In the last book, it was said that the maid chewed her tongue in front of Jiang Xinshan on the autumn equinox.

Jiang Xinshan was suspicious for a long time, and said softly: "Xu is the Pang family, what's unbearable, right?" ”

Qiu Equinox said angrily: "Miss, no matter how unbearable the Pang family is, it is also a general's mansion, I heard that it is said that it is a red person around the emperor, and he is deeply respected, and he originally looked down on our mansion, but he agreed to marry the mansion only after looking at the face of the Marquis of Annan." Aunt Zhou is a distant relative of the Hou Mansion, such a good thing, naturally she did her best to Miss You, but she was robbed by the fourth Miss again. ”

Jiang Xinshan's face sank little by little.

The autumn equinox looked at the young lady's face, raised her eyebrows, and said sharply.

"They said that the Zheng family is a big step behind in the door, Young Master Zheng is just a showman, whether he can be promoted or not, he is really not worthy of you, Miss. They also said that when the young lady and the Shen Mansion were involved, the second wife and the fourth lady did something in it, and the young lady's marriage fell through. Miss Fourth has always been jealous that Miss is favored in front of the old lady, and she is superior to her everywhere, and she is bent on doing good things for Miss Bad. ”

When Jiang Xinshan heard the word Shen Fu, she had mixed feelings in her heart, and said gloomily: "You go out first, I have my own opinions on this matter." ”

The autumnal equinox retreated. Jiang Xinshan fell to the chair, and tears flowed down her eyes.

The strange old lady said that she couldn't get sick before, and she didn't even see her, so she was hiding such a thought. Old lady, you abandoned your aunt, and now, do you plan to abandon her as well?

Jiang Xinyao, you slut, you have done good things to me many times, sooner or later, I will let you have no way to survive, and you can't die.

Jiang Xinshan's silver teeth clenched, her hands clenched into fists, and her nails pierced deep into the palms of her hands.

……

Late at night, in Yiyuan's study, Xu Hongyuan, Yan Sixteen, Du Tianxiang, and Xiao Hanqi gathered their usual laughter and gathered around the desk. Counsel about things.

In the wing room in the northwest corner of Yiyuan, Yan Ming was lying on the bed, with a pair of handsome eyes shining brightly in the dark night.

And Jiang Hongsheng and his wife paced back and forth in the study with a straight face. One was thinking in the bedroom with a sad brow, and they all had a sleepless night.

Only in the Fengxuan, Jiang Xinyao scattered her hair, sighed in the wind, and felt that it was not her style to act like this, so she hugged the quilt and slept with her head down, not even having a dream.

……

On the second day, Gu finished his work. hurriedly entered Tingfeng Xuan, but saw Xin Yao sitting in the courtyard basking in the sun comfortably, with a small plate of apples with only a few petals left on the round table in her hand, looking at her with a smile.

Gu's heart moved, and he sat down beside Xin Yao. smiled: "I didn't pay attention to the ups and downs outside, it's hard for your mother and me, I came over in a hurry, and I didn't even bother to drink tea." ”

Weiyun stepped forward with a smile, put down the freshly brewed tea, and said, "Second wife, Miss said that the second wife will come later." Let the slave maid make lily tea, you taste, this tea, the most moisturizing lungs and coughing, calming the heart and calming the nerves, beauty and beauty. ”

Gu took a sip. smiled: "Yes, I added some peak honey, and the bitterness was removed, but it was also refreshing." Yao'er, you can't eat raw and cold fruits in the past two days. Beware of falling ill. ”

Xin Yao waved her hand at Weiyun and said, "Mother, don't worry, I let people soak in warm water, can you have two?" ”

"It's a shame that you still have the heart to be busy with this, yesterday was a ......"

"Mother, I know everything, don't worry, daughter, I am not the master who allows others to pinch and rub round. This will never happen. It's you, put on a face with your father, this is not good, my father is fighting for silver outside, bothering and laborious, the head of the family in the house, hard work and high achievement, how to say that it is also the hero of our Jiang Mansion, treating the meritorious minister, the mother has to coax and hold, this is okay! ”

After hearing this, Gu Shi understood in his heart, smiled lightly, and said with sadness in his smile: "It's my mother who is willful, and somehow, those few words blurted out." ”

Gu Shi told Xin Yao what the couple said.

After a cup of tea, Xin Yao pondered: "Mother, you are at fault in three ways. ”

Gu's face tightened, staring and listening.

"One is that you shouldn't tell the truth. Selling women for glory can be said by others, but the people in our house can't say it. This 'Rong' refers to the Jiang Mansion, and we are all part of the Jiang Mansion. Second, why is the old lady also the father's mother-in-law, you said in front of your son, that her mother is not, and you say it so seriously, can you say that you are not in a hurry to be a son? ”

"Mother, everyone has their own aspirations, how do you know that the third sister doesn't want to marry into the General's Mansion? My arsenic, your honey, why bother to make my father angry for her? Not to mention that over the years, she has never taken you as a grandmother in her eyes, and the things she has done are not worth your speaking for her. ”

Gu Shi frowned and said: "What my son said is right, it's not that my mother is soft-hearted, so I watched her jump into the fire pit, always...... Your eldest aunt and I went to Sun's Mansion, and when I saw the second lady like that, I couldn't say what I felt in my heart, there was a girl in our Jiang Mansion who was already like this, so why bother to harm her for the rest of her life. ”

Xin Yao said with a deep gaze: "Mother has always been decent, she said such things yesterday, I am afraid that my mother herself didn't realize it, you saw yourself back then, when you were forced to marry your father, wasn't it because of the Jiang family?" ”

Gu suddenly realized: "I said that there is a fire in my heart that goes straight out, and I can't suppress it." ”

"Mother's vision, but my daughter can't compare with her life, if it wasn't for my mother who wronged herself, in exchange for the marital autonomy between me and my younger brother, the old lady didn't have to turn around the hint, and made a decision directly."

Gu Shi couldn't help but laugh and said: "You kid, slap and ask for candy to eat, who are you coaxing?" ”

Xin Yao put her arm around Gu's arm and said with a coquettish smile: "Coax my bodhisattva heart and repay my mother with virtue." ”

Gu slapped the two paws wrapped around her and sighed: "Marriage events, good or not, are all a lifetime thing, in this world, it is not easy for a woman to live, and it is even more difficult to marry a good family." You, I can protect her, she can only do her best and obey the destiny of heaven. ”

Xin Yao sneered: "Mother, what if the old lady insists on marrying me to the Pang family?" ”

Gu Shi was speechless for a while, and asked Zhengfang to say: "The old lady promised me at the beginning, how can she go back on her word?" ”

"What about promises? Time has passed, but there are black and white words on the paper, and the old lady only needs to say lightly, 'The Pang family is such a high family, the Son of Heaven is close to the minister, who said that it is not a good family', and you can be gagged. If the old lady was really a trustworthy person, she would not have secretly moved this thought.

The General's Mansion is no better than the Shen family. The back is connected to the Hou Mansion, and the big one is connected, if the old lady insists on going her own way, don't talk about you. Even her father can't do anything about her. No matter how bad it is, she still has tricks such as pretending to be sick and going on a hunger strike, how do you and your father deal with it? ”

Xin Yao said half-jokingly, half-seriously.

Gu's face was pale, and sweat was oozing slightly from his palms. Yes, if the old lady insists on marrying Xin Yao to the Pang family, she is afraid that she will die on the pillar, and the old lady will not raise her eyelids.

Xin Yao picked up a piece of apple from the plate and took a bite of it. Sweet and sour, he said lightly: "Mother, I am eating this apple, I feel sour, maybe the third lady is eating it." I feel sweet. Since the old lady only has Miss Three in her eyes and heart, why don't you let Miss Three eat this apple? Besides, she is such a person, the words she scolded you and the things she did back then, could it be that her mother forgot it? ”

Gu sighed: "Those words. Did you let it out? ”

"Exactly, it's better to open up than to hide and cover. The old lady disregards the feelings of her ancestors and grandchildren, and wants to calculate me, so she has to see if the third lady agrees. ”

"I thought that she had grounded Aunt Zhou. If you move a place and say something like that, that is, it is ......"

"Mother, she grounded Aunt Zhou. It's not for you and me, it's for the façade of the Jiang family and the future of my father. Now she wants to marry me to the Pang family, for the Jiang family, in her heart, except for her father, uncle, and others, they can all be sacrificed. ”

Gu Shi was stunned for a long time, and couldn't say a word.

"When you say the four words of betraying your daughter for glory, your father is angry, why is he angry? Because his father represents the Jiang family, the Jiang family is his father, and this honor is for him. Recognizing this, you will understand that the old lady is the helmsman of the Jiang family, not to mention me, even the third lady, who can be sacrificed at a critical time. ”

Gu Shi sneered: "It is said that there is no father and son in the heavenly family, but now it seems that it is true." ”

Xin Yao's words changed and said with a smile: "Mother doesn't have to be afraid. Do you think, last time we went to the Hou Mansion, there were many concubines who had not left the cabinet, Miss Shu, such a good thing, why didn't the Hou Mansion keep it, but fell into our house? ”

"You mean, the Hou Mansion has other plans?"

"Two years before my father, Ding Wei, was promoted to the prefect of Yangzhou, a position that many people can't see. After Ding worried, he entered Beijing and was promoted to the Shaoqing of Taifu Temple, and he was in the fourth rank of official position, which sounded good, but it was just a false title. That's it, the old lady also sent silver to the Hou Mansion. What does this mean? ”

"What does it mean?"

It shows that the power in the hands of the Marquis of Annan is declining, it shows that the emperor's favor in the Hou Mansion is no longer there, and it also shows that the Hou Mansion is in a serious shortage of silver. Hou Fu befriended the first empress dowager and helped the first emperor to ascend the throne, and in the past few decades, it can be said that the saint is in his hands. Mother takes a look again, since the death of the Empress Dowager, which of the emperor's actions these days is not aimed at the royal relatives and nobles that the Empress Dowager relied on? ”

Gu didn't know much about the affairs of the court, and said softly: "This has nothing to do with our house!" ”

Xin Yao sighed: "It doesn't seem to have much to do with each other, but it's actually closely related. Take my father as an example, my father is a filial son, and the old lady has the final say in all the big and small things in the Jiang Mansion, and where my father sleeps at night has to be arranged by the old lady. Father loves you in his heart, and for the safety of you and us, he has to compromise on his face. What did my father think in his heart? Mother knows best. What about once the old lady went?

I feel that the emperor is also a human being, and he also has seven emotions and six desires, and if he has been suppressed for a long time, he will explode sooner or later. Who he wants to put in the position, like a mirror in his heart, is just a good cover-up. Those people have been officials for many years, they know this well, all of them are old foxes, I can see it, how can they not see it? But for the glory and wealth of future generations, he had to give it a shot, just like the old Marquis Annan.

The girl in the Hou Mansion is too obvious, and a discerning person can see it at a glance. changed the Jiang Mansion, the concubine of the four-rank official, and the general of the dynasty, others will only say that the Jiang Mansion will drill the camp, which is why the Hou Mansion is talking about the third lady of the concubine instead of the fourth lady of the concubine. This puts a fig leaf over it. It's just that this fig leaf is not hidden, and the result is the same. ”

Gu Shi exclaimed: "Why? ”(..)

( Miss Jiang Si )