Sure enough, as everyone expected, Yuan Zhiheng, who sat firmly in the position of Shaozhan Taichang, returned to the house on the second day, Emperor Xu sent someone to send a congratulatory gift.

The person who came to give the congratulatory gift was Mrs. Wu's nemesis, the county lord of Huaqing.

"The county lord is here, and if you miss the distance, please atone for your sins." Wu took Diancui to meet the lord of Huaqing in the upper room, regardless of the past grievances, today's polite scenes are to be obtained.

The county lord of Huaqing has always been a cold-faced person, he doesn't like to laugh, and waved his hand and instructed the maid below to offer the congratulatory gift to the Wu mother and daughter, and then slowly spoke:

"This is a personal reward from Emperor Concubine Xu, it can be seen that the Imperial Concubine has grace to your Yuan family, and now it is inconvenient for you to enter the palace to thank you if you are not destined to be, so you will bow here and thank you."

This was said to Dian Cui, Dian Cui smiled and moved forward, but did not bow down to the lord of Huaqing, but only bowed in the direction of the palace to thank the imperial concubine for the reward.

After saying goodbye, he returned to his seat and sat down quietly.

The county lord of Huaqing snorted coldly: "You are calm, it is said that ordinary people are overjoyed to receive this grace, and they must be overjoyed to thank the emperor." ”

"The county lord laughed, the imperial concubine and the courtiers were grateful in their hearts, but they just wanted their mother's teachings, not to be happy with things, not to their own sorrows, joys and angers, not to be shaped, and to be the way of life."

Wu Shi took a sip of tea, with a smile in his eyes, this ghost elf, when did he call her this. As her Wu family's daughter, if she wants to be happy, she will be happy, and if she wants to be angry, she will be angry, who cares.

The county lord of Huaqing also looked like he had eaten flies, pretending to be something.

In the past, the Wu family followed behind the lord of Yunnan Wang and the sister-in-law, and the two sisters-in-law were like a person, so she looked unpleasant, and now she didn't like this charming and cunning girl. Especially the cat's eyes with the corners of her eyes raised, with a three-point smile when she looked at people, the county lord of Huaqing always felt that there were two points of mockery in these three-point smiles.

It stands to reason that Diancui and this Huaqing county lord are meeting for the first time, but the Huaqing county lord just doesn't like her in his heart.

The county lord of Huaqing didn't like the two of them, but he didn't leave, and only chatted with Wu without embarrassment.

Dongxue brought milk and balm, and said softly, Mrs. Soak your hands.

At this time of the day, Diancui would soak her hands in hot milk, and then carefully apply the balm, which was the rule left by the late Guo Lao.

Diancui confessed to the lord of Huaqing, stretched out a pair of slender white soft hands to gently dip into the copper basin containing milk on the table, the milk was steaming, and there was a layer of bright petals floating in it, and Xin'er on the side held a soft white cotton cloth and waited.

The lord of Huaqing was stunned, I heard that this is the secret method of those ladies in the palace to take care of their hands and skin. This young Mrs. Yuan clearly looks like she has no knowledge, how can she know this method.

In fact, even if you know this method, it is difficult for ordinary people to continue this method day by day. One is that milk is precious, and the other is that there is no such patience and heart.

Diancui is used to soaking her hands in hot milk, and she doesn't feel hot, but she feels comfortable and squints her eyes slightly, and the hot milk makes her face red, and her cherry lips are more and more red.

The county lord of Huaqing sighed in his heart, how did the Wu family give birth to such a charming girl, how could He De still be Mrs. Yuan, that Lord Yuan looked like a young official with a bright future, and his appearance was also handsome and extraordinary...... Thinking of this, the county lord of Huaqing rolled his eyes, and it seemed that some thoughts were gradually fixed in his mind.

"Well, the congratulatory gift has been delivered, and I don't want to stay out longer. But I still want to congratulate you on returning to the third lady, there is a way that a person has won the Tao chicken dog ascended to heaven, and if I want to come to you in the future, I will also rely on my son-in-law's family to soar. ”

The lord of Huaqing County, Pi Xiaorou didn't smile and put down his words, and then walked away with the help of the maid.

"What kind of person is this!" Wu Shi was afraid of face and greeted her in a good voice, but she didn't expect people to appreciate it, and she didn't forget to say a few words of sarcasm and sarcasm when she left. Over the years, because of her sister-in-law, she has not been pretentious to herself, and it has not been a day or two.

"Mother, don't be angry, you can't do anything with her!" Dian Cui hurriedly comforted.

"Naturally, she can't do it, but now she's here to provoke us. First of all, you don't know when you're not at home, when your second brother had an accident, she took the opportunity to squeeze me in front of those ladies, and slandered your second brother everywhere. I couldn't help it before, I put up with it, but now you want to let Wei Niang endure this evil breath. ”

Wu Shi was angry, and the third master came back to persuade her, which made her more and more angry. As a daughter, Diancui couldn't do anything, so she ordered the carriage to come, and got on the ride and went straight to the Wu family's courtyard.

Watching the carriage gallop away, Dian Cui couldn't help but sigh, after her mother's fortieth birthday, this temper became more and more urgent.

Return to the north courtyard of the house, the old lady's residence.

Sister Ci nested in front of the old lady's lap, listening to the big girl next to the old lady, this book was actually a military book, but Sister Ci listened to it with relish. vp

"You go to Brother Zhao'er and ask him if there is a woman who knows martial arts, preferably a person who is both civil and military, and says that I want to borrow it to be a martial arts master for my great-granddaughter." The old lady instructed the people around her.

Brother Zhao in the old lady's mouth is the only nephew of her mother's lineage, who is skilled in martial arts and knows the art of war, known as General Guangwei, and is now guarding southern Xinjiang.

If you say that there are many soldiers with high martial arts around him, it is really not necessary to say that women. So the old lady just asked, if not, she still has a way.

"Since the old lady wants to invite Master Wu, why don't you invite the third young master together?" The maid on the side suggested with a smile.

"I want to, but Brother Huai'er is reluctant to give up." The old lady snorted coldly, originally Brother Huai'er was raised by her side, and she was close to her before she was three years old, but later the Wu family was unwilling, and the third master asked him to carry Brother Huai'er back to her side from the North Courtyard.

Daughter-in-law Wu is so willful, she has been used to it over the years. I don't bother to meet her generally, this time Sister Ci is going to be raised by her side, that Sister Cui is soft, and she won't rob her like a mother.

The old lady thought like this, and suddenly felt that Diancui's soft nature was also beneficial.

Unexpectedly, Sister Ci'er, who had been listening to books with relish, suddenly spoke: "Great-grandmother, I have a master, Qingyun is my master, and his martial arts are amazing." ”

"Qingyun...... Is that the taciturn young man next to your daddy? "The old lady Gui has seen the young man a little, he is a calm and graceful person, but he is still a practitioner.

Mrs. Gui thought about it, and felt that it was inappropriate, Master Wu was no better than an ordinary teacher, so he was not allowed to have physical contact with students. Now that Sister Ci'er is still young, it is not a big problem, if she grows into a big girl in the future, it will be inappropriate, and it is better to have a female master.

Although she thought so, the old lady Gui didn't say it, because she looked at Sister Ci'er and seemed to be very dependent on and liked the current master Qingyun, and rashly finding a new master with her would inevitably make her rebellious.

"Old lady, this morning the lord of Huaqing came to send a congratulatory gift, after leaving, the lady was angry, and at this time I went to the house of the Wu family's uncle and wife, and the lord and the young lady did not persuade ...... "There is a mother-in-law outside to report."

The old lady frowned, and the big maid on the side glanced at Sister Ci who was listening with her ears open, and scolded the woman unhappily: "Didn't you say something bad to the old lady, don't go out quickly." ”

"Little Miss, the slave will take you out to play for a while." The mother-in-law in the old lady's house looked at her face, and hurriedly stepped forward to hug Sister Ci'er outside.

"This Wu family is a grandmother, or is she so unbreathable, what did she do when she went to find the eldest lady of the Wu family? What does the lord of Huaqing say is also the person of Emperor Xu's concubine, even if he doesn't get along, he just doesn't say a few words, this is going to be the end, I see. The old lady was very impatient, and continued to scold her uncompetitive son, who had allowed the Wu family to act willfully and recklessly for so many years.

"Old lady, don't be angry, Mrs. is not confused this year, the young master and aunt in the family are also angry, Mrs. is unwilling to bear in trouble, although she is a little more reckless, but she is no longer aggrieved and suffocated." The big maid beside the old lady persuaded softly.

"I didn't ask her to be aggrieved, she was not in good shape before, who to blame, it's not that she blames her for being too thoughtful and can't let ......go of small things," the old lady sighed, but after thinking about it, the maid's words also made sense, they returned home now is different from the past, and it is not interesting to raise their eyebrows and endure it again.

"But after all, the county lord of Huaqing is the person of Emperor Xu's concubine, and it is not good to provoke it easily......" The old lady was a little worried.

She is also a person who is now over the age of six, and she still has to worry about family affairs, the eldest girl hurriedly persuaded that Emperor Xu Guifei is now giving a congratulatory gift to our aunt, thinking that she wants to win over, how can she be blamed because of some trivial things in the back house, the old lady relax.

Let's say that the Wu family went to find his sister-in-law, complained all the grievances, and made it clear that the county lord of Huaqing came to the house to set up a score.

The eldest lady of the Wu family listened to her sister-in-law's words, and she became popular. Greeted the subordinates and went directly to the gate of the county lord's mansion, and scolded the county lord of Huaqing. Fortunately, the county master is also an old acquaintance, so he persuaded her to go out.

The county lord of Huaqing sat at home, but was scolded by someone who broke into the mansion, and was naturally very aggrieved and resentful, and cried into the palace that night.

Emperor Xu didn't like to listen to her complaints, and she was even more disappointed in these impulsive women who were over forty years old, and immediately reprimanded her.

The county lord of Huaqing returned to the county lord's mansion in a wilt, and the more he thought about it, the more angry he became, and he was angry and had an illness, which is a later story.

Let's say that since beating his sister-in-law for himself, Wu has become more and more angry, and as long as something doesn't go his way, he will get angry.

In addition to hiding in the yamen on weekdays, when she came home, she looked for her son-in-law to discuss matters, in fact, it was also to dodge. The old lady secretly often used silver taels to help Grandma Yue who was far away in Fujian, and Wu Shi complained to the third master when he knew about it.

This matter reached the ears of the old lady, and she immediately called the third master to give a strict education. Master Gui San felt that what his mother said was right, he had indulged Wu too much over the years to let him be like this, so he went back and looked at Wu with a cold face.

Wu Shi was originally married to the Gui family, where has he received such a cold face from the third master over the years......

Dian Cui didn't expect that since he returned to Beijing with his family, the family would be so "lively", and it was not a good thing for his married daughter to live in her mother's house for a long time, so he discussed with Yuan Zhiheng to repair the house of Yuan's mansion as soon as possible so that he could move back.