Chapter 1328: Year 2

For some people, two years passed very quickly, but for others, every day was difficult.

Typical examples are officials such as Chang Yi and Gu Zhuomin, who were on diplomatic missions for four years and returned to Beijing one year later than expected. Chang Yi also missed his daughter's wedding.

On the returning ship, Chang Yi leaned on the railing and looked towards home. He did not look away until his eyes were dry from the sea breeze.

Chang Yi heard footsteps, lowered his head and rubbed his eyes, his gaze fell on the back of his hand, where there was a long scar, and the scene from two years ago appeared before his eyes again.

He followed Prince Joey's men that day. How could there be no casualties in a long-planned coup? He killed many people. He trained himself every day abroad, but he was still careless. If he had not blocked it with his hand, he would have been injured in the face. It was another time he was so close to death.

The white hair on Gu Zhuomin's head became more obvious. The years of adventure abroad made him age quickly. "You are looking at the capital again."

Chang Yi withdrew his thoughts, "Yes, after four years away from home, we finally returned home."

Gu Zhuomin felt a little cold and coughed lightly, "It's a pity that we didn't get married in Liufeng in time."

Speaking of this, Gu Zhuomin glanced at Zhou Changyi. If it weren't for the kindness of the Shangshu, Zhou Changyi meant to wait for him to return to the capital. Tsk tsk, if they really waited until they returned to the capital to get married, Liu Feng would be over 20 years old.

Chang Yi's whole body was under low pressure. His eldest daughter was getting married and he, as a father, was not around. The thought of this made him depressed, and he also disliked Gu Zhuomin.

Gu Zhuomin laughed, "Liu Feng has already passed the imperial examination. Next year will be another spring exam. I don't know if Liu Feng can pass it."

Chang Yi stopped in his tracks as he was about to leave. "He has been preparing for so many years and still can't succeed. Haha."

Gu Zhuomin thought to himself that in the eyes of his father-in-law Zhou Changyi, Liu Feng was now an enemy who wanted to snatch the daughter away, and he was not prepared to help Liu Feng. It was such a blessing to marry the daughter of the Zhou family, and it was reasonable for him to be bullied.

In the capital, Zhulan is holding Wenyue in her arms. Her full name is Zhou Wenyue, Mingyun's eldest daughter. She was born in April of the third year of Shenghui. This summer, in the fifth year of Shenghui, the little girl is already two years old.

The little girl looks 60% like Ran Wan and 40% like Ming Yun. She is the youngest and a soft and sweet girl, and the whole family dotes on her.

Zhulan also likes to hold the chubby little girl in her arms. The little girl has become plump thanks to her grandmother's good cooking skills.

Wen Yue has many children at home, so everyone likes to tease her. The child started speaking very early, and now she is very fluent in her little mouth. She talks more often, and her mood is also very clear.

Wen Yue finished the cake in her hand and asked, "Grandma, what is grandma doing?"

Zhulan wiped the little guy's hands, "Your grandma will check the dowry list with your aunt Yulu."

Wen Yue was puzzled, "Dowry?"

Li looked away from the dowry list with a dizzy head, and when she saw her granddaughter, her mind instantly relaxed. She said lovingly, "Wen Yue also has dowry. Your parents have collected it for you since you were born."

Wen Yue, "Is it also a long list?"

The table in front of me is so long, and the list is so long.

Zhulan curled her lips and said, "Yes."

Li looked at her granddaughter and felt a pang in her heart. Ah, it was not enough for her to just marry off the concubine's daughter. There were also granddaughters. There would be many granddaughters in the future. She would give each granddaughter a dowry like her mother-in-law did. Li did not even dare to count, because the eldest wife had so many sons!

Li stared at the dowry list on the table, and her eyes went dark. "Mom, I still have to save money desperately."

Zhu Lan said faintly: "You have only just arrived, I have more to offer."

She also prepared a copy for Wen Yue, and would give her a copy as long as she was alive and a granddaughter was born.

Li smacked her lips, "Mom, no need, we should be the ones to pay for Wen Yue's generation."

Zhulan raised her hand, "I know what's going on."

Li thought of Yu Shuang's marriage. Her mother-in-law was really generous to her granddaughter. Yu Shuang was the first to get married, and the portion her mother-in-law gave her was the standard. In the future, all Yu Lu's daughters who get married will have this standard.

At that time, my mother-in-law gave me 10,000 taels of silver from her savings, six sets of head ornaments, a box of various jewelry, a small box of gems, and a lot of antique calligraphy and paintings, all in pairs.

It was a considerable dowry. Besides, the second branch was already wealthy and powerful, and Changyi was not idle abroad. He would send back a lot of good things every year for Yushuang to add to her dowry.

When Yu Shuang got married, although her dowry was not as fancy as her younger sister's, her dowry was also talked about a lot.

Some people even said that Liu Feng married a rich man and brought him home. Of course, there were also vicious words, such as "living off a gigolo" and so on.

Liu Feng is a good person who never cares about rumors, but he is very nice to his baby Yu Shuang after they get married.

Zhulan talked to Li for a while. The little girl in her arms nodded her head. Zhulan laughed and said, "Children get sleepy when they are full. Okay, don't bother. I'll leave the child to you. I'll go back first."

Li took her granddaughter and said, "Mom, I'll take you there."

Zhulan waved her hand, "No thanks."

Having said that, Zhulan went out of the house. The temperature was not too high this summer. There was plenty of rain and the temperature was not high. Zhulan quite liked to go out for a walk.

After leaving the courtyard of the main house, Zhulan saw Ran Wan and said, "You're back."

Ran Wan went back to her parents' home. Qi Shi has been feeling unwell these days.

Ran Wan, "Well, grandma is going back to the main courtyard?"

"Yeah, Wen Yue just fell asleep, you are tired too, go back and rest."

Ran Wan reached out her hand to support her grandmother, "I'll take her back and let her rest."

Zhulan patted Ranwan's hand, "Why are your hands so cold?"

Ran Wan didn't care much about it. "Maybe I didn't get enough rest recently. It will be fine after a while."

Zhulan knew why Qi was sick. Qi was angry with her eldest daughter-in-law. Ran Wan's cousin Shui finally got pregnant, but she gave birth prematurely because of anger. The child was born very weak. The quarrel broke out, and Qi became sick with anger.

Zhulan asked, "Is your grandma feeling better?"

Ran Wan smiled bitterly, "It's much better now."

But she was still angry in her heart. The eldest aunt wanted a legitimate grandson, and said that the eldest sister-in-law was able to get pregnant because of the prescription for having a son, and she wanted to give her the prescription for having a son. The eldest sister-in-law was tough, but the eldest aunt was also very powerful. When the baby was more than eight months and almost nine months, she bribed the maid around the eldest sister-in-law to deliver the medicine. The old woman around the eldest sister-in-law found out and got angry, and she had a premature birth.

At the Ministry of Revenue, Zhou Shuren was drinking tea with Lord Wang. "We have worked together for several years. I really don't want you to leave."

Wang Yi held the teacup and said, "I came to the Ministry of Revenue. Your Excellency knows that I will not stay long. Now that I have found the right person, it is time for me to leave."

Zhou Shuren was really reluctant to let go. Wang Yi didn't have much to do and was very efficient. Qiu Yan was not good at many things, so he threw them to Wang Yi. He had been able to have it so easy in the past two years. Wang Yi was really a good subordinate.

Zhou Shuren, "I'll treat you to tea during your break."

Wang Yi, "Okay."

This time he is leaving Beijing for the south, and he will be promoted from the third rank to the second rank. This is a good thing. When he returns to Beijing, he will be the second rank. This is his chance.