The First Young Master of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 21
Xuan Shijing felt that she really underestimated Long'er, and stayed in the carriage for more than an hour with her second treasure in her arms. Long'er and Gao Jun came back, Long'er skipped ahead, and Gao Jun carried a deer in one hand. , holding a pheasant in one hand and following behind, it can be seen that the two preys did not have any major wounds on their bodies, but were cut on the necks, which requires a lot of agility to do this.

"Young Lord, let's pack up and go back to the city." Long'er walked to the carriage and said.

Xuan Shijing put Er Bao down, watched Gao Jun drag the deer and pheasant to the side of the carriage, and asked, "Are you going back?"

"Young Master, you have to walk for an hour and a half on the road. If you don't go now, it will be dark when you arrive in Chang'an." Long'er said, carrying Xuan Shijing out of the carriage: "Today is Laba Festival, not only for field hunting, but also for hunting. After we return to the mansion, we still have to pay homage to the ancestors."

With the departure of the large army, Xuan Shijing ended the day's hunting trip, and it was dusk when he returned to the Hou's mansion. After going to see Mrs. Wang, he was about to go back to the study, but was told that he would go back to the house after Butler Zhong was ready. Ancestral hall worship ancestors.

The big treasure and the second treasure were handed over to Gao Jun, who asked him to find a place to settle in the mansion, while Xuan Shijing took Long'er for a walk in the back garden. After sitting in the carriage for a long time, Xuan Shijing felt uncomfortable.

In the back garden, Xuan Shijing and Long'er were strolling, walking slowly towards the study, when they heard a noise from afar.

"What's going on?" Xuan Shijing was puzzled, when did his house become so lively?

Long'er looked at the source of the voice for a while, and then said: "Young Master, the voice sounds like your cousin and uncle Xiang."

"Cousin?" Xuan Shijing thought for a long time, and then remembered that Xuan Lindao's son, Li Shiqing, had pronounced this name several times, and Xuan Shijing could be regarded as remembering it, but Li Shiqing's name was always pronounced. People are awkward.

"Little Marquis, do you think the name given by this cousin is too disrespectful." Long'er said: "Look, there is only one word missing from His Majesty's name, and this cousin doesn't know how to avoid it. "

It was only then that Xuan Shijing suddenly realized, just saying, no matter how much you think about it, you will feel tired.

"Go and have a look." Xuan Shijing said.

He followed the sound with Long'er and walked over, and saw Uncle Xiang following a seven or eight-year-old child in a brocade suit.

"Mr. Li, you should go back to the courtyard. Madam said that you can't walk around in the mansion at will."

Li Shiqing looked disdainful: "Why can't you walk around in the mansion? This is my cousin's mansion, you servants, don't talk to me here."

Xuan Shijing laughed secretly, this child is sure enough that the virtues of his cousin's family will not teach any good children. This is what people often say that the upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked. Treating them as servants, Xuan Lindao's family has only been here for a few days, and this child dares to play prestige here. Li Shiqing feels more like the master of the Hou Mansion than himself, the Hou Ye.

Xuan Shijing stopped not far from the two of them, and looked at them calmly.

"Mr. Li, it's not that this old slave meddles in other people's business. It's indeed Madam's order." Uncle Xiang persuaded him earnestly, and grabbed Li Shiqing's sleeve.

"What's the big deal? Master Ben is bored in the yard all day, why not come out for a walk?" Li Shiqing threw off Uncle Xiang's sleeve impatiently: "Let go of Master Ben, or don't blame Master Ben for treating you You're welcome." Saying that, he stretched his legs and kicked Uncle Xiang.

Xuan Shijing really couldn't stand it anymore, he was so stubborn at such a young age, looked at Li Shiqing, and said to Long'er who was standing behind her: "Long'er, stop him."

Long'er responded, and flew forward, pulling back Li Shiqing who was already very close to Uncle Xiang.

Li Shiqing struggled violently in Long'er's hands, shouting while struggling: "Who are you! Let me go!"

Xuan Shijing signaled Long'er to let Li Shiqing go, and after receiving Xuan Shijing's instructions, Long'er gave her away, and Li Shiqing quickly fled from Long'er, looking at Long'er with some fear.

Xuan Shijing walked out: "Since my mother ordered you not to wander around in the Marquis's Mansion, you should do so. I remember that my mother told you that you are not allowed to treat servants badly. This is the Xuanwei Marquis Mansion. It's not the Li family in Shanxi, you don't have the right to be so arrogant and domineering in this mansion." Li Shiqing's actions just now made Xuan Shijing's impression of him drop to a negative value, and naturally he no longer spoke politely.

"You are my cousin?" Seeing Xuan Shijing coming out, Li Shiqing bravely opened his eyes and came to Xuan Shijing's side.

"Probably." Xuan Shijing smiled helplessly, no matter how much her mother disliked them, no matter how much she disliked them, but the blood relationship still exists after all.

"What do you mean, cousin, look at my cousin, I stay in the yard all day, I'm almost bored to death, just tell them, don't always follow me when I go out for a walk, it's so annoying " Li Shiqing put his arm on Xuan Shijing's shoulder and said with his arms around Xuan Shijing.

Xuan Shijing moved Li Shiqing's arm away calmly, and said indifferently: "I don't want to disobey my mother's wishes."

"Cousin, look, this..." Li Shiqing still wanted to say something to Xuan Shijing, but Zhong Zishuo who came from a distance interrupted the conversation between the two.

"Young Lord." Zhong Zishuo came to Xuan Shijing and said, "Young Lord, Madam asked me to take you to the ancestral hall."

"En, let's go." Xuan Shijing nodded, took Long'er and followed Zhong Zishuo to leave. Before leaving, he turned his head and said to Uncle Xiang: "Uncle Xiang, you are not young anymore, and it is not suitable for you to grow old behind Mr. Li." Just follow, if this kind of thing happens again in the future, it will be handed over to the guards in the house."

Uncle Xiang bowed to Xuan Shijing.

Xuan Shijing curled her lips, as expected, children who were not well-educated were the most annoying.

Following Zhong Zishuo to the ancestral hall, Mrs. Wang was already waiting at the entrance of the ancestral hall. Seeing Xuan Shijing coming, she stepped forward and took Xuan Shijing's hand, and walked into the ancestral hall together.

On the table in the ancestral hall are enshrined the spiritual tablets of the ancestors of the Xuan clan, while the spiritual tablet on the far left is covered with a red cloth, which is the spiritual tablet of Xuan Shijing's father, Xuan Mingde.The table was already filled with all kinds of sacrificial items, the plates were full of fruits, a huge pig's head was placed on the middle plate, and the other meat was made of the roe deer meat brought back by Xuan Shijing.

After entering the ancestral hall, Xuan Shijing knelt on the futon in the center of the ancestral hall, Wang knelt on Xuan Shijing's side, and Zhong Zishuo bowed and stood behind them.

Zhong Zishuo went up to the table and took six incense sticks, lit them and handed them to Wang Shi and Xuan Shijing respectively, and then retreated.

Holding the tribute incense in his hand, looking at the row of spiritual tablets enshrined on the table, Mrs. Wang said reverently: "My daughter-in-law, Mrs. Xuan, brings along Shijing, the descendant of Mrs. Xuan, to pay homage to all the ancestors." After finishing speaking, respectfully He kowtowed three times, then got up and inserted the tribute incense into the incense burner on the table.

Xuan Shijing followed suit and bowed to his nominal ancestors. Afterwards, Mrs. Wang uncovered the red cloth covering Xuan Mingde's spiritual seat, led Xuan Shijing to the front, and said, "Jing'er , Kneel down."

Xuan Shijing heard the words, and quietly followed Wang's words.

Wang's hand gently stroked Xuan Mingde's spiritual seat, and tears flashed in his eyes: "Mingde, look, Jing'er is getting bigger and smarter, and her demeanor and charm are very much like you back then."

Xuan Shijing knelt in front of the spiritual tablet, with his head bowed. After he was born, for the past three years, the Wang family would come to say a few words to Xuan Mingde's spiritual tablet every year during the Laba Festival. Come here, afraid of hurting the scene, but once you see it, you can't help but feel sad secretly.

"Are we late?" Li's voice came from the entrance of the ancestral hall, but Zhong Zishuo stopped them when he didn't come in.

"Butler Zhong, why are you stopping us?"

Wang wiped away her tears, walked out of the ancestral hall, looked at Xuan Lindao and his wife with a cold face: "Lindao, come with me."

Xuan Lindao nodded obediently, and followed Wang into the ancestral hall, leaving behind an embarrassed Li.

Xuan Lindao entered the ancestral hall, bent his knees and wanted to kneel on the futon in the middle, Wang said, "Lindao is your collateral child, kneel to the right."

Xuan Lindao moved in embarrassment, knelt on the futon on the right, took the incense handed over by Mrs. Wang, bowed respectfully three times, got up and inserted the incense into the incense burner.

"Lindao, since you have chosen to join the Li family, I won't say anything more. I told you earlier that this is the last time you will pay homage to the ancestor. After that, you will no longer be a member of the Xuan family."

"Cousin, I..."

"You don't need to say too much. You choose the road yourself. How you go is also your business. After all, you are Mingde's cousin. No one can erase your blood relationship with Mingde. However, Mingde has I've gone, and now Jing'er and I are the only ones in the Hou's mansion, no matter what purpose you come to Chang'an or the Hou's mansion this time, I hope you will take care of yourself." Wang's expression was a little sad.

"Actually, cousin, I want Shiqing to recognize his ancestor and return to his clan, and change his surname back to Xuan." Xuan Lindao said.

Xuan Shijing, who was kneeling by the side, couldn't help being curious after hearing Xuan Lindao's words, and asked Li Shiqing to change his surname back to Xuan?Didn't Xuan Lindao marry into the Li family?

(End of this chapter)