On the tenth day of September, Mrs. Lin's fiftieth birthday.

Because it was an eventful time, Mrs. Lin's fiftieth birthday Lin family was originally not prepared for a big event. But now the good news from the northwest and Haikou has come from time to time, and the affairs in the south of the Yangtze River have also eased down, and the government and the opposition are all happy. In this case, the Lin family raised the specifications of Mrs. Lin's fiftieth birthday to a few notches and invited all relatives and friends.

The housekeeper lady gave the gift list to Yueyao to look at, and seeing that Yueyao had no expression, the housekeeper lady was careful not to speak.

Ke Xin looked at it twice, a little strange, but she didn't ask.

Yueyao handed the gift slip to the housekeeper and said, "Just send it according to this!" "She drew up the gift list, and this time it was just a confirmation.

After the housekeeper's lady walked away and there were only two mother and daughter left in the house, Kexin asked: "Mother, the Lin family is my aunt's maiden family, and now it is Mrs. Lin's fiftieth birthday, mother, this gift is a little light." Mother, is there something going on here? ”

Yueyao thought about it for a while, but decided to briefly mention her and Lin Qinghan's affairs to her daughter, and let her daughter know about it.

Kexin quietly listened to Yueyao's words, and said in surprise: "Mother, why? Why does your aunt dislike you? It's not that Kexin thinks that her mother is loved by everyone, it's just that she thinks that everyone is a relative, even if the relationship is not particularly good, but it is not to the point of hate.

Yue Yao smiled: "There are many people in the world who don't like their mother, and there is not more than your aunt." Mother tells you this, so that you know. If she has a bad attitude towards you in the future, you don't care. ”

Kexin nodded and said, "Okay." ”

Mrs. Lin's 50th birthday was still very lively. The children all gave congratulatory gifts, and the congratulatory gifts given by Lin Qinghan were the most valuable.

Lin Qinghan gave Mrs. Lin a coral tree more than a foot high. Red coral is regarded as an auspicious and happy thing, representing noble power, so it is also called "Ruibao", which is a symbol of happiness and eternity. Red coral is very expensive because of its scarcity, and red coral trees like this one-foot-tall tree can definitely be used as a family heirloom.

The gift given by Lin Qinghan was naturally in the limelight, and even Mrs. Lin was very happy. The daughter is filial, and being a mother naturally has face.

However, Mrs. Lin's joy disappeared the next day. The eldest and youngest lady of the Lin family gave Mrs. Lin the gift list she received, and after Mrs. Lin read the gift list, she frowned and said, "Why are there so few gifts for the An family?" ”

Mrs. Lin was not dissatisfied that Yueyao did not come to celebrate her birthday, because Yueyao rarely came out to attend other people's birthday banquets. But this gift made Mrs. Lin wonder in her heart. Mrs. Lin didn't dislike the gift book given by Yueyao, but this gift was very exquisite. Like the gift that Yueyao gave her, those who didn't know thought it was from someone they knew.

The eldest young lady of the Lin family, Tu Shi, also had some doubts: "Mother, I also think it's strange, the New Year's gift given by the An family during the Chinese New Year last year was quite normal." "Like this gift from Mrs. An, it is obvious that she is dissatisfied with their family. If you don't get it right, you may not want to have anything to do with them. The An family is now hot, and their family doesn't want to lose this in-law.

Mrs. Lin frowned and said, "Could it be that Qinghan did something again?" Mrs. Lin has been persuading Lin Qinghan to have a good relationship with Yueyao, and Lin Qinghan promised well at that time, so Mrs. Lin didn't care too much.

This is mainly because Yueyao rarely comes out to socialize, and she doesn't have much contact with the people of the Lin family, and Mrs. Lin also believes that Lin Qinghan will not lie to her, so Mrs. Lin doesn't know that her daughter's relationship with Yueyao has deteriorated again.

Tu Shi heard something when he was out socializing: "Mother, I heard that my sister-in-law didn't go when Mrs. An hosted a banquet. Not only that, but my sister-in-law has not taken her two children to visit Mrs. An in the past few days since she returned to Beijing. I think Mrs. Ann should be angry with us. ”

Mrs. Lin was a little unconvinced and asked, "Who is this rumor outside?" ”

Tu lowered his head and said, "Mother-in-law, this is what Wanhe County Lord said. Tu Shi felt that these things were true, because it was impossible for Wanhe County Lord to pass on the rights and wrongs of his sister-in-law.

The county lord Wanhe is a very protective person, since she is now friendly with Yueyao, she naturally can't tolerate others gossiping about Yueyao. So when she heard someone say that Yueyao was a difficult sister-in-law, Wanhe County Lord was very angry and ridiculed the Lin family fiercely.

In fact, in this matter, Lord Wanhe felt that Lin Qinghan's good life was too comfortable, so he worked hard there. is also Yueyao's generous temperament, just change someone, and work hard to raise her younger brother, so she has to stand up and suppress her brother and daughter-in-law fiercely.

Mrs. Lin's face changed, but she still didn't believe that her daughter would be so ignorant. After returning to Beijing for so long, and the two families are so close, her daughter didn't take her granddaughter and grandson to visit Yueyao: "It should be a misunderstanding!" Mrs. Lin said this on her face, but in her heart she decided to let her daughter come back in two days and ask what happened.

Xiang Wei knew that Lin Qinghan had sent a red coral tree to Mrs. Lin as a gift, and a smile crossed the corner of her mouth, Lin Qinghan was looking for death!

Yue Yao was furious when she heard the news: "Is she crazy?" "Where did Lin Qinghan get such a valuable thing? The most important thing is that the baby she got was just fiddled with in private, and she actually took it out at the birthday banquet, was she afraid that the imperial history would not impeach Tingzheng for corruption and bribery? Otherwise, where would a small five-rank official have so much money to afford such a valuable thing. Red coral, which is more than a foot high, is not cheap.

Xiang Wei wondered: "You said that she used to be a good person, why do you find out that this is a fool now?" Xiang Wei felt more and more that her vision was frustrated.

Yue Yao thought for a moment: "You go and ask, where did this red coral come from?" "As long as you come in the right way, the imperial history impeachment also has something to say.

The news that Xiang Wei heard was that this red coral was bought by Ting Zheng, and he specially bought it for Mrs. Lin as a 50th birthday gift.

The corners of Yueyao's mouth twitched, Ting Zheng actually spent so much money to buy a birthday gift for his mother-in-law, he is really a filial son-in-law! Although Yue Yao felt a little uncomfortable in her heart and felt that Tingzheng was a bit of a loser, no matter what, this money belonged to Tingzheng, and how he liked to spend it was Tingzheng's own business. No matter how much it costs, as long as the source is not corrupt and bribed.

Xiang Wei still felt that something was wrong, but she couldn't say why.

As Xiang Wei and Yue Yao guessed, the imperial history broke the bullet and impeached Tingzheng for being wrong. The impeachment of the imperial history is well documented. When Lin Qinghan came back, he brought dozens of cars of things and took out such a rare red coral as a birthday gift, which is obvious to all, and the imperial history also listed the gifts that Lin Qinghan gave to the Lin family are all worth a lot, in addition, the imperial history also found out that Lin Qinghan played several sets of jewelry in Zhenbao Zhai during this time, and the diamonds and several gems inlaid on these jewelry are worth thousands of gold.

After Xiang Wei and the others knew the content of Yushi's impeachment, she felt that something was not quite right: "Madam, the red coral tree can also be said to be a birthday gift that Tingzheng bought for Mrs. Lin." But what about those precious diamonds and rubies and sapphires? I inquired and it was worth a lot of money! "I don't know how much Xiang Wei exactly, anyway, it's worth tens of thousands of taels of silver in the end.

Yue Yao's face also changed, but she quickly shook her head and said, "Impossible, it is impossible for Ting Zheng to be corrupt and take bribes." He is not short of money, what is he greedy for that money? ”

Xiang Wei already felt that this was wrong, and this would feel more and more wrong: "Madam, you still don't know Tingzheng's temperament?" He has not been a big spender since he was a child, how could he be willing to spend so much money to buy coral trees for Mrs. Lin? Xiang Wei felt that these things might have another way.

Yueyao still didn't believe that Tingzheng would be corrupt and take bribes.

Xiang Wei really felt that Tingzheng was corrupted, but she was unlucky enough to meet such a stupid wife, who spent it lavishly with greedy money.

Yue Yao shook her head and said, "Impossible, even if he is corrupt and bribed, his grade is not high, who would send him such a valuable thing." It's completely unusual, and I think there may be some misunderstanding here. ”

Xiang Wei also hoped that it was a misunderstanding, otherwise Tingzheng's career in this life would be over.

Yue Yao nodded and asked, "Yushi impeached Tingzheng, what did the others say?" Yue Yao felt that the emperor should not punish Ting Zheng at this time, after all, now that Haikou was at war, he should give Ting Zheng a chance to defend himself.

Xiang Wei nodded and said, "You are right, the emperor has already spoken, let Tingzheng defend himself." If the reason is not legitimate, I am afraid that it will be demoted or even dismissed. ”

Yue Yao sighed and said, "So, marrying a wife should be a virtuous one." Marrying such a woman and coming back really dragged Tingzheng's legs. It's also my fault, I shouldn't have come with Tingzheng that day. She didn't know that Lin Qinghan was so stupid.

Xiang Wei didn't dare to spray Yueyao. On that day, Yueyao disagreed, it was she who said that this woman was good, and Yueyao finally nodded, and she was half responsible.

Mrs. Lin heard the news, but she was not as calm as Yueyao, so she quickly called Lin Qinghan to her home and asked where these things came from. If the son-in-law is dismissed because of his daughter's misconduct, where can the daughter stay in Lian's house.

Mrs. Lin told Lin Qinghan about this matter, and then asked, "Is this red coral really bought by her son-in-law?" ”

After Lin Qinghan knew the reason, he was not panicked: "Mother, don't worry!" Your son-in-law is upright and has not done anything corrupt or bribery. This red coral was your son-in-law's birthday gift, and I bought the jewels myself. The gems in Haikou are much cheaper than those in Beijing. "Actually, the gifts given to the Lin family were all bought by Lin Qinghan herself, but the diamonds and four gems that she took to the Treasure Pavilion for jewelry were given to her by Tingzheng. But she knows these things herself, this belongs to the little sweetness between husband and wife, there is no need to tell her family.

Mrs. Lin knew that Lin Qinghan had spent a lot of money, and she was relieved to hear this: "That's the case!" Then the mother was relieved. "If you can explain the source, you won't be afraid.

After talking about the affairs of the court, Mrs. Lin told Lin Qinghan about Yueyao again: "I heard that you haven't taken Wanting to settle down for a few months since you came back, is it true?" ”

Lin Qinghan was irritated when he heard Yueyao: "Mother, you don't care about this matter." I know it. ”

Mrs. Lin spoke bitterly for a long time, and as for whether Lin Qinghan listened to it or not, only Lin Qinghan himself knew.