It was just daybreak and the soldiers guarding the West Gate yawned as they opened the gate. Then, early risers came pushing carts, carrying loads on their shoulders, or visiting relatives with their families.
The day was no different from any other day. The gatekeeper leaned against the city wall and was about to take a nap when he saw several carts carrying a number of people who were staggering and covered in blood coming towards him.
Ouch! All the soldiers stood up straight. The gatekeeper stepped forward and said, "Who is coming?"
"I am Cheng Hongwen, the head of the Xinping Marquis Cheng family."
Old man Cheng looked disheveled, as if he had crawled out of a mud pit. His hair was askew, one of his sleeves was torn off, and his face was filled with anger and frustration. "I will bring my family members to sue the Ningguo Mansion and the Rongguo Mansion Jia family for digging up my ancestral graves and bullying my Manchu people."
By the end of his speech, he was hoarse and trembling all over.
Oh my~ The people entering and leaving the city didn't care about their own business and couldn't help but stop to take a look.
The men of the Cheng family on the cart had bruises and swollen faces, and blood was everywhere. None of them was clean, and many of them were still crying out in pain.
This is... a defeat in the cemetery, right? !
But the Jia family...
The city gate officer had just accepted the wedding candies from the two families yesterday. The Cheng family had gone to the Jia family with great fanfare and brought thirty-six betrothal gifts. How come it was just like this in the blink of an eye? He swallowed and said, "Please!"
Why would the Jia family dig up other people's ancestral graves?
Although Princess Baofeng is gone, Marquis Xinping is still here.
No matter what, he is the grandson of the retired emperor and the nephew of the emperor.
Hiss~ This is going to be a big deal! He just raised his hand to let them go, and saw a dozen riders escorting a carriage coming this way.
The leader he knows is Master Zhen from the Ningguo Mansion, right?
"Jia Zhen!"
When enemies meet, their eyes turn red with envy. Chief Cheng looked as if he was going to eat him. "Even if I have to beat the drum to report it, I will still sue you."
"That's a mistake."
Cheng Luo didn't want the Yue family to be misunderstood, so he lifted the car curtain and said in a hoarse voice: "Yesterday was a good day. I asked the Yue family to help my mother move her grave. What's wrong with that?"
“You…you you…”
Old man Cheng was going to be mad at him.
"Cheng Luo, you are unfilial!"
From the carriage that followed closely behind, the hoarse voice of Old Lady Cheng came, "Old Lady, I'm going to sue you."
"…As you wish."
Cheng Luo doesn't care.
Just sue!
Just in time, he was given the title of Marquis of Xinping. "Dear gentlemen and ladies! Aunties and aunties!"
He stood on the carriage and bowed to all the onlookers. "Yesterday was a good day. It was the day when I, the young lady of the Jia family in Rongguo Mansion, got engaged. Before my mother, Princess Baofeng, passed away, she was worried about your marriage. So, the night before the betrothal gifts were delivered, I went to my mother's grave to talk to her and reassure her. Who knew that once we talked, I forgot the time."
At this point, Cheng Luo's eyes were red and his voice was choked with sobs. "I squinted in front of the grave, and I dreamed of my mother crying. That was the Cheng family's ancestral grave, and the Cheng family, young and old, were bullying and humiliating her."
His tears fell in large drops. "At the beginning, I didn't agree to my mother being buried in the ancestral tomb. May I ask, Grandpa, the clan leader, do you agree? Now I am moving my mother's tomb, which is filial piety. Why don't you let me fulfill my filial piety to my mother?"
"You, you, you evil creature!"
Old man Cheng was so angry that he was about to vomit blood. He wanted to say that you are a member of my Cheng family. But as soon as he said this last night, Jia Zhu from the Jia family jumped out and said something like the princess is the monarch and they are the subjects, and so on and so forth. He was so angry that he didn't even dare to call for family rules.
"You brought a bunch of outsiders to beat up my Cheng family..."
"Clan leader Cheng!"
Jia Zhu said, "You are wrong. Why did we beat up the Cheng family? It was you who tried to stop us from moving the graves and disturb the auspicious time to harm the princess. That is why we had no choice but to knock down all those who tried to stop us."
He always convinces people with reason.
It's impossible to throw dirty water on his family.
"My fellow villagers," Jia Zhu jumped off his horse and bowed, "Do you think this is our Jia family's fault?"
“…”
“…”
My fellow villagers, you look at me and I look at you.
A very thin sister-in-law stood up and said, "That's right!"
"Yes, yes, yes, how can this be wrong? The auspicious time is so important, how can we disturb it?"
An old lady also stood up and said, "If this gets damaged, it will be unlucky for you, the Cheng family."
"Amitabha!"
The monk who was queuing to enter the city said, "What the donor said is very true. The auspicious time for moving the grave should not be disturbed."
"Everyone!"
An old man from the Cheng family saw that something was wrong and quickly stepped forward. "Of course, we should not touch the auspicious time, but which family would let a young person do such a big thing as moving the ancestral tomb? Did you check the feng shui? Did you check the auspicious date? Are there any conflicts with the elders? You didn't check anything at all?"
He was also angry.
His beard was pulled by some bastard and was bleeding. His chin was still throbbing with pain. "The Jia family didn't ask any questions and just came to forcibly relocate the ancestral tomb of our Cheng family..."
"Uncle, you don't need to say anything."
Seeing that more and more people were entering and leaving the city, and the city gate was about to be blocked, Cheng Luo interrupted and said, "It would be bad if we disturbed everyone here and a stampede occurred. If there is anything, you can go to the government office or beat the drum to report it to me.
Take it all, boy."
At this point, he bowed to everyone and said, "Uncles, brothers, aunts and sisters-in-law, please make way. I need to go to the palace to report to my grandfather, the Emperor, about the relocation of the grave last night. Sorry to bother you all."
Oh, so polite! Although some people didn't know about Princess Baofeng, they knew that the grandson of the royal family was so polite to them, so how could they not give face? Everyone quickly made way.
"Thank you! Thank you!!!"
The carriage passed the Cheng family's cart and went quickly into the city.
The Cheng family, young and old, were so angry that they wanted to vomit blood.
The marriage between Cheng Luo and the Jia family should not have been allowed to take place in the first place!
Even if the emperor grants the marriage, if it is difficult for them to handle it, they should do something to alienate the Jia family and Cheng Luo.
"Let's go! I'm going to sue him for being unfilial. I'm going to sue him for being unfilial!"
Old Mrs. Cheng's voice was unusually hoarse.
She had been screaming and cursing all night, and the fact that she could still make a sound at this moment showed that her voice was actually quite strong.
"Walk……!"
Patriarch Cheng waved his hand and the cart started quickly.
They all walked a long way, and many people at the city gate were still asking each other about Princess Baofeng.
This unbelievable tragedy caused a sensation in Dazhao. When they heard that someone didn't know about it, many old men and women started to cry out.
All of a sudden, from Xibianmen all the way to Shuntianfu Yamen, all the big and small shops selling porridge were enjoying good business. Their porridge and soy milk were selling out especially fast today.
During the process, the Cheng family's cart and carriage stopped several times, one for eating and the other two for pulling.
After eating and pulling, I felt a lot less angry.
Patriarch Cheng was very troubled.
But he had been shouting all night last night and his throat was so dry that it felt like bleeding. If he didn't drink some soy milk, he was afraid that he wouldn't be able to explain what happened clearly once he entered Shuntian Prefecture.
Feeling depressed and surrounded by people pointing and talking, they finally arrived at Shuntian Prefecture, where Lin Zhixiao and Xing'er had been waiting for them for a long time.
However, none of the Jia family's masters and guards were seen.
…
Relocating the grave?! The emperor was shocked by the news before he even started his daily regimen.
He walked out of the bedroom and looked at his kneeling grandson Cheng Luo, and found it extremely absurd.
"Did you move your mother's grave?"
The old man's heartbeat was thumping faster and faster.
"yes!"
“Nonsense!”
The emperor held his chest and angrily scolded his grandson, "What day was it yesterday? You said we should move the graves, so what?"
If his daughter's grave is not moved properly, it may affect him!
When it comes to himself...
The emperor couldn't remain calm.
"Yesterday was a good day."
Cheng Luo said hurriedly: "It is suitable for getting married, praying, cleaning, breaking ground, planting, setting up beds, opening cemeteries, breaking ground, moving graves, and praying for children."
The Emperor: “…”
He counted in his sleeve calmly, and hey, you know what, it's true.
"How could the Cheng family agree to this?"
The emperor gave Dai Quan a look, signaling him to go to the Imperial Observatory to check the auspicious feng shui of the place and the auspicious day and time. At the same time, he asked Cheng Luo, "Did you use force?"
At the beginning, the grandson protested to the death to choose another auspicious place for his daughter, but the Cheng family refused to agree. In the end, the emperor had no choice but to send an imperial physician to force the child to drink medicine, and only then was the child's life saved.
How could I agree to that now?
"Grandfather~~"
Last night, Yue's uncle and brothers-in-law were all teaching him how to cry to the emperor.
Especially Jia Zhen, the brother-in-law of Ningguo Mansion, he had cried with his grandfather and had experience.
Although Cheng Luo cried for a long time when the grave was being moved, there was plenty of tea and water in the carriage, so her tears did not dry up.
As his tears fell, he kowtowed heavily to the emperor, "Grandson, there is nothing I can do. My mother is buried in the Cheng family's ancestral tomb. She will definitely be bullied by that man and his concubine. How can the ancestors and clansmen of the Cheng family help her, an outsider?
I dreamed many times that my mother was bullied by them."
Cheng Luo's voice was hoarse, "Because of this, my grandson has been trying to steal my mother away."
The Emperor: “…”
He was angry and hateful, and wanted to kill someone.
However, the old man was deeply touched by his grandson's filial piety.
Being in the royal family, the filial piety of children is basically hidden under the desire for power.
There is basically nothing so pure...
"Mother's lucky spot, your grandson has already asked the director of the Imperial Observatory to look at it. Yesterday was your grandson's big day..."
He recounted the conversation he had with his mother and the dream he had in front of the grave, "...I know that you and your uncle have to take care of the dignity of the royal family and educate the people, and it is not good to use force to oppress others, so I went to ask the Jia family for help."
What? When the emperor heard that the auspicious land in Baofeng had been seen, he felt relieved. Now he heard that the Jia family...
He waved to the eunuch, and soon a chair was brought over.
The old man sat down calmly and said, "The Jia family just lets you do whatever you want?"
"I didn't agree at first, but my grandson started crying."
The Emperor: “…”
He didn't even know what to say about this kid.
Cheng Luo seemed embarrassed, "I want to thank my grandfather for finding a good match for me. Yuanchun... Yuanchun was moved by my crying, so she asked Aunt Shen from Ningguo Mansion for help. Aunt Shen asked me about the auspicious place, auspicious day, and auspicious time, and then she made up her mind and asked my uncle Jia She and my eldest brother-in-law Jia Zhen to help."
Good fellow! The emperor didn't know whether to be angry or laugh.
What made him laugh was that it was an auspicious place, an auspicious day and an auspicious time. His daughter had left the Cheng family and it would not affect him. What made him angry was that... the Jia family spoiled their children too much.
But this time, the one he spoiled was his grandson, and his anger... would dissipate with the wind.
"No fight?"
He asked his grandson with a cold face.
"Yes."
Cheng Luo wiped away tears, "My uncle and my brother-in-law were all forced to take action. They were afraid that the Cheng family would block the relocation of the grave, miss the auspicious time, and disturb my mother's heroic spirit, so they threw aside all those who were blocking the way and making trouble."
"Hmm~"
The emperor nodded, "Are you injured?"
"Yes! Many people in the Cheng family were injured."
"I am asking about your Jia family."
Cheng Luo felt relieved and his voice became even hoarse. "During the quarrel, my uncle twisted his waist and my elder brother Zhen injured his leg. Many guards and servants were also injured."
He didn't dare to say anything about Jia Lian and Jia Zhu.
They both have something going on.
"Where are they now?"
"They are all...waiting outside the palace."
Cheng Luo looked at his grandfather anxiously.
"You're already injured, what are you waiting for?" The emperor said nonchalantly, "Come here, call a few imperial doctors to go to the Jia family and bring more medicinal materials. In addition..."
The old man looked at Cheng Luo and said, "Decree that all those who participate in the relocation of the tombs will be rewarded with a pair of silver ingots with the words 'auspicious and abundant' and a jar of imperial wine."
People helped his daughter move her grave, and as a father, it would be unacceptable for him to not show any appreciation.
"They're busy now, so they can look back and see which restaurant has the best banquet, and invite a few guests to come over."
Huh? "Yes!"
Cheng Luo cried again, "Grandpa, thank you so much!"
"Get up!"
The emperor sighed and signaled the eunuch to pull him up, "Don't cry anymore, will you still have this voice if you continue crying?"
"Grandson~"
As Cheng Luo stood up from the eunuch's hand, he sniffed and said, "This is the last time my grandson cries. This is also a cry of joy."
He looked at his grandfather, whose words could decide life and death, and a rare look of admiration rose in his eyes. "If mother knew, she would definitely be happy."
“…”
The old man waved his hand, "You haven't had breakfast yet? Go wash your face and come and eat with me!"
Although it interrupted his plan to preserve his health, Baofeng was able to move his grave, and as a father he was still happy.
Jia Family...
Among so many nobles who founded the country, the Jia family had many shortcomings, but compared with other families, they were more affectionate and kinder.
The emperor stood up with his hands behind his back, and thought of the father and son of the Jia family who had once protected him.
Thinking of the father and son of the Jia family, his glorious past naturally emerged in his mind.
This is really unbearable to think about. The more I think about it, the more my heart beats.
The old man couldn't help but walk into the side hall where the huge map was placed, looking at the places his father had conquered, the places he had conquered, and then looking at... the places that had been lost. (End of this chapter)
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