The day of washing was lively until the afternoon, and all the little girls were reluctant to leave when they left.

The "playroom" of Shinkoku Mansion is so fun that it is simply a paradise for children.

Not to mention all kinds of delicate snacks, tea, and even smart teeth and rings to help them host the game and explain the rules, they just need to play along.

If it weren't for the fact that the only female juniors in the Shinkoku Mansion had just been born, they would have been happy to have a handkerchief sex with the young lady of the Shinkoku Mansion, just so that they could often come to this game room to play.

Gu Qing sent off all the female relatives of relatives and friends with a smile on her face, turned around and sat on the chair, tired and unable to laugh.

"Isn't Mrs. Tai too tired? Let's lie down for a while in addition to the big clothes, and I'll call two girls to rub your shoulders. As soon as Mama Hua saw Gu Qing like this, she knew that she really had no strength.

"Yes." Gu Qing didn't even bother to say a word.

She didn't know why so many people could keep smiling, she just laughed for a long time, and the muscles on her face stiffened. Not to mention a group of unfamiliar people talking about all kinds of more unfamiliar topics, but they still have to put on a relish.

It hurt so much that when she recovered, she was going to see her little granddaughter and cheer up again.

In the evening, Li Mao went home, bathed and changed clothes as usual, went to the next door of the Fang family to see his daughter, and then entered his wife's house.

Fang Shi was talking to Wen Xiu for a while, and his eyes were half-open and half-closed, and he was about to fall asleep.

"I said that if it's too late, you don't have to wait, you're still in confinement, and taking care of your body is the top priority." Li Mao knew at a glance what the Fang clan was not sleeping for, so he called Wen Xiu and the two grandmothers down, leaned on her bedside and talked to her.

Fang's hadn't washed her hair and bathed for many days, she just relied on the maid's mother-in-law to wait and wipe it with cooked water, it was still the height of summer, and she couldn't put an ice basin in the house, she herself felt that she was going to be rancid, so she hurriedly pushed Li Mao out a little.

Li Mao had accompanied the Fang family once before for confinement, so he naturally knew what the Fang family was afraid of, and Da Lu sat away with a smile.

Fang waited for Li Mao to come, not all to see her husband to feel at ease, what her mother said in her room today made her very uneasy, and intuitively felt that this matter would definitely have a bad impact, so she wanted to discuss with her husband.

Fang told her husband about the matter in the little brother's room, and said with a frown:

"I don't know what kind of character that Aunt Hu is, but judging from my mother's words, this method is really powerful. My mother is such a respectful person, when she talks about this, she doesn't think there is anything wrong with Aunt Hu, and she is still a small brother and sister. ”

"And that Aunt Hu, the main mother slipped and was recuperating, she knelt outside the main mother's house every day, let the people see her, I won't think that what she did was wrong, I only felt that my brother and sister were too harsh on weekdays, forcing the concubine to live. How can my brother and sister recuperate? Who is it for, her husband's favorite concubine is kneeling outside, and it is good to not grit her teeth and tear her, where can she rest in peace? I lay in bed and thought about it, and I couldn't even sleep, and I always felt that there was an amazing woman in the house. ”

"I don't have a concubine, why are you so familiar with the routines of these wives and concubines?" Li Mao chuckled and stroked Fang's forehead. The wind-blocking towels on it were about to fall off.

"The lord is considerate of me, there is no concubine at home, but there are other people's families. When I used to walk around, I listened too much to the words of the housewives who gritted their teeth and scolded the aunts in the house. There are some ruthless concubines, and there are housewives who are favored and persecuted. This Aunt Hu is still a responsible person in my mother's mouth, but it is the most terrible person who is the most terrible. ”

"My brother and sister are a city-less person, and there is no way to do anything but eat deflated!" Fang is the eldest sister, and she has always loved her two younger brothers, and her mother is not a particularly capable woman for fear that her two daughters-in-law will rob her of the right to be a housekeeper.

So when Fang Shi heard about this at first glance, he didn't have a good rest all day today.

In her eyes, she can find a way to discuss anything with her husband.

Li Mao saw that his wife was so concerned about this matter, so he had to put away his smile and analyze it carefully.

This thought, he felt that it was not quite right.

"This Aunt Hu, when did you enter the Fang Mansion?" Li Mao thought about it, Fang Wan's little brother only got married five years ago, and he definitely won't get out of the concubine room in the first two years of marriage, so it's only a matter of these few years.

Ming'er has only been back for more than a year, if he hadn't thought about going home to study, I'm afraid he would have been studying with his eldest cousin in the Fang Mansion now.

In their mansion, they first entered the remnants of the Yin Dynasty, and then entered the spies of the King of Qiyang, among which Mama Liu and a few servants of not low status were brought over from the Fang Mansion, if there were a few remnants in this Fang Mansion, it was really not unusual.

Could it be that someone wants to plot against his son to □□ such a pawn?

It's not that Li Mao is suspicious, but in the past few years, Xinguo Mansion has encountered various conspiracies and conspiracies, and there have been many things in the mansion that have caught people off guard, and Li Mao's originally cautious temperament has become more cautious.

He was really scared.

"I heard from my mother, it's been two years. It was the concubine of one of my younger brother's colleagues, and because she was also the daughter of an official family, she was brought back as a concubine and also served wine. Fang also frowned.

That's the most troublesome. It's okay if you have a room or a dowry girl and raises your aunt, at least your low background doesn't threaten the status of your sister-in-law. Now her younger brother and sister don't have a son, if Aunt Hu comes out with a concubine first, it will be a big ugly.

Because her family suddenly became the Duchess of Xinguo, her every move may become the talk of other families in the capital.

"Two years ......" Li Mao's heart relaxed a little.

"I don't think you should think about it, it's useless to think too much. I'll go to the ministry tomorrow to find your little brother, talk to him, and let him not do too much. Li Mao made a confident appearance to comfort the Fang family.

"I'm his brother-in-law, and he always listens to what I say. No matter how powerful that woman is, she can rely on nothing more than a man, and if your brother no longer spoils her, she won't be able to turn the sky upside down. ”

When Fang heard her husband say this, she was finally able to sleep well.

The next day, Li Mao went to the ministry. The little official at the door thought that Li Mao was here to find Shangshu Zhang Ning, so he hurriedly flew in to report, and when he heard that he was looking for Fang Yi, the director of the Sealing Division, the little official showed a knowing smile, and turned around and went to the Sealing Inspection Department of the Ministry to find the director of Fang.

Director Fang is the wife and brother of Xinguo Gong, but Xin Guogong does not take very much care of him on weekdays, but Zhang Shangshu takes good care of him for the sake of the two in-laws.

I didn't expect that it was Xin Guogong who came to find it today.

After Fang Yi heard the report of the little official, he walked into the hall where the official department received foreign guests with questions.

Could it be that something is wrong with my sister?

Fang Yi saluted his brother-in-law and hurriedly asked:

"My brother-in-law came here today, did he have anything to teach his brother?"

"You're right, I have something to teach you." Li Mao's words successfully made Fang Yi's eyes widen.

Li Mao immediately reprimanded him for spoiling his concubine and killing his wife with a straight face, and also told him about the danger of letting Aunt Hu give birth to a concubine first, and his words were so cold that Fang Yi's head sweated.

In fact, his mother had already told him once when she went home yesterday, and even asked Aunt Hu to meditate behind closed doors, and she was not allowed to go out for half a step. He likes Aunt Hu's gentleness and loveliness in his heart, and it can be seen that one, two, and three have come to scold him, and even his brother-in-law Xin Guogong has come to warn him, thinking that it is indeed what he did wrong.

He immediately said yes, and promised that he would not spoil his concubine and kill his wife, let alone make a concubine first.

Li Mao asked sternly in order to make Fang Yi feel afraid of him, and when he saw that the beating of this brother-in-law was almost over, he asked him casually: "Your Aunt Hu, what's going on?" How to get into the house? ”

Fang Yi said with a bitter face that when he first entered the Ministry of Officials from the Hanlin Academy, he was just a minor official and was excluded everywhere, and it was not until Zhang Ning became the new Secretary of the Ministry that it was okay. Aunt Hu's father, Hu Zhongting, is another director in their department, and he was also transferred back, and he was generally excluded from other officials in the ministry.

Later, this Hu master wanted to give his concubine to him, and he saw that his concubine was quite beautiful, and her temperament seemed to be supple and not troublesome, so he married and went home.

Li Mao asked about the cause and effect clearly, and remembered the name of the Hu chief, so he repeatedly told Fang Yi not to favor the concubine's room, otherwise he would harm the whole family, and then left the ministry.

He is now a book, and there are naturally countless people available in his hands, but he just sent a few people to inquire a little, and he knew who this Hu master was.

This person is Zhang Ning's capital when he served in Tongzhou, Zhang Ning was transferred back to Beijing half a year after he was also promoted to Beijing, because he was in Tongzhou for three years of experience in the assessment of the department, so the official was promoted to half a level and became the head of the first department of the Ministry of Officials.

When Li Mao got this result, all his strength was drained.

That's why! That's why!

I'm afraid that after Zhang Ning returned to Beijing, he saw his nephew's obese appearance, and he was thinking about how to take revenge on his wife.

It is impossible to stuff a concubine Zhang Ning in his room, but it is still very easy to stuff a concubine room in Fang Wan's younger brother's room. He didn't even hide that this Hu Zhongting was his subordinate, what was he doing?

He was going to warn them after this day, he wanted to tell them husband and wife, he understood everything!

I'm afraid that he has long known that the daughter of this subordinate official is not a fuel-efficient lamp, so he found a way to let her enter the Fang Mansion.

What about Fang Wan's eldest brother? Has her eldest brother been retaliated against?

Li Mao thought that Fang Wan's eldest brother had been assessed every year, but since he was sent out to other places, he had not been able to return to Beijing, so he couldn't help but think deeply.

Was this Zhang Ning instructing him not to return to Beijing, or was it some other reason?

Is Zhang Ning simply taking revenge on his wife, or does he have another meaning?

If it is simply to take revenge on his wife, then Zhang Ning's affection for Zhang Jing is quite deep, and it is really not like knowing that Zhang Jing is not his own sister. But if he knew Zhang Jing's identity, and everything else was meaningful, then it would be too bold for him to be so unworried about finding out about him.

If someone wants to do something wrong, even if the person concerned can forgive, the person who cares and loves that person will still remember your mistake and will never forget it. Even a saint can only get an unsolvable answer to this point.

Li Mao thought that he had only done one thing wrong in his life, but just this one thing almost ruined their family and separated their wives, and almost retribution was on his whole family, which became his eternal regret.

Now he has decided to change, but he has finally tasted the consequences of that year. The fruit was too bitter and too unbelievable.

The Fang family had harmed Zhang Ning's nephew, and Zhang Ning asked the Fang family to lose a nephew to pay for it. Perhaps in the future, more nephews and nieces of the Fang clan will die in the privacy of the inner house.

With such a deep mind and silent means, he Li Mao is ashamed of himself.

Li Mao didn't know what kind of mind he used to return home. Knowing that Zhang Ning was actually full of malice towards him, it was really something that people couldn't bear calmly. Especially when you always thought he and you were friends.

No one will be in a good mood when they know that others may be disgusted with you.

Fang's knowledge said that Li Mao was going to find her little brother to "talk" today, so he naturally waited for news from her husband with anticipation. In the eyes of this woman with little knowledge, although her husband climbed to the top step by step, he always remembered to stop and wait for her, which made her feel very peaceful.

Fang's family is now in confinement, and the most important thing that a woman in confinement should have is a relaxed mentality, rather than worrying and being frightened all day long, so Li Mao kindly concealed the situation laid out by Zhang Ning, and just easily told his wife that this matter had been resolved, and he had solemnly warned Fang Yi to let him not think more about this woman.

Men's affairs should be solved by men, and women should do a good job of things in the back house, and Fang was convinced of this.

Even if she is not confined, she can only let her husband persuade her younger brother with kind words and persuade her, and then she will appease her younger siblings.

She gradually fell asleep with the expectation that her mother's family would be as peaceful as in the past.

But things in this world are sometimes so dramatic.

On the evening of the second day, a very frightening news came.

- Fang's younger sister Yang, rushed into Aunt Hu's room and stabbed Aunt Hu to death with scissors.

Because she was still in Xiaoyuezi, the government sold Fang Xing, the secretary of Dali Temple, a face, and did not take her away, but sent someone to take care of her, and waited for ten days before escorting her to awaiting trial.

The situation happened so suddenly, even Li Mao didn't know that Lu Dao knew that his mother-in-law and he had already fallen to the Yang family's side, and this woman who was recuperating had to kill Aunt Hu for what reason.

She is Aunt Hu's master, and she doesn't need to do it herself if she wants to send her away.

Old Madam Fang didn't dare to find her daughter, their daughter was still in confinement, so she could only go to her son-in-law Li Mao to find a way.

Aunt Hu is not a slave with a body contract, but a concubine of an official of the imperial court, and a good concubine who was brought in seriously, and she died so tragically, of course she couldn't just do it.

On the third day, Fang Xing, who had the sympathetic eyes of many people, slowly entered the hall with heavy steps. As everyone expected, the imperial historian of the Yushitai participated in Fang Xing, who was the "Dali Siqing", and was not strict in governing the family, resulting in a murder in the family.

He believes that Fang Xing, as the chief of Dali Temple, who specializes in the trial of criminal and prison cases, knows the law and violates the law at home, and regards the national law as nothing, and is no longer qualified for the position of "Dali Temple Secretary".

As soon as the impeachment of the imperial historian came out, the Manchu dynasty was shocked.

Li Mao reflexively looked back at Zhang Ning, but found that Zhang Ning also looked surprised.

If this is pretended, then Zhang Ning's acting skills are really terrible.

In fact, Zhang Ning was indeed surprised.

He never thought that the woman would be able to do this.

Back then, after he learned about Li Rui's situation from his wife Zhao, he always wanted to let the stupid woman of the Fang family also taste the taste of her relatives being framed and ruined. At that time, he asked his wife Zhao if she had seen any scheming, ambitious, and low-status daughters to be married in the circle of official wives in Tongzhou.

The Zhao family thought about it for a long time, and really found one, which was the Hu family that he later set up a bureau for Fang Yi to marry.

This Hu is just a concubine, but she coaxed her mother to raise her as a daughter, and she loved her very much, but who expected that this concubine had a big heart and almost climbed into the bed of her mother and nephew.

Although Hu Zhongting's official position is not high, his wife's family is very good. Her wife's son took the township test in Tongzhou, and with the help of the Hu family, Yu Lu saw this kind of thing, and was so frightened that he quit Lu and rented a house the next day.

This incident became a joke in Tongzhou for a while, and her mother-in-law also became a joke of "raising a white-eyed wolf", even Hu Zhongting's face couldn't hang it, and this concubine has been stranded at home and couldn't get married, and even delayed the relatives of several sisters.

As soon as Zhang Ning heard Zhao talk about this woman, he immediately felt that she was the right person. I have all the scheming means, otherwise I wouldn't let my mother-in-law keep me by my side, and treat her very well. Second, he will definitely be a man, otherwise he will not be able to get to the yard of his mother and nephew, and he will not be able to enter the door, let alone climb the bed? The third is that when you are older, you must be more anxious to come forward.

That's why Zhang Ning found a way to get the Hu family to Beijing.

At that time, he was already a secretary of the ministry, and it was naturally easy to promote one or two former subordinates. When Hu Zhongting arrived in Beijing, he really came to meet his old boss and thanked him for his promotion. He also accepted his refuge and entrusted him to take care of his relatives Fang Yi one or two, and by the way, he secretly mentioned that Fang Yi did not have a concubine, and his daughter could just be a good concubine.

The Hu family is not stupid, and the concubine is also well-behaved when she arrives in the capital, and she never makes mistakes, and then she really entered the Fang family.

It's just that he originally just wanted to stir up the Fang family's younger brother's house, and it was best to make some more wives and concubines fighting each other, and also make her family's reputation ruined, and it would be good if she didn't get a good end, but he didn't expect that it would just be a random move to evolve into such a situation.

However, Zhang Ning's feelings about the woman from the Fang clan after the witch Gu incident were simply to the point of deep hatred, and when he heard that the Fang family's mother's family had such an end, he kept screaming in his heart.

When he saw Li Mao's eyes, he knew that his layout had been known to the Xinguo Mansion, and he didn't look weak, just tilted his head slightly and nodded, showing a provocative smile to Li Rui.

Lao Tzu is the whole of your wife's house, what can you do?

It was Fang Yi himself who wanted to marry that woman, and he didn't force him.

When Li Mao saw Zhang Ning's smile, he almost couldn't hold his breath and couldn't lift it.

He was able to gain a firm foothold in the court so quickly, in addition to the emperor's support in the back, another reason was that his father-in-law was Dali Siqing, who was friendly with the Criminal Department and the Imperial Historical Observatory, and was an old minister in the Xungui faction.

His father-in-law is now old, and he has been sitting in this position for ten years, so he can't count this matter in the first place, and he will be old in a few years, and he will retire and change to an idle position. Now that this kind of thing happens, for a Dali Siqing who specializes in prison, it is simply forcing him to lose his reputation and lose his old age, and he has no decent ending.

is so vicious, but Zhang Ning has no guilt or apology at all, how can he not be angry?

Just yesterday, he was still thinking about bringing Li Rui with him, and apologized for what he had done wrong before, and the two families resolved their grievances. Although Zhang Ning's identity is a mystery, they are in-laws after all, if he can cover it up, he will always help to the end.

But now that it has reached this point, it is already polite not to make enemies!

Didn't he think about Li Rui's situation at all?

Li Mao did not hesitate to speculate on Zhang Ning's thoughts with the greatest malice.

Did he want to cut off the strength of his mother's family behind the Fang clan so as to pave the way for his nephew?

Or is he also a minion of the remnants of the previous dynasty, and he wants to serve the Xinguo Mansion and let his nephew ascend to the position of the prince?

But no matter how Li Mao cursed Zhang Ning in his heart, he only forgot about it for a moment.

When he turned around and looked at his father-in-law's straight-up spine and trembling slightly, he knew that it was pointless to investigate what the truth of all this was.

His father-in-law is really old, so old that he can only tremble slightly when he encounters everyone's doubts, and he can't argue with his eyes closed.

He has been conscientious all his life, and has served as an official in the Criminal Department and Jingzhao Mansion, although he has ascended to the position of Dali Siqing by relying on the relationship of the Xinguo Mansion, but he has never formed friends and gathered the party, for fear of causing trouble to the Xinguo Mansion. His father-in-law, like his father, lived the days of a lonely minister, and he did whatever the emperor asked him to do, so he didn't save much for the family.

He doesn't have much talent, he only adheres to the word "fairness", and treats his children as dull and boring as a trial, so his two sons have no spirituality.

But he was a loving father after all, and a grandfather who cared about his grandchildren.

The iniquity he and his wife had done now made this old man have to endure the wind, frost, rain and snow.

He should bear such criticism.

In the past, it was his father-in-law who replaced his father to shelter him from the wind and rain in the court, but now it was his turn.

Li Mao held the wat board and took a step forward dignifiedly.

Many people thought that this cautious and perhaps silent Xin Guogong in order to avoid suspicion finally surprised them and took his small step.

As the head of the civil courtiers, he took a small step that represented the opinion of him and the noble faction behind him.

"Your Majesty, the minister has objections!"