There is a pond of lotus lake outside the window, and the color of Guan Ping's eyes moves slightly.

didn't answer Steward Zheng's question, it was already late, although it was about to be early winter, there was still an autumn breeze and a bright moon. The lotus lake in that pool swayed gently under the night wind, like a variety of styles, and as noble as the snow lotus of the Tianshan Mountains, Guan Ping lowered his head, but his eyes were slightly soft.

It seems that the cold winter is coming, and a pool of autumn colors is fading.

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Gray Yi had already hung the painting in Sheng Mingzhu's room, but he felt that he had noticed the thoughts of a girl in his third miss.

Originally, the adults were in a high position and the young girls who looked deep loved. is so lustful again, Mu Shaoai's age, I have never seen the appearance of the iron-blooded governor, but there is a well-dressed Mr. Guan in my heart. He held his whip and looked up at the starry sky at night, feeling a little like the matchmaker in the West Chamber.

Sheng Ruoqiu is going back to Jiangfu today, and Mrs. Song has always loved this eldest granddaughter, and she didn't want to ask her when she was at home. It's just that I can't help it now.

Back to the front, the girl in the third room was born. The queen in the palace has sent birthday gifts, and the value of Guan Ping's gifts is only ordinary. Today, it's not a New Year's holiday, but I came to find Sheng Mingzhu again.

Old Mrs. Song can be said to be disgusted with Guan Ping to the core, and now Steward Zheng just entered the door not long after. She sent Ni Zhen'er to call someone.

In the main room where Mrs. Song lived, spices were lit all the time, and green smoke came out of the incense burner. There were five or six attendant maids next to him, and when Sheng Mingzhu entered the door, there were maids who put up the curtains layer by layer, which was regular and magnificent.

Soon arrived in the main room, Ni Zhen'er stood behind the old lady again.

"Three girls, are you familiar with the governor?"

Mrs. Song's eyes were slightly raised, and she asked.

The next person has already moved the two young ladies who came to Xiudun. Mrs. Song is much older, and the charcoal basins in the room have already been placed, and a little enthusiasm comes out. The fan in Sheng Mingzhu's hand slightly fanned away a ball of hot air, "My granddaughter has only been in the capital for half a year, and I haven't seen the governor of Guan Du a few times?" ”

She's not a fool, and she can't say anything about those things.

When he went to Bingzhou, Guan Ping was injured. Sheng Mingzhu doesn't know what the specific situation is, but according to the current tense situation in the capital, His Majesty favors Guan Ping, if he dies, it is self-evident who will have the power in his hands. Sheng Mingzhu could vaguely detect something, grandmother and grandfather were different, in many ways.

"If you don't know each other, why do you come to Fuzhong three or four times?" Old Lady Song looked at Sheng Mingzhu, "Half a month ago, when you didn't enter Beijing, I heard that he seemed to have gone to Bingzhou?" ”

Sheng Mingzhu shook her head, "The granddaughter doesn't know. ”

looked at Mrs. Song again, sincerely, "If grandmother wants to know, the governor will often accompany His Majesty to inspect the academy, and then the granddaughter can help grandmother ask." ”

Old Lady Song's brows furrowed invisibly, and after a moment, she lowered her head and coughed.

Ni Zhen'er handed her a cup of ginseng tea, and Mrs. Song raised her hand to pick it up, and saw the slap print on Ni Zhen'er's face, "What's wrong?" ”

"I went to find the third miss just now, and inadvertently bumped into the second miss." Ni Zhen'er hung her head and covered her face, and Old Taijun Song shook her head, "These two girls are old now, but they are not as sensible as when they were young." It's like a splash, if you explain it, her month will be deducted this month. ”

Ni Zhen'er nodded and stepped back to the side.

Sheng Mingzhu lowered her head slightly, her eyelashes were like butterfly wings, very quiet. Mrs. Song looked at her for a while, Liu's background was not high, so she didn't care much about the two granddaughters born to Liu. But I have to admit that this granddaughter is very good-looking, and her bearing is also excellent.

The extension of the family lies in the heirs, the side branches, and even the marriage. That's what she's learned since she was a child.

If Sheng Mingzhu is a teachable material......

"Your father is now a servant of the household department", Song Taijun said, "Although the household is a prosperous child with a lot of oil and water, there are also many doorways in it." The Son of Heaven is a close minister, and others envy him, but if he is not careful, he is also a dangerous place in a different place. Sheng Mingzhu's brows were already furrowed when she heard this, she didn't like her grandmother, she didn't care about the others.

Most importantly, she was cold when she looked at her.

"You are my own family, and I am not afraid to tell you directly." Old Taijun Song continued, "Now His Majesty prefers Guan Ping, and the most important border army is also in his hands. You see that His Majesty seems to be fond of him, but now the situation is that the thief has coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes. ”

"What does Grandmother want to say?" Sheng Mingzhu asked.

"I can't write two words in one stroke. Now is an eventful autumn, the Sheng family is a high-rise building on the surface, but the high-rise building is difficult to rise, you and I are living under this high-rise building, once it collapses, there are no eggs under the nest. Now Guan Ping's family wants to steal the country, and your father doesn't want to tell me. But I know that he may have contact with Guan Ping, right? ”

Since Sheng Qian came back, except for the necessary greetings, he has rarely been with Mrs. Song. She basically didn't know Sheng Qian's situation, and she wanted to test it even more.

"I rarely ask about Daddy's court." Sheng Mingzhu didn't lie, Sheng Qian occasionally talked about these things, but she rarely thought about them. He said to Mrs. Song again, "Maybe there is a connection, but the granddaughter of the court can't say for sure." ”

For a while, she looked at Mrs. Song again, "Grandmother said that Guan Dudu is a thief, a thief who wants to steal the country?" ”

Mrs. Song didn't get any news from her, and she still had that solemn expression on her face, looking at Sheng Mingzhu.

"Although my granddaughter grew up in a small place in Bingzhou, she can also see the difference between the capital and Bingzhou." It is better to say that Guan Ping is stealing the country, but he can't say this in front of the old lady of Song, "Although the people in the capital live in peace and prosperity, their faces have been solemn for a long time. Although the granddaughter is young, she also knows something, and she also knows how the Great Zhou Dynasty declined in the past. ”

"The granddaughter knows that no matter whether the Sheng family rises from a tall building or collapses immediately. If the family does not converge, the water can carry the boat and capsize the boat. Whether others want to seize power or not, they should take care of themselves first. ”

Old Lady Song's expression immediately changed, and her eyes looked at Sheng Mingzhu. The sharp light in her eyes was very sharp, and the smile on Sheng Mingzhu's face stopped slightly.

Sheng Ruoqiu looked at the tension between the ancestors and grandchildren, and only then did she step forward with a smile, "Grandmother, what did you tell us about the affairs in the court?" If you want to ask the third sister about embroidered jewelry, maybe she can still say one or two, isn't it embarrassing for you to ask these things? Are you still angry with yourself? ”

Her own heart also fell, because Jiang Wenhai was doing things under Guan Ping, she followed the old lady and inadvertently said a lot.

Now it seems that grandmother not only dislikes Guan Dudu in her heart, but she also doesn't know what Xu has done.

"But I want to fork it", someone gave the steps, and Mrs. Song went down.

Sheng Mingzhu was still standing in front, her eyes were faint, so that she didn't look restrained. It's a pity, Mrs. Song thought, if such a character had been raised under her knees since she was a child, and she was less unruly, it would be much better than now. But after all, she beckoned, "The old body is a little tired." ”

Sheng Mingzhu got up and saluted slightly, "The granddaughter will retire first." ”

Sheng Ruoqiu was about to leave, but was left by Mrs. Song, saying that she had something to tell her.

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Gray Yi has been waiting not far away, he has a lot of ears, what Song Lao Taijun said, he heard what he should hear. Some people who shouldn't have heard it naturally heard it, such as saying that the adults of his family were thieves.

Sheng Mingzhu went all the way back to the courtyard of the third room, but Yun Niang was cleaning with Huang's mother, so she could only sit in the garden.

"Gray Coat, why do you want to stop talking?" Sheng Mingzhu peeled the orange in his hand.

Soon a sweet scent came to his mouth and nose, and the golden branch used a handkerchief to collect the peeled skin. My aunt explained before that these things can be used as medicine when they are dried, and when it comes to winter, the two young ladies don't like to drink ginger soup, but love to drink sweet orange peel water.

"What does Miss Third think of the Overseer?"

Sheng Mingzhu put a petal of orange in her mouth and thought for a while before saying, "Did you hear what I said to my grandmother just now?" ”

She had always been alert, and Gray didn't want to hide it, so she nodded.

"Then let me ask you, Mr. Guan was in Bingzhou before, and he was not simply injured by bandits and robbers, right?"

Gray nodded.

Sheng Mingzhu's lips moved slightly, and then looked at him again, "Is it what I thought?" ”

"The governor leans towards the government and the opposition, and is wholeheartedly for the Great Wei. Naturally, there are many enemies. Gray Yi didn't have any good feelings about the family in his heart, but because he was in front of Sheng Mingzhu, it was difficult to say it.

"I know." At least compared to the Jiang family, compared to the Wang family, and compared to many people. Guan Ping does not have a good reputation in the family, and ordinary people are afraid of him. But it's more because of the awe born of respect, and the things that the family doesn't care about are only Guan Ping, so no matter how he enforces the law and how domineering he is.

He is the only one the people can reach.

"Although I don't understand court affairs, I also have a pair of eyes." Sheng Mingzhu remembered what Song Lao Taijun said just now, with mockery in her eyes, "Who wants to seize power, who takes the dirt of Da Wei's ass, I can see it clearly." ”

Gray Yi stopped talking, and there was an inexplicable feeling in his chest.

Jin Yiwei and Dongchang have always been scolded by the family, and the overseer is even worse. was scolded as a lackey by loyal ministers in the eyes of 10,000 people, and was said to be a traitor like Wei Zhongxian, but what he did in it, and what those families who ate the people's offerings did, only God knows.

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After Sheng Ruoqiu left, Ruan Shi entered the old lady's house.

"Mother-in-law, what should I do, does my brother-in-law really want to check that account?"

It seems that there is another war, and we have to fight Rong Di. No one knows if it's true, but now Sheng Qian has found this excuse to go back and withdraw all the silver.

"Can there be any fake?" Mrs. Song didn't look at her either.

Ruan's heart was anxious, "Then what should we do?" Nowadays, all the expenses in the house are silver, and the money that my daughter-in-law borrowed from the treasury back then was all done according to you. Now in the treasury, how can you repay such a large amount? Why don't you tell your brother-in-law, it's all your own family in the end? ”

Old Taijun Song shook her head, she didn't expect anything from Ruan's stupid mind at all, and now she was not disappointed.

"It's not our turn to do this, just don't mess around."

The account book of the state was not just a personal matter from the beginning. The royal people are even more involved...... I also have a headache when I think of this, but I can't ask anything from that girl's mouth.

Nguyen was soon gone.

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It was already late autumn, and it was raining continuously.

Song put on plain clothes, bent down and got up, and picked up the last Buddha bean.

Zhou brought a few bowls of vegetarian food, helped her put them away, and the two of them sat on the chairs together. The Song family didn't go out, and the Zhou family cooked for her, "Madam, you are young now, how can you do it in the Buddha Hall?" It's okay these days, but if you wait for winter, your body will be lazy and you won't want to move. ”

"What do I do when I go out, I'm afraid that no one in the house will want to see me."

Liu didn't want to see her. Ruan's is even more afraid that she will come out and rob her of her mother's position, what is it like to be angry alone, which is what the Song family looks like now. Zhou watched her grow up since she was a child, so he held her hand, "Madam, don't dare to think so, you are still young, and you will have a long life in the future." ”

Song smiled and didn't say anything. Zhou was afraid that she would not be depressed, and just wanted to comfort her with words, "Didn't the master come a few days ago?" It proves that the old man still has you in his heart, and there is an old lady in this house, as long as Mrs. you leave this Buddhist hall, why can't you compete with the Liu family? ”