Fanwaiyi Return to Hometown(1/2)
In the first month of the 12th year of Tianbao, Master Ji Er wrote a letter to beg for bones. August 1st? Chinese? Literature and Internet.
Emperor Tianbao knew that this was Mr. Ji Er's long-cherished wish for many years.
"My grandfather has never been interested in his career. When he came to the capital, he was forced to come to the capital due to the situation. When his father and mother decided to resign and return to his hometown." Emperor Tianbao sat behind the imperial desk and sighed softly, as if he was just talking to himself.
Emperor Tianbao was not as tall as his crown, and his long face was like a jade sword-like eyebrows and starry eyes. He sat there with a zhilan orchid and jade tree, which was unparalleled in beauty.
"It was for me and for my mother that he was willing to stay in the capital and become an official in the court. Over the years, the old man has devoted his efforts to me."
Now that the country is peaceful and the people are peaceful, the world is peaceful. Although Emperor Tianbao is young, he has steadily settled in the country. The court is full of loyal ministers and good generals. Master Ji Er is also old and finally feels relieved, so he proposed to retire and return home.
Emperor Tianbao was reluctant to let go, but in the end he drew a circle with red strokes on the memorial.
"...Sometimes, I really don't want to grow up..." After approving Mr. Ji'er's memorial, Emperor Tianbao sighed softly and said a slightly childish word.
In this case, in the palace, he could only say to Wang Ruhai, who has been serving him since childhood.
It is precisely because he grew up that his relatives left him one by one. His mother, his uncle Ayou, is now his grandfather and grandmother.
And there is only Wang Ruhai who knows the thoughts of Emperor Tianbao.
"Your Majesty," Wang Ruhai smiled and stepped forward, "The queen just now hit someone. The eldest princess and the Yongshou princess were both in Kunning Palace, and there were two princes. The little prince bit Yuan Ge'er from the eldest princess's family again. No one could coax the two of them. If His Majesty got nothing, he would have to ask His Majesty to come over..."
Emperor Tianbao was still sad. He heard that his son bit his nephew and couldn't help but laugh.
"Xi'er is not so good. Brother Yuan is three years older than him, why was he bitten by him?... It's rare that Sister and Qijin and the others came. Hurry up and prepare the imperial meal in the West Warehouse..."
The four sisters of Emperor Tianbao have the deepest relationship with the eldest princess and Princess Yongshou. Although the eldest princess and him were not from the same mother, Princess Yongshou was in blood. She was just his cousin.
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In the spring of the 12th year of Tianbao, Mr. Ji Er and Mr. Ji San returned home with their wife and son.
Now, the three brothers of the Ji family have divided the sects.
Xinhuatang is the one of Master Ji. Master Ji had already returned to his hometown a few years ago. The current family member of Xinhuatang is Ji Xiaomu.
Xinmeitang is the branch of Master Ji Er. Now that Master Ji Er returns home, Xinmeitang’s family will be Changsheng. Changsheng is young and is already a lecturer in the Hanlin Academy. He also has two adopted younger brothers, Ji Xiaozang and Ji Xiaorong. The three of them studied under Master Ji Er and passed the imperial examination and passed the imperial examination. Ji Xiaozang and Ji Xiaorong also entered the Hanlin Academy.
What is even more worth mentioning is the name of Changsheng. Almost no one mentions the name of Changsheng. At home, people call him his nickname Changsheng, but outside, people prefer to call him Ji Sanyuan.
That's right, Changsheng is another top scholar who ranked third in the Qin Dynasty after Xie Sanyuan. The age of the top scholar who passed the exam was nearly ten years younger than Xie Sanyuan back then, which is amazing and beautiful.
What’s more coincidental is that the teacher of Changsheng is Master Xie.
The fate of the old, one and two young people is not just this. Although Changsheng was enlightened by Master Ji when he was young, he later learned from Master Xie's teachings. Half of them was because of the connection between Empress Dowager Ji, and the other half was that Master Xie had long fallen in love with him as a rare seedling of studying. Being able to earn his life with him was the greatest pleasure in Master Xie's life.
This sentence was said by Mr. Xie himself.
The story of the Sanyuan Master and Apprentice is a good story in the Qin Dynasty and is widely praised.
Of course, Changsheng has also become the son-in-law of Xie Ge's hometown, which is another story.
Xinhetang is the branch of Master Ji San. Unlike Master Ji who had resigned from his post long ago and Master Ji Er returned home, Master Ji San is still an official in the court.
During the Jianping period, the Qin Dynasty had just experienced internal and external troubles and was in trouble. Thanks to Mr. Ji San as the Minister of Revenue, he made plans from many sources and was good at dancing. By the fourth year of Tianbao, the treasury had gradually become abundant.
In the fourth year of Tianbao, Master Ji San was appointed as the Marquis of Xiaoyao, and his descendants were hereditary.
The only one who has hereditary titles in the Ji family is not Xinhuatang, who has a long house, nor is Xinmeitang, who has ruled behind the curtain, but Mr. Ji San from Xinhetang, who started his career in overseas trade.
There was some discussion inside and outside the court about this matter. Some said that Empress Dowager Ji had a close relationship with this young uncle since childhood, so she was inevitably biased towards this young uncle. Others said that Empress Dowager Ji recognized the truth and refused to be close to her relatives. Master Ji San was granted the title because of his achievements to the Qin Dynasty.
However, no matter how much people talk about it, people have no objection to the title of Xinhetang. Because no matter what, they have to admit the achievements of Master Ji San.
The achievements of Master Ji San were also the achievements of Empress Dowager Ji. Later, of course everyone knew that plans such as going overseas to trade, buying grain, and seeking good grains were formulated by Empress Dowager Ji himself.
In April, Master Ji Er and Master Ji San helped Old Lady Ji's coffin back to Qingyuan. Master Ji had been waiting for a long time with his people. Old Lady Ji's coffin returned to his hometown, so he naturally had to be buried with Old Lady Ji.
To open the grave of Mr. Ji, although Mr. Ji is the eldest son of the Ji family, he dare not make arbitrary decisions in this matter. Moreover, now he is old, not only has gray hair, but also has some bad luck. Many things in the family are controlled by Zhou, and he doesn't need to worry about outside things.
The three brothers sat down and discussed the joint burial of Mrs. Ji and Mrs. Ji.
"The Empress Dowager once left a word..." Master Ji Er held his beard.
"Yes, yes, yes..." When talking about Ji Xiaotang and the ancestral tomb of the Ji family, Master Ji was inevitably a little guilty when he remembered what he had done. "You should not move the ancestral tomb of the Ji family easily, I remember it, I remember it."
Now that you want to bury Mrs. Ji and Mrs. Ji together, you have to open Mrs. Ji's grave.
"The Queen Mother has long thought of this matter. What the Queen Mother meant is that it is OK to open the old master's grave, but it cannot be used by outsiders." Master Ji San said next.
No outsiders are allowed, and this outsider also includes servants of the Ji family.
Ji Xiaotang said at that time that the children of the Ji family must do it themselves, and outsiders are not allowed to watch.
"My third brother and I have already discussed this matter." Master Ji Er said.
Master Ji San nodded with a smile, with a little proud expression: "Fortunately, our family is now prosperous!"
The Ji family is now prosperous, and Master Ji San makes a great contribution. No matter whether the son he gave birth to is dark skin or blue eyes, it is all the blood of the Ji family after all.
Master Ji Er glanced at his brother and said nothing.
"I'm old..." Master Ji sighed.
"Brother just sit down, and the second brother doesn't have to do anything. I will take Changsheng, Xiaozang and others to get things done properly." Master Ji San said immediately.
"Okay." Mr. Ji Er nodded.
Master Ji nodded too.
That night, Master Ji Er and Master Ji San went up the mountain, but they did not bring many people. Master Ji San took Changsheng, Xiaozang, Xiaorong and others to open Mr. Ji's grave.
Afterwards, Master Ji San entered Master Ji's underground palace alone.
Master Ji San took out a piece of jade bi from Mr. Ji's underground palace and showed it to Master Ji Er.
"Second brother, look, this is exactly the jade bi that Xiaotang said."
Master Ji Er took the jade bi and looked carefully, then nodded. Then he asked Master Ji San with his eyes.
Master Ji San nodded, then shook his head again.
The next day, the Ji brothers buried Mrs. Ji and Mrs. Ji together, and held a simple but solemn ceremony for ancestor worship.
After the ancestor worship ceremony, Master Ji and others went to the sacrifice house to rest first. Master Ji and Mrs. Ji stayed behind. The two of them were guarding the graves of Mrs. Ji and Mrs. Ji. While talking in a low voice, they kept looking in the direction of the back mountain, as if they were looking forward to something.
Finally, footsteps came from the direction of the back mountain.
Mrs. Ji Er's face changed suddenly. She subconsciously moved towards the direction of footsteps, but because she was too excited, she staggered under her feet.
Master Ji Er hurriedly supported Mrs. Ji Er.
"Madam, don't be impatient." Master Ji Er held Mr. Ji Er's hand and comforted Mrs. Ji Er, but his face could not hide his expectation.
Soon, a few people appeared on the mountain road in the back mountain and got closer and closer.
The first person is immortality.
Behind Changsheng, there was a man and a woman. The man and a woman were both in their early thirties. They were dressed in a low-key manner but could not hide their wealth. However, they did not look like officials.
Behind the two were a pair of boys and girls. The boy was about fifteen or sixteen years old, and the girl was even younger, and it seemed that she was only ** years old.
When these people saw Mr. Ji Er and Mrs. Ji Er, the middle-aged woman screamed and then accelerated.
Mrs. Ji Er also saw the woman, and her eyes immediately became wet. While breaking away from Master Ji Er's hand, she met the middle-aged woman.
"Mom..." The middle-aged woman took a few steps, threw herself into Mrs. Ji Er's arms, and cried and called her mother.
"Xiaoyun, my Xiaoyun, I miss you so much." Mrs. Ji Er hugged the woman, and the mother and daughter hugged her head and cried bitterly.
Master Ji Er also came forward at this time, and the middle-aged man knelt down to Master Ji Er and kowtowed: "Father-in-law."
"Oh." Master Ji Er's eyes were wet, and he hurriedly reached out to help the man up: "Huaijin, this is always good."
It turned out that this man and woman were Shunyi Bo Qi Huaijin and Shunyi Bo’s wife Ji Xiaoyun who died outside the capital.
Ji Xiaoyun and Mrs. Ji Er cried for a while, and then knelt down and kowtowed to Mrs. Ji Er and Mr. Ji Er. Xie Huaijin also kowtowed to Mrs. Ji Er, but the one who called him was not his mother-in-law, but his mother.
The four people met and looked at each other. They had not seen each other for more than ten years. They all had too many feelings and too many things to say.
It was Changsheng who pulled the pair of boys and girls over.
Ji Xiaoyun then wiped her tears and smiled and asked the boy and girl to kowtow to Master Ji Er and Mrs. Ji Er.
"Dad, mom, this is Yong'an, born in the early years of Jianping. This is Yongning, born in the fifth year of Tianbao."
When Master Ji Er and Mrs. Ji Er met the grandson, they were so happy that they could hardly stop talking, diluting the sadness that had just happened. The two hurriedly helped the two children up and down to look at each other, asking questions.
It was Changsheng who reminded Mr. Ji Er and Mrs. Ji Er: "Dad, mother, this is not a place to speak."
"Yes, yes, Changsheng is right." Master Ji Er nodded quickly, "Let's go home and talk well later. Xiaoyun, you should come and worship your grandmother first."
Ji Xiaoyun and Xie Huaijin brought two children to come, not only to meet Mr. Ji and Mrs. Ji, but also to know that Mrs. Ji's remains were returning home and to pay homage to Mrs. Ji.
Speaking of Old Lady Ji, Ji Xiaoyun burst into tears again.
She and Xie Huaijin took their two children to the grave of Old Mrs. Ji, and then knelt down with a plop.
"Grandmother, granddaughter is here to see you. Granddaughter is unfilial..." Ji Xiaoyun threw herself in front of Old Lady Ji's grave and cried out.
When Mrs. Ji passed away, she was unable to be with Mrs. Ji.
"The person your grandmother misses the most is you..." Master Ji Er said with a sigh.
To be continued...