The ultimate rebirth of the abandoned woman

Chapter 523

Except for the discordant note of Cui Qing, the old man's funeral went smoothly.

The Cui family strictly followed the ancient rituals, small funeral, large funeral, funeral, funeral, and then Cui Ze led all the children and grandchildren Fuling back to Luoyang for burial.

The entire funeral was solemn and solemn, and the relatives and old friends who came to express their condolences could not only feel the profound family heritage of the Cui family, but also feel the sorrow from the heart of the Cui family.

The old man left, and the three celebrities went to the mourning hall and wept bitterly. After Mrs. Cui, they lost another close friend.

Especially Zhou Meng, who has the best relationship with the Cui brothers and sisters, even disregarding his elders, he personally held the bondage and sent the old man back to Luoyang all the way.

Wei Xian and Qi Tong walked arm in arm at the front of the large army. The two old men sang loudly with tears in their eyes. A sad elegy vividly expressed their four or fifty years of friendship with their old man.

Cui Ze also carefully selected Ding You's candidates for returning home: he, Cui Run, and Cui Hong would naturally return to Luoyang, and their respective wives would also follow.In addition, Cui Yanbo and his eldest son, who are the sons and grandsons, will also go back, while Cui Zhongbo and other brothers will stay in the capital.

This is an arrangement of the Rongkang Hall, and all the people from Rongshou Hall and Rong'an Hall will stay in Beijing.After all, according to the patriarchal relationship, except for Cui Shouyi and his son, the relationship between the others and the old man was far away after all.

And Cui Shouyi's situation was not good either. Ever since the old man passed away, he had been in a daze, and sometimes he would even be in a trance for a short period of time, for example, calling 'Brother' to Cui Run, who looked a lot like the old man.

Regarding Cui Shouyi's situation, the imperial physician gave a diagnosis: the old man was already getting old, and now he was stimulated by the death of his eldest brother, so his spirit was inevitably frustrated and he needed to rest.

And from the capital back to Luoyang, although the journey is not very far, but no matter how careful you are, it is not as comfortable as being at home.It's just the beginning of winter, and it's unbearable for a normal person, let alone an elderly patient.

Therefore, the imperial physician reminded Cui's family that General Cui's health is not very good, so he should avoid being overworked, let alone being stimulated.

Cui Ze and Cui Hai deeply believed it. They felt that if Cui Shouyi returned to Luoyang and watched his elder brother's burial with his own eyes, and remembered the old lady who was buried next door, his condition would worsen if he was stimulated. .

If there is another event... Well, the Cui family and the Cui family really can't afford a second funeral.

After Cui Ze's arrangement, Cui Youbo stayed in Beijing, but he became inconspicuous.

After the crown prince left that day, Cui Youbo took time to talk with Cui Zemi for a while, and told his father euphemistically that the crown prince did not want him to leave Beijing.

Cui Ze is an old fox, he has seen his son and the prince's petty actions for a long time, and now he is considering the feasibility of this matter after listening to his son's words.

After thinking about it, Cui Ze nodded slowly, um, that's not bad.Once the old man left, all the male members of the Cui family wanted Ding You, which meant that the Cui family had to stay away from the political center. This was a bad signal, but there was no way to avoid it.

Since it is destined to stay away from the center, it is necessary to minimize the loss of the Cui family, and the relationship between Cui Youbo and the crown prince has a positive effect on the entire Cui family.

Cui Zeding was worried that he could see the saint almost every day. To say something disrespectful, the days of the saint are numbered.

Once the sage dies and the new king ascends the throne, and someone in the Cui family has an irresistible relationship with the new king, then after they are done worrying about Ding, someone will be able to remind the new king, and it will be a matter of course for them to recover at that time.

Therefore, Cui Youbo must stay, the Cui family has already left the center, and must not leave the capital!

In this way, Cui Youbo's family stayed behind. When the old man's coffin left the capital, the couple led the eldest son and daughter, and the family of four dressed in filial piety, weeping all the way to send the old man out of the capital.

The whole family stood outside the city gate of the capital, watching the funeral procession go far away, until they completely disappeared on the official road, Cui Youbo said to Xiao Nan with a strong nasal voice: "Lady, let's go back!"

Xiao Nan cried and howled for more than ten days, and her voice became hoarse. Now she didn't want to say a word, but she still hummed in a low voice to save Uncle Cui, "Okay!"

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After finishing the funeral of the old man, the time has entered December.

The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and the festive atmosphere in the capital is getting stronger and stronger.

Cui's family is a mourning family, and few people come to the house during the Chinese New Year, let alone go out for dinner. Therefore, the courtyards at the three entrances are all quiet, and the servants are also cautious when doing things, lest they make any noise or cause trouble. It was some noise that made the owner angry.

Especially in Rong'antang, because Cui Shouyi's health has been poor, the soup and medicine are constant.The entire compound was enveloped in a gloomy atmosphere, and Cui Hai and other masters, big and small, had long faces all day long, looking at nothing pleasing to the eye.

As for the Rongkang Hall in the middle, more than half of the owner left, leaving only Cui Zhongbo, Cui Shubo, and Cui Huibo's family.

Most of the female relatives have also gone. As the eldest daughter-in-law of the old man, even if she is over 60 years old, she has to follow her husband back to her hometown to observe filial piety.

As for Mrs. Wang, she is pregnant. Originally, Cui Ze wanted her to stay in Beijing. It's not good if you are too pure and hurt your body when you keep your filial piety.

But Mrs. Wang firmly disagrees. She is a daughter brought up by an old-fashioned family, and she values ​​etiquette and rules the most. In addition, she also needs to win the reputation of a filial woman. Back to Luoyang.

As soon as Mrs. Wang left, no one took care of Rongkang Hall's middle supporters.Although there is Xiao Nan's care, but the mistress without a master is not a big deal after all.

Although the Cui family is a mourning family, the mistress needs to take care of the ritual gifts that should be given during the Chinese New Year, the gifts that should be returned, and the accounts of the farm and shop.

As for Xiao Nan, she also has a lot of things to deal with, and now that she has added a Jiwei College, she is even busier. Even with the help of a capable lady in charge, she is occasionally overwhelmed.

In addition, Rongkang Hall was not his territory after all, and Xiao Nan didn't want to get involved too much, so before Wang's departure, he euphemistically expressed his meaning: it's okay to help occasionally, but she has to be fully responsible, she has no skills at all.

Wang Shi also understood that when she asked Xiao Nan to help, she didn't really want Xiao Nan to roll up his sleeves to help her housekeeper, but to use her to suppress the eldest lady.

Now that she and the eldest lady are going back to Luoyang, the middle supporter of Rongkang Hall really needs to entrust someone more secure. You know, she will leave for three years.She didn't choose a good person at the beginning, but something upset her later.

After thinking about it, Wang finally decided to hand over Rongkang Hall to Webster.

Firstly, Wei Shi and Wang Shi have a good relationship, and they are the legitimate second-in-law daughter-in-law of Rongkang Hall;

Secondly, Wei Shi is very smart and very self-aware. She knows her identity as the Cui family, and she will definitely not take advantage of the opportunity of the housekeeper to install cronies and do things that embezzle public property;
Three times, as soon as Mrs. Wang and Cui Yanbo left, Uncle Cui was in charge of the house, so it was reasonable to entrust the internal affairs to Uncle Cui's wife.

Connecting these joints, Mrs. Wang first thanked Xiao Nan for his hard work during this time, and took back the pair of cards, account books, keys and other things, and then she turned to ask Webster, whether it is true or not, the two sisters-in-law pushed After giving way, Webster accepted those things with a half-push.

Now, Uncle Cui and his wife are handling the general affairs of Rongkang Hall, one is outside the house and the other is inside.

"Your Majesty, Duke Yong'an is about to hold a dark ceremony, how to follow the ceremony, do you want to discuss it with the next door?"

Webster's neck felt a little sore after finishing the day's accounts, but now is not the time to rest, she still has a bunch of invitations to deal with.

The Cui family is a mourning family and cannot attend the banquet, but relatives and friends have something to do at home, so they don't have to go, but they must be sent along with the gift as usual.

Uncle Cui was also busy outside for a day, and it seemed that the Chinese New Year was coming, and the heads of the villages in various villages began to send one year's surplus and annual gifts to Beijing. Now, the housekeeper went to Luoyang with Cui Yanbo and his wife, and the one who received the money and annual gifts could only be Uncle Cui, the temporary housekeeper.

He rubbed Jingming acupoint, which was a little sore, but he didn't realize it for a while, and asked back, "Young Lord Yong'an? Who is it?" Actually, what he wanted to know was, what was the relationship between this nobleman and the Cui family.

Wei Shi knew that her husband was too busy, so regardless of his own pain, he hurried forward to help her husband knead his shoulders, and whispered in his ear: "Your Majesty is so busy that you forgot Duke Yong'an? Is he Wei? Wang's eldest son, who was conferred the title of Duke of Yong'an by the sage two months ago, and married him to the Su family, will officially hold a funeral ceremony on the eighth day of this month."

Uncle Cui was startled, but then he remembered, no, the Dalang of the Wei Palace had betrothed the Crown Princess's maiden niece. When the marriage was engaged, the old man had not yet passed away, and he followed his eldest brother to the Wei Palace for a wedding.

However, before his father left, his father had repeatedly explained that their Cui family was only loyal to saints, even if the crown prince was the next saint, the Cui family would not rush to help, let alone a king of Wei who was spoiled by the world.

However, the eldest son of the Prince of Wei has appointed the niece of the Crown Princess. If the congratulatory gift is too thin, it may offend the Su family, which in turn will make the Crown Prince unhappy.

The Cui family can not get involved in the prince's dispute, but they can't offend the prince casually.

After thinking about it, Uncle Cui nodded and said: "Well, I remembered... As for the congratulatory gift, well, how about it, I will ask the eighth brother at night." Xiao Ba is the prince's confidant, and Xiao Ba knows best what the prince has plans .

Little Ba, Cui Youbo's children's shoe, who was talked about by Uncle Cui, is also busy with Xiao Nan to settle accounts at the end of the year.

In the past, Uncle Cui didn't like to do these chores, but since he realized the mistakes he made in the past and his eldest son grew up, Uncle Cui deeply understood the truth that "money is not everything, but without money is absolutely impossible". , Cultivating confidantes, eyeliners, etc. all need money, and he doesn't want to know how much money his family has.

Therefore, this year he proposed for the first time to help Xiao Nan sort out the accounts together.

But habits and sincerity cannot be changed in a day or two. Looking at the pile of account books, Cui Youbo felt his temples twitching, and the veins on his forehead were about to pop.

Even so, his good lady smiled and said with malicious intentions: "Your Majesty, this is only the property of the capital, and the ones from Luoyang, Xie County, Donghai, etc. have not been sent over yet..."

The villain in his heart couldn't help crying: Alas, Ding You can't be quiet, and he can't be idle during the New Year.

Cui Youbo didn't know that compared to the messy things outside, the account books in his family were really nothing, but he soon found out...

PS: Hey, the holiday is over, are you having fun?Hee hee, a samurai who is used to being lazy on weekdays also shamefully took a vacation for herself. Well, the vacation is over, and this samurai should also get up, come on!
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