Mrs. Guo Guo is already fifty and two years old this year. Wang Maozhong was not a slave when he was a criminal official, and he served Li Longji for many years, and now he is the best official, but Guo is the wife he married when he was cold, so naturally he can't mention any background, just a palace man who was still a little beautiful in the palace of Linzi County in the past.

She and Wang Maozhong have three sons and two daughters, but Li Longji married Wang Maozhong's clan daughter Huo Guo in the early years of the Kaiyuan Dynasty, and now she also has two sons and a daughter, and a daughter just given birth to is still in infancy and is quite favored by Wang Maozhong. Therefore, she naturally couldn't help but pay attention to her eldest son Wang Shouzhen's plea.

The combination of two wives and concubines is rare in ancient times, but it is not uncommon in the Tang Dynasty, Wang Maozhong has only one title, in the future, if one does not fall into the hands of the son of the Li family, how will she and her children live?

Therefore, since the Yang family's ox cart came out of the house today, she has been secretly staring, and "just happened" to collide in front of the lamp market in the West Market, and she used a little trick to make the Yang family crash into herself, and when the Yang family sisters got out of the car in panic to apologize, she just appeared with a pleasant face, but not only did she not care, but also pulled the two to talk. Who knew that Chen Bao'er suddenly came out, she wanted to talk to this disciple of Du Shiyi by the way, but who knew that the young man was not old but his mouth was very tight, blindly respectful, and he couldn't ask a word of the words. Even the jade slave yawned vigorously, which made her very annoyed.

Therefore, when Yang Yuyao was clever and sent Chen Bao'er and Yunu away together, she had just asked something from her mouth, and she didn't stop it, and let Yang Yuyao volunteer to accompany her to enjoy the lantern market. Compared with the carriage of the Yang family, her car is naturally more luxurious and spacious, and after boarding the car with Yang Yuyao, she only looked at it and looked around, with a look of envy, she knew what kind of character this Yang family lady was, and she had to look at the henchman and maid who followed the car.

"Little lady, do you want to eat cherries?"

Seeing the maidservant bending her knees and holding a box of cherries that had been washed in the net, Yang Yuyao was taken aback. Although it is said that cherries will be available earlier than usual due to the leap month last year and the warm winter weather, there has not been a single star on the market so far. In the face of her surprise, Mrs. Guo Guo only said lightly: "This is a cherry from the Forbidden Garden, which was just given today." ”

"General Wang really won the holy favor."

Yang Yuyao said this in her mouth, and when she carefully put one into her mouth, the sweet and sour taste spread in an instant, and she couldn't help but be very envious in her heart. The Yang family said that they were officials, but they were not wealthy, at least, even if they bought the first stubble to try the cherries when they were just on the market, it was impossible, at most, they bought some when the price was the cheapest. Although she said that she came to Beijing to get married this time, she did not have much interest in her fiancé Pei Jialangjun.

Although the surname Pei is a big surname, there are hundreds of people with the surname Pei in the entire Chang'an City, how many are really prominent? At least, by no means does it include her husband's family

Therefore, the precocious Yang Yuyao secretly decided to seize the kindness expressed by Mrs. Guo Guo. When Guo asked with great interest how Yunu became Du Shiyi's disciple, she smiled and groaned and sent Du Shiyi's brother Yang Zhao back to send the jade slave who ran away, and then her cousin Yang Yu was sick and rushed to the doctor, and took the Yunu to Chengdu County to get closer, and later Du Shiyi accepted the Yunu to teach pipa to her disciples, etc., 1510 said it truthfully, and when she saw Guo's surprise, she smiled at the corner of her mouth.

"Du Buque loves Yunu, and it is the first gift for the New Year's holidays, and this time I got married, and I specially asked people to come to Shuzhong to pick her up."

"When I first saw it, I was indeed a cute child with pink makeup." Guo Shi praised Yang Yuyao's tone, and suddenly a thought came to his heart, so he asked with a deliberate smile, "By the way, I don't know if your sister is married?" ”

Yang Yuyao really didn't expect Guo Shi to suddenly ask this kind of question, so she was stunned for a moment before she shook her head hesitantly and said, "It should be...... Not yet. ”

"I see."

Guo's heart became more and more settled, and after nodding, he didn't ask about Yunu anymore, just chatted about something. But the more she was like this, the more Yang Yuyao felt apprehensive in her heart, cheered up and walked around with her, and when she saw that she was about to become ugly, she finally became sleepy and couldn't hold on. At this time, Guo Shi smiled and said: "It will be dawn in a while, you are still young, don't stay up late, and the elders and brothers and sisters in the family must not be at ease, go back early." Today's encounter is also fate, this hairpin is given to you, and it should be a meeting gift. ”

Seeing the hairpin handed to her, Yang Yuyao couldn't help but lose her mind for a moment. The yellow and clear red gold hairpin, the various gems the size of the fingernail and the finger-sized pearl of the South China Sea are embellished into a lifelike peacock, which at first glance is simply dazzling.

She had never received such a meeting gift, and she hurriedly excused herself at the moment, but Guo Shi only shook her head and asked her to accept it, and she naturally thanked her. She got out of the car and returned to her car, still a little unbelievable of this great luck, and stretched out her hand to stare at the hairpin and look at it, only then did she make sure that she was not dreaming.

"This is the real Xuanhe ......"

And after Guo Shi saw Yang Yuyao's car go away, a smug smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. When she returned to Huo Guo's mansion in Xingningfang, as soon as she got out of the car, Wang Shouzhen stepped forward in three or two steps, personally stretched out her hand to help her get out of the car, and when she entered the door, she saw that there were no other idlers on the left and right, so she asked in a low voice: "Auntie, how is the matter?" ”

"Your aunt is out of the horse, isn't the hairy girl who is waiting for the milk smell to be caught yet?" Guo Shi saw that Wang Shouzhen was overjoyed, so she lowered her face and said, "Don't patronize and be happy, come into the house with me to talk." ”

However, as soon as the mother and son entered the room and sat down, Guo opened his mouth to express his plan, and Wang Shouzhen was immediately angry and jumped to the ground: "What? A-Niang, how could you come up with such an idea, no, the hairy girl who came out of the defeated settlement, only Du Shijiu and others would be a baby, how could our Wang family marry such a daughter-in-law"

"Shut up, who do you think I'm for, not for you?" Guo Shi drank sharply, and when she saw that Wang Shouzhen was discouraged, she smiled and said, "I said that this is a strategy, since Du Shijiu is so concerned about that little girl, and he has an old enmity with you, will he let someone marry into our family?" Since we refused, we will always use all kinds of means, at that time we have already succeeded, wait for the rabbit, do not worry that he will not fall into our palms, besides, it is the son of your second mother, and not the younger brother of your mother's compatriots, there is really something, and it is not our turn to worry, what are you anxious about? ”

"That" Although Wang Shouzhen was still a little reluctant, she thought that this was a good way, and finally gritted her teeth and said, "Then do what A-Niang said." Am I going to tell Grandpa about this, or am I going to ......

"Your grandfather asked you to think of an idea, so naturally you said it." Guo Shi saw that Wang Shouzhen couldn't wait, and was about to go out as soon as she jumped up, she hurriedly grabbed it with her eyes, "Remember, speak softly." If your grandfather doesn't want to, you can say it...... Well, let's just say that the Yang family in the river is from the Hongnong Yang family, although the relationship is far away, but I heard that the Yang family now has some dealings with Mrs. Chu State. Even if it's really self-defeating, you can still have a little relationship with Concubine Hui in the palace, anyway, we won't suffer, otherwise, your grandpa must know that you calculate your second mother and her sons, and you will definitely have to be disciplined again."

Wang Shouzhen gave a thumbs up to her mother in amazement, and after a long thanks, she turned around and went away like a gust of wind. And when he stood in front of Wang Maozhong and repeated this idea again, he didn't have the confidence in front of his mother at all. He cautiously observed Wang Maozhong's face, and emphasized his mother's stakes again.

"Well, I see, you can go." Wang Maozhong gave a noncommittal answer, seeing that Wang Shouzhen was not giving up at first, but he opened his mouth but did not dare to disobey, Zuihou was stunned, he couldn't help sneering again and again, and as soon as the people left, he slapped the handrail angrily, "A woman's idea of something that has no interest dares to be her own and show it in front of me."

Annoyed is annoyed, but after weighing the pros and cons, Wang Maozhong has to admit that this is indeed a good way to poison a woman's heart, and the only risk may be to catch a son born to him and the Li family. But even so, he did know that Concubine Wu Hui had a certain degree of concern for Yang Xuanyan and Yang Xuanqi's brothers, which was tantamount to an opportunity to get a little closer to him.

"Since you can't move it, let's try the ideas of women."

With such a valuable hairpin, Yang Yuyao naturally didn't want to go home immediately, and ordered her to take her around the brightly lit street again and again, until it was almost there, and then she returned to her uncle's private house in Chang'an with extreme fatigue and excitement, but when the car entered the square gate and turned into the cross street next to it from the cross street, the coachman and his entourage in front suddenly let out an exclamation. Immediately after, she heard a voice.

"Is there the third lady of the Yang family in the car?"

Yang Yuyao froze down, opened the curtain of the car, and asked domineeringly, "Who am I waiting for to dare to stop my car?" The door is imminent, even if you are not afraid of provoking the Marquis of Fangzhong, are you not afraid of provoking the Yang family

Seeing that Yang Yuyao was so old-fashioned, Chi Bi couldn't help but smile secretly, but said respectfully on his face: "I was instructed by the master to inquire." The head of the family, Du Buque, is now seeing Yang Gong in your mansion. It's just because I've been waiting for a long time, so I'm ordered to come out and see that the third lady is back. ”

Yang Yuyao's easy-to-muster momentum was immediately discharged like a ball, replaced by unspeakable fear. When she entered the house, she easily calmed down, and followed the person into her uncle's study, but in the face of Du Shiyi's sharp knife-like scrutiny, she couldn't help but look away in fear, and then hurriedly saluted.

"Sanniang, what's the matter with you, I asked Hachiro to send you and Yunu out to watch the lanterns, and you actually broke him halfway? Do you know how many cases will happen in just three nights during the Lantern Festival in these two Beijings? If there is a case, how do you explain" Yang Xuanqi didn't like Yang Yuyao very much, and felt that she was too sophisticated at a young age, so she became more and more annoyed today, "Also, casually entrusted the jade slave to someone else to take away, Chen Xiaolangjun is still young after all, and he didn't bring anyone, as a sister, you don't know that you feel sorry for your sister"

was drunk by her uncle one after another, Yang Yuyao only felt tears rolling in her eyes. She broke Yang Slug, and it was inevitable that Yang Slug would come back to complain, but Yunu followed Chen Baoer to Du's house, this is what Yunu wanted, and Du Shiyi should also be happy to see it, but she specially ran to Yang's house to sue her, what is going on? Now too, back then, she was also willing to learn pipa from Du Shiyi, but Du Shiyi didn't pay attention to her at all, not only made it clear to Yang Yu, but also directly turned her away, is she so annoying?

This grievance, her tears quickly fell, and she was sobbing for a while. Yang Xuanqi felt embarrassed when he saw this, but Yuyao was her niece, not his daughter, and it was not good to speak too harshly in front of the guests, so he was a little embarrassed for a while. But at this moment, Du Shiyi, who was next to him, opened his mouth again.

"Brother Yang, it just so happened that Bao'er came back and mentioned to me that the third lady met Mrs. Qiu Guo in the lamp market. I have a few words that I want to ask her individually, I wonder if it's convenient? ”

Mrs. Qiuguo? Now among the noble ladies in Chang'an City with the title of Mrs. Guo, it seems that only Wang Maozhong's wife Guo Shi is the first lady of the country, so Du Shiyi specially rushed here for this?

Yang Xuanqi didn't know what was going on between Wang Maozhong and Du Shiyi, but he knew that there were some things in the court that people of his level didn't think about for the time being. And if it was really Yang Yuyao's young and ignorant poke out some basket, it would be a big trouble. So, he didn't want to stand up and nodded: "In this case, Du Buque asked Yuyao, I'll avoid it first." ”

Seeing that Yang Xuanqi really left and avoided because of Du Shiyi's words, although Yang Yuyao couldn't stop sobbing all of a sudden, she couldn't help but feel anxious in her heart. Especially when Du Shiyi slowly came to stand there in front of her, the oppressive force that was a head higher came to her face, she couldn't help but have some teeth fighting, and while taking a step back, her hands unconsciously covered her chest. But because the action was too big, the golden hairpin in his arms actually clanged to the ground, and one of the pearls fell, and suddenly he didn't know where it rolled down.

But at this time, Yang Yuyao didn't have time to pay attention to the golden hairpin. Du Shiyi squatted down in front of her, reached out and picked up the hairpin, and put it in front of her for a while. When he withdrew his gaze from the thing and stared straight at her again, Yang Yuyao finally mustered up the courage to ask, "What does Du Buque have to ask me?" ”

"Can the third lady explain the origin of this hairpin?"

Yang Yuyao couldn't help but feel a beat in her heart. But when she got out of the car of Mrs. Guo, she had already hidden the hairpin in her arms, and no one else saw it, so she simply said nonsense: "I bought it from a vendor in the lamp market today." ”

"Oh?" Du Shiyi's face did not move, and he casually handed the hairpin to Yang Yuyao's eyes, "Plus the one that just dropped, there are a total of four South China Sea pearls on it, and eight gems of various colors, plus the price of red gold and labor costs, such a hairpin is worth at least eight hundred yuan." ”

"That'...... So what, others are in a hurry to get rid of it......"

"The third lady asked me to finish my words." Du Shiyi turned the hairpin around, so that Yang Yuyao saw a mark on the tail, "This mark indicates that this hairpin is made from within, and it is a tribute to Bixia, and its condition is very new, it should be something that has been built in the past two years." If you buy it at the light market, it means a theft lawsuit, do the three ladies know the severity? ”

Seeing that Du Shiyi was so difficult, Yang Yuyao had almost bit her red lips out of blood. As a last resort, she said astringently: "It's a meeting gift from Mrs. Qiu Guo today, she gave me."

"Since it's a greeting gift, why can't you tell me explicitly?" Du Shiyi's eyes suddenly turned sharp, and she asked word by word, "What did you say to Mrs. Yuguo?" ”

The heart defense was violently hit again and again, and Yang Yuyao finally couldn't hold back anymore. She stopped sobbing, suddenly raised her head and shouted, "It's a jade slave again, she's my sister, can I still harm her?" I just accompanied Mrs. Qiu Guo to enjoy the lantern and talked for a while, just told her how the jade slave worshiped under your door, and nothing else said that Mrs. Qiu Guo gave me a golden hairpin as a meeting gift, maybe she likes me, maybe she feels that she is ...... to be in love."

"Anyway, the Yang family in Hezhong used to be a famous family, and Wang Maozhong was called the North Gate Slave, born in Goguryeo, and after being a criminal official, the Son of Heaven was a slave, even if the Lady of the Kingdom of Qiu has reached the best of her life, she was from a humble background in the past, and her knowledge is not ordinary, she will be like you at first sight, extremely close to each other, and even a golden hairpin worth eight hundred yuan as soon as she makes a move?" A rhetorical question made Yang Yuyao speechless, but Du Shiyi took another step forward, "Moreover, you only know that Wang Mao Zhong is a hussar general, knighted Huo Guogong, and the official residence of Kaifuyi and the third division, do you know that his eldest son once sent someone to rob and kill me, and he has a life-and-death enmity with me?" ”

Yang Yuyao couldn't resist it, and when Du Shiyi said a word, she finally turned pale all of a sudden, and the whole person took a few steps back, muttering to herself in disbelief: "How is it possible, how is it possible...... She asked me so kindly and kindly, and asked me if the jade slave was a marriage match......"

Before she finished speaking, she only felt a sudden sharp pain in her wrist, and when she came back to her senses, she found that she had been dragged to Du Shiyi. Under that chilling gaze, she only felt as if a bucket of cold water had been poured over her head, and she was cold all over her body for a while.

"How did you answer her?"

"I ...... I ...... "Yang Yuyao is sophisticated and precocious, so her mind is far sharper than that of ordinary peers, and she has vaguely guessed a few points at this moment, but she doesn't know how to speak." When she felt that the hand that was clamping her wrist suddenly increased in force, she let out a painful cry, and then said in a wailing voice, "I only answered her truthfully and said not yet, and I didn't say anything else......"

"It was the lady of the country who didn't ask any more questions in order to avoid arousing suspicion."

Du Shiyi let go of his hand angrily, and when he saw Yang Yuyao sitting on the ground involuntarily, crying again for a while, he couldn't help but be annoyed and bored. Although in all fairness, Yang Yuyao can't be blamed for everything, but Mrs. Qiu Guo certainly has other plans, if Yang Yuyao didn't take the initiative to come up and offer her courtesy, how could people make up their minds smoothly? Compared with Yunu's coquettishness and cuteness, he has always disliked Yang Yuyao very much, but he felt that she was too sophisticated and precocious

"For the sake of you, you are the sister of Yunu, I remind you once, don't be self-righteous in the future. Those dignitaries are not vegetarians, and they will not show favor to you for no reason."

Holding the golden hairpin in his hand, Du Shiyi didn't look at Yang Yuyao, who was sitting on the ground crying bitterly, and walked straight out. Out of the study, he saw that there was no one outside the door, and in the courtyard farther away, Yang Xuanqi was pacing back and forth, and he seemed to be stunned when he found him. He walked forward and didn't say anything else, just spread out his hand and sent the golden hairpin to Yang Xuanqi.

"It's ......"

"It was given to the third lady by the lady of the kingdom." Du Shiyi was taken aback when he saw Yang Xuanqi, took the hairpin and looked left and right, his face became more and more solemn, he said what Yang Yuyao said, Mrs. Qiu Guo inquired about the reason for Yunu's marriage, and then said softly, "Mrs. Qiu Guo's so-called chance encounter tonight is probably not the drunkard's intention to drink." There is one thing I might as well tell Brother Yang, in the past, I rushed back to Chang'an from the Eastern Capital to participate in the Jingzhao Mansion test and was robbed and killed, saying that it was caused by the old feud between Yulin Weizhong, but in fact, it was Wang Maozhong's eldest son Wang Shouzhen, and Liu Jieyu's nephew Liu Ximing's envoy. ”

This was more clear than what he had just said to Yang Yuyao, and Yang Xuanqi understood it at once, and secretly complained in his heart for a while. This Wang Mao Zhong is now in the limelight, Du Shiyi may be able to withstand it, but how can the Yang family withstand it? Thinking of this, he actually felt a little remorseful. But this feeling was just emerging, and it was covered by another sentence from Du Shiyi.

"If my expectations are correct, the Wang family will come to ask the Yang family for marriage within a day or two, I don't know how Brother Yang will decide?"

"This ......" Yang Xuanqi only felt that his head was about to explode, and after thinking about it for a long time, he finally had to smile bitterly, "You still have to tie the bell to solve the bell, and please teach me Du Buque." ”

"It's very simple, leave it all to me, and then ......"

Du Shiyi whispered a few words to Yang Xuanqi, and seeing that he was hesitant, he said in an aggravated tone: "If Brother Yang only sees the Wang family's current fire cooking oil and flowers, and thinks that this Xuanhe is permanent, then it is a big mistake. Since the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, there are only four officials who have gone to Kaifu Yi and the three divisions, two of which are the two prime ministers of Yao and Song, but they are all Fang officials to Kaifu after the dismissal of the prime minister, in addition to the father of the abolished Wang, as well as Wang Maozhong. Honored so far, I don't know how to be restrained and low-key, but more and more arrogant, do you think this kind of wealth and glory can really last for a long time? ”

Yang Xuanqi didn't know if Wang Maozhong's glory and wealth could last long, but seeing Du Shiyi's fierce tone, he thought that his family had a lot to do with him, not only did the jade slave worship under him, but also his brother's official came because of it. So, after thinking about it for a long time, he couldn't help but sigh: "Okay, just do it"