Chapter 241:

It's getting colder and colder and getting closer to the New Year Pass.
It was clear that there was a heavy snowfall, and it was icy and snowy outside, and there was a lot of noise and excitement in the capital. Even the cold weather could not stop the joy of the New Year.
The streets are crowded with people, and they are busy preparing for the year.
The number of lecture halls in this year ’s event is much larger, ranging from treats to treats, to the variety of new year products prepared at home. Fortunately, Zhaoer and Xue Tingyan returned from Guangzhou on this trip, and they also brought a lot of servants. Some servants helped in the operation, so they would never be exhausted.
The house is smaller.
Today, the Xue family lives in a small house in Jinger Hutong when they entered Beijing at the beginning of the year.
After the Maos moved away, the house next door gave them their children. Zhaoer let people get the two houses together, and the house opposite to the front office for Gao Sheng they lived in would be enough to live by themselves.
The previous trip back to Beijing, she let people build a three-entry house in Beijing.
However, the location of this house is not good, near the Sansheng Temple in Beicheng. It was too far away from the imperial city, and Xue Tingyan was inconvenient to go to the palace. He had to live here first, and put the survivors and carts in the house.
These days, Zhaoer has always made people pay attention to buying a house, but unfortunately no one sells in a good location, and the house in Sanshengan is not as good as the bad location.
According to strokes, the house is best bought near the palace gate, so Xue Tingyan can enter and leave the palace more conveniently, without having to get up too early. Xue Tingyan laughed at her, saying that the houses in this kind of place could not be bought by anyone, and they were all occupied by the emperors and nobles, and no one dared to sell this kind of place.
Zhao'er just stopped thinking.
However, the small house has the advantages of a small house, that is lively and warm. You don't have to meet with your family. You have to walk a long way through nine bends and eighteen bends. You can hear it when you step out of the door and stand in the yard. Fortunately, Zhaoer and Xue Tingyan are not fussy.
On that day, Xue Tingyan returned from outside.
He was wearing a dark velvet velvet crane and pedaling black fur boots, and as he entered, a coldness rolled in.
The kang and brazier were burning in the house, warm and mellow.
Zhao'er wore a rose-purple and auspicious pattern of cardigan, and underneath was a silver-grey mouse skin skirt, sitting on the kang and talking to Zhao Di, who was holding her belly.
Zhao Di hasn't been pregnant since he married Shen Ping. She didn't think she was too old to be pregnant, but Shen Ping didn't care about it. She only treated Weige as her own. Anyway, Xue Tingyan got pregnant this year when they came out of Beijing, and the birth period in March and April next year.
Zhaoer was talking to Zhaodi about the child, and said Xue Tingyan was back.
She put on shoes and served him to take off the crane, and Zhao Di also got off from Kang, saying, "Ting Zan is back, I won't accompany you, go back to sleep for a while."
"Sister, walk carefully."
"On two steps, you're still afraid that I won't fall." Zhao Di said as he opened the cotton curtain. Zhao'er turned his head to look at Xue Tingyan and said, "Look at you with ice, go rolling in the snow?"
Xue Tingyan didn't go to the snow to roll, but was stopped on the way back.
Mentioning this person, Zhaoer also knew, but Xue Tingyan did not intend to tell Zhaoer.
"There was a delay on the way. By the way, this thing is for you."
"what?"
Zhaoer took it and found it seemed to be Zhang Diqi.
As for why it seems like it is, it is because Zhao Er is not sure whether it is the same as what she usually sees.
"This is the house of Sheng Shang Shang, I said it before, but I haven't had time to go to Hubu. I went to Hubu today and got it back."
"The house of reward?"
"You're not saying that you want to get a house at the gate of the palace, and now you don't have to do it anymore, it's near Donghuamen. I just went to see it. It's not a big place, so I went in three times, but it was enough."
"Just three enters?" Zhaoer smiled and laughed at Xue Tingyan: "Now, our grandfather Xue is getting more and more angry. Who said that the houses in this kind of place can't be bought with money, they are all The royal courts of the princes and nobles have been occupied? Now that our grandfather Xue has become the royal court, it is too much for the house to be abandoned. "
"I speak like you? You're not afraid to laugh at your master."
Xue Tingyan scratched Zhao'er's itch, Zhao'er was most afraid of itching, and hid with a smile. The two were on the kang while they were playing, and after a while, Xue Tingyan was half lying on Zhaoer's body, pecking at her red lips.
"But it's better to stay here for the time being. The wind and the waves are high. Let's wait until this time is over."
Zhaoer was overwhelmed with pressure and reached out to push him: "Why, what has been rumored outside recently?"
All in all, Jingli demon wind is now big.
After Wu Gelao was taken into custody, Emperor Jiacheng and the court officials played Tai Chi for half a month before allocating the presiding power of the trial case to Jin Yiwei, and sent Xue Tingyan and Dali Temple of the Criminal Department to serve as jurors.
Wu Gelao was so angry that he vomited blood that day, and the case could not be tried temporarily, but at the same time, there were various rumours circulating in the capital.
Among them, Xue Tingyan and Wu Gelao's grievances are the most widely spread.
What kind of court minister favored the young and beautiful champion Yuan, wanting to be the son-in-law, but unfortunately the champion had a wife and son, so he refused severely. Where the big official was so refuted face, in a rage, the champion was demoted to the land of poor mountains and evil waters. A few years later, the champion Zhuang Yuanlang returned, and the official became a prisoner.
It stands to reason that this is an inspirational story, and Zhuang Yuanlang also seems to be a positive character.
It can be combined with the current situation, which is obviously insinuation. In Jingzhong, anyone with a sensitive ear knows what is insinuating.
Not to mention in the hall, the key people love this set. I don't know who it is. I compiled this into a story. I sang it in the theater and talked about the restaurants in the storytellers, which swept the whole capital.
Recently, who is not talking about this, and even dug out the prototypes, it is the crowning young prince Shao Fu Xue Tingyan and the old minister Wu Gelao of the two dynasties.
The upstart to the old minister is also in line with the dog blood story of ‘winning the champion as a concubine’, which has been the most talked about since ancient times. Nowadays, all the streets are being circulated, and even the children are heard.
In fact, she had known this for a long time, but Xue Tingyan didn't say it, and she never asked about it.
Now, as the original match in the story that made Zhuang Yuanlang unbearable to abandon, she is also in the limelight, and it has become the most enviable existence of big girls and young wives.
When the female is Wang, the husband looks for Xue Zhuangyuan.
This is the current mother and father, most often used to teach her daughter's rhetoric.
The so-called layman is lively, and the layman looks at the doorway.
The common people only watched it as a fun, but it was not so for Chao Tang.
Although it was the Jiacheng Emperor who showed his iron-blooded wrists, he grabbed so many people at once, which made all the courtiers become hens. But since the play was staged, some people have suggested that Xue Shaofu should avoid suspicion.
However, the remarks made by Xue Tingyan to Wu Ge Lao that day also spread to the people.
It was revealed by Du Jipeng and meant to represent Emperor Jiacheng.
All in all, there has been no recent statement on this matter, that is, some people jump up and down in secret.
Xue Tingyan turned over and sat up, saying, "Don't worry about this, it will stop in a few days."
"Why? Is Wu Ge old sick?"
It is not good, but the criminal officer who escorted Shangjing from Henan will soon be in Beijing.
News received by Xue Tingyan yesterday.
It should have been there long ago, but the road was blocked by heavy snow, and the road was blocked for a few days. It will arrive in about two days.
Until then, the fun is big.
At the same time, a pair of men and women were walking in tandem in an alley near Xichai Chaimu Factory.
This is a famous slum in Beijing. It is not how poor people live here, but it is relatively far from the other four cities. The west city is the most marginal, and there are many temples and Hua'er Street in the east city. It is not convenient to enter the inner city here, so there are no officials living here, most of them are civilians.
Of course, it is not that there are no officials who live here. Most of them live here. They are poor and sour little officials. Even among them, they belong to the bottom.
"I'm still a girl in your old home, how big is your face. Look, people don't want to take care of you, they don't even know you! I don't think your father is saved, let's not be my son-in-law Regardless of the old man. "
It's cold, it's a remote place, and snow removal on the road depends on the residents' willingness.
The result of unwillingness to clean up is that the snow on the road was trampled by people and turned into wavy black water. The key snow has not been cleaned. If a person accidentally stepped into the snow nest, it was a foot of snow water. It was cold from head to toe, and the cold went straight into the bone.
The man only talked to the woman, and one stepped into the snow nest accidentally. He immediately raised his legs and swayed in a sullen manner, and failed to stop the snow water from seeping into the cotton boots.
Cold and buried, the man could not help but anger.
"Look, what's the use of marrying you? The women of other people are fine women. You're fine, you can't cook, clothes can't be washed, even shoes can be made like this, don't blame my mother for not seeing you."
The trained woman was thin and weak, wearing a long jacket.
The padded jacket doesn't seem to be hers, she is too loose, her sleeves are a little short, and she is neither form nor shape, and the color is old-fashioned. Her eyebrows are good, but unfortunately they are dragged down by the deep folds of the eyebrows and the fine lines at the corners of her eyes. Coupled with the old-fashioned dress, obviously in his thirties, it is hard to wear more than ten years old.
Faced with the rebuke of the man at this time, she said nothing, but bowed her head.
The man was discouraged when he saw her. Just when he got to the door, he pushed open the door and went in, leaving the woman alone.
The woman stood for a while, then reached out and pushed the door in. Sure enough, she heard a man complaining to his mother in the house.
"In the beginning, I asked you to marry Osmanthus fragrans. You're fine, but you don't deserve your cousin's background. It's not good enough for you. I thought that you would have hoped to be admitted to the Jinshi, and we can look forward to it. The master of the Hanlin Academy sounds like It's a beautiful scenery, but unfortunately there aren't a few silvers, and this kind of woman gets in again! Oh my god, let the mother say, you can stay in the Hanlin Academy for so long, even if you can't let it out, it is because of this woman Dragged down. "
"Mother, don't mention this thing, will you do it? Then what do you say now?"
"Let me tell me to leave her! Which one marries a daughter-in-law is not a blessing when she is a mother-in-law? I'm fine, I have waited for my son all day long, and I have to wait for my daughter-in-law. Let her cook a meal, either throwing a bowl or throwing a dish, Our family is not rich and wealthy. Withstand her being so smashed, how many salaries do you have for her. "
The man's voice was lowered, and he heard it intermittently.
"... Her family is not an ordinary person, let's say ... No one usually sends things, those things are not all your mother ..."
"What's not the same? The girl in the old man's house is not the same? I think your son-in-law doesn't get any light from her husband. Now that her father is in jail, she may be beheaded sometime. Lao Zhangren, who was beheaded, said that there is light on your face? "
The mother and son were talking in the room, and the woman stood in the yard listening.
She looked pale, as if not talking about her, she was astonished. But remembering the previous situation, she couldn't help but see a wave of waves.
Even Wu Wanqiong didn't expect that she would see Xue Tingyan bye.
...
After that incident, Wu Wanqiong completely fell out of favor at home.
Wu Gelao ignored her, and the following people treated her negligently, because Anbo was also punished in Zhejiang, and was sent to Jiangxi to take care of the business there. Wu Wanqiong naturally ignored her.
In the back house, Aunt Feng is at home, Aunt Feng has long seen that this big girl is not pleasing to the eye, and naturally inevitably wear small shoes for her.
After a year, Wu Wanqiong is still like a big lady, and it is not even as good as the day when she has a face.
For a long time, Aunt Feng was tired of seeing her.
Putting such a thing at home, she had to worry about superficial effort, laborious and unsatisfactory, but also make people feel empathy. Simply telling Wu Gelao to marry Wu Wanqiong, after this reminder, Wu Gelao remembered this daughter.
In the end, it was a pro-daughter, even if Wu Gelao had hatred, it would have faded. In addition, his situation was not very good in those days. How could he care about these things about the back house, he gave it to Aunt Feng.
Aunt Feng also did her best, and chose the Tao Yitong who was once Wu Ge's old plan to recruit her son-in-law.
After this incident, Tao Yi completely became an unloved role in the Hanlin Academy. Normally, it is not run over by others, and the life is not very satisfactory.
In addition, as a woman who had almost married the old lady in the cabinet, Tao Yi held her breath in one heart, thinking that one day she would marry a high-ranking noble girl, so she could raise her eyebrows.
But after the previous one, even if someone fancyd him, he did n’t dare to pick up things that the Wu family did n’t want, so he had never been married, a lot of age, and he is still a bachelor.
It's better now, go round and round, the man is unmarried and the woman is not married.
The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl should be the cause of God's destiny.
After listening to Wu Ge, he didn't say anything. Since he had chosen it, he wouldn't go far.
He didn't know that there were too many bitter marriages in the glamorous appearance. Aunt Feng chose Wu Yiqiong for Wu Wanqiong, but it was not for her to enjoy the blessing.
In fact, if Wu Wanqiong's position in the Wu family remains unchanged, this marriage is not bad.
Although the Tao family's family situation is a bit worse, but with the help of the Wu family, Wu Wanqiong is also the old only daughter of Wu Ge. The Tao family can marry Wu Wanqiong back without doubt.
It is a pity that Wu Wanqiong doesn't care about his mother and loves now, and is still regarded as a disaster star by her father. Without Wu's help, she undoubtedly rolled from one bitter water nest to another bitter water nest.
Tao Yi has no father, just a widow. The widow was originally in Shandong, but she could not always be separated from her son, so she moved to Beijing.
The Tao family is already poor, and it is not easy to live in Beijing. Tao Yitong had been renting a house before, but now the house where he lives is still the dowry of Wu Wanqiong.
At the beginning, Aunt Feng prepared Wu Wanqiong's dowry. Wu Ge left his hands and couldn't go to see it anyway. One house, that's one house.
Even if the house is broken, it's a little bit, and it's a little bit smaller.
As for the silver, I didn't give a point, and all the furniture cloth that I could not eat or drink. There seem to be a lot of dowry, but in fact, who lives will know who lives.
These Wu Wanqiong have endured, after the incident, she was ashamed. It doesn't matter whether she marries a person, who she marries, or how she lives.
But she really knew how hard it was.
Widow Tao is a powerful man, and everyone is shunned.
Wu Wanqiong is a talented woman, but she also has a brain. The ethical approach of Kesi literati is on par with the shrew, and this shrew is nominally her own mother-in-law.
The widow Tao dismissed Wu Wanqiong as a widow. When she saw that her son had married a girl from the old family, she could not change the situation at home.
Tao Yitong originally protected Wu Wanqiong. Later, he learned that Wu Wanqiong was rejected by the Wu family, and all his unsatisfactory anger was transferred to the other party.
For a few years, the central acid need not be described in detail. Anyone knows that Wu Ge's turn is bad this time. The Wu family is now looked at by Jin Yiwei's people, and Wu Ge's old is imprisoned in Beizhen Fusi. Wu Wanqiong, who is a daughter, has no one to pay attention to, but if something really happened, she would not be able to run away even if she was a married woman.
In particular, Tao Yi is also an official, who is afraid of being involved.
This is not, and I don't know what he thought, but actually pulled Wu Wanqiong to stop Xue Tingyan's car.
Said Xue Tingyan was the presiding officer, so that Xue Tingyan did not look at the monk's face to see the Buddha's face.
In this case, Wu Wanqiong saw Xue Tingyan.
Before going, Tao Yi didn't tell her, but instead coaxed her to buy cloth and make clothes for her during the New Year. Who thought that Xue Ting's car was blocked.
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"The official doesn't know this ... girl, if it's okay, you still go back quickly, don't stop the official's way."
Xue Tingyan stood next to the car with a hand in hand, a dark blue velvet crane cloak, which looked extraordinarily majestic.
Under the cyan is the inadvertent vermilion, the complicated gold embroidered python figure, which is particularly dazzling, adding a little noble atmosphere to his Qingjun's face.
It is also a 30-year-old age, a man of this age is undoubtedly the most attractive time.
Graceful, elegant, handsome and restrained, breezy and light-browed eyebrows, it is a kind of casual demeanor, which represents the importance of power.
When Wu Wanqiong was a child, he had seen this kindness in her father. Turning his head to look at the man with a sharp red face beside him, look at his vulgar clothes, the haggard face, a kind of self-satisfied form overwhelmed her.
Tao Yitong was still saying: "At first, I was also a colleague of the Hanlin Academy. I didn't expect that Master Xue is rich now, but I look down on the same subject ..."
Some people can stand in the clouds, some people can only look up, but it is not unreasonable.
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"Sister-in-law, are you okay?"
A female voice sounded in Wu Wanqiong's ear, and she couldn't help but scream.
She looked back and saw a strange but familiar face: "Are you ... Osmanthus?"
Osmanthus nodded shyly and timidly. His beautiful face was a little dark. Although it was not beautiful, it was not ugly.
"How did you come?"
"Me and my man are dead, and my aunt is so distressed that I have nowhere to go, so someone will pick me up to serve her in Jingli. Sister-in-law, go in quickly, it's cold outside."
As I said, a high female voice came from the house: "Anyway, you have to do it, you can't do it. She can't even give birth to a child. What do you intend to be?" Embrace your grandson! "