After a while, Du Xiangyu looked at Yi'er and praised: "My sister did this thing so beautifully today!" ”

Yi'er blessed Du Xiangyu and said, "Thank you for the reminder of the second sister that day." ”

Du Xiangyu waved his hand and said, "My sister just knows my sister's intentions, what is not thankful, it will be good to say it." I'll help you, firstly, my sister fell in love with me, and secondly, I was selfish, and this sister also knows. I'm here tonight because there's something else I want to talk to my sister about. ”

"Sister, but it doesn't hurt to say it."

Du Xiangyu said: "I heard that the old lady gave the three shops on Tilan Street to her sister, presumably for the sake of these three shops, the people in the fourth room are not less awkward for their sister, right?" ”

Yi'er didn't deny it, looked at Du Xiangyu and said, "What does the second sister want to say?" ”

Du Xiangyu said: "Sister, do you know, why is Sifang so impatient to fight the idea of the three shops?" ”

Yi'er shook her head honestly.

"My sister also knows that although our fourth uncle is the Marquis of Qingxiang, he is still an experience in the Houjun Governor's Mansion. I've heard before that the fourth uncle is following the path of Lu Bo, the governor of the rear army, and wants to donate a post to the rear army, but who is Lu Bo, and where is his appetite? The fourth aunt said it nicely, she is a dignified lady of the Weiqin Mansion, but she is just a concubine of the Weiqin Mansion, how many can she marry? The fourth uncle is unwilling to go to the public account, how much can he have in his private property plus the fourth aunt's dowry? So my sister's three shops naturally fell into the eyes of others! ”

Yi'er was stunned, but she didn't expect that there was such a reason in this.

Du Xiangyu leaned down and approached Yi'er a little before lowering his voice and said, "I also heard that in order to make up this money, the fourth aunt and her sister, the one who married the servant of the ministry, partnered to put the money outside. ”

Yi'er was really taken aback by these words, this Yinzi money is commonly known as usury, which is something that is expressly forbidden by the imperial court, if this thing is true, then Yi'er really admires the courage of the fourth lady Wei.

Du Xiangyu continued: "Although I have heard of it, but after all, I can't get any evidence, I am thinking, since my sister has a shop outside the house, there must be people who can use it with confidence, so I think if my sister can check on this matter, maybe, we can have an unexpected harvest." ”

Yi'er can be regarded as understanding Du Xiangyu's intention to come to Qiuxia Pavilion so late, she was stunned for a moment, slightly headache, frankly speaking, Sifang's calculation of her and Changfang, she did have resentment in her heart, but to say that because of this, she took the initiative to take action against Sifang, and deliberately retaliated against Sifang, she really hadn't thought about it, her good nature was naturally the reason on the one hand, but on the other hand, it was for the old lady Lin.

Sifang is the eldest son of the Lin family, and he inherited the marquis of Qingxiang Marquis, it can be imagined that if something happens to Du Ziyan, the Lin family will be sad.

Although Du Ziwu and his wife are haunted by the events of the year, they still have admiration for the Lin family when they were young, which is why Du Ziwu and his wife would rather endure in many ways, settle things and settle people, and decide not to fight for the title and reputation.

Du Ziwu and his wife are still like this, where is Yi'er willing to go against the will of her parents and choose to take the initiative?

She had a difficult look on her face, Du Xiangyu was a human spirit, where could she not see it, she sighed, and said: "I only said that the third sister is a smart person, but I didn't expect the third sister to be so soft-hearted, no matter what, I don't force you, but there is a sentence I still have to say to my sister, my sister was not the same as my sister back then, thinking that it would be good with others, and I would be harmonious, but after suffering a loss, I only understood that for some people, it is useless to blindly retreat and ask for everything, I can't say, because of our kindness, a good intention, On the contrary, it will cause irreparable pain to yourself. I only hope that my sister's luck is good, don't really be told by my crow's mouth! ”

It can be seen that Du Xiangyu has a hatred for Sifang to the bones, from the previous conversation with him, Yier knew that Du Xiangyu's family affair was the fourth room in it, and Du Xiangyu returned home after three years, obviously this family affair was not satisfactory. And judging from what Du Xiangyu is doing now, he is eager for the four-room family to be ruined, and he expects that the family affair is just a simple matter that is not satisfactory.

Yi'er couldn't tell what she felt about Du Xiangyu in her heart, whether she was sympathetic or just sympathetic, but she really couldn't agree to this matter at the moment.

Du Xiangyu left Qiuxia Pavilion with some disappointment.

Two days later, news came out in the palace that under the treatment of the Longxi Divine Doctor Duan, the Queen Mother's condition was very good and she was able to walk around on the ground. At the court meeting that day, Emperor Qiming Longyan Dayue even asked about the birthday of Yin Qiaochuan's old mother in Jingzhao Mansion in the court, because Qiaochuan's mother was a rare longevity in the capital, and Emperor Qiming immediately rewarded him.

This is equivalent to a signal, the tenth day of May is Qiao's mother's birthday, before Qiao's house was early to send an invitation to the capital lords, but then the queen mother was seriously ill, although this matter was not explicitly said, but everyone knows that this birthday ceremony is afraid that it will not be done, but now it is so solemnly mentioned by Emperor Qiming in the court, after coming down, Qiao Chuan immediately ordered his subordinates to send posts to the families of the nobles in the capital again.

It's the ninth day of the first month, and tomorrow is Qiao's mother's birthday, and this will send an invitation again, of course, there is a suspicion of disrespect in the past, but Qiao's house is an exception, and there is a reward from Emperor Qiming, and it has become the first person in the capital to do a happy event after the queen mother recovers from illness.

On the tenth day of the first lunar month, Lu Fu was left by Yi'er to assist Qing Li in dealing with the trivial matters of Qiuxia Pavilion, she brought Blue Buckwheat and Silver Valley, and by the way, she also brought the following Silver Lotus and Silver Lotus, and went out with the Li family early in the morning.

The old lady of Yin Qiaofu in Jingzhao Mansion is eighty-two years old, and I heard that she is still deaf and clear-eyed, and she is in good spirits, and she is the oldest old lady in the noble circle of the capital, so although Yin of Jingzhao Mansion is not a high-ranking and powerful member of the Jingshi Mansion, the people who received the invitation will basically go to the banquet, after all, aside from other things, respecting the elderly alone also makes most people unable to put aside this hat, not to mention that it is also beneficial to listen to the longevity of Mrs. Qiao by the way.

All the rooms of the Hou Mansion are invited, except for the fifth room because the fifth lady He is pregnant, the other four rooms have to go to celebrate the birthday.

The eldest son Du Peng and the third son Du Chang are both studying outside, so they can't go separately, the second son Du Shao is a concubine again, and he follows the second master Du Ziming to take care of some of the family's industries on weekdays, and he is also a busy man, the eldest daughter Du Yining is married outside, and the second daughter Du Xiangyu is at home again, not to mention that the identity is not suitable, or a concubine, the second wife Wan Shi simply did not bring a junior, so he followed Du Ziming out in a carriage.

The three rooms were neat, Du Zifei and Zhong took a car, and the two sisters Du Qinwen and Du Qinya took a carriage.

The two brothers Du Zhuo and Du Ke in the fourth room are not very old, but they all rode horses with Du Ziyan, and the Wei family led Du Jinyao and Du Yinyin The two sisters sat in the carriage.

Du Ziwu also rode the horse, and Li took the car that Yi'er and Du Yu were sitting in.

In this way, the Qingxiang Marquis Mansion went to five carriages alone, plus the master who rode the horse and the servants who accompanied the servants on the side, escorting the coachman, this mighty road, full of pomp and circumstance, so lively.

Qiao's Mansion is so big, to the surprise of Yi'er, she originally thought that Qiao Chuan was just Jingzhao Mansion Yin, at best it should be just an ordinary wealthy family, but when she entered Qiao's Mansion, she found that this Qiao's Mansion was so big that it was vaguely not inferior to Qingxiang Hou's Mansion, and she didn't know later that this Qiao's Mansion was no longer what it used to be, but ten years ago, it had the title of the richest man in Beijing.

Qiao Chuan's grandfather Qiao Jinming was only a person in Huainan back then, but he married the young lady of the Confucian family in Huainan, that is, the old lady of Qiaofu today, Kong, Song, Li, Wen four families, among which the Confucian family is ranked first, Huainan Confucian family, not only the origin of family learning, the family is famous throughout Huainan, and countless children of the family are proud to enter the Confucian family. Although the Confucian family is a scholarly family, it is not as heavy as other families, and even in their ethnology, there is also a special business course, the children of the Confucian family, those who can read and enter the scholar will read, and those who cannot read will be sent out to manage the family industry, although the Confucian family is a symbol of the clear stream, it is rich and rival the country, and has great influence in Huainan.

When Miss Kong married Qiao Jinming, Qiao Jinming took advantage of the influence of the Kong family in Huainan to establish Qiao's Tofu Workshop, and started the business of Huainan's special tofu.

This small tofu has also achieved the wealth of the Qiao family, accumulated over the years, more than ten years ago, the Qiao family moved into the capital, and purchased the current Qiao mansion.

It's just that Qiao's family is rich, but it has been very difficult for the heirs for many years, and now Qiao Chuan, has been three generations of single transmission, and Qiao Chuan was quite smart when he was young, good at reading, and later took the Jinshi into the court as an official, so he rarely had time to take care of the business of Qiao's tofu factory, so gradually down, Qiao's tofu factory's business declined, but Qiao Chuan is obviously dedicated to his career, no time for anything else, these years her official luck is also good, two years ago even more regretted the main position of Jingzhao Mansion Yin, it can be said that I want to follow.