Chapter 353: Travel Expenses

Hearing the maid's announcement that Zhou Qianyao was coming, An Rong was very surprised, so surprised that the pastries she was stuffing into her mouth at that time were shocked.

She didn't think that Zhou Qianyao would come, especially at this juncture.

An Rong couldn't guess what she came for, but Zhou Qianyao helped her a lot last time, and she hadn't expressed her gratitude for this love, so she asked the maid to invite her.

An Rong even went downstairs to greet him personally.

When An Rong saw Zhou Qianyao, she had already entered the second gate.

Along the way, the maid pointed and pointed, feeling that she had no face to come to the Hou Mansion, because it was her father Zhou Yushi, who had caused great damage to the reputation of the Hou Mansion, and the eldest lady who had harmed her made a mistake, and then was killed in the secret passage.

Zhou Qianyao's face was calm, but there was a wry smile in her eyes.

An Rong scolded those maids with a thin anger on his face, and those maids fled in fright.

An Rong looked at Zhou Qianyao apologetically, and apologized, "The maid in the house is ignorant and likes to chew the root of her tongue, please forgive me." ”

Zhou Qianyao knew that An Rong had no intention of blaming, she knew early on that An Rong was a kind-hearted girl, and she liked it very much.

She wanted to be friends with An Rong, but she didn't dare.

She smiled, "You don't have to apologize, I'm used to it, my father is upright, and I have offended too many people, even if I came to Wu'anhou Mansion to find you, I also mustered up enough courage." ”

An Rong nodded lightly, she knew all this.

"After the last plum blossom banquet, the letter you wrote to me helped me a lot, and I didn't thank you."

As he spoke, An Rong saluted Zhou Qianyao.

Zhou Qianyao hurriedly helped An Rong up, and said softly with a smile, "I also repay the favor." ”

The two looked at each other and smiled.

An Rong invited her into Linglong Garden to taste tea.

Looking at the small bridge and flowing water of Linglong Garden, rockeries and strange stones, Zhou Qianyao was amazed.

She even laughed, "Back then, the news that you spent a lot of money to build Linglong Garden spread all over Kyoto, and even my father said that you were extravagant, but now it seems that it is really more than that." ”

An Rong was ashamed, "It's easy to build Linglong Garden with silver, but you can't replace Linglong Garden with silver, I was too young back then, and now it's too late to regret it." ”

Zhou Qianyao smiled and looked at Linglong Garden carefully.

Walking to the bamboo house, An Rong invited her in for tea.

Zhou Qianyao looked at An Rong with a smile, her eyes showed admiration, "Your patience surprised me, don't you wonder why I came to the door?" ”

"Curious, but I can't bear to plan your interest in visiting the garden," An Rong smiled and added, "What if your interest is interrupted and you don't tell me?" ”

Zhou Qianyao covered her mouth and chuckled, thinking that An Rong was very funny.

She led the way into the bamboo house, and said as she walked, "I guess you can guess what I came to the Hou Mansion to find you for, the current Wu'an Hou Mansion is staring at by the Yu Shi Tai, and my father is no exception." ”

An Rong nodded, indicating that Zhou Qianyao was right.

Zhou Qianyao sat down, looked at An Rong, and said with a smile, "Do you think that my father is upright and old-fashioned, and other Yushitai are easy to convince, but my father is difficult to persuade?" ”

An Rong raised his eyebrows and did not answer.

Zhou Qianyao hooked her lips and smiled, "You can't guess that my father asked me to come, right?" ”

An Rong was surprised, "Zhou Yushi asked you to come?" ”

She thought she had come on her own.

An Rong was puzzled, "Why?" ”

Zhou Qianyao shrugged her shoulders lightly, "Early this morning, the little maid received an invitation, inviting my father and a group of Yushitai to come to the gate of Wu'an Hou's Mansion to see the excitement. ”

Zhou Qianyao said softly, her voice was as soft as the wind.

Here's the thing.

Early this morning, Zhou Yushi came back from the court, and the chief manager sent him an invitation, and Zhou Yushi changed out of his court clothes and came to the Hou Mansion to see the excitement.

The matter of the Marquis of Wu'an shocked Kyoto, and Zhou Yushi was also doubly concerned.

Just sent an invitation and invited him to see the excitement, Zhou Yushi snorted.

Everyone thinks that Zhou Yushi is very old-fashioned, but who knows that he actually agrees with Wu Anhou's divorce.

A thief who steals his daughter's secret recipe, how can he be a housewife, such a woman with unclean hands and feet should take a break and hurry up!

It's just that the eldest lady has kept filial piety for the old lady, and within the three no-goes, the Hou Ye will not stop her, and she is the one who receives the law.

For such a man, he did not divorce his wife at the beginning, but divorced his wife after the eldest lady was killed, which is already puzzling.

If you want to divorce your wife, wouldn't it be better to divorce at the beginning, the emperor personally ordered the revocation of the eldest lady's decree, and Yu Shitai did not dare to question his divorce at all.

Zhou Yushi felt that Hou Ye valued love and righteousness, and Zhou Qianyao and An Rong also had a three-point friendship, at least Zhou Qianyao and Zhou's mother praised An Rong in front of him more than once, and Zhou Yushi asked Zhou Qianyao to inquire about it.

This is the purpose of Zhou Qianyao's visit.

An Rong was stunned, she never dreamed that Zhou Yushi's attitude towards Hou Ye's divorce would be like this.

Zhou Qianyao was so surprised when she saw An Rong, and said with a smile, "You don't understand my father, my father respects the laws of the Zhou Dynasty, but he values a person's character more, and my father said that there are big problems with the laws of the Great Zhou." ”

An Rong really doesn't know this.

She only knew that Zhou Yushi was stubborn, not to mention nine cows, even ninety cows couldn't pull them back.

An Rong asked Peony and Zhou Qianyao's maid to retreat outside the bamboo house, and she confessed to Zhou Qianyao.

From the eldest lady stealing the secret recipe to her sophistry and planting, to her harming people in various ways, including harming the third wife and Shen Anxi.

Pile by pile, Zhou Qianyao was dumbfounded.

"How can such a woman be justified?" Zhou Qianyao sighed.

An Rong smiled bitterly, "The affairs of the Hou Mansion are more complicated than you think, except for the three no-gos, the eldest lady is my stepmother and my aunt, and my grandfather and my maternal grandfather have a deep friendship......." ”

Marriage is a matter of two families, why not divorce a wife?

Zhou Qianyao nodded, indicating understanding.

It's just that she doesn't understand, the eldest lady has done so many wrong things, and she has spared it for the sake of Jian'anbo Mansion, why did she divorce her wife at this time?

An Rong looked at Zhou Qianyao, she knew that she was very tight-mouthed, and she decided to tell the truth, with Zhou Yushi's support for her father's divorce, there was nothing to be afraid of other imperial histories.

An Rong said, "There are some things that few people in the Hou Mansion know, I can sue you, but you can't let others know." ”

Zhou Qianyao's eyes widened and she nodded violently.

An Rong shook out the eldest lady's cheating in the secret passage, including Shen Anshu's premature birth, and Zhou Qianyao stood up directly in shock when she heard it.

"This, this ......," Zhou Qianyao couldn't find an adjective.

Such a woman should not only rest, but also a thousand cuts!

Zhou Qianyao's heart was warm, such a scandal was related to Wu Anhou's reputation, and An Rong told her calmly.

After An Rong finished speaking, he pulled Zhou Qianyao to sit down and said, "I don't know about these things, I only ask the eldest lady to keep filial piety for my grandfather, yesterday was over, and today I am afraid that it will be endless, there is something, I want to ask you to do me a favor." ”

Zhou Qianyao immediately said, "You said, as long as I can help, it is my duty." ”

An Rong smiled and whispered a few words to Zhou Qianyao.

Zhou Qianyao immediately patted her chest and promised to let her put one hundred and twenty hearts.

After sending Zhou Qianyao away, An Rong wrote an invitation at the desk.

Let the peony be sent to Jian'anbo Mansion.

Peony now recognized a few words, and when she saw the content of the invitation, she asked, "Girl, are you sick?" ”

If you are not sick, how can you ask Second Master Jiang and Second Mrs. Jiang to talk about the antidote and compensation?

The girl was not poisoned, let alone wronged them, so how can she compensate?

A smile crossed the corner of An Rong's mouth, as enchanting as a poppy, and his lips opened lightly, "Just do what I instruct." ”

Peony pouted and reluctantly turned away.

An hour later, Mrs. Jiang, who received the invitation, smiled.

She knew that the Hou Mansion of Wu'an had succumbed, but the Hou Ye and the old lady couldn't save face, so they let An Rong come to a junior.

Don't think that juniors are easy to talk!

Mrs. Jiang slapped the table fiercely, but suddenly grinned in pain, she had received a lot of sticks today, and there were many bruises on her body.

The next day, after An Rong had breakfast and asked the old lady for peace, he went to Tinglanju.

Today, she asked Second Master Jiang and Second Mrs. Jiang to meet here to talk about things.

But when it came to the appointed hour, Second Master Jiang and Second Mrs. Jiang were late.

An Rong's brows frowned slightly.

Peony couldn't help but say, "You won't come, will you?" ”

An Rong smiled firmly, "I won't come, I'm just holding a shelf." ”

An Rong guessed well, it was she who took the initiative to "seek peace", the second master Jiang and the second wife Jiang have suffered a lot in the Hou Mansion in the past two days, and they have been disgraced because of the separation of the family and the divorce of Mrs. Jian Anbo.

Letting them come on time was a luxury.

However, they were also worried that An Rong would be angry, and that she would mistakenly think that they would not come, so they arrived half an hour later.

When I entered the door, I heard Mrs. Jiang Er complain loudly, "My waist hurts so badly that I have lost half of my strength when I go upstairs." ”

As soon as An Rong heard this, he knew that Mrs. Jiang Er was hungry.

Turning his head, he instructed Peony to say, "Let Xiao Er prepare a table of sumptuous food and send it to you later." ”

When Mrs. Jiang heard this, she was immediately happy in her heart, but her face was still dissatisfied, and she looked at An Rong and said, "Yesterday, the Wu'an Hou Mansion beat us out, and what are you asking us to do today?" ”

An Rong smiled and poured them tea.

"Second uncle, why did I invite you and my second uncle to come, can't you guess it, you invited a bunch of Yushitai to come to the Hou Mansion to see the excitement, now my father and third uncle don't dare to go to court, I have to give in," An Rong had a frightened expression.

Mrs. Jiang Er took the tea, the first-class Junshan Maofeng, she rarely drank it, and seeing An Rong's good attitude of admitting her mistakes, she was in a much better mood.

Second Master Jiang was concerned, "What about the antidote, take it out quickly." ”

An Rong looked at the second master Jiang and said, "Second uncle, I don't know when Mrs. Jian Anbo was poisoned, but I, Wu'an Hou Mansion, can swear to the sky, this poison is definitely not under the Hou Mansion, but after you left yesterday, someone sent the antidote to the Hou Mansion, and my grandmother was soft-hearted, and for the sake of my grandfather's face, I was willing to give you the antidote, but this antidote should be regarded as compensation." ”

Second Mrs. Jiang was immediately anxious, "Take the antidote as compensation?!" ”

Mrs. Jian'anbo didn't scold her for being stupid, she is now demoted to a concubine, it's just right that she's dumb, it's good for her, take the antidote as compensation!

Mrs. Jiang Er didn't dare to say that she didn't want an antidote, she wanted compensation, after all, Second Master Jiang was still there, and she didn't want to be scolded.

An Rong nodded, "Yes, it is to use the antidote as compensation." ”

Second Mrs. Jiang's face suddenly became gloomy, and Second Master Jiang's face became ugly.

The two disagreed.

They want the antidote, and they want the compensation.

The two sides are at a stalemate.

In the end, An Rong regressed.

But it gave Jiang Er and Jiang Er a big problem.

Because An Rong said that compensation is okay.

After negotiation, the two sides compensated 40,000 taels of silver tickets.

However, the antidote was not given.

Because the poison is not under the Hou Mansion, they can find out the person who poisoned him and force him to hand over the antidote, this matter is to stab the emperor, and the Hou Mansion of Wu'an is also frank!

After An Rong finished speaking, he sat down and tasted tea carefully.

The tea is fragrant and refreshing.

Second Master Jiang and Second Mrs. Jiang were struggling with whether they wanted an antidote or a silver ticket.

To be precise, it's just Master Jiang Er who is entangled.

For Mrs. Jiang's second wife, of course, it is the best silver ticket.

Quietly waiting for them to make a decision.

Peony placed the antidote and the box containing the silver ticket on the table.

A whole box of silver tickets, all in the denomination of 1,000 taels, An Rong prepared 50,000 taels.

In front of Mrs. Jiang's second wife, the peony counted out ten sheets, and the remaining forty thousand taels.

After only two sips of tea, Second Master Jiang made a choice.

He wants a silver ticket!

An Rong raised his eyebrows, and a smile flashed in his eyes.

Seeing that Second Master Jiang reached over to take the silver ticket, An Rong pressed the box and said with a smile, "Second Uncle, how are you going to persuade Yu Shitai to give up impeaching my father?" ”

Second Master Jiang's eyes couldn't be staggered, and he said a little absent-mindedly, "Uncle is doing things, don't worry, Ming'er's Imperial History Observatory won't impeach your father." ”

An Rong was not at ease, "You have to say a way, I'm not a three-year-old child, what should you do if you take the money and turn around?" ”

To be honest, this is what Second Master Jiang thinks from the bottom of his heart.

After taking the money, Yu Shitai continued to impeach the Marquis of Wu'an, but she still had to obediently hand over the antidote.

It's just that he didn't expect An Rong to be so difficult to fool, he said, "You can rest assured of this, I will personally come to the door to explain to Lord Yushi, saying that the eldest lady has done a lot of wrong things, and it was the Wu'an Hou Mansion who took the initiative to receive the letter of resignation. ”

An Rong frowned slightly, "Second uncle, my grandfather was willing to accept the resignation, but no one forced my grandfather. ”

Second Master Jiang's brows furrowed, "But I don't want to take the letter of resignation!" ”

An Rong smiled suddenly, "Yes, the second uncle took the initiative to persuade him, which means that you don't object to Mrs. Hugh?" ”

Second Master Jiang nodded.

An Rong let go of his hand at this time.

Second Mrs. Jiang hugged the box, she didn't count, even if she was in a very urgent mood, but she knew that An Rong didn't dare to fool them.

Even one less is enough reason for them to backtrack.

Second Master Jiang was leaving, and Second Mrs. Jiang still wanted to have a meal, because Xiao Er had brought the food, and she smelled the fragrance from afar.

However, An Rong was anxious to ask Second Master Jiang to go to Yushitai to make it clear, and said that he would ask the little maid to make these meals good and send them to Jian'anbo Mansion when he turned around.

Mrs. Jiang thought about the stack of silver tickets, plus the food would not be short, so she left.

As soon as they left with their front feet, several people came out from behind the screen in the room.

It's all Mishi-sama.

But all of them were extremely ugly.

Second Master Jiang treats them as fools, who can be in a good mood?

An Rong's trick was still learned from Second Master Jiang.

But he wasn't the only one he could invite to come to Lord Yushi to see the excitement.

She can too.

Zhou Qianyao was also there, she looked at An Rong with raised eyebrows, "How many silver tickets did you give them?" ”

Zhou Qianyao knew that An Rong would not really give 40,000 taels, but she would not give less.

An Rong hooked his lips and smiled, "One thousand taels." ”

Just one of the above is true, and the others are blank sheets of paper.

An Rong smiled and invited a few Yushi adults to sit down for dinner, and she and Zhou Qianyao went to eat next door.

An Rong and Zhou Qianyao just entered the next door.

Second Master Jiang and Second Mrs. Jiang came back angrily.

The two of them kicked in the door, and when they entered, they saw a bunch of Mishi adults eating.

I was stunned.

"I, I entered the wrong door, I'm sorry," Second Master Jiang nodded and apologized.

"You're not wrong," Yushi said with a kind smile.

In a word, the second master Jiang was like being struck by lightning, tears were cold on his forehead, and in less than a moment, his clothes were soaked, and he was almost scared to pee his pants.

Zhou Yushi's eyes were solemn, and he glanced at Second Master Jiang from beginning to end.

An unfilial son who can ignore his mother for money.

But he kept asking for justice for the eldest lady, no matter how he heard it, it made people feel ridiculous.

Several imperial historians talked and laughed in front of the second master Jiang.

Second Master Jiang's face was as pale as snow, and his legs trembled.

Peony stood outside the door and watched the excitement, and went back to tell SΓΉ Anrong and Zhou Qianyao.

"Several Imperial Masters decided to jointly play and impeach Second Master Jiang, I heard that such an unfilial son will be exiled for thousands of miles," Peony was very excited, "Second Master Jiang knelt on the ground in fright and begged for mercy, but he was ignored. ”

The girl said that the 1,000 taels were for the second master and the second wife of Jiang to pay for the journey.

At first, she didn't understand, thinking that she would give a thousand taels to listen to Lanju from Jian'anbo Mansion, which was too stupid.

Originally referred to this.

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