Chapter 237 Urgent News
At the Qin family, looking at the boxes filled with various sets of jade and gold ornaments being carried down by the palace servants, Qin Ye finally realized that his daughter Keqing's identity might have been exposed long ago.
Jia Family...
Qin Ye sighed softly.
Since the engagement, their family's food and clothing have been almost all taken care of by his father, as if he was afraid that his daughter would be wronged in his family.
This family actually knows the identity of my daughter, right?
"father!"
Qin Keqing felt that today was too dreamy. She went to the palace trembling with fear. She didn't expect the queen to be so kind. "The queen is like this..."
"It should be because of Mrs. Shen of the Jia family."
Qin Ye hurriedly said, "Didn't you say that the Queen talked to you about Madam Shen several times today? The nanny who sent you back also talked about Madam Shen."
He didn't dare let his daughter have any doubts about this matter.
"If you really think about it, our family is not worthy of Ningguo Mansion."
Rong Ge'er is the eldest son and grandson of the eldest son's family.
When Jia Zhen inherited the title of third-class general, their family was not worthy of him.
Last year, Jia Zhen made great contributions and was promoted to the rank of first-class general, which made their family even less worthy of him.
If my daughter can't mention her identity, then my uncle...
"Be good, don't think too much."
Qin Ye could only comfort his daughter, "The Queen is willing to give respect to the Jia family and our family, so we will accept it. After you get married, be filial to Madam Shen and your parents-in-law, and be good to Rong'er, and everything will be there."
"...Yes, I know."
"The day after tomorrow is the sixteenth day of the first lunar month."
Qin Ye was very reluctant to leave.
The daughter was a filial child and insisted on staying at home with him until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. "When you get to the Jia family, you don't have to worry about your father anymore. Just take care of yourself and your brother."
"My daughter knows."
Having been in contact with the Jia family for so long, Qin Keqing was not afraid to move in. "Dad, look at the things here. If you like anything, take it..."
"Dad has everything."
How could Qin Ye want his daughter's things?
"Rong'er and his family will be carrying the coffin back to their hometown the day after tomorrow. Take a look and see if you can bring anything light and easy. Send some over there."
"The Queen gave her daughter a box of top-quality blood swallows."
Qin Keqing had a plan in mind. "Grandmother's health has not been very good since that illness. I plan to give this blood swallow to her."
“Very good!”
Qin Ye was relieved.
My daughter is someone who knows how to grasp the key points.
The real boss of Ningguo Mansion is Madam Shen.
"And your mother-in-law, You."
You was pregnant again.
Qin Ye was worried and relieved at the same time.
What I am worried about is that since she is the second wife, she will definitely favor her own children. If a son is born, the future life of Rong Ge'er and daughter may be a little changed.
As for being thankful...
He thought that if she gave birth to a boy, his daughter would not have to worry about fertility issues too early when she married him.
If the Ningguo Mansion really wants to be passed down from one generation to the next, the one who will worry in the end will be Keqing.
The father and daughter were discussing the issue of gifts here. At Ningguo Mansion, Shen Ning looked at her sleeping little daughter and finally made up her mind not to take her.
The journey is too long. In this day and age, a cold can be fatal.
My daughter is at home, and with so many people taking care of her, she will definitely be safe.
Even if she couldn't find her, she would cry for a few days at first, but if she was taken with her, wouldn't she look for her sister-in-law and sister along the way? "Grandma!"
Rong Ge'er can't bear to leave his aunt.
This little girl whom he held in his arms every day was born safely after he prayed to God and made countless wishes.
Although the journey was long, the carriage had already been arranged, and if the weather was fine, he could even hold her while riding.
Rong Ge'er felt that these were all what his aunt liked.
And they also have a court doctor following them.
"Has the teacher assigned you all the homework?"
"Um!"
Rong Ge'er nodded.
I was away from home for too long this time and the teacher assigned me a lot of homework.
"Then go back and have a good look."
"That little aunt..."
"There is an imperial physician in the capital."
Shen Ning sighed in her heart.
She also wanted to take her daughter with her, but she didn't dare to take the risk!
"That time when grandma was sick, if your father didn't go to ask the imperial physician..., what do you think would have happened to grandma?"
What will happen? Rong Ge'er's face turned pale.
“My hometown is too far away.”
Shen Ning gently touched her daughter's hand and said, "She will be safe in Beijing. If anything happens to her, we won't have time to cry."
"…Listen to grandma."
Rong Ge'er decided to write a letter as soon as he got home.
Although he is no longer at home, Qin will come to live with his grandmother.
It’s also okay to ask her to help look after my aunt.
"Grandma, it's getting late. You should go back and rest!"
“…”
Shen Ning waved her hands.
She never wanted to leave.
It has been almost a year since she came here, and Xiao Yue'er has always been by her side.
"Qingzhu, Qingping, both of you stay home and help me take care of Yue'er."
One of them is careful and the other is bold.
With them around, the yard feels more peaceful.
"Tell Xiaodong and the other three to pack up their things and come back with me."
Those four children practiced martial arts, and their physical fitness was better than that of Qingzhu and the older ones.
Shen Ning made up her mind, "Qin lives in the west wing. This courtyard... will remain the same as it was before. Qingzhu, you should take better care of her."
"yes!"
Qingzhu and several other maids looked at each other and nodded quickly.
"You should also keep an eye on the eldest grandmother's place. If there is anything you need that is not available at home, go to the West Mansion and look for the fourth aunt and the second grandmother."
"yes!"
The maids nodded hurriedly.
Shen Ning leaned over and kissed her little daughter, then stood up and went back to her room.
She brought a lot of things this time.
There were very few gold, silver and utensils buried with the deceased, but many books.
In Shen Ning's view, books are the treasures of Chinese civilization.
According to official history, the Qing Dynasty launched a wave of book banning again and again.
During the reign of Emperor Kangxi, public discussion of astronomy and the calendar was prohibited. In the imperial examinations, any matters involving astronomy, music, and calculation methods were subject to literary inquisition throughout the country, and all original archives that could be found were destroyed.
At the same time, Western missionaries gradually entered the court.
The missionary Johann Adam Schall von Bell changed the Chongzhen Calendar into the Western New Calendar in order to obtain the important position of Director of the Imperial Observatory.
Later, he was promoted to the third rank and held great power.
He replaced many officials in charge of ancient classics with missionaries he brought with him, such as Nan Huairen, and opened up all links in the translation, printing, and transmission of the achievements of Chinese civilization to the West.
On one hand, the Qing Dynasty suppressed and tampered with Chinese culture, while on the other hand, Western missionaries moved the achievements of Chinese civilization to their homes and made them their own.
To be precise, the Qing Dynasty and Western countries at that time were doing the same thing, which was to suppress Chinese civilization.
Shen Ning vaguely heard her grandfather say that the Qing Dynasty Banned Books Collection included more than 3,000 books banned by the Qing government.
According to statistics, the total number of books destroyed when compiling the Siku Quanshu reached more than 13,000 volumes.
The number of banned books reached 150,000.
The Qing government also systematically destroyed Ming Dynasty archives.
It is estimated that no less than 10 million Ming Dynasty archives have been lost, and less than 0.03% of them remain.
And the small part that has been passed down has also been deleted and modified.
Those that managed to escape were either buried in underground mausoleums or were lost among the people and in some remote areas such as stone carvings and stone tablets.
Now that she could, Shen Ning couldn't help but want to put more books in the tomb.
Anyway, Jia Jing is a scholar, and she is also a scholar, so putting the books... is the most normal thing to do.
Shen Ning lay down and fell asleep, having no dreams all night.
On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the Lantern Festival, early in the morning, Jia Zhen and his wife, Jia Rong, and little Yue'er, led by her, went to the ancestral hall to burn incense at Jia Jing's spirit tablet.
Unlike the hustle and bustle everywhere, this year not only Ningguo Mansion, but even Rongguo Mansion is much quieter than in previous years.
Xue Pan, who had a rare day off, couldn't sit still at home and wanted to go out and play.
"Mom, I'll go get you and your sister some lanterns."
How long had he been detained? After a period of cram schooling with his sister Baochai during the Chinese New Year, he finally caught up with the progress of elementary school, and Xue Pan felt that he was good enough again.
“…I don’t want it!”
Baochai knew that her brother loved her, but her brother's love was always not what she wanted. "Brother, did you know that the wife of Rong'er from the East Palace was highly praised by the Queen Mother?"
She had never met Qin Keqing, but had heard her sisters talk about her many times.
They also exchanged gifts with each other.
"Tomorrow, she will live in Mrs. Shen's yard and go to school with us."
"Just go to school!"
Xue Pan didn't understand what his sister meant, "Are you still afraid of being outdone by her?"
When it comes to study, he has great confidence in his sister.
"I'm not afraid, but brother, I want to participate in the small election."
Baochai couldn't do anything about her stubborn brother. "We live in the Jia family, where filial piety is practiced. But we want to have fun in a family where filial piety is practiced. What do you think others will think of us?"
One word from someone else might make her disqualified from the election.
Baochai has a special expectation for the palace.
The Jia family is where she can improve her status, and the little sisters who go to school with her may become her helpers one day in the future.
"Your sister is right."
Concerning her daughter and the family's future, Aunt Xue rarely stood on her daughter's side, "You have been in school for so many days, Pan'er, you should stay at home and accompany us! If you think it's not lively enough, then we can go to Lixiang Courtyard and have fun with Zhu'er, Baoyu and others."
Since my sister is not at home, it is natural for me as an aunt to take care of my nephew.
"...I was at the academy and heard that the Jia family would no longer send any of their daughters to the palace."
Xue Pan glanced at his sister and said, "As for the little selection, why don't we just skip it if it costs some money?"
"no!"
"no……"
Aunt Xue and Xue Baochai spoke almost at the same time.
Although he had only lived in the Jia family for a month, the attitudes of the shopkeepers had changed.
Xue Pan, who was at school, could not feel this, but the housekeepers knew it well.
Especially the fact that Qin Keqing received a reward yesterday.
Qin Ye is just a minor official of the fifth rank. What qualifications does he have to recommend Ningguo Mansion to his daughter?
It was just luck that Mrs. Shen was stabbed and I was able to help her for a while.
Aunt Xue had heard the maids talking about how Qin Keqing used the reward from the Queen Mother to give gifts to many people.
Why did she, a little girl, receive the reward from the Queen?
It’s just because of Mrs. Shen.
Aunt Xue was sorry that they arrived in Beijing too late.
"The emperor is young and has few children."
Their family was selected to enter the palace at a young age, but they could also use money to get connections, so that Baochai could be like Yuanchun in the past and become a female official first. "In short, you can't hold your sister back."
"Okay, okay!"
Xue Pan had no choice but to compromise, "I'm at home. Please bring me the pot of imperial wine that the Jia family sent."
During the Chinese New Year, the Jia family also gave them a pot of imperial wine.
That was a reward from the emperor. The emperor rewarded Rongguo Mansion with three large altars.
The Xue family was an imperial merchant, so of course they had purchased imperial wine for the royal family. However, by the time the news came to him, the business had already been snatched away by other imperial merchants.
Xue Pan couldn't help but become interested in this imperial wine.
"I knew you liked this."
Aunt Xue smiled and said, "Many people in the Jia family have received royal wine as a reward. The other day, I spent a lot of money to buy you a jar."
"That's great, Mom, bring it here."
Xue Pan smiled happily.
At this time, everything was bustling with activity. Just when the city gate officer at the north gate thought that today was just another ordinary day, a fast horse was approaching rapidly in the distance.
"Emergency news from Shenyang Central Guard! Urgent news from Shenyang Central Guard!"
After confirming that it was a post soldier, the city gate officials hurriedly stood on both sides, watching him approach, rush over, and then disappear.
"My goodness, what happened? Didn't we just win the fight?"
Yes, we just won.
But the people in Shenyang are Jin people.
Last time, we fought in other places except the Jin people.
But they did not take action, not because they did not want to, but because the Rakshasa Kingdom was sending troops to attack them.
Hiss~ The last time we were able to have a truce was because the Rakshasa Kingdom sent troops to attack Tatar.
"head!"
The soldier tugged at the gate officer and asked, "Do you think it's the Russians who are attacking the Jin people, or the Jin people who are attacking us?"
"Speak? Speak your head."
The city gate officer looked solemn, "We will know tomorrow who will beat whom."
The Rakshasas are not good people, and the Jin people are not much better.
I just hope that this incident has nothing to do with Dazhao! While the city gate officer was praying in his heart, the postman rushed straight to the palace with the urgent report.
The officials from various departments, who had finally had a day's rest, had to quickly put on their official uniforms and rush to the direction of the imperial palace because of the urgent report shouted by the post soldiers along the way.
When the emperor received the news, Dong Xiaoquan had already arrived at the palace gate on horseback.
"Look at them all!"
The emperor was in a very bad mood.
He handed the urgent report to Liu An, who passed it on to Dong Xiaoquan and others.
"The Luosha people have already reached Heihe and are still sending more troops. The Jin people have asked our Dazhao for help. My dear ministers..."
He looked at everyone and said, "Tell me, should we help or not?"
The emperor was more inclined not to offer any assistance.
Let them both lose.
When they were almost done fighting, Dazhao sent out troops to recover the territory lost by the former Ming Dynasty in one fell swoop.
The lands occupied by the Jin people were brought back into the territory of Dazhao.
This was the biggest regret for Taizu back then, and it was also the biggest regret for countless founding generals of Da Zhao.
We had to withdraw our troops that year.
now……
"If we don't help..., how can we prevent the Rakshasa from attacking us?"
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