"Dilemma?" Song Huanzhu sneered: "Steward Zhu is protected by Concubine Bao, and his eyes are afraid that he will only look at the sky, right?" It could hold something else! ”

Steward Zhu said with a smile: "The slave has all the masters in his eyes, not only in his eyes, but also in his heart!" ”

"I hope you remember what you said." Song Huanzhu said lightly.

"I will remember it!" Steward Zhu laughed with him, Song Huanzhu had already waved his hand to let him leave, and when he turned around, he saw Song Yanzhu looking thoughtfully at the direction in which Steward Zhu left, and she asked, "What's wrong?" ”

"No," Song Yanzhu asked, "I don't know how many stewards surnamed Zhu are in the house?" ”

"One."

"My sister doesn't seem to like him very much?" Song Yanzhu said tentatively.

Song Huanzhu sighed: "Living in this mansion, looking at the scenery, others don't know that I am walking on thin ice." There are other people's eyes and ears around him, and if you don't pay attention, you will catch the way of others. ”

remembered that day when Song Yanzhu asked her if she would regret it, she was still full of confidence and said that she would not regret it, since it was the path she chose, she would not resent anyone even if the ending was down.

But less than half a year later, she felt that the world was in ruins. The fight that can never be stopped, the endless vigilance, makes people physically and mentally exhausted. If the prince had her in his heart, she would be willing to do it, but the prince was that kind of person.

On the other hand, Song Yanzhu, her face was full of red light, and at a glance, she knew that her husband and wife were harmonious and everything went smoothly - the young man in white who had been hidden in her heart in the past has now become her brother-in-law, and she has been thinking about it for a long time, it was the Yuan family who told her that the Tao family looked down on the daughter of the Song family, but Song Yanzhu eventually became the wife of the Tao family, I have to say, fate makes people...... If Tao Moyan could marry her back then, maybe ......

Can't think about it anymore! Song Huanzhu secretly admonished himself, and continued the topic: "I haven't seen my family for a long time, and when I see you, I feel very kind...... Originally, the ugliness of the family should not be publicized, but Xi'er is also your sister, so it doesn't hurt to sue you. A few days ago, my father wrote a letter to me, saying that my mother's health is not very good, and recently she beats and scolds people at every turn, and the doctor said that she is crazy, and my father can't do anything, so he sent her to the countryside Zhuangzi to recuperate. As for Xi'er...... She was clamoring to see her Liu Lang all day long, and my father asked me to find a family affair for her, but everything was ready, but I didn't think about it, and on the day of marriage, she jumped off the sedan chair and ran away......"

"What, Xi'er ran away from marriage!" Song Yanzhu was surprised.

"She should be able to escape! came and went, not Liu Lang, who returned to Lingnan to find him. It's a pity that Liu Huanneng is a good thing, not long after his father tied him back to Lingnan, he was broken by the enemy and his legs were thrown on the street as a beggar. When the housekeeper found her, she even had her wedding dress, and her silver was robbed, and she lived in a ruined temple with hunger and cold, begging the steward to take her home! I'm not afraid to sue you, she found her at home on the day she escaped from marriage, and she lost her face anyway, and I followed her, and I always had to let her toss once before she died. Am I being too ruthless, you say? ”

Song Yanzhu pondered for a moment and said: "Xi'er is young and easy to be deceived, and she is a character who is not dead in the heart of the Yellow River. ”

"Sure enough, the second sister understands me." Song Huanzhu's face gradually sank, "If it weren't for her own trouble, she was my own sister, how could I not be concerned about her marriage?" But right now, her reputation is bad, and it's not easy to find a good heart...... It's still the second sister, the second uncle is now a county order, I heard that the disaster relief has meritorious, and he will soon be promoted, the eldest brother and brother He'er also have a chance, and the family is happy, which is really enviable. ”

"I heard that the eldest uncle was also promoted to political envoy a few days ago, that is a good errand, others don't know how to envy it!" Song Yanzhu complimented.

Song Huanzhu pulled the corners of her mouth and smiled reluctantly, and then asked about the matter, "What is the matter with my sister coming to me today?" ”

"Today, one is to visit Niangniang, and the other is to ask Niangniang for something." Song Yanzhu pondered for a moment, and said to Song Huanzhu about the things he encountered today, Song Huanzhu listened to the more his face sank, and finally said to Song Yanzhu: "Take a look at the title deed with me!" ”

Song Yanzhu hurriedly handed it over, Song Huanzhu saw that the name of the manager Zhu was indeed written on the title deed, and she sneered at the moment and scolded: "I really ate the bear's heart and leopard's gall!" How dare you bully my sister! ”

She paced two steps left and right, and felt more and more that there was something strange about this: since she married into the palace, she knew that this Zhu steward acted tactfully, and on the surface he was respectful to her, but in private he was a person surnamed Bao Na slut. When she first entered the mansion, the prince doted on her, and she didn't have a deep understanding of the warmth and coldness of people, and even she vaguely felt that her status in the prince's heart was still higher than that of the concubine, but since the concubine was pregnant, the status of the two has reversed...... She suddenly thought that she was looking at whether the soft and weak Concubine Bao deliberately instructed the people below to cheat her family, and even if she wasn't, she slapped her in the face.

"There is no such reason!" Song Huanzhu suddenly spoke out and said to Song Yanzhu: "Don't worry about this, I will always go to the prince to ask for an explanation for you!" ”

"Then there is Lao Niangniang." Song Yanzhu blessed her body, Song Yanzhu helped her up and said, "My sister, don't be so polite." It is also a kind of fate to be able to marry in the capital together, and you have to walk around often in the future. ”

The two talked again, Song Yanzhu got up to leave, and when the carriage drove out of the palace, a gust of wind blew the curtain of the carriage, which happened to lift a corner, and the earrings with gold inlaid with eastern pearls on the earlobes shone in the sun. Song Yanzhu stretched out his hand to pull down the curtain, but he didn't know that at that moment, a carriage in front of the Nine Kings' Mansion stopped, and Nine Kings Zhu Qizhen stepped on the dismount stone, and saw Song Yanzhu's carriage in the distance, facing the sun, Zhu Qizhen saw a small red mole on her delicate earlobe. Somehow, I just feel that this situation and this scene are familiar, and something seems to be crossed in my heart, evoking a trace of strangeness.

The housekeeper Zhu was waiting at the door early, and when he saw Zhu Qizhen coming up, he heard Zhu Qizhen ask casually: "Who has been to the mansion?" ”

Steward Zhu was stunned for a moment, and replied: "It seems that it is the maiden sister of Concubine Song's mother, who came to visit her mother." ”

"Mother's sister?" Zhu Qizhen repeated in a low voice, Steward Zhu took advantage of his distraction, and led him in the direction of Concubine Bao, he took two steps, remembered that he hadn't seen Song Huanzhu for so long, and turned his toes, and went to Song Huanzhu's courtyard.

When I walked into the house, I saw Song Huanzhu leaning against the window, looking lonely, with tears in the corners of his eyes. Zhu Qizhen had made up his mind to surprise her, but he didn't want to let his subordinates report it, but he didn't want to see this situation, so he immediately "coughed", Song Huanzhu turned around, and when he saw that it was Zhu Qizhen, his sad face instantly turned into joy, and he hurriedly stepped forward to salute and said, "Why did the prince come back today!" It's not like it's going to be ...... next month."

"I'll be back early when I'm done!" Zhu Qizhen took a handful of help, looked at her well and said, "How can you cry so well!" ”

Song Huanzhu wiped away her tears weakly, and said with a smile: "It's not because I miss the prince, the prince is gone for a month, and he hasn't left a word for the concubines......"

This little grievance made Zhu Qizhen very useful, and then looked at her smart eyes, and felt more and more obedient in his heart, and lowered his head and kissed her. The two of them kept warm for a while, Song Huanzhu waited for him to freshen up, changed into regular clothes in the official house, and asked the subordinates to send some food, seeing Zhu Qizhen sitting aside to eat, Song Huanzhu had some ordinary husband and wife feelings, personally poured a glass of wine for him, and said softly: "The prince said that he likes to drink the plum wine brewed by the concubine, and the concubine brewed more, and the prince tasted it, this time it was even more sweet and sweet." ”

"Hmm!" Zhu Qizhen drank it all, raised his eyes and saw Song Huanzhu hesitating on the side, and couldn't help asking, "But what do you want to tell me?" ”

Song Huanzhu walked up to him in embarrassment and said softly: "There are some things that involve the subordinates in our house and my sister's ......."

"I remember that your sister is in Jianzhou and is not married yet, why did she come to Beijing?" Zhu Qizhen raised his eyebrows and looked at her.

Song Huanzhu was suffocated, and hurriedly replied with a smile: "It's my second uncle's cousin, you also know it." The one who got smallpox ......"

"Song Yanzhu?" Zhu Qizhen almost didn't hesitate to think of Song Yanzhu's name, and he himself was a little surprised, stunned, and asked, "Didn't you have smallpox, didn't you die?" ”

"Not dead!" Song Huanzhu cured Song Yanzhu smallpox and married again, and briefly said about entering Beijing with her husband, Zhu Qizhen said with interest: "So she not only escaped death, but also married Tao Moyan, the son of Shaoqing of Dali Temple?" It's kind of interesting. ”

"Does the prince also recognize Tao Moyan?" Song Huanzhu asked.

"I've never seen him, but I've heard his name come up many times." When he went to Suzhou, Zhu Qizhen heard Zhou Zi'an talk about this person, "I heard that it is Zhu Qi's closed disciple, the same brother of Zhao Rong, the champion Lang Lang, who is wise and intelligent, and has a grand strategy. I didn't expect it to be my sister-in-law! Why have you never mentioned it to me? ”

Song Huanzhu silently lowered his eyes, the waves in his eyes fluctuated, and said softly: "I mentioned that a cousin got married, and the prince had a lot of opportunities, so I forgot about it." ”

"It's also fate that the two of you sisters can reunite in Beijing, and you should move around more in the future." Zhu Qizhen said, only then did he remember the matter, "What's wrong with her?" ”

Song Huanzhu hurriedly told everything about the matter, and seeing that the prince's face was not depressed, she hesitated for a moment, and added: "I heard that Steward Zhu's nephew is arrogant and ruthless outside, and he will beat his sister to death in front of everyone today." He also shouted that his uncle was very powerful, that he had killed someone, and that someone could save him. My sister asked many people, only to know that his uncle was the manager of our house, and he sold it to her knowing that there was something strange about that piece of land. ”

Zhu Qizhen's face became more and more solemn, Song Huanzhu paused and said: "To put it mildly, Yanzhu is my sister, but she was planted on the people in our house. Although it is only a few hundred taels, it is not a large amount, but in the end, it still slapped the face of the concubine, and it also refuted the face of the prince. To put it mildly, today's saints govern the country with "benevolence and righteousness", and the people they hate the most are the mermaids and people below. He Zhu is just a slave in the house, but when he goes out, he treats himself as a master like this, and dares to be so arrogant, conniving at his nephew to encroach on the property of the widow and drive the master mother out of the door, this is a case, I heard how many bribes he received in the name of the prince, how many fields alone! I heard that some time ago, Steward Zhu also took three or two concubines, and even his son bought an industry in Beijing, and just set up a street for flowing water seats, where did all this money come from? If someone with a heart stabs this matter to the saint, the saint doesn't know what he will think! If you say that you are not strict under the rule, it is light, and you are afraid of ......"

She stopped her mouth in time, Zhu Qizhen's face was bruised, his face gradually sank, and he raised his voice and called: "Come on, bring Steward Zhu over!" ”