When the Ning family returned to Beijing, Zhao Chen had already sent someone to take care of the service on the road, so he knew the itinerary of the group.

The day before the Ning family arrived in Beijing, Zhao Chen invited Mrs. Guo to come from home for dinner, and after Guo Yi and his son left the palace, they even came here directly.

After dinner, Ning asked Aji to lead Lin Zhu to coax the child to bed first.

Aji knew that they wanted to discuss the matter of picking up people tomorrow, and Zhao Chen would tell her what the consequences would be. Now he would go to coax the children first. Lin Zhu was not suitable for hard work with her body, and she followed her elder sister with her niece.

The maids in the hall all retreated. Zhao Yunting looked at his wife and said to Guo Yi: "I will go to pick up people tomorrow, where are you?"

Although Guo Yi has always deliberately fought against Zhao Yunting, he still admired this brother-in-law in his heart. At this time, he had no intention of mocking Zhao Yunting and sighed: "Zijing's wife is still at home, so we all go." The Guo family did not feel guilty about the Ning family, but he was his father-in-law and mother-in-law after all. He had not seen him for many years. As half of his son, he should accompany his wife to pick him up.

Ning lowered his head and said nothing.

Mrs. Guo led her sister to the side room and whispered to her: "Your affairs are only grandfather, our parents and Jin Shu know that there are so many people in the Ning family now. If you go and pick them up, it will be bad if you guess it and then spread it out. Find an opportunity to visit your parents later. They all know your hardships, so don't blame yourself."

When things happened back then, we should blame the Qin family, or the Zhao family for causing trouble, but we should not blame her sister.

"I miss them." Ning leaned against her sister's arms and cried silently. "I used to love me the most, but I didn't even know about her passing. My grandfather was almost eighty and had to suffer the hard work of carriages. My father and mother were almost sixty, and I don't know if their hair was white... and my third brother and third sister-in-law..."

Ning Jin Shu is a book of three in the entire Ning family's Jin generation, and is born among Mrs. Guo's sisters in the second room.

Mrs. Guo helped her sister straighten her eyes and said with red eyes: "Dad and mother don't blame you. If Jin Shu exposes anger on you, I will think that I have never had that younger brother, and you don't have to recognize him as your elder brother." She didn't care about the three houses of the big house. Although her surname was Ning, she was separated by a floor, but her younger brother was born to their mother. If he blamed his sister unreasonably like an outsider, she would definitely stand on her side.

The next morning, the two families went out to wait early.

Not long after, Princess An also came with the lame Tang Ju. The carriage was parked opposite and clearly separated from Zhao Guo's family.

When it was noon on the sun, more than a dozen carriages came slowly.

In fact, the border is bitter and cold. Now the emperor has returned the Ning family’s house, and it has all the equipment inside. The Ning family has basically no luggage to bring except clothes, but they can’t resist the large number of people.

The old lady has three sons.

The eldest master's two uncles and three cousins ​​have married and had children.

The second master only has one uncle, Ning Jinshu, who has one son and two daughters. The eldest daughter is already married. His son Ning De is the youngest of his peers. He is twenty-five years old and married Zhang's children. In addition, his appearance girl Ning Yifang has not yet married at the age of sixteen.

The third master's family has the simplest population. The couple has a difficult time having children. They only have one daughter in the capital. After they arrived at the border, they also had another son, namely the fourth uncle Ning Jintang. They are of high age and are only fourteen years old.

More than a dozen carriages came in a mighty manner and stopped slowly.

There were many people, but they were extremely quiet. Only a few children shouted excitedly, and were soon suppressed by their parents in the same car.

No one got out of the car, only the old lady picked up the curtain.

The three families quickly greeted each other, and the female relative Princess Ao looked back quietly, and Mrs. Guo looked at her grandfather and burst into tears.

The old lady's beards were all white and her face turned yellow. After all, she had been traveling for more than a month and could not bear it at the young, let alone the old man. But his eyes were vigorous, and he slowly glanced at everyone, looked at Guo Zijing and Zhao Chen for a few more eyes, and then said to Guo Yi and Zhao Yunting: "We move today, and we don't have time to socialize. If you have time, come and have a look. Let's have a meal together and talk about family matters."

The sound was a little tired, but calm.

Guo Yi and Zhao Yunting were familiar with the old lady, so respectfully he should be. Mrs. Guo trembled and begged: "Grandfather, I'll go back with you, and my granddaughter will beat you to get tired of your legs."

The old lady smiled and waved her hand to signal her eldest granddaughter to come up: "Okay, grandfather is just thinking about you. Your mother can't get in the car. Lianrong and grandfather."

Mrs. Guo immediately smiled happily and got into the car with her son's help.

Princess An wanted to say something, but the old lady had already put down the curtain of the car.

Princess An bit her lip and led her son to the carriage in the palace. She decided to follow the convoy and meet her in a rare way. She must see her parents today. However, Tang Ju didn't want to go at all. When she got in the car, she said, "Let's go back, you'll come back tomorrow."

He didn't think the Ning family was worthy of his relatives.

The old lady turned out to be just a Hanlin. Not to mention him this time, even the three Ning family masters were almost out of date and all resigned. Only three uncles were restored to their posts. However, they were only in their twenties when they left Beijing. Although they were all Jinshi, they were still in their sixties and seventh ranks. If they were over forty this year, they would definitely not make any achievements in the future. As for the four cousins, except for the eldest cousin who was older before leaving Beijing and took the exam for scholars, they were all children. They were unable to participate in the imperial examinations over the years and were all white, including the uncle.

"That's your dear grandfather and uncle!" Princess An grabbed his son's hand and patiently advised him.

In the carriage where the female relatives of the second house were located in the back, Ning Yifang opened a gap in the curtains and looked out secretly.

When Ning's biological mother, the second wife, saw her, whispered: "Sit down, it's not as good as that, how can I teach you before coming?"

"Anyway, I haven't entered the city yet, and there are no outsiders here, grandmother, don't worry about me." Ning Yifang was coquettish. Seeing the few people who stopped by the road, Ning Yifang excitedly called out to her mother, "Mom, please point me out, which one is the eldest uncle? Well, I heard that the second uncle was born well, that must be the second uncle. The second cousin looks really similar to him."

The third uncle's wife, Qiao, glanced at her mother-in-law and pulled her daughter back hard. "Listen to grandma, you are now a lady in the official family. Learn the rules we teach you well. This year, my mother will find you a good husband's family." She whispered to her mother-in-law, "Yifang doesn't understand the rules, so my mother calms down. Oh, if she grew up in the capital and has two aunts as role models, her etiquette and knowledge will definitely be bad."

The second wife took a deep breath and looked at her and said, "I know you are dissatisfied, but you don't have to use this to block me every time. Yes, because of Lan Rong's affairs, your mother suffered, but you have to look forward. Now the Zhao family has found a way to save us, so that Wulang and his family will continue to suffer. No matter how much resentment you have, it should be gone. Otherwise, the Zhao family doesn't care about us, what can you do?"

Qiao looked at the three-year-old granddaughter in the arms of his daughter-in-law Zhang, and then looked at his grandson Wuro who was sitting between her and her mother-in-law. He nodded and said, "Yes, Wuro and his brothers and sisters are both lucky. It's time to catch up. Yifang should be glad to be able to marry a good family. Only Yiqing's life is miserable, and she may not be able to return to the capital during her lifetime."

Her eldest daughter, who is as beautiful as a flower, can only marry a hundred households. No matter how good her son-in-law is, her daughter is worthy of being better.

The second wife was so angry that her chest was undulating.

She chose the marriage of her eldest granddaughter. The man had no worries about food and clothing at home and had maids and servants to serve him. He could not compare with the capital. But in that place, with their conditions at that time, such a marriage was rare. If she had known today, she would have kept her second granddaughter by her side, and would not have been taught like this by her daughter-in-law.

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were sulking, and Ning Yifang looked down at the newly made satin clothes on her body.

Her sister-in-law Zhang held her daughter to comfort her, as if she hadn't heard the quarrel just now. Her family is also a military household. She can marry Ningde and live a good life with her children. She is only satisfied and has no mother-in-law's resentment.

When we arrived at Ning Mansion, the old lady still lived in the main courtyard and each of the three bedrooms was cleaned up.

After Mrs. Guo served her grandfather and took Guo Zijing to the second room. She came, and Guo Zijing also came on the grounds of being filial to her mother.

On the second house, except for Ningde's wife Zhang who stayed in the house to coax her children, everyone else went to the hall.

The reunion of relatives will bring tears of sadness. Kneeling in front of the two elders and crying enough. Mrs. Guo asked her son to come to pay a visit.

The second master was once the Minister of Rites. Although he was old, he was still in a bookish manner and looked more like an old scholar who had been hidden in the world for many years. The second wife was kind-hearted and held her grandson's hand and praised her, and asked him to bring her wife to see her.

Guo Zijing responded with a smile and turned to pay homage to Ning Jinshu and his wife.

Ning Jinshu was in his early forties and was gentle and elegant. He smiled and patted Guo Zijing on the shoulder: "Zijing and your cousin are only one year apart, and this one is a lot less." He admired this nephew very much.

Qiao was also very enthusiastic and praised Guo Zijing several times in succession.

Next is his peers. Ning De's skin was fair and handsome, and he called him cousin intimately and naturally. Guo Zijing knew that the life of the Ning family was not very hard in the border area and did not have to work. There was also the money given by Zhao Yunting secretly. Several cousins ​​followed their grandfather and father to study, but their knowledge did not fall behind. Therefore, they were not surprised by Ning De's gentlemanly style. Instead, his cousin Ning Yifang's frivolous eyes made him frown.

The next evening, Zhao Yunting and Zhao Chen came to apologize.

The father and son only met the old lady. After a long conversation, the old lady sent someone to send them out and then called all the three-bedrooms to the ancestral hall.

"The Ning family was implicated by the Zhao family and sent to the border. Now the Zhao family has found a way to save us. The so-called enemies should be resolved rather than formed, and the grudges between the two families should be eliminated. Just now, Zhao Yunting and his son came over and gave me 30,000 taels of silver. Now you pay 10,000 taels per room, which is considered to compensate you for the suffering you have suffered for so many years."

The old lady took out three envelopes and signaled her three sons to pick them up.

The master did not move and said ashamedly: "Father, we cannot ask for this money. In the past ten years, our whole family has been blessed by the Zhao family, so we have no worries about food and clothing, and enjoy a leisurely life. Besides, the Zhao family is also the miserable person. My son just lamented that his fate has changed and he never had any complaints in his heart."

Behind him, a whole family, men and women looked different.

The second master and the second wife did not move either. Only Qiao pulled her husband's cuff in a hurry, and Ning Jinshu frowned and glared at her.

The third master and his wife and their fourteen-year-old son both looked calm.

The old lady smiled and said, "Take it, let's take it, and the Zhao family will be at ease. Besides, when we first returned to the capital, we have to spend money on food and clothing, and we also need this money. I am old, so you three should watch it. The money should be used where it should be used. I collect this money for the Ning family's juniors to study and not be burdened by life, not to let anyone go out to compete."

The master looked at the two brothers and said respectfully: "Don't worry, father, sons must keep their father's teachings in mind."

The three of them stepped forward to get the silver notes.

The old lady said again: "You three are old, just like me, don't have to go to the officialdom anymore. Jin Wen, Jin Li and Jin Shu are over forty years old, and this is almost the same for the rest of your life. However, Jin Tang and Ning Qin, you guys, will work hard for three years if you want to study and get a Jinshi. You are young and still have time to plan your future. If you don't want to study hard, Zhao Yunting and his son can arrange errands for you. What do you think?"

The fourteen-year-old Ning Jintang was the first to speak: "The grandson will participate in the spring examination in three years."

The old lady nodded. Whether the Ning family could rise, he was now counting on his grandson.

The great-grandson, Ning Qin and Ning Jian from the eldest son expressed their willingness to work directly. Ning Zheng and Ning De of the second son were both younger and wanted to rely on themselves. They decided to participate in the spring exam with their uncle in three years.

Everyone has their own ambitions, and the old lady did not interfere with the choice of a few great-grandsons. He is old and cannot control it. Seeing that everything has been discussed, he walked up to everyone, pointed to the ancestral tablet and said, "Okay, now you have received the money from the Zhao family and have also received the favor of the Zhao family. From today on, the Zhao and Ning families are only in-laws and no more grudges. In the future, someone will accuse the Zhao family of the past, instigate the Ning family's children to seek revenge, and deal with the law in the family, and expel them from the family at worst."
Chapter completed!