"Mother......" Meng Shen thought of his deceased mother, his eyes slightly red and he couldn't speak.

Meng Ye sighed for a long time, "It's all sin, the previous things have passed, your second sister was also sent to another country by me not long after you left, and only picked up a few years ago, this person is different from people, I gave you a hundred acres of fertile land so that you can live a good life, have children, provide education and teaching, and then let people send you silver and things every year, what are you living like now?" But your second sister, a girl's family, has also been in the countryside for so many years, living on a few taels of silver a month, but she has grown up herself, and she is no worse than a young lady raised by a rich and noble family. ”

"Father, my son knows that he is wrong, but your grandchildren are all older, but they can't afford to read and learn martial arts, they are all your relatives, please have mercy on your father, so that they can have a master in the future. Meng Shen didn't care about the ridicule in Meng Ye's words, and said what he had practiced thousands of times at home before.

"Okay, just leave them behind. Meng also nodded in agreement.

Meng Shen was overjoyed, and before he could say anything grateful, Meng Ye poured cold water on him in the next sentence.

"I will send them to the barracks to be soldiers, and ♀ they can have a salary of one or two taels of silver a month, I took a look, you have ten or so children, and there are seven or eight who can barely be soldiers, so that there is a salary of one or twenty taels of silver per month, and the barracks have food and shelter, and there is no land to spend money, and you will collect this money for them, if there is no interest. In the future, I will keep my daughter-in-law, and if I can make a profit, I will naturally arrange it. Meng also said in an indifferent tone that made Meng Shen extremely disappointed.

"Father, they are all your own grandchildren!" Meng Shen almost shouted out again, his eyes were full of resentment, he was the eldest son of the Meng family!

"My grandson, do you know how I treat my other two sons?", Meng Ye said coldly, "Mother is so defeated, so that you can't do anything to prevent your two younger brothers from being spoiled by women like you." I've been since they were eight years old. So they were sent to the barracks, where some of their fathers and brothers were dead, and there were orphans in the army who had no one to rely on, and they were taken into custody together. Read books or teach martial arts. etc. Just like an ordinary orphan, be a recruit, treat everyone equally, and there is no special treatment. Even most of the people in the barracks don't know that they are my sons, and they only take them back for two days during the New Year's holidays and leave, and now they treat my grandson the same. ”

Meng Shen was stunned again, he didn't doubt Meng Ye's words, he was just surprised by Meng Ye's coldness.

Meng Ye said: "Now my situation is not as beautiful as outsiders say, I was demoted a year ago, lost my position as a general, and became a small city patrol envoy, I have to start from scratch, and I have suffered all the white eyes, don't I also grit my teeth to support it? That's it, now that I, as a father, owe you, you take back the two hundred taels of silver, and buy a little land, and then I will send you twenty taels of silver every month, which is enough for you to live and then hire a rural teacher to raise your children, and if you want to practice martial arts, you can stay, I will send them to the barracks, but the war is tight, and the future in the barracks is to fight with your life, your own children, you have your own ideas. ”

"Then my father will let us discuss it as a family. Meng Shen was stunned for a long time, and he had no idea for a while, so he thought of Mi's previous advice, with dragging, Lai also has to rely on the Meng family.

Meng Ye nodded, "It's cold, it's really unkind to let you go back like this, the Meng family has a small village outside the city, where your family will stay for the time being, don't come to Mengfu again, I just told you about your second sister, now our family has to rely on your second sister, she has a big belly, if you appear to remind her of those unpleasant memories of the past, no one can save you." ”

Meng Ye had to be frightened, so Meng Shen was frightened, obediently obeyed Meng Yede's orders, got into the car prepared by the housekeeper, and the family was sent out of the city.

Meng Ye, who was relieved, turned around and saw Mrs. Meng standing behind him, and couldn't help but look a little embarrassed.

Mrs. Meng said lightly: "Actually, it doesn't matter if you leave them for a few days, Xiaofu may not come back tomorrow, even if he comes, he may not stay for a long time, there are so many guards in the Dingwang Mansion, even if your son and daughter-in-law want to break in, they can't break in, why be so unkind?"

"Who am I doing this for?" Meng Ye was a little annoyed, "If you are really so kind, why don't you come out?"

"I didn't give birth to it, what does it matter to me?" Madame Meng only thought it was funny, "I'm just worried, if your princess's daughter knows that you are so indifferent to your son and grandson, maybe she will have something in her heart, after all, she has the same disease." ”

Meng also frowned slightly, women know women better, Mrs. Meng may be right, so she asked, "In your opinion, what should I do?"

"I'm not necessarily right. Madame Monte said idly.

"Do you have to raise the bar with me for the New Year? If Xiaofu is unhappy, will it be good for you?" Meng was also a little depressed.

Mrs. Meng hesitated, during this time, it seemed to have become a habit to raise the bar with Meng Ye, and it seemed to have become a habit to stab him when she had the opportunity, she didn't mean to, but she just said it subconsciously, and was reminded by Meng Ye, remembering that today is the first day of the Lunar New Year, it is indeed not easy to quarrel, and the children are also there, especially the son is easy to come back, and he must be sad when he sees his parents quarreling, so he reined in his contempt and said seriously: "Find more safe people, take a good look at that big family, don't let them run out, especially don't let them find Xiaofu." ”

"How dare they look for Xiaofu, we just told Meng Shen that the death of Xiaofu's biological mother was the sin of his own mother, and if he wants to find it, he will send it to the door himself to take revenge, where does he dare to go? Meng also didn't believe that Meng Shen dared to do this.

Do you still want to kill your own daughter, don't you act like no one now? Mrs. Meng thought so in her heart, but in the end, she still didn't want to quarrel during the New Year, so she endured it and didn't say anything ugly. only said: "People are poor and crazy to do anything, if he still has a little backbone or shame, he shouldn't have found it at all, even if he really can't live, you just said that giving them enough money to live, they should have been content, but now they want to continue to stay here, the plot must be very big, and they must prevent people from using them to do anything, those imperial historians like to make a big fuss about this kind of thing." You are now a civil official. Fame matters. ”

Meng also thinks that it makes sense, and how many of the imperial historians like Li Zhengdao like to give answers and impeach corruption and bribery? Most people get by and impeach a few favored concubines and kill their wives. Unfilial piety to relatives. The back house is restless and so on trivial things. With this little thing, you can participate in the glory of a powerful minister, and you will be able to support it when you are full.

If you really want to refer to him, you can dig up old things from many years ago by the way. took out Xiaofu's life experience again, which made their whole family disgraced,

It's better to find a few more people to watch that big family, so as not to make any mess.

Early in the morning of the second day of the new year.

Su Yiqing was served by the maid and mother-in-law, dressing up and changing clothes.

To be honest, she didn't want to go to Meng's house very much, she would rather stay in her own house and enjoy the two-person world with Lian Yufeng, and even Yufeng also said that she really didn't want to see Meng Ye's false face, she could find an excuse not to go, but she didn't want to be talked about because of this little thing.

After all, it is the custom of the Great Zhou Dynasty to go back to her parents' house in the second year of junior high school, everyone is like this, and not returning is not good for her reputation, which indirectly affects Lian Yufeng, and the family has to take care of each other.

Early in the morning, they were busy in the kitchen, preparing to go back to Meng's house to eat. Su Yiqing is pregnant now, and she must be very careful with her diet, and it is impossible to go back to the Meng family without eating a sip of water or a snack, so she can only be prepared by their palace, and it is more reassuring to be in the hands of her family.

As soon as Qiē was ready, Su Yiqing dressed up and got into the carriage with the support of Lian Yufeng.

The carriage was moving very slowly, the wheels of the carriage ran over the snowy stone road, making a squeaking sound, and there was constantly the sound of firecrackers outside, even Yufeng stopped Su Yiqing, held her hand and said, "Later, we will just sit down and come back." ”

Su Yiqing smiled: "It's okay, I'm not so delicate, Mrs. Meng is a very familiar person, and she is very good at talking, she won't say anything that makes me unhappy, don't worry too much, even if it's the New Year, it's impossible to be happy every day, there are always some worries, it's just a trivial matter, when the time comes, don't be too nervous." ”

Lian Yufeng patted Su Yiqing's hand, there was still some worry in his eyes, probably this was his first child.

Su Yiqing felt that maybe every man was like this when he was a new father, not only to resist the wind.

Just as he was thinking about it, someone suddenly rushed out in front of him, stopped the convoy, and called his sister directly.

The guards of Dingwang's Mansion were like wolves and tigers, and without waiting for the man to call for a second time, they quickly stepped forward, grabbed the man, and did not let him continue to speak, but directly gagged him, tied him up, and stuffed it into the corner next to him, just waiting for the convoy to pass before cooking.

For Su Yiqing, who was in the carriage behind, she just felt that the carriage stopped for a second or two, probably when she ran into a child or a cat or dog crossing the road.

When she arrived at Meng's house, Meng Yan and her two younger brothers stood at the door to greet her sister and brother-in-law.

Originally, Meng also wanted to come out to greet him in person, but Mrs. Meng said that how could a father-in-law greet his daughter and son-in-law? If it is spread out, it will not have a good reputation for his daughter and son-in-law, and he will be too attentive and uncomfortable, so he can only wait in the hall.

When he entered the courtyard, Meng Ye looked like a loving father when he saw him, shushing the cold and asking for warmth, which made Su Yiqing a little overwhelmed, and answered some of his questions and answers very perfunctory.

Meng Ye is not a person who does not know how to read people's eyes, his face showed a little embarrassment, but even Yu Feng broke the siege, and Tiyì Meng also went to the study to talk together, which made Su Yiqing breathe a sigh of relief.

Su Yiqing, Mrs. Meng, and Meng Yan's sisters and brothers stayed in the flower hall.

Mrs. Meng has too much to keep as usual, that is, Meng Yan is probably a lot shy because she is about to get married, and although the two brothers Meng Guang have experienced a lot in the military camp, but in general, they are relatively young and have not experienced the fierce spirit of a soldier, only to see that Yan's father is so attentive to the second sister and second brother-in-law, they are all a little surprised, and they also add a sense of awe to the second sister and second brother-in-law, and they only stand aside and dare not speak.

Su Yiqing first looked at the two brothers Meng Guang, especially Meng Guang, who hadn't seen him for half a year, Meng Guang had grown half a head taller, and he was already in full shape, and they all said that the food in the barracks was particularly nourishing, so the two brothers were very strong.

Meng Yan was a lot more shy because she was about to get married. It's no longer like the first time we met, the somewhat arrogant girl, who has been hiding behind Mrs. Meng.

The three sisters and brothers said auspicious words to Su Yiqing in unison, and Su Yiqing was prepared and took out three red envelopes and gave them to the Meng Yan sisters and brothers.

The Meng Yan sisters and brothers took it in a restrained manner, and they all whispered softly, "Thank you, second sister." ”

Su Yiqing didn't expect to enjoy much family fun here, but she was just doing her duty as a daughter of the family.

Mrs. Meng probably didn't want her son and daughter to get too close to her, or if she had something to say, so she sent Meng Yan to the kitchen to see how the dishes were doing. He sent his two sons to the study. It wasn't until only Su Yiqing was left in the flower hall that she said sincerely: "Xiaofu, thank you." ”

Su Yiqing knew that this thank you was for the family affairs of the Guojun Palace, and smiled faintly: "This is the holy will." It has nothing to do with me. ”

Madame Meng was stunned for a moment. Immediately realized that she didn't want anything to do with it. This kind of thing can't be known to outsiders, and he immediately said: "I mean thank you for preparing so much dowry for Yan'er, these things are lacking in the house." ”

Su Yiqing smiled again: "This is the prince's intention." Mother doesn't have to be polite, it's also what a sister should do, but after my sister gets married, my younger brother gets married, and I'm pregnant, I'm afraid that there will be some omissions, and my mother must not be surprised. ”

"How come? Fu'er, you should pay more attention to your body, you look at you, you are not much fat, this is not good, you have to eat more, and the rest of the children will be strong when they gain weight." Mrs. Meng said and looked at Su Yiqing's slightly bulging belly, and said, "Look at your pointed belly, you should be pregnant with a boy, speaking of Xiaofu, you are really blessed." ”

Su Yiqing stroked her stomach, "It's only been more than three months, where can you tell if it's a man or a woman, but the prince hopes to be a well-behaved girl." ”

"Really?" Mrs. Meng said casually, but she was a little disapproving, thinking that Su Yiqing's words were just casual words, or maybe the prince was afraid that Su Yiqing would be too nervous, so that it would affect the fetus in the womb, the noble family, the difference between giving birth to a boy and a girl is big, especially if the prince is such a high-ranking and powerful person, if the son can be directly named the prince, and then the second one can be named the king of the county, the more sons the better, what is the use of daughters? Even if she is crowned a princess, there is no benefit to her mother's family, and the fate of the princesses of the last few dynasties of the Great Zhou Dynasty is not good.

After talking for a while, Mrs. Meng took out a delicate box, opened it was a string of pearls the size of a dragon's eye, and said: "This is sent by your fourth aunt, saying that it is the dividend of the shop that is a joint venture with you, and I have not had a chance to send it to you before the Chinese New Year." ”

The grocery store that partnered with Mrs. Quansi, Su Yiqing almost forgot, after talking to Mrs. Quansi during that time, this matter was directly handed over to Luocao to do, she didn't care much, in the past two months, Mrs. Quansi heard that she followed her husband to buy goods in other places, and she didn't think about it for a while.

"This ...... I'm afraid it's too much. Su Yiqing looked at this string of round pearls, the color is excellent, it is a treasure, and what is even more rare is that the size of each one looks exactly the same, it is not easy to buy on the market, where are those miscellaneous things worth so much money?

Mrs. Meng said: "This is what you deserve, even if there is nothing for the fourth aunt to buy, just by virtue of the name of the palace, this family will benefit a lot, your fourth aunt has made a lot of money in business during this time, and no one dares to embarrass it, otherwise why would everyone have to compete for business with the ladies of the house? I really care about the money of this joint stock, and I just want a name." ”

Su Yiqing frowned slightly, "But this is too much, what kind of business does Aunt Quan do?"

Don't be some illegal smuggling business, this kind of thing is enough to do once in a while, do it for many years, one day you will be caught in pigtails, and you will encounter forces hostile to Lian Yufeng, and even Dingwangfu will be implicated.

Mrs. Meng knew Su Yiqing's worries, and there were such things from time to time when Meng Ye was a general in the past, so she immediately said: " Fu'er, don't worry, this money is clean, don't you know, on the ground of Yancheng, there are more businesses that can make money seriously, but there is no one to support them, and if the business is too prosperous, it will be robbed, not to mention, maybe it will be planted with a crime, and someone supports it, and a little vision, it is always not bad, your fourth aunt is a visionary, often walks around the inner house, knows what is lacking in various houses, and can take advantage of the fact that others have not reacted, and put up some sought-after goods, for example, the mother of Concubine Yang, the new favorite of the harem, Mrs. Yang likes to eat fresh deer blood, and needs to be the blood of a deer, and your fourth aunt Quan will take advantage of many artificial reactions。 Acquired the deer, and when Mrs. Yang's preferences spread out, they were sold at a high price, and the river was frozen this winter, and the Xiaonan oranges that Yancheng people liked could not be transported in, and the fourth aunt of Quan had a doorway to get two boats, and they were robbed at a high price as soon as they went ashore. They check and check and go. The fruit has long been spoiled, and there are all kinds of tolls, just because of the Meng family, no one dares to make things difficult. ”

Su Yiqing thought about it too. said: "I just hope that the fourth aunt will not worry too much about business." Ignore the others. ”

Mrs. Meng smiled, "I know." I told your fourth aunt a long time ago, just make a few small profits, and make a lot of money. Don't talk about others, it's not easy for the group of people in the Quan family to be red-eyed, your fourth aunt also said that the money earned will make your fourth aunt find a good job, so she will be her official wife and not show up to do business, after all, business is not a long-term way. ”

"That's it. Su Yiqing said, "The cheapness of this world can't be taken by one person, no matter what happens at the peak of the moment, for example, it will start to weaken ......."

Speaking of this, Su Yiqing suddenly closed her mouth, she remembered Lian Yufeng, now in the Great Zhou, as a courtier and an imperial relative, Lian Yufeng's power has reached its peak, if it can go further, it will be ...... If not, then it will begin to decline, even Yu Feng has not told her what his plans have so far, a smart person like him, calculating step by step, will not fail to think of this, is it deliberately ignored, or is there another hidden secret?

Thinking like this, Su Yiqing's expression was a little gloomy.

Mrs. Meng observed her words, although she didn't know why Su Yiqing was depressed, but she quickly changed the topic, "This pearl looks really good, it can be regarded as Fu'er, you earned it yourself, take it well, and take it out in the future, it's also good." ”

Su Yiqing smiled faintly, "Let's give this to Sister Yan as a dowry." ”

"No, no, it's too expensive, you gave it enough last time. Madame Meng hurriedly excused herself.

Su Yiqing said: "It's okay, it's a little bit of my heart as a sister, the color of this pearl is very festive, my sister can take it to get married, and my daughter's family will marry this time, so I should dress up beautifully." ”

When Mrs. Meng saw her say this, she knew that it would be hypocritical to postpone it any longer, this pearl is priceless to ordinary people, but there is really no shortage of so many strings of pearls in Dingwang's Mansion, so she accepted it.

In the study of Mengfu, Meng was chatting with Lian Yufeng.

Lian Yufeng said: "How is my father-in-law's errand lately?

Meng Ye couldn't afford his father-in-law's frame in front of even Yufeng, and he was not even as good as the ordinary elders, but he just held the shelf, but his eyes were empty, and he only said: "It's okay, the new appointment, many things have to be done from scratch, but the master recommended by the virtuous son-in-law is very good, and he has given a lot of useful advice." ”

Lian Yufeng nodded: "But all officials are brainstorming, take your time, if you have the heart, you can always do well...... It's just that there are many people involved in the river corruption case, and many official positions have been vacant......"

Halfway through hearing this, Meng Ye's eyes lit up, and his expression became a little nervous.

Lian Yufeng continued: "There are many courtiers involved this time, and my father-in-law needs to be careful not to get involved, after all, the incident happened suddenly, and the situation is a little unclear, so I am afraid that it will be a little inappropriate to be involved." ”

"That's what the virtuous son-in-law said. Meng is like a deflated ball, and some interest is lacking.

"My father-in-law has been in the army for many years, and he has led the troops to fight step by step, steadily and steadily. It is important to know that the same is true in officialdom. Lian Yufeng took a sip of tea, and his tone was not hurried, "As far as being a civil official is concerned, seniority is also very important, but being a civil official is not like leading troops to fight, and it will be obvious that you will not accept the table, but as long as there is a little difference, the comments of the imperial historians are much sharper than knives and arrows, and this is the case of today's ink embezzlement, just one imperial history can bring down a large number of powerful ministers." ”

Meng Ye's demeanor was clear, and he was vigilant, and even Yufeng was warning her, don't be greedy for that little cheapness, so as not to be played by others?

After saluting respectfully, Lian Yufeng smiled lightly and asked the two brothers-in-law to sit down, chatted a few words, and asked about their trivial matters in the barracks.

While Lian Yufeng was chatting with his eldest son Meng Guang, the youngest son Meng Yi secretly gave Meng Ye a look and pointed outside, implying that there was something wrong outside.

Meng Ye used the excuse to see how the banquet was prepared, asked the two sons to talk to his brother-in-law, and went out first.

When he got outside, he saw that the housekeeper Chengfu had been sneaking around, he was suddenly displeased, called the housekeeper to the side room, and reprimanded in a low voice: "What are you doing, how many guards from the Dingwang Mansion are outside, you let people see it like this, maybe you think we have something bad to let people know, why are you so anxious?"

Cheng Fu said with a sad face: "Master, things are indeed very urgent, the eldest prince disappeared this morning." ”

The eldest son, Meng also thought for a while, only to realize that it was the eldest son who was sent to another courtyard, and immediately frowned: "Didn't you send someone to take a good look? Why can't you even look at a person, where is he?"

Cheng Fu shook his head: "The slave doesn't know, after receiving the report, the slave didn't dare to disturb the master, so he went to ask a few words first, and the young lady cried and made trouble, pulling the slave to ask the slaves to compensate her husband, and several young masters have been crying......"

Cheng Fu said, he kept covering his hands, and he didn't know if it was intentional, but he didn't cover it, so that Meng Ye could see a few scratches on the back of his hands at a glance. (To be continued......)

ps: Tomorrow is June 1st, congratulations to you on Happy Children's Day, and ask for a new month of pink.