If Kaijiang's speculation about the little county lord is true, the suspicions in Zhu Rong's heart are not far from ten, and they chose to attack the Taishi Mansion, which shows that the original intention was not to force the eldest lady into a desperate situation, they must not have expected that the emperor would personally inquire about this matter, so he was worried about whether it would implicate this family.

Zhu Rong walked while thinking about it, and slowly arrived outside the Qingqiu Pavilion.

But he really couldn't figure it out, even if it was the county lord, he would not be righteous enough to do something that would affect her and the princess's long-term plans, and he would never rashly ask the county lord for help and do something that had nothing to do with the result they were expecting.

What is the reason for attacking the Taishi Mansion, is it just because he pities those women who are bought and sold?

Zhu Rong even wanted to ask Fuyi openly and honestly.

There is no doubt that they are on different paths, going farther and farther, and no one knows whether they will cross in the future and whether they will be able to reach the same place in the future.

"Third son?" In the door of Qingqiu Pavilion, Cuizhu's voice came, she placed a few plates of mosquito coils under the door, and said, "There are a lot of mosquitoes, what is the son doing standing here?" ”

Zhu Rong said: "I'm leaving, you can go back." ”

But he paused and asked, "There are mosquitoes in the study, can the girls live in class in peace?" ”

Cuizhu responded: "The house is naturally clean, but the grass and trees outside will inevitably attract mosquitoes." ”

Zhu Rong was a little relieved, looked at the mosquito coil by the door and said, "In a few days, I will ask Zhengming to send a few boxes of mosquito coils for the above, you order them in the study, and give them to the girls and Pingjue." ”

Cuizhu agreed, sent the third son away, returned to the Fuyi room, and mentioned that Zhu Rong had just passed: "When the slave went out, the son stood there fixedly, as if he had something on his mind. ”

Fuyi didn't care, naturally there was a citron to answer for her, the two little girls couldn't get to the point, she didn't have to worry, but Fuyi combed her hair in the mirror, and she already realized something in her heart.

No matter what, she is firm in her heart and will not be easily shaken, and no matter what Zhu Rong chooses, she will accept it calmly.

At least for now, this matter has saved so many poor women, and it has also saved Aunt Liu and Aunt Chu from the fate of being bought and sold, she has no regrets, and the county lord has no regrets.

In the next step, Fuyi should let Aunt Liu and Aunt Chu "repay" themselves and ask them about something five years ago.

On the day when Zhu Rong recovered from his injuries and returned to the dynasty and the head of the forbidden military palace took office, the emperor quickly made a judgment on the case of the Taishi Mansion.

The directory ledger found in the Taishi's Mansion records that over the years, Mrs. Chen has been suspected of secretly buying and selling maids and young children, and there are not a few people who have died of suffocation and starvation.

The emperor ordered the Qin to go to various places to rescue these women as much as possible, and then dismissed the male dependents of the Taishi Mansion and confiscated them into the army, and the female dependents were demoted to slavery, and Mrs. Chen was the first offender and sent to the frontier.

This is to deter everyone, and without waiting for everyone to inquire about it, the emperor ordered the verdict to be published and circulated throughout the world to set an example.

After receiving the news, the old lady called all the female relatives of the family to the inner courtyard, ordered Mama Rui to read to them word by word, warned her family not to defy the law, and said many serious and heavy words before ordering the children to disperse.

When Jiang left, he took the third lady's hand, and the two of them looked at her behind the eldest lady.

I saw her holding Wang's mother's hand, walking very slowly step by step, as if trying not to let people notice her weakness and trembling, and there was no longer the majesty of her usual grandeur.

"Be a thief." The second lady said, "It's also her fate, she has the queen in her pocket, and the eldest lord around her." ”

The third lady pouted: "Good is rewarded with good and evil is rewarded, Mrs. Chen is retribution, and the second sister-in-law doesn't have to gloat, I don't know who will be my turn next time." ”

Jiang was so angry that she couldn't speak, watching the third family standing up and being surrounded by the subordinates, she was so angry that she said to Zhou's mother: "Who is gloating, I lost Rui'er those days, she may not be able to steal happiness behind her back." ”

Zhou's mother persuaded her: "Even if there was something in the past, the third lady's words are not wrong, and the slave maid feels good when she listens to it." What's more, none of us are easy to mess with, why bother to watch the jokes of the eldest lady, she is the main mother of this family, and she is really angry, maybe she will divide the family tomorrow. ”

This was originally to persuade the master to stop, but who knew that it stimulated the second lady, she tossed to match Yunzhi to the fourth prince, and the ultimate goal was to let Ping Luo inherit the title.

I was tempted for a while, and left Zhou's mother to hurry to Dongyuan, to change her clothes, and immediately entered the palace to meet the concubine.

In the Qingqiu Pavilion, as soon as the girls returned to the study, they sat down to dissipate the heat on their bodies, and heard that the second lady went out into the palace.

The sisters guessed that the second sister was not happy, and they didn't dare to look at her, Yun Zhiben was nothing, but thinking that she was here to make everyone uncomfortable, they got up and said: "I'm too hot, I must go out to take a breath, you learn first." ”

She went out of the door with a big grin, but Fu Yi did not follow, opened the book and said to the girls: "Calm your heart, you will have to take the exam in a few days, the old lady said, you will be punished if you do not do well in the exam." ”

When Fuyi saw Yunzhi again, it was noon, and someone from the inner courtyard came to pick up the second lady for lunch, but there was nowhere to be seen, Fuyi took Scarlet Tong and Citron to the garden to find her, and saw that she was sitting alone in the lakeside pavilion, and she didn't run around.

"Tell moms to bring lunch here." Fuyi said to Feitong, "You go to Zhang Luo, I'll accompany the second miss." ”

Yun Zhi had already seen them, and took the initiative to get up and walk out and ask, "Is it time to eat?" ”

Fu Yi pulled her to sit down: "We eat here, it's cool here." ”

The garden was huge, and there were no human voices, only the wind that blew the leaves and rustled.

A lotus pond along the shore has already sprouted flower tips, and the sun will poison for a few more days, and the lotus flowers should bloom.

Yun Zhi looked into the distance, as if to say to Fuyi, but as if to say to herself: "When you first knew the people in our family, you must have thought that I was the most rebellious one, but in the end, I was the one who dared not rebel." The second brother is so chic, he plans his life quietly, and he takes his sweetheart away and flies away, and he has no nostalgia for this family. Even Pingli dared to break out, even if he didn't succeed, he tried anyway. ”

"Yunzhi, with all due respect, the concubine may not be willing to have you as a daughter-in-law." Fu Yi said, "I always feel that she is using the second aunt, and when the second aunt is unprofitable, she will kick it away." ”

Yun Zhi smiled bitterly: "If that's the case, I want to pity my mother again, I just can't throw my father and mother away like the second brother." What else did you say before, even if you die headlong, you will never marry, do you think I look like a person who dares to seek death? I don't dare to say whether I dare or not, I am reluctant to die. ”

The sisters have said everything that should be said about this matter.

Until now, Fu Yi is even looking forward to the fact that there is really something wrong with the imperial court, maybe one day, the fourth prince will no longer be the fourth prince, so that the second lady will completely break her mind.

But then again, Fu Yi asked: "Now even if your aunt no longer sends you to the palace, you have someone in your heart, even if you marry another man to be the wife of the main house, you will not be happy." ”

Yun Zhi asked helplessly: "Fuyi, why can't a person make his own decisions in his life, even if it is my second brother, he has abandoned everything and made a master for himself." ”

Fu Yi pursed his lips and said, "Have you thought about it, tell the old lady what is in your heart, if the old lady is willing to mention ...... for you?"

Yunzhi poked her cheek: "Fool, then I want people Min Yanshi to like me, what's more, what kind of good place do you think the Prime Minister's Mansion is, their eldest lady is amazing, if I have such a mother-in-law, I will be unlucky." ”

"Where is Min Gongzi?" Fu Yi asked.

"It's all gone." Yun Zhi smiled, "Less distractions, concentrate on dealing with my mother, I hope as you said, the concubine doesn't look down on me at all." ”

The second miss of the Zhu family in front of her is no longer the girl she met when she first entered the door, Yunzhi's temperament is indeed getting better and better, and she has learned to control her emotions and temper, but the edges and corners that belong to her have gradually been smoothed out.

This is not the impact of support, it is the turmoil at home that has taught her to change, she is too kind-hearted, too soft-hearted, even if she was not raised by her father and mother, even if her father and mother bear her too much or even just use her as a bargaining chip, she still puts her relatives and parents and brothers and sisters in the most important position in her heart.

The subordinates brought food, and Yunzhi suddenly remembered that today was the first day of the third brother's assumption of office, and instructed the subordinates: "Tell the kitchen to add vegetables tonight, and celebrate the third brother's good life." ”

But at night, a room of people waited, just waiting for the quarrel that came back from a trip to the forbidden army mansion, and stood under the eaves sweating profusely and told Mama Rui: "Childe is busy with official business tonight, and I am afraid that I will not be able to come back until midnight." ”

The old lady had heard it through the door, and muttered, "What is there to be busy with the first day?" ”

But at this moment, Zhu Rong was no longer in the capital, and rode a horse for thirty miles to the town where he was robbed that day to investigate the origin of the bandits.