In the imperial city, after the dispersal of the dynasty, Zhu Chengqian and several other close ministers were blocked outside the main hall, and Emperor Jiasheng sat alone in the hall for a long time. The weather was cold that day, and the people who stood still outside the temple gradually froze their hands and feet, and they could not keep out the cold even if they were wrapped in mink coats.

The chamberlains came to persuade them several times, asking the ministers to leave, but everyone did not dare to leave the emperor, or they were afraid of being angered, so they did not dare to disperse.

This time, the chamberlain went out again, and as soon as he arrived under the eaves, he was shivered by the cold wind, breathed a sigh of relief, and came forward to persuade the adults: "The emperor went to the inner palace from the side door, and he is no longer in the main hall. ”

Everyone looked at each other, and gradually someone left, Zhu Chengqian still wanted to hold on a little longer, and the chamberlain specially stepped forward and said to him: "The emperor ordered the lord to enter the palace early tomorrow, there are important matters to discuss, today the emperor is tired, and he will not discuss state affairs for the time being." ”

"There is labor." Zhu Chengqian bowed slightly to the waiter, and handed over a silver ticket from his sleeve, and the waiter took it happily, and whispered, "Grandpa, don't worry, if there is anything, the little one will definitely send someone to inform you immediately." ”

Zhu Chengqian sighed, and could only give up and leave.

It is said that Emperor Jiasheng left the main hall and entered the inner palace, he went straight to the palace of the concubine, walked to the palace gate, and saw that the gate was closed without sound, and suddenly remembered that the Min family had been demoted to the side palace by him.

"Where is she?" The emperor asked.

"Your Majesty, you go this way." The inner attendant bowed down to lead the way, but he went around for a long time, away from the gathering place of the concubine palace, and stopped outside the cold and remote palace.

In the cold and gloomy weather, the emperor actually walked out of a sweat, stood in front of the palace gate, looking back at the location of the main hall and the middle palace, he had not felt the size of the imperial city so truly for a long time.

Inside, all the way in, I heard the sound of hurried footsteps, and the concubine Min Shi, who had taken off the golden hairpin of Luo's skirt, was covered by fat powder, and the traces of aging on her face were exposed. But the clothes are clean and the hair is neat, there is no too much pearl and jade contrast, and it is pleasing to the eye, as if peeling off a layer of flashy shell and becoming more vivid.

"Your Majesty ......" Min Cairen called out in anticipation, leaned on the door and knelt on the ground, crying and said, "Your Majesty, the concubine knows that she is wrong." ”

Emperor Jiasheng looked indifferent, but instructed the attendants: "Prepare hot water, I want to bathe." ”

On this side, Zhu Chengqian returned home and walked into Xinghua Hall, now Aunt Liu and Aunt Chu moved to the inner courtyard to serve the old lady, and they will no longer stand under the corridor to wait for him, plus Yingzhi and Minzhi also went to Jingzhou, and the whole family is deserted.

After entering the door, he naturally walked to the study, casually glanced at his and his wife's bedroom, and found that the people were busy packing up their things, and couldn't help frowning, and came to ask, "What's the matter?" ”

The subordinates stopped holding their things, and one of them said softly: "The eldest lady is going to move to the manor outside the city to recuperate for a few days, and the slaves and maids are packing their luggage." ”

Zhu Chengqian broke into the door and saw his wife leaning on the beauty couch, looking at the small square piece of sky outside the window.

"What are you doing now?" Zhu Chengqian was not angry, and asked with a face, "You leave like this, what should the people outside think, the people in the family are about to leave." ”

"Isn't there still you, you're here." The eldest lady turned her face, her gloomy eyes were empty, and her words seemed to have no heart, "Whether I live or die there, my grandfather doesn't have to worry about it in the future, I don't want to go, but the queen ordered me to go, and I don't know what she wants, since there is still someone who cares about my whereabouts, I just listen to her." ”

"Queen?"

"As soon as you go out early, she will deliver the will."

"What does Niangniang say, she already knows the ...... of the palace"

"I know, Hanzhi is gone, Min Cheng and Xiang Yaonian are gone."

Zhu Chengqian sighed heavily, sat on the side, waved his hand and ordered everyone to withdraw, raised his eyes to see that the room was messy, and said angrily: "You don't plan to come back for a while in this battle?" ”

The eldest lady continued to look at the sky: "I haven't thought about whether I can go back or not, I just want to think about this family, and the rest of these things belong to me, and I want to take them away." ”

Zhu Chengqian said: "Why did you bother to come, you are old, you are always pestering these haves and don'ts, you dignified duchess, what are your shortcomings?" ”

The eldest lady did not immediately make a fuss and shout as before, but after a while, she said in a cold voice: "Grandpa has worked hard, you can rest, I can't serve you here." ”

Zhu Chengqian's face was disgusted, and he felt that his wife was unreasonable, so he slapped the table and stood up, pointed at his wife so angry that he couldn't speak, and walked away.

The Yang family walked in a hurry, and it was also very low-key, and naturally the suburban manor was already taken care of by someone on a daily basis, and after Fuyi sent someone to inform him, he ordered someone to prepare a carriage and horse, and sent his mother-in-law away before sunset that day.

When Dongyuan and Xiyuan came back to their senses, the eldest lady's carriage had already left the city, and the second lady didn't dare to go directly to Qingqiu Pavilion to ask for help, so she rushed to Yichunxuan to ask her daughter-in-law.

But Chu Xue didn't know anything, and if it weren't for her mother-in-law's inform, she wouldn't have found out that her aunt had left home.

The second lady had to complain: "I said at the beginning, you and Fuyi are in charge of the house together, don't think of yourself as doing chores for her, you have to take things outside the family to heart, you are the eldest daughter-in-law in the family." ”

Chu Xue only listened, did not speak, the second lady was not angry: "Don't take my words seriously, once Prince Sheng's mansion rebels, this family will also change the sky, in the future, Luo'er will be the master of the house, you are the eldest lady, look at the temperament of Fuyi, and then look at yours?" ”

The people brought tea, and Chu Xue personally brought it to her mother-in-law, and said, "Mother, I want to go to Qingqiu Pavilion and Fuyi to calculate the account of the reward for the clansmen in the month of Layue, do you want to go over together?" ”

The second lady said angrily: "I said for a long time, you didn't listen to a word, you are a sister-in-law, you are good here, you should let Fuyi come to Yi Chunxuan, what is the matter with you in the past?" ”

"She's not pregnant, she's not in good shape, so it's better to move around less." Chu Xue said good-naturedly, "Who cares about this." ”

As they spoke, Huai Feng and Yan Ran ran over with their small schoolbags, pestering their mother to go to Qingqiu Pavilion to find the third aunt to read poems.

The second lady tempted the little grandchildren to go back to Dongyuan with her to eat fruits, but the two dolls were unmoved, urging and shouting for their mothers to leave quickly, and the noise made people's ears hurt, Chu Xue could only say goodbye to her mother-in-law in a hurry, and regardless of whether her mother-in-law left or not, she took the two little ones to Qingqiu Pavilion.

Looking at the backs of her daughter-in-law and grandchildren, the second lady stayed for a long time, and Zhou's mother came to persuade her: "Let's go back, the son and the young lady are now alone, and it is not suitable for you to be here." ”

"I'm in my son's house, why is it not suitable, isn't this still under the roof of the Duke's Palace?" The second lady was so unconvinced, and what was even more unwilling was that the daughter-in-law seemed to be a different person, and there were words in her mouth, "That girl is different from before, dare not take me in her eyes, I am afraid that it is all instigated, I only think she is reliable, fortunately not my daughter-in-law." ”

Zhou's mother persuaded: "You want to say that under the same roof, something happened to the big house, and we can't eat and walk around, so don't do anything more these days, just stop a little." ”

The second lady glanced at her: "What's wrong with me, it's not all for Luo'er." ”

In the Qingqiu Pavilion, Huaifeng Yanran pestered her aunt to recite poems as soon as she entered the door, and after receiving praise, she became more and more proud, and pulled the nurse to the inner courtyard to find the grandmother, and wanted to recite it to the grandmother.

Chu Xue stood in front of the window and watched the children leave hand in hand, and said with a smile: "Just have fun now, and in the future, you should cry when you study seriously." ”

Fu Yi said: "They are the children of you and your big brother, they can't be wrong." ”

Chu Xue shook her head: "What can I do, I was nagged by my mother-in-law again, but now I have finally learned to go in one ear and one ear out, and my heart is no longer so uncomfortable." ”

Fuyi was about to say something, and the person who sent out to deliver the message came back, although the court and the family were not peaceful in the past few days, but she did not forget to separate for Cuizhu, but the lion in the man's family opened his mouth widely, and he asked for a thousand taels of silver before he was willing to write a letter of resignation, otherwise he would go to court.

Chu Xue was very angry: "One thousand taels of silver, thanks to their opening, so bold, our family really governs them, can they still survive?" It's just that we are good-natured and kind-hearted, and we don't do those domineering things. ”

Fu Yi said: "He has no scruples except for his bad life, so he naturally dares to lie to us, and he has also settled on our family, and he will not do it behind his back." ”

Cuizhu came in from outside the door, and heard that it would take a thousand taels to get the letter of resignation, so she knelt down and said: "It's a big deal that the slave and maid won't go out in this house for the rest of their lives, just if they haven't been married, it's over, you must not give this thousand taels, you want to give the beast, it's better to give the slave and maid, the slave and the maid go to build a tent to give porridge, and it is also the merit of the young lady to help the poor." ”

Fu Yi ordered her to get up, and after a few words of appeasement, let Cuizhu retreat first, and then said to her sister-in-law: "It's unreasonable in this world, only the husband can divorce his wife, if the wife wants to be free, she can't reconcile, and she will be killed first in court." ”

Chu Xue said: "I heard that when the former dynasty Zhao Guo, his wife sued her husband for divorce and was sentenced to three years in prison. ”

Fu Yi bowed his head, and his eyes were cold: "No, they will die in the country." ”