Nine-fold lotus of the famous family

Chapter 6
"You can say that nonsense!"

Ji Furong turned her head fieryly, and looked at Ji Ziwei sternly, "Be careful when grandma hears that you have pulled out your tongue!"

"It was supposed to be..."

Ji Ziwei shrunk her neck, she was a little afraid of Ji Furong, she couldn't help biting her lip in grievance.

She heard it right, it was Aunt Liu who sent someone to inquire clearly, she saw Ji Furong and Ji Chonglian muttering at the side, she guessed they didn't know why they came here, so she spoke triumphantly.

Ji Chonglian was taken aback, old master Ji was reprimanded by the emperor?

This matter can be big or small, and it's unpredictable. The future fate of the Ji family may depend on the emperor's thoughts.

But right now, all they can sit on is to wait!

The young master and the girl from the third room came late, so the brothers and sisters had lunch in the flower hall. Except for Ji Chongbao and Ji Chongtian who ate meat heartlessly, the others had no taste and looked serious, and ate hastily. So I sat and waited for the news.

During the period, in order to prove that what Ji Ziwei said was not credible, Ji Furong even specially sent her maid, Xiangju, to inquire ahead, but before she poked her head in, she was scolded by Song's mother, if she hadn't worried about the face of the eldest lady , I'm afraid it's a good meal.

In this way, at dusk, several lords and wives arrived. They served Mrs. Ji's illness in front of his bed, and the doctor also came to treat him. He only said that he vomited blood because of the stagnation of Qi in his chest for a while. Days will get better.

But everyone's hearts have not been let go, but an imperial decree was struck like a bolt from the blue.

Mrs. Ji hurriedly ordered people to burn incense to set the case, and then changed the uniform of Mrs. Gaoming again, and led the Ji family to kneel down to accept the imperial edict.

The imperial decree made of black ox horn shaft and fine silk, on the back is a magnificent auspicious cloud and auspicious crane, and the silver dragon flying at both ends of the silk brocade yellow silk, it looks so sacred and inviolable, the edict-delivering father-in-law’s shrill voice echoes in the open space There was a sound in the hall: "...Ji Suiyuan, a scholar of the Imperial Academy, deceived slanders, fought against dissidents, ignored his wishes, and remonstrated with false statements... Thinking of his old age, he was sent back to his ancestors to borrow money, and he will never recover!"

"Never recover?!"

Mrs. Ji raised her head in astonishment, her face turned blue and white alternately, and her body trembled like a fallen leaf in the wind for a moment.

The masters and wives of the Ji family also had disbelief in their eyes, but who could say no to the imperial decree?
"Accept the order!"

The father-in-law pursed his lips, and his face was calm. It is common for people to rise and fall in the court. The emperor's temper is unpredictable, and Ji Suiyuan was also unlucky. If it were normal, the emperor would just reprimand him, who knows In the end, he was dismissed from office and returned home, and Ji's family was finished here.

Mrs. Ji struggled to get up, but she tried a few times, but her legs couldn't stand up, and she fell down a few times. Mrs. Meng hurriedly knelt down and moved a few steps to help her up. Elder Master Ji Mingde also reacted and forced With a smile on his face, he pulled the father-in-law who passed the decree, and a hundred taels of silver slipped down. He also said with a smile on his face, "Please bear with me, father-in-law. My mother is old, and I just heard about the accident. I can't say this for a while." It's just a loss of etiquette, it's really..."

The father-in-law flipped his hand to look at the number on the bank note, then held the corner of his lips, cupped his hands and said, "Master Ji is serious, let Mrs. Ji have a good rest, our family will go back and return!"

Mrs. Ji lost his official position, so Mrs. Ji is not here, and she will not be able to be called Mrs. in the future, so at this moment, the title of father-in-law who passed the decree is naturally changed to old lady.

Ji Mingde only felt full of bitterness, and also a little bit of anxiety about the future, but when things happened suddenly, how could he feel at ease if he didn't ask him to understand at this moment, so he got closer, lowered his voice and said cautiously: "Elder-in-law, you can tell the officials a little bit about this. Why did the emperor annoy my father?"

"This……"

The father-in-law who passed the decree showed embarrassment, but he looked at Ji Mingde with deep meaning in his eyes.

Ji Mingde came to his senses immediately, and stuffed another 200 taels of silver bills in the past, and the father-in-law smiled in satisfaction, and whispered in a low voice: "Our family just heard that your father touched the emperor's taboo on the establishment of the crown prince. That's why...your lord is usually cautious, but today he dared to make such a remonstrance, the emperor reprimanded him a few times in a fit of anger, and it turned out to be like this...hey!"

Ji Chonglian knelt at the end all the time, and waited until Ji Mingde received the order before slowly getting up with the crowd, but felt that the steps were extremely heavy.

The mountain rain was about to come and the wind filled the building, Ji Chonglian never thought that she would have a crow's mouth, but she was just thinking about it, and she hadn't said it yet, but she was thinking about it.

Now that Mrs. Ji has resigned from office, the elder Ji Mingde is left alone in Beijing to support him. It is difficult for a single tree to grow into a forest. The Ji family is afraid that it will be difficult in the future.

The winter in the north is always colder than that in the south, and the continuous rain in winter makes the bluestone road wet and slippery, and the road after leaving the city gate is even muddy.

At such an evening, the sky was a bit dark, Ji's family packed up their clothes, and silently boarded a few unremarkable black oil flat top carriages, looking back at Ji's house that was about to be taken back, everyone's eyes were filled with tears.

It is said that the emperor can give Ji family a month to tidy up and take care of it. It is said that it is a special kindness. Who would dare to stay longer?

If Longyan is offended again, maybe Ji Mingde's official hat will also be taken off, and it will be worse for the Ji family.

The old lady Ji decided to lose the pain, knowing that it was irreparable, she acted vigorously again, but in just ten days, she asked the servants to tidy up the boxes and cages, and disposed of the large pieces of furniture that could not be taken away. Half, some were sold, some were released for ransom, and each master left a few to wait on them.

Elder Master Ji Mingde's official position has not changed, and he still wants to stay in Shangjing, but he can't live in the original Ji's house. Instead, he rents a small yard not far from Zhan Shi's mansion, leaving only a servant and a woman. His wife, Mrs. Meng, let Aunt Hong stay and take care of her, and she also left Beijing with the brigade.

Ji's family is on the cusp of the storm, so it's better to keep a low profile. It's impossible for both parents to go back to their hometown, and his wife and children are still enjoying comfort in Beijing. Ji Mingde is really afraid of impeachment by the governor of the censor. At such a time, there will be less trouble A pile counts as a pile.

As soon as Ji's family and his party left the city gate, there was another drizzle, and the servants accompanying the flatbed cart escorting the soft cages were all miserable. Even if they put on straw coir raincoats, the cold wind blew past , soaked in the wet and cool raindrops hitting the body, it was a burst of unstoppable shivering.

A lot of servants from the Nursing House were dismissed, so this trip back to Danyang also invited escorts from the Escort Bureau. Through the cotton curtain, Ji Chonglian faintly heard the whispered complaints from the Escorts. Really bad luck.

Ji Chonglian sighed and frowned tightly.

Choosing to go out of the city on such a rainy night was simply because he didn't want the aristocratic family he had been with before to watch the jokes, and he just rushed out of the capital.

(End of this chapter)