[Red Mansion] Queen's Road

After Jia Lian had drunk at night, he sent someone to deliver a letter to Lin's house, and then ran over by himself.

Jia Min has been promoted to an old lady, so she asked the maids to take Jia Lian to the yard where she and Lin Ruhai retired, and asked him.

"You are not young anymore, you have already embraced your grandson, did you do something shameless again, otherwise you would not have come to live with us."

Jia Lian complained bitterly, "Auntie can't say that, this time something really happened."

In addition, Lin Hao came back from the yamen at this time, heard that his cousin had come to the house, and came to talk with him.

After the members of the Lin family heard what Jia Lian said, Lin Hao advised Jia Lian, "If you want to reject him, you have to think about the consequences. Such a person is a hard-hearted person. Do you remember the early years of Jia Yucun? On the way, he asked my father for a letter of recommendation, but we didn’t give it to him, and later he made trouble and made me feel uncomfortable many times.”

Jia Lian also had a bitter face, "I didn't know that villains were the most difficult to deal with, but I never thought that Lan'er would become what she is now. Speaking of which, from the old lady to our brothers, no one ever treated them badly. , how did you become so ruthless?"

Having said that, Jia Lian made up his mind not to let Jia Lan recognize his ancestors.

On the contrary, people from the Li family entrusted various relatives and friends to come to Jia's house to intercede. Everyone said that the life of orphans and widowed mothers is difficult. Now the widowed mother is driving west, leaving only one son. It is difficult to survive outside the family.

He also said that Jia Lian should let this nephew into the house based on the affection of the brothers.Otherwise, what face would he have to face his cousin after a hundred years.

Everyone forgot about the ransacking of the Rongguo Mansion a few years ago.

Just like that, Jia Lian still clenched his lips, unwilling to let this nephew come home again.

In the end, although Jia Lan left, the hatred was hard to dissipate, and the two sides had formed a grudge, unless neither of the two families fell into the other's hands in the future, otherwise one party would take the initiative to do harm.

After hearing about this, Qiaoer was so worried that she almost shed tears in the palace.

After the third prince back then and now the third king returned home, he felt a little funny seeing her appearance. "You too, there is no place to worry. It's just unfounded worry. My father-in-law has been struggling in this capital circle for so many years, so how can he not know the truth about it? Do you need to worry here? Put away your tears." Take it, don't let the children see it."

Qiao'er quickly put away her tears and asked someone to bring her son and daughter over. The family ate happily, and then forgot about it.

Cui Shang told Linlin about this, and Linlin thought it was a good thing after hearing it.

"With a fierce tiger by our side, watching them all the time, we can keep improving each other, otherwise we will slowly disappear."

After Cui Shang listened to it, he felt that such a statement was quite new.

A few days later, officials from the Ministry of Industry reported to Qilin that the tombs of the Supreme Emperor and the Empress Dowager had been completed.

This mausoleum is really costly, not to mention how deep it was dug into the ground, just talking about the area it occupies is as big as the imperial palace.The funerary objects placed inside are exquisite and gorgeous.

Qilin sent someone to report to Cui Shang and Linlin. After Cui Shang thought about it for a few days, he asked people to start packing his and Linlin's things.

When he was emperor at that time, Cui Shang made a new dragon robe in almost three or four days, and accumulated a lot. Some of them seemed to be 9% new, but they no longer fit.

If these things were placed in previous years, they would all be burned and destroyed.Cui Shang told people not to burn them, and sent all these things to the mausoleum, "Take them as funerary objects first, and fill them up first, regardless of whether they can be worn or not."

According to this idea, people made many new clothes with cloth, from clothes to shoes and socks throughout the year, made many sets, and sent them to the mausoleum.

Seeing him tossing about for several days, Linlin persuaded him, "Forget it, this is nothing more than deceiving people. When you die, everything will be over and you won't be able to wear clothes at all. Why do you bother here?" .”

"It's not what you said. Make more clothes now, so that you won't have to cry when you have no clothes to wear."

He still doesn't know how to repent at this time, or he persisted blindly and consumed a lot of cloth in the inner palace.

Linlin privately sent a letter to Qilin, asking him to take out some fabrics that could not be sold and no one wanted them, preferably those that had been bitten by insects or splashed with water, and washed them with dyeing paste first, and made clothes to fool around. too emperor.

At the beginning, after Qilin heard about this idea, he was quite moved by this idea, but thinking that his old father was very concerned about the affairs behind him, he didn't dare to use this method to fool the Supreme Emperor. He still asked people to bring the best fabrics for the Supreme Emperor to choose. , After the selection, start to make the finished product.

After the clothes are finished, I start to choose porcelain. I don’t want fine-quality ones, I don’t want to make them dull, and I don’t want to make them that don’t fit the eyes.After choosing these high-quality official kiln porcelain, he felt that these things were too magnificent and not simple enough.So I ran to the street and led people to choose one by one in the porcelain shop.

At the beginning, Jia Lian went with him when he was not busy, but later Jia Lian learned that he chose the funeral objects... Jia Lian was so scared that he didn't dare to speak at the time, but when he heard that he was being dragged to buy porcelain, his legs trembled It's like something, it can't be killed.

It is reasonable to say that the older you are, the more taboo you are to talk about life and death, but Cui Shang and Linlin have no such taboos at all.

Cui Shang firmly believes that he will still be the emperor after he goes underground. Linlin has already seen things very openly, and it is a blessing for him to have this life.

So when the two of them were not busy, they also discussed the golden nanmu coffin they would lie in in the future.

The focus of the two people's attention is different. Cui Shang is thinking that he must make it magnificent, and he has chosen and chosen the patterns of the carvings outside, but he can't make up his mind.

Linlin cares about the comfort inside, and requires that the things inside must be soft enough.

When the old couple said this, their five sons were sweating, and from time to time endured the old man's sudden slap on them.

Whenever this time comes, the brothers scramble to express their opinions, "I must spread more quilts, I must relax the soft pillows, and I must let the queen mother have a good rest..."

Then Cui Shang became very capricious. After beating and kicking his sons, he yelled, "Those who are not filial, I hope that I and your mother will lie down early, and no one cares about you."

From Qilin to Chongming, they all screamed for injustice.

Chongming felt that his life was the most difficult. Everyone said that his younger son was favored, but he did not say that he was not favored. He had to listen to the old man and the old lady talking about these messy and unlucky things every day. When the two of them said it, he stood beside him. It's wrong to be expressionless, and it's wrong to have some expression on your face.

Seeing that everything in the mausoleum is filled, only the golden nanmu coffin has not made up its mind on what kind of patterns should be carved on it.

After being beaten several times, except for Zou Wu, the other sons all had long memories. No matter what the old couple said, they had to decide whether to shake their heads or nod according to the situation at that time.

Only Zou Wu yelled, "What is there to discuss, isn't it necessary to carve 9 dragons on it?"

Cui Shang didn't want to carve dragons on it, "I am the Ninth Five-Year Honor, and the honor is not reflected in those few dragons."

Linlin looked at her sons, then turned her head and lay next to Cui Shang's ear and whispered to him.

Old Cui Shang blushed, and scolded with a stern face without any momentum, "What kind of bad idea did the woman come up with?"

Then he stared at the sons again, "Have you finished your work in the court outside? Why are you sitting here if you haven't finished your work?"

These sons rushed away, and when they left, they were still thinking that it wasn't your old man who called us here in a hurry?

In the dead of night, Cui Shang couldn't sleep at night, turned around and looked at Linlin, "Is what you said today true? I said it's too embarrassing, we can carve it inside so that no one can see it. "

Linlin was very self-willed, "I'm going to let it be carved outside. Don't you like the old ones? You must like this one I mentioned. Since you like it, let's carve it openly."

"No, no, no, people will laugh at us in the future. Don't think that no one knows. At that time... when others send us into the underground palace, they may laugh out loud."

Linlin ignored him.

Cui Shang thought about it for a few more days, and this time he only called Qilin over, and then pretended he didn't care and looked a little angry.

"Your mother is simply lawless."

After hearing this, Qilin wondered what the old couple were arguing about again, but no matter what the two of them were arguing about, as a son at this time, he just needs to admit his mistake for his mother.

Before Qilin stood up and knelt down on one leg, he heard Cui Shang say, "She actually asked us to engrave our kiss on the coffin."

"Cough...cough...cough...water..." Qilin turned his head and quickly found a cup of tea to pour down for himself. "My son didn't understand just now...you repeat...what is the pattern engraved?"

Now that the first sentence has been uttered, Cui Shang feels that he has nothing to be ashamed of if he utters the next words.

"It's all your mother's fault. He told me a few days ago that he engraved the image of us holding hands and mouth to mouth when we got married, and told you to find someone with better craftsmanship to engrave her beautifully.

From our marriage to your birth, until the birth of your little brother, it must be engraved.By the way, your mother said that you must find someone with good craftsmanship. "

Qilin was a little sluggish, thinking in his heart that it might be because he slept too late yesterday that he was in a trance today.

Cui Shang was a little dissatisfied, "Did you hear that? I heard you squeak anyway."

"Squeak...I heard that, but...then..."

Cui Shang quickly dismissed the blame, "Father also knows that this is not dignified, but who made your mother like it, if you feel embarrassed, discuss it with your mother, I will listen to her."

Qilin thought to himself that I would have the guts to go to my mother, so I had to take over the matter. Before leaving, Cui Shang also told him, "If you have found a craftsman, don't rush to start the work. First, bring the pictures for you Let the queen mother take a look, if she is not satisfied, she will draw again."