"Yes, my grandson has made an old mistake again these days, and there is Lao Ye Zhenren."

Mrs. Zhu bowed her head gently, and then said with a smile: "In addition to the lamp, I also want to take advantage of the auspicious treasure of Lingji Palace to hide and be clean, my alley called Li Ge Lao Hutong is full of cars and horses all day long, and it is really annoying to watch." ”

Ye Zhenren and Mrs. Zhu are extremely familiar people, and when they heard this joke, they immediately laughed even more, and immediately led the way in front of them, leading Mrs. Zhu to an extremely elegant and quiet guest house behind, and then stood and said a few words before retreating. At this time, Mrs. Zhu signaled to Shen Yue, who had been silent behind her. When she entered the guest house, she looked around, and a mother on the side smiled and opened her mouth.

"Madam, this Ye Zhenren also really has a heart, this guest house seems to have been reserved for you all along."

"Don't look at the fact that I don't have much money for incense to give him, just that I often go here to ask for lamps, and when this old cow nose says outside, I don't know how many believing officials can be attracted. Men are in officialdom, and women can't help anything, that is, they just ask for physical health. ”

Shen Yue had been quietly observing this Mrs. Zhu all the way, but when she heard this sentence and the joke of her mother below, she couldn't help but feel that the other party was more cordial, and her original anxiety was slightly relieved. And after Mrs. Zhu laughed with the mother, she saw Li Qingniang come up to help Shen Yue remove the outer hat, and she had to take a closer look. Seeing that this girl is fourteen or fifteen years old, her face is very uniform without powder, although she only wears a pair of jade stoppers on her ears and eyes, and there are no other hairpin ring jewelry, but she doesn't look like she was born in a small family, and she doesn't have a down-to-earth and generous attitude, she became more and more curious at the moment.

"Fang Yue, the daughter of the people, I didn't know that Mrs. Li Ge was the old lady, and I ask for forgiveness."

Seeing Shen Yue Yingying bowing down, Mrs. Zhu immediately stretched out her hand to personally help the person up, and when Shen Yue sat down according to her words, she smiled and said, "What's the sin in this." I just saw that Miss Fang was talented, and I was happy for a while, so I asked you to come over and talk, it was just me who was abrupt. By the way, listening to your accent, it seems that you are not a native of Beijing? ”

"Yes, the folk girl is from Jinling."

Mrs. Zhu was originally just suspicious, but when she heard this, she was immediately surprised and delighted, and said with a smile: "It's such a coincidence? I think I grew up in Nanjing, and now I have my younger brother and a few nieces and nephews in Nanjing. I haven't heard a local accent for decades, so it's no wonder I feel kind when I see you. ”

Shen Yue heard that the old lady Li Ge often went to Lingji Palace to offer incense, so he asked Li Qingniang to make a lot of efforts to investigate, and naturally knew that Mrs. Zhu was from Nanjing like herself, and she deliberately brought out some local accents just after she spoke. Seeing Mrs. Zhu's happy scene at this moment, she smiled and said, "Is Mrs. also from Nanjing?" In recent years, the area around Sanshan Street has become more prosperous than before, department stores are gathered, and several new buildings have been built on the side of the Qinhuai River! Qushui has also been sparsely passed, and now there are more literati and scholars...... Ah, the gatehouse of the Chengguo Mansion has been renovated two years ago, and it is much more magnificent than before! ”

Mrs. Zhu, who had not been back to Nanjing for several years, heard Shen Yue talk about these changes, her eyes flashed for a while, but she remembered the past.

Mrs. Zhu was born as a prince, and her father was Zhu Yi, the Duke of Chengguo, who garrisoned Nanjing in the seventh year of Tianshun. Now others say that Li Dongyang and her husband and wife are a match made in heaven, but even if Li Dongyang has the reputation of a prodigy and is a waiter in the Hanlin Academy, he is already a widower and a stepman when he is less than thirty years old, and he has been a widower twice in a row, so it can be said that this marriage is a high climb. If it weren't for her father's optimism about Li Dongyang, she had seen this man who was sixteen years older than herself from afar, so she agreed without saying a word, and married away from the capital, and maybe missed the best marriage. Now that her husband has been in the cabinet for many years, Shun Shunli asked for a seal for her.

Her two daughters have been married, the eldest daughter is married to the current Yansheng Gong Kong Wenshao, and the second daughter is married to Shaoqing Cui Jiechu, the only regret is that her son Li Zhao died in the same year, and Li Zhaoxian, the son of the step-wife in front of her, also died two years ago, and now has to succeed Li Zhaofan, the son of Li Dongyang's brother Li Dongming, as the heir. Therefore, for her younger brother Zhu Fu's children full of children, she thought about it, and she didn't feel a little envious.

A mother next to her was distracted by her wife, so she interrupted Shen Yue with a smile and said, "Miss Fang, this Chengguo Gong is the younger brother of my wife." ”

"Ah...... The folk girl doesn't know, and the lady forgives her sins. ”

Seeing that Shen Yue was a little frightened, Mrs. Zhu, who came back to her senses, quickly shook her hand and glanced at the two mothers with disgust. Although she had also sent someone to Nanjing, what she said was only superficial, so after a little thought, she asked for a few mothers and left Shen Yue to gossip. Li Qingniang was a little uneasy at first, but seeing that Mrs. Zhu was indeed kind and kind, she quietly withdrew from the house.

Mrs. Zhu has been married to Li Dongyang for many years, although she abides by her duties and does not ask about government affairs, but after all, she was born as a prince, and her husband is in a high position, so she naturally asks not all about the shortcomings of those parents, but involves a lot of miscellaneous. Shen Yue folded his mental response, although there were many who could only shake their heads, but most of them could answer. After going back and forth like this, Mrs. Zhu was only kind to the hometown at first, and then she really gave birth to a little amazement.

is the ladies of the capital, and most of them are just chanting poems and loving elegance, and there are few who are so really generous and know the world!

Mrs. Zhu is comparing Shen Yue, and Shen Yue is not figuring out this top lady. So even if it was extremely difficult, she was trying to turn the conversation in the direction she wanted bit by bit. Finally, when Mrs. Zhu talked about the Wende Bridge on the Qinhuai River, she took a deep breath and suddenly said with a sigh: "When Mrs. talks about the Wende Bridge, I think of one thing. Just a few months ago, a big case occurred on Wende Bridge that caused a sensation in the entire city of Nanjing. ”

"Oh?"

Seeing Mrs. Zhu's surprised expression, Shen Yue tried her best to talk about the change that turned from a happy event to a tragedy in the smoothest tone. When she said the moment she threw herself into the water, she thought she could hold it, but her body trembled involuntarily, and even her voice changed tone. Fortunately, Mrs. Zhu only thought that she was emotional, and didn't care, but just sighed with a sad face: "It's a pity that such a strange woman." I heard my grandson talk about the follow-up of this incident, but I didn't expect it to be so tragic at that time, and Zhao Qin was really innocent. ”

"It's just a pity that the Shen family lost their daughter all of a sudden, and that Xu Gongzi lost his fiancée all of a sudden. But after all, the Shen family was at fault first, and it was rare that this Xu Gongzi went to the Shen family to admit this family matter, and then went to the Tianfu Ya to beat the drum to complain. It is said that when Ying Tianfu was trying the case, his interrogation made Zhao Qin vomit blood on the spot, which caused a sensation in the whole city. Later, he blocked an arrow from the bandits for his biological father, and the city was full of wind and rain. In addition, he donated all the land left by his adoptive father before, and it is already several shocking things. Others envy him for winning the court's praise and being awarded the title of Honor, and want me to say that I would rather live in peace like this than have so many changes. ”

"You're right, peace is a blessing!"

Shen Yue said, Mrs. Zhu also heard Li Dongyang say a thing or two, but after all, it was something that happened in distant Nanjing, Li Dongyang said that there are all kinds of opportunities, where can there be such a careful, as for the people in the capital, it is even more impossible to discuss this kind of big case that happened in Nanjing. Therefore, after she nodded approvingly, she first asked Ying Tianfu Ya about the whole process of the trial with great interest, and suddenly remembered that Shen Yue mentioned the word Xunwei, and unconsciously raised her eyebrows in surprise.

"Wait, you said he made the Guard? How is this possible? ”

"It's really sealed." Shen Yue was about to point out that Xu Xun was one of the protagonists of the current attack on the Ministry of Officials, but when the words came to his lips, he was afraid of adding to the snake, so he immediately swallowed back, but he pretended to be curious and asked, "How can Madam say that this matter is impossible?" ”

Mrs. Zhu thought about it carefully, and finally remembered the recent lawsuit in Xing'anbo's Mansion, and after a little thought, she smiled and said: "It's nothing, it's just that I was surprised by the emperor's praise...... By the way, you are a girl's family, why did you come to Lingji Palace alone? I watched you scold the foolish man and the foolish woman, and retreated to the incense burner a little gloomy, but what was the difficulty? ”

Although she brought some scheming to see Mrs. Zhu, this lady's kindness and lack of arrogance also moved Shen Yue. She almost wanted to tell her own affairs, but she opened her mouth, but she didn't dare to say it after all, and it took a long time to hang her head and hold back the tears rolling in her eyes.

"Thank you, Madame, for your inquiry, and I can't say anything difficult, it's just ...... It's just that there are some changes in my family, and this time several family members escorted me to the capital to join my relatives, but unfortunately the relative died two years earlier, so I went to Lingji Palace today to pray for her. ”

"It's hard enough, isn't that difficult?" Mrs. Zhu shook her head in disgust, looking at the rather flattering girl in front of her, and then thinking about Li Dongyang's almost every day in the palace cabinet for a month, Li Zhaofan was only more polite than close, and there was not even a person to talk to around her, so she was moved with compassion for a while, "If Miss Fang still wants to stay in the capital, there are still a few empty rooms in my house......"

"Although it is a relative who has passed away, there are other relatives and friends in the capital, and I don't dare to trouble Mrs. again!" Shen Yue didn't expect Mrs. Zhu to be so old-fashioned, she couldn't help but feel ashamed, hurriedly stood up and thanked her deeply, and said sincerely at the end, "Elder Li Ge is an important minister of the court, and I don't know how many people are staring, if I let the imperial history have a misunderstanding, the little woman will die and will not be redeemed." I said that I can see Mrs. today, and the little girl is fortunate to have three lives! ”

Seeing Shen Yue saluting deeply, but his attitude was very resolute, Mrs. Zhu was not surprised. If it were someone else, she would definitely not be able to ask for it if she knew that the old lady was willing to take her in, but this little girl actually excused herself without thinking, and the reason was bright and bright, and she was really thoughtful. I don't know what kind of family taught such a daughter, but it's a little interesting.

(To be continued)