The twelfth lunar month in the capital is not at all lively. The families of officials and dignitaries in the capital are all anxious and uneasy about the case of the third prince. The common people in the city do not know what is going on, but they are sensitive and smart enough to feel it.

The feeling that the storm is about to come and the building is filled with wind. If it is to be lively, it is also lively at home with the door closed.

Bai Jingning wanted to put this case that could not be investigated in depth on the head of Daci'en Temple, which at least would not be implicated too much. However, he encountered strong opposition from the prince's family and Su Xiang's family, especially the second prince.

He fell down in the hall, cried and reprimanded angrily, and almost fainted.

The stagnant facts of the case, as well as the details about the Xiong family and the Zhao family that Chen Jiang brought up in an extremely nonchalant manner, added fuel to the fire, causing several husbands to quarrel in front of the emperor. Even the most well-educated and non-disputed

Prime Minister Yan, who was not trying to be a good old man, also got angry and choked with Wei Prime Minister Su Xiang.

The case seems to be getting more and more complicated and confusing, the noise in the court is getting louder and fiercer, there are more and more leaks about impeachment, and the scope of impeachment is getting wider and wider. A certain family had an affair with uncle Hui and his sister-in-law decades ago.

It was also turned out and played again.

The emperor was disturbed by the chaos in the court and was extremely irritated. Facing the several important ministers who were arguing in front of him again, he raised his hand and flipped up the bed table, "Look at you, what do you look like? A

What's the difference between one and a shrew?"

The emperor nodded one by one at everyone who was standing still and did not dare to move, "Go, go to Jin Qing's house, and learn from Mr. how to be a courtier! Let Mr. teach you well!"

After the emperor finished speaking, he walked away.

From Prime Minister Wei to Privy Councilor Bai Jingning and Prime Minister Zhao Changhai, you looked sideways at me and I looked sideways at you, turned around without saying a word, and walked out together.

The emperor wanted them to ask Jin Xiang for advice, and then invite Jin Xiang back.

Guo Sheng got the news that Prime Minister Su, Prime Minister Yan, Prime Minister Bai, Privy Councilor Zhao Ji and Prime Minister Zhao were coming out together. He ran very fast along the alleys. As soon as the carriages and horses of Prime Minister Wei and others were halfway gone, Guo Sheng met this extremely rare group of people.

Squeezed in the lively crowd, decorated all the way.

Seeing everyone entering the Changsha Prince's Mansion together, Guo Sheng raised his eyebrows. He stayed for a moment, turned around, and went straight to the Prince of Qin's Mansion.

Now that he has entered the Changsha Prince's Palace, he no longer needs to keep an eye on the people behind him. He has to quickly report this important matter to the girl.

Li Xia was looking at the map to check the itinerary of Xuyi Army and other three garrison troops. After hearing Guo Sheng's report, he raised his eyebrows slightly, raised the corners of his mouth, and smiled little by little.

I don't know if it's her misunderstanding, but the Emperor's patience seems to be not as good as before.

"Since we have invited the Minister of Finance, let's celebrate the New Year with peace of mind." Li Xia looked at the map and said with a smile.

Guo Sheng laughed and bowed to agree.

The funeral of the Li family in the Yongning Uncle Mansion was carried out very safely at such a time, and with Mrs. Yan's deliberate non-publicity.

The second master Li, Li Xuejue, and his wife, the second wife Guo, stayed at the funeral for the whole day and were busy checking the treasury, accounts, and things. Mrs. Yan only restrained Li Wenlin, but she was unable to restrain the other two.

As usual, the servants and guests at home didn't feel much without Mr. Li and his wife Li Xuejue.

On the twenty-eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, everyone in the Li family sent the coffins of Mrs. Li and Mrs. Yao to Potai Temple outside the city for storage. They would wait until the elder Li Xuezhang came back later in the year and the cemetery would be repaired before they were buried.

Li Wenjue was forced to separate the family by his second uncle. In the past half month, he had seen how his second uncle was messing around, turning his back and refusing to admit his mistakes. He tried his best to argue with his second uncle Li Xuejue, and finally felt that he had not let him down too much.

As entrusted by my mother, when I came back from the funeral, I was urged by Li Xuejue to give the family separation list to Mrs. Yan.

Mrs. Yan lost a lot of weight and had just changed her clothes. She took the soup and sipped it without looking at the two thick family separation sheets that Li Wenlin put in front of her. She only looked at Li Xuejue and said: "I said before, this

Divide the homes first, wait until your eldest brother comes back to visit, and then move to each home."

Li Xuejue's eyebrows were raised, and Mrs. Guo's heart suddenly lifted. She knew that this matter was not that easy!

"When we were in Jiangning Mansion, your eldest brother said more than once that when the third child's family was separated, the divisions were less, so it cannot be considered a separation..."

"Why can't it be considered a family separation?" Li Xuejue interrupted Mrs. Yan's words with a stiff neck. After more than half a month, he became very courageous, "The third child said it himself, what he deserves has been divided long ago.

Take it away. What does it mean when my sister-in-law says this now? If you think your eldest brother’s share of the house is too small, just say so!"

"That's not what I meant." Mrs. Yan trailed off, "Please wait until your eldest brother comes back to look at this list. Calculating the itinerary, it will only take ten days and a half. Your eldest brother will be back when he comes, and he will be twenty-nine tomorrow.

, there is no reason to move things and separate the house during the Chinese New Year. Let’s wait until your eldest brother comes back. I’m tired.”

Mrs. Yan signaled to Li Wenlin, "Take these back and let your father and your eldest brother come back to see if they are suitable. This is not my business."

Li Wenlin's eyes sparkled and he hurriedly agreed.

He was really confused. He was arguing with his second uncle about whatever he wanted. Anyway, he was just writing casually at the moment. When his father and elder brother came back in a few days, they would decide whether to divide it or not.

A word from my father!

Li Wenlin couldn't hide the excitement and joy on his face. He responded with a crisp voice, reached out to pick up the booklet, and turned around to signal to Li Xuejue, "Second uncle, grandma is right. This booklet still has to wait for daddy and eldest brother to come back.

Let’s talk about it after reading it, don’t you think so?”

Li Xuejue had an angry look on his face and was about to yell at Mrs. Yan when Mrs. Guo grabbed him and pulled him out of the upper room and out of Mrs. Yan's yard.

"Why are you quarreling with her? There's no point in quarreling with her." She was far away from the yard. Mrs. Guo paused, looked around a few times, then leaned over and said in a low voice: "It's not obvious that she had that idea. Wait until the boss comes back."

, they have the strength in numbers, so they can bully us however they want!"

"I just want to argue with her, why are you dragging me along?"

Li Xuejue glared at Mrs. Guo Er.

His attitude towards his wife has changed greatly recently because he found that his wife is very insightful.

"What's the use of theory? This family has already been divided, whether she sees it or not. She also said that it is not her responsibility. The clan elders have already put down the deposit, and Brother Lin has put down the deposit for their eldest brother's house.

This family is divided."

Mrs. Guo's second wife said a few words in succession that the family was settled, cheered up Li Xuejue, and even encouraged herself.

"She's just using her eyes to see that the New Year is coming. We can't be fooled by this or that. Now that the house has been divided, we have to move out the things we have divided. This house will be divided into two. Now that it's decided

If you can't find anyone to start construction on the boundary of the twelfth lunar month and the first lunar month, then we need to build a fence first, pull a rope, or dig a trench. In short, we must first turn the raw rice into cooked rice, and quickly divide what we have.

Move back!”

Li Xuejue suddenly understood and smiled, "Sure enough, you understand, right! Now that we have divided things, let's move things quickly. Don't say she can't control it, just that she can... Can she control me?"

Li Xuejue and Mrs. Guo's second wife discussed the plan in a few words, and hurried back, summoning their own men and confidants, and immediately started moving things, tying fences, pulling ropes, and digging trenches to separate the houses.

Li Wenjue jumped up anxiously and trotted all the way to find his mother, Mrs. Yan. Mrs. Yan fell ill due to continuous fatigue. She was sending someone to ask an acquaintance to see a doctor for a pulse diagnosis. She just said tiredly: "Let them wait for now." It would be nice if your father came back.

Li Xuejue and Mrs. Guo used an unstoppable force to direct everyone to move things and draw boundaries according to the family division book. Zhao's family, Sun Zhong's wife, Lao Liu's mother, Aunt Shen and other general housekeepers commanded everyone to open the warehouse and take stock. Moving or splitting up is not a bad thing.

Mingcuiyuan, where Li Xia lived, and Ming'an Yuan, where Mrs. Xu currently lives, are both on the side of the second room. Mingcuiyuan is currently vacant. Mrs. Xu and the third master Li Xueming have already heard from Li Wenshan, so Li Xueming will go While Li Wenshan was reading in the study room in the front yard, Mrs. Xu asked people to pack up the things in Ming'an Courtyard, and temporarily found an empty room in the second gate to store them, while she went to Mrs. Yan's yard to talk.

Mrs. Yan had some grandchildren picked up and watched them rest in her yard. The eldest grandmother, Zhao, and the second grandmother, Huang, were assigned to watch over the separation of the family. She refused to assign them. Neither of them could feel at ease.

The house was full of people moving things around and splitting up the houses. Mrs. Yan and Mrs. Xu were leaning side by side on the kang, listening to what was going on outside and chatting.

"This family can be divided as soon as it is decided." Mrs. Xu said with emotion.

"It's good to divide it." Madam Yan's voice was calm, "Axia is right, there is no such thing as a feast that lasts forever. Besides, at this time, it is better to divide into three families than one, alas."

"They say it's best to work together... I don't understand this. Since my sister-in-law thinks it's good, it must be good. Alas, this old man is celebrating the New Year. When he was young, he didn't notice it when he saw the second couple."

"He was a bastard at that time, but with his eldest brother suppressing him, the old lady was not like now. She raised a son who was as good as him. The Li family's...grandson is not bad." Mrs. Yan said in a low voice. Sighed.

"In the family, Brother Lin's daughter-in-law is better off, but she is timid and her family has no confidence. I don't know what will happen to this child." Mrs. Xu sighed worriedly.

"When the eldest master comes back, tell him this. He can suppress the second son's family and he always pays close attention to things like the success of his descendants. Don't worry too much. Everyone has his own blessing."

Mrs. Yan's eyelids seemed to be drooping as she spoke.

"Sister-in-law, I'm tired. Let's sleep for a while. I'm tired too. I'll go to the west wing to have a rest." Mrs. Xu stood up, and Mrs. Yan straightened up slightly and responded. She watched Mrs. Xu enter the west wing and listened attentively for a while. , closed his eyes and rested.

The yards of Li Wenshan and Li Wenlan were both designated on the side of the long house. The fifth grandmother, Tang Jiarui, watched the children go to sleep. Together with Li Wenshan, they wore cloaks and stood outside the corner door, watching the Manfu lanterns being moved lively. East and West divide territory.

"Now that I think about it, before I got married, A-Xia was planning to separate the family." Tang Jiarui and Li Wenshan said in a low voice.

"Well, A-Xia always thinks about things in the long term." Li Wenshan looked at the bustle in front of him and felt a little dazed for a moment.

A-Xia said that he said that she came back through the soul, and the tragic things she said were in a trance, as if she were in a dream. Was it five or six years ago, or six or seven years? A-Xia never mentioned the past again.

He didn't ask again, it wasn't that he didn't ask, it was just that he couldn't remember.

Li Wenshan subconsciously raised his hands and put his arms around Tang Jiarui's shoulders. It seemed that ever since he got married, he had never thought about the past life that A Xia had said. He no longer cared about the past. No matter how many lives there were,

No matter what kind of experience he had, there was no such happiness as the days before him, being with her, and being happy like this. If there were to be lifetimes, he hoped that the lifetimes would be like now. No matter how many lifetimes, he felt it was not enough.

The huge Qin Prince's Mansion was brightly lit, but very deserted. Different from previous years, there were people celebrating the New Year in this mansion this year.

The emperor had a very bad year this year. The impeachment papers were still being delivered to the palace until the 29th of the year. There was no explanation for the case of the third prince. There was a quarrel in the court. Concubine Su in the harem cried when she saw him.

, when he met Empress Jiang, she scolded her, saying that the emperor couldn't be more annoyed, and used the excuse that he had lost his mother and his son. This year was not suitable for liveliness. For the first time, the palace was deserted, and even the Nuo opera to exorcise evil spirits was handled carelessly.

There is no need to enter the palace from thirty to fifteen. In this year, Li Xia will naturally have to spend time alone in the Qin Palace. No one should move around, except Mrs. Huo.

Mrs. Huo took a car to Prince Qin's Mansion on her twenty-eighth year. She didn't care about the capital or the royal family. She just followed the rules of Mingzhou Mansion and asked people to prepare glutinous rice balls. The glutinous rice balls must be stuffed with meat. Hurry up and make rice cakes. How can you celebrate the New Year without rice cakes?

Li Xia followed Mrs. Huo and saw that Mrs. Huo was just like the excitement of a big show.

On New Year's Eve, Mrs. Huo commanded the crowd, showing the exquisiteness of Mingzhou, and prepared five or six exquisite side dishes for her and A Xia, and prepared a table full of delicacies for the girls in Li Xia's courtyard, and placed them in the warm pavilion in the back garden.

I called two storytellers to come in and talk about ancient stories and legends.

Li Xia didn't eat much, and Mrs. Huo didn't eat much either. The two of them were leaning on the heated kang, drinking tea and looking at the lively girls playing guessing games in the spacious heating pavilion.

"Is it okay for the prince to be in Jiangnan?" For the first time in the past few days, Mrs. Huo asked about King Qin and talked about topics other than food, clothing and fun during the New Year.

"I don't have any confidence yet, but it should be smooth and dangdang. The Jianghuai area is Hu Panshi's territory, and Mr. Huo is nearby. If it still can't be shunshun dangdang..." Li Xia didn't say anything else.

Mrs. Huo laughed and said, "That's true. The prince is silent, but he is not simple. I know it, but I am still worried."

"Grandma, if you care, you will be in trouble."

"No." Mrs. Huo laughed, "We are celebrating the New Year here peacefully, but I don't know how the move is going in the house over there."

"It's almost done. We are just digging trenches and building fences."

"This is really..." Mrs. Huo shook her head and laughed, "When I was young, I saw many ridiculous things like this, but there are not many small families like this, and for big families, this is really

This is the first time I heard about it. I can’t hide this matter. After the Chinese New Year, I’m sure someone will break the bullet this way and that. Is everything okay?”

"It's okay. If you want to impeach me, it's just to impeach my uncle for his lax governance and personal ethics. It's not a big deal." Li Xia looked indifferent.

Mrs. Huo looked at her for a moment and then whispered: "I heard your uncle say it several times, but the emperor is still young."

"I know, grandma, don't think too much. I don't think too much either. Just take your next step step by step. Otherwise, let's take a walk." Li Xia didn't really want to continue this topic.
Chapter completed!