After seeing Xie Ziyan this time, Xiangru did not take leave to leave the house again, and the *** who came to the house did not bring any good news, until the Mid-Autumn Festival in August, Xie Ziyan and the three of them jointly wrote a letter to the eldest princess of Changping, asking the eldest princess to take Xiangru a day off on that day on the grounds of Xiangru's eighteenth birthday at the end of the month.

The eldest princess granted leave, and asked Sister-in-law Lu to send some birthday gifts to Xiangru, and on Xiangru's birthday, Xiangru dressed up beautifully, and sent a car to send her to Yu's house.

This time it was still a gathering of 'female' relatives, and the eldest young master Yu was busy with family affairs, and he went out early in the morning and was not at home, but he also prepared a gift to be transferred by his wife Xie to 'hand' over.

Taking advantage of the fact that the Xia family sisters had not yet arrived, Xie Ziyan first took Xiangru to meet Mrs. Yu and Mrs. Yu, and Xiangru received a few more rewards from these four elders.

After returning to the house, Xia Baotong and Xia Xiyue also arrived, and Xiangru gave the two uncles a gift, and Xia Xiyue took the initiative to report a good news that she was already pregnant.

Xiangru and the three of them were pleasantly surprised, congratulating Xia Xiyue repeatedly, occasionally saying a few words, and ridiculing that there was another loving couple, which made Xia Xiyue's face red, which was quite embarrassing.

In order to alleviate this embarrassment, Xia Xiyue grabbed Xiangru and wrote some dietary prescriptions for herself, so that it would not be difficult for Xiangru to go back to the palace and find someone again

The girls hurriedly brought paper and pencils, Xiangru checked Xia Xiyue's pulse, wrote out several prescriptions for early pregnancy, and after writing it, she smiled with Xia Xiyue and asked the doctors of the Hu family later. The Hu family is also a family of Xinglin, and there are many doctors in the medical hall under their names, and Xiangru is somewhat timid in the face of these experienced peers.

After writing the recipe, the girls came in to report that lunch was ready, and then all kinds of delicacies were sent to the table, and each person had two girls waiting for them, one girl poured wine and one girl poured wine, and the dish containing fish bones and shrimp shells was 'dirty' and changed.

After eating lunch lively, after a short break, the Xia sisters called someone to come in with gifts, and two huge burdens were 'handed over' to Xiangru, in addition to the rouge gouache beads and hairpins used by the girl's belongings, as well as clothes worn in cold weather. Taking advantage of the fact that Xiangru is now outside the palace and can dress casually, the two uncles gave beautiful clothes full of baggage.

The topic chatted and chatted, and unconsciously turned to Xiangru's business, in the period from last time to now, the remaining twenty acres of land of the He family have been sold out by that depraved unfilial son. In these land sales, it was Xiangjia's branch in Gusang County that came forward to take over. Business belongs to business, and for a merchant, there is no property that retains its value better than land.

"So the time has come for a two-step plan?" Xiangru said.

"Yes, but we want to wait, they are not at the end of their rope." Xie Ziyan said.

"Well, I understand. Now do the villagers know that there is such an unfilial son in my family? Xiangru asked again.

"Needless to say, there are rumors now that your He family has bad feng shui, first there is a big 'girl' who is competitive, and then there is a big son of a loser, I am afraid that no girl will be willing to marry into your family in the future." Xia Baotong sneered.

"How is my family doing now?"

"It's been a long time since there was peace at home. In the past, when I had land, I still expected to collect some land rent at the end of the year, but now the land has been sold out, and the family of a few people eats and drinks Lazar all rely on the little money that your father is a doctor to live, and the family has a large population, and your stepmother gave birth to two sons and two 'daughters', except for your eldest brother, the younger brothers and sisters are all young, and your eldest brother only knows how to take money from outside, and never gives money to the family, you think your family can have a good life now. Loving mother has many defeated children, and your eldest brother has today is also caused by your stepmother's pampering since childhood. "Xia Xiyue is still always sharp.

"Great, that's it, although my younger siblings are innocent, who told them to have such a mother, no wonder I'm ruthless." A hint of indifference flashed in Xiangru's eyes.

"You are also just for self-preservation, the son of the Lu family is not a good person at all, it is a tragedy for any girl to marry, and it is natural to help you get out. Although the younger siblings are innocent, they were born in your family and had to be implicated in this, and they can only blame their parents for their bad behavior, and no one can blame them. Xie Ziyan said, her words were not only like a statement of the truth, but also like a relief to Xiangru.

"People who are addicted to *** will exterminate human 'sex' in the future, your relatives have already complained about your family, and your stepmother's mother's 'medicine' shop will continue to let your father do it there It's hard to say, I'm afraid your family will be hopeless." Xia Baotong said.

"They brought it on themselves, and if they were able to do that to me at the beginning, I can now watch them fall to the point where their livelihood is unsustainable." Xiangru has no feelings for that family, so naturally she doesn't talk about the slightest human affection.

"There are more than two years left, they can't afford it, and you must be done before you leave the palace." Xia Baotong said again.

Xiangru smiled, "There is a master and uncle who are in charge of me, I can rest assured." ”

The four of them were talking, and a girl outside came in to deliver a letter, saying that it was sent to ***'s family.

As soon as she heard that it was a letter to ***, Xie Ziyan immediately opened the letter and read the content to everyone.

There is only one page on the letter, and there are only a few sentences on it, saying that it has just received the flying pigeon from the Xiangjia branch in Gusang County, and the red-eyed He family owes a huge debt and wants to sell his two younger sisters to pay off the debt. By the time the letter was sent, the He family was already in chaos.

"I just said that the six relatives didn't recognize it, and it was fulfilled so quickly." Xia Xiyue held her cheeks with one hand and sneered.

"It's strange and pitiful, when you meet such a big brother, the two little girls are younger than Madder." Xie Ziyan sighed lightly.

"Okay, the master will help me write a letter, please keep an eye on the family branch, if you really want to sell those two sisters, you will buy it for me, this money will be temporarily asked by the master to help cushion, and I will need to be served by my side when I leave the palace in the future." Xiangru just wanted to get rid of the marriage contract, but she was not a ruthless person, so she was somewhat moved by some compassion.

"It's not difficult to buy it, but it can't stay with you, just find a place to go, otherwise your parents will be in trouble when they get the news in the future." Xia Xiyue Road.

"Reasonable, if you need manpower in the future, you can buy it from the hands of people's teeth, and you can't keep this half-sister by your side, if your two sisters learn your identity and secretly tell the family, you won't have a peaceful life, at least you have to ask for money repeatedly, what if you recruit your gambling brother again? Isn't it all in vain that you want to get out of the relationship with your family? The little money you earn probably won't be enough for your family. Xia Baotong agreed with his sister's statement.

"What the master and uncle said is that I was worried and didn't expect this layer."

"If you want to be ruthless, you must be ruthless to the end, and your kindness must be moderate." Xia Xiyue taught Xiangru.

"In this way, we will repair the book now and send someone to send it to the doctor's house, and ask them to fly the pigeon to pass the book back to Gusang County, hoping to buy your two sisters in time, if we don't catch up, it will also be their fate, and there is nothing to say." After Xie Ziyan finished speaking, she called the girl to put the four treasures in the study.

"Yes, everything is with Master Lao."

Xie Ziyan quickly wrote the letter, sealed it in an envelope, and instructed her subordinates to send it to ***'s house immediately without delay.

The girl removed her pen and ink, replaced it with tea and fruit snacks, and the four of them chatted for a while, and someone came to report that the Hou Mansion had come to pick up Xiangru.

After getting enough news today, Xiangru said goodbye to her master and uncle with satisfaction, and asked her uncle to write a letter to tell Madder that she was all right.

Xiangru finished her birthday, and Xie and others outside had no reason to give Xiangru leave to leave the house, Xiangru spent autumn and ushered in winter in the Hou Mansion, and when the eldest princess gave birth to the second young master safely, she began to take care of the eldest princess's confinement meal every day according to the dietary therapy prescription prescribed by ***.

It is precisely because she has to take care of the eldest princess after confinement that Xiangru will inevitably stay in the Hou Mansion for the New Year after all. The first time to celebrate the New Year outside the palace, Xiangru was very excited, and also helped to make some preparations when she was free, starting from Laba, there were different customs and etiquette every day, and she completely saw the style and procedures of the New Year of the royal family.

The eldest princess was confined on the eighth day of the first month, but she asked the queen mother in advance to keep Xiangru until the fifteenth and sixteenth of the first month for the reason that Xiangru was considerate and thoughtful. The queen mother doted on this little 'girl', and just got a little grandson, she couldn't stop smiling every day, so she sent to visit the 'daughter' in the Hou Mansion in person, and she didn't think about the eldest princess's request, and happily agreed.

And in the extra few days, the eldest princess did not ask Xiangru to stay in the house to serve her, but allowed her to go to the street every day to enjoy the fun of the New Year. It is equivalent to saying that this is the eldest princess's special 'door' for Xiangru's vacation, to thank her for her hard work in the past few months.

Xiangru got the seven-day vacation, where can she still endure it, the eighth eldest princess was out of confinement, and on the morning of the ninth month, Xiangru jumped on the street, and played on the streets of the morning market, which she was already familiar with. Xiangru, who had not been able to taste the delicacies carefully before because of his hurry, had a good time this day, and did not forget to pack a lot of them to share with others when he returned home, which can be regarded as a successful end to his days.

The group of people who were 'mixed' with Xiangru knew that Xiangru was going back to the palace in a few days, and they were very reluctant, and discussed pooling money to prepare a gift for Xiangru as a souvenir.

The eldest lady and the eldest young master also called Xiangru to their respective courtyards and sent parting gifts, they have not bothered Xiangru in these months, although they don't say it, but they have long regarded Xiangru as their own person, and now Xiangru is going back to the palace, and the two little masters naturally have to express something.

Xiangru also wanted to go to a few masters and uncles to pay New Year's greetings, and found the driver who had been driving her before through the sister-in-law Wang on the second 'gate', and paid a small amount of money to ask him to drive herself to the street again.

Xiangru first went to Yu's house to see Xie Ziyan, Xie was very happy to see Xiangru, because they didn't know the eldest princess's delivery date, so they didn't know when Xiangru would return to the palace. When I learned that the eldest princess asked the palace to leave Xiangru until fifteen, Xiangru was even happier that she could go to the street casually in the past few days, and hurriedly made an appointment with Xiangru to visit the Xia sisters, Imperial Doctor Shao and Xiang *** one by one in the next few days.

The master and apprentice sat for a while, Xie Ziyan took Xiangru to meet the four elders, and saw Xie's father-in-law, Master Xu, in the old man's room, who looked like a talent, and finally saw the master's husband, Xiangru respectfully bowed, and the eldest young master also took out a big reward as New Year's money.

After meeting the elders, Xie Ziyan took Xiangru down, and the two happily returned to the house, gossiping while teasing the children.

Xie Ziyan told Xiangru that the last time the letter went in time, Brother He was blocked from selling his sister once, and his family and relatives scraped together enough money to pay off the gambling debt.

But this person has gambled into the heart, only half a month and owed a *** gambling debt, the second time to sell the sister to make money, this time the family was powerless to stop, crying and shouting to watch the unfilial son will be the two sisters 'handed over' by the human tooth to take away, the human tooth was sold again by the Xiangjia branch secretly sent someone to buy it and send it to the Xie family in the capital, the Xie family immediately sent the person to the other courtyard to be a girl.

After these things, the "matchmakers" in the capital began to appear one after another, and the results were far better than expected.

I went to a matchmaker who played the striker, and I didn't say anything important, just pretended to ask the neighbors whether the He family arranged family affairs for the eldest 'daughter', and then 'revealed' the intentions of some people in the capital who were interested in the 'daughter' of the He family, the He family and the Lu family made a fuss, and after sending two matchmakers one after another, it didn't take long for the Xiangjia branch to come to the news that the He family and the Lu family were fighting.

The matchmaker who went to the capital confirmed the value of Xiangru, and the Lu family naturally valued this future daughter-in-law more and never let go; The He family has been 'made' by an unfilial son, but a great opportunity fell from the sky, as long as he married a big family in the capital, the other party promised to pay a rich dowry.

It's no wonder that these two don't fight.

"Everything is according to the rules, the He family wants to dissolve the marriage contract, and let them figure out their own way for the returned dowry, eight hundred taels of silver is not a decimal, but after changing the engagement contract, you will get several times the eight hundred taels, and if you want to live a better life, you have to pay a price." Xiangru said.

"Don't worry, this has already been 'delivered', and those mothers-in-law know what to say. But the He family has become like this, what if they can't make up this money? Xie Ziyan asked.

"And my mother's dowry, if it wasn't sold by an unfilial son to raise money for gambling."

"Huh? And what's going on? Do you remember what dowry your *** relatives left behind? ”

"Furniture doesn't count, just one piece is enough, it's my grandmother's 'jade' for my mother's dowry. I remember my mother said that it was a pair, and they were given to my mother and aunt as a dowry, and I heard my mother say that it was a piece of high-grade ancient 'jade', which could be sold for 600 taels if it was not sold for 800 taels, and the remaining 200 taels would definitely make up for them if they smashed the pot and sold iron. "It's a memory from this shell.

"I'm writing to ask the branch to check, if the 'jade' is still there, it's best, if not, we will think of another way." Xie Ziyan instructed the girl to prepare pen and ink.

"If my mother's piece is gone, my aunt's piece must still be there, let the news to my eldest brother know, and he will take the initiative to do the rest, and we don't have to worry about it."

"Do you remember what that 'jade' pendant looks like?"

"I don't remember, I just remember that it's a waist pendant, and I don't remember the specific 'flower' pattern, I was still young when my mother died."

"It's okay, it's okay to know that it's a waist wear, and you can find out after a little checking. I'll write it down and let the Xiangjia branch do it cheaply. Xie Ziyan dipped her pen in ink and began to write.

"Well, after the marriage contract is canceled, I will send a matchmaker to hang them, and let the He family think about it on the grounds that there are many competitors, anyway, it will take me two years to get out of the palace, so I am not in a hurry to get engaged now, maybe there will be a better person to propose marriage in the future."

"Okay, it's all up to you, drag them, even if they find out that something is wrong, no one in Gusang County and the surrounding counties is willing to engage to your family, and no one can afford to provoke such an uncle." Xie Ziyan shook her head and smiled, "You, what the old consultant said at the beginning was not wrong at all, he was clever. ”

"Thank you for the compliment." Xiangru shook her head and proudly accepted these words as a compliment

Entering the 'Door'