It has been three days since Jiang returned to the Zhao family's old mansion. She followed the palace envoy to the south, and the nominal reason was naturally to take care of her father-in-law who was sentenced to exile, and to take care of his food, clothing, shelter and transportation all the way. Originally, this task would not have been completed by her daughter-in-law alone, but her mother-in-law was old and unwilling to suffer from the long journey, and her husband was more keen to go around camping in order to obtain the title as soon as possible, and the child was still young, so she had to take it herself, besides, she also had her own selfishness.

The emperor issued an edict and sentenced Zhao Jiong to exile for thousands of miles, but when the holy decree came down, no one in the capital knew that Zhao Jiong had fallen from his horse and was paralyzed, not to mention being exiled for thousands of miles, it was difficult to even get out of the house, and the palace envoy who passed the decree also felt embarrassed. But he also thought that after the informed King of Guangping returned to the capital, he would show the emperor the situation that the emperor would inevitably send someone to deliver another decree, so he only needed to stay in Fengxian and wait for news. Now the guards he brought have replaced the guards of the Guangping Palace, performing the duty of monitoring Zhao Jiong. And the Jiang family, who should have tried to take care of his father-in-law's daily life, ran to the door of his mother-in-law Zhang's courtyard every day and knelt down, claiming that he was pleading for his father-in-law.

If she was pleading for herself, Zhang might still be willing to see her and scold her fiercely, but she actually pleaded guilty for her father-in-law, which made Zhang, who had guessed the truth, extremely disdainful in his heart, and he didn't even bother to see it, and he didn't allow the girl to open the door and let her in.

Jiang didn't care, she knelt on time early every morning, knelt for two hours, and cried while kneeling, saying that she was asking for her father-in-law, and she specially wore a piece of cyanine, fat powder was not applied, Chu Chu's pitiful appearance, plus her reputation on weekdays was quite virtuous, and the servants in the old mansion who didn't know the truth privately felt that she was a little pitiful, because she had a vicious in-law, and her husband couldn't avoid returning to his hometown, so she was a weak woman to be angry with her mother-in-law, and some people even felt that Zhang's anger was too much.

This kind of discussion spread all over the Zhao family in two days, and even the three rooms that had a gap with the clan had people to persuade the Zhang family, there were unjust debtors and owners, don't get along with the juniors, the Jiang family is the daughter of the official family, and there has never been a violation of etiquette after marrying into the Zhao family, and now he comes to ask for guilt with humility, why lose face too much?

How could Zhang swallow this breath?

She continued to close the door and did not see the Jiang family, and taught her grandchildren: "There is always a kind of person in the world, who seems to be humble and polite on the outside, gentle and courteous, and has never done anything bad, but in fact, she is a belly of male thieves and prostitutes, and she does not know how many people have been harmed behind her back, she only pretends to be innocent, deceives people who don't know the truth, and coaxes others to say all the good things for her, but she doesn't know that she is just a disguised poisonous snake, and I don't know when she will bite you!" Therefore, don't be burdened by fame, just because someone else interceded for her, she softened, to spare that kind of person, you must know that you don't die but suffer from it, you spare her this time, and the next time, she may not spare you! ”

Zhao Wei nodded ignorantly, and Zhao Xiu glanced out of the door after answering: "Grandmother is talking about the ...... outside."

Zhang sneered: "Who else but her?" You all remember to me, Zhao Jiong is certainly an enemy, and this sister-in-law is also not a good thing! If it weren't for their daughter-in-law, you wouldn't have lost your parents at such a young age! ”

Zhao Wei's eyes burst out with hatred, and he nodded vigorously: "Grandson remembers!" ”

Zhao Xiu followed again, and then asked: "Grandmother, others pleaded for the person outside, and said that grandmother was too hard-hearted." We don't care what others say, but we are still very upset to hear such words, how should we deal with them? ”

Zhang smiled coldly: "What are you afraid of?" Now they are the ones who are at fault, and let her kneel! Since she is going to come to ask me for sin, she has to show her sincerity to ask for sin, and if she doesn't kneel for a year and a half, don't say that she is sincere! ”

Zhao Xiu shouted in her heart, since the Jiang family wants to make a show, let her do it, anyway, she has hurt so many people, and kneeling for a few days is just suffering a little flesh and skin.

After reciting the book for a while, Zhao Xiu wanted to take a rest, so he ran to the courtyard gate, and saw that Jiang Shi was still the same low-eyed and pleasing to the eyes, exuding the appearance of "I am so pitiful, I am so innocent", and then looked at the soft cushion on her knees, the girl with an umbrella on one side, and the strange woman with a tea basket and a hand warmer on the other side, and then looked at the neighbors, the servants of the old mansion who had been watching in a small half circle, whispered something, and all the words they said were without exception, they all felt that Jiang's was pitiful.

Zhao Xiu smiled, and asked loudly pretending to be innocent: "Sister-in-law, when did you come over today?" How long are you going to kneel? ”

Jiang Shi was shocked, and looked at her sister-in-law who had only been seen for two months in surprise, she remembered that the child did not speak so smoothly before leaving Beijing. However, she quickly reacted, and said with a gentle smile: "It's Sister Xiu, I came over at the right time (eight o'clock in the morning), as for how long to kneel......" She glanced at the courtyard gate, "Naturally, I have to kneel until my mother-in-law is willing to see me." ”

Zhao Xiu nodded abruptly and said with a smile: "So that's the case, then you kneel slowly." He looked down at the cushion under her knees: "Sister-in-law, your cushion is so thick, it must be very soft, right?" Isn't it comfortable to kneel? ”

Jiang's face changed, and he said with a dry smile: "Sister Xiu, you are laughing-"

Before the words fell, Zhao Xiu spoke again, this time she was staring at the people around the Jiang family: "What are they doing here?" It's not raining now, so why are you wearing an umbrella? Is this a stove? Is it for your sister-in-law to warm your hands? What's in this basket? I smell the smell of fragrant tea, as if there is still a snack? ”

Jiang's face became quite exciting, and the discussion of the onlookers was even more exciting: "Yo, this thing is quite complete, we haven't noticed it yet, it's really worthy of being a big grandmother, and we have to be so well prepared for the next kneeling." ”

"I've never heard of a granddaughter-in-law pleading guilty to her mother-in-law, and she brought this group of people, tea, snacks, stove cushions or something to wait, where is this to ask for sin? You're here to enjoy yourself, isn't it?! ”

"Don't say it, the second master and the second wife are not the grandmother's doing, she is just pleading for her father-in-law, not the main master, it's nothing to be squeamish, she is the daughter of a serious official family!"

"Regardless of whether she is the master or not, this petition must have a guilty appearance, otherwise how can she show sincerity? No wonder the old lady is such a kind person, but she refuses to see her, it turns out that she is not sincere! ”

The mother-in-law carrying the basket beside Jiang Shi felt that these discussions were harsh, and couldn't help but turn her head and glared at those mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law fiercely, and those mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law were so stunned by her that they left in a whisper. They are not afraid of the Jiang family, the eldest lord has even lost his title, this old mansion is now in the hands of the old lady, so they will not punish them because they talk about a few words of gossip about the grandmother, but this slave talking about the master, after all, it is a taboo, the old lady has never liked it, they don't want to cause trouble. As for how to talk about it after turning around, it is not within the master's control.

Jiang almost bit a mouthful of silver teeth, Zhao Xiu was still standing straight in front of her, looking at her innocently, she couldn't do anything in front of Zhang's granddaughter, she could only coax Zhao Xiu with a forced smile: "It's cold outside, Sister Xiu'er go back to the house quickly, it's blowing carefully for a while." Then he whispered to his two henchmen: "Why don't you remove the things quickly?" ”

Hongya persuaded her: "Grandma, the wind is cold in autumn, the place here is empty, there is no umbrella to block the wind, what if you catch a cold?" ”

Another mother-in-law also said: "Yes, grandma, if you leave the root of the disease, it will be a lifetime thing!" ”

Jiang hesitated, she didn't want to take the risk.

Zhao Xiu spoke again at this time: "Sister-in-law, why doesn't your girl listen to you?" Grandmother hates disobedient girls the most! ”

Jiang had to deal with it: "Sister Xiu misunderstood, this girl is just worried about me, not disobedient." Glaring at Hong Aya, Hong Aya had to put away the umbrella, and the other mother-in-law also reluctantly took away the basket at the hostess's signal.

Zhao Xiu turned his gaze to the cushion under Jiang's knees, and asked Jiang with a smile: "Sister-in-law, your cushion must be very comfortable, right?" Can you play with me? ”

Hong Aya hurriedly said: "Miss Xiu, don't make trouble, our grandmother is kneeling, what do you want to do with the mat?" ”

Zhao Xiu didn't look at her either, only stared at Jiang: "Sister-in-law must want to let grandmother know how sincere she is to apologize for her eldest uncle, right?" Wouldn't it be more possible to show your sincerity without a mat? Don't worry, I will definitely tell my grandmother about my sister-in-law's sincerity! ”

Jiang Shi grinded his teeth, took out a soft cushion from under his knees, and handed it to Zhao Xiu, with a smile on his face: "Then please ask Sister Xiu to speak more for your sister-in-law." ”

Zhao Xiu hugged the mat and nodded: "Okay, you kneel slowly, you can't get up before your grandmother speaks, otherwise it will be too insincere." Then he turned and walked away.

Jiang Shi was stunned in place, and after she woke up to the meaning of Zhao Xiu's words, she could hardly hold back her scolding.

Zhao Xiu naturally wouldn't say anything good for the Jiang family in front of the Zhang family, after she returned to the courtyard, she casually asked people to close the courtyard door, and then threw the cushion in her hand to a rough mother-in-law, and entered the hall.

The Zhang family had already heard what his granddaughter said clearly, and sighed: "Silly boy, why are you going to come out with this?" She is the kind of person, she is not sure how to arrange you behind her back, and the girl's family still has to cherish her reputation. ”

Zhao Xiu asked her innocently: "But I'm still a child, I'm only one year old, what does she want to say about me?" ”

Zhang Shi laughed dumbly, and couldn't help but poke her in the head: "You ghost spirit!" ”

On this day, Jiang knelt outside Zhang's door for the whole day as never before, the grain of rice did not enter, and the water did not get wet, until it was dark and the lamp was held, and the girl was helped back to the room, and the whole person was about to fall to the ground. When she went back to the room and drank hot soup, she regained a little energy, and began to feel groggy again, as soon as Hong Aya touched her forehead, she found that she was sick, and hurriedly asked people to ask for a doctor, grabbed medicine and boiled medicine, and gave her red and swollen knees medicine to treat injuries, and made a fuss all night, and when it was past noon on the second day, she was better, and she could sit up on the bed.

Zhang's side sent Qiushui over to pass the word: "Our old lady said that since the eldest grandmother is not sincere, why should she pretend? The grandmother originally had the handle in the hands of the old lady, and in the past, for the sake of the child was still young, some words were not intended to be passed on, but if the grandmother continued to be Zhang Zuozhi, deliberately acting in front of the palace envoy, and stepping on our old lady to achieve her own reputation, the old lady would really be a sincere gentleman, and I hope that the grandmother will think twice. ”

Jiang Shi endured the pain in his knees, forcibly suppressed the fear in his heart, and reluctantly said: "The old lady is too worried, since she loves to be quiet, she naturally doesn't dare to disturb as a junior." ”

After Akiba left, Chiang's spirit collapsed.