King Anyang's expression changed abruptly, Shen Wanzhu was startled, she didn't know that she was wrong, so she quickly knelt down and pleaded guilty, "The concubine made the prince angry, and the concubine should die." ”

Zhao Shijiao was upset, waved his hand, and motioned for her to go down.

Shen Wanzhu trembled and retreated, so frightened that her legs were a little uncomfortable, she was still thinking in her heart, she didn't say anything, she made the prince angry, it seems that the royal people are not good at waiting, and they are moody. Not bad at all.

"Bofu is too much, how can he treat his daughter-in-law harshly." Zhao Shijiao said indignantly.

Chen Fu lowered his eyebrows and said in a harmonious voice: "Lord Wang, this is someone's housework, and outsiders can't take care of it." "He is reminding the prince, you can't interfere, no matter what feelings you have for that woman, but this matter can't be reconciled, Chen Fu is scared, he is afraid that the prince is young and angry, and he will take care of things that should not be taken care of, and the reputation of Mrs. Shen will be small, and the reputation of the prince will be big.

It was completely dark, and when the lamp was in hand, Shen Wanzhen's meals were delivered, the sun set, and no one mourned, so a few people went to the side hall to eat, and Peony whispered: "Young lady, Sister Hong has been gone for a long time, why haven't you come back?" ”

Shen Wanzhen shook her head, and was also pondering what was going on.

The two mothers-in-law in the large kitchen carried a food box in one hand, and the other carried a clay pot with gruel in it as usual, and a plate was taken out of the food box, and several steamed buns were placed in it.

The three of them finally saw something dry these days, the peony and the silk were fine, the maid secretly sent the food every now and then, Aunt Ying was ignored, she was hungry, the front and back breasts were almost together, grabbed a steamed bun, and didn't care if the main mother was there, so she stuffed it in her mouth, and her cheeks were bulging, she choked all of a sudden, rolled her eyes a few times, and swallowed it easily, and drank a few sips of tea before she passed the fight.

Shen Wanzhen picked up a steamed bun, ate one with tea, and the three of them even ate and rested, Aunt Ying devoured it first, sat on the kang, and rubbed her swollen knees.

Shen Wanzhen and the peony then finished eating, Shen Wanzhen lay on the south kang by the window, the spring was deep, the wind was warm, blowing in from the half-branched and closed window, like a gentle hand caressing her, Shen Wanzhen gradually wanted to close her eyes.

At this time, I heard two maids talking under the eaves of the porch outside, and the sound of the speech was sometimes heard and sometimes inaudible, and a small voice said: "The red girl was sold to the kiln by the tooth woman, and Yu'er was loyal, and followed her master, and also went together." ”

The three of them were taken aback, Aunt Ying rubbed her knees and just lay down, when she heard it, she sat up in shock, listened carefully, and couldn't hear anything, the little girl outside the window just said this, and the other girl put her finger on her lips, signaling that there was someone inside, the girl stuck out her tongue, shrunk her neck, and the two of them lowered their voices.

Inside the house, I could only hear the crickets cooing outside, and I couldn't hear what was being said.

Aunt Ying sat in a daze, and Peony's face was ugly, and she was very frightened.

The next day, Aunt Ying was a little restless when she kept the spirit, and she always thought about the red note, and as soon as there was a stir, she was frightened, and Mrs. Zhan hated herself so much that she hated the root of her teeth, maybe she would dispose of herself that day, and at noon, they all went to eat, and the people who waited in front of the spirit also took turns to eat.

Shen Wanzhen sat on the ground, nibbling on the two steamed buns that Mrs. Yan got yesterday, peonies secretly ate a small piece of snacks, and there were two pieces in the handkerchief, she was reluctant to eat them, so she only ate a small piece, and wrapped them rarely.

At this time, Chunxiao looked inside at the back door of the mourning hall, and saw that there were three people in the mourning hall, and came in quietly.

Chunxiao found Aunt Ying leaning on behind the coffin, squatted down and opened Juanpa, the bread was the two pieces of snacks that were secretly given to her, and whispered: "Girl, eat quickly." ”

Aunt Ying's eyes stared at the two pieces of soft dim sam, grabbed one very quickly, filled her mouth, the two pieces of dim sum choked in a moment, licked her mouth, and was still unsatisfied, just as Xiuju brought tea to Shen Wanzhen, Chunxiao begged for a cup and gave her master to drink.

Aunt Ying ate a snack, her stomach stopped growling, and she drank hot tea again, her stomach was comfortable, and then she opened her mouth and asked, "Where are you going these days?" I don't know how to come and see me, it's a good master and servant, I usually treat you well, and I have never beaten and scolded you. ”

Chunxiao looked left and right, just Shen Wanzhen two, Shen Wanzhen leaned on a pillar, closed her eyes and stared, Peony stood up, lying on the back door of the mourning hall, opening outward, as if waiting for her maid, so she whispered: "The young lady asked someone to lock up the slave and maid, and find out the person who poisoned her, yesterday she said that there was nothing to do, so she didn't let the slave and maid out, and she didn't send an errand yet, and the slave and maid came to see the master when they were empty." ”

Chunxiao said, glanced left and right a few more times, lowered her voice, and said: "The slave maid heard that the red note and Yu'er were sold to the kiln by the lady, and the lady said that when the funeral is over, the master will also be sold to the kiln, and the others will observe the festival for the second master." ”

Aunt Ying was so frightened that she almost fainted, her hands and feet were cold, and she didn't speak for a long time, she looked around dazedly, and grabbed Chunxiao's hand; "Give me ideas, how to save me from the kiln, if I sell it in the kiln, my life will be over, let a man like a beast practice, life is better than death."

Chunxiao saw that she was anxious, and hurriedly whispered comfortingly: "Don't worry, master, the slave maid will come up with an idea for the master." ”

"Don't ramble, what's the idea?" Aunt Ying saw a ray of light in despair, grabbed Chunxiao's hand and shook it vigorously.

"The master quickly sent a letter to the father and mother in his hometown, and asked them to come over quickly with more silver, and inquire about the brothel where the girl sold it and took the money to redeem it."

Aunt Ying's authorities were confused, panicked, and thought to herself, why didn't she remember, when her father and mother left, she repeatedly instructed her to send a letter back, and the uncle really couldn't stay, so she went back to her parents' house, just not married, a girl's father and mother can still afford it, and she was busy with Chunxiaodao; "You come to me at night, take a pen and paper and I will repair a book, and you find someone to help me carry the letter home."

Aunt Ying began to cry a few times, recalling some sweet times when she first met Zhan Shaoting, but after more than ten days, the tears became less and less, and sometimes the tears in her eyes were distracted, thinking about her future plans.

Aunt Ying is easy to look forward to until dark, Chunxiao really came, the two of them hid behind the curtain of the mourning hall, Chunxiao lantern shining, Aunt Ying hastily repaired a book, and Chunxiao totaled, the mailing days are long, I am afraid that there will be a change in this room, in case Mrs. Zhan can't wait for the second master to mourn and deal with her, the last decision was to let Chunxiao hire someone to run errands and send the family letter back, but the distance is far away, and silver money is indispensable. Xu gave his two hairpin rings to Chunxiao as a reward.

On the second day of Chunxiao, he found a familiar little guy on the door, and promised a big price, and the little guy heard that there was silver to earn, which was worth the monthly money of a year's errand in the house, so he happily agreed, and asked the steward for leave, saying that the old man in the family was sick, and he took the family letter and left that night.

After 40 days of rest, the masters of the Zhan Mansion discussed the funeral, Mrs. Zhan was no longer as sad as she was at the beginning, and the Zhao family and the Cao family relieved and comforted day and night, and Mrs. Zhan's mood was much calmer.

Uncle Zhan handled his younger brother's funeral, although it was the first time that Uncle Zhan and Zhao did a white thing, Uncle Zhan and the Zhao couple cooperated handily, but there were no mistakes, but there were a few major events that needed to ask their parents to make a good decision.

"Are you all ready?" Uncle Zhan asked.

"The other things have been arranged, but there are two or three things that need to be cut by the parents."

"What are those things? There are some things to say when the citation is made, and if you don't understand, you can ask people. "Uncle Zhan is also haggard these days, middle-aged people lose their children, white-haired people send black-haired people, the blow can be imagined, there are thousands of families, one person in charge, let go of the small things and let the sons assert them, but the big things that can't be decided still need to be decided by Uncle Zhan after the most decisive decision.

"Those two things are easy to handle, but one is a bit tricky, and the son and daughter-in-law can't be the master." Uncle Zhan said with a little hesitation.

"What made your eldest son lose his mind?" Mrs. Zhan favors the second and third sons, but Uncle Zhan values the eldest son more and the future heir to the throne.

"The second brother's spirit flag is beaten by the parents and sons according to the rules, but there is no one behind the second brother ......" Uncle Zhan said as tactfully as possible, for fear of causing his parents to be sad again.

Mrs. Zhan didn't think about it: "Your brother has no children, and he doesn't have a daughter-in-law, just let his daughter-in-law beat him." ”

Uncle Zhan was embarrassed to look at his father, the woman was newly widowed, and after the flag, he would have to abide by the system for life and not marry, and it would be unlucky to marry, and others would not marry, because Uncle Zhan felt embarrassed, and Shen Wanzhen didn't know if he would agree.

Uncle Zhan didn't look at his son, and followed his wife's words: "Just follow what your mother said." ”

Zhan Shaoxiang and Zhao exchanged glances, but they didn't speak, Zhan Sanye didn't care about family affairs, Cao's heart was straightforward, and he said, "If you beat the flag, you have to keep the festival for life, and the general widowed woman is unwilling, and the second sister-in-law must not agree." ”

Mrs. Zhan stared at her and said angrily, "Why does she have other ideas?" Have you ever leaked? ”

Cao's head lowered a little, and said in a small voice: "It's not." ”

"If you don't have anything else to think about, why don't you want to make a flag?"

Zhan Sanye glared at his daughter-in-law, and said in his heart, what is the matter with you, so the Cao family lowered his head and stopped talking.

"This matter is settled, the eldest daughter-in-law, you go and tell the second daughter-in-law and tell the truth." Uncle Zhan and his wife's thoughts are the same on this point.

After this matter was finished, Uncle Zhan said again that it was not easy to invite the Yin Yang Warlock, it was not easy to be buried that year, in order to avoid evil and seek good fortune, he wanted the temple to stop for a while, and said that the temple had been completed.

Uncle Zhan had no objection to this, but instructed the monks in the temple to take good care of the coffin.

Zhao and Cao came out of the upper room, all the way, Cao was not good at his mother-in-law, he was unhappy, and complained: "I said a word, my mother-in-law was angry with me, and the widow should have a hope, the second sister-in-law doesn't even have children, how can she keep it, barely stay, can't keep it in the future, and lose face to the uncle, it's better not to keep it at the beginning." ”

Zhao sneered in her heart, she was happy about the death of the little uncle, the little uncle behaved perversely, and actually touched the black of the uncle's house, as soon as the reputation of the concubine and his wife came out, the reputation of the uncle's house was discredited, and her husband and wife carried the black pot, the in-laws thought well, if Shen Wanjiao could keep the festival, the second room would not be dispersed, and the uncle was still a third-room person, and the children of the concubine came out in the name of the wife, as if the future master of the second room, the family will be divided in the future, and the status of the big house and the third room is the same, and the property shared cannot be less than the other two rooms,

Zhao's dissatisfaction with her in-laws is based on the idea of yin and yang, and the third young lady Cao obviously didn't expect it, just because her mother-in-law didn't save face in front of her.

"Third brother and sister, I'll go to the second brother and sister, the things that my mother-in-law explained will be done as soon as possible, and there are big things to do next."

"How about I go with my sister-in-law, and by the way, I will comfort my second sister-in-law." The Cao family really wanted to know what Shen Wanzhen would say about this.

Zhao secretly frowned, she didn't want her to follow, she couldn't get rid of it, but there were some things to say, when she got there, she didn't want to be confused, and persuaded Shen Wanzhen to stay.

Zhao's words couldn't be said clearly, so he said with a smile: "Brother and sister will go too, so it's very good, so that I'm stupid and can't speak clearly." ”

Cao Shi glanced at her a few times, slandered, and put stupidity on his lips when he saw the sky, don't you know that the person who says that he is stupid has the most eyes in his heart, and she is the best example.

The two copied the shortcut road and entered the garden, there was a small unevenness on the gravel road, Zhao tilted his body and grabbed Cao's sleeve, "The path in this garden should also be repaired, the population is large, the road has only been repaired for a few years, and it has gone bad, then again, if the second brother and sister can guard the best, it is still a three-room person, otherwise there is a room left, and after the separation, how can you provoke the two-room door, I hope that the three-room people always live in one place, and it is good not to separate." "She's saying the opposite.

Cao listened, smash it, smash it, it's wrong, there is something in the sister-in-law's words, Zhao never said it clearly, it all made her bother to guess, Zhao often said the next topic, and she turned the corner.

Zhao looked at her and looked down in thought, looked at the sky and said: "This day is really good, you and I often say that my mother-in-law loves my second brother and sister, and it is also for her good to persuade her to stay. ”

Cao's brain couldn't turn, and he also understood, the sister-in-law had a lot of eyes, and she was only a mother-in-law who didn't like the second sister-in-law, and pressed not to let her remarry, among them, Guan Kou wanted to understand that the status of the house was low, and she was half master and half servant, even if she gave birth to a son, she couldn't support the door, and she was allowed to be kneaded, so Shen Wanzhen's stay was related to the interests of the big house and the third room.

Zhao saw that her face was cloudy and changing, and he knew that she knew what she knew.

It's good to have a number, so you don't have to talk nonsense.

When he arrived at the mourning hall, Zhao stopped and instructed the girl who followed far behind him, "Invite the second young lady to the side hall, and say that I and the third young lady will come to see her." ”

Shen Wanzhen walked to the side hall with weak steps, entered the door to see Zhao and Cao, saw Pingli, sat down a few women, served tea, Zhao took the teacup, and said, "Let's go down." ”

The maids and servants in the house slipped out of the house.

Zhao looked at Shen Wanzhen and said affectionately: "Brother and sister are in good health?" After staying up these days, I'm finally about to get out. ”

Shen Wanzhen said: "Sister-in-law Xie and my younger siblings remember. ”

Zhao picked up the lid of the teacup, lowered his head slightly and blew the ethereal heat, through a layer of mist, his smile became a little ambiguous, and he said: "My in-laws ordered the two of us to come, I want to discuss the introduction, the second brother has no heirs, the in-laws mean to ask the younger brother and sister to play the spirit flag, what do the younger brothers and sisters think, and tell the sister-in-law." ”

Shen Wanzhen really didn't think about this matter, Zhan Shaoting's funeral was handled by the people of Bofu, she held a vigil and mourned, and she didn't know much about the rules for doing future affairs in ancient times.

Cao and Zhao exchanged glances, and finally Cao's mouth couldn't help but remind: "The second sister-in-law doesn't know the rules of the road flag, right?" ”

Shen Xuanzhen looked at the two of them, as if she had something to say, shook her head and said, "I don't know what to do." ”

As soon as Cao Shi heard her say that he didn't know what to do, he hurriedly told: "After beating the flag, I should be a regular guard, and everyone dislikes it when I marry, and no one dares to marry because it is unlucky." "Let's say it, Cao's head lowered a little, looked at her, and watched her react.

Shen Wanzhen knew that it was the Bofu who calculated her again, and asked her to keep the festival, and she was thinking about what reason to refuse.

At this time, Zhao sighed, "It's a pity that if the child in Qiaohui's belly was born a few months earlier, there would be a filial son." ”

Shen Wanzhen knew that she was reminding herself, and she knew that she was selfish and didn't want to help herself, but this was a good excuse, so she said lightly: "If I play the flag, it means that the second master has no queen, and if Qiaohui gives birth to a child, where is it, and I also ask my sister-in-law and younger siblings to know the benefits and harms with my in-laws, and I can't obey my fate, which will harm the uncle and make the second master's soul uneasy." ”

Zhao smiled in his heart, Shen is a little thorough, smart people are easy to do.

When Cao Shi heard this, her heart was also relieved, just now she was still thinking about how Shen Wanzhen would refuse, this reason was reasonable.

With Shen Xuanzhen's words, the Zhao family also went back to recover from her in-laws.

Coming out of the side hall, breaking up with Cao's family, the weather was hot, Zhao went back to the room first, changed his clothes, and entered the main house, just when Uncle Zhan came back to get the silver, he saw her and asked: "Ask my brother and sister, are you willing?" ”

Zhao's promotion of narrow tunnels; "Guess?"

"It must be refused." Zhan Shaoting is very satisfied with his wife's harmony, and his mother has always favored the second and third brothers, but he is dissatisfied, but he can't say it.

Zhao smiled, nodded, and hurriedly asked the maid to find a shirt to change into, and went to the mother-in-law's room.

Shen Xuanzhen walked back to the mourning hall, it was almost noon, they all went down to eat, and the condolences guests all came in the first seven or eight days, and after more than ten days, there were a few relatives from Bofu who came from afar.

As soon as Shen Wanzhen entered through the back door, she heard a 'wow' sound inside, and then Peony screamed, "Why don't you look at it, you spit on me." ”

There are only three people who keep the spirit, and the one who vomited must be Aunt Ying.

Wanzhen walked in and took a look, Aunt Ying was kneeling on the ground, a large pile of filth in front of her, with a sour smell, in early summer, with the doors and windows open, the smell of sour rot and straight into her nose, Shen Wanzhen couldn't help but pull out a handkerchief to cover her mouth and nose.