Difficult to be a Concubine

"Brother is not at home. With sister-in-law waiting by her side, she is looking forward to seeing how big sister-in-law's stomach will swell."

"In any case, there's Big Bro holding the fort up there, while Big Bro Heng is holding the burden in the middle. I'll watch from the bottom!" Zuo Ren Xian waved his fan proudly.

Seeing the two of them arguing, Mu Jinzhi said, "Let's not talk about this anymore, my little sister, uncle's letter mentioned that something big is happening in the capital!"

"Something has happened? What happened? It can't be related to the little mountain village, right? " Mu Rousang did not wish for the cooked duck to fly away.

The little cousin, I don't know why, but the dynasty's emperor brought the crown prince to Mt. Tai to offer sacrifice to the heavens a few days ago. He sincerely touched the heavens and prayed that the heavens would protect us, the Zhou Dynasty, from this year onwards, and for what reason did the crown prince break etiquette during the sacrifice of the heavens, overturning the fragrant wax on the altar and burning the yellow silk on the altar.

Mu Rousang hurriedly asked, "It can't be that we're blaming the crown prince, right?"

"That's right. He said he had disgraced himself during the sacrificial ceremony and refused to accept the emperor's teachings. He alarmed the emperor and warned him. The emperor wanted to cripple the crown prince, but he was stopped by an old official at that time."

Mu Jinzhi felt that this whole thing was rather strange, so he said, "Uncle's meaning is, you want me to stay in the small mountain village for a while, to see the world change before making a decision."

Zuo Renyou wanted to make the two of them hide their abilities, but luckily, Yang Zixuan had already left for the Western Region, so he was able to avoid this calamity. Mu Rousang then asked: "Does Big Cousin know about this?"

"My father wrote that he had already sent a letter to Jiangnan. My brother is currently visiting a master teacher at Jiangnan Academy." Zuo Ren Xian was also worried for Zuo Renwen's safety, but when the situation was unclear, he was afraid that his brother would be caught up in it.

"I still hope that Big Cousin can return. Did Uncle say to call him back?" Mu Rousang's heart became a bit more worried.

Mu Jinzhi said with a heavy face, "No, Uncle said that Big Cousin is about to become an official. I should take this opportunity to gain some experience and temper her character."

Mu Rousang more or less understood what Zuo Renyou meant. Rather than calling all the men in the house to have their gazes set on him, it was better to focus all the gazes towards him, as though he was a bright light bulb, and Mu Jinzhi, who was under his light, and the sage of the left would disappear first.

"Brother, are you guys going to write a letter as well?"

The two of them shook their heads, and Mu Jinzhi said: "Uncle means that we should take this opportunity to stay in the small mountain village, after all, we are still a few years away from being an official, so before that we should still continue to lurk, slowly learning political affairs of the imperial court from uncle, that's the right path, so, we won't send any letters to the Big Cousin."

It was to prevent people from finding Mu Jinzhi and the others along the way.

"I hope that the Big Cousin can pass this trial safely." Mu Rousang was extremely worried.

Due to the turmoil within the imperial city, the oppressive atmosphere quickly filled the entire imperial city. The oppressive atmosphere quickly spread across the entire Zhou Province with incomparable speed, and with the departure of the matter of the gongs and drums, the entire Zhou Dynasty was intimidated by this oppressive atmosphere. Whether it was the imperial city or the various provinces, the women of the emperor's family did not walk around together as frequently as in the past year.

The Mu Family Merchant Shop's business had also been affected, but Mu Jinzhi's Rice Shop's business remained as it was in the past. The citizens ate like the heavens, and the turmoil in the imperial government was not as important as the common people's stomachs.

As the business of Cai Yi Pavilion was much worse, Qin Taohua supported Owner Cui to take care of the shop. She packed her things, Mu Fengchai, Mulberry and Little Rock and left the horse carriage to return to the small mountain village.

After Mu Rousang heard the news, she sent someone to stand guard at the entrance of the village, waiting for the carriage to enter the village and invited them to her house.

The spring breeze blew into the courtyard as it shouted, "Miss, the little girl has reported that both Third Miss and Miss Qin have returned. Right now, a servant boy is driving a carriage to our house."

Hurry and get the cook s to prepare lunch. They must have left the city before daybreak for them to rush back so fast.

When Chun Feng heard this, he covered his mouth and laughed, "Maybe I have forgotten, but the new public road can already use carriages. Furthermore, it is a sunny day right now, so walking from the county to here is only a matter of time, not to mention taking a carriage, I estimate that Third Miss and the rest went out after breakfast."

After the time it took to make a cup of tea, he heard the gatekeeper shouting, "He's here, he's here! Miss, Third Miss, First Madam, Third Young Master and Miss of the Qin family have all come. "

Just as he finished speaking, he heard Qin Taohua's laughter at the second door: "Rou Sang, I'm back to accompany you. Is my brother-in-law still home?"

Mu Rousang smiled gently and waved her away. She brought her daughter out to welcome them, and walked towards them, carrying a short fat and thin girl, the big one carrying a small fat block in her hands. It was none other than Qin Taohua and Mu Fengchai.

"I was just muttering to myself that you all should be here, where is Eldest Aunt? Yo, Little Rock, quickly let Second Sister hug you! "

She took the stone from Mu Fengchai's hands as she spoke. Seeing that he had a pair of strong and black eyes that were rolling around, she revealed a cute smile as she looked at Mu Rousang hugging her, slobbering on her body.

Mu Fengchai immediately took the handkerchief and wiped his saliva, and said: "The stone has grown teeth now, my cousin will carefully bite it. My mother will come over later, I'll bring some servants to arrange the luggage."

Hearing that, Aunt Liu immediately extended his hand to receive it, and said to the stone with a fierce expression: "Daring to bite someone, I will definitely beat his butt until it bloomed."

Shitou was about to be one year old, although he couldn't understand what Aunt Liu was saying, he knew that Aunt Liu was scolding him, his little mouth was puckered, and his tears were rolling in his eye sockets. Everyone was just watching by the side, but no one tried to coax him.

Mu Rousang saw and laughed: "Alright, let's go in!"

After they sat down, Qin Taohua handed over the account book from the shop to Mu Rousang and sighed: "I wonder if it's because I'm getting older and older, or maybe it's because I feel like this day isn't as peaceful as when I was young."

Mu Rousang took a sip of her tea, pursed her lips and laughed, then said: "Don't tell me you've studied the Lochi Scripture again, and want to do some sort of poem?" What she could not bear to see was her little sister in such a state, and in such a state, she would be in deep sorrow for the spring and autumn.

Qin Taohua was only lamenting for a moment, and said: "It's just a moment of time, how can I have the ability that the female teacher has."

Mu Fengchai's descendant became smarter, and continued: "Peach Blossom, you don't have to worry, luckily we managed to earn a lot in the past few days, but it's only been a short while, we can use this time to relax."

"What is it? Cai Yi Pavilion's business is so bad? " Ever since Mu Rousang returned to the small mountain village, she had been busy with both her home and her dowry. She did not have any other thoughts on her mind.

"In the past, when the officials, madams, and wealthy families were not so busy with their summer shirts, the emperor had made them one place after another, so much so that the big guys didn't have the mood to dress up." When Qin Taohua talked about this year's mess in the imperial court, she felt both love and hate.

Mu Rousang flipped through the Accounts s, and said: "Looks like this year's Cai Yi Pavilion's income will probably be reduced by two levels, I only hope that after a period of time, it will get better. My cotton shop was originally affected by the selection, and now that I'm acting again, I'll probably have to wait until summer time to recover, forget it, this year's business is not like last year's."

She was too lazy to go through the book again, and told the two of them about the lichen s on the other side of the river. The Qin family and Mu Fengchai family had calculated their share of the village, but apart from the Mu family, the two families were the richest, hence they also added on a lot of land.

"Cousin, my mother said that the lichen on the other side of the river would be divided into half for me to use as my dowry and the other half would be given to my brother.

Mu Fengchai paused here for a moment, looked at the stone in Aunt Liu's hand, then said: "My mother said that the stone was brought big by her, in the future he will also send my mother off to her grave, and leave some for him as well."

Although Mu Rousang liked Rock more, unlike the Mu Yiyang siblings who had a deep relationship with her, not because of his background, but because she disliked Stone's mother who loved crawling on the bed, she just smiled gently and did not say much.

Since then, there were two more delicate flowers in the Mu family's courtyard. Everyday, they were either embroidery or bringing the little girl to the kitchen to make snacks. Mu Rousang had the illusion that she was back when she was young and the three of them played like this in the past.

The days passed slowly and the waves were not even calm yet. However, this time, the imperial government issued a new decree. When Little Mountain Village received the news, it was already one and a half months after the decree was issued.

When the village chief received the news, he immediately sent people to beat the gong and beat the drums. They ran from east to west along the village road, and from west to east. Even the Mu Clan, which lived alone on the west side of the village and on the small hill, did not leave.

"Great news, great news!"

"Dong, dong, dong!"

"Clang clang clang!"

A voice disturbed the girls who were embroidering under the osmanthus tree.

Mu Rousang put down the needle and thread in her hand, tilted her head and listened, then said: "Chun Yi, from the sound of it, it seems to be the servant of the Village Head Grandpa family shouting, go and take a look at the door, what exactly is going on?"

When Chun Yi heard the order, he hurriedly put down the sewing in his hands and smiled: "Miss, it seems like you're talking about a joyous occasion. This servant will go and ask right away."

"Spring, be more careful."

"Of course, it does sound like a happy occasion. You don't need to chat with that person, come back and tell us after you get the news."