On the carriage back to the Duke's Palace, the eldest lady opened the box given by the concubine, which was a pair of hibiscus stone earrings, although it was not a precious thing, it was rare to have a warm appearance, the color was like a lotus, and the workmanship was also meticulous and exquisite.

Such pink and delicate jewelry, she also had a few pieces when she was young, and now that she is gone, even though she still loves it in her heart, but such a color is only frivolous and frivolous on her body, which is very incompatible with her identity and temperament.

"It's nice to be young." The eldest lady stroked the pair of earrings, "What's more, when you were young, someone held you in your arms, like a jewel, and I ......"

She lifted the curtain with her hands, and saw a young couple on the side of the road, the little lady was wearing a red shirt and a red flower, and she saw that she should be newly married, and her man went to the street to buy things affectionately, and her husband was holding a lot of baggage in both hands, so she stood on tiptoe, tore a piece of the baked cake in her hand and fed him, and smiled like a flower on her face.

The eldest lady hurriedly put down the curtain, clenched her fists and closed her eyes, what was she thinking, why did she envy this poor people.

When I stayed at home, I saw that Yan Fuyi was already waiting outside the Qingqiu Pavilion, and the two maids around him were supporting, for fear that she would make a mistake, so she was very careful.

Suddenly going back to more than 20 years ago, when she was pregnant with Hanzhi, at that time she didn't know that her husband was hiding Jiaojiao in the outer gold house, at that time there was no Zhu Rong, and there was no Liu Chu and their little, at that time she was full of thought that she could grow old with the man she loved.

But God made a joke with her, and this joke is for a lifetime, and after giving birth to Han, she can no longer have children.

In a blink of an eye, Zhu Chengqian wants to be a serious grandfather, he gave birth to lowly concubines, and wild women outside, every child is proving one thing, that is, this joke is completely aimed at her alone.

No matter how ruthless Zhu Chengqian is, God doesn't plan to clean him up, but what about himself...... Why such a punishment?

Did she raise wild men, or did her heart belong to something else?

It's neither, she's so affectionate and loyal.

"This is given to you by the concubine." The eldest lady ordered someone to hand over the box, and the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law had not spoken for several days, and even she felt strange, but she still didn't look at Fuyi, looked at the courtyard gate of Xinghuatang in the distance and said, "You don't have to enter the palace to thank you, the concubine misses that you are delicate, how are you now?" ”

Fu Yi responded: "Lang Zhong said that the pulse is still stable, but not careless, ask the daughter-in-law to continue to recuperate, not to be anxious and impatient, not to move violently." ”

"Can I enter the palace for a banquet?" The eldest lady said, "It was the queen who asked me to ask you, if you go, arrange another seat for you." ”

Fu Yi bowed and said: "Please let the mother decide, the child is young and does not know the severity." ”

The eldest lady glanced at her: "Let the old lady decide, if the young lady has anything, I can't afford it." ”

Fuyi lowered her head, respectful and humble, half of this is naturally the truth of being a daughter-in-law, and the other half is deliberately low, even if she is reluctant, she will force herself to temporarily lower her head.

Soon after the mother-in-law left with her subordinates, Fuyi walked into the yard, and Cuizhu came back from outside, saying that Zhengming had brought news, but there were many people in this yard, and it was inconvenient to say for a while, so please ask the young lady to take a stroll in the garden.

Fu Yi ordered the housekeeper's mother to go to Xinghuatang to bring the third and fourth girls, and soon took the two younger sisters into the garden together.

In addition to the courtyard where the masters are living seriously, most of the land is a garden of mountains, rocks, grasses, pavilions, and pavilions, and there is a small courtyard in the garden for people to live in.

Fu Yi stopped in the water pavilion called "Qixia", sat by the railing by the lake, and the maids who followed had already spread the velvet blanket with their hands and feet, and some people carefully prepared fish food, so that the young lady could relieve her boredom.

And the eyes of Fuyi, attracted by the maple leaves on the other side of the lake, it is a good time to enjoy the maple in Beijing, no wonder this water pavilion is called Qixia, looking at it from afar, is not it the brilliance of the sunset.

I also remembered that Yu Hengxuan named it according to the position of the stars in the sky, every grass and tree in this family is the hard work of the ancestors of the Zhu family from generation to generation, but I don't know what he and Brother Rong can pass on for future generations.

Yingzhi and Minzhi lay on the railing to feed the fish, the girls were innocent and carefree, looking at them with their cheeks up, full of joy, she was an only daughter since she was a child, and she enjoyed the joy of being a sister-in-law and a sister now, thinking that no matter what she could leave for future generations, it was enough to take care of the sisters in front of her.

At this time, the controversy came, and saw that the people who came out were all guarding the girl's side, and the young lady only had Cuizhu and Citron by her side, so he said without scruples: "They followed Cuizhu's father, and saw that he gave the silver to a man, and then followed the man, and finally the man took the silver into a house, not a shop or a façade, and there was no plaque on the door." The small one inquired about it, the house was just sold in June, the original family moved to the south, it is said that the new accent is also a foreigner, but for several months, the neighbors do not know their population, name and livelihood, but people often come in and out. ”

Fuyi thought to herself, she had found out that the money bank where Wang's mother lent money was all open to do business in a fair and fair manner, although it was also a violation of the laws of the imperial court, but they had names, surnames and origins, and they could also have an explanation if something happened.

But the kind of black money village that my aunt is worried about, which cannot be seen or touched, is very suspicious. It is said that there were also cases in Jingzhou, where greedy people were lured with very high profits, and then disappeared out of thin air overnight, donating money and fleeing.

Zhengming said again: "Cuizhu's father and mother know about this, and those people in the backyard must know a lot, I heard that it is a four-point profit, and they are not hungry and red-eyed." ”

Fuyi was really taken aback, you know, even in Wang's mother's accounts, the most is only two and a half cents, four cents, how dare they believe it.

"Ma'am, I really don't know." Cuizhu was also frightened, "If you know......"

Fuyi smiled bitterly: "If you know, you can't stop it, listen to me, you don't have to worry about their affairs in the future, let's talk about it when you are born, old, sick and die in the future." ”

Cuizhu begged for help: "Madam, you get them out, otherwise something will happen and they will be arrested, as soon as they say that they are the subordinates of the Duke's Mansion and the mother of the slave, they will be involved in you when they turn around, and you will give you thirty taels of silver." ”

Fu Yi smiled: "Don't worry, I will be measured, you take care of yourself, don't tell others again, don't just startle snakes at home." ”

On the other side, Toshizhi shouted happily: "Sister-in-law, come and see, it's such a big fish." ”

Fu Yi responded, carefully helped the citron to stand up, and said to Zhengming: "You don't have to go out these days, don't let people focus on you, I will think about the future." ”

When the argument is answered, it is to leave first.

Fu Yi walked to the sisters, raised his hand and sprinkled a handful of fish food, the big carp jumped out of the water, took off to catch the bait, splashed a lot of water, frightened everyone, and the girls laughed non-stop.

"Is anyone feeding the fish here on weekdays?" Fu Yi asked.

Cuizhu called her mother who was guarding the garden, and they smiled and said, "I don't feed it much, occasionally the masters are happy to come and visit, and the fish are celebrating the New Year." ”

Fu Yi asked: "Why don't you feed it, if you don't feed it, this fish can grow so big?" ”

The mother pointed to the surface of the lake and said, "Young lady, the water in our house is alive, there is something to eat under this lake, and the rules handed down by the ancestors say that they are born spiritual creatures and have their own creation, and they should not be controlled by manpower." Let's just say that the fish in the palace are not fed, otherwise such a big lake, compared with our house, is like a small pond, but we can't feed it, how to feed it in the palace. ”

Fu Yi smiled: "It also makes sense, the fish, shrimp and crabs in the big rivers can't be fed by someone." ”

Min Zhi came to beg for help: "Sister-in-law, we want to fish and have fun." ”

Fu Yi said: "It's okay to catch them and eat them, you are just playing, and you still use the hook to hurt them, it is not interesting." It's better to use a net to fish a few up, put them in a big basin and play for half a day, and then put them back. ”

Guan Yuanzi's mother said: "Madam, we have a good fish here, when the old man was alive, he often came to fish when he was free, because it was a live water fish, not fed, and it was fragrant to eat." ”

Toshizhi beckoned his sister over and said happily, "Then I caught a fish and stewed soup to replenish my sister-in-law's body." ”

Fu Yi smiled: "Since this is the case, there are many people to be lively." ”

She instructed her subordinates: "Invite the five girls, Yu Hengxuan will get out of school, and let Ping Jue come too." You send someone to Prince Sheng's Mansion again, and invite the county lord to play, and the East Garden is still busy finishing up, so don't alarm the eldest sister-in-law, but if Huaifeng and Yanran don't sleep, take it too. ”

In the East Garden, the second lady was settling the expenses and gifts received in the past few days, and I heard that Fuyi sent someone to pick up the two children to play in the garden.

But as soon as the person left, the second lady put down the account, looked at Chu Xue's waist and abdomen, and asked, "Huaifeng and Yanran can both recite poems, you don't plan to regenerate?" Do you want to learn from your third aunt and ask for one when you are old? ”

Chu Xue said softly: "Xianggong he ......"

The second lady said to herself: "Fuyi this child, if it is a boy, she will increase Zhu Rong's anger again, and it is not easy for Ping Luo to fight for his younger brother." ”

Chu Xue lowered her head, not knowing how to answer, her mother-in-law suddenly ordered her: "At the end of this year and early next year, let's have another pregnancy, a few more children, always have confidence, if you are not happy to give birth, don't blame me for giving Ping Luo a concubine." ”