Poor Family

During the Laba Festival in previous years, the emperor would take everyone to the paddock in the suburbs of Beijing for winter hunting. This year the winter hunting was cancelled, and the ice party was held at the Mingtai Ice Rink instead.

"I heard that this year's Ice Fun is extraordinarily grand, I really want to participate."

The 15th day of every month is the time when Shi's family gathers for dinner. At the dinner table, Shi Dingxu couldn't help muttering when he thought of Bingxi that everyone was talking about during this time.

Shi Dingnan: "Tenth brother, don't think about it, we can't go to the paddock in previous years, and Bingxi also doesn't have our share."

The children's voices were not small, and the adults heard them too.

The old lady Shi looked a little sad, what a glorious opportunity it is to accompany the emperor to participate in the activities, it cannot be obtained without important ministers and favored ministers, the current Shi family is not qualified enough.

As soon as this idea fell into place, Shi Dingxuan said: "We can go to the ice party."

As soon as these words came out, everyone's eyes turned to Shi Dingxuan.

Having worked as a servant in the palace for more than a year, now Ding Xuan is able to deal with it calmly no matter what occasions he encounters, even when his family members look at him so eagerly, he can keep his expression on.

Shi Dingxuan glanced at his brother Shi Dinghao.

Only then did Shi Dinghao suddenly pat his head: "Look at my memory." He quickly took out a yellow post from his bosom, got up and handed it to Mrs. Shi.

When the old man opened it and saw that it was the ticket for the Mingtai Ice Rink and the number of the stand, he was overjoyed: "Why do you have this?"

Shi Dinghao chuckled: "After this year's winter, my brother's bodyguard battalion will start practicing ice running. The top three will get admission tickets, and my brother will get the first place."

Hearing this, Jin Yue'e and Shi Zhenghe immediately looked at Shi Dingxuan, their faces full of pride.

The rest of the Shi family also looked at Shi Dingxuan with a smile.

Master Shi smiled and praised: "Wu Lang really gave the family face."

Shi Dingxuan hurriedly got up and said a few words of humility, and after receiving the compliments from the elders, he sat down again and continued to eat.

It is certainly a gratifying thing for the Shi family to participate in the ice play, but there are more than thirty people in the Shi family, including all the masters.

The number of people that can be accommodated in the stands of the ice rink is limited. Even if you don’t care about other people’s gazes, you can’t accommodate everyone in your family.

In this way, no one can go.

Of course, Shi Fuxin's family doesn't have this trouble.

There is no way, Bingxi's admission ticket was obtained by Shi Dingxuan, if their family can't go, it will be unreasonable.

"The fourth younger sister is a little depressed because they can't go to the ice rink."

In Lanyue Building, Shi Fuyin and Shi Fuxin checked the supply records of Hongyanxiao's branches while talking about homework.

Shi Fuxin: "There's nothing to do about it. The family's resources are limited, so of course we must first take care of our sons and daughters."

Shi Fuyin nodded her head: "Even if you don't marry well, you still have to be a regular wife and a concubine for others. Not only will you harm yourself, but you will also harm your children."

Speaking of this, Shi Fuxin thought of Shi Fuyue: "Second Sister is doing well in the Seventh Prince's Mansion?"

Shi Fuyin: "It's okay on the surface, but I don't know it in reality. But now that she is in charge of the No. 2 branch of Hongyanxiao, she can find a chance to come out and breathe."

Shi Fuxin: "I don't know if the second sister regrets her original decision?"

Shi Fuyin: "Probably some."

Confidante opened a branch with a smile, but the married elder sister and second elder sister were not left behind.

During the preparation of the store, she had contact with her eldest sister and second sister several times.

Both are married women, and she can tell from their expressions that the life of the second sister is definitely not as easy as that of the eldest sister.

"Finding a husband's family can't just look at family status."

"From the perspective of family status, there is no comparison between the eldest brother's husband's house and the seventh prince's house, but the eldest sister lives much more comfortably than the second sister."

Looking at Shi Fuyin who was full of emotion, Shi Fuxin smiled: "Sister, each person has his own way of life, whether life is good or not, it is his own choice."

Shi Fuyin nodded, did not continue to talk about this, but talked about other things.

The Mingtai Ice Rink was built by the Yongding River in the south of the outer city. On December 18th, early in the morning, the people of the outer city crowded the three floors outside the Zhengyang Gate with people.

"What happened?"

Mrs. Li and Mrs. Li brought their two grandchildren out to buy vegetables. Seeing the crowd rushing in one direction, their faces were full of curiosity.

Shi Zhengkun bought a few maids for the Li family to take care of their food, clothing, housing and transportation, but Mrs. Li felt that the cooking women spent a lot of money, so she had to go out to buy vegetables by herself.

Father Li wanted to get acquainted with the capital, so he would come out with him every day.

"Today the emperor is going to Mingtai Ice Rink to watch Bingxi, and everyone is going to Zhengyang Gate to watch the emperor." The vegetable seller explained to the two with a smile.

Mrs. Li's eyes widened: "Can you see the emperor?"

The vegetable seller smiled: "The emperor is sitting on the luan chariot, surrounded by guards escorting him. I can't see it, but you can see the emperor's guard of honor."

After hearing this, Mrs. Li looked at Father Li: "Shall we go and see too?"

Father Li agreed without even thinking about it. That's the emperor. When they were at the border, how could they dare to think that one day they would see such a thing as the emperor.

When Mrs. Li and Mrs. Li brought their two grandchildren to Zhuque Street, both sides of the street were crowded with people, and it was dark and endless.

"There are too many people in the capital!"

The four of them were shocked by the scene.

There were too many people, and Mrs. Li was a little uncomfortable being squeezed. Seeing that the middle of the street was so wide, but there was no one there, she couldn't help muttering: "The street is so wide, why don't you stand a little outside, it's too crowded?"

When the young man next to him heard it, he sneered and said, "If you are not afraid of losing your head, then stand on the street."

Mrs. Li glared at Mrs. Li, and quickly said with a smile: "We just came to Beijing, so we don't understand many things, little brother, don't be as knowledgeable as us."

Seeing that Old Li's words were pleasant to the ears, the young man put away the sneer on his face: "Today the Emperor is going to go to the Mingtai Ice Rink on Zhuque Street, and the road clearing started here yesterday, who dares to rush at the holy car at this time? That's the crime of beheading."

As he spoke, he pointed to the guards with knives standing on both sides of the street to maintain order.

"Today, anyone who doesn't abide by the rules and is regarded as an assassin by those guards will be killed directly."

Mrs. Li shrank her neck, not daring to say any more.

"Hey hey~"

It didn't take long for everyone to feel the ground shaking, followed by the sound of dense horseshoes.

Then, the bright yellow flag appeared in everyone's sight.

Hundreds of imperial guards rode on horseback to clear the way, all majestic and majestic, and the breath of royal majesty rushed over.

At this moment, Suzaku Street was completely silent.

Mrs. Li swallowed her saliva, and looked at the emperor's glorious guard of honor with piercing eyes.

Father Li also watched attentively.

However, when the bright yellow luan car got closer and closer, the expressions of both of them changed.

"That is."

"Saburo?"

Looking at Shi Dingxuan who was riding a tall horse and walking majestically beside the luan chariot, both Father Li and Old Lady Li looked in disbelief.

When the Luanyu guard of honor passed by, everyone started to discuss. Father Li hurriedly asked the young man before him, "Who are those people walking around the emperor's carriage?"

The young man: "Those are the imperial guards." He said, with an envious look on his face, "I heard that those who can be imperial guards have superb martial arts and can block hundreds with one."

Mrs. Li couldn't accept it: "It's just some reckless men with well-developed limbs."

After the young man heard this, his complexion changed drastically: "What are you talking about? Do you think everyone can be an imperial bodyguard? To be able to enter the emperor's side, they are all selected through layers of selection, and they are all excellent."

Said, hummed.

"For the sake of your age, I would like to remind you, don't talk nonsense in the capital. If you offend a nobleman, be careful and lose your life."

Old man Li's face tightened, he thanked the young man with a forced smile, then he took Mrs. Li and left quickly with his two grandchildren, and slowed down when he got out of Zhuque Street.

"We must have misread it just now. It's not Saburo, it just looks a bit like Saburo."

Mrs. Li couldn't accept that Li Sanlang had become so good, so she kept denying it.

"Grandma, that's the third brother."

Li Dalang couldn't help but make a sound.

Mrs. Li looked over with a 'swish', her eyes were fierce.

Li Dalang was taken aback.

"If I say no, then no, what kind of guy is Li Sanlang, can I not be clear? What qualifications does he have to serve the emperor?"

Seeing Mrs. Li yelling in the street, Father Li quickly reprimanded: "Shut up, and we'll talk about it when we have something to say."

When we got home, Li Erlang couldn't help but uttered: "Grandpa, grandma, my elder brother and I seemed to have seen Qilang just now, and Qilang was also riding behind the emperor's chariot."

Hearing this, Father Li and Old Lady Li looked at each other, one with a solemn expression and the other with a gloomy expression.

"Next time Zhengkun comes over, let's ask him what the Changsen family is doing."

Mingtai Ice Rink occupies a large area, the stands are distributed in an inverted concave shape, and there is a large ice rink in the middle.

The stands were divided into individual rooms of different sizes. The largest stand in the center must have been reserved for the emperor, and then gradually became smaller with the emperor as the center.

The stand assigned by the Shi family was in the middle on the left. The area was neither too big nor too small. After the Shi family sat down, it was a little crowded.

The Shi family hadn't attended such a grand occasion for a long time, even Mrs. Shi and Mrs. Shi were a little excited.

Looking at the gazes from all around, Mr. Shi couldn't help but straighten his waist, and the Shi family came back again.

"Grandfather, grandmother, father, mother."

Under the escort of Uncle Han, Shi Fuhui came to the Shi family's watching room.

After all, the seats in the stands are limited. With so many officials and their families, it is impossible for everyone to have a seat. As a result, many people can only watch from the stands.

The family background of the Han family is not obvious, and Uncle Han is only a fourth-class guard, so he is not qualified to watch Bingxi at all. It is thanks to the blessing of the Shi family that he was able to come this time.

Uncle Han greeted Mrs. Shi respectfully. Seeing that Shi's family is getting better and better, his words and deeds are becoming more and more thoughtful.

Mrs. Shi Wu looked at Shi Fuhui and his wife, who were talking and laughing with their family members, and thought of the daughter who married into the seventh prince's mansion, so she couldn't help but look out.

When Mrs. Shi saw Mrs. Shi Wu stretching her neck and looking in the right direction from time to time, she couldn't help frowning: "Old wife, what are you looking at?"

Mrs. Shi Wu quickly looked away: "I want to see if Sister Yue is here?"

When mentioning the second granddaughter, Mrs. Shi sighed: "Would you bring the people from Zhengde's room out on such an occasion?"

Going out to socialize and socialize is the business of the wife, and the concubine is to serve others.

Mrs. Shi Wu was silent, with a gloomy expression on her face.

This is the tragedy of being a concubine. When you go out to meet guests, everything is decided by the main wife.

At this moment, Mrs. Shi Wu felt regretful in her heart.

If she knew that Sister Xin was so powerful, she could open a store and make a name for herself, and the girls in the family could follow suit. She wouldn't worry about being a good family, so why would she ask her daughter to be a child for others?

Unfortunately, there is no regret medicine in the world.

"What are you looking at, big sister and big brother-in-law are here, you should go over and say hello."

Shi Fuyin walked in front of Shi Fuxin who was lying on the edge of the stands, watching the warm-up guards on the ice rink with great interest.

Shi Fuxin turned her head to look at Shi Fuhui, and said with a smile, "Big sister and the others are busy chatting with their grandparents, so it won't be too late for me to go over and say hello later."

"Sister, look at the people on the ice rink. Jiulang said, my brother will also participate in skate walking later. I heard that there are more than a thousand people on skates, and everyone is a good player. It must be a spectacular scene. "

Shi Fuyin is also a brother control, and said directly: "Brother must be the most powerful among them."

Shi Fuxin nodded straight with a smile on her face, but when she saw the Zeng mother and daughter walking towards this side, the smile on her face disappeared immediately.

Seeing Shi Fuyin, she followed her sister's line of sight and saw Zeng Yuwei bringing Shi Fuzhi and Shi Furan over, her expression also faded.

No, it should be Li Fuzhi and Li Furan.

When Shi Zhengkun took Li's family to take care of him, people in the Hanlin Academy praised him for his filial piety when they knew about it, and this matter even reached the ears of the emperor.

When entering the palace to face the saint, the emperor mentioned Shi Zhengkun's surname. After Shi Zhengkun left the palace, he went to Shi's house to look for Mrs. Shi.

After getting the sentence "You don't need to inform the uncle's house in the future about your business", the next day, Shi Zhengkun changed Shi's surname to Li.

"Greetings to father and mother."

"Granddaughter sends greetings to grandfather and grandmother."

Zeng Yuwei brought her two daughters to the viewing room of Shi's house, and did a good job of superficiality, attracting many people to look here.

Mrs. Shi looked at the mother and daughter, and the smile on her face remained unchanged: "I know that your filial piety is commendable, but you don't have to be like this in the future. Since Zheng Kun's biological father and biological mother are here, they should be the people you want to be filial to in the future." .”

"Although the Shi family raised Zheng Kun for a long time, but now he has changed his surname back to Li. We are two families. You are the daughter-in-law of the Li family, so it's okay if you don't come to pay your respects."

Mrs. Zeng did not expect Mrs. Shi to speak so mercilessly, she was startled.

Mrs. Shi didn't deliberately lower her voice, and the people on both sides laughed and looked at her after hearing it.

Zeng said with a strong smile: "The Shi family will always be the home of the husband, and I and the husband will never forget this."

Mrs. Shi smiled at these words, but did not answer.

No one else from the Shi family came out to smooth things over, which made Zeng very embarrassed.

In normal times, Mrs. Shi might come forward to say a few words, but after Shi Zhengkun and Li Zhengkun took the Li family back to Beijing, there were many more rumors in Beijing.

Li Zhengkun has been well received. Many people say that he is filial and that he is not moved by the rich or the poor.

But the Shi family suffered a lot of criticism, saying that the Shi family did not allow Li Zhengkun to take back his biological parents, which greatly affected the reputation of the uncle's mansion.

If we say that at the beginning, Shi's family members felt a little guilty for not being in contact with Li Zhengkun's family, but now that they have been hurt because of Li Zhengkun, their previous feelings have faded.

Shi Fuxin saw the expressions of Shi's family members in her eyes, and pouted, as long as the pain point fell on her, she could give up all the friendship and care for the overall situation.