In the picture, there is a group of girls swimming in the lake in the early summer morning, with a smile on their faces like the morning sun hitting the lake and rippling, vigorous and refreshing, which makes people feel happy. However, when I looked at the lower right corner of the painting, I saw a big shadow, and there was a woman standing in the shadow, but the bun showed that she was a married woman, and the woman's face was gloomy, and her eyes looked at the girls who were playing, which seemed to bring out endless worries.

An Geun looked back at her husband, and finally lost in his mocking gaze, and muttered, "Shouldn't you think about life?" ”

Mr. Min smiled and said to the creature in front of him, whose short hair was still a little sparse, and could barely be called a girl, "Say, what do you want to ask?" ”

"Sir, what is a second room?" An Geun is as good as a stream.

Mr. Min thought for a while, and replied: "Daqi Law, the special government can marry one or two rooms for the record, and the dowry can have private property, and his children can be recognized as their mothers, and they can ask for a seal for their mothers, but they are still concubines." ”

"Marry?!" An Jin was startled, she remembered that only concubines can use the word marry, and the others are concubines, so she couldn't help but wonder, "Isn't this a kind of folk wife?" The princes have no two concubines, so how should the wives deal with themselves? ”

"Women are different, and those who are at peace are dealt with." Mr. Min said, "However, the noble family rarely marries a second house, which is easy to cause chaos in the family internally, and is criticized externally, which affects the reputation of the family and makes it difficult for the children of the family to get married." That's why you don't know. Usually, the second room mentioned by the world is not the official second room for the official record, and they are all concubines. ”

An Geun continued: "In this case, why did the officials list this law?" Why? ”

Mr. Min pulled the corners of his mouth slightly, and said with a sarcastic smile: "This is because of Feng Yichen, a famous minister of the former dynasty, who is a capable minister and is deeply loved by Emperor Wen." In the early years, the queen mother gave marriage to the lord of Danhua of the Huai Wang family, but Feng Yichen already had a fiancée in his family, so he married together, and the original fiancée was the second room. ”

Scumbag! Sure enough, the ancient scumbags were all the same! It's just that this scumbag has opened up a new law and made a case for countless scumbags to follow.

Mr. Min looked at An Jinyuan's staring eyes and felt quite amused: "There are a lot of miscellaneous records of this person's deeds, you can read them yourself if you are interested." ”

What's so good about scumbags and scumbags. An Jin complained, watching the integration of two rooms, or a house fight? But in this way, it is no wonder that Liu Jiaken asked Liu Huanzhu to make a second room for Brother Lobby, except for the children who came out, there is no difference in others. The title of Marquis of Zhongyi is almost gone, and if there is no question of inheritance, it is not so important whether you are a concubine or not. And the sister-in-law in the lobby only has a daughter and no children, so it's really hard to say what will happen in the future. But even so, I'm afraid this matter will not be so easy to understand, and the old lady may take it for granted. The news from the Jin family hasn't come yet, and things must not be good. Old lady, this is trying to cut first and then play!

After class, An Jin did not go back to the house directly, but went to Ruan Anmei's courtyard to listen to the rain pavilion.

The little girl Cuiye welcomed An Jin into the house, but saw Ruan Anmei copying scriptures at the table. Seeing An Jin coming in, he put down the brush and got up to greet him: "Seventh sister, I guess you will come over." It was also my negligence that I failed to send Xiaoyahuan to tell you in advance. Makes you worried. Then he told Yahuan to sit down, and he took An Jin and sat down.

An Geun sat down before replying, "Well, it's okay. It's just that I saw that my sister didn't go to the church, and I wanted to come over to see my sister, but my sister was unwell? ”

Ruan Anmei smiled and shook her head: "That's not true, it's just that less than two weeks is the time for my mother to go to Baiyun Temple to worship the Buddha, last month I was talking about copying two volumes of scriptures for offering, and various things delayed a lot of time some time ago, thinking that it would be good to make up for it recently." ”

An Geun was speechless for a while, but still expressed her admiration for the pious girl in front of her. The two exchanged pleasantries for a while, and An Geun took his leave.

Originally, after seeing the pious girl's concentrated copying of the scriptures, An Jin's heart became a little more worried. However, it didn't take two days to settle down, and the news that Xue Ya brought back blew her up again.

"Some time ago, Miss Liu Jiabiao often looked for Miss Four. Mrs. Liu's uncle also looked for Miss Four a few times. When the maid saw that her cousin talked about the Liu family, she was very angry, and heard that the uncle's wife and Miss Biao often rewarded the fourth lady's maid. Once Sister Cuiye helped the young master deliver something to the fourth miss, and the fourth miss was angry for a while. "Cuiye is a third-class maid ring of Ruan Anmei. A few short sentences, but they contain a lot of information. An Geun has never allowed Yahuan to add oil and vinegar, so their replies are usually concise and to the point, and only the key points are said and judged by An Geun herself.

After hearing this, An Jin's face was ugly. The Liu family, the Liu family, is really bold. After this matter hit the third sister's idea, seeing that it was not good to bite, did you turn her head to the fourth sister?! Is this the rhythm of the whole family to rely on the Ruan family? Dare to send things blatantly!

An Geun was so angry that she walked back and forth in the room a few steps. Something wasn't right, though, and she stopped. That kind of fly-like thing, dare to make an idea, just shoot it back, although Ruan Anmei has a slightly soft temperament, but not anyone can pinch it. According to her usual temperament, she will never let the eldest lady of the Liu family, Qian and Liu Huanzhu, harass her repeatedly, could it be that the mother and daughter of the Liu family did something to make Ruan Anmei suffer?

When she suddenly flashed in her mind in the morning, when she told Xue Ya to inquire about Ruan Anmei's news, Qi Hong was also on the side, and her expression seemed to be a little strange at that time, remembering Qi Hong's background, she ordered Xue Ya to ask her to wait for Qi Hong to come back and call her over for questioning.

Qi Hong is An Jin's eldest maid, assisting the housekeeper Mama Li in managing the affairs of the yard, including the distribution of duties among the maids-in-law, the arrangement of affairs in the house, and the help she take care of the gifts and gifts. Another big girl, Huan Biluo, mainly helps An Jin manage her property and clothing warehouse, and is responsible for An Jin's daily life.

Although An Geun was dressed in, he also did all the affairs very seriously, including various income and expenditure statements, personal records, and property lists, all of which were clear. Even the most stable second lady, Ruan Antan, couldn't help but sigh once: "I really can't see that our seventh sister has such a scoundrel temperament, but it is also extremely appropriate." ”

Qi Hong is also the son of the Hou Mansion, and was given to An Jin's personal attendant by the old lady when she was a child, and her grandmother was a housekeeper next to the old lady. It's just that Qi Hong has been waiting for An Jin for many years, and has always been very safe, thinking about An Jin everywhere, and has never done anything unfavorable to An Jin, so An Jin does not regard it as an eyeliner planted by the old lady.

Qi Hong went to Shou'an Hall to bring snacks to the old lady in the afternoon at the order of An Jin, and soon came back, and heard that An Jin had found her, so she waited in the courtyard early for An Jin to come back from class. Seeing An Jin coming back, he instructed Xue Ya to make tea for An Jin while serving An Jin back to her room.

An Jin went back to the room in addition to the thin brocade cloak outside, cleaned his hands, and then picked up the tea and took a sip slowly. After a long time, he raised his head and looked at the fourteen or fifteen-year-old Yahuan who was wearing a lotus blue embroidered cotton skirt in front of him, with a delicate face and drooping eyes, and said: "Qi Hong, this tobacco leaf is fragrant and good, it's the first new tea this summer, right?" ”

Qi Hong listened to this, and replied very respectfully: "Yes, Miss, it is the newly made tea from Yunye Village, which has just been delivered, and now that it has passed, the old lady knows that Miss likes it, so she specially instructed the maid to bring some over for Miss to taste, and if she likes it, bring some more." There was no slackness in the tone because the seventh lady who asked was young.

An Jin smiled and said suddenly: "Mama Zhu is good for this body?" I heard that I felt a cold a while ago, and Mrs. Liu's uncle went to visit it in person. "Mama Zhu is Qi Hong's grandmother, the old lady's roommate, and later married someone in the house and became the old lady's housekeeper. But Mama Zhu still has many relatives working in Liu's Mansion.

An Jin didn't pay much attention to this relationship before, but this is only recently when the Liu family president came out to brush up the zài feeling, and An Jin re-cleared it.

When Qi Hong heard the question, she knelt down with a puff and said, "The maid grandmother is already well, and the maid and grandmother thank you for your kindness." ”

An Jin watched her suddenly kneel, not the slightest surprise, but said, "What? I didn't say anything, what are you doing? After a pause, he added, "Or do you have something to tell me?" ”

Qi Hong bit her lip, as if she had made up her mind, and said loudly: "The maid does have something to tell Miss, the day before yesterday, I heard Miss ask about Miss Four, and the maid knows something, but there is no real evidence, and I have never dared to chew the root of my tongue in front of Miss." It's just a matter of importance, the maid thought, it is better to let the young lady know, whether it is true or not, the young lady will decide. ”

Although An Jin is young, Qi Hong, who serves An Jin day and night, knows that this young lady often seems to play cards according to common sense on the outside, sometimes with a hammer in the east and a hammer in the west, it seems to be extremely capricious and nonsense, but in fact, it is the most successful. Under her nose, the best thing is to do things in a prudent manner, and you must not make your own decisions about something, otherwise it is very easy to die, for example, she and the big girl in front of Biluoyuan are in Yunnanhong.

An Geun didn't say anything, just nodded and motioned for her to continue.

"A while ago, the maid's grandmother was sick and rested at home for a few days, and the maid also took leave to go home to visit her, but I happened to hear the maid's aunt and grandmother in Liu's house talking, talking about the fourth lady. The uncle and grandmother were obviously instructed by the Liu family, begged the grandmother for help, and spoke for the young master of the Liu family in front of the old lady, saying that the young master and the fourth lady were childhood sweethearts, and they had a very good relationship, and they must be a good couple. And the fourth miss seems," Qi Hong gritted her teeth, and it seemed extremely difficult to speak, "It seems that through the hands of the fifth miss and Miss Liu Jiabiao, she has sent a lot of things used by Miss Liu Jiabiao to Young Master Liu Jiabiao." ”

An Geun stood up from his chair suddenly, his heart flushed with anger. She endured and endured, reluctantly calmed down, and sat back in her chair. Saying that she has given a lot of things used by Miss Boudoir, she believes that Ruan Anmei must not have done it, I am afraid that Ruan Antong was used. Ruan Anmei is good at embroidery, usually on the birthday of her sisters, Ruan Anmei likes to embroider some chic little things to give to her sisters, Ruan Antong naturally has a lot there. And Liu Huanzhu is the best at coaxing Ruan Antong, and it is easy to get those things.

The Great Qi Dynasty is not like the ancient dynasties in history, the rules are strict, women are not out of the door, if they are accidentally touched, they have to behead or marry, and they will force the lady to hang themselves if they are exposed to some boudoir supplies. But the Xungui family has its own rules and etiquette, if some things are deliberately used, it will always affect the girl's reputation to a greater or lesser extent, and it is not liked by the Xungui Qingliu family.

In this way, it seems that things are a bit tricky, and I'm afraid that it will be difficult to manage by myself. In Ruan Anmei's eyes, she is a little girl, and she will never tell her private affairs to herself. I don't have a safe channel and method, and I can't ask casually, in the eyes of people who have a heart, I will provoke something wrong with the fourth sister, or force people and dogs to jump off the wall, and then it will be my fourth sister who is unlucky.

I can't tell my mother about this, my mother is almost a character who blows up at one point, and if she knew about it, it might be worse. After thinking about it for a long time, An Jincai changed into a cloak again, called Qi Hong and Xue Ya to wait, and went to the courtyard of the second sister Ruan Antan to live with the wind.