When Cheng Ran was removed, Min Jia hadn't married in, and when she got married, Jiuru Lane had already been divided, and the servants in the capital were either newly bought by several generations of servants, and the servants understood the rules and wouldn't talk nonsense, and they also felt that Cheng Ran, a person who was kicked out by the Cheng family, had nothing worth saying, and the newly bought ones didn't know, so Min Jia naturally didn't know anything about Cheng Ran. However, since the surname is "Cheng", maybe he is a member of the Cheng family, and there is a table word, which shows that this person is a person with a meritorious name.

Min Jia is a little unsure of what this person named Cheng Xiangqing is looking for herself to do - Mrs. Yuan is in charge of the affairs of the inner courtyard of the Cheng family, and Cheng Xu is in charge of the affairs of the outer courtyard, no matter what Cheng Xiangqing is looking for her to do, she doesn't seem to be able to help, not to mention that she has never met Cheng Xiangqing, so she is a foreign man, let alone whether she meets or not.

She handed the letter to the little maid and said, "Give it to the uncle." ”

The little maid went away in response, turned back after a while, and said tremblingly: "The uncle is not in the house, and he said that he was punished by the master to kneel in the ancestral hall." ”

When Cheng Xu said such a thing, everyone had to kneel in the ancestral hall.

When Mrs. Guo left, her mother-in-law was speechless, and she didn't know if it was better at this time? As a daughter-in-law, do you want to go over to comfort and comfort your mother-in-law? With her mother-in-law's temperament, I'm afraid that she will lose her teeth and swallow blood, and she doesn't want her to see her embarrassed, right?

Min Jia hesitated, and later went to Yuan's place.

Yuan was so angry that she lay on the bed, and Cheng Jing was sitting there comforting her. Hearing that it was his daughter-in-law who came over, Yuan Shi hurriedly shook his head at Cheng Jing.

Cheng Jing couldn't help but sigh and said, "If you had married a daughter-in-law with a lower court. At this time, there is also a daughter-in-law by my side to talk! ”

When this kind of thing happened at home, the Yuan family wanted to save face. How can she be embarrassed in front of the daughter-in-law who is the eldest lady of the Min family, then you can only hide it. Even if you can't hide it, you have to cover your ears and steal the bell.

Yuan Shi said unhappily: "What do you want from such a daughter-in-law?" Is this happening every day in our family? ”

"When a family lives together, what about the upper teeth and the lower teeth?" Cheng Jing said, "I think it's better for you to make some things clear to the Min family." ”

Yuan didn't squeak.

Her mind is not on this now, she has been thinking about Cheng Xu's words.

"I poured out my heart and liver for him, how can he accuse me like this?" Yuan said, his heart felt as if he had been stabbed, and his tears couldn't help but fall again.

Cheng Jing frowned. said: "In the future, you don't have to worry about Jiashan's affairs." In the past, I handed over the child to you, but I also thought that I had a lot of things to do in Beijing, and I didn't have time to take care of him, and he didn't have a head in Beijing, so I was afraid that he would learn badly from those gentlemen. Now that the family has moved to the capital for a reunion, you just need to take care of the affairs of the inner house......"

Yuan Shi opened his mouth wide, and only after a while did he say, "You, are you also blaming me?" ”

Indeed, a son cannot grow beyond the hand of a woman.

Cheng Jing used to think that his wife was the son of the elder of the pavilion, and their brothers were all raised by their mother. A wife is better than an average woman, even if she is not as good as her mother. In the early years, seeing that she had raised Cheng Xu and did her best, he handed over the child to the Yuan family. But I never thought that I would raise my son crookedly in the end.

There is no woman in the world like his mother.

Cheng Jing thought so in his heart, and his expression couldn't help revealing a little.

Yuan's heart was cold, and he cried: "Why do you think so? I've been helping you with your housework in your hometown all these years. Serve your mother-in-law, raise your children, and be conscientious. Don't dare to be sloppy in the slightest, now the child is like this. I'm sadder than anyone else, and you don't comfort me. Blame me instead......"

Cheng Jing really didn't want to say anything.

For so many years, it is precisely because he has remembered his wife's hardship that he respects her so much, and he has not even had a room for so many years as an official in the capital......

He stood up irritably and said, "You are so resting! I went to see my mother, and I also discussed with my second uncle about Jiashan. After speaking, he didn't wait for Yuan to say anything, and left the inner room directly.

Yuan was anxious and angry, his chest cramped, and he collapsed on the bed in a cold sweat on his forehead.

There was a panic in the room.

By the time Yuan's nurse chased him out, Cheng Jing had long since disappeared.

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In the study room in the outer courtyard of Chen Li's house in Fuchengmen, Cheng Luzheng listened to the little maid's reply with an uncertain expression: "...... said that she was an inner house woman, and it was difficult to see a foreign man. Let you go to their uncle if you have anything. ”

The little guy was talking cautiously while looking at Cheng Lu's expression.

Cheng Lu's expression was even more unsightly.

I didn't expect Cheng Xu to successfully pass the Jinshi examination all the way, and then did he take the Shu Jishi exam and stay in the Hanlin Academy to watch politics?

He looked at the shirt on his body, which only a scholar could wear, and his face became even more ugly.

Chen Li finally helped himself recover Xiucai's fame, and he didn't have to change his name and surname to take the exam again. But just like that, he can't make up for the past few years he has delayed - in the past, he and Cheng Xu were only a slight gap, but now they are one in heaven and one in the ground.

He has today, and it is all caused by the Cheng family!

Cheng Lu's hand clenched tightly into a fist.

The little guy was so frightened that his legs went limp.

Fortunately, the voice of the servant on duty came from outside the door: "Uncle, the steward of the Four Princes' Mansion came over, saying that the Buddha Bathing Festival is coming, and the people below have saluted the Four Princes some incense and candles. But the master is not at home, do you look at this gift list? ”

The Four Princes' Mansion?

The crown prince is dead, the second prince, the fifth prince, and the seventh prince are gone, and the most capable of the court is the fourth prince.

The emperor set up a grandson again, and when the emperor died, one of the princes of the four princes would not be able to escape.

"What does the grandmother usually do, you just do it." Cheng Zhen took a deep breath before he could say these words in a calm tone.

If you are rich, you are not qualified to deal with these things.

Who knew that the little guy quickly turned back and said respectfully: "Grandma said that my uncle should be in charge of these things outside." ”

Cheng Lu's breath was slightly calm, and he said, "Then bring someone over!" ”

The little guy went and invited someone in.

The steward of the Four Princes' Mansion saluted respectfully. After saying a lot of polite words, he took out the gift list and handed it to Cheng Yuan.

Cheng Zhen didn't look much at it. Then he handed the gift list to the housekeeper at home, and said that he would hand it over to him when Chen Li returned.

The steward thanked him and left.

Cheng Yan opened the gift list and glanced at it.

Just this one glimpse. It had already made him a little dumbfounded.

There was still half a catty of ambergris in the gift list.

It was a royal thing, more precious than gold.

He thought about it for a while, and went to Chen's with the gift list: "Do we want to return a gift or something?" ”

"Yes!" Chen wanted to conceive a child, but there was no movement, so he invited the imperial doctor to come over to regulate his body, stared at the medicines all day long, and said lightly, "Daddy's rules, no matter what others send to our family." Either push it, or fold it in half. ”

Cheng Yu hesitated: "The Four Princes' Mansion has given no less than four thousand taels of silver...... Not quite right? ”

Chen smiled: "It's not just the four princes who give gifts to our family!" Except for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, our family has not yet returned the whole ceremony! ”

Prince?

It was the first time for Cheng Lu to feel the power of the great eunuchs so closely!

He was silent for a moment.

Chen thought that he had pulled out his words, which made his self-esteem a little unbearable, and said with a smile: "But there is no hurry to return the gift, and it is not too late for Daddy to get the return gift." Anyway, we don't understand these things out there. ”

Cheng Yu nodded.

When Chen Li came back, he handed the gift list to Chen Li.

Who knew that Chen Li glanced at it disapprovingly, and instructed the steward: "Just return the gift with two thousand taels of silver." ”

Cheng Yu wanted to speak and stopped.

Chen Li still likes this son-in-law very much, no matter what, he is the son of the Cheng family in Jinling Jiuru Lane.

Seeing this, he smiled and asked, "Uncle, do you think there is anything wrong?" ”

Cheng Yu thought about it. said: "Don't hide it from my father-in-law, I think we should be friendly with the fourth prince at this time!" ”

It's not a loss that he is a child of a family, but he was brought out, and he also has such a vision and mind.

Chen Li said kindly: "How do you say this? ”

Cheng Zhen lowered his voice. said: "My father-in-law has served the emperor all his life, and the emperor will naturally make arrangements for my father-in-law." But I look at the servants of all dynasties. Either arranged to guard the imperial mausoleum, or arranged to go out of the palace to be raised. But who hasn't offended a villain when he was on duty. These villains made a mess and gave the attendants who were far away from the forbidden palace the most headache. Now the emperor's grandson is only ten years old, and several imperial uncles are all in the prime of life. This is chickenpox and smallpox. What is not a sad hurdle? I think my father-in-law should leave a little more way. Although it is not enough to talk about settling with the four princes, it is not guilty of offending him. ”

Chen Li looked at Cheng Lu's gaze with a little more meaning, and said with a smile: "I didn't expect you to be quite involved in the affairs of the DPRK and China!" ”

"Who can not care about the affairs of the DPRK and China?" Cheng Zhen said with a straight face, "The Son of Heaven is angry, and there are millions of floating corpses." We don't want to be promoted and get rich, but we can't harm our families! ”

Chen Li laughed and said, "The emperor is a little uncomfortable these days, I shouldn't have left the palace originally. But I was worried that your little couple would not live at home, so I came out to take a look. Since you said so, I'll leave this matter to you. When the people from the Four Princes' Mansion asked, you said that I never went home. ”

If it happens, he will naturally be good. If it doesn't work, he'll be able to maneuver through it.

Cheng Lu was overjoyed.

You are not afraid of being late, you are afraid that no one will promote you in the court, and no one will pay attention to you if you sit on a cold bench for ten or twenty years.

As long as you can catch the boat of the Four Princes, whether it is Cheng Xu or Cheng Chi, you can only watch from the side.

Cheng Lu sneered in his heart.

Thinking about the meaning of Chen Li's words just now, after he sent Chen Li away, he discussed that the Chen family had drafted a return gift to the Four Princes' Mansion.

The fourth prince received the return gift and immediately called his confidant's staff over: "You say, what does Gonggong Liu mean by this?" ”

The staff smiled and looked at the gift list carefully, and said, "I'm afraid I want to step on two boats." ”

The fourth prince smiled slightly, and a hint of excitement flashed in his eyes.

If there is nothing to fear, why change?

It can be seen that Chen Li, the old horseman, also thinks that he will be the emperor!

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Have a great weekend, dear ones!

Today's update.

※(To be continued......)