All Hail Cousin Brother

In this way, Concubine Qiu is really a useful person.

Mrs. Yu frowned, and said to Madam Liu in private, "I thought Aunt Qiu was a smart person, so I invited the clan aunt to come over. From now on, I will walk around the house, and the clan aunt will mention it from the side. If you light it up and take care of it, it will be a matter of course. Others will not look down on our family just because Aunt Qiu has a concubine. "

Madam Liu said with a smile: "The old slave thinks that Concubine Qiu's status is a little lower, even if it is a city, it is easy to take care of it."

This is a fact, and Mrs. Yu relaxed a little: "It's just that Concubine Qiu is pregnant, so she can't serve the boss. It's not good for the boss to keep digging into the house. It's against the rules. In the future, Concubine Qiu will help the slender housekeeper. If you are busy, you can’t serve the boss wholeheartedly, but you still have to search carefully and give the boss a concubine with a good family background to enter the door.”

Thinking like this, you can't get around concubines.

Although there are several couples in the family, and their appearance is decent, but their status is too low, and they have not spread the branches for the boss, it is naturally difficult to lift the aunt.

Concubine Qiu was able to make an exception because her ancestor was also a poet.

Within two days, Mrs. Yu found Yu Youyao and mentioned the matter.

Yu Youyao guessed this situation early in the morning, and just smiled: "I don't understand this either, it's up to my grandmother to come forward."

She knew her son Mo Ruomu, and her grandmother always knew what Yu Zongzheng liked, so she must have picked someone who could make Yu Zongzheng look good.

Mrs. Yu nodded: "Just pick a concubine of an official family, her status should not be too high, otherwise she will collide with the wife and make others think that our family favors the concubine and kills the wife, and the reputation is not good, but it should not be too low, so as not to humiliate you. Father."

The new concubine entered the door, although she was older than Concubine Qiu.

However, Concubine Qiu was pregnant, and this child, whether it was a son or a daughter, could also overwhelm the new concubine. Both of them were concubines, and neither was more respectable than the other, but it was appropriate.

However, this should not be rushed.

By the end of August, the palace exams, which had been delayed for a long time, were finally released.

Early in the morning, the two families of the Yu Mansion were all dressed neatly and waited in the Anshou Hall to hear the news.

Yu Shande couldn't wait, and ran out early in the morning to watch the emperor list.

The family waited anxiously.

Mrs. Yu couldn't even hold the Zhuzhu anymore. Seeing that it was from morning to noon, and there was no news, she couldn't sit still: "Why haven't our family returned?"

Yao Shi hurriedly said: "Old madam, don't be impatient, every time the list is released, it seems like there are thousands of people in the capital, and even ordinary people have to go down to the bottom of the list to see the excitement. Look, just wait a minute."

The little boy who went out to read the list at home went to Chang'an Avenue to wait for the poster to be posted.

Their family is like this, and other people's families must be too.

The imperial list is so big that you can't see it from a distance.

Every three years, Mrs. Yu has to go through this time. How can I not know this, it is inevitable that I am very anxious to do it like this.

Yu Youyao handed a cup of lotus heart tea over: "Some people waited for the emperor to wait until it was dark. It's still early. Grandma drinks tea and calms down."

Mrs. Yu hasn't finished her cup of tea yet——

The little servant sent by the family to read the list ran into the Anshou Hall out of breath. He was probably too impatient. He didn't stop his legs for a while, and knelt on the ground with a "thump".

Mrs. Yu quickly put down the teacup, "suddenly", she got up from the chair, and quickly asked, "How is our family's exam?"

The little servant ran out of the door and ran into the Anshou Hall, panting out of breath. Hearing the old lady ask Xu, how dare you delay: "Bei, old lady..."

Because he was panting too fast, he gasped again before he could finish a sentence.

Yao Shi was so anxious that she couldn't help stomping her feet: "What are you gasping for, the old lady is still waiting for you to speak."

Although no one in the palace participated in this imperial examination, four members of the clan participated in the imperial examination, which was also a great event for Yufu.

In exchange, everyone will be in a hurry.

Yu Youyao said quickly: "Grandmother, second aunt, don't worry, wait until he catches his breath."

As soon as she finished speaking, the little servant was out of breath and said quickly: "Old Madam, Second Madam, Eldest Miss, our family is very happy, Young Master De has won the eighteenth place in the second class, and the young master is the seventh sixth in the second class. Name, Young Master Xing, No. 97, No. 2..."

The worst is the 32nd place in the top three!

Madam Yu was excited for a while, and couldn't help but wet her eyes: "Okay, okay, four people from the clan have entered the palace exam this time, and they have already burned a lot of incense. I didn't expect that they are still very high in the top rankings. There are three They are all within a hundred names, this is really the blessing of the ancestors..."

With Yu Shande's rank, he will definitely be able to choose the consular scholar Ji into the Imperial Academy, and there is a chance that in the future, the Yu residence will have another important minister in the cabinet.

The rankings of the other people are also not low, and their future prospects are definitely not bad.

Only when the younger generation is prosperous can they protect the foundation of their ancestors and prosper the family.

Yao's hurriedly comforted: "The day when the golden list was inscribed, when the ancestors were honored, today is a good day, and our Yu's good days are still to come!"

Madam Yu hurriedly squeezed the veil, lightly pressed the corner of her eyes, and said with a smile, "I'm so happy, I'm getting old, and my eye sockets are shallow, so I'm not as stable as you young people."

The talent of the Yu clan was dying, and it was only after the second child passed the second test that she saw the hope of the Yu clan's prosperity, so she spared no effort to plan for the second child.

Everyone thinks that she is too calculating, the eldest son is far away from him, and the second son is also alienated from him.

But how could they know!

Before the old man died, he took her hand and explained with all his heart to let her nurture her son well and honor her ancestors. It was not until she agreed that she swallowed her last breath.

At that time, she didn't know how much this end-of-life entrustment and commitment was.

Until she became a widow and guarded the huge house, but there was no one in the family who could support the family, and no one in the family could support the family. She was almost unable to move.

At the most difficult time, there were even people in the clan who bullied her orphans and widows and wanted to share their ancestry.

It was she who carried the old man's tablet and ran to the ancestral hall of the Yu clan, hanged her neck in front of the tablet of Duke Zhonglie, and was rescued with only half her life left.

Only then did all the people in the family frighten, and a few old uncles were disturbed, and then the family business was saved.

But this is the case, and the relationship between Yufu and the clan has also become estranged. Only she knows how difficult it is for a widow without the support of the clan.