Zhao Xiang was still dreaming, and there was a sound of hurried footsteps in his ears, accompanied by the sound of ringing and clanging. As soon as she heard it, she knew that it must be the seventh aunt who was coming, so she quickly got up and tidied up her hair and dress, and greeted the other party's arrival with the most deferential and gentle attitude.

It was not only Mrs. Jiang Qi who came, but also her eldest daughter. The mother and daughter were both dressed in decent silk clothes, with hairpins and jade hairpins, which were very bright. Obviously, the fall of the Jiang family did not have much impact on the side branch of this house. Although Master Jiang Qi was demoted, he has been operating in Liangxiang County for many years, and he is still thriving.

As soon as Mrs. Jiang Qi heard that Zhao Xiang was coming in the backyard, she couldn't sit still. The confidant Wang Pozi had just returned from the capital, and told her that Zhao Xiang was in an embarrassing situation, as long as her family didn't pay attention to it, Zhao Xiang's life would not be easy, and she was happy to stand by. Where did you think that this girl would arrive in a good country today? What the hell is going on?!

Her eldest daughter was even more breathless than her, and when she saw Zhao Xiang, she remembered that the good family affair she had set since childhood was yellow because of the other party, and she suddenly became angry: "Why do you have the face to come to our house?!" ”

Zhao Xiang was stunned, thinking of what Mrs. Wang had said, and it was common sense to know that this cousin would be angry because she had lost her family, but she didn't think so in her heart. If the family affair is lost, it will be lost, before the Jiang family's accident, Master Jiang Qi was just a county order, and the family affairs that could be set for his children were not high. If you can't do it, just look for it again. Maybe the other party's family saw that the Jiang family was down, and they had already intended to withdraw from their relatives, but they just didn't find a good reason. What impact can her rumors in the capital have on the good township seventy or eighty miles away? It's just an excuse!

Zhao Xiang showed a pitiful expression, and there was a bit of wetness in his eyes: "I'm sorry, I've heard about it, but ...... My grandmother is my dearest elder, and no matter what outsiders say about her, I can't leave her behind. Even if outsiders will misunderstand me because of this, I can only admit it. It's all my fault that it even affected my uncle's family. Please forgive your aunt! He knelt down as he spoke.

Mrs. Jiang Qi's daughter is actually still an innocent and ignorant girl, and when she saw her like this, she hesitated at first. She has also heard of what the rumors are, most of them are Niu's gossip, and a small part is related to Zhao Xiang. But Zhao Xiang is the same age as her, and she is also a lady who grew up in a deep mansion compound, will she really do the things in the rumors? If it is said that he was affected by the Niu family and misunderstood, it is also possible.

Mrs. Jiang Qi's daughter saw Zhao Xiang's tears rippling, her little face was thin and pale, and she couldn't help but show a look of pity when she was judging the daughter of the official eunuch who was pampered by her relatives and elders in her memory.

Mrs. Jiang Qi saw it clearly, and knew in her heart that although Zhao Xiang was young, she was scheming, where was her daughter her opponent? Then he opened his mouth and said to his daughter: "Your cousin came from the capital to join our family, you must not be rude, go back to the room first, I have something to say to your cousin." ”

Her daughter obediently responded, and looked at Zhao Xiang a few more times with pitiful eyes before turning around and leaving.

As soon as her daughter left, Mrs. Jiang Qi stretched her face, and she didn't ask Zhao Xiang to get up, but sat down on the main seat, and called the girl: "Call someone to the front, call the master back to me, I want to ask what is going on!" ”

The girl took the order and left, and Mrs. Jiang Qi lifted Erlang's legs and tasted tea slowly. Zhao Xiang knelt there and cried for a long time, but he didn't hear her tell him to get up, his knees began to ache, and he couldn't help but secretly complain, and his heart was more angry.

I think that at the beginning, when the grandfathers and uncles of the Jiang family were still in power in the court, these seven cousins were just a small side branch, and they had to rely on the proximity of the office to the capital, and they had to bring their wives and daughters every New Year's holiday, and they went to the capital to curry favor with their grandfathers and uncles. Because she had a face in front of her grandfather, Aunt Qitang used to be very respectful and polite to herself. Now that the Jiang family is down, the seventh aunt is just a small county wife, just the fate of the eighth grade, and she actually put up the shelf of the elders in front of her, such a snobbish face is really unpleasant!

One day, she will make a comeback and become rich again, and she will definitely teach this mother-in-law a lesson!

Master Jiang Qi came over not long after, and his face was still very ugly. The people from Jiannanhou's Mansion put down the letter, finished speaking, patted his ass and left, but he had to deal with this bunch of troubles, how could he not be angry in his heart?

When Mrs. Jiang Qi saw her husband coming, she got up and was about to speak, but was stopped by Master Jiang Qi: "Don't ask, just look at this letter." Mrs. Jiang Qi looked confused, took the letter in his hand and read it.

Zhao Xiang didn't know what kind of letter it was, originally thought it was a letter written by Jiannan Marquis Zhao Wei to her cousin, asking him to take good care of his ancestors and grandchildren, but now it seems to be different from what he guessed?

Master Jiang Qi glanced at her: "Get up, where is your grandmother?" ”

Zhao Xiang replied carefully: "Grandmother is resting in the compartment...... Niu's mobility was inconvenient, and the mother-in-law of the Jiannan Hou Mansion helped her to the Luohan bed in the inner flower hall cubicle and lay down and left. Zhao Xiang didn't have the strength to help the Niu clan, so he could only let her lie down there.

Master Jiang Qi walked to the edge of the entrance of the compartment, glanced inside, and walked back again, without saying anything.

After reading the letter, Mrs. Jiang Qi's hands trembled: "This ...... This...... How does this make it?! She glared at Zhao Xiang with eyes as sharp as a knife: "I didn't see it, you are a cowardly little lady, and you dare to kill?" Killed or grandmother?! ”

Zhao Xiang was shocked: "How do you know...... Could it be Zhao Wei?! She almost gritted a mouthful of silver teeth: "He promised not to say it, how can he go back on his word?!" ”

Master Jiang Qi stared at her: "Did he really promise?" ”

Zhao Xiang was stunned, so Zhao Wei seemed to be ...... She just thought he had said yes......

Master Jiang Qi sneered again: "Even if he really backtracks, can you have it?" He has witnesses, physical evidence, and identity and power, and no matter when he wants to report you, you can't escape. ”

Zhao Xiang sat down on the ground in a daze, his face was as pale as paper, and suddenly cried, crawled to Jiang Qi's side and pulled his sleeve and begged: "Uncle Seventh save me!" "This time, the tears were sincere.

Master Jiang Qi threw off his sleeves: "What are you afraid of?" He will send you to our Jiang family, which means that as long as you don't provoke him, he won't report you easily. No matter how angry you are at his family, you can only endure it. His family holds your handle in his hand, and you can only stay away from their family for the rest of your life. Otherwise, it will be the end of being beheaded in prison! ”

Zhao Xiang cried loudly, but his heart was a little calmer. Although the Jiannan Hou Mansion did not promise to keep it secret, it ...... They shouldn't be spreading the word about it, are they?

Mrs. Jiang Qi looked at her appearance with a handful of snot and tears, and felt that it was extremely eye-catching, so she turned her head and asked her husband: "Master, do you really want to leave this little girl with a femme fatale?" And leave that vicious woman behind?! Even if this little girl is your niece's daughter, what does that woman have to do with our family?! ”

Master Jiang Qi ordered Zhao Xiang: "Go to the compartment and accompany your grandmother." ”

Zhao Xiang cried for a moment, knowing that their husband and wife wanted to avoid talking to themselves, although they were reluctant, but now that they were under the fence, they could only endure it. As long as the seventh cousin is willing to take him in.

When she arrived in the cubicle, Niu had already woken up, and listened to the movement outside clearly, with a mocking expression on her face. Zhao Xiang knew that she was laughing at herself, and tried her best to run away, but she was disliked like this. But Zhao Xiang didn't pay attention. It's just a few white eyes, what's the big deal? It's not like she hasn't been unfed. As long as she can get out of the place where rumors are rampant in the capital, she can fight for a bright future for herself, why can't she suffer for this?

Outside the cubicle, Master Jiang Qi said to his wife: "It's just two people, an old woman and a little girl, how much silver and rice can you cost?" ”

Mrs. Jiang Qi sneered: "Am I reluctant to give up that little bit of silver rice?" Don't forget, master, why didn't your daughter's marriage happen? At that time, Zhao Xiangke was still living in the capital seventy or eighty miles away! Now that she's going to live with our family, what will people outside think of us? You and I are already a handful of old people, but it's okay, the daughter has to talk about the family, and the son should be engaged next year, with Zhao Xiang here, which decent family is willing to say goodbye to us? Don't you think about your children? Besides, don't forget Zhao Xiang's reputation as a girl! She is still embarrassed in front of strangers, our son is only one year older than her, aren't you afraid that she will play our son's idea?! ”

Master Jiang Qi's face changed, and he was really a little worried in this regard. After thinking about it, he asked, "How are you?" ”

"It's simple." Mrs. Jiang Qi said categorically, "Zhao Xiang is notorious, and he is cheeky enough to survive, it is enough to lose the face of the Jiang family." I'm not a wicked woman, so I'll send her to a nunnery. I know that there is a nunnery in the county, which is different from the nunnery outside, and it has the most strict rules. Let her enter the nunnery and clear the ancient Buddha for the rest of her life, so as to pray for the lives of her parents. As for Niu's mother-in-law, isn't there a workhouse in the county? It's just right for an old woman like her, just send people there. There was food and drink in the horizontal and vertical nursing home, she died, and someone did her funeral! ”

"This ......," Jiang Qi was silent.

Mrs. Jiang Qi's voice was not low, and Zhao Xiang and Niu in the compartment heard it clearly, and their faces turned white with fright. Zhao Xiang regretted it even more in her heart, if she did everything possible to defect, it would be such a result, she might as well continue to stay in the Mianhua Hutong in the capital and receive the subsidy of one bag of rice and two hangings per month from the Nanhou Mansion!

"Nope." Master Jiang Qi's answer made Zhao Xiang and the Niu family breathe a sigh of relief, but it made Mrs. Jiang Qi dissatisfied: "Why not?!" ”

Master Jiang Qi sighed: "I know that you see their ancestors and grandchildren being eyesore, you are certainly happy to do this, but how will we meet the cousins of the Yanzhi branch in the future?" If Zhao Xiang is my niece, it doesn't hurt to do this, but she is not, she is the niece of the head of the family. Instead of sending her to the nunnery for cultivation and being complained by her aunts and cousins in the future, why don't you send their grandchildren directly to her hometown in Jining and hand them over to her grandmother and uncles? When the time comes, what they will do with their grandchildren will not be up to us. ”

Mrs. Jiang Qi thought about it and reluctantly agreed, but sneered: "If I am an aunt, it is okay to take Zhao Xiang in, after all, it is my own granddaughter." Can you take in Niu's vicious woman? Auntie must not be happy! Zhao Jue was captured that day, and in order to survive, many people were recruited, including the uncles of the Changfang. Just because of this, my uncle died in a fit of anger, and I don't know how many children of the He clan were implicated. Zhao Jue can be said to be the enemy of the Jiang family! That Niu is Zhao Jue's mother, and she has been at odds with the Jiang family for many years. When the aunt saw him, her condition was a little worse. How much pity can your brothers have for their nieces when they see their old mother like this? ”

She snorted coldly, walked to the front of the cubicle, and deliberately said loudly: "Zhao Xiang's girl is the most shrewd, it's not difficult to figure out this truth." Hengzhi She has already made a move on the Niu family, I don't know if she will be ruthless again when she goes south? ”

Master Jiang Qi frowned, pulled his wife, and asked in a low voice, "What are you doing here?" ”

Mrs. Jiang Qi said coldly: "I didn't do anything, that mother-in-law is hateful, and she spoiled my daughter's good relatives." I'm going to scare her, and I haven't done anything else, so why not? ”

In the compartment, Zhao Xiang also guessed Mrs. Jiang Qi's intentions. But she couldn't explain anything, who told her to do it once? At this time, Niu's eyes looking at her were already filled with a bit of suspicion and remorse. Her heart sank slightly.

All the way south, I don't know what will happen.