Ninefold Purple

Dou Zhao rested his chin on the stage, watching the sky turn white little by little.

The maids who came in to help Mrs. Ji get up were startled, and exclaimed in a low voice: "Miss Si, why did you wake up so early?"

Ji was awakened, and hurriedly raised the plain white gauze curtain: "Shougu, why didn't you wake up Aunt Six when you woke up?" She couldn't help covering her mouth and yawning.

Last night, she and Dou Shiheng talked for most of the night, confirming Wang Xingyi's promotion.

Dou Shiheng, who was sleeping soundly, was also awakened, and he said sleepily, "Who was on duty last night? Why did no one know that Shougu woke up?" Then he sat up forcefully, "Fortunately, Shougu was obedient, If this has gone to where, how can we explain to the seventh brother!" He scolded Ji. [

The one on duty at night is the maid with almond eyes and peach cheeks, named Cailan, who is the big maid next to the sixth aunt.

She didn't know why when she woke up, Dou Zhao, who had been sleeping with her in the Bisha closet, disappeared.

"The servant is on duty." She stood on Ji's bedside tremblingly, "The servant was sleepy and didn't notice that Miss Fourth was awake."

When the sixth uncle rested in the sixth aunt's room, she could be on duty at night, and she was probably the sixth uncle's housemaid.

Dou Zhao thought about it, and said with a smile, "I got out of bed quietly, sister Cailan didn't know."

Cailan felt relieved, and looked at Dou Zhao with a much softer gaze than yesterday.

Ji reprimanded Cailan a few words and told her to go down and rest.

The servant girls came in to help Ji Shi, Dou Shiheng and Dou Zhao wash up.

Ji said: "Why don't you sleep in the study these few days? I can also arrange for Shougu's maid to be on duty at night."

Uncle Six was a little displeased, and said, "I'm leaving the day after tomorrow."

Ji's face turned slightly red.

The sixth uncle said: "Why don't you let Shougu and Brother Hui sleep together?"

Brother Hui is the eldest son of Uncle Six.

"How can that be possible!" Ji objected, "Shou Gu will be afraid if she just came here and moved again."

"Then what do you think we should do?" Uncle Six was a little impatient.

Dou Zhao wants to say that I am not afraid, I want a separate room.But she couldn't say anything, she could only pretend that she didn't understand and let the maids dress her.

"Then I'll go to the study with you." Aunt Six said in a low voice, "Let Aunt Shou rest in the main room first."

The sixth uncle called the servant girl: "Go and ask, when did the old man of the West Mansion leave?"

Last night, until they rested, the second wife's wife still didn't leave. [

The servant girl responded and left.Aunt Six's other big maid named Cai Shu instructed the daughter-in-law to prepare breakfast.Two children with thick eyebrows and big eyes came in surrounded by maidservants and mother-in-law.

The older one is Brother Hui, whose scientific name is Dou Zhengchang.I am nine years old this year, and my baby name is Zhigeer, and my scientific name is Dou Dechang.Seven years old this year.

Dou Zhao glanced at Dou Dechang.

previous life.Dou Dechang is an outlier in the Dou family.

When others were studying, he caused trouble everywhere; when others were getting married, he kidnapped the cousin of the Ji family;He is a well-known stubborn master in Kyoto.

After saluting his parents, Dou Dechang ignored his elder brother standing beside him respectfully.She flung herself into her mother's arms coquettishly.

Ji smiled dotingly, and pulled the younger son away from her arms: "I've already gone to school, I'm not a child anymore, be careful that my fourth sister laughs at you."

They met yesterday, and went to the third uncle's house for dinner together.On the way, Dou Dechang secretly pulled her braids, but Dou Zhengchang gave her a hard look before giving up.

He didn't take it seriously, and called "Fourth Sister" to Dou Zhao, then laughed and snuggled into his mother's arms.

Ji couldn't laugh or cry.

Dou Zhao turned his face away.

She thought of her two sons...

The sixth uncle over there asked about Dou Zhengchang's homework: "What did the master talk about yesterday?"

Dou Zhengchang said respectfully: "The Master said: Don't worry about people who don't know themselves, and worry about people who don't know."

"Why?"

Dou Zhengchang said: "If people don't know me, it hurts me; if I don't know people, I can't distinguish between good and bad, good and evil, and it's enough to ruin everything."

Uncle Six nodded in satisfaction and looked at Dou Dechang.

Dou Dechang obediently stood up straight.

Even so, Uncle Six's face was still a bit ugly.He asked in a deep voice, "What did you talk about yesterday?"

"Su Mingyun, 27, started to get angry and read books." He answered quickly, and he knew he was familiar with it at a glance.

"Why?"

"It is not too late for us to study at the age of 27."[

The sixth uncle slapped the house with a "slap", his face was livid.

Dou Zhengchang lowered his head and shrugged his shoulders.

Dou Dechang looked towards Ji Shi as if asking for help.

Ji's face was even more serious than Dou Shiheng's.

Dou Dechang shrank his head, and said obediently: "Su Mingyun, named Su Xun, named Laoquan, from Meishan, Meizhou..."

Uncle Six's expression turned pale.

The servant girl that the sixth uncle sent to ask about the matter came back and said: "Mrs. Tai has not left there."

Uncle Six was stunned, and said to Aunt Six: "I'll go and see!"

"Have breakfast first before going?" said the sixth aunt, and the sixth uncle waved his hand and hurried out the door.

The expressions of Dou Zhengchang and Dou Dechang's brothers relaxed, and Dou Dechang rushed to the chair twice, and waved at Dou Zhao: "Fourth sister, come quickly, today there is a leek box. The leek box made by our cook is very good." Eat it. She was brought by my mother from Yixing, and the leek boxes she made are different from those made by my grandmother and third aunt, so you must have never eaten them."

The sixth aunt is from the south, and she is not used to the kang table, so the sixth room uses tables and chairs for meals.

"Why are you like a monkey, you can't calm down for a moment!" Ji scolded him with a smile, and put Dou Zhao in the armchair in front of the table. With Dou Zhao.

Dou Dechang made faces at his mother.

Ji and Dou Zhengchang both laughed.

Although everyone followed the etiquette of "no talking when eating, no talking when sleeping", they were all smiling and the atmosphere was good.

After eating, the two brothers bowed respectfully to their mother and left, and went to ethnology.

Mrs. Ji took Dou Zhao to greet Mrs. Er Tai.

Dou Zhao looked at the towering trees all the way, thinking about what he heard last night.

Another two months.Wang Xingyi promoted the right servant of the Ministry of War, the censor of Qiandu, and the governor of Gansu to be in charge of the horse market.A year later, the Mongols invaded. Wang Xingyi repelled the Mongolian Khan Ludu and captured [-] horses.Killed more than [-] enemies.Governor of Shanxi and Shaanxi.

After that, Wang Xingyi repelled the Mongols many times and made great achievements.As a result, Wang Zhibao was secretly sealed as the commander of the fourth grade of Miyunwei.

And her fifth uncle was still struggling in the position of Minister of the Ministry of Officials until Zeng Yifen died of illness seven years later.He entered the cabinet with the support of He Wendao.In charge of the Ministry of Officials.But compared to Wang Xingyi, his prestige is more than a little bit worse, so that his qualifications are older than Wang Xingyi, and the department in charge is more important than Wang Xingyi.The ranking has always been below Wang Xingyi.

In this life, her rebirth broke the existing track.Could things be different again?

Smiling, Dou Zhao stopped in front of the second lady's door together with the sixth aunt.

Grandma Liu, who is most powerful in front of the Second Madam, winked at the Sixth Aunt: "Madam Tai has something to discuss with the old man in the West Mansion, and today I will spare some wives and grandmas the morning and evening peace."

The sixth aunt and the family of the second cousin who met together smiled and left the yard where the second wife lived.

The second cousin whispered to the sixth aunt: "Do you know what happened?"

Aunt Six shook her head and said, "If you hear something, remember to tell me."

"That's natural." The second sister-in-law nodded with a smile, and stretched out her hands to Dou Zhao, "Come, Shou Gu, give the second sister-in-law a hug."

Dou Zhao moved from the arms of the sixth aunt to the arms of the second sister-in-law, and the second sister-in-law told her grandson, who went to greet the second wife with her, to "call aunt."

Two boys and one girl, the boys are five years old and four years old, and the girl is two years old, they all looked at Dou Zhao curiously with sparkling eyes and called "Auntie".

The second sister-in-law put Dou Zhao on the ground and said with a smile, "Go and play with your nephews and grandchildren!"

The sixth aunt took Dou Zhao's hand: "We have to go to my sister-in-law to say hello, and I will visit you later."

The second sister-in-law agreed with a smile, and parted ways with them under the century-old sweet-scented osmanthus tree in Dongkua courtyard.

The sixth aunt hugged her and walked slowly towards the direction where she lived.

Dou Zhao was a little strange.

Aunt Six suddenly stopped in her tracks.

The servant girl who was following them stood still for a moment.

The sixth aunt carried her to the water pavilion not far away alone.

"Shougu," she put Dou Zhao on the terrazzo brick floor of the waterside pavilion, squatted down, looked at Dou Zhao seriously, and asked softly, "Do you want to study?"

Dou Zhao was stunned.

The sixth aunt's grandfather, Tanhua, was a great scholar in the literary world.The sixth aunt's family has a long history, and she is not only proficient in rhythm, but also writes well. It is said that sometimes she will discuss the crafting skills with the sixth uncle.Men and women in the south of the Yangtze River are better than those in the north. The ladies who are proficient in literary and ink in their families all study with their mothers, sister-in-laws, and aunts. Only those new families will invite old Confucian teachers as teachers.

Could it be that the sixth aunt wants to teach her to read?

In the past, she just felt that her handwriting was not as good as those of the ladies who had studied, but after hearing the words of the sixth aunt yesterday, she realized that she was far behind those women who were really educated.

It would be great if I could study with Aunt Six.

She nodded vigorously twice.

Ji laughed, with soft eyes, and said in a gentle voice: "My good boy, you have to remember, people are good from books."

She is pitiful for being treated as a pawn and is grateful to those who manipulate her, right?

Dou Zhao's heart was astringent.

They went back to the house.

Several women are waiting for the sixth aunt to show them off.

Aunt Six ignored it.

She carefully looked at Dou Zhao's inscribed red, and told Cai Shu: "You take the "Maosong Pavilion" postcard from my study." Looking back, she saw Dou Zhao staring at her with wide eyes, and said with a smile: "" "Maosong Pavilion" was written by my aunt back then, and it is more suitable for girls to practice. You can trace the red first, and I will show you how to move the brush carefully in the afternoon."

He completely rejected what his father said.

Dou Zhao laughed.

Only then did the sixth aunt let the mother-in-law who was waiting under the veranda come in to report the matter.

Dou Zhao was taken to Ji's study by Caishu.

The walls of the study room are full of bookshelves as tall as a person, and they are packed densely. In the middle of the poetry room, there is a large picture table and two armchairs.

Next to the painting case was a huge old magnetic cylinder filled with various picture scrolls, and on the painting case was an old magnetic cylinder with a lot of used brushes inserted, and a lotus-patterned painting on the side. The enamel box is bright in color and exquisite in workmanship, but there is an old inkstone that is more than half used, and a small piece of black ink as thick as a finger is horizontally placed on the inkstone.

Sitting in front of the painting table, Dou Zhao smelled the faint fragrance of jasmine before grinding the ink.

This is the furnishing of a well-established family.

She couldn't help but secretly praised in her heart.

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