More than a month has passed in a blink of an eye after the autumn list is released, and it is the beginning of autumn in the third or fifth day, and the weather is so cool that it can make the summer heat drop a lot, and people no longer have to stay at home in the hot weather and close their doors.

If the poor people who have no money can use some ice to cool down the heat in the house, no matter how big the fan is in their hands, the desperate fan is useless, and they are looking forward to the coolness when autumn comes.

In the palace, Mu Haoyu's illness has gradually changed for the better, and the big stone hanging in Qu Lao's heart can finally fall, and he discussed with Imperial Doctor Xu to determine the future prescription.

Yan Lu, who was forced to stay in the palace, finally had a glimmer of hope after learning that the situation was stable, and it seemed that he would be able to leave this aggrieved palace soon.

Mu Haoyu's condition is improving, he is in a good mood and has not taken it lightly, this is a good result that is not easy to achieve, and he has not been careless as he is doing, he has not put it on hold, he must do his best to clear all the obstacles on the road ahead for his children, so that he can truly rest easy.

The number of people staring at the three princes gradually decreased, but there were still a few families who were not at ease, but fortunately, the three princes were not in harmony with the students and gentlemen in the academy, and their withdrawn and weird temperament made people really unapproachable, which relieved some people's worries.

Someone once thought of letting people try to get close to the three princes, leading the three princes to take the sons of the three princes who don't learn and don't know how to fight, so as to save a lot of effort to prevent the three princes from fighting back, how can a gentleman who doesn't learn and has no skills make the emperor look at it, even if he doesn't punish it, it's enough for the three princes to drink a pot.

Although some people are not very optimistic about the three princes, there are people in the palace who attach great importance to the three princes, so that they have the idea of getting rid of them.

Concubine Chen had considered getting rid of the three princes in her heart, but her son did not agree with her, so she could only make efforts to send more people to watch the three princes' every move, lest the third prince was a master who pretended to be a pig and ate a tiger, and caused chaos to her son.

The second prince Mu Rong is also worried about this matter, and after many days of secret investigation without results, he blamed his mother and concubine, if it weren't for Concubine Chen's insistence on going her own way, otherwise it wouldn't have been a sideways affair for people to guard against, and the eldest prince was eyeing it again, and it was a headache under the two phases, but fortunately, he had already made a decision, and he really couldn't do it, but he could only take a risky move, anyway, it was a matter of time, maybe he would be able to take a surprise if he prepared early, and it was a death to fight or not, if he could really get rid of it, if he couldn't, he had to get rid of the big prince, The royal family has a thin heir, and those who inherit the throne without a great prince can only be elected from the generation of grandchildren, which is more or less half helpful to themselves.

Here the second prince has a lot of calculations in his heart, the eldest prince Mu Gui also wants to cut the second prince off the horse, there are many plans, but unfortunately now is not the best time to start, so I have to start from other aspects first, and compete for the group of officials under the second prince, who can pull one down and count one, and then replace it with his own manpower, little by little the power of the second prince will be eaten away, and it is best to be able to fight without blood, if you can't, don't blame yourself for being ruthless and ignoring brotherhood, whoever lets that position can only sit on it alone, the whole world will be one person, brotherhood is nothing.

If a man wants to do a big career outside, he has to do things wholeheartedly, and the restlessness of the house is a big taboo, it seems that the small back house, which is constantly implicated, the fight between women is the most terrible and unguardable, for men, women are just playthings for recreation, to say that it has to be the family background behind it, and then there is the crucial issue of heirs, unfilial piety has three no queens, whether it is a common people's family or the aristocratic imperial power, the importance of heirs can not be ignored, In order to reproduce more heirs, you have to marry a few more, which is the root of a man's three wives and four concubines. Of course, ordinary people can't afford to marry so many wives, but if the wife hasn't come out for two years, then a man who is a husband can take this as a crime and take a letter of resignation and marry again, which is also the sorrow of being a woman, and he can't help himself, so even if the family is poor, he must have a son to continue the incense.

In the Prime Minister's Mansion, Aunt Liu stayed for a full month before she came out of the Water Joy House, during which everything in the house passed through the mouth of Wang Ma, listened to it in her ears and remembered it, after all, she was only grounded, not even the Wang Ma around her as a slave, so everything in the house could not be hidden from herself.

Aunt Liu can endure this evil breath, if nothing else, she just wants to see what kind of means Zuo Zhen's slut can use.

One night, Ouyang Ye sent a message to set up a banquet at home, and his family sat down to have a meal together, so as to resolve those unnecessary small contradictions.

Aunt Liu and Zuo Zhen have completely torn their faces since that incident, and they will naturally look bad when they see each other, but fortunately, the two of them remember to take care of their identities and did not show them too conspicuously, leaving a bad impression on Ouyang Ye, the head of the family.

This meal is not very harmonious, everyone has their own careful thoughts in their hearts, they are not very focused on the meal, and they don't remember what it was like after a meal.

After Aunt Liu lifted the ban, she didn't have the right to go back to the housekeeper at the beginning, she was watching Zuo Zhen's movements, she had memorized this black pot, but she couldn't carry it clearly, people have lived for half a lifetime but let a cheap girl calculate, how can she swallow this breath, naturally she wants to find a chance to find it back, so that Zuo Zhen can open her eyes and look at who is the real mistress of this family.

Zuo Zhen didn't expect that Aunt Liu would be released after her sentence, she was not very comfortable in her heart, she was thinking of looking for an opportunity to start, so that Aunt Liu would not be able to take half a step in Shui Yueju for the rest of her life, but unfortunately her little abacus did not succeed, her husband was simply perfunctory to herself, what Aunt Liu was her father-in-law's concubine after all, this matter was settled.

Okay, she can not worry about this matter, but the power of the housekeeper must be her own. Zuo Zhen once hinted to Ouyang Lin, but unexpectedly, her husband just persuaded her to recuperate well, and other things could be discussed later. It doesn't matter after this time, Zuo Zhen is afraid that Aunt Liu will be in power again, so her daily use here will have to be managed by Aunt Liu, it is okay to say when she didn't tear her face before, but now I don't know what will happen.

Zuo Zhen has always been in a trance since she gave birth, and she has a lot of sorrow on her face, and the nurse around her has persuaded her many times to no avail, this disease is not only in her body, but also in her heart. Zuo Zhen suddenly found that she had no status in this family, she didn't let herself take care of anything, and when something happened, she simply exposed it, and wanted an explanation but was accused of being unfilial, and she broke her heart one by one, and these things were not good to tell her mother, even if she said that her mother would only let herself be patient, patient, and patient, when would she have to endure it, she was bullied by a concubine from a humble background, how could she endure it. She really regrets it, regrets marrying into the prime minister's mansion, although the husband is good to herself, but that's just the appearance, she can see it now, the man only cares about his own affairs outside, and he won't measure the wife at home at all, just like his father, the mother works day and night in the end but changes back to the position of the housewife, there is never a shortage of women in the house, as long as the father is optimistic, the mother has to happily carry the father back to the house, there are many sons and daughters in the house, although she has never treated her own young lady, But there are always times when there is negligence, what kind of life is this.

Zuo Zhen was extremely depressed, coupled with the weakness of the child, although the daily decoction and supplements continued, people still obviously saw that they had lost a lot of weight. The nurse said something interesting when she saw the sky, diverted Zuo Zhen's attention, and didn't always think about something that shouldn't be thought about and spoil her mind, but unfortunately it had little effect.

The nurse had no choice but to tell Ouyang Lin about the recent events, no matter how she said that husband and wife were one, she could always talk and listen to the past.

Although Ouyang Lin was not very willing to coax Zuo Zhen in his heart, he couldn't just let it go, if something really happened, it would really be difficult to do. endured the disgust in my heart, and took some time out to talk to Zuo Zhen every day, and it worked a lot after a few days. Coupled with the nurse's persuasion and enlightenment from time to time, Zuo Zhen was relieved from her gloomy mood, and her complexion became much better day by day.

During this time, Aunt Liu stayed in Shui Yueju to live her own small life, in order to regain the power of the housekeeper, and as for what to do after taking it back, she already had a preliminary plan.

After the beginning of autumn, Ouyang Ye saw that Aunt Liu's appearance was not bad, so he ordered Ah Qi to hand over the housekeeper's appearance to Aunt Liu, and finally the affairs of the mansion were taken care of by women.

Aunt Liu regained her rights and responsibilities as she wished, but there was not much joy on her face, so she found a gap to cry in front of Ouyang Ye, saying that the responsibility of the housekeeper was not good.

"Master, you know, the young lady's miscarriage has nothing to do with the concubine, the concubine has such a black pot for the sake of the peace in the house, but the young lady doesn't know the reason, she sees the concubine as a thorn in the flesh, the concubine is really not good to take over the affairs of the family, I am afraid that the young lady will think that the concubine will make some small moves, and the concubine really doesn't want to be wronged again." Aunt Liu burst into tears, telling her unavoidable suffering, just to let Ouyang Ye stand on her side and weigh her many difficulties.

How could Ouyang Ye not know what kind of little calculation Aunt Liu was playing, but in his heart, the Zuo family was unorthodox, and he was still willing to give Aunt Liu a little indulgence in comparison.

Aunt Liu carefully observed the expression on Ouyang Ye's face, and when she saw that she was not displeased, she was happy and said: "The concubine is willing to contribute to the Prime Minister's Mansion, and she is willing to continue to manage this family, the master does not need to have worries, but after all, the young lady's side and the concubine are not at odds with each other, even if the concubine wants to reconcile with each other in a low voice, it will not help." ”

"What do you think?" Ouyang Ye followed Aunt Liu's words and asked.

"The concubine thought that since the young lady didn't trust the concubine, why don't you separate the affairs of the young lady's courtyard from the princess." Aunt Liu said cautiously: "It's not that the concubine wants to divide the family, but the concubine takes into account the young lady's desire to take power, and after the separation, they will be in their own hands, so there will be no more friction and make the chickens and dogs in the house restless." ”

Ouyang Ye thought about it again and again and nodded and agreed with Aunt Liu's words, mainly because he didn't want to hear that everyone in the mansion was known about a trivial matter, and the mansion was not at peace.

Aunt Liu got her approval, not to mention how happy she was, and the smile on her face couldn't stop when she returned to Shui Yueju.

"Madame, isn't this taking advantage of the young lady's intentions?" Mother Wang couldn't figure out why Aunt Liu wanted to do such a thankless job for a while.

"I just want Zuo Zhen to understand, let her go proudly, she really thinks that she can do whatever she wants after she is separated." Aunt Liu has a spectrum in her heart, "If you divide it out, it will only make people outside think that Zuo Zhen is not generous, and she will make such a thing like a family split after marrying into the Prime Minister's Mansion for a few months, so that it will completely slap the Zuo family, so that Zuo Zhen's reputation will be damaged, I just need to watch the show from the side." ”

Wang Ma didn't expect Aunt Liu to think of this, and she hurriedly praised a few words.

"Now that it's separated, Zuo Zhen can't have an excuse to take the opportunity to calculate me." Aunt Liu's breath blocked in her heart was not unpleasant, she wanted Zuo Zhen to remember that she was not easy to mess with.

"Madame can just do something to let the young lady understand who is the real head of this family." Wang Ma now understood Aunt Liu's true purpose.

"Of course, if something goes wrong on Zuo Zhen's side, no one can frame me on the head, just let Zuo Zhen toss it alone, wait until everyone is tired of her, and see how she still has a foothold in the house." Aunt Liu is thinking about letting Zuo Zhen recognize the reality.

When the people in the house saw that Aunt Liu was in charge of things again, they all became obedient, for fear that Aunt Liu would settle accounts after she hugged her, and she would do her best more and more.

Zuo Zhen got the word and knew that her side was separated, and she was still a little excited for a while, thinking that Aunt Liu was still self-aware, but after her nurse's explanation, her happy mood immediately fell to the bottom.

"What a concubine." Zuo Zhen gritted her teeth and said, this is to let herself do that unrighteous thing, so that the people outside will see that she is a big joke. lost face, didn't say it, didn't implicate himself, and had a mother's family.

"Miss, don't be impatient." The nurse persuaded, lest Zuo Zhen want to hurt her heart, and her freshly mended body would have to be lightened.

"It's no longer useful to say it's going to work." Zuo Zhen planted such a big heel for the first time, where to reason.

"Forget it, the matter is a foregone conclusion, then we can only continue." Anyway, Zuo Zhen herself once wanted to take care of her own, if it was all through Aunt Liu's hands, she would inevitably look at her face, and that would be enough to be aggrieved.

The nurse thought about it and really couldn't think of a good way, and blamed her own young lady for being too public, which caused the prime minister to have some opinions about the young lady, otherwise she would not have disregarded the face of the young lady as a daughter-in-law, and agreed to Aunt Liu's proposal.

Zuo Zhen is happy in her heart, but she has to show the opposite attitude, it is indispensable to be pointed at behind her back, but if she manages it properly, can she take this opportunity to take back the power that belongs to her from Aunt Liu.

The nurse is the old man of the Zuo family, and she eats more salt than Zuo Zhen eats rice, so she can naturally see at a glance what Zuo Zhen thinks in her heart, no matter how she hides her face, the look in her eyes can't be hidden, and she thinks about it in her heart, how can she still remedy it, and now the most important thing is that Zuo Zhen should raise her body well, conceive and give birth to her eldest son again, that is the foundation that can be based on the Prime Minister's house, even if the prime minister is prejudiced against Zuo Zhen, he will not be held accountable for the face of the eldest grandson, Heirs are the foundation of a woman's life, and everything else is beside her.

Yan Lu was finally released, and he almost cried with joy. Oh no, it's time to leave Shangjing, that's the most important thing.

Yan Lu didn't plan to go back, he wanted to stay in Beijing for a few days, and it was worth the trip to browse, Shangjing was quite prosperous, and there were all kinds of things, and he planned to buy some strange things to go back, all of which were good in Beijing, especially a few precious Chinese herbal medicines.

What do you say is a reward from the palace? Yan Lu didn't dare to ask for it, he didn't do anything, and he had to reward Qu Lao, but unfortunately the emperor didn't want to reward people, but asked Qu Lao to make a request, of course, Qu Lao would not ask for those gold, silver and jade, these are not only useless to himself, but also attract the judgment of the superiors, so in the end, Qu Lao asked the prince for two or three precious medical books, of course, this medical book is not directly rewarded, the medical book is very precious, the reward is naturally a copy of the copy, Qu Lao accepted it with peace of mind.

The reward is not very important, the important thing is to be able to save your life, and now that you can leave the palace, your heart is very light, and you feel very beautiful when you look at the blue sky and white clouds outside.

After staying in Beijing for a few days, I was ready and set off early the next morning. Yan Lu learned that Xi Chao and the others went to Xuncheng, and after thinking about it, he didn't plan to follow, but first sent Qu Lao home safely, he didn't have much rest in the past few months, and he could really feel at ease when he went home, and he had to explain to his parents at home, and then rest at home for a few days before chasing after Xi Chao and others.

The palace has its own news delivered, and it won't take long for Xi Chao to receive the news from the palace, and after reading it, his heart is half worried, and he is happy that his father has stabilized his condition, but there is no news from his brother's side, probably because there are too many people around him, and it is not good to send news out, Xi Chao is not very worried about this, and there is nothing big to do with his father's care.

Xu Chenlin came back after a busy day, and went to the young man's side after freshening up, and reported what the results were today.

Xi Chao is still relieved of Xu Chenlin, after all, each is profitable, and things are going on in an orderly manner, which makes Xi Chao save a lot of heart.

The conversation will be exhausted, and Xu Chen has already left Beijing and is on his way home.