The third master of the Wuguo Mansion Huangfu Jingxian put the outer room as early as seven years ago, the woman was also a lady of the official family, because her father committed something to fall into the dust, Huangfu Jingxian took a fancy to her when he ate flowers and wine, and promised to redeem her with a lot of money, this woman was coquettish and pegated Huangfu Jingxian to put another house, how could she not enter the Wuguo Mansion as a concubine, only willing to do two big outer rooms, Huangfu Jingxian ate her set, since there is nothing to agree, since then the house of Liuhua Hutong has become Huangfu Jingxian's outer house, after the woman gave birth to a son, Huangfu Jingxian recorded this house in the name of the son born in this outer room, and named this outer room Huangfu Yonglian to show his importance to this outer room.

It is not a secret that Huangfu Jingxian placed the outer room, many people know that in fact, among the relatives and nobles in Yanjing City, it is nothing new to put the outer room, spoil the concubine and kill the wife, etc., there is a bad example of Emperor Zhaoming on the top, how can those greedy and lustful people not learn from it. If you say who the person in Yanjing City hates the most, it is definitely Emperor Zhaoming, it is he who has brought the atmosphere of the capital and made the ladies of the main room suffer a lot of grievances.

Huangfu Jingxian no one told the Qin family about the matter of the outer room, she naturally didn't know it at first, or the Qin family's milk brother got the news and quietly told sù his mother, and the nurse told the Qin family again, and the Qin family only knew. It's just that the atmosphere of Yanjing City has long been damaged by Emperor Zhaoming, and the Wuguo Mansion is such a family style, the Qin family knows in his heart that if he breaks this matter, it will be her and her children who will suffer in the end, so the Qin family only pretends not to know, and gritted his teeth, as long as Huangfu Jingxian does not mention taking the outer room back to the Wuguo Mansion, the Qin family will not tear his face with him, and he will survive until his son is an adult and his daughter is married.

So even if the Qin family is dead to Huangfu Jingxian, when she asks for money from Huangfu Jingxian, she has to give him some more, Huangfu Jingxian doesn't know that Qin's family is very good at taking care of the industry, so he doesn't know how much private money Qin's family has, and Huangfu Jingxian still has a Zhuangzi shop in his hand, so the amount of money he asked for every time in the past was not large, which can be regarded as barely maintaining peace on the surface.

Huangfu Jingde's pursuit of the dowry of his late mother and deceased wife completely broke the false peace between Huangfu Jingxian and the Qin family, the dowry industry is the lifeblood of the Qin family, and Huangfu Jingxian wanted to move her lifeline, but the Qin family could not bear it anymore and could only take the last step.

Emperor Fu Yonghei slipped out of the state mansion and sent a letter to his uncle's house, Qin's younger brother Qin Yuliang immediately went out of the mansion to meet him, and saw his nephew sitting in a gray and simple green cloth mule cart, Qin Yuliang felt very uncomfortable, and asked with concern: "Yonghei, what happened, how did you take such a car, did your mother encounter any difficulties?" "As a child of the Guogong Mansion, he went out to ride the carriages and horses of the mansion, but now the Huangfu Yonghei is riding a mule cart rented from the carriage dealership, which shows that he is really in trouble.

Huangfu Yongji did not speak, but took out a small red silk cloth bag from his bosom, opened it and held it in front of his uncle. As soon as Qin Yuliang saw the green jade bracelet, his face immediately changed, he grabbed the bracelet and hurriedly shouted: "Yonghei, what happened to your mother, tell me quickly!" ”

"Uncle, my mother is fine now, my mother asks you to do your best to pick her up and return to Ning, and then my mother will talk to you in detail." Huangfu Yongji said in a slightly choked voice.

"Okay, Yonghei, you go back and tell your mother first, tell her not to worry, and your uncle will go back to the house to clean up and pick her up immediately." Qin Yuliang said eagerly, and as he spoke, he was about to bow down and lift the curtain of the car, intending to get out of the car immediately.

Huangfu Yongji hurriedly grabbed his uncle's sleeve and asked astringently: "Uncle, wait a minute, my father raised an outer room and gave birth to a son, do you know?" ”

Qin Yuliang was stunned, and after a while, he reprimanded with a tiger face: "Yonghei, Hugh has to talk nonsense." ”

Huangfu Yonghei stiffened his neck and said in a rough voice: "Uncle, I saw it with my own eyes and heard it with my own ears. ”

Qin Yuliang sat down, touched his nephew's head, and said in a low voice: "Yonghei, you are the eldest son of the third room, and no one can surpass you." No matter how much you toss that slut, you can't shake your position. When he said this, it was tantamount to admitting that he also knew about Huangfu Jingxian's cultivation of the outer room.

"Uncle, my mother...... You know what? After a moment's hesitation, the Emperor Fu asked in a bitter voice.

Qin Yuliang let out a long sigh and said slowly: "Your mother knows that if it weren't for you and your sister, with your mother's previous temperament, she would have ...... long ago Yonghei, let's not talk about it first, your mother is in a hurry to see me, there must be something extremely important, your father's business, I will talk about it later. ”

Huangfu Yonghei was stunned and had not come back to his senses, and his uncle had already quickly gotten off the mule cart and returned home.

Huangfu Yonghei didn't know how he went back to the Wuguo Mansion, and when he came back to his senses, he was already in his mother's main room.

"Yonghei, have you seen your uncle?" Qin asked gently.

Huangfu Yonghei nodded, and when he saw that there were still people beside his mother, he said coldly with a straight face: "You all stand down and guard outside, and if someone comes, report immediately." Qin Shi frowned and waved his hand, and the two maids and a grandmother who served her retreated.

"Yonghei, what do you want to say to your mother?" Qin asked.

Huangfu Yongji gritted his teeth and said, "Mother, do you know that my father raised an outer room and gave birth to a child?" ”

Qin Shi was stunned, and after a long while, he nodded, and asked astringently, "You also know?" ”

Huangfu Yonghe's eyes were red, and he threw himself into his mother's arms and cried. Qin hugged his son tightly, and when he was almost crying, he wiped the tears on his face with a handkerchief, and asked softly: "Yonghei, you will be twelve years old during the New Year, you are an adult, you also know what the situation in the house is now, my mother wants to ask you what you think, if it is...... If you don't want to be a member of the government and a common man, are you willing? ”

Huangfu Yonghei was stunned, he didn't understand what it meant to be a person who didn't want to be a member of the Guogong Mansion, could it be that his mother wanted to make room for that outer room? His mother only has this title left now, doesn't she even want a name?

"Mother?" Huangfu Yonghei cried out in confusion.

"Yonghei, you listen to what your mother said, ......" Qin Shi hugged his son and lowered his voice and said carefully, she said this for two quarters of an hour, Huangfu Yonghei was stunned when he heard it, how did things become like this, although he was not favored, but as the young master of the Wuguo Mansion, Huangfu Yongji still had a sense of superiority, he never imagined that the Wuguo Mansion, which he regarded as a backer, was now in decline and could no longer rely on it.

"Mrs. Hui, my uncle is here." A report outside the door interrupted Huangfu Yonghei's thoughts, he looked up at his mother and relatives sharply, and said hurriedly: "Mother, don't leave your son and sister behind." ”

"Silly boy, you two are your mother's life, how could your mother leave you? Yonghei, are you willing to do what my mother just said? Qin asked anxiously.

Huangfu Yongji nodded very heavily, he knew that his head at this point meant that he had given up the identity of the master of the Wuguo Mansion, and it would be even more difficult if he wanted to come out in the future.

A bitter smile appeared on Qin's face, she touched her son's head, and said in a low voice: "Yonghei, my mother will go to your uncle to do things first, you think about what you want to do in the future, and we will talk about it again when your mother comes back." ”

Uncle came to the door, Huangfu Jingxian also had to greet politely, Qin Yuliang is a serious second-class jinshi from the field of examination, nine years of foreign appointment year after year, only returned to the capital this year, now is the official from the Wupin Lang of the Ministry of Officials, not from the noble background, in his thirties is already from the Wupin official, given time, Qin Yuliang is not impossible to enter the cabinet to worship the prime minister, so Huangfu Jingxian is not good to Qin, but to Qin Yuliang, the uncle, is very polite, I heard him say that there is something at home to invite his sister to return to Ning, even though Huangfu Jingxian is full of reluctance, But he still didn't even agree for a moment. That's when someone went inside to report it.

Qin Yuliang took his sister back to the house, his wife Yan turned around with a cold face and left, extremely cold to Guining's sister-in-law, Qin Yuliang was very embarrassed, but he couldn't do anything about his wife. Yan's family was born in a high-ranking family, her father caught his son-in-law that day and chose Qin Yuliang as his son-in-law, but Yan's heart was reluctant, she already had someone in her heart, but she didn't dare to disobey her father's order, and she didn't marry Qin Yuliang, so since the day she married into the Qin Mansion, Yan has never given her mother-in-law's family a good face, and Qin Yuliang cares about the power of the Yue family, and he really likes Yan, this momentum is getting weaker and weaker, so that Yan can't raise his head. Yan entered the door for 12 years and only gave birth to three daughters, and the Qin family once casually mentioned that it was better to take a concubine and give birth to a son to inherit the incense, which was known by the Yan family, and since then he regarded the eldest sister-in-law as a mortal enemy, and he has become more and more disrespectful to her.

The Qin family didn't care about the attitude of his brother and daughter-in-law, and it was more convenient for the Yan family to speak without her. Qin Yuliang also thought so, so he retreated and asked carefully.

The two sisters and brothers talked for half an hour, and Qin Yuliang prepared another car and took his sister out. Yan Shi listened to the report of the next person, and only snorted coldly and threw away his hand. The Qin family's property was all killed by her, and Qin Yuliang's silver never exceeded five taels, but the Qin family was afraid that his younger brother would be wronged, so he made up one or two from time to time, and the Yan family was happy to subsidize the eldest sister. She only said that when the two sisters and brothers went out, they must have gone to the bookstore to buy those good books and ancient books again.

The place where Qin Yuliang accompanied his sister was not a bookstore, but the Dingbei Hou Mansion, he handed the post inside, and after a while, a housekeeper came over and took the Qin sisters and brothers in.

Huangfu Jingde met the Qin sisters and brothers in the Zhenwu Hall, when he saw the Qin family, he couldn't help but be secretly surprised, when the Qin family just married into the Wuguo Mansion, she was still a beautiful and plump woman, she hadn't seen her for fourteen years, and when she saw the Qin family again, Huangfu Jingde almost didn't dare to recognize it. The woman with a yellow and thin face and a dry manuscript described as a dry manuscript is completely different from the Qin family fourteen years ago.

"The Qin family visits the Hou Ye." When the Qin family saw Huangfu Jingde, they knelt down on their knees to greet him, and her great gift made Huangfu Jingde frown. The truth that people must ask for something is very clear in Huangfu Jingde's heart, and he also thought that the Qin family was here to intercede, so he was naturally unhappy in his heart.

"Mrs. Huangfu doesn't have to be polite, please take a seat." Huangfu Jingde said lightly, and with a casual swing of his hand, the Qin family knelt unsteadily. Qin Yuliang hurriedly stepped forward to help his sister and sat down in the guest seat.

"Yuliang, my sister has something to say to Hou Ye alone, can you wait outside for a while?" Qin looked at his younger brother and discussed in a pleading tone.

Qin Yuliang frowned and sighed, looking at the Huangfu Jingde with a straight face, he was really a little hesitant.

"Yuliang, this is a matter of the Wuguo Mansion, it's inconvenient for you to listen." The Qin clan had to be more clear. Qin Yuliang had no choice but to look at Huangfu Jingde, and called out hesitantly: "Master Hou? ”

Huangfu Jingde's eyebrows furrowed even tighter, and he said in a deep voice: "Come here, please come to the hall to watch tea." Qin Yuliang glanced at his sister worriedly before walking out.

Qin looked at Fang Yi who was standing aside, and was still a little hesitant, and Huangfu Jingde said in a deep voice: "If Mrs. Huangfu has something to say, if it is inconvenient to say it in front of people, there is no need to say it." ”

When the Qin family heard this, he immediately became anxious, and hurriedly said: "No, no, I said that I said, Master Hou, I know the secret of my sister-in-law's death." ”

"What?" As soon as Huangfu Jingde heard this, he stood up, staring at the Qin family with a pair of tiger eyes, and Fang Yi also stared at the Qin family without blinking, waiting for her to say something next.

"Master Hou, the concubine came to the Hou Mansion to tell you in detail about the things of the year, please listen to the concubine slowly." The Qin family saw Huangfu Jingde's appearance, and knew that he had come to the right place, although thirteen years had passed, the eldest uncle still had such a deep affection for his sister-in-law.

"Okay, you speak slowly." Huangfu Jingde squeezed a sentence out of his teeth, and then sat down heavily.

"After Yong'an Yongning disappeared back then, my sister-in-law was extremely distressed, but she was bent on getting Yong'an Yongning back, and she didn't dare to let herself get sick at all......" The first sentence in Qin's mouth shocked Huangfu Jingde and Fang Yi. When they received the news that the two children were missing, the county lord of Anyang immediately fell ill and died after more than a month.

"Since Linlang is not sick, why did she die again?" Huangfu Jingde forced his gaze at the Qin clan, his eyes were as cold as a knife, which made the Qin clan's spirit tremble.

"On that day, the sister-in-law was bent on finding Yongan Yongning, and she couldn't help but neglect the management of Yuchengxuan, which made people take advantage of the loopholes, and the diet was manipulated, and the sister-in-law would die early." The Qin clan also stopped selling Guanzi, and soon revealed the answer.

"Who is it, what evidence is there, what do you want?" Huangfu Jingde quickly calmed down, and he coldly asked the Qin family three questions, each of which was to the point.

Qin looked at Huangfu Jingde very calmly, and said calmly: "It is Mama Xu next to her mother-in-law and Qiu Gui, the maid in Yucheng Xuan, who are doing tricks and feet, now they are already a family, after the sister-in-law passed away, Qiu Gui married Mama Xu's son, and now they are all on errands in the house, Mama Xu is the housekeeper of Ruyiju, and Qiu Gui is the grandmother of Yongzong of the second uncle's family." The concubine was incompetent and had no physical evidence in her hands. As long as Hou Ye interrogates Mama Xu's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law carefully, he can get a confession if he wants to come. As for what the concubine wants, the concubine wants to reconcile with the emperor, I don't know if the Hou Ye can help? In addition, when he was convicted in the Wuguo Mansion in Japan, he begged the Hou Ye to protect the concubine's children so that they would not fall into slavery, so that they could have a civilian background. ”

"You want to reconcile?" Huangfu Jingde asked with some surprise.

Qin Shi nodded, lowered his eyes and looked at his feet, and said in an astringent voice: "The third master of the Wuguo Mansion has raised his outer room, and even raised his son, who in the capital does not know about this matter?" After the housekeeper of your mansion left yesterday, the third master of the emperor immediately forced the concubine to take out the dowry to fill the hole they dug, and the concubine married into the Wuguo Mansion, and never touched the dowry of the first wife and the first sister-in-law, why did he ask the concubine to do this? As he spoke, the Qin clan became excited. She didn't want to be the wrongdoer, Huangfu Jingxian was a thing that was rotten on the outside and rotten on the inside, and she refused to go down with him.

"I see." Huangfu Jingde nodded, this is the understanding. "It is inconvenient for Ben Hou to make decisions for you, but if you propose peace and separation, Ben Hou will secretly help you and let you get your wish, as for your two children, if there is really that day, Ben Hou will also try to protect them."

Huangfu Jingde remembered that his wife told him that the third brother and sister Qin were good, so he was willing to help the Qin family, if it was Huangfu Jingzhang's wife Wei who came to ask today, Huangfu Jingde would not be so easy to speak. Wei didn't stumble on the county lord of Anyang that day.

The Qin family didn't expect Huangfu Jingde to agree so happily, and only after being stunned for a moment did he kneel down, kowtow again and again: "Concubine bows to thank the Hou Ye." ”

Huangfu Jingde said slowly: "Get up, Linlang said that you have a good relationship with her that day." ”

Qin's face turned red, her relationship with Jiang Linlang was good in the past, but after Jiang Linlang "died of illness", she didn't do anything for Jiang Linlang, speaking of which she was too cold, I was very sorry for Jiang Linlang.

"Big brother, I'm sorry." The Qin clan lowered his head and said a word, then fled in a panic and hurriedly ran out of the True Martial Hall.

"Sister, what's wrong with you?" Qin Yuliang, who was waiting outside, couldn't help but be taken aback when he saw his sister running out with a red face, and hurriedly stepped forward to ask. Qin shook his head and said hurriedly, "Let's go......"

Qin Yuliang hurriedly said: "It's not appropriate for my sister to be like this, let my younger brother go and say goodbye to Master Hou." ”

The Qin family didn't have the face to see Huangfu Jingde again, so he only bowed his head and said: "You go to ...... quickly" Qin Yuliang said goodbye to Huangfu Jingde, Huangfu Jingde ordered Fang Yi to send him off, Fang Yi sent the sister and brother out of the mansion and immediately rushed back to Huangfu Jingde's side, and shouted angrily: "Marshal, I didn't take you tonight and sneaked into the Wuguo Mansion to avenge my wife." ”

"Don't come nonsense!" Huangfu Jingde scolded in a low voice, his face was extremely cold.

Fang Yi didn't dare to speak again, but his eyes were full of anger. Huangfu Jingde thought for a while and said in a deep voice: "Call Chen Ning over." Fang Yi's eyes lit up, and he immediately ran out, Chen Ning was a scout in the Dingbei Army before he retired, he was the best at stealing traces to spy on the military situation, let Chen Ning go out, thinking that the marshal wanted to get the evidence and then launch the final blow, so as to hit it with one blow, so that the opponent would no longer have the power to counterattack.