Yunxi rode from Donghua Gate to the main entrance of the founding palace in the morning. The Chang family sent their servants two miles away, and all the members of the Chang family gathered in the front yard near the gate, so Yunxi went to the gate.
When they arrived, everyone in the Chang family had already welcomed him out. Because Yunxi did not bring a full set of ceremonial guards for the crown prince this time, they greeted Yunxi according to the greeting etiquette that Zhu Biao used when he went to various princes' mansions.
When Yunxi dismounted, the servants of the Chang family knelt on the ground, and the master of the Chang family, headed by Chang's mother, bowed.
Yunxi immediately went to help Chang's mother and said: "Grandma, the old lady is someone who has been appointed by His Majesty not to salute in front of him. How dare you accept the ceremony? And I am here to visit relatives today, how can I accept the ceremony?" He came with him.
The eunuchs also stepped forward to help other Chang family members.
Although Chang's mother was puzzled as to why Yunxi called her 'Old Madam', it had nothing to do with the overall situation. She got up immediately and replied: "Then I'll just rely on my old age for a while."
Everyone immediately surrounded Yunxi and walked into the Chang Mansion. Before entering the Chang Mansion, Yunxi looked up at the sky. At dawn, the fog in the still gray sky had cleared, and the sun shone directly. It was very clear.
Everyone came to the lobby of the main courtyard, and Yunxi was of course sitting at the first place. Because it had been stated before that today was to 'visit relatives', and there was currently no young grandma in the Chang Mansion (Note 1), so the place where the family members were seated was not determined.
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After a few more pleasantries, Chang's mother introduced Yunxi to the current masters of the Chang family. She pointed at a middle-aged man and said, "This is the second oldest, Chang Sheng."
The man saluted and said, "I have met Your Highness."
As Yunxi returned the gift, he thought: 'Sure enough, the person I met that day at the Fifth Army Commander's Mansion was Chang Sheng.'
Under normal circumstances, Yunxi should call Chang Sheng uncle, but this is obviously not the general situation. Therefore, Yunxi can only call Chang Sheng "Founding Duke" with the official title.
Next, Chang's mother introduced Chang Sen, Chang Mao's wife Feng, Chang Sheng's wife Hu, Chang Sen's wife Wu and other people of the same generation as Yunxi.
For people of the same generation as him, Yunxi can be called "brother" more casually, and for girls, he can be called older sister or younger sister.
However, the scene still did not seem to have the atmosphere of a visit to relatives. Yunxi could not express his affection for the Chang family due to etiquette, and the Chang family did not dare to make any mistakes, so the atmosphere at the scene was very unnatural.
But the Chang family was obviously prepared. After introducing everyone, Chang's mother said: "Your Highness, it's pointless to sit here all the time. My house has a newly built garden. Although it is definitely not as good as the scenery in the palace, it still has a different flavor.
Your Highness, why don't you let Ji Zong accompany you for a while? You are similar in age and can talk easily."
Yunxi didn't think much about it. He thought that it would be nice to go for a walk, but it would be boring to sit all the time. It would be faster to walk around in the garden and talk to people alone, so he said: "The scenery in the palace seems to be just that.
That way, it may not be comparable to our founding government." He stood up.
The young girl returned to her boudoir accompanied by her maid. The reputation of the girls was still very important. Since it was impossible for the Chang family to marry their daughter to Yunxi, they would never let them meet Yunxi in private.
Feng, Hu, and Wu each went back to their rooms to deal with their own affairs; they were not related by blood to Yunxi, and Yunxi would not pay attention to them.
Chang Sen also went back to his room, but Chang Sheng seemed to accompany Chang's mother back to the backyard; the young master followed Yunxi and walked to the backyard.
After leaving the hall, the atmosphere was indeed better. Yunxi and his cousins chatted and laughed.
But it is still difficult for Yunxi to chat with his cousins. First, the current ideological understanding of Yunxi is that of a man in his twenties in the 21st century AD, and his cousins are all genuine people from the 14th century AD.
A young man in his 10s or 20s; secondly, Yunxi grew up in the palace, and the life in the palace was very boring. He had no idea what the young men were doing outside the palace.
The only point of conversation between the two sides was the war at this time. Not to mention, Yunxi and Chang Jizong had a good chat on this point, which was quite speculative. The two of them walked around the garden while everyone else dispersed.
Still chatting enthusiastically.
At this time, Chang Jizong suddenly said: "It's not fun just to say that." He pointed to the east, "There is a room over there. I often rest there when I go to the garden, so I put some geography books in the room (not
Map), let's go and see where." Yunxi agreed.
When he arrived at the door of the house, because the house looked very small, Yunxi said to the guards and eunuchs (Note 2) who were following him: "You don't need to go in, I can go in by myself." Then he followed Chang Jizong and walked in.
But when he got inside, Yunxi didn't see any books, and Chang's mother, who had frosty temples in the room, was sitting on a chair. Yunxi immediately realized that this was a plan created by the Chang family to avoid eunuchs or guards and meet Yunxi alone.
Opportunity.
Chang Jizong left quietly at some point. Yunxi faced Chang's mother and didn't know how to speak. Chang's mother still had experience and said to Yunxi with a smile: "Shouldn't you call me grandma? That year
Your father called me mother-in-law in Changfu."
Suddenly, the memory of his mother emerged deep in Yunxi's memory. The longing for his mother in this life that was usually suppressed (memory of later generations) burst out and filled Yunxi's mind. Looking at the picture in front of him
Vaguely seeing a face that was somewhat similar to that of his mother in his memory, Yunxi couldn't help but kneel down on the ground, burst into tears and called out: "Grandma!"
Chang's mother was obviously moved, leaving two lines of tears. She stretched out her hand to hug Yunxi and said, "A good grandson doesn't cry."
Once she cried like this, the subsequent emotional exchanges became much easier. Chang's mother asked Yunxi how she was doing in the palace without touching the secrets of the palace, and also asked about the incident involving Concubine Lu's poisoning case some time ago; Yunxi was asked one by one.
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Then Yunxi remembered something and said: "Grandma, change the door of the house and the house of my eldest cousin in Beicheng."
Chang's mother asked slightly strangely: "Why do you want to change the door?" Yunxi came to the door this time and there was a problem? That's not right. Even if the door in the mansion is not good, what happened to the door in Guanbeicheng? Chang's mother was confused.
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Yunxi said: "Grandma should have known that the owner of the Shandong Noodle House in Beicheng discovered some conspiracy and informed my eunuch Wang Bu, and then Wang Bu came to stop me."
Chang's mother replied: "Yes, I know."
"But grandma, you probably don't know that before Tang Bohe met Wang Bu by chance, he went to his cousin's residence in Beicheng and here to tell you about this. However, the disciples saw that they were not from rich and noble families, and they had no relatives in the mansion.
So if you turn me away, you will almost get into trouble."
Chang's mother was shocked! Because this matter was not an important matter in the case, and Tang Bohe did not want to file a complaint, he just told the matter exactly as it was, so the Chang family never knew about it.
Chang's mother immediately said: "Chang Sheng and I have warned the people in the house several times not to be arrogant and to be humble to others, but something like this still happens in the house. Fortunately, it did not lead to a big disaster. It is really a blessing. I
Immediately order their punishment."
Yunxi didn't care about the fate of several disciples. He just mentioned it casually to remind the Chang family. He persuaded Chang's mother and talked about other things.
