The Rose of the Red Chamber

Chapter 124

Liu Xianglian didn't realize that Tanchun was casually coping with it, and continued, "Who says it's not, I heard that he has frequently visited the Lin family to propose marriage in the past two years, and Mr. Lin didn't dare to give him a good face. Enter the palace Going to intercede, the emperor still sees him as a joke. What about a fair lady, a gentleman is so good, let him move the Lin family with sincerity."

Tanchun put down his pen and looked up at him, "Really? There is such a thing? It is rare for the emperor to help his relatives. Alas, why do you think Chang Tuo is so pitiful."

He went to wash his hands in the basin beside him, sat back again, and said to Liu Xianglian, "Recently, you have come here every day, can you bear this kind of work and rest?" Tanchun may be the first impression of Chang Tuo. Not very good, although she came back for revenge, but I don't want to mention this person more.

When Liu Xianglian heard this, she shook her head quickly, "It's okay, I don't do morning exercises now, I just do a little thing every day, it's much easier than being in Xihaiyanzi. No wonder people in the world like to be an official, and they still want to be a high-ranking official." .I'm living such a leisurely life at the fourth rank now, and I don't know what kind of life the adults of the first and second ranks are living."

Liu Xianglian was so thoughtful that she didn't even realize that he was airborne and his rights were emptied.Tanchun didn't know the inside story, so he only thought what Liu Xianglian said was true.After thinking about it, he didn't take it to heart.

"When I got up early, I received a letter saying that it was my aunt who was married off in the early years, and she was going to Beijing." Every time Liu Xianglian came, Tanchun prepared some exquisite food and put them in the room.

Some were drawn by herself, and some were prepared by her servants.At this time, Liu Xianglian was talking about what happened around her while eating the snacks prepared by Tanchun.

It seems that coming to Tanchun every night to report the day's events is something he must do every day.If he didn't do it, he always felt that something was missing in this day.

"Your aunt? I've heard you mention it before. But your aunt is still alive?"

Liu Xianglian also had a look of emotion on her face, "Who said no, people who have been promoted to an official position and have been unable to find them for 800 years have all appeared by themselves. Last time I went back to the city, I stopped by home and heard from my family Say, my nanny, who died for 800 years, is alive again."

Tanchun twitched the corners of his mouth when he heard this. Isn't it a little bad to talk about this topic at night?It feels spooky.

"Don't talk about your nanny, this time it's really your aunt?"

Liu Xianglian shook her head, "I don't know."

Tanchun nodded, and then asked again, "Then your unidentified aunt said in the letter why she came to the capital this time?"

I took a sip of tea to moisten my throat, "This was mentioned in the letter, it seems that my uncle is going to Beijing to report on his work, and I have a few cousins ​​who will participate in the draft in February next year."

"How many?" The matter of the draft was pushed back and forth, and finally it was settled.Many families are actively preparing, and many people are planning to let their daughters stay in the capital first. After all, changing the water will be a bit uncomfortable. If the draft is affected due to physical discomfort, it will not be worth the candle.

However, most people send their daughters to participate in the draft, and there are at most two. If you can use how many to describe it, it should be more than two.

"Five." Liu Xianglian stretched out a hand and compared in front of Tanchun.When he saw the letter, he even wiped his eyes on purpose, only then did he believe that he read it correctly.

"...", really a lot.These individuals came to the capital and wrote letters to Liu Xianglian specially, it could not be that they want to,

"Then your aunt and her party are going to live in your house?"

Liu Xianglian shook her head, "How can it be, my uncle has a house in the capital. Maybe he wrote a letter to tell me about it?"

For this so-called aunt, Liu Xianglian actually didn't take it seriously, so she didn't take it very seriously when she spoke.

Huh, wait.

"Is your uncle an official?"

"Yes."

"I vaguely remember that those who serve as officials are almost in a three-year term, and then they almost have to go to Beijing to go to the Ministry of Officials for re-election or transfer."

Liu Xianglian touched her head, "It seems that there is such a saying."

"That being the case, when your uncle came to the capital, he didn't come to see you? Did your aunt just talk casually?"

"...No." No matter how thick-hearted he is, he still remembers some things in his heart.

Seeing this, Tanchun could only hehe.

Rich has distant relatives in the mountains, and no one asks the poor in the downtown.

"...Maybe I have identified the wrong person."

Although this was Tanchun's comforting words, Liu Xianglian believed it, "I thought so too, and I'll know when the person comes."

......

Aunt Liu brought her pro-daughter and concubine into the capital with Uncle Liu's official ship.From the time she got on the boat to Beijing, she tried her best on the road, but she didn't find a chance to make a move, which made her feel very unhappy.

Those concubines were so guarded against her.

When she entered the capital, she thought that her nephew would come to meet her at the pier, but she didn't expect that he didn't rush over from Xishan Daying at all.

While arranging the disembarkation, Aunt Liu sighed in her heart, fortunately she was the one who notified Liu Xianglian in private, otherwise it would be embarrassing.

Aunt Liu actually knew in her heart that after her brother passed away, it was a little unreasonable for her to ignore her only nephew for so many years, but why didn't they think about her difficulties.

A married daughter is a guest in her mother's house and an outsider in her husband's house.Is it easy for her these years?The life of the in-law's family is getting more and more prosperous, and there are more and more men's aunts.

Aunt Liu thought of the letters sent to her when her brother and sister-in-law died of illness one after another. Aunt Liu felt a little guilty and complained.

She herself is having a hard time, her elder brother and sister-in-law don't say they are considerate of her, but they even want her to take the half-grown kid over to raise her, how people think of her and her mother's family.

If people know that her mother's family has been ruined like that, how can she still hang out in the inner house?

In order to make her life easier, she maintained her identity as a close branch of the Duke of Li's Mansion.

It's easy for her.

Besides, it's not that kids around ten years old have nothing to eat and nothing to drink.It's not impossible to live in the capital, so what's the matter with going all the way to find her.

I complained in my heart that my close relatives didn't understand, and at the same time I blamed Liu Xianglian for being ignorant and unfilial.

Without parental upbringing and ignorance of etiquette and rules, no matter how big an official is, he will be alone.

Aunt Liu belittled Liu Xianglian who didn't take her aunt seriously for a while, and then thought of her son who was studying in the academy. In an instant, Aunt Liu's eyes were full of hope and joy.

That was the piece of flesh that fell from her body, and the glory of the rest of her life would be here.

Whenever Aunt Liu thought of her son, she would feel very good.It's the same even if not even one concubine was killed along the way.

The Liu family had a mansion in the capital, and it wasn't very good in the past, but after the Liu family made a fortune, it was specially repaired for a while.

The Liu family was an official in the south, and they made a lot of money, and the whole group looked impressive.There were carriages and sedan chairs along the way, and the ostentation was so grand, if not for the small number of people, it would have been a fight with the Duke's Mansion, which was very prosperous in the original book, and some would fight.

Uncle Liu, our Lord Liu went to the Ministry of Officials as soon as he entered the capital.Aunt Liu returned to Liu's house with her servants and girls.

Because he had already decided to go to the capital, he had someone clean the house in advance, so it would be easier to live in now.After making some arrangements, Aunt Liu thought about it and sent someone to send a letter to Liu Xianglian, asking him to come to the Liu Mansion in the south of the city to pay a visit.

Aunt Liu's letter came to Xishan Daying just in the evening, and Liu Xianglian happened to have dinner and left Daying for Chang'an County.

It was only when he went back that he saw the letter in his tent.After reading it hastily, he washed and went to sleep.After a routine meeting was held the next day, Liu Xianglian rode back to the capital with her entourage.

And the person who sent the letter to Liu Xianglian, because the city gate was closed when he returned to the city, he dealt with it outside the city all night, came back early in the morning, and delivered the letter, but told Aunt Liu about not seeing anyone .

Just when the servant was replying, Uncle Liu was also here. Aunt Liu saw her and said with a smile, "I really miss that child. As soon as I entered the city yesterday afternoon, I sent someone to report to him. If it wasn't Knowing which day we could arrive, I wanted to let that child come over as soon as possible."

Uncle Liu was using the tea cover to float the tea leaves, and said with a smile, "It's no wonder Madam is impatient, even I want to see that child."

Because she didn't know Liu Xianglian's thoughts and situation, Aunt Liu didn't dare to take it all in, "It's a pity, I don't know if that child knows about our coming." The boy who delivered the letter just said, go After leaving the camp, Liu Xianglian was not there. She only knew that she had entered the mountain, and she didn't know when she would be back.

When Liu Xianglian went out at night, she usually said that she had gone to the mountains.Anyway, there are many mountains in the west, and no one came to him.

When I went back, I went to the trap I dug before and took a look, and then went back with the prey, but no one asked anything.

He never dared to tell anyone about getting lost again.

Although he only mentioned it to Chang Tuo at the beginning.

Uncle Liu didn't know what Aunt Liu was thinking, and said with a smile, "Since we've arrived in the capital, there are always plenty of times to meet. Madam, don't be too impatient. After a few days of rest, Madam can take the sisters out for a walk. .I heard that Mr. Liu from the Ministry of Officials lost his spouse last year, and his mother is looking after his successor."

Uncle Liu's family fortune over the years has made him thick-skinned to a certain extent, so he really isn't ashamed at all when he says these things.

Aunt Liu had a virtuous face, "Master, don't worry, I understand. But we can only make plans after their sisters are drafted."

At this time, if Aunt Liu's thinking was followed, she would send the concubines away one by one. If she also knew that her master valued the palace more, that's why she said so.

Sure enough, when Uncle Liu heard Aunt Liu's words, he was very satisfied, "I am an official of the Heavenly Dynasty, so I should put loyalty first."

When they were young, the shameless couple made some arrangements, and then someone came to report that it was the wife's nephew who came to visit.

When Aunt Liu heard this, the smile on her face became brighter, "Sir, tell me about this boy, the reporter didn't have time to make a cup of tea when he came back, how did he arrive? The master also said that I was impatient, really impatient But it's outside."

At this time, Aunt Liu also forgot that she was annoyed with Liu Xianglian before, and she felt very honorable at this moment.

After complaining a few words to Uncle Liu, who seemed angry or angry, Aunt Liu hurriedly asked someone to come in.

When Liu Xianglian strode in, both Uncle Liu and Aunt Liu had a good impression of him.

"I've met uncle and aunt." Everyone said that his nephew Xiao Gu, the middle-aged woman in front of him seemed to be somewhat similar to him, so it should be true.