The next day, An Ge took Ning Jiu and Xin'er to Cui's house to ask for someone.

When I arrived at Cui's house, after the subordinates went in to pass the word, the old lady of the Cui family personally greeted her, saw An Ge, pulled her arm, and had an extremely kind attitude, and said with a smile: "Miss An...... Oh no, now I should call you Mrs. General, Mrs. Jing, what wind blew you? Come in and sit. ”

An Ge smiled faintly and followed her in.

Yangcheng is not big, there are only a few families that can be named, the An family is an official, although it is not rich, but it has also attracted much attention, what happened to An Youping's daughter, it has long been spread in the circle.

Although Mrs. Cui was smiling on her face, she had already hated An Ge in her heart, she didn't marry her second son at the beginning, she went to the capital to marry a general, and now she is back to show off her might!

When she sat down in the front hall, Mrs. Cui asked the maid to go down to serve good tea, sat down on the main seat herself, looked at An Ge and said, "Oh, you haven't been back to Yangzhou for several years, if I know that you are coming today, I will definitely be ready to welcome you." ”

An Ge smiled and said, "Old Madam Cui doesn't have to be polite. ”

This old lady Cui looked to be almost fifty years old, with a pair of triangular eyes and thin lips, although she smiled, she did not make people feel gentle.

Old Madam Cui was wearing gold and silver, holding a soup woman in her hand, and she also looked at An Ge carefully for a while, and then said: "The general's wife hasn't seen her all these years, and the more gorgeous she is, no wonder you weren't with my son back then, because you had this great blessing later." ”

"Madame said that it was funny, it was me who had no fate with the second son." An Ge smiled, didn't want to be polite to her anymore, and said directly, "Old Madam Cui, I came here today, in fact, I have something to ask for. ”

"Yo!" Old Madam Cui's eyes narrowed and asked, "What can I ask for from the general's wife?" This is my great blessing and great face! Madame, but said that it doesn't matter, as long as I can help, I will definitely help. ”

"Old Mrs. Cui is polite, in fact, I came to ask you for a person, your aunt Xiang'er is the niece of our housekeeper in Anfu, now Master Cui has gone west, Aunt Xiang'er can't accompany Master Cui in the house, why don't I take her back and reunite with my father and aunt, the lotus Buddha face born by Mrs. Cui is kind at a glance, and I will definitely agree?"

Old Madam Cui's smile faded, her eyes rolled around, and she said, "Aunt Cui Mansion, our Cui Mansion can't afford to raise it, how can we drive away when the old man is gone?" I remember that Xiang'er's father and mother still have a lot of children, so it doesn't hurt if Xiang'er is missing, right? It is our lord who loved Xiang'er the most during his lifetime, if he knew that it was not many days before he knew that Xiang'er was going to leave the Cui family, how should the lord look at it! ”

An Ge knew that he would not be so easy to speak, and said with a smile: "There is a saying in the law of Dali, after the husband passes away, it is up to the woman to stay, since the lady is reluctant to Xiang'er, why don't you call her out and ask her what she means?" ”

Old Mrs. Cui's mind was spinning quickly, the woman in front of her was someone she couldn't offend, on the territory of Yangzhou, their Cui family could not be afraid of An Youping, but there was no way not to be afraid of Jinglan.

But Xiang'er has her son's blood in her belly, his uncompetitive son is so ridiculous, there have been so many women, wives and concubines, but now there are only two children, and they are all little girls, she is counting on this Xiang'er to compete for her belly and give her a grandson.

If you want to ask Xiang'er what she means, will Xiang'er go with her?

She didn't answer for a long time, and An Ge over there gradually lost his patience, and asked with a smile: "Madam, can you call Xiang'er out and ask her face to face?" If she is willing to go with me, I will pay back the dowry that the Cui family gave her back then, and if she is willing to stay, then she will naturally listen to her. ”

Old Madam Cui laughed twice and said, "Xiang'er is not feeling well today, I'm afraid I can't come over to see the general's wife, why don't you come over another day?" ”

An Ge pursed his lips and was silent, only looking at Old Madam Cui quietly. Ning Jiu behind her stretched out her hand and touched Xin'er, and Xin'er immediately said to An Ge: "Madam, Xin'er is the cousin of the slave, she has always been in bad health, and the slave wants to visit her." ”

An Ge smiled faintly, Xin'er had a loud voice, and Old Madam Cui naturally heard it, she didn't need to repeat it again, she looked at Old Madam Cui and said, "I don't know if Old Madam Cui can give a grace?" ”

Old Madam Cui raised her handkerchief to cover her mouth, and her eyes showed embarrassment: "Oh, it's not that I won't let you see it, it's that Xiang'er's disease is contagious." What if you, the servant girl, go to see it, and get sick and come back and get infected with it? ”

Xin'er immediately ran to the front, knelt in front of An Ge, and said, "Madam, the slave maid must see Xiang'er's cousin today, otherwise she won't be able to explain to her mother and uncle!" If the lady is afraid that the slave and maid will be sick, the slave and maid would rather never return to the house! ”

"Poor girl, get up quickly, I know that you value love and righteousness, and feel sorry for your cousin. Don't worry, Mrs. Cui will definitely agree, look at Mrs. Cui's kind eyes, she doesn't look like a bad person, how can she not agree to you? ”

Cui Shi was tied to this position by her, and he really couldn't say no more.

But on second thought, maybe it's not that bad. Xiang'er is pregnant with a child now, even if the child is not the master's, it is still the Cui family's own family matter, as long as he controls the mouths of others, no one will dare to say anything in the future. If Xiang'er leaves her husband's house, how will a woman with a big belly live? So Xiang'er will definitely not be willing to leave.

He nodded in agreement, and changed his words with a smile: "Ouch, I suddenly remembered that the doctor said that this disease will not be contagious as long as there is no blood, so it is okay to see it." Come on, go and call Aunt Zhang over. ”

The next person went to call, and after a while, Xiang'er came over.

She was plain and white, thinly dressed, and her complexion was white and bloodless, except for her hair and black eyes, there was no other color.

Even so, it can be seen that she has an outstanding appearance, with a small goose egg face, nose and eyes that look just right, and at first glance she is a very typical jade of the small Jiangnan family with a docile temperament.

She saluted Mrs. Cui, and Mrs. Cui immediately got up and took her hand affectionately, Xiang'er subconsciously shrank back, but Mrs. Cui held it tighter, leaned into her ear and whispered: "Speak carefully later, I can let your mother and son live a good life in the future, and you can also make you not see the sun tomorrow." ”

Xiang'er stiffened suddenly, looking at Old Madam Cui with complicated eyes.

The actions of the two of them were all in An Ge's eyes, although An Ge didn't hear what Mrs. Cui and Xiang'er said, but it was probably those coercive and tempting words.

She didn't feel at ease, if Xiang'er was really coerced and lured and unwilling to go with her, it would prove that Xiang'er was not worth her effort to take her out.

Mrs. Cui went back and sat down, holding Xiang'er's hand all the time, and said angrily: "Sister Xiang'er, why don't you wear the jacket I specially asked the tailor to make for you a year ago?" This dress is so thin, how can it be good if it is frozen? ”

Xiang'er lowered her eyes and was silent.

Old Madam Cui looked in the direction where An Ge was sitting again, and said, "The general's wife has brought your cousin to see you today, if you have anything to say, tell your cousin quickly, after all, your cousin is a maid by the general's wife's side, and if you leave Yangzhou and return to Beijing in the future, there will not be many opportunities for the two of you to meet." ”

She seemed to be afraid that Xiang'er wouldn't be able to hear the meaning of her words, "Your cousin is a maid and a subordinate, and you are an aunt in our family", and specially added: "Look at your cousin, tall and strong, with a ruddy complexion and full of energy, you know that the general's wife must be very good to her subordinates." ”

When he said the word "subordinate", he also squeezed Xiang'er's hand vigorously.

Seeing Xiang'er's obedient attitude, Mrs. Cui let go of Xiang'er's hand, and the back of her snow-white hand was already covered with red finger marks.

She turned her head to look at Xin'er, but her eyes turned red for a moment, she stepped forward to hold Xin'er's hand in two steps, and shouted, "Cousin......"

Xin'er patted her hand lightly and said straightly: "Xiang'er, I want to go to the capital with my wife, would you like to go with me?" We sisters have a look for each other. ”

Xin'er led her to An Ge and said, "Our lady understands the law of Dali, and Mrs. said, if your husband is gone, he is no longer a member of the Cui family, you can choose to stay by yourself, are you willing to go with me?" ”

Xiang'er didn't hesitate, nodded, suddenly knelt in front of An Ge, and said to An Ge: "Xiang'er, thank you Mrs. for taking you in." ”

Old Madam Cui was stunned for a moment, and seeing that everything she had done before had no effect, she immediately slapped the table and stood up, and said angrily: "Xiang'er, you forgot that you still have ...... in your stomach Is there a master's posthumous son? ”

Xiang'er looked back at her suddenly, and the coldness in her eyes startled Mrs. Cui, who was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly preemptively attacked: "You...... What are you looking at me like that? Am I not right?! ”

Her son and her father's aunt are together, which is a scandal for both parties, and she doesn't believe that Xiang'er is a woman who dares to admit this kind of ugly thing!

Old Madam Cui looked at An Ge again and said with a smile: "Mrs. General, I haven't read a book, and I don't understand the law, I don't know if there is a statement in the law of Dali, whether the child in a woman's womb has nothing to do with her husband's family after her husband's death, and she can leave if she wants to?" ”

An Ge was silent, and Xin'er hurriedly said: "The father is gone, and the child naturally follows the mother, otherwise would the child be alone?" ”

Old Madam Cui raised her eyebrows and said, "What the girl said is that the father should follow the mother if he has no children." Xiang'er, when you give birth to the child and hand it over to me, you and the general's wife will go to the capital to be a maid. ”

Xin'er was stunned for a moment, and immediately reacted, because her husband married her, so she always defaulted in her heart that her mother was her biological mother, but in such a big family with many wives and concubines, only the main lady was the mother of the child.

Old Madam Cui looked at An Ge with a smile: "Mrs. Jing, although our Cui family is just a flat-headed common people, we can't bear to let our children wander outside, if Xiang'er really wants to leave with the blood of the Cui family, then I can only go to the government and find your father to call the shots." I'm sure Ann will deal with it impartially, right? ”

Xiang'er bit her lower lip, clenched her fists in her sleeves, and glared at Old Madam Cui fiercely, as if she was going to pounce on her and bite her in the next moment.