The Pastoral Medicinal Fragrance of the Imperial Concubine

Chapter 572: King Yu’s Annual Ceremony (2)
"This fellow, may I ask if the Hao family is in this direction?" The man pointed to the road ahead, and the house at the end of the road was the Hao family.

Yu Xiuman nodded quickly, hurried in and closed the door.

The guard turned around and reported to the father-in-law who was the leader, the father-in-law nodded, and a group of five people headed towards Hao's house.

Yu Xiuman heard the sound of horseshoes fading away from inside, so he opened the door a crack and looked around, with a surprised and uncertain expression on his face.

"What's the matter? What kind of door is closed during Chinese New Year?" Xiuman's family was frying noodle fish, and came out with hands full of flour, looking at the sneaky Yu Xiuman and shouted.

Yu Xiuman hurriedly turned around, and made a silent gesture towards Xiuman's family, "Five people came just now, and it looked like they were sent by the imperial court. They were high-ranking officials, and they came in a menacing manner. They are going to Hao's house! You Say, this Hao Ren won't cause trouble again, right?"

Xiuman's family immediately said, "What could be the matter? Isn't Hao Ren an upright official?"

"Whether it's clear or not, it's up to the superiors to decide. Have you forgotten that Hao Ren was sent to prison two years ago?" Yu Xiuman said in a low voice, sighing, "It's true that people say that being with you is like being with a tiger. Yes, especially in these troubled times, nothing can compare to the three-acre land of my own family!"

Xiuman's family suddenly thought of something, and hurriedly said: "Speaking of land, I forgot to tell you that we will rent a few more acres of land from the Hao family in the spring of next year. This year, Cao Dabi's wife planted two acres of land. She earns more money than Cao Dabi's wages, and now Mrs. Cao is good at embroidery, how dare she lose her temper?"

Yu Xiuman said angrily: "I just told you that something might happen to the Hao family. You rent so much, what if something really happens to the Hao family? Let's take a look first!"

Xiuman's family muttered in a low voice with some dissatisfaction, and suddenly exclaimed, "Oh, there is still oil in the pot!" Then they hurried in!

Yu Xiuman cursed, "Damn old woman, blind the pot of oil and see if I don't peel your skin!" He cursed, and then quietly went out to have a look. At this moment, some villagers saw those people coming, and all stood up. On the streets of the village, whispering about something.

Yu Xiuman stepped forward pretending to be leisurely with his hands behind his back and asked, "Why don't you go and see what's going on?"

"Who dares to look at it? They all carry knives without looking at it, it's scary!" someone said.

"I've heard that many people died in the last time there was an armed fight in the city. Maybe the imperial court blamed it!"

"That's it!"

"Oh, what can I do, I'm still working for the Hao family!" Someone exclaimed in surprise.

"Don't worry, you forgot what happened before, isn't it just a false alarm? At the beginning, I was afraid of not going to work, but now the Hao family doesn't use it!"

"Yes, yes!"

While talking, everyone craned their necks to look at Hao's house, but no one dared to go forward.

In front of Hao's house, Mu San was leading someone to scrub the gate. Hearing the sound of horseshoes, he turned around and saw a group of five people had arrived at the door. One of the guards stepped forward and asked loudly, "Is this the Hao's house?"

Mu San hurriedly responded, and when he saw that the rest of the people hadn't dismounted, he guessed in his heart that they must not be ordinary people.Sure enough, the guard's expression was serious and cold, and he didn't say much, he reached out and took out a sign from his pocket, and said loudly, "We are from the palace, we want to see Master Hao!"

When Mu San saw the gold-plated waist card, he trembled with fright, and almost knelt on the ground. He quickly responded, raised his legs and ran into the house.

Hao Ren was writing couplets at the moment, and there were a few couplets on the table, all of which were sent to beg by well-known and respectable families in the city. Hao Ren promised to write them today, while Leng Ping studied ink.

"Miss, Uncle, it's not good, five people came outside, they said they came from the palace..." When Mu San ran in, his face was already purple with fright, but he still held on, uttering the words.

Leng Ping was taken aback, and couldn't help but tense, did the court find out something?She quickly looked at Hao Ren.

Hao Ren also frowned, but quickly got up and said, "Changing clothes for me!"

Leng Ping hurriedly changed him into an official uniform.

Outside the gate, the father-in-law sitting on horseback frowned impatiently. He saw Hao Ren come out of the house in a hurry, with a few servants behind him.

At this moment, Hao Shi was already trembling with fright when she heard that someone was coming from the palace. She kept looking out through the small opening of the window. Seeing that Hao Ren brought him in, she quickly closed the window and hid under it.

"Mother, what's the matter with you?" Leng Ping was also afraid in her heart, and was planning to come to be company with Hao Shi, who knew that she saw Hao Shi's strangeness when she entered the door.

"No, it's okay, it's just that it's cold after opening the window for a long time!" Hao Shi said, trying to get up, but he couldn't use any strength in his legs, so Leng Ping walked to the bed with the help of Leng Ping.

"Mother, do you have something to hide from us?" Seeing her like this, Leng Ping couldn't help asking, "Why is Mother so scared when she sees someone from the palace or the court?"

Hao Shi hurriedly said: "I am a country woman, I have never seen the world, and I am afraid that Ren'er may make mistakes, so I will naturally be afraid, don't think too much about it!"

"Mother, in fact, before Hao Zhu said that Hao Ren was not born to her father-in-law, I felt that you were a little strange, didn't you..." Leng Ping asked in a low voice.

This question has been in her mind for many years. She also asked Hao Ren, but Hao Ren said she didn't know. She was afraid that she was thinking too much, so she didn't ask any more questions. Seeing that Hao Shi was so frightened, she took the opportunity asked.

"Don't listen to Hao Zhu's nonsense, how many years have passed, and you still mention it?" Hao Shi immediately said with a sullen face.

Leng Ping had no choice but to not ask.

Now in the main room, Hao Ren invited Chen Qian to take the seat, and asked respectfully, "I don't know if your father-in-law is..."

The father-in-law said in a shrill voice: "The Za family is Chen Gan, the first-rank eunuch near King Yu, Mr. Hao, and the Za family is here to give Mr. Hao a New Year gift under the order of King Yu!"

Hao Ren was taken aback when he heard this, raised his eyes, and asked in confusion, "Annual gift?"

"Isn't it? We went to the yamen. Who knew Mr. Hao was not in the yamen. In this case, we had no choice but to come here. These things are all behind and escorted by the officers and soldiers of the government office. Let's send the gift list first, and now they are all 28 Now, we are also anxious to go back, our lord is still waiting for us to go back and return!" Eunuch Chen said.

Hao Ren was quite surprised. King Yu was the prince the emperor had just retrieved. There seemed to be no friendship between him and King Yu!
Chen Qian took the gift list from his sleeve and handed it to Hao Rendao: "This is the gift list, Mr. Hao, congratulations!"

Hao Ren hurried forward to accept the gift list, and there were thirty or forty kinds of gifts, ranging from silk and satin to jade jewelry.

(End of this chapter)