Jiangning Weaving House, Kaiyang Courtyard.

Li sat on the kang and wept with a handkerchief. Today, the Li family in Suzhou came to report the funeral, and she knew that her sister-in-law Han was gone.

Cao Fu stood beside him, not knowing how to persuade him. Tianyou sat on the kang, looked at Li with a small face, didn't cry or make trouble, just watched quietly like this.

Cao Fu hesitated for a moment, and said in a low voice: "Uncle, you have been sad, the deceased is gone, you still have to mourn!" ”

Li wiped his tears with a handkerchief, choked up and said, "Little Wu, you don't know that your aunt has always treated me unusually. When she married into the Li family, I was still a child. Although she is a sister-in-law, she took me like a mother. Some time ago, I heard that she was sick, and I told your uncle that I would visit her in February. Unexpectedly, before it has passed, people are gone. Knowing this, it was time to leave for Suzhou after the Lantern Festival, and I could see the last side. ”

Cao Fu thought about what he had just sent someone to pack his luggage and belongings, and asked, "Uncle, are you going to Suzhou for the funeral?" ”

Li nodded and said, "It's not just me, your uncle, God bless, and Xiao Wu, let's all go over." ”

As he was talking, he heard the maid under the corridor say, "The master is back!" ”

Li wiped away his tears and stood up to greet him. Tianyou also seemed to know that his grandfather was back, so he got up and swayed to the edge of the kang. Cao Fu was afraid that he would fall, so he hurriedly stepped forward and hugged him in his arms.

Cao Yin's face was a little gloomy, and when he entered the house, he saw that Cao Fu was also there, and asked, "How did you do the homework assigned to you yesterday?" This is the first month, and we must not slack off. ”

Cao Fu saw his uncle's lecture, and hurriedly handed Tianyou to ** to hug, and replied: "Back to the uncle's words, the nephew of "Gongsun Chou Part I" in "Mencius" has read and recited, and he has written twenty large characters. ”

Cao Yin nodded, glanced at Li's red and swollen eyes, sighed, and asked, "I have explained everything in the yamen, and the boat used by Ming has also been prepared." ”

When Li Shi heard this, tears came out again, and he hurriedly lowered his head to wipe it, and said, "The concubine thanked the master!" ”

"Say what to do! You don't have to be too sentimental, your uncle's wife is close to Jiazi, and she can be regarded as a blessed person! Cao Yin persuaded.

Cao Fu saw his uncle talking to his aunt, greeted **, and went to the east house with Tianyou.

While helping Cao Yin change his clothes, Li said: "Others don't know, the master has listened to the concubine's thoughts." The concubine has lived in Suzhou for more than ten years, and has been with her sister-in-law since she can remember. In the ordinary days, the old lady followed her aunt to eat fasting and chant Buddha, and rarely took care of the concubine's body, and most of them were taken care of by her sister-in-law. I really didn't expect that this person would be gone if he said no! ”

Cao Yin frowned, but what he was thinking about was Li Ding's business. Although he hid it from the Li family for several months, when he set off for Suzhou tomorrow, he couldn't hide it when he arrived at the Li family.

He pondered for a moment and said, "Woe is what blessing depends on; Blessings lurk in disguise. The passing of the uncle's wife is not a good thing for the Li family! ”

It's Li's temper, and when he heard this, he didn't feel good in his heart, and he couldn't help but say angrily: "Master, ......"

Cao Yin changed his clothes, wiped his hands with a towel, and said, "You know the temper of the eldest brother, and you can't be stronger." Perhaps, it's wrong on the word 'strong'......" Speaking of this, he paused, and finally said: "Li Ding had an accident in the capital, disappeared for April, and 'no one was born or died, no corpse', and there is no news so far." ”

Li Shi was startled, and asked, "What about Hao'er?" Is the son in danger? ”

Seeing her panicked appearance, Cao Yin held her shoulders and asked her to sit on the side of the kang, and said, "Don't worry, listen to me." That was in October last year, and it had nothing to do with Hao'er, and Hao'er didn't encounter any danger. I don't know if it's the person who the eldest brother offended in the south, or the person who Li Ding offended in the capital, it's just that something is wrong! ”

Li shook his head, incredulous, and said, "Ding'er is the most clever, how could something happen?" Speaking of this, he remembered something and asked, "Since Ding'er hasn't seen her for months, what should Miss Fucha do?" ”

Cao Yin said: "The Fucha family heard that the rumor was not good, and they were afraid that Miss Fucha would be affected by her filial piety, so they quit!" ”

Li couldn't believe that something happened to his nephew, and he said with a bit of extravagance: "Could it be that Ding'er encountered something difficult and where was it delayed?" After a while, it appeared. ”

Cao Yin shook his head, noncommittal. Li Shi had red circles in his eyes and said to Cao Yin: "Where is this still blessed?" The eldest brother only has these two bloodlines under his knees, and now Ding'er is like this. As he spoke, tears came out again.

Cao Yin said: "The eldest brother has to be stronger, and now that the eldest brother is still healthy, he will make friends with the prince and brother in private." A few years ago, Long Live Lord sent someone to check in Suzhou. The Li family has been in Suzhou for twenty or thirty years, and they may not be able to do everything neatly, where can they afford to investigate? Originally, I thought that Long Live Lord would look at Mrs. Wen's affection, even if he wanted to blame the eldest brother, he would not move his muscles. Now that the sister-in-law has passed away, Long Live Lord has always been kind to the old ministers, and the eldest brother has passed this hurdle! ”

Although Cao Yin was right, Li still couldn't hide his sadness, and said in a low voice: "What does the matter of your man's family have to do with us women?" Do we have to be women's sins when the great calamity comes? ”

Cao Yin rubbed his forehead and said, "That's not what I said. It's just that the eldest brother is old, and he can't help but toss, taking advantage of the sister-in-law's mourning period, he is silent and silent, and it is the best policy to eliminate all the past suspicions. ”

These power disputes, the Li family listened to them in a daze, but they knew that the eldest brother seemed to have annoyed the emperor, and now he was going to be punished or something.

She sighed and said, "Big brother is really, why don't you know that a safe family is a blessing?" What is there to fight for, even if the power is strong and the money is abundant, can you still exchange a surname for a life? Fortunately, the old man and Hao'er are both plain surnames, which makes the concubine less worried! Speaking of this, after all, he was a little uneasy, and said: "In the forty-eighth year, the concubine saw the danger of the capital. Now that there is something about Ding'er again, the manpower around Hao'er? ”

Cao Yin nodded and said, "This, I've thought about it too." Although it is not advisable to make a fuss in the capital, it is better to have more people around you. In the house over there, now that the second room is there, the manpower should be tight. It just so happened that Zheng Hu was going north, so I asked someone to pick a few people in the house and asked him to bring them over. ”

Only then did Li put his mind at ease and no longer thought about his son, but he was still very sad when he thought of his nephew Li Dinglai.

Pity the hearts of parents all over the world, whether they are virtuous like Li's or debauchery like Yang Ruixue, when they think of their children, they can only care.

Beijing, Shichahai, Li Family Courtyard.

Yang Ruixue held the letter sent by her mother Bai in her hand, and couldn't help but cry like rain. Her daughter fell seriously ill in the first month of the month and narrowly escaped her life.

Now, the Bai family already knows that Yang Ruixue has a backer behind him, and he doesn't dare to fight the idea of Bihelou again. Bai's meaning, asked her if she could go back to the south, after the child recovered from illness, she saw the maid and daughter-in-law shouting "mother", looking really pitiful.

Yang Ruixue silently calculated in her heart that her daughter landed in September of 49, and she was five years old, but she was actually three and a half years old. When she left Jiangning last spring, her daughter already knew something, and she didn't let go of her clothes. If anyone persuades her, her daughter will cry "wow", and Yang Ruixue's heart will be broken when she hears that voice.

Although she was reluctant, Yang Ruixue finally chose to come to Beijing, but she never expected that the capital was such a dirty place.

There is no regret medicine to take in this world, even if Yang Ruixue's intestines are repentant, it will not help.

She was grieving when she saw a maid come in with a mahogany box in her hand.

When Yang Ruixue saw this box, she was stunned for a moment, and asked the maid, "Or was it sent by Yi Ye?" ”

The maid nodded and replied, "Yes, I heard from the boy from the second door that it was Yiye who came in person and waited in the front yard hall, wanting to see grandma." You see, how can the slave and maid reply? ”

Yang Ruixue wiped her face with a handkerchief, and said with a little disgust: "Wait a minute, am I the sister in the kiln?" Having said that, she still waved her hand at the maid and said, "Let's just say that I just took a nap, let Yi Ye wait for a while." ”

The maid answered the call and went down to pass the word, Yang Ruixue picked up the curtain, changed the daughter-in-law to bring water, washed her face, put her hair loose and loose, and changed into plain clothes.

She looked carefully in the mirror, and her watery eyes were really seductive.

Although Yi Duli has been in and out of this house for a month, Yang Ruixue has learned wisely and knows that if he wants to win a man's heart, he must make him unable to eat. Therefore, it is only not far away, not close, not soft and not hard.

Because it is in the inner city, this Yang Ruixue is a cousin of the Li family, although Yi Duli is in a hurry like something, but he does not dare to do the act of bullying men and women.

If it was said that he was just a lust fan earlier and wanted to kiss Fang Ze, in the past two months, Yi Duli has some true feelings for Yang Ruixue.

He thought about it, although Yang Ruixue was a widow, her surname was soft, and she was accepted as a concubine. It's just that the Li family is rich, and everyone knows it, that is, although Yang Ruixue is just a businessman, she is also the owner of several shops, she is not short of money, and she doesn't need to rely on men to live, how easy is it to accept her as a concubine?

Yi Duli sat in the front hall, still wondering in his heart, it really can't be done, should I ask Cao Hao to come forward to help. This time, he is not fooling around, he wants to be a second concubine. Although his wife is of noble birth, she has a good surname and has a son-in-law, so she can't help him in taking concubines.

Now, the most difficult thing is Yang Ruixue's level. As long as she is willing to let go, it will be thankful that everything will be fine, and it will not be in vain for his two months of worrying about his lungs.

He was in a hurry, and he saw a woman walking at the door, it was Yang Ruixue.

Seeing Yang Ruixue's brows frowning slightly, and a pair of beautiful eyes with water shining again and again, Yi Duli only felt that he was about to be distracted, stood up, took a step forward, and said, "Sister of the Yang family, what's wrong with you?" ”

Although Yang Ruixue has been on a white shelf for the past two months, Yi Duli's face is also thick enough, and he has already recognized his sister by himself.

Yang Ruixue shook her head lightly and said, "It's okay, maybe I was napping just now" said, stroking her forehead, very delicate.

Yi Duli stepped forward to help her, but Yang Ruixue hurriedly took a half step back, only letting him touch the sleeve of his clothes.

Yi Duli looked at the small half of Yang Ruixue's arm exposed between his actions, and he was already stupid.

Yang Ruixue pursed her lips, found a chair to sit on, and asked softly, "Why does Yi Ye have time to come over today?" ”

Yi Duli followed, sat down on the chair under Yang Ruixue, and said, "Didn't you let my sister call me eldest brother, why are you still 'Yi Ye' and 'Yi Ye', blame outsiders!" Today, I went into the palace to ask the fourteenth master to say goodbye, and it happened that Fujin had a new palace flower and gave me a box, I thought you would like it, so I sent it over! ”

Actually, there is a sentence that Yi Duli didn't say, that is, this palace flower was asked by his sister-in-law to take out the palace to his sister-in-law Zhaojia. Yidu Li wanted to please Yang Ruixue, so he kept it secret and took it here to sell it.

In the past, Yi Duli often sent things over, but Yang Ruixue was afraid that he would despise him, and two of the three times were to be returned. Today, she also came out with a box, thinking about returning the gift.

When she heard that it was something in the palace, she was moved, opened the box, and looked at it carefully. It is a velvet flower worn in the corresponding solar term month, and the appearance is not unusual, but the color is positive, and the production is more and more exquisite.

Although Yang Ruixue said that she had been dressed and fed since she was a child, she came out well, but after all, she was a family of ordinary people, and she was a little curious about the things and things in the palace. So she twisted a fluff flower out and looked at it carefully.

Seeing that she seemed to like her, Yi Duli was overjoyed, and hurriedly asked, "Does the girl like it?" If you like this, I'll give you a change for Brother Ming'er! ”

Yang Ruixue couldn't help but smile when she saw him so attentive.

Yi Duli only felt that his eyes lit up, and he had already stretched out his hand and touched Yang Ruixue's face.

Yang Ruixue was defenseless, she was touched, her face immediately turned red, and she stood up with a little coquettishness......

(To be continued)