Yongzhou is located in the northeast of the country, the land is vast and sparsely populated, adjacent to the North Plains, the North Plains is known as 100,000 Hu tribes, the demons are rampant, the actions are chaotic and fierce, often send troops to invade the Central Plains, the people of the Central Plains are unwilling to go to Yongzhou, the original is a desolate place.

But since the ancestors of the Qin family came here 80 years ago, on the one hand, they invited the saints to move the people of Yongzhou into Yongzhou, and on the other hand, they have reclaimed the wasteland and vigorously promoted agriculture, and after more than 100 years of operation of the Qin family, they actually rectified the desolate land into a rich land with abundant water and soil, and everything that is needed, and Yongzhou has gradually had a prosperous atmosphere, and the Qin family has also become the rightful ruler of Yongzhou.

Yongzhou Shou County Wuling County west of the city of Woniu, Tengjiao two streets, Wuling Marquis Mansion Qin family is located here, the main gate of the Zhu Gate is closed, the guards are numerous, the copper ring is silent, since the disappearance of the young son of Wuling Marquis Qin An, the Wuling Marquis Mansion has maintained this quiet and sad atmosphere, and Mrs. Wulin Hou also fell ill because of excessive worry, during this time the Qin family up to Mrs. Wulin Hou Shizi, down to the great-grandchildren who just stood firm are standing in front of Mrs. Hou's bed.

Shen Sanniang held her waist with one hand, and was supported by the servant woman with the other, slowly walking in the verandah in the backyard, her face was pale, and there was a strong tiredness in her expression, she had just served Mrs. Hou for most of the night before she was replaced. She is only three months pregnant, this pregnancy is not very good, vomiting and falling asleep all day long, and she has to serve her sick grandmother overnight, even if Shen Sanniang has been in good health, she has lost more than half of her weight in half a month. As soon as she returned to the courtyard, she went limp and almost fell asleep with her eyes closed.

She Fu Mu stepped forward to remove her makeup and change her clothes distressedly, "San Niangzi, don't go tomorrow, your current body can't stand the toss." ”

Shen Sanniang closed her eyes and rested for a while, took out a porcelain bottle from the makeup box, poured out a fragrant pill and took it, the pill turned into a ball of sweet water in the mouth, and the warmth spread from the tip of her tongue to her limbs, she breathed a sigh of relief, "Fortunately, there is a pill given to me by He'er, otherwise I really can't support it." ”

Fu Mu wiped her tears in distress, how pampered the girl was at home, but after becoming a daughter-in-law, she actually took the elixir given by Wu Niangzi as a tonic and ate it, she didn't understand medical skills, and she also felt that this was not good for her health, "Sanniang, didn't Wuniang say that this pill Wuniang said that she was going to take it when she was seriously ill?" ”

Shen Sanniang smiled bitterly and half lay on the soft couch, "I'm also seriously ill now, right?" "Her husband is the second son of the Qin family, because the eldest son has no intention of getting married, her daughter-in-law this time is the future grandmother, her mother-in-law gave all the power to herself as soon as she started, she was pregnant, she had to take care of the house, but also to teach the young children, so busy that the whole person turned into three heads and six arms, if it weren't for the elixir given to her by the crane, she would have been unable to hold on.

Fu Mu couldn't help but complain: "Mrs. Shizi is too, how can there be a mother-in-law who doesn't care about everything when her daughter-in-law just starts?" ”

Shen Sanniang frowned slightly, wanting to prevent Fu Mu from saying such offensive words, but she was a little unwilling in her heart, and finally sighed, "She is a mother after all." ”

"Lady, you can rest for a while." Fu Mu saw that his wife was so tired that her eyes couldn't close, and she stopped talking, carefully took off her jewelry, and was about to retreat, but saw a maid hurriedly come in from outside the house, glaring at Fu Mu silently.

Fu Mu got up and walked outside before asking in a low voice, "What happened?" ”

"Eminem, An Langjun is back!" The maid said happily.

Fu Mu breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, "Great! "This little ancestor is finally back, Sanniang can finally breathe a sigh of relief, "Was it rescued by Da Shaojun?" ”

"It's not! It's five ladies! The maid said with bright eyes, "The fifth lady also sent someone to pick up the third lady!" ”

Shen Sanniang was already half-asleep and half-awake, but when she heard the word Wu Niang, she hit a stirring spirit and woke up, "Eminem-

"Sanniangzi, Wuniang came to Wuling County, and she also saved An Langjun!" Fu Mu heard Sanniang's call, and Xinxin opened the curtain and came in, "She also sent someone to pick you up." ”

"Pick me up?" Shen Sanniang slept a little dazed, "Why did she pick me up?" Does she have a place to live in Wuling County? "Shouldn't she have come to pick up the crane?

"San Niangzi, you forgot that Wu Niang is a disciple of Taishang Sect, she is now in Qingyang Palace, and it is the Jurchen of Qingyang Palace who came to pick you up!" The maid said excitedly.

Qingyang Palace? Not only Fu Mu, but even Shen Sanniang straightened up and looked at the maid in disbelief, "You said that the fifth lady took me to Qingyang Palace?" ”

Shen Sanniang didn't know much about the Jianghu sect before, and she didn't even know about the Nine Great Sects, and only after marrying into the Qin family did she know how powerful the sect He'er worshipped was, and she was also valued by her husband's family because of her ancestors. Yongzhou is adjacent to Taishangzong, as the daughter-in-law of the head of the family, she vaguely knows that the Qin family can become the ruler of Yongzhou in less than a hundred years because of the support of Taishangzong behind her, and you can imagine the status of Taishangzong in Yongzhou.

Qingyang Palace is in Qingyang Mountain, twenty miles outside the city of Wuling County, this Taoist Palace is the general view of Taishangzong in Yongzhou, Yongzhou magnates do not know this Taoist Temple, but this Taoist Temple does not accept the Quartet incense, so few people can enter the Qingyang Palace, it is said that there are Jindan monks stationed in the temple, for ordinary people, Jindan monks are fairy-like existence. Even now, the head of the Qin family, Marquis Wuling, was only summoned by them once.

Shen Sanniang didn't expect that Qingyang Palace would send someone to pick her up one day, and she was so shocked that she didn't know how to react. The attendants changed her clothes neatly, and after bidding farewell to the old lady and the prince, they stepped into the carriage of Qingyang Palace.

Qin An looked at Shen Sanniang speechlessly, according to Qin An's idea, he took Shen Wuniang home, met his mother first, and then asked Shen Sanniang to pick up Wu Niang to catch up on the old days, maybe he could accompany Wu Niang to visit the Qin family garden, but he didn't want someone from Qingyang Palace to pick up Shen Wu Niang before the carriage arrived in Wuling County. After Shen Wuniang instructed those Taoist priests to pick up Sanniang, she left without looking back, without the slightest nostalgia. Qin An looked at the carriage in the distance in a daze, and couldn't come back to his senses for a long time. For the first time, Qin An felt the difference between Shen Wuniang and him.

"Lang Jun, let's go in, the old lady knows that you are back, and she is anxious to rush out to see you." Steward Qin said to Qin An. Qin An's mind was simple and straightforward, he thought that it was good to conceal it, but in fact, others had already seen it. Qin Hong was a joke for him, but Steward Qin, who he had seen since he was a child, still didn't look down on female cultivators like Changning, in his opinion, female cultivators were not women at all, how could a woman who couldn't have children be worthy of An Langjun?

"Auntie!" Qin An thought of his mother, who had always loved him, and he couldn't care about his sadness, so he hurriedly rushed to the inner courtyard.

Seeing that Shun had diverted Lang Jun's attention, Steward Qin couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and followed behind Qin An.

When the mother and son saw each other, they cried bitterly, needless to say, Mrs. Wuling Hou hugged Qin An tremblingly, and she was reluctant to let go. The ladies of the Qin family also hid their faces and cried, and Mrs. Wuling Hou hugged Qin An and asked, "How did my son come back?" ”

Qin An said: "Ah Niang, I was rescued by the fifth lady of the Shen family. ”

"The fifth lady of the Shen family?" Mrs. Wuling Hou looked at her daughter-in-law with hazy presbyopia.

Mrs. Shizi hurriedly said, "It's Sanniang's cousin." ”

"Oh! It's Sanniang's cousin, what a good boy! Where is she? Are you going to find Sanniang? Mrs. Wuling patted her son on the back and said, "I really want to thank her!" As she spoke, she ordered someone to bring her tortoiseshell glasses, which she had to wear when she received guests.

Mrs. Shizi was slightly embarrassed and said: "Ah Niang, the fifth lady of the Shen family did not come to our house, she is a disciple of Taishang Sect, and she was picked up by the people of Qingyang Palace, and they also took Sanniang away." ”

Mrs. Wuling Hou listened, and was silent for a long time before she smiled and said, "I remember that the fifth lady of the Shen family is a female cultivator, right?" Sure enough, her temperament is different from that of ordinary girls. Mrs. Wuling Hou smiled, very unhappy in her heart, isn't this Wuniang's cousin also her junior? Can a monk ignore ethics? There are no unfaithful and unfilial immortals in this world!

A few granddaughters-in-law on the side said: "Grandmother, I heard that Taishangzong has a rule, before a monk enters Wuling County, he must first go to the Taoist Temple to get jade, and only with jade can he enter our Wuling County, she should go to get jade, and she will come to see you when she comes back." ”

Mrs. Wuling shook her head and said, "Don't talk nonsense, people are monks, how can there be any reason to come and visit me." ”

"Even if she is a female cultivator, she is also the younger generation of the family." A beautiful woman in a silver-red skirt laughed crisply, making Mrs. Wuling Marquis smile.

Although Mrs. Shizi had a faint smile on her face, there was a hidden worry in her eyes, and when everyone coaxed Mrs. Wuling Hou to retreat, Mrs. Shizi summoned her confidant servant and ordered: "You send someone to wait in Qingyang Palace, and if anything is wrong, you will report it immediately." ”

"Madam, is there anything wrong with the third lady?" When the servant woman heard this, she was surprised and asked.

Mrs. Shizi sighed and said: "There is nothing wrong with Sanniang, what I am afraid of is that there is something wrong with the fifth lady of the Shen family." Seeing that the servant woman was confused, she patiently explained to her, "You haven't gotten along with the nuns, so you don't know their nature." Those female cultivators not only cultivated themselves like men, but also had similar temperaments to men. I have seen a monk husband and wife, who was only drunk and took a little maid, and his wife drew a sword and cut off one of his arms, and even husband and wife had to do it. ”

The servant woman was dumbfounded, she had seen many jealous women, but she had never seen such a jealous woman, and she actually cut off her husband's arm, which was just—a great rebellion!

"I heard my mother-in-law say that Sanniang had a very good relationship with Wuniang when she was in the boudoir, and if she knew about that person's storage, I was afraid that she would make trouble." Mrs. Shizi said vaguely, she didn't agree with the person who entered the door from the beginning, and he made heaven and earth before he entered, which seemed to be the style of a serious lady? However, the son was soft-hearted, and the old lady in the family was also confused, thinking that the person was kind and kind, and Mrs. Shizi could only pinch her nose and admit it. If Shen Wuniang came back with Qin An this time, she would be more relieved, now that they went directly to Qingyang Palace and took their daughters-in-law away, this posture is a little wrong no matter how you look at it.

"It shouldn't be, but the female monarch nodded before entering the door, and their female cultivators can't be unreasonable." The servant woman said. The one Mrs. Shizi said is Erlangjun's concubine, although the identity of this concubine is not as valuable as Shen Sanniang, she was also born in a big family in Yongzhou, because she was infatuated with Erlangjun, she refused to marry for a long time, and finally almost lost her life in order to save Erlangjun. Erlangjun and the female monarch took pity on her infatuation, and thanked her for saving her life, so they accepted her as a concubine. After this girl got started, she was never arrogant, and she always respected the woman, and the wife and concubine did not say that they were like sisters, but also had a harmonious relationship. Erlangjun has no unfavored concubines to kill his wife, which means that they can't find their faults.

Mrs. Shizi thought about it, that one only entered the door after Sanniang agreed, even if the Shen family wanted to pick a thorn, they couldn't pick anything, "You still send a carriage to pick up Sanniang." This also shows that they attach great importance to Sanniang, and Mrs. Shizi really feels that her daughter-in-law is aggrieved.

Other people's daughters-in-law are cautious to serve their mother-in-law, and only when they become mother-in-law can they take over the affairs of the family, but she is the daughter-in-law, who is the only daughter-in-law, who was offered by the family at the beginning, and even gave her the power of housekeeping. If the husband wants to take a concubine, he must be careful to persuade her, so as not to make her unhappy. When she started when she started, there were more than a dozen concubines in the world, why didn't anyone ask her if she was wronged?

"Yes." The servant woman answered.

At this time, Mrs. Shizi naturally did not think that Shen Wuniang was not unreasonable, but for them, what Shen Wuniang said was reasonable. This was something she realized when the Dao soldiers of the Taishang Sect broke into the door and trapped them.

Qingyang Palace is in Qingyang Mountain, which is 20 miles away from the western suburbs of Wuling County, and the Taoist Palace is built on the mountain, with verdant mountains and forests, and the scenery is quiet. Changning took a hot spring bath in Qingwuju by taking advantage of the guest room, changed his clothes, and walked out refreshed. As soon as she arrived in Wuling County, she was picked up here by a monk sent by Qingyang Palace.

Changning originally wanted to go to the Qin family with Qin An to see Sanniang, but then she thought that there were so many sisters and sisters in the Qin family, she really went to the Qin family, and she didn't know how many people she wanted to meet, she was really impatient. And after Changning heard that Qin Er had so many children, his impression of the Qin family was not very good, instead of catching up with Sanniang in the Qin family, it was better to come to Qingyang Palace, and Sanniang didn't have to be afraid of having ears on the wall.

He Wanran leaned on the beauty, crushed the elixir to feed the fish, and saw Changning change into a light pink skirt, delicate like the first cherry blossoms, she smiled and pasted a light red flower on Changning's forehead, and pinched a pink peony to give Changning hairpins, Changning endured and let her paste the flowers, seeing that she still wanted hairpins, she hurriedly avoided them, "This flower is so big, it's ugly!" ”

He Wanran smiled and threw away the peony casually, "Also, this is just a worldly famous flower, not worthy of you, the element heart jade lotus is beautiful, I'll go back and pick one for you." ”

Changning looked at her suspiciously, "Were you beaten up?" "It's still hit in the head.

He Wanran raised his hand and pinched her little face, "It's really incomprehensible, I'm praising you!" ”

Changning snorted coldly, "You are not a man, what kind of amorous do I want to explain." Of course, if He Wanran was a man, Changning would have slapped her to death.

He Wanran saw that Changning had been teased by himself for a long time, his expression was still sad, and he couldn't help but ask with concern: "Why are you unhappy?" Who wronged you? Or did someone hurt you? "I didn't see any wounds on her body, so she shouldn't have been injured.

"Nope." Changning shook his head, "You just said that Senior Brother Chen asked you to go to the capital?" ”

"Yes." He Wanran sighed, "Senior brother said that there is an immortal official vacant in the capital, let me take over for a while." "The so-called immortal official is the canonization of the monks of the sect by the imperial court, the immortal officials are of high rank and rich in wealth, but they have no real power and are not free, they can only stay in the Qin Tianjian inch, which is a chore for most monks.

Changning sympathized: "When I finish the affairs of Yongzhou, I will come to the capital to accompany you." ”

"What's the matter with you in Yongzhou? Isn't it just your cousin? He Wanran asked in surprise.

"My cousin's marriage seems to have gone wrong." Changning briefly explained the matter.

"You're not happy about this?" He Wanran asked, seeing Changning nodding, she laughed, "What's so unhappy about this?" Let the Qin family drive the concubine away, and if you still feel uncomfortable, you will kill someone. "The He family is a family of cultivators, the family has a big business, and bad things are endless, He Wanran has been used to it since he was a child, and he is familiar with dealing with these things. The male cultivators of the He family who want to marry rarely marry female cultivators, they will only ask for ordinary secular beauties, because such beauties are docile enough. For monks, if they want to pursue a like-minded partner, they marry a monk, and if they just want to be beautiful, they will find a mortal.

Changning glared at her for a long time, and found that she was actually a serious Jianyi, and couldn't help but choke speechlessly, she felt that her solution was simple and rude enough, but she didn't expect Ah Ying to be even more rude, "I'll ask my cousin first." ”

He Wanran laughed: "What else can I ask about those things in the backyard?" Either the east wind pressed the west wind, or the west wind pressed the east wind, you really want your cousin to live comfortably, directly send Taoist soldiers to tie up their whole family, and teach them a hard lesson, your cousin is the queen mother of the family. It also saves her from always treating her own Taoist soldiers as decorations, talking about how to stand out for the sisters who are married, He Wanran is too experienced, there are many sisters in the He family who have not cultivated, and after getting married, they all look for He Wanran to come out, He Wanran's five thousand silver shark soldiers are frightening in many Xiuzhen families.

Changning said angrily: "You will come up with ideas, at least you have to salute first and then soldier." ”

He Wanran couldn't help but laugh, it was not to send troops before the soldiers.

While the two were talking, the attendants of Qingyang Palace had already brought Shen Sanniang over, Changning greeted her happily, He Wanran followed behind her, and she was also very curious about this cousin who had been talked about by He'er. Changning's smile disappeared completely after seeing Shen Sanniang, He Wanran also raised her eyebrows slightly, she didn't hear He'er say that her cousin was not in good health, why did Shen Sanniang look like she was losing both qi and blood.