The Good Wife of Transmigration

Chapter 161
On the morning of the first day of the first lunar month, just as Jiwei got up from the bed, Beibei came to wish her New Year greetings.Wearing a newly made padded jacket, Beibei knelt down on the ground to wish Jiwei a new year greeting: "Beibei wishes mother a happy new year! I wish mother a happy new year, happiness and health!"

Jiwei quickly pulled Beibei up, grabbed the candy and stuffed it into Beibei's clothes pocket, and said: "Hey, thank you Beibei. Come to eat candy. Mother also wishes Beibei a happy new year and all the best!"

After Beibei finished paying New Year's greetings, the girls and servants on duty also came in to pay Jiwei New Year's greetings.

After Jiwei and Beibei finished eating the rice cakes, they went to pay New Year greetings to their uncle and wife.Uncle got up early, led everyone to sacrifice to the ancestors, and after accepting the kneeling worship of the juniors, he went to the Golden Luan Hall to pay homage to the emperor.

Throughout the Spring Festival, I kept congratulating people and saying all kinds of auspicious words.Because Jiwei was pregnant, she only walked around in her uncle's house. In other places, she sent capable stewards to send New Year's greetings.

As the saying goes: The first year cub, the second son, and the second year were supposed to go back to their natal family, but Jiwei didn't go back, and only sent Mama Du back with a gift.

When it was the third day of junior high, Li Xingyu, the youngest son of Prince Rui's Mansion, couldn't wait to bring gifts to send Jiwei New Year greetings.Immediately afterwards, Su Xingyu also came with his wife and children.Mu Yage, Mu Qinglian, and Kong Xinyao and other acquaintances all came early to pay New Year's greetings to Jiwei, which made Jiwei's eyes reddened.

In a blink of an eye, it is the Lantern Festival.On this day, the ministers in the palace, the women in the harem, and the common people all put on costumes, go out at night to enjoy the lanterns, and have fun at parties.Ji Wei couldn't go out with her big belly, but Prince Rui had already made an appointment with Bei Bei to go out to play together, so Ji Wei had to entrust them to Su Xingyu, asking him to take care of them, but they were lost.You know, this Lantern Festival is the easiest time to lose children.

Except for his wife, everyone else in the uncle's house has also gone out.Ye Shi, the third grandmother, even made an appointment with her former boudoir friends to go out "walking the bridge" and "touching nails" together. "Walking on the bridge" is also known as "walking all kinds of diseases". In ancient times, women believed that walking on the street on this day could cure all kinds of diseases, and touching the nails on the city gate would bless their men with "safety and auspiciousness".

Mother Du took a few girls to guard Jiwei, fearing that she would be bored, and suggested that everyone play lantern riddles for each other.

Jiwei thought this proposal was good, so she simply asked everyone to sit at the same table, put a spoon on a plate in the middle, everyone took turns to ask questions, and then turned the spoon, and whoever pointed the spoon to would answer the question.Those who can't answer will be punished, and those who guess correctly will be rewarded by the question maker.

Although not many of the girls were literate, they had heard a lot of lantern riddles since they were young, so they all happily agreed.

So except for the person on duty, everyone else came to play games with Jiwei.In the main room of Luoxia Courtyard, laughter could be heard from time to time, and the level of excitement was no less than that on the street.

When Jiwei and the girls were almost done guessing lantern riddles, Beibei also came back.

Beibei excitedly talked to Jiwei about the new things she encountered when she went out today, and she was happy when she suddenly heard a burst of noise.Jiwei hurriedly asked Shuyue to go out to inquire about the situation.

Shuyue came back soon, and replied nervously: "Grandma, I heard from them that something happened to the uncle."

Ji Weiqi said: "This is a beautiful day, what happened to the uncle?"

Shuyue replied: "I heard from them that the uncle injured someone and was arrested and locked up."

Jiwei was surprised: "Ah? There is such a thing? Where are you locked up?"

Shuyue shook her head: "This servant doesn't know."

Jiwei was puzzled, how could the uncle be the eldest son of the uncle's mansion, so it was impossible to close it casually.Unless, the person he injured had a higher status than the Bofu.

Shuyue thought for a while and then replied: "Master went out just now, probably looking for him."

Ji Wei nodded and said, "Since Uncle has dealt with this matter, we have nothing to do with it. Go to bed early today, and you can go and find out what's going on in the morning."

Shuyue quickly took orders and went down.

Because of her pregnancy, Jiwei was particularly sleepy, and this time she fell asleep until the sun was up.After she got up, she called Shuyue again, and asked if her uncle was back.

Shuyue shook her head: "No. Uncle heard that he had an argument with someone while he was looking at the lamp, and they got into a fight. After beating someone, he was arrested, and I heard that he was locked up in Dali Temple."

Jiwei couldn't believe it: "Ah? Dali Temple? Isn't that in charge of the prison? It just injured someone, so how could it be locked in Dali Temple?"

Shuyue said with a serious expression: "The injured man died after being carried back because of his serious condition. I heard that the deceased was the wife and younger brother of the son of Marquis Min Yang."

When Jiwei heard about Min Yanghou, her heart tightened.This Minyanghou's family is the mother's family of the Empress Dowager!Even if it is the wife and brother of Min Yanghou Shizi, they are related to the Tian family. No wonder the uncle was arrested and taken to Dali Temple when something happened.

Uncle must have gone to Dali Temple last night and wanted to bring him back.Originally, if it was just to hurt people, with the prestige accumulated over the years of the uncle's house, there might be some people who would sell the uncle some face.But now that the uncle has killed someone, it's hard to say that this matter of life is at stake.

Jiwei thought that the uncle is usually not such an impulsive and violent person, why did he suddenly kill someone?

Jiwei asked: "Do you know why the uncle had an argument with someone?"

Shuyue replied: "I heard from the people who followed the uncle that the son of Minyang Hou and his wife and brother went to see the lantern together, and happened to see the same lantern as the uncle. They asked the uncle to give them the lantern, but the uncle refused. , They laughed at the uncle as a lame man, said he was incapable, and said... They also said that our uncle's house will soon be in disaster. We got into a fight with them. Who knew that the brother-in-law of the son of the Marquis of Min Yang was an unbeaten man, and he was beaten to death in a few strokes. This man deserved to die, but, lord, lord was locked up, what should I do? Do it?"

Ji Wei reassured: "Don't worry, Uncle must be thinking of a way. After all, this matter was caused by a quarrel, and this person died after returning. There should be a turning point."

Jiwei actually has no idea.Although this seems to be just the uncle's business, but if the uncle is really going to be beheaded because of this matter, then the uncle's mansion will really not be able to stay in the capital.

Jiwei lived in anxiety for two days, and was invited by his wife to Qiutang Court at noon that day.During this period of time, Jiwei Dingxing's wife was exempted, so she was mentally prepared before she arrived at Qiutangyuan, knowing that this must be a discussion about the uncle.

Sure enough, as soon as Jiwei arrived at the main room of Qiutang Courtyard, she saw that everyone had already arrived.

The uncle was sitting on the grand master's chair, puffing on a pipe, and knocking in the ashtray on the table from time to time, looking very bored.Jiwei stepped forward to salute, the uncle waved his hands and said, "Okay, sit down!"

Jiwei glanced at it and found that his wife was wearing a forehead mop on her head, and her eye circles were still a little red and swollen, presumably she had just cried.In addition, the white hair on Uncle's head has also increased.Sure enough, something happened to the uncle, and the parents felt the most distressed.

The grandma swept away her past pride, and before Jiwei saluted, she said with red eyes: "Siblings are precious now, don't be too polite, sit down!"

The third master and the third grandmother also said that they dare not accept Jiwei's gift.

Jiwei greeted the fifth master Qin Yu, Qin Jiarong and Qin Zhirong again.Qin Jiarong looked depressed and her chin was pointed.It was obvious that during the period of living in her mother's house, she was really struggling.It's just that she is a little bit stuck now, her mother's family can't give her a head for the time being, and her husband's family insists on not letting go, so she can only stay in the uncle's house for a day.

The uncle saw that everyone had arrived, put down the pipe in his hand, glanced at everyone in the room, and said, "You should all know about the fact that your elder brother was imprisoned in Dali Temple. I came here to talk to you Discuss how we can rescue your eldest brother."

Qin Yu asked anxiously: "Didn't father go to find the Prince of Li? Why, the Prince of the County is not willing to help us?"

Uncle shook his head heavily.

Qin Yu said dissatisfiedly: "How could this be? Isn't the Marquis of Minyang the natal home of the princess of the county? The prince of the county asked the princess of the county to speak for our uncle's mansion in front of the prince. This matter can be turned into a small matter. Already?"

The uncle sighed, and said: "Hey, the county king also has his difficulties. You all know that the county king has long had conflicts with the county princess because of the matter of establishing a son. In the past two years, the two of them have become even more incompatible. The empress dowager knew about it, and even came to smooth things over. Unfortunately, the two still couldn't get along. Now they are both trying to maintain face, and they are actually living their own lives. The county prince didn't hide it from me, he said He and this old father-in-law's family seem to be at odds with each other now, if he really wants to speak for our uncle's house, maybe it will only add fuel to the fire!"

(End of this chapter)