Back in Changchun Garden, the mother Du Shi is taking Xiaoqing Xiaohong and Cai Fei to be busy making snacks, Wen'er and Wu'er are also at home, the school is closed today, the two little guys are busy, Wen'er follows behind her mother to play hands, Wu'er sits next to Mei's and has fun, the family has to talk and laugh, but it is also happy!

Seeing that her daughter was back, Du Shi hurriedly got up to cook for her, Cai Wei stopped her and said with a smile: "Mother, don't be busy, just wait for your daughter to finish talking to you, just do it yourself." ”

After that, he took out the house deed and land deed of Zhuangzi from his bosom and handed them to Du's hands.

Du Shi looked at the thing in his hand and was stunned.

"Vier, this is ......"

"This is a Zhuangzi in the south of the suburbs of Beijing, my daughter has bought it, and I plan to take our family to live there when she is free."

Hearing Cai Wei say that she bought a Zhuangzi, the whole family was stunned, and they all forgot the movements in their hands, and just stared at Cai Wei with their eyes open.

"But...... Where did you get the money to buy Zhuangzi? ”

Du Shi looked at his daughter in shock, the title deed showed that the Zhuangzi was very big, a big Zhuangzi, and the daughter bought it without blinking, and she didn't even discuss it with her, as if she bought a cooking cake, a piece of sesame candy, nothing to worry about at all, but, you know, the big Zhuangzi she bought is worth more than 10,000 taels of silver! Where did she get the money?

Cai Wei coughed, endured the guilt in her heart, and repeated the lie she told her father.

"My master lent it to me, and my master is worth a lot of money, and taking out 120,000 taels of silver is nothing to him."

In fact, her silver was all robbed by the law stallion family, and was dissolved by Changmei in the alchemy furnace of Gu Daxian, and recast into a new silver ingot, and the new silver ingot did not have the mark of the law family, so Cai Wei could naturally spend as much as she wanted.

"In this way, your master is really a generous person, but even if people are worth a lot of money, we can't take advantage of others, we have to save money well and pay back your master's money as soon as possible, oh! By the way, you have to give interest to others, and if you don't give it according to the interest of the seal, you will give it according to one cent of interest.... ”

Du Shi nagged, the content of the nagging is nothing more than how to save money, how to repay debts, Cai Wei heard a headache, so he walked to Mei's side, sat on the edge of the kang, and said to her with a smile: "Grandmother, our family now has Zhuangzi, wait for your eyes to be better, I will take you to live in Zhuangzi for a while, where the scenery is beautiful, the air is fresh, you must like it!" ”

Mei nodded again and again, and promised in her mouth: "Well, well, if Sister Wei can have this thought, grandmother will be content, but I don't dare to hope to leave here..." ”

Although Mei said pessimistic but not unreasonable, although the Anguo Mansion has been decayed, but the rules are extremely strict, according to the family rules, only the aunt who has a son can go out with her son, and she must have the consent of the head of the family or the mother in advance, and even if she goes out, the head of the house and the mother can summon her back at any time, that is, even if she goes out, she is not free.

For those aunts who have no children or only daughters, they are not allowed to leave the mansion for the rest of their lives, except in death!

Mei never thought that she would be able to leave here one day, nor did she dare to think about it, she was already very content to enjoy the fun of her children and grandchildren around her knees in her lifetime, and now even if she was allowed to die, she could smile at Jiuquan.

Cai Wei listened to her grandmother's words and sneered disapprovingly.

"What dare not be extravagant, but a declining mansion who sells his daughter to consolidate his position, what are you afraid of him doing? When I find out who beat you, I'm going to settle accounts with them! ”

Mei listened to it, stayed for a long time, and then said: "Grandmother is old, she is already a dying person, and she has long been free of young people's anger, and the rest of my grandmother's life does not ask you to avenge your grandmother, but only that you can live a peaceful and smooth life, if you offend the Anguo Mansion in order to avenge me, grandmother would rather never see you......"

After that, tears flowed from his eyes.

Cai Wei remembered that the old turtle once said that she could not be allowed to shed tears, which was very bad for the treatment of her eyes, and when she saw that she had tears flowing out, she hurriedly took out a handkerchief to wipe it, and comforted her softly.

"Grandmother, just don't provoke them with your granddaughter, your granddaughter will listen to you, don't cry anymore, cry again, even I will cry with me."

After speaking, he really sobbed, but there was a smile on his delicate little face.

Mei Shi heard her fake sobbing, and knew that this girl deliberately pretended to cry in order to make her happy, so she couldn't help but burst into laughter again, and said, "Don't coax me with duplicity at once." ”

Cai Wei said: "Naturally, my granddaughter is not coaxing you, what she said is true." ”

After that, in order to distract her, he told what he saw and heard at the door of the Fangfei Pavilion.

After Mei Shi heard about the Fangfei Pavilion, she really held back her tears, groaned, and sighed faintly for a long time before she sighed faintly and said, "I didn't expect that she would also fall into such a field!" ”

Cai Wei understood that the 'she' in her grandmother's mouth was the woman in her forties and nearly fifty years old that she saw outside the Fangfei Pavilion, and couldn't help but wonder: "Is grandmother very familiar with her?" ”

Mei Shi smiled bitterly a few times and said, "It's all about old sesame seeds and rotten grain, so don't mention it." ”

Because Xiaoqing and Xiaohong were both there, Cai Wei didn't ask any questions, after all, they were both from the Anguo Mansion, maybe who planted the eyeliner next to them?

Although until now, she still doesn't know what the purpose of the Anguo Mansion is to take their family into the mansion, but her intuition tells her that things are by no means as simple as they seem on the surface, and there is definitely something wrong with this, so she has to guard against these two girls!

Even if she makes dim sum, she only asks them to make noodles, knead noodles, and do some superficial work, those technical jobs are all done by her mother and Cai Fei, and they never let them get involved, so as not to steal the secret recipe that she has easily developed.

After talking to her mother and grandmother, Cai Wei went to the kitchen to cook.

The kitchen of Changchun Garden is located in the east wing, and there are two rooms in the east wing, one is the bedroom of the Du family and the other is the kitchen.

When she arrived at the kitchen, she saw that the kitchen was full of ingredients for making snacks, milk, eggs, flour, butter, etc., filling the already small kitchen.

She carefully passed through these ingredients, found a little spinach, and a little flour, ready to make a bowl of pearl jade white jade soup, just cut the vegetables, when she saw Du Shi break in in a hurry, and said in a fuss: "Wei'er, something is wrong, someone from the front yard is here, and I said to let you go." ”

Cai Wei held her forehead and said to her mother: "Mother, isn't it just that someone from the front yard is looking for me, are you making such a fuss?" ”

Du Shi hurriedly said: "What's the matter? It was the thrush girl next to the old lady who came, saying that someone from the palace had come and wanted to see you by name! Wei'er, when did you get involved with the people in the palace? What the hell is going on? ”

What's going on? She doesn't know!

Hearing that the palace sent someone to pass on her, the first thing she thought of was that guy, but after thinking about it, she felt that it was not, if he hadn't given up on her, with his cheeky scoundrel nature, he would have tried every means to find her, instead of calling her in the name of the palace with great fanfare.

However, besides him, who else in the palace would recognize her? Could it be-

Empress?

However, she has already drawn a line with her son, as the queen, she must be deaf and clear-sighted, she should have known that she had nothing to do with her son, why did she still look for her?

Cai Wei was puzzled, and finally in a daze, she was pulled back to the room by her mother, and quickly cleaned up, before pushing her out of Changchun Garden, following the thrush, all the way to the lotus root champs where the female guests were received in the Anguo Mansion.

On the way, Du Shi was worried, not knowing whether her daughter was going to face a blessing or a curse, nervous, she couldn't stop chanting the Buddha, and suddenly glanced at the thrush walking in front, and couldn't help but ask again: "Dare to ask the thrush girl, does the person from the palace really mean a name Wei'er?" Are you sure you're not mistaken? ”

The thrush smiled: "Fourth aunt, you have asked me this question several times, it is really called our cousin, it is not fake!" ”

"Did you say what the hell is called Vier? A good thing or a bad thing? ”

Du asked cautiously, lest the other party say a 'bad' word.

The thrush said helplessly: "Fourth aunt and grandmother, the thrush is just an errand messenger, where she dares to go to the big people in the palace, even if she lends me a few guts, I don't dare to ask people what to do with Miss Biao!" ”

"However, I see that the person who came with a pleasant face doesn't look like he came to ask for sin, there must be a good thing, auntie, you can rest assured......"

When Du Shi heard this, he was really relieved, but he still pulled the thrush and kept asking, asking if the people from the palace were men or women? How old is it? Is it good to get along? What for? Who sent it......

The thrush patiently answered them one by one

"The person from the palace is Bai Shanggong, the personal female official next to the queen's mother, about forty years old, looks dignified and delicate, humble and reasonable, as for whether it is good to speak, it is difficult to say......"

At this moment, in the Lotus Champs Hall of the Anguo Mansion, Bai Shanggong sat steadily on the top, drinking tea slowly and methodically, while waiting leisurely, looking like an old god.

Bai Shanggong is the personal female official next to Queen Mo, Wupin, although it is one official level lower than the largest female official, Sipin Palace, but what she serves is the most noble queen mother of the Great Jin Kingdom, and the queen mother trusts her to be known to the aristocratic circle of the Great Jin Kingdom, so to speak, she is the spokesperson of the queen mother, looking at the entire Great Jin Kingdom, no one dares to snub her!

The old lady Wang and her three daughters-in-law of the Guogong Mansion accompanied the smiling face and Bai Shanggong politely, but they were all uneasy in their hearts, desperately speculating about Bai Shanggong's purpose of seeing Cai Wei.

The little slut from the countryside has never shown up since he was taken back to the Anguo Mansion except for meeting them on the day he returned home.

Reasoning, she is a junior, and she has such a big face from the Guogong Mansion, so she should go to say hello to them every day, but she has no sense of gratitude at all, and her uneducated brothers and sisters have never asked them for peace once, and they have not even shown their faces.

Although Mrs. Wang and several ladies were angry, they were hindered by Huo Gongzi's entrustment, so they couldn't do anything with them, so they had to treat them as if there were no such people in the house, out of sight and out of mind.

At this moment, I suddenly heard that Bai Shanggong wanted to see Mu Caiwei's little slut, and Bai Shangshu Palace was the spokesperson of the queen, and several ladies couldn't think of what the queen could have to do with the little slut, so they all wondered.

Some people still wish that the little slut had done something wrong and would be punished by the queen's mother, but then thinking about it, she is now living in the Anguo Mansion, if she is punished, the Anguo Mansion will also be regarded as a raccoon dog, and it will not fall into any good, thinking of this, the vicious curse in the bottom of my heart has disappeared.

Thrush took the mother and daughter to approach the Lotus Champs, stopped Du Shi outside, and let Cai Wei go in with her alone.

Although Du Shi was not at ease, he did not dare to disobey, so he pricked up his ears and stuck to the door, listening to the movement inside, if there was really something unfavorable to her daughter, she would do her best to go in to protect her daughter.

Cai Wei followed the thrush into the flower hall, and at a glance saw Bai Shang Palace sitting at the top, the woman had a light smile on her face, but her eyes were mysterious, at first glance, she was a woman who had been immersed in the treacherous palace all year round, otherwise she would not have cultivated such a face.

Although she was very disdainful of this Lord Shanggong in her heart, she still had to do the superficial kung fu, after all, she still had to mix in the capital, right? Offending a person who holds great power is absolutely not beneficial to her future development.

So, she took a few steps forward, bowed down humbly, and said, "I've seen Lord Shanggong, Lord Shanggong is fine!" ”

Bai Shanggong slowly put down the teacup, did not immediately call her up, but smiled lightly, looked at her without saying a word for a while, and then said slowly: "Get up!" ”

"Yes!"

Cai Wei stood up straight, standing in the middle of the ground with low eyebrows, without saying a word.

Bai Shanggong said with a smile: "What a Peugeot beauty, not only is she beautiful, but she also has a rare pair of crystal hearts and glass hearts!" ”

Cai Wei said modestly: "Why did Lord Shanggong say this? How can a little woman, how can she be? Worthy of such praise from Lord Shanggong? ”

Several ladies in the flower hall were stunned when they heard Bai Shanggong's words, they didn't expect Bai Shang Palace to praise this little slut, although they were not angry in their hearts, but Cai Wei lived in their mansion anyway, and they were inextricably linked, if Cai Wei got face in the queen, the Anguo Mansion would inevitably rise with the tide, so they all suppressed the jealousy in their hearts and gradually became happy.

Mrs. Wang said politely: "Lord Shanggong has raised her love, she is a child, so she deserves such praise from you?" ”

Bai Shanggong said with a smile: "It's not to lift her up at all, it's also a coincidence, yesterday, the housekeeper of the princess's mansion accidentally ate the kebab in Miss Mu's restaurant, and thought it was very delicious, so he brought some back to the princess, the princess liked it very much after eating, and sent someone to send some into the palace, but I didn't think that the kebab actually met the queen's appetite, and last night the queen mother bought half a bowl of stalk rice more than usual!" ”

"Later, there was a royal chef to inquire about the practice of kebabs, only to find out that such a delicious was actually created by Miss Mu, Miss Mu is young, people are so smart, the queen mother likes it very much, specially ordered to come down, invite Miss Mu to participate in the Shangsi Festival banquet held in the palace four days later, this is an invitation, please Miss Mu prepare well, four days later, in the imperial garden to meet the queen mother."

After that, with a slight raising of her hand, a palace maid who was accompanying her immediately took out a gilded invitation card and handed it to another palace maid, and then the palace maid handed it to Cai Wei.

Cai Weifu leaned down, with humility and gratitude, and took the invitation with both hands, but her heart sank to the bottom.

The queen mother came to settle accounts with her, even if she had nothing to do with her son, she was not ready to spare her.

Her son Nangong Yi once ignored her blood book for her Mu Caiwei, this move will definitely make the queen mother cold, but most mothers are partial, she will not blame her son, she will only sprinkle her resentment on her, and hate her even more.

Later, there was another thing about that guy for her, ignoring his own responsibilities, and insisting on fighting with Tianjizi for his life when he knew that he was invincible, these are intolerable to any mother, and the queen mother is of course no exception.

She didn't believe that just a few skewers of kebabs could make the dignified mother of a country let go of her prejudice and sincerely welcome her to the banquet......

Thinking of this, she shuddered for a moment, and happened to see Bai Shanggong standing up and politely saying goodbye to the old lady.

The old lady stayed diligently to eat, and was dismissed by Bai Shanggong on the grounds of 'returning to the palace to restore her life', so the old lady Wang took her three daughters-in-law and diligently sent Bai Shanggong to the gate of the Guogong Mansion, until the carriage and horse of Lord Shanggong disappeared without a trace, and then turned around

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As soon as Bai Shanggong left, the Anguo Mansion exploded, and Miss Biao won the favor of the queen because of the barbecue, and it instantly spread throughout the entire Anguo Mansion.

An Guogong sat on the chair in the study, stroked his beard, nodded and sighed with satisfaction: "Okay!" Wow! It is worthy of the blood of my Du family, even if you grill a few skewers, you can bake such a big name, I read it right, this girl is really a good one, although she is only a granddaughter, but if she is born, it will also be beneficial to our Anguo Mansion. ”

The eldest lord Du Yongzhi is also very happy, because of the queen's attention, Cai Wei will definitely be able to show her face at the banquet, her appearance is already outstanding, a little more beautiful than her mother, if she is favored by the emperor or the prince at the banquet, won't their Du family also have to follow the soaring Huang Tengda, why bother to marry a few officials all day long, no one is laughed at!

Thinking of this, he spoke what was in his heart.

"Father and son feel that my sister has been unfavored in the palace all these years, probably because there is no one to help. You see Jin Guifei, her background is far inferior to her sister, but in order to win over the emperor, she has successively selected Yu Meiren, Xiang Concubine, Huo Xianfei and others to win over the emperor, with the help of these people, she has been favored for many years, if our family can find a peerless beauty to enter the palace, in front of the emperor for my sister a few words, saying that the emperor must be pitiful for a while, can let my sister be favored! ”

Du Ruhai, the Duke of Anguo, said with a smile: "This beauty must be close to us, and it is best to have a blood relationship, and she can serve our family until she dies!" ”

"So what else to choose? Isn't there one at home? ”

Du Yongbang understood the meaning of his brother and father, and poked open the last layer of window paper.

"The little girl of the Mu family was born beautiful, if she can enter the palace, it is inevitable to be favored, she is from our Anguo Mansion, she will naturally think of us from time to time in the future, besides, Aunt Mei is still in our hands, I am not afraid that she will not have the same heart with us."

At the mention of Aunt Mei, Du Ruhai's face sank instantly, and an old and hideous face full of scars appeared in his mind, which made him feel heartache, thinking that back then, the beauty on that face made him love like crazy and obsessed, if it weren't for that incident, maybe he would still be in harmony with her by now, and respect each other like a guest!

It's a pity that creation makes people, and between them, they have become enemies after all......

Du Yongchun sneered and said: "According to me, my father and brothers still have to stop thinking about it, you just look at the attitude of the Mu family towards Aunt Mei, how many sins Aunt Mei has suffered in our house, you all know it, it is impossible for Aunt Mei not to complain to them, maybe she hates us in her heart, but she has nothing to do with us, otherwise, it would have been a fuss a long time ago, if she was really gained by that girl, maybe she would have come back to harm us!" ”

She ...... I won't tell them that! An Guogong said firmly.

Although he has only been with Mei for a year, he still knows her character very well, she will not complain lightly, even if she is wronged, she is not willing to tell others, she has her pride, she has her self-esteem, she is so stubborn, even when she is the most depressed, crying blind, being abused and kicked by her subordinates, she is also gritting her teeth, not crying, not screaming, not pleading, and refusing to bow to him.

In fact, as long as she is willing to ask him for help, even if it is a word or a look, he will immediately save her from fire and water, release her old suspicions with her, and rebuild the old friendship.

But she wouldn't. From the moment they broke up, she was like a stubborn stone, and she would never look back, she would rather be kicked and beaten to death, than return to the gentle and rich country he gave her, and there was no room for turning between them!

Du Ruhai fell into the reminiscence of the past, at that time, Mei's was still a gentle little girl in the south of the Yangtze River, soft and gentle, and he and I were in harmony with him, and the sea swore an alliance...

But in a blink of an eye, her childhood sweetheart came from thousands of miles away in the south of the Yangtze River, she met secretly, and was bumped into by him, at that time, she was already pregnant with Liujia, but she still had to do such a thing against women's morals, later, she was beaten by him, locked up in the ancestral hall, the childhood sweetheart was angry, bought a coffin, transported to the front of the house, and died on the stone lion in front of the house......

The Anguo Mansion suddenly became the target of public criticism, was reprimanded by the emperor, was pointed out by thousands of people, and was scolded by the world, but even so, he couldn't bear to let go of her, for her, he was beaten by his father, and almost lost the position of the son, but she always refused to admit her mistakes to him, and refused to admit her adultery, even if he saw her hugging and crying with the man that day, she refused to admit it......

He hated her infidelity and hated her stubbornness, for so many years, he knew all the hardships she had suffered, but he allowed his wife to abuse her and make her angry, only hinting that he was not allowed to hurt her life, which is also the reason why Mei was abused and beaten for more than ten years but did not die.

When he waited for her to be tortured, he confessed his mistake and begged him for mercy, but unfortunately he didn't wait after all!

Death was like smoke, and the wisps entwined him, and it was he who was addicted to it, until his son's voice came, which pulled him back to reality from the memories of the past.

"It's not difficult to contain that girl's heart and let her be used by us, their family has resentment against our house, it's nothing more than for Aunt Mei's abuse, as long as we find a suitable person to carry this black pot down, won't we have anything to do? When the time comes, we will still be close relatives, why worry that she will not be towards us? ”

Du Yongzhi talked eloquently, and what he said was confident.

The second Du Yongbang couldn't help but ask: "Since the eldest brother said so, but there is the right person to carry the black pot in his heart?" ”

"Hehe, exactly, as long as it depends on whether my father agrees."

Du Yongzhi turned to Du Ruhai and asked, "What does the father think his son chooses?" I heard that there is still a commotion in the courtyard today, the seventeenth sister refuses to marry Huang Shangshu even to death, and the sixth brother still wants to settle accounts with your father! If the marriage of the seventeenth sister and the future of the sixth brother's family were exchanged for Aunt Liao to admit this matter, would she agree? ”

When it comes to Aunt Liao, Du Ruhai's heart didn't make any waves, except that she remembered that she had given birth to a son and a daughter for him, she no longer had any impression of him, just like the women he used to be, in his eyes it was just a gasping object, anyway, the freshness had passed, and their life and death didn't matter to him......

With the tacit consent of An Guogong, Du Yongzhi immediately got up and went to discuss with his mother and wife.

Cai Wei received this invitation, it was like receiving a hot potato, even if there was no Queen Mo to deal with her, he was unwilling to go.

There, ten likely* will meet that person, and if you don't know, you will meet the hateful Saknu, although on such an occasion, they will not do anything to her, but just in the face of them, she is also reluctant.

Du Shi didn't know what her daughter was thinking, she was left outside the lotus lotus champs by the thrush, although she couldn't go in, but she listened to the words in the house at the door, and learned that her own meat skewers actually met the queen's taste, and she was so happy that she smiled, especially when she heard that her daughter was going to participate in the queen's banquet, she felt even more excited.

If her daughter gets the queen's blue eyes, no matter what family she marries in the future, she will be looked down upon by her in-laws, even if she marries into the Huo family, with the queen as her backing, the Huo family will not dare to despise her daughter.

Wei'er is about to be busy, she has reached the age of talking about her mother-in-law's family, she can see that Huo Gongzi is very good to Wei'er, and Wei'er's master seems to be interesting to her, but she is more inclined to let her daughter choose Huo Gongzi.

It's not that her master is bad, in terms of appearance and demeanor, that master is even better than Huo Gongzi, but the master is too mysterious, until now, their family doesn't know who he is and who his surname is? Where do you live? Who are the people in the family? Moreover, although this master looks elegant and kind, there is always an indescribable evil aura on his body, which makes their family feel very stressed.

Unlike Huo Gongzi, people are truly gentle and elegant, kind and humble, such a person will be his son-in-law in the future, and he will be able to love his daughter well and give his daughter real happiness!

As soon as Cai Wei came out of the lotus lotus champs, she saw her mother's smiling face, and her heart was even more bitter.

She smiled reluctantly and said to Du Shi, "Mother, let's go back!" ”

Seeing that her daughter was not in good spirits, Du Shi thought that she was going to meet the queen nervously, so she comforted her daughter and said: "Wei'er don't worry, although my mother has not participated in the banquet in the palace, I heard the eldest sister in the house talk about the banquet in the past, and my mother will tell you in detail, which is also beneficial for you to enter the palace." ”

Seeing her mother's enthusiasm, Cai Wei couldn't bear to pour cold water on her, so she said, "It's okay!" ”

Du Shi said: "The banquet of the Shangsi Festival is actually a banquet for young men and women of the nobility, and most of the participants are some aristocratic men and women who have no marriage match, and at the banquet, everyone has to show some talents, so that people can meet themselves and give themselves more opportunities to choose a mate." ”

"Back then, the eldest lady in this house was because she played a song "Phoenix Seeking Phoenix" at the first queen's Shangsi Festival banquet, and was favored by the general, although the mother didn't expect you to be favored by anyone, but you also have to learn some, we are from a merchant family, and we are looked down upon, if we don't even have any ability, wouldn't it be even more laughed at?"

Cai Wei thought about it for a while, and found that what she was good at was some modern skills, shooting, fighting, climbing, etc., but how to perform these things, even if they performed, they would be treated as snake spirits and laughed at.

Du Shi saw through his daughter's mind and said with a smile: "Wei'er don't worry, I think that at the beginning, my mother's best thing was dancing, although it is a little late to teach you to learn now, but it is more than enough to teach you to dance a song to cope with the scene!" ”