Taohua walked away with the account book, and Jiang Lianhua came over from the next room and said with some complaints: "Mother heard clearly? The third sister is not such a person who climbs power and attaches nobility, the Cui family is really a villain in vain! Tell me how to have the face to meet my third sister in the future. ”

Jing's was slightly embarrassed: "Mother is also for Sister Tao's good." In fact, as your third uncle, if Sister Tao can enter the county palace, what will Brother Bai worry about in the future? ”

Jiang Lianhua said disdainfully: "I don't think the third uncle is willing to let the third sister be a concubine." ”

Jing agreed: "Your third uncle looks at Sister Tao like an eyeball, if Sister Tao refuses, he will naturally not force it." However, King Anjun is actually really good, but it's a pity that he doesn't fall into the eyes of the Queen Mother and the Emperor......"

Jiang Lianhua said with a straight face: "It's none of our business. Mother, don't pass on such words for the Cui family in the future. The third sister and we are a family, and when Mrs. Cui said that, my mother should go back. She ruined the reputation of the third sister, what good did I have? ”

Jing secretly thought, it was because my mother wanted you to be a family with the Cui family, so she was willing to pass the word. But he said, "My mother knows." Come, help my mother think about what to do to add makeup to Miss Cui. ”

Jiang Lianhua frowned: "It's not all precedent, it's just a precedent." If it is said that it is married to the county king's mansion, it is enough to add a few points, and you have your own steward to do it. She doesn't like the Cui family more and more now, and she doesn't want to bother to pick any makeup gifts for Cui Xiuwan, "Last night, my father said that I wanted to drink lotus leaf porridge, and I went to the kitchen to have a look." "With that, he flew away.

Jing looked at her daughter's back and couldn't help but have a headache. The good mother on the side hurriedly stepped forward to rub her temples for her, and said carefully: "Mrs., don't be too tired." ”

Liang's mother is Jing's nurse, and she is a confidant, Jing's can't help but sigh: "No wonder Sister Lian is displeased, the Cui family is really - it's good that Sister Tao also cured Miss Cui's illness." ”

"Not all of them are like this." Liang's mother knew that Jing's hard work, "Mrs. is also for the good of the girl." ”

"But I'm a little hesitant now......" Jing said as if talking to himself, "I didn't see that Miss Cui Er was so tricky before." And Mrs. Cui is like this, she still doesn't look down on our family, otherwise she wouldn't say this to Sister Tao in front of me. Even if Sister Lian really marries, if her mother-in-law doesn't look down on ......, "I'm afraid she won't have a good life."

The good mother said cautiously: "Actually, according to the slave maid, the master is now a good time, and he may not be able to go further in the future, and the girl is not worried about not having a good marriage." The slave has watched the girl grow up since she was a child, and the girl's temperament is not good at fighting with others, if she really enters the Cui family, she is afraid of suffering. "A sister-in-law like Cui Youwan is not easy to deal with.

"I only look at the eldest young master of the Cui family...... "Jing's heart is still a little reluctant, "talent is good, and motivated......" Especially with a father who is a prefect and a sister who is a princess of the county, the future future is much smoother than others.

"That's it, I'll think about it again, think about it again......" Cui Jing's conditions are so good that if he wants to give up immediately, it is really difficult to make up his mind for a while.

Jing hesitated in the house, and Taohua had already packed up the account books and went to the county king's mansion. Mint was unhappy: "The Cui family is really a villain, ungrateful!" It's a shame that the girl went to treat her! Hmph, my own girl is outside-" Thinking of this, I couldn't talk nonsense, so I swallowed the second half of the sentence back, "It's a pity that the prince of the county wants to marry such a person......"

Taohua was angry, but she laughed at her: "Do you think King Anjun is good?" ”

Mint had a natural look on her face: "Although the slave has never been to the northwest, she also knows that the Northwest Army, like the Lu Family, is to protect the family and defend the country." King Anjun thinks about the Northwest Army, he must be a good person! ”

In the southeast coastal area, almost everyone has heard a few stories of the anti-Japanese war. Mint's hometown is in Songjiang, and it has been directly invaded by the Japanese invaders, so he has always respected the soldiers who defended the country. Although her logic is a bit divine, flying from the southeast to the northwest at once, it is irrefutable when you think about it. Hearing this, Taohua couldn't help but smile: "You're right." ”

After saying this, she felt a little strange: Once upon a time, the fourth prince who she had the impression of conniving at the slaves and maids to make trouble in the medicine hall and take revenge for personal gain had actually become today's good man King Anjun?

Mint raised her face and was very proud: "The girl also thinks that the slave is right, right?" ”

Taohua pressed this strange thought and nodded with a smile: "That's right." Hold the account book, if it is lost, you will not be able to account with the prince of the county. ”

Although the county king's mansion has cut corners, but it is relative to the grade of the county king, in the eyes of ordinary people like Taohua, the county king's mansion is still very magnificent, with all the pavilions and pavilions, and the clever arrangement, very elegant. However, because the wedding is approaching, there are many people in the palace coming in and out, which is a bit noisy.

The gatekeeper already recognized the carriage of the Jiang family, opened the side door to let the car in, and drove until it was near the study in the front yard before stopping, Taohua jumped out of the car, and saw Shen Shu walking out of the study: "Miss Jiang? ”

He was obviously a little surprised, and when he saw the account book in Mint's hand, he smiled slightly: "Is Miss Jiang coming to report the account?" ”

Wu Zheng came over to pick up the account book with a smile: "A few days ago, the third master Jiang said that he was impatient with the matter of numbers, Miss Jiang is really filial, and the third master is blessed." Hurry inside please. ”

Although the accounts are trivial, whether it is Jing's side or Taohua's side, they all remember that they are clearly organized and clear at a glance, and Wu Zheng only needs to check the numbers in order. Originally, he wanted to take a look at it and forget it, but Taohua insisted on clearing it face to face, so he took an abacus and began to check the accounts like an enclave.

Wu Zheng is this person, his appearance is not amazing, because he has a handful of goatee, at first glance there is still a bit of a thief's eyebrows, but he writes well, and the abacus is even more resounding, the left hand dials the beads and the right hand holds the pen, Dieyi is next to him to turn over the account book, and he sees that the numbers in his pen come out like flowing water, a person can simply top the account room for several years, and he can see the mint marveling, and even Taohua is a little distracted.

There was a slight sound of a teacup falling on the table, Taohua suddenly came back to her senses, and saw that it was Shen Shu who poured the tea with her own hands, and hurriedly bowed and said, "Thank you, Lord Wang." ”

Shen Shu coughed lightly, and his face seemed to be a little red: "That day in the palace-Miss Jiang seems to be a little interested in the jade carving on Cheng Enbo's advance?" ”

Momoka was stunned for a moment. She glanced at it several times at the time, but she didn't expect to be noticed by Shen Shu: "I just think it's a little familiar......"

"I heard that it was collected from the pawnshop opened by Cheng Enbo."

"Is it something that is worthy?" Then it can't be her piece, after all, the Jinghai Marquis Mansion hasn't been to the point of being a thing, right?

Cicada Yi poured tea for Wu Zheng on the side, but when she heard this, her heart felt like a stormy wave - it turned out that the prince sent someone to inquire about the origin of a piece of jade, but it was actually for this Jiang girl? Just because she took a few more glances at the jade carving in the palace, the prince bothered to inquire?

She involuntarily quietly looked up at the two people sitting on the opposite side. The sunlight came in through the window, embedding both of them in a circle of precious light, and they couldn't see their eyebrows clearly, but one was tall and one was short, one slender and one slender, and it seemed to have some indescribable harmony.

"It was said that a woman took it as collateral." After all, it was a pawnshop opened by Yu Sirui, and Shen Shu didn't have many people, so he only inquired about this, and he didn't know the identity of the woman.

"Oh-" Taohua sighed softly, "Thank you, Lord Wang." I had a similar piece of old stuff in my house, but I lost it and I always wanted to get it back. When I first saw it in the palace, I thought it was - but now it doesn't seem to be. ”

"How did that thing get out? Where is it now? Shen Shu subconsciously asked, "Maybe I can help?" ”

Taohua hesitated for a moment: "This-I don't know ......" The stepmother stole her mother's dowry, and the ugliness of the family should not be publicized, "Thank you prince, but don't bother, I will figure it out myself." "Even if Shen Shu is the king of the county, it is impossible for him to go to the Jinghai Marquis Mansion to get the jade carving out.

However, Tao Hua was very grateful for his concern: "The prince is married, and the Jiang family has nothing to give, so they can only send another 5,000 packs to the Northwest Army to stop bleeding." A mere salute is not a tribute, don't laugh at the prince. ”

Wu Zheng was single-minded, and while calculating the accounts, he smiled and said: "Miss Jiang's congratulatory gift can be sent to the prince's heart, where can I laugh at it." "To be honest, he still wants the prince of the county to accept Miss Jiang as a side concubine, but the prince refuses to let go, and he is not good at making his own decisions. Alas, it would be good if the Marquis of Dingbei was here, it would always be appropriate to talk to Master Jiang San as an uncle, no more than if he was just a staff member, it would not be enough to come forward.

Taohua smiled: "As soon as Mr. Wu said this, I was embarrassed, in fact, I didn't do anything, but the prince suffered a lot of grievances." "Now that I think about it, it is really not easy for the prince of Shen Shu to do it, and the Yu family is too arrogant to suffer such grievances for the sake of the Northwest Army.

Wu Zheng laughed, counted the last batch of numbers, wrote down the total, and threw the pen and said: "If it weren't for Miss Jiang's hard work and giving prescriptions, things wouldn't have gone so smoothly." If this is a small gift, there will be no great gift in this world. It's almost noon, why don't you go back after dinner? ”

Taohua saw that it was really not early, so she shook her head: "No need, I'd better go back." ”

Wu Zheng still wanted to stay, but Shen Shu had already gotten up and said, "I'll send Miss Jiang out." "It's already easy for the girl who hasn't left the cabinet to come to her house like this, how can she still cause trouble for her.

Watching the Jiang family's carriage drive out of the side door, Wu Zhengcai said in a low voice: "Lord Wang, actually-"

Shen Shu waved his hand resolutely: "Sir, don't say it." ”

Wu Zheng said in a voice that happened to be heard by him: "If you don't have it, why do you have to come to see it every time......" I heard that Miss Jiang came to reconcile today, so I specially stayed in the house, and I heard that Miss Jiang would enter the palace one day to ask the Queen Mother for a pulse, so she found an excuse to enter the palace, even if she went in, she was coldly looked at by the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother......

Shen Shu smiled bitterly: "She will return to Wuxi in a few days." "Maybe the more hopeless you are, the more nostalgic you are? It seems that after he decided not to marry Taohua as a side concubine, he wanted to see her more and more. And this glance may be less, when she goes back to Wuxi and he goes back to the northwest, it will really be a world apart, but I am afraid that there will be no more opportunities to meet.

"Lord Wang-" Cicada Yi spied on Shen Shu's expression, and said in a soft and slow voice, "The next person came to ask, when is the Cui Mansion going to give the dowry?" ”

It is customary in this dynasty that a few days before the wedding, the woman will pack the bride's dowry and send it to the man's house, and ask Mrs. Quanfu to arrange the wedding room with the dowry, so as to bless the bride and the couple to have both children after marriage. This date is five days before the marriage and the latest is the first day before the marriage. Shen Shu is the king of the county, and the Zongren Mansion will naturally prepare a batch of dowries for the princess according to the system, but the Cui family must also add it to their daughter, so they have to prepare.

Shen Shu frowned slightly: "You go to Cui's house to ask, and then arrange for the next one." The Cui family came from Fuzhou, and there won't be much to think about. "It's inconvenient to bring it from afar, and the Cui family may marry more cash and clothing jewelry at that time. But he doesn't care very much, it's all Cui Xiuwan's thing.

Cicada Yi bowed her head and responded: "That slave will go to Cui's Mansion this afternoon." ”

Of course, the Cui family is also busy like a spinning top now. Although she came from afar, when she was in Fuzhou, Mrs. Cui specially bought several pieces of furniture for her daughter, especially a thousand-work bed, which was made of fine wood, and it took two years for craftsmen to make it. It was carefully transported from Fuzhou, and in a few days it will be transported to the county king's mansion.

Mrs. Cui actually has some regrets in her heart. In her opinion, the dowry purchased by the Zongren Mansion is not very satisfactory, but there are regulations for the prince of the county to marry concubines, so she can only find a way to stuff some practical things into her daughter.

"Where's your sister?" Mrs. Cui was so busy that her feet didn't touch the ground, and when she turned around and saw Cui Youwan helping to inspect the jewelry she had sent, she asked.

Cui Youwan said without raising her head: "It's in the room." My sister was shy, and as soon as she said the dowry, she retracted it. As he spoke, he held the pearl jade crown of the princess of the county with both hands, and looked at it in a daze.

"Be careful not to break the pheasant feathers on your head." Mrs. Cui is really busy, "If it is broken at this time, it will be too late to take it back and repair it." ”

A hint of gloom flashed in Cui Youwan's eyes, and she gently put down the jade crown, and lowered her head to register other jewelry.

At this time, the owner of the pearl and jade crown was spinning around in the room like ants on a hot pot, and he was so panicked that Yinzhu opened his hand and didn't know what to do: "Girl, girl, sit down first, don't go......"

Cui Xiuwan grabbed the hem of her skirt, where could she sit down: "What should I do, this month's menstrual affairs haven't come yet......"

Yinzhu was almost crying: "Maybe it's a few days late?" Don't worry, girl—"

"How is that possible!" Cui Xiuwan was about to cry, "My menstrual affairs have always been punctual, and this month I am fifteen days late." Yinzhu, I must have it. What can I do? She didn't want to marry Shen Shu, but she never thought about getting pregnant before marriage.

Yinzhu doesn't know what to do, all she thinks about now is: It's over, it's over, I'm going to die. If this matter is discovered by Mrs. Cui, Cui Xiuwan will be fine, and she will have to be beaten to death.

"Girl, otherwise, the slave and maid will go and grab the auxiliary fetal pills...... "Mrs. Cui is very strict, and Yinzhu has heard of such a thing as a fetal pill very occasionally, but she doesn't know what it is actually made of.

"No!" Although Cui Xiuwan didn't think about getting pregnant, but now when she heard Yinzhu talk about fetal pills, she instinctively protected her lower abdomen, "This, this is my flesh and blood with Wei Lang!" ”

"Girl, you are going to marry the prince of the county......" Yinzhu was about to cry, "If the prince of the county knows-" I'm afraid the family will be finished.

"No, I don't want to marry him!" Cui Xiuwan resolutely retorted.

Yinzhu couldn't argue with her anymore: "Then what should I do now, sue Mrs. Sù?" "Madame knows, I'm going to die.

Cui Xiuwan shook her head vigorously: "I can't sue my mother!" My mother will definitely let me have an abortion. ”

She stood blankly on the ground for a while, and made up her mind: "I want to go with Wei Lang!" ”

Yinzhu's eyes were about to fall out: "Girl, this is not in accordance with the rules!" The Wei family didn't come to the door to propose. "You have to be a matchmaker and hired to get married, she still knows this.

How did Cui Xiuwan not know this truth. hired as a wife, Ben as a concubine, no matchmaker, her husband's family can not accept it at all, which is why she has only been pestering her mother, but she has not eloped with her sweetheart. But now it's different.

"I have Wei Lang's flesh and blood, and the Wei family is for this child, and they can't treat me lightly." Cui Xiuwan clenched her hand resolutely, "Wei Lang is twenty-three years old this year, and he still refuses to get married, the Wei family is very anxious, if they know that I have a child, they will definitely value it." ”

Yin Zhu didn't have any ideas, and said dizzily: "But, how to go?" ”

"Aren't you going to go hunting in Xiyuan with you?" Cui Xiuwan's eyes flashed, "You go and send a letter to Wei Lang and ask him to pick me up outside Xiyuan." When the time comes, I will disappear in the mountains, and the emperor cannot blame my father. "There are a lot of beasts in Xiyuan, and the missing people will definitely be regarded as having been buried in the beast's kiss, not to mention that the emperor let their mother and daughter accompany them, so the Cui family is not considered to be resistant.

"And what about after that?" Yinzhu said dumbfoundedly, "The girl is not coming home?" ”

"Naturally, I want to go back." Cui Xiuwan said confidently, "It is impossible for King Anjun not to marry a wife again." When he gets married, we can go home. It is said that he was chased by wild beasts and lost his way, and was rescued. ”

"Will this work?" Yinzhu looked at her with blank eyes.

"Naturally, it works." Cui Xiuwan said confidently, "My father and mother always love me, and in a few years, Wei Lang and I will bring our children back, and they will naturally be happy." ”

Yinzhu felt that this matter didn't seem to be so simple, but what better way could she say as a maid? What's more, according to Cui Xiuwan's method, she can still escape with her, if Mrs. Cui knows that Cui Xiuwan is pregnant now, she must be killed immediately.

"But—is the girl really pregnant?" Yin Zhu asked with the last bit of hope, "Otherwise, let's quietly go find a Lang Zhong to check the pulse, right?" ”

Cui Xiuwan hesitated for a moment and nodded: "Just say that I want to go out for a walk." ”

Mrs. Cui was busy, and when she heard that Cui Xiuwan was going out, her brows couldn't help frowning: "The illness is cured, and you should also take care of it and do needlework at home." Although the wedding dress is prepared by the Zongren Mansion, there should always be something to honor the Queen Mother......"

Cui Youwan smiled and said: "Oh, mother, how can the royal family be the same as us ordinary people, and it is not a tea ceremony, where is the needle and thread used to honor filial piety." Besides, my sister's illness happened to be not long ago, so let her go out and evacuate. The dowry is always difficult for my sister to come to Zhang Luo by herself, and she can't do anything if she stays at home. ”

Mrs. Cui sighed and stroked her little daughter's hair: "You are still sensible." Let's go. ”

Cui Xiuwan took Yinzhu out, first found an inn, changed the young woman's hairstyle, and picked up a medical hall to enter. Sitting in the hall was a white-bearded old man, who had diagnosed her left and right hands, and groaned a little: "The lady's vein has the appearance of a bead, but it is not obvious - dare to ask the lady, isn't it the future of this month?" ”

Yinzhu nodded repeatedly: "But you're pregnant?" ”

The old man saw a lot of young women who were anxious to get pregnant, stroked his beard and smiled: "Don't worry, lady. According to what the lady said, even if she is pregnant now, it is only a little more than a month, and the pulse is not obvious. ”

In another twenty days, everyone will be in Xiyuan, not to mention that there is no place to diagnose the pulse at that time, even if the pulse is diagnosed, I am afraid that I will miss the opportunity to escape. Cui Xiuwan pondered for a moment and asked, "If you are pregnant, what will be your reaction?" ”

"It varies from person to person." Lao Langzhong patiently replied, "Some people will vomit in the morning, some people suddenly like to eat acid, and some people will do evil when they see meat, all of them are different, and even some people are not very unwell." But in general, there is always some reaction. ”

Cui Xiuwan paid the consultation fee and went out, and went back to the inn to change her makeup. Yinzhu said worriedly: "Girl, what can I do about this?" ”

Cui Xiuwan was also confused, and said after a while: "No matter what, you send a letter to Wei Lang first and get ready." If there is no reaction these days-" she said at this point, she suddenly fell silent. If there is no reaction, what if you marry King Anjun? Seeing that her marriage is less than two months away, if she doesn't escape, she will never have a chance. But if she escaped, she didn't seem to have made up her mind.

The hand unconsciously touched the lower abdomen. If there was already a child in there, it would be fine, so that she would not have to hesitate anymore and make up her mind to escape.

It was nearly evening, and dinner began to be cooked in the inn, and the smell of oil smoke blew down the wind into the window. This small inn is simple, and the food served in the kitchen is naturally not a good product, I don't know what kind of fish is not very fresh, and it is a fishy smell on the face.

Yinzhu couldn't help but want to cover her nose, but Cui Xiuwan reacted even more strongly, and spit it out in one gulp.

"Girl!" Yinzhu screamed in fright, but in this simple room, there was not even hot water.

Cui Xiuwan bent over and kept throwing up, her chest was extremely uncomfortable, but her heart was steady-she must be pregnant, so there was only one way left - escape!