After dinner, Yueyao led Mingzhu for a walk on the edge of the West Lake.

Mingzhu looked at the people coming and going in the distance, and said, "Forget it, just take a walk in the yard." "There are a lot of etiquette in Jiangnan, and women will be said when they show up.

Yue Yao said with a smile: "We are not little girls, what's wrong with taking a walk here and talking?" If you have any scruples, let the family empty the front. With a lifetime of experience, Yueyao's heart is also relaxed, and she is not confined to various rules.

Mingzhu smiled: "Cheng, you can do whatever you say!" Mingzhu doesn't know why, following Yueyao's side, people are very reassuring.

Yueyao led Mingzhu to take a walk by the lake, Mingzhu looked at the surrounding scenery, and couldn't help but admire: "I've always heard that the scenery of West Lake is beautiful, but unfortunately I haven't had the opportunity to come, and this time I finally got my wish." ”

Yue Yao said with a smile: "You don't always have to revolve around Niu Yanghui and the child, you usually take people out for a walk when you are fine, take a look at the beautiful scenery outside, and then go to the market to eat the food you didn't enjoy, or go to see the newly written plays, you will find that the days are actually very good."

Mingzhu smiled: "Or you will enjoy it." ”

Xiang Wei was speechless, where would Yueyao enjoy? Every day, I am locked up in the study and studio, and I rarely come out.

Mingzhu remembered the time when she went fishing with Yueyao before, and smiled and instructed her side: "Go and get a fishing rod here, I want to fish with Yueyao." ”

Yue Yao felt that Mingzhu was really a little bit clear.

Mingzhu shook his head and said: "It's not that I haven't thought about it, I just feel that fishing alone is boring." "Where in Suzhou to find someone like Yueyao who reassures her.

Yue Yao said with a smile: "If you have this Yaxing, come fishing again tomorrow, forget it today." "It's evening, and in a moment it'll be dark.

In the evening, Yueyao summoned Xiang Wei and asked, "What happened over there in Suzhou?" Mingzhu is so concerned about his son, if it weren't for something delayed, he would definitely not have arrived so late.

Xiang Wei's hard work this day is enough to find out the situation: "Xue Qingyang, the political envoy of Jiangnan, sent a woman to Niu Yanghui, it is said that this woman is proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry and songs, and is very loved by Niu Yanghui, Mingzhu is sick because of this, so it has been delayed for a few days." ”

Yueyao felt that it was wrong: "Mingzhu said that Niu Yanghui didn't accept the small, is Mingzhu embarrassed to tell me?" It shouldn't be!

Xiang Wei said with a smile: "Niu Yanghui didn't take this woman into the room, according to the mother-in-law, Niu Yanghui only occasionally listened to the woman play the piano, or play chess with the woman." ”

Yue Yao frowned and said, "It's better to take the house!" Hanging like this makes it easy to hang a man's appetite, which is not good for Mingzhu.

Xiang Wei and Yueyao had different thoughts: "If Niu Yanghui accepts the house, it is useless for Mingzhu to make trouble, he does not accept the house, but also deliberately shows his love for this woman, I think there is something wrong here, I think, this woman has an unclean background nine times out of ten, which makes Niu Yanghui jealous." ”

Yue Yao understood at once, Lord Niu is still a member of the second rank with real power, the Marquis of Jingning Mansion controls the military power, and it is normal for the husband and wife to not be able to escape from the calculations of those people, and it is not normal if they can escape: "That's good." "As long as Niu Yanghui doesn't have a crooked mind, there is nothing to worry about.

Xiang Wei's thoughts are completely different from Yueyao: "Mingzhu has quarreled with Niu Yanghui many times over this matter, and now it's fine, but after a long time, it is easy to have problems." ”

Yueyao is also not easy to care about other people's husband and wife: "Try to let Mingzhu relax." "The best way to do that is to divert Mingzhu's attention.

The next day, Yueyao was about to go out with Mingzhu and the child, but seeing Mingzhu dressed up in jewelry, she said speechlessly: "Today is to take the child out to play, not to go to a party, what are you doing dressed like this?" Hurry up and change into homely clothes. ”

Mingzhu was a little embarrassed: "I forgot." ”

Mr. Yushan heard that Yueyao was going to go fishing with Mingzhu, and was very interested: "Cheng, I, an old man, will also go to join in the fun." ”

Yue Yao disagreed: "Teacher, you are in good health, where can the wind blow, wait for a few days when your health is better, I will accompany you to fishing." ”

Mr. Tamayama didn't make it in the end.

Xiang Wei proposed: "A few children can't settle down to fish, why don't you let them barbecue and eat their own meat?" In fact, Xiang Wei wanted to eat barbecue meat next to her.

Mingzhu agreed with Xiang Wei's suggestion: "I think this is a very good idea, I think it's beautiful to eat barbecue while fishing!"

Yue Yao smiled: "Then you go get it!"

Mingzhu looked at the carriage and said strangely: "Why don't you just fish next to you, where are we going?" Sitting in a carriage, indicating that the distance is quite far.

Yue Yao said with a smile: "There are ten major attractions in West Lake, let's go to the Wind Lotus Garden today." ”

Mingzhu knows the top ten views of West Lake: "It's a pity that I have to go back tomorrow, otherwise I will go to see a scenic spot with you every day." ”

Yueyao said rarely: "If you go back a few days later, will Niu Yanghui and the two children be hungry?"

Mingzhu's expression was a little unnatural.

Yue Yao roughly guessed the reason why Mingzhu was in a hurry to go back, probably because she was not worried about Niu Yanghui, afraid that the woman would hook Niu Yanghui's heart and leave, Yue Yao didn't break it, just smiled and said: "This wind lotus garden is named because there are countless lotus flowers planted in it, but I don't know what the scenery is." ”

Mingzhu didn't want to sweep away Yueyao's interest, so she patiently accompanied Yueyao to talk, and when she arrived at the Wind Lotus Garden, several children were like birds out of the cage, and Yueyao had always been interested in the scenery of the Wind Lotus Garden.

The garden is full of towering trees, thick shade covers the sky, quite has the taste of deep mountains and old forests, the corridor, Xuan, pavilion and pavilion in the wind lotus garden are all built by the water, simple and elegant.

Mingzhu pointed to an open field and said, "Just over there!" The land was flat. ”

The maid took the bait and put it on, and then handed the fishing rod to Yueyao and Mingzhu, and the two of them didn't use a stool, they sat directly on the mat that was spreading, and in this picturesque place, Mingzhu also temporarily put aside the troubles in her heart.

After a long time, Mingzhu looked at the calm lake and said, "Is there no fish in this lake at all?" It's been a long time, and I haven't even caught the bait?"

Yue Yao glanced at Mingzhu: "Why has this impatient temperament not changed at all after so many years, wait slowly, the fish will always take the bait." ”

Mingzhu sat back patiently, and after a while, Mingzhu's hook moved, and just as Mingzhu was about to lift the fishing rod, he heard someone shouting loudly in the distance: "Mother, we are back." ”

Yue Yao looked at Mingzhu's fishing rod and smiled: "Your fish scared Brother Xu away." ”

Mingzhu lifted the pole up, the hook was empty, and the bait was gone: "Yueyao, Brother Xu'er is too loud, right?" No one saw it, but heard the sound first.

Yue Yao said helplessly: "You've been loud since you were a child, didn't you just know it today?" Hook your fish well, catch it, grill it, and eat it. ”

The spring breeze is blowing, the blue waves are flying, the sound of warblers is heard from time to time in the depths of the thick shade, coupled with the cheerful laughter of children, the scene is particularly warm.

Mingzhu sat on top of the thick blanket and said to Yueyao, "I haven't been so relaxed for a long time. ”

Yueyao asked, "What are you busy with every day?"

Mingzhu was silent for a long time, and then smiled bitterly: "yes, I don't even know what I'm busy with every day?" "Speaking of which, Yueyao has more things to do than her, and her situation is more difficult than her, but Yueyao is living so well, and what about her? Now I have wrinkles on my face and a few gray hairs.

Yue Yao didn't say much anymore, some things rely on yourself to think, and talking too much will backfire, Yue Yao helped Mingzhu up and said, "Let's go!" Let's go barbecue too!"

Mingzhu nodded.

Everyone was eating barbecue and eating deliciously, and a guard came over and said, "Madam, there is a group of people outside who said they want to come in and watch the scenery, but we won't let them, they are making a fuss there." ”

Mingzhu's face was not good-looking: "Won't you tell them that there are women here?" Generally, where there are female dependents, men should not come here.

The guard lowered his head and said, "I said it, but they insisted on breaking in, there were many of them, and our people couldn't resist it." ”

Yue Yao smiled: "I know that there are female dependents and dare to break in, this is not a good person." Yue Yao turned to Gu You beside her and said, "Go and talk to Xiang Wei, and take Brother Sheng and a few people over to have a look." ”

Mingzhu was a little puzzled: "Why do you want to take Brother Sheng a few people?" The child is so young, what if the fight hurts the child?"

Yue Yao didn't have this worry: "Where is it so easy to get hurt, and even if you get injured, it doesn't matter, the boy has to beat it more." ”

Mingzhu laughed: "I now know why Xiang Wei joked that you were the stepmother at that time, Kexin believed it, I look at you, you are really like a stepmother." "As far as Yueyao looks like, those who don't know the inside story must think it's the stepmother.

A group of people outside the Wind Lotus Garden, in fact, are all gentlemen, seeing that an unknown person wrapped up the garden, they wanted to come over to see who was so generous, of course, by the way, they could make trouble, but unfortunately they didn't see the real person, and they were beaten by fat.

Yueyao and Mingzhu didn't take the beating to heart, and when they were tired of playing outside, the group went back.

In the evening, a small guy outside staggered in and said, "Oh no, a group of people are outside, shouting and killing." ”

Mingzhu laughed angrily: "You dare to knock on the door? Come on, beat them up for me. "She has always been the only one who bullied others, and she has been bullied by others.

Not long after, Xiang Wei came in and said, "The one who took the lead was the nephew of Lord Zeng, the governor of Jiangnan, and now he has been tied up by me, what do you think of it?"

Mingzhu frowned, involving the governor of Jiangnan, this is really difficult to deal with.

Yue Yao said lightly: "Let their people go back to deliver the message, and let Lord Zeng himself come up to lead the people." ”

Mingzhu hesitated a little, it was only Lord Zeng's nephew who came to provoke, not Lord Zeng's parent, if this person came to apologize, would people buy it?

A smile appeared at the corner of Yue Yao's mouth: "Don't worry! Governor Zeng will come to the door to apologize. "My nephew is a straw bag, but Lord Zeng is not a straw bag, although the teacher is old, but he is full of friends, as long as this matter spreads to the capital, this surname Zeng can't eat and walk around.

Xiang Wei explained to Yueyao that Zeng Da was a gentleman, relying on an uncle who was a governor, bullying the weak and doing many evil things.

That night, Governor Zeng did not go to Dong's Mansion, and Yueyao didn't care, she accompanied the child to finish writing big characters and busy with her own affairs, and then went to bed.

Mingzhu came over and told Yueyao that this matter had to be taken precautions, Mingzhu was not afraid of this Governor Zeng, but there was a good saying, a strong dragon can't suppress the head snake, and it's always good to be more prepared.

Yue Yao nodded, and then said, "Mingzhu, it's inconvenient for you to meddle in this matter, and it will be complicated if you interfere in this matter." "Jiangnan officialdom is not monolithic, there are many factions, Niu Yanghui is the prefect of Suzhou, even if the background is hard, everything is not smooth.

At noon the next day, Governor Zeng came to the door with gifts to apologize.

Mr. Yushan didn't see Governor Zeng, but Yue Yao came forward on behalf of the teacher, Yue Yao looked at the domineering Governor Zeng, and her expression was very cold: "Yesterday, my nephew smashed the door of my teacher's house, I don't know what the governor said?"

Zeng Xunfu was very angry with his nephew, but he still had to smile on his face: "Mrs. An, don't worry, I will definitely let someone help fix it as soon as possible, this time it is all my nephew's fault, Mrs. An has any requests." ”

Yue Yao's face was very cold, and she said, "Forget the request, I just hope that the governor will discipline your nephew well in the future, and don't smash people's doors at every turn." After saying this, Yueyao picked up the teacup next to her.

Governor Zeng had a bad face, but everyone had already indicated that they were going to send off guests, and staying any longer would only be boring.

Governor Zeng's nephew has been locked up until yesterday evening, not only did he not enter the water, but he was not allowed to go to the toilet, and when he was brought out by the guards, his whole body was stinking and smoky, and when he saw Governor Zeng, the ghost cried wolf: "Uncle, help, uncle, help!"

Governor Zeng felt that his face had been lost.

Mingzhu waited for Governor Zeng to leave, then came out and said, "Yueyao, will Governor Zeng retaliate against you!" After all, Governor Zeng is in a high position, and the so-called strong dragon can't suppress the head snake.

Yue Yao smiled: "Don't worry! He didn't have the guts. "Jiangnan literary style is very prosperous, scholars are particularly respected, people like his teacher are even more respected, if Governor Zeng dares to retaliate against the teacher and her, it will be Governor Zeng who will not be able to eat and walk around, but not them, Governor Zeng can achieve such a high position, he knows what can be done and what cannot be done, of course, even if Governor Zeng retaliates, Yueyao is not afraid.

Mingzhu laughed: "I didn't know you were so bold!" If you say you are offended, you will be offended, and even I have to weigh it!"

Yue Yao smiled, she just asked Governor Zeng to pick up people, and she didn't do anything hurtful, what was there to be afraid of.

Mingzhu smiled and shook her head. "Where do you call the ignorant fearless, you call the fearless, when I don't know what you're thinking?" In Jiangnan, people like Mr. Yushan, who are admired by everyone, are all offered, who dares to offend, the nephew of the former governor is also a dumbfounder, so he will lead a group of people to smash the door of Mr. Yushan's house.