There were a lot of big cars parked at the entrance of the Marquis Zhuguo's mansion, and all the noble ladies who looked very important were sitting in the cars, looking out from the windows.

Originally, the gate of the Marquis of Zhuguo's Mansion was closed, and the people inside were sitting behind the door with their arms in their arms.

Suddenly, I heard that it was their Hou Ye who had returned from the Jiangling faction, so he hurriedly opened a crack in the door.

How did they know that the people who were watching around saw that the Zhuguo Marquis Mansion, which had not opened the door for a long time, had the intention of opening the door, and they immediately became excited, rushed up, and squeezed through the place where a narrow door was opened.

The eldest prince of Muhou and a few entourages were not the opponents of these people at all, so they were divided by those people, and they were squeezed on the door and screamed.

"This little brother, my wife is Mrs. Qianzhou Yasi, and I specially came to visit Mrs. Zhuguohou."

"Uncle, my grandmother is Mrs. Ganzhou Prefecture, and she came to kowtow to Mrs. Zhuguohou."

"Brother Concierge, my wife is the Duhu Lady of Shuobei Metropolitan Protectorate, who came all the way from Mobei and has been waiting here for several days, you can let us see Mrs. Zhuguohou, as long as you can talk to her, we will ......" As he spoke, he had already handed a purse containing silver in his hand.

"We've been waiting for days. Seeing that the day of our lord's visit is about to pass, if we can't see the face of Mrs. Zhu Guohou, it will be difficult for us to explain when we go back. ”

The gatekeeper inside looked at these people in his eyes, just looked at his eyes and asked, "Who said just now that they came from Gangneung?" Say that there is a letter from our Hou Ye? ”

The eldest prince of Muhou squeezed over the gate, thinking of the 100,000 silver. He gave birth to infinite strength, and shouted loudly: "Here, here I am!" The letter in Xiao Shiji's hand had been squeezed into pickles.

Menzi saw that he really had a letter in his hand, went back and asked for instructions, so he opened a crack, let the eldest prince Muhou squeeze in sideways, and then closed the door with a bang.

Seeing this, the people waiting outside were so angry that they were muttering that Mrs. Zhu Guohou was too big, and Zhu Guohou had not yet sat in the position of inspecting the Jingzhou Thorn History. She took Joe and disappeared......

The eldest prince of Muhou squeezed in with great difficulty. He was already wearing a crooked hat and clothes, and even the shoes on his feet were left, so he couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong?" So many people are out there begging to see your wife, why don't you see your wife? ”

The man didn't bother to talk nonsense with him. Just a stretch of hand. He said, "Bring the letter." ”

Grand Duke Muhou vigilantly held the letter to his chest. He said, "I want to see your wife and deliver the letter to her personally." ——This is a letter written by the Marquis of Zhu Guo himself, and there is extremely important news. I promised the Marquis of Zhu that I would not hand it over to anyone else. "What are you kidding, giving away 100,000 silver is such a thing, only a big man like Zhu Guohou can do it, and he is not so generous......

Seeing that the solemn appearance of the eldest prince Muhou did not seem to be fake, the man thought for a while and said, "You'd better tell the truth, otherwise you will die an ugly death." ”

The eldest prince of Muhou stepped forward and poked the man's chest with his fingers and said, "Don't worry, I won't die if you die!" ”

The man snorted, pushed the hand of the eldest prince Muhou away, and said, "Follow me!" "Take the eldest prince of Muhou to the second gate of the hanging flower gate and wait.

Du Hengshuang was talking to Xiao Yanran in the east room of the main courtyard at this time.

Xiao Yanran is not young, but because Long Xiangye was too picky before, Xiao Shiji only cared about his own business, and no one was the master of her marriage.

Du Hengshuang had no choice but to take on the responsibility of being a sister-in-law.

These days, in addition to dealing with her own affairs in secret, she is choosing a candidate for Xiao Yanran's future husband at other times.

However, although Xiao Yanran is a little older now, but her eldest brother's official son is getting bigger and bigger, and her value is also rising.

Du Hengshuang selected some people with good family style and reliable parents, and then ordered someone to secretly inquire about those men's affairs, especially whether there are hidden hobbies and the like, it is important to understand what kind of person the other party is before Xiao Yanran makes a decision, of course, Xiao Yanran must also understand what kind of person she is and what kind of person she is suitable for.

Du Hengshuang may not have cared about these things before, but seven years after she got married, her mentality was inevitably different from when she first got married.

Xiao Yanran listened in a daze, and originally wanted to say: "Sister-in-law is in charge." ”

But when Du Hengshuang told the story in every detail, and laid out the advantages and disadvantages of each candidate, she listened.

After a long time, he said, "Sister-in-law, let me think about it." ”

Du Hengshuang nodded, "Of course you have to think carefully." A lifelong event, you can't be careful. ”

Xiao Yanran put away the pamphlet that Du Hengshuang gave her, and heard several reports from outside: "Madam, there are a bunch of official wives who want to greet Madame today, can Madame see it?" ”

Du Hengshuang sighed and said, "I don't see it." Let them go back. ”

Since their eldest brother was awarded the inspection of Jingzhou Thorn History, there have been many more wives in front of the Marquis of Zhuguo Mansion who want to come in and say hello to the big and small officials.

Du Hengshuang was gone.

After a long time, Xiao Yanran felt a little bad, and quietly persuaded: "Sister-in-law, I know that Brother Lu Dao has made you angry, but these people come to ask to see the sister-in-law, and they are also people in the official face, will they ...... What about the big brother's official reputation? ”

The public mouth is full of gold and destroys the bones, which is very hurtful to the reputation of the official.

Du Hengshuang said with a smile: "If I see it, it will not be good for your eldest brother." You don't understand. ”

"Sister-in-law, I really don't understand. Can you tell me about that? Xiao Yanran asked curiously.

Du Hengshuang thought about it, Xiao Yanran would also be an official's wife in the future, so he said to her patiently: "Do you know what these people are going to do when they come to the door?" ”

"Didn't you say hello to your sister-in-law? In addition, the eldest brother gave the school the history of Jingzhou Thorn, and these people came to congratulate them. It's also human nature. Xiao Yanran said thoughtfully.

Du Hengshuang smiled, pushed open the window lattice, pointed to the direction of the door and said, "You are wrong, these people come to the door, there is only one thing, that is, to ask for an official for their husband or son." ”

These people have seen all the worships of Du Hengshuang, and they are all people who have gone to Beijing from the following states and counties to run for officials. Most of the civil officials in Daqi are controlled by the scholars, and the promotion of military generals depends on their military exploits and their masters. The position of the assassin is equivalent to that of the previous princes. They have the power to appoint and dismiss officials in their own jurisdiction.

Shaw will take office as soon as he takes office. He must all be replaced by his own manpower.

Of the eight great thorn histories of Daqi, only Xiao Shiji was not from the Shi clan, and there are not many people in the Xiao family, let alone other thorn histories. You can't use your own people as officials. How can you take care of outsiders?

Therefore, Emperor Yongchang gave Xiao Shiji the position of this assassin. And the hearts of those below were opened. They couldn't go to the battlefield in Jiangling to find Xiao Shiji directly, so they took a huge amount of money to Chang'an, planning to take the lady route. It's the same with buying Du Hengshuang. When the wind blows on Du Hengshuang's pillow, won't his official position be nine out of ten? !

This is also the reason why the door of the Marquis of Zhuguo's Mansion has been bustling all the time.

Xiao Yanran listened to Du Hengshuang's explanation, but still didn't understand, and said, "...... Anyway, the eldest brother will use people in the future, so it's better to ......"

Du Hengshuang shook his head and said, "Yanran, you don't understand." Your eldest brother hasn't taken office yet. - If you start to put on a posture of solicitation now, what do you want Your Majesty in the palace to think of your eldest brother? There are also those scholars who are staring closely at our Zhu Guohou Mansion, lest they can't find mistakes, and they will make a big fuss. When the time comes, just take two copies of your eldest brother, and your eldest brother won't be able to eat and walk away. ”

"So serious?!" Xiao Yanran's eyes widened and she asked in disbelief.

"It could even be worse than I said." Du Hengshuang stretched out his hand and put it on Xiao Yanran's shoulder, "The battle between the court and the court has always been your life and death." If you don't have the certainty of killing the other party, you don't have to do it at all. Because as long as the other party doesn't die, there is a possibility of a comeback. And when he makes a comeback, he won't be merciful, that is, your death time has come. Do you understand? ”

Political struggle has always been brutal, especially in this era when families can be wiped out at any time.

Du Hengshuang didn't understand it very well before. But she is extremely smart by nature, and in the past six months, under the careful teaching of Du Xiancheng, as well as An Zichang, Xu Yanbang, Xu Yanhui, Xu Shao, and even Prince Yi's secret care, she understands more and more things, and there is already a trend of being blue.

Maybe she's not good at hatching intrigues, but she already has eyes that can see through intrigues.

And in front of their Hou Mansion, there have been more and more people who have come to ask for officials recently, and they have even become more and more undisguised their intentions, which has made Du Hengshuang realize that behind these people, there are not people who are manipulated behind the scenes. Otherwise, it won't come more and more, and the trouble will get bigger and bigger.

Xiao Yanran's face turned white with fright, and she hurriedly said: "That sister-in-law must resist it, and can't let them in!" ”

"No, it won't. Of course I won't let them in. "Du Hengshuang Guan'er, sent Xiao Yanran out.

When I was at the gate of the courtyard, I saw the mother-in-law on the second gate hurriedly reporting and said, "Madam, the eldest prince of Muhou Mansion said that there is a letter from the Hou Lord." ”

Du Hengshuang's eyes flashed, and then he smiled: "I actually came back so soon." Then he turned and commanded, "Take him to the middle hall, and I will change my clothes and go to him." ”

The woman nodded and went back to pass the word.

Xiao Yanran glanced at Du Hengshuang, "Sister-in-law, do you want me to accompany you?" ”

"No need. is the son of Muhou Mansion, and the eldest brother of your eldest brother's life-saving benefactor, there is nothing to do. Du Hengshuang smiled and let Xiao Yanran go by herself.

The eldest prince of Muhou waited for a long time at the second gate before someone came to take him in.

This is the first time that the eldest prince of Muhou has come to the backyard of the Marquis of Zhuguo's mansion, and along the way, he only feels indescribable wealth and elegance, and he only admires it in his heart.

After sitting in the middle hall for a while, Du Hengshuang finally came late.

When the eldest prince of Muhou saw Du Hengshuang's appearance, he immediately numbed half of his body, and it took a long time to come back to his senses, and he even sat a lot more respectful.

Beauty is so beautiful......

Du Hengshuang smiled and invited him to tea, and then asked, "I heard that Mu Shizi brought a letter from the Hou Ye, but is it true?" ”

"Of course, of course." The eldest prince of Muhou didn't expect Du Hengshuang to call him "Mu Shizi", and his heart was like drinking ice water in the sky, and he was very happy. What he is most proud of in his life is his position as the son......

Respectfully take out Xiao Shiji's letter. Holding it in both hands and sending it to Du Hengshuang, "Madam, please see." As he spoke, he closed his eyes slightly and made up his mind, if Du Hengshuang read the letter and scolded him angrily, he would definitely not return the favor, nor would he fight back......

Du Hengshuang took the letter, looked at the red paint of the envelope and still sealed, raised his eyebrows, and smiled slightly. The subordinate brought a paper cutter. Carefully open the envelope.

Taking the letter from inside, she unfolded it and looked at it.

It is indeed Xiao Shiji's handwriting.

But the more she looked, the calmer her face became, to the bottom of it. He even shook his head with a smile.

"Go down, all of you." Du Hengshuang waved his hand first and asked the subordinates who were waiting in the hall to go down. Go outside and wait in the cloister.

There were only two of them in the middle hall.

The eldest prince of Muhou opened one eye and took a look. Seeing Du Hengshuang's calm face, he couldn't help but be surprised, and his admiration for the Marquis of Zhu Guohou increased a little more. - Such a virtuous wife. is still so beautiful, I heard that he is very rich, and he is still so obedient, he has been cultivating for several lifetimes to get such a wife...... Not only admiration, but also a little more envy and jealousy.

Du Hengshuang put the letter on the table next to him, picked up the tea bowl, lifted the tea lid with one hand and knocked it, the voice was rattling, and it was extremely uncomfortable to hear the eldest prince of Muhou.

"Mu Shizi, please forgive me for taking the liberty of being presumptuous, Master Hou said in the letter that it was the third lady of your family who wrote to borrow money, but I was confused, can you show me the letter of your third lady?" Du Hengshuang asked tentatively.

The eldest prince of Mu Hou said secretly, fortunately, Zhu Guohou returned the letter from Mu Yelai to him, otherwise he would really not be able to take it out...... took out Mu Yelai's letter from his pocket and showed it to Du Hengshuang.

Of course, he only took out the second letter, and he did not take out the first letter before. Although he is not very smart, he also knows that if Du Hengshuang sees the first letter, maybe she will be jealous and refuse to give money.

Thinking of this, the eldest prince of Muhou remembered that the Marquis of Zhu returned all the letters written to him by Mu Yelai to the eldest prince of Muhou, and asked him to take them back and return them to Mu Yelai, but he didn't know what it meant......

The eldest prince of Mu Hou was thinking about it, Du Hengshuang had already finished reading the letter that borrowed the silver, and asked with a smile: "Mu Shizi, I have something unclear, can you help me answer it?" ”

"Madame, excuse me!" The eldest prince of Muhou sat down busily, leaned forward, and listened attentively to Du Hengshuang's question.

Du Hengshuang pointed to the letter from which Mu Yelai borrowed money and asked: "This letter says that Miss Mu San's aunt's private room was taken by Mrs. Mu Hou as 50,000 taels of silver, and then spent 50,000 taels of silver due to her leg injury, and she wants to return it to her mother-in-law." So I had to borrow a total of 100,000 taels of silver, but I always felt that there was something wrong with these two things. ”

"What's the problem?" The eldest prince of Muhou sank, looked at Du Hengshuang nervously, and always felt that she was not as beautiful as she looked just now. - Sure enough, beauties with brains are always a little worse in the eyes of men, and only beauties without brains are immortals in men's hearts, because they can be fooled casually......

The eldest prince of Muhou thought distraughtly, so he listened to Du Hengshuang and said: "I think that Mrs. Muhou is not such an unreasonable person. She spent 50,000 taels of silver for Miss Mu San's leg, and then used Miss Mu San's biological mother's private room as 50,000 silver. - How do you seem to be two different things in Miss Mu San's letter? ”

Grand Prince Muhou was completely speechless, because these two things were originally one thing. It was he who wanted an extra 50,000 silver to repay the interest......

"If Mu Shizi can't answer, it seems that I am going to meet with Mrs. Mu Hou for a while to see what is going on. She is also from a famous family, how can she blackmail other people's money, and she has blackmailed her twice? Du Hengshuang meant something authentic.

The eldest prince of Muhou had no choice but to put the blame on Mu Yelai, and said with a smile: "Madam is really discerning." Here's the thing, our wife did use the third sister's aunt's private room to offset her consultation money, but the third sister said that Zhu Guohou was a bold person, and she was now strapped for money, so she borrowed an extra 50,000 silver to make the envoy and pay it back later. ”

Du Hengshuang smiled and nodded, "I see." However, she is our Hou Ye's life-saving benefactor, and the 100,000 taels of silver should be repaid for her life-saving grace, which is also very cost-effective. However," Du Hengshuang changed his words, "Since I want to repay her life-saving grace, I can't pay it back quietly." ”

"What do you want, madame?" Grand Duke Muhou swallowed a mouthful of saliva and asked nervously.

"Pay it back with great fanfare, so that everyone in Chang'an City knows that the third lady of Muhou Mansion borrowed money for thousands of miles, and our Hou Ye generously donated money to repay the grace of saving his life, isn't it a good story?" Du Hengshuang said with a smile.

Ahem, ahem!

The eldest prince of Muhou was almost choked to death by his own saliva, and muttered: "Madam, you don't want to play my third sister to death, right?" ”

Du Hengshuang raised his eyebrows and said meaningfully: "What are you talking about?" Where do I dare to play with her? "I'm afraid she'll never die...... Du Hengshuang silently added in his heart.

"No, no, no!" The eldest prince of Muhou is no longer in tune, and he knows that this matter cannot be said on the table, otherwise their Muhou Mansion will really lose people, and his sister is afraid that it will be difficult to marry into the Zhuguo Marquis Mansion for the rest of her life......

"Can't you? Forget it, I won't pay for it. - 100,000 taels of silver, how can I give it to you quietly when I throw it into the water and hear a sound? You're a fool to me. Du Hengshuang pursed his lips, stood up and strode out of the middle hall.

After reading Xiao Shiji's letter, she only sneered in her heart. - Still dictating to her, thinking that she couldn't live without him......

Walking out of the middle hall quickly, Du Hengshuang looked back at the majestic main hall of the Pillar State Marquis Mansion, and silently made up her mind in her heart: her goal is one more. Not only does she want to bring down Mu Hou Mansion and Mu Guifei, but even this pillar of Guohou Mansion will fall with her!

Since you were nothing when I was with you, you should also go back to nothing when I leave......

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