Wen Hui hurriedly followed the red carp and took Qiu Bi to the Bai family's courtyard.

Bai Shi saw that his daughter had changed into homely clothes, and said: "Where is there a girl like you, or is everyone beautiful, you are not at home all day, really, are you going to learn painting with Master Qiu today?" ”

Chen Wenhui smiled and told Qiu Zijie's painting again.

Bai's expression became solemn. Chen Wenhui found that something was wrong, and hurriedly asked, "What's the matter, mother, but you don't want me to spend this money to help the master promote painting?" ”

Bai smiled: "Don't say that you haven't spent the family's money yet, even if you spend the family's money, I won't stop it." Isn't it a hundred and eighty thousand pieces of silver? Those sons and sons of the family are indispensable for 180,000 a year. is the girl's clothes and jewelry, and social play is indispensable for fifty or sixty thousand. When our Bai family was still at its peak, my father, your grandfather, didn't spend more than 100,000 taels of silver on communication at that time. Our family has a lot of guards, and just building a house for them to live in, they all occupy a street. Now our family is also considered a rich family, probably richer than the Bai family when I was a child, where can I care about this money. Besides, you haven't spent any money from your family, and now you make money from your own business, not to mention that you not only manage your own business, but also make money by taking care of your family's business. Where am I not happy about spending money on you? What do we do to make money? Don't you want you and your brothers to live happily? As long as you're happy, it's a 180,000 draw, so what's it? I just heard you say that Master Qiu said that this secret realm is very mysterious, touching my heart, and I think there may be something else. ”

Chen Wenhui hurriedly asked: "I also think it's very strange, but I can't tell what is wrong, what did my mother think?" ”

Bai said: "Hey, I think it's strange, I think it's a bit similar to a previous thing. This was all decades ago. At that time, I was still a little girl, and it was my aunt who became the crown prince with your eldest aunt. My aunt is a concubine, and she is very liked by the elders in the family. The person is also beautiful and capable, and becoming the prince Liangdi is also very favored by the prince at that time and the current emperor. For a while, the limelight overshadowed your aunt. Of course, Wang Liangdi at that time, that is, the later Queen Wang, was not an opponent. Even the crown princess Li is not an opponent. However, later, the crown prince, that is, the current emperor, fell in love with a favorite concubine, and my aunt was full of spirit and fought with that favorite concubine. ”

Chen Wenhui said: "How can a concubine be able to fight against Liangdi, who was born in a family? ”

Bai said: "At that time, our Bai family was better than now, and my aunt was very unkind to that favorite concubine by relying on the strength of the family. I don't know the specifics, because I was young at the time. I just know that the favorite concubine is not easy to mess with, she has a mysterious background, and there are people in her family. They are all capable people, and there are masters in medicine and divination, astronomy and geography, calligraphy, painting, piano and chess, which is really shocking. ”

Chen Wenhui was dumbfounded: "Could it be another black family?" ”

Bai said: "How can there be another black family in this world? It is very important to know the inheritance of a family, where can a small family have so many capable people? This looks like a family with a complete inheritance, and it can even be said. The inheritance of this family is more complete and better than our four major families, and in my opinion, even the black family can't compare. ”

Chen Wenhui asked: "My mother was still young at that time, how did she know that the black family of that family couldn't compare?" ”

Bai said: "I definitely didn't understand it at the time, but then I grew up. I got married to your father, and sometimes your father talked to me about the past, although we didn't participate in that competition, but for several years after that, the people in the capital, especially the four major families, talked about it with each other. We listened a lot. Also often analyzed together. Your father thinks that this mysterious family inheritance is more complete and powerful than our four major families, isn't this comparison better than the black family? ”

Chen Wenhui nodded and said, "That's right." It's just a black family that already surprises me, how can a mysterious family emerge again? ”

Bai said: "My aunt was defeated, and her appearance is not as good as her, and her family is not as good as others. I heard that the later Queen Wang, that is, Wang Liangdi at that time, was the smartest, and she did not fight with that favorite concubine, but chose to avoid it. But my aunt, Liangdi of the Bai family, the crown princess of the Li family, and your aunt Chen Liangdi were all defeated. My aunt died, and our Bai family was ruined. Your aunt is fine, but she has been quiet for a few years. The Chen family's power was also hit. The crown princess of the Li family died. The Li family's power has also been hit. However, the favorite concubine is nowhere to be found. It is precisely because the favorite concubine is missing, so the queen in the palace, that is, the Empress Dowager Li, can only use Wang Liangdi to manage the prince's mansion. Later, when the emperor ascended the throne, it was Wang Liangdi, who got the benefits of the fisherman, who became the queen. ”

Chen Wenhui was surprised: "Isn't this a lose-lose situation?" No, it's a sandpiper and a clam competing for the benefit of the fisherman. This queen is really smart. However, what kind of family is this favorite concubine's family? ”

Bai said: "It's a mystery, but your father once told me privately that he had a conjecture. ”

Chen Wenhui looked at Bai with blank eyes.

Bai said: "Your father guesses, it may be the Win clan. ”

Chen Wenhui's eyes widened, full of surprise: "The Ying family, is it the royal family of the previous dynasty?" Didn't the royal family all be confined in the capital back then? Later, after several decades, the royal family was killed and wounded, where is the Win clan in the world now? ”

Bai said: "Ordinary people think so. But all of us in the four major families knew that back then, the most important one of the Ying clan fled. Not only did he escape, but he also took away the wealth that the Win clan had accumulated for hundreds of years. Therefore, you see, our Dachu was basically built on the basis of poverty and whiteness, which is why poverty is like this. ”

Chen Wenhui thought about it for a while: "I was also curious before, why is the economy of our Great Chu royal family so tight, even if it is against the northwest for many years, it shouldn't be like this, no matter what, there should be some foundation left." So you can say it. ”

Bai said: "The Ying clan is the royal family of the previous dynasty, when they fled, they were not in a hurry, but left very calmly, after all, Da Chu replaced the previous dynasty, and did not use swords and soldiers, it was a relative who usurped the throne." Therefore, the Win clan took everything they could. Classics, wealth, talents, and the best talents of the Win clan. ”

Chen Wenhui said: "When my mother said this, I also had some doubts that the secret realm that this teacher had been to was the place where the Ying clan lived in seclusion. Only the Ying clan can have such a superb painting inheritance. ”

Bai said: "Anyway, we don't care about these, if you like it, just do it according to your own heart, anyway, it's just calligraphy and painting, and the court won't care." Besides, you're just helping your teacher, Master Qiu. It has nothing to do with that secret realm. ”

Chen Wenhui nodded. It is better to be careful about this political matter. It seems that in the future, you can't use the banner of painting, you have to use the banner of Master Qiu, anyway, Master Qiu is the No. 1 painter in Dachu, and this appeal is still enough.

Bai Shi continued: "You see, we have gossiped about it, and we haven't talked to you about it yet. The day after tomorrow, your Aunt Hu will go to the capital. ”

Chen Wenhui hurriedly said: "By the way, I came here for this." Mother, why did Aunt Hu come at this time, it's going to be summer soon. ”

Bai said, "But isn't it? Originally, I said that I would come over after the New Year, but the ice in the canal had not yet melted, and I couldn't take the waterway, and the land route was too hard, so I stopped for a while. By the time spring and March came, the river was thawed, and your Aunt Hu was entangled in things again, so she couldn't come, so she was busy until this time. ”

Chen Wenhui hurriedly asked: "What are you involved in?" ”

Bai Shi frowned and said, "It's also because your Aunt Hu is too kind, it's all for your Mingzhu sister's two half-sisters." ”

Chen Wenhui was surprised: "Pearls, pearls? ”

Bai said: "Yes, that's the name. It's hard for you to remember. Didn't the two of them give Yan Songbai a concubine at that time? Baozhu also gave birth to a son to Yan Songbai, who was very favored, and later, before Yan Songbai fell, he was actually found out by Yan Songbai's daughter-in-law, and the son born by Baozhu was not Yan Songbai's child, but a guard. In this way, the jewels, the pearls, the two guards, and their mothers, fled. This can be regarded as an escape. Then the Yan family fell, and they were all assigned to the frontier, but the two of them escaped. However, the two of them could have lived a good life. Because they swept away a large amount of the Yan family's property, but this property caused trouble for them. The two guards cheated the property away, and actually sold the two of them to the green building. ”

Chen Wenhui: "Huh? "Yes.

Bai said: "Later, I met your Aunt Hu in the midst of displacement. Now your Aunt Hu refused to sit idly by, saying that it was your Mingzhu's sister's sister, so she rescued them. and put them in their own houses. I dragged my feet for a moment, and I didn't have time to come over until this time. ”

Chen Wenhui was stunned for a moment, this Hu family is too weird, right? Is it really a revenge for grievances with virtue? Why do you have to save them like this? She forgot about the things they tortured Mingzhu back then? This is too virgin, isn't it?

Chen Wenhui said: "Mother, it can't be Aunt Hu who brought those two beads, right?" ”

Bai Shi said a little helplessly: "That's what your Aunt Hu said in the letter, and she brought it too." ”

Chen Wenhui was completely speechless.