Let's say that that night, Dongyuan turned the world upside down, and under the threat of the second lady looking for death and life, Pingluo promised not to mention the matter of going to Shanxi, and a turmoil was calmed down.

And Zhu Chengqian was in a good mood, disdainful of taking care of the affairs in his younger brother's room, and heard about it after returning home, but he laughed at it, and now he only hopes that his son will persuade Prince Sheng's father and son to return to Beijing as soon as possible, and he doesn't care about anything else.

The next morning, Fu Yi combed his hair in front of the mirror table, listened to Cuizhu and Citron talk about what happened at home, and sighed for the eldest brother in his heart, and also for the second lady is not worth it.

Cui Zhu sighed: "Since the second lady got married, the family has become more and more deserted day by day, and now the girls are gone, even the fifth prince is gone, think about how lively our Qingqiu Pavilion was in the past." ”

Knowing that there are still days for family reunions, Fuyi is not sad for the loneliness of the moment, and said with a smile: "You cherish these days, after the child is born next year, you will cry day and night, and you will know how clean it is now." ”

Not long after, breakfast was brought from the kitchen, and everyone was busy serving, although Fuyi was under house arrest, but after all, with the blood of the Zhu family, Zhu Chengqian did not order anyone to treat his daughter-in-law badly, and the diet and living in the Qingqiu Pavilion were still according to the previous rules.

This early in the morning, it was a table full of dim sum dishes, but unfortunately the help was very happy, and the heart was heavy, these days eating more and more picky, barely drank two mouthfuls of pine nut porridge, the stomach turned over the river, had to put down the dishes and chopsticks.

After rinsing her mouth with tea, she was about to rest, and her mother under the verandah came in and said, "Young lady, it's amazing, the third lady rushed to Xinghuatang with a few people, don't fight again." ”

Fu Yi knew that before she came to Zhu's house, the third lady was the one who was upside down in everyone's mouths, and she had fought with the two aunts in Xinghuatang several times.

For a long time, she fought for the treatment of Xiyuan and the status of her husband and children in the family, but the eldest lady never responded positively, and only ordered Aunt Liu and Aunt Chu to deal with it.

But now, the third aunt's temper has changed a lot, and Aunt Liu and Aunt Chu have also seen through some things, and they will not fight again, which is very reassuring.

I'm afraid it's because these days at home, big and small things are constant, and there are mistakes in the turnover everywhere, the eldest lady is missing Mother Wang, and there is one less person to keep an eye on her, and those who accidentally shorten Xiyuan, the aunt will naturally stop doing it.

Just as Fu Yi thought, the Jin family brought people to Xinghua Hall early in the morning, and called a few stewards to him, confronted him three times, and asked the eldest lady why she was missing the winter charcoal in Xiyuan.

After the liquidation, the stewards said that the fourth son was not at home now, and the fifth girl also went to Jingzhou, and the original share of the brothers and sisters was temporarily suspended.

The third lady took a sip and slammed the account book on the steward's face: "You turn over the accounts of Dongyuan, the second son has been missing for half a year, you are less than him a copper plate, my son went to war, and my daughter went to my aunt's house as a guest, and they all came back in a blink of an eye, you dared to stop their use, what kind of rule is this, do you think I am easy to bully?" ”

Those few people lowered their heads and didn't dare to say anything, and the third lady turned around and asked her sister-in-law: "You still don't care about this family, run to the palace every day, did the emperor promise you any errands?" If I don't come early in the morning to block you, and I don't see anyone when I turn back, since my sister-in-law is so unwilling to take care of the affairs of the family, it is better to let go of power, you can't let your temperament be, and the family is in chaos. ”

The eldest lady was so impatient: "A small thing, it is worth shouting at you, and if you make up for it, you are so excited, do you have to make a big fuss, and spread it out to make people laugh?" ”

"What are you afraid of when you are laughed at, you can't eat enough and don't have enough clothes to die." The third lady said angrily, "I'm not afraid of losing face, but if I want to shorten my money, I can't." Are you going to the palace again today, isn't the queen annoying you? I don't care if I live or die at home, I run out all day long, and I say that I want to be embarrassed and everyone will be embarrassed. ”

The eldest lady was also annoyed suddenly: "Don't go crazy, don't forget your identity, if you make trouble like this, I will order someone to fork you out." ”

Jin glanced at her and said coldly: "I also came prepared, since the sister-in-law is not in charge, there is always someone in charge." ”

The eldest lady was very disdainful: "What, you want to find the old lady to call the shots?" ”

When the news reached Qingqiu Pavilion, the family was already very lively, the clan relatives of the Zhongguo Mansion, up to the uncles and concubines of the white-haired old lady's generation, down to the little doll who was just born, only when the family worships their ancestors on weekdays, they come so neatly, even if they are happy at home, many people have to see if they are qualified to come.

The third lady said that she came prepared, but instead of moving out of her mother-in-law, she called all the relatives and clansmen who wanted to ask the clan to collect debts.

When Zhu Chengqian heard about this in the court, he angrily ordered someone to send a message to his wife, asking her to clean up the food immediately and not let those clansmen stay in the mansion.

But even so, the news still spread, and it was rumored in the streets and alleys that the duchess had no way to govern the family, and even filled her own pockets and sent the Zhu family's silver to the Yang Mansion, which made hundreds of clansmen suffer from cold and hunger in winter.

At this time, it was bustling outside the Qingqiu Pavilion, and from time to time someone wanted to break in and take a look. move", to rebel.

Several elderly mothers said: "The eldest lady herself has lost the hearts of the people, and the clan relatives below have endured her for a long time, and she deserves to be there today." ”

Citron doesn't know much about this family, compared to watching the jokes of the eldest lady, but feels sorry for her own young lady, in the future, maybe these "debt-collecting" relatives will come to them, even if the eldest lady is not, if they say that they are not greedy, it is also a lie.

"The third lady is really amazing." Citron muttered, "This trick is too ruthless, and when it gets out, the eldest lady is really disgraced." ”

Fuyi was a little hungry at this time, but the delicacies of the mountains and seas were not worried, tearing half of the steamed buns and eating very fragrantly, listening to what the citron said, she said: "Where did the third aunt come from such great ability, dare to show the whole family to find the eldest lady, although the aunt is angry, she is not a completely unreasonable person, not to mention that she is afraid of the old lady, and the family will be like this, and the whole family will be embarrassed, if it is not for the acquiescence of grandma, will she dare?" ”

Citron suddenly realized: "But isn't it, even if the third lady is not afraid of the eldest lady, she is afraid that the old lady will use family law to deal with her." ”

Fu Yi said: "Wait and see, I'm afraid grandma is going to make some noise." ”

Zhu Chengqian didn't want to take care of family affairs, but the family became more and more troublesome, and several colleagues came to ask him what was going on, and the queen also sent someone to ask why the Yang family was involved.

Can't wait for the emperor to ask, Zhu Chengqian left the affairs of the court, hurried home, and happened to meet the carriage and horse of Prince Sheng's mansion, and his daughter Hanzhi took the county lord of Anguo from the car to get down.

"My mother-in-law heard that something happened to our family, and sent me back to help take care of it, I had inquired before I came, but it was just a short matter in the family, and my father should not come forward, you are the head of the family, and you should have your majesty and dignity." Han Zhi persuaded, "My daughter will help her mother settle this matter, please rest assured." ”

Zhu Chengqian knows today's events very well, and many lazy clansmen are also involved, not all of them are his wife's fault, and he really doesn't want to face those people, since his daughter has come forward, he is happy to stay out of it.

"There's Lord Law." Zhu Chengqian saluted Yao Nian on the side, then turned around and got into the carriage and returned the same way.

Yao Nian said to Hanzhi: "Sister-in-law, I don't care about the affairs of the family, I will go to see Fuyi, if you want me to do something, you will send someone to call me." ”

The two sisters-in-law said okay, they came into the door together, and everyone hugged the princess to Xinghua Hall, Yao Nian turned to Qingqiu Pavilion halfway, and opened the door to open the people, and said: "That black money village, I found a clue." ”

Fu Yi was happy to see the county lord, with a smile on his face, and when he heard this, he immediately became serious: "What did you find?" ”

Yao Nian said: "Sure enough, it is still a member of the Minglian Sect, and this time I also found out that some of them can enter and exit the palace without hindrance." ”

Fu Yi frowned: "Kaijiang is responsible for the defense of the imperial city, how can it not be found?" ”

Yao Nian said: "This has nothing to do with him, those people have a serious identity and can enter and leave the palace." ”

Fu Yi sighed deeply: "It seems that my guess is correct, the head of the Minglian Sect is him." ”

Who is this "he", the sisters know each other in their hearts, there is no need to say, Yao Nian drank tea and asked curiously: "What's wrong with your family?" ”

Fu Yi looked out the window and said helplessly: "I am under house arrest here, I don't know anything about anything at home and abroad, and I can't do anything but take care of myself at the moment." ”

Before the words fell, Citron came in the door: "Miss, someone from Xinghuatang has come to pass the word, and the eldest lady wants you to come over." ”

Fuyi and Yao Nian glanced at each other, and Yao Nian smiled: "Go, I won't go, I'm an outsider." ”

Seeing Fuyi being hugged by everyone and leaving, Yao Nian walked around the courtyard, thinking that it would be better to go to Dongyuan to visit his cousin and children, but when he went out, he saw Mu Kaijiang coming from afar.

Kaijiang heard that the Zhu family was in chaos, and he was worried about the safety of Fuyi, so he came over to take a look, but he didn't expect to meet Yao Nian head-on, and they were stunned by each other.

Fortunately, Yunzhi, who followed closely, broke the deadlock, and she hurried over and asked Yao Nian: "County Lord, why are you here, Fuyi?" ”

Yao Nian withdrew his gaze from Mu Kaijiang's face and pointed to the place where Xinghuatang went: "Your eldest lady is looking for her." ”