I'm just a dude

The Shouhe hall suddenly fell silent, the maids and women all held their breaths, and just quietly stole a look at the old lady.

The old lady didn't realize that this taciturn Qi Yuan would suddenly contradict her, and looked over sharply.

"What did you say?" She lowered her face and scolded angrily, "Have you ever talked to grandma like this?"

The original Qi Xiaocai was the most loyal and filial, and never dared to disobey his elder brother.Every time his grandmother's expression remained unchanged, he would take the initiative to plead guilty and punish him kneeling and copying the scriptures to repent by himself.

However, now there is a change of people in the house, and the little dandy has grown up since childhood. Seeing her put on airs now, he smiled and said: "Grandma didn't hear you clearly? Then grandson can say it a few times, if not, I will catch up tomorrow." Honor grandma with a starling and teach it to read to grandma every day."

After he finished speaking, disdain also appeared on his face, and he said slowly: "In short, it's just a word, don't be too short to take advantage, dare to think about the position of the young master, don't take a pee first to see what you are! As for me Don't worry about father's matter, if the court judges him to defect to the enemy, then the whole family will definitely be executed, and the big guys will be buried with him."

"Bastard!" The old lady yelled violently, and slapped the kang table with her palm.

Peng Shi was terribly frightened by this turn of events, she was stunned for a long time before she realized it, hurriedly grabbed Qi Yuan's clothes, and shouted "Yuan'er" loudly.

The woman next to her immediately went over to comfort the old lady's back, and she was also taken aback.

If you know what orders the old lady gave in the past, then Mrs. Peng would cry to death even if she was invincible, so how dare she disobey them.What's more, her pair of children were even more afraid of the old lady since they were young.That Yunlan had contradicted the old lady when she was a child, but the old lady was the best at handling her mother, every time she only found Peng's fault and asked her to set the rules, then Yunlan was honest.This Qi Yuan...

The mother-in-law thought about it carefully. In the past, she was a master who couldn't say a word for a long time, especially after being summoned by the Holy Majesty, she became more and more like a lump of wood.

What's up today, have you been possessed?

She couldn't stop looking at the few people below, Qi Yuan simply stood there upright, scanning the servants in the room.

Sure enough, as Hu Fu said, not only are the maids and women in this room dressed much better than Peng's, but they also all express schadenfreude at the moment, obviously not treating Peng's mother and son as masters.

Although he felt ashamed of Peng Shi, he felt that Peng Shi was too cowardly.Thinking of his aunt in Qi Mansion, the husband she found was also bullied at home for many years.However, his aunt was very hot-tempered, and she couldn't bear it several times after she got married, so she simply set fire to the boat house of that family.Later, when the elders punished her, she simply said that if the parents-in-law dared to bully her husband again, the fire might burn somewhere.At that time, the whole family, from old to young, will not even think about living.She dared to risk her life to accompany her, so she asked these people if they dared.

After Mr. Qi found out about this, he took someone there overnight to make amends to his in-laws, and scolded his aunt, to the effect that the young lady of Qi's mansion was brought up from a pile of beautiful brocades, so how can she pay for others' lives? Just go together.After the training, she was given several healthy servants to protect her body, and brought a famous local litigator, which means that if the in-laws want to question the crime, their own litigator will come forward for her, and the Qi government will also find someone to mediate the matter.

From then on, his uncle's family finally lived in peace, and the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law lived in peace for the next few years.

Qi Yuan, or Qi Yuan was still young at that time, but he also understood a truth early on - if this person is weak, then others will want to ride up and bully him.

Of course, it is also very important to have a tough natal family.

Thinking of this, Qi Yuan couldn't help but take a look at Mrs. Peng - Mrs. Peng's natal family is obviously from out of town. Could it be that this old lady bullied her to marry far away without her natal family's support?

With his ability to think, the old lady above also turned the corner.She didn't know what kind of evil this brother Yuan had run into, and if she was arguing with him here, she might provoke something and make herself angry for nothing.Anyway, Mrs. Peng is easy to handle, this Qi Yuan dared to contradict him, so let him take a good look at his mother's fate.

"Okay, okay, good Mrs. Peng!" Mrs. Qi turned pale with anger, patted the table and said, "A good son you have taught! Young offenders respect the elders, it's because of unfilial piety, you have no way to deal with it, right?" Huh! Grandma Sun, go, teach my unfilial daughter-in-law a lesson."

The woman next to her responded, rolled up her sleeves and was about to open her mouth.Just took a step, and heard Qi Yuan beside him say sadly: "Slave dog! If you dare to touch her, I will cut off your hand, young master!"

Grandma Sun was taken aback, and subconsciously stopped, but Qi Yuan had already bent down, mixed up with Peng, and was half dragged and half supported outside.

Seeing this, Yun Lan hurriedly supported on the other side, and quickly pushed Peng out.When the others came back to their senses, how many people were there in the room?

There was deathly silence in the room, the old lady was so angry that she was half dead, her chest heaved for a long time, and she knocked down the teacup in hand with a "slap".

Sun Nanny hurriedly said: "The old lady is so angry that she is very angry. It's not worth getting angry with that bitch."

"I think she is very scheming." Mrs. Qi said bitterly, "That idiot didn't dare to say anything before, how can he be so powerful today? It must be instigated by that bitch, relying on her son's meeting next year Try, I can earn her some fame and come back..."

"It's hard to say whether it will be successful or not. There are many scholars who can't pass the exam in their lifetime. Liu Xiucai in Paozi Hutong was also a child prodigy back then, and now he is over 60 and failed the exam." Grandma Sun joined in. Come over and whisper, "It's just... old madam, if the two girls don't let go, what will happen to this matter? What will the eldest lady say?"

There are countless children in the Cai Mansion, the old lady was originally born by a singer in the mansion, and she doesn't even know who her biological father is, so after entering this uncle's mansion, it is unreasonable for anyone to socialize there.But her daughter-in-law, Xiao Cai, is the young lady of Cai's mansion whom Ming Media is marrying. Although she is a concubine, she is a serious girl of Cai's mansion, and she also has contacts with Cai's mansion during festivals.

Xiao Cai is also very sweet-mouthed, and her aunt and mother-in-law shouted all day long, and the old lady felt more and more caring.Not only did Xiao Cai take charge of Zhongfu, but he also planned to seize the title early on and give it to his own grandson.

I didn't expect this to happen today.

Nanny Sun was talking to the old lady, when she heard a burst of laughter from outside, it was Mrs. Cai who was talking to the old woman outside.

The old lady sighed and waved her hand to make Nanny Sun back away.

Sure enough, Mrs. Cai dressed up beautifully, smiled and turned into the door.She has always been eloquent. Seeing that the old lady's complexion was not good, she smiled and sat on the kang, took out a porcelain box from her sleeve, and said proudly: "My niece just got something good from outside, and she didn't even take a sip of water. I sent it to my ancestors desperately."

Old Mrs. Qi glanced at her, and said deliberately: "You can have something good, but you are just coaxing me with mine."

Little Cai kept screaming, but impatiently dragged the porcelain box with a handkerchief, and gently removed the lid, revealing several fragrant pills the size of phoenix seeds inside.

But for a moment, everyone in the house seemed to be in the garden after the snow, only feeling the breeze floating, and the plum blossoms.

It turned out that the apricot blossom cakes lit in the incense duck were very sweet and pleasant, but now they were suddenly overwhelmed by the cold plum fragrance, but suddenly became tacky.

The old lady was stunned for a moment, she couldn't help being overjoyed, and said, "It's a good thing, it's really a good thing!" As she spoke, she took the porcelain box and looked inside, and sure enough, she saw a very inconspicuous spot on the incense pill. The square imprint is the style of Yangzhou Qi Mansion.

"This Huanhun plum is one of the top-grade fragrant pills from the Qi family in Yangzhou. My niece managed to get so many this time, but there is no matching box. If I can get the plum fragrant box from Qi's mansion, it will be perfect if I put it together. Goods!" Looking at Mrs. Qi, Mrs. Cai deliberately straightened her clothes again and muttered, "The old ancestor got the incense of his niece, so he must thank his niece."

Mrs. Qi sniffed the porcelain box overjoyed, and then sighed heavily, and said bitterly, "You don't know, your sister-in-law is getting more and more angry."

Seeing this, Grandma Sun hurriedly told Mrs. Cai what happened just now.

"Brother Yuan?" Mrs. Cai frowned, and said in surprise, "This kid used to be like a mute, why is he talking today?"

Old Mrs. Qi's face was cloudy and uncertain, obviously still holding grudges.

Mrs. Cai said again: "Then this is troublesome. I just found out today that the matter of Chong'an Bo's mansion has been settled. It is said that it is not proper for their brothers to fight for an attack. They are only allowed to replace their posts and not to attack the prince. Yong'an Hou's mansion It's even more unlucky, because the commotion was too big, and the iron certificate of the order was taken away. What my father and brother mean is that the higher-ups are now strictly investigating the matter of the attack, and they still have to take the initiative to write a letter to ask for orders, and let Kun'er attack it instead That's good."

"I think it's troublesome," Mrs. Qi said with a cold face, "I wanted to say something politely, and they just obeyed. Now that this brother Yuan dares to contradict me, I will send it to the government office tomorrow." Post, accuse him of unfilial piety! Then let him eat dozens of boards, and see if he can hold on!"

Cai said with a smile: "This is also a way. It's just..."

Mrs. Qi asked, "Just what?"

Covering her mouth with a handkerchief, Cai leaned over and said in a low voice: "Just wait for a few days, I heard that Qi Yuan won the invitation card of the Dongchi meeting this year, and when the time comes, let him take Kun'er with him. Let Kun'er show her face in front of those nobles first...Speaking of which, Kun'er should have kissed her long ago."

The Flower Festival in the capital is only held on February 25 every year, which is ten days later than in the south. In addition to the cold spring in the north and the later blooming of flowers, there is another important reason, that is, on February 25 every year, Pixiang Palace will hold "Dongchi Club".

This Pixiang Palace is the residence of Qian Tang, an important minister of the former dynasty. It is located in the westernmost part of the capital and occupies a large area.There are 330 six rooms in the mansion, and two gardens are built. The west garden has a magnificent view of the mountains.Looking at the water scenery in the East Garden, it is winding and elegant.It's just that Qian Tang's fate was miserable, and it affected the whole family, so this Pixiang Palace was also regarded as a haunted house.Later, it was simply adopted by the imperial court as a place of entertainment for New Years and festivals.

Watching the lanterns during the Lantern Festival and appreciating the flowers during the Huachao Festival are all held in the Pixiang Palace.Among them, the East Garden was sealed up by the imperial court separately because of the direct access to the waterway, and it was only used for the entertainment of the emperor's relatives.

This Dongchi meeting is a literati gathering organized by the eldest princess in the East Garden.At first, only Hanlin students were here to learn poetry skills, and then the scale became larger and larger, and gradually evolved into a feast for the enjoyment of famous ladies and talented men from famous families in Beijing.Many women in the lord's family will also take advantage of the scenery to look at the young talents for their daughters.

Uncle Zhongyuan has never received an invitation card, this year Qi Yuan's invitation card is because he is the head of the Ding Younian of Shuntian Mansion, probably because the academic officer thought that Qi Yuan will be sixteen years old and can take part in the examination next year. Intentionally let him show his face in front of people.

Old Mrs. Qi was taken aback, and suddenly said: "I forgot about this level. I should go to the Dongchi meeting! I should go! But I heard that there will be a poem couplet at that meeting?"

Qi Kun had a hard time going to school, he hadn't even passed the exam for a child, so he couldn't compare with Qi Yuan and others.Dongchi meeting is full of learned and talented people, wouldn't it be embarrassing if they can't do it by then?

"What's so difficult about this?" Xiao Cai raised her eyebrows and said, "Qi Yuan is a genius, just let him do one more job when the time comes."

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Qi Yuan still doesn't know that he has been assigned something to do.He is being reprimanded by Mrs. Peng right now.

Just after coming out of the Shouhe Hall, Mrs. Peng broke out in a cold sweat after realizing it, and now she didn't allow Qi Yuan to go back, but took her directly to her yard.

Yun Lan knew that her elder brother would inevitably be reprimanded, so she quickly followed her in. Seeing her mother getting angry, she hurriedly persuaded her from the sidelines: "Mother, brother is forced to do nothing. You can't really listen to that one, can you? "

Mrs. Peng ignored her, but turned livid and looked at Qi Yuan steadfastly: "Kneel down!"

Qi Yuan was thinking about how he would support the mother and daughter in the future, but he didn't expect such a thing to happen.He frowned subconsciously, thinking that this body was Peng's son, he had no choice but to kneel down reluctantly.

Peng said with a sullen face: "Are you crazy today, dare to talk like this? Yuan'er, this is not like you."

Qi Yuan's heart skipped a beat, thinking that the original body is a softie?No wonder being bullied like this.He was afraid that Mrs. Peng would see the clue, so he calmed down and defended himself: "My son has encountered a catastrophe this time, and he has figured out some things. It is important to keep a low profile and endure humiliation, but people live for a lifetime, and life and death are impermanent. Not impossible."

"You!" Peng said angrily and urgently, "You are becoming more and more confused!"

Qi Yuan pretended to be stupid and lowered his head.

Yun Lan said from the side: "Mother, isn't brother trying to protect us? That old lady is too bullying!"

"Wrong, wrong, why are you all so confused!" Mrs. Peng was anxious, but couldn't say anything serious, so she could only sigh heavily, "Lan'er, go out and let Nanny Zhou guard the yard, and no one is allowed to come out." Come in. Yuan'er, get up, I have something to tell you."

Qi Yuan looked around, moved an embroidered pier by himself and sat down.

Peng said: "Yuan'er, I just want to ask you one question, now that you have offended the old lady, if she sues the government and punishes you for being unfilial, what should you do?"

This dynasty has ruled the world with "filial piety" since the founding of the country.The orders of parents cannot be violated.The elder beats, the big stick walks away, the small stick endures, there is absolutely no reason to take precautions.If a juvenile delinquent respects the elders and is reported to the government by the elders, the government or its servants will be sent to exile for life, and even princes and nobles will be ordered to commit suicide.

Qi Yuan really didn't think of this when he argued in the afternoon.Now when Peng Shi asked, he thought about it, but he wasn't too afraid.

"If she really goes to sue, then I'll just accompany her. At worst, I'll find a good litigator." Qi Yuan said confidently, "It's because she ignored the matter of seizing the title, and the government is not stupid, can you not see it? Besides, rather than giving it away for nothing, I would rather make trouble with him, and I will admit to it if anything happens."

"Why are you so confused! The government is not stupid, but the old lady and the eldest wife's natal family are gaining power in the court, and the Cai family's lackeys are everywhere, how can they let it go?"

Seeing that he was still obsessed, Mrs. Peng said anxiously, "Over the years, those two people have paid tribute to Cai's family. I don't know how many manors and lands have been sent to the uncle's mansion. This idea of ​​a substitute attack may not be the intention of Cai's mansion. It is good that you want to go to the government to reason, but the officials protect each other, how do you know that the government will not favor him?"

Qi Yuan was taken aback for a moment, then secretly startled, thinking that there are still so many twists and turns.

"I know, you brothers and sisters don't want to be patient all day long. But if you can't bear it, you can make a big mess. The old lady taught me, anyway, it's just setting the rules. As a mother, I'm used to it. Just be patient and procrastinate." Peng said There was a slight pause at this point, and he said with sobs, "Yuaner, you are the hope of this family. Now we have to wait for you to go to high school next year, and the three of us, mother and son, will leave this uncle's house early in the morning. Otherwise, we will continue to stay here in the future. A word of filial piety can crush people to death."

Although Qi Yuan was not angry, he also knew that what Peng said made sense. Looking at Peng again, his expression was dull, his temples were graying, Madam Qi, who was the same age as him, didn't have a single wrinkle on her face, yet she was born with an old look. Like a wife, she couldn't help but soften her heart, and said in a muffled voice: "Got it. This time it's the child who was reckless."

It's just next year's high school, where will I go to high school!He can't take the exam.

"It's good that you understand." Mrs. Peng sighed softly, her expression relaxed, "My son has high ambitions, don't be caught up in this inner house. Fortunately, you can go to the Imperial College on the third day of March. At that time, you will be studying in prison, and you only need to come back a few times a year, and it will be even more difficult for them to find your fault."

When Qi Yuan heard about Guozijian, his mind was full of what You Ji said, "I just killed two people", but at this moment, Mrs. Peng was looking at him earnestly... His heart was full of bitterness, so he had to put on a smirk first. Yingying said: "My child knows."