When Wen Hui and her mother returned to their home's rejuvenation home, it was already noon, and a servant had already prepared a meal, Wen Hui ate the food made in her own house, and the strange thing was that when eating, Chen Yuanheng did not come back, and someone came to report that Chen Yuanheng was left by Chen Zhaonan to eat. After the meal they had to take counsel.

Chen Wenhui eaten, took a sip of tea, the mother and daughter chatted, Wenhui said: "Mother, what's the matter, grandfather wants to talk to father for so long?" ”

Bai Shi pondered for a while and said: "I can't say for sure, I think there are no more than three things, first, the recent situation in the capital, the second is the matter of our small branch to stand on its own, and third, it may be the New Year, your grandfather wants your father to contribute some money for the New Year." ”

Wen Hui smiled dumbly: "Tomorrow is Chinese New Year's Eve, is it that the New Year goods in this mansion, the festival and other things are not fully prepared?" ”

Bai smiled: "How can it be, although your second aunt is not a good person, she still has the ability to be a housekeeper, and the things for this New Year's Festival have already been prepared." Besides, they have already asked us for a sum of silver under the pretext of the New Year. ”

Wen Hui pouted and said, "They are relatives to us only when they ask for money." How much do you need? ”

Bai said: "Your father gave your grandfather 20,000 taels of silver as a filial tribute without waiting for your grandfather to speak. ”

Wen Hui nodded, now that her family is rich, she doesn't care about 20,000 taels of silver, it is right to honor her grandfather, and her father is doing it right.

Bai continued: "In previous years, it was enough to give this filial piety money, but this year, we spent it in the capital, so they seized the opportunity to come to the door every day to ask for money, first your grandmother, saying that it was going to be a New Year's celebration, and she wanted us to pay for it. That's it. After all, she is your father's mother-in-law, and it is not good to save her face, so I gave her five thousand taels of silver. Later, your aunt came to the house again to cry poverty. I was so annoyed that I had no choice but to give her two thousand taels of silver. She went back happily, and treated me much better, so she thought it was a helper to help me deal with your second aunt. ”

Wen Hui laughed and said: "This eldest aunt is really suppressed miserably in the door of the house, her eyes are so small, and such a little money is placed in her heart." She, the princess's biological mother, the daughter of the Wang family, and the daughter-in-law of the Chen family, why is she so shabby? ”

Bai sighed and said, "Hey, back then, her mother's side didn't agree with her marriage to your uncle. Therefore, the dowry given to her was a little less, and after coming to our house, she was suppressed by your grandmother, and later, your uncle favored concubines one after another. The idea of their big house is not enough for your uncle to spend alone, where is her business? She camped everywhere in order to save up dowries and dowries for her children. Fortunately, your grandfather attaches great importance to your lobby brother, and asked for your lobby brother to marry the concubine of my Bai family, and the dowry and the like are all from your grandfather. Later, you also knew about your lobby sister, where to use her money. So. Her silver was saved, but later, her mother's branch fell into decline in the Wang family, and she had to give her own silver back for the sake of her mother's family. So. She can't turn away now, can she not see Yinzi's kiss? ”

Wen Hui didn't know this, and said: "So the eldest aunt is still a good person, but her mother's family used her back then and didn't give her a good dowry." Now that her mother's family has declined, she can help her mother's family regardless of her previous suspicions. ”

Bai Shi nodded and said, "I am also willing to give her money because of this, otherwise, I am full of food?" Why do we give her all our hard-earned money? ”

Wen Hui smiled and said, "I think it's really chaotic in the uncle's yard." ”

Bai Shi sneered and said, "You uncle is the most unobtrusive person, and there are a lot of jokes in his yard. ”

Wen Hui said: "I think this sister-in-law in the lobby is quite good, worthy of being a girl from your Bai family, capable and beautiful, she may be able to manage the big house well in the future." ”

When Bai Shi heard this, he laughed and said, "You little monkey, you can talk." Bai Yuying is indeed a smart person, and her identity is enough, originally, after she got married, your aunt was very satisfied, and handed over the affairs of the big house to her to manage. Although your uncle is not in tune, he still respects this daughter-in-law very much, therefore, those concubines have managed her for a while, but the good times did not last long, after Concubine Bai married Liu Yan, she often competed with Wen Feng for favor, and your aunt had a lot of opinions about her daughter-in-law, and she had no face for your sister-in-law in front of people several times, so your sister-in-law in the lobby gradually couldn't hold back, and the big house was in chaos again. ”

Wen Hui smiled: "I'll just say, I'm not afraid of god-like opponents, I'm afraid of pig-like teammates." The eldest aunt is really stupid, what is the matter of Concubine Bai in the lobby? They are clan sisters, not sisters, even if they are sisters, they can't control it, so they can do such a thing to destroy the Great Wall, it's really stupid. ”

Bai Shi smiled and said: "You little monkey has so many strange words, it's really apt to describe it, well, not afraid of god-like opponents, but afraid of pig-like teammates." Isn't it? With the ability of your sister-in-law in the lobby, in this inner house, the old lady and the second lady have a way to deal with it, not to mention a few concubines of the father-in-law. But Shengsheng was ruined by the stupid person of your eldest aunt, and I was really depressed when I thought about it. ”

Wen Hui also smiled, and was smiling, Chen Yuanheng had already returned, and as soon as he entered the door, he asked, "What is so happy?" Tell me about it too? ”

Bai and Wen Hui hurriedly stood up, and Bai asked, "Didn't the master let people talk about things with the old lady?" Why did you come back so soon? ”

Chen Yuanheng said: "I've finished speaking, of course I'll come back, I'm still thinking about my baby daughter." Tell me what you're laughing at? ”

Bai Shi hurriedly said what Wen Hui said just now, and Chen Yuanheng also laughed and said: "Hui'er is really ingenious, she can come up with such a wonderful sentence." Hey, actually, it's the same in the court. ”

Wen Hui hurriedly asked: "Grandfather is talking to my father about things, but it has something to do with pig-like teammates?" ”

Bai and Chen Yuanheng laughed again, and Chen Yuanheng said: "Hey, although it's disrespectful, but it was really guessed by Wen Hui." My father came to me because of the eldest brother and the second brother. ”

Bai Shi hurriedly asked, "What is it?" ”

Chen Yuanheng smiled bitterly and said: "The good son-in-law who is not yet the second brother actually chose to take refuge in the third prince, the eldest brother's Wenchang and Wensheng actually got close to the children of several of the three princes' cronies, which made my father very angry." Does our family have a choice now? Everywhere they go, they are already the people of the Four Princes, and it is really annoying that they are still so unreasonable. ”

Bai Shi snorted and said, "Are the two of them unreasonable, just today?" Back then, the eldest sister competed with the queen in the palace for favor, didn't the eldest brother marry the eldest sister-in-law? There is also the second brother, who made mistakes in officialdom and held back the eldest sister. These are all old things, let's just talk about the recent thing, Wen Feng married the fourth prince and became a concubine, this was set by the eldest sister in the palace, and the Chen family decided to support the four princes, but what about the eldest brother, the father-in-law of the four princes immediately married the concubine to the former prince. As for the second brother, he also plans to marry his daughter to the third prince as a concubine, but unfortunately, the third prince can't look down on it, so he gave up. It's only been a few years, huh? Has my father forgotten him? Now that I think about it, I don't think they can be reasonable. ”

Chen Yuanheng smiled bitterly, in fact, he couldn't do anything about these two brothers who were out of tune, but because they were close relatives and brothers, it was hard to say anything.

Chen Wenhui saw her father embarrassed and hurriedly asked, "Father, how is the form in the capital?" ”

Chen Yuanheng saw that his daughter was so caring, and hurriedly said under the steps: "In the capital, now the prince has fallen, the prince's cronies have been liquidated, and many officials have fallen. In this way, the power of the three princes has risen, but our Chen family and the Bai family have already indicated that they want to support the four princes, so the emperor has not decided on the new prince for a long time. Now the four princes and the third prince are competing for power. The official families, nobles, and clans in the capital are all restless, and they are forced to stand in line. ”

Chen Wenhui smiled and said: "These people, I will wait and see more, anyway, no matter who is in power, they all enjoy wealth and prosperity, so why bother to take risks." ”

Chen Yuanheng glanced at his daughter appreciatively and said, "Hui'er is right. Therefore, tomorrow's Chinese New Year's Eve banquet is very important, and the division of forces in the capital is about to come to a conclusion, so everyone attaches great importance to this banquet. Are you all ready? Needless to say, Madame, as long as you make up according to the product, it's Hui'er, there is no grade, but you can't wear it casually, you have to be generous and luxurious, after all, it's the New Year. ”

Chen Wenhui hurriedly said: "This daughter is provincial, I have already prepared all the clothes and jewelry, and I keep them generous and gorgeous, but I don't want to be in the limelight, so I just take advantage of the ordinary, without losing etiquette, but I don't use those extravagant things." ”

Chen Yuanheng said with a smile: "Hey, I'm afraid you can't be in the limelight if you don't want to, after all, our family is now on the cusp, and your brother has recently been newly named the city lord, which of our Da Chu is not looking at it with a blank eye." You must be cautious, it is best to follow your mother closely, in case your mother wants to salute and it is inconvenient to take you, you just follow Princess Lichuan, you have a friendship with her, she is the emperor's favorite princess, her mother is the highest concubine in the harem, and her husband is the lord of Shanghai City, few can afford to provoke her. ”

Wen Hui grinned and said: "Father and I thought the same, my mother is only a second grade, there are people from the Bai family to deal with, there are people from our Chen family to deal with, and there are also officials and dependents of my father's colleagues and bosses to deal with, where can I take care of me, I have already greeted the princess, and when the time comes, I will enter the palace with the princess, which is cheaper." ”

Chen Yuanheng and Bai laughed and said, "You understand, this arrangement is extremely appropriate. ”

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