Ninefold Purple

Dou Zhao's attitude was extremely firm, and finally Ji returned disappointed.

Ji Ling couldn't help asking his aunt softly, "Is the relationship between Cousin Dou and stepmother bad?"

Ji's family brought Ji Lingze to Zhending to participate in Dou Zhao's marriage ceremony, and there was another purpose.

Ji Ling has already been engaged to the sixth son of the Han family in Huzhou. The sixth son of the Han family has been studying in Kyoto, and Ji Lingze's wedding is scheduled for October this year. This is one of the reasons why Ji Ling will come to Kyoto earlier. one.After Ji Lingze leaves the cabinet, he will live in Kyoto with the six sons of the Han family.The Wei family will take off their clothes in July next year, and the Wei family will definitely set a wedding date with the Dou family soon.After Dou Zhao went to Kyoto, he also had a companion.Besides, Ji Ling is extremely intelligent. Since he was a child, he studied with Ji's aunt who is very knowledgeable and who lives at home.The Han family is also a family of officials and eunuchs, and now there are two masters who are in official positions, one is in Huguang County, and the other is in charge of the river workers in the whole world.

Dou Zhao and Ji Lingze have a relationship, there are only advantages and no disadvantages. [

Now listening to Ji Lingze, she seemed to be quite puzzled by Dou Zhao when he spoke. She didn't want Ji Lingze to misunderstand Dou Zhao's unfilial piety because of this, so she quietly told Ji Lingze about the grievances and grievances of the year.

Ji Ling was stunned and sighed after a long while: "If it were me, I'm afraid it would be difficult to calm down!"

"That's right!" Ji sighed, "So some things can't be entirely blamed on Shougu." He added, "It seems that I have to come back next year for a few days, so as to help Shougu with matters before she gets married."

Ji Ling laughed and said, "Auntie treats Dou's cousin very well!"

"Of course." Ji said with a smile, "Seeing her grow from such a small size to such a big size, there is no difference between her and her own." Treat her like your first cousin."

"Understood!" Ji Ling took Ji's arm and teased his aunt, "You are too partial, it is not enough for Jianming to recognize her as a cousin, but also for me to recognize her as a cousin. Meng Chun is not here, if Meng Chun is here, are you going to let him recognize this cousin as well?"

Ji Mengchun, whose name is Ji Yang, is Ji Yong's cousin. Although he is not as famous as Ji Yong, he is more amiable and prudent, and has higher prestige among the juniors of the Ji family than Ji Yong.

Ji said straightforwardly: "That's natural!"

Ji Ling couldn't help laughing, and said: "Then do you know, seeing that he has now written Zhang'Dou Si, the note is pressed in front of the case, and he has to look at it a few times every day and say a few words before he writes it. Start reading?"

Ji was taken aback, and said, "What happened?"

"Uncle Thirteen saw it when he visited Ming." Ji Lingze said, "Uncle Thirteen didn't dare to ask Mingming, so he arrested Zishang and Zixi to find out about the news." He Zixi didn't hide it either, saying that Jianming decided to take part in the scientific examination because he was ridiculed by his cousin Dou's family. Frustrated. Uncle Thirteen heard that I was here, so he asked me to find out what happened between Mingming and his cousin Dou's family? I was afraid that Jianming would suddenly get angry and play tricks on his cousin Dou's family, and there would be a gap between relatives. , making it difficult for you to behave in the Dou family."

"Is there such a thing?" Mrs. Ji frowned, and the first thing she did when she returned to the capital was to call brothers Dou Zhengchang and Dou Dechang for questioning.

Dou Zhengchang became anxious when he heard this, and said, "Should I tell my father about this matter? Seeing Ming's temper, it may not be the fourth sister who provoked him!"

Dou Dechang didn't think so, and said with a smile: "If Cousin Ji has the upper hand, why does he have to grit his teeth? In my opinion, we'd better pretend we don't know for the time being. Anyway, we are all studying at Shuntianfu School these days. , If there is any movement from him, as long as we pay attention, we will definitely find out. It seems that we are about to end, and if Cousin Ji has any twists and turns because of this incident, it will be our fault."

Mrs. Ji felt that what the second son said made sense, nodded slightly, and repeatedly told the two sons: "Be careful, and talk about it after you see it tomorrow. It's best if this knot can be untied; if it can't be untied, you have to go Please, great-grandfather."

The two nodded, observing Ji Yong carefully and calmly on weekdays.

But Ji Yong seemed to know all about it, he studied hard every day, got up when he heard the chicken, went to bed in the middle of the night, and skimmed all the time papers in the past five years.On the ninth day of February, instead of paying homage to the ancestors of the Ji family, Zishang and Zixi went to the street to pick up well-made examination baskets, brought their usual pens, inks, papers and inkstones, packed some food, and entered the examination room. When people arrived, there was no sign of Ji Yong.

Ji Qi couldn't help stomping his feet, scolding Zishang and Zixi for being ignorant.

Zishang and Zixi did not know how many scapegoats they had borne for Ji Yong, they knelt there tremblingly begging for mercy, but they were not afraid in their hearts, knowing that Ji Yong would not nod, unless he offended the old man, other people in the family would not punish him Their. [

As expected, Ji Qi only sighed a few times before letting Zishang and Zishang breathe.

After the three exams, Ji Qi didn't dare to ask him if he did well in the exam. If his son thought it was good, but ended up losing his name, his son would lose face in front of him, and he would be even less willing to see him in the future. He has worked so hard during this time, wouldn't it be all in vain, and his son will also lose his position in front of himself-he simply didn't mention anything, only saying that his mother, Han, knew his fate and drove him away from Yixing Come here, cook the food he likes and wait for him at home.

Ji Yong thought for a while, and followed Ji Qi back to Yuqiao Hutong.

Ji Qi heaved a sigh of relief.

When Ji Yong was born, he was raised by the old lady of the Ji family, and when he was older, he followed the old lady of the Ji family. Han's chances of seeing her son were not as many as those of Ji Yong's side. Her feelings for her son were very delicate.

She is proud of Ji Yong, but sometimes she feels that the son she gave birth to does not belong to her, but belongs to the Ji family. It’s okay” feeling.But she never dared to mention this feeling to anyone, and it was even more inconvenient for her to ask about Ji Yong's affairs, she just took his hand and asked him about his food and clothing these days.

If the two of them were like this, the rest of the Ji family would not be making fun of themselves, they all acted as if Ji Yong had come back from a visit, asking this and that, but not mentioning the imperial examination.

In fact, Ji Yong felt that he did well in the exam, how could he get into the top five, and wanted to talk to others, but no one else mentioned it, so he couldn't take the initiative to mention it, right?

The main reason is that even if he mentioned it, they would just smile and perfunctorily say something like "You will definitely be named on the gold list".

If only Dou Zhao was here.

She would definitely ask him what he had tested, how he answered it, and maybe why he answered it the way he did.

Thinking of these, he thought of Dou Zhao's sparkling almond eyes.

No matter when you are full of energy, there is never a time when you are tired.

The mother's cautious question immediately made Ji Yong feel very boring, and there was a deep sense of strength.

He was not the kind of person who compromised, so he simply stood up, said impatiently, "I'm going back to the house," and then walked away.

Han sighed.

She and this son really have nothing to say.

Ji Yong was lying on the bed, but he was thinking about the small box of camphor wood in the study in the school house of Shuntian Prefecture.

He told his son: "Go and get that box."

The son responded and left.

When I came back, I met Han Shi.

Han felt uncomfortable, and called Ji Ling to talk. [

Seeing that the son went out so late, he asked.

Zishang is valued by Ji Yong, so he is not someone who doesn't know the depth, so he hastily stepped forward and answered the words respectfully.

Han Shi felt strange, but didn't ask any more questions.

Early the next morning, she went to her son's house to help him pack his things, and his son had already gone to the house over the school in Shuntianfu.

"Why so early?" Han was very disappointed.

The servant girl serving in Ji Yong's room hurriedly said: "Ma'am, the young master said that Shuntian Mansion is learning the Five Classics over there. It is a time-honored literature and art. Anyway, he won't need it in the future. He wants to give all the books to the two aunts at the aunt's house." Young Master, I asked the two young masters from my aunt's house to move books, not to live in Shuntian Mansion School."

Han's face showed joy when she heard this, and asked the maid: "So, the young master did well in the exam?"

In that case, how dare the servant girl answer, so she could only falter and say: "I don't know either. The young master came back last night and kept wandering around the house, and didn't rest until I came back."

Han Shi was taken aback when he heard this, and from the corner of his eye, he somehow inadvertently glanced at the blue cloth square pillow at the head of Ji Yong's bed, and found a corner of a camphorwood box protruding from under the pillow.

She walked over involuntarily, pulled out the box and opened it.

Inside is a hairpin of camphor wood.

The simple long hairpin style is carved with all kinds of camellias, some are budding, some are just flower buds, and some are in full bloom. The workmanship is not necessarily exquisite. It is not expected to be very particular, but its appearance is very novel.Not only that, but the wood carving utensils have a simple and natural grandeur, but the flowers on this hairpin are clustered together, but all of them are competing to bloom, which actually gives people a sense of brilliance.

The person who carves the hairpin is very ordinary, but the person who designed the hairpin has superb drawing skills!

Han’s mind suddenly came up with such a half-ah”, and then there was a scene of Ji Yong when he was a child, using a small scorpion to step on his feet, leaning on the big painting table in the garden pavilion to paint the camellia at home...

She couldn't help taking a deep breath, closed the box with a "snap", and asked the maid hurriedly: "This is...",

The servant girl smiled and said: "This is the box that was delivered yesterday." As she spoke, her eyes showed confusion, "I clearly saw the young master put it in the cage last night, why did he put it under the pillow...",

Han's head went "hum." Inexplicably, there was a feeling of fear.

She put the box back, hurriedly told the servant girl a few words like "don't let the young master find out that someone has touched his things", hurried back to the inner room, and told her wet nurse, Nanny Han: "You are at the Chuhuamen!" Just wait, as soon as the young master comes back, he will immediately report to me." (To be continued)

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