The eldest lady in the bedroom said worriedly: "What Old Master Qin said is true? ”

Wen Zheng replied affirmatively, and said: "Most of what the old prince said is true, the Xie family is the famous minister of the previous dynasty, Xie Xuan, and his status is noble. His brother used to be the head of Wagang and had friendships with many powerful people in the court, such a family has been friends with us for so many years, if it weren't for the grandfather's Yu Yin, I'm afraid there is nothing else to explain. ”

The eldest lady said: "Then why does Qin Laoguo have to marry Yuan Niang as his wife?" I don't believe him if he has no selfish motives. ”

Wen Zheng shook his head and said: "The power in the court is dangerous step by step, and the old prince's move must have deep meaning. It's just that we, the ordinary people, can't understand, and today the old man asked me a few questions, so I chose to believe the old man. ”

The eldest lady asked, "What's the problem?" ”

Wen Zheng said: "Is it because of my daughter's excellence that I can enter the palace?" Can my daughter enter the palace safely? We are a businessman, can our daughter survive in the palace? ”

The eldest lady said unhappily: "If someone else's daughter can enter the palace, why can't our family's Yuan Niang be!" ”

Wen Zheng smiled and said, "Woman's opinion! You go and see which queen and concubine don't have a strong maiden family behind them! I also asked why I chose my mother, and the old man said: It's because Yuanniang is good enough and I am conceited enough. Now I realized that Yuan Niang is just a pretense, and her appearance will definitely become the target of other people's attacks, so their real candidates can enter the palace safely. The longer Yuan Niang lives, the safer the main will be, and when the main owner gains a firm foothold, it will be Yuan Niang's death. ”

The eldest lady was stunned for a long time before she eased up, and only after a while did she say unconvinced: "There are no other children in the old country family who can marry Yuan Niang?" I have to be a continuation of Yuan Niang. ”

Wen Zheng said lightly: "The eldest son and second son of the old prince died early, and the third son is going to inherit the title of the old duke, although it is a continuation of the string, it has not insulted Yuan Niang." ”

The eldest lady sighed and said, "No wonder when I talked to my younger brother and sister today, she answered me directly: It's all up to my brother and sister-in-law." Seems she understands better than I do. ”

Wen Zheng said: "My younger brother and sister are from official eunuchs, which is normal than we can see. You and your younger siblings total, although you are in a hurry, after all, Yuan Niang is the first time that our Wen family has married a daughter, and we can't treat her badly. ”

The eldest lady agreed, and fell asleep.

The four old men in the Xie family's manor that night were also discussing, the oldest of these four old men was Qin Qiong, the Duke of Yiguo, the scribe was dressed as the British Duke Li Ji, the youngest was Cheng Zhijie, the Duke of Lu Guo, and Xie Fei of the Xie family.

Li Ji looked at Qin Qiong and said, "Second brother, if they don't take this trick, they have to take it, and it's a clever plan." ”

Qin Qiong smiled and said, "I have to return to Chang'an to make a number, I'm afraid that our return trip will not be so peaceful." ”

Li Ji looked at Qin Qiong intently and asked, "Second brother, do you really want Huaiyu to marry the daughter of the Wen family?" ”

Qin Qiong nodded and said, "I said that I promised Wen Xingzhong to keep his family safe, and this can't be counted." Mao Gong, I know that you have always hated Jiang Zuoshi because of the matter of Second Brother Shan, but the Wen family is not Jiang Zuoshi. ”

Li Ji snorted and didn't answer, Xie Fei said on the side: "Second brother, I also think that you are too good." There are many things that the writers should not be ignorant of, but they have always been inseparable from us, and they always have two hearts. Last time, I always thought that the wealthy families in Shandong were only on the surface, and secretly they might have made it up by the Jiangzuo people themselves. ”

Qin Qiong smiled and said, "Whether it is the Jiangzuo people, the Shandong Hao clan or the Guanlong people, their power in the court is intertwined, and we brothers who came out of Wagang can't fight them. If it weren't for His Majesty's nostalgia, where would we, the old people, still have room to survive. ”

Cheng Zhijie said with a smile: "Second brother, you miss the old with your majesty, and you robbed your majesty's woman with your majesty's old thoughts, you are too bad." ”

Qin Qiong shook his head and said, "This kid can't enter the palace!" Her name is already known to outsiders, and basically none of the people who leaked it so early can enter the palace. ”

Qin Qiong and Cheng Zhijie were originally not from high backgrounds; Li Ji's family is rich, but he has always been responsible for taking care of the housework and has friendships with many people on the road; Xie Fei and Li Ji were in a similar situation. These people have dealt with specific matters and are very clear about the methods of the lower officials.

Therefore, Qin Qiong said that Wen Yuanniang could not enter the palace, and they immediately understood that such a girl would end up miserable. It is the luckiest to sell to a large family as a maidservant, followed by selling to a large family as a concubine, even if it is sold to a peasant to be a peasant woman, it is a good result. In fact, most of the outstanding girls like Wen Yuanniang will be sold to the kiln, they have the beauty and talent to buy it and quickly become popular and make money, and they are the most popular objects in Goolan Courtyard everywhere.

In previous years, the emperor's beauty pageant was a battlefield for officials at all levels to fight each other's political opponents, and their fighting methods were exhaustive. Many girls will be killed on the way to Beijing, and Qin Qiong understands the deal. If Wen Yuanniang's ending is that she can't enter the palace, then it can't be better for her to be able to enter the Qin family as a daughter-in-law.

Li Ji still couldn't understand: "Second brother, Huaiyu wants to inherit your title." According to his identity, even if he is a continuation, is he not a lady of Chang'an who chooses at will? If you want to be a princess, it's not impossible, why marry the daughter of a businessman. ”

Qin Qiong waved his hand and said, "I have made up my mind, there is no need to talk about this matter anymore." Let's talk about how to get back to Chang'an. ”

Yuan Niang, who learned the news the next day, seemed very calm, and she called the second sister to the room and talked for a long time. Then she began to pack her wedding dress, which she had sewn for four years.

The sisters who got the news came to Yuan Niang's room one after another, and the earliest one was Zhang Wenyi, who was closest to Yuan Niang. She knew that the marriage of an ancient woman was the order of her parents and the words of the matchmaker, and since it had been decided, it was irreparable. She nestled in Yuan Niang's arms and said nothing, greedily smelling the familiar smell of Yuan Niang.

The other sisters all brought their own gifts, but Zhang Wenyi didn't think of bringing gifts to her sister. After thinking about it, Zhang Wenyi ran back to the room and gave the iron arhat who could fight boxing to Yuan Niang. That night, Zhang Wenyi stubbornly did not go back to sleep, but lay on Yuan Niang's bed for a night. Early in the morning of the third day, a big car came to pick up Yuan Niang, and Yuan Niang got into the car with a small package, and slowly left under the escort of the guards who stayed in Wenfu.

The day after Yuan Niang left, Zhang Wenyi was led by the second sister to go to the eldest lady to ask for peace, she was a little unaccustomed to being sullen and not speaking along the way. Her emotions also infected everyone, and the atmosphere of the whole morning seemed relatively depressing.

After coming out, Brother Lian said with a smile: "The prince of the country married by Yuan Niang, that is to bring the phoenix crown and Xia Wei." Why are you doing this, be happy! ”

Zhang Wenyi said: "I know, but I feel uncomfortable. ”

The seventh sister clapped her hands and said, "Really, the eldest sister wants to bring the phoenix crown and xiaxia, but unfortunately we can't see it." ”

The eighth sister said, "I don't know if we have this blessing." ”

The third sister slapped her lightly and scolded softly: "What nonsense, a girl is not ashamed." ”

Although the other girls of the Wen family quickly recovered from the separation, Zhang Wenyi seemed to be silent, and often stayed in the room by herself for a day.

This Tianwen Zheng went south to Jiangdu, and the eldest lady called Liu's mother to her and asked, "How is the ninth girl doing?" ”

Liu's mother replied: "Do some embroidery work in the room, or practice calligraphy." ”

"Didn't do anything else?" The eldest lady asked suspiciously.

Mother Liu complimented and said, "The ninth girl is a stable person. ”

The eldest lady thought about it, and it was indeed like this before. It's just a little lively for a while, and it's understandable that it's still the same.

waved his hand and asked Liu's mother to go down first. Turned to Xing's mother and said, "I'm not worried about this child, you go to her room to take a look." ”

Xing's mother smiled and said, "Mrs. is not worried, why don't you go over by yourself?" ”

The eldest lady sighed and said, "Last time, I was softened by her, but I was told by the master for a long time." ”

Xing's mother responded with a smile.

In the afternoon, Xing's mother went to Zhang Wenyi's room under the pretext of "let's see if the nine girls' clothes are enough". Seeing Zhang Wenyi practicing calligraphy on the table with peace of mind, Xing's mother glanced at Zhang Wenyi's trouser legs and went back.

Back to the eldest lady, Mother Xing said: "The ninth girl seems to be long, I see that her trousers are a little short." ”

Hearing Xing's mother report like this, the eldest lady knew where Zhang Wenyi was safe, so she put her mind at ease and said: "Let the embroidery room make two more sets of clothes for the ninth girl, so as not to be unable to catch up temporarily." ”

Zhang Wenyi's daily schedule during this period was very fixed, and she stepped up her exercise every day after Liu's mother went to bed. There are female dart masters in the back house to patrol the night, Zhang Wenyi wants to avoid them, but it is easy, as time goes by, Zhang Wenyi's body gradually becomes thinner and stronger.

Just when Xing's mother went to Zhang Wenyi's room, Wen Zheng was being questioned in a house in Jiangdu. This mansion is the residence of the Chen family in Jiangbei, and this Chen family belongs to the same vein as Emperor Wu of Southern Chen back then, and is now the patriarch of the Chen family in Jiangbei. It was Chen Yu, the third uncle of the Chen family, who questioned Wen Zheng.

The matter was naturally that Yuan Niang was taken away by Yi Guogong, Wen Zheng told Yi Guogong that he had only stayed in Chuzhou for three days, and there were also British Duke and Lu Guogong present at that time, how dare the three Guogong come to the door to ask for someone not to give. In those days, the personal guards of the three princes surrounded the Wen Mansion and blocked it, and Wen Zheng couldn't do anything even if he wanted to report the news.

These Chen family's eyeliner in the Wen family has been rewarded, and Chen Yu knows it. The powerful people of the dynasty who cooperated with the Chen family had sent people to intercept Qin Qiong and others after receiving the tip, but these battle-hardened veterans just changed the route back at will and got rid of the people who were secretly ambushed.

The loss of a Wen Yuanniang is not a big deal for the Chen family, and there are so many beautiful girls in Jiangnan. It doesn't matter whether the character is good or not, as long as you can distract the opponent's attention and let the girls they choose be shortlisted.

What they have to test now is Wen Zheng's attitude. The Wen family was a family of merchants and was once the biggest financial supporter of Nan Chen, but after the demise of Nan Chen, the Wen family had to find another way. As Chen Yu's house gradually gained a foothold in Jiangdu, they found the Wen family to cooperate again. The development of things seems to be out of the Chen family's vision, the Wen family has found a new support at this time, and it is difficult for the Chen family to control it. After that, the Wen family suffered a series of blows, and Wen Zheng was almost at the end of his rope when he took over the Wen family's industry.

The Chen family took the opportunity to regain control of Wen Zheng, and now the Wen family's industry is thriving, and the Chen family's investment in it is quite profitable. The Chen family took the opportunity to throw out the issue of wanting Wen Yuanniang to enter the palace, and received a positive response from the Wen family.

The consideration of the Wen Zheng brothers is to have Yuan Niang's entry into the palace, so that she can strive to be favored by the emperor, hoping to rely on the relationship of the royal family to make the Wen family get rid of the control of others and form their own development.

However, this time, Qin Qiong went to Chuzhou to puncture the illusions of the Wen Zheng brothers and took away Yuan Niang. The Chen family attaches great importance to this, and if Qin Qiong forcibly takes Wen Yuanniang away, it will not be terrible, it will not affect their cooperation with the Wen family. What I was afraid of was that Qin Qiong persuaded Wen Zheng to take Wen Yuanniang away, which might cause the Wen family to be wary of the Chen family.

They heard about Wen Zheng through Wen Yuanniang's matter, and they wanted to find out his attitude. Wen Zheng's reason is more sufficient: if it weren't for Qin Qiong's strong use, how could the Wen family marry their first daughter in a hurry, and how would other daughters marry. In the face of Wen Zheng's oath, it was difficult for Chen Yu to distinguish whether what he said was true or false.

After sending Wen Zheng away, Chen Yu returned to his eldest brother's study. Here the eldest of the Chen family, Chen He, the second Chen Jin, the fourth Chen Hu, and the seventh Chen Mo sat and waited for a long time.

When they saw Chen Yu coming in, the fourth elder Chen Hu asked eagerly, "How is it?" ”

Chen Yu thought for a while and said: "This Wen Zheng is not leaky, but I can't hear the flaws in his words." ”

Chen He said coldly: "The more it doesn't leak, the more it means that he has already thought of his rhetoric before coming." Qin Qiong is a chivalrous and warm-hearted person, he can't do the thing of robbing people's daughters, if he really wants to rob it, why should he personally bring the British Duke and Lu Guogong to Chuzhou together. As long as a letter is written to the third child of the Xie family, are you afraid that it will not be satisfactory? ”

Chen Jin shook his head and said, "If Yiguo Gong doesn't really want to rob the people's daughters, then he wants to sincerely sabotage Wen Yuanniang's entry into the palace." First, with the strength of Yiguo Gong, why should he destroy Wen Yuanniang to enter the palace, it is okay for him to destroy the main master over there to enter the palace. Second, even if he destroys Wen Yuanniang's entry into the palace, he only needs to destroy it, so why really bring her home. If his son wants to marry a wife, he is a princess, so why marry the daughter of a merchant. ”

Chen Jin's words were recognized by several other people, and they all talked about Yiguo Gong's trip to Chuzhou.

Chen He patted the table and said, "Duke Yiguo has nothing to do with us going to Chuzhou, no matter where he goes or what he does, it can't be aimed at us. Our problem is Wen Zheng, he is separated from us, so our previous investment is likely to be in vain. And the last time someone tried to plot against the writers, we didn't have time to react at all. This time, you can't be so passive anymore, you must take down the Wen family in front of others. ”