Return to Tofu Shoyi-in. Everyone sat down and breathed a sigh of relief. Chun Ying and Qiu Yan greeted Bai Ling and them, and Zhang Luo and the second old lady and the second wife's tea.

The second old lady leaned on the couch and said to Chunying: "It's a mess today, and I don't know what happened in Brother Chang'er's house, why did the girl hang herself?" The girl who hanged, I remember going to Xifu several times, and I saw her being scolded by Brother Chang's daughter-in-law, as if she still heard it vaguely...... She was given to Brother Chang by your eldest wife? It's all messy, you tell me better. ”

Chunying was busy telling the ins and outs of the future, so naturally she didn't hide the sweat towel. When Zhuo Shi heard this, he couldn't help frowning: "According to what you say, that girl doesn't really want to hang herself, but she is just making a show, so that she can complain in front of her aunt?!" But I don't think the scar on her neck is fake? ”

Chunying hurriedly said: "Whether it's true or not, the slave can't tell clearly." It's just that the material of the sweat towel, which is also commonly used by the girls in our house, is a light leno, cut a cut, and tear it hard. It was broken in two. If Cui Man didn't roll it up, he would just go around the beam and tie a knot, as long as he hung it up, the sweat towel would break after two struggles, and the person would naturally not die. It's just that she rolled the sweat towel into a strip, and it was much stronger, and it would still break, for fear that before it was broken, people would break first. ”

Zhuo Shi sighed and shook his head: "Maybe I'm afraid that people will see the flaws." It can be seen that it was clever but was mistaken by cleverness, if you hadn't happened to pass by and saved her immediately, her little life would really be lost. ”

The second old lady said lightly: "It's also a disaster to keep such a girl, but I'm afraid of ruining the reputation of Xifu." In the past, when your sister-in-law was here, how could there have been such a ridiculous thing? Since beating her and remarrying the current one, his family's rules have become worse and worse day by day. Our parents are away, Xu Da sends people to deliver letters and things several times a year, talking about his family's gossip, how many lives will not be taken in a year? It can be seen that marrying a daughter-in-law is also a very particular thing, if you only listen to other people's rumors, or look at the appearance of others, and do not carefully check their conduct, you will marry casually, and there will be hidden dangers! ”

Zhuo Shi hurriedly said: "Thanks to our mother, our family has never had such a mess, and this is all thanks to my mother." ”

The second old lady smiled: "You have to flatter me." There is no need to say that, I know that your usual housekeeper has a credit. You are different from your sister-in-law, although I am old, I also know in my heart. ”

Zhuo lowered his head a little embarrassed, Chun Ying looked at their mother-in-law and daughter-in-law's mood improved, and asked in a low voice: "Old lady, seeing that it is almost noon, do you ...... Do you ask your wife to stay and eat together, or do you ......?"

Zhuo Shi hurriedly said: "Now it's a lot of trouble to ask someone to do it, but the daughter-in-law is cheeky and asks her mother for a bowl of rice here." The second old lady said happily: "This sounds pitiful, and in this case, let people scoop up a bowl of rice, and those meats, vegetables, and so on, they will be free!" Everyone burst into laughter.

Chunying couldn't help but smile and ordered the meal to come back, the house had calmed down, and the second wife was analyzing the scandal between Li You and Fan Xiru: "My sister-in-law turned out to be in love with the daughter of the Fan family, and it stands to reason that this is a good marriage." It's just that since the Fan family has climbed to the palace, in case the marriage is blown because of these rumors. I'm afraid that the two families will have a grudge in the future. Because of the early death of the eldest sister-in-law, the Fan family has not had much contact with the Hou Ye for many years, except for sending things to the eldest niece every year. Why is my sister-in-law confused? If you marry a daughter-in-law who enters the door in this way, how can you be willing? ”

The second old lady sighed: "Originally, the Fan family was a good family, Xiru was that girl, although she looked innocent and lively on weekdays, the etiquette has never been wrong, as long as the housekeeper's ability is half of your sister-in-law's in the past, Xifu doesn't have to worry." ”

Zhuo Shi thought for a while and said, "A few days ago, the Fan family moved out of Xifu and moved into a new house, and invited relatives and friends to eat and drink, and the daughter-in-law also went. Looking at his house, although the façade is small, it is at least the size of three roads and four entrances, all of which are cleaned up and tidy, flowers and trees are planted, and the staff is also complete, and the girl's mother-in-law has rules for advancing and retreating. There were men and cousins, and there were more than 20 people inside and outside the table waiting for the call, and there were so many people, but there was no confusion. I heard that Fan Sanye's family has just set off from Shandong, and it will take some time to arrive in Beijing. When she lived in Xifu, she couldn't see that she had such a ability, if she really got married in the future. The housework in Xifu can also be handled by her. ”

The second old lady smiled lightly and shook her head: "Look at it, if she successfully marries into the Wenjun Palace, it will be a lucky thing, if the marriage fails, she will marry Brother You, then it will be really troublesome!" The more capable she is, the easier it is for Xifu to mess up, it is better to marry an ordinary girl, as long as she is not a fool, who can't learn to be a housekeeper? ”

Zhuo's family regretted a little, and just praised Fan Xiru for her ability, as if she was hinting that Hai Shu was not as good as her, thinking that her mother-in-law must be unhappy, so she hurriedly talked about other topics: "When Fang Cai was in Xifu, he looked at Brother Chang, and he didn't seem to be genuinely remorseful. I don't think he has any filial piety to his sister-in-law, no wonder his daughter-in-law doesn't study well. ”

The second old lady sighed: "His family is also reluctant to have children, otherwise, like Brother Jing'er, he will go out separately and come to ask for peace once in three or five days, but there will be no such troubles!" It's a pity that Brother Chang married such a daughter-in-law, I see. Hou Ye was afraid that after he split up and went out, he would be dragged by his daughter-in-law to his father-in-law's house, so he was reluctant to make up his mind. Therefore, he shouldn't have married this family business in the first place, but unfortunately Brother Chang'er made too much trouble, and even the saint issued an edict, and he couldn't change it. I just hope that when something happens to his daughter-in-law's mother's family in the future, don't bother our Li family. ”

Zhuo Shi hurriedly said: "That's not it, firstly, this marriage is given by the Holy Lord, and secondly, our two mansions are loyal, and the Holy One will never make such a fool." ”

The second old lady shook her head: "No matter what way." It would be nice if he could alienate his father-in-law's family, but I see that he is very confused, and I am afraid that his heart is high, and he may not be willing to listen to his words. ”

When Zhuo heard this, he couldn't help but think of the fact that Taishi Liang was going to arrange an official position in the Ministry of Works for Li Chang, and hurriedly told his mother-in-law, and the second old lady was taken aback: "Why didn't you say it earlier?!" Hurry up and let someone invite Hou Ye to come! After a pause, he stopped everyone again: "That's it, even you know about this kind of thing, how can Master Hou not know?!" He sighed again, saying that Li Chang was confused.

Chunying set up the meal, and ordered someone to invite the fourth lady, and when she came back and saw this situation, she cautiously asked: "Old lady, lunch has been prepared...... The second old lady was in no mood to eat.

Chunying also heard a few words, lowered her head and thought about it, and said with a smile: "Why bother the old lady? The second young master and the second young grandmother are arguing to this extent, where will they be close to their wives? The slave maid felt that he actually wanted to be an official, which was also easy. The official of the Ministry of Industry is not easy to do, so find an official position that is easy to do, which not only blocks the way for others to harm the second young master, but also allows the second young master to know the good of his relatives. Besides, with an official position, he can be regarded as a family, and after that, ...... Presumably more stable than now? In fact, she wanted to say that there was more reason to split up, but when she thought that she shouldn't say this, she changed her story.

The second old lady smiled, patted the back of her hand, and moved to get up: "Okay, this is all other family's housework, let's take care of it." Eat, where is Yajun? Zhuo Shi was also in a good mood and smiled at Chunying, and then replied: "I have already asked people to call, and I want to come soon." As soon as the words fell, a girl reported outside the door: "Miss Fourth is here." "By the way, the curtain is opened. Three generations of women in the Dongfu family began to dine happily.

Chunying stood and served them after lunch, and then waited for the second old lady to take a nap, and saw that she was asleep. I called a little girl to take over the work of making a fan, and when I returned to my room, I felt tired and panicked, and immediately threw myself on the bed.

The affairs of this Hou Mansion are really complicated, there are a few mines such as Mrs. An's family, the second young master Li Chang and Cui Manru, it is troublesome enough, and he has also made an in-law with Mrs. Liang, which is the master who will definitely die! As long as the current emperor sits firmly on the dragon chair, the Liang family will not escape a dead word, if the emperor is merciful, he may not kill too many people, but the family of the family will always be affected. Now it's good that the relationship between the second young master and his wife is poor, but if something happens in the future, as long as he divorces his wife, he can break off the relationship, in case he has a child, it will be a crime!

Chunying lay on the bed and began to calculate, in order to avoid being affected by her in-laws in the Hou Mansion in the future, and then to the Dongfu, she had better find a way to leave as soon as possible, of course, her parents would also step up their actions. The master's family is guilty, and the slaves are all to be sold, even if there is a brother-in-law, there is no accident......

So, while serving the second old lady carefully, she asked someone to deliver a letter to her father. Recently, the second aunt's delivery date is approaching, and the second uncle has no heart to take care of anything else, and even the affairs of the eldest young master's mansion have been handed over to her subordinates, and she is not easy to disturb, so she has to ask her father to find a way to return to Beijing in the near future. She felt that now that she was more and more valued in front of the second old lady and the second wife, maybe the plan to redeem herself could be carried out in advance, but this matter must be planned well and succeeded as much as possible, but the way to apply must be cautious and cautious, so as not to attract the disgust of the two big *oss, and then it will be troublesome to try again in the future.

While Chunying was anxiously waiting for her father's reply, there was a new rumor in the Hou Mansion. Hou Ye seems to have discovered his usual neglect of his second son, and felt ashamed, coupled with the persuasion of his younger son, he decided to launch a network of relationships and seek an official position for his second son, and finally with the help of his eldest son-in-law King Jing, he asked his second son Li Chang to get a position as the head of the Ministry of Etiquette and Ceremonies.

This is a small official position of the sixth grade, dedicated to teaching horses. Now the emperor's princess is not yet one year old, and there are only two princesses of the first emperor, both of whom have been married for many years. Li Chang was overjoyed, he just wanted a serious official position, it just sounded good, but he didn't really want to be an official, although this position has no real power, and there is no oil and water, but it is rare to be a six-grade, compared to the champion of the same year, it is half a level higher! He immediately sent letters everywhere to announce that he was planning to visit a few of the same years who worked in the Hanlin Academy. As for the letter brought by his wife's mother's family, as soon as he thought of his wife's Liang's crime, he was angry and didn't read the letter, threw it on the desk, and went to find the girls in the room.

A few days later, news came that the princess of Wenjun Wangfu recognized Fan Xiru as her goddaughter, and gave her a pair of gold-inlaid hostas that she had worn when she was young, so the rumors that Wenjun Wangfu was going to marry the daughter of the Fan family as her daughter-in-law gradually subsided, but some people remembered that the daughter of the Fan family and the third young master of the Hou Mansion seemed to have some inexplicable things, and she wanted to marry the Hou Mansion? Even if there is no An's push, the people in Beijing are also talking about this matter, and Zhuo's tried to refute the rumors several times, but the results were average, so he had to go home and ask his mother-in-law and aunt for guilt.

The second old lady just sighed and didn't say anything, and the old lady of the Hou Mansion taught the male and female servants in the mansion a lesson, and personally scolded Aunt Hua, ordered her to be grounded, and did not allow the second young master and the second young lady to see her, and even ignored her crying and pleading, forbidding her to attend the celebration banquet of the second young master Li Chang's new official taking office. On the other hand, An's was "sick" again, and the eldest young grandmother, Jing, was once again recalled by her mother-in-law to take charge of housework because her body had recovered for a long time. At the same time, the old lady also discussed privately with her son for a long time. The next day, Hou Ye officially proposed to the Fan family and asked to marry Fan Xiru as his wife.

The rumors outside were boiling, and Chunying didn't have the heart to care. She received a message from her second uncle's house, her second aunt gave birth, and at the same time, her parents also returned to the capital. She immediately went to beg the second old lady, got a day off, and went home to visit her family.