On the same day, they rested at the Zhuozhou Post House, and early the next morning, everyone set off to the capital. After leaving Zhuozhou City and going on the official road, it was only dawn at that time. Coincidentally, two carriages were walking right behind them, and it seemed that they were also planning to get up early and hurry.

It was like an arrow, and I didn't stop much along the way, and after walking for most of the day, I arrived at the foot of the imperial city.

Qiao's family sent people to guard the city gate early, and when he saw the carriage of the Meng Mansion entering Beijing, he hurriedly greeted him with a smile.

The group went to Meifu first, and only Fu Zhao had to lead the people around him back to the palace.

His Highness Eleventh has been a little sullen since yesterday night, and today he has no smiling face, and in the morning he hid in the car and sighed, and even the horse was not happy to ride. Thinking that he would return to the palace later, Fu Zhao became more and more depressed. Fortunately, he asked Mei Ru for a few packs of snacks this morning, and this time he ate it in his mouth, which was a little comforting.

Meng An came over to say goodbye. Fu Zhao poked his head out and glanced at the carriage of the Meng Mansion. Naturally, he couldn't see his usual playmates, and his heart was down for a while, and he was really a little reluctant.

Let's say that the carriage entered the Dingguo Mansion from the corner gate, and then changed into a small sedan chair, and everyone went to Chunxi Hall first.

In Chunxi Hall, Mrs. Du, Qiao's, Xiao Wu's and the three girls below were all there. As soon as Mei Ru saw her mother, her eyes turned a little red. Qiao Shi glanced at her, didn't speak, only glanced at her. Mei Ru understood, and hurriedly went to greet the old lady.

"I have seen my ancestors step by step."

Because Xiao Qiao, Meng An and Meng Yunlan were there, Du Shi snorted lightly and said, "Let's go and sit next to your mother first." ”

"Yes." Mei Ru bowed her head and sat down beside Qiao.

Qiao's family is accustomed to using fragrant pancreas made of jasmine, sitting next to her mother, smelling this familiar fragrance, Mei Ru felt that she was really back. She moved to her mother's side, but Qiao's still turned her head to bluff her, and quietly reprimanded: "Mother will settle accounts with you little girl when she goes back!" But as he spoke, he held his little daughter's hand underneath.

Qiao's worried about her daughter for almost three months, and now she is relieved to see people. Seeing Mei Ru's people, Qiao's heart was happy again, and he complained a little about this little conscienceless - he was like Brother Xiang'er, as soon as he went out, he only brought back a message, and at other times, the husband and wife were worried in the house in vain.

Knowing that her mother is a knife mouth tofu heart, now that she is holding her hand, Mei Ru is also happy in her heart, she pursed her mouth and snickered, just right, Mei Qian on the opposite side caught this smile and smiled at her.

This smile is a clever smile.

Mei Ru was a little surprised when she saw it in her eyes, but she only felt that the sickness on the second sister's face had disappeared a little, and there was a little more vitality between her eyebrows. Sister Qian'er's usual dresses are mostly plain, but today it is rare to wear a long gown with vermilion flowers sprinkled on white ground, and a ivory white pleated skirt underneath.

Sneering and smiling, Mei Ru had a little inferiority complex and opened her eyes with a little jealousy.

Next to her, the more the old lady looked at Meng An, the happier she became. This Meng Ansheng looks handsome, worthy of the four words gentle as jade, and he is talented in his belly, and he will definitely have a bright future in the future, besides, there are no messy things in the Wuding Marquis's mansion...... Thinking of this, the old lady became more and more satisfied.

Meng An was looked at for so long, so he naturally noticed that he was not very comfortable for a long time, but he couldn't look at it at this time. Because the opposite side is cousin. Just by accidentally touching the corner of his eye, Meng An felt that the person was sitting there, as if Luo Shen was reincarnated, as beautiful as a painting. He could only keep his eyes down and look at the ground.

Fortunately, Xiao Qiao's and Mrs. Du talked for a while, and then got up to leave.

Meng An finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Knowing that they must be in a hurry to go back to the house, Du Shi didn't leave them, and as soon as the two left, she immediately lowered her face, "Follow it!" Old Lady Du called in a deep voice.

I still have to be trained!

Mei Ru shrunk her neck, stepped forward in a proper manner, and responded, "Ancestor." ”

The old lady looked her up and down carefully, and couldn't help frowning: "There really isn't a girl's house!" This little face is tanned, like a monkey, must be running around outside! ”

Mei Ru whispered to defend herself: "Ancestor, I didn't run around, it's really the sun over there." ”

"You know how to bluff me with such words!" The old lady pierced Mei Ru, and set up a rule again, "But there is no next time!" If you don't follow the rules at all, it won't be good to hear when it reaches the ears of others. ”

Mei Ru let out an "oh" and said no more.

In fact, she also felt that it was quite tiring to go out this time. Mei Ru originally just wanted to visit the mountains and rivers, open her eyes, and go to see her brother again, but she didn't expect to meet Fu Zheng, let alone have to do things for him...... Thinking of those, Mei Ru sighed and secretly thought, it's really better to stay at home and be comfortable. If she wants to go out of Beijing again, she will definitely not want to be so troublesome.

"If you have time to learn more from your second sister, don't make trouble all day long, stay in the house." Mrs. Du continued to make rules.

Hearing that the old ancestor took out the second sister on the tip of her heart again, Mei Ru didn't say anything else, but still nodded obediently.

On the other side, Mei Qian relieved her in time: "Ancestor, when the third sister was not there, you obviously taught us not to be bored in the house all day long, so as not to suffocate our bodies, why did you get to the third sister, and don't say much?" ”

As soon as she said this, Mrs. Du's eyebrows finally opened up and she laughed.

Mei Ru quietly glanced at the second sister. Mei Qian smiled again, still gentle, soft, and understanding, it seemed that she really had no rules......

After listening to the reprimand of the old ancestor, Mei Ru hurriedly picked up a few interesting things on the road and told them, which made the old lady laugh, and Mei Ru breathed a sigh of relief.

When it was time to eat, the old ancestor didn't want Qiao's to serve in front of him anymore, but said, "You mother and daughter go back." ”

Mei Ruhuan happily followed Qiao's back to the courtyard.

Mei Yin is already in the room. Seeing Mei Ru, this father was very happy, pulled his daughter to look at it carefully, and said with a smile: "I've grown taller, lost weight, and tanned a little." ”

My ancestors said the same thing before, and now my father says the same thing...... Mei Ru was depressed: "Is it really dark?" She drooped her face and quickly turned to look in her mother's mirror.

In the past two months, she hasn't really looked in the mirror much. Now when I see myself in the mirror, I am thinner than before, with a pointed chin, bright eyes and bright teeth, smart and cunning, and the whole person is full of vigorous vitality, but my cheeks seem to be ...... It's really a little darker!

Mei Ru was a little congested, looked back at her father, and said nothing.

Mei Yin coaxed: "It's also good to follow this way." ”

Qiao Shi glared at him, complaining that he didn't open which pot to mention, she took out a small porcelain bottle from the makeup and said: "This is pearl powder, remember to wipe it every day, and Ming'er Niang will let people get some recipes back." ”

Mei Ru nodded, but didn't pay much attention to it. In this life, she doesn't mind much about what this skin is. Too lazy to bother with this, Mei Ru simply changed her words and told her father and mother about her brother. However, she naturally picked up good words. Those brothers were injured, and there were chores in the stable, Mei Ru didn't dare to tell her father. When my mother heard this, she would definitely cry.

After listening to Mei Ru's words, Qiao Shi nodded frequently and said with relief: "It's not bad that your brother can train in the camp with peace of mind." ”

Mei Ru pursed her lips, thinking of the last time she saw her brother, her heart was a little sour.

Taking advantage of the fact that she didn't have to eat, she went back to her courtyard first to change her clothes. Suddenly, I saw a maid outside the courtyard probing her brain. Mei Ru was displeased. Yichan's fiery temper has already made people pull this maid over and ask: "Who is in front of you?" So ignorant of the rules! ”

The maid was startled, and hurriedly knelt down and replied: "Third girl, I am the maid in front of Aunt Zhao in the uncle's room, and my aunt sent me to see if the third girl has returned...... Did the uncle come back with anything to say......" In the end, the maid was already trembling with fear.

Thinking about Aunt Zhao, Mei Ru couldn't help frowning.

……

Aunt Zhao's belly is already very large, so she doesn't lie down and rest at this time, she just cares about playing pai gow with a few other concubines. Seeing the little maid coming back, Aunt Zhao paused, turned her head and asked, "What did the uncle say?" ”

Hearing her ask, several other concubines also stopped their hands and listened with their ears only. They are not qualified to ask, so Aunt Zhao can ask a few words through her stomach.

Now Aunt Zhao really had a smug look on her face, her eyebrows were slightly raised, and she looked at the maid lightly.

The maid shrunk her hands and feet and stood beside her, and replied: "The third girl said, the uncle is very good over there, and the uncle didn't come back, the third girl asked the aunt to raise the baby with peace of mind, don't think about anything else." ”

As soon as she heard this, Aunt Zhao was a little unhappy.

After Dong's divorce, there was no one in Mei Xiang's room, and now Aunt Zhao is pregnant with an heir, and she is the most favored by the uncle, and even Qiao's has sent a lot of good things over. The concubines and aunts in this courtyard are all vaguely headed by Aunt Zhao, stammering openly and secretly. She was proud, so she asked the third girl in front of everyone, who knew that the uncle didn't even give her a word, and was so casually prevaricated back by the third girl? Isn't that a slap in the face?

Aunt Zhao's face became more and more ugly.

Seeing that the concubines lowered their heads one by one, holding back a smile on their faces, they were afraid that they were all laughing at her in their hearts, Aunt Zhao pushed the cards, and stopped talking with a cold face.

The concubines hurriedly said goodbye.

A table of cards is so empty, and Aunt Zhao has no place to spread the fire.

I thought of someone who had said in front of her that before the uncle left, he went to the Dong Mansion three or four times to eat closed-door soup, and when he came to her, he didn't even say a word, and he had to look at the face of the third girl everywhere......

The more Aunt Zhao thought about it, the more angry she became, she got up, and inadvertently her stomach hit the table hard!

Suddenly, Aunt Zhao had a faint pain in her stomach, but she didn't care, just a rush of anger rushed up. walked back and forth in the house several times, but she couldn't spread the fire, so she could only hold it in her heart, holding back her discomfort.

When I was lying in bed at night, my stomach began to cramp and hurt. At first, it was a slight pain, and then it was like something was falling, and she tossed and turned on the bed, cold sweat and screaming in pain. The maid came in with the lamp, and lifted the curtain of the bed to look—

I saw that the thin mattress was covered with blood!

When the maid boarded, half of the three souls and seven spirits were frightened, and she was at a loss for what to do. That Aunt Zhao touched the wet place underneath herself, and sent it to her trembling to take a look, rolled her eyes and almost fainted, and scolded forcefully: "Go find someone!" ”

Only then did the maid react, shouting "It's not good, it's not good", and she went crazy to beat the locked courtyard door......