Chapter 408: Purging the Inner House
The three women present all had black-faced faces, each complaining in their own way.
Mrs. Peng: How old is the Gu family, and she has become a five-grade edict, and she doesn't have a son and a half daughter under her knees, so did she gain a firm foothold in the Taishi Mansion?! She is now pleasant, and the longitudinal manager proposed to assist in the management of the feed, wouldn't there be no excuse to refuse!
Mama Su: How can the uncle ask for the Gu family at the juncture? Although she is only a pleasant five-grade woman, she is also a legitimate foreign woman, isn't it possible for Concubine Hui to send it at will? This matter is very detrimental to Mrs. Six's plan, but I don't know if there is a way to stop it.
The old lady complained directly: "Although Brother Ting has awarded the five-grade Wenxun, he doesn't have to rush to ask for a wife's room, right?" Aren't you afraid of gossip and arrogance? Moreover, whether the Gu family is qualified to be an edict or not, it is still worth considering! ”
Lan Ting noticed a change from stepping into his grandmother's house today, he thought at first that his grandmother was still haunted by Huai Chungui's revelation of embezzlement of public funds, but when he heard this, his brows frowned: "According to the imperial court decree, the edict below the fifth grade is only granted and not invited, and the edict above the fifth grade is first asked to be granted, and the court is in line with the law for the lady, how can it cause slander?" The grandmother also said that the mother was still not qualified to be a fate, and the grandson was even more puzzled. ”
"What the old lady means is that the eldest grandmother has no children under her knees now, so there is no need to rush the matter of sealing it." Mama Su's interjection has become a habit.
Lan Ting glanced at her coldly, and still said to the old lady: "Grandmother really thinks so?" ”
"Isn't that reasonable?" The old lady also had a cold face.
"When my grandfather asked my grandmother to be a pleasant person, my father was not born."
"How can the uncle compare the grandmother with the old lady!" Mama Su frowned.
"Mama, I'm reasoning with my grandmother, and I ask Mama to be silent." Lan Ting glanced at Mama Su coldly again, got up and said: "Although the grandmother is the elder, the lady is indeed a humble child, but there is no difference between the same Zhao Men's daughter-in-law, and the court has come to ask for the seal, considering the rules, and there is also a restriction on whether there are children under the knees of the lifeless woman, so the grandmother uses this argument to oppose the grandson to ask for the title of the mother, and the grandson must theorize." ”
"Okay, then let's talk about morality, but the daughter-in-law who knows has repeatedly collided with and disrespected Mama Fei in the past few days, and she still doesn't accept my discipline ...... her."
"Grandmother, the four words of disrespect cannot be used for servant women, if grandmother is reprimanded because Mama Fei disobeys the lady's discipline, the lady will naturally be theoretical." Uncle Zhao didn't know about the dispute between Chungui and his grandmother these days, but he didn't bother to ask about right and wrong, so he couldn't help but help his own lady.
This is also because Lan Ting understands his grandmother very well, she is black and white at all, and Chun Gui has never been a temperament to be bullied, if it is not unbearable, where will she find Fei Mama, and although the mother-in-law looks at Banzheng, in fact, it is also the eyes and ears of the grandmother placed in the Eagle Garden, and Lan Ting is a dissident in his heart, since Chun Gui can't help it, take this opportunity to send it away.
Then he said: "Since Mama Fei is not sent to obey, I don't think I need to stay in the Eagle Garden to serve, she was originally responsible for training the little girl, so let's go as the messenger of the discipline and supervision." ”
This can make the old lady vomit, and her face is completely like smearing the ashes of a pot that has been frozen hard.
Mrs. Peng hurriedly helped: "It's unfair for Brother Ting to treat her like this, although Mama Fei is a servant, she is Mrs. Gu's nurturing mother, not to mention the rules, and her virtue is even more respected, and now Brother Ting actually questions Mama Fei's conduct, isn't it?"
is also questioning Mrs. Gu's morality? ”
The old lady took a deep breath: "Auntie's virtue and words, but the female relatives in Kyoto can't find fault, they are all endured to Mama Fei's upbringing and supervision, how did it change to Gu's side, and Mama Fei has become arrogant and rude again?" Brother Ting, it's hard to become a daughter-in-law, even my aunt has to pick the wrong one! ”
Chungui was about to defend herself, but she received Lan Ting's gaze, so she closed her mouth tightly.
"The words of grandmother and uncle, the court thinks it is very ridiculous, how can I be the lady of Zhao Men in Xuanzhutang Hall, how can it be a servant woman who is more virtuous and virtuous? Ting remembers clearly that although Fei was a servant of his aunt back then, his great-grandmother was also specially recommended by his second uncle and grandmother, and hired Sergeant Ren as his aunt's and daughter's teacher, and his aunt has always been a sergeant as a teacher. ”
It turned out that the old lady gave birth to two sons-in-law at that time, and gave birth to a daughter-in-law, but her mind was more devoted to her son, and she was a little neglectful of her daughter, Lan Ting's great-grandmother was still alive at the time, but her body was insufficient, and seeing that her daughter-in-law did not have the ability to teach her husband and children, her grandson was not worried, but her granddaughter's upbringing made the old man very worried, so she discussed with the second old lady and asked if there was a reliable female teacher, and the second old lady recommended one.
This sergeant, who is also a female official in the palace, served as the princess, and later when he was old, he resigned from the palace, and was invited back by a family of relatives and friends of the second old lady's family to support and teach the girls in the family.
At that time, Lan Ting had not yet been born, of course, he did not know these things, and when he knew about the personnel, Sergeant Ren had actually passed away, but Lan Ting had heard his grandfather mention this old matter, and told him not to forget to send someone to take care of Sergeant Ren's tomb from time to time, which was also considered the righteousness of Sergeant Ren and his aunt's teachers and students.
Because Sergeant Ren is no longer alive, and his aunt is married to Fuzhou, and the family doesn't know when there will be the absurd words of his aunt and Aunt Donaifei's upbringing, Lan Ting didn't bother to correct it after hearing it, but at this time, the old lady and Mrs. Peng used this "great achievement" to sit on the spring and make trouble, and Lan Ting of course had to fight for reason.
He is also very tired of this kind of woman's opinion, and often compares the servant woman with the master, and reprimanding Mama Fei is like reprimanding her aunt, and Mama Fei can go to heaven after serving her aunt? Nowadays, I don't even see the eunuch who is high and deyi, in front of the queen, concubines, and many princes, and he doesn't dare to forget the rules of being a slave and maid, when will an old woman in the Taishi's Mansion be able to override the future clan wife? !
And just this morning, before coming to the Hesitant Garden, Lan Ting also witnessed Fei's good hands and feet in good health, but did he look like he was being criticized? It's nothing more than being taken to the wrong place by Chungui, she felt that the old face was a little dull, so she instigated the old lady to support her, if she really wanted to care, she simply degraded the grange to be more pure, but Lan Ting was lenient in the end, thinking of Mama Fei's age, and she didn't commit any crimes, if you want to say the root cause, then you should also be held accountable for the old lady's instructions, so Lan Ting only punished Mama Fei with a small punishment.
The old lady was not convinced, but she couldn't win theoretically, and Mama Su was reminded by the young master, and somehow she couldn't raise the courage to be irritable, but she just stood aside with an ugly face, and she didn't give the old lady any more instructions, so the old lady had to endure this grievance for the time being.
"That's it, since I've already asked for a seal, can I still force myself to go to the front of the palace to take it back? It's just that in the future, I finally don't have to stay in the museum, and I have already entered the office, so I don't have to study hard behind closed doors in order to enter the office, and I don't forget to go to Anluhou Mansion to walk around
Move. ”
"Grandmother, although the grandson no longer has to stay in the dormitory, but he also serves as a position in the matter, the official duties will only be more onerous than in the past, and the family mansion also has affairs that need to be taken by the grandchildren, I am afraid that I really can't spare time to visit relatives and friends, An Luhou has always understood the difficulties of his grandson, and I believe that it will not be difficult for the younger generations." Lan Ting easily rejected the old lady's order.
In fact, he doesn't have to refuse, it is also a strategy to go in the left ear and out of the right ear, I believe that my grandmother will not force him to go to Anluhou's Mansion to visit the door, but he can do his own thing, but Chun Hui can't, if he agrees, his grandmother can forcibly escort Chun Gui to Anluhou Mansion for entertainment, wouldn't he have nothing to do for Chun Gui? Uncle Zhao said that he was extremely sensible and would never implicate his wife in what he could.
Not to mention that as long as Chungui and the female dependents of Anluhou Mansion come and go frequently, there is no difference between him and Anluhou Mansion in the eyes of the world, this misunderstanding can never be formed, otherwise it will reach the ears of the emperor, and I thought that he had to support Concubine Hui and the Ten Princes, before the abolition of the prince, the party struggle is a matter that must be carried out secretly, Wei Guogong understands this truth, Lan Ting is more consistently vigilant, and now he has reached a covenant with His Royal Highness the King of Zhou to be the lord and the subordinate, and acting is not only related to the honor and disgrace of the Xuanyutang family, but also the two families of Zhao Jiang are in-laws, But years of estrangement are never a secret, and this estrangement needs to be maintained all the time.
As for the old lady's mood, it will be?
Lan Ting laughed.
His mother died with hatred, but his grandmother was still pampered, could it be that he had to be obedient to his grandmother?
Chungui was taken away from the hesitant garden by the powerful Uncle Zhao, and the husband and wife both held their heads high, and talked and laughed along the way, which fell in the eyes of many servants, and they were extremely shocked.
Originally, the grandmother seemed to have fallen out of favor with the old lady in the last two or three days, which caused a fluctuation in people's hearts, and most people were watching what attitude the uncle would have when he returned to the house this time, and now the uncle's attitude is clear at a glance, as if he was "as loyal as ever", and he was not angry because of the grandmother's "unfilial piety", which made many servants even suspect that the old lady was so broad-minded that she would tolerate her granddaughter-in-law again and fight against the dispute.
However, Mrs. Peng will not let go of the opportunity to slander the spring return, and the second master will not let go of the opportunity to question his nephew, so today's dispute in the garden quickly spread within the Taishi Mansion, and it is the version of the young man's family master Ling Zhidu's unfilial piety and disobedience.
And with the imperial envoy Fengjuan Xuanchun classified as a five-grade pleasant, this version became more and more popular, and Uncle Zhao was in the Eagle Garden, "spending time and drinking" and "indulging in women", and he still heard about the rumors.
This rejuvenation did not add fuel to the fire at all, so Uncle Zhao called the ninth uncle, the chief housekeeper, and asked him to strictly investigate the slanderers, so Mrs. Peng lost a few more henchmen, and even many of the old lady's henchmen were implicated, and they lost their dignity together.
After the three-day holiday, Lan Ting resumed his work, and then instructed Chun Gui: "Huihui wants to cut through the mess quickly, I was worried at first that I couldn't stand the pressure, but since things have developed to this point, just take this opportunity to clean up the personnel, the third uncle and the fourth uncle have also been in charge of a period of time, the two of them look at any suitable candidates, they can be put up and manage one place, and then there will be a vacancy for a while and you can't find the right person, Huihui can also ask Uncle Jiu, I couldn't find time to adjust the personnel of the inner house before, and now Huihui has to practice, Let go and do it, it's all about honing, the middle feed of this Xuan Zhutang, sooner or later, will be in charge of Huihui. ”
Chungui took the arrow handed over by Uncle Zhao, and sure enough, he turned around and joined the third lady and the fourth lady, and began to carry out drastic rectification and reform.