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Time passed quickly, and in a flash it was the day of ancestor worship. Before dawn, Shen Jingli was awakened by the sound of Gong and Ding Ming. When he opened his eyes, he saw that Mu Chen was dressed up and ready to go out.

"Why so early?" He sat up with a stretch and turned his head to look at the dark sky outside. He didn't know if it was five o'clock.

"Ancestor worship is more." When Mu Chen got up, he tried his best to relax his movements, for fear of waking him up. Unexpectedly, he was still woken up, "if you are sleepy, go to sleep again."

Shen Jingli shakes his head. How can he say that he is also the new daughter-in-law who comes back with him. How can he still sleep while others are working? What do people think of Mu Chen?

"You go to busy, I wash well, go to the ancestral hall to help." He took ramuchen's hand, said a private conversation between his husband and husband for a while, and drove Mu Chen to leave.

Xun'er and Huaixin had a little crazy playing yesterday. Now they are sleeping like two little pigs. Shen Jingli covers the quilt for them and changes their clothes. They also come out. There is a lot of noise outside. Jinyu and her time have already woken up and cooked the water, waiting for Shen Jingli to wake up and wash.

"You look at bu'er and Huaixin at home. I'll go to the ancestral hall to help." Shen Jingli road.

Jinyu and Nianhua nod their heads. Ancestor worship is a big event. Where can they be allowed to intervene. He ordered them to prepare breakfast for xun'er and Huaixin, and Shen Jingli rushed to the ancestral hall. When he went to the small courtyard in front of the ancestral hall, there were many people in it. Some quick working men were killing chickens and dyeing them with chicken blood. The two kitchens nearby were set up. Some daughters-in-law who got up early to help them were cooking breakfast and boiling water to remove the chicken's hair. Shen Jingli didn't know what to do. He just stood there, celebrating his birthday and taking things. When he saw him, he pulled him into the house and cooked with him.

"What are you doing out there Birthday to Shen Jingli took a low stool, "everyone is busy inside, you stand outside alone, not good-looking."

"Nobody called me, and I didn't know what to do." After washing his hands, Shen Jingli picked vegetables for his birthday.

On hearing this, he patted his forehead and apologized: "this one is a Xixing. I forgot to call you."

"It's OK. You're busy, too." Shen Jingli sympathized with him and said, "shall we finish picking all these dishes?"

They sat in the corner outside the kitchen, with more than a dozen baskets of vegetables and radishes beside them. Shen Jingli had a headache.

"First make these for breakfast, then those for lunch." "Celebrate birthday casually ordered two times," hurry to do it, noon to do hundreds of people's lunch, afraid of being late. "

Shen Jingli nodded and went to work with his birthday celebration. He couldn't. from the ancestral hall came the voice of the patriarch, followed by the sound of firecrackers. Qingsheng hurriedly dragged him to wash his hands, and then went to the ancestral hall to offer incense and worship to the ancestors. After that, they set off a burst of firecrackers. Each white planer went up the mountain with a basket, a sickle, a spade and a small hoe. The remaining women take the opportunity to have breakfast. After breakfast, they are ready to make lunch.

Many of the women in the village were experienced and arranged in an orderly way, but there was no trouble. They prepared lunch before noon. It took longer than Shen Jingli had imagined. It was too late for the men to return to xucunli. They went to the ancestral hall to worship and then began to eat lunch. When everything was finished and it was almost you, Shen Jingli was too tired to go back to his room and fell asleep. Mu Chen came in after him. He saw him lying on the quilt and pounding his waist with his hands. He went over and rubbed his waist for him.

"Tired out?" Mu Chen Road.

"It's just that I've been sitting for a long time and I'm a little tired." Picking vegetables is not a tiring job. It's just that I've been bending down to wash and cut vegetables. I'm tired. Mu Chen didn't say much. He just rubbed the palm of his hand and kneaded his waist carefully. Mu Chen did this very well. He did it very well. Shen Jingli was very comfortable and enjoyed it with narrow eyes. After a while, he felt that he was almost done. He stopped Mu Chen, got up and pinched his shoulder for him.

"The third grandfather said he would go to the clan tomorrow to ask about my being expelled from the clan." He was carefully massaging the cervical vertebrae for mu Chen. Suddenly, he heard Mu Chen say so. Shen Jingli stopped, but was not surprised. Originally, the purpose of their return was to ask clearly about this matter.

However, as far as the observation in recent days is concerned, it is likely that mu Laotai Jun and Dehui County Lord have unilaterally done the matter. They may have mentioned this matter to the clan, but most of the Mu family ancestors are scholars, and there are many young people in the family who are preparing for the imperial examination. If they really take advantage of Mu Chen's defeat and drive him out of the clan, the Mu clan will probably be killed by the world Spit on, the official career of the master of literati in the clan will also be affected.

What's more, although the evidence of the original case is solid, there are many doubts. The Emperor didn't take the opportunity to kill his accomplices, which showed that he was still biased towards King Jing, and also showed that he had doubts about this matter. Under such circumstances, the Mu clan was afraid to do such things as those things that would cause trouble if he talked about the good conditions of old Mu at sunset.

"It's better to find out earlier, so as not to make trouble later." Feeling a little sour, Shen Jingli stopped, fell back, and lay on the quilt, "if I was removed from my family...""I have money. I support you." Shen Jingli clapped his chest with assurance. How could this sound so familiar? Mu Chen turned his head and looked at Shen Jingli, who was yawning and drowsy. He seemed to have said such things when he was still in Daping village. He really planned to support him for the rest of his life.

"It doesn't matter. I won't dislike your soft food..." Shen Jingli murmured vaguely. Mu Chen listened to his words, only feel funny, reached for him to take off the shirt, cover the quilt, then left. On the third day, the old master Mu San went to the clan leader's house with Mu Chen and asked about his expulsion from the clan.

"How could such a thing happen?" After listening to Mu Chen's account, the patriarch clapped the table excitedly and stood up. "Zi'an, I really don't know about this. If I do, I will not let them make such a fuss."

The clan leader was really angry. When Mu Chen had an accident, he did write a letter saying that he wanted to drive him out of his family, which was the matter of their Zhenyuan marquis. Naturally, they would not get involved. But they would never do anything to drive Mu Chen out of the clan. Mu Chen looked at the patriarch's anger and just laughed. No matter whether the patriarch was sincere or not, he gave Mu Chen face when he could say so.

"I will call everyone to open the ancestral temple tomorrow and clarify this matter. We can't let anpingbai bear the stigma."

The head of the clan was very angry. The old emperor Mu looked at a very good man before. How could he become more and more confused after he was given the imperial edict.

"It's necessary. If this expulsion really spreads out, zi'an will have to bear the stigma of his life." The three old masters said that they didn't commit any harm to the heaven and the family. They could not say that they would be expelled from the clan.

"Yes, yes." The patriarch responded quickly. After being an official, Lord Mu San has been helping the younger generation of the family and recommending them to the college in the capital city. There are several officials in the family in recent years, which are all the credit of the three old masters. The patriarch dare not offend him.

"Zi'an, how do you deal with this matter?" the patriarch asked Mu Chen.

"Uncle Ting looked at the treatment, and zi'an just wanted to understand. Mu Chen wrote lightly, but with great momentum.

"Then I'll go to discuss with some elders in the afternoon. Kaizong temple will clarify this matter for you, and your daughter-in-law and your son will also be listed on the genealogy." The patriarch.

To Shen Jingli and xun'er's genealogy, which is deeply Mu Chen's heart, he curved the corners of his mouth in a happy mood. When the patriarch saw Mu Chen with a smile on his face, he knew that he was not angry, so he felt relieved. The Mu family were all big families of Dayan Dynasty. Many officials were outside, and they knew the trend of the imperial court. When Mu Chen happened, everyone could see that the emperor intended to let them go. Only mu Laojun's lard blindfolded his eyes and thought about Mu Chen's mother and son He died out of town.

After seeing off the three old masters and Mu Chen, the patriarch stood at the door and sighed.

"Dad, how can you sigh well?" Mu Yiming is about to go out. When he hears the patriarch sighing, he comes over.

"It's not the old prince of Zhenyuan Hou's house yet..." The patriarch shook his head, "if she wants to go on so old and stupid again, I don't know what will happen."

"The old prince is not so confused?" Mu Yiming said.

"She's not stupid enough." the patriarch raised his voice. "You know zi'an's rebellion, but she's behind the scenes. She doesn't think about it. If zi'an is really guilty of treason, Zhenyuan Houfu can still stand up?" The patriarch looked down upon mu Laotai Jun, saying, "the old lady has long hair and short insight..." He wanted to say something, but finally he just shook his head. "Forget it. I'll go to your great uncle later and tell him about it."

In the afternoon, the patriarch called several clan elders to hold a meeting. After consulting with the elders and the Grand Uncle, they opened the ancestral hall on the third day. Mu Chen's family put on incense and worshipped their ancestors. They knelt down quietly. The surrounding atmosphere was solemn. Even the lively and active xun'er felt the solemnity of the atmosphere. He knelt quietly and did not twist around. The head of the clan didn't mention Mu Chen's being expelled from the clan. He only said that Mu Chen would always be a descendant of the Mu family. Now he brought his daughter-in-law and his son back to worship his ancestors and go on the genealogy.

After he finished the Hakka routine, he asked for the genealogy in the presence of Mu's elders. He opened the page of Mu Chen and added Shen Jingli's name to his side. Xun'er's name was Mu Jingrui, and his name was given by Tai Shugong. It was called "Jiming" from the book of songs and the songs of Chu. Shen Jingli looked at the writing in the patriarch's hand and mentioned it again. There was a subtle trance Trance, can not say clearly is joy or uneasiness.

The people around him reached out and took his hand. With the slight heat, he turned his head quietly. Seeing Mu Chen's lips tightly closed and his expression serious, he suddenly felt at ease. As long as he was around, nothing was a matter.