It is the spring of March, and the peach blossoms are like human faces.

The peach blossoms in the Weiyuan Marquis Mansion are blooming brightly, the peach red seems to be going to amaze the eyes, I don't know how many visitors have been attracted, and the admiration is endless, every March, the Weiyuan Marquis Mansion will also publish a post, please come and enjoy the flowers from the family with good relations between Beijing and China.

Mrs. Weiyuan Hou walked through the corridor with a group of servants, looked up at the peach blossoms in the courtyard this spring, but she didn't have much heart to appreciate it, remembering the news from her henchman Chen Anjia just now, she was indescribably irritable in her heart, and kept walking towards Rong'an Hall.

Rong'an Hall is the courtyard where the old lady of Weiyuan Marquis lived, since the old Weiyuan Marquis passed away, the eldest son of Weiyuan Marquis Mansion Chengjue, the old lady is middle-aged and widowed, so she moved to the most secluded Rong'an Hall in the house, and she does not ask about the world, and lives a widowed life. Wei Yuanhou couldn't bear the loneliness of his widowed mother, so he put the girl born in the mansion to the old lady and Cheng Huan's knees, and when she was older and knew the world, she sent her back to her respective mothers to raise her.

The girls from the Marquis of Weiyuan's mansion are very close to their grandmothers, and they also respect and obey their grandmothers very much.

When Mrs. Weiyuan Hou walked into the side hall of Rong'an Hall, the old lady was tired of being entangled by several granddaughters, and the green and tender little girls wearing a spring shirt were talking about the banquet in the Jiahua Eldest Princess's Mansion yesterday, and the voice was crisp and pleasant, speaking of the highlights, the sisters and sisters couldn't help laughing, and also teased the old lady again and again, and the surrounding maids and servants also pursed their lips and laughed.

One room.

Seeing this laughter, Mrs. Weiyuanhou barely suppressed the worries in her heart and said with a smile: "What are you children talking about, making your grandmother so happy." ”

When the girls saw her, they all got up to say goodbye, and one of the girls in green clothes who was held by the old lady was the most lively, and replied crisply: "Mother, we are telling grandmother about the interesting story of the banquet in the mansion of the eldest princess of Jiahua yesterday." ”

Mrs. Weiyuanhou listened with a smile, and when the girls had finished interjecting one by one, Fang said, "Okay, you should go back too, but don't disturb your grandmother's rest." ”

The old lady said angrily, "What are you doing to drive them? Their sisters and sisters talk and are happy, as soon as I see them, my heart is happy and happy, especially the Yi girl, what a wonderful mouth, yesterday I actually learned with the parrot in the eldest princess's house, I heard them say that the parrot was the most stunned by the Yi girl. ”

The girl is the girl in green who is sitting next to the old lady, named Li Mingyi, who is the daughter of the big house of the Marquis of Weiyuan, ranking seventh in the house, with beautiful appearance and lively personality, and is very loved by the old lady.

"This monkey, just one mouth can speak, even a parrot will not let go, be careful that the eldest princess is angry, let you accompany her parrot." Mrs. Wei Yuanhou said with a smile.

Li Mingyi pursed her lips and defended herself: "The eldest princess is not angry, she is happy." Then he talked about the reaction of the eldest princess at that time, and several sisters also accosted her, compared to Li Mingyi's liveliness and unrestrainedness, although the rest of the girls also laughed happily, they were somewhat restrained.

After talking for a while, the girls of the Marquis of Weiyuan Mansion got up and said goodbye with interest, and the maids and servants in the side hall also retreated with great eyes, leaving only the henchmen around the old lady except for the mother to serve by the side.

Except that my mother changed a cup of tea for the old lady and stepped aside to wait.

Mrs. Weiyuan Hou sat on the foot of the old lady's kang and said a little anxiously: "Mother, just now Chen An's family received news that Jin Yatou's convoy collided with King Jin at the post station outside the city. ”

The old lady's eyes, which were still smiling, instantly sharpened, gasped, and said in horror: "Collided with King Jin? What's going on? How could you ...... with that King of Jin?"

Mrs. Weiyuan Hou also had a sad face, and sighed: "Chen An's family said that the situation was urgent at that time, and the people who came to report were not very clear about the situation, and I heard that there was a mess there." The daughter-in-law is worried that if the King of Jin accidentally makes trouble, if the person on the Jin girl's side has a situation and accidentally collides with the King of Jin, she can ...... said, and she was also frightened. "Jin Ya hasn't been back to Beijing for the first few years, and the people around her are not familiar with the situation in Beijing, if something happens, isn't the fourth brother distressed?"

The old lady twisted her eyebrows, her face was tense, her heart was frightened and frightened, and after the fear, she was angry, and she hatefully pounded the kang table covered with colorful rich embroidered cushion cloth, and said hatefully: "I said earlier, that girl is just like her mother!" ”

Mrs. Weiyuan Hou lowered her head and did not participate in the comments.

After a while, the old lady was angry, regained her previous kind look, and asked, "When will the Jin girl arrive in Beijing?" ”

"According to the expected speed, Jin Yatou's convoy should enter Beijing in the evening. But now that such things have happened, I am not sure. Mrs. Wei Yuanhou replied.

The old lady nodded, called a maid Cuinong, and ordered: "Go and see if a few masters have returned, if they do, let them come over." ”

Cuinong curtsed and took the order, and after a while, several masters in the Weiyuan Marquis's mansion came in a hurry, the eldest lord Weiyuan Hou and the second master were still wearing official uniforms, it can be seen that they had just come back from the Yabu and had not had time to change their regular clothes, but the third and fifth masters were dressed in formal clothes, so it can be seen that they had just come back from outside.

Lao Weiyuanhou had a total of five sons and four daughters, of which three sons and one daughter were born by the old lady, and the rest were all concubines. The eldest son Li Jixian inherited the title of Marquis of Weiyuan, the second son Li Jichang likes elegance and has a spare post in Beijing, the fourth son Li Jiyao is now stationed at the border, and has not returned for more than ten years.

Today, several masters in the Weiyuan Marquis Mansion entered the door together, the time card is really a coincidence, the four brothers came back from the outside together, and when they met at the door, they couldn't help but smile at each other for this coincidence, and then they stepped into the house, and saw the maid next to the old lady hurriedly came over and invited them to Rong'an Hall. Thinking that there was something important, a few people didn't even change their clothes, so they came in a hurry.

It was indeed a major event, and the convoy of their fourth brother (fourth brother's) only daughter Li Mingjin returning to Beijing collided with the current King of Jin.

The four big men gasped at the same time, and their faces changed.

"How, how did you collide with King Jin? King Jin didn't kill the Jin girl, right? The second master said in surprise, and began to worry about his niece's life.

The third lord and the fifth lord did not speak, but there was worry and fright in their eyes, they were not worried about Li Mingjin's life and death, they were worried that the Weiyuan Marquis Mansion would be unlucky, maybe the King of Jin would be angry with the Weiyuan Marquis Mansion, and then they didn't know what kind of vicious means the King of Jin was going to play against the Weiyuan Marquis. Don't look at the current scenery of Weiyuan Marquis, but the inside is not as beautiful as the splendid scenery of a few generations ago, and it has declined from generation to generation, and they are now living with their tails between them, for fear that they will take away the title by making a mistake today, because it is not that there are no such examples, and they need to be warned.

"What nonsense!" Wei Yuanhou reprimanded, he had been the patriarch for more than ten years, and soon regained his composure, sorted out his thoughts, and asked, "What is the current situation?" Mingjin has nothing to do? ”

This matter was reported to Mrs. Weiyuanhou first, and Mrs. Weiyuanhou said with a bitter face: "The person who came back to report can't say clearly, I have asked the housekeeper to send someone to inquire again, it's okay if there is anything, if there is anything......"

Everyone understands the meaning of Mrs. Weiyuanhou's uncompetitive, so she doesn't say it at the moment.

The old lady twisted the Buddha beads in her hand and said slowly: "Let's take a look first, no matter who caused the matter, tomorrow we will send a post to the King of Jin in our house, and you will personally go to apologize to the ceremony, even if you don't apologize, you will also express your heart." ”

These words were said to Wei Yuanhou, Wei Yuanhou nodded, and was already thinking about the gift of Dao Lu's apology, what kind of gift can make King Jin not care about this matter. Of course, the most important thing is not to let the King of Jin not worry about the Marquis of Weiyuan, because judging from past experience, none of the people who are remembered by the King of Jin have good results.

The old lady sighed and continued: "The fourth child said in the letter a few years ago that the Jin girl is old, and it is time to discuss marriage, so as not to stay at the border for a long time and mistake the flower letter. This time, he ruthlessly asked Jin Yatou to come back for this matter, so that you as brothers and sisters-in-law would have to worry more, find her a good family, and it would not be in vain for him to work hard at the border. The girl of our Li family is naturally noble, but now that this kind of thing has happened, if it is rumored, I am afraid that no one will dare to carry it with King Jin, and the marriage of the Jin girl is also worried. ”

When they heard this, everyone frowned.

Mrs. Wei Yuanhou followed and said implicitly: "I'm afraid that the few candidates we originally selected for Jin Yatou are not suitable." As he spoke, he glanced at the old lady's calm face without a trace, I am afraid that these gentlemen still don't know that the old lady doesn't like this granddaughter very much, even if she is the old lady's favorite youngest son.

Wei Yuanhou and the second and fourth masters are brothers-in-law, in the end, they pity the youngest brother who is stationed at the border all the year round, and can't bear to be affected by his only child, so they said: "No matter what, the brocade girl is still good, this child is filial, and the fourth brother is not there, let's bother more." Then Wei Yuanhou said to his wife: "Mrs. take care of this matter, and when Mingjin comes back, take her around more." ”

Mrs. Wei Yuanhou agreed.

"Hey, no matter how bad King Jin's reputation is, he shouldn't embarrass a little girl, right?" The second master said with some optimism.

As soon as the second master's words fell, everyone couldn't help but glance at him, how could there be such a stupid and naïve person in Xindao? The people of the whole world know who the king of Lu Dao Jin is, and when the saint is angry today, he once pointed at him and scolded him for being "treacherous, cruel and vicious", and the father said so, so how can outsiders who have even seen his methods feel at ease?

Just when everyone was upset, the housekeeper received new news and rushed in to report.

I saw that the usually calm housekeeper was very unsteady this time, and even the bun on his head was crooked, and when he came in, he said in a trembling voice: "Yes, there is news, I heard that the person who came back reported that the King of Jin personally escorted the convoy of the five ladies to ask for the guilt." ”

It's like a bolt from the blue!