++++++++++++++++++ the dividing line of the trip to Luoyang (VI) (above).

"Madam," Yingxue struggled to stand up, "The old man and his wife saved Yingxue in Gao County, and Yingxue has always been grateful to the old lady for saving her life. So I always want to do something to repay the old lady, Yingxue thinks that she has been doing things according to her wife's will all the way, if the wife is willing, Yingxue will also be a rough girl by his wife's side, I don't know why Yingxue is treated like this today. ”

Mrs. Zhou picked up the tea bowl, gently plucked the tea leaves, and did not speak, Grandma Sun beside her was very clever: "Since Aunt Xue also said, the old lady has a life-saving grace for Aunt Xue, and Aunt Xue should know that she will repay her kindness." But our wife is also a philanthropic person, looking at your aunt, you used to be a lady who knows books and etiquette, with fine skin and tender flesh and soft and weak, not to mention being rough at home, is to find someone to hire you out, I am afraid that my husband's family is not suitable and wronged you. No, Mrs. just thought that the lord had nothing to do so far, so she simply let the lord accept you, If you can add a man and a half woman to the lord is also a good thing, you are so delicate, there is the lord to take care of, and there is a care in front of you, and you don't have to worry about you being bullied outside. So the wife also persuaded the master for a long time, and the master accepted you. It stands to reason that when you enter the Zhou family, you should be grateful and respect Mrs., but if you look at the past few days, Mrs. understands you, and if you don't come to the morning and dusk provinces, you won't come. It's okay if you were a mountain villager, but you are from a family and have a good family education since childhood, how can you not even know this. I can only say Auntie, now that you feel that you have climbed a high branch, your heart is bigger, and you don't take your wife seriously. ”

"I didn't, it's just that the lord ordered me to wait in the front study in the past few days, Yingxue just didn't dare to leave at will, for fear that if the lord looked for me, I wouldn't be there, and there was no good waiter."

"This is really a joke, sir, didn't you live without your Aunt Xue before? Isn't the lord going to the yamen these days? When the province is set in the morning and dusk, most of the lords are in the yamen, and even ask the case in the hall, does it mean that Aunt Xue has to wait? Or does Aunt Xue feel that she has literary talent and can go to the yamen to wait? ”

Yingxue was a little anxious, but she didn't know how to respond.

Another Mama Li next to her also spoke: "Besides, when the master comes back from the yamen, how much business do you have to do, where do you need to wait?" Did you let the master lose all the business in his usual life? ”

"Madam," Grandma Sun raised her head highly, "The old slave knows that Mrs. is a philanthropic person, and refuses to think badly of people, but this Yingxue girl is not something you want to protect, she will not make mistakes." In the past few days, she has obviously bewitched the master. violated the family rules of the Zhou family and confused the master of the family, this is to ask for a lesson from the family law. After my wife got married, the old lady was afraid that my wife would be too kind, so she asked my wife and me to wait beside my wife and follow the adults out. Today, the old slave must follow the old lady's wishes and straighten out the family style. "This Mrs. Zhou is the daughter of the cousin of the old lady of the Zhou family, and she is also her niece. She had been friends with that cousin when she was in her mother's house, so she took special pity on his daughter. But her cousin's family is in a small family, and Mrs. Zhou is afraid that she will be bullied by other concubines and subordinates in the Zhou family when she enters the door, so as soon as she marries, Mrs. Zhou gives her the grandmother beside her.

There were a lot of people waiting in the room, not only Yingxue, but even the people waiting felt a chill down their spines, and this grandmother's hand was definitely not soft.

"I don't want to ask for family law," Mrs. Zhou said slowly: "How can I serve the lord if I break it, and the lord thinks that I can't accommodate the concubine." ”

"What does the lady mean?"

"Yingxue, I can't bear to hurt you, but the family can't be unpunished for those who make mistakes." Mrs. Zhou looked at Yingxue, and Yingxue looked at her expressionless face and cloudy eyes, and realized for the first time that this buried woman, who was kind to her before, was actually a terrible wolf. Seeing the fear in her eyes, Mrs. Zhou just had a vague smile at the corner of her mouth: "In this way, those afraid people don't need to be whipped." Mother Li, go get a pair of clogs, and wait for Aunt Xue to walk around my yard barefoot for fifty laps in addition to shoes and socks. ”

To Yingxue's ears, this punishment is very strange, but it doesn't sound terrible, just wearing clogs barefoot, I don't know if it will wear out the skin of the feet.

If she saw the smile on Grandma Sun's face at this time, Yingxue would definitely not think that this matter was simple, but only heard Grandma Sun say: "That's it, Aunt Xue will have to wait when the adults come back in the evening, and she can't be tired." Why don't you walk 10 laps today, then walk 5 laps a day, divided into 10 days. This punishment is also punished, and it does not delay her to wait for the master. ”

Yingxue looked at Grandma Sun suspiciously, could this old woman who helped her wife give her a horse today. But there is nothing wrong with her words.

The clogs were taken, painted with gold and black paint, and they looked very exquisite, but there were slight protrusions in a few positions on the soles of the feet, which was thought to be for walking pain and punishment. Yingxue was a little stunned for a while, and the mother-in-law next to her didn't wait for her to react when she spoke, so she put on clogs in addition to her shoes and socks.

"You go to the two of you, help Aunt Xue around the yard, and then send her back." Mrs. Zhou said nonchalantly, and then got up and left with Grandma Sun, as if the matter had been taken over.

Two stout women came up and carried her into the courtyard. Although the feet are a little cold without shoes and socks, they are quite acceptable. And those protruding positions are on the acupuncture points on the soles of her feet, which makes her blood flow smoothly and her feet automatically start to heat up. After walking around, I felt a little tired, but I didn't feel anything special. The two mothers-in-law who were supporting her next to her had a hint of sarcasm on their lips. It seems that this Aunt Xue doesn't understand either. This wife's cleverness is not comparable to these women. The old man's room, but if he has a room with the master, he will always be found by his wife to find a mistake and walk around a few laps in clogs to punish him. On the surface, it seems that the wife is kind, but it was polished from the old lady of the Zhou family with Grandma Sun, and she knows how powerful this set of things is. A few bumps on the clogs are facing the acupuncture points on the soles of the feet, and ordinary people can be used as a blood massage when they walk and press it, but a woman, no matter how precious and strong her belly is, after walking a few laps, it is difficult to protect the fetus in her belly. When I go back later, my wife will also reward you with a decoction for soaking your feet, and there are more good medicines for blood circulation and blood stasis. And because of the early time, these women may not even find out that they are pregnant, and the bleeding will be drained as if they are menstruating. There is no trace of it.

At this time, Ah Zhi didn't know that he had these dirty things going on in his backyard. After handling official business early in the morning, I took someone to pick up friends outside the city. Although they have just been separated, the joy of reuniting with each other is still very strong. For Ah Zhi, Xinjie is closer than his Zhou family's own brothers.

A group of people did not go to any property of the Tang family, and after greeting outside the city gate for a while, they first lived in Ah Zhi's Luoyang Mansion guest house. After a short rest, he didn't eat at home, Ah Zhi accompanied him to Yuehuaxuan in the city. From this day on, the people of Luoyang knew that their parents were not as they saw at the beginning, in addition to dealing with official affairs every day, they returned to the Houya to deal with official documents, read and write, whether it was a wealthy merchant or gentry, invited by all parties, except for letting the guests go to the Houya's study for a cup of tea, all other entertainment dinners would not go, and the sound and color places would not be involved. However, as soon as the third prince came, the prefect seemed to be a different person.

Tang Sangongzi originally had some friends in Luoyang, including the five sons of Luoyang who were the children of the Luoyang family in the past dynasties, and the seven talents of Luoyang who rose this year with poetry, calligraphy, calligraphy and painting. This time, I didn't go to Baicaotang to inspect and manage accounts in order to consolidate my position in the Tang family and compete for authority as rumored by outsiders. Instead, I made an appointment with these old friends to enjoy the snow and plums, listen to music and compose poems, play ice sledding on the frozen Luo River, and chisel ice to get fish and make wine on the stove. A group of people stirred up Luoyang City at the end of the year. There are a lot of unmarried daughters and idle women who have nothing to do, in order to see the beautiful men in Luoyang City who rarely get together on weekdays, they try their best to find all kinds of disguises and go away. The people in Luoyang City who originally said that their family affairs had not yet been decided, the men's family rushed to make up their minds, and the men who had active beautiful daughters-in-law who liked to go out to see the excitement consciously coaxed their daughters-in-law at home. There is really no comparison between people and people. And these banquets and gatherings, Tang Sanshao took the Bai family's cousin to go. Although she covered her with a veil in public, her graceful figure and warm voice like a spring breeze made both men and women present feel very pleasing to the eyes.

In these banquets, the people of Luoyang City found that their prefect was not a weak scholar who only knew how to read and official business, he would also go in and out of the luxurious Yuehuaxuan, a luxurious place like Yuehuaxuan, and he would also be full of pride with his friends in the suburbs, and he could also shoot arrows and fill in the words without falling, although he was not as young as Tang San, but he was not inferior to the five sons of Luoyang who were recognized by everyone in Luoyang City in the past. It's not like the fear of guilt that was rumored some time ago, because he brought his newly adopted aunt Yingxue with him on most occasions when he could bring his family.

From the time the prefect took office to the present, he has never opened the door to entertain guests. Some of the local gentry and celebrities in Luoyang have also sent posts to invite the prefect's wife to participate in various banquets. One is that the adult has just taken office, and the other is that the lady is more rigid, not every invitation goes, and she doesn't like to talk to people deeply, so she often sits down for a while and leaves early. Therefore, everyone is not familiar with the family of the prefect, and they feel that they have no idea what to do with the backyard of the prefect. Now it's good, they all inquired about it, and said that this Yingxue girl was gentle and tactful, and all parties responded appropriately, advancing and retreating freely, which made many people see the hope of getting closer to the prefect.

Other people who have more ways to find out more details also know that in addition to taking care of the prefect on these occasions, what this Yingxue girl has done the most is to associate with Miss Bai Jiabiao brought by Tang Sangongzi. Obviously, this young lady has a lot of face in front of Tang Sanshao, and the prefect admires Sanshao as a brother at first glance. If you can't get close to the prefect, let's find the third son, who has the business of Yuehuaxuan and Aoki Tea House in Luoyang. Although he was appointed by the head of the Tang family to inspect the business of Baicaotang this time, he did not go to Baicaotang, and every day was full of friends, not government affairs, maybe it was really difficult to succeed. But he is a child of the Tang family, and it is difficult for many people to see each other, and the prefect values him so much, he must be optimistic about the big tree of the Tang family.

As a result, invitations from the prefect and the back of the government came like snowflakes, and Huang Song, the left-behind director of Luoyang Baicaotang, never saw the third prince come to discuss affairs after receiving the old lady's letter, but lived a luxurious life in Yuehuaxuan every day. When his subordinates mentioned that they wanted him to go to Yuehuaxuan to see the third prince, he just looked disdainful and didn't speak. How can this kind of boy and brother become a weapon, waste time every day on these voices, wine and meat, and don't seek progress, the old lady asked him to sort out Luoyang's chores, isn't it a joke? The business of Baicaotang is inextricably linked, involving all aspects, and how can a small restaurant owner understand. And the so-called cousin, the white girl, the old lady didn't know what to think, let her be the big steward. The person he sent to Xianyang had already found out, he was a little smart, it was not uncommon for him to see a doctor, and he would check the accounts, but in the end he was just a woman, dependent on a man. And the person he sent to keep an eye on Yue Huaxuan came back and told him that although this woman wore a veil in public, she was also a delicate and arrogant character. When Sanshao's side was full of friends, she had to go in to change clothes and rest from time to time, and often asked people to invite Sanshao in to accompany her, leaving a group of guests and friends there. The backyard of Yuehuaxuan is relatively private, and outsiders are not allowed to enter, This private place, lonely men and widows, don't have to think about it to know what it is.