The bloody rain in the imperial city, up to the crown prince who was imprisoned, the crown princess who committed suicide, and down to the pass where the prefect of Yangzhou and others who sacrificed the "Fushou ointment" were killed, although the government and the opposition vibrated but did not cause panic among the people. After all, Emperor Wu issued a gag order, and any of the officials who executed it did not act in a low-key manner for fear of being implicated.

There are also many people in the queen's maiden family who have been dismissed, but the queen is still in the middle palace and has not been implicated. In fact, it's not that Emperor Wu doesn't want to abolish the queen, it's just that one person in the harem can't be alone, so it's not easy to be in the previous dynasty. However, Emperor Wu has never entered the middle palace since then, and he can be regarded as snubbing the queen.

After this incident, the queen has obviously restrained a lot, after all, the prince has not fallen. And secretly busy befriending ministers, only when the time is ripe, she will make a comeback.

Duanmu Guifei is even more low-key these days, not even summoned by the emperor, not even out of her palace gate, and the seventh prince only served on the side during the emperor's illness, and after the emperor recovered, he returned to his prince's mansion, and he was not even summoned, and he did not even enter the palace gate. This is also Liang Rengong's idea, rather than strengthening his power at this time, it is better to Taoguang Yanghui to be more popular with the emperor.

Sure enough, the emperor was very satisfied with the fact that the Seven Princes did not fall into the well and fell in love with the position of the crown prince, and for more than a month, the Seven Princes were allowed to listen to the government. Among the civil and military officials, the wind direction is more inclined to the Seven Princes.

In the affairs of the court, someone will report to Situ Yan, but she only listens to the story every day, and does not give opinions or attitudes, even if Duanmu Xuan is looking for each other intentionally or unintentionally, she will not answer.

And San Lang lived in Beijing for more than a month, under Situ Yan's intentional arrangement. Naturally, he had a lot of contact with Duanmu Xuan, but his opinion of this person has changed, although the two are rivals in love. But they also sympathize with each other. Moreover, Duanmu Xuan also gave Li Sanlang a lot of books on astronomy and geography, and even some picture books of the lone military book.

Seeing off Li Sanlang on this day, Situ Jin called his little sister to the study in the outer courtyard, "Yan'er, there will be ten days before the lunar month, where do you plan to celebrate the New Year?" ”

"Let's stay in Beijing for the New Year this year! The brothers of the Li family are also brought into Beijing, and there are Uncle Niu and them in the village. Nothing big happens! Situ Yan originally wanted to go to Xinzhuang in Heyang County for the New Year, but now that Beijing is in turmoil, it is too early to show her final retreat. It's better to hide it, and if one less person knows about it, there will be less danger.

"It's good!" Situ Jin also thinks this is very good, first, he doesn't want to leave Beijing. After all, he is now betrothed. I want to be able to meet Gongsun Yu more. Second, he is going to take the examination next spring, and he still has a lot of questions to ask Mr. Gongsun.

"Yan'er, before the Guogong Mansion held a banquet and hospitality, we should give a gift this year, but this gift is heavy, it seems that we have a heart to cling, and we have lost the number of courtesies, there are no elders in the family, this degree is a brother, I really don't know how to handle it?" Although Situ Jin is also from a large family. But after all, there used to be grandmothers, fathers, and stewards. He doesn't have to worry about any of this. And now that he is the head of the family and has the identity of Xie Yuan, he can't escape these things.

"I have a new set of noodles in the head shop, the style is luxurious, but the price is not high, but it is very worthy of the Duchess of the country, so I will give that set! Add some snacks, fruits, satin, cotton and you're done. I'll prepare for that, so my brother doesn't need to worry about it. It's the festival of Gongsun Mansion, and the elder brother has to worry about it himself, but it is for the future Yue family, and the gift can't be light! Situ Yan didn't care about the gift to the Guogong Mansion at all, after all, although she was interested in Duanmu Xuan, she did not accept her mother's rude behavior towards her. So I didn't want Situ Jin to worry about these things, so I found a word to diverge.

"Yan'er is 13 years old, and she must not mention these things again, let outsiders listen to them, and she will be reprimanded by her in-laws in the future!" As long as Situ Jin thought that the Duchess of Guo was not satisfied with his little sister, he felt a pang of colic in his heart.

"Yes, little sister doesn't mention it!" Situ Yan knew what Situ Jin was worried about, anyway, she only did herself, if Duanmu Xuan was willing to accept it, then she would consider being with him, if she couldn't accept it, she would break up.

In addition to the Guogong Mansion and the Gongsun Mansion, Situ Jin also has some friends, but it is not difficult to prepare for the Boxing Festival. After all, Situ Yan operates dozens of shops in the three counties and places.

Out of the study room of the outer courtyard, called Li Youzhu and Wu Guo into the inner courtyard, "Manager Li, it is not far from the New Year when you enter the lunar month, you should pay more attention to the shops in the capital, don't let people take advantage of the loopholes, if something happens in the New Year, this year will be in a bad mood!" ”

"Yes, the minions must be careful!" Li Youzhu is more and more comfortable with the eldest lady, and he is more shrewd than before, Situ Yan is very relieved. With a wave of his hand, he let him retreat first, and then looked at Wu Guo who was standing aside.

"Manager Wu, I have two gift slips here, you go to prepare them yourself, and if you need to buy them, you can withdraw the silver taels directly from me!" Situ Yan handed the two gift slips she had just written to Wu Guo, which were the most important things.

"As for the gifts that the eldest young master wants to give to his friends, they will be debited from the account in the outer court. Write it down! ”

"Yes, the minion wrote it down!" Wu Guo bowed, took the gift list and stepped aside. Seeing that the eldest lady lowered her head and wrote again, she didn't dare to ask again when it came to her mouth.

But after waiting for a while, seeing that the eldest lady still hadn't raised her head, she wanted to speak a few times and stopped, Situ Yan felt the figure in front of the table shaking, so she looked up, and saw that Wu Guo was still standing aside, not only frowned, "But is there anything else?" ”

"Yes, eldest miss, the two cousin young masters came to the door again a few days ago, and they want to spend more silver taels during the New Year? The slave didn't dare to give it, but it happened that the eldest young master went out and bumped into it. The eldest lady also knew that the eldest young master nodded in agreement! What do you think the slave should do about this? Situ Yan understood that Situ Jin didn't want these two to make too much trouble, ruin Situ Mansion's reputation, and make her difficult to follow.

"That's it, since it's the elder brother who has responded, it's not appropriate to give less, so let's prepare the New Year's gift by ten taels of silver! But you can't just give the silver, or they'll just ask for more and more! ”

Wu Guo couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, although it was Situ Jin who was in charge of the Situ Mansion, it was this eldest lady who really had the final say, and the servants in the mansion knew it. Therefore, if the eldest young master's decision violates the taboo of the eldest lady, these minions will come to ask for advice. Although most of the time the eldest lady will be requested by the eldest young master. But if you don't ask for advice, it's the fault of these slaves.

"This is also taken from the account of the outer court, and I haven't read the account of the outer court these days. Is there enough money? ”

"Back to the eldest lady, it's enough, the few shops under the name of the eldest young master have income every month, not to mention, and even the eldest lady will give the dividends of her own shop to the eldest young master, and the silver is enough!"

"That's good, if you don't remember enough, you don't need to discuss with the eldest young master, just come to find me!"

"Yes. Slaves retreat! Wu Guo walked out of the inner courtyard and went directly to the account room to pay the money out of Situ Mansion. Situ Yan was busy until noon, so she had time to eat something.

Cui Ping's face was heartbroken, and the eldest lady was busy every day. The eldest young master didn't know when he would marry a housewife and enter the door, and let the eldest lady rest.

"Cui Ping, Manager Li and Manager Wu are busy with shopping outside the house, and the whole house is pointing at you. The minions in the house are doing well this year. I remember that each person was given an extra two taels of silver, a piece of muslin cloth, and ten catties of fine cotton. ”

"Miss, when the eldest young master won the 'Xie Yuan', he was rewarded a lot, and in the past few years, silver has to be made everywhere in the house, so you don't have to worry about the minions!"

"The eldest young master's reward is the eldest young master's. What I give is mine, irlevant. Just go ahead and prepare! I looked at the accounts in the inner courtyard last night. You will save me money, such a big Situ Mansion in a month has not even spent ten taels of silver! ”

"The food in the house is all sent from my own shop, at most it is only the monthly example of the young master, and there are also some slaves' share, where can I use so much!" Cui Ping not only treats Situ Yan as her master, but also treats her as her own relatives and children, so she thinks about her everywhere. thought that I could save more dowry for her, so that I would not be embarrassed by my husband's family when I got married in the future.

"Okay Cuiping, you are the most intimate in this house! But don't be wronged yourself, now that your family is doing things in the house, it's time to take the exam next year, and this day will only get better and better! What about your young lady and me, nothing else may work, but in this business, I am afraid that I will call it the second in this capital, and no one dares to call it the first. Therefore, the place that should be saved should be saved, and the place where it should be spent should also be spent. Otherwise, you won't be a miser! Situ Yan hasn't chatted with Cui Ping for a long time, and it's rare to have time today, but the two are talking about speculation.

"This is all thanks to the first lady in heaven, but the slave maid is stained with the light of the eldest lady!"

"When did Cui Ping learn the same as Mama Li, her mouth is so sweet!"

"Miss!" Cui Ping rarely talks about these things on weekdays, and she is a little embarrassed with a red face, but Situ Yan mentioned Mama Li, and Cui Ping also happened to have something to ask for instructions, "Miss, Mama Li said that she is old and can't do anything, but she is kept in the house all day long, and she doesn't want to go out of the house to live!" ”

"Xu is that I am too busy these days, I have neglected her, she has been a subordinate all her life, and she has long been accustomed to doing things according to people's eyes, but now she is respected as a master, but she is not used to it. That's it, I've made a note of this, you can get busy first! "It's not that Situ Yan doesn't want to let Mama Li out of the house, but she is old and helpless, where can she go after leaving Situ Mansion.

At night, Situ Yan was busy with the things at hand, and then went to the backyard. "Mama Li, I'm busy these days, I don't know how good Mama's body is?"

"Okay! Okay! The minion is very dirty here, why did the eldest lady come over! "Mama Li has been watching the eldest lady behave for more than a year, and she has long been convinced, where do you still treat her as a child, and even more than Situ Wan back then, she has more demeanor as a housewife.

"Mama Li, sit down, I'm not here to put on some big lady's score, I just have a request for someone like you, and it's not easy to speak!"

"What is the eldest lady talking about, as long as the eldest lady commands, the old slave will definitely do his best!"

"Okay, Mama sits down first!" Situ Yan helped Mama Li sit down, and then sat beside her and chatted with her, "Now there are many people in the house, Cui Ping is in charge of the entire inner courtyard, and her feet don't touch the ground all day long, I see that Mama's body is still very strong, can you ask Mama to help manage the things in the stove room?" You don't need to make it yourself, just teach the cooks, the food made by these cooks is not fragrant with grandma! Situ Yan knows that when people are old, if they have nothing to do, they will think crankily. Since Mama Li wants to do things, she just picks up the lighter ones and lets her do them.

"Miss, the old slave is dizzy, I'm afraid I won't do well!" Mama Li was happy in her heart, but she was also afraid that she would not do well and would be entrusted by the eldest lady.

"Although Mama's eyes are dazzling, she knows in her heart, who has done what things, Mama doesn't need to look at it, she can smell it!"

"Thank you, Miss!" Mama Li was red-eyed, got up and saluted Situ Yan, the eldest lady understood that she was thinking about her, she was a slave, and now she was almost treated the same as the master, out of this Situ Mansion, I am afraid that there will be no such good master anywhere.

Three days after this incident, Situ Jin learned that the little sister could care so much about Mama Li, and he was also very happy in his heart, after all, this Mama Li was more intimate with him, the eldest young master. And the little sister has a deeper affection for Cui Ping. And he stays in the outer courtyard all day long, and the affairs of the inner courtyard are handed over to the little sister, and now the little sister not only has a bowl of water, but even treats the old man well, he is happy in his heart.

After approaching the wax moon, all the provinces in Beijing were busy, and even Duanmu Xuan was sent by the Duchess of the State to give gifts to the mansions, and he rarely had time to visit the Situ Mansion to meet the beauties. On the contrary, Cheng Feng knew that Situ Yan had returned to Beijing, and he almost visited every three days and every five days.

"Zhongxian, I have been back and forth no less than ten times, but Ling Mei didn't even show her face. Before, it was me Cheng Feng who didn't think about it, but things have changed, and Ling Mei will inevitably hurt the aspiration of you and me, right? Cheng Feng was also forced by Situ Yan to be anxious, so he didn't speak lightly or heavily.

"What did Senior Brother Cheng say, Sister Cheng has a strange temper, not to mention Senior Brother Cheng, it is Mr. Gongsun who called, Sister Cheng also said that she would not go if she didn't go, only blamed me for my incompetence as a brother, and there was no elder at home to teach, so she developed her temperament that doesn't know the height of the sky, and I hope Senior Brother Cheng will bear with her!" Situ said it politely, but the meaning couldn't be more obvious. In short, if you want to see his little sister, it's impossible.

"Hmph, now that you are Xie Yuan and Di, and you are married to Gongsun Mansion, of course you won't put my Da Situ Mansion in your eyes!"

"How dare you, how dare you, Zhongxian is clothy, Mr. Dei loves this to tie the knot with Miss Gongsun, and it is incomparable to Da Situ Mansion. Senior Brother Cheng's fiancée is a well-known family, and I don't know how many teenagers are envious. ”

"Zhongxian, you don't remind me, but I still say the same thing, if Sister Ling is willing to marry me, I will withdraw from the marriage immediately!"

"How can Sister She's do that thing to kill people's marriages, and please don't mention this matter again Senior Brother Cheng! Let someone with a heart listen to it, and tarnish the name of the little sister. ”

"I don't think it's because I'm afraid of tarnishing Sister Ling's reputation, but that your Situ Mansion has already found Gao Zhi and wants to be the princess of the Guogong Mansion, right?"

The more Cheng Feng spoke, the more unspeakable he became, even if Situ Jin's temper was good, he was angry, and he took a deep breath to endure it. "Senior Brother Cheng, who my sister marries is considered by me, who is my brother!"

"Humph!" Cheng Feng snorted coldly, patted his ass and left directly. Situ Jinqi's face turned blue, and he only sent him off. The two are completely stiff.

When Situ Yan returned home at night, she heard the bolt mention this matter, and smiled indifferently, this Cheng Feng was in the water, otherwise how could he come to find her bad luck. Fortunately, she didn't bump into it, otherwise she would have to kill this person's arrogance. (To be continued.) )