As soon as she returned to the courtyard, Yan Ruyue rushed into her room.

Yan Ruyue's room was on the edge of the garden of the Hou Mansion, and Shen Yuan and Shen Silan were directing their subordinates to arrange the moon viewing place at night. Suddenly, Zhou Hui helped Yan Ruyue back, and entered the room without even saying hello.

Shen Silan wondered, "Sister-in-law, has Ruyue always been like this?" ”

Shen Yuan looked over there with a puzzled and worried gaze, and said softly: "No, Ruyue has always understood etiquette very well...... Did you encounter something today? No, I'll have to take a look! ”

As he spoke, he walked towards Yan Ruyue's room, followed closely by Shen Silan.

When I came to the door, I just wanted to knock on the door when I saw Yan Ruyue and Zhou Hui suddenly open the door.

"Ah, Ruyue, your face is so bad?" Shen Yuanshi saw Ruyue, whose face was like white paper, and hurriedly pressed the back of his hand to her forehead, "Isn't it uncomfortable?" Should I call a doctor? ”

As the Marquis of Bohai, there will be one or two doctors in the mansion at any time.

Yan Ruyue forced a smile and saluted Shen Yuan's clothes, but she was wearing men's clothes, so she looked a little nondescript.

"Ruyue is fine, but I feel a little depressed, I came in in a hurry just now, and I forgot to salute Mrs. and Miss, so I came out to inform ......"

Shen Yuanshi saw that she spoke clearly, it shouldn't be a big deal, don't let out a sigh, and complained with a smile: "You stupid child, if you are not feeling well, just go into the house and lie down, why did you come out to see the ceremony!" Our Shen family doesn't care about this...... Lan'er, Qing'er, help Ruyue to go in and rest! ”

"Yes, ma'am!" The two maids, who were no more than fifteen or sixteen, immediately stepped forward to support Yan Ruyue.

Ruyue didn't shirk it, forced a smile and saluted Shen Yuan and Shen Silan again, and then slowly entered the room.

Zhou Hui saw that she was served, and Shen Yuan's family took good care of her, so she couldn't help but sigh in her heart, and her face looked a little resentful.

Shen Yuan turned around and whispered to another subordinate: "Go and call Doctor Gu over and show Ruyue." After that, he also followed Lan'er and Qing'er into Yan Ruyue's room.

Over there, Shen Silan pulled Zhou Hui to the garden and asked softly, "Your Highness, you didn't encounter anything when you went out today, did you?" ”

Zhou Hui pretended to be surprised and said, "No, why do you ask that?" ”

Shen Silan still said with disbelief in her eyes: "Really? But Ruyue's temperament has always been calm, there must be something that made her so out of shape...... Your Highness, I heard that Pingshan County was lost, didn't you? ”

"Huh?" Zhou Hui opened his mouth, saw Shen Silan's blazing eyes looking at him, and said with a forced smile: "I really can't hide anything from you!" ”

Shen Silan smiled: "I know you are worried about my sister-in-law's body, don't worry, I won't mention it." But if you have any other news, don't forget, we're family! ”

Family?

Zhou Hui was a little stupid. A layer of water vapor gradually floated in the beautiful water eyes.

It's not that she's too easy to be moved, it's how much she hopes to be recognized by the Shen family now, instead of making their family feel restrained as a princess.

Shen Silan saw Zhou Hui's expression, and couldn't help but sigh in her heart: I don't know where Shen Yuan made this stupid boy good, and he really hooked the princess's heart...... Gee.

Yan Ruyue did not participate in the Mid-Autumn Festival moon viewing that night, but Zhou Hui got along very well with Shen Yuan and Shen Silan.

Shen Yuan was still a little restrained before, but Zhou Hui carefully and livelyly enlivened the atmosphere, three women in one play, not to mention that these three women are not stupid.

Just when Zhou Hui was talking to Shen Yuan about the silk of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, the brocade of Maozhou, Suzhou embroidery, Shu embroidery and other topics that women were interested in, someone suddenly came to report: "Princess, lady, miss, eldest lady is here!" ”

The three women were stunned at the same time, and before they could think about how to deal with it, they suddenly heard a string of silver bell-like laughter floating from a distance: "Today's Mid-Autumn Festival, what else do I need to report when I come to celebrate the festival with my sister?!" Get out of the way, or I'll let my sister punish you! ”

I saw Xiao Qin, who was dressed in light makeup, walking straight to the garden accompanied by a few servants, and there were two subordinates from the other courtyard who wanted to stop but didn't dare to stop, and followed awkwardly beside him, as if leading the way.

At this time, it is still a period of mourning, nothing is suitable for doing a big job, even the pattern of this moon viewing is mainly simple, only put a few plates of snacks on the stone table in the garden, put a pot of fragrant tea, and put a circle of plain flowers around, that's all.

Xiao Qin walked all the way, and when she saw this, she ignored those embarrassed subordinates, walked straight to the stone table, and Ying Ying saluted Zhou Hui: "The people have seen Her Royal Highness the princess!" ”

"Uh, excuse me." Zhou Hui glanced at Shen Yuan, who looked uncomfortable, and still said quietly.

Xiao Qin said to Shen Yuan again: "My sister has seen my sister!" ”

Shen Yuan hurriedly returned the salute: "Shen Yuan has seen the eldest lady. ”

Over there, Shen Silan could only reluctantly say, "Silan has seen the eldest sister-in-law!" ”

"Well, Silan doesn't have to be polite!" Xiao Qin raised her hand with a smile.

This is the etiquette of the Han family. No matter how much you hate the other person in your heart, you must follow the etiquette of being orderly and respectful of the young.

Xiao Qin's arrival made this family-style party particularly embarrassing. But strictly speaking, Xiao Qin is the owner of this house, and Zhou Hui is an outsider. But Zhou Hui is a princess, and she is the highest status among all the people here.

For a while, the four of them were relatively speechless for a long time.

The maid had already hurriedly added a pair of cups and bowls for the eldest lady, Xiao Qin picked up the teacup lightly, and said to Zhou Hui: "Today's Mid-Autumn Festival, the Shen family is fortunate to have Her Royal Highness the princess coming, it is not appropriate to drink alcohol during the mourning period, I would like to replace the wine with tea, and toast the princess!" I wish Your Highness happiness and all the best! ”

"Mrs. Xie!" Zhou Hui became restrained instead, taking a sip of the teacup.

Zhou Hui turned to Shen Yuan again: "My sister is a good woman, she has been in the Shen family for decades, and she has always adhered to women's morals, my sister and I have to take care of the housework, and I don't have much time to reunite with my sister, my husband died, and my sister didn't comfort my sister in time, it's really my sister's fault, and now I use tea instead of wine to make amends to my sister!" ”

Shen Yuan's face was calm, years of training had allowed her to put on the most peaceful attitude in front of Xiao Qin, and she said: "The eldest lady is polite, you are big and I am small, and the family affairs are thanks to your dedication." I thank you for being a husband! ”

Xiao Qin suddenly covered her mouth and sighed, put down the teacup that was raised in the air, and complained: "My sister really can't bear to tell my sister, but today I can't help it." This day of family reunion, I'm afraid my sister won't have it in the future. ”

Zhou Hui and Shen Silan both mentioned it in their hearts.

Shen Yuan was puzzled: "Why did the eldest lady say this? Unfortunately, we will not be able to live in the future......"

Xiao Qin didn't wait for her to finish speaking, and said, "I'm talking about Yuan letting him ...... Ah, my sister lost her words! ”

This Xiao Qin wanted to say goodbye, pretending to be a gesture, Zhou Hui and Shen Silan were nervous, but they couldn't expose it. And Shen Yuanshi really asked closely: "Yuan Rang? What happened to Yuanrang? ”

Xiao Qin glanced at Shen Silan and said in surprise: "Ah, didn't Sister Silan tell you?" The county seat of Pingshan has been lost, and the Han army in Qingchuan County has become a turtle in the urn of the Japanese robbers, and Yuan Rang happened to be there...... Alas, I'm so worried about ......"

She wiped her eyes with pretended to be sad, but Shen Yuan's side was like a thunderbolt exploding in her ears on a sunny day, and she rolled her eyes and fainted.

"Madame!"

"Sister-in-law!"

Zhou Hui and Shen Silan shouted in unison, rushed forward to support them, and the maids and subordinates over there also hurriedly came over to lift Shen Yuan's family up, and hurriedly walked towards the room.

Zhou Hui turned around abruptly, glared at Xiao Qin and said viciously: "Big lady, what do you mean by this?" ”

Xiao Qin deliberately glared at her eyes and said innocently, "What do I mean?" I just lost my words for a moment! Doesn't Your Highness think that I am deliberately angry with my sister? ”

"You ......" Zhou Hui, who has always been sharp-toothed, was speechless by her.

If she usually quarrels with people, she is naturally invincible. But when she meets such a femme fatale, how can she be an opponent? In the end, he could only stomp his feet resentfully and follow the footsteps of the upper and lower people to see how Shen Yuan's family was doing.

Shen Silan opened her eyes and said fiercely: "Xiao Qin, do you really think you can cover the sky with one hand?" ”

Xiao Qin glanced at her coldly and said, "Presumptuous, this is the Shen family, I am the eldest lady of the Shen family, you dare to call me by my name?" ”

Shen Silan took a step forward and said angrily: "In front of heaven and earth, there is no matter how big or small!" ”

Xiao Qin got up, walked in front of Shen Silan, and suddenly raised her hand and slapped Shen Silan in the face with a loud slap, and the crisp sound of "pop" actually shocked everyone around.

Before Shen Silan could react, Xiao Qin had already turned around and walked back to the main house, and a cold voice came: "Heaven and earth are not big or small, but they must be distinguished from each other!" When you get married, let your husband's family come and talk to me! ”

A Mid-Autumn Festival moon appreciation was so unhappy.

Shen Silan wanted to cry aggrievedly, but she couldn't hold back, she was stubborn, she was only willing to let the tears roll in her eyes, but she didn't want to let it fall.

She never understood why Xiao Qin suddenly ran to rage, not only stunned Shen Yuan, but also slapped herself like a mountain shocking a tiger.

In fact, not only did she not understand, but Xiao Qin also didn't understand why she suddenly wanted to go to another hospital.

It's so cool to look at these thorns in the flesh in their eyes and eat deflated in front of them, and dare to be angry but dare not speak! And in the future, you may not be able to see it, and you may not have the opportunity to show your majesty!

In fact, she also had a sudden idea. This Mid-Autumn Festival, she had already set up a moon-viewing pattern in the courtyard of the main house, and called out Shen Ao, who had been locked up in the room for several days, and the mother and son drank tea to the moon.

But at this moment, someone hurriedly sent a letter covered with vermilion lacquer, and the content of the letter was naturally Mu Hong telling her that four days later, there would be a large army to sack Bohai Mansion and destroy the Shen family.

Xiao Qin, who read the letter, was so stunned, and kept eating cakes and drinking tea, and Shen Ao, who didn't dare to come out of the atmosphere, couldn't help but ask when he found out: "Mother?" ”

This sentence woke Xiao Qin up, and then she made a decision that she couldn't believe--- go to the other courtyard and feel her majesty before they died!

It's hard to explain why this kind of woman's mindset is so strange. But then there was a later scene.

Xiao Qin, who returned to the main house, locked herself in the room. Shen Ao was very strange, but he didn't dare to find out.

The next day, Xiao Qin still didn't leave the room, and Shen Ao was overjoyed when he saw it. My mother doesn't care about herself, and Mu Hong is not in the house, so isn't she free?

Since Shen Yun's funeral, he has been confined in the room by his mother for half a month, which is simply unbearable for a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy who is active by nature and during the summer vacation! Seizing such an opportunity, Shen Ao ascended to heaven like a sleepy dragon, and the tiger came out of the cage, and he could no longer suppress his desire to go out to play--- as early as before the summer vacation, he made an appointment with his classmates to go on a long trip before the start of school, and this is a chance!

So Shen Ao quickly wrapped a few changes of clothes, took a dozen gold coins that his mother usually gave him as pocket money, and secretly left the Bohai Hou Mansion......

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Shen Yuan is sick, and he is not lightly ill.

Yan Ruyue only found out about this the next day.

"Hui'er, you go with me to buy a sword on the street!" Yan Ruyue said to Zhou Hui.

"What?" Zhou Huiqi said.

"I'm going to settle accounts with Xiao Qin!" Yan Ruyue's face was flushed, and she gritted her teeth and said.

If Shen Silan saw this look, she would definitely not think that Yan Ruyue was tranquil by nature.

Everyone has reverse scales, let alone the daughter of Yan Zhun, the richest man in the empire. A family that can do such a big business will definitely not be a peacemaker who has no quarrel with the world.

Although the title of Shen Yuan has not changed, Yan Ruyue has regarded her as her mother in her heart. What child would be indifferent when he hears that his mother is being bullied?

Shen Silan heard that night that Shen Yuan's family was only angry and overly worried that he would faint, as long as he took care of it, he would be fine and hurriedly left the courtyard, the slap she received tonight was not in vain, she wanted to retaliate--- with the bank loan that Yan Ruyue helped get, she now has enough strength to increase the deposit of next year's goods by three percent, so that the Xiao family will fall into a shortage of goods next year.

This is also the only way Shen Silan can think of revenge!

The revenge psychology of the Han people is very strong, especially women, who start a fire, she doesn't care if you are of a different race or not, and the person who provokes me just can't.

Of course, Yan Ruyue couldn't rush into the main house with a sword, in fact, Zhou Hui was really worried that this "Sister Yan" who was soft on the outside and strong on the inside would really do something stupid on the impulse, so he told Shen Yuan about it.

Shen Yuan immediately called Yan Ruyue to the bed to give careful guidance, and constantly confirmed Shen Yun's condition.

Yan Ruyue, who already regarded herself as a member of the Shen family, naturally said all the good things, and promised to tell her as soon as there was news of Shen Yun, so that this mother who was worried about her son was coaxed over.

It all started four days later in the evening.

As soon as the sun was sinking in the west, Shen Silan ran into Shen Yuan's room worriedly. Zhou Hui and Yan Ruyue were there, they were sitting in front of the bed, and they didn't know what they were saying to make Shen Yuan's happy.

Seeing Shen Silan come in, Yan Ruyue said first: "Miss, what's wrong with you?" ”

Shen Yuan was lying on the bed, with a cold-proof cotton towel wrapped around his forehead, and patted Yan Ruyue with a smile: "It's still called Miss, let's change my name to Aunt!" ”

Yan Ruyue suddenly blushed, and whispered like a gnat: "Auntie......"

Zhou Hui pouted on the side, obviously very appreciative.

But Shen Silan didn't bother to pay attention to the newly harvested "nephew and daughter-in-law", but said to Shen Yuan worriedly: "Sister-in-law, I recently increased the deposit by 30%, and all the farmers, hunters, and weavers have sold us next year's goods!" ”

"Isn't that a good thing? What's the matter, you think it's too slow to make money? Shen Yuan seemed to be in a good mood, and said in a joking tone.

"But the Xiao family didn't react at all!" Shen Silan said worriedly.

Shen Yuan couldn't think of the difference in this, but Yan Ruyue did.

"She didn't have a bid competition? That's weird! ”

Shen Silan nodded: "Yes, I don't know what conspiracy she will have, thinking that one person will be short and two will be long, so I will discuss with you and see what to do!" ”

Yan Ruyue muttered: "This should be regarded as vicious competition, other businesses will definitely be affected, if it were me, I would definitely join other merchants to go to the Chamber of Commerce for arbitration to stop the Shen family's behavior, but she didn't do it, could it be that there is any desperate plan?" ”

Zhou Hui also said: "But, what other plans does she have?" ”

Everyone shook their heads.

At this moment, a rumbling knock was heard at the door. It's near the gate of the annex. Because it was far away, I didn't really hear it, but the eager attitude of the knocker was obvious at first sight.

Soon, a doorkeeper shouted to see the door: "Come on, come on, don't knock!" If you knock on this door again, you will knock on it, what is like driving away the soul...... Ouch, it turned out to be two masters, hey, why are you dressed like this? ”

As he spoke, a large group of people had already rushed into the courtyard. Shen Silan and Zhou Hui had already walked out of the room first, and at the door of Shen Yuan's room, they saw Shen Fu and Shen Chong, who were dressed neatly, each leading a dozen family members in the same costume rushing towards here.

Shen Fu and Shen Chong are both old, and they seem to have been running for a long time and can't keep up, and they can't stop panting under the support of Jiading.

Zhou Hui noticed that these people were all strong men, and they also held all kinds of weapons in their hands, and when it came to weapons, they had very few long knives and sharp blades in their hands, all of them were sticks and kitchen knives.

It is forbidden to carry controlled knives in modern times, and this was also true in ancient times. The act of swaggering around the market with a sword on his back can only be understood as a novelist's beautiful fantasy.

In various universities, students can only use bamboo swords to practice swords, and the weapons shops sell ordinary protective gear, but there is no armor. As for swords, they must go to the yamen to obtain the relevant certificates before they can buy the dangerous goods they carry.

Sometimes the empire even has to restrict the issuance of copper coins, because copper can be used as weapons!

This is also the reason why Yan Ruyue wanted Zhou Hui to go to the street with her to buy a sword, Zhou Hui is a royal princess, she has a certificate of carrying a knife, but Yan Ruyue does not.

It is understandable that these extremely nervous family members are holding sticks and kitchen knives. These weapons are probably the sharpest things in the house.

But the question is, why did they bring these things to the Hou Mansion Annex?

Shen Silan stood in front of the door and asked, "Two uncles, what are you ......?"

Shen Fu gasped and wanted to speak, but he didn't say it for a long time, but Shen Chong shouted: "Quick, run away with your nephew and daughter-in-law!" Wow, the Wows are coming! ”

"Ahh Shen Silan was so shocked that she took a step back.

Zhou Hui was quite calm, and asked urgently: "Master, you make it clear, what, why did the Japanese invaders come over?" ”

A sturdy man next to him helped the two masters and said, "Miss, the Japanese really called." Just after night, more than 20 boats stopped by the river, and no one paid attention to it at that time, but as soon as the moon came up, a group of people came down from the boat, all with war knives and sharp blades, and killed people when they saw them, and robbed them when they shopped them! ”

Another person hurriedly said: "Not only that, they are now divided into three routes, one way to the north, to kill the government office, the other way to the Imperial Bank, and all the way to us!" ”

"Listening to people with fast legs, several places where the Shen family lived were slaughtered along the river."

"They are obviously coming for the Shen family!"

"Miss, take Madame to run, it's too late if you don't run!"

"Yes, Lord Hou is unfortunate, and the son is not here, now it is the second lady who can call the shots......"

"Those people look like Japanese robbers, they wear nondescript Hanfu, and some of them are said to be savages of cannibal tribes!"

……

Those family members said everything I said, such a loud noise, it had already alarmed the people in the other courtyard, and after they heard about it, they immediately exploded. The maids began to shout and run from place to place, and the people began to run around like headless flies.

Seeing this, Shen Fu hurriedly pushed Shen Silan, who was still in a fog, and shouted, "Xiaolan, follow along, where is my nephew and daughter-in-law?" ”

At this moment, the door of the Shen Yuan clan opened.

"What's the panic, the sky can't fall yet!" Shen Yuan, wrapped in a white cloak and wearing a cotton towel on his forehead, yelled at the surroundings.

The people around suddenly fell silent.

Yan Ruyue followed closely by Shen Yuan's side, Zhou Hui looked at her with a solemn face, but Yan Ruyue smiled at her.

Shen Silan came to her senses from the shock, and quickly grabbed Shen Yuan's hand and said, "Sister-in-law, what should we do, let's go quickly!" ”

Shen Yuan slapped her hand away and shouted, "Look at you, what kind of descendant of the Marquis of Bohai do you look like?" Is it like this when something happens? I think that my ancestors went to the east and west with His Majesty the Holy Ancestor to fight in the west, and they also broke through in the rain of swords, guns and swords, and I don't have any confidence at all, how can you still start a family business! From today onwards, you won't have to be in charge of the family business! ”

The crowd fell silent.

Although Shen Yuan's family is usually amiable, once he initiates Weilai, even Shen Silan is afraid. This is the role of Shen Yuan, although she doesn't understand business or housekeeping, she can grasp the overall situation and be stable in case of trouble. This is the real demeanor of everyone!

After Shen Yuan's seemingly incomprehensible reprimand, the hearts of the people around him stabilized. They all looked at Shen Yuan quietly to see what else she had to say. Unconsciously, everyone regarded this still somewhat sick woman as the backbone.

Shen Yuan saw that the effect of knocking on the mountain and shaking the tiger had been achieved, so he lowered his tone and said, "Two uncles, have you ever informed the eldest lady of the main house?" ”

Shen Yuan's reprimand just now may not have said what they meant. At this moment, Shen Fuzheng felt that he had lost the face of the Bohai Hou family, and said a little sneeringly: "Not yet, but some people say that it is the merchant ship of the Xiao family that transports those Japanese robbers ashore...... Niece and daughter-in-law, I don't think it's easy! ”

Shen Yuan's heart sank, if this matter was really Xiao Qin's doing, then ...... now

Shen Yuan thought for a while and said: "The Bohai Hou family is the largest family in Bohai Mansion, since the Japanese are going to sack Bohai Mansion, they will inevitably pass our level, so they may not also target our Shen family, so you don't need to panic!"

Back then, His Majesty the Holy Ancestor canonized his ancestor as the Marquis of Bohai, so that the Shen family would guard this place for generations! Now that the soldiers are pressing, the Bohai Shen family has received the emperor's favor from top to bottom, and it is time to repay it!

Two uncles, let these subordinates go to gather the clansmen nearby, and call as many as they can! Let's just say I said it! The Japanese will not be able to fight for a while, and besides, there is still the imperial court, everyone can rest assured! ”

"Huh." Shen Fu responded simply, and immediately beckoned the family to hurry up.

Shen Chong was also busy spreading the family together.

"Silan, don't you have a fireworks signal? Point it up! ”

Shen Silan was still in a daze, and muttered, "That's the one who summoned the shopkeeper to come here for a meeting......

"When you light a firework, they understand what it means! The Shen family also has dozens of shops in Bohai Mansion, and at this time, the guys are afraid that everyone will be panicked, and lighting fireworks will also give them a direction to escape! ”

"Besides, let someone block the gate for me! No one can be put in without my consent, not even the people on the other side of the main house, understand? ”

"Yes, ma'am!" All the subordinates of the annex responded in unison.

Seeing that Shen Yuan's family had assigned everything so calmly, Yan Ruyue's eyes when she looked at Shen Yuan's family changed.

What is the real Everybody demeanor? That's it!

What is a true good wife and mother? That's it!

Not afraid of danger is just a pediatric, who can really withstand the pressure and swear not to fall into the dignity of the family, this is the real Mrs. Bohai Hou!