The mother and daughter of the Xie family soon returned home.

After entering the door of the main courtyard, Wen said to the two girls, "Are you tired?" The wind is quite strong today, and I see that Sister Hui'er's face is blown blue, and she must be very cold. Hurry back to your own courtyard to warm up, and if you don't want to eat dinner in the main courtyard, you can just use it in your own room. But don't bathe! It's too easy to get cold in such weather, but you can ask someone to boil some hot water to soak your feet. I asked someone to find a doctor and prepare a cold medicine powder, and put some when you soak your feet. ”

Xie Mulin and Xie Yinghui both responded. The former still has some small regrets in his heart. In fact, it was so cold, she really wanted to take a hot bath.

Without waiting for the sisters to retire, Zhao Fengnian's wife Rui Xue came over to report to the Wen family: "Mrs. Wan next door just passed in front of our house in a carriage, and sent a mother-in-law to talk, saying that she would come to sit down in an hour, and she wanted to discuss some things with her wife." ”

Wen knew what was going on as soon as he heard it: "So many things happened at the tea party today, at that time, in front of others, Mrs. Wan was not easy to talk to me, and now this is coming to the door." With her temper, if she can't inquire about things clearly, she won't agree anymore! ”

Xie Mulin said: "It's okay to tell her to say it, but Princess Yan has an order first, but our family is not good at violating the order." Anyway, there is a holy decree here! ”

Wen smiled: "Can you still not know the proportions of this place?" Don't worry, I won't say a word that shouldn't be said, at most I will only reveal some news that doesn't matter. Princess Yan said it first, and Mrs. Wan also heard it clearly at the time, so she wouldn't complain about me for this little thing. ”

Although he knew that Mrs. Wan would soon be a guest, Wen still urged the two girls to go back to the hospital and not have to accompany her to face Mrs. Wan. She herself had to hurry up and change her clothes and get a good rest before she had the energy to deal with this neighbor. After such a big event today, she was also a little tired in her heart.

By the way, she still has to send someone to the political envoy Si Yamen to send a message to Xie Pu, asking him to go home as early as possible today. She rarely disturbed his office, but today was not a trivial matter, and she had to tell him as soon as possible! Otherwise, if the adults of other families had already gotten the news from their family members and went to find Xie Pu to find out, would they let him be kept in the dark, and they would have to know the identity of their son-in-law from outsiders? !

Xie Mulin and Xie Yinghui glanced at each other, and they both felt that the Wen family was quite skilled in dealing with Mrs. Wan, and there must be no problems, so they all retired.

The sisters walked on the way back to the hospital, and Xie Yinghui was still in a complicated mood: "I'm afraid that Mrs. Wan is just the first to dial, because she lives closer." But there are all official residences nearby, and there are more than 10,000 families living nearby? In the future, many official wives will come to their wives to inquire about the news! Today's incident, Mrs. Xu said vaguely, and only bent on sowing discord and framing Princess Yan. Princess Yan was worried about the holy decree in her heart, and she couldn't say it clearly. However, after that, Princess Yan invited her wife to talk to us elsewhere, and in the eyes of other guests, she must have explained the reason in detail. The good temper of the wife is well known, if they want to inquire, how can they let our family go? We are girls who have not left the cabinet, as long as we hide in the back house and do not meet with outsiders, there is nothing to worry about. But my wife can't avoid it, can she handle it? ”

Xie Mulin thought for a while: "If it was my mother three years ago, I really have to worry about it. But she has been in Beiping City for so long, and she has dealt with those officials and wives a lot, so she must know how to deal with them. She can even cope with the new Mrs. Wan this year, let alone others? Even if she can't cope with it, who can bully her in our house? It's a big deal to let the people in the main courtyard keep an eye on it, and if there is anything wrong, report to the back, and I will personally go to support the scene for my mother. "She showed her face today, and I'm afraid many people know how powerful she is. Even if the reputation outside is not good, as long as no one dares to provoke her and Xiao Rui.

Xie Yinghui must have thought of this as well, and secretly raised her sleeves to cover her mouth and smiled secretly, and was pushed by Xie Mulin into the courtyard gate: "What are you laughing at?" Eldest sister, hurry back and hold the stove and bake it, look at what your face has turned blue?! "I also walked away.

Xie Mulin returned to his room, quickly changed into thick and warm home-style clothes, washed his hands and face with hot water, and began to soak his feet. As soon as she put the medicinal powder in the water, she heard the girl in the main courtyard report: "Second girl, the eldest lady of the Zhou family is here, and the wife asked the second girl to come over to meet guests." ”

Xie Mulin was stunned: "What is Mrs. Zhou doing here?" The girl in the main courtyard naturally couldn't answer this question, but said: "Mrs. ordered, Mrs. Zhou is so busy, and she specially came to see the girl, the girl must not be delayed!" ”

Xie Mulin thought about it, understood, and hurriedly asked someone to wipe his feet, put on thick cotton socks and sheepskin boots, put on a thick cloak, and went out of the courtyard.

At this time, she could only rejoice in her heart that her feet had been soaked for a short while, and her whole body was much warmer, and she no longer looked like she was frozen before. But this comfortable enjoyment was so short-lived, and she was quite depressed in her heart, muttering why couldn't Mrs. Zhou come back later? Didn't you see Mrs. Wan's temperament and character, and gave the Xie family's mother and daughter an hour to prepare?

When Xie Yinghui's yard was exposed, Xie Yinghui also wore a thick home-style winter coat, stepped out of the courtyard gate, and greeted Xie Mulin to meet his sister.

Xie Mulin wondered: "Did my mother even call the eldest sister?" You're most afraid of the cold, and you should have rested a little longer. ”

Xie Yinghui said: "Mrs. didn't call me, it was Lu Qi who saw the people in the main courtyard calling you, so she went to the people in your courtyard to inquire about the news, and I rushed to meet you." Mrs. Zhou is afraid that she will not have good intentions, Mrs. is a soft person, as the eldest daughter, I can't ask the second sister to leave you alone in front of the comers! Even if I really want to quarrel with someone, I can refute two sentences! ”

Xie Mulin's heart was as warm as drinking a big bowl of hot soup, and he smiled and took his eldest sister's hand and said, "Don't worry, if Mrs. Zhou really came to quarrel, it is impossible for my mother not to remind me when she calls the girl to call me." I heard my mother say before that the Zhou family has a few rooms, and the second wife is a sociable and high-spirited person, but the eldest lady is a well-known virtuous person, and she has always been accompanied by Mrs. Zhou, looking gentle and filial, in fact, she can't be more thoughtful, and the children she taught are good, although they are not as outstanding as the Thursday girl, but they are all good children who are gentle and polite. Since my mother said so, this is probably a smart person, knowing that Mrs. Tuesday and Miss Thursday have done something wrong today, how can she come to the door again to find a scene? Most of them knew that his second room had stabbed Lou Zi, and he came over to apologize! ”

Xie Yinghui thought for a while: "If that's the case, then it couldn't be better." Otherwise, the Zhou family is also a close neighbor, and there will always be encounters in and out, which is also annoying! ”

She still insisted on accompanying her sister for a while, no matter whether Mrs. Zhou's trip was good or bad, she had to support her sister. Xie Mulin smiled and no longer refused, grabbed her arm tightly, and the two sisters walked affectionately towards the main courtyard.