Li Mao risked the consequences of offending a group of court officials to control this large group of ladies, all because the remnants of the Yin Dynasty had infiltrated too thoroughly.

The spies in the various strongholds in the capital have already vomited a lot of people out, and according to the emperor's intentions, almost all the nobles have been arranged to have manpower in their homes. Some don't expect to assassinate or be spies, but just to be able to act as an internal response when something happens. For example, the grandmother in the Deyang County Lord's Mansion is like this.

Xiong Le's boat caught the Assassins at the end of the channel leading to the lake. The boat sank directly, and all the people on the canopy fell into the water, were salvaged, and tied back to shore.

"Idiot! I also expect to escape from the channel, and I don't see what time it is, who will open the floodgates at this time! "It rained a lot during the Qingming Festival, and it rained a lot a while ago, and the lake has been watered once, and now it is closed.

All the Assassins wanted to die.

This assassination was like a nightmare, first the hand crossbow that could kill people in a hundred steps was not sent in, so she had to use a slingshot, and then the old lady of poisoned tea didn't drink it for some reason, and brought it back. Obviously, Assassin B was about to succeed, but it turned out that a bad old woman was a master, and she took all her killing moves and caught her alive.

Now, the canal hasn't even opened, and the people who answered it don't know where the road has gone......

It's really a trick for me to wait!

After Xiong Le was sure that Deyang was fine, he and the people in the mansion sent Deyang to the main room of the county lord's mansion to rest, Wanning had been guarding his aunt, and the three of them knew that Li Mao was the emperor's confidant, so they entrusted Li Mao to preside over the overall situation here.

Li Mao was waiting for news from the palace, but he couldn't ask for it, so he hurriedly promised.

After a while, Xie Yifan, the leader of the forbidden army, arrived with the forbidden army, and at the same time brought the confessions from the various bases. Xie Yifan took away a few unlucky ghosts caught in the Deyang County Lord's Mansion, and said to Li Mao: "I'm sorry Li Guogong, this list is the identity of the spies who have been tried, and the housewives of several families are inside, and I hope that Li Guogong will find a way to inform us and let us cooperate to arrest the spies back." ”

Li Mao took the confession and was taken aback.

"Why are there so many?"

Xie Yifan smiled bitterly, "It's all a matter of the first moment of the founding of the country, each family has been rewarded, and many noble family members don't have enough hands to buy outside, and it is at this time that they infiltrated it." There are also some people who are lustful, so they are beautiable and get many women in. ”

Li Mao grabbed the piece of paper and suddenly felt that it weighed a thousand pounds.

The emperor asked him to do this kind of thing, which was also a kind of checks and balances. He has too much prestige among the nobles, and there are too many people who know the Tao, and now the prince of the Jin Kingdom is worried, and the clan faction does not know if it has been selected by the masters, and temporarily reined in the edge, and there are many frivolous people among the nobles on his side who have caused some turmoil, and they began to make the emperor feel dazzling.

Most of the lists on his paper are from the Xungui family, and even from his subordinate Sun Ying's family. He wants to take these Praetorian Guards to his house to arrest people, and without even telling him, it will definitely cause trouble.

The emperor's hand is really beautiful. A mediocre person like him can see the intention is already great, and he really doesn't know how to deal with it. It would be nice if Mr. Chen Yi and Mr. Wu Yuzhou were here......

I really don't know how my father and brother got along with the emperor in the first place, why they came to him so exhausted? He has been in danger several times for the sake of today's saint, and everyone in the family, from mother to child, has been threatened with their lives, and it stands to reason that the emperor's suspicion should not be aroused, but how long has it been now......

His mouth was full of bitterness, and he didn't say anything, just arched his hand to Xie Yifan, and walked towards Tianxiangyuan.

This thing has to be done if you don't do it, and you have to do it.

Gu Qing was playing happily with the girls, and even some young daughters-in-law participated. At this time, a girl suddenly came to report, saying that the family members of the ladies and ladies of each family had come to pick them up.

They are helpless to stay here, and playing games is also a joy in the bitterness, and at this time, the family comes to pick them up, and they are naturally happy and ready to leave. But as soon as he went out, he saw Li Mao and his generals guarding the entrance of the garden, and some of them were directly released, while others were left behind, saying that they had important matters to discuss.

Lu Jun's family was also one of the people who were allowed to leave, but she had something in her heart, so she told her sister-in-law that she was going to find Wanning for something, and asked her sister-in-law to wait for her at the door first, and she would come when she went.

Lu Jun and Wan Ning have a good relationship, both of them know the Tao, the county lord of Deyang was assassinated today, Wan Ning was very sad, Lu Jun's sister-in-law Sun thought that Lu Jun was going to visit to comfort and comfort Wan Ning, so she asked her to wait for her in the carriage as soon as possible.

Lu Jun saw that her sister-in-law was gone, so she hurriedly turned around and went back to Tianxiang Garden.

"Miss, this is not the direction to go to the inner courtyard of the Lord of Deyang County!" Lu Jun's personal girl was scared tightly, at this time, in addition to Mrs. Qiu in Tianxiang Garden, it was the housemother who was left behind, obviously something big was going to happen, at this time, the young lady went back to wade into this troubled water, and when she went home, she didn't know what she was going to be trained by the mastermother.

"Don't talk much, and don't talk nonsense when you go home. I'll go to Mrs. Qiu to discuss something, don't worry about me. Lu Jun stopped and said with a cold face: "If I know which one of the people chewed the root of the tongue, I will directly beat him out." ”

Although Lu Jun doesn't love mundane things, as the eldest daughter of the clan, the housekeeper director has also learned, and she has been taking care of her own yard since she was nine years old.

Lu Jun thought as she walked, how to say it to make Mrs. Qiu disgusted with her.

Originally, she was already a little hesitant, thinking that this person was not too bad, but today's assassination suddenly made her know the situation of the Xinguo Mansion.

Let's not talk about the hostility of the world, I'm afraid that the Duke of Xinguo has offended a lot of powerful forces. Thinking of the death of the former son of the Xinguo Mansion, and the Zhang family, the wife who lost her only son for no reason in the backyard, Lu Jun felt that the water in the Xinguo Mansion was too deep, and it was definitely not a good place to marry.

Even if you can enjoy happiness when you get married, it depends on whether you have a life to enjoy. She didn't want to leave a legacy in the future and live a miserable life like Li Rui.

She originally wanted to persuade her with good words, but now she only wants to make Mrs. Qiu hate her. Even if the Li family retreats first, she can't take care of it, even if she is covered with sewage, she can't marry Lu, so she can draw a clear line, his father has just mentioned the book of the Ministry of Rites, and the family has begun to ease him, if he retreats at this time, he wants to come to his father to regain the position of patriarch is just around the corner.

It's a big deal that she goes to be a female Taoist priest! Are there still fewer daughters in their family who don't marry to be female Taoist priests?

It's just that she is young after all, and she hasn't thought about it before, but she happened to meet Mrs. Qiu and came to the flower party, and it was just at the right time that this idea arose, and her heart was naturally uneasy, and her heart was cold and hot for a while. She thought about the terrible situation she would encounter after marrying the Xinguo Mansion over and over again, and kept cheering herself up, so she strengthened her belief and walked in front of Mrs. Qiu.

"Old lady." Lu Jun blessed Gu Qing.

Gu Qing was sitting under the flower corridor at this time, Li Mao didn't allow her to go first, she had to stay and return to the house with his people, and the subordinates of the Deyang County Lord's family invited her to go to the backyard guest room to rest for a while, but she was really not in the mood to sleep, so she stayed in Tianxiang Garden to see what Li Mao was going to do.

At this time, Lu Jun came to look for her, what was it for?

This is the future granddaughter-in-law, and Gu Qing is naturally very close to her.

"Ho ho ho ho, could it be that this little girl, like her grandson, also wants to know what her future object will be like, so she secretly came to inquire? ’

Gu Qing thought proudly.

'My grandson must be suave and virtuous when he grows up, but he won't wronged you! ’

Gu Qing smiled and accepted Lu Jun's salute, and asked her, "Jun Niang is looking for me, what is the matter?" ”

Lu Jun looked left and right, so many people, for a reason: "Can the old lady retreat left and right?" ”

"Don't you, old lady! Li Guogong has an order that we must not leave you at any time. The Lu family angrily rejected the proposal of the little lady of the Lu family.

"Lu Shi, don't be so fierce, what should I do if I scare other people's little girls!" Gu Qing saw that Lu Jun's face was not very good-looking, and hurriedly stopped Lu's next words.

"Could it be that this lady will think that I am an assassin and want to do something wrong to the old lady?" Lu Jun said angrily: "Which family in the world can let the eldest daughter of the Jiangdong Lu family be an assassin?" What you say is simply unreasonable! ”

Yo, it's still a clawed one!

Gu Qing likes the little girl with personality the most, although she was the general of her own family, she didn't think it was a pestle, and comforted both sides and said: "Their duty is to protect me, this is their duty, if they don't say this, it is called dereliction of duty." It's just that what you said makes sense, and I also believe that you are not that kind of girl. That's it, I'll let Mama Hua accompany me, she is my confidant, I don't hide anything from her, we talk quietly on the side, do you think? ”

The little girl wants to ask about her future husband, how can she let a bunch of people pestle next to her, she understands, she understands!

"Old lady!"

"Don't say more, can't you still believe Mama Hua?" Gu Qing raised her eyebrows and glanced at Mama Hua. She hadn't had time to ask Mama Hua what was going on with this martial arts, but from the moment she opened her eyes, she was helping this mama, although she was a little wrong, she didn't doubt her, and was still willing to trust her.

Mama Hua ironed in her heart, and seeing a master like Gu Qing was a blessing for people like them. She nodded to Gu Qing and persuaded the four generals not to say more.

In this way, Gu Qing and Lu Jun found a secluded place to talk. The four generals did not go far, standing at a distance where they could be seen, but they could not hear what they were saying.

Lu Jun originally just wanted to talk to Mrs. Qiu alone, but Mrs. Qiu had just been assassinated, so it was normal to be cautious, so it was already excellent, so she didn't say anything more.

Gu Qing saw that the little girl was pinching the corner of her clothes and humming for a long time, her mouth was stunned and she didn't open it, and her heart also smiled.

Haha Feel embarrassed, right? Thinking that she had a crush on the class leader of their class back then, others asked her if she liked him, she was also so twisted and grinning, thinking about the green years back then, she was still a green teenager a few years ago, how did she become a half-old in a blink of an eye, ah, she became a bad old woman?

Have pity on her delicate flowers......

Ask the girl, she will definitely do her job as an old woman under the moon!

My grandson is very handsome!

"Old Taijun Qiu......" Lu Jun opened his mouth, feeling that his body did not belong to him, "Can I ask you to ......?"

"Huh?" Do you want to pass on anything to her grandson? No problem!

"Can you please...... Think about my relationship with Li Rui again? ”

Gu Qing's smile suddenly narrowed.

What does this little girl mean?

Now that he has opened his mouth, Lu Jun has also let go.

"Mrs. Qiu also knew that this family affair was mentioned by the emperor back then, and my family had just come to the capital from Jiangdong, and my father actually didn't want to choose a family affair for me in Beijing, and it was also a helpless move to accept this family affair." She had heard her uncle say that she was not in Beijing when she was a child, and had been raised under her grandmother's knees, and later became engaged, and her mother took her to Beijing.

"My family was affected by this incident, my father went to the position of patriarch, my mother resigned from the status of clan wife, and the Jiangdong clan even has always regarded my father as an outlier, and many relatives no longer interact......"

The more the little girl talked, the more she felt that her family business was simply terrible, not to mention anything else, just take the Jiang family as an example, the patriarch of the Jiang family did not serve as an official in the court, but his family's status has always been transcendent, and her daughters have many big families who ask to marry, and the people who come and go are all the daughters of the family, and she, even some second-rate families are ashamed to associate with her.

Her two sisters-in-law are affected by her, and they don't know how to marry Lu Dao in the future.

Gu Qing heard it inexplicably, this matter is known to the whole world, why did the little girl mention it? Sympathy?

"The posture of the little woman Pu Liu, the eldest son who wants to come to your mansion is very good......"

"Wait, wait......" Gu Qing saw that Lu Jun was talking more and more nonsense, and hurriedly interrupted her.

"Miss Lu's words, is it your family's meaning, or your own meaning?"

Lu Jun's face turned white. Although her family has sighed for many years about this matter, her parents have never mentioned quitting their relatives. Her father often said that if Master Li Meng was still there, when the Xinguo Mansion was in full swing, he would definitely go to retire his relatives, but now he could only accept his fate. She always felt that her father was pitiful Li Rui......

Lu Jun said in a voice like a mosquito: "Yes...... It means that the little woman is alone. ”

Gu Qingqi's lungs were about to explode. If she hadn't maintained her image, she would have jumped.

This little girl dislikes her grandson? She actually disliked him to the point that she didn't want to be ashamed to withdraw from her family?

Thinking of Li Rui's longing for Lu Jun at home, and thinking of what Li Rui said before she went out, "Appearance is secondary, the main thing is character", Gu Qing really had the heart to leave with her sleeves flicked up.

Who does she think she is?

"Miss Lu, don't you think your parents know how bad it is for Lu Dao to marry my family? Do you think your parents don't want to divorce our family? Do you think my family climbed your house back then? So why have you been talking about quitting your family for so many years? ”

Lu Jun was unwilling. If it weren't for the poor Li Rui of her family, she would have lost her relatives at a young age, and she was afraid of falling into a bad reputation......

When Gu Qing saw Lu Jun's face, she knew that she didn't know anything in her heart, and gritted her teeth and said: "Back then, my family's eldest grandson, Li Rui, was a sure future prince, wouldn't everyone be happy to marry a noble girl?" Why does my family have to suffer from the eyes of the people of the world and condemn your family's family business? ”

"You think our family is willing? Our family is so humble that we want to grovel to your house to propose? Don't forget, my grandson's mother is also the eldest daughter of the Zhang family, and the Zhang family is not under your family! ”

Gu Qing was angry, and she didn't care whether this little girl's face looked good or not.

"This matter is a matchmaker made by the emperor, who dares to disobey? You might as well go home and ask your father and mother if my family sacrificed the marriage of my grandson to protect your family from the emperor. Who got the cheaper? If it weren't for this, which of the several major clans in Jiangdong would have sat in such a high position as the head of the Hanlin Academy? You Jiangdong clan enjoy the convenience of silk tea, fish and rice, the family is rich and rivals the country, and there are many hidden households, which emperor dares to reuse you, which one dares to keep you? You little girl, is it possible that you have always thought that my family was stained with the light of your family!? ”

Gu Qing entered a state of rage.

"I didn't want to talk to you so much, but seeing that you were so confused, I couldn't help but wake you up. Thinking about it, you are the daughter of the family, in addition to piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, current affairs and history, and housekeeping directors should know everything on weekdays, just like my daughter-in-law, why did you see it today and see so shallow? ”

"The reason for the marriage between you and my two families is all analyzed and listened to by my nephew of Fang Fourteen when he has nothing to do, he is only four years older than you, although he is in the mansion, he can also see the current political affairs, and now it seems that you are not worthy of my grandson!"

Lu Jun's body shook for a while, she didn't expect that Old Taijun Qiu's temper was so bad, and she could say such heavy things to a girl's family.

Although her purpose is to make Mrs. Qiu disgusted with her, she is really disgusted by others, and she is always sad.

Mama Hua tugged at Gu Qing's sleeve. As an elder, some of them are too cautious to say such angry words.

But where is Gu Qing's elder? She raised Li Rui as her own cub, and spent so much thought on him, seeing that this boy grew into a handsome teenager, both responsible and courageous, which one does not boast, but this girl relies on herself to be the daughter of the family, and she dislikes the fact that his grandson is not from a good background, and this family affair has tired her family!

Phew, you grandma! Which one of her Li Rui can't marry? If you marry a fool like the Fang clan and go home, it will be the future of the unlucky family! She is tired enough to raise two grandchildren, but she doesn't have the energy to raise a granddaughter-in-law again.

Besides, even if she wants to cultivate it, it depends on whether others want her to raise it!

"What does the old lady mean is that she is willing to divorce from my family?" A glimmer of hope rose in Lu Jun's heart, suppressed all kinds of complicated emotions, and wanted Mrs. Qiu to give an explanation.

"Miss Lu, you still don't understand. My family can't quit this matter, my family is a lonely minister, and we will do what the Holy God tells us to do. This matter is the mediator of the first emperor's protection, unless the Lu family is willing to scatter all the family wealth and the hidden households, otherwise the suspicion of the saint will not diminish, and your family's relatives will not want to retreat. If your family can have the determination of a strong man to break his wrist to draw a clear line, or if your father wants to resign and return to the family to be an idle cloud and wild crane like the head of the Jiang family, you might as well come to the door to withdraw from your family, and the old man can promise you here, if your family wants to withdraw from your family, my son and I will definitely agree. ”

Lu Jun clenched her fists, she knew that she was humiliating herself when she came over, but she couldn't get rid of this embarrassment. What is the political opinion of the court, what is the general trend of the current situation, she is just a young girl in the backyard, where will she know so much! This old lady Qiu was so kind before, but in a blink of an eye, she became so mean, and said that she was not worthy of his grandson......

She is also the daughter of a court official, her family has a lot of generations, no matter how powerful Li Rui's father was before, how prominent the Xinguo Mansion was, that is also a thing of the past, the nobles who are out of luck are not nobles, why does Mrs. Qiu think that she is a family girl to look down on Li Rui!

"Old lady Qiu's words, the little girl understands." Lu Jun tried his best to control his emotions, so that he would not lose his temper and not cry, but he just saluted Gu Qing and turned around and left steadily.

It's just that she walked up to her maids, and when she saw the worried looks of the girls about her, she still couldn't help but burst into tears.

She felt like she had done something stupid.

It's not stupid to mention this to Mrs. Qiu, what is it? She thinks that her grandson is naturally very good, and other people's daughters are stupid and confused, and she shouldn't look down on her grandson.

But she is also a pearl in the hands of his parents, and she is very good.

Gu Qing couldn't take a breath of anger, the last time he was angry like this, it was when he found out that the Fang clan had engaged in a witch Gu at home.

"Appearance is secondary, the main thing is to have good character."

Gu Qing smiled bitterly.

Grandson, she looks very good, and her character should not be bad, but people really don't look down on you, and you guessed right.

Mama Hua followed Gu Qing's back for her, and couldn't help persuading: "Mrs. Tai, you have talked so much to this little girl, it's a bit self-conscious." In this case, you should ask her to talk to an adult directly. Where is the little girl's family to talk about her marriage? Not to mention that she is just a daughter of a family, she is the respect of a princess, and it is too much for her to come and withdraw from her relatives. ”

"I know that I shouldn't be angry with a little girl, but I just can't help it, if this breath makes me hold it, I have to hold it back. Listen to her words, she is a willow and is not worthy of my family's sharp children......" Gu Qing's teeth were bitten and rattled.

"If you talk about identity, today's Young Master Rui is really not worthy of Miss Lu." Mama Hua sighed, "This little girl has a lot of thoughts, but her temperament is very arrogant, I am afraid that she doesn't like to discuss with people in case of trouble, and even her parents don't know her idea." I've seen many women in the palace, and those with such personalities usually don't have a very good life......"

"Old lady Qiu, don't be angry, let's go back."

On the other end, Li Mao took the list in his hand, explained the situation to the housewives of each family one by one, and reported the names of the people on the list to them and asked them to help.

Some housewives were overjoyed when they heard that name, and that name was none other than the beautiful concubine favored by their master. At this time, they possess the righteousness, and count them in one fell swoop, how can they not rejoice?

There are also some housewives who have never even heard the names of these subordinates, and they are also subordinates who do not enter the stream. Such a subordinate will let Li Guogong know that there should indeed be a problem.

There are also some people who are really unhappy in their hearts, have no evidence, and want to mention people with just a confession, what if it is a bite? Besides, if the forbidden army is allowed to enter the house, I don't know what rumors will come out of the road.

Helplessly, Li Mao has a holy oracle in his hand, if he disobeys the order, he is disrespectful, compared with the people in the family, this is nothing, not to mention that they are detained in Tianxiang Garden, if they don't cooperate, maybe this Li Mao can really keep them here, they are all female dependents, and this bunch of soldiers stay in the same mansion, it is really a share.

Although everyone agreed to this matter, and they were willing to make it convenient for the forbidden army to go home with them to get people, they always had a pimple in their hearts. This Li Mao relied on the support of the emperor, and even the women who had orders in various provinces dared to embarrass them, if the power was great in the future, I don't know what kind of arrogance Lu Dao would become.

Li Mao arranged everything, and asked Xie Yifan to return to the palace to report to the emperor, the matter was already over, and the assassins were also escorted back to the palace, so he went to Tianxiangyuan to pick up his mother, and was escorted back to the Xinguo Mansion by many generals and dozens of forbidden soldiers in the family.

At the gate of the Xinguo Mansion, Li Rui, who heard the news and ran home from the palace to take leave, was looking around uneasily, and saw Gu Qing's carriage coming from the direction of Fangkou, and hurriedly rushed out of the palace to pick up his grandmother.

He didn't dare to tell Li Ming yet, otherwise the little guy wouldn't know what kind of panic he would become.

After seeing that Gu Qing was safe and sound, and even got out of the car without messing with her hair, Li Rui personally went to get the car stool for her grandmother, and helped her get out of the car. Gu Qing looked at Li Rui with a "Ah, I'm finally relieved" expression, and then thought about the words that the little girl of the Lu family came to say to her alone, and her heart was really uncomfortable.

Gu Qing got out of the car with Li Rui in her arms, walked a few steps, and suddenly said to Li Rui:

"She's ugly."

"Huh? What did Grandma say? ”

Gu Qing really couldn't bear to say that Miss Lu disliked him, and felt that saying that other girls had a bad character was a bad reputation, so he could only shatter Li Rui's beautiful imagination from the appearance.

When his thoughts about his fiancée gradually faded, he would not be too sad to accept this fact.

If she had the chance, she would find a way to quit this family business.

Her grandson is a girl who deserves to truly love him.

So Gu Qing opened his mouth again and patted Li Rui's hand.

"I saw the girl from the Lu family, and she looks really ...... You'd better forget. ”

When Li Rui heard this, it was like a dream being torn apart, revealing a confused expression.