Xi Fuwei smiled when she heard this, and said, "Sister Fu, do you think I went to stop Zou Gongzi to help him?" Do you think I'm such an unwise person? ”

"You don't have to explain it to me." Fu Xuanxian withdrew his hand holding the door and took a step back, not intending to say more, "You just need Ming'er to explain to the old lady and them." ”

"What's so hard to explain about this?" Xi Fuwei said disappreciatively, "The Zou family has a male heir to Zou Gongzi, even if the head of the family and his wife teach their children to be strict, but if they compare their hearts with their hearts, how can any parents want their children to be notorious?" However, Zou Gongzi is young and ignorant, we have put up with him last night, but he is still obsessed, and he will come again tonight! If we don't do anything in this situation, won't we indulge him more and more to mess around? If it goes out, even if Zou Gongzi is still young, what good will it do to Zou Mansion if the only male heir of the Zou family's generation has a stubborn name? ”

So I went down and beat him in private, so that he could retreat, so that the matter would cease and not make a big fuss...... Old lady, do you still blame me? ”

Fu Suixian said sarcastically: "So, old lady, they still have to praise you?" It's just that you don't think too much about the old lady, who doesn't know that you have such a little thought? It's just that when it comes to marriage, it is necessary to pay attention to the right family. No matter how good you are, who told your parents to go early, and now you are a clan brother, and you don't have anything to rely on? ”

Xi Fuwei stepped forward, held on to the door frame, tilted her head slightly to look at her face, smiled lowly, and said, "Sister Fu, you are so sparing no effort to hit me, are you really afraid that I won't be able to cope with it tomorrow, or are you jealous?" ”

"What are you talking about?" Fu Suixian's long eyelashes trembled slightly, the corners of his mouth twitched, and he said expressionlessly, "I'm just afraid that you will be smart and mistaken by cleverness, and when the time comes, you will end up in an embarrassing end, and even our Fenzhi upstairs will be regarded as a scheming person!" ”

"The master of this house is not an unreasonable person, how can he not understand it?" Xi Fuwei smiled, "Sister really thinks too much." ”

Fu Suixian turned her back to the light, she couldn't see her expression clearly, and in the dimness, she saw her eyes shining brightly and shining, and after a while, she said lightly: "That's good." ”

Take a step back and close the door.

After closing the door, she quietly listened to Xi Fuwei's movements.

The man seemed to stop at the door for a moment, chuckled, and then went back to his room without hurrying.

Fu Suixian held her breath and condensed, listening to her lock the door and walk into the inner room with a kick, only then did she breathe a sigh of relief inexplicably, thinking about tonight's events, her brows furrowed, and she subconsciously raised her hand to hold it down, sighing silently, but she didn't know why?

…… Nothing else happened that night.

The next morning, Xi Fuwei finished giving Zou Qiongruo a few lessons, packed up her things and went back to the back hall to rest, and saw that there was already a thirty-year-old housekeeper waiting here.

Seeing her, he came up to salute, and looked very polite: "Mr. Shen has worked hard!" Mrs. has free time today, and I remember that Mr. Shen has been in the house for some days, and I want to invite Mr. over for tea and a few words. I wonder if Mr. would like to move? ”

Xi Fuwei smiled and agreed, put down some things in her hand, and followed her to Mrs. Shang's courtyard.

Mrs. Shang was obviously prepared for a long time, and she was waiting for her confidants inside and out, and she invited Xi Fuwei to sit down and serve tea very kindly, and after some greetings, she really asked about Zou Qiongruo's situation, and then gradually turned the topic to the horror of Fen Zhilou for the past two nights: "Qiongruo has always been well-behaved and sensible, and to be honest, I'm not very worried!" The most terrible thing is Yiang, this kid has always been a little naughty! Over the years, his father and I have never given him less rules. However, I was beaten and scolded, and I was always hard to change, which really made me sad and worried! ”

Xi Fuwei said politely: "Madame's words are serious, Zou Gongzi is still young, and he hasn't tied his hair yet!" When he grows up in the future, Childe will definitely be sensible! Don't hide it from Mrs. Madame, when I was my age with Zou Gongzi, I often gave my parents a headache! ”

This is a lie, her biological mother went early, she helped Xi Zongwang take care of the family business at a very young age, she was sensible and understood early, and she was almost never stubborn.

However, Madame Shang was willing to believe it, and sighed: "If only this were the case!" Otherwise, looking at him like this, I'm really afraid that if this continues, when the girls in the family need their mother's support, if I and his father are gone, what will the girls do? ”

In this way, Mrs. Shang said that she was dissatisfied with Zou Yiang, Xi Fuwei persuaded from the side, and after a while, Mrs. Shang finally asked: "It is said that Yiang went to Fen Zhilou to mess around in the past two days?" ”

"A little naughty is gone." Xi Fuwei smiled dignifiedly, "Thinking that Mrs. was entangled in all things, I didn't dare to bother, I planned to come over in two days to tell Mrs. about the schoolwork of the young ladies, but I didn't want to bother Mrs. ”

Mrs. Shang said softly and hardly: "Yiang is my child, and it is my duty to worry about him, how can it be called disturbing and bothering?" ”

Xi Fuwei's expression remained unchanged, and she bowed her head and said, "Madam thinks this is what you should do, and we also think that this is what we should be compassionate." ”

After a pause, he said, "That's what Fen Zhi thinks upstairs. ”

"......," Madame Shang narrowed her eyes, looked at her for a moment, and said, "You are all considerate, but there is no need to be too outward. We don't make fun of those vain politenesses in our house, and we can just say anything directly. ”

Seeing that Xi Fuwei was very docile, she didn't say anything else, euphemistically gave an eviction order, and when she left, she also instructed the maid to pack two boxes of snacks and let the people in Fenzhilou share a point.

After watching this "Mr. Shen" leave, Mrs. Shang pinched her eyebrows, sat motionless on the chair, and slowly paced out of the back hall, wrapped in a soap towel, indigo robe, and the coat was the simplicity of the dynasty's restraint on merchants, but she wore an emerald jasper inlaid gold wrench on her thumb, showing her rich status.

"That's it?" Zou Zhihan asked a little unhappily before sitting down opposite Mrs. Shang.

Mrs. Shang didn't care about her husband's attitude, took a plate of citron from the fruit bowl at hand, peeled it slowly, and said indifferently: "Otherwise? Fiercely questioned her if she had ill intentions towards Yiang, and then kicked people out? ”

raised his eyes and glanced at his husband, the corners of his mouth were slightly upturned, as if he was smiling, "You don't know the origin of this 'Mr. Shen', right?" It's not because we made up our minds to choose one side, otherwise we think it's a good idea to kick people out for such a little thing? ”

Zou Zhihan frowned: "But a ......"

"There's no way she's going to take it seriously!" Mrs. Shang interrupted her husband's words and said lightly, "If she were a simple gentleman who entered the mansion to be a female gentleman, such as that Fu Xuanxian, I would still have such precautions!" But since she came on order, she had other plans, how could she hook up with our family? If we really do this, if we don't do it, the people behind her will be the first to show her color! ”

"Yiang is the only male heir in our family." Zou Zhihan was still not at ease in the end, frowned, and said, "During this time, in order to dredge the canal, I have greeted our family a lot openly and secretly, who knows if I will start from Yiang?" ”

I couldn't help but complain, "Why is this kid so ignorant?" I just beat him up a while ago, just to scare him and let him stay in the school hall and follow Mr. Ouyang to school, don't run around, so as not to get into trouble...... Why didn't he listen?! I'm his own father, can I still hurt him?! ”

Mrs. Shang said lukewarmly: "Just because I know that you are his father, you can't kill him, so I'm not afraid of you being scared!" ”

"This kid ......" Zou Zhihan sighed a little helplessly, and said coe., "I have to think of a way to make him well-behaved!" Otherwise, now this eye is on the bone, and someone may be using it! ”

"Actually, I don't know why you're hesitating about this?" Madame Shang put the peeled citron on the table, motioned for her husband to take it, and wiped her fingers with a handkerchief, and asked casually, "Although it has not been more than ten years since His Majesty ascended the throne, he is already ambitious as everyone knows!" It's not the kind of king who is weak and can be suppressed by his courtiers! In this way, he decided to move the capital and dredge the canal...... Why are we going to do it with him? ”

"After all, not to mention that although we have some dignity in Yanzhou, it is not worth mentioning at all when we get it to the court, let alone displeasing Your Majesty. Let's just say that this thing itself is not unhelpful to us? ”

When Zou Zhihan heard this, his face was a little ugly, and he was silent for a while before he said: "The Zou family is just a businessman, where did you have the courage to go against Your Majesty?" The question now is not whether we support the relocation of the capital or the reopening of the canal, but which one of the ships we support? ”

Knowing that although Mrs. Shang is the head of the house, because there have been no officials in the Zou Mansion for these two generations, she is not very clear about the affairs of the temple, so she explained to her in detail, "Shuntian Mansion is the land of Your Majesty's Longxing, not to mention that the north is not peaceful now, and Your Majesty himself is still in the north at this time!" Therefore, the descendants who have followed His Majesty for many years are the ones who have been from the dragon, and the Tai Ban will support them! ”

After all, people's hometowns are almost all in the north, and after moving the capital to Shuntianfu, the center of gravity of the entire dynasty has moved north, which is a good thing for them.

"In addition to these courtiers, the Jinyi guards who were restored after His Majesty took the throne, and the attendants of the inner court...... These people are all in favor of His Majesty, but just because they agree with him doesn't mean that they can work together closely! ”

"You must know that the reason why Your Majesty wants to reopen the canal is to prepare for the transportation of water! What is the profit of Caoyun, you should also know it, madam! ”

"What's more, the location of Jining is also a big port in the entire canal. As a Jining family, our family's future money is unimaginable! ”

"With such benefits, why is Wang Sun Guixuan not tempted?!"

"Who doesn't want to get ready before construction starts at this point so that they can share the soup later?!"

Zou Zhihan exhaled and narrowed his eyes, "So at this time, our family will make a wrong step, and we will be crushed if we can't say it...... Do you think I can make an easy decision? ”

"According to me, the ministers of the previous dynasty are more reliable." Mrs. Shang pondered for a while, and then said, "These people are either from official eunuch families and have been sealed into the office; Either it is the title of his own gold list and stepping into the sea of eunuchs. Therefore, I cherish my feathers a little, so as to be more trustworthy! It's the brocade guard and the inner court...... Most of the things they do here are private things, and it is common to cross the river and tear down the bridge and turn their faces and not recognize people. Our Zou Mansion has been based in Jining for many years, and since the family has a clean reputation, there is no need to have anything to do with this kind of unclean place! ”

Zou Zhihan's tone was helpless: "I want to!" But it is precisely because Jin Yiwei has done too much private things with the inner court, and he is unscrupulous, can we offend? ”

"Didn't you send a letter back before, saying that you received news that the Ministry of Industry is now paying a private visit along the old site of the canal?" Mrs. Shang raised her eyebrows, "Why don't you have a relationship with this one?" After all, this is the master appointed by His Majesty to be responsible for reopening the canal, if he looks up to our Zou family, even if Jinyiwei and the inner court are not angry, it is not easy to fight with him, right? ”

When Mrs. Shang thought of Song Li, Song Li was also thinking about the Zou Mansion.