==Chapter 46==

Staying away from the cabin, Steward Mao turned his head sharply and looked at the two cooks behind him.

The night was like ink, and the lamps in the cabin emitted a faint yellow light, which made the eyes of the steward Mao particularly penetrating.

These two cooks were inexplicably staged in the play just now, and now they are being stared at by Steward Mao like this, and a fool should understand that something must have happened.

Is there something wrong with the dish and the soup?

Both of them were terrified, and wanted to kneel down and beg for mercy from Steward Mao, but they didn't know how to speak.

The county lord didn't say it explicitly, but there was an abnormality revealed between the actions, and even if the two of them were a little clear in their hearts, they didn't dare to speak. Because once you lie, you are staining yourself with. But if they don't open their mouths to explain and beg for mercy, they can't be washed away, which makes the two of them infinitely complicated in their hearts, and they can only look at each other with suspicious eyes, and look at Steward Mao with pleading eyes.

Steward Mao snorted coldly and withdrew his gaze, "You two don't go to the kitchen for the time being, stay in your own place and wait for disposal." With that, he brushed his sleeves and left.

The two of them went out with their heads bowed, but as for what was going on in their hearts, others did not know.

*

That day, Shi Niang asked Jiu Niang what was going on, but Jiu Niang didn't say anything, but just told her to wait and see.

Shi Niang knows Jiu Niang's temperament, and she will never be untargeted, since she will wait, she will wait.

The facts proved that Jiu Niang was not untargeted, but on the second day, there was a mess, and the two cooks began to have diarrhea unexpectedly.

Many people knew about this because these two men were the only two cooks in the ship's galley, and if they were sick and could not work, it meant that the galley was unsustainable.

But it happened suddenly, and it was on the boat again, and everyone didn't say much. Fortunately, the masters of this ship are only these little ladies, as long as the master doesn't say much, the others will be fine.

The kitchen arranged a handyman who used to cook for the two of them, and the food made was also edible, but Jiuniang and the others had always had fine meals, so it would only take a few days, and Lianzhi and the others couldn't stand it, so they volunteered to go to the kitchen to arrange the lady's meal. Therefore, it is prevented that someone will do anything in the meal for two, of course, this is a later story.

The first day it happened, and the next day the two cooks had diarrhea and were bedridden. Steward Mao is not a stupid person, and he immediately understood where last night's wit was.

He was entrusted with the important task of going to Lanling to pick up a few little ladies back to Chang'an, and he was naturally a person who was deeply trusted by the master of the house.

For some of the wits in the house, Steward Mao also knows something.

He naturally understood that someone didn't want the two ladies to go back, this diarrhea was just the beginning, and there must be a follow-up to the back. He doesn't care if he doesn't have a back hand, he is responsible for returning to Chang'an this time, what happens under his jurisdiction is his responsibility, and there is also a county lord of the imperial court, if Xiao Jiuniang really has an accident on this ship, it is not enough to kill him a hundred times.

Steward Mao was anxious and hateful and didn't say anything, even if he went to ask Jiuniang for his guilt.

Jiu Niang just smiled, didn't say anything else, and didn't mention what to do with the two cooks. After Steward Mao left Jiuniang's room, he began to completely rectify several key points on the ship.

He didn't know who was on the other side of the ship, so he could only take precautions and put all the people he was comfortable in the critical places. As for the matter of that day, Jiu Niang did not pursue it, and the Mao steward only did not know what to do, and when he returned to Chang'an, he went to the top of the court, and how to deal with it was the business of the people above.

This qiē is naturally in the hands of Jiu Niang, just like she didn't say it to Shi Niang before, it's not that she sells Guan Zi, but she really doesn't know how many people are on the other side of this ship, and even if the person who is in charge of Mao is the other party, she doesn't know.

Fortunately, someone secretly attacked, just so that she could use it to knock on the mountain and shock the tiger. It turns out that Steward Mao is not a fool, no one is willing to sacrifice his own qiē to do what others want, no matter how powerful the other party is.

The lord of Chaoxia County is powerful.

This is what Jiu Niang has seen in the past two years, although no one in the ancestral house mentioned to her about Chang'an, and she didn't have anyone to inquire about it for herself. Only once she heard the news that Lanling was going to send someone to Chang'an to send a congratulatory gift in her ancestral house, and the reason for the congratulatory gift was that Chang'an had added a sister-in-law to the fifth room.

The lord of Chaoxia gave birth to Xiao Wulangjun Xiao Hang's sister-in-law, and he was the only son.

This is the follow-up after Jiuniang and others left Chang'an, and it also made Jiuniang understand that it was right for him to decide to leave. Xiao Hang dislikes the county lord of Chaoxia so much, everyone knows it, but he has a son-in-law with the county lord of Chaoxia. The county lord of Chaoxia, who can suppress everyone in the Xiao family and suppress Xiao Hang to give birth to a son-in-law, how powerful is he in the Xiao family now? At least Jiu Niang and Shi Niang don't leave, it's no problem to kill the two of them.

This qiē Jiuniang was just hidden deep in her heart, and she had never told Xiao Shi Niang before, just for fear of adding to the worry in her heart.

So Jiu Niang was not surprised by this encounter on the boat, with the character of the county lord of Chaoxia, how could she allow the two thorns in her eyes to go back to block herself, it is normal to die on the road. Fortunately, Jiu Niang was not defenseless, broke her ruthless hand, and at the same time tied the Mao steward with her own safety.

After listening to Jiu Niang's story, Shi Niang was stunned, "She, she gave birth to a son-in-law?" ”

Just from Shi Niang's cousin, you can see how terrifying it is that the county lord of Chaoxia can let Xiao Hang have a child with her.

"It should be."

"Has Daddy changed his attitude, or is he ......?"

In the next words, Shi Niang couldn't go on, and her whole person was completely messed up.

Before coming back, she didn't think about it, and the routine she used in the future was probably the same as before, with her back to Xiao Hang to accommodate herself, and then she tried to do something else. There was such a thing this time, Xiao Siniang couldn't hold what kind of attitude Xiao Hang was, and how to ensure that she was worry-free.

"Ninth Sister—"

Jiuniang patted Shi Niang's hand and comforted: "Don't worry too much, don't forget that we are not what we used to be." Not to mention that I have the identity of a county lord there, why the Xiao family will spend a lot of effort to cultivate us, you should know in your heart. As long as a person has the value of letting others use it, she has the need to save it, and what we should do next is to work hard to deepen our sense of existence, so that the entire Xiao family must save us for our value. This is the potential, and if she puts the general trend on herself, she will have some scruples and dare not commit. ”

Shi Niang naturally understood this truth, she clenched her back molars tightly and nodded, "Ninth sister, I know." ”

After that, Shi Niang left with a solemn face, probably to go back and think about the direction of her body in the future.

Shi Niang is different from Jiu Niang, Jiu Niang has the identity of a county lord, and the county lord of Chaoxia has to scruple about one or two no matter what he does, but Shi Niang is different, just the identity of a mother-in-law is enough to make her breathless.

It was also at this time that when she saw Xiao Shi Niang, who was in a state of distraction, Jiu Niang understood how important the gift given by the King of Chu that day was to herself. This is a talisman, and it is also a weight for her to confront the county lord of Chaoxia in the future.

Thinking of King Chu, Jiu Niang's face was a little gloomy, and she couldn't help but come to the window and look at the vast river outside the window.

Since the king of Chu left, he has never been in contact with Jiuniang, and Jiuniang doesn't know how the king of Chu is now, it seems that the two months of getting along are like a mirror, except for the identity of the county lord of Yirong.

Cousin, I don't know if you still remember Jiu Niang?

*

The days continued to pass unhurriedly, and there was no chaos in the next few days, and the boat arrived in Luoyang in a blink of an eye.

Everyone stayed in Luoyang for a day, and then set off for Chang'an.

As they get closer and closer to Chang'an, everyone's hearts are not calm, Qi Niang, Eight Niang and Eleven Niang are happy and excited, while Jiu Niang and Ten Niang are dignified. For Steward Mao, he finally breathed a sigh of relief and brought people back to Chang'an safely, and the rest of the things had nothing to do with him, and he was also on a bad deal.

When the group arrived in Chang'an, it was evening, and several of them were juniors, so naturally no one greeted them. A few soft sedan cars were arranged at the side door of the house, and then they went back to their own residences and took a short rest.

Cuiyun Pavilion is no different from two years ago, but the maid who takes care of the house seems to have changed, but this qiē Jiuniang did not take it to heart, she will not rest assured to use these people or not, and she will naturally put people who are loyal to her in the future.

After washing and changing, Jiuniang prepared to go to Anrong Courtyard to ask her grandmother, Duchess An Guo.

At this time, a maidservant girl came to Cuiyun Pavilion, saying that the old lady said that the ladies were tired of carriage and horses, and they didn't need to go to Anrong Courtyard to see the ceremony today, and they would go again early tomorrow morning.

Jiu Niang dispelled her thoughts and prepared to rest with dinner.

*

At the same time, Chongyue Pavilion also received news that Xiao Jiuniang and a few people had returned to the mansion.

The county lord of Chaoxia immediately changed color, and the willow eyebrows were raised angrily.

"These fools, they don't succeed enough and lose more than they lose!"

Just as Jiu Niang thought, how could the county lord of Chaoxia allow the thorn in his side to come back? If you dare to avoid going out, then don't come back!

In the past three years, the county lord of Chaoxia has lived extremely smoothly, and everything he thinks and thinks has been achieved one by one, Xiao Hang naturally has not let go of the knot, but in the eyes of the county lord of Chaoxia, Xiao Hang has already bowed his head to himself, and he has changed his attitude towards things in the early years on weekdays, and often comes to Chongyue Pavilion.

Especially since the birth of his son, Xiao Hang has frequently come to Chongyue Pavilion and whispered to her. The county lord of Chaoxia is physically and mentally comfortable, although he is still domineering in the day, he is not as resentful as in the past.

After a long time, he suddenly heard that there were two cheap races in Lanling who were coming back, and the county lord of Chaoxia suddenly seemed to have swallowed a fly, and the jealousy of the past also returned to his heart.

In the end, he has been married to Xiao Hang for more than ten years, and he has suffered a lot, and it may be that the teaching of the county lord of Changping has played a role. The county lord of Chaoxia did not make a fuss as before, but instead changed a roundabout method, and placed a few people among the subordinates who went to pick up a few people, and the plan was to kill people in the middle of the road.

After arranging the arrangement, the lord of Chaoxia waited for the good news, but he didn't wait for the good news, but waited for the bad news.

"Nurse, what do you say they eat, can't do this little thing?!"

The nurse Li is much older than a few years ago, because she has to worry a lot. He was entrusted with an important task by Princess Changping, not only to restrain the other party's behavior in the day, but also to give advice for him, which can be described as doing his best. This time the incident was that the Li family saw that the county lord of Chaoxia was furious, and gave him the idea, and the county lord of Chaoxia also listened to it, but he knew that the sky did not obey people's wishes.

Li frowned and said, "Don't worry, county lord, that manager Mao is not our person after all, and there are many people on the boat, maybe something is wrong." ”

Not to mention the county lord of Chaoxia for this reason, even the Li family himself doesn't believe it, their arrangements are comprehensive, and they calculate step by step.

Since these two people didn't know that the means at the beginning of the beginning were seen through by Jiuniang, they naturally couldn't take it later, and they had the careful precautions of the Mao steward, and the next arrangement could only be held back.

"Don't worry, county lord, now that everyone is back, wait for the slave maid to ask people to find out what's going on."

It wasn't until the evening before the lord of Asaka was ready to rest that the people who had gone out to listen to the news came back.

The news brought back was a little vague, and the others only knew that the two cooks in the kitchen had fallen ill on the ship, and had been bedridden with diarrhea, and then they were isolated by the hairy steward, but the others never saw the two. Even now that they have returned to Chang'an, no one has seen the two of them.

One of the two cooks was the person of the county lord of Chaoxia, and after listening to the report, Li couldn't help but worry about whether the matter was revealed.

However, the county lord of Chaoxia was much more free and easy than her, and after listening to the Li family's worries, she just raised her eyebrows and said: "What if it is exposed, I think who dares to take this county lord?!" ”

Although this is a bit overbearing, it is the truth, just such a trivial matter and there is no direct evidence, no one dares to take the county lord of Chaoxia, not to mention that the Xiao family is still begging Princess Changping now.

Li is also a person in the know, so he naturally relaxes.

"These two scumbags have a big fate, since this is the case, the lord of this county will have a good time with them." The county lord of Chaoxia snorted and glanced sideways at the Li family, "Let people go to Wan'er to spread the message, and after raising that little thing for a few years, it should also come in handy." ”

Li Shi was stunned for a moment, and immediately realized who the county lord of Chaoxia was talking about, so he nodded and hurriedly ordered.

*

Early the next morning, Jiu Niang got up, had breakfast, and after cleaning up, she went to Anrong Courtyard with Shi Niang, who came to find her.

In more than two years, the changes in the house do not seem to be much, the scenery is still the same, the faces are still the same, and the qiē is like yesterday.

It seems that the only change is that the Sanfang Ma family finally gave birth to a son, which the Ma family asked for by burning incense and worshiping the Buddha every day. No, even if he came to Anrong Yuan to ask for peace, he hugged Xiao Langjun over, and he was reluctant to let go for a moment. Of course, there is also the county lord of Chaoxia, the county lord of Chaoxia, like the Ma family, has not given birth to a son-in-law for many years, and the Xiaolangjun who came out is only one month older than the Xiaolangjun of the third room.

The county lord of Chaoxia came to invite An is always the latest, Jiu Niang and the others had just saluted with the Duchess of An Guo and a group of elders, and she was late with someone.

"Don't blame the family, Liulang made a night yesterday and didn't sleep all night, so it's too late." In fact, the county lord of Chaoxia has also changed a lot, at least she never explained whether she came or not before.

Liulang is the son-in-law of the lord of Chaoxia, and he ranks sixth among the sons-in-law in the house, and the son of the Ma family ranks seventh.

Duchess Anguo sat on the gum in the first place, her attitude was neither cold nor hot, she asked Liulang a few words with concern, and the county lord of Chaoxia also replied with two fake words, and after a few words of conversation between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, the county lord of Chaoxia shifted his attention to the people of Jiuniang.

Strictly speaking, it should be Jiu Niang and Shi Niang.

Cui, who was sitting at the head of the Duchess of Anguo, had a smile on his face, "Jiu Niang and Ten Niang are going to salute your mother-in-law, I haven't seen you for many days." ”

Jiu Niang and Shi Niang hurriedly took two steps forward and gave a blessing.

The county lord of Chaoxia had a rare smile today, raised his hand and shouted nonchalantly, and then turned his head sideways and said behind him: "You two come and meet Jiu Niang and Shi Niang." Especially you, Xiao Nan, your sister is back, and you two sisters have to be affectionate this time. ”

Xiao Liuniang was still the same as before, and nodded to Jiu Niang and Shi Niang with an extremely reluctant attitude, and Jiu Niang and Shi Niang bowed back. But the eyes of the two were on Xiao Liuniang's side, especially Jiuniang, who was extremely shocked.

Little girl!

Her own sister!

After Jiuniang knew Xiao Nan, she returned to Lingyuan, where she came from, and where she finally went back. After so much time, she almost completely forgot about this real sister, but she never thought that she would see her today.

A few years ago, Xiao Nan and Da Nan, the two of them stood together as if they were looking in a mirror, but now after years of tempering, they have changed greatly.

In the past two years in Lanling, Jiuniang has been pampered, and the difference in identity, vision and knowledge has affected her temperament. not only cultivated a sense of luxury, but also cultivated a unique calmness and generosity.

At this time, Jiuniang is completely different from the previous life, although the Jiuniang in the previous life is not inferior to her, and she is also full of wealth and grace, but because of her early experience, she has an aggressive sharpness. And in this life, her circumstances have changed, coupled with the accumulation of two lifetimes, but she is more calm, and it seems that she is confident in her hands.

Compared with Xiao Nan standing opposite her, I don't know what she has experienced in the past three years, although her appearance is not much different from before, she is still so Chu Chu and lovely, and she has grown up, and she can see that she is also a beautiful embryo, but her behavior is timid, and the little family is very angry.

The county lord of Chaoxia asked her to come forward to greet Jiuniang, but she also stepped forward, but she whispered something, and then lowered her head and retracted behind Xiao Liuniang.

"You are capable now, but after all, she is the sister of your mother's compatriots, although I am a bit domineering as a mother-in-law, I am not intolerant in the end. I can't disobey the rules of the house, no, you go to Lanling, I will take Xiao Nan out of the courtyard, no matter what the identity is, just be a companion with Liuniang, so as not to worry about you. The county lord of Chaoxia said to Jiuniang with a smile.

For a while, the eyes of the people on the field were a little secretive.

Everyone knows the relationship between Xiao Jiuniang and Xiao Nan, and they all understand how much the county lord of Chaoxia hates the former Yueji, as well as the two daughters born by Yueji. Xiao Jiuniang was promoted and won the position of county lord, if you want to say whose heart is the most, it is none other than the county lord of Chaoxia. Before, the lord of Chaoxia County brought Xiao Nan out of the courtyard, and many people in the house knew about it, but it was because of some things that it was not easy to say anything.

No, the means came, it turned out that it had been prepared early, to deal with Xiao Jiuniang, the lord of Yirong County, who came back from Lanling.

If Xiao Nan is Jiu Niang's weakness, then the weakness is pinched in the hands of people, and it is natural to take it and ask for pain and not want to live. If Xiao Jiuniang doesn't care about Xiao Nan, there is a person with the same face as herself being wantonly manipulated, and whoever it is, I'm afraid it will be very disgusting.

Use the sister of the sibling to deal with the sister?

This trick is really ruthless, worthy of being the lord of Chaoxia!

Xiao Jiuniang looked straight at the smiling Chaoxia County Lord, for the first time in her life, she did not bow her head or hang her head, but looked at each other straight and unabashed. Her gaze was calm, but it seemed to be brewing a storm. Suddenly she smiled, and her smile was very bright, and there was a sense of affection.

"Then thank you mother, I didn't know my mother well in the past, and I was often afraid of my mother's majesty, but this time I knew that my mother was so generous and loving."

Jiuniang bent her knees again as a salute, and her movements were like flowing water, which was pleasing to the eye. But if it is against the backdrop of the strange scene at this time, it adds a sense of depression to the atmosphere. People can only look at her and nothing else.

The expression on the face of the county lord of Chaoxia was a little frozen, and after a long time, he spoke: "You can express yourself like this, and it will not be in vain for my good intentions." ”

Jiu Niang smiled and said softly: "As it should be, Jiu Niang will definitely remember that her mother is so loving, and even if she goes up the knife mountain and goes down to the sea of fire in the future, she will definitely repay her mother's affection." ”

The words are right, and the tone is very grateful, but with the words 'up the knife mountain and down the sea of fire', it makes people feel wrong.

The dragon has reverse scales, and Jiu Niang's reverse scales have been touched.

She doesn't care about Xiao Nan, but it doesn't mean that she can allow someone to take Xiao Nan to beat her like this. Because this kind of behavior is really disgusting!

Seeing that the atmosphere was really embarrassing, Duchess An Guo interrupted this qiē with a loud voice, and then whispered for a while, and then let everyone disperse.

Out of the gate of Anrong Courtyard, I saw the county lord of Chaoxia with Xiao Liuniang and a group of maidservants, swaggering towards Chongyue Pavilion. After a long time, Shi Niang retracted her gaze.

She turned her head to look at Jiu Niang, who was standing beside her and didn't know what she was thinking, and her eyebrows were worried.

"What should I do, Ninth Sister? When I came back yesterday, I didn't see A-Niang, and I also let someone inquire, saying that A-Niang was moved to Chongyue Pavilion, and I don't know what happened to A-Niang now, this time Xiao Nan was brought out by her again, what did she want to do? ”

Jiu Niang took a deep breath and patted Shi Niang's hand, "Let's go back first." ”