Zhu Chengqian said coldly: "You have always been in charge of family affairs, I won't say anything else, but now that Pingjue is taken over by the old lady, don't interfere anymore." ”

"I know...... I'm too lazy to care. The eldest lady pushed away the quilt, took a fan and shook it casually, "What I did in this house in the past, and what will I do in the future, please rest assured." ”

Zhu Chengqian sighed, changed his clothes and said: "You are not a new daughter-in-law, restrain your temper, don't always jump the chickens and dogs of the life at home." ”

"Your new daughter-in-law is only hurting, for your nephew and daughter-in-law to be bullied by her mother-in-law, the second girl turned Dongyuan upside down." The eldest lady said, "Jokes are jokes, I really envy that child, since I married into this family, no one has ever spoken for me, big or small." ”

"Why are you all about this?" Zhu Chengqian will also be impatient.

"That's it, you don't like to hear it, I won't say it." The eldest lady turned over and lay down, still shaking the fan in her hand, "But the medicine is bitter and the words are contrary to the ear, the eldest lord, I advise you to open your eyes and take a good look at your precious son, do you really believe his words, believe that he just took Hanzhi to see a doctor?" Who in this family is with him, who opens the door for him and prepares the car, you don't even check? ”

Zhu Chengqian took off half of his clothes and hung them on the crook of his arm, and after a pause, he continued to take them off slowly.

The eldest lady said: "If the words are not good, it will become me to instigate your father-son relationship, but am I blindly coaxing you, and I don't know if you will be sold by your son in the future?" ”

In the small courtyard in the west of the garden, after tossing all day, Zhu Rong finally lay down, but the injury on his back still hurt badly, so he turned over and lit a candle, took off his middle coat and looked in the mirror.

Zhengming heard the movement and came to look, held the candlestick for Gongzi, saw the scar on Gongzi's back, and said distressedly: "The eldest master is really ruthless today." ”

"Don't talk too much, go down." Zhu Rong instructed, "I'm afraid that these days, my father will still remember to ask you something, but fortunately, he doesn't go out with me on weekdays, and the family has eyes to watch, don't panic when you see the eldest master, tell the truth about everything." To be honest, I have confidence in my heart, and I can figure out what I said, don't lie, and if you don't come back in the end, just wait to be beaten. ”

Zhengming turned out a silk nightgown for the son, which was cool and slippery, hoping that he could sleep more comfortably in it, and said before blowing out the candle: "The emperor has just promoted your official, and you are in the scenery outside, if people know that you are still being disciplined by Lao Tzu at home, it is time to laugh at you, even the emperor will laugh." ”

Speaking of the emperor, Zhu Rong's eyes became solemn, and he retreated, and after lying down, he repeated the words of Min Yanshi during the day in his ears.

General Jin went to fight the Minglian Sect, and the emperor only allocated half of the grain and grass, as Yan Shi analyzed, it seemed that he had calculated how many days he would fight, and predicted the victory or defeat in advance.

However, regarding the Minglian Sect, at this moment, Zhu Rong still does not know what the person who assassinated the emperor that day came from.

The emperor said that they were the Minglian Sect, so they must be?

Not long after lying down, he turned over and sat up again, realizing that if there was another conspiracy in these things, how could the emperor casually let people find out, could it be that the news was deliberately released.

Did Min Yanshi deliberately calculate him, or did someone above calculate Min Yanshi as well?

When he used his life to protect the emperor in exchange for a smooth career, Zhu Rong really felt threatened, how much he distrusted the emperor, and the same emperor must be suspicious of him.

seems to be a frank and broad official career, but in fact it is getting narrower and narrower.

In the dead of night, in Xinghua Hall, the eldest lady fell asleep exhausted, but Zhu Chengqian couldn't sleep, and his wife's chattering words were wrapped around his ears like a magic spell, making him have a headache and swell.

If he wants to investigate today's incident, it's not that he can't find out, but ......

"Sir, are you still awake?" Suddenly, the voice of a subordinate sounded outside the door.

Zhu Chengqian thought for a while and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

"Dad, it's me." It was Zhu Rong's voice that came.

Zhu Chengqian immediately sat up: "Rong'er? ”

Zhu Rong said: "Dad, I have some things that I don't understand. ”

Seeing that he was needed by his son, Zhu Chengqian was suddenly full of comfort, hurriedly got up, put on his shoes and came to open the door in person, and when he saw his son, he felt at ease: "What's the matter, tell my father, come, let's go to the study." ”

The eldest lady was not awakened, and the next morning she learned that the father and son had only dispersed when they had talked about the son.

Wang's mother said: "The eldest man is in a very good mood today, and he should have slept well last night, but when he went out in the morning, he was full of energy, as if there was a great good thing." ”

The eldest lady sneered: "If he likes women, I will also accept my fate, but no, wait and see, he will be planted in the hands of that wild seed one day." ”

As they spoke, Yingzhi and Minzhi came to say goodbye, and they were going to Qingqiu Pavilion to attend classes.

The eldest lady never took the two concubines in her eyes, and after sending them away, she said to Wang's mother: "Take two hundred taels of silver and send it to Jizhou, and tell the old lady of the Yan family that after the matter is completed, another three hundred taels of silver will be sent." ”

Mother Wang was puzzled: "You sent an old woman from the countryside and used five hundred taels of silver?" ”

The eldest lady said: "Five hundred taels of silver is the dignity of the Duke's Palace, you just have to do it, as long as I am happy, don't say five hundred taels of silver, I am willing to give up five thousand taels." ”

However, she spent a lot of money on errands, but when she turned around, she tightened up the big and small things at home, and at noon that day, the dishes sent from the kitchen to each courtyard and room were given to everyone to see.

The third lady went straight to the old lady's house with her belly straight, called the kitchen man to her, took a plate of vegetables and buckled it on his head, and scolded: "You are perfunctory to me, even the old lady's room is perfunctory, when the old lady is in charge of supporting your old lady, you still don't know which grave to wait for reincarnation." ”

Mama Rui knows that the third lady has a straight temper, and she doesn't have such a straight way, everyone in this family understands that if you offend anyone, don't offend the kitchen, and they don't know if they give you saliva when you turn around.

The people in the kitchen were also aggrieved, and this morning the eldest lady suddenly sent someone to check the accounts, saying that they had filled their own pockets, embezzled the money of the middle prince, and deducted all the remaining grain, rice and silver for the month, and asked them to fill the deficit themselves.

"We don't dare to starve our masters, and we really don't have the money to fill it." The kitchen steward was so anxious that he was sweating, "It's hard for a good woman to cook without rice, and this is already our best work." ”

The old lady said leisurely: "Eat lightly, it's good on a hot day." ”

"Mother, your grandson in my belly, don't eat bran vegetables." The third lady said angrily, "The eldest sister-in-law did it on purpose, God knows what her biological son poked her heart and lungs yesterday, she hindered the eldest master and couldn't scold her, so she came to abuse us?" More and more even you don't pay attention to it, your expenses here have always been a separate expense, not counted in the middle kilometer. ”

"It's a headache for me." The old lady waved her hand and said, "Go down, you are pregnant with the child, don't go on a rampage, you shout these words, and the child listens carefully." ”

The third lady said: "If you don't make these truths clear, will you be cold and starve with me when you give birth to a child?" Mother, don't have a headache, I'll go to my sister-in-law to comment, in order to celebrate her son coming back, the five or six days of banquets cost like running water, who will she cry poor to? ”

She ran out in a rage, and Fuyi just came out of Pingjue's house, and Huizhi was also on the side, shouting: "Mother? ”

The third lady stopped: "Why are you here, didn't you say you had lunch in Qingqiu Pavilion?" ”

"Sister Yan and I came to see Pingjue." Hui Zhidao, "Are you here to say hello to grandma?" ”

The third lady thought for a moment and asked, "How is the food in Qingqiu Pavilion compared to yesterday?" ”

Fu Yi said: "Today's menu is much simpler, and the weather is hot, but I also eat refreshingly." ”

The third lady shook her head: "Silly girl, if you still think it's a good meal, people will feed you swill." ”

I saw Mama Rui come out with her, persuading the third lady not to go to Xinghuatang to make trouble, the eldest lady just made rules for the kitchen, and she made a fuss, wouldn't she refute the face of the eldest lady.

The third lady said angrily: "You didn't hear, all the grain, rice and silver for this month have been removed, she is making rules, and she should not make us hungry if she does rules." ”

Huizhi was anxious, hugged his mother and asked, "You are going to quarrel with your aunt again, what's wrong, what's wrong?" ”

Fu Yi has already understood the reason, and sure enough, the dishes for today's lunch are simple and light, not that the kitchen has the intention to relieve everyone's greasy scraping oil, but that the eldest lady has deducted grain, rice and silver, and they can't use it.

"Auntie, I'll send you there." Fu Yi said, "It just so happens that I also want to go back to Qingqiu Pavilion and accompany you for a while." ”

"Girl?" Mama Rui said hurriedly, "If the girl doesn't help persuade her, how can she pay it back?" ”

Fu Yi glanced at Mama, hoping that she could understand her intentions, so she took the umbrella from the handmaiden's hand, supported the third lady with one hand and said, "Auntie, you go slowly, I'll give you an umbrella." ”