In the thirty-first year of the Dahua Qianyuan, on April 16, a generation of famous generals Zhenyuan Marquis Mutianhe died of illness.

The government and the opposition were shaken, and the emperor was greatly mourned when he heard it, and issued an order to give him loyalty, and sent the eldest prince to the Zhenyuan Marquis Mansion to read the text and pay tribute.

The prince sacrificed, this kind of treatment is higher than that of ordinary princes, and many princes are envious.

However, some people found that when the Ministry of Rites asked for an order, he asked about the Chengjue, and His Majesty the Emperor did not know whether it was due to lack of energy or grief, so he seemed to turn a deaf ear, waved his hand and sent him out, without mentioning who would inherit the position of marquis.

At the same time that the Mu family received the holy decree, they also got the news.

The faces of the people changed greatly.

The eldest Mu Jizhong stared at the third Mu Jiren for a long time, his eyes seemed to be about to breathe fire, and he turned his head and asked, "Mother, do you see ......this?"

Xiao Shi was silent for a moment and then sighed and said, "The prince is sacrificing, you have to prepare well." Jizhong, the funeral will be handed over to you and Jixiao. The rest of the matter will be discussed after the first seven days. It is better to have no will than to make an immediate decree, which can always drag on for a while. ”

Xiao's eyes looked at Mu Jiren, who was dejected on the side, and he hated iron for not being steel, pointed to his face and said, "Your father's illness could have been delayed, but he was killed by your evil obstacles." It turns out that I indulge you too much, look at the good things you do...... From now on, you should reflect in the house, and you are not allowed to go anywhere! ”

"Mother, isn't there still ......"

Mu Jiren muttered in his mouth, and was intercepted by Mu Jizhong.

"I thought that sending someone in and doing what he liked would smooth out your messy debt. Don't you want to think about it, for this matter, His Majesty issued an order to reprimand the eldest prince, saying that it is fair and honest to listen to, but it is difficult to guarantee that there will be no pimples in your heart. What did I say about you at the beginning, this time it can be regarded as a response, in the end, it dragged down our family! Mu Jizhong was indignant.

Originally, he could inherit the title smoothly, but he didn't expect that something would go wrong in the end, if he was demoted to an uncle, the status of the Mu family would plummet in the future.

Mu Jiren was not happy to hear this, and shouted: "Don't talk about cool words, in the final analysis, it's just that it will only hinder you from succeeding to the title, how can you say that I have harmed the family." ”

"Shut up! Hou Ye just left, are you two going to make me angry too? ”

Xiao slapped the table and shouted, "Why did the eldest prince come to pay tribute but not send ministers as usual?" Why don't you mention the inheritance? The royal slapped himself in the face, and he had to do something to make up for it. The prince's sacrifice gave us enough face, and gained a reputation for knowing that mistakes can be corrected, and being humble and polite. But look at you again, Hou Ye's bones are not cold, and you will fight. When the time comes, the descendants of the Hou Mansion will have a loss of morality, and it will be difficult to take on a big responsibility, and we will be cured of death with one sentence. The Hou Mansion has been demoted to the Bo Mansion, do you see that there is light on your faces? ”

"Mother-" Seeing that Xiao was extremely angry, Mu Jizhong and Mu Jiren knelt down at the same time, "My son knows that he is wrong." ”

Mu Jixiao also came to play the round, "Madam, don't be angry, Master Hou just went, and the family is pointing at you." Didn't you say last time that my uncle had some friendship with the prince of Luoxi. ”

Xiao Shi was puzzled: "What do you mean by Ji Xiao's words?" ”

"I heard Wang Zengming say that the prince and the prince are good friends. It is estimated that today, the uncle will come over, you can talk to him and see if you can go to the door of the prince. ”

Xiao is a woman in the house, I don't know who Wang Zeng knows, but Mu Jizhong knows that the second child has been in the southeast army for many years, and this news is true.

He hurriedly explained to Xiao Shi: "Wang Zengming, the nephew of the general of the right guard on the east road, the general of the right guard was picked up by the king of Luoxi. ”

Xiao Shi thought for a moment, then waved his hand and said, "Oh, so, I'll talk to my eldest brother today." Let's retreat, there will be more people coming in a while, and there will be many things in the front yard, and Xiuwen and his juniors are afraid that they will not be able to cope with it. ”

The three brothers of the Mu family got up and retired.

Mother Wang helped Xiao Shi to the back, changed into plain white clothes, sat down, and handed over a cup of tea.

Xiao Shi took the teacup and took a sip, shaking his head and sighing, "The second child has also been mixed up in the south in the past few years...... Look at my two evil obstacles, one is handy and low, the other is idle, and a good girl is still ...... In the end, it's all cheaper than Yaoyi's slut. ”

Mother Wang rubbed Xiao's shoulders and back, and said softly: "Madame is also not angry." The second master is just stained with his brother-in-law's light. It's just that Siniang's life is not good, and you can't send Wuniang over. In the final analysis, even if the second master and Wu Niang were born to them, they are not all your children in name. Didn't the second master just now also rush to give you an idea? When the uncle inherits the title, you don't have to work so hard and enjoy the blessings. ”

"Is Huaxi settled?" Xiao Shi changed the topic and asked about Huaxi.

"It's all arranged, live in Qixia Garden. The garden had been cleaned beforehand, and everything was added according to the girls' routine. The house was busy and there were not enough people, so the slave maid temporarily sent Hongliu with two girls to serve. After the Hou Ye is buried, he will pick someone over. ”

Xiao nodded, "Well, that garden is good, although it is a little off, it is a quiet and elegant place." Don't slack off that kid. Over the years, the two of them have been left at home, and there will be some resentment in my heart, hey! ”

With a bit of amazement in his tone, Xiao closed his eyes and said: "The second brother rarely talks on weekdays, since he came out just now, he is at least seventy percent sure, but most of him is not for this family, but for the sake of Xiang Wan's words, Xiang Wan treated their brothers and sisters closer than the eldest and third." After all, it's better to leave one more way in everything. If my eldest brother's path doesn't work, I'll have to try it according to the third brother's method......"

"Slave and maid." Mother Wang agreed, and after a turn of thought, it seemed that she had to choose two capable people for Qixiayuan as soon as possible.

……

Let's say that Huaxi was looking at her boudoir at this time, and there was an old pear table and chair in the small hall outside, and a landscape map was hanging on the wall.

In the middle of the room against the wall is a beech wood begonia flower stepping bed, on which is hung with embroidered bamboo pattern green yarn tent, spread is a moire mat, and the bedside rests on the three-color listening pillow and a small screen with red sandalwood seat inlaid with jade.

On the right hand is a cedar double-door cabinet, and next to it stands a double-door square corner cabinet, on which are stacked two large beech boxes.

On the left hand side is a double-drawer dresser, and on the table top is a diamond-shaped bronze mirror with a red sandalwood seat. On each side of the dresser is a small square table, on the right side is a set of lotus series incense utensils, three-legged lotus pattern porcelain incense burner, red lotus carved lacquer incense box and a celadon vase, on the left is a lotus vase.

When Mother Liu saw these for the first time, she said with a happy face: "The girl's hard days have finally come to an end. ”

But Huaxi wondered that for an unidentified illegitimate daughter, this house was a bit too good.

Hongliu said with a smile on the side: "This home furnishings are all added according to the example of the girls in the house. The girl was not satisfied, so she brought it up, and the slave went to find someone to change. ”

"This house is very elegantly furnished, Huaxi has never seen such a good house, how can you not be satisfied. Today, thanks to my sister's help, Huaxi has just arrived, and I don't know what I don't understand, so I have to ask my sister for advice. ”

As he spoke, Huaxi took a purple sachet from his sleeve and stuffed it into Hongliu's hand, "I don't have anything to handle, this sachet was embroidered by me, and I hope my sister won't shirk it." ”

Hongliu didn't expect this young lady from the countryside to give any high-quality goods, but when she took the sachet, she was attracted by the tricks.

A lifelike phoenix tail colorful butterfly is embroidered on the surface of the sachet and is frolicking around a plain white jasmine flower, and a wisp of quiet jasmine fragrance lingers on the tip of the nose. It's really a butterfly wing fan, and the dark fragrance floats. The fragrance is really like jasmine blooming, quiet and elegant, not like ordinary dried flower sachets, the taste is a few points worse than flowers, and it is not worse than the high-quality sachets used by the girls.

Huaxi asked Liu's mother to take a few sachets and let Hongliu give them to the other two second-class maids and a few rough maids, although they are all flower-scented sachets, but the quality is obviously not as good as Hongliu's.

Hongliu thanked him and said, "Girl, don't be polite, call the slave Hongliu is, you rest first." Mother Wang asked her to choose a few plain clothes from the newly made summer clothes for the girls, and the slave maid will take them for you. ”

Huaxi nodded to indicate that she understood, and let Hongliu out.

As soon as Hongliu left, Huaxi called the lilacs that were packed up in the study and told her: "In the past few days, you have more chats with the maids in the garden, and if you talk about something, you will report it to me word for word when you come back." ”

Lilac nodded in response, remembered something again, and asked, "Doesn't the girl have to go to the vigil?" I just heard from the two mothers-in-law who delivered things that the young master and girls in the inner courtyard were going to cry. They also asked if the girl was going or not, and I said that we were guests, and we had to listen to the lady. ”

The cloves blend in fairly quickly, which is good.

Huaxi pouted: "The Mu family won't want me to go out to meet people for the time being." Got it, you listen more, watch more, talk less, and don't worry about the rest. The Hou Mansion is no more careful than in Zhuangzi, and you need to be more careful. What to say, what to say, what not to say, to save. Externally, according to what Wang's mother said, our distant relatives living in the house, the girl was weak and fell ill as soon as she arrived in Beijing. ”

"Understood, girl."

"Alright, you go down and pack your things."

Lilac left, and Mother Liu was dissatisfied: "What the girl said is not right, you are the flesh and blood of the fourth young lady, why can't you go to worship the Hou Ye?" ”

"Mother Liu, it's not that I'm arrogant. Although my surname is Mu, I am not a relative of the Mu family. The name is undecided, how to explain it to outsiders. Besides, even if Lord Hou and Mrs. are ashamed of my mother to treat me like this, but I haven't been on my knees for more than ten years, can I, a granddaughter of unknown origin, compare with my granddaughter of my relatives? If you look at the furniture here, it's just a serious lady's boudoir in the house......"

Huaxi sneered, and the Mu family left herself and her mother alone. Back then, when my mother left, I only came to the second uncle and a few mothers to deal with the funeral. Where is the Hou Ye, where is the wife, and where are the eldest uncle and third uncle? If she was casually given a similar treatment, she might not think much about it and live in peace, but now she can't think about it anymore.

Liu's mother was stunned for a moment, although she was a little distressed when she heard Huaxi say that she was unknown, but when she thought about it, she felt that Huaxi was reasonable, and she couldn't help but be suspicious in her heart, thinking that she had lived for so many years, and she was not as transparent as the girl who had not been in the Hou Mansion for a day, and she was both ashamed and relieved for a while, so she said: "The slave and maid also asked the old man in the house when she turned around. ”

Huaxi pondered for a while and said, "Well, but you have been gone for more than ten years, and the people in the house have also changed a few times." Even if there are a few acquaintances, they may stay in the house for so long, and they are not all like human spirits. We don't have much money to reward people. In this way, you can see if the acquaintances are still there, and you can mention more on the lilac side, there are always those girls who talk a lot......"

Huaxi didn't know Liu's mother's complicated psychology, she only knew that she had to be cautious every step she took since she stepped into the Mu family, and the people here must have other plans to take her back, so she must understand the situation of the Mu family as soon as possible and try to avoid things that are unfavorable to her.

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The ranking of the Mu family brothers and sisters was not done well at first, so they repaired it.

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