Rise From the Humble

Just like Hou Men is as deep as the sea!

This sentence is definitely not an exaggeration. Even with a memory as evil as Zhu Ping'an's, he was almost fainted on the way to greet the old lady. The winding path to the secluded door and the shadow wall of the corner gate repeated this cycle several times. It was safe to arrive at the courtyard where the old lady of the Hou Mansion was.

"Uncle, the old lady's yard is just ahead." The two girls leading the way reminded Zhu Ping'an in a low voice.

Zhu Ping'an nodded, indicating that he understood. After checking that there was nothing inappropriate in his clothes, he motioned to the two girls to continue leading the way.

This corridor is relatively wide. After passing through the corridor, there is a huge emerald screen wall. Zhu Ping'an was a little bit tongue-tied when he saw it. He didn't know how much gold and silver he spent to buy such a large emerald screen wall. Bypassing this emerald screen wall, there is a spacious courtyard. This is the courtyard locked by the old lady of the Hou Mansion. Zhu Pingan walked in and saw a row of five main rooms, a wing room, a porterhouse, a kitchen room, etc. Everything is available.

"My uncle, Wan'an."

When the six girls who were working in an orderly manner in the yard saw Zhu Pingan, they knelt down and worshiped in unison, and greeted Zhu Pingan in unison.

Zhu Pingan nodded, and then asked, "Is grandma free?"

After getting a positive answer, Zhu Pingan walked towards the main room in the middle. The maid at the door had already rolled up the curtain high when Zhu Pingan arrived at the door, and Zhu Pingan walked in.

"I heard that my uncle is coming to say hello. The old lady has been happy for a long time. My uncle, please come in quickly. The old lady will be very happy when she sees my uncle."

In the back room of the main room, the eldest girl Zijuan wearing a dark green bijia came out, smiled and saluted Zhu Pingan.

"Grandma is thinking of Ping An, so Ping An naturally comes to say hello." Zhu Ping'an smiled lightly.

Zicuckoo smiled and opened the door curtain, welcomed Zhu Ping'an into the inner room, and then announced to the room with a smile, "Old madam, the son-in-law you have always talked about is here to greet you."

The inner room was decorated very luxuriously. There was a large kang covered with a scarlet blanket near the window. On the front there was a backrest for Mei Gu to offer her birthday, a gold pillow with the word "Fu" and the quilt was smoked with spices. There is a pair of exquisite huanghuali tables on the kang, along with dried fruits, fragrant tea, spittoons and other items.

The ground was covered with a red carpet, and there were four chairs with soft supports, cushions, and footrests. There are vases with seasonal flowers in the room, incense burners burning incense, and various unnamed ornaments.

Zhu Ping'an entered the inner room, took a look, and then saluted and said hello to the silver-haired old woman sitting on the chair in the middle. When Zhu Pingan lived in the Hou Mansion before, he met the old lady many times, and he could recognize the old lady as the old lady at a glance.

"My son-in-law is safe and I wish my grandmother well."

Zhu Pingan stood at attention one meter in front of the old lady's chair, then stepped forward with his left leg, put his left hand on his knee, half-kneeled with his right leg, and bent one knee to say hello to the old lady.

Many people may think that greeting is a Manchu etiquette. In fact, this is not the case. Greeting originated from the Ming Dynasty. It was one of the earliest military rituals of the Ming Dynasty. There is a standard description of the etiquette of greeting in the "Da Ming Huidian", which is called " Take a knee." Theoretically speaking, a soldier should kneel down and salute when he sees his superior, but because he is wearing armor and cannot kneel down, he only bends one knee or half a knee to salute. Over time, I got used to it. Even if I don't wear armor, soldiers will bow down and salute when they see their superiors. It's the same as kowtowing and bowing, which means greetings.

The unique etiquette of the Manchus should be to kneel, which is to kneel on both knees. At this time, the monarch's corruption reached its peak, and the people of the world, including officials, are the emperor's slaves, so they kneel on both knees.

"Brother Ang, get up, you have suffered a lot on this journey, and the incident at sea scared grandma. Come here, let grandma take a good look at it." The old lady stretched out her hand, signaling Zhu Pingan to get up quickly.

Zhu Pingan responded, and stood up, and then saw that the old lady of the Hou Mansion was not looking at her, so she smiled and looked at the old lady calmly.

"Why have you lost so much weight?" The old lady looked up and down for a moment, and asked distressedly. Then, without waiting for Zhu Ping'an's answer, she looked at Zijuan and said, "Zijuan, go to the warehouse and get the money that was rewarded by the palace last time." Give An Geer and the others half of the supplements such as bird's nest, Ganoderma lucidum, deer antlers, ginseng, and snow lotus."

"The old ancestor is really eccentric. After being begged for a long time, the old ancestor gave him a little bit. Now that my brother-in-law has just arrived and hasn't spoken yet, my grandmother will give half of it."

As soon as the old lady's voice fell, she heard a coquettish female voice coming in. On the surface, she was feeling aggrieved, but in fact, she was coquettishly inviting favor.

As soon as Zhu Ping'an turned his head, he saw Miss Six in a light pink gauze skirt walking in with a scent of fragrance. The round baby's fat face was laughing, and she came to the old lady with her small canine teeth, and hugged the old lady. His arms started to act coquettishly.

"You monkey has sharp ears, get up quickly, don't look at who is there, just act like a coquettish shamelessly." The old lady patted Miss Liu's fragrant shoulder dotingly, and joked with a smile road.

Only then did Miss Six raise her head from the old lady's arms, looked at Zhu Ping'an, and smiled coquettishly without any shyness, "Grandmother will change the topic, brother-in-law is not an outsider, grandson is not shy."

Miss Six boldly looked at Zhu Ping'an with her dark eyes, her eyes were charming, her round oval face was blushing, like a lively bird, with a sweet and lively aura around her.

Zhu Pingan looked at his mouth with his eyes, his nose with his mouth, and his mind with his nose. There was no wave in his eyes.

"You monkey, you are looking for your grandmother again. Okay, okay, later I will ask Zijuan to send the box of Dongzhu that you have been coveting for a long time to your courtyard." The old lady gave her a loving squeeze. Miss's baby fat face, promised to give her a box of Dongzhu.

"Hehe, then my grandson would like to thank my ancestor." Miss Six happily thanked the old lady.

"Okay, you're about to leave the palace, and you're not ready yet. Go and sit down." The old lady patted Miss Sixth on the arm and scolded her fondly.

"As you command, ancestor." Miss Six stood up, smiled coquettishly, performed a standard female courtesy, and then sat on a chair next to the old lady.

"You monkey..." The old lady didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

"Ping'an thanks my grandmother for her love. However, this tonic was given to my grandmother by the imperial palace. No matter how unfilial Ping An is, I would not dare to share my grandmother's tonic." Zhu Ping'an smiled and shook his head, declining the old lady's kindness.

"Your child, since the palace rewarded my grandmother, then it belongs to my grandmother. If your grandmother gives it to you, you can keep it. You and Xiao Wu can catch up with each other more, which is the greatest filial piety to your grandmother." The old lady of the Hou Mansion insisted again. road.

Zhu Pingan declined again, and then the old lady pretended to be angry and said that she dared not refuse the elder's gift. After a discussion of numbers, an agreement was reached. In the end, Zhu Pingan accepted one-third of the supplement.

"Shu'er, why didn't you come back together?" the old lady asked with concern.

Zhu Ping'an explained to the old lady the reason why Li Shu came back a few days late. The old lady nodded after hearing this and said that it would be better to come back a few days later to save time on the road.

After talking for a while, the old lady asked about Zhu Ping'an's memorial and advised Zhu Ping'an to surrender to Yan's house. Although our nobles are not inferior to them in terms of merit, but times have changed and the arm cannot twist the thigh. For Zhu Ping'an, For the sake of Ping An's official career, I advised Zhu Ping An to leave the relationship with the Yan Mansion. It would be best to reconcile. If the quarrel escalates, it will be detrimental to Zhu Ping An's career.

"Grandma, don't worry, Ping An knows how to measure." Zhu Ping'an rolled his eyes and replied ambiguously without saying much.

The old lady thought that Zhu Pingan had listened, and nodded with satisfaction. After another conversation, she asked some things about Zhu Pingan at sea, and then asked Zicuckoo to send Zhu Pingan back to rest.