Volume II-19 The Return of Both (I) (Part II)
++++++++++++++++ Both Returned I (Medium)
When Chen Biyan received the letter from her second daughter-in-law, she was a little upset. If it was in the past, the second family's request for such a trivial matter, she would definitely agree. But Mrs. Ju and Fang Yan's behavior when Xinjie went to Luoyang Baihuatang, Liu's mother had already reported her after she came back. When Mrs. Zhu took them to the prefect's mansion, although Liu's mother did not follow, she also inquired about the words and deeds of the three women of the Zhu family clearly. This face is clearly a heart for Xinjie. Now Xinjie and Lian'er have gone through so much each, and they finally came together, After the two came back from Luoyang in the past few days, they looked more intimate and beautiful, and she didn't want to find someone to block them.
Although the second daughter-in-law was not picked by Chen Biyan back then, it was picked by the old lady of the Tang family, and Tang Wen acquiesced. Although this daughter-in-law has good kung fu on the surface, she doesn't know some small tricks behind her back, she just turns a blind eye. Some of the innate narrow-mindedness in his bones can't be changed from the small family spirit he has cultivated since childhood. Chen Biyan also knows that he can't ask for perfection, for so many years, the Li family has not only opened up the Tang family, but also followed Tang Wei to take care of him for many years. Just dismissed her like this, if she went to the second child to talk nonsense, she would not be able to do things as a mother. And now that the grandchildren are older, even if they don't look at the Li family, they have to save some face for the juniors like Xinyuan and Xinqiang.
Chen Biyan thought about it for a while, and asked people to call Liu's mother, and also told her the meaning of Li's letter.
"This is really a coincidence, only a few days after the third young master came back from Luoyang, something like this happened to Mrs. Ju, and the second wife was going to arrange for the girl of the Li family to come to Tangzhuang, which is really too coincidental."
Mother Liu knows her master very well because she has been following Chen Biyan all the year round, Mrs. Tang likes to talk about things and go straight, not because she is a subordinate, when discussing affairs, she has to hide and twist and twist: "If you want to say that this matter was discussed by Mrs. Ju and the second wife, it is not like it, after all, she is a widow, and she will be ruined in the second half of her life if she makes a fuss about her own name, and no matter how much Mrs. Ju loves her daughter, she will not take this step." But if the two parties are not connected, it is such a coincidence, to be honest I don't believe it. I just can't figure out where the joints are. ”
"I also thought it was strange, that's why I asked you to ask." Chen Biyan frowned. She's been through so much in her life that she really can't believe it's a coincidence: "If it's not a coincidence, it's a deliberate arrangement." Although Zhu Ju's woman is not very popular, but this ruins the rest of her life, if the person who started this attack does not have great profits or big things to plan, this method is a little too bad. ”
"Do you want someone to check it out?"
"It's okay, since Zhu Ju still has the teaching of Baihuatang, tell Xinjie to let Baihuatang send someone to check."
"This matter involves the third young master, if there is anything, will it make the second wife misunderstand him."
"Whether it is him or Lian'er to investigate, there is this hidden danger, but the matter is in Baihuatang, which is their scope of responsibility. If this kind of thing can't be solved properly, can I hand over the bigger matter or the entire Baihuatang to them? The biggest difficulty in this matter is not Luoyang, but in Gannan. Although Wei'er is very strong outside, she accommodates the Li family in everything at home. If the Li family really wants to let Fang Yan enter the Tang family, no matter what the third child finds out, he will make a note with his second aunt's temper, I am afraid that Wei'er's ears will be soft, and if he listens to the Li family, he will have a problem with the third child in the future. ”
"No, the second master is the general of Zhenxi, and there is a plan in his heart."
"Hopefully."
"Then the old slave went to find the third young master, and you told him about this?"
"You go later, help me reply to the second family first, so that she can be a little more impatient. After the New Year, I will arrange for someone to pick up her niece in Luoyang. ”
"Will this drag on for a long time, and the second wife will be unhappy? What if she pretends not to know or hasn't received your letter and sends someone in? Moreover, Mrs. Ruoju really had an accident, and it was not good for the girl of the Li family to stay in Baihuatang for a long time. Otherwise, let the people of the Li family take her back to Luoyang first, and the Li family will live first. It stands to reason that Mrs. Ju should have stayed at the Li family with her children back then. It's just because the second wife said that the second master of the Li family was in office in Beijing, and the old man and wife of the Li family followed, and there were only the third and fourth masters in Luoyang's hometown, who were concubines, and they were not close to the original uncle and brothers, I was afraid that the two sisters-in-law would treat Mrs. Ju's mother and daughter slowly, and when they returned to the Zhu family, they were afraid that the mother and daughter would be angry, so they proposed to let Mrs. Ju take Miss Li alone to live in Baihuatang. It stands to reason that this girl is older, and she should have been sent back to the Li family, talking about marriage, and looking at each other is also the Li family's business. Although the wife of the Li family is in the capital, the third and fourth masters are also her own uncles. Even if it's not a descendant, it's the Li family. It can't be the second wife who comes forward for everything, and it's not good for outsiders to see it, as if our Tang family is domineering and conniving at the married aunt and grandmother to do the business of the mother's family, isn't it? ”
"We don't care what outsiders say, we don't want to dismiss her for the sake of Xinqiang's face. In this way, I wrote to her and told her that everyone was busy after the New Year, so let the Li family take it first and live there, and also help to see each other in Luoyang. After the New Year, let Xinqiang pick up his sister to live for a while. ”
When he came back to Tangzhuang, Xinjie sometimes took time to accompany Lian'er to ride horses, and also taught her some basic skills in the horse farm to avoid people's attacks on horses. Sometimes the two of them also rode out and walked around the Zhuangzi. When she's not too busy, Xinjie will take her to a nearby town. The two of them are often seen around Tangzhuang. Every time Lian'er went to the medical center of Baicaotang, Xinjie would also send her to herself, either to pick her up after finishing her errands, or to ask Lin's mother to pick her up. Since Grandma made trouble when Lan Xin came to make trouble, Xinjie was very concerned and didn't let Lian'er be alone on the road. Lian'er understood Xinjie's worries, especially after dealing with the matter of Luoyang, it was difficult to say what those who were disposed of would do anything drastic to retaliate against them. She used to go to Xianyang or the hospital alone, but now she tries to minimize it. But it will come sooner or later.
Lan Xin had escaped from home for more than ten days, and she secretly sneaked back to Xianyang. The original courtyard is still the same, but because Xinjie doesn't plan to come back to live in the near future, everyone else has been withdrawn to the old mansion except for someone to watch the door and clean it. She found the money she had hidden under the bed in the old house. In the past, Xinjie's monthly subsidy was based on the lifestyle of the Tang Sect, which was much higher than the use of ordinary people, and she had accumulated a lot over the years. Because Tang Lan ordered her not to return to Xianyang, she was afraid that she would be found out by the people of Baicaotang and Ping'an Inn and sent home, so she disguised herself as a man and rented a hut outside the city to live first, and then went to find Xinjie. She had to find out if the niece she saw that day was the new daughter-in-law they chose for Xinjie. In any case, she can't let Xinjie marry her, Xinjie is her own husband. But after a few days of searching, she didn't find any trace of Xinjie in the city and around Tangzhuang, at that time, Xinjie and Lian'er were actually busy in Luoyang. She didn't dare to ask anyone from the Tang Sect, so she thought of Ding Wen and Narcissus. In the past, when Xinjie was in Xianyang, he would go into the city almost every month to drink tea and drink with Ding Wen and others, and most of the time he would be at the red peony or narcissus. So she started to follow Ding Wen, and Ding Wen did drink with a group of people in a restaurant that day, and called Narcissus and a few other singers and dancers, and she hid nearby and listened to them talk. Someone would really mention Xinjie and ask him why he didn't come. Ding Wen didn't know what Xinjie had been busy with recently, and he hadn't been in the city for two months.
There was a woman next to him who said: "It is said that the third prince has recently become obsessed with his cousin, and he has rarely come out since the last time he followed him back to Tangzhuang, and it is estimated that he guards his cousin at home every day." But it's really rare. ”
"Yes, I've heard too, it's said that the woman is good at piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and she can beat us sisters by playing the piano and dancing." Another girl said.
"Yes, I also heard Li Gongzi say this, many people have seen the old lady of their family when she was on her birthday, and many of the sons and brothers present at that time were very tempted, but they didn't dare to make a mistake in the Tang family."
"Why haven't you heard of such a person before?"
"Yes, didn't the Ninth Young Master accompany her into the city in the first half of the year, Xiaohong also had trouble with the Ninth Young Master for this. People told Xiaohong that the Ninth Young Master was shopping with a beautiful woman on the street, and Xiaohong also went to see it and had a fight with the Ninth Young Master, but the Ninth Young Master ignored her for a long time. ”
"It's her, and she's said to be beautiful. It seems that he came here only two years ago, and his parents died, and he came here because he had nowhere to go. ”
"Well, it seems to be a miserable one."
"What's so bitter?! It's better than us, living in the Tang family, who dares to bully her, not to mention that now there are three sons guarding her every day. ”
"Is it true? The third prince and the ninth young master still don't fight? ”
"Not to mention the Ninth Young Master, I heard from the little maids in their mansion a while ago, the eldest young master and the fifth young master are also obsessed with one of their cousins, maybe it's her."
"It's no wonder, I can't complain that the third son has to guard at home, hehe. We're okay, but it's the pity of Sister Narcissus, it turns out that when the third son was in Xianyang, he was going to go to his sister every few days, and now... Alas, men just like the new and hate the old. ”
Ding Wen hurriedly stopped them from continuing to talk nonsense, he and Xinjie are brothers, and he doesn't want these people to say unpleasant things. However, he also felt that Xinjie was in love with the white girl.
Lan Xin, who was eavesdropping on the side, felt very angry, and it seemed that her guess was not bad. She knew that Xinjie liked these rhythmic dances and the like, and in the past few years, she had seen Xinjie looking for this kind of kabuki, and she had never seen him go specifically to find the red card of the Qinglou just to sell his body. She saw that slut that day, although not very beautiful, but with an extraordinary temperament, and it was likely that she would charm her husband with singing and dancing. Since Xinjie didn't come to the city, she could only wait near Tangzhuang.