The main house of Qi Mansion is a large mansion with eight entrances and four courtyards.

There are not only those courtyards with carved beams and paintings in front of them, facing the Qinhuai River, but also a large garden.

It was originally the residence of a wealthy family in Jinling, but later the family fell and sold to a merchant.

The merchant was not qualified to live in such a big house, so he half-sold it and gave it to Lord Qi, who was the governor of Jinling at that time, eight years ago.

In this way, it became the mansion of the Qi family in Jinling.

When Lord Qi went to Hangzhou to take up the post of governor of Jiangnan, the old lady Qi did not go because of her old age, and Mrs. Qi also stayed in the name of serving the old lady.

However, the two live a little far away.

Mrs. Qi lived in the main courtyard, while the old lady coveted the view of the garden and lived in the Songhe Hall near the garden.

The mother-in-law ran in through the gate, and ran a little way before running to Songhetang.

Along the way, someone saw her running up and asked in a hurry, but she didn't have time to answer.

He just rushed into Songhe Hall, and without waiting for the word to be transmitted, he entered the main house, held on to the threshold and said: "Old lady, old lady, county lord, county lord has arrived!" ”

Old Madam Qi was leaning on the soft couch and closing her eyes to recuperate, when she heard this, she suddenly opened her eyes and looked at the woman with a bright eye.

The old lady was nearly sixty years old and petite, but she looked like she was in her early fifties when she was well maintained.

is usually kind, and the round face is not smiling but also mild.

But this cold light shot out, and the face suddenly had a cold meaning.

The mother-in-law knelt on the ground with a puff and said: "Old lady, the county lord sent someone to announce in the afternoon, saying that it would arrive in the evening, but the person at the door only passed the word to the lady, and suppressed our side, and the slave and maid were also the county lord's arrival. ”

"Stupid!" The old lady scolded in a low voice and raised her hand,

The maids who were waiting on both sides immediately stepped forward, lifting their feet and taking clothes, and waiting for the old lady to dress.

Only a well-dressed old woman next to her said with a worried face: "It's all night, the old lady is an elder after all, but a junior, you don't need the old lady to greet you, right?" ”

The old lady glanced at the grandmother and said lightly, "Elder? Whose elders? That's the emperor's niece, the county lord of the imperial seal, do you want me to talk to the emperor about seniority? ”

The old lady immediately took a step back and didn't dare to say more.

The old lady turned her head to look at the woman and said, "You can see, what kind of style does the county lord do?" ”

"The county lord, the county lord has a hundred guards alone, and when he arrived at the door, he asked where the Qi Mansion had prepared, so he drove us all out, first the guards went in to inspect, and then the maids and women brought in to arrange." The mother-in-law didn't dare to raise her head and said, "Now, those guards have sealed the front and back doors." ”

"100 guards?" The old lady was stunned.

Even the guards were a hundred people, and the courtyard was ...... Is it enough to live?

"Yes, none of them look easy to mess with, like elite soldiers in the north." The mother-in-law thought for a while and said, "Also, the county lord's clothes and jewelry, although they look simple, are very luxurious, and they don't look like they don't have money." ”

Old Madam Qi motioned to the maid to hurry up, and snorted coldly: "Chen Shu, that idiot! ”

Chen Shu is Mrs. Qi's name, and the old lady can scold, but the people next to her all bow their heads, and no one dares to speak out.

Changing into the costume that had been prepared a long time ago, and recombing her hair, the old lady was just about to go out, and a mother-in-law came to the door in a hurry.

Seeing that it was the mother-in-law who she had placed beside Mrs. Qi, the old lady's face sank unconsciously.

The mother-in-law's face was a little bad, and when she arrived in front of her, she knelt down and said, "Old lady, Mrs. has sent the steward over, saying that it is late today, and she will not go, and let people send some charcoal to the past, saying that Jinling is not as good as the capital, there is no fire kang, and it is a little cold at night, so send some charcoal to the county lord to burn the stove, and what is sent is ordinary charcoal." ”

Old Madam Qi snapped and smashed the cane out of her hand.

It's smashing on the woman's back.

The mother-in-law was smashed in pain, but she didn't dare to move, so she only said: "Slave, slave and maid were instructed by Mrs. to go outside, and when I came back, Mrs. had already asked Mama Chen to take someone there." ”

"Old lady, old lady is not angry." The old woman, who was shrunk to the side, hurriedly stepped forward, supported the old lady who was already trembling with anger, and said in a loud voice: "Send someone over immediately, just say that the people in the house have made a mistake in the charcoal, hurry up and send the best silver silk charcoal over." ”

"She's stupid, and you're stupid!" The old lady turned around, slapped her in the face, and said coldly: "If it weren't for the fact that you are my sister, I would have thrown you into this Qinhuai River a long time ago, and together with your stupid daughter, sink into the pond, and save me from harming my son!" ”

"I ......," the old woman's face darkened, and she muttered speechless.

"She thinks that she is the wife of a first-class master, and this is Jinling, so she can be rude to the county lord? What weather is it now? Do you want to use charcoal? Isn't this pointing at the county lord's nose and scolding people? And get charcoal! So who uses the charcoal? Even the people in our house won't use it! What is it to be royal? Is she the same fool? The old lady stomped her leg angrily.

"Then, isn't that a charcoal ......," the old woman muttered twice, looking at the old lady's face and not daring to continue.

The old lady looked at her so angry that she couldn't speak.

I really regret it in my heart.

When I found this long-lost sister, I felt guilty and wanted to compensate her, forced my son to marry her daughter, and thought about taking her out of the Chen family.

However, these two people will not do anything else but drag their feet!

In the past, his son's position was not high, so Chen Shu still knew how to be restrained, he could be small and low, and he gave birth to Luoxia's granddaughter who was pleasing to her, even if he was a little stupid, he couldn't make a big deal.

However, since his son became the governor of Jinling, Chen Shu has become public.

made her son dare not take her to Hangzhou at all, not to mention, he had to stay and watch her.

Finally, in Jiangnan, her son is also the most important, that is, she is more arrogant, and no one can do anything to her, accept some bribes or something, and it is also within the scope of tolerance.

Thinking about her son's constant neglect of her, she turned a blind eye.

Unexpectedly, it made her uncontrollable, and no one got up in her eyes more and more!

Is this county lord comparable to these officials and wives in Jiangnan?

It was her husband, the governor of Jiangnan, who had to salute when he saw her.

She is just a backhouse woman, why should she show the county lord a face?

Do you really think that Jiangnan, the Qi family can cover the sky with one hand?

As long as this word reaches the capital, then ......

There was a sudden pang in her heart, and the old lady's expression moved, and a trace of cruelty flashed in her eyes.

My mind was spinning sharply, and another mother-in-law ran outside the door.

The old lady sank her face and said, "What's the matter?" ”

The woman's face was also not good, and said: "Old lady, Mrs. sent her things over, and was thrown out of the door by the county lord's people, and said, this Jiangnan governor is really poor, and actually sent charcoal to the county lord to keep out the cold, and the county lord saw that Mrs. Qi was pitiful, and returned the charcoal to the Qi family to burn slowly, and also sent two leather clothes to Mrs. to keep out the cold, and then, they left, saying that the county lord was a royal family, and disdained to deal with such a shabby family who did not know how to be polite. ”

The old lady's face changed suddenly.

It's good now, you don't have to guard against the county lord from saying it.

People have preached to you all over the streets!