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This year's summer is still dry and there is little rain.

The water level of the Yonghe River has dropped by three feet, and the well water has dried up in many places.

It is rumored that this year is another year of great disaster, so the price of rice has risen more and more, and more hungry people have poured into the capital.

By the time the sun first arrived, it was already very hot. The willow branches on both sides of the street hung weakly, and the sound of cicadas rose higher and higher, making people upset.

A green silk carriage slowly stopped in front of the Shao Mansion, and the driver stopped the car, took out the greeting slip and sent it to the Shao Mansion gatekeeper.

The gatekeeper saw that the cover of the worship post was written with the words "Mrs. Liu of Pingzhou Thorn History", and hurriedly said to the person who drove the car: "It turns out that Mrs. Thorn Shi has arrived, and wait a minute, I will go in and return." ”

The people guarding the door in each house are often the most well-informed, and the Shao family's gatekeeper has long heard that Liu Huan, the assassin of Pingzhou, has great political achievements, and the emperor specially summoned him to Beijing last month, probably to entrust him with a heavy task.

It seems that Liu Huan has entered Beijing with his family, no, his wife has already come to visit.

Since it was a family member who came to visit, it was natural to report to the two ladies.

At this time, the Huang family and Wei Aluan were accompanying the old lady of the Shao family to talk about homely things, and just talked about the marriage of Huang Yuji and Bai Wen.

Huang Yuji is Huang's maiden nephew, although he is not a relative, but he usually walks around very diligently, and the reason why Huang Yuji can go to the palace to serve as a guard is still Huang's meaning, so he is very grateful.

"The date of June 12 was originally set, but because of national filial piety, it can only be postponed by one year." Huang said: "Anyway, everything that should be prepared is ready, and if it is a year late, it will be a year late." ”

"But it's not too late next year." Wei Aluan said: "It's just that the old lady of his family is not in good health, and she can survive next year." ”

As he was talking, the maid came in with a prayer post, and the royal family took it over and looked at it, and said a little strangely: "This Liu Huan and we are not familiar with each other, why did they come to our house to pay their respects as soon as they entered Beijing?" ”

"I heard from the second master that the emperor intended to let this Liu Huan enter the imperial history platform," Wei Aluan said: "If this is true, they should avoid suspicion." ”

Since ancient times, the imperial history has supervised hundreds of officials, and their identities are special and embarrassing, and few officials like to associate too closely with them. The imperial historians also automatically avoided suspicion, and most of them did not interact with other officials on weekdays.

"Anyway, since people are here, we can't stop seeing them." Huang said that he accepted the prayer post and asked the maid to invite Liu Huan's wife in.

"You must be tired at this moment, so take a break! We'll meet you at the front. Wei Aluan stood up and said.

"It's okay, I don't see anyone at my age." Old Mrs. Shao nodded and said, "Be careful when you speak, you are rash, and you don't know what the other party has in mind." ”

"Mother, don't worry." Huang smiled and comforted his mother-in-law: "Ah Luan and I are almost a hundred years old together, and we can still cope with this little scene." ”

Mrs. Shao also smiled: "Yes, you two are grandmothers, what do I have to worry about?" It's just that people love to nag when they get old. ”

Huang Huang and Wei Aluan came out of Old Lady Shao's house and went to the Pinyuan Hall in front to greet the guests.

On the one hand, he asked Mrs. Liu to come in, and on the other hand, he asked his subordinates to prepare tea and snacks.

The two of them went to the door to greet them, and Wei Aluan said casually: "This Liu Huan should be about the same age as the eldest master, right?" ”

"They should be about the same age, but this Liu Huan has always been an official outside, and he is from a poor family, so he has never had anything to do with us." Huang replied.

As he spoke, he saw the maid leading a few people in, the two maids of Shao Mansion leading the way in front, and three or four servant women in the back surrounded a woman dressed in the blue fragrance of Tianshui and the clouds.

Although it is a little far away, I can't see the face clearly. But looking at the figure and posture, you can judge that this woman is not very old.

"Liu Huan's wife is so young," Wei Aluan was very surprised: "Don't you be like a lady, right?" ”

"We don't know Liu Huan well, and we don't know anything about the situation in his family." Huang said: "Wait a while, meet and interrogate a few words, and you'll know." ”

Mrs. Liu is light and walks gracefully. Her head was slightly bowed, and she looked very gentle and polite. There was a distance of more than ten steps from Huang Shiwei Aluan, and he slowly raised his head.

"Two sisters-in-law, don't come to harm? I haven't seen each other for years, and I miss it very much, so I came uninvited. Her voice was a little low, but it was very slow, and it was unusually gentle.

Huang and Wei Aluan were a little stunned when they saw her face clearly, although the appearance of the person in front of them had changed slightly from their impression, but the delicate eyebrows and eyes and the little rouge mark on the chin were still very familiar.

"It's not ...... Sister Yinshu? Huang was the first to speak.

"Sister-in-law still remembers me, and it's not in vain that I've been thinking about you." Mrs. Liu smiled softly and harmlessly.

Wei Aluan felt a little embarrassed, and smiled a little reluctantly: "I thought who Mrs. Liu was?" I didn't expect it to be my sister.,Please come in.。 ”

This Lu Yinshu was originally the stepdaughter of the Shao family's aunt's wife, and when Wei Aluan and the others had just returned to the capital from Meizhou, the Shao family's aunt couldn't wait to give Lu Yinshu to Shao Tianzi as a concubine.

was later blocked back by the Shao family, because Wei Yining was present at the time and helped Wei Aluan say a few words, and Lu Yinshu held a grudge against her because of this.

Later, she designed to harm Wei Yining, but she didn't expect Wei Yining to see through her conspiracy and return her life in the way of others.

used the county lord of Duanmin to severely punish Lu Yinshu, so Lu Yinshu couldn't stay in the capital, so he had to return to his hometown in Pingzhou.

After she arrived in Pingzhou, she managed to get close to Liu Huan, the assassin, and became his wife.

Because Lu Yinshu is very skillful, it didn't take long to clean up Liu Huan's obedience. Last year, Liu Huan's wife died of illness, and Lu Yinshu happened to give birth to a son, so Liu Huan straightened her out.

The Shao family didn't know anything about these things, they only knew that Mrs. Shao died a few months ago, and Lu Yinshu did not come back to mourn.

Because of the previous incident, the two families had a bit of an unpleasant quarrel, and they were even more secretive about Lu Yinshu, so even if she didn't come back to mourn the Shao family, it was not good to ask too much.

Today's Lu Yinshu is more stable and graceful than before, as if she is a lady's style.

The Shao family has always been the most amiable, although they feel a little embarrassed in their hearts, but since Lu Yinshu took the initiative to come to visit, they naturally have to treat each other politely.

"When did my sister enter Beijing? But are you all settled? Huang asked kindly while holding the tea himself.

"Thank you sister-in-law for remembering that it was Beijing the day before yesterday," Lu Yinshu took the teacup with both hands and replied with a smile: "It took two days to clean up and barely admit it." ”

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