Chapter 485: Fatherly Love
After two days of hard work, Madam Li brought Daohua to prepare the New Year gifts for the Yan family. The next day, Yan Wenqi and others came to Songheyuan to bid farewell to Old Madam Yan.
Yan Zhigao also deliberately stayed for a while: "In recent years, the clan has produced many outstanding young people. Because of my busy official duties, I haven't been back for a long time, and I haven't taken care of the clan much."
"I discussed it with the old lady and decided to donate 200 mu of sacrificial land to the clan to support the studies of the younger generation. This time, I asked your third uncle to take you back and take care of the sacrificial land."
At the same time, he also added some land to his family and cleaned up the house. Although he would not live there, he could not let the old house be damaged.
Yan Wenqi stood up and said gratefully, "I, your nephew, would like to thank Uncle Yan on behalf of our clan."
Yan Zhigao raised his hand and said, "I have to go to the government office, so I can't take you any longer. Please come to my house often in the future."
Yan Wenqi, Yan Yunxi and others stood up to see them off.
After Yan Zhigao left, Old Lady Yan stayed with a few people to chat for a while, and then Madam Li and Yan Wenxiu saw them off.
At the gate of the Yan family.
Looking at the several cars full of gifts, Yan Wenqi felt embarrassed.
Yan Wenxiu patted his shoulder and said, "This is just a little gift from my family. It's not a valuable thing. Take it back and share it with the people in the clan."
Yan Wenqi nodded and said, "Wenge and I will participate in the Spring Boudoir next year. We will keep in touch by letter then."
Yan Wenxiu smiled and said, "Okay, I wish you two brothers success in the imperial examination in advance."
Yan Wenqi and Yan Wenge clasped their fists and said, "Thank you for your good wishes."
On the other side, after Daohua sent Yan Yunxi and Yan Yunyan onto the carriage, she stood beside Madam Li and watched the convoy go away.
Inside the carriage, Yan Yunxi couldn't help but reach out and lift the curtain. She looked at the Yan Mansion again, her expression somewhat dejected. "I wonder if I'll have the chance to come back and visit again in the future?"
Yan Yunyan was also a little depressed: "I'm afraid there is no chance." After the New Year, they will be fourteen years old, and their family will not allow them to go out.
Looking at the graceful rice flowers in front of the Yan Mansion, Yan Yunxi slowly lowered the carriage curtain and said self-deprecatingly, "When I was little, I always liked to compare myself with Yi, thinking I was no worse than her. But this time when I came to the Yan family, I realized how ridiculous I was as a child."
"Sometimes I wonder, if Uncle Yan hadn't been an official and had lived with us in the village, wouldn't the difference between us and Yiyi be so great?"
A look of confusion flashed across Yan Yunyan's eyes. She remembered that when Yi Yi was a child, she was only fairer and more delicate than the other girls in the village. When she walked with her, she didn't feel as inferior as she did now.
My grandfather was right. This kind of identity and status really nourishes people.
"Maybe."
Yan Yunxi sighed, was silent for a moment, then laughed again: "Your brother and I will also be participating in the Spring Boudoir soon. As long as they can pass the imperial examination, they can become officials like Uncle Yan. By then, we may not be as good as Yiyi, but we will also be daughters of official families."
Yan Yunyan's eyes lit up as she clasped her hands together and muttered a few words, "I pray to the Yan family's ancestors to bless my eldest brother and Brother Wenqi to pass the exam."
After seeing the wealth and grandeur of the Yi family, the gap is really big when I return to my hometown in the countryside.
At the same time, in the capital, the imperial palace.
In the main hall, Eunuch An and others lowered their heads, and the secret guard who delivered the letter did not dare to make a sound. Ever since reading the letter written by the young prince, the emperor has had a gloomy face for a long time.
Another cup of tea passed, just when Eunuch An thought the emperor was going to get furious, the emperor laughed loudly again, but as he laughed, his face turned gloomy again.
"The late emperor was truly biased. He was so biased that he didn't even want the throne that our ancestors had passed down to us."
These words were spoken with gritted teeth. Even from a distance, Eunuch An could feel the depression and resentment in the emperor's heart. But the emperor's laughter that followed was truly joyful and happy.
The emperor laughed for a while, then said to Eunuch An, "An Yuan, go and get me the map of Daxia."
Eunuch An nodded immediately: "Yes, I will get it right away."
Soon, Eunuch An came over carefully holding a brocade box over a meter long. "Your Majesty, would you like to open it?"
The emperor tapped the table with his finger and said, "Open it."
Eunuch An immediately took out the map from the brocade box and carefully spread it out bit by bit.
After the map was laid out, the emperor bent down to look at it carefully. Soon, he found Fenxi and then Sishan Village.
He had heard about the iron mine in Sishan Village before he ascended the throne, but unfortunately he never found its exact location. Unexpectedly, it was left to the eighth brother by the previous emperor.
Didn’t the late emperor know how much threat and damage leaving such a large iron mine to Lao Ba would cause to Daxia?
He knew it, but out of his deep fatherly love, he still gave the iron mine to Lao Ba.
"Fatherly love."
The emperor chewed on this word with a look of sarcasm on his face. The late emperor was kind-hearted. He knew that the Jiang family and he could not tolerate Lao Ba, so he left him such a way out. However, didn't he know that this fatherly love would cost Lao Ba's life faster?
After a while, the emperor calmed down his fluctuating emotions and turned his gaze back to the map.
How many backup plans did the late emperor leave for the eighth brother?
The emperor's gaze slowly slid across the map, finally landing on the location of the imperial tomb.
Don't worry, he will find out the backup plan in Lao Ba's hand bit by bit.
"Put it away!"
Feeling that the suffocating and oppressive atmosphere was gone, Eunuch An swiftly rolled up the map, put it back into the brocade box, and then took it to the secret room and locked it.
When he came back again, the emperor sitting on the dragon throne no longer had the oppression and gloom he had just had, and his face was full of a happy smile.
"Yang'er is becoming more and more promising now. Hmm. Uncle's little disciple is also a lucky star."
First it was the gold mine, and now it’s the iron mine. They hit Lao Ba and supported him. These two little guys are great!
Eunuch An immediately smiled and said, "Old Master has a keen eye for talent."
The emperor smiled and nodded. Even though his uncle had left the palace, he was still helping him. He was his own disciple before, and now he was his apprentice. He was not really alone.
"Yang'er is still too young after all. It's better to let Wu Jingyi keep an eye on things over there. It will only give that old fox a chance."
Eunuch An smiled and said nothing, but he was thinking in his heart.
Although we don’t know what exactly happened, but since the emperor said so, it must be a good thing, and it is also a good thing that can allow Governor Wu to gain merit.
The emperor thought for a moment and said, "Grind the ink. I will convey the imperial edict to Wu Jingyi."
Yan Mansion.
After seeing off Yan Yunxi and the others, Daohua became completely idle. Now, only Yan Siyu and her son, as well as the second master Han, the eldest son Han, Fang Hao, and a few other guests were left in the mansion.
She didn't need to entertain the male relatives; she just needed to spend some time with her aunt and cousin every day.
This person tends to think about all sorts of things when he is idle.
In the Daohua Pavilion, Bishi looked puzzledly at Daohua, who was sitting there distracted, and tugged at Wang Maner's sleeve: "Sister Maner, are you still training them?"
Wang Maner was also helpless. The girl had been in a daze for the past two days. "I'll go ask."
Daohua, who was wondering what Xiao Yeyang was doing, came back to her senses when she saw Wang Maner waving her hands in front of her eyes: "What are you doing?"
Wang Maner pointed at the seven puppies lying on the ground and said, "Girl, are you still training?"
Daohua then remembered the important matter: "Practice, of course I have to practice." As he said that, he stood up and said, "Go, take out the scented pills I prepared earlier and let them smell them one by one."
She was too lazy to name the seven puppies, so she just called them Yi Yi, Xiao Er, and Xiao San.
(End of this chapter)
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