"Second Master, you're back!" Jiang Hou, the old butler waiting in the mansion, hurriedly came up, "Go to the old lady's place and have a look. The old slave dares not enter the yard."

"Who is in the mansion?" Mr. Jiang threw the reins of the horse to his disciples and walked in quickly.

Uncle Hou couldn't keep up, so he could only shout from behind, "You are the first one to come back."

"You always rest, I'll go and have a look."

"Hey." The second master was fine when he came back, and the old butler sat on a bench against the wall to rest.

As he walked quickly into the main room of the North Courtyard, Mr. Jiang Er just pretended not to notice the depressing atmosphere in the room and said with a smile, "Why don't you send a letter back in advance so that your brothers can welcome you."

Jiang Pinglan, who had been cold for a long time by her mother, quickly got up, "Second brother is back! Yuan Dong, Ling'er, please wish my uncle a happy New Year."

Jiang Pinglan's children came forward to pay New Year's greetings. Mr. Jiang pulled up the two children and took out his small purse, "Uncle has prepared it for a long time, and I'm waiting for you to come. Sister, where is my brother-in-law?"

Jiang Pinglan whispered, "There are many things in the yamen, so I can't get back."

It just happened that he didn't come back, so as not to be angry when he watched him. Mr. Jiang pulled his sister to sit next to his mother, "Is my health better?"

Where did she get the disease? It was just an excuse for her husband to not allow her to come back. Jiang Pinglan bowed her head in shame, "...It's much better, I'm worried about it if I have a laborer."

"That's good. Mom, look at my sister, you have nothing to do. You should be able to sleep soundly this time." Mr. Jiang smiled and beat his mother's shoulders.

Mrs. Jiang said angrily, "I'm talking nonsense. When will I not sleep well?"

"Yes, I'm talking nonsense." Mr. Jiang responded, but secretly blinked to his sister, nephew and niece. The seven-year-old Liao Chunping couldn't help but giggle.

The stubborn Liao Yuandong came to Mr. Jiang and asked, "Second uncle, is East City fun?"

"Of course it's fun." Mr. Jiang said to his sister, "Let Hou'er send Yuan Dong and Ling'er to find Dalang and the others, and come back after seeing the lanterns?"

The two children immediately became energetic and looked at their grandmother with eager eyes.

Mrs. Jiang was not sure, "The child has been in the car for half a day, so how can he have the energy to see the lanterns!"

They have it! The two little guys dare not speak, so they can only be anxious.

"Your grandma is right, and you don't have to hurry to watch the lanterns. There are still a few days left on the Lantern Festival. My second uncle will take you to play tomorrow." Mr. Jiang was happy, "I'm going with you when the time comes."

Jiang Pinglan hurriedly said, "My daughter goes to see the lanterns and visits the temple fair with her mother."

"What's there to do to visit?" Mrs. Jiang said this first, thinking in her heart was indeed the scenes of her daughter when she was a child, and her face gradually calmed down.

Seeing that the atmosphere in the house was eased, Mr. Jiang took his two children out, leaving his mother and sister to say some thoughtful words in the house.

It would be fine if the mother and daughter talked about each other.

After Jiang Liu returned home with his brothers, he saw his aunt sitting beside his grandmother with affectionate feelings and joked about them one by one.

"Da Lang is only fifteen years old and is about to catch up with his elder brother. It's amazing."

"Dalang has seen it grow in the past two years." Chen smiled so hard that he couldn't stop.

"President Shiroshi, he is more than the third brother and sister-in-law."

"Sister, don't be pretending to be honest now, you have a bigger temper than both of us." Yan smiled.

"Are you all the lottery heads you can guess? Which one can guess more?"

"Three sister, she is the most amazing at guessing riddles." Jiang Murong leaned over to her aunt and hugged her arm intimately.

"Liu'er has grown up too. Mom, look, this girl looks more and more like her second brother when she was a child. When she was six or seven years old, wasn't that what she looked like when she ran around the house in a skirt when she was six or seven years old?"

Oh? Daddy wore a skirt when he was a child! Jiang Liu made faces at Daddy.

Mr. Jiang covered his daughter's terrible face, "Dad ran much faster than you when he was six or seven years old!"

Liao Yuandong just realized that Jiang Liu was walking wrongly, so he stepped forward and said carelessly, "Does Liu Sister's leg hurt?"

Jiang Liu shook his head, "It doesn't hurt, it's just going to go, it's not fast."

"It's okay if you don't walk fast, my cousin can carry you on your back!" The eleven-year-old Liao Yuandong raised his chest, as if he was already a man.

Jiang Ling immediately said, "Sixth sister is seven years old!"

"It's okay, my cousin is old and can carry it even when he is seven years old. Next time I go out to watch the lantern, my cousin will carry you." Liao Yuandong didn't understand what his cousin meant at all, and kept saying that he was very strong.

Another person who snatched his sister from him. Jiang Ling turned coldly. It seemed that it was necessary to pull him out to practice tomorrow so that he could know who is the most powerful here!

Jiang Liu smiled and said to his cousin, "I can go by myself."

"Sister Six smiled better than the virgins in the New Year paintings." Liao Yuandong suddenly screamed, making everyone in the room laugh.

Jiang Ling blocked her sister and felt that Liao Yuandong was even more annoying.

After all, Liao Yuandong couldn't take Jiang on his back to see the lanterns. Because the next day, the mourning news came from the palace, the empress dowager was in funeral and the lanterns were gone.

When hearing the bad news, when the civil and military officials of the Great Zhou Dynasty and the people knelt on the ground and cried bitterly, they felt a sense of relief that the dust had settled down in their hearts - the empress dowager who had been sick for more than a year finally died.

The happiest person among those who cried was Zhang Wenjiang, the prefect of Jingzhao. The Empress Dowager was in the funeral of the sky. Long live to ask about the court affairs. Of course, he was ordered to find out the poisoning case in ten days. After crying, Zhang Wenjiang, who had not slept well for five days, had a full meal until dawn.

Meng Huizhou also landed on the ground with a huge rock. After a slept peacefully, he went to the palace gate with all the officials early the next day to wail.

The Queen Mother's funeral in the sky, Kang'an City changed from the festive red of the New Year to the sad white, but only relatives were truly heartbroken. Princess Leyang fainted several times, and Emperor Jinghe cried until his voice was hoarse, and he issued an imperial edict: The Queen Mother's funeral in the sky, mourning the whole country, mourning in temples, Taoist temples recite scriptures for the Queen Mother to save him, civil and military officials and all people are not allowed to slaughter within 49 days, and banquets and weddings are not allowed to be celebrated within one year.

When everyone heard this, they not only cried on their faces, but also felt bitter. According to the laws and regulations of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the Empress Dowager's funeral in the whole country should not be allowed to have fun within a hundred days, and marriages are prohibited within one month. However, in order to show his filial piety, Emperor Jinghe extended the deadline for the funeral to one year. Besides praising the filial piety, what else can everyone say?

Mr. Jiang, who had changed into white, asked carefully, "Didn't the imperial edict mention stopping the scientific examination?"

Jiang Houer shook her head, "No, you shouldn't stop, right?"

"Why can't it be? The Empress Dowager is having funerals and the whole country is mourning!" Mr. Jiang said with a sarcasm, "Will my son take the exam during the mourning period?"

No! Jiang Houer shook her head, the second master still has hope.

Jiang Bao sighed, "Second Master, you should put your heart down and study hard."

If you don’t read it, you won’t read it even if you beat me to death! Mr. Jiang Er stood up angrily, “You are going to pick up your brother back home!”

The empress dowager died, so long live to ask about the elder brother's case. After discussing with his mother, Mr. Jiang ran to Jingzhao Mansion and asked if Mr. Zhang could take his elder brother back to his house and take care of his health.

Lord Zhang, who had been kneeling in front of the palace gate for half a day, walked slowly than his Liu'er. Mr. Jiang Er didn't have the patience to wait for him to move closer and rushed over and bowed, "Caomin Jiang Feng, pay homage to the Lord."

Zhang Wenjiang, supported by his subordinates, certainly knew why he came. After saying a few words of comforting and politeness, he allowed him to go to Huichun Hospital to pick up Jiang Song.

After Jiang Feng left, Zhang Wenjiang picked up the tea and drank two sips before he said to his master angrily, "When I left the palace, I met Meng Huizhou. He pretended to be sadder than anyone else, but the briskness in his eyes could not be hidden from us! The master said why is he so proud?"

If you have written it down, how long will he be proud? The master hurriedly said, "Don't worry, the net of heaven is vast and unobstructed, and this case will definitely be revealed. If Lord Meng is the culprit, you can bring him to justice sooner or later."

"Yes!" Zhang Wenjiang said solemnly, "The master will draft the official document and file the details of the case. From the commander-in-chief of Xicheng to the yamen officials, those who have dereliction of duty will be dealt with strictly in accordance with the law!"

"Yes." The master responded, knowing that the case was about to be put on hold, and he didn't know when the prefect will have time to investigate again.

Jiang Song was carried back to the mansion and saw his white-haired mother, tears couldn't help falling down, "My son was unfilial, which made his mother worried."

"It's good to come back safely." Mrs. Jiang couldn't help crying when she looked at her eldest son who was so thin that she was about to lose face. The whole family burst into tears, and Jiang Pinglan cried particularly sadly.

After carrying his son back to the East Courtyard to settle, Mrs. Jiang dismissed everyone, Jiang Song, who had been weak for several days, got up and knelt under his mother's knees, "Don't calm down."

Mrs. Jiang glared at him for a while, and suddenly shed tears, "That's a dumpling containing arsenic, how dare you eat it! You want your mother's life!"

"Brother is really too reckless this time." Mr. Jiang Er was afraid that the ground would be cool, so he helped the brother get up and sit down.

When his mother was calmer, Jiang Song explained in a low voice, "When my father was alive, my son often helped to sort out the files of the Ministry of Justice to understand the toxicity of arsenic. Although that half of the dumpling would cause stomach damage, it would never be fatal. My son was useless, so I could only think of this way to help my father avenge."

Mrs. Jiang closed her eyes and said, "You can't avenge you even if you do this."

Jiang Song nodded, "But this will make all the officials and the people in the court suspicious of Meng Huizhou, make the censor stare at the Meng family, and make the Meng family dare not play in a grand manner again to disgust us."

Mr. Jiang also said, "I heard that Zhang Wenjiang is very serious. He will always keep the case that Jingzhao Mansion cannot find out. As long as he also suspects Meng Huizhou, Meng Huizhou will not be the Minister of Justice!"

"How can I see it?" Jiang Song asked his second brother.

Mr. Jiang Er analyzed it with great clarity, "The Minister of Justice is an important position in the six ministries. If Zhang Wenjiang feels that Meng Huizhou is not good at conduct, he will definitely discuss with the ministers of Dali Temple and other court officials, and will also find an opportunity to tell the veteran General Huang Tong. General Huang will chat with the other ministers in Wenqing Hall for a few more words. As long as there is no man to protect him, Meng Huizhou will not be promoted! The elder brother thinks, which of the five ministers in the court will protect Meng Huizhou? There are countless capable people in the court, and in the eyes of the ministers, Meng Huizhou is not even considered a conglomerate!"

Jiang Song asked again, "What is the relationship between Zhang Wenjiang and Huang Ge Lao?"

Mr. Jiang widened his eyes, "Brother doesn't know? Zhang Wenjiang's wife is General Huang's niece! General Huang's second son Huang Di's wife is Zhang Wenjiang's brother-in-law's sister. Mrs. Zhang helped to tell this marriage!"

Jiang Song nodded with relief, "The analysis is correct. My second brother knows more about the closeness and distantness of the families in the capital than me. When you enter the court as an official, you will definitely go a long way than me."

Hum? Mr. Jiang widened his eyes and suddenly felt that things were going wrong.

"The scientific examination is difficult and difficult, but it is easy to say it is easy. With your intelligence, as long as you are willing to work hard, you will be able to pass the imperial examination at the latest! You and my brothers work together, and within ten years, your father's great revenge will be avenged!" Jiang Song began to imagine a bright future.

Mrs. Jiang was also full of confidence, "I will leave it to you when supervising Feng'er's study. Now you are the only one in the mansion who can calm him down."

"Don't worry, I should do my best." Jiang Song swore to the fullest. His experience and experience of studying hard for 16 years must be taught to his second brother!

Mr. Jiang was so scared that he broke out in cold sweat, "Mom, brother, I..."

Before he could finish speaking, Jiang Song suddenly looked shaking, "Things are just ordered. I'll put a list of books tonight, and you will start reading tomorrow. Second brother, go and summon the whole family."

Mrs. Jiang was slightly stunned, and Mr. Jiang was even more afraid, "Big, brother, what are you going to do?"
Chapter completed!