Tian Xiang waited for dinner, and today's errand was over. Thinking that there was nothing to do at night, he went back to his house in the outer courtyard.

As a servant of the Pingyuan Hou Mansion, his parents are both stewards, and Tian Xiang's house is in the southeast corner of the outer courtyard, which is different from ordinary bungalows, it is a small courtyard, with more than a dozen houses for their family.

After going home and going around, Tian Xiang took the excuse to see his uncle, went to Zhou Xi's house, first talked about the afternoon, and was a little unconvinced, and said:

"Li Yingluo forget it, she is beating the little waiter, and her feelings are different. That Shen Xiu, who entered the house at the age of thirteen, was a first-class girl, and the uncle was still a sister, and her sister was short. pretends to be high every day, I think she is the biggest vixen. ”

"Don't mess with her." Zhou Xijia said suddenly, with a little anger on his face, and said, "Do you know who she is, the uncle is not wrong to call her sister." ”

"Huh?" Tian Xiang was stunned, Zhou Xi's family had been treating her well, why did she suddenly pull down her face.

Zhou Xijia's face was filled with sadness, and he sighed: "She is the niece of the wife's mother-in-law and the cousin of the uncle. ”

"How is that possible!!" Tian Xiang couldn't help but exclaim.

Zhou Xijia glanced at her, and then said slowly.

Mrs. Cheng, the Marquis of Pingyuan, has a maiden surname of Shen and is from the Shen family in the capital.

Although she is a concubine, she still has a loss when she marries Qingyang and becomes the wife of the prince of the Pingyuan Marquis Mansion at that time, at least in the eyes of Mrs. Cheng, she married a little loss.

The fifth generation of the Shen family was noble, and his great-grandfather was the emperor, and later accompanied the burial of the imperial tomb. The children and grandchildren were even more competitive, almost contracting the cabinet, and for a time the world only knew about the Shen family but not the emperor.

After nearly twenty years, until Emperor Yongchang ascended the throne, the Shen family ushered in the end.

Crimes or anything, she doesn't understand a minion. knew that all men over the age of ten would be beheaded, all the men under the age of ten would be exiled for thousands of miles, and all the female dependents would be registered as official slaves.

In addition, all the in-laws related to the Shen family in the capital were unlucky. The heavy ones directly raided their homes, and the light ones were also degraded for thousands of miles, and they were never allowed to step into the capital again.

After Mrs. Cheng got married, she had no contact with her mother's family, and the Pingyuan Hou Mansion was far away from the capital, so she was originally a little transparent among the nobles, and she was lucky to escape the catastrophe of the Shen family.

Rao is like this, and the Cheng family also pretended to be a grandson, for fear of being thought of.

Three years later, the turmoil of the Shen family completely passed, and Mrs. Cheng went to Beijing, and at that time, Zhou Xi's family thought that Mrs. Cheng went to Beijing to see the situation of her mother's family.

At that time, many female dependents of the Shen family were included in the official slave status, and most of them must have died, but there must still be those who are alive, and they will be taken in if they can be taken in.

At this time, Mrs. Cheng found Shen Xiu, and Shen Xiu was too young when she became an official slave, and she was protected by a servant, so she finally survived.

Mrs. Cheng took her back to the Pingyuan Hou Mansion, and according to Zhou Xi's thoughts, even if she couldn't be seen as a serious lady, she had to take good care of her, and be a watch lady or something.

As a result, Mrs. Cheng called the housekeeper's daughter-in-law over and asked the housekeeper's daughter-in-law to take Shen Xiu as a maid.

It was also a coincidence, Cheng Shaomu came home from school and fell in love with Shen Xiu at a glance. Mrs. Cheng couldn't be troubled by him, so she had to give Shen Xiu to Cheng Shaomu.

"It turned out to be my wife's niece......" Tian Xiang was dumbfounded when she heard it.

Shen Xiu's temperament is different, and anyone with clear eyes can see it, but he never thought that Shen Xiu's background would be so different. couldn't help but say: "How can you be a girl?" ”

"How can we know what Madame thinks?" Zhou Xijia said indifferently, and said, "I told you this to warn you, don't ask her for trouble." Otherwise, in the future, my wife will know, and I won't have your good fruit to eat. ”

This matter is not a secret in the house, many people know it, and it is not a bad fragrance.

Inform Tian Xiang that I also hope that she will be a little measured and cautious in the future.

Where did Tian Xiang dare to say anything else, and hurriedly said: "Thank you aunt for reminding me, I have written it down, and I will definitely be a good servant in the future, and I don't dare to think about anything else." ”

Zhou Xijia's expression was cold, and he said: "It's good to write it down, people, you have to keep your duty." Don't think about things that you don't have, some people you shouldn't think about, you can't even have thoughts. ”

Tian Xiang was told the central matter, and suddenly blushed.

Thinking of Cheng Shaomu's character and appearance, he was very unconvinced. If Cheng Shaomu is clean and self-conscious, forget it, Cheng Shaomu obviously likes to play with girls, why can't she think.

If you can become Cheng Shaomu's aunt......

Zhou Xijia was in a depressed mood, and he didn't bother to care about the idea of adding incense. Then he said: "This is the matter of my wife's mother's family, I tell you because you are my niece, you must learn to control your mouth." ”

"Don't worry, auntie, I understand this." Tian Xiang hurriedly said, the gossip of his wife's mother's family, she didn't dare to say it if she had the courage to say it. But he couldn't help asking, "Madam...... When you are at your mother's house, do you ...... with your family?"

She didn't know what Mrs. Cheng had in mind, but she called her niece as a girl, she should have a grudge against her mother's family.

Zhou Xijia's face immediately changed, and he reprimanded angrily: "I said I was sensible just now, and now I say such things again." If you don't want to stay in the mansion, I will send you to Zhuangzi immediately, so as not to cause a large family to be affected. ”

Tian Xiang immediately said: "Auntie, I said the wrong thing, don't be like me." What my aunt said today, I promise not to say a word. ”

Zhou Xijia glanced at her and said with a sneer: "If you really say it, no one can protect you." ”

"Yes, I know." Tian Xiang said repeatedly, seeing that Zhou Xijia was in a bad mood, he found an excuse to leave quickly.

Tian Xiang left, Zhou Xijia sighed heavily, and felt very uncomfortable.

Tian Xiang didn't guess wrong, Mrs. Cheng would take revenge on Shen Xiu like that, her biological mother died early when she was not out of the cabinet, and her mother-in-law treated her very ordinarily. Later, he gave a dowry and married out of the capital.

The Plains Marquis Mansion was originally a down-and-out Hou Mansion, and the family did not have much money, and the Prince of the Plains Hou Mansion himself was also very ordinary, with an average appearance and average talent.

When Mrs. Cheng was newly married, she began to complain, and as time went by, the Pingyuan Hou Mansion became more and more depressed, and when Mrs. Cheng had to use the dowry to make up for it, the complaint became even deeper.

When the Shen family had an accident, Mrs. Cheng was very gloating, and began to complain when she learned that she might be implicated. Later, the Cheng family was safe and sound, and Mrs. Cheng went to Beijing to bring Shen Xiu to the Cheng family.

At that time, Zhou Xi's family really thought that Mrs. Cheng should take good care of Shen Xiu, the only daughter of her brother-in-law, her parents had passed away, and she was left with a blood relative.

I can't think that Mrs. Cheng's purpose is to take revenge, her mother treats her badly, and marries her to Dingcheng, and she wants to get this revenge back on Shen Xiu.

It's not a beloved granddaughter, then let her be a girl, get up early and be busy at night.

For this reason, Zhou Xijia once persuaded Mrs. Cheng that Mrs. Shen, no matter how bad her mother-in-law was, she always gave Mrs. Mu a dowry and sent her out to marry.

How can blood relatives be like this, not to mention that after this matter spreads, the reputation is not very good.

If you really have a grudge and a deep resentment in your heart, then don't worry about your mother's family. There are many relatives and friends who have been unlucky by the Shen family, and there are also relatives and friends who have been saved, and some people stand by and watch, and Mrs. Cheng Da just doesn't care.

treats her niece as a girl, no matter how she says or thinks about it, Mrs. Cheng is not kind.

Especially Zhou Xi's family, she is Mrs. Mu's companion, she was originally the girl of the Shen family, and she received the grace of the Shen family. For Mrs. Cheng's approach, I don't agree with it much.

It's just a decision made by the master, and she, a subordinate, is not qualified to be suspicious. It's just that when I'm in charge, I try to make things as convenient as possible for Shen Xiu.

"Alas......" Zhou Xijia sighed, and said to himself a little: "I only hope that the uncle can treat her well." ”

has already entered the official slave status, and cannot marry ordinary people. If Cheng Shaomu treats her sincerely, it can be regarded as a good result.