Chonglan was pregnant for five months, and the doctor diagnosed that the fetus had been stabilized, and it was just about to be Mrs. Yan's birthday.

Her relationship with Chonglan has eased a lot recently, and Chonglan herself has been bored enough in the courtyard, so she happily accepted and invited Zheng Zhao to go with her.

On this day, Chonglan was able to clean up, and saw Zheng Zhao walk in in a hurry, and sat down with a big grin: "Third sister, the gentleman you asked the eldest brother to help ask has already been settled, and it just so happened that I came over to call you back today." ”

She hurriedly greeted her, and first said angrily: "Why don't you let people spread the word when the second sister-in-law comes?" I'm ready to go out to meet you. Then he asked with concern, "Which gentleman is it?" ”

She is very attentive in helping Yan Ning find a husband, and the husband she finds must have good conduct and knowledge, but she is afraid that if she finds someone with bad conduct, she will not have to teach the child badly.

Zheng Zhao said: "Originally an old gentleman who lived in Jiangning, surnamed Bai, was originally a lifter, and he didn't take the exam again after he fell down, and the students who taught him had come out of many Jinshi, and his own son was also a Jinshi, but he only served as a petty official from the end of the eighth grade, and it happened that his son was going to come to Jinling to take office, and he also followed him to settle down in Jinling, and the place where he lived was quite remote, I really don't know how the eldest brother found it." ”

Chonglan was very satisfied with what he heard, and then asked: "Their scholar is very high-spirited, he originally opened a private school, and now he comes to the house to be a gentleman, I am afraid that he is unwilling." ”

Zheng Zhao waved his hand: "So Bai Fuzi didn't respond at all, but just said that he would take a look at the child in a few days." ”

Chonglan secretly reminded herself that she was going to urge Yan Ning to do her homework recently, and at this time, Mrs. Yan's yard sent someone to urge, she got up and took Zheng Zhao's hand and said with a smile: "Grandmother is afraid that she is in a hurry, let's go." ”

She raised her hand again and asked Zheng Zhao to help her: "Second sister-in-law, look at me dressed decently today?" ”

Zheng Zhao took a closer look and saw that she was wearing a crystal ice goose hairpin on her head, a crystal chain of the same color around her neck, and her clothes were also a light blue color, so he nodded and said, "You are very well dressed." ”

Chonglan pursed her lips and smiled, and took her to the courtyard of Old Lady Yan.

Old Madam Yan first glanced at her slightly bulging belly, with an irrepressible smile on her face, raised her hand to signal that she didn't have to salute, and then pointed to a seat for her to sit down: "Didn't I tell you, you are now golden, and you don't have to salute when you see me in the future." ”

Chonglan replied with a low smile: "The understanding of the elders is our blessing, but we can't lose our manners because of this." She pointed to Zheng Zhao and introduced: "This is my second sister-in-law." ”

Old Mrs. Yan was even more smiling, and she was also kind to Zheng Zhao: "Your second sister-in-law is also a blessed one at first glance, and she is a good child." ”

She saw that the carriages and horses outside the mansion were almost ready, so she got up and walked out with the group, and Chonglan also saw Mrs. Liu and Liu Yuan who came with incense outside the mansion.

What surprised her was that these two people somehow made love with the county lord of Qinghe for no reason, laughing and getting into the same carriage hand in hand, Ning also came out at this time, and when he saw the county lord of Qinghe, a sneer appeared on his lips, and he was helped into the carriage by the maid.

Zheng Zhao rarely glanced at Liu Yuan a few more times, and got into a carriage with Chonglan: "That girl surnamed Liu is your Yanfu clansman?" ”

Chonglan replied, "It's our old lady's niece and granddaughter, what's wrong?" ”

Zheng Zhao sighed: "A few days ago, Uncle Rongchang told her about her family, she is the third son of the Jinghai Bo family, and she doesn't think she is old, saying that she looks good and has good poetry and writing, and she is determined to marry her, Jinghai Bo's family is not low, and the Liu family was originally willing, but I didn't expect that the third son died of illness in a few days, she was already more difficult to marry than the sky, and now she has the name of Kefu, and now who doesn't know that the Liu family has an old girl who can't marry at all?" ”

Zheng Zhao looked at Leng Su, but he was a gossip maniac inside, Chonglan covered his mouth and smiled, then shook his head and said: "Actually, it is not difficult for her to marry out, the key is that her own heart is too high, and she can't look down on anyone, and she can't look down on their family." ”

In fact, there are many people who propose marriage to Liu Yuan, but she always feels that she is a famous talented woman in Jinling, and she always has a little bit of self-confidence, looking at the high-ranking people, so she has been delaying the family affairs until now.

Zheng Zhao hummed, and pulled her to say some short gossip in the family, and seeing that her face was tired, he took a pillow and put it behind her waist: "You lie down for a while, it will take half an hour to get to the Buddhist temple here." ”

Chonglan was indeed a little tired, and he was not polite at the moment, leaning on the pillow and squinting for a while with a thin blanket, and only got off when the carriage stopped.

This Guanshan Temple is built in the middle of the mountainside, the environment is quiet and elegant, the top is glowing and floating tiles, the surrounding clouds are swirling, floating and floating, the flowers of the mountain are purple and red, although the incense is not very prosperous, but it is a rare good scenery.

The abbot saw that all the nobles came, and he came out to greet the guests in person, and Mrs. Yan was very interested, and was led by the abbot to visit the temple.

Zheng Zhao pulled Chonglan to the hall to enter the incense and ask for a signature, and before he could reach the hall, he heard Yan Ru's voice coming out: "... I don't think this temple is as big as the Tingyin Temple that my mother took me to last time, and I don't know if the Bodhisattva can see it in such a small place, and I really don't know how my grandmother chose this place. ”

No one answered, and Yan Zhi's soft voice came out: "Grandmother said that although this place is not big, the Bodhisattva in the temple is indeed very effective, 'the mountain is not high, and there are immortals, it is a good place'. ”

Yan Zhi snorted, and then proudly pulled the gold bracelet on her wrist, and the golden light of Huang Chengcheng loomed: "I originally told my mother that it is not a big temple, and I don't need to dress up solemnly, but my mother sent me a good red gold head, and lent me her jewel hairpin, saying that I can't lose our family." ”

She turned her head to look at Yan Ru again, and deliberately asked, "Sixth sister, why are you dressed so plainly?" Didn't the second lady prepare clothes and jewelry for you? ”

The county lord of Qinghe couldn't wait for their concubines to die early, where would they take care of them, Yan Zhi just smiled, bowed his head and said nothing.

Yan Ru was bored, turned around and squeezed Yan Zhi aside, kneeling on the futon and chanting something.

Yan Ru has not grown much when she is so old, Chonglan shook her head again and again when she heard this, and looked at it carefully, Yan Ru was dressed up today, and she was dazzling.

She didn't pay much attention to it, and walked in with Zheng Zhao, first knelt on the futon and bowed three times, prayed in her heart that Yan He would not go out to fight in the future, and prayed for the safety of the mother and son, and then took the lottery holder and prepared to ask for a signature.

She was able to hold the stick holder in her hand, but she didn't expect the stick made of the bamboo tube to crack from the middle all of a sudden, and the bamboo stick inside rolled to the ground.

A little novice who was waiting next to him came over and apologized again and again, bowed with one palm and said: "This lottery holder has not been changed for many years, and today I don't know why it suddenly cracked, disturbing the female benefactor, it is really a sin." ”

Chonglan shook her head and said it was okay, but when she looked down, she saw that a bamboo stick rolled down to her feet, she picked it up and took a look, it turned out to be a lot, and the original high interest was instantly defeated.

Zheng Zhao also looked at it and comforted her: "Don't worry, it's just a signature, besides, this is not something you shaken out, and you can't do it." ”

Chonglan sighed, casually handed the bamboo stick to Xiao Shami, but lost interest in his heart, hurriedly walked around the temple, and Zheng Zhao turned around and went to the inner room for the female dependents to rest.

Mrs. Liu and Liu Yuan were still begging for a signature, Mrs. Yan was resting in the inner room, but the two daughters-in-law were holding tea and slowly using it.

The county lord of Qinghe leaned on the pillow, saw Chonglan coming in, and asked lazily: "I just saw you asking for a sign in the main hall, what kind of sign are you asking for?" Can someone solve it? ”

Chonglan replied: "Before I could ask for it, the stick holder had already cracked, so I didn't ask for anything." ”

The county lord of Qinghe blew the tea foam, glanced at her stomach quietly, and said with a half-smile: "That's empty?" This doesn't bode well, you need to be on the lookout lately. ”

Before Chonglan could answer, Ning Shi took the first step to open his mouth and said with a smile: "Look at what my brother and sister said, you are also more straightforward, what you know is that you care about your daughter-in-law, and those who don't know think that you are looking forward to the child in the belly of your brother and daughter-in-law, this child is the great-grandson of our Yan family, how many people are looking forward to it, what can happen?" ”

Chonglan felt that there was something in her words, so she saw that Ning Shi turned her head and smiled at her again: "You pay more attention to your diet, don't use the incense cream powder recently, and try to let the intimate people stay by your side to serve, so if you don't know the roots, send them out as soon as possible, in the end, people's hearts are separated from their stomachs." ”

Although Ning's words were not very good, they were all really good words, Chonglan was very surprised, when did she become so amiable?

She was shocked and suspicious in her heart, but her face did not show anything, she bowed down and smiled: "Uncle Xie taught, I am pregnant for the first time, if you hadn't reminded me of this, how would I have known that there are still these particularities." ”

Ning took her hand and asked her to sit down, and said with a warm smile: "Not only should you pay attention to conceiving a child, but you should pay more attention to raising a child, otherwise if you don't pay attention to raising crooked, you will regret it for a lifetime." ”

The county lord of Qinghe didn't know that the Ning family already knew about the scandal between her and Yan Sanle, so he didn't hear the deep meaning of her words, but just said with a smile: "What your eldest aunt said is that you have to learn more from her how to raise children in the future, and see how well she has raised her children." ”

She turned her head to look at the silver plate of the maid beside her, and asked, "Didn't we see Sister Ru just now?" What is she doing? ”

Yinpan bowed down and replied: "Back to Mrs. Hui's words, Miss Ru almost knocked down our Miss Zhi in order to make incense, and she thought that the incense used in the temple was not good, so she specially called the abbot out and scolded loudly. ”

The county lord of Qinghe hummed, looked at the Ning family with a blue face, and said with a smile: "Sister Ru is really the arrogance of our young lady, and there are people everywhere to hold it, this is all because of your proper upbringing, eldest lady." ”

Ning's fingers holding the teacup turned white, and it took a while to pick out a sneer: "Ru'er is a delicate character raised by me, and there are more problems, but I finally know that etiquette and honesty are shameful, unlike some people, who are unmarried and pregnant, hooking up with men, how can they be embarrassed to talk about others?" ”

There were many times when Ning's had a-for-tat confrontation with her, but it was the first time that such a blunt statement had exposed people's shortcomings, and the county lord of Qinghe was stunned at first, thinking that she was talking about herself and Yan Sansi, and then her face turned gloomy, and she hated to cut Ning and the few little cubs she gave birth to with a thousand knives.

Chonglan and Zheng Zhao watched the play on the side, becoming more and more curious, as the saying goes, 'Hitting people doesn't slap their faces, scolding people doesn't expose their shortcomings', Ning's has always loved to leave a little leeway in talking and doing things, why don't you leave half of your face to the county lord of Qinghe now?

Old Mrs. Yan took a nap in the inner room, Chonglan was a junior, Zheng Zhao was an outsider, and they couldn't interject, so they could only be-for-tat by the two, the atmosphere in the room froze for a while, and suddenly the cotton curtain sounded, Yan Ru ran in briskly, and threw herself into Ning's arms at once.

She said coquettishly: "Mother, you haven't taken me out for a few days, I'm almost suffocated in the courtyard, can you let me take the guards out for a walk?" ”

The Ning clan was originally competing with the county lord of Qinghe, but when he saw her rushing in so unruly, he scolded angrily: "You left me in peace, and I forgot all the rules I learned at the beginning?!" Look at which lady is as crazy as you, unruly, and makes people look at the joke! ”

Yan Ru is the youngest daughter of the Ning family, she has always been the most loved, and she has always been accustomed to responding to requests, Leng Buding was scolded by her with such heavy words, and was stunned in place for a long time before sobbing and replied: "I just want to go out to breathe, and I won't run far, where will I go crazy?" In the courtyard, you force the student girl to learn poetry all day long, and the rules are long and short every day, and you are annoyed to death! ”

It's not an exaggeration for her to ask, but who made her at gunpoint?

Ning's forehead was so angry that his forehead was fluttering, and the county lord of Qinghe gloated at the joke, while fanning the flames: "What the eldest lady said is that Sister Ru should stay here." If we accidentally lose our manners, our family will be thrown out. ”

There was something in her words that insinuated that Yan Ru didn't know how to be polite, and Ning naturally heard it, Yan Ru pulled her sleeve and cried tightly, she didn't want to obey the will of the county lord of Qinghe, so she let Yan Ru out with a headache.

The county lord of Qinghe sneered twice: "The eldest lady really loves the child, no wonder she taught Sister Ru such an arrogant temperament." ”

Ning was unwilling to be ridiculed by her, and also spoke out and squeezed back.

Chonglan listened boringly, and the sign just now made her uneasy, she was about to say that she was not feeling well, and got up to go back to the house first, but before she could speak, she saw that the sky suddenly darkened, and the pouring rain fell without warning.

The raindrops hit the green brick floor, making a dull sound, startling several ladies who were sitting quietly in the house, and Mrs. Yan hurriedly came out and opened the window to look, and saw that the rain had been poured down with dense white lines, and in a blink of an eye, there was water half a palm-deep outside.

Mrs. Yan said worriedly: "Originally, seeing that the weather was fine, I didn't prepare much rain gear, how can we go back?" ”

Ning was also worried, and hurriedly ordered his subordinates to call Yan Ru back.

Chonglan was also worried when she saw it, but she still said with relief: "Grandmother, don't worry, the rain is usually so heavy, and when it can rain, it will be short, let's wait for the rain to stop and go back." ”

Old Madam Yan was a little relieved at this time, and the county lord of Qinghe and the Ning family didn't have the mind to fight each other anymore, and they all walked to the spacious main hall outside to wait for the rain to stop, and the maids and mothers-in-law were all silent.

There was silence for a while, and suddenly I heard a rumbling thunder from behind the house, and then the sound of some collapse, which rushed into everyone's ears like a devastating deterioration, and the blue brick ground carved with lotus flowers shook violently.

Old Madam Yan sat on the sandalwood chair and exclaimed, "This, what's going on?" Did it thunder? ”

Where does the thunder come from in the fall? Chonglan listened attentively for a while, and his face changed slightly: "I'm afraid it's not thunder, I'm afraid it's the dirt, stones, and trees hoarded on the mountain that have been washed down from the mountain, I don't know if the wall built in this temple can be stopped?" ”

The county lord of Qinghe also turned pale after hearing what she said, and his lips trembled a few times before he scolded angrily: "Don't be alarmist here, do you know what a landslide is?" Listen to it casually and dare to arrange it blindly! ”

She scolded her fiercely, and she already believed it in her heart, Chonglan didn't bother to pay attention to her, turned to Old Madam Yan and said, "Grandmother, I'm afraid this place is not safe, we have to find a strong place to hide now, you call the abbot to ask first." ”

Mrs. Yan had no master, nodded indiscriminately and was about to call someone, but I didn't expect a monk dressed in □□ to bring a dozen monks to walk in first, and said loudly through the rain: "Old lady, the mountain has been washed down by the rain, and the wall in the temple is not stable. ”

Old Madam Yan has never seen such a thing at this age, and it is when she is in a panic, so naturally she listens to what others say, and she nods and agrees.

Chonglan looked carefully at the monk who suddenly came in, and the more he looked, the more he felt that something was wrong, and it was very strange to hear him speak, so he said loudly: "Who are you, and where is your abbot?" ”

The monk was slightly stunned, and then said, "I am the abbot's personal disciple, and the abbot has gone to a safe place to hide, please follow the ladies to take refuge." ”

Chonglan stood still, raised his eyes and looked at him coldly: "Since you are the personal disciple of the abbot, you should not be an ordinary novice, why don't you have a precept on your head?" Also, why do you call us Mrs. instead of Lady Tanyue or Lady Benefactor? ”

The monk was slightly stunned, and then laughed: "I didn't expect Lao Tzu to be seen by a deep woman, brothers, take it for me!" ”

As he spoke, he flicked the wide sleeves of his robe, and pulled it hard, revealing the black power suit inside, and the other 'monks' also took off their robes one after another, and pulled out their short knives from their sleeves, revealing the same dress as him.

All the ladies in the hall screamed in fright, even if they were as violent as the county lord of Qinghe, shrewd and capable as the Ning clan, they had never encountered this situation, and they were all screaming in fright.

The dozen or so bandits who pretended to be monks all twisted forward and tried to rob people, but fortunately they came out and brought their families to protect the courtyard, and they confronted the bandits with the protection of the people.

Seeing that there were only a few guards, and they couldn't support it for long, Old Madam Yan hurriedly shouted: "What about the other guards, why are you just a few of you, come in and save people!" ”

One of them, who looked like a guard steward, reluctantly replied while blocking the bandits: "Just... Just now Miss Ru said that she lost her bracelet, and took all the people out to help her find it... Looking for jewelry. ”

He suddenly kicked away the bandits around him with all his might, and let out a loud shout: "Ladies, run quickly!" ”