Rebirth of the Noble Concubine

Chapter 121 121. Insights

As soon as I arrived at the corridor, I heard the lively sounds of a family. When I went in, I saw that the whole family was here.

My maternal grandparents were sitting high in the hall, my parents, brother and sister-in-law were seated on the left, while my two uncles and aunts and my cousin Siruo, whom I had not seen for many days, were on the right.

"Grandpa, grandma, please forgive me, Ayao is late."

After saying that, he kowtowed respectfully to the two elders. This etiquette should be done on the second day of the Lunar New Year. Unfortunately, the Feng family has been keeping its doors closed until today.

"Get up, get up."

The two old men lifted a hand, and Cui Gu, who was beside Mrs. Bai, stepped forward to help her up. Feng Jinyao saluted respectfully in the direction of her uncle and aunt, "I've met my uncle, I've met my aunt."

When her eldest aunt Lin heard about her, her brows furrowed sharply. She opened her mouth before anyone else could speak, "You kid, you are already weak and yet you still take care of your eldest brother like this. We are worried after hearing this."

It’s more than half a month.”

Feng Jinyao smiled, looked at all the elders with worried expressions, and quickly confessed and apologized.

"What my aunt said was that the situation was sudden, so Ayao must pay attention next time."

She said it was "blaming", but it was actually worry. It felt really good to be cared about like this, and Mrs. Feng wiped tears from her eyes.

"Okay, okay, the rain has finally passed and the sky has cleared up. I have brought the things that your Majesty has given you. When Yunhe's illness is completely cured, you two can go to court again, otherwise people will find out, but

It’s hard to tell.”

After all, smallpox is contagious, and entanglements can occur if you are not careful.

"Father-in-law, don't worry, my son-in-law knows how to do it."

"Well, I came here today because I have something else to talk to you about. Let them talk to your mother here."

"Yes, let's go to the study room."

Seeing Bai Xiang stand up, the two uncles followed him. Feng Jinxu had already entered the court as an official, so he naturally wanted to follow him. However, Feng Jinlin was a little embarrassed and didn't know whether he should go or not.

"Let's go. Although you haven't entered the court yet, you should understand some things." Bai Xiang saw his hesitation and said specifically.

Feng Jinlin put away his usual perverse temper and answered respectfully, "Yes."

After all the men in the hall filed out, Bai Siruo, who had never dared to speak loudly before, jumped out.

Grandfather was strict and always valued rules. If he hadn't been there, Feng Jinyao would have spoken when she saw her.

"Ayao, you are worried about me."

"You who are celebrating the Chinese New Year, stop talking nonsense and touch the wood." My aunt Lin reminded me. Seeing the two of them getting along so well, she felt really happy.

He turned to look at Mr. Wen who was sitting next to Mrs. Feng and said.

"Brother has suffered a lot these days. We have brought a lot of supplements here. When he gets better, remember to stew them for him to eat. And you, people with twins should pay special attention. Calculate the days. The time of delivery is right.

It's midsummer, and Dongdu City has always been hot in summer, so I just happened to bring you a cool jade mat this time. It can be used to cool down without getting cold, so it's perfect for you."

Mrs. Wen was a little flattered. She had been married for many years and had not interacted with her relatives much. Unexpectedly, this aunt was quite attentive.

"Thank you for your concern, auntie."

"Don't thank me. If you want to thank me, thank your fourth aunt. This is her dowry."

He pointed teasingly at Princess Wen Yi who was sitting next to her.

The fourth aunt was born as a princess, so her dowry might have belonged to Ouchi. She was even more surprised and hesitated whether to accept it.

"Good boy, please sit down quickly. There are still many good things from your two aunts. You just need to use them."

Mrs. Bai spoke, and everyone present laughed happily.

Wen's restraint slowly dissipated, and the ladies of the family were busy chatting about Dongdu City's gossip for a long time, and then asked people to prepare meals, and finally they could have a neat reunion dinner.

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At the other end of the study room, it was now a bit gloomy as a storm was about to hit.

Feng Hai frowned, thinking that his father-in-law had called him to talk about something else, but he didn't expect that the matter of promotion had been finalized.

"Is what brother said true?"

"Well, the edict for the transfer has already been drafted, and it is estimated that the edict will be delivered in the next few days."

The Feng family has just closed down due to smallpox, and I'm afraid they won't even be able to go to the New Year's Day. Is this a decree?

Thinking of the unrest these days, he thought that there must be a "god" behind it.

"I thought you could stay in Beijing this time so that we could help each other at home, but I didn't expect that you would be transferred. However, the position of Director of Water Transport is to be promoted to one level, and you will be sent away for another three years. You will definitely come back.

But after taking charge of the Sixth Department, a minister cannot escape."

The uncle of the Bai family, Bai Chaoan, looked confident. Although he was only a fifth-grade Hanlin bachelor, he had many opportunities to meet His Majesty on weekdays, so he naturally had a way of deducing the Holy Will.

Originally, Feng Hai was assigned the position of Minister of Household Affairs. Unexpectedly, Mr. Wang, who was supposed to be transferred to the position of Director of Water Transport, made some mistakes. The Ministry of Personnel urgently submitted a new list. With a stroke of his pen, the fat man was

The difference fell on my brother-in-law.

The Director of Water Transport has more real power than the Minister of Household Affairs.

Although he was a foreign official and was not under the emperor's command, he not only controlled the water transportation of the two Zhejiang and thirteen states, but also had a naval camp of 3,000 troops in his hands.

In previous years, all the major aristocratic families rushed here to get this position. I didn't expect that my brother-in-law would be so lucky. It was really a mistake.

Unfortunately, before the uncle of the Bai family had time to congratulate his brother-in-law, he saw Prime Minister Bai with a gloomy face and said nothing.

The fourth uncle noticed something was wrong with his father's expression, so he pulled his eldest brother's sleeve to tell him not to get too happy too soon.

After a while, I heard Bai Xiang speak slowly.

"Director of Water Transport, to outsiders, I think he is a fat man, but I think he is a hot potato. If you do well, it is your duty as a minister, but if you do anything wrong, it will be the disaster of annihilation. Feng Hai, what are you doing?

Thought?"

"My father-in-law, my son-in-law has had some dealings with people from the Water Transport Department in the past years in the Ministry of Household Affairs. There are a lot of tricks here, and the water transport issue is very involved. Not to mention that paying grain levies can easily arouse public anger, just transporting grain.

The scene of the fight between the gods, passing through the Thirteen Prefectures, 7 million stones of grain starting from Zhenjiang, and not even half of it was left when they arrived in Dongdu. You can imagine how much was consumed on the road."

"Is what you said true?"

Uncle Bai was surprised. It was normal for the consumption of food transportation to be deducted by officials at all levels. But if not even half was left, that would be an exaggeration.

Feng Hai looked serious and nodded solemnly.

The scary thing is that such a situation is tacitly accepted by the court, and no one dares to come forward to say it. Fortunately, the granaries in the capital are full now. If...he really doesn't dare to think about the consequences.

(End of chapter)