deceived the emperor for so many years, and the emperor must not want to understand the anger of the emperor at all. "
Prince Heng nodded suddenly and fearfully: "Junior sister's guess is somewhat reasonable. If you don't tell me, I'll be so excited that my secret will be exposed. I can't do this in prison, face to face.
You have to be a filial son above all, but there are some things that you have to arrange secretly."
Mrs. Gan nodded, shut up and stopped talking.
Prince Heng then drank the herbal tea in his mouth and said with a smile: "The taste of this herbal tea is indeed not as good as hot tea." He raised his eyes and saw Mr. Gan lying lazily, with a light expression on his face, smiling.
He said: "Are you feeling better?"
"It won't get better." Mrs. Gan snorted.
Prince Heng was a little embarrassed: "It's just some flesh wounds, how come it can't be healed? This time it's my fault. Junior sister, please be nice and obedient in the future. I promise that I will never treat you like this again."
This is already the thirty-eighth time you promised.
Besides, the injury is healed, but the scars remain forever. Therefore, some things are lost and can never be regained.
Prince Heng stretched out his hand and rubbed Gan's head, "Don't worry, stay at home. I know what to do."
Mrs. Gan looked at Prince Heng's back, her eyes darkened.
Aunt He whispered: "Master, why do you plan so hard for him?"
Mr. Gan smiled sarcastically: "Planning? Haha... You must have heard of the saying that a mouse saves food for a cat, right?"
"What do you mean?" Grandma He put the mattress on Mrs. Gan's legs and asked.
Mrs. Gan murmured softly: "The more he has, the more I will get in the future." Seeing that Aunt He wanted to ask more questions, she changed the subject and whispered: "Give that girl all the things I have saved over the years."
Send it away. Even if you can't put it on the surface, you are living a real life." As he said that, he seemed to think of something and said: "Now I'm going to ask about this child. If I can stand it, I can directly
Give it to her. If it’s still the same as before and can’t support it...then don’t rush. Find a way to make up for it slowly in the future."
"Aren't you afraid that the prince will find out..." Nanny He looked at the scab on the back of Gan's hand with lingering fear.
Mr. Gan shook his head: "I took care of this marriage in public because of my attitude. Besides, he can't care about it for the time being."
Grandma He nodded, turned around and went out.
Immediately, there was a sudden commotion in the capital. The emperor was ill, and Prince Duan was supervising the country, but Prince Heng took the initiative to go to Huangjue Temple to pray for the emperor.
Jinguo Gongfu.
Duke Jin Cheng'an and his younger brother Jin Chengquan sat at the top, while Mrs. Chu and his second wife, Mrs. Gao, sat on one side.
"The old lady's body, I'm afraid..." Jin Cheng'an sighed lowly, "I'm afraid she has to get ready."
This is preparation for a funeral.
Jin Chengquan shook his head: "This is also caused by the sudden change in the weather. As long as we survive this period and the weather becomes slightly warmer, things may get better. Nowadays, there are many elderly people like the old lady in Beijing, and
I don’t see anyone getting ready for funerals early.”
As soon as the old lady goes, the family will be separated after observing mourning. He really doesn't want to separate the family so early. As long as the old lady is here for one day, their second wife can stay in this house for one more day. At least they have to let their son stay in the country.
If you marry a daughter-in-law from the Duke's palace, your daughter will marry from the Duke's palace. Otherwise, this family status would be really different.
Mrs. Gao nodded: "That's right. The old lady used to sleep without anyone taking care of her. Now today, we have to arrange for two clean little girls to lie in bed to keep her warm. It's all because of the weather."
Everyone knows this truth. But when you are old and sick like this, what can you do if you don't prepare in advance? Thinking about this, Mrs. Chu said: "Now that all the doctors who should be seen have been seen, we can't talk to the emperor from the palace.
Let’s grab it for medical use.”
Mrs. Gao said: "If it doesn't work out, let's have a look at it. The marriage of the third child in our family..."
When Mrs. Chu heard this, she knew what she had in mind. She quickly shook her head and said, "Firstly, the marriage of the third child has not been decided yet. Secondly, this wedding should start with Ren'er, the heir apparent, to make it official.
.”
Mrs. Gao shut up. She wanted to marry her daughter-in-law in a hurry before the old lady died. It was easy to choose the choice, whether it was her own niece or the old lady’s niece. Now this sister-in-law,
I'm afraid she also wanted to take this opportunity to marry her natal niece. Otherwise, I'm afraid the Duke would not easily agree to marry another daughter from the Chu family.
Thinking of this, she chuckled: "That's fine, the second son's wife has not been decided yet, so we might as well arrange the wedding as well. To marry the second son alone, this is really eye-catching in the capital.
." The more she talked, the more excited she became, "Why don't we, the third child in our family, join the fourth child in your family, let's..."
"Brothers and sisters!" Mrs. Chu smiled forcefully: "The third son is a good boy. You should approach this marriage cautiously and slowly. Otherwise, let's do this. The three sons of our eldest son can have this happy event together. It can be regarded as
Three blessings come to your door."
Not to mention the second wife, because I don’t want to pay an extra betrothal gift in public!
When Gao wanted to speak, Jin Chengquan glared at her, turned to Jin Chengan and said: "Brother, the method that sister-in-law said is indeed a method. It's not a bad idea to try it. If it works, it's God's blessing. If it doesn't, it's just right.
I arranged the marriage for the child before the filial piety period. It just made the old lady feel at ease when she left. At least she saw her grandson’s daughter-in-law coming in. The old lady’s wish was fulfilled.” He said, his voice lowered: “However, the second daughter-in-law,
The eldest brother and sister-in-law still need to consider whether they really plan to ask her to guard and have step-heirs in the future, or simply ask Ren'er to shoulder both shoulders. This must be agreed in advance..."
Mrs. Chu's head suddenly got big. If she had agreed to carry this out in advance, her mother-in-law would probably not marry her niece over. Therefore, it is better to bring the person in first and then look at the situation. But this little thought cannot be used against anyone.
When someone mentioned it, he could only say: "Second brother, this... from my experience as a woman, it's better to say it without knowing it. Although this Qi family is not much, don't forget that there is a Qi side concubine beside King Duan.
Well. If King Duan... is lucky enough, this concubine Qi will be more than just a concubine. Then in the future, nothing can be said for sure. We have to leave some loose ends."
Jin Chengan was stunned for a moment, and then nodded: "Madam, what you said makes sense. In this matter of the throne, until the end, it is not clear who will lose and who will win. It is right to think more about it. At least,
Prince Duan is now supervising the country, so this face should still be given to the Qi family."
Mr. Gao curled his lips vaguely, I'm afraid that when the time comes, the eldest brother-in-law is not the eldest brother-in-law, the younger aunt is not the younger aunt, and a joke is made, what will you do?
On the day when the heavy snow fell, Duke Fuguo's Mansion sent a matchmaker to the house to discuss with the Lin family the advance of the wedding.
"It's colder today than yesterday." Sanxi added another charcoal basin to the house and said as he added charcoal.
It was quite cold. Sitting on the kang, holding a book, my fingers felt frozen. This was even when the earth dragon fire wall was burning.
Man Yue put the small hand stove into Lin Yutong's hand and continued: "I heard from the woman in the kitchen that there are not many people who have frozen to death in this city. It seems that all the beggars are gone all of a sudden. They probably all froze to death."
"
Sanxi shook her head: "It's so pitiful."
Lin Yutong sighed softly: "Pull more charcoal fire for the little girls and rough women in the yard." The house they live in has no fire wall, and they all rely on charcoal pots and fire pits.
The master and the servants were talking and staying on the kang without going out.
Unexpectedly, Mrs. Yun sent Nanny Chen over, "Tell the girl that the wedding date has been set, it will be the eighth day of next month."
Less than half a month to prepare?
"Why so fast?" Lin Yutong couldn't help but be stunned.
Grandma Chen said in a low voice: "There is nothing we can do about it. It is the filial piety of the younger generation to celebrate the old lady. If it were for any other reason, our family would be able to shirk it. If you tell me about this... our family would even be in trouble."
It’s not easy to fight. Even so, even if there is something wrong with the dowry, their family won’t be too harsh on it.”
Lin Yutong nodded, "This is really the last option."
"Who says it's not the case?" Grandma Chen sighed and said, "Three joys came to our door that day. Madam has promised that the girl will not lose face."
Lin Yutong understands what Yun means. This is not as good as the dowry of Mrs. Shizi, but why not with Qi Duoer?
She thanked Aunt Chen for her kindness and gave her a hand stove to keep warm. But she thought of Lin Yuzhi's words, and she was really happy. Some things have obviously changed, but at this point, they are still following the original track. I don't know what happened.
Will anything go wrong at the wedding? It seems that if I don’t enter the wedding room on this day, I won’t be able to completely let go. It’s always good to be careful.
Everyone at home was busy. No matter how cold it was, he didn't dare to delay what he should do. Lin Yutong also had to hurry up and make a meeting gift for her husband's elders.
"In addition to the meeting gift for the elders, according to the rules, I have to prepare a set of clothes and shoes for all seasons for my uncle." Guifang fiddled with the cloth that Yun asked someone to bring, "Girl, you are giving..."
"The ones for the elders should be exquisite. It's better to buy semi-finished products outside. I can just make a few stitches when I get back." Lin Yutong waved his hand, "I will do the rest."
It means that instead of making clothes for the elders, I will make clothes for my uncle myself.
Several girls couldn't help but laugh.
What are you laughing at? What's so funny. I can't even make the clothes, shoes and socks for the five elders above. I have to buy some of them anyway, so why bother?
Xiangli handed the crimson satin to Lin Yutong: "I heard that my cousin works tirelessly to make it for the elders."
Lin Yutong curled his lips: "If your mother's family is strong enough, your mother-in-law will also like it even if she gives you linen pieces. If your mother's family isn't strong enough, it's all in vain if you work hard at every stitch." Besides, I am a bastard daughter-in-law, and I want to be called a bastard.
My mother-in-law likes it, but it is simply a dream. If we can live in peace and harmony, it is considered a success. What's more, Mrs. Chu's biological daughter-in-law is her biological niece. You took out your heart and showed it to Mrs. Chu.
, can people still favor you? Why compete with yourself when you know there will be no results? What a waste of time!
While we were talking, there was an announcement from outside that the shopkeeper of Yunshang Pavilion was here and wanted to take measurements for the wedding dress.
Lin Yutong nodded, and Sanxi brought in a woman in her mid-twenties.
After seeing Li, Lin Yutong asked her to warm her up first before talking. The woman smiled, thanked her profusely, and drank two bowls of ginger and jujube tea before taking Lin Yutong's measurements.
"The time is so tight, can you make it in time?" Sanxi asked from the side.
"There's enough time." The woman said with a smile: "We all have spare wedding clothes. As long as we change the size when we go back, we won't delay anything." After saying that, she put away the ruler and tugged on Lin Yutong's sleeve again, as if to
It depends on how wide the sleeves are.
But with this pull, Lin Yutong clearly felt that there was an extra box in her hand. She couldn't help but look at the woman. The woman looked at Lin Yutong with a moist smile.
Lin Yutong put the box into his sleeves and told the girls: "You guys stay outside..."
Sanxi and others looked at each other, put down what they were doing, and retreated.