Ninefold Purple

Although reborn, Dou Zhao can only affect some people and things around him, and what should come will still come.

In mid-April, Dou Wenchang, who had been studying with Dou Shishu in Kyoto, brought back a letter from Dou Shishu's family.

In his family letter, Dou Shishu not only mentioned that he was about to be promoted to Minister of the Ministry of Officials, but also mentioned Wang Xingyi's recovery. In the letter, he tactfully asked about Dou Shiying's marriage, saying that he and Wang Xingyi belonged to the same department, and Zeng Yifen was forced to retire. Wang Xingyi was exiled, and his life in Beijing was not good in the past few years. If Dou Shiying's marriage has not been settled yet, it is better to settle it sooner.Now that the emperor is getting old and his memory is getting worse day by day, he had a meeting with the cabinet a few days ago and suddenly ordered the little eunuch Xuan, the eunuch Bingbi who had passed away five or six years ago, to serve the pen and ink.Now the youngest cabinet scholar is Chen Jizhou from Songjiang. If he presides over the examination next year, I invite Dou Duo and Dou Shiqi to discuss early whether to let all the children of Dou's family who are qualified to participate in the examination go for a try.

Dou Duo's expression changed drastically upon receiving this letter, and he immediately wrote a letter to Dou Shiqi, asking Dou Wenchang to rush to Fuzhou overnight, while he took Dou Shiying to Dongdou.

Although Dou Zhao didn't know the content of the letter, she was always thinking about Wang Xingyi's recovery. The strangeness of her grandfather and father immediately alerted her, so she sent the maids around her to rest, leaving only Tuo Niang: "Go and talk to the second family. My mother-in-law said, if grandfather and father come back, let her report immediately." [

Tuo Niang went to the second door to pass on Dou Zhao's words, and stayed by the bed to do needle work.

At Haishi, there was news from Ermen.

Tuo Niang called Dou Zhao to get up.

Dou Zhao put on his clothes and went to Heshou Hall.

The two servants who served beside my grandfather guarded the door vigilantly.

Seeing Dou Zhao, the two shouted "Miss Four" together in astonishment.

When the father heard the movement, he came out with a face full of surprise: "Shou Gu, it's so late, why are you still up?" But he stared at Tuo Niang sternly.

Tuo Niang's calf trembled, and she mumbled for a long while, not knowing what to say.

Dou Zhao has thrown himself into his father's arms with a smile: "You and grandfather are going to visit, why don't you take me with you?"

The father couldn't help laughing, and carried Dou Zhao into the house.

Grandfather sat on the kang with a dignified expression, and when he saw them coming in, he frowned tightly and said, "If you can get married early, Shougu will have someone to take care of her. What do you think the family is like now? It's in the middle of the night, Shougu Auntie is still running around in the yard. You are so impulsive, what else can you do except to make yourself feel at ease? On the one hand, you say that you have grown up and know your responsibilities, but on the other hand, you still do some irresponsible things. "

Father Wei Wei, he was a little speechless.

Dou Zhao saw a turning point in his grandfather's words and his father's attitude.

Her mood suddenly became brighter than ever before, and she decided to disgust her grandfather: "Grandfather, I am in charge. Aunt Cui is my grandmother."

Grandpa's face was livid, and his gaze was slashing at Dou Zhao like a knife's edge, but Dou Zhao blinked his big eyes, gnawed his fingers with a smile, and looked ignorant of the world.

He was trembling with anger, and scolded his father: "This matter is beyond your control. Tomorrow your third sister-in-law will go to Zhu's house to discuss the wedding date in person. From now on, you should study hard, and the inner house will be taken care of by Zhu family." Then He said, "Who are serving around Shougu? I have dismissed them all."

Father said: "It's Nanny Yu who is taking care of Aunt Shou. This is what I promised my uncle." His tone was a bit stubborn.

Grandfather was at a loss for words, and was so angry that he threw the curtain and left.

Dou Zhao wanted to remind him: This is your study!If you want to leave, you will also drive us away. Why did you run away in anger? [

The father sighed, and carried Dou Zhao out of Heshou Hall.

The night breeze in April is still slightly chilly, and the bright moonlight shines on the pavilions and pavilions, making it quiet and picturesque.

Father's footsteps became slower and slower, and finally stopped by the lotus pond.

"Shougu, do you know? Your fifth uncle has sent a letter," he murmured, "Your fifth uncle has sent a letter to the family. Wang Xingyi, the father of your aunt Wang, is about to recover..."

Dou Zhao's heart was beating wildly, and only then did he know the contents of Dou Shishu's letter.

As expected of a future cabinet scholar, his heart is really cruel.

She gasped.

All along, she thought that the Fifth Uncle and Wang Xingyi had the friendship of the same subject and the same interests, so the relationship must be very close and strong. Wang Yingxue's biggest backer in the Dou family was Dou Shishu, but she forgot that Dou Shishu was always a member of the Dou family. The political situation is turbulent.

The hosta flowers planted all over the lotus pond are as white as jade, shining brightly in the moonlight, exuding a rich fragrance of flowers.

Her father sat side by side with her on the stone chair by the lotus pond.

"Shougu, what do you think is all this?" He stared blankly at the sharp corners of the lotus leaves in the lotus pond, and said, "I worked hard to study and get fame, not just to honor my ancestors, to make the Dou family more prosperous. Prosperous and prominent, in order to make the people of the Dou family live better than others? But now, your mother hanged herself, and I turned my face on your uncle. I wanted to guard your mother for three years but I couldn’t, and I might drag the fifth lady of the Zhu family Come in, even make your sister lose her mother... Not only did I not make the people around me feel at ease and comfortable, but I made their situation more difficult because of me. What did I do for what? I already I'm sorry for your mother, I can no longer be sorry for the fifth lady of the Zhu family, I'm sorry for Wang Yingxue..."

Father's melancholy eyes, like the faint moonlight, seem to be very close, but also seem to be far away.

It made Dou Zhao feel sore.

The father is so lonely, he can only tell his ignorant daughter what he thinks in the dead of night.

Suddenly she felt a little sympathy for her father.

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Father returned to the main room and wrote a letter. Before dawn, he asked Gao Sheng to come in: "...deliver it to Zhu's house in the east of the city before the third wife leaves."

Gao Sheng was very surprised, but still went out according to his father's order.

At noon, the third aunt came back from Zhu's house with a troubled face.

"Little uncle, people from the Zhu family said that it is too urgent to get married before the Dragon Boat Festival. After hearing this, others thought that the fifth lady of their family was going to celebrate the wedding!"

Grandfather is not in danger.

Only those who don't take their daughter-in-law seriously will do things like Chongxi. [

The words of the Zhu family are too harsh.

The third aunt also felt the same, but sighed: "I don't blame the Zhu family for being angry. We are the ones who said to wait three years, and we are also the ones who said to get married on the Dragon Boat Festival now. The Zhu family is also a big family. Don't say that you are in such a hurry." To prepare the dowry, you need to notify your relatives and friends, I'm afraid it will be too late."

"I know too. It's just a matter of urgency, that's the only way to go." The grandfather said, "I remember that Zhu Juren had an elder sister who married into the Chen family in Xinle County next door. Otherwise, please ask the aunt of the Zhu family to come forward and talk about it." explain?"

"Then I'll leave for Xinle after lunch." The third aunt said immediately without saying goodbye.

Grandfather said a few words of thanks, and kept the third aunt for lunch.

"East and West were originally a family, and Uncle Qi's affairs are the same as my own affairs." The third aunt said politely, "I'm afraid I will spend the night in Xinle tonight. Arrangements still need to be made. Little uncle, you don’t need to be polite to me, the most important thing is to get this matter done.”

Grandpa didn't keep her anymore, so Qiufen sent her third aunt out of the second school.

After that, no matter who the third aunt moved to Zhu's house to talk about Xiang, the Zhu family insisted on it and would not let go.

The third aunt was so anxious that her mouth was blistered, and she regretted it very much: "If I knew this, I should have married the little cousin of my sister-in-law's family. Now even if I want to change someone, I have to take the letter of resignation from the Zhu family. I’m afraid that it’s too late in time.”

The grandfather blamed his father, and on a hot day, he made his father kneel in the tree-shaded front yard for a whole afternoon, so that his knees became so red and swollen that it was difficult for him to walk, so he called a doctor to see him.

At this time, Wang Yingxue's elder brother Wang Zhibing suddenly came to visit.

Wang Zhibing is only in his early thirties this year, probably because of the difficult life these years, which makes him look as old as 40 years old.

He stood upright in the hall of the Wang family, as tall and firm as green pines and emerald greens.

"My little sister was dragged down by me as an older brother, so she showed up to do some business. So I didn't know, but now that I know, I'm here to pick up my little sister and go back." He said in a firm tone, "Your family We confiscate the betrothal gift, and there is no money or property involved, you write a paper to release the concubine's letter, you and my family will expose it from now on, bridge to bridge, road to road."

Grandpa was silent for a long time, and asked Wang Yingxue to be invited.

Wang Yingxue was both surprised and happy when she saw her brother.

"Brother, why are you back!" She couldn't help grabbing Wang Zhibing's arm, and then her face suddenly changed, and she looked Wang Zhibing up and down, "Is it daddy... something happened?" Before he could finish a sentence, tears were already falling down.

"No, no!" Wang Zhibing's eye circles also turned red, and he hurriedly said, "Daddy was ordered to be the magistrate of Xintai County in Shandong Province, and he wrote a letter back home. Only then did he know that you, you entered the Dou Mansion, and Daddy regretted it again." Resentful, he slapped himself three times, and only said that the family has troubled you, so let me hurry back and take you home."

"What did you say?" Wang Yingxue stared blankly at Wang Zhibing, "Daddy, he's an old man, has he recovered?"

"En!" Wang Zhibing nodded again and again, "Daddy, the old man has recovered, and he will pick up your mother to reunite with you in a few days. You don't have to worry about what to eat and drink at home anymore... From now on Leave everything to Big Brother to worry about!"

"Brother!" Wang Yingxue grabbed Wang Zhibing's sleeve and cried bitterly.

Wang Zhibing turned his head away, not daring to look at his sister, only when Wang Yingxue wet his sleeves from crying did he calm down.

"Don't cry, if you have anything to say, let's talk about it when we get home." Wang Zhibing said, looking at his grandfather, "If Master Dou doesn't have any orders, we'll take our leave."

Not even Wang Yingxue's change of clothes was going to be taken.

Grandfather naturally couldn't let Wang Yingxue leave like this, and said with a smile: "My father and Yuanji belong to the same family, and are not outsiders. Since you are here, why don't you sit down and have a cup of tea. When your sister comes in, there is a maid who serves her. Nanny and maid, I added some things. I asked the nanny and maid to tidy up. Then you can take away people and things together. Your father has just woken up, and there are thousands of things, and they have to be straightened out. Mrs. Wang was able to enter our house, it was all by accident, you can't let her go empty-handed, right? It's not good to say it to others!"

"No need!" Just as Wang Zhibing replied, the younger sister's voice was a little shrill because of its high pitch: "What did you say? Let me go back with you. What about sister Ming? She's only three years old. age!"

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The internet was disconnected at five o’clock, unfortunately I haven’t finished writing, so I went to borrow someone else’s network card, but they went shopping... The mess made me feel restless, and then I changed the text again, and this is the time renew.If I apologize, I'm embarrassed to say it... Typos or something, because it takes a while to display the changes, it's a bit slow, you can wait and see again...

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