"Mother."

"Auntie." Xu Yourong and Xu Youshan immediately ran to the Pei clan who came out with Xu Xi.

"Why are you two here, how are you all looking like this?" And Pei Shi, who took one hand in one hand, looked at the worried look on Xu Youshan's and the other's faces, and asked funny.

"Oh, it's fine." But Xu Yourong and Xu Youshan shook their heads with a dry smile, and then hurriedly saluted Xu Xi after realizing it, Xu Xi nodded at them, and then let them get up, and then didn't stay long, and left the Early Autumn Pavilion with Peibai.

"Mother's ......" and as soon as Xu Xi left, Xu Yourong and Xu Youshan gathered around Pei's side, carefully looking at her expression, afraid that Pei's would be afraid that they would be worried and would not tell them some things.

"You two girls, why are you staring at me like this?" But Pei Shi was a little hairy by Xu Yourong and Xu Youshan, so one of them poked Xu Youshan's forehead.

"Mother, are you alright?" Xu Yourong finally asked.

"Auntie, it's okay." Xu Youshan also asked.

"What will happen to me, you two little housekeepers, don't think about it all the time, by the way, you are not in the Shadow Qiang Courtyard at this time, what are you doing here?" Pei Shi smiled.

Usually during the day, Xu Yourong and Xu Youshan will stay in the Shadow Qiang Courtyard, the kind that can't be driven away, so now that the two of them have come to the early autumn pavilion, it is indeed very surprising, so Pei Shi will have this question. And Pei's didn't ask, it's okay, she asked, Xu Yourong immediately approached Pei's ear. said to Pei's family with high interest: "Mother, don't you know that Zhai Dagongzi has come to visit Brother Chen today." And Sister Ao also came, so I asked the two of them to guard Chen'er in the Shadow Qiang Courtyard, and Youshan and I temporarily found a reason to run out. ”

"You." After Xu Yourong finished speaking, Pei pinched her face with tears and laughter.

"But that's fine, the people from Zhaoxuan will come in a while, and I originally wanted Sister Shan to come over in person, so it will save trouble." Pei Shi turned to Xu Youshan and said.

"Ahh Auntie, what are you calling the people from Xuan Zhaoxuan? Xu Youshan asked a little puzzled.

"Of course, so that they can make you a few more clothes." Pei Shi said as a matter of course.

"It's still done, don't need it, auntie, it's just that the embroidery lady in our house has made enough new clothes for me. Why do you still ask Xuan Zhaoxuan to customize my clothes, aunt, you just let me wear them until next year, and I can't finish them. Xu Youshan hugged Pei's hand and said coquettishly: "Auntie." Don't let the people of Xuan Zhaoxuan come again. Good no good? ”

Xu Youshan's words are not exaggerated at all, originally when Xu Chen was still sick, even if Mrs. Qi and Pei were not in charge, but Xu Youshan's dowry preparation did not stop for a moment, not to mention that since Xu Chen's body began to improve, Pei's family began to take charge of the middle feed of the house again, which is simply that Xu Youshan's dowry preparation is almost in the first place.

Among them, the large dowry such as the eight-fluted string pattern vase, the smoker inlaid with rubies in the silk, the candlestick of the Yunling Panhua and the skeleton of the red sandalwood dragon carved by the Qingluan peony group, etc., these countless treasures will not be mentioned. Just talking about those small pieces of jewelry and clothing, Pei's preparation list for Xu Youshan. Xu Youshan was already frightened after just glancing at it, so now, when Pei said that she actually found someone from Xuan Zhaoxuan to customize a new outfit for her, Xu Youshan really hoped that Pei would stop spending money for her.

"Not good."

But Pei Shi didn't fulfill Xu Youshan's wish, but patted her hand and said: "Sister Shan, the incident in Ronghua Palace, although you, Rong'er, and Sister Wu are all victims, but if you only look at the result, no matter how much you say that you are fine, you are indeed the most innocent and the most implicated person in this matter, and it eventually led to you marrying into the royal family." ”

Pei Shi said slowly, and Xu Yourong's expression, which could barely smile, had completely sunk at this time, while Xu Youshan lowered her long eyelashes, covering the loneliness in her eyes because she remembered some dreams that were already out of reach.

But Pei Shi still continued: "And even if His Royal Highness the Great Prince is a powerless prince, it has nothing to do with that position, but His Royal Highness the Great Prince is the only concubine of the Holy Lord after all, and his identity is special, and Sister Shan, you are married to His Royal Highness the Great Prince as a concubine as the prince's concubine, I am afraid that every step of your future road will be stepped on on thorns." Therefore, the eldest aunt should prepare more dowry for you now, the dowry is the backing of a woman, and the eldest aunt should prepare the most solid backing for you. ”

"Auntie."

Xu Youshan didn't expect that Pei Shi had thought so much about her, but before Xu Youshan could continue, Pei Shi had already patted Xu Youshan's hand and said to her seriously: "Also, Sister Shan, you have to remember that you will always be the daughter of my Jiangzuo Xu family, no matter what grievances you suffer in the future, don't be afraid, Jiangzuo Xu's family will always stand behind you." ”

Sister Shan, you have to remember that you will always be the daughter of my Jiangzuo Xu family......

Pei's words, Xu Youshan will always remember.

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Xufu, Zhengyan Pavilion.

"Miss, what you asked Wu Chou to check recently, Wu Chou has already checked it, and in the afternoon, Uncle Wu has already handed it in, but you were in the Shadow Qiang Courtyard at that time, so the old slave didn't bother you, this is the news case book that Wu Chou has investigated and sorted out, please take a look." Wu Lin said respectfully.

It's already around midnight, after Xu Yourong and Xu Youshan were driven back again, the lights are still on in the current Zheng Yan Pavilion, and Xu Youshan is lying on the window on the second floor at this time, through the blue snow curtain, watching the downstairs under the illumination of a glass lamp, the flowers and plants in the Zheng Yan Pavilion are sparse, and Xu Youshan is enjoying these beautiful scenery while listening to Wu Lin's report, as well as trying to press the uncontrollable tension in his heart.

Yes, it's just nervousness. Now that Wu Chou had already inquired about the news and rumors about Xie Jing's backyard as she had instructed, Xu Youshan was actually a little uncontrollable nervous. Although she and Xie Jing both knew. Their marriage is nothing more than a fake marriage that deceives everyone, but despite this, when Xu Youshan is really about to start this fake marriage, she can't avoid the fear and nervousness of unpredictable things.

"Bring it."

"Yes." Wu Lin handed over the book in his hand to Xu Youshan.

Xu Youshan also slowly opened the thin book, and after scanning the book in a few glances and ten lines, Xu Youshan slowly closed the book and took a deep breath. I opened it again, only this time Xu Youshan looked at it slowly, as if she wanted to imprint every word in the book into her mind. I read the thin book again and again.

"It seems that the days ahead will not be too leisurely." Xu Youshan threw the book to the small table on the kang, and then leaned on the windowsill and sighed: "Mother Wu, have you read this booklet?" ”

"Back to Miss's words. The old slave didn't see it. Wu Lin replied.

"Then you can take a look at it now. Later, let Liu's mother and them take a look too. Xu Youshan looked at the courtyard downstairs with a faint face, at this time, under the interplay of moonlight and lights, it looked a different and beautiful scenery, and said in a faint voice: "These may be people we have to deal with for a long time, let's get to know them more now, it's not a bad thing, and it will save us a big loss in the future, and we don't know who they are." ”

"Yes. Miss. ”

Wu Lin picked up the booklet on the small table and began to read them one by one. But it's okay not to read it, but this reading has revealed a lot of amazing things. His Royal Highness, the eldest prince of our dynasty, is similar to the other princes, when he was about fifteen years old, he was given the first side concubine by Emperor Zhou Hui, and from then on, although the backyard of the eldest prince Xie Jing was full of Yingying Yanyan, but his only two side concubines and concubines were worth hundreds of Yingying Yanyan.

"Done?" Wu Lin's shocked expression was taken into Xu Youshan's eyes at a glance.

"Miss Hui's words, the old slave finished reading it, but I didn't expect that the daughter of Wang Ge's hometown, who was famous in Jinghua, was originally given by the Holy Lord to His Royal Highness the Great Prince as a side concubine." Wu Lin exclaimed.

"Wu Chou did not record the deeds of this Wang Nishang in detail here, but only brought it with a few strokes, and I only heard her mention it once in the words of the eldest aunt, and the concubine of the old Wang Ge who is now idle at home,...... Mother Wu, do you know what happened to this Wang Nishang in the imperial capital back then, how could she suddenly disappear in the years when she was in the limelight. Xu Youshan looked sideways at Wu Lin and asked quietly.

"Miss Hui's words, this daughter of Wang Ge's hometown, how many years older than you, even if she is three or four years older than the eldest lady, it is normal for you not to know her deeds. But when this Miss Wang was famous in Jinghua back then, that reputation spread to Zhuangzi, so the old slave knew about it. Wu Lin replied truthfully.

"Then Mother Wu, just tell me what you know."

"Yes, miss." Wu Lin said: "This Wang Nishang, is the girl of Wang Ge's hometown, ranked eighth in the family, and her biological mother is the daughter of a seven-grade official's family, and Wang Ge Lao, who was still a scholar of the Ministry of Rites at the time, was carried into the Wang family when he was in his forties, and was accepted as an aunt by Wang Ge Lao, and he was very sorry, which was quite popular with Wang Ge Lao." And because of this, this aunt became pregnant with a child two years after entering the palace, and gave birth to a baby girl after October, which is naturally the eighth lady of the Wang family, Wang Nishang.

Wang Nishang's mother is deeply loved by Wang Ge Lao in the Wang family, and even Wang Nishang's identity in the Wang family has risen, compared to the daughters of the Wang family, it is not much different. And this eighth lady of the Wang family, she has been smart and clever since she was a child, and she is even more embarrassed by the moon, and she is loved by everyone, and she has won the favor of Wang Ge Lao since she was a child, and even held their mother and daughter in the palm of her hand.

It is not uncommon to hire a famous teacher to teach this Miss Wang Jiaba's piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and more importantly, this Miss Wang's eighth miss is also a smart person, as she grows older, the name of this woman somehow suddenly spread in the imperial capital, and finally at the Queen Mother's Qianqiu New Year's Banquet, this Miss Wang Jiaba temporarily made a congratulatory message for the Queen Mother, which shocked everyone, and then the name of Miss Wang's Eighth Miss was confirmed, she was only thirteen years old that year.

And after the queen mother's thousand-autumn banquet that year, this Wang family eight ladies not only spread their reputation, but also as time went by, the Wang family had a girl who had just grown up, and the eight ladies of the Wang family gradually became slim, with the appearance of a sinking fish and a wild goose, and the name of beauty and talent also spread far and wide, so that for a while, all kinds of noble ladies in the imperial capital were invited to her banquets, and the limelight was really unique for a while. ”

Wu Lin remembered that Wang Nishang was infinitely beautiful at that time, so that her, who was far away in the imperial capital, had heard of the name of Miss Wang Jiaba, and continued with emotion for a while: "But when this Miss Wang Jiabai was in infinite beauty, for some reason, she suddenly disappeared, not to mention that she never participated in any banquet again, and even on many major occasions after that, she never appeared again, and she slowly disappeared from people's sight. ”

"Then since this Wang Nishang was as famous as you said, Mother Wu, when she suddenly disappeared, no one asked?" Xu Youshan said strangely.

"Miss Hui's words, yes, of course there is, but no matter what other people ask, Wang Gelao and Mrs. Wang only said that Wang Nishang was seriously ill and needed to recuperate at home, so it was not appropriate to go out. Although everyone is a little skeptical about this reason, but after all, it is not good to ask more, so people gradually stopped asking later, and until now, it is estimated that no one still remembers this Wang family eighth lady Wang Nishang who once shocked Jinghua with her talent and appearance. …… What is surprising is that this eighth lady was given by the Holy Lord to His Royal Highness the eldest prince as a side concubine. Wu Lin was puzzled.

"Then there were no rumors about such a strange thing back then?"

Although Xu Youshan is also curious, what she is more curious about now is that Wang Nishang, the eighth lady of the Wang family, what happened to make her a concubine, finally made such a resounding name in this divine capital, but suddenly disappeared.

"Miss Hui's words, there were rumors at the time, but most of them all said that this eighth lady of the Wang family was killed by Mrs. Wang, but there is nothing to say what it is." Wu Lin replied. (To be continued......)