The Forensic Doctor's Daughter-in-law

Chapter 39
Fortunately, when Old Duke Cui was alive, he had a pretty good relationship with Old Ancestor Cui. In addition, he already had several concubine children, so he withstood the pressure from his own mother and never divorced his wife. However, Old Ancestor Cui Therefore, my mother-in-law is not welcome, but another concubine of Cui Laoguo is the daughter of Cui's ancestor's mother-in-law. She is very respectable in front of Cui's mother-in-law. It is the current Cui Guogong, the father of Cui Lanchi.

Because the old ancestor Cui had no children, although he was the head of the house in the Cui family, it was a pity that he lacked confidence and was not treated by his mother-in-law. His life was not very good. Even Cui Laogong's mother passed away five years ago, and Cui Laogong passed away three years ago. After the eldest son succeeded Cui Laoguo as Duke, although he could not obey the words of this aunt, he would at least understand ten sentences. Listening to the eight sentences, the whole family is even more harmonious. Over time, the Cui family can be regarded as a rare example of a concubine family in the capital.

After listening to Ping's mother's brief introduction, Dou Zihan really has a little interest in this Cui family, and really wants to meet this family, especially her cheap grandmother, does she really have no idea at all?Are the few cheap uncles of Cui's family really all of high moral character, who value morality?
Ancestor Cui's eldest daughter-in-law...the eldest wife is naturally the Duke's wife, the first-rank order of the dynasty.

Mrs. Cui Er is none other than the wife of the prefect of Han in Qinzhou, the cousin of the cousin of the Xue family. Mr. Cui Er's official position is not high, he is only a fifth-rank official, and Mrs. Cui also has a sixth-rank rank.

As for Mrs. Cui San, she is younger, and she is not the original wife of Cui San, but the second wife of Cui San.Master Cui San is mainly released in Jingnan, and he can be regarded as a local official.

In addition to the wives of the Cui family, there were also several young ladies of the Cui family waiting. Cui Lanchi's own sister, Miss Cui Si, was about the same age as Dou Zihan, only half a month younger by Dou Zihan.

Ms. Cui Qi, the eldest concubine, is only 11 years old this year, and the Cui family has already engaged Miss Cui San, who is the daughter of the second room. Her sister, Miss Cui Liu, is also 11 years old, only older than Miss Cui Qi. After three months of being older, the remaining female family member is Miss Cui Wu, who was the first wife of the third bedroom of the Cui family. This girl is 12 years old this year.There are also a few young masters who are not adults, most of them are around seven or eight or nine years old, and there are also a few aunts of Cui's cheap uncle.

Although the street where Cui Guogong’s mansion is located is not the most prosperous area in the capital, all the buildings on the right side of this street belong to Cui Guogong’s mansion. Even if ordinary people cannot enter the courtyard wall, they can still see countless heavy buildings from the outside Stacked courtyard.

This Cui Guogong Mansion has a long history on this street. It was bestowed by the great-grandfather of the current emperor. The Cui family has produced literati since ancient times, and it has been passed down for more than 20 generations. There were 13 people who visited the pavilion. Prime Ministers, especially Cui Lingyun, the most famous white-clothed minister in his ancestors, defended the capital besieged by rebels for two months with his own power. The earliest origin of Cui Guogong's mansion.

The Qinghe Cui family has always been noble, and over time, it became one of the most famous families with seven surnames in the Eastern Tang Dynasty.The plaque on Cui Guogong's mansion was written by Cui Lingyun, the white-clothed minister of the Cui family ancestor. Although "Cui's mansion" is just a simple word, it has an imposing manner that cannot be ignored.

After Dou Zihan got out of the carriage, Ping's mother supported her on one side and walked on the other side, mainly to remind her something, otherwise, she is not a three-inch golden lotus, and there is no custom of women's feet binding in this era, why bother? I'm not used to being supported by people.

Two servant girls, A Lian and A Rong, followed behind her, and Xiaodou Sprouts, who was being brought by Ping's mother, followed behind Dou Zihan hand in hand.

The concierge of Cui Guogong's mansion saw the guests arriving at this time, except for sending a boy in to report, everyone else stood still three steps away from Dou Zihan, bowed first and said: "Greetings to Miss Cousin."

Having said that, I need to remind you that the customs of the east, west, north, south, east, and west of the Eastern Tang Kingdom are still a little different. In some places, unmarried girls are called girls. For example, in the capital, most of them use this name, but in the area of ​​​​Dou Zihan's hometown, Girls who are not married are mostly called Miss.But there is no such thing as calling the little lady in the Song and Ming Dynasties.

On this point, Ping's mother also reminded Dou Zihan when she was about to arrive in the capital.

"Get up!" When she got out of the carriage, Ping's mother had already put on a veiled hat for her, covering her head and face. Through the tulle, she could still clearly see the expressions of these Cui family servants.

The gatekeepers said to Little Bean Sprouts again: "I've seen Master Biao of the Dou family."

"There's no need to be too polite." When Xiaodou Sprouts went to Beijing, Dou Zihan had asked Mother Ping and Steward Wang to help him make up for some basic etiquette. She brought Xiaodou Sprouts to Beijing, not to make fun of others.

At this time, the main entrance of the Duke's Mansion had already been opened. After all, Dou Zihan's identity was a serious relative of the Duke's Mansion, so he should go through the main gate.

After the door was opened, two sedan chairs were carried out from the inside. The so-called sedan chair was a big chair lifted by two poles. Along with the sedan chair came out two middle-aged women who looked like mothers in gorgeous clothes.

"The servant girl is the mother Ren who is next to the ancestor. I have seen the cousin girl, the young master of the Dou family."

"Mother Ren, don't need to be too polite." Although Dou Zihan didn't know the identity of this mother Ren, judging from her dress and tone of voice, she might be a managing mother who had a lot of face in front of her cheap grandmother. Naturally, she didn't get a big gift, so she was only half-respected.

"The maidservant is the mother-in-law next to the eldest lady. I have met the cousin girl, the young master of the Dou family." After Ren's mother saluted, another mother also stepped forward to salute.

Dou Zihan was still half-respected.

"Biao girl, Master Biao, get on the sedan chair, the old ancestor is still waiting!" Mother Ren said.

Mother Yue ordered a few attendants to say: "Clean up the things of Miss Biao and Master Biao of the Dou family first, and put them in the 'Qingshui Pavilion' and make other arrangements after seeing the old ancestor and the eldest lady."

"Yes." Several servants began to move the accompanying luggage.

Ping's mother helped Dou Zihan into one of them.

Xiao Bean Sprouts got on the other shelf, and the people who carried the sedan chairs were all the strong women of Cui Guogong's mansion, because Xiao Bean Sprouts was also young, so naturally there was no defense between men and women.

After being carried into the gate in a sedan chair, the main gate was closed immediately, facing a road paved with bluestone bricks, which was as wide as two carriages running side by side. On both sides of the road, evergreen trees were planted, lush and lush. Cut off from other sights, only the cornices of some houses that are occasionally exposed can be seen dimly.

This group of people walked all the way, and they were calm and calm. No one made a sound casually, and they didn't even cough. The atmosphere was a bit oppressive.

(End of this chapter)