Dong Yan's family left Beijing, and the soonest they could return to Beijing would be the year after next. After all, it takes twenty-five months, or even twenty-seven months, to observe filial piety.
People usually say that one should observe mourning for three years, but in fact it is usually only twenty-seven months at most.
According to the traditional Confucian concept of filial piety, if a court official's parents pass away while he is in office, regardless of his official position or position, he must resign and return to his ancestral home to serve his parents for twenty-seven months from the day he learns of the funeral. , this is called Ding You.
According to the rules, the Xiaoxiang Festival is held on the 13th month after the first anniversary of the parents' death, that is, 12 months after the death; the Daxiang Festival is held on the 25th month after the second anniversary of the death, which is 24 months later; and then there is a one-month interval. , in the twenty-seventh month, the Gu Festival is held, which is the ceremony to remove the clothes, and the system ends.
This is what people usually call the three-year rule.
The mourning period of the Zhanxing Service is three years, but not three anniversaries. As long as two anniversaries plus the first month of the third anniversary pass, the three years of mourning are considered complete, so it actually ends on the twenty-fifth month. .
If there is a leap month, it will be longer, so there will be a maximum of twenty-seven months.
Being able to leave the capital means that the stigma on himself has been cleared. Therefore, after Dong Yan's filial piety system is over, he can continue to return to the capital to serve as an official. As for his wife, she cannot work in the field yet, but she is his wife, so she must I was observing filial piety with him, so I had to walk slower on the road.
Wang Qin'er also suffered a serious crime this time. Two of the maids around him died, and the old servant beside his mother-in-law also died. Now, the Dong family is much quieter.
After this incident, Dong Yan became even more silent than before.
Because Wang Qin'er had to mourn her mother-in-law, she didn't dare to make any more trouble after she recovered from her injury. After all, she still had serious problems with her legs.
Wang Qin'er didn't think there was anything wrong with breaking up with her father and mother before. It wasn't until they came to Beijing later that Dong Yan's official position had not been implemented. It was only after Wang Jin helped that she realized how important her father was.
This time she injured her leg and accompanied her husband back to observe her filial piety. She only hoped that after they returned to the capital, her father could help her again so that her husband could return to officialdom and her position as the royal wife could be secure.
Wang Qin'er has gained some brains after this incident. She almost died. In comparison, nothing is more important than her own life.
Now she just hopes that her legs can be restored to their original state, and she must not become a lame.
Fortunately, Xu Ruyi was generous. After learning that something had happened to their family, he sent two servants to take care of them. Otherwise, Wang Qin'er would have suffered.
Xie Rongzhao, on the other hand, concentrated on taking care of the baby and ignored the storm outside. However, he heard that Zhao Yue was injured this time, so he went to Weixinhou Mansion frequently in the past month.
"Here comes my dear, come and take a look. This is the myna that your sister Ying specially sent to you. Does it look good?"
Xie Rongzhao really looked at it carefully. These feathers are so beautiful!
"I'm coming!"
Xie Rongzhao's eyes lit up: "It can actually talk?"
Zhao Yue put one hand across his chest, hanging by a white towel, and in the other hand he deliberately took a small wooden stick to tease the myna. He did not look like a patient recuperating at home.
"How's it going? Do you like it?"
Xie Rongzhao wanted to nod, but then shook his head: "It's okay, I've seen it is quite lively, and it's not my kind of temperament. If I were to raise it, I would still like it silently."
"Haha!" Zhao Yue laughed again.
Is Xie Rongzhao’s black face so funny?
Mrs. Gao smiled and came over to hold Xie Rongzhao's hand, glared at Zhao Yue before walking into the room: "Ignore him, the older you get, the more you can live."
Xie Rongzhao snickered, which meant that Auntie could cure him.
"Why don't you bring Tuantuan?"
"He is older now and is too noisy. It is better to let him stay at home. I heard that many officials involved in the matter have let out some rumors. Is this matter going to be over soon?"
Mr. Gao rolled his eyes: "It's early! The ones released now are just some marginal characters and are dispensable. Your Majesty doesn't want to really make the capital a river of blood!"
That's true!
Xie Rongzhao felt bad when he thought about the evil done by King Fu and King An. However, when he thought about it, he blamed those people for being too greedy. If they were not greedy for the merit of following the dragon, how could they have reached this point?
"Has anyone come to your door to ask for help recently?"
Xie Rongzhao blinked, with a puzzled look on his face: "Why do you come to beg me? I'm just a weak woman, what can I do?"
Mrs. Gao poked her with her finger and said angrily: "You are still pretending to me! If your parents can't get through, they will most likely go to you to ask for help. Moreover, now Cheng Jingzhou is also the Minister of Household Affairs, and can be regarded as a high-ranking official. Some people are cornered and always look for opportunities."
Xie Rongzhao chuckled: "I'm sure I can't be of much help. How about I take the child out to avoid it?"
Gao Shi glared at her: "It's too obvious for you to do this!"
"Then what should I do? My mother is older after all, and she can still claim to be sick and not see anyone. What about me? I can't also claim to be sick, right?"
You go to Weixinhou Mansion and Xie Mansion almost every day. If you claim to be sick, someone has to believe you!
"It's not a big deal if you're sick. You can decide what to do yourself. Some people can be seen and some people can't be seen. I believe you have a sense of proportion. As long as it doesn't affect the overall situation and can't damage the future of your father and Cheng Jingzhou, what can you do? It doesn’t really matter.”
Xie Rongzhao's eyes lit up: "Really?"
"Fake!" Zhao Yue wandered over and sat down next to Gao.
"You girl! There's nothing wrong with you, it's just that you're soft-hearted. If someone starts crying and begging, you'll be so hot-headed that you dare to agree to anything. If you ask me, just don't see each other at all and just find some excuse to get rid of it. Why care!"
Zhao Yue's attitude is truly worthy of being said by a truly top-level dignitary.
He can do this kind of thing, Gao can do it, but can Xie Kongzhao do it?
That must be impossible!
Mrs. Gao glared at Zhao Yue again: "Okay, stop making random ideas! Guobao is still young, and Cheng Jingzhou has just taken the position of minister. Do you think their family is not conspicuous enough? What if you really get one? If you don’t see anyone, how will Guobao deal with others in the future?”
Zhao Yue never cared much about favoritism. There were only a few that could interest him. Moreover, he was from a noble family and had the emperor behind him, so no one dared to mess with him.
This means that people with different backgrounds have different perspectives and nature of looking at problems.
Xie Rongzhao actually understood a little better and nodded: "I understand everything. My uncle is also doing it for my own good and is afraid that I will get into trouble."
Zhao Yue then smiled and said: "You are still a good boy and sensible!"
Mrs. Gao sighed and said, "My dear, that's all for others. If someone from the Wang family comes to visit, you'd better meet her."
