Xinyue saw that Xu Xintai was destined to die, so she would say such things to her, but she couldn't tell Xu Xintai, otherwise according to his character, I really don't know what will happen.

"Don't be sad and self-destructive, Xinyuejin..."Cao couldn't see Xu Xintai so depressed, so he wanted to tell Xintai what Xinyue told her, but Xinyue diverted from the conversation, "Big brother, don't worry, I will help my sister-in-law and take care of the two children until my brother comes home safely." Saying that, Xinyue Hui held Xu Xintai's hand, his hand was coarse and calloused, because of the long-term lack of water and short food, his hands and lips were cracked, Xinyue saw that his heart was like a knife, and said to Xu Xintai, "Brother, I will definitely save you." Sister-in-law, the time for a stick of incense is coming soon, you can say a few words to your brother, and let's go. I'm going to say a few words to General Jiang. ”

With that, Xinyue stood up and walked towards General Jiang.

General Jiang is fifty years old in Chinese New Year's Eve, is the second son of Marquis Jiang, Marquis Jiang's eldest son, and Xinyue's father is a close friend, but this Lord Jiang does not like to fight, but he is very strategic, entered the military department, and is now the military department Shangshu, and this Jiang Second General is indeed a complete inheritance of his father's bravery, this expedition, although he is a pioneer, but steady and steady, supporting most of the main force of the enemy army, if it is not for Xintai's recklessness, this time should also be the time to add officials to the knighthood, but he does not care, he is also open-minded.

Seeing the new moon coming, she smiled calmly, "Little girl, there are a lot of tears." ”

"Uncle Shi, don't make fun of the little girl." As she spoke, Crescent took out a handkerchief from her sleeve and wiped the tears from her face.

"When your father befriended my brother, I was only twelve or thirteen years old, and I followed them, and I was ignorant, but I did see a lot of the world later. More than 20 years have passed in a blink of an eye, and your eldest brother is already the father of two children, and this shadowless little girl is so old and old. As he spoke, Jiang raised his eyebrows and laughed.

The descendants of the Jiang family, both men and women, are all good-looking, although this Jiang Yang has reached the age of not being confused, but he has no hair on his face, he has practiced martial arts all the year round, his posture is tall and strong, and his skin is also wheat-colored, and he has a more mature temperament than some young men.

"It's a trivial matter, but it's a trip to Uncle Shi's own hands, this kindness, the little girl has no teeth to forget." Saying that, Xinyue curtsied, and Jiang Yang clapped his hands, "It's okay, but it seems that with your intelligence, your brother won't have to worry about his life, but why don't you want to tell him?" ”

Xinyue was surprised, but felt that she didn't seem to be able to hide it from this Jiang Yangjiang lord, "If I let my brother know, I'm afraid that with his character, he will make mistakes, which is not conducive to getting out." ”

Saying that, Jiang Yang laughed again, "You can see him see it thoroughly, the hour is almost up, let's go." ”

As he spoke, Jiang Yang raised his hand and said to Cao, "Mrs. Xu, it's so early, we should go back." ”

Cao's teary eyes rubbed, and Xu Xintai said goodbye, the two were quite sad about the difference between life and death, Xinyue helped Cao, and the two walked to the carriage together.

Jiang Yang sent him off from behind, Xinyue took a handkerchief to wipe Cao's tears, Cao walked halfway, only then did he remember what was hanging on his arm, and quickly turned around, "This, this..."

Cao's and Xinyue were both because they sent something to Xu Xintai, and it was really stupid enough to bring back this carefully prepared thing as it was, so Xinyue stepped on the burden and ran to Jiang Yang, who was three meters away from them, "Shi, Uncle Shi, this is what the little girl and sister-in-law brought to the eldest brother, I didn't have it, no..."

Jiang Yang nodded, "Okay, I'll accept it for General Xu." ”

"Let's go, sister-in-law" said, and Xinyue helped Cao Shi again and walked to the carriage.

When I saw Xu Xintai, I saw that although he had some flesh wounds, his body and life would not be in serious trouble, and the mood of the two was already very different when they came.

Cao Shi glanced back at Jiang Yang, and said with some pity, "This Lord Jiang is from a family, his appearance is also dignified, and he also loves the main room, but it is difficult for this lady to die when she grows a child, and now that the child is almost ten years old, I don't see him have any intention of remarrying and continuing the string." ”

"Then Mrs. Hou didn't inquire about the stepfamily for him?" New Moon had never heard of this.

"In the past ten years, Mrs. Jiang has spent a lot of effort for the selection of Lord Jiang's continuation, but Lord Jiang just didn't nod, and was so angry that Mrs. Jiang Hou fell seriously ill, and then Mrs. Jiang took care of Mrs., so he asked Lord Jiang Yang to find his own steproom." With the support of the new moon, Cao got into the carriage, the two sat down, and Wang Da also drove the two back to Beijing.

This was the birthday of Mrs. Jiang Hou, and Mrs. Jiang and Mrs. Hou had a deep love for their lives, but they had two sons.

The eldest son doesn't need Mrs. Hou to worry about much, marries a wife and has children, and now he has two sons and a daughter.

The youngest son also started a family, so he didn't have to work too hard, but since the death of his wife Wu, Jiang Yang was also depressed, and he had no interest in the affairs of men and women.

Jianghou's wife Zhuang remembered that her two sons didn't like their own Wu family very much, and the two would not have been married for five years, and they had never had sex together. Since then, his son has been like a dead heart, just like being a monk.

Zhuang's birthday banquet was set for the evening, his eldest son and daughter-in-law came early in the morning to congratulate his birthday, and the second son also kowtowed to his eldest son in the morning, but sat down slightly, saying that his father had given an errand to do an errand, but he would definitely come back soon to accompany him.

It's just that it's almost dinner, Jiang Yang is late, and he was worried when he came, but Jiang Yang's eldest brother Jiang Zan saw his thoughts at a glance and asked, "Seeing you today, it seems that you are in a good mood?" ”

Jiang Yang was stunned, seeing that he couldn't hide it from his brother, and felt that he could make his mother happy by saying it, so he said, "I saw a very interesting thing today." ”

"Let's hear it," Zhuang was also interested.

"When my son came back from the camp on an errand, he saw a vendor selling ripe peaches on the side of the road. As he spoke, Jiang Yang's attendant came in from outside with a tray.

"This, this peach that is not tied to the top, is so big." Jiang Zan was also very surprised when he saw it, only to see two peaches on the tray that were born side by side, these two peaches were about the same size, each of them was the same size as a pair of fists, and it was white and powdery, just ripe.

"Mother, you see, such an auspicious omen, can your son not be happy? I wanted to wait for the banquet before offering it to my mother, but the son was not good enough to hide the eyes of the eldest brother, so these two peaches, even if the eldest brother and the son gave the congratulatory gift to the mother together, the son wished the mother good luck and longevity. With that, Jiang Yang knelt on the ground and sincerely congratulated his mother on her birthday.

"Say what? So happy? "Marquis Jiang also just came back, and after changing clothes from the back room, he came to the banquet.

"Father, look" Jiang Zan asked the attendant to hand the peach to Jiang Hou Ye's side, and Hou Ye nodded, "This peach is really rare, so big, it seems that your mother is a blessed person, eat these two peaches, you will definitely live to be 100 years old." Saying that, Marquis Jiang also showed a rare smile.

"Live so long, you won't be an old goblin." Although Zhuang said this, seeing that her husband and children and grandchildren were doing their best to celebrate her, she felt complete in her heart and smiled deeper.

"Well, this peach will be given to your mother for her own sake. Because of the national funeral, we can't hold a big banquet, so we can only have a light meal for our family, and I have wronged you. Saying that, Marquis Jiang took Zhuang's hand in front of the children, and the two of them sat down together.

The two have spent nearly 50 years together through thick and thin, and they are still so affectionate, and their two children are also deeply influenced by their father to treat their wives well.

After the banquet, Marquis Jiang suddenly remembered the errand he had given to Jiang Yang and asked, "How is today's matter?" ”

"If you go back to your father, you will be able to do everything according to what your father has explained."

"Are you going to send them both back?"

"No, because both of them are women, it is inconvenient for the son to follow him."

Hou Ye Jiang listened and nodded, "It's good." ”

"Ladies and daughters?" Zhuang had forgotten how long it had been since he heard the word "female dependent" beside his second son.

"But the Xu family's lady Cao and the marquis of Xu?" As soon as Jiang Zan heard it, he roughly guessed it.

"Yes, it's them, they went to Beiying today."

"Two women are so bold and go to the barracks? Did you go to see the convicted General Xu? "It was Jiang Zan's wife Chen who spoke.

"Hey, don't talk about it, they are Brother Xu's children" Speaking of Xinyue's father, Jiang Zan was also touched in his heart, and repeatedly explained to his wife, "At this time, we can only talk about it as a family, and outsiders can't mention a word." ”

"That Hou daughter of the Xu family was originally the grandson concubine of the Yu family?" Zhuang was very impressed with her.

"Yes, mother, now the affairs of this marquis, but no one knows about it." Chan replied.

"That's not an ordinary woman" Jiang Wan remembered that she met her at the gate of the palace yesterday, it was a woman with the queen's fate and the queen's charm.

"Father thinks so too?" Jiang Yang didn't expect his father to have the same opinion as himself.

"Why, you treat her..."Zhuang was so keen, he immediately heard what his son was referring to.

"She is now divorced from the grandson of King Yu, like an unmarried daughter, so she can naturally remarry." As he spoke, Chen laughed.

"No," Jiang Zan immediately refused.

"What can't you do?" Several other people had some questions, what Jiang Zan's could not be.

"He is me, the daughter of my best friend, and he is fifteen years old apart from Brother Yang, how can he be Brother Yang's steproom?" Jiang Zan immediately said what was in his heart.

"When did your brother say he was going to marry her as a stepfamily?" Marquis Jiang asked.

"Always, no." Jiang Zan also realized that he was thinking a little far, but he still refused to agree.

"Who says no. She is a second-married daughter, no matter how valuable her status is, being your brother's wife is also elevating her. Saying this, it touched Zhuang's mind.

"Mother, you..." Jiang Yang didn't expect his mother and brother to think of this, he remembered that he could not mention this Hou daughter of the Xu family without saying a word.

"Mother, this Xu family, the reputation in the boudoir is also good, originally the Kong family was going to be hired as a clan wife, and later because of the joy of the prince of Yu, for a while could not find the right woman, so her aunt was in charge and married to the prince of Yu. And this little couple was originally in the same bed and had different dreams, especially Yu Xiaowangye, who accepted the daughter of the Xiao family as a concubine, but treated her as a wife. The last time Anxuanhou Mansion held a banquet, I saw a deep scar on her forehead from her eyebrows to her sideburns, all of which were injured by this little prince Yu, and the two were not in harmony, and they would only be a couple of resentful couples. "The Zhuang family is old, and she no longer attends this kind of banquet with many juniors, so the news is not very well-informed, and when she heard her daughter-in-law say this, she also knew in her heart" Yanwen Gong's wife has always been picky about marrying a daughter-in-law, and it is good to be recognized by them. ”

"I haven't eaten or drunk yet, and my brain is hot." Marquis Jiang heard Zhuang's voiceover, and immediately spoke, "Don't talk about this, come, madam, I will give you a glass for my husband." ”

When Zhuang saw Marquis Jiang holding up the cup, he naturally raised the cup, and the two respected each other like guests and smiled at each other.

The topic of the crescent moon has diverged like this. Jiang Yang listened to her sister-in-law just talk about the encounter of the new moon, and remembered the person she saw today, there was indeed a scar on her forehead, although it was already very light, but it was opposite, and it was always obvious to be seen. Since the husband and wife are not in harmony, they naturally want to get out, Jiang Yang not only admires Xinyue's intelligence and open-mindedness, but also admires this woman's courage.

Zhuang Shi looked at his youngest son through his eyes, he lowered his head and thought about something, and Jiang Zan did the same, seeing that his younger brother had a mind.

After dinner, Jiang Yang and Jiang Zan returned to their residences after greeting their parents, and the Zhuang family, who had been lively for a day, was still a little tired, sat in front of the couch, watched her husband writing tomorrow's excerpt in front of the case, and asked, "Master Hou, the concubine asks your opinion, can the Hou daughter of the Xu family be Yang'er's steproom." ”

Jiang Wan listened, the pen did not stop, and said for a moment, "No, it's a disaster." ”

"Who? You say the woman is a curse? Zhuang had never heard his husband say this about a woman.

Jiang Wan felt that what she said seemed to be a little excessive, so she explained, "Before the prince set out on the expedition, he intended to accept her as a side concubine, and although the prince didn't say it, he was just close to him, and they all knew that woman was the person whom the prince loved all his life. This time, he personally went out to protect this woman, and he died in battle, but also to save Xu Xintai, and he couldn't bear the woman to lose her eldest brother. ”

"But the prince is dead, this girl is still young, and this matter is not clear, if we Yang'er marries her, it can be regarded as giving her a lifelong support." When Zhuang heard this, although he was a little surprised in his heart, he didn't mind, people can't always torture the living.

"Her life is not numbered..."Jiang Wan said this, paused, because he is also a person who does not believe in fate, if he believes in fate, he Jiang Wan will still be the second son of the owner of the dance workshop, he has no interest, he is a scoundrel, he can't study, and his achievements are even more nonsense. It was because he didn't believe in fate that he got to where he is today.

"What?" Zhuang waited for a long time, but before her husband could reply, Jiang Wan shook her head, "It's nothing, if you think it's credible, then ask Yang'er what he means." The prince died, His Majesty decided to treat him with a national funeral, but after all, the prince is a junior, and the Ministry of Rites has planned a year of mourning, even if it is to discuss marriage, it is best to wait a year later, out of the mourning period is talking, and the opinions of the Queen Mother are also to be asked and followed, the Queen Mother has not even been good recently, you also go into the palace to see. ”

"Yes" Zhuang wrote down her husband's explanation, and the two talked about other things.

Jiang Zan and Jiang Yang came out of their parents' room together and went back to their respective residences together, inevitably talking about the banquet just now.

Jiang Zan said bluntly, "Brother Yang, when I saw my mother, I wanted to say that I wanted to be the little daughter of the Xu family for you, but the eldest brother did not agree." ”

Jiang Yang listened to his brother's words and nodded, "Your friendship with General Xu, although my younger brother was young at the time, he was not less taken care of by the two elder brothers, so I knew in my heart, I only regarded this little girl as a junior, and I was almost not confused, and my age was close to her two generations, how to do her husband, my mother was also older, and she was messing up the mandarin duck spectrum." ”

"But he always has to take a wife. Although the younger siblings are good, but the nephew is getting older, marriage, and some nepotism also need to be arranged by the mother-in-law, and you should decide earlier. Jiang Zan persuaded Jiang Yang to never listen, and sure enough, Jiang Yang just nodded and said, "Got it." ”

The two brothers have had a good relationship since they were children, and Jiang Yang is even more obedient to this big brother, but in this matter, every time the left ear goes in and the right ear goes out, he doesn't pay attention to it at all.

So the two brothers talked about something else, and then went back to their lodgings and gave up for the time being.

After returning from Beiying, the Cao family seemed to have taken a reassuring pill, and he no longer lay on the couch all day long, and he couldn't get out of bed. It's just closing the door and keeping a low profile.

The two children also need to be appeased, especially the already sensible Minhui, this child is the same as her name, she is very precocious, seeing that everyone in the house is in danger, and she must have felt the warmth and coldness of the people, so these days are not as lively as in the past, but she holds herself in the room all day long.

Cao listened to Xinyue's suggestion and felt that if the family was exiled or placed under house arrest, they should keep more money for themselves, so they were trying their best to collect the money, and they were so busy that they couldn't get out. So this matter of appeasing the two children fell on the new moon.

Xinyue hadn't cooked by herself for a long time, and after lunch that day, Xinyue asked Hao'er to call Minhui over, and she herself soaked dried lotus seeds and sat under the porch waiting for her.

"Aunt" Minhui has no energy, as if she is going to get sick and has no strength.

"Come" Xinyue beckoned to her, asked her to sit beside her, and pointed to the dried lotus seeds soaked in the basin of water, "Auntie wants to make some lotus seeds, but these lotus seeds have lotus hearts in them, can you help my aunt pick them together?" ”

"Auntie, you have so many servants around you, do you still need to do it yourself?" Min Hui rubbed her eyes, Xinyue just heard her mother-in-law say that Minhui has been lying down since breakfast, and she has accumulated food for lunch, not sleepy at this time, but because she is not interested and lazy, a six-year-old child is not good like this, thinking, Xinyue said, "If we don't have these servants around us and want to eat lotus paste, then why don't we do it?" ”

"Auntie, Minhui doesn't know." She lowered her eyes, still uninterested.

"Come, help Auntie," she said, as Crescent Moon picked up a few lotus seeds and began to peel them.

First use your nails to peel off the lotus seeds' clothes, revealing the snow-white and flawless lotus flesh, and then divide the lotus flesh into two, and use a silver skewer to pick out the bitter lotus heart, which is considered to be the completion of peeling one, so for a while, the new moon only peeled a small handful, which is not enough to make lotus paste.

Minhui had never done such a thing, but Xinyue asked her to help, and she was also confused to learn the appearance of Xinyue, but every time she couldn't even peel off the lotus clothes, the lotus seeds were pinched by her, and the lotus heart was broken inside, which was difficult to remove.

After doing a few, Minhui was a child after all, so she lost her patience and threw the silver stick in her hand on the ground, and the things she picked up almost scratched the new moon.

Xinyue was not annoyed either, and said to Minhui, "What's wrong?" It's just to peel a small lotus seed so that you can't hold your breath? ”

"Auntie, Minhui can't do these things well, Minhui won't do them." As she spoke, she cried and refused to do it again.

"What do you think you can't do?"

"Minhui wasn't born to do these things."

"What's going on there? Do golden branches and jade leaves? Crescent Moon accentuated her tone, and Minhui raised her head and stared at Crescent Moon with wide eyes.

"The dignity of status is not the guarantee of your life.

Yes, some people, from birth to death, have never done such a thing, but there are unforeseen circumstances, and this high heaven will rain and drought for a while, let alone us who are insignificant.

Good boy, you really don't have to do these things now.

But one day, our family is broken, your father, mother, and even aunt will be dragged to beheaded, what will happen to your brother and you?

Sold to other people's homes as slaves, they do such things in the master's house, and if they don't do it well, they will drop things, and they must be beaten to death by the master's family.

Of course, neither your father nor your aunt will allow such a thing to happen, but you have to stabilize your heart before the big event comes, and know what you have to protect and abide by.

If your parents and aunt are gone, you still have to protect your brother and yourself, save your life, and live well without disappointing your parents. No matter what happens, you have to live well, nothing is important to your life. ”

Speaking of which, Min Hui had already been scared by her and cried, and Xinyue also felt that it was indeed too much to say such things to a child, but it was always right to let her know these things.

After crying for a while, Xinyue's heart was softened by crying, so she reached out to wipe away her tears, but she still forced herself to cool her face, "Okay, now continue to help my aunt peel this pot of lotus seeds, take your time, it will always be done." ”

As she spoke, Xinyue picked up another lotus seed and demonstrated it to her, Minhui seemed to understand whether she understood or not, but she also followed Xinyue's teachings and did so.