The second wife was accompanied by the sixth wife, Ji, and was playing leaf cards with the two daughters-in-law of the fifth uncle, Guo Shi, Cai Shi, and Dou Zhengchang's daughter-in-law, Han.

Seeing Dou Zhao come in, Mrs. Six hurriedly got up and beckoned to her with a smile: "Come here, show your uncle and grandmother the cards." ”

The eyes of the second lady are not good, and when playing cards, someone must stand behind her and quietly help her report cards, and then help her play a few handfuls at a critical time.

Dou Zhao knew that Ji's eyes had not been very good in the past few years, so he must have helped Mrs. Tai look at the cards like this, which was also a difficult thing for Ji.

She sat down beside Mrs. Tai with a smile.

Mrs. Tai and Dou Zhao were talking, while Guo was listening.

"Did you see your father?"

"See."

"Why didn't you stay at home a little longer?"

"Several juniors in the Hanlin Academy came to visit my father and invited my father to Jing'an Temple to listen to the presiding lecture, so I came back first."

The second lady nodded.

Dou Zhao hurriedly pointed to the cards on the table: "Uncle and grandmother, the hole is already there." Then he helped the second lady draw a "hole", and a "has" been thrown on the table.

Cai's well-behaved joke in front of the second wife: "The fourth sister is still quick-eyed, and we can't please the ancestor if we want to." ”

The second lady laughed.

Attention was finally on the table.

When it was time for dinner, Dou Zhao helped the second wife win more than a dozen taels of silver.

Cai Shi took Dou Zhao's arm: "I didn't expect that the fourth sister was still a master, and she helped the ancestor win all our silver." ”

"Just your skin!" After only a few days, Mrs. Tai fell in love with this lively granddaughter-in-law, and she spoke both affectionately and easily.

Ji and Han both laughed.

Guo's eyes couldn't help but darken.

Mrs. Five walked in.

"Mother, where do you see the dinner?"

After the second wife lived in Huaishu Hutong, no matter how busy she was, the fifth wife insisted on setting the province in the morning and dusk, serving Mrs. Tai's meals, and abiding by her daughter-in-law's duty. Mrs. Tai was very satisfied, so she was very lenient with Mrs. Five, and exempted Mrs. Five from serving dinner, but Mrs. Wu insisted very much, and finally changed to serving dinner only. For this reason, Mrs. Tai told Dou Shishu more than once to be kind to Mrs. Five.

Mrs. Five's face was a little ugly today, and her smile was very reluctant.

Dou Zhao guessed that she was worried about the rumors that the Wei family was going to withdraw from her family.

Although she is not the patriarch of the Dou family. But in Kyoto, Dou Shishu's official position was the greatest, and while his wife was noble with her husband, he also had responsibilities and obligations -- and this matter fell on her head.

Dou Zhao found an opportunity and instructed Su Xin: "You go to Ji Gongzi and say, I have something to tell him, let him come over when he is free." I couldn't help but sigh in my heart, at the time of Zhending, although there were many elders above, she and her grandmother lived in Xidou, and everyone came to her for something. She is full of her word, and she can say everything by herself. I came to Kyoto. Although there are fewer elders above, she lives in Huaishu Hutong, what is the matter, everyone or Dou Shishu, or the fifth wife, no matter how bad it is, will also give the sixth wife, nothing to do with her. Even if you want to meet Mr. Chen, it becomes very inconvenient, let alone meet Ji Yong.

Speaking of which. It's still really good!

Perhaps it was for this reason that Ji Yong came to see her after five or six days.

At this time, the fifth wife had already heard the news of Wei Tingzhen's picture of Miss Ting'anhou's mansion, and she was so angry that she closed the door with the sixth lady to take countermeasures.

Ji Yong sat on the Taishi chair by the kang with a big grin, and asked Dou Zhao, "What are you looking for me for?" You don't want to tell me that you want to quit Wei Tingyu, right? There was a hint of sarcasm in his tone.

It seems that Ji Yong insists on marrying Wei Tingyu or Geng Xiaochang?

Dou Zhao asked him, "What did you ask Dou Ming to do for you?" ”

Ji Yong was slightly stunned and said, "You know!" Then he said with some curiosity, "How do you know?" Dou Ming was caught by you with pigtails? He sighed again, "I knew that Dou Ming was unreliable, but I didn't expect her to be exposed so soon." What did she say to you......"

Dou Zhao stared at his eyes quietly and did not speak.

Ji Yong was a little uncomfortable by her, and said loudly: "Okay, okay, why are you looking at me like this?" Don't you just want to know what I asked Dou Ming to do? I'll tell you that's it. I saw that Wei Tingyu's kid didn't have much concentration, so I asked Dou Ming to coax Wei Tingyu to accompany her to visit the Great Xiangguo Temple........."

Speaking of which, it still has to create the appearance of Dou Ming and Wei Tingyu privately granting each other.

Dou Zhao couldn't help but close his eyes, and it took a while to calm down and ask him, "And then?" ”

"What?" Ji Yong was suspicious for a moment, but quickly reacted, and said with a smile, "I just want to see if Wei Tingyu will be fooled......"

Dou Zhao looked into his eyes and interrupted him: "I thought that you would respect my decision. ”

Ji Yong's voice stopped abruptly, and the disapproving laughter gradually faded, revealing a little solemnity.

"Or do you not trust my judgment?" Dou Zhao continued, "So no matter what decision I make, as long as you think it's wrong, you will find a way to help me correct it until I act according to your wishes?" ”

That's not true.

Ji Yong subconsciously wanted to refute, but when the words came to his mouth, he felt that no matter how he defended, it seemed that he was not sonorous enough.

"Cousin Ji." Dou Zhao stared at him sincerely, "I hope you can have a little more confidence in me and stop meddle in my marriage." If I need your help, I'll ask you for help. As she spoke, the corners of her mouth curled slightly and smiled at Ji Yong.

Ji Yong couldn't laugh.

For the first time in his life, he felt as if a boulder was pressing down on his heart, leaving him breathless.

Suddenly, there was a commotion outside.

This is the inner courtyard of the Dou family, how can there be such a noise?

Dou Zhao frowned slightly.

Su Xin hurriedly ran in, and didn't care about Ji Yong beside her, and said hurriedly: "Oh no, the fifth lady was going to visit the Great Xiangguo Temple with Jining Hou, but she was discovered by Manager Gao and blocked at the gate." ”

Although he knew that this kind of thing might happen, when the matter came to an end, he heard it with his own ears, and Shang Dou Zhao's face changed.

Dou Ming deliberately made such a big move, right?

If she and Wei Tingyu go to the Great Xiangguo Temple together, not only will her name be over, but also the reputation of the Dou family. The second lady will not let her go, but if she can't go to the Great Xiangguo Temple with Wei Tingyu. There is no way to explain to Ji Yong. Only this is the best - not only to block Ji Yong's mouth, but not to make things out of control and let himself become the target of public criticism.

She glanced at Ji Yong.

Ji Yong's face was very ugly.

He thinks that Dou Ming, who is shallow and ignorant, thinks that Dou Ming, who will be obedient if he is only scared, put him together at a critical time, and he still acts completely according to his requirements, so that he can't find anything wrong.

Dou Zhao instructed Su Xin: "Let's go and see!" ”

left Ji Yong alone in the flower hall.

On an early spring afternoon, the sunlight in the flower hall through the glass windows makes people feel warm and warm. But the wind blows on the body, but it still carries a bit of biting chill.

Ji Yong looked at the dust dancing in the air, and left the Dou family in despair.

Within a few days, he got the news that the Wei family invited a matchmaker to the Dou family again to discuss the marriage date.

Ji Yong, who was lying on the bed and didn't want to get up, couldn't help but curse fiercely.

Old lady Ji walked in with a smile and said dotingly: "I heard that you are not feeling well? I see you're in good spirits. Who upset our family? Do you want your great-grandfather to help you beat him? "A child's tone.

Ji Yong felt very annoyed.

He glanced at his great-grandfather and said lazily, "Why didn't you hang out with your cousin today?" ”

The implication is to let Mrs. Ji have fun wherever he goes.

Old lady Ji sat down next to Ji Yong with a smile and said, "I heard that the Dou family and the Wei family have begun to discuss the marriage date, it seems that your strategy is useless!" ”

Ji Yong was shocked and sat up. He looked at Old Lady Ji with wide eyes.

Old lady Ji smiled even more happily: "You want to ruin the reputation of Jining Hou, so that the Dou family is dissatisfied with Jining Hou and quit the Wei family." As a result, the British prince was involved, and the reputation of the Marquis of Jining was not bad, and he also married Song Mo. Then you instigated Dou Ming to go to the Great Xiangguo Temple with the Marquis of Jining, but Dou Ming did not go out and the matter was revealed, the Dou family not only did not withdraw from the Wei family, but also sat down with each other to agree on the marriage date...... See, what are your plans now? There was a hint of banter in his tone. There's a bit of schadenfreude.

Ji Yong's face suddenly turned blue.

Mrs. Ji said: "I said that you jumped off the eaves when you were a child wearing a piece of cloth, saying that you wanted to learn how to fly; Later, half of the ancestral house was burned. said that it was to practice the elixir of immortality; Later, you said that you wanted to be a minister, so that you could enter the cabinet before the age of thirty and give an explanation to the Ji family; It's absurd, but there's always a reason. Look at you now, the fourth lady of the Dou family has made it very clear that she wants to marry into the Wei family, but you are good, you have to break up the family, you tell me, which one are you for? ”

As if listening to the teacher's question, Ji Yong immediately entered a state of combat readiness.

"Now that your old man knows everything, then tell me, is a person like Wei Tingyu worthy of the fourth sister? If the fourth sister marries Wei Tingyu, it will not be a flower inserted in cow dung. This is like a wolf with a blue and white porcelain pen barrel, which looks good, but it is not easy to use. ”

"Even so, so what?" The smile on Old Lady Ji's face gradually retracted, because her eyes, which were always a little curious and radiant, added a bit of solemnity and showed a bit of edge, "I remember that once I took you and Brother Min

Beads of sweat the size of beans appeared on Ji Yong's forehead!