The next day after the engagement, Yu Shu went back to Sitian to supervise the leave, she was absent from work for more than ten days, just in time for the New Year, but no one doubted her whereabouts. After the year, the Kunling Bureau suddenly became idle, and most of the official marriage documents were distributed by Yu Shu before the year.

Wen Shao'an finally bought a small courtyard with two entrances in the south of the city, and when he saw Yu Shu's face, he informed him of the good news of the relocation. He couldn't repay Yu Shu's kindness, so he could only do his best to work under her hands, so that he could take his suffering mother out of Wenchen's house in the future to live for the rest of his life.

After Yu Shu sat down, he put the hot tea he had just brewed within reach of her, took two steps back and whispered, "My subordinates don't know what to say." ”

Yu Shu lifted the lid of the tea, raised his chin at him, and listened to him talk about the day when the lights were on on the thirteenth day of the first lunar month, Xue Lingnan ran to Si Tianjian to ask for someone. He was in prison at the time, much clearer than Guida's inquiry, Yu Shu immediately sat up straight, and asked him to explain what had happened carefully.

It turned out that after Xue Rui disappeared, Xue Lingnan bit to death It was the people from King Ning's Mansion who tied Xue Rui away, and King Ning was detained by Zong Zhengsi because the case of the Ten Princesses had not yet been convicted, Xue Lingnan confidently found the theory of Da Tidian, and in order to appease him, Da Tidian took him to Zongzheng Division to confront King Ning.

"I know someone in Zongzhengsi, and I heard in private that King Ning quarreled with Xue Xiang that day, and instead of admitting that he sent someone to kidnap Lord Xue, King Ning angrily scolded Xue Xiang for being a chaotic minister and thief, and shouted that he wanted to pull Lord Xue to Huazhen Garden to face the saint together."

There is a difference between what Guida said here, and it is not Xue Lingnan who is making a fuss about facing the saint. It's King Ning. King Ning killed the ten princesses, the evidence of the crime is conclusive, where did he get the face to see his emperor Lao Tzu, I am afraid that he knows that Emperor Zhaoqing is terminally ill, and if he doesn't fight hard, he will have no chance.

Yu Shu knew that Da Ti decided to support a puppet emperor and wait for the Heavenly Mandate Taigu to come out. King Ning first became an outcast, and the ninth prince Liu Tan did not consider his back to the Xue family, so the remaining candidates were only the eighth prince Liu Yu and the twelfth prince Liu Gan. These two are also mediocre and inconspicuous. Even if he becomes the emperor, in the future, the true dragon son calculated in the "Xuannu Liuren Book" will have another person, and it will be easy to overthrow.

How will you choose the big mention?

Yu Shu pondered for a while, and then gave up thinking about the big point. Anyway, she would rather die than let people do anything with her children. She also believed that Xue Rui must have a way to stop her marriage with Jingchen.

Until then. She had to find something to do for herself.

Wen Shao'an saw Yu Shu get up suddenly, took the cloak and walked out, and hurriedly stepped forward to roll the curtain for her. He asked, "Where are you going at this time?" ”

Yu Shu turned around and smiled at him: "I was given an errand before, I did it, and now I will ask for a reward." ”

Wen Shao'an now has a little more heart, where can he not hear what she said, but he didn't ask more, and sent her to the door and turned back to study the handouts he got from the Taishi Academy, he always remembered Yu Shu's advice, don't waste your time

When Yu Shu arrived at Taixi Tower, she saw her with a pleasant face, needless to say, she was clear about the matchmaker's door-to-door proposal yesterday. She took advantage of his good mood and begged him to beg him—

"Last time the three halls were tried, you were also present, my ancestors can also be called Yi Xue's heirloom, my grandfather's grandfather's grandfather's grandfather and his old man once served as an official in Si Tianjian, this matter can be verified by Taicheng Division, my family has produced two Yi officials in seven generations, after a hundred years, and I am the deputy chief of a bureau, reasoning, my Yu family is enough to be called the Yi Xue family, right?"

I listened to her talk a lot, and in the end she was ashamed to call the family, but after listening to a joke, she quipped: "I have never heard of anyone who dares to take on the name of the family alone." ”

"Why not, I can afford it." Yu Shu said without blushing and panting.

raised his eyebrows and asked her: "Do you know that if you want to be called a family, in addition to those rules and regulations, you must first present a unique thaumaturgy to Si Tianjian, and then you have to pay a tax of 100,000 taels in exchange for a family plaque." ”

The implication is that you are willing to give up your own thaumaturgy story, do you have so much money?

Yu Shu had already made an abacus, and at this time he didn't feel the pain in his flesh, and said happily: "If you want to say that I can't sacrifice the thaumaturgy of breaking death, but I can't do it in this unique way, as for the 100,000 taels of silver, I will make up everywhere." As long as you open your mouth to say a good word for me, don't let the people of Taichengsi embarrass me. ”

This time I finally knew that she was not joking, but really wanted to be a family. He thought about it, it's not good not to agree, after all, she honestly returned to Beijing and got engaged to Jingchen, he always had to beat a stick to give a date, she would give her a name if she wanted it, she would give her a profit, if she had no desire and no desire, he should be worried.

"Since you ask for me, I'll make it convenient for you, I'll inform them from Taichengsi's side, and when you get all the money, just go and declare, and no one will embarrass you."

The big mention gave Yu Shu a guarantee, and it was a sure thing that she wanted to call the family. But what Yu Shu wanted in her heart was not only the name of a family, but the real purpose of her opening the Dayi Pavilion under this name was to open it. Xue Rui paved the road for her, how could she waste all his hard work?

***

As soon as Yu Shu went home, she was called by Zhao Hui to discuss her marriage. In Zhao Hui's view, if Yu Shu wants to marry into the princess's mansion, it is undoubtedly married to a high family, and it is necessary to handle a rich dowry so that she will not be underestimated by outsiders, but the problem is that Yu Shu is now the head of the family, if she marries and leaves, will the family be divided? How to divide it?

Zhao Hui told Yu Shu about her concerns, and Yu Shu said without thinking about it: "No family, no family, even if I marry in the future, I will still be the head of the Yu family." ”

The entire Yu family is just her and Yu Xiaoxiu's sister and brother, if she wants to be called a family, she must shoulder the burden of the head of the family, Da'an has a precedent for a female household, her move is not shocking, at most it is just criticized.

Sure enough, Zhao Hui was not very surprised after hearing this, but just worried about her: "You are so strong, what should I do if Gongzi Jingchen is not happy?" ”

Yu Shu said indifferently: "If he is not happy, he will withdraw from the marriage if it is a big deal." Zhao Hui was dumbfounded: "Retire, divorce?!" Yu Shu looked at her face wrong. hurriedly haha: "I'm talking about playing, he won't be unhappy." ”

Zhao Huihu was suspicious: "You are serious with me, do you like this family business or not, why don't I care about you at all?" If you are reluctant, make it clear as soon as possible, and don't wait for you to regret it, it will be too late. ”

"Where can I be?" Yu Shu laughed dryly twice, and stood up weakly, "The dowry matter will be handled by my mother, so I'll go back and ask Kidney Bean to send the key to my treasury." It's time to take it and use it. You just weigh it. After finishing speaking, she quickly slipped away, and Zhao Hui couldn't stop her

In the North Chamber, Yu Shu took out a ruler-long big red lacquer box from the dark compartment behind the bed wall, put it on the bed and opened it. The box is divided into two layers at the top and bottom. A stack of silver tickets is neatly stacked on the first floor. The smallest denomination is also a hundred taels, and on the other floor there are house deeds, title deeds, treasury keys, etc., which are the foundation of her family. In addition, there are a lot of silver taels and copper coins stored in the warehouse, and there are countless antiques, calligraphy and paintings, jade and jewelry.

In exchange for a 100,000 taels for a family plaque that does not eat or drink, if a month ago, she didn't think about it at all, but Xue Rui handed over all her net worth to her, and with the 50,000 taels of gold hidden under the wine cellar of Wangjilou, she dared to say big things in front of the big mention.

Yu Shu took out a stack of silver tickets, which included the profits that Pei Jing gave her after clearing the crystal transaction a few years ago, plus her previous savings, it was enough for 100,000 taels, she counted it twice, and put the extra silver tickets aside. Then take off the purple jade bat that she wore closely, and put it on the bottom layer of the lacquer box, this is a token left by Xue Rui to her, Guida has seen this thing, and handed over all of Xue Rui's property to her without saying a word, she no longer needs it to testify, lest she accidentally lose it, so she still hides it properly.

She put the lacquer box back in the dark compartment, took the extra silver ticket to the outer room, called the kidney beans and instructed: "Here are three thousand taels, you go and send it to Madame, hand it over with the key to my treasury, and ask her to help me buy a dowry. I don't need you to do anything lately, you can just help out on Madame's side. ”

As soon as Kidney Dou heard this, he burst into tears in the blink of an eye, and suddenly knelt down for Yu Shu: "The slave maid was the little girl next to the lady, and she was lucky to have the opportunity to serve you, the slave maid thinks that she is not as smart as Sister Xin'er Sister Lin'er, and she is more pleasing to you than Sister Xiaokui, but the slave and maid dare to swear to the sky, to be loyal, the slave and the maid will not lose any of them, and the slave and maid are willing not to marry and serve you until they are old, but when the girl is married, bring a slave and maid, and don't leave the slave and maid." ”

Yu Shu was really a little surprised to hear these words from her mouth, you must know that Kidney Bean is an honest person, she has never been very clever, since she was developed, the house has bought a lot of slaves, and there are many people who are smarter and more diligent than Kidney Bean. The reason why Yu Shu has always reused her and let her take charge of affairs in Peking University is mostly for the sake of Zhao Hui and Mrs. He's face, and Kidney Bean has never shown loyalty in front of her.

"Please, girl." Kidney Bean was afraid that she would not agree, so he knelt and took two steps forward, hugged her leg and begged.

Yu Shu laughed dumbly, coughed lightly, and didn't rush to get her up, but said bitterly: "I have the final say in the entire Yu Mansion, you don't have to be angry with me here, but when you get to the princess's mansion, our master and servant will become foreigners, you will inevitably follow me to be wronged, where is it better than staying in the mansion, I told my godmother that I want you to take care of things by her side first, go back and choose a good family for you, and then return your slave body, reward you with a dowry, and let you marry innocently, isn't it?" ”

Kidney Dou shook his head without hesitation, wiped a handful of tears, raised his head and said to Yu Shu resolutely: "The slave maid has followed the human tooth since she can remember, and she was resold a few times before she went to Mrs. Although she is an inferior person, the slave maid does not feel wronged at all, but she is very down-to-earth, and she doesn't have to worry about running out of food when she opens her eyes one day, let alone running around for her livelihood every day. ”

She said so much, and it can be summed up in one sentence - follow you to have meat to eat.

Yu Shu laughed after hearing this, and reached out and dragged her up from the ground. took out the handkerchief pinned to her placket, wiped her face, and said: "Say that you are honest, you are really honest, and dare to say such things, I am not afraid that I will misunderstand you as a mercenary villain, and I will be tired of you since then." That's it, since you have such loyalty, follow me well in the future. ”

Kidney Bean burst into tears and laughed, and stood obediently waiting for Yu Shu to wipe away her tears. Then he reached out and took the handkerchief. Squatted on his knees and said, "The slave will go to Madame to help." ”

Yu Shu waved his hand and let her go.

***

Princess's House

Jingchen's marriage was neither publicized everywhere nor deliberately concealed, and there was a big mention from above. The people of the Ministry of Rites ran to the princess's mansion twice in three days. The government is buying a lot to prepare a dowry. This movement naturally alarmed Shui Yun. She asked the manager, and Fang was told that Jingchen's marriage was approaching. was at a loss for a while, and then asked him if the person he wanted to marry was Yu Shu, only to feel that a thunderbolt fell on a sunny day, and she was completely destroyed.

Shui Yun panicked and asked her to push her to Suhuan Pavilion, found Jing Chen, who was practicing swords, and asked him for confirmation with a white face: "Senior brother, do you want to marry that Yu Lianfang?" ”

Jing Chen didn't pay attention to it, only to see that his clothes were thin and his body was like the wind, and the sword shadow in his hand intertwined with a hazy green light.

Shui Yun didn't bother to pay attention to this, thinking that he had acquiesced, she put her hands on her knees, forcibly held back her screams, and asked him in a trembling voice: "Why?" Why do you want to marry her, is she forcing you, is she threatening you with a life-breaking thing, forcing you to marry her? ”

Jing Chen's wrist slammed, falling from mid-air, the realm of heaven and man seemed to be short-lived and disappeared without a trace, he turned around to pick up the sword, a move of the wind and lotus came into the air, the sword qi went straight to the door of Shui Yunmian, but when the sword edge approached, it swept away layer by layer, and it could stop at the center of her eyebrows, and half an inch further, it was chasing the soul and asking for her life.

"You're wrong, it's not her forcing me, it's me forcing her."

Shui Yun's face was full of blood, Jing Chen removed the sword, raised his arm and wiped the sword body with his sleeve, she saw clearly that what he was holding in his hand was not a sword blade, but a rusty short sword, so dull that she couldn't tell the age.

"What do you mean by that?" She was so smart that she guessed the truth in a blink of an eye, but she didn't want to face it.

Jing Chen glanced at her struggling expression, and said coldly, "Didn't you always want to know how to break your life?" I sue you that the son of Da'an must be married to the person who broke his life before he can break his life. ”

Shui Yun gasped sharply, covered his heart, stared at him in disbelief, and said without giving up: "How can it be, is there something wrong, you don't necessarily have to marry her, there must be another way, right?" ”

"There is no other way." Jingchen ruthlessly pierced her delusions, looked at her as if she was mourning, neither comforted her nor stimulated her again, and walked around her with a sword.

"Senior brother!" Shui Yun suddenly screamed to stop him, and shouted at his back: "Now you all got your wish, I know you like her, and she likes you too, if it weren't for me in the way, you two would have been in the right way!" That's what you think in your heart, that's why you always dislike me as a wasted person, and you can't drive me back to Longhu Mountain, and you can't spoil your good deeds! ”

Jealousy makes people crazy, in the final analysis, she still didn't give up on Jing Chen, and refused to go back to Longhu Mountain for treatment with her legs disabled, in order to win his sympathy, hoping that he would change his mind, how could she think that she would endure humiliation in every way, and it would be such a result.

Jingchen stood still, turned around and said, "I don't hate you, but I want to thank you, if you hadn't stopped it, I'm afraid I would have hurt her a long time ago." ”

At the beginning, he and Yu Shu were in love, if it wasn't for Shui Yun forcing him to cut off the love thread, he and Yu Shu would not have turned against each other, let alone have subsequent twists and turns, now he should be glad that Yu Shu has no him in his heart, so he will not be sad because of him, and he will not regret him.

With that, he walked away, and even though Shui Yun cried so much, he never looked back.

***

There is a big mention of a word, Yu Shu went to the Taicheng Division to declare the family did not encounter a little trouble, the recorder early in the morning the Yu family's grandfather who had served in the Si Tianjian Chen Zi looked out, and Yu Shu on the number, and then she brought the household post and family tree and other personnel seals and other personnel seals to copy a copy, to Cao Zuoling to ask for the big seal, and finally Yu Shu paid the 100,000 taels of listing fees, and she researched the "Law of Weather" into the present, by the big mention point personally reviewed, but three days, It was in Taicheng Division that he successfully applied for the name of the Yixue family.

Next, it is the Taicheng Division to send it to the Huiji Division. Someone to create a new family plaque for the Yu family, and wait until the day the plaque is unveiled, which is the time when the Yu family is right.

Yu Shu specially found a piece of purple mist fragrant nan wood from the Nanlin timber shop, and sent it to the Huiji Division to make a plaque, and after the plaque was completed, it was hung on the door.

Yu Shu wanted to say that the news of the family was not a secret in Si Tianjian, and it spread. Some people laughed at her arrogance. A female streamer dared to claim to be a family without any foundation, and some people admired her courage, after all, 100,000 taels of silver was not a small amount, but she said that she would take it. But what more people see is the big mention point of standing behind Yu Shu and supporting her to take the position. Therefore, although Yu Shu's move is controversial. But no one jumped out to accuse her.

Spread along with the news. There is also her marriage with Jingchen, and the emperor's hand-picked Da'an Daozi and Miao Ling's maiden tie the knot, which is a beautiful talk in itself. Coupled with the deliberate rendering of the big mention, it soon became known to everyone.

In the afternoon of this day, Yu Shu left early, walked out of the gate of Si Tianjian, and was about to take a sedan chair to the Wangji Building to meet the gang of guys, when a fast horse rushed over on the street and blocked her way.

Yu Shu lifted the curtain and saw that it was Feng Zhaomiao, who had not been seen for a long time, riding on horseback, glaring at her with angry eyes, and shouted in a low voice: "Yu Lianfang, I looked down on you in vain, but I didn't expect you to be a ruthless and unrighteous woman!" ”

Yu Shu frowned, and guessed that he was fighting for Xue Rui, and was inevitably a little surprised, why did Yu Xiaoxiu see the relationship between her and Xue Rui, but also Feng Zhaomiao, a stunned person?

"Zhaomiao, what are you angry with me, let's talk about it in a quiet place, how about it?"

Fortunately, Feng Zhaomiao is not a nonsense person, although she is angry with her, but she knows that this is outside, and there are those words that cannot be said nonsense, so she followed her sedan chair angrily and went to the Forgotten Machine Building together.

Now the forgetting machine building is an empty building, the door to the street has been closed for a few months, many people are in the middle of this land, come to inquire about the lease, and there are also willing to pay a sky-high price to buy the whole restaurant, all of them were rejected.

The shopkeeper Lin Fu and the others are still living in the backyard, and they have become a group of idlers. Yu Shu just came a few days ago, brought the news of Xue Rui's safety, appeased everyone, and told them that she was going to build a big easy hall in this place, because Xue Rui had already mentioned this, and everyone had no rejection, and they all expressed their willingness to work under Yu Shu's hands and wait for Xue Rui to come back.

Feng Zhaomiao saw that she had brought her here, his face softened a little, he knew that this was Xue Rui's industry, if Yu Shuzhen did such a thing as being sorry for Xue Rui, he would not have the face to come here.

Yu Shu invited Feng Zhaomiao to the East Tearoom, and after sitting down, he took the initiative to ask him: "On the street just now, why did you say that I was ruthless and unrighteous?" ”

Feng Zhaomiao held his stomach and said: "Brother Rui's life and death are unknown at the moment, not only are you in a hurry to find him, but you are also engaged to someone else, I said that you are ruthless and unjust, where did you wronged you?" ”

Yu Shu said: "If something happened to my eldest brother, I am more anxious than anyone else, but my marriage was personally decided by the emperor before he left Beijing, and I can't ignore it, I just don't want to marry again, and I can't resist the will and disrespect." ”

Feng Zhaomiao was taken aback, he never expected that it was the Holy Lord's marriage, he didn't suspect Yu Shu's quibbling, and said dumbfoundedly: "You are married, then, what about Brother Rui?" ”

Yu Shu's pain in his heart couldn't be exposed, so he pretended to be at a loss, and asked him: "I want to get married, what do I have to do with my eldest brother?" ”

"Why is it irrelevant, you two are not-" Feng Zhaomiao suddenly became dumbfounded, he was a little undecided, did he misunderstand the relationship between Xue Rui and Yu Shu, why aren't the two of them a couple? But he clearly glimpsed Xue Rui's gentleness and pettiness towards Yu Shu several times, could it be that King Xiang had a dream and the goddess had no intention.

"What's not?" Yu Shu pretended to be suspicious.

"No, isn't it a sworn brother and sister," Feng Zhaomiao turned a corner stiffly: "You want to get married, where can my brother Rui not be there." Hey, I don't know where King Ning hid people, and he said that he would not hand them over, which is really hateful. ”

Yu Shu sighed and said: "Something is wrong, it is useless for you and me to be in a hurry, it is better to wait for the news, the eldest brother is auspicious, and everything will definitely turn evil into good." ”

Feng Zhaomiao is indeed one of the few people who is sincere to Xue Rui, so she wants to coax him, after all, Xue Rui's departure from Beijing involves too many secrets, and the more she knows, the more dangerous it is. (To be continued......)