"Why else, isn't it just that I'm afraid of being embarrassed." Someone laughed, and then realized that he had lost his words, and quickly lowered his head to play cards without speaking.

"As Zhao Gong, it's not disobedient to be his aunt." Yan Ran was casually stacking cards, and suddenly the tail note was raised, revealing a little frivolous, "Or is your master not good?" ”

Everyone was stunned for a moment, and then recalled what he meant, all the men present were men, so they couldn't help laughing, and they were even closer to Yan Ran, the eldest young master from the capital.

Men, when it comes to colorful jokes, it's easier to get closer.

"It's not impossible to say what you say." The leading man has been doing it in the Zhao family for a long time, and he knows a lot about gossip, so he is a novice now, "I think when the old man got married, there were still people who said that." ”

"No, it won't." Before Yan Ran could speak, someone next to him had already started to make a fuss.

"The lady of the year was a flower in our Lingtai County, after the lord married her, I don't know how many people were jealous, but who knew that since the two gave birth to a daughter the next year, they have never blossomed and borne fruit. It's been empty for three or four years, and many people said at the time, don't look handsome, but it's a silver-like pewter gun head. ”

"Hahaha." When the men around heard this, they all let out happy whispers.

"But there are a lot of young masters and young ladies in the mansion now." Yan Ran also laughed twice, and then asked a question as if unintentionally.

"It's a lot, but it's all later." The leading man smashed his mouth, looking like he was reminiscing about the past, "At that time, the whole city was laughing at the master, the gossip, the lady was a virtuous person, so she couldn't stand this, so she said that she moved her mother's family, and asked Master Liu to agree to let the master take a concubine." ”

"Master Liu", Yan Ran frowned, "That's Zhao Gong's old father-in-law, right?" Why did he ask his father-in-law to agree to take a concubine? ”

"Haha, yes, I didn't expect you to know this, Master Liu has passed away for more than ten years, not to mention outsiders, even locals don't remember much." The man smiled, and then explained, "When the old man married his wife, he was still a poor boy. The three generations of the Liu family have been passed down to each other, and they were supposed to recruit a son-in-law in this generation, but they didn't expect Mrs. to fall in love with the master. It is impossible for a son-in-law to be a son-in-law, so the two parties had to make an agreement that in the future, when Mrs. gave birth to a son, they would pass him on to the Liu family and help the Liu family inherit the fireworks. ”

"But now the Liu family is gone." Someone came out at the right time to ask questions.

"It's not that Madame didn't give birth to a son. At that time, the city was full of wind and rain, and the lady herself made a decision with her father, and the master helped the master to take two concubines into the door. The two concubines entered the door less than a year ago, and they were all pregnant, and now everyone knows that the problem is not with the master, so there is less talk about "no". When Aunt Qian gets started, everyone will know better that the master is the man of men. ”

Yan Ran silently calculated her age in her heart, and then pretended to be surprised, "Shouldn't the second young lady be my aunt's child?" ”

"Those two children didn't grow up, and they died before they were three months old, and our rule here is that children who are not adults can't enter the prelude, so the fourth girl born by Mrs. became the second lady."

"Oh." Yan Ran nodded, as if she was confused by the relationship between the characters of the Zhao family, and her face was full of complexity, "Since it is your wife's concubine and the aunt and grandmother who is marrying Ming Media, how can it be so depressed?" ”

"Those two are clearly competing for marriage, but it doesn't mean that she is." The man pouted and gave you a look that you know.

Yan Ran was not false, and boldly guessed, "Could it be that Zhao Gong raised a little Qing'er outside, and carried his wife to the mansion on his back?" ”

"Our master is that kind of person!" As soon as the man heard this, his voice raised, and he respected Zhao Qiduo in his words, "Zhao Gong is a bold person, he was kind and charitable when he was a fast catcher, and he was widely supported by his neighbors. Later, even if he was rich and noble, he did not have a transsexual, and when he saw a lonely widow, he gave way, and the villagers came to ask for help when they were in difficulty, and they never refused. That woman, if it weren't for the fact that the adults defended her a lot, I was afraid that she wouldn't be able to enter the door at all. ”

"That is, our lord is a well-known figure in the county, and if he can be an errand in our house, he must have more face than others, let alone be an aunt. If the old man opens his mouth to take a concubine, I don't know how many good people are crying and willing to send their daughters up. Where is the turn on him. Adults are also blind. ”

"It's just that adults are kind-hearted, so that she can enter the house, and she has been proud of her for so many years."

"Phew, what does it mean that adults are kind-hearted, obviously the mother is more expensive than the child, if it weren't for the first child who gave birth to a big young master, do you think he came in?"

"No, doesn't she mean she has the means to serve people? Do you think even now, the old man often goes to her courtyard? ”

"Who comes out of that kind of place doesn't serve people."

These people discussed it again, Yan Ran was dizzy when she heard it, so she could only stop, "Wait, can you explain to me, what is Aunt Qian's background, why is she so despised?" ”

Everyone paused, the leading man hesitated slightly, and Yan Ran showed displeasure, "What, it's still not a brother?" ”

"Hey, let's talk about this in private, don't spread it." The leader approached him, and then whispered, "Aunt Qian is from a secret family, and everyone in the city knows about it. ”

"Ahh Yan Ran suddenly realized, and then showed a look of surprise, "Why, how did you ......?"

Since the most important words have been said, it is not difficult to say below, and several people gossiped and told Yan Ran about Aunt Qian's origin.

She was originally a good family, but she didn't abide by women's morals, and she was divorced by her in-laws for stealing people within two years of getting married. Her mother thought she was ashamed and did not allow her to go back, so she searched the street for a few days, and finally rented a house and started a business with a half-closed door. ”

"The money collected is not much, but the technology is good, and the people are smart and can speak, after all, they have become pros, and they are more likely to come to things than those Qingqi people in the Qinglou, so they are popular when they come and go, and they hire musicians, old mothers and turtles, and buy a small building, and start a business in a grand manner, and all the men in the city who have a little money are her guests."

"At that time, the adult was still a master bookkeeper, and he often accompanied people to socialize, and at that time, he liked to go to the party in the yamen, so he became familiar with it as soon as he went. The adult is a righteous person, and he doesn't look down on her just because she is half-closed. At that time, the ruffians and hooligans on the street wanted to take advantage of her, and they provoked and made trouble several times, but the adults helped her to calm down. ”

"That's when she was going to do something to the adults."

"At that time, the adult had just accepted a concubine, and everyone in the city knew that he was in a hurry to have a son, and one day Mrs. Madame's sedan chair passed by the street, and she suddenly rushed to the street to stop Mrs. Madame's sedan chair, shouting that she was pregnant with the master's child, and begged Mrs. to give her a way out."

Madame was not in good health, and she was angry at the moment, but she still went to comfort him, and then questioned the master, only then did she know that four months ago the master did have a night with his colleagues, and he had drunk the night at her. Who knew that night was calculated by her. ”

"This is thinking that the mother is expensive with the son." Yan Ran touched her chin and nodded, then puzzled, "But she is in the skin and meat business, and she will be sent one day, how can she guarantee that the child is hers?" ”

Coincidentally, before she got pregnant, she hurt her face because of something, so she closed the door for a while. Later, she may have found out that she was pregnant, so she kept saying that she was sick and did not pick up customers, and when she went to her wife to stop the sedan chair, her belly was too big to cover. ”

"What a scheming woman." Yan Ran took a breath and pretended to be puzzled, "Then Zhao Gong approached her to the mansion?" ”

"Where is it that easy?" The man shook his head, "No man likes to be calculated, so at that moment, the lord said to give her a bowl of abortion pills, and such a thoughtful person is not allowed to enter the door." Mrs. was kind-hearted and couldn't kill her, saying that the child had been around for a long time, and that an abortion would kill two corpses at this time. is a mother, she can't be ruthless, so she let Aunt Qian continue to raise in her small courtyard, and sent someone to send money and food. ”

"Just raised until the melon was ripe, and when I gave birth, it turned out to be a baby boy. Not to mention the lord now, even the lady, Master Liu, was shocked. This is the first son of an adult, and if he has no other son in his life, he is still the only child. ”

The lord was reluctant to let his wife be wronged, so he said that he would give the Qian family a sum of money and let her leave her son by herself. The eldest lady thought that which mother could be willing to separate flesh and blood, so she persuaded the adult and took the Qian family and the eldest prince into the mansion. ”

"Their husband and wife are so kind, naturally there is no one in the county who doesn't say good, Aunt Qian is a shit luck, she doesn't keep the woman's way, she is full of calculations, and she also met such a soft son of the housewife, and later not only gained a firm foothold in the Zhao family, but also because of the reason that she served by Mrs. Lady's side, she continued to take care of the eldest lady and the second lady after the death of her wife, and took charge of the whole family by the way."

"Sure enough, she's a powerful woman." Yan Ran nodded, "But she is so scheming, no wonder her relatives are ashamed of her, cut off relations with her, and don't even come to worship when she dies." ”

"Phew, she did it herself, too." The man snorted, and then continued to play cards with Yan Ran, "I can enjoy the blessings of more than 20 years, and it is not a loss." It's just that her children are not close to her, and she also knows that she can't take the table, so she doesn't dare to care about it. ”

"Fortunately, the eldest young master is not like her, otherwise the people in the family will be lost."

"That is, as the eldest young master in the family becomes more and more angry, the master also knows that her biological mother's background is not good for the eldest young master, so in addition to announcing to the public that the eldest young master was raised by Mrs. Liu, it is also forbidden for the servants in the house to talk about it. Except for some old people, the new girls thought she was a foreigner. ”

Yan Ran nodded, understanding that she had found the most crucial thing.