Mrs. Yang immediately stood up and said with a smile: "You really have to take a good rest." He glanced at Du Hengshuang, who was standing on the side with a dignified smile, and said to Xiao Shiji seriously: "Shiji, since you call me Mrs. Zeng, I will ask you to tell you that in the past few months of your expedition, thanks to your daughter-in-law's management inside and out, in addition to the large and small groups of people up and down the family, as well as the social exchanges between various mansions outside, she carried it alone, not to mention that you have three children, she has put a lot of effort into it, you see how ...... her."

Mrs. Yang glanced at Du Hengshuang again, and wanted to say that she had lost weight, but she saw that her skin was white and pink, clear and transparent, her cheeks were red, and her figure was even more bumpy. Except that the eyes were a little swollen and there was a faint blue color under the eyes, but I couldn't see the haggard place, so I had to mutter: "Having such a daughter-in-law is a blessing for the family." You two haven't seen each other for a long time, so let's talk about it, huh? ”

Xiao Shiji smiled, also stood up and said, "Mrs. Zeng's words, I naturally remember." As he spoke, he said to Xiao Yi, the chief steward who was waiting beside him: "Send all the gifts I brought back to each room." "That means we're done talking about the day and they're ready to go.

Xiao Yi was stunned for a moment, bowed, yes, and then glanced at Du Hengshuang quickly.

It stands to reason that the gifts brought back by the man are sent to each room through the hands of the hostess.

Xiao Shihe sent Lu directly with such an order, and completely excluded Du Hengshuang, the hostess, which was not very appropriate.

Du Hengshuang still stood there with a smile on her face, like a bottle of perfect beauty porcelain. actually gives people a look of "beauty is beautiful, soulless", and her previous vitality is like two people. The light anger that used to be treated unfairly is gone.

Xiao Shiji was a little surprised when he saw Xiao Yi snorting at Du Hengshuang's side, and after thinking about it, he understood, and then changed his words: "Oh, I forgot, many things haven't been included in the register yet, so let's show them to my wife, and then send them to the rooms after they are registered." ”

Xiao Yi bowed down at this time. I went out to find someone to carry the box in and send it to Du Hengshuang's yard. Let her pick first, then enter the book, and then send it to each room at the end.

A family lives together, and there are no rules. It's not a square circle.

Hou Ye is really becoming more and more casual...... Xiao Yi sighed in his heart. Walked out quickly.

I saw Du Hengshuang's eldest maid Zhichai at the bottom of the corridor and was pouting at a mother-in-law. Let her go out of the shackles, and don't stick here.

The woman looked a little unwilling, and was still looking into the upper room.

Xiao Yi coughed. He walked over and asked, "Is there something wrong?" ”

Before Zhichai could speak, the mother-in-law had already hurriedly said: "The big steward, there is a post from Mu Hou outside, and Miss Mu San is here, waiting at the door to see Master Hou." ”

Xiao Yi suddenly raised his eyebrows and said, "What's so great about her coming?" Also report all the way to the inner courtyard?! ”

Zhichai sneered beside him: "It's not! At this time, there are people in this family who can't wait to go to Muhou Mansion on an errand. Anyway, we have a small family here, blocking my mother's way, you should go to Muhou Mansion to climb the high branches! ”

The mother-in-law has always been in the outer gate, never knew about the inner courtyard, and the maid who wanted to talk to the inner courtyard couldn't find the way, and finally heard that Miss Mu San was going to enter the door soon, so she felt that it was a clever sect, and if she flattered her, she could also follow Miss Mu San to the inner courtyard on an errand, so she was very concerned about Miss Mu San's affairs.

Besides, everyone in Chang'an City knows that the Hou Ye gave Miss Mu San 100,000 taels of silver and pocket flowers, and even his wife couldn't get past Miss Mu San.

People go to high places, water flows to low places, what's wrong with her passing a word for Miss Mu San? Very aggrieved, and a little disdainful, he pouted when he lowered his head. - What kind of big girl to pretend to be in the room! Phew! Seeing that the lady is about to fall out of favor, can you blame these subordinates for currying favor with others?

Xiao Yi understood. It must be that Zhichai didn't want to spread the word at this time, so he blocked the mother-in-law on the outer door of this fart.

"Zhilu Dao, you go down first." Xiao Yi commanded, and when he saw that the woman was still not moving, he said, "Who is watching the second gate today?" ”

A little maid came up and back: "It's Qin Sheng's." ”

"Qin Sheng's?" Xiao Yi remembered that Qin Sheng was a comprador in the Marquis of Zhuguo's Mansion, and he had a lot of silver in his hand, but he found a good errand for his mother-in-law, but since he hit him today, her good days were over.

"Spread my word. What do you think of the second gate of Qin Sheng's family? The person on the outer door is not allowed to enter the second door without a token, does she remember? - Occupy her position, as well as her man's comprador position, lock it up, and wait for the lady's fate! Xiao Yi coldly commanded, and left with his sleeves flicked up.

The woman was so frightened by Xiao Yi's words that her legs were weak, and when she stepped back, she accidentally made a rolling gourd from the steps and rolled all the way down.

It made all the girls in the upper room laugh, covering their mouths and laughing.

After all the people in the upper room had finished speaking, they came out of it one by one and left the courtyard of the main house.

Only Xiao Shiji, Du Hengshuang and the three children were left in the house.

Brother Ping and Sister An greeted them happily, hugged Xiao Shiji's legs left and right, and said happily: "Dad, you can come back!" ”

When Xiao Shiji saw the two Yuxue's lovely children, the depression in his heart was immediately diluted by half, and he hugged the two of them together with a smile, sat on the crook of his left and right arms, and took a sip on one side, and said, "Brother Ping, Sister An, do you want to be a father?" ”

"Yes!" The two children nodded in unison, and then climbed Xiao Shiji's neck and chattered to him, telling him how they had thought of him since he was gone......

Du Hengshuang smiled, took Brother Yang from the nurse's arms, walked out of the upper room, came to the bottom of the corridor, and wanted to order someone to boil water for Xiao Shihe, but he saw the god of Zhichai mysteriously walking up, tiptoeing in her ear and whispering: "Madam, that little slut Mu is here again, waiting outside, saying that he wants to see Master Hou." Madame rest assured, the slave maid has already perfunctory her, and Madame just has a number in her heart. Don't tell Master Hou......"

Du Hengshuang snorted and glanced at Zhichai, "Your little hooves will also fall off the ghost." It's coming, it's coming, what are you doing to keep her out? Also, she is the little lady of Muhou Mansion, so don't be unobtrusive in the future. Little slut, don't let me hear this in the future. ”

Zhichai stuck out his tongue and smiled.

Inside the house, Brother Ping and Sister An saw that their mother was carrying their younger brother out of the house, so they hugged Xiao Shiji's neck more tightly. In his ear, he said, "Dad." When you went on the expedition, we went with my mother to see you off, but you didn't see us. We're so afraid that Daddy won't want us anymore......"

Xiao Shiji was stunned, "What? What to send me? When are you going to drop me off? ”

Brother Ping said anxiously: "Go, go!" We really went! But Daddy didn't see us. Dad was busy talking to other women. Mother is so sad. I cried when I came back...... Don't let us see ...... yet."

Sister An would only nod her head again and again, and her chubby little head was like a chicken pecking rice.

Looking at Sister An'er's appearance, Xiao Shiji couldn't help but think of Du Hengshuang's appearance when he was a child. With mixed feelings in his heart, he sighed and shook his head, "Your mother, you are not as sensible as the two of you." With that, he put them down.

Brother Ping and Sister An glanced at each other, held hands and raised their heads to Xiao Shiji, and said, "Dad, my mother is very good to us, don't say that she is not good." ”

Xiao Shiji half-squatted down and looked at the two children, "It's okay, Dad just talks casually, not seriously." Don't tell your mother. ”

The two children nodded, turned and walked out the door.

When they came to the door, the two children said to Du Hengshuang: "Mother, let's go back to the house." ”

Du Hengshuang said with a smile: "I'll have dinner later, go back and wash my hands, and go to dinner with my adoptive mother." Then he took the Yang brother in his hand and took it away to the nurse to breastfeed.

When I returned to the upper room, I saw Xiao Shihe sitting on the Taishi chair with his legs stretched out, with a pair of arms propped up on the chair handle, with no expression on his face, not knowing what he was thinking.

Du Hengshuang said softly: "Miss Mu San is here, I want to see you, don't you go to the outer courtyard to see her?" ”

Xiao Shiji was a little surprised, and glanced at Du Hengshuang, "Don't you like me to see her?" Now is the time for this great opportunity, so why tell me? ”

Du Hengshuang was too lazy to quarrel with him, suppressed the urge to roll his eyes, and said lightly: "I never hide anything from you if there is anything at home." Besides, she came here on purpose, whether it was related to the prince and the princess, it is unknown. You'd better go meet her. ”

When Xiao Shiji heard this, he was very surprised by Du Hengshuang's generosity. - Don't you mess with him?

He stood up and walked over to her, stretched out his arms to take hold of her shoulders, and took advantage of the twilight to take a closer look at her face.

A flawless countenance, a dignified and warm smile, just the right demeanor, and an impeccable demeanor.

It's a brand new image, but it's also too far from the Du Hengshuang who didn't agree with last night, and he drew his knife against each other, and it became too fast......

Sure enough, it's a woman's heart, a needle under the sea.

Xiao Shiji sighed, nodded, and said, "Let her come in and talk, you watch from the side, I have nothing to hide from you." ”

Du Hengshuang smiled, brushed aside Xiao Shihe's arm holding her shoulder, and said, "No need." That's your business, do what you want, don't worry about me. - You'd better go to the outer court to see her. ”

Since Du Hengshuang said so, Xiao Shiji didn't insist anymore, and besides, he also wanted to know what Lu Dao meant by the prince.

Maybe Mu Ye came to come, it was really as Du Hengshuang said, he brought the words of the prince.

After all, today's reward is really unfair to him.

The prince couldn't speak for him at the time, so it should be possible to send someone to show him the maze later.

Xiao Shiji strode to the outer courtyard.

Du Hengshuang returned to the inner room, remembering the deed paper of Anxi Racecourse that he got from Muhou Mansion today, and a few smiles appeared on his face. It's strange to say, since she got this deed, her heart has really calmed down, and she doesn't care about Xiao Shiji's attitude at all. She sat down at the dressing table and began to remove her makeup.

Ou Yangniang walked in from the outside and helped Du Hengshuang remove the hairpin ring and sideburns on her head one by one, and put them in the makeup box.

"I just went to inquire clearly, and sure enough, it was Qi Xiaogong who intercepted Hou Ye's Hu. Hou Ye's exploits have all been recorded on his head. Ou Yangniang whispered in Du Hengshuang's ear.

Du Hengshuang nodded, looked at Ou Yangniang's aging face from the mirror on the dressing table, and said with a smile: "Thanks to Ou Yangniang." If it weren't for your careful upbringing over the years, these twists and turns in foreign affairs. I can't think of what it was for. ”

Ou Yangniang smiled: "Madame is too modest. Although I have taught my wife a little something, the master leads me into the door, and the cultivation is in everyone's hands. You are smart and clever, and you can draw inferences from others. These skills of mine are not enough for my wife to learn for a long time. ”

Du Hengshuang sighed, supported his head with his hands, looked at his appearance in the mirror, and muttered: "Father and mother asked you to be my adoptive mother back then, just to let you teach me what the daughters of the real scholar clan have learned." It's just that my father didn't expect it. It is useful for the daughters of those nobles to learn these things. Because they are all going to the same house to be mistresses. And I, who have been engaged since I was a child, are still too far away from their status. It's a pity. We're a small family here. It really made Ou Yangniang succumb. "Now they're in that position. But her man's heart has not yet come to this far.

The most useful thing that Ou Yangniang taught her was to grasp the hearts and interests of the court. There are also the general norms of behavior among the major clan lords, as well as the entanglement of interests between them.

For the concubines of the noble clan, their education has never been limited to the backyard, let alone fighting with the concubines to rob men.

The concubines in the scholar clan are not the opponents of the main wife at all, and no matter how favored the concubine is, she does not dare to argue with the main wife. If there is, you don't even have to come forward to dirty your hands, and someone in the clan will naturally come over to dispose of these restless concubines. Whether it is sold or killed, it is a matter of raising your hand.

The main wife has a strong maiden family, a rich dowry, and the convenience of marriage brought to the husband's family. Similarly, the men of the scholar clan have grown up in such an environment since childhood, and the concept of concubines being gadgets is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

Therefore, in the backyard of the scholar clan, there may be a life-and-death battle between the concubines, but between the wife and the concubine, there is absolutely no need to fight, and the difference between strength and weakness is too great.

The backyard, which has a lot of favored concubines like Muhou Mansion, also has the situation of the next life, and it is not far from defeat.

And the Marquis of Zhuguo's Mansion, with a male owner like the Marquis of Zhuguo who does not follow the rules and beats his wife for the concubine in the outer room, he is probably not far from defeat.

Ou Yangniang knew that Du Hengshuang was bitter for a while, and said busily: "Don't say that, madam. Hou Ye is fighting outside, if there is no lady to help him manage it at home, so that he has no worries, how can he sit firmly in this position? Isn't that proof now? ”

Ou Yangniang did not continue.

Du Hengshuang understood that what she said was "clear proof" was that she ignored all kinds of small means of Qi Xiaogong, the king of Nanning County.

Since Qi Xiaogong was summoned back from Jiangling, Du Hengshuang has been thinking about him, paying close attention to his movements, worried that he will be angry with Xiao Shiji because he was recalled by Emperor Yongchang.

As a result, before she could make a move, Xiao Shiji sent someone to send a letter back and asked her to send silver to Mu Yelai.

At that moment, she really felt bitterly cold and disappointed. A heart also slowly cooled down.

Since Xiao Shiji thinks that Mu Yelai is more capable, she Du Hengshuang is an ignorant woman in the back house, what is she doing for him like that? Could it be that she is so cheap that someone stabbed her in the back, and she has to help others pull out the knife?!

So she chose to sit idly by. not only sat idly by, but even borrowed the silver to add fuel to the fire, holding Mu Yelai high and watching her jump.

Mu Yelai really lived up to her ardent expectations, and was also stunned by the 100,000 taels of silver, and actually blatantly jumped up and down on Chang'an City, and began to elect officials for Xiao Shiji's Jingzhou Thorn History Mansion! - I don't know how to die......

"Mu Ye came to see Master Hou." Du Hengshuang said quietly.

Ou Yangniang nodded, "I know." She heard that Hou Ye was not rewarded, so she came to inquire about the news. ”

"Don't just listen to the news. Maybe it's to comfort Hou Ye, so that he won't be discouraged, and say that she wants to be with him and ......share weal and woe," Du Hengshuang said with a sneer, of course, there was another layer she didn't say. Because of the design of the two sons of Muhou Mansion to borrow silver, even Ou Yangniang didn't know what to do.

This afternoon, she ordered someone to bring a few IOUs and ask for money.

If Mu Yelai wants to keep her second brother as the son, she will definitely find a way to repay the money. Du Hengshuang secretly wondered if Mu Ye came here today, did he care about Xiao Shiji's people, or did he care about his silver?

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