After the palace banquet, Meng Xilan put all her thoughts on the two children.

Meng Xiran and Zhou Youning returned to Beijing smoothly, and the Meng family was finally tidy. And the children of the Meng family often come to the palace to walk around, which is very lively.

When the children were playing in one place, the adults could gossip, but they just talked about it unintentionally, but who knows, accidentally let Meng Xilan hear something wrong.

From the mouth of her eldest sister-in-law Qiao Huiyun, she could tell that the relationship between her father and uncle did not seem to be harmonious recently.

This is nothing new. However, Meng Xilan still wanted to know clearly.

Qiao Huiyun obviously had scruples and refused to say more, so as not to cause trouble. Fortunately, Zhou Youning is a straight person, she has been married to the Meng family for more than a year, and she knows many things.

She impartially explained the matter to Meng Xilan clearly.

Among the three rooms of the Meng family, his father Meng Zhenglu is the most promising, and the only one who is qualified to inherit the title.

However, Meng Zhenglu is not the eldest son of the Meng family, so in terms of rules, the title of the Meng family should be inherited by the uncle.

However, Meng Xilan's uncle Meng Zhengxue is a mediocre and incompetent person, although he is the eldest son, he is talentless and virtuous.

Among the three sons of the Meng family, Meng Zhengxue is the most unproductive, and the second Meng Zhenghai is the most timid and afraid of things, but he married a wife who is afraid that the world will not be chaotic.

When he was a teenager, Meng Zhengxue relied on his identity as the eldest son of his grandson to show off his power at home, which not only disappointed the elders, but also hurt the harmony between him and his sisters and brothers.

Meng Zhenglu's biggest dislike is his eldest brother, and the reason for this can be traced back to when the two were young, every time he was praised by his parents and elders for his homework, he would be troubled by his brother and bullied a lot.

The fights when I was a child can not be counted. What Meng Zhenglu was most angry about was that when he had to be ordered to send his daughter into the palace, Meng Zhengxue said those cool words in his ear.

As a younger brother, Meng Zhenglu can not care about the grievances and grievances of the past, but as a father, he really can't stand anyone's slander and contempt for his daughter.

It was from that time that the relationship between Meng Zhenglu and Meng Zhengxue was completely ossified. However, after Meng Xilan was named the mother of the main palace, the status of the Meng family in the capital has also risen, and even became the first of the four famous families in the capital.

The so-called, the tree is a big wind. The Meng family's momentum has increased, and there are more people who want to flatter.

As the national abbot, Meng Zhenglu is usually very cautious in dealing with people and things. For those bent on the rabble, they have always stayed away.

He didn't want to cause unnecessary trouble for the Meng family and his daughter, and he didn't want to get too close to those treacherous villains.

Meng Zhenglu is so self-conscious, those who want to tie up with the Meng family have to find another target. Meng Xilan's uncle, Meng Zhengxue, who didn't learn and liked extravagance, obviously gave them this opportunity to take advantage of.

Because of Meng Zhenglu's status in the Meng family, although Meng Zhengxue is the eldest son, he no longer has the position of a parent.

The affairs of the family are in charge of the old lady, and the affairs of officialdom are not something that Meng Zhengxue can arbitrarily intervene.

A few years ago, Meng Xilan personally acted as a matchmaker for Meng Xiqiao and let her marry into the Hou Mansion, which was very beautiful.

However, they are also sisters in the family, but Meng Xichu's marriage is not cared about, just because she is unflattering and arrogant, and completely inherited his father's bad temper.

Meng Xichu's marriage, Meng Xilan did not come forward to help, but it was arranged by the elders. Therefore, Meng Xilan could only marry a six-grade official in the end and move to a small town in the south of the Yangtze River.

Because of Meng Xichu's incident, the Meng family's resentment towards the third room deepened.

They thought that Meng Xilan was deliberate, deliberately standing up for the second room, and not helping the big house.

Meng Xilan has always been aware of these things. However, she never bothered to bother, because she was very relieved of her grandmother. She will definitely put everything in order at home.

"The old lady is not very good these days, and she only hands over the affairs of the family to the third lady and sister-in-law. People in the big and second rooms often express dissatisfaction with this. But that's nothing...... The most serious thing is that I heard that yesterday my uncle and father-in-law had a big quarrel in the study, and it was very serious. ”

Zhou Youning has always been straightforward and will not detour.

Meng Xilan listened to it, and said in a slight silence: "Why are they quarreling? ”

Zhou You said quietly: "After the uncle drank outside, he went to the study, and it seemed that he was deliberately finding fault. ”

She didn't want to mention more specific things. At the end, he only said, "Uncle seems to have made very bad friends outside. ”

It seems that things are going on very fiercely.

Meng Xilan took a sip of tea, her face slightly gloomy. "I know my uncle's temperament very well."

Qiao Huiyun looked at her face and asked quietly, "Niangniang, the old lady has always refused to let us talk more." So, don't take it to heart. ”

Meng Xilan shook her head slightly: "I don't know, I don't care, now that I know, I have to do something." ”

Family affairs are also a major matter, she doesn't expect the family to be harmonious and beautiful, but at least she can't let outsiders take advantage of the loopholes.

"Sister-in-law, Ming'er will trouble you to enter the palace again, and then bring the eldest aunt and the second aunt together."

Qiao Huiyun was slightly stunned when she heard this. I thought she would want to see the eldest uncle and the second uncle first.

"Got it, sissy."

Meng Xilan smiled slightly when she heard this: "The affairs of the family, the palace will look at it." Two sisters-in-law, don't worry. ”

Although Qiao Huiyun didn't want to trouble her, she still felt slightly relieved when she heard her say this.

Early the next morning, Qiao Huiyun went to the big room and the second room and invited the two to enter the palace together.

The big room and the second room, although they are not convinced by the third room, but the relationship between them is not harmonious.

The eldest aunt Zhou has always believed that the people in the second room are all followers of the third room, and she is very disdainful in her heart. However, the knot of the second room is not useless.

At the beginning, the marriage in the Hou Mansion was a cheap second room.

How can Meng Xiqiao compare to Meng Xichu? Besides, the sisters are orderly, no matter what, they should let Xi Chu marry first.

The more Zhou thought about it, the more unconvinced he became, so he simply spent a lot of effort to dress up, and he hated not being able to bring all his jewelry with him.

The two dressed up and entered the palace with Qiao Huiyun, Qiao Huiyun looked at them ignoring each other, and her heart was full of helplessness.

In order to facilitate talking to them, Meng Xilan sent all the palace maids and eunuchs around her back, leaving only Zhuqing to serve alone.

Zhuqing is the maid she brought from her mother's house, she knows everything she should know and what she shouldn't know, so there is nothing to shy away from.

The Zhou family and the Sun family saw Meng Xilan, and they both stepped forward to salute: "The concubine asks the queen to say goodbye." ”

Meng Xilan smiled slightly, gently invited them to sit down for tea, and put on a gentle attitude of gossiping with them.

Sun didn't have any defense, and when he saw her smiling, he couldn't help but tell her about Meng Xiqiao's recent situation.

Meng Xiqiao was just pregnant at the beginning of the year, and now she is six months old.

Meng Xilan nodded with a smile when she heard this: "Sister is happy, this palace knows about this." I heard that my sister is in good health, and in a few months, she will definitely be able to give birth to a healthy child. ”

Hearing this, Sun's face bloomed with a smile, "Thank you Niangniang for your auspicious words." ”

Zhou was beside him, glancing at her smile, only to feel hypocritical and disgusting.

She glanced at her and lowered her head to drink tea to hide her displeasure.

Who knows, the tea is slightly hot, which makes her frown again.

Although Meng Xilan didn't pay attention to her expression, she still said at the right time: "Auntie, I have heard some things in this palace recently, and I want to talk to my aunt today." ”

Hearing this, Zhou immediately put down the teacup and said respectfully: "Niangniang, please ask." ”

"Hongu ...... I heard that yesterday's uncle and my father had a big quarrel, but I don't know if it's true? ”

Meng Xilan asked gently, without the slightest emotion.

Hearing this, Zhou immediately raised his eyes and glared at Qiao Huiyun, thinking that she must have come from something wrong.

Qiao Huiyun saw her eyes, lowered her eyes silently, and said nothing.

Whatever she thinks, she has to have an explanation for this.

"...... Where is the quarrel so serious, it's just that between brothers, there is a disagreement, and a few words are just a few words. It's just a little thing, a little thing ......"

Zhou also knew that her husband was not angry, and last night's movement was too big.

She didn't want to say her husband's fault, so she had to choose an attitude of calming things down.

Meng Xilan curled the corners of her lips with a smile when she heard this, and said in a slightly deep tone: "The eldest aunt's words are wrong. Between family members, the most feared thing is disagreement, and everyone doesn't think about one place in their hearts, so how can they work together to work together. ”

Zhou's face was slightly stiff, and he was speechless for a while.

"Auntie, since we are all a family, if you really have any grievances in your heart, you might as well say it directly!" Meng Xilan kindly reminded people, giving people a feeling of wanting to calm things down.

After thinking about it a few times, Zhou couldn't help but tell the truth.

"Actually, the grievances in your uncle's heart have been accumulating for many years. It's all because your father, that is, his brothers, disrespected him......"

Respect...... Meng Xilan savored the last two words, and suddenly chuckled.

Zhou heard her laughter and raised his eyebrows.

I wonder what she means?

Meng Xilan picked up the tea bowl on the table again, took a sip, and said, "I really didn't expect that the eldest uncle is a handful of old people, and he is still so interesting!" ”

Zhou was stunned when he heard this, and he didn't understand what he meant, and said, "Niangniang...... What do you mean by that? ”

Sun and Qiao Huiyun also opened their eyes wide, completely unable to comprehend Meng Xilan's thoughts at this time.

Meng Xilan raised her eyes and glanced at her, her eyes were cold, and her words were mocking: "No, this palace just said something wrong." Uncle He's not funny, but naïve. ”

Zhou's face froze, his eyes were flustered, and he said with red cheeks: "Niangniang...... Can you just speak, you are the junior of the Meng family......"