Qinghua Town is located in Fuzhou, surrounded by mountains and rivers, the people are rich and rich, Lan Liang served as the county magistrate in Qinghua Town for several years, and the assistant governor of Fuzhou Prefecture was in charge of river transportation and water conservancy, silk production, and cleaning up military supplies every year to appease the scattered people everywhere, with excellent political performance, and more importantly, he has a strong foreign family.

Lan Liang won the best performance this time, and he should be promoted to Zhizhou, many squires thought that he would take over Fuzhou, and they were vying to invite him to eat and drink, Lan Liang knew that he couldn't be too proud at the moment, and the promotion documents and official seals on it did not arrive one day, but he was the county order of Qinghua Town.

In the past few days, Hai Rulan has been extremely busy in the inner courtyard of the mansion, so she sorted out the sundries to be taken away, and she was busy with the heel not occupying the area.

In the side pavilion, there is an arhat bed of Zhang Jinsi Nanmu, a cushion covered with silk rich and rich peonies, a few Hangzhou silk soft pillows, two jade tea cups on the ebony case, and a three-legged tripod of silver agate on the side, which is slowly curling with fragrance, and the two maidservants who are waiting next to them stand in a proper manner, and when they saw Hai Rulan coming in, they hurriedly bowed and bowed and retreated.

The two women got up immediately, one was wearing a goose-yellow wool knee-length gown, and inside was a light orange pomegranate skirt, holding a lop ear bun with a camellia tassel hairpin, the goose egg face makeup was delicate and charming, and the other was wearing a white long gown, with rabbit down and fur on the side, and a lilac Luo skirt inside, looking generous and extravagant, slightly pasted with a layer of rouge, covering up the eyebrows on the bottom.

Hai Rulan looked at her two daughters, sighed silently, thinking that she was also the concubine of Jingguan, and she was unwilling to take a concubine when she married into the door, how could there be a place where she couldn't live with Lan Liang, Lan Guixian, who was brought from outside, was more interested than the two biological ones, but you were very good to her and one less, that was not good at all.

The two sisters obviously finished arguing, Lan Guidan looked coldly at the person who was pretending to touch her tears, Mama Li came in with two embroidered stools, Lan Guidan sat down by herself, Lan Guidan seemed to want to sue, but was pulled by Mama Tang's cuffs and sat down obediently.

"Mother has been tired these days, cleaning up inside and out, I heard that the promotion orders are on the way, and the house in the capital has also been arranged, everything is in order, and our family has finally survived." Lan Guidan talked about it enthusiastically, raised her hand and stroked her broken hair behind her ear, originally she thought that her mother had called her to come specifically to talk about Zhao Yuanzhi, but she raised her eyes and looked at Lan Guixian, who was delicate and flattering, and she didn't understand what her mother meant.

"Mother Zhao is the person left by her aunt to her daughter, her mother left her family in Qinghua Town, and the people around her daughter can't take it with her, her daughter knows that her mother treats her well, in the end, she is not familiar with the life in the capital, although her grandmother says that the palms and backs of her hands are granddaughters, in the end, the palms are ······" Lan Guixian let out a long sigh, made a pitiful appearance, raised her eyes and looked at Hai Rulan with red eyes: "Sister also pity my poor sister, help my sister beg her mother." ”

Lan Guidan didn't answer at all, Hai Rulan raised her hand to take the tea handed over by Mama Li, lifted the lid of the cup and shook the tea, don't open the floating tea, and said with a smile: "Since I went to the capital, my mother naturally wants to ask for good relatives, and leaving here is also a new beginning. ”

Lan Guixian was just about to speak, but Lan Guidan glanced at her: "Take them to the capital, because you are afraid that others will not know that you are a widow, right?" Since you are the daughter of the Lan family, you have to learn to use yourself to stabilize the power of the family, when your aunt was desperate to give birth to you, why, I don't want to hope that my mother and son are expensive, you are now noble, do you still want to take your aunt's back road? ”

Her mother-in-law still has no name, she is called her aunt, and Mama Li, who is accompanying her, also said: "When you arrive in the capital, there are sons who are better than the young master of the Liu family, and the second girl looks good and understands the rules and reason, why worry that no one likes it, although the Liu family is good, in the end, he is from a businessman, and he is weak and cannot inherit the family business, and Mrs. is also for the sake of the second girl." ”

But Liu Shengheng is a handsome young man who is definitely not able to find a second one, Lan Guixian still wants to speak, Hai Rulan has already diverted the conversation: "Your brother is not feeling well these days, but have you visited him?" ”

When he returned home late at night a few days ago, Lan Yuedong didn't see anyone, but Zhao Wang said most of the words when he came the next day, and then smashed the whole house, Lan Guidan snorted, rubbing and playing with a sweat towel: "It's nothing more than that Hua Niang is getting better with whose son, and he can't rob others." ”

The third brother Lan Guidan really doesn't have a good tone, he doesn't learn and indulge in beauty, and the delicate maid in the courtyard of Shengge every night is the one who didn't go to the couch, and when he went to visit last month, he just watched the three women and one man in the house upside down and didn't know what it was.

"In my opinion, it's good to set up a family affair for my brother as soon as possible, and I will be calm when I have a daughter-in-law." Lan Guixian also pouted.

Hai Rulan's fingers lightly tapped on the small desk, looking at the two daughters in front of her who didn't have a good handwriting for her younger brother, and said coldly: "It's a loss that everyone has the same surname, in the future, I and you Lao Tzu die, do you two also go back to the nest and tear your brother apart?" Hai Rulan's eyes fell on Lan Guixian: "Don't think I don't know that you have been pestering your Lao Tzu to take you to Liu's house for a drink these days!" ”

Mama Li knew that Hai Rulan was going to rectify her family style, so she was busy going out to guard the door.

Lan Guixian stood up, lowered her body and said, "My daughter naturally wants to fight." Lan Liang has always been obedient to her, and Lan Guixian is only superficially respectful to her mother-in-law: "Dad said that he will take care of his daughter's marriage, so he won't worry about his mother's worries, and now is the time to take care of the housework under inspection, if the mother is idle, it is better to discipline and discipline her younger brother and help her sister." ”

Hai Rulan still smiled faintly, "Although the Liu family is a merchant, its influence in the capital is not small, and the Shilang Mansion attaches great importance to this little son of the Liu family, not to mention matching the daughter of an official family, and she is also a young lady who has been clear for a hundred years. ”

Lan Guidan also said these words not long ago, Lan Guixian's hand in the sleeve was slightly clenched, nodded stiffly, and sat back again, who knew that before the stool was present, Hai Rulan's voice sounded: "Go out, be a good person in your room, don't think that you are really a talented woman when you are a talented woman when you are embarrassed at the gathering of ladies in the capital, no one can cover your life experience outside, and you will do their best to help you be more competitive." ”

"Don't blame me for not saying ugly words in front, I'm provoking you Lao Tzu to take you to Liu's house to attract bees and butterflies, I will marry you immediately!" Hai Rulan put the tea cup in her hand heavily on the small desk, and made a dull voice: "Go out, I have invited your grandmother's nurturing grandmother to come, and follow the rules of evil!" ”

"Yes." Lan Guixian got a soft stomach, stirred the sweat towel and withdrew in two steps, Mama Li was also an old fritter, and said to the girl next to her: "Send the second girl back in person, if I bump into it in other places, I won't spare you!" ”

Inside the house, Lan Guidan immediately greeted his mother: "Now that you and your father are leaving, the Zhao family-"

Hai Rulan immediately glanced at her daughter: "Who can you blame for today's situation!" I didn't act properly and took it lightly, and let Zhao Yuanzhi take a wife's original square back and put it back, you dare to kill Yang Baodai, according to the law, the husband must keep filial piety for one year, you move her to be old, and it is another three years of filial piety, is there less help from the family in these three years? ”

"How I acted inappropriately and took it lightly! Is it prudent to go to the Zhao family's big house every day to take it with you! Lan Guidan was indignant.

Hai Rulan raised her hand and raised her eyebrows: "Today, I will explain all your mistakes to you clearly!" When Yuan Chun died, you really had to keep Pingxiao for a year, when your Lao Tzu forced Zhao Wangde to write a letter of resignation, you didn't want to leave! That's the first mistake, this chastity archway is on your own back! You just have a good time, I also asked you if you really wanted to marry Zhao Yuanchun when you got on the sedan chair, it was you-"

"But he's kind to me, I can be ruthless but I can't be unrighteous!" Lan Guidan immediately refuted that Zhao Yuanchun did have nothing to say about her.

"Your second mistake is to be too obedient in front of Zhao Yuanzhi, what is Zhao Yuanzhi and her mother? Vanity and brainlessness, you send money and jewelry all day long, she can give Zhao Yuanzhi a few good words about you, you are submissive to Zhao Yuanzhi, and he is an arbitrary and simple character, to put it bluntly, it is cheeky and cunning, but you have to wait for him to ask for marriage, and you are arrogant to your own father-in-law and mother-in-law, you have to ask about everything at home, and you are still competing with your mother-in-law for such things, and you are even more sarcastic and cold-eyed at your father-in-law, are you going to be a daughter-in-law, the ancestors are not too much, do you dare to say, Zhao Yuanzhi married a relative, and there is no rumor in the second room? ”

Lan Guidan immediately fell down, sat down on the embroidery stool next to her in a daze, and couldn't help trembling slightly, on the day of Zhao Yuanzhi's wedding, Furong knew the news, but she gave the Qian family to send to Zhuangzi in the suburbs to check the accounts.

She couldn't help but feel bitter, back then she obviously fell in love with Zhao Yuanzhi, the young Xiucai was going to take the exam soon, the family was in trouble, only one Zhu family needed to be served, the house was clean, there was a relative who split up early, don't worry about the concubine, but God immediately played a big joke on her, Zhao Yuanzhi's father died, and then all the property was handed over to Zhao Wangde in the second room.

Lan Liang received a lot of benefits from Zhao Wangde, and even more valued that he was already the son of a young man, so he insisted on marrying him, and Hai Rulan also analyzed with him about marrying Zhao Yuanchun and Zhao Yuanzhi.

Lan Guidan still remembers the day he was hired.

"Dan'er, you are my own daughter, although my mother has not worked as much on you over the years as your younger brothers and sisters, the marriage is your own decision, the two sons of the Zhao family are extremely good people, my mother doesn't know why you have to marry Zhao Yuanzhi, but have you ever thought that Zhao Yuanzhi and his father died, you and he will be married, and it will drag on for three years, he is still just a showman, and the family property has been taken away, do you want to live a life of eating chaff?"

"But my daughter just likes him, and my daughter is willing to wait another three years." Lan Guidan leaned over his mother's knee: "When I looked at him in the teahouse that day, I thought he was a gentle person. ”

"Then let's talk about Zhao Yuanchun, do you know that he personally asked your father to marry you? He is different from his Lao Tzu, Sven is polite and good, and his conversation is even more extraordinary, Jinshi and the first are just around the corner, and he also swore in front of me and your father, there is only one woman in this life, there will be absolutely no different belly, he is very good, his mother is a young lady from a down-and-out scholarly family, and she is also knowledgeable, compared with the unreasonable Zhu family, this mother-in-law is much better. ”

"Child, it is impossible for a man not to change his heart in this life, he will get along for a long time, he will not be enthusiastic about you, at this time a good life is your reliance on the second half of your life, the slave serves the love of your father-in-law and mother-in-law, and in the two dolls, no one can shake your position, you still have a family and your grandfather's family to rely on, even if he is an official, he must always respect you, child, my mother does not favor the two people of the Zhao family, if you want to live, Zhao Yuanchun is the first choice, Zhao Yuanzhen, he makes people can't see through."

Lan Guidan raised her head and sobbed: "My mother just hates the poor and loves the rich!" ”

As he was talking, the door was slammed open, and Lan Liang stepped in two steps: "You dead kid can't say anything, can you!" Zhao Yuanzhen: He's a great one! Playing with the brain, who doesn't say that the businessmen in the entire Qinghua Town can't fight! Can you see through such a person! Do you like him, take her like you! Zhao Yuanchun is a promising one! Besides, he likes you! Do you understand the saying that it is easy to ask for priceless treasures, and it is rare to have a lover! ”

"Daddy just fancy that her family is rich!" Hai Ru Lan Teng stood up: "You only have Lan Guixian and the third brother in your heart, when did you have my eldest daughter!" It's just that I want to add some backers! How do you know that Zhao Yuanzhi will not make a comeback! How can you be sure that he is not as good as Zhao Yuanchun! ”

She has never seen Zhao Yuanchun at all! He married himself just for the future! What is said is deep and meaningful! Can she still not know the twists and turns of the Shangjia House! Doing things is always the supremacy of interests!

Lan Liang raised his hand and was about to slap her, but he couldn't help it: "You are the girl with your father personally, I don't hurt you, I don't hurt you, you will come to tell you this, Zhao Yuanchun, you have to marry me if you don't marry!" ”

"I'll marry, I'll marry!" Lan Guidan roared directly, tears welled up in an instant, and he wiped his face with his sideways: "In your eyes, am I a daughter, or a bargaining chip for exchanging careers?" If you beg your dead second sister here today, would you be so resolute? ”

Lan Guidan thought about the torture of getting married, and couldn't help but pick up a sweat towel to wipe her tears, Hai Rulan smiled: "If Zhao Yuanchun hadn't died, I'm afraid you wouldn't have started Zhao Yuanzhen's mind, you were originally a straightforward person, but when it came time to remarry, you were too resigned, how many times could you threaten Zhao Yuanzhi to marry you?" If it weren't for my idea, let you instigate Zhao Wang's successor, Zhao Yuanzhi····· Don't talk about it, I'll ask you one last time, are you not Zhao Yuanzhi not married! ”

Lan Guidan nodded heavily: "Yes, my daughter only needs Zhao Yuanzhi." People always have to look forward, maybe Zhao Yuanchun's death is God's second chance to give her the pursuit of her love.

"From now on, be filial to your mother-in-law, as for the Zhu family, you don't need to be respected, and that Yang Baodai must rub her sharpness, just instigate your father-in-law to go to this point, remember, don't do anything yourself, and besides, everyone must think that you are the one worthy of Zhao Yuanzhi."

"Your father and I went to the capital to wait for a firm foothold, and I will take you back, and then Zhao Yuanzhi should also be lifted, his teacher is full of peach and plum in the capital, and he will definitely find a good teacher for her to guide her, and wait for that time, the mother has more ways to let him marry you."

Lan Guidan blinked: "Mother is asking me to wait." After a pause, he immediately thought of something: "But what if Yang Baodai is pregnant!" ”

"Do you think Zhao Yuanzhi really likes Yang Baodai?" Hai Rulan got up slowly: "Zhao Yuanzhi is a person with great ambitions, marrying Yang Baodai is nothing more than to stop us, and then he is about to go to Fuzhou Township to try, naturally he has to leave someone to guard his old lady who always does the wrong thing, look at it, wait for Zhao Yuanzhi to have power, the first thing he doesn't want is this wife!" ”

"Really?!" Lan Guidan was delighted.

Hai Rulan gently pressed her shoulder: "What you have to do now, the first is to be nice to your mother-in-law, the second is not to give Yang Baodai face, and the third is to wait for Zhao Yuanzhi to win the lift, gossip about Yang Baodai's infertility, and let the Zhu family come forward to take a concubine, if the house is restless, who do you think Zhao Yuanzhi will favor?" ”

Who else could there be? Naturally, it's the Zhu family! The man on the road is most afraid of filial piety!

Hai Rulan looked at her daughter's eyes flickering, and said slowly: "Now it seems that your vision is still very good, Zhao Yuanzhi will become famous in the capital sooner or later, what we have to do is to become the only backer she can climb, and pull him over faster than anyone else." ”

Lan Guidan felt that what her mother said made a lot of sense, so she nodded and was about to retire, Hai Rulan said again: "Find two well-behaved and sensible women with innocent backgrounds and mellow temperaments for your younger brother, and your brother should also take care of it." ”

"Mother, whose girl did she fancy to her younger brother?"

"Yang family, Yang Baomei." Hai Rulan said slowly.

She likes to plan ahead, in case Yang Baodai really has a good means to capture Zhao Yuanzhi's two sincerity, she has a bargaining chip to threaten her.

Lan Guidan hesitated: "I'm afraid my mother doesn't know, Yang Baomei is now Liu Shengheng's person." She looked at her mother with a gloomy expression: "Mother, you are ·····"

"You are an airtight mouth, my mother will give you a thorough understanding, do you know what Liu Shengheng's identity is?"

Lan Guidan's eyes widened in bewilderment, waiting for her mother to speak.