food queen

Chapter 547 There are ulterior motives! (3)
"Stupid! Cough, cough..." Gao Yanshi was so angry that he slapped the table, and he gasped for a while before recovering from his breath. He pointed at the eldest son's nose and cursed, "Short-sighted!"

"Father, calm down! The eldest brother is not specifically against you, he just doesn't understand your old intentions." Gao Ying hurriedly brought a cup of tea to Gao Yanshi, and persuaded, "Father, what on earth are you planning to do with our brothers?" Let's talk about it. There will be a lot of things in the future, and it will be arranged by the eldest brother."

Gao Yanshi took a sip of tea, suppressed the anger in his heart, pointed at the two sons in front of him, and sighed: "You guys! It's really... You've lived a long time, and you don't know how to use your brains when doing anything!"

Seeing that the old man was very angry, Gao Sheng hurriedly bowed his hands and said, "My son is dull, please tell me clearly."

Gao Yanshi stared at his eldest son for a moment, and then said: "It's a long story, you should do it according to your father's instructions first. Zhongyihou is the honor of the head of the country, and the Ministry of Rites is already planning to give him a posthumous title." Well, it is said that five or six emperors were not satisfied. Of course, the matter of laying the ceremony cannot be sloppy. Also, it is a bit early for you to go to express your condolences, so go tomorrow. When you go to express your condolences, don’t just burn paper and burn incense , and take care of business."

"Father, when you go to someone's house to express your condolences, what else can you do besides burning paper and offering incense?" Goldman asked puzzled.

"Naturally, talk to those who went to pay homage, and then take a closer look at how many funeral rites others have given! How stupid!" Gao Yanshi sighed.

"Yes, my son has remembered." Goldman Sachs clapped his hands in reply.

The next day, Gao Sheng doubled the funeral ceremony he had prepared, changed into plain clothes, and took his family to Zhongyihou's mansion to express condolences.

Because Lao Zhongyihou is the queen's father, Zhongyihou's mansion has been full of guests since the mourning was opened. There is an endless stream of people who come to mourn the old Houye. street.

"As expected of the father-in-law of the country!" Gao Sheng got out of the carriage all the way, straightened his clothes, and walked with his family members carrying funeral gifts through the passing people to the gate of Zhongyihou's mansion. From time to time, there were acquaintances Greeted him, and he hurriedly clasped his fists in return.

Just like that, he walked all the way into the gate of Zhongyihou's mansion, and the steward had already come forward to lead him to the coffin shed to offer incense and sacrifice.Those Gao family members who came with Gao Sachs carried the funeral ceremony and others to the ceremony shed to present the ceremony and the gift list.At the same time, under the secret instruction of their master, he quietly took a look at the other funeral ceremony when people were not paying attention, and there was also a gift list that he hadn't had time to put away.

After the sacrifice, Gao Sheng was invited to drink tea in the nearby tea shed, and chatted with his acquainted colleagues in a low voice. The old man of Zhen Guogong walked in slowly with the support of the housekeeper on crutches, and walked towards All the mourners clasped their fists and clasped their hands: "My colleagues are interested. The matter happened in a hurry and the greeting was not good. Please forgive me."

"The old man is too polite!"

"Yes, the Duke is very polite. We are all deeply saddened by the death of the old Duke!"

"Grandfather's day is sad and obedient!"

"Yes, Grandpa, take care of your health!"

Everyone in the tea shed returned the salute one after another, and there was a commotion.

Lord Laozhen raised his hand towards the crowd and nodded slightly: "Thank you all, everyone, please sit down and have some tea."

"Master Xie Guo."

"My lord is too polite!"

Everyone responded again.

The old Duke drank half a cup of tea with everyone in the tea shed, and then someone hurried back and forth: "Old Lord, the son of King Yan has come, and he brought His Majesty's imperial decree. He said it was for His Majesty to condolences to Old Hou Ye, Old Lord Let's go too."

"Okay, okay!" Old Zhen Guogong bowed his hands to the crowd, stood up with a walking stick and staggered forward.

The son of King Yan came to express condolences for the emperor. Although this was not as good as when the emperor and empress came to express condolences in person at Yao Wengong's funeral, it was not a low standard.In the tea shed, those who had official positions did not dare to sit still, and got up one after another to go outside to accompany the sacrifice.

After a busy day, Yunzhen, the crown prince of the King of Yan, left behind a thick funeral ceremony and a long gift list and left. Gao Sheng also bid farewell to the housekeeper who supported him in the shed, and walked out slowly with Lu Haoran who came to express his condolences.

After leaving the gate of Zhongyihou's Mansion, Lu Haoran couldn't help but look back again, sighed leisurely before moving forward with his hands behind his hands.

"Lord Lu, why are you sighing?" Goldman asked.

Lu Haoran sighed very sadly: "People, whether they are vigorous or unknown, they last a lifetime! If you die, you will lose everything!"

Gao Sheng smiled lightly and said: "You can't say that. Although Zhong Yihou is gone, his three sons are very up-to-date. The three princes of the Han family used to be the eldest son of the eldest son who was the most glorious. Now, he This room looks like it will suppress the limelight of the long room!"

After hearing this, Lu Haoran turned to look at Gao Sheng seriously, and asked after a while, "Did you figure out what you said yourself, or did you listen to others?"

"I didn't hear anyone say it. I just felt that way when I saw the old duke. You see, this loyal old man is honored as the head of the country, and he has the honor of being a duke after his death. The emperor decreed that he bestow the posthumous title Zhongyong Do you think the old Duke will have such glory? Of course, this is not important. You see, although the eldest son Han Jianyuan in the Duke's mansion now holds 20 strong soldiers in the northwest, the eldest daughter of their family is still from the Ninghou Mansion. The young wife of the family, but there is a queen in the Zhongyi Hou Mansion! The three here are serious uncles, Han Jianyuan inherits the first-class title, Han Jiankai is already a third-rank general, and Han Jianshi—the emperor went up a few days ago Dongling saved the empress, he did a great job. Although he didn’t get a title when he came back, it’s a matter of time, right? In this way, the long house can only rely on the military achievements of the seniors, and the three of the Marquis Mansion Master is the one with a bright future!" Goldman Sachs talked eloquently as he walked, but he attracted several colleagues who had just come out of Zhongyi Hou's residence to pay their condolences.

"Master Gao is right!" A head of the official department next to him echoed, "The three princes of the Han family will definitely not be able to compare with the house of Zhongyihou in the future. When the empress gives birth to a dragon heir, don't say Han’s parents have two houses, which is the family of civil and military princes in the Manchu Dynasty, who can compare with it?”

"That's right, what Master Chen said is very true." Goldman nodded.

"Hey!" Lu Haoran sighed, and then nodded, "This is true."

The group of people didn't say long, they left the alley in front of Zhongyihou's mansion, got into their own carriages and went home.

After Goldman Sachs returned, he went to Gao Yanshi to answer first, and told Gao Yanshi who he had met, whose gift list he had seen, and so on.Afterwards, Goldman bowed again and said, "Father's expectations are true! These people's funeral ceremonies have doubled than usual, and some even more. Father is really wise! Even Mr. Lu said that in a few years, loyal Yihou Mansion will overwhelm the limelight of other mansions and become the number one minister in the court."

(End of this chapter)