Chapter 328: Eating Melons

More than a month has passed since Xie Yinghui's last letter, and the weather has turned from summer to autumn. Time seems to fly by, so fast that everyone in the Xie family is difficult to notice.

The Xie family brothers and sisters and others gathered together again. The Wen family was still running errands with the ladies of the other rooms outside, and Wanqin was sent to talk to Aunt Zhou of the sect because of Xie Mulin's advice to the Wen family. At present, the elders are not at home.

This made the Xie brothers and sisters have fewer scruples, happily sat around the cedar courtyard, sent the girl and the mother-in-law away, and listened to Xie Xianzhi read Xie Yinghui's letter.

Xie Yinghui's life for more than a month is slightly better than before, and she is not so boring. The main reason is that after the end of the Bai family's funeral, the Yongning Eldest Princess's Mansion returned to its normal rhythm, and various activities such as visiting friends, going out of the city to enjoy the autumn scenery, and feasting and small banquets have also been re-conducted, as if there is no family member in the Eldest Princess's Mansion who has just died. And Xie Yinghui also returned to the social circle of the royal family and nobles because of her friendly relationship with Ma Yurong, all kinds of gossip and gossip can be accessed, she just eats melons is enough for entertainment, where is there any boredom at all?

The first thing to talk about is the situation of the Xie family.

Aunt Dajin's "illness" has healed, and Mrs. Jiang's injuries have almost healed, but occasionally she still feels dizzy, and I don't know if it has left sequelae.

The latter seemed to be more and more convinced that Xie Yingrong was injured by Xie Yingrong, and also found a servant woman to confirm that not long before he was injured, the road surface at the scene had just been swept, and after he was injured, the ground was also empty, and the broken tile that inexplicably appeared in the corner of the wall did not exist at all, and someone must have put it on afterwards to confuse the public. Xie Yingrong was not in front of her, so she was a little angry with Aunt Dajin, and felt that the other party was very suspicious, maybe she was the one who let go of the broken tile.

And Aunt Dajin probably couldn't listen to Mrs. Jiang's words of suspicion of her daughter, so she went into her daughter's house to "clean" or search, or detained the things that should have been sent to Bian's house to Xie Yingrong, and had to quarrel with Mrs. Jiang almost every day. It was precisely because they were full of anger when they quarreled that Aunt Dajin's illness couldn't be pretended.

Xie Yinghui doesn't live in Jinxuantang, it's far away, as long as the quarrel between Aunt Dajin and Mrs. Jiang is not so loud that it alarms outsiders, she won't control it. But when they argued, if something was revealed that she didn't know, someone would report it to her in time.

Unconsciously, she, the eldest lady who used to ignore the housework, had already grasped the situation of the entire Xie family's mansion in the palm of her hand, and even Cai Laotian and his wife, who stayed behind, cooperated happily with her. In the process, she slowly came into contact with many things that she had not learned before.

Xie Mulin sensed this from the words of Xie Yinghui's letter, and felt that this was not a bad thing. Cai Laotian and his wife are both veterans who have been in the inner house and the outer house for decades, and they are very proficient in the general affairs in the mansion. With their careful and thoughtful guidance, Xie Yinghui will definitely learn a lot of things. What you learn in practice is always more impressive. Xie Yinghui didn't grow up with the Cao family, and it might be more beneficial for her to learn some so-called noble lady housekeeping methods from her mother.

Xie Yinghui herself may not recognize the significance of this matter, so just bring a few strokes. She talked about Xie Yingrong who lived in someone else's house, the injury had healed, and she was no longer able to walk, but she always looked weak and injured, and she refused to leave at Bian's house.

I don't know how she coaxed people, the old lady of the Bian family actually loved her a lot, and said several times that she wanted to recognize her as her godgranddaughter, and officially signed the contract, and the eldest girl Bian also said that she wanted to worship her. However, because her injuries have not yet healed, and the elders and relatives in the family are not in Beijing, it is difficult to cut first and then play, so the ceremony has not been held for the time being.

Seeing the Bian family's reaction, Xie Yinghui felt that Xie Yingrong's calculations did not seem to be useless, and seeing that there was really some hope of success, she asked her girl Onyx to find a way to use Mrs. Pingnanbo's connections to inquire about Ning Guohou Cheng's house, did Mrs. Ning Guohou really take a fancy to Xie Yingrong and wanted to tell her to Cheng Du?

As a result, the news I heard was that Ning Guohou intended to marry the daughter of the Zhuguo General's Mansion for his eldest grandson, who knew that Ning Guohou's wife did something halfway, detained Cheng Du, and let his own grandson Cheng Jue go to intercept Hu, and met with the wife and young lady of the Zhuguo General's Mansion, and the other party quickly found an excuse to leave, and never married again.

Xiao Lin, the eldest lady of the Xiao family of the Zhuguo General's Mansion, is fourteen years old this year, and she will be in time next year, but Cheng Jue is only twelve years old. Although the age difference is not too far, it was clear that it was sixteen-year-old Cheng Du at the beginning, and he would be replaced without saying hello, and he directly met Xiao Lin, there is no reason for this! If there is internal chaos in the Cheng family, how can he drag other people's innocent girls into the quagmire of his family after he has dealt with it and then goes out to meet people? ! Although the Cheng family is a noble family, the Xiao family is not an ordinary family! The Cheng family is just relying on having a royal in-law. But Pingnanbo's Mansion is already much worse than before, the Xiao family still has the concubine and the prince, how can the Cheng family have the courage to calculate the Xiao family? !

Because of this incident, Ning Guohou was angry with his wife, and Ning Guohou's wife, Cheng Wang, also had an awkward quarrel with her mother-in-law, probably because Mrs. Ning Guohou did not discuss with Cheng Wang, so she ordered her grandson to meet the Xiao family. Although it was the mother-in-law who was responsible in the end, it was Cheng Wang's biological son who really showed his face in front of the Xiao family. Cheng Wang was afraid that his son would be hated by the Xiao family, and by the way, he offended Xiao Guifei and the third prince in the palace, so he was very angry, and he lost his temper at her husband Cheng Li. Cheng Li probably also felt that his mother was at a loss, and let his wife go everywhere. Mrs. Ning Guohou annoyed her daughter-in-law again because of this, and scolded many ugly words.

Anyway, the Cheng family has torn up more than one marriage for Cheng Du. Ning Guohou failed to gain the upper hand, and he didn't have the heart to tell his grandson about family affairs recently, so he had to be busy pacifying the Xiao family in the Zhuguo General's Mansion first.

With this one, Mrs. Ning Guohou wants to do something about Cheng Du's marriage again? I'm afraid it's going to be difficult. Ning Guohou won't let her succeed easily!

Xie Yinghui also heard another news, saying that Cheng Du recently somehow met Zuo Yushi, the brother of Zuo Zhaozhi, the Zhengqing of Dali Temple, and the two sides talked very happily, and they also became New Year's friends.

Zuo Yushi has a daughter, who is also fourteen years old this year, and is very beautiful and lovely, it is said that she was also present when the accident that caused Xie Yingrong to be injured in Cheng'en Temple, and she has known Cheng Du for a long time. It seems that when she and her father Zuo Yushi entered Beijing, they met a gentleman who was in the way, but fortunately, Cheng Du passed by and relieved them of the siege, so that Zuo Yushi, who had committed an old illness, was rescued in time.

Because of this incident, after the accident in Cheng'en Temple, Zuo Yushi held a banquet in the restaurant to invite Cheng Du and thank him for his rescue. Cheng Du asked his uncle Bian Juren to accompany him to the banquet, and the two sides were very talkative. After the banquet, Bian Juren invited Zuo Yushi to be a guest more than once, and asked him to participate in some literati poetry meeting.

Although I didn't hear any rumors between Cheng Du and Zuo Siyun, Xie Yinghui still gloated: Compared with Xie Yingrong, who is selfish and calculating, the young lady of the Zuo family is in a more favorable condition regardless of family background, background or elders. If the Bian family really intends to say goodbye to their grandson, how can they give preference to the daughter of the Zuo family who has a good relationship and a better matching identity, instead of Xie Yingrong, whose parents and elders are all in other places and is still a concubine!

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