Good morning Mr. Zhongtang

Chapter 47

On the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, Tong Wanrou returned home. Mrs. Li was preparing New Year's goods in the small courtyard. Seeing her come back, she also pulled her into the team.

Fu Heng was dissatisfied with his mother's dominance of his daughter-in-law, but he didn't dare to be too disobedient, so he had to stay by their side and talk to Li Shi from time to time.

Tong Wanrou's handwriting is recognized as good, so Mrs. Li asked her to write the gift list. Although Mrs. Li is the side wife of the Fucha Mansion, she is very popular now. Looking at the entire capital, there is no side wife like her. The future is bright.

"Mother, grandpa has been promoted, do you know?"

Fu Heng dismantled the gift from Rongguo Duke's mansion for Li, and said in an ordinary way.

Mrs. Li looked up at him and nodded: "I know, my son went to your grandfather's place before."

Fu Hengyiqi: "Huh? Have you gone to your grandfather's mansion? I haven't been there yet? Daughter-in-law, let's go in the afternoon. Where is my grandfather's new mansion? I'll take you to identify the door."

Tong Wanrou was concentrating on writing the list. Hearing what Fu Heng said, she raised her head to look at him, neither agreed nor refused, and said, "Grandfather's mansion will not run away again, wait until the helper is done. Bar."

Mrs. Li was very pleased with his daughter-in-law's understanding. He rolled his eyes at his son and said, "Your grandfather's mansion is in Shuma Lane in Dongcheng. There are three or four rooms. It's not big, but it's enough for him to live in."

Fu Heng raised his eyebrows and said, "A high-ranking official of the imperial court lives in only three or four rooms in the mansion? How is the Ministry of Rites organized?"

But Mrs. Li thinks it's quite good: "Why do you want to be so big? Your grandfather didn't like to use servants. In the end, I didn't take care of him. The place is big, and I'm tired."

Fu Heng pouted indifferently: "Grandpa is alone, why don't you give him a whole house?"

Li put down the things in his hand and looked at Fu Heng. He became interested in what he said, and said, "I want to give him another room, but, do you know how he will answer me? He actually put your grandmother's tablet on the table." Come over to me, tell me what - okay, you can ask your mother, and if your mother agrees, I will continue! Hey, he bit Lu Dongbin like a dog, and my good intentions are really in vain."

Tong Wanrou couldn't help laughing when her mother-in-law described her grandfather as a dog. She looked at Fu Heng and said something fair:

"Grandfather is really a long-lasting man."

Mrs. Li sighed helplessly, but Fu Heng came over to her and said, "Miss likes long-term love? Then I won't continue in the future, just you?"

Tong Wanrou's expression was a bit strange, but Li Shi heard the clue, tapped Fu Heng on the head with a piece of paper, and said:

"Are you a curse person?"

Fu Heng rogue smiled, took a sip of tea, and said again:
"By the way, I forgot to tell you that I may not be a guard after the new year."

Li Shi and Tong Wanrou put down the movements of their hands at the same time, looked at him in surprise, Li Shi asked nervously: "You are not a bodyguard, what are you doing? Don't give me a moth, you know?"

Fu Heng asked her to be calm and calm: "What a moth. The emperor said that I am well-informed and knowledgeable, and it is too embarrassing to be a bodyguard. From next year, let me be the minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, who is in charge of women in the palace people who do things."

"..."

Tong Wanrou covered her mouth with overlapping palms in surprise, and Li Shi was also stunned. Tong Wanrou's surprise eyes flickered, and Fu Heng felt itchy to see, only to hear Tong Wanrou ask in surprise:
"What Mr. Xiang said is true? This, this is a promotion!"

Being a bodyguard in the palace, even if he lasted for a long time, he was just an imperial bodyguard, but if he was a minister of internal affairs, then in the future, he would be more than just a fourth-rank imperial bodyguard.In the future, even if you can enter the imperial court, you might as well.

Therefore, it was no wonder that Tong Wanrou and Li Shi were so pleasantly surprised.This is simply a great joy.

Mrs. Li pulled Fu Heng and asked, "Is this true? Did you, Ama, know? Why is there no document in the palace?"

Fu Heng shrugged and replied: "Ama doesn't know yet, but the emperor personally talked to me about this matter, and the documents in the palace will probably be in the next year, but the emperor's golden words will definitely not lie to me. "

Li Shi happily shook hands with Tong Wanrou, muttering:

"That's great, that's great. This, being promoted to the Minister of Internal Affairs after one year in the palace, this, this is something that even a son-in-law can't do."

Seeing Li Shi so happy, Fu Heng and Tong Wanrou looked at each other and smiled, snatched Tong Wanrou back from Li Shi, put his arms around her shoulders, and said to Li Shi:

"So mother, the son is so promising, can I take Wanrou to visit the grandfather's mansion this afternoon?"

"..."

After walking around for a long time, this kid just wanted to play with his wife.

Mrs. Li gave him an angry look, then waved to them, and said, "Go play, go play, you are not here, I don't worry."

The two young men were not polite to her, they went out holding hands.

It was the first time for Tong Wanrou to celebrate the New Year in the palace.

The virtuous people were invited to attend the New Year’s Eve Banquet, and Tong Wanrou and Nanny Gui also accompanied them all the way, but they couldn’t enter the inner arena, so they had to stay outside the door, listening to the dance and music in the hall. It has been the busiest year since Lord Long Live ascended the throne.

Because there were no more than four concubines in the former palace, now there are eight more, and more than a dozen women gather together, one can imagine how lively this scene is.

At the New Year's Eve banquet, most of the talented girls who just entered this year are performing their unique skills. The virtuous people have their stomachs upright, and no one dares to embarrass her. It is also very comfortable to just sit there and eat and watch the singing and dancing performances quietly. .

It was very hot inside, and Li Dequan didn't forget that there were still little maids and eunuchs guarding outside the palace. He paid out of his own pocket and asked the imperial dining room to serve a jug of wine and two plates of snacks to the thirty-year-old palace guards at night. It's Chinese New Year.

Tong Wanrou didn't expect that her share would be so much more than others.

Li Dequan came to her personally holding a wine glass, saluted her respectfully, and said:

"In the coming year, Madam needs to take care of her."

Tong Wanrou immediately clinked glasses with him, and said with a smile: "Boss, you are polite, it is Wanrou who wants to ask for your forgiveness."

While speaking, Tong Wanrou knew that Li Dequan was hinting that her husband would become the Minister of Internal Affairs next year, and this matter was already a certainty, otherwise, even Li Dequan would not come to greet her and make friends.

Thinking that all this was because of her husband, Tong Wanrou felt very proud in her heart, because that was her husband, the one she personally chose.

Back at Yonghe Palace, both Jin Rong and Nanny Gui were a little dizzy from drinking, only Tong Wanrou remained sober.

After personally serving the nobleman to sleep, she was about to leave, but was dragged by the nobleman and talked a lot about the housework. In the end, she got a big red envelope from the nobleman, saying it was lucky money, and told her to be sure accept.

Tong Wanrou was frightened, so the virtuous man said to her: "The palace will really be in chaos next year, put some money on you, it will always come in handy at critical times."

Only now did Tong Wanrou accept the thick stack of red envelopes.

Thirty'er's vigil was over, and early in the morning on the first day of the first lunar month, before dawn, Tong Wanrou walked to Zhengyangmen in a sedan chair.

Although she lay by the window watching the fireworks all night and barely slept, somehow she didn't feel sleepy at all.

Fu Heng was waiting for her outside the Zhengyang Gate, and their guard camp took turns to take vacations for several days, so he had already returned to the mansion the day before yesterday, and knowing that Tong Wanrou returned to the mansion today, he couldn't wait to come and pick her up in person.

Fucha mansion is also very lively.Relatives and friends from all walks of life came to pay New Year's greetings in the first month, and there was a lot of traffic in front of Fucha Mansion.

What is different this year from previous years is that after everyone came out of Mrs. Guerjia, they did not forget to visit Mrs. Li's yard by the side.

Those who were not optimistic about her in the past have now accepted the reality. Regardless of whether they are sincere or not, they have started to flatter Li Shi anyway.

Tong Wanrou and Fu Heng didn't want to deal with it in the mansion, so they greeted Li Zheng in advance, and the young couple went to live with Li Zheng for two days. After two days of quiet life, after returning on the last day, they were also arrested Mrs. Li complained a lot.

On the sixth day of the first lunar month, an imperial decree came from the palace to promote Fu Heng, the imperial bodyguard, to be the Minister of Internal Affairs to take charge of the affairs of the Old Summer Palace.

After Fu Heng received the order, he was called to the study by Li Rongbao.He also went with the sixth son Fu Xin. The father and son talked for a long time in the room. The housekeeper brought snacks twice and tea five or six times, but they didn't see them coming out.

Tong Wanrou and Mrs. Li had been busy in the kitchen for a long time. When they returned to the living room and asked Fu Lu, they found out that Fu Heng hadn't come back yet. When Mrs. Li was asking if he wanted to go and have a look, Fu Lu's voice was changing Then it rang:

"I'm back, I'm back, Master Jiu is back."

Tong Wanrou went out to welcome her, seeing Fu Heng walking with a dignified expression, and seeing her, she quickly hid the gloom on her face, showed a big smile, stretched out her hand and shook hands with Tong Wanrou, and walked into the room together. hall.

"What do you, Ama, want from you?" Fu Heng shrugged, sat down and poured himself some tea, and said:
"What's the matter, it's nothing more than asking my brother to be harmonious, and not to step on my brother to climb up."

Li Shi and Tong Wanrou looked at each other, Li Shi frowned and asked:

"What do you mean stepping on your brother to climb up? Shouldn't those who work with our side courtyard be more successful than their main courtyard? That kid Fu Xin has been nothing since he was a child. When you two are together, I'm still worried that he will step on you to climb up." Whoever can climb up and whoever can't climb up, it's all about the ability, if you have the ability, let Fu Xin also climb up."

Tong Wanrou sat beside Fu Heng, hooked his arm, and comforted him with his eyes. Fu Heng glanced at her and curled his lips to show that he was fine.

Li Shi looked at Fu Heng, who was a little disappointed, and sighed, thinking, she is the one who hurt the children anyway.If she is no longer a concubine...

Thinking of this, she became more determined in her inner decision.

(End of this chapter)