Baishoutang suddenly quieted, the old lady rubbed her temples, her face was full of exhaustion, when she was young, she was busy competing for favor, busy fighting with her aunts, busy consolidating her position, and when she was middle-aged, she was busy running around for her son's future, but now she is old but she still has to take care of these trivial matters, how can a woman's life be so hard?

Xiao Zhengwen looked at his mother, and the guilt in his heart became more and more serious, "Old lady, my son is not filial, so you have to worry about it." ”

"This man wants to live a quiet life when he is old, but the fire in this backyard is about to burn on my head, can I pretend not to see? Wen'er, isn't it time to set up a main room to appease people's hearts? The old lady's proposal made Xiao Zhengwen slightly surprised, yes, since Wuyu left, there has been a lack of a person in charge in this backyard, Aunt Wang took the initiative to take on the heavy responsibility, and he didn't take it to heart, now it's really careless to think about it, if you let the imperial history know, you will definitely be impeached, and now it's okay to have the old lady in charge, but she is old, how can she have so much experience to take care of these things? Thinking about the time when Wuyu was there, the people were full of praise for her, and now that she is gone, the backyard will be a mess.

"I wonder if the old lady has a suitable candidate?" Xiao Zhengwen was stunned for a long time before asking, it seemed that he was not willing to let someone else take Shangguan Wuyu's position.

"I originally thought that Aunt Wang would help her if she gave birth to a son, who knew that she was so difficult to be a big responsibility, only three years of housekeeping made the backyard jump, even Wuyu's dowry she had a bad mind, such a short-sighted person is really not suitable to be the housewife of the Xiao family, the second daughter-in-law has a fifth sister, this year is twenty years old, because of the filial piety to the mother for three years and missed the right marriage at the age suitable for the family, now in the boudoir, her father is the military department, the official residence of the third grade. I can't find fault with being a steproom. Although the old lady looked indifferent, Xiao Jing saw the calculation in her eyes, she has always been more partial to the second uncle's family, although she also loves Xiao Zhengwen, but her degree of favor is far less than that of his second son Xiao Zhengjie. Now that the sister-in-law of the second son's daughter-in-law is the steproom of the eldest son, the two sisters have become two concubines, which is indeed much easier to talk to.

"Everything is arranged by the old lady." Xiao Zhengwen agreed verbally. But in his heart, he was reluctant, he would rather have a few more concubines than another wife.

It was late at night, but Xiao Jing was still sitting by the window, thinking about the old lady's words, she couldn't help but feel a little sad, she always thought that the old lady loved her, until today, her calculating eyes. What does she calculate, what does it have to do with the main room, and what does it have to do with the sister of the second uncle's wife.

"Jing'er ......" Xiao Zhengwen stood outside the door, slightly drunk, he rarely drinks, how can he be drunk alone today?

"Daddy......" Xiao Jing hurriedly greeted him, helped him into the house, and poured him some tea to sober up.

"Jing'er, will you blame your father for agreeing to the old lady......" He didn't say the next words, but looked at Xiao Jing with guilt.

"Dad, I don't blame you, my mother has been dead for three years, how can there be a lack of a housewife in the backyard of this town's mansion, my daughter doesn't expect anything else, I only hope that the mother who marries in the future can take care of you for me, and when you are old in the future, there is also someone who will be by your side all the year round, if she can really stay by your side wholeheartedly, it is not an exaggeration for me to call her a mother." Xiao Jing's tone is gentle, and her eyes are sincere.

Xiao Zhengwen patted Xiao Jing's hand, "In the past few years since your mother died, I have snubbed you." After Shangguan Wuyu died, he never came to this courtyard again, devoted himself to official business, he deeply remembered that there was once such a gentle and quiet woman standing stupidly outside the door every day waiting for him to come home, making a pot of tea for him, cooking a few small dishes for him, and the two husbands and wives talked about wine, warm and peaceful.

But since the old lady took over a few aunts, she no longer has a quiet smile on her face, but day by day more and more sorrowful, day by day more and more snub him, until she turns a blind eye, no longer warm and calm, no longer drink and talk, she no longer makes tea, no longer cooks vegetables, is much closer to the slaves than to herself, and soon after she gave birth to Xiao Jing, since then there is only a daughter in her eyes, and there is no longer him as a husband, the two respect each other like guests, and the bed and pillow are free.

He went to his aunt's room every day, wanting to stimulate her with this, but she was still gentle and calm, faint, no reaction, not noisy or noisy, only for the good of her daughter, even if the aunt came to the door for training and sneering, she was still as calm as ever, "This man, you are rare, take it." I Shangguan Wuyu don't care. Just this sentence stung him, and she actually said that she didn't care, huh...... Not care.

"Daddy once upon a time, did you love my mother?" Xiao Jing knew that it was not appropriate to talk to her father about this topic, but she just wanted to know, she just wanted to ask a word for Shangguan Wuyu and get a real answer.

Unexpectedly, Xiao Zhengwen looked at Xiao Jing seriously, "I have met many women in my life, and the only one I love is your mother." His affirmative tone made Xiao Jing feel a lot more comfortable, in this polygamous society, it may be a happy thing to have a man who talks about you every day.

Aunt Wang hasn't attacked Xiao Jing in the past few years, one of the reasons is probably because of Xiao Zhengwen. Although he didn't care much about Mantuoyuan, if Xiao Jing died, Xiao Zhengwen was afraid that he would definitely investigate it thoroughly, and he couldn't bear the pain of losing his beloved and beloved daughter.