The emperor smiled, saying that the king of Jin is still very smart.

The fire of the uncle of the country is naturally extinguished by the queen, and the queen is trying to win connections for the sake of her son, and the uncle of the country does not dare to say a word. Because Uncle Guo is very afraid of her sister.

"This Shen Mingze is quite close to you? Still blocking knives for you? ”

King Jin's heart was sudden, but his mind turned quickly, and he said:

"Erchen is also strange, rumor has it that he... Broken sleeves, you said that he won't take a fancy to the minister, the son is like Pan An, the temperament is noble, and he has a heart of admiration for the minister......"

The emperor glanced at him fiercely.

King Jin sneered and said, "This Shen Mingze is also talented. ”

The emperor is a cherished talent, he is a good emperor, and he naturally understands that it is time for the court to change new blood.

Those old ministers are now starting to rely on the old and sell the old, and they don't take him seriously.

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"If they want me to help, they have to do something for me, and if they don't, I won't lift up a bunch of wasters."

King Jin understood that the emperor agreed.

After the hunt was over, the emperor returned to the court, and after Shen Mingze was injured at home for a few days, he was sent by the emperor to the household department.

The emperor is going to let him tidy up the household department.

The household department is in charge of the money, and he cries for poverty every day, and the salt tax, the flower tax, and the grass tax are all paid there one by one.

Now he wants to see who is doing the trick in the household.

Zhong Jinxiu stayed at home for a few days, and a few days later, the Zhong family welcomed back a person, Du Nuannuan.

Du Nuannuan, the old lady bought it for her father.

Du Nuannuan came back, first went to the East Garden to greet the old lady, and then returned to the West Garden.

Xiao Shen has a kind heart, and when he saw Du Nuannuan, he was only grateful in his heart, grateful that she had taken care of Zhong Yong for several years in the bitter cold place without complaint.

Xiao Shen's heart is grateful and naturally treats her very closely, and today she turned around, and Xiao Shen also ordered these girls to come and see her.

Zhong Jinxiu looked at Du Nuannuan, remembering that the evidence of her father's collusion with Xixia in the previous life came out to her, a father's bed warmer?

But she knew very well that this Du Nuannuan was from Western Xia.

In the past, she thought that she was just a concubine, and she couldn't be on the stage at all, but she never thought that she was a rich wolf in this house, and she had to be eliminated.

Zhong Jinxiu sat firmly in the hall, looking at Du Nuannuan coming from outside, graceful and graceful, outsiders said that her demeanor was very much like my mother, gentle and virtuous, and the atmosphere was awe-inspiring.

The people on the other side of Dongyuan said that if she was in charge of the house, she would definitely do better than my mother.

Because she is open-faced, left and right, she likes her masters, cares for her subordinates, and likes everyone in the house.

If it is said that she is the master, it is understandable, but she is a concubine, and this kind of behavior is noisy.

"Greetings to Madame." Ying Ying bowed, the rules were in order, and Xiao Shen's heart was comfortable again.

The person who waits for Zhong Guogong is not arrogant or impatient, not pampered and arrogant, it is a good one.

Xiao Shen made a gesture to help him up, Zhong Jinxiu coughed lightly, and Xiao Shen paused: "Sister, get up quickly." ”

"Thank you, ma'am."

Xiao Shen said: "You haven't been back to Zhongfu for many years, do you still have an impression of how many young ladies in our family?" Come, let me introduce you. ”

When Du Nuannuan saw Zhong Jinxiu, she said kindly: "This is the eldest lady, I haven't seen her for many years, the eldest lady's temperament has become more and more dusty, and the lady's education is excellent." ”

Xiao Shen listened to it and felt comfortable in his heart, but Zhong Jinxiu's eyebrows and eyes were cold when he listened.

"The border is bitterly cold, day and night, Aunt Du's face is fair, it seems that she has not suffered much at the border."

Du Nuannuan was slightly stunned, and said softly: "It's the love of Grandpa Guo." ”

"This is a Jinxin girl, when I go to the border, she is still coquettish in the arms of the old lady."

Zhong Jinxiu hummed softly.

It means something, and now no one in this house knows that their East Garden and West Garden are in the same place.

She is saying that the old lady has worked hard to raise Jinxin for so many years, and Dongyuan does not look at the face of the monk to see the face of the Buddha, in short, she wants to make peace with the old lady.

Xiao Shen snorted: "When you first came back, you don't know the level." ”

"Madam, the slave only knows that our Great Song Dynasty attaches the most importance to filial piety, if we are like this, I am afraid that we will fall into the hands of others... Madam, slave and maid babbling nonsense, please do not blame it. ”

Xiao Shen was a little embarrassed, and his gaze fell slightly on Zhong Jinxiu's face.

Zhong Jinxiu sneered and said:

"Since you know it's nonsense, you shouldn't have said it in the first place. As soon as Aunt Du came back, she entered the East Garden, and asked the old lady to say goodbye, and now she has returned to the West Garden, pointing out that we are not respectful and filial, and disobey the old lady, this is what your little concubine can call the shots? ”

"You were given to my father by the old lady, and now you are thinking of the old master, so affectionate and righteous, my aunt will naturally not be embarrassed by you, so if you think that the old lady is lonely in Dongyuan, why don't you go back and wait for the old lady, and also the old lady and you know the grace of the meeting? How is it? ”

Du Nuannuan was shocked in her heart, facing Zhong Jinxiu's gaze, she felt the strong hostility.

Sure enough, what the old lady said was right, when she entered the West Garden, the most difficult thing to deal with was Zhong Jinxiu, the eldest lady of the Zhong family. This girl who used to be so foolish, but now she has grown into a smart person who is difficult to deal with, what has she experienced to grow like this overnight?

Now that she has come back for the first time, she is not angry, so she said in fear: "The eldest lady is serious, I entered Xiyuan by myself, and death is also the soul of Xiyuan." ”

"Very good, you have been traveling for days, you have been in the dust, now go back and rest, my aunt has prepared a room for you."

"Thank you, ma'am, thank you... Miss. ”

"You're calling it the wrong one. I'm a princess now, and Sister Jinxin is the lord of the county. ”

"It's Her Royal Highness the Princess, the slave knows it's wrong."

Du Nuannuan left, and Zhong Jinxin asked, "You hate her?" ”

I hate her.

"Did she mess with you? She is her father's concubine, so aren't you afraid that her father will come back and she will sue? She paused, "I heard that she looks like my aunt, your mother, and my father loves her very much, so she takes her with her wherever she goes." ”

"Do you think Daddy likes my mother's face, or does he like her a little more?"

"You're crazy, aren't you? How can this compare? ”

Zhong Jinxiu is not afraid of her complaint, if she complains, it will only cause her father's dissatisfaction, and what she is best at is to quietly let her father know the reason.

This is her trick and her Achilles' heel.

The next day, she came to greet her according to the number of courtesies, and Xiao Shen said: "If you were splendid yesterday, you don't have to take it to heart." ”

"Madam, how dare the slave and maid deal with the princess, Madame has tormented the slave and maid."

Xiao Shen looked at her obediently, there was no complaint between his eyebrows, and he was very satisfied with her in his heart.

It happened that Nie Qiushuang came over, and Xiao Shen pulled her and introduced, "This is Zhong Ming's wife." ”

"Say hello to Grandma Da Shao."

Nie Qiushuang looked at this aunt, her eyes were white, although she was older than them, her skin was better than snow, and she secretly praised in her heart: The maintenance is excellent.

She is a junior, so she naturally wants to return the half-courtesy.

"Look at the belly of the young grandmother, it should be four or five months."

"It's not been five months, and the doctor came to ask for Ping'anmai, saying that this baby is a male baby, which is really the first happy event for our family."

"Yes, the eldest young master is blessed to be able to marry such a virtuous lady." She changed her words and said as if unintentionally, "Now that the eldest young master is busy in the court, there should be a virtuous lady in this family to support him." Now that I see that the eldest young grandmother is pregnant, I wonder if there is anyone waiting in the eldest young master's room? ”

Zhong Jinxiu came in the door just when she heard this, and she could see that her sister-in-law's face suddenly darkened.

Du Shi's words were in a trance, blaming Nie Qiushuang for not being virtuous.

It's just that Nie Qiushuang now has the child in her womb to support her, and Zhong Ming is also very good to her.

She said: "Brother Ming is unwilling to do this, he said that this concubine can't be found randomly, if you find one casually, you can't get on the stage, and you will be ashamed." ”

Zhong Jinxiu entered the door and said, "I think so, if you find someone like Aunt Du who can take care of the housewife and take care of the affairs of the daughter-in-law's room, it is naturally the best." Isn't it possible to share the worries of the master..."

She looked at Du Shi and pulled the corners of her mouth slightly, as if mocking.

Du Shi only felt that this hat was buttoned down, like a thousand pounds.

She snorted, "I'm just worried that the eldest young master won't be able to take care of it?" In the past few years at the border, the two young masters have been waiting for me..."

"Toshi, please be cautious, and please avoid danger, this is Kyoto. Do you understand? It doesn't matter if you don't understand, the old lady has never taught you, there are many grandmothers in our house. ”

Du's expression changed, and he left resignedly.

Xiao Shen looked at her like that, and he couldn't bear it after all.

"She is your father's concubine, and it's not good for you to treat her like this."

Zhong Jinxiu's eyes dimmed, and said: "I will also tell my aunt today, I don't like her, and I don't like her living in the same yard with me, so aunt, you'd better not have the heart to make friends with her, otherwise don't blame me for not even recognizing you." ”

With such resolute words, Xiao Shen was stunned, she didn't know why Zhong Jinxiu was suddenly so radical, looking at her sudden change in face, she was in a trance that the Du clan was a heinous person.

By the way, Zhong Jinxiu didn't like someone pretending to be her mother the most, and at the beginning, because she was said to be three points similar to her sister, she lost her temper fiercely.

"Jinxiu, don't be angry, I won't have anything to do with her in the future, but your father ...... her"

"This matter is not in a hurry, it will be seen in people's hearts for a long time, and after a long time, some people's fox tails will naturally leak out..."

Zhong Jinxiu appeased Xiao Shen, and then left, Nie Qiushuang followed, stopped Zhong Jinxiu, and said, "Sister, you slow down." ”

Zhong Jinxiu thought that Nie Qiushuang was four or five months pregnant, and then slowed down.

When Nie Qiushuang walked in, Zhong Jinxiu said, "Sister-in-law, be careful." ”

Nie Qiushuang smiled: "My sister is angry in her heart? ”

Zhong Jinxiu didn't say anything.

"Because the Du clan is close to those people in Dongyuan?"

Zhong Jinxiu pondered for a moment and asked, "Sister-in-law, do you think I'm unreasonable?" ”

Nie Qiushuang shook his head and said, "I heard Brother Ming talk about this Du clan, and in Brother Ming's mouth, this Du clan is good at dancing with long sleeves, and he is deeply popular. ”

Zhong Jinxiu was slightly stunned, this was to say that her two brothers respected her.

A woman who is very much like her mother, and makes the two eldest brothers have admiration for her in their hearts, how can this woman be simple.

Nie Qiushuang is not a fool, so she naturally understands what she should watch out for.

Especially on the first day she came back, she wanted to stir up the back house. She is a woman, and she doesn't want her man to have another woman besides herself.

And those who desire to join in the affairs of their husband and wife are not pleased with her.

She thought that her sister didn't like her either, so she could unite the front.

"Sister-in-law doesn't seem to like her either?"

Nie Qiushuang put her palm lightly on her stomach, stroked it, and then said: "This Du clan is a bit noisy, listening to her words is like bullying her aunt simply... After all, it came out of there, and it was inevitable to be provoked..."