Liang Guogong Mansion, Hanlian Garden.

The current Duchess of Liang Guo Li sat on the soft couch in the living room, wearing a brilliant embroidered silk stone blue arm gown, a sixteen horse-faced skirt with red embroidered phoenix wearing peonies, and the shoes under her feet were also red peony high-soled shoes, with a high bun, a full set of jewelry with gold silk inlaid emeralds, a phoenix hairpin bracelet, and even a gorgeous inlaid treasure ring on both hands, all of which were complicated and exquisitely made, gorgeous and rich, taking advantage of the delicate makeup on the face, highlighting a slightly rich, round and jade rich and beautiful woman.

At this time, Mrs. Li leaned on an autumn-scented brocade pillow, holding a colorful porcelain chicken bowl cup in her hand, but she didn't drink it, but listened to the henchman Qian Shi next to her report on the matter ahead: "...... Mrs. Hou was also awarded the county lord of Anning, with five hundred foods. ”

"County Lord?" Li sat up straight and glared at Qian and asked.

Qian glanced at the Li family, nodded and said, "Yes, but it's just a nominal second-grade title, and it shouldn't be anything." It's that her Mrs. Hou is one level worse than the Duchess of the Kingdom! ”

Li Shi stared straight at Qian, waited for her to finish, and sneered: "What you said is light, the second grade county lord...... That's a royal title that is not a clan title, since the founding of the country, can you see which non-clan woman has been sealed? Not to mention the county lord, even the county monarch and the township monarch do not have one! ”

Qian Shi looked at Li's expression, and saw that although she was harsh, there was not much anger on her face, but put down the teacup in her hand and slowly stood up, knowing that although Li Shi was not in her heart, she was not too annoyed. A widow from the countryside, one has no dependence, the other has no identity, what about a small second-grade county lord? Still can't serve her mother-in-law?

Hmph, although, she can't wait to be an eyesore without such a 'daughter-in-law', only her son is the best. But since there is no way to change the status quo, she is a mother-in-law, and it is normal to regulate and teach her daughter-in-law.

Does the daughter-in-law have the ability not to listen to her? Wow, a complaint to the yamen, don't say that you are a nominal county lord, even a princess, and you can't bear the notoriety of disobeying your mother-in-law and unfilial elders! When the time comes, abandonment is only the most basic one, and it will take eighty thousand miles of cane, and you can even ask for beheading!

Just such a mediocre and helpless country woman, does she dare?

Determined that Qiu Chen would definitely be a man with his tail between his legs, Mrs. Li's expression softened a little, Shi Shiran walked to the dresser, and was served by the combing lady and the girls, and evened the Fu powder on her face, checked the ornaments on her head, and even the small folds on her clothes were reorganized, until a girl came to report and said that Grandpa Guo had gone to the front hall, so Shi Shiran got up and took her most confidant mother-in-law Qian and Sun, as well as four beautiful and slender girls Pearl, jasper, amber, and coral out to the front hall.

Qiu Chen followed Qin Zheng out of Wutong Garden, and in order to save time, he still made a sedan chair carried by his mother-in-law, and only took Chen, Yufeng, and Chengying with two girls, and hurried all the way to the front hall of the main courtyard.

The main courtyard is located on the central axis of the entire Liang Guo Mansion, from the Wutong Garden in the east, it is farther than the Hanlian Garden. Of course, there is a reason why the location of the Sycamore Garden is a little bit off, but the main reason is that the Sycamore Garden itself is large, twice as large as the Hanlian Garden, and it also has a unique and ingenious garden, so that the distance is almost doubled.

After walking for nearly two quarters of an hour, through the verandah pavilion with flowers and trees and ancient trees, the group finally came to a house with magnanimity and regulation.

Dropped off the sedan chair outside the courtyard gate, Qin Zheng got off the sedan chair, turned around, stretched out his hand to help Qiu Chen out of the sedan chair, his eyes swept over her, and said with a smile: "You look so good today......

Qiu Chen was stunned and glared at him with disgust, this person is really ...... is usually serious and doesn't smile, but now she went to this kind of place to flirt, isn't this a crime for her!

However, it was obvious that Qiu Chen's stare did not have much deterrent effect at all, but instead pleased Qin Zheng. I saw him drag her hand, hook the corners of his lips, and chuckle with a hint: "Follow me!" ”

Qiu Chen involuntarily let him drag his hand inside, and while raising his feet and stepping, he secretly took a deep breath to stabilize his mood.

The ugly daughter-in-law still wants to see her in-laws, not to mention that although she can't be called stunning, she can't be called ugly. Besides, when I just received the order, I had already seen Qin Xiuyi's cheap father-in-law. He has already seen the elders of the real brand, although Mrs. Li is a mother-in-law, but after all, the name is not right, and she does not need to rely on the support of the Guogong Mansion to live, and Qin Zheng does not expect to inherit the title of Duke of Liang...... The husband and wife don't want anything at all, it doesn't matter if they don't ask for anything, what's so scary?

After the construction of his heart was done, Qiu Chen had already walked into the main courtyard with Qin Zheng and came to the door of the hall.

The hall of the Guogong Mansion is naturally built the most magnificent atmosphere, the tall imitation palace system, in addition to the royal exclusive heavy eaves glazed top and the corner of the beast, the style hall of the nine-ridge hall of the canopy is located on the bluestone steps with a glowing glow, the corridor is five rooms wide, four and a half rooms deep, there are two ear rooms on the left and right, there are three wing rooms in the east and west, the whole courtyard is a three-sided building, the quadrangle building pattern with the courtyard hall gatehouse, there are no scattered flowers and plants in the courtyard, only two tall osmanthus trees have become a hug thickness, the tree cover of the pavilion is lush and verdant, Although it has not yet reached the season of golden cinnamon fragrance, only the green shade and the tall and thick tree trunks add an irreplaceable heaviness to the entire courtyard.

Qiu Chen didn't care about appreciating and appreciating these at this time, he only carried his full spirit, but he maintained a gentle and obedient appearance and stood half a step behind Qin Zheng, hanging his head slightly, his eyes did not let go of the scrutinizing gaze cast by a god-in-law girl at the door, and his heart was slightly sneering, looking at people without scruples, just because these people didn't take her seriously? I'm afraid it's more than this, if the rules are strict and the rules are thorough, how can the girls be so presumptuous?

After a turn of thought, the maiden at the door had already bent her knees unevenly in greeting: "I've seen the uncle and grandmother!" ”

Qin Zheng raised his hand slightly, glanced back at Qiu Chen, and walked into the hall with three doors wide open.

Qin Zheng walked through the east gate, fortunately, Qiu Chen did not forget the guidance of the two teachers and the reminder of Chen and others, on formal occasions, men and women did not pass through the same door, just like the military generals of the previous dynasty, at this time, men go to the main gate for respect, and women are humble, so they can only go to the side door. Among them, the main room takes the east side door, and the side room and concubine can only go through the west door.

At that time, Zhilu Dao actually had such a rule, which really made Qiu Chen dumbfounded. The hierarchical rules of this era are really everywhere! It was precisely because she was so surprised that she remembered it more clearly, and she didn't follow Qin Zheng to the main gate because of a moment of nervousness.

With a smile on the smiling women, the Chen family and Yufeng Chengying stayed outside the door, Qiu Chen lifted the corner of his skirt, Shi Shiran raised his right foot, stepped over the threshold of the east side door, and walked into the hall of the Liang Guogong Mansion.

There was a man and a woman sitting in the hall, and the man was Qin Xiuyi, the Duke of Liang Guogong, whom Qiu Chen had just met; The woman's makeup is heavy, the clothes are gorgeous and dazzling, people can hardly see the real age, only from the relaxation of the body muscles about her thirties, she is sitting upright on the right side of the head, a pair of eyes are cold with the taste of contempt, without any scruples to look at Qiu Chen who walked into the hall step by step from head to toe.

On each side are three pairs of chairs in the early fours, all of which are also full. Behind Qin Xiuyi and his wife and behind the people on both sides of the audience stood many people who were looking forward to it, but at this moment, Qiu Chen couldn't take a closer look, Qin Zheng was already standing in the hall in front of him, and he was turning his head to look at her.

Walking a step to Qin Zheng's right side to stand still, the two mothers-in-law stepped forward and put down two brocade mats in front of the two of them. Qin Zheng glanced at her, and then knelt down with the corner of his robe.

When he first arrived, he was very unaccustomed to kneeling and resistant, but after more than three years of familiarity, Qiu Chen was also accustomed to these cumbersome etiquettes. People are always like this, and they get used to doing it, and they don't feel uncomfortable.

What's more, no matter what the two people in front of them say, they are also Qin Zheng's elders, and she should be respectful as a daughter-in-law, as for the way of salutation, bowing and kneeling, it is just a difference in etiquette and customs, but she doesn't find it too difficult to accept.

Kneeling beside Qin Zheng, Qiu Chen looked at Qin Zheng's movements and kowtowed.

Qin Zheng stood up after bowing, and Qiu Chen, as the bride, had to offer tea and recognize his relatives.

A girl brought a cup of tea with a tray, Qiu Chen looked at the teacup that didn't use the tray, and carefully pulled out a tooth-white plain cocoon silk handkerchief from his cuffs, held up the teacup, and respectfully raised his hands in front of Qin Xiuyi: "Please father use tea!" ”

After meeting in the morning, Qiu Chen's proper manners and appropriate clothing made Qin Xiuyi's original disgust and rejection of Qiu Chen in his heart have faded, coupled with the emperor's blue eyes and holy family, as well as his son's face, he naturally won't give his daughter-in-law an ugly look at this time, and took the teacup with a pleasant face, and his eyes caught a glimpse of the handkerchief that Qiu Chen used to pad his hands, and showed a little appreciation.

It's just that as soon as his hand touched the teacup, it was a shake, and then he put the teacup on the middle table, turned around and covered the surging anger in his eyes, changed his smile, and said approvingly: "Even the emperor praises you for being wise and graceful, gentle and virtuous, you are now in the Qin family, and you must take the Qin family as the most important ......."

With a few words, it was more like relief to say that it was a teaching, and even Qin Zheng couldn't help but look up at Qin Xiuyi when he listened, revealing a touch of surprise and contemplation.

Qiu Chen agreed, and took a tray that Chen held in from outside, and there was a set of two pairs of knitted silk cotton socks and a pair of blue satin embroidered mille-feuille shoes, which were held in front of Qin Xiuyi with both hands, Qin Xiuyi looked at the neatly folded socks, and showed a slight look of surprise, but he didn't say much, and motioned to the mother-in-law behind him to take it with a pleasant face, and then took a red purse and put it on the tray.

Qiu Chen handed the tray and purse to Chen, and kowtowed respectfully, before getting up with Qin Xiuyi's voice.

Another mother-in-law came and moved the mat in front of Li, and Qiu Chen knelt down as if he were bowing to the ground, but instead of kowtowing to the ground, but 'empty head', that is, his hands on the ground, and his forehead and hands touching the ground, which was a lighter salute in kneeling and bowing.

Although the Li family is the main room, it is only the step-room, as the eldest son and eldest daughter-in-law of the original match of the main room, Qiu Chen should bow to the step-mother-in-law of the Li family, but the etiquette does not have to be the most important, the etiquette of 'empty head' is enough with only form and no substance.

After the empty salute, Qiu Chen raised his upper body calmly, took the tea cup from the girl's hand and handed it to the Li family. This time, Qiu Chen was still holding a handkerchief, and the temperature of his tentacles made Zhi Yan say, it was boiling water and tea, and it might even be a boiled cup...... If she hadn't been wearing a handkerchief, she would have been afraid that she would be unable to help but throw it out as soon as her hand touched the teacup.

Holding the cup with both hands, not above his head, but at the level of his forehead, Qiu Chen said respectfully: "Please have tea with Madame!" ”

Qin Zheng just called Mrs., so she wouldn't disobey Qin Zheng to call her mother!

The expression on Mrs. Li's face was cold, and then she elegantly adjusted her sideburns and slowly spoke: "The heart is still the first face, and it is even decorated." Once the surface is not decorated, it will be dirty; Once the heart does not think of good, evil enters it......"

The hot temperature of the tea cup has been transmitted to the fingers through the thin handkerchief, but Li Shi opened his mouth at length, and actually memorized the "Female Training", Qiu Chen blinked his eyes, resisted the urge to smash the tea cup in his hand on the other party's face, and pursed the corners of his lips, I endure!

“…… Use the ctenophora to think about the reason of the heart; The upset thinks about the righteousness of its heart; The sideburns are also thinking about the whole of their hearts. Li finally finished reciting "Women's Training", and after a little effort, he didn't come over to pick up the teacup.

Qiu Chen was willing to let her continue to ramble, and said respectfully: "What Madam taught me is that I wrote it down. In the future, I will take my wife as a model and abide by it. ”

As he spoke, he ignored Li's blue face and was about to speak again, and when he turned around, he instructed the girl who handed the tea: "This tea is already cold, and the lady is precious, how can she drink this cold tea?" Why don't you go and change the hot tea! ”

The girl blushed in embarrassment, peeked at Li, and didn't know whether to take the teacup.

Qiu Chen simply stood up and said coldly to the girl, "Are you thinking about letting Mrs. drink cold tea and hurt your body?" What is this......

This crime is too serious, if it is implemented, it can only be recognized if it is killed, the girl was so frightened that her face changed, and she hurriedly stepped forward to take the tea cup in Qiu Chen's hand, and she didn't dare to say that the tea cup was still hot, let alone look at Li's already blue face, so she only hung her head and hurriedly retreated to change the tea.

The daughter-in-law served tea, and actually stopped halfway to change tea, not to mention the capital, even the entire Daming Kingdom has never been out. It's really fresh, yes.

Because of such a fresh play, in the huge hall, there were dozens of people sitting or standing, who were originally humming and talking in a low voice, but they all closed their mouths and paid attention with great interest, looking at the Li family who was almost unable to hold back their anger, and then looked at the new daughter-in-law Yang who was indifferent and respectful, and stood on the side of the Li family with her head down, extremely enthusiastic and expectant.

"Madame is an elder and an old man, and her health is important, Yang has the courage to ask Madame, and everything in the future will be based on your body. If there is a treasure in the family, you will take care of your body and live a long and healthy life, which is the blessing of our younger generations! Qiu Chen bowed his body and persuaded respectfully, and after a brief pause at this point, he said, "The Yang family is new to the city, and I don't know the habits of my wife, although I am dedicated to thinking about my wife's body, it is inevitable that there will be inconsiderate, and I hope that my wife will not be too indulgent, teach and guide more, and it is up to my wife to beat or scold, I just hope that I can honor the second elder and not waste the grace of my wife's teaching!" ”

After saying these words, Li's face almost turned red, white and blue, and almost suffocated into the background color of the pot, and the thick Fu powder couldn't hide the color of the iron blue.

At this time, the girl hurriedly took the teacup and turned back, Qiu Chen knelt down meticulously again, took the teacup in his hand, raised his hands to the eyebrow-level position, and said respectfully: "Madam, please use tea!" This tea daughter-in-law tentacles are warm and slightly hot, just right, please rest assured that Mrs. will use it! ”

Li Shi stared at the woman kneeling in front of him, his lips trembled, and it took a long time for a word to burst out: "You...... Hum! ”

actually snorted coldly, stood up suddenly, and walked away angrily!

When!

With a crisp sound of porcelain falling to the ground, the tea cup in Qiu Chen's hand was swept to the ground by the sleeve thrown off by Li. Qiu Chen was startled, looked up blankly and followed the back of the Li family, turned his head, looked at Qin Zheng, and then looked at Qin Xiuyi aggrievedly, and called: "Father! ”

"Alas," Qin Xiuyi sighed, and couldn't say anything, so he could only open his eyes and say nonsense, "Your mother is weak, so she can't support it for a while...... Get up! ”

"Madame is sick? So I'm going to wait? Qiu Chen got up casually, and the expression on his face turned to anxious and worried.

Qin Xiuyi looked at her and shook her head, swallowed a full sigh, and said, "You better recognize your clan relatives first!" …… Madame's illness is Shen Ke, it's not a big deal, and you don't care too much! ”

Qiu Chen lowered his head and turned around, Qin Zheng had already come to her side, leading her to the many relatives and clansmen who were sitting and standing.

Several uncles, aunts, cousins, and younger brothers and sisters, worshiped or recognized them in a circle, and got twenty or thirty red envelopes to meet the gift, and she also gave more clothes to meet the gift.

Fortunately, these people Qiu Chen are all customized from the embroidery workshop, and the elders are all a set of silk storage clothes. The juniors and juniors are simple, the male is a jade pendant, and the female is a golden hairpin, which does not lose a share and does not cost much.

Qiu Chen was dizzy after a round of salutes, but his brain was not completely confused. To her surprise, Qin Zheng's younger brother from the Li family was not there. That kid is more than ten years old, and he is a little adult in this era, why didn't he come to this occasion?

Seeing Qiu Chen's doubtful eyes, Qin Zheng helped her and said in a low voice: "The sixth child is studying in Guozijian, and today is the tenth exam." ”

Qiu Chen nodded slightly, and calmly followed Qin Zheng to Qin Xiuyi's head to stand.

Qin Xiuyi was happy first and then angry today. No matter what the daughter-in-law is, the saint is prosperous, and she has a very rare identity as a county lord, which has almost covered up the flaws of her previous background. This made him happy and in a good mood.

Who knew that Lu Dao saluted a tea, and the Li family actually secretly did his hands and feet, and using such a hot tea cup to serve tea was definitely not something that a girl would dare to do. It's not enough to use a hot teacup, but it's stupid to teach the new daughter-in-law a lesson in front of so many people in the whole clan, especially in front of the eldest son Qin Zheng. Wouldn't this make the eldest son even more alienated from the Qin State Mansion?

Such a stupid woman was grabbed by her daughter-in-law, knocked and beaten, and lost face, and finally didn't even want a little face, and threw away regardless of the situation......

How could he have been blind and married such an idiot in the first place!

At this time, seeing that the daughter-in-law had finished visiting, the Li family was supposed to come forward to preside over the clan dinner, but the Li family threw away his hand, and even the mother-in-law and girl with the Li family also left, leaving him with a master and a few concubines......

With a flash of inspiration in his mind, Qin Xiuyi opened his mouth and said to Qiu Chen: "Old man, Madame is sick, she has worked a lot for your wedding these days, and now she can't hold it anymore." Now that you've returned home, take care of the affairs of this house, and I'll ask Madame to send you the card book......"

"Father......" Qiu Chen also pointed to moving to Jingbei Houfu to live his own small life, where would he be willing to take over the mess of the Liangguo Mansion, and without waiting for Qin Xiuyi to finish speaking, he opened his mouth to interrupt.

It's just that without waiting for her to say anything, Qin Zheng beside her spoke: "Father, Mr. Mu is conditioning Yang's body, and you also know that his son is close to ......."

When Qin Xiuyi saw Qin Zheng speak, he thought that this eldest son would not give him face at this time and offered to move out, but he didn't expect that Mr. Mu would recuperate Yang's body. Naturally, the purpose of conditioning Yang's body is to get pregnant as soon as possible, so as to spread the branches and leaves for the Qin family...... It's a top priority, and nothing compares to it.

So, Qin Xiuyi didn't care about his son and daughter-in-law interrupting his unreasonableness, and nodded happily, even with a gratifying whisker: "Well, what you say is reasonable, just rely on you, let the Yang family take care of the body first." As for the ...... of the family"

Qin Xiuyi's gaze swept across the face of Tian's eldest son-in-law, and it seemed that she didn't see the expectation and eagerness in Tian's eyes at all, and finally fell on a woman in her thirties standing beside her: "Wanyi, in this situation, you have to suffer a little, so take care of the affairs of the mansion first!" ”

Qiu Chen looked over with some curiosity, and saw that the woman in a silver and red gown smiled gently and responded generously. This demeanor and bearing are even more dignified and virtuous than the Li family's main room, such a person actually wronged himself to be a concubine, looking at this age, it should be more than ten years, right? More than ten years of hard work have not overturned the Li family, allowing Qin Xiuyi to straighten himself ......

Qiu Chen thought about these things, and Chen whispered beside him: "This surname is Xu, she is the third aunt, and the third master and the second and fourth ladies are all from Aunt Xu. ”

It turned out to be this ...... This Aunt Xu was still accepted when Qin Zheng's mother was there, and she was Qin Zheng's mother's dowry girl, who was originally just a big girl in the room, and later because she gave birth to a concubine, Qin Zheng's mother was the master of raising the aunt...... Generally, the dowry girl is not much younger than the young lady, that is to say, this woman who looks like she is in her thirties should be in her forties...... This appearance is really well maintained.