In a courtyard to the west of the Yong'an Hou Mansion, the second wife of Chu, Li Shi, was looking at the plate of golden cakes with hatred and ordered, "Go, take this Laoshizi golden cake and feed it to Rolling Child." ”

Rolling is a pet cat owned by the Li family.

Chu Ling'an, the second master of Chu, hurriedly said, "Mother don't waste things, mother don't want it, I want it, even the third aunt said that the sister-in-law's craftsmanship is comparable to that of the imperial kitchen." ”

Li Shi tapped him with his index finger and said angrily, "It's not productive, this idea will buy you." ”

Chu Lingan said helplessly, "Mother, just listen to your son's persuasion, you have offended everyone in this mansion, don't make the relationship too stiff with your sister-in-law." That way, Grandpa will be even more unkind to you, and Dad will be even more angry. Before my grandmother passed away, she gave us a lot of private rooms, and my grandfather also got a lot of them by my mother a few years ago. The son estimated that the money and goods in his mother's hand were no less than 50,000 taels of silver, which was enough. Let's divide this room, plus the money from the family, life will not be sad. ”

Chu Ling'an was taken to the outer courtyard by the old marquis after he was seven years old, although the old man himself did not teach in person every day, but he also invited Hao Xixi to teach this grandson. He didn't dare to let his son and daughter-in-law teach his grandson badly, so that the second room would be completely finished.

Chu Ling'an was not good at homework, and he didn't even get a show, and the third master of Chu got him an errand in the Imperial Forest Army last year. Although he is not as capable as Chu Lingxuan, he is decent, he is relatively calm in his work, and he doesn't have many crooked thoughts, so the old marquis still likes this grandson very much.

Li doesn't like to listen to his son's tune the most, and he is not happy that his son is not self-motivated, just like his old son. She snorted coldly, "Won't it be sad to divide it?" If it is divided, we are the side branches of the Yong'an Hou Mansion, your father doesn't even have a real shortage, and you are only a seven-grade petty official, and our house will completely decline." ”

When Li Shi thought of moving out of the Hou Mansion, his heart was as uncomfortable as a pinprick. When she married into the Hou Mansion, she used some means to get it from her sister. What does it matter if a man is disabled, she married into the Hou Mansion, she is the young grandmother of the Hou Mansion, and the status is there, this is the most important thing.

Later, when something happened to the big house, she was happy in her heart, and she was kind to Princess Rongzhao on the surface, and she fished in the Hou Mansion in private, which made a lot of benefits. A few years later, seeing that Rong Zhao did not give birth, Chu Lingxuan did not dare to return to the capital, and was stupid to give birth to a daughter, so she thought of a deeper step.

Her eyes sank, and she said, "It's all the old man's partiality, Huachang is troublesome, and the daughter-in-law serves her in-laws, which is natural, but they are troubled." If the Chen family enters the princess's mansion, it will definitely be worse than the original Ma family, let alone giving birth to a child, eighty percent of his life will not be saved. Her aching face twitched a little, and she added, "It's a pity...... If Princess Rongzhao can't give birth to a son, and then Ling Xuan can't give birth to a son, then your eldest earl's title is yours. If you inherit the knighthood, we will ......"

"Mother is confused!" Chu Lingan shouted, he got up and went to the window to take a look, and when he saw that there were no outsiders, he put his mind at ease, sat down again and whispered, "Mother, you quickly cut off this foolish idea." If these words are spread, grandpa, the big house, the third room, Princess Rongzhao, they will not let you go, and they will not let go of our room. ”

Her son's nervous appearance made Li laugh, and she said, "Look at your idea, you are scared like this in a few words, how can you do big things?" and laughed again, "I don't know how angry Chen will be when he sees the red envelope I gave her! Hmph, I just don't look down on her." The illegitimate daughter of a prefect who doesn't know how to be filial to her in-laws, and she doesn't know how to coax her sister-in-law well, is only worth so much silver. ”

When Chu Lingan heard that his mother only gave Chen Afu twenty taels of silver, he sighed and said, "If my father knew that my mother was like this, he would definitely be so angry that he wouldn't come to this door for a year." ”

Li said, "Don't worry, Chen doesn't dare to say it." The elders gave her twenty taels of silver as a gift, obviously looking down on her, and she was slapping her face, and she was embarrassed to say it and slap her face......"

In the evening, Chu Lingxuan returned to Zhuxuan, and the two went to Anrong Hall for dinner together. Except for the New Year's Festival, the Chu family usually eats in their own room, but today is a newcomer to recognize their relatives, so dinner will be eaten here.

Chu Hua's family played in An Rong Hall for a day. Chu Hua lived with Mrs. Chu San at the age of ten, and the relationship between the two was very good, like a mother and daughter, and like a sister.

The men were talking in the hall, and the women were in the west room. Mrs. Chu San sat on the Luohan bed, holding Brother Heng in her arms and teasing. Chen Afu went, she beckoned Chen Afu to sit down beside her, and several people laughed.

Li and Chu Zhen whispered and laughed together, the two concubines sat stupidly, and Chu Lingqi's daughter-in-law Song stood behind Li to serve.

Li said that he wanted to drink tea for a while, said that he wanted to eat fruit for a while, and said that he had a sore shoulder for a while, and the Song family was so busy. They seemed to have said yes, but the Song family was busy alone, and the people stood still stupidly.

At the end, Li smiled with Mrs. Chu San with satisfaction, "Lingqi's daughter-in-law is virtuous, as soon as she enters the door, she knows that she serves her mother-in-law, is polite to her sister-in-law, and is a good and clever child." ”

Mrs. Chu San took a sip of tea and said with a smile, "I don't know what to believe the second sister-in-law, a few days ago you complained that Ling Qi's daughter-in-law was like a mallet, pricked and moved, and now you say that she is clever?"

The two sentences made Li's face flush, and he wanted to refute but didn't dare, so he said, "That's a joke, my brother and sister take it seriously." ”

Mrs. Chu San smiled again, "Ouch, I'm honest, I believe what people say." However, I remember that when our mother-in-law was alive, she was a well-known philanthropist, and she never let her daughter-in-law set rules, and always said that her daughter-in-law also grew up with the care of her father. There are so many subordinates in the house, is it possible for the subordinates to treat their daughters-in-law as slaves?" and said in a very real way, "Second sister-in-law, I am now in charge of this family, if there is a slave who is a big bully, and the second sister-in-law does not support the subordinates, the second sister-in-law told me that I will sell them immediately." ”

These words not only made the Song family blush, but also made several subordinates behind the Li family tremble.

The combat effectiveness of two people is not of the same level, one is a mosquito and the other is an elephant. The Li family was defeated, and he didn't dare to speak, so he had to bow his head and drink tea and pretend to be stupid.

Chu Hua, who saw the excitement, smiled with crooked eyebrows, and whispered to Chen Afu, "If the Li family dares to bully the sister-in-law, sister-in-law is polite, the third aunt will help you." ”

Chen Afu smiled and nodded. She only lived here for half a month and didn't want to do much. But if the Li family has gone too far, she will definitely not let her.

The meal is placed in the flower hall of the second entrance, with one table for men and one table for women and children.

Song stood behind Li and served, served Li Shi, scooped up the food, and Mrs. Chu San spoke again, "Lingqi's daughter-in-law sit down to eat, you have to honor your mother-in-law, or rub your daughter-in-law, you can go back to the second room." In my place, I watched the slave standing in a daze, and the master was so busy that he couldn't stop, so he couldn't help but want to clean up people. ”