Looking at the girl who lowered her head and went away, Xiao Ying suddenly had a familiar feeling in her heart, and before she could think of who this person was, she heard the princess of Xiangcheng beside her say: "Ninth brother, you are a woman left and right in the palace, you must not learn from them like this, and they are so blind. My sister has been married, and this is the residence of important ministers of the imperial court. As a prince, you can't come lightly for any reason, you must know that making friends with ministers without permission is a big taboo for the royal family. Whether it is for you, for your father, or for the Xiao family, as long as someone uses this to attack you, how do you deal with yourself? Your kindness is only afraid that it will ruin something big. You are the prince, and your words and deeds represent the dignity of the royal family, and it is very undesirable to comment on a daughter's slippery and floating like that. ”

Li Zhi was hit by the eldest sister's words, and stood there speechless in a daze. In the past, his mother, Empress Eldest Sun, was frail and sickly, and most of the time it was this eldest sister who took over her mother's position to take care of Li Zhi's daily life. Empress Changsun died of illness last year, Li Zhi was grief-stricken, and today he suddenly came to Xiao Mansion to visit his eldest sister without permission, precisely out of nowhere to sustenance for his mother's attachment.

The younger brother's thoughts, Princess Xiangcheng understand, but how can she be so willful when she was born in the royal family. She could only advise earnestly at this time, and of course some words were also said to Xiao Ying.

Xiao Ying is not a bad person, but she is pampered at home and often does something out of the ordinary. It is estimated that today's events are indispensable for her to contribute to the trouble. She is Xiao Ying's stepmother, and some words can't be directly reprimanded, but she can be said that Li Zhi brought her in, and with Xiao Ying's intelligence, she must be able to understand her hard work.

Looking at Princess Xiangcheng's admonition to Li Zhi with a glance, Xiao Ying secretly smacked her tongue. knew that this was the stepmother in the process of persuading Li Zhi to remind herself: sometimes good intentions may not be able to do good things.

Zhang Wenyi entered her room, and the maids hugged her to the dresser according to the process of serving other masters, took off the hairpin on her head, and tied her hair hair again.

The maid at the head saw that Zhang Wenyi had her eyes closed, and she thought that Zhang Wenyi was young, so she couldn't help but doze off at the moment. Hurriedly said to her patiently, "The girl can rest in peace after a while." He turned around and urged the other maids to move faster.

In fact, Zhang Wenyi's eyes were closed because of the fluctuations in her heart, she really hoped that she would be as Li Zhi said, but she was afraid that it was just her own illusion.

At the moment, she is constantly building up her mind: it doesn't matter, it's just that she heard it wrong. What can you do if you look mediocre, you can always marry in this life anyway.

Hearing this, the maid behind her was urging the others and her hands were also speeding up a lot, and she was afraid that she would have to leave in a while. Zhang Wenyi opened her eyes ruthlessly, and saw a beauty in the bronze mirror, although she was plain-faced, she had bright eyes and bright teeth, and she was very beautiful. The only regret is that the gaze is a little sluggish, which destroys the overall beauty and makes the beauty lose a lot.

Zhang Wenyi was shocked, is this person herself? The person in the mirror was also surprised, but without Mu Ne's eyes, her whole person immediately brightened up and shone brightly.

The maid at the head couldn't help but see that the little master's face was so radiant and so vivid, but her eyebrows and eyes were vague, but it was like a different person. This little master was originally born well, but this maid has seen a lot of all kinds of beauties, and she has long been aesthetically fatigued. In her eyes, what can be called a beauty is Xiao Ying and one of her cousins, and today Yi Yun'er can also be regarded as a beauty, and the one in front of her can only be regarded as ordinary.

Unexpectedly, after her sluggish expression was removed, she was so beautiful, and the maid's heart was also moved. The word "fox" immediately popped out of her heart, and she immediately thought: This child is so young that I am excited, how can I get it when I grow up, and which man can resist it.

At this moment, Zhang Wenyi suddenly understood a line from her previous life: The ups and downs of life are too fast, and they are too exciting.

In fact, Zhang Wenyi also knew that there was a fat girl who lost weight and became a goddess in her previous life, and the eyebrows, eyes, nose and lips of the body she crossed were still good, but after she became fat, it looked extremely incongruous. But when she first arrived at Yi's house a few months ago, she also looked in the mirror, and the girl in it had yellow muscles, thin muscles, sharp mouth, monkey cheeks, and her appearance was not as good-looking as when she was fat, which made Zhang Wenyi die. It's just that I didn't expect the peak to turn around, and today I realized that this body turned out to be a rare beauty when it was normal.

The long-cherished wish of her life finally came true, and Zhang Wenyi was so excited that she couldn't fall asleep on the bed over and over again. After tossing for about an hour, Zhang Wenyi barely fell asleep.

When Zhang Wenyi was asleep, Mrs. Yi came to Luyang Hall again at the invitation of the old lady, and after entering the door, the old lady did not greet each other, but went straight to the topic and asked about Zhang Wenyi's origin.

Mrs. Yi did not hide it from the old lady, and told Zhang Wenyi's identity.

The old lady frowned and asked puzzledly, "What is the origin of this Wen family, so that someone actually alarmed the government soldiers to deal with them?" ”

Mrs. Yi replied: "Wen Yi, this kid has never told the truth, and I can understand this. She found that even the officers and soldiers were dealing with them, and naturally she didn't dare to show her true identity easily. I still know some of the Chuzhou Wen family, in the early years, they were affiliated with the Chen family in Jiangzuo, helping the Chen family to take care of the housework, which can be regarded as the money bag of the Chen family. Shandong Cui's family once had plans to expand southward, and in the ninth year of the emperor's reign, the Wen family was attacked by Cui's and almost wiped out. At that time, the Chen family had just destroyed the country, and they did not dare to fight against the Cui family, but they swallowed the property of the Wen family. The remnants of the Wen family were extremely disappointed with the head of the family, and after that, the head of the Wen family took refuge in Zhai Rang of Wagang, and Zhai Rang followed Qin Qiong after his death. It's just that the head of the family died in the end, and after his death, the Wen family was hit again, and the successor head of the family was assassinated and his property was surrounded and suppressed. Since then, Wen Yi's father Wen Zheng and uncle Wen Yi have supported the family again, and it is said that they were once committed to the Chen family. This time he was attacked again, but almost all of them retreated, although the floating wealth of the famous shops and mansions fell into the hands of the Chen family, but the other property was nowhere to be found. It was Wen Yi who became the target of many trackings, but I am afraid that it was all for the property of the Wen family. ”

The old lady of the Wen family is very familiar with it, and they also have such talents who are good at farming under the Xiao family. In fact, this is also the usual method of major wealthy families, so that some people become businessmen to grab a lot of money for their families. These people are glamorous on the surface, but in fact they are often faced with the situation of unloading and killing donkeys.

The old lady was still puzzled, and said: "Although this Wen family is engaged in business, it is not a big family, how can so many people beat their ideas?" ”

Mrs. Yi said with a smile: "The Wen family is not obvious, but they are the descendants of the Yue State in the Spring and Autumn Period. Their family has not been very prosperous, but they have inherited the tendon of their ancestors, and they only do goods and do not become officials. The Wen family's art of goods and cultivation is incomparable, and it is really rich in fame and wealth, and he has suffered twice and recovered three times, which shows the power of his family's goods and cultivation skills. ”

The old lady was suddenly surprised, and she said: "I'm afraid that half of the reason why you are willing to come to Chang'an this time is because of this girl!" ”

Mrs. Yi didn't deny it, she smiled and said, "Aunt Mingcha." ”

The old lady stretched out her hand and poked Mrs. Yi's forehead, and said, "Your father and mother are really ruthless and good-natured. They were willing to let you, the female Zhuge marry into the Yi family, in order to hide their ambitions. ”

Mrs. Yi's expression darkened, and she said: "Since I married into the Yi family, I am no longer a member of the Liu family, and now I am just Mrs. Yi, and I only want to help the Yi family to live better." ”

The old lady didn't believe it, and said, "You don't need to hide it from me, if you exonerate yourself from your family so cleanly, then where does all this news come from?" ”

Mrs. Yi calmed down and said with a smile: "Turtles have turtle roads, shrimp have shrimp roads, and the news in the market is sometimes faster than that in the official face." It's just that they can only see things on the face, and they don't know the twists and turns behind it, so I only know that several have followed the clues to find Pengcheng. These people are all small fish and shrimp on the face of the name, but I can't guess the real master behind them. Anyway, since they have already chased Pengcheng, sooner or later, they will find out about me. The child didn't know the people and things behind this, so he had to flee to his uncle to avoid trouble. ”

The old lady said with a little dissatisfaction: "You are temporarily cramming, but you don't know that our Xiao family is now also a mud bodhisattva crossing the river, and it is difficult to protect itself." You, you're not avoiding trouble, you're causing trouble for us. ”

Mrs. Yi shook her head with a smile and said, "Since the child dares to bring the daughter of the Wen family, he will naturally not cause trouble to his uncle. ”

The old lady knew that Mrs. Yi had always been resourceful, and seeing that she was very sure, she was also quite interested, and asked, "How do you say this?" ”

Mrs. Yi did not answer the old lady's question directly, but asked, "Uncle, the child has something to ask." ”

The old lady smiled: "You know everything I know, but I may not know what you know." What more do you want from me? ”

Mrs. Yi asked, "I want to ask if your Xiao family is now a Jiangzuo clan or a Qilu clan?" ”

The old lady smiled bitterly and said, "Why do you need to ask me about this!" Although our Xiao family has been in charge of the Qi and Liang dynasties, it is not the Jiangzuo clan; We are from the Xiao family of Lanling, but most of us have moved into Guanzhong, so the Qilu people naturally will not regard us as their people. Guanzhong doesn't have our foundation, so your uncle has already been resurrected twice. Now we are only the identity of the royal family of the two dynasties, if it weren't for the emperor Shengming marrying Xiangcheng into the Xiao family, I am afraid that we will be killed and the clan will be wiped out. ”

Mrs. Yi said with a smile: "Uncle is short of aid, why don't you find one, no matter what, with the wealth of the Xiao family, others will definitely be willing to help uncle." ”

The old lady shook her head and said proudly: "You are a strong man's difficulty." You haven't crossed this hurdle yourself, if you figure it out, why haven't you come to Chang'an for so many years? Your husband is in Chang'an, why didn't you come to your uncle to give him a background, but let him struggle? My aunt knows that this is your own pride and the pillar that has supported you along the way. But how can you let the Xiao family go on the road you don't want to take? ”

Mrs. Yi's expression darkened again, and she said, "Uncle, this matter is not good for children. I have been too strong and have failed you, and I apologize to you and my uncle here. ”

As she spoke, Mrs. Yi stood up and was about to salute, but the old lady hurriedly left her seat and pulled Mrs. Yi to prevent her from kneeling. She said, "You child, your uncle and I know that you are stubborn by nature, and we have never complained about this. ”

Mrs. Yi said ashamedly: "The child is young and ignorant, thank you to my aunt and uncle for ignoring my past suspicions." ”

Then Mrs. Yi raised her head and said, "The meaning of the child is that we can also get some help by placing the Wen family girl." ”

The old lady asked, "You mean to contact the Hanmen?" ”

Mrs. Yi nodded, and she said, "Everyone in the world knows that Yang Guang is absurd and unreasonable, but who knows that he is actually a Ming Jun?" It was only the previous dynasty that pushed the imperial examination to block the road to the career of the gate valve family, and the previous dynasty perished after only two generations. Our dynasty is still carrying out the imperial examination, and it is unstoppable to enter the ranks. At present, the Yiguo Gong, the British Duke, and the Lu Guogong from Wagang do not mean that they have gone over, think about it carefully, how can the strength of these people have ever been lost? Most of the army is still in the hands of their men. If it weren't for the fact that these people were truly loyal to His Majesty, how dare these scholars be so arrogant? Now that this incident has happened, I am afraid that His Majesty will also be alert, and at this time, the Xiao family will show favor to the cold door, and His Majesty will definitely like to see it. ”

Mrs. Yi's analysis was orderly, and the old lady kept nodding her head. She said: "This matter is not trivial, I want to discuss it with your uncle." ”