This New Year, you can no longer go to the New Year with great fanfare.

Early in the morning of the second day of the Lunar New Year, Xue Jiang wore a brand-new silk cloak, which was a silver-red butterfly flower-placket jacket lined with a moon-colored pleated skirt to set off her slender waist. She was born small, and her cloak looked very wide on her body, but it hid her aura a little.

Although this cloak is made of expensive materials and exquisite workmanship, it is not suitable for Xue Jiangwan.

Dong Ying didn't say anything, just asked Xun Fang: "Has Aunt Xue's carriage to go back today ready?" ”

Xun Fang is ready to go back.

Dong Ying bowed her head slightly, called Yao Tao to her again, whispered a few words to her, and asked her to take good care of Aunt Xue along the way, and to know how to measure etiquette when she arrived at the Zhenxian Marquis's Mansion.

The peach complimented one by one.

Xue Jiangwan kowtowed to Dongyi, and took Yao Tao out of the Jingshi Courtyard.

Dongyu got up and was about to ask Mrs. Sheng how to arrange it today, when Biqiu came in and said, "Grandma, Chen Xiang's daughter-in-law came to pay New Year's greetings to grandma......

Chen Xiang is Dongming's roommate, and he and Chen Xiyi are in charge of Dongyuan's shop on Dongdajie, which is regarded as the big shopkeeper. Every year, the five shops managed by Chen Xiang have to pay more than 2,000 taels of silver to Dongyuan, which is the most lucrative of Dongyuan's growth.

His daughter-in-law came to pay New Year's greetings, which was naturally different from other servants, and Dongyu instructed Biqiu to invite her in.

Chen Xiang's daughter-in-law is slightly plump and white, and her round face is very pleasing. She smiled and said goodbye to Dongyu, her eyes revealing a bit of shrewdness and ability.

"My head of the house said that this year is different from previous years, and it is not good to bother grandma. Several of the daughters-in-law who accompanied me asked me if I wanted to come and greet my grandmother. I thought. Or I'm licking my old face to kowtow to my grandmother. Big grandma Wanfu. Chen Xiang's daughter-in-law knelt down with a smile, and as she spoke, she had already kowtowed to Dongyu three times.

Dong Yu hurriedly asked the maids to help her up. shouted again, Xun Fang took out a purse with a silver bill, and rewarded her.

Looking at Chen Xiang's daughter-in-law, she is a talker.

This year is different from previous years, probably because I heard that something happened in the palace. I know that it is inconvenient here in Dongyi.

"I'll go kowtow to Madame later, and I'll go back after dinner." Dong Yu smiled and said, "I'm also busy here, so I won't leave you in vain." If there's anything you're worried about at home, just tell me. ”

Chen Xiang's daughter-in-law smiled and said yes.

Dongyu called Biqiu to come in and asked her to accompany Chen Xiang's daughter-in-law to Yuanyang Pavilion to pay New Year's greetings to Mrs. Sheng.

About a stick of incense. Biqiu accompanied her back, and Mrs. Sheng also rewarded Chen Xiang's daughter-in-law with a purse. Dongyu left her to eat, but she only said that it was still early and the family was busy, so she didn't stay much.

"Big Grandma ......" when she was ready to say goodbye. Chen Xiang's daughter-in-law suddenly stopped, looked at the maids and women serving in the room, and stopped talking.

Dongyu understood, so he let everyone go out.

When only Dongjin and Chen Xiang's daughter-in-law were left in the east room, Chen Xiang's daughter-in-law took a few steps closer to Dongyuan and said in a low voice: "Grandma, my head of the house asked me to give a message to my grandmother: Someone outside said that the prince is in the South Gate Hutong, and there is a delicate house......

Such a cautious tone. is so cautious again, how can Dong Ying not hear the sound outside the words?

There is an exquisite house in the South Gate Hutong, doesn't it mean that Sheng Xiuyi has a foreign house?

Dong Yu only felt his head buzz for a moment.

She had met Chen Xiang. Chen Xiang was carefully selected by her grandfather and grandmother to marry, and she was a very capable person. If he hadn't been very sure about this, he wouldn't have let his daughter-in-law come in and report to Dongyu.

Moreover, this matter should be very secretive. Only a few people know.

If everyone knows about it, Dongyu may also know it. Chen Xiang's daughter-in-law said again, Dong Yuan's face couldn't go up and down, and she would not be grateful to Chen Xiang for reporting the news, but blamed him for being troublesome.

Who likes to be known about scandals at home?

Chen Xiang's daughter-in-law said "someone from the outside", just to make Dongyu's face look better.

Dongyu's heart trembled slightly. She quickly gathered her thoughts, remained silent, and looked at Chen Xiang's daughter-in-law calmly: "Does the prince have a house?" Chen Xiang told his grandfather about this? ”

Chen Xiang's daughter-in-law was surprised by Dong Jin's attitude.

How can it be so calm?

Didn't you understand?

She looked at Dong Yu suspiciously, but saw that her eyes flashed slightly, and she still didn't see emotion, so she had to follow her words and replied: "Back to the eldest grandmother, the old marquis doesn't know." My head of this matter said, but someone knows about it, so let the eldest grandmother persuade the prince. If it breaks out, the old marquis and the grandmother will not look good. ”

This matter is still very hidden.

But Sheng Xiuyi is now the young master of the crown prince. I heard that the prince valued him very much, and the tree was very popular, and how many eyes stared at him.

Chen Xiang is doing business outside, there may be gossip, don't others? After a long time, there is no impermeable wall in the world, and things are in trouble, not only Sheng Xiuyi will be impeached, but Dongyuan and her mother's family will lose face because of this.

In this era, no matter how many concubines there are, no matter how many concubines there are, they will not be said anything. Even if it is a singer or a dancing girl, as long as it is kept in the house, others will think that it is a symbol of wealth.

can be kept outside, but it is a symbol of absurdity, which will ruin a person's reputation.

In the scholarly class, reputation is more important than life.

Although Dong Yu's face was faint, his fingers were already tightly clenched. She didn't answer for a while, and there was no smile on her face.

After a long time, she spoke: "You and Chen Xiang said that I will take a look at the account books in the shop last year." I will serve my wife in the afternoon, and let him come by noon. ”

What this means is: she wants to see Chen Xiang in person, and the sooner the better.

Chen Xiangken asked his daughter-in-law to do this, which shows his trust in his daughter-in-law, so Chen Xiang's family should be a smart and capable person.

Sure enough, after listening to Dongyi's words, Chen Xiang's daughter-in-law hurriedly said: "Yes, grandma, I'll let Chen Xiang send it to grandma." ”

The head of the east jaw.

After about an hour, Chen Xiang ran in out of breath with sweat in his head.

Dong Yu asked him where the news came from.

"I met a friend in the early years, and then he made a mistake and went to Shaanxi. Because I knew him at the beginning, and others didn't know about it. Now he has suddenly returned to Beijing. Once, when they met me in the street, he saw that it was me, and he came to see me in the middle of the night. He said that he was in Nanmen Hutong and worked as a housekeeper with his daughter-in-law. Chen Xiang's voice was a little low.

The man. Is it Sheng Xiuyi?

Ask someone from Shaanxi to come back to be a steward?

"That friend of yours, has he been mixed up on the road?" Dong Yu remembered that Sheng Xiuyi had said such things when she talked about Rose's husband. He seems to know a lot of people in the Word.

People on the Tao have many advantages: they tend to be incognito. There is no trace of it.

Chen Xiang listened to Dongyi's words and bowed slightly: "Yes." When I first met him, it was just some shady contacts, and no one else knew about it. If the prince knew that he had a friendship in Kyoto, he probably wouldn't have invited him. So he told me to promise not to tell anyone. Because he knew that I was working as a roommate in Shengfu, he told me......"

Then, he sighed: "Miss Nine." The old marquis has the grace of reinvention for me. Even if I lose my righteousness, I can't hide it from you! This is too coincidental, and I don't dare to tell the old marquis. You have a number in your heart, after all, you and the prince are married couples, and it is easy to unravel any knots between the two. Hurry up and bring them to the house. If there is a fuss, the prince will be impeached, and you and the old marquis will also have their reputations damaged......"

He called Dongyu Miss Jiu, not the eldest grandmother, and used the position of the Xue family to persuade Dongyi.

If the husband has an outer room, it will certainly damage the husband's reputation if it spreads, and as a wife, shouldn't he be called a fierce woman?

If she wasn't virtuous, how could her husband be raising people outside?

That being the case. Just be generous and bring people in! Dongyu is the main wife, although she is a stepfamily, she has the title of the county lord, and she takes a woman in, isn't she left to clean up?

Bringing that woman in unknowingly is the most beneficial for Dongjin.

It's true!

Dong Yu felt a scoop of cold water pour down from the top of his head. It's cold all the way to the center of your feet. Her hands trembled slightly.

A woman from Shaanxi......

When Sheng Xiuyi went to the northwest, was there also Shaanxi?

Could it be the woman of that time?

But how did you find Kyoto?

He has been in the northwest for almost a year, and what happened, Sheng Xiuyi kept his mouth shut. Dong Ying never thought that there would be a woman around him.

After all, she felt that Sheng Xiuyi was going to do something very dangerous.

But he went to the northwest as an inspector in the northwest. He can't just go and show that he wants to take power from others.

He could only pretend that he was just a messenger patrolling.

When he went from Kyoto, the local officials naturally scolded him. It is also possible to buy him with a beautiful woman or even an official's daughter.

These thoughts were quickly turning in her heart, like a fire burning, burning her heart all the time.

"Don't tell the old marquis for the time being." Dong Yu said to Chen Xiang. Her voice was soft, as if she had no strength.

Chen Xiang wanted to say something more, but when he saw that her lips turned white, he hurriedly agreed: "Miss Nine, I understand!" Rest assured, I won't mention it to anyone again. It's just that this matter should be sooner rather than later, you have to tell the prince quickly. If only ......"

"I know!" Dong Yu abruptly interrupted him, "You go and get busy." ”

What she showed at this moment was extremely irritable.

Chen Xiang suddenly regretted it.

He felt that telling the eldest grandmother, the eldest grandmother would cry and make a fuss, and spread out with the prince and said that bringing the woman to the house would not make the old marquis angry, nor would the eldest grandmother and the prince be embarrassed.

But when he saw that the eldest grandmother was so reluctant and did not show it, he suddenly regretted a little: The eldest grandmother would not endure it and not say anything, and give birth to something else, right?

He also wanted to persuade him, but Dong Yu had already recovered his flat expression, and there was a faint smile on his eyebrows, which was no different from usual.

Chen Xiang suddenly felt a chill in his back.

After he retreated, Dong Yu did not call the maids and women to come in.

She sat alone in the east room, until lunchtime, when Xun Fang and Biqiu came in, and saw her like a sculpture, expressionless and motionless.

The two maids were frightened and stepped forward to call her softly: "Grandma......

Dong Ying came back to his senses, smiled, and asked what was wrong?

"It's time for lunch......" said Xunfang.

The head of the east jaw.

Then, she remembered something, and suddenly said to Xun Fang: "Who is the one who has gone out with the prince recently?" (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )