On February 12, the Flower Dynasty Festival, Xie Mulin spent his sixteenth birthday at home.

Although she didn't put on a big feast or make a big splash, she still received gifts from many people, and she was very happy.

Among these gifts, her favorite is a set of custom pearl jewelry sent by her fiancé Xiao Rui, and I don't know where he found the raw materials, which are inlaid with light pink and pale gold natural pearls, which look dreamy and beautiful, which is too rare in this era! The future mother-in-law, Princess Yan, and the future sister-in-law, Zhu Pei, the county lord of Yongping, also said that they sent very delicate and precious jewelry and clothes, but Xie Mulin's favorite was the one sent by Xiao Rui.

The Zhou family next door also sent a gift two days in advance, which surprised Xie Mulin. When did she have a relationship with the Zhou family? And it sounds strange that the filial piety family gives birthday gifts to young girls who have not yet left the cabinet. Fortunately, the Zhou family's gifts were very low-key, and they didn't alarm other outsiders much, and judging from the types of gifts they gave, it is estimated that Xie Mulin's birthday is just an excuse for them to give gifts, in fact, they have other intentions.

Xie Mulin later learned the true intentions of the Zhou family from his mother Wen.

Wen previously persuaded Mrs. Zhou to pray for the old man with porridge at the funeral of the second elder of the Zhou family, which won a lot of praise for the Zhou family. Later, when rumors circulated that Mrs. Zhou's wife put in the money and how she was rich and unkind, there were still many poor people who were willing to defend his family. Coupled with the fact that the Zhou family secretly sent people to spread other gossip, it didn't take long for the focus of public opinion to no longer be on his family. Mrs. Zhou and Mrs. Wednesday both believe that this is the work of Wen's advice, and this gift is actually to take the opportunity to give her a thank you gift, and Xie Mulin, the main son of the birthday, is just incidental.

At the same time, Mrs. Zhou and Mrs. Wednesday also wanted to ask Wen for a favor.

Now that spring has begun, although there is still snow on the road, the Zhou family has set a date for Fuling to return to his hometown, and he will only set off for the whole family to wait for the weather to be warmer. The official residence of the Zhou family, they have lived in it for decades, it is almost no different from a private house, there are too many belongings, it is impossible to follow them all on the road, but it is too much of a pity to give it up like this. Although the two of them were assigned real estate in Beiping when they separated, both of them had no intention of sending their belongings to the private houses of their younger brothers for storage, so they planned to send a trusted family member to escort these bulky furniture items back to their hometowns later.

Considering that the Zhou family's house is an official residence and belongs to the government, in case someone enters the house and touches the private property left by the Zhou family after the Zhou family moves out temporarily, or another official directly moves in...... Mrs. Zhou wanted to ask Wen's help to take a look at the house. Although the Zhou family has left people to guard them, if there is no enough person in the official face to speak for the Zhou family, she is not sure whether her subordinates can stop the uninvited guests.

Wen readily agreed to Mrs. Zhou. This street is the official residence of the middle and high-ranking officials in the Yamen of the Political Envoy Department of Beiping, and the mansion occupied by the Zhou family at the entrance of the street for many years, because the area is relatively large and the specifications are relatively high, basically only the officials at the level of the political envoy are eligible to move in, and they have to obtain permission inside the Yamen of the Political Envoy Division. Now Xie Pu is the political envoy of Beiping, as long as he doesn't plan to move, who else can cross him to occupy this mansion? It's just a favor. When the Zhou family completely moved their belongings out of the mansion, what did Xie Pu want to do with the mansion? You can't offend anyone! Even if someone wants to take advantage of the Zhou family out of selfishness, Xie Pu will stop him.

Anyway, after all, Boss Zhou was still an old eunuch in Beiping before his death, quite prestigious, and he was close to Yanwangfu, and even Yanwang and his wife respected him for three points, and Xie Pu would of course save face for his family.

The mother-in-law sent by Mrs. Zhou was naturally grateful, and she stammered Wen's good words, which was completely different from the condescending attitude of the Zhou family towards the families of the officials under the political envoy when the old man Zhou was still alive. Wen didn't care about anything with her, but only asked how the Zhou family's lords and wives were doing, and whether the girl's condition on Thursday had improved?

The mother-in-law only vaguely mentioned the physical condition of the masters in the family, and only said that it was all right, and then the tone of the conversation changed, and she mentioned the rumors that circulated in Beiping City a few days ago, about Yinzi money or something. She naturally wanted to cry out for the master's family, but after a few words, she began to mention that someone had discovered Mrs. Xu's loan.

Mrs. Xu also put the money in Yinzi, and it has been for many years, almost after the death of the old lady of Yanwangfu. It is estimated that after losing the backer, the son-in-law lost his official position because he was implicated in the army, and Mrs. Xu had no source of money, so she started the idea. If the old lady was still there in the past, Mrs. Xu would have to live under the nose of the old lady day and night, no matter how arrogant she was, she wouldn't have the courage to do such a thing that the old lady didn't like. However, she did a fairly secretive job in the past, and there was no rumor circulating, even if outsiders knew that there were nobles from the clan who lent money, they would only suspect the female dependents of the branch clan next to the Yanwang Mansion who had befriended her.

But a few days ago, because of the dispute between her daughter and her mother-in-law, Mrs. Xu was a little powerless, so she divided part of the business of putting the money in India to a couple who had just defected last year. She thought that the couple was saved by herself, so she escaped the persecution of mean people like Mrs. Wan, and she should be loyal, but she didn't expect the couple to take her money and run away! The news spread quickly, and Mrs. Xu lost her money and reputation, and many people were so angry that they fell ill when they saw the joke. Although her daughter played the banner of serving her mother's illness and justified her behavior of staying in her parents' house for a long time, she also knew that her husband and in-laws could not soften their attitude first. After her husband meaningfully invited a famous doctor in the city to diagnose Mrs. Xu's pulse, she followed her husband back to her in-law's house.

Xie Pu has been busy with spring ploughing recently, and Wen has to take care of his diet and daily life, so he didn't pay much attention to the news on the street, and he rarely saw Mrs. Wan, and he didn't even notice that Mrs. Xu's melon had grown in a new posture, and he was really taken aback. She could hear that the mother-in-law of the Zhou family deliberately told her about this, she was hinting at something, and she didn't ask questions, and only after sending the people away did she send Zhao Fengnian out to inquire about more details.

The result of the inquiry was just as the Zhou family's mother-in-law said. The couple who took away the sixty percent of the silver that Mrs. Xu lent out, it is said that they originally opened a silk village in Beiping City, and offended Mrs. Wan, so they had to go to Mrs. Xu's door to ask for asylum. They are quite capable, and they earned a lot of private money for Mrs. Xu in less than half a year, so they won Mrs. Xu's trust and could meddle in her lending affairs.

Zhao Fengnian knows more things than Mrs. Xu, such as the husband and wife, who are actually the eyes and ears of the Cao family in Beiping City. When the children of the Xie family arrived in Beiping City last year, Aunt Wanqin tried to contact each other, but before they could get in touch, the news of the Cao family's accident came. As for offending Mrs. Wan, it was just a trivial matter. Most of the couple's fears that the defeat of the Cao family would implicate them as little people, they hurriedly betrayed the old master and switched to Mrs. Xu's door.

Now that the latest news from Beijing has reached Beiping, Empress Cao is dead, but the Cao family has temporarily gasped, and it seems that there is a way to live, and the prince has not been abolished. The couple took the opportunity to flee with the money, and they didn't know whether to escape from the old master's recourse, or to go back to the old master's arms, how could they continue to do things for Mrs. Xu at sunset?

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