Mrs. Qin Guo took Mrs. Tai's hand and said: "My sister hasn't been to Beijing for many years, and I didn't bring anything in a hurry, so when my sister cleans up the house, I will invite my sister to my sister's place as a guest, and our sisters will have a good time." ”

Mrs. Liu took a wooden box out, Mrs. Tai took it and opened it and handed it to Mrs. Qin Guo, she took it and saw that it was a ginseng, and she knew that it was a hundred years old, Mrs. Qin Guo said happily: "Thank you so much sister, this is a good thing, my sister is looking for this, my sister gave my sister one, or first-class goods, my sister really wants to thank Sister Song, and when my sister cleans up the house and gives my sister a post, my sister will definitely entertain her." ”

Mrs. Tai said: "When Sister Hua is cleaned up, and after the New Year, my sister will invite Sister Hua to play in Zhuangzi for a few days, where you can stay, and if you have something to play and eat, let Sister entertain your sister." ”

The two old ladies seemed to have a chat like familiar sisters, Mrs. Hou and the youngest of the Su family just laughed, Mrs. Qin Guo took Jia Lanzhi to leave, Mrs. Tai had to send it out, Mrs. Qin Guo pushed for a long time and only let Mrs. Tai send it outside the courtyard gate, Mrs. Hou and Su took the six ladies to the gate.

Jia Lanzhi still hugged Su and said that she was reluctant to be a godmother, Mrs. Qin Guo sat in the carriage, and the next person lifted the curtain, Mrs. Qin Guo glanced at Su Shi with a smile, making Su Shi feel that his eyes flashed with a familiar look.

After the two of them came back, they also heard Mrs. Mrs. sigh that Sister Hua was so amiable and reluctant to give up Lan Nizi, Mrs. Hou and Su glanced at each other, and they echoed Mrs. Tai for a while, and they all went back separately.

After going back, Su Shi pondered why this Mrs. Qin Guo picked up Jia Lanzhi in such a hurry without the next post in advance, and came to the door in person, seeing that she was not like a foolish person who didn't know how to be polite, and she was not a brainless person who could provoke the Jiang family as a woman.

Not to mention that the Su family was secretly pondering in the house, in the Wuling Marquis Mansion, Mrs. Songbai listened to what the eldest grandson Hou Ye said, and also smiled, and said: "This Jia Renjing must have received the letter in advance, otherwise he would not have rushed into Beijing in this winter, what is it for his nephew?" ”

Hou Ye asked, "Grandmother, what about us?"

Mrs. Songbai shook her head and said: "You just have to guard the Hou Mansion, the emperor's body will be fine for another one or two decades, remember not to get involved in the affairs of the court, the brothers and nephews of the Cao family, you can keep an eye on it, you can't be involved with other princes, even the prince has less to deal with, whoever dares to disobey the ancestral teachings will be imprisoned in the temple, even the women are the same." ”

Mrs. Songbai patted the arm of the chair with her left hand, and said to her grandson: "I have told you all about the Jiang family, this time you take a closer look at the actions of the Jiang family and the couple, Mrs. Qin is really the lucky star of the Jiang family, and she is also the ancestor of the Jiang family. ”

Hou Ye got up and changed the tea for his grandmother and handed it to his grandmother. Mrs. Songbai took it, took a sip, put down the teacup and said: "It's this tea, almost all of it is the Jiang family's property, Jia Yuehua was disgusted by her mother and grew up in the ancestral house, but she was favored by the ancestors of the Jiang family who passed by and married back, otherwise how could a daughter of an official family marry a merchant family?" This is the foolish thing that a confused woman does, if Jia Yuehua can marry into our Hou Mansion, then it doesn't take three generations, and our Hou Mansion can be erected, so I explain to you, if your daughter-in-law is confused in the future, she can't be soft-hearted, and she will be locked up directly, so as not to harm the descendants of my Cao family. ”

"You see that now, because of Jia Yuehua, the Jiang family's descendants have been supported, and now the Shu branch is not surviving on the concubines, and they don't dare to put a fart in front of Jia Yuehua. ”

Hou Ye said: "Last time Mrs. Qin Guo entered Beijing, I saw her from afar a few times, and I saw that she got along well with Concubine Jiang, and I thought that she and Concubine Jiang were the same character. ”

Mrs. Songbai looked at her grandson with a smile and said: "Then you are still young, and your mental and eyesight are naturally different from now, neither of the Jiang family and the couple is stupid, especially Mrs. Qin Guo, who is really a simple and innocent goods, if you want to say that Mrs. Song of Xuanping Houfu is the real fool, if they get together, it will be true and fake." ”

Seeing that his grandmother mentioned the maiden family of his younger sister Song Xie, Hou Ye opened his mouth and asked, "What about the four younger siblings?"

Mrs. Songbai said: "I have already told the Marquis of the Xie family, after the year, let her report a violent death, just take advantage of this opportunity, and do it after the year, just right, even the funeral can be avoided, during the national funeral, no one can come to the door to mourn, and no one will ask more after a while." ”

On the second day, the twenty-fifth day of the lunar month, the Empress Dowager Murong was sixty-five, the emperor was in pain, mourning and mourning, mourning in plain clothes, and overflowing Empress Xuanyi Ruikang, all the mansions changed the white cloth, and they wanted to be hemp for three months.

Su thought that fortunately, the New Year's gifts of various prefectures were sent in advance, and some families probably knew in advance and sent the New Year's gifts early, that is, Sui Guogong did not hold a birthday banquet this year, and said that his body was not appropriate early, and even his relatives did not let him come to the door.

Su Shi also considered whether she, a virtuous lady who was not a command, wanted to go to the palace to cry, and she didn't know anything about these etiquette, so she had to ask Mrs. Hou.

After asking her sister-in-law, Su Shi was about to go back to her yard, and Mrs. Hou pulled her and said, "Brother and sister, don't leave yet, I'll ask you, Mrs. Qin Guo hurriedly picked up Mrs. Jia yesterday, or the next day after coming to Beijing, you said that an old lady of this age is really so worried about a niece and granddaughter in the winter?"

Seeing that the sister-in-law talked about it, Su Shi thought, yes, why is it so coincidental? Seeing Su Shi's surprised face, Mrs. Hou also leaned in and lowered her voice and said: " My mother once told me, don't be fooled by Mrs. Qin's appearance, that's a capable person, let's talk less in front of her in the future, I guess she must have gotten the news from the palace in advance when she went to Beijing this time, I don't know why she was in a hurry, anyway, we just know, our house is an idle one, and none of them can contact the imperial court, but you are also optimistic about the third brother, don't do anything at this juncture. ”

Su Shi will only nod, where does she know anything about foreign affairs, and it is absolutely right to listen to her sister-in-law. After going back, the Su family didn't dare to tell the third master about it, and it was not good to tell Chuncao, he went around the house twice, and he thought, these have nothing to do with my cat in the inner house, so I should be busy with the things in front of me first.

So Su Shi prepared the things to be used in the next few days, knee pads must be there, fortunately it is winter, make a thickened one to wear in it and prevent freezing, Minshan will be handed over to the third master to take care of at home.

Since Mrs. Tai got sick, the New Year's banquet in the palace and other things did not need her to enter the palace, but this time she made a mistake, she had to go to the palace to cry, saying that the Queen Mother was pitiful, since the palace changed the Queen Mother was sad, and her body was defeated.