Fragrance Returned

After chatting and joking for a while, it was time for lunch.

Everyone got up and went to the side room to eat.

There are two tables for men in the living room, and one table for women and children in a side room. The door was open and voices on both sides could be heard.

The men talked about national affairs. The emperor finally named several older princes kings. The eldest prince was named Prince Duan, the third prince was named King Qi, the fourth prince was named King Kang, and the fifth prince was named King Ji, and they were allowed to go out to establish government offices.

There is only a 14-year-old seventh prince and an eight-year-old eighth prince left in the palace.

The Eighth Prince's becoming a monk was still kept a secret.

After the Dong family overturned the case, Xun Qianli alienated the fourth prince, that is, King Kang's party. King Kang was very angry and felt that he was being used by the Xun family.

Xun Qianli was appreciated by the Holy Emperor, and there was nothing wrong with him, so he impeached the Xun family on the grounds that Xun Shi, the old master of Xun, had done a lot of things for Gao Feng.

The emperor did not liquidate Xun Shi for the sake of old man Xun, but someone impeached him and he had to deal with it. He was demoted three levels in a row and is now a doctor in the Ministry of Punishment, one level lower than his son Xun Qianli.

Ding Xiang was secretly happy, that old fool deserved to be demoted. If it hadn't been for the old man, Brother Xun Qianli would have been tortured to death by Gu, and he would have been fine.

Dong Yihe and Xun Qianli reminded the men present again that the emperor was tired of party strife. No matter how much trouble there is in the court, one should not take sides or make the emperor unhappy.

Ding Xiang knew that this was meant for Xun Qiandai. Xun Qiandai would not take sides, fearing that Princess Dongyang would be seduced by someone else, putting the Xun family in a dilemma.

Xun Qiandai is indeed speechless. It is said that he has the talent to help the world, but he can't even take care of family affairs, or he has no intention to take care of it. Regardless of whether he is at home or not, if he does not know that his daughter has been stolen, he is derelict in his duty. If one day in the future he realizes that he can't even protect his own daughter, let's see if he is still an immortal and beautiful.

After the meal, the young Brother Qian, the unhealthy Shen Yu, and the drunk Ding Chi were taken to the side room to rest, while the others went to the main room to talk. The men are in the main hall and the women are in the side room.

Mrs. Xun is dignified and kind. Perhaps it was because Xun Qianli liked Dingxiang, and she also liked Dingxiang very much, hugging Dingxiang and chatting.

Xun Yiqing's daughter-in-law, Grandma Xun, is very talkative, has a cheerful personality, and is well-rounded. She is mainly responsible for adjusting the atmosphere on the woman's side.

Among these people, Xun Qiandai was not ranked as the most out-of-place person, but he was ranked second.

Ranked first is Shen Er's wife, Min, who is like a tragic figure among a group of happy and joyful people.

The third one is Ding Chi, who is mainly afraid of Dong Yihe who has his own aura, so he hides far away.

Of the three of them, one is a bitter cauliflower, one is a fairy, and the other is a coward.

Because of the Min family, even Zhang family, who was born in a farm family, and a businessman, performed well.

Mrs. Dong sighed, and while these people were chatting and joking, she quietly glanced at Mr. Min, and the two of them went to another room.

Mrs. Dong persuaded softly, "Mr. Wu has been divorced. No one will bully or deprive you anymore. Life will gradually get better... I know it's not easy for you. Take it and help your cousin and you to replenish your health."

"Don't be frugal. My master and cousin Xun have already settled the dowry of my second aunt with Mr. Shen. Back then, my second aunt was a wealthy woman with more than 20,000 taels of property. Mr. Shen was confused and said that most of it was squandered by Mrs. Wu.

"Hmph, no matter who uses it, he and the woman's son must make up for it. If they don't make up for it, they will file a lawsuit."

She gave Min a silver check of two hundred taels.

Mrs. Min took it with tears in her eyes, pressed the corner of her mouth with her handkerchief and said, "Thank you, eldest cousin. Alas, I have been tortured by the old godmother for many years after I married into the Shen family. The three children in my belly were all miscarriage." , the body also crossed.

"I finally gave birth to a daughter, but she died of illness in more than three months. The child died in a delayed manner. I begged the old godmother for a long time to prevent anyone from asking a doctor. If the child had lived, he would have been like little Miss Ding. Likeable...

"I also wanted the master to have a wife, so I gave him two concubines. But, his body is already exhausted..."

As he spoke, he started crying again.

Mrs. Dong sighed. She and her husband felt very sorry for the couple.

Especially Shen Yu, who is kind, polite and has a lot of backbone. But this Mr. Min is not as good as expected... He is a good person, and he has no bad intentions, but he is a bit petty.

It is impossible for Mrs. Wu to find a good wife for Shen Yu. But no matter how concubine she is, she is also a daughter of an official family, so at least she should be able to live well on the surface.

Knowing that their life was difficult, Dong Yihe gave them two thousand taels of silver before. She also gave Min several sets of fine jewelry and ten pieces of fine brocade.

But today, not only was Min dressed shabbily, but she was also very uncomfortable when giving the junior a greeting gift, and she also made it particularly obvious.

She felt that Xun and Ding's family had given them a meeting gift, so that their children could be brought back. As for her family, they can only send it back but not return it.

The most embarrassing thing about her being like this is Shen Yu...

Mrs. Dong added, "When you get your dowry back, you can go and hold a smaller boy from the clan. You will have hope for the future."

Min nodded in agreement. I thought to myself, how many heirs really treat their adoptive parents? I don't know how much longer the master's body can survive, but he still needs to hold on to some money to avoid suffering.

Ding Xiang chatted with Mrs. Xun for a while, and when she saw Mrs. Dong and Mrs. Shen coming back, she went to the door.

Birds of a feather flock together, people divide into groups, and people with a common language gather together to talk.

Dong Yihe, Xun Qianli, Ding Zhao, Dong Ping, Xun Yiqing, and Ding Lichun were talking about state affairs and family affairs. Xun Yitang, Xun Yibo and Ding Liren were talking about schoolwork in another place. Ding Chi and Ding Lilai were sitting in the corner. in a daze.

Dong Ping finally saw Ding Xiang's figure, came over and said with a smile, "The Prince Consort is waiting for you in the small study and said he wants to have a good discussion with you."

In the small book room, Prince Consort Xun sat in front of the desk and scribbled on the paper with a quill.

The lattice window behind him poured in the spring sunshine, shrouding him in a halo, making him as handsome as an immortal in the sunshine.

He saw Ding Xiang coming over and waved to her.

The hands are white and slender.

Ding Xiang's eyes rolled even wider in her heart.

No matter how beautiful or beautiful you are, there is still a use for it!

Ding Xiang sat across from him.

I saw an old hen drawn on that one, which looked very much like the chicken Ding Xiang drew when competing with Sun Yumu many years ago.

Prince Consort Xun smiled and said, "I saw this from my master. Only my junior sister can draw such an interesting chicken."

Lilac has done her homework. She said that after drawing with a quill pen for a long time, she "summarized" a set of simple drawing techniques.

It is a form of painting that uses simple painting elements such as points, lines, and surfaces to highly summarize complex shapes and simplify them into combinations of squares, circles, triangles, and basic shapes, and into corresponding geometric figures to express the basic characteristics of objects. .

This painting method is both simple and highly general.

She casually drew a duck and a little mouse on the paper, which made Prince Consort Xun laugh again.

He added, "This painting method can not only paint simple things, but also complex ones."