Bai went to Hu's new house. Hu sat in the main room, listening to the housekeeper's report about the repair of the house, and his face was unhappy. Seeing Bai Shi coming, he was overjoyed, and hurriedly greeted him and said, "Why did my sister have the kung fu to come over today?" ”

The Bai family is the most shrewd, and when he saw that the Hu family actually managed the housework at home, he knew that the Hu family was in a bad mood. smiled and said, "Sister, what's wrong with you?" Didn't you teach these housework to Mingzhu a long time ago? Why don't you go and see what your hospital is building now? Instead, take care of the housework here? If you want me to say, this house is still newly built, and there are not many places that need to be moved, just teach the housekeeper to get it, why do you need to take care of it yourself? ”

Hu Shi smiled bitterly and said, "Sister, sit down and have a cup of tea first, in fact, where am I impatient to care about this." You also know, I've never been good at this, and in the past few years, Mingzhu has grown up, and she is in charge of it. I saw that she was better than me, so I let it go, but in fact, she helped me share half of the mess in the hospital. I just know how to see a doctor. It's not that I'm mentally restless now, I don't want to go to the hospital, and it's annoying to stay at home, so I'll find something to do for myself, take care of this house repair, where do you know, the more you care, the more annoying it is? ”

Bai pursed his lips and laughed: "I don't understand, what else is there to worry about my sister?" Both parents have also returned to the capital, and now the Hu family's power and wealth have recovered, even better than before, I heard that Lord Hu is going to be promoted. This promotion is a good thing. Isn't the Hu family better? What about our side? My sister's hospital is praised by everyone, not only is it good in Deqing, but now it is also open in Qingyang City. The pharmaceutical factory has also opened two, and the business is not good, I originally wanted to do it as a small thing, but I didn't expect to make money instead. Also, the dowry money for Mingzhu bought the real estate in the Deqing market, and the income of this year is more and more, and the output on the Zhuangzi is good, what else is wrong with this? ”

Hu Shi smiled bitterly and said, "My good sister, I can have a good life today." It's something I never dreamed of. Isn't that a blessing to you? But I'm in trouble now. ”

Bai pretended not to know and said, "What's so difficult now? ”

Hu said: "Sister, you also know that our pearl fell in love with the little brother of the Liu family from the capital, and this Liu Jingyuan also admired the pearl, which was originally a good thing, and Liu Jingyuan also proposed to me." His parents have to come all the way to personally propose marriage, and I am very happy to value our pearl so much. However, when I think about such a big thing, I still talk to Xu Zhijie about what's wrong. He is also Mingzhu's father. I ended up meeting him. He spoke to me. said that he did not agree with Liu Jingyuan. I felt that he was right in this matter, so I told Mingzhu to let her die of this heart. I will definitely find her a good marriage in the future. Where to know. This child is very affectionate, although there is no objection, and he is very obedient, but the person is haggard, and I am really worried if it goes on like this. ”

Bai Shi listened and asked, "What did Xu Zhijie say that made my sister change her mind?" ”

Hu really thought that Bai didn't know, so he told Xu Zhijie's theory again. After saying that, he said, "Hey." I also think what he said makes sense, you see that our Hu family ended up in exile because of their participation in this struggle for power, although now they have all returned to the capital, and my father has also been reinstated. But this eldest brother and second brother have died a few children. Also, my life has changed my fate for this incident. ”

Bai said: "What you said also makes sense. However, what you later learned was that in fact, it was not Master Hu who was demoted that changed your life, but Xu Zhijie's mother secretly drugged you. Even if Master Hu hadn't been demoted, you wouldn't be fine in this life. You think, if it weren't for the fall of your family, your mother-in-law continued to take drugs, you didn't know, you never had children, and after a long time, the concubine would definitely have to enter the door, there was no Sun, and Wang, Li, I don't know how many. At that time, even if Xu Zhijie has been respecting you for the sake of your family's power, but don't those concubines look for trouble, can Mother Xu spare you? Then can you have such a lovely daughter as Mingzhu? Think about it, one is to continue to pamper Mrs. Xu in front of you, and the other is to live the kind of difficult life you used to have in Xu's mansion, but with Mingzhu's daughter, which one are you willing to choose? ”

Hu Shi thought about it, and a stirring spirit hurriedly said: "Don't say that I live a good life now, just continue to let me live a hard life in Xu Mansion, even if I am tortured to death, I am still willing to have a pearl." The pearl is the hope of my life and the greatest happiness in my life. ”

Bai said, "That's it. Actually, I said, I should also thank Master Hu for being degraded, otherwise where would you have the opportunity to have such a lovely daughter? ”

Hu Shi nodded and said: "Actually, over the years, I haven't complained about my father, why did I participate in those struggles in the court and bring the whole family to suffer, now after you say this, I understand that this is really the truth, if my father has not been degraded, my mother-in-law will never let me have the opportunity to conceive a child." I can get by with my medical skills in vain, but I don't know anything about her drugging me. Even if there is a chance to get pregnant, she is such a vicious person, she will definitely be able to find a chance to abort me. This is very easy, even if you don't take the drug, just push it and fall down, it is estimated that I will not have a chance to have children in my life, that is life is better than death. In this way, I should really thank my father for being belittled. ”

Bai said, "That's it. Let's talk about Xu Zhijie's words again. In fact, he has done a lot of evil, and on this one matter, he really has a heart for his daughter. It can be regarded as a discovery of his conscience. There is some truth in what he said. The battle for succession in this world is the most dangerous. But have you thought about it? My Chen family has been involved for a long time. In particular, my lord was the first to participate, and he was also the most supportive of the four princes' succession. And my two sons and one daughter are involved. Actually, you're involved. ”

Hu Shi was surprised: "When did I get involved?" ”

Bai Shi smiled: "Sister, you went to the three states for disaster relief and free clinics, and gave medicine and medicine, isn't this a great help to the four princes?" Isn't this participating in the succession? I'm afraid that the three princes, the crown prince, we are all at the top of the list of the four princes. ”

Hu was dumbfounded.

Bai Shi said again: "Sister, you have been treating people all these years, and you have come into contact with people of all three religions and nine ranks, don't you still understand? Where in this world is everything perfect? Perfect people? It's dangerous in the court, and you don't need to say that you already know about this. Is it safe to be a rich man in this place in the south of the Yangtze River far from the capital? has no power, even if he has a lot of money, any official can make his family ruined. If you don't want to be a rich man, you can be a flat-headed commoner, and the cultivator will be safe with a few acres of land? You know this best, one moment drought, one moment waterlogging, one moment insect plague, and countless harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, where is the happy land? ”

Hu Shi listened to and thought about the ordinary rich people he came into contact with, and then thought about the poor people who looked down on even a minor illness, and felt that what Bai said made sense.

Bai Shi saw that Hu Shi listened, and then said: "Sister sees that me and my master are not stupid, right? ”

Hu Shi hurriedly said: "If my sister and her family are fools, there will be no smart people in this Great Chu Dynasty." ”

Bai smiled and said: "It's not that I'm boasting, my lord and I, although we grew up in a big family, but because of the concubine, we have suffered more than others since we were children, so we are forced to be smart, sleek, and capable. ”

Hu Shi thought about hearing about the struggle between those big families in the capital, and nodded.

Bai Shi continued: "The two of us, the official is not big or small, so it is enough to be a county commander and a prefect." Our business is also doing well, if we don't give all the money to the emperor, we are afraid that we will all become the richest people in the Great Chu Dynasty. Then why do you think we're still involved in the succession?"

It's not that Hu Shi hasn't thought about this question, but he can't figure it out. To say that Chen Yuanheng and his wife are not very keen on power according to their understanding over the years. On the contrary, I enjoy the comfortable life now. Moreover, Chen Yuanheng is okay to be an official, and he is not the kind of person who is as honest as water, but he is definitely not greedy, at least he has never heard of it, Chen Yuanheng harms the whole family for personal gain, turns black into white in order to seek money, and carelessly disregards people's lives. In the past, when Hu was still Mrs. Xu, he still knew some of the ways of these parents and officials to make a fortune, for example, Xu Zhijie, why he could make money, those who came to the county government to fight lawsuits, as long as Xu Zhijie was given money, he could turn black into white, and even ate the plaintiff and the defendant, and it was common for the family to lose the way that both families ate. Chen Yuanheng really doesn't have these. From Ancheng, to Deqing, and now to Qingyang City, the Hu family comes into contact with a large number of people every day, and has not heard of unjust cases, framed cases, and broken families. This shows that Chen Yuanheng is still a very good official. Although he also used his official position to protect his own business, and of course also sheltered their family's Zhuangzi, shop, pharmacy, and hospital, but these are all normal. Therefore, she couldn't understand why Chen Yuanheng, who was not short of money and was not keen on power, wanted to participate in the succession?

Bai Shi looked at Hu Shi with a puzzled look, and suddenly said: "Sister, because we understand that people have always been sailing against the current in this life, and if they don't strive to swim upstream, they will fall into the abyss." So, we strive for it. We have people we want to protect. We have to protect our children, we have to protect those who follow us, and we can only strive for the top. Don't dare to slack off. ”

Hu thinks about it, and then thinks about himself, he has been relying on Chen Yuanheng and his wife all these years, and he is really ashamed to be protected by them.

Bai said: "We know better than anyone else the danger of taking the heir, but we still participated. Because we've run a retreat. ”

Hu Shi hurriedly asked: "What is the way out?" ”

Bai said: "The whole world is not the king's land, this is what Xu Zhijie knows, but there is still something he doesn't know, that is, there is still a place in the world that is not the king's land." ”

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