Let's say that on this day, the old lady held a banquet to entertain her in-laws, and the eldest lady shirked her physical discomfort and did not attend, so the sisters were naturally not allowed to come.

The second lady is not good, and Yunzhi has to take care of her, the eldest lord and the second lord can only return at night because of entertainment, and in the end, only the four mothers and sons of Xiyuan are accompanied by the old lady with Pingjue.

Although it is not deserted, it is indeed not decent, but fortunately, General Jin is not there, and the old lady in the main family is in charge, which is also passable.

At night, Mrs. Jin took her son to say goodbye, and the third lady personally sent it out, and the sister-in-law didn't know that her sister-in-law was pregnant, so she actually pulled her all the way.

"Your nephew is not blessed, his first wife died of illness, and he has never found a good family since then." Mrs. Jin said, "Now that your brother is booming, and you, the aunt of the third lady of the Duke's Mansion, are protecting the media, the Jin family is going to spread out, and there is finally hope." ”

When the third lady heard that something was wrong, she asked tentatively, "Sister-in-law, which girl do you like?" ”

Mrs. Jin smiled: "Your nephew's appearance, I can't force flowers to pick flowers and stick them in him, I am a real person." ”

The third lady breathed a sigh of relief and complimented: "What did you say, how good Haotian is." ”

But the sister-in-law changed her words, grabbed her sister-in-law's hand and said, "Her aunt, Qiang'er looks good, she looks the most like you, she is a little beauty." I thought, there are several sons and brothers in your house, only the eldest has become a parent, why don't we two families, kiss each other? ”

The third lady laughed dryly: "The second child in the second room ran away, you don't know yet, as for Pingli, he and Qiang'er are cousins and sisters-in-law, and this family is not happy to marry relatives and cousins, and I don't want to violate the ancestral teachings." The youngest one is only eleven years old, so there is only the third child in the big house left. ”

Mrs. Jin nodded again and again: "I can see it, a talent, a person standing in front of the person." ”

The third lady regretted inviting her niece to live at home, and it was difficult to get rid of it now, where did she think that her mother's family was so self-conscious, and she started the calculation of the Duke's Palace.

Back then, she was able to marry into the Zhu family because of the fame accumulated by her ancestors, but since she came to the Zhu family, her mother's court has plummeted, the court is not reused, and the private industry is defeated and sold, which provokes the two sisters-in-law in this house to look down on her.

Therefore, in the next generation, no matter how upside down the third lady is, she will not dare to use her mother's family to match the children in this house.

"People are the sons of the long house, don't you know?" The third lady said, "A while ago, the emperor made the decision, saying that the Buddha dreamed back then, and the eldest lady only had this one son, and if he wanted to keep him safe and grow up, he couldn't tell the world where he came from, so he should pick it up and raise it at home." Hey, it's a long story, in short, the third child of this family will inherit the title in the future. ”

Mrs. Jin was surprised to hear this: "Really? Isn't that a mountain of gold and a mountain of silver......"

The third lady said angrily, "What did you say? ”

But the sister-in-law came to the heart: "Your niece is the future housewife, it is good for you and your nephew, her aunt, you go and try it, if you don't succeed, wouldn't it be a great thing?" ”

The third lady thought to herself, what does it mean to not succeed, she went to touch her nose, and in the future, she didn't want to look up and be a person in this house.

Seeing that her sister-in-law was very reluctant, Mrs. Jin sneered: "Your brother is now a second-class waiter, it is a first-class wealth, the daughter of the Hou Mansion marries the son of the Princess, and it is a match made in heaven." ”

The third lady said: "These days, the relatives have broken the threshold of the family, from the princes and princes to the rich and famous, do you think that our family is expensive?" ”

Mrs. Jin snorted: "You don't have to prevaricate me, we live in the capital in a house given by the emperor, and for a long time in the future, we don't depend on you for anything, I'm here for you and your nephew, if you are not happy, you will not be happy, what do you do with that car of words." ”

The third lady is not a soft persimmon that can be pinched by others, just because her mother's family is in the middle of the road, how much idle she has suffered here, seeing that her sister-in-law's words are not good, she also has a good face: "That is the case, my brother and sister-in-law have their own ideas, Zhu Jia is really a pile of gold and silver, and it will not be spent in ten lifetimes, you have to rush, don't ask others to compete for the first." ”

She said that, put down the word "send-off", and helped the maid to turn around and leave.

When I returned to Xiyuan, I saw my daughter and her cousin sitting and talking, so I immediately pulled Huizhi to my side, and said to my niece angrily: "My aunt doesn't keep you anymore, there are many men in this family, and you can't stay in a girl's house, your mother is waiting for you outside the door, let's go." ”

Jin Qiang'er still wanted to plead a few words, but Xiyuan's subordinates were not soft-hearted, so they sent her out without saying anything.

Huizhi didn't understand the reason, so he asked his mother, "What did my cousin do wrong?" ”

The third lady pulled her daughter to sit down, held the baby in her arms for a while, and then became more steady, and said angrily: "Hui'er, don't you think your mother is not from the capital?" ”

Huizhi sneered: "You have asked this eight hundred times, I have said it with my father and brother, and if you ask again, we will be disgusted." ”

The third lady smiled, rubbed her daughter's cheek, kissed her, and said, "Go to bed early, my mother will go back first, and I will discuss something with your father." ”

But before she went out, Zhu Chengzhe came to her, saying that she had been out on her stomach for so long, and he was worried that something had happened to his wife.

Huizhi stood in front of the door and watched her father and mother go back to the room, watching her mother being loved by her father, the couple talked and laughed, and her face couldn't help but be happy.

When he returned to the room, he saw his brother's folding fan on the table, so he went to return it to him, went out and walked through the corridor, and went around to his brother's house, but after knocking on the door for a long time, no one answered.

Pushing the door in, the room was not locked, but there was no one in sight, Huizhi called the next person and asked, "Where is my brother?" ”

The maidservants walked around the house and said to each other, "The son ate the wine, came back and shouted dizziness, and went to bed early, you see, this is ...... Clothes and boots are there. ”

Huizhi thought for a while and said, "Xu is going to the garden to eat, don't alarm the old lady, my mother is tired today, let her have a good rest." ”

The subordinates didn't take a good look at the little master, and they didn't dare to anger the lady, but since the young lady took over the matter, they naturally agreed.

Huizhi put down the fan, his heart was very unsteady, and then he came twice again, and after a full hour, he still didn't see his brother.

Afraid that her brother would not be drunk in the garden, she avoided her mother and took her maidservants out to look for her, and happened to meet the returned third brother.

Huizhi hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Third brother, my brother is gone, his clothes and boots are all there, but the person is gone." ”

Zhu Rong couldn't help frowning, took the lantern from the hands of his subordinates, and ordered the maidservants to send the young lady back first, and he took people to the depths of the garden to find it.

In the huge mansion of the Duke's Palace, it is not easy to find someone in the dark light, and I am afraid of alarming the elders, so I dare not shout at will, if the younger brother falls in the garden, Zhu Rong is not worried, I am afraid that he will fall into the water.

So he ordered the family to check the ponds and wells, but fortunately there was no trace of them anywhere, but there was a wide lake in the depths of the garden, and the water was even deeper.

Zhu Rong was about to go to the lake, and the subordinates of Xiyuan hurriedly ran and said, "The third son, the fourth son is back." ”

"Where did he go?" Zhu Rong asked.

"I said I was in the garden and slept in the shade." "When we found him, he was already lying in bed. ”

Zhu Rong didn't believe it in his heart, but it was so late, it was good if people found it, and if they continued to quarrel, the elders should not be peaceful.

"Tell the fourth prince that I will take him to the Guozijian tomorrow morning." Zhu Rong instructed, "Be sure to tell him." ”

In the West Garden, Huizhi stood beside her brother's bed, where the smell of alcohol was smoking, but she really didn't remember that her brother drank so much wine, he was lazy and didn't want to take care of himself, and turned his back to him and said, "What a fuss, I was scolded when I turned around." ”

"I'm worried about you, suddenly you're gone."

"I'm a big living person, where can I go?"

Huizhi said aggrievedly: "If Daddy and Mother blame you, I will speak for my brother." ”

Pingli turned over and said impatiently: "I know, I don't blame you, don't be wronged, my mother should scold me again." ”

Huizhi brought tea to his brother and persuaded: "In the future, you can drink less, only two cups are like this, it is better not to drink." ”

Pingli begged: "My good sister, let me sleep, I have tea, you can go back." ”

Huizhi was helpless, and after her brother finished drinking tea, she took the teacup, but suddenly saw a black sleeve under the cuffs of her brother's middle shirt.

On this hot day, who is still wearing clothes under the middle coat, even if they are girls, they are just wiping their belly pockets.

"Brother......" Huizhi was very scared in his heart.

"Huh?" Pingli looked at his sister, and when he caught a glimpse of his sleeve, he put away his hand unhurriedly, turned over and lay down, "I'm sleepy, let's go quickly." ”

Huizhi moved a few steps, she already thought that the black clothes were probably the legendary night clothes, and her brother was not drunk and sleeping in the garden, he had gone out.

Even the smell of wine in this room was not drunk by him, as if it was a deliberate smell.

"You're going to be fine." Huizhi said, "I—I'm gone." ”