The capital, the Xuanguo Mansion.

Xu's four sons, four daughters and a group of concubines and maids-in-law asked Mrs. Cai for peace. The Yi'an Hall where Mrs. Tai lives is exquisite and elegant, with pavilions and pavilions on the periphery, small bridges and flowing water, green inside, flowers like brocade, and newly transplanted flowers and trees have drawn out tender buds, full of vitality and vigor.

Entering the main hall of Yi'an Hall, Xu leaned down to Cai alone, Cai did not shout, and asked, "Where is the master? Didn't the master come back yesterday!"

Xu Shi lowered her body and did not reply, she was also aggrieved by herself, yesterday Zhu Qin came back, Xu Shi had already spoken to him, saying that he wanted to talk to him about his eldest daughter Zhu Miaohua, and with a turn of effort, Zhu Qin went into Aunt Li's room, did he not hear her words at all? Or did he not take their daughter Zhu Miaohua to heart?

The woman standing behind the fourth girl, Zhu Miaoqin, and the fourth young master, Zhu Chong, knelt down and said: "Back to the old lady, I was about to rest last night, and there was someone in front of me, and I was in a hurry to find the master, and then the old man went out with the person, and the wife sent someone to look for it early in the morning, but I didn't find it." ”

It was Aunt Li who replied, peach blossom eyes and slender eyebrows, dressed very plainly, she has been in the house for ten years, Zhu Qin is still very pampered, in the days in the house, one-third of them are resting in her house, Aunt Li is also quite blessed, the fourth girl who is eight years old this year, and the fourth young master who is five years old are all born to her, and she is the second woman in the house with both children in addition to Xu's.

"That's it. Cai raised his hand angrily. Zhu Miaocong, the second daughter born to Xu, stepped forward, helped Xu up, and sat on the square chair next to him. Aunt Li stood up on her own behind her, waiting behind her children.

Then the servants led the young master and girl to salute the Cai family, first the three of them, the eldest girl Zhu Miaohua, the second girl Zhu Miaocong, and the second young master Zhu Hong.

After that, according to the order of the eldest and youngest, the third daughter Zhu Miaoxian, thirteen years old this year, her biological mother Aunt Wu was given by Cai, after Zhu Qin and Xu's got married, Xu's gave birth to two daughters in a row, and she was injured, Cai's gave the maid around her to her son, and she gave birth to a daughter. The eldest son, Zhu Qing, is twelve years old this year, and his biological mother Aunt Fan is a reward from the emperor, Aunt Fan may not be favored by Zhu Qin, but because it is given by the emperor, the honor in the house is unique. The third son, Zhu Chun, his biological mother Aunt Su was born as a singer in Lefang, and Aunt Su is a stunner-like second person, and her posture is extremely enchanting. As for Aunt Li, she was born in a good family, and she was the daughter of a small family in Gyeonggi, and one day Zhu Qin passed by her house and saw that she was two or three points similar to Li Yue, and she was both surnamed Li, so she was included in the house.

Two rows of eight embroidered piers, the young masters and girls sat down in a regular manner, after Zhu Miaohua sat down, he deliberately covered the handkerchief and coughed twice, Cai's eyes fell on Zhu Miaohua, and said kindly: "I already said yesterday, let you lie down more, so that you can rest, you don't have to come today." ”

Zhu Miaohua said with a smile: "I didn't cough all night yesterday, and I'm already safe, and besides, I haven't asked the old lady for many days, and if I don't come again, I'll be lazy." ”

"The big girl was really joking. ”

"The eldest girl is the most filial, who in our house doesn't know. ”

The people around Cai's were busy making fun, and Cai's smiled pleasantly: "Change a licorice and ginger tea for the eldest girl." ”

The emperor's draft for his sons is just around the corner, this time the emperor wants to send side concubines to the second son and three sons, and choose concubines for the five sons, six sons and seven sons. The concubines of the Zhu family are noble, the side concubines will not refer to it, the fifth prince Wei Wang is a fool, and the noble daughters of the high family will not match him, only the concubines of the sixth son King Jing and the seventh son of King Xiang, one of the two, of course, is better for the eldest King Jing, Cai and others are secretly already working hard, Zhu Miaohua is also angry, the former son is dignified and decent in the palace, and yesterday the palace painting institute has passed the word, saying that Concubine De Niangniang said that Zhu Miaohua's portrait has been archived.

Thinking like this, Cai's face became even more pleasant, and after asking his children and grandchildren about their homework, he moved into the side hall to eat.

Cai's is good at eating and wearing, and the breakfast of nine people is covered with a Ruyi carved round table, conpoy bird's nest porridge, red rice lotus seed porridge, japonica rice and red date porridge, clam stewed eggs, sea rice steamed eggs, eight-treasure black rice steamed cake, fried five-stuffed spring rolls, red bean Jesus cake, mountain treasure fried dumplings, fragrant pickled pigeon meat, dry stir-fried beef shop, honey roasted spore meat, six side dishes of Liubiju are gathered into a plate, and each person has a plate around them. As for the Xu family and the aunts, they stood and served, the Xu family scooped porridge for the Cai family, and the others served their young master and girl.

During the period, there was only the sound of the bowl and spoon touching lightly, Zhu Miaohua's red lips were lightly opened, the teeth were bitten lightly, each bite must be chewed slowly, and she ate a bowl of bird's nest porridge, a fried spring roll, a red bean cake, her maid Ning Bi was about to scoop another spoonful of bird's nest porridge, Zhu Miaohua rubbed the handkerchief and gently wiped the corners of her mouth, looking like she had a bad appetite, just clinging to the spoon and waiting for everyone to finish eating.

Everyone hasn't finished eating, and there is a stack of voices outside that says, 'Master', and then Zhu Qin appeared in the side hall, he trimmed his eyebrows and handsome eyes, and his instrument was Xuanang, he was now thirty-four years old, and he was deeply favored by the emperor, and he had the demeanor of a sword of the country.

Cai was seated safely, and from Zhu Miaohua down, they all left the table to salute.

Zhu Qin's face was not good-looking, but he also forced a smile in front of Cai: "My son asks my mother for peace." ”

Cai snorted, didn't look at his son and said, "Since you're here, sit down and take a bite." ”

"My son has already eaten outside, and he has something important to discuss with his mother. ”

That line and word are exactly the same as in the previous life, the elders have something, Zhu Miaohua took the lead in retiring, and the Xu family also had to retreat silently, Zhu Qin looked at the Xu family and said, "You stay and listen." ”

Xu helped Cai sit down on the Luohan bed, and Zhu Qin took out the four house deeds on Yuhua Street with a gloomy face and said: "Mother wants to use silver, and the inner account room supports it, and it is not enough to tell her son, why sell the four shops on Yuhua Street." ”

From the old lady's house, Mrs. Zhang's first lady was extravagant in the inner courtyard, and set the internal and external account rooms, and the female dependents used the money to go to the inner account room, and the bulk was placed in the outer account room, and the female dependents in the house only had the right to check the accounts, and did not have the right to spend it. Cai's work hard in secret, how many checkpoints have to be dotted with silver, the silver in the inner account room is all chime, and the outer account room has to tell his son about the silver, Cai's is talking to his son, but they are both mother and son, and when there are also interests that invade each other, Zhu Qin wants to be a pure minister in front of the emperor, and he does not agree with Cai's Xu family's plan for Zhu Miaohua to plan Princess Jing, and this silver is not given.

There was no cash, so Cai's pawned things, and he really smashed the pot and sold iron to send Zhu Miaohua to King Jing.

Last night, Cai's four house deeds on Yuhua Street were handed over to the steward for pawn, and this morning, the four house deeds were in Zhu Qin's hands, and Cai was so angry that he straightened up from the Luohan bed and said: "My good son, who told me not to move my son! Miaohua has a good father, and there is no such father who does not think about his daughter's future!"

In the meantime, there were only two mothers and sons, plus the Xu family, Zhu Qin didn't bother to deal with the filial piety of those mothers and sons, and stood up and said: "Don't take the kindness of the elders and say, what does my mother want to do, is it to become the grandmother of the princess, the grandmother of the princess, or the grandmother of the queen? The grandmother of the queen is only the title of the marquis, mother, you are already the lady of a state mansion, what is the benefit of the title of the marquis?

Zhu Qin now, the title is the Duke of Xuanguo, the position is the Governor of the Fenwu Battalion, the title is the highest, and the military position is also the highest, Zhu Qin has always been the emperor's head in political affairs, so he has been reused, but if Zhu Miaohua becomes the royal daughter-in-law, no matter what the prince is pointed to, the Xuanguo Mansion will inevitably stand in line, so the emperor will have too many scruples when he uses Zhu Qin, and even abandon it. Zhu Qin is only thirty-four years old, he is in his prime, he is a military general, he is a treasure knife and does not want the sword to be sheathed, he is not ready to use his future to fulfill Zhu Miaohua's glory!

Aside from being Zhu Miaohua's grandmother, Cai revealed her ambition: "You should know how good it is for me. Your three good sisters, one is the Duchess of Qianguo, one is the first emperor Zhao Guifei, and the other is the Qingping Bo, these three people, these three people, in the past few decades, they have one day respected my mother in their hearts, and I am a proud lady, what weight can I have, of course, this is not as noble as the queen's grandmother, this is the first person among the foreign women!"

Zhu Qin said bitterly: "Mother, the second sister has been dead for many years, the eldest sister is far away in the southwest, and the third sister is far away in the northwest. Isn't this very good, why do you want to fight with the eldest sister and the third sister, and let outsiders see the joke!"

Zhu Qin's three sisters are not very much looking down on the young stepmother Cai, but the stepmother is the stepmother, the younger brother is the younger brother, the three older sisters have always loved Zhu Qin's little brother as a son, when he was a child, Cai had no chance to interfere in Zhu Qin's upbringing and daily life, Zhu Qin grew up under the care and teaching of the three sisters, Cai wanted to overwhelm the Duchess of Xuanguo and Mrs. Qingpingbo, and get back the field that had been lost with Concubine Zhao, Zhu Qin couldn't sit back and watch them want to fight, these women who were over fifty years old fought together, Zhu Qin couldn't bear it, so Zhu Qin would not give Cai's power a chance to increase sharply, and the strength of the two sides was equal, in order to be safe.

"Son, I have been swallowing my anger in front of these three sisters for so many years for the sake of this Xuanguo Mansion......" Cai's words contained the bitterness of her half a lifetime, and then she lowered her voice very low, only for Zhu Qin to hear: "The emperor is getting older and older, don't you have a little temptation from the dragon's skill?"

Zhu Qin is love of power, and there is also measure, shook his head firmly and said: "Since the mother has this will, the son will not be able to enter the palace by Miaohua, the Fang family of the Chengenhou Mansion sixteen years ago, that is also from the dragon, as a result, how many people died tragically in prison, and there is one more from the dragon above the Xuanguo Mansion, not the icing on the cake, I am afraid that it will be humiliating if it is strong!"