After negotiating with Mu Qingling Tingzhong, Yu Wenyuan found a mistake at will, sent all the people around him back to the capital, and he bought a group of subordinates in Hangzhou, and the deed was pinched in his hand, and it was best to be alone without a family, which eliminated the possibility of people around him being bought and coerced to the greatest extent.

It was only three or five days, and Yu Wenyuan's side, from the personal maid to the rough mother-in-law who sprinkled and swept in the yard, was all cleaned. Yu Wenyuan acted decisively and neatly this time, and even Xiao Lanwei praised him when he heard about it, saying that he "is not without the demeanor of the old Jingyong Gong." ”

It's a pity that it was smooth sailing on the Mufu side, and the people who were sent back to Beijing by Yu Wenyuan were not so lucky. Yu Wenyuan sent a letter back, one was sent to Xu's hands, and one was directly sent to the ancestor's desk, bluntly saying that he wanted to accompany Gu Muqingling to keep filial piety in Hangzhou, not to drink banquets, not to smell silk and bamboo, and to escape from the world and practice, these people have a family and a mouth, it is inevitable that they will worry a lot, and they want to return to the capital, since this is the case, he will put them all back, so as not to delay the reunion of other people's families.

When Xu received the letter, he didn't have time to get angry, so he heard that the old lady of Fushoutang had a big fire, saying that whoever keeps filial piety is living quietly and not luxury, and the master hasn't said anything, this group of subordinates began to pick and choose and complain about their suffering, and they even dared to question the master's decision, wanting to let Yu Wenyuan go back to Beijing and let Yu Wenyuan be the villain who is not filial and unrighteous.

Old Madam Yu is usually kind, but if she really wants to get angry, she will not stop if she doesn't have a seizure. Mrs. Xu, Mrs. Xu, and Mrs. Liu were all called to Fushoutang, and even Yu Enrong was shocked. Don't look at Yu Enrong as Jing Yonggong outside, everyone in front of him is respectful and soft-spoken, but in front of Mrs. Yu, he can only stand under the hall and let the old lady speak.

"I don't know when the government didn't even have this rule! The master made a decision, and the subordinate dared to put his beak in it. What's the matter, the master has to look at their faces?! The old lady sat on the throne, holding a fine rosewood crested cane in one hand, and the wrist-thick cane was stamped by the old lady to a muffled sound.

At this time, Xu Shi was silent, and stood aside, and Yu Enrong, who was the head, hurriedly persuaded: "Why does mother have to be so angry, the subordinates are not sensible, just sell it, don't be angry." Mrs. Yu was panting with anger, and the big girl beside her hurriedly patted her back to help her breathe.

"You don't have to persuade me at this time, you are Wen Yuan's father, but if you use snacks, can you make Wen Yuan surrounded by these unruly fools?" Mrs. Yu pointed at Yu Enrong and said, "I know that Wen Yuan is accompanying Ling'er to keep filial piety in Hangzhou, and I don't know what you chew in private on weekdays." Learned by these bastard things. I'm still here, these subordinates dare to play tricks in front of me and on the back, if I leave, do you want to skin and peel off the bones of Ling'er and eat it raw! ”

As soon as these words came out, a room of old ladies knelt on the ground, and Yu Enrong said in panic: "Where did my mother's words come from, Ling'er is also my niece, and her mother is my own sister, so I don't dare to have that kind of heart-wrenching thought." ”

Mrs. Yu had a seizure, and most of the anger in her heart was spilled out, she also knew that Yu Enrong was not to blame for this, but she had to find someone to vent when she was angry, the second and third were not at home, and several daughters-in-law didn't dare to talk when they saw her angry, as if they had no mouth, only Yu Enrong persuaded her to coax her, but she also took on most of her anger.

"Forget it, I also know that this is not your fault, you all get up." Old Mrs. Yu slowed down before she said. Everyone stood up, and Mrs. Yu glanced around, then looked at Xu and said, "The second family, I will hand over this family to you, will you manage it for me?" ”

Xu hurriedly replied: "The old lady is angry, because her daughter-in-law is not supervising effectively. I'll do a good job when I get back. Mrs. Yu asked the little maid on the side to take away the crested crutch in her hand, leaned on the throne, and said to Xu: "I asked you to take care of the house, because your sister-in-law was heavy and couldn't work. You begged me again, and I agreed. Later, your sister-in-law left in a hurry, and there could not be no one in charge in this house, so the power of the housekeeper has always been in your hands, and I saw that you have been cautious and meticulous for so many years, so I didn't say anything. ”

Mrs. Yu said slowly: "This prince's mansion is no better than others, the subordinates in the mansion are the face of the mansion, the subordinates are loyal and upright, and the rules are beneficial, and others will say that my Jingyong Mansion has a clean and upright family style." If all the people are harboring evil intentions, and don't wait for others to laugh at my Jingyong Mansion, we ourselves will be harmed first! ”

The old lady's words, both openly and secretly, were saying that Mrs. Xu's housekeeping was unfavorable, and the Xu family, who had never been left behind in front of so many people, was respectful and obedient on his face, but his hand under his sleeve was pinched tightly.

"Okay, my wife won't talk too much, so as not to be disgusted. You all have points in your own hearts, don't let me go down in the future and don't have the face to see the ancestors and ancestors of the Yu family below! Don't keep this batch of people sent back by Wen Yuan, just pull me out and sell them today, and set an example for the mansion, who doesn't know what to do and what not to do in the future, I can't keep him in Jingyong Mansion! After all, the old lady was old, and after such a while, her spirit was a little unbearable, so she simply understood the matter.

Yu Enrong saw that the old lady looked tired, and hurriedly said: "Mother has a good rest, and the son will retire first." ”

After waiting for Fushoutang, Yu Enrong took Mrs. Xu back to the main courtyard with a straight face. Mrs. Liu looked at the sky and said to Xu: "Second sister-in-law, it's not too early this day, I see that you will be busy in the future, so I will go back first." After Mrs. Liu finished speaking, she didn't wait for Xu's reply, so she leisurely took the maid and turned around and walked in the direction of her house.

Xu stared at the direction that Mrs. Liu had left, and his eyes seemed to be bursting with fire. Xu's mother beside Xu hurriedly stepped forward and persuaded: "Madam, let's go back first, I heard the maid's message that the second young master is looking for you, and now you are still waiting." ”

When Xu took people back to his lotus fragrance courtyard, before entering the house, her second son Yu Wenmin greeted him and said, "Mrs. is back, I've been waiting for a while." ”

Yu Wenmin is only fifteen or sixteen years old now, with a fair face and beautiful eyebrows. He and his sister Yu Xiao both look a little more like Xu, with round eyes and a harmless appearance. Yu Wenmin is Mrs. Xu's youngest son, and on weekdays, Xu's pain is so unprincipled that he is unprincipled, as long as it is what Yu Wenmin wants, there is nothing he will not give.

Fortunately, even if Xu is so doting, Yu Wenmin has not grown into a domineering son, but his personality is a little naïve, and he is always the same as he grows up, taking Xu's words as a holy decree, saying that he dare not go west.

Xu was helped into the inner room by Yu Wenmin, sat down on a chair in the house, and before Xu's cup of tea was finished, Yu Wenmin hurriedly asked: "Madam, I heard that you are going to hire Miss Yuan for me?!" ”

Xu put down the teacup and asked with a pleasant face: "Who told you about this kind of shadowless thing?" Lord Yuan and your father are colleagues, and when they went to the banquet to see Mrs. Yuan, they were inevitably closer than others, but I also knew that the girl in her family was also handsome and ...... beautiful."

Before Mrs. Xu finished speaking, Yu Wenmin immediately quit, took Xu's hand and said, "Mrs., I don't want it!" It doesn't matter what kind of immortal Miss Yuan is! I have a cousin Qingling! All I want is her! Mrs. Xu has always been unaccustomed to seeing her son getting close to Mu Qingling, but now when she heard Yu Wenmin say this, she immediately became angry and said: "Mu Qingling Mu Qingling, what kind of drug did she give you to make you so obsessed with her!" ”

As soon as the Xu family got angry, Yu Wenmin didn't dare to speak, Mrs. Xu slowed down, pulled Yu Wenmin and said: "I know how the whole house is spreading, and they all say that the old lady wants to be the master and marry Mu Qingling to you, but in the end, the old lady has not mentioned it explicitly for so many years, how can you be a big man who never forgets the truth!" Besides, my son is so outstanding, naturally he wants to marry a wife worthy of you, you have a great future in the future, and you can't delay in this matter, understand? ”

Yu Wenmin was still unwilling, and said in a low voice: "Cousin Qingling is not bad...... Mrs. Xu saw that Yu Wenmin was still thinking of Mu Qingling, her face fell, but she didn't get angry again, but looked like she was slowly seductive, and said: "You don't understand, this wife is not just about marrying one person, but also about other things." Your cousin Qingling is good, she looks good and sensible, but her father is just a foreign official after all, and he is still gone. What's good for you to marry her? ”

Before Mrs. Xu married into the Jingyong Mansion, her home was in a remote place in Shaanxi and Gansu, and her father was an official who visited the prefect, which was not a small official. When Xu was at home, although the place was remote and poor, he was the daughter of the prefect, and he was coaxed everywhere he went, which also made Xu think very highly of himself, and felt that he was top-notch regardless of his appearance or family background, and he was not bad compared with everyone in Beijing.

But after entering the capital, Xu found that the daughter of a prefect was nothing in this capital full of high-ranking officials, and she thought that the Jingyong Mansion married her because of her discerning eyes and saw her excellence, but when she entered the mansion, she found that she did not pay much attention to it.

Jingyong's Mansion is a hereditary honor, she has never even heard of the food and clothing in the mansion before, and when she first arrived in the capital, her family has not invited a decent gentleman to teach her before, and even the official dialect still has the taste of Shaanxi and Gansu dialects, not to mention that there are so many rules up and down in the Prince's Mansion.

Mrs. Xu, who had just married into the Jingyong Mansion, made a lot of jokes, and she also bumped into a few people who made fun of her behind her back. All this makes the self-esteem of Xu unbearable, and what is even more difficult is the comparison of others.

The eldest lady in the house, Jiang, was born in a famous family, and the Xu family always felt a head shorter in front of her, and the eldest lady Yu Ling was loved by thousands of people, and she was dwarfed in front of her. Later, Sanfang married the daughter of the richest man of the Liu family, and Mrs. Xu originally thought that the daughter of a merchant family would not be too presentable, but before anyone saw it, she was slapped in the face by the dowry.

The eldest lady entered the door early, and not many people talked about the original scene. But the second and third rooms are married, although the Xu family is an official, but the place where Xu's father is in power is too remote, there is no oil and water in the poor mountains and bad waters, and it is also powerless to buy Xu's dowry. But the Liu family is different, the Liu family is the richest man in the dynasty, and the most important thing in the family is silver, because of the in-laws with the Jingyong Mansion, the Liu family is doing their best to buy a dowry for Liu Yuechan, which is obviously Liu Yuechan's dowry, which is actually the Liu family's worship of the Jingyong Mansion.

Ten miles of red makeup is nothing more than that, although Mrs. Sanfang is not from a high background, she is from a businessman, and she is the most delicate wrist, and she has her father and brother in the family. As soon as he entered the door, on the grounds that he was young and knowledgeable, and was not good at management, he handed over most of the dowry to Mrs. Yu, and asked Mrs. Yu, who was the mother-in-law, to take care of her daughter-in-law.

In these days, it is better to have power than money, and many wealthy businessmen would rather take their property and sell it to a powerful family, or hire a good maid for their sons and nephews to marry a good maid from a large family, just to do everything possible to get in touch with a high-ranking family and seek protection. Yu Laoguo directly hired the daughter of the Liu family for his concubine, for the Liu family, such a pie in the sky fell on the head, and the Liu family naturally tried their best to maintain the in-law relationship with the Jingyong Mansion, and the two families were connected by Yu Enping. This is the rich and noble road planned by the old prince for Yu Enping, even if he separates the family in three rooms a day, as long as the Jingyong Mansion does not fall, the Liu family has to offer Yu Enping, Yu Enping has the blessing of his brother, and the gold and silver of the Liu family are enshrined, so he will naturally have no worries in his life.

The Liu family is naturally not stupid, and they will not think that the Jingyong Mansion is taking a fancy to their own upright style and daughter Hui Zhilanxin, but so what, the Jingyong Mansion has taken a fancy to the Liu family's wealth, and the Liu family is eyeing the power. With the momentum of the Jingyong Mansion, the Liu family's business is even smoother, and the wealth is extensive. Therefore, the Liu family brought the property into the Jingyong Mansion in the name of Liu Yuechan's dowry, and Liu Yuechan was entrusted by her father and brother and directly gave it to the old lady, which naturally won the favor of her in-laws, and the status of the third room rose sharply, and she took care of the Liu family's business. Because of this, the Liu family is a steady stream of supplies of Liu Yuechan's property for Liu Yuechan to spend in Jingyong Mansion, because Liu Yuechan and his wife are not inferior to anyone in the mansion in terms of food and clothing, and they are also generous to their subordinates.

In terms of family background, the daughter of the prefect of the fourth grade of the Xu family is naturally not bad, but the eldest lady was born in the Shangshu family of the Ministry of Rites, and the foreign official is already half a rank lower than the Beijing official, not to mention that the foreign official of the fourth grade is compared with the official from the first grade. The Xu family also married into the Jingyong Mansion to know that people like the Yu family and the Jiang family, every year for three festivals and two birthdays, Bing Jing and Carbon Respect, and returning to Beijing to report on their work, there are countless foreign officials who give gifts, and Xu's father's official position, even if he gives gifts, is not too far ahead.

In terms of family wealth, the Xu family is not as good as the third wife; plus a Yu Ling in front, which is the heart of the old Guogong couple. Xu's wanted to be strong for a lifetime, but when it came to the most beautiful time in his daughter's house, he was trampled on.

Xu hated these people, hated Mrs. Jiang, hated Mrs. Liu, hated all the people who made her lose face, and she hated Yu Ling even more, Yu Ling had everything she longed for, noble background, huge wealth, and loved her parents...... What she couldn't ask for, Yu Ling had in her lifetime, which made her not jealous.

Later, Yu Ling married far away, and she took charge of the family, and her hatred was buried deep in her heart. Yu Ling died early, although she looked sad, no one knew how happy she was. But then Mrs. Yu took Mu Qingling over.

Xu still remembers the first time she saw Mu Qingling, she watched Mu Qingling walk up to her to say hello, soft and weak, but there was no lack of courtesy at all. She looked at Mu Qingling, as if she saw Yu Ling standing in front of her again, reminding her that even if she is now the wife of the family, even if the people in the house who knew her embarrassing appearance in her early years are dead, she can't cut off the past, just like she can't cut off her background and her mother's family.

Mu Qingling appeared in front of her once, and reminded her once, you are just the daughter of a prefect, they look down on you, no matter how good you do and how much you change, you still can't be compared to them.