"Have you heard, yesterday the government was hit by a fire, and the prefect died inside." Just after noon, there were occasionally three or two groups of people walking together at the set, and they couldn't help but talk about what happened yesterday.

The man on the left snorted twice, and then replied after a moment: "What kind of fire can it be if it hasn't even burned a room?" If you want me to say that this is retribution, otherwise why didn't the place next to it suffer from fire, but the bed where the prefect was lying suffered a disaster? What's more, even if people sleep and die, it is absolutely impossible for them to be burned by fire and not be awake, to say that it is just an accident, I don't believe it. ”

"No," the person on the right also spoke, "The one in my family happened to be on an errand in the palace, and I heard that there was no one in sight early in the morning, so I asked the servants to take a look, after all, there are many things to deal with every day in this official mansion." But who knew that after knocking on the door for a long time outside, there was no answer, and the next person had to go in privately, and just saw a bed and burned black, and he couldn't even see the whole picture, and he didn't know who made such a ruthless hand. ”

"I think this result can be described as very happy, after all, compared to the prefect, I believe that he was punished by God."

"In addition to being greedy for money and lustful, he has been an official for all these years, but he has no merit or fault, why did he pull the heavens and send him up?"

"You don't know yet?" The man who spoke lowered his voice, as if he was afraid of being listened to by others, adding a bit of mystery, "Just because of greed for money and lust, I don't know how many people have been killed, otherwise why do you think those women who work in the government are all orphans?" ”

"I heard before that it was the prefect who took pity on those girls who were homeless, so he gave them a job to earn a living, could it be that there is another hidden reason for this matter?"

"What mercy is but a lie, can you really believe it? The orphan girl has nothing to worry about, even if she disappears one day, no one will care too much, and this is what he likes. As far as I know, at least five or six out of ten women who went to work in the government were toyed with to death. ”

This sentence was said directly, and the other two also gasped, and after hesitating for a moment, they asked, "Don't you dare to talk nonsense, what evidence do you have?" ”

"What evidence do I want? I don't have the ability to redress those women's grievances, so I can only look forward to the day when the water will come out and give those women an explanation. But don't think I'm lying, and in two days I'll find out what has happened over the years. ”

Seeing that she couldn't come up with any evidence, the other two could only be half-convinced, and when the fork in the road was separated, the man walked with a basket for a while, and then turned into a small alley.

"The words have been spread out as you have said, and the rest of the money ......," the woman rubbed her hands, nervous and expectant.

And standing opposite her was Song Hanshuang, who was accepted by Meng Nanjun to do things for herself.

I saw that she handed over a piece of silver to the woman, and said softly, "There is labor."

The woman took the silver in her hand and examined it carefully, and saw that it was true, and the smile on her face was a little more sincere, and when she looked at her, she was a little more worried for no reason.

"Although the prefect is dead, and he can't make any big waves, it is inevitable that these things will be an incident, what is the deep hatred between the girl and him, but she can care so much?"

Pulling the light veil covering his face, Song Hanshuang lowered his eyes, as if hiding the grief in his heart, "I don't know the reason why the people don't fight with the officials, but if you think about it carefully, this life has been ruined in his hands, and there is no reason to dare not speak when he dies." I'm not trying to give myself an explanation, I just want everyone to know what kind of person he is, so that people don't think it's a pity that he died. ”

This kind of appearance is seen in the eyes of the woman, that is, she has been wronged but does not dare to speak, the woman is not good at caring about this kind of thing, so she can only let out a long sigh and gently pat her shoulder.

"Auntie knows that you are bitter in your heart, but after all, those things are in the past, and we can't get out of it."

Song Hanshuang smiled at her, "I have taken my mother's words to heart, so I also thought that when this time the incident passes, let everyone know his true face, I will find a place to live a down-to-earth life." ”

"It's best if you think so." The woman smiled with satisfaction, "There are still some things in the eldest mother's house, so I won't accompany you here to chat, and when you solve the matter at hand, if you have no place to go, go to the eldest lady's shop, although you can't give you much money, then there is a place to stay." ”

"Thank you, auntie."

After some greetings, the two finally said goodbye, even if she knew that she would not see each other again in the future, but in the end, she kept her heart in mind.

There are still good people in this world.

Returning to the Gu Mansion with a more relaxed mood, Song Hanshuang went to find Meng Nanjun first, but before anyone saw it, he was blocked by Lishu first.

"The second aunt has just entered, so let's mix less." Rishu said.

Song Hanshuang also frowned when she heard this, and asked with some worry: "The second aunt is not a good match, let's really not go and have a look?" ”

"Because now I'm a subordinate, I can't care about the things between those masters, not to mention that the second aunt is not a good person, and our young lady is not a good bully." After speaking, seeing that Song Hanshuang's face did not ease, he could only say with relief: "You can rest assured, the second aunt is an ordinary person, but she can't fight our young lady, and besides, I can't say anything about you, but when I go in, the second aunt will be caught and angry." Let's let her be alone with the young lady, I don't believe that I can't fight her now, and I can't be angry with her. ”

After all, Lishu has been with Meng Nanjun for many years, and he also understands her temperament, but Song Hanshuang has been with them for a few days, but he also believes Lishu's words.

But what they didn't know was that the room was far more harmonious than they had imagined.

"The second aunt is really idle and panicked on weekdays, where did she go to walk around and come back to me?" Meng Nanjun had a smile on her face, and added a cup of tea for her, but in what she said, she completely expressed her guess that she was ignorant and did not ascend to the Three Treasures Palace.

The Li family has been the head of the Gu family for so many years, even if she doesn't have that title, she has a lot of real power, but she can calm down at this time, and she picked up the tea she poured and drank it.

It turned out that the tea was aged overnight, and I immediately lost the interest in continuing to drink it.

"You are the daughter-in-law of our Gu family, and I, as a half mother-in-law, should be a little concerned about you, so I specially came to ask you where you have been in the past two days."

Meng Nanjun heard what she said, and really took it, "Go and find a concubine for your half son, otherwise what else can you do?" ”

"You don't have to bluff me, no one in the main room is willing to find a concubine for his husband, not to mention that you also have some true feelings for Hou Ye. I know you're unsettled, so let's negotiate a condition, and I won't let you go into trouble. ”

As soon as she heard her say this, Meng Nanjun knew that she was eighty percent of the things in the government office in the past two days, but she knew even more that she couldn't ask anything in Li's mouth, and she didn't bother to talk too much nonsense with her.

So she pretended to pour the old tea into the flower pot and brewed a new pot, completely forgetting the fact that she had used the old tea to entertain people before.

"Actually, I thought about it some time ago, the reason why the second aunt said that she wanted me to find a concubine for the Hou Ye was not necessarily because she had any crooked thoughts, for example, she was worried about the prosperity of her heirs, which was also a good idea. After all, Mrs. only had this one child during her lifetime, and he was the only descendant of the Gu family, and a prosperous heir was the foundation of the family. ”

Li almost crushed the teapot in his hand, but he could only pretend to be indifferent and light-hearted, and replied casually: "No matter how many concubines are accepted, they are only concubines, and the Gu family is already very prosperous, so why bother with icing on the cake?" ”

"The second aunt's words are wrong, and there is a great difference between the concubines of the descendant line and the concubines of the side line."

Speaking of which, it is to completely not save face for the Li family, although the latter has no way to deal with her, but the perennial arrogance does not allow her to endure it again and again.

So this harmony finally came to an end, Li Shi put the tea cup on the table fiercely, and looked at her with a little coldness in his eyes.

"Are you really going to fight me to the end?"

Meng Nanjun was not afraid of her, as soon as her eyebrows and eyes were raised, she looked at the person, and the words she spit out were also a little cold, "Second aunt, think about it carefully, you were the one who forced me to do this at the beginning, and now I finally have to wait for me to figure it out, and it is you who don't let me do it." I've always done things casually, not being threatened by anyone, and not doing things against my will, not to mention that now that I have even found a backer, can I still be afraid that my second aunt will not succeed? ”

Even if the matter was not explained clearly, anyone could know the meaning of the words, and the Li family understood that she would never turn a blind eye to the affairs of the mansion, so she immediately stood up and turned around and threatened: "Princess Yuanjin is still too busy to take care of herself, how long do you think she can protect you?" What's more, she has always loved but can't be easily obtained by you, as a woman, even if she suddenly has a kind heart, it will definitely not last long. ”

As soon as these words came out, Meng Nanjun understood that what she knew was not comprehensive, at least the Queen Mother already had some suspicions, and she didn't know anything about this kind of thing.

So the mood was much better, and he deliberately sold her a pass, "I'm so rampant, it's not just because of the princess, but what does the second aunt want to know?" ”

Although Li knew that he would never say anything that made him agree, his steps were still slightly paused.

So I heard her say: "The biggest backer in my life, that must be Master Hou." ”