Chapter 274 followed

The orders of the second wife, Zhuo, were quickly carried out. The next day, news came from the outer courtyard that Mr. Xu had sent someone to the yamen to say hello. Because Xiaohu is too young to be registered on the register of children born at home, he must first find out the slave status documents of his parents and prove his identity before he can be removed from the market. When Aunt Xu informed her of this, Chunying didn't bother the second uncle who had been restless recently, and immediately hired someone to send a letter to Daxingzhuang. The Lu family and his wife took their son outside the city overnight and entered the city as soon as it was dawn.

The stakes are very high, Chunying can't take care of the second old lady's side, she flattered her for a long time, and when she saw that she was happy, she took the opportunity to ask for leave and accompanied her family to visit Chief Xu's housekeeper. This time, she learned her lesson and personally pulled her mother to prepare a gift that was inconspicuous on the outside but valuable on the inside, and went out with her.

Maybe because of the inconspicuous appearance, Mr. Xu and Mrs. Xu didn't take it seriously at first, and when the Lu family left, Mrs. Xu looked through the gifts, only to find that there were several high-quality raw yarns and gold altar kudzu cloth, as well as two pairs of delicate embroidered purses stuffed with gold and silver bills, as well as a green jade bracelet waist and a pair of heavy gold five things. These valuables were submerged in twelve pairs of embroidered uppers wrapped in thin linen, twelve packs of colored velvet, fresh mulberries from Daxingzhuang, and twenty or thirty chicken and duck eggs.

Mr. and Mrs. Xu looked at each other, and Aunt Xu frowned, "What are the two of you doing?!" Who do you think of us?! Chunying usually looks like a good person, why is she confused, don't persuade her Lao Tzu Niang?!"

Manager Xu somewhat understood the Lu family's thoughts: "Maybe I'm also afraid, you see that their family used to be much stronger than now, but they weren't thoughtful enough, so they were put on it. This matter is related to the future of Lao Lu's son, and he is afraid that he would rather give more gifts than do anything happen. It's not a big deal, just let him rest assured, Mrs. Hengzhu has already spoken, I'll be quick enough to do it for him as soon as possible."

Aunt Xu was still a little unhappy: "If it spreads, the rules of the house will be corrupted! If someone gives us a gift and we do something, what should we do? Over the years, because the old lady was not at home, our husband and wife have been guarding in the house, and I don't know how many difficulties we have encountered and how many people we have offended! If she hadn't acted justly enough, she wouldn't have been able to hold on to today, and if someone grabbed the handle and sued her this time, my wife would have been angry!"

Manager Xu waved his hand: "These are two different things, one is that the old Lu family didn't mention what we should do, and the other is that the wife speaks first, and his family gives gifts later, we are doing things for the wife, not for them!" This is very different from other people's gifts to us. I know what you're worried about, but now the old lady and the lady are back, and the master has the back. We don't have anything to fear, if you think it's inappropriate, just tell your wife to accept such a gift.

Aunt Xu pursed her lips: "It's serious to simply go back!"

Manager Xu shook his head: "This is the only son in his family, at a young age, he can get rid of his status as a slave and live a serious life, if it is you, can you rest assured that he will leave his hands alone?" I don't think the old road has any other meaning, so that the Lu family can rest assured, and when the Dragon Boat Festival is down, let's also send a gift, just prepare for this."

Aunt Xu just that, when she carefully checked the gifts, she found that those raw gauze and arrowroot cloths were all her favorite colors, soft and refreshing, and they were suitable for summer to make clothes to wear; The bracelet fits the size of his wrists, and the waist is very similar to the one that her husband is used to, but the jade quality is better. She couldn't help but sigh secretly: This must have been prepared by Chunying, it can be seen that this girl is careful! I also felt that Chunying was a very honest and caring person on weekdays, and she was very attentive to serving her master, so she must be worried about her younger brother so she would give such a courtesy, so she threw away all the previous annoyance.

Where did Chunying know these things? Seeing that his brother's slave release paperwork had arrived in two days, he was so happy that he immediately took it to his sister's house to show his parents, and the whole family was very happy. Xiaohu was still ignorant, and he didn't know what his father, mother, sister, sister, and husband were happy about, but as soon as he heard that he was going to stay at the eldest sister's house and read and write as before, he quit: "I want to go back!" Fun in the village! I'm going to pay my dad and mom!"

Mother Lu slapped him on the head with a palm, hating iron and steel: "What did Stinky Boy Lake say?!" It's a good thing to be able to go to school, and when you first went to the village, didn't you also make a fuss about coming back to school?!"

Xiaohu squatted down with his head in his hands and didn't speak, Chun Ying smiled, "Are you reluctant to have fun in the village, or do you want to be by your father's side?" Seeing her wink at herself, Xiaohu suddenly hugged her mother very cleverly and said, "Of course it's to see Daddy! Dad is not at home during the day, my mother is bored, I want to relieve her boredom! Sir said before, this is called a bruise?"

"It's colorful clothes to entertain relatives!" Chunying smiled and said, "Look, your knowledge is still far away, if you really want to make your mother happy, you can study hard, and wait for the day when there are no classes in school, and then ask your brother-in-law to send you to the village to live with your father and mother for two days, how about it?"

Xiaohu hesitated, and slapped his mother on the back of the head: "You know how to play! I didn't expect it before, but now that you're out, I have to supervise you and let you study seriously! Don't be lazy! Otherwise, I'll break your legs and see if you dare to sneak out to play!" Xiaohu just stopped.

Chun Ying looked funny, turned her head to tease her little nephew, Qiu Yu asked her about her errand, she said them one by one, Qiu Yu pointed out a few more points, and then sighed and said, "Now that my brother is out, do you have a charter for your own affairs?" When will Brother Hu come back? You're not too young, and you're about to get married when you're the same age!"

"I've also heard that Shi'er's big day, which day is scheduled?" Chunying deliberately skipped the previous question, she didn't know that kind of thing, and it made her sister sad, "I've been given a gift, and when my mother goes back, I will have to take it." I've taken too much leave in the past few days, and I guess I won't be able to ask for leave for at least two months, otherwise, even if the old lady doesn't say it, my wife will be unhappy, and the people below will have to gossip."

Qiu Yu looked at her helplessly: "That's it, you must have an idea yourself, but I have a word for you, don't delay too long."

Lu Yougui also said, "Your eldest sister is right, the most important thing now is to get yourself out. As for me and your mother, we are not in a hurry. Transferred to Dongfu, I worked for a while, but I feel that this side is easier than Houfu, and people are not so difficult to get along with, even if I work in Dongfu for a few more years, I will make it, but I am worried that your reputation will not sound good when you get married. But no matter what, your own future matters most."

Chunying was a little moved in her heart, held back the sourness of her nose, answered, turned around and pulled her younger brother, and said solemnly: "Xiaohu, now your identity is different, and your future fate is different, whether you want to study or learn a craft, you must do it seriously." It doesn't matter if you love to play, as long as you don't leave business behind. Daddy, eldest sister and I are all looking forward to your appearance, do you want to be sensible and understand?"

Xiaohu didn't seem to understand, but he also felt that the second sister was talking about something very important, and nodded solemnly.

Chunying returned to Dongfu this night, and specially asked Qiu Yan and Bailing about the mood of the second old lady, and then came to ask her to excuse herself for delaying her errand for the sake of the family. The second old lady was in a good mood, and she just told a few words. Chunying didn't take any more leave for a long time after that, concentrating on her work, and even if someone was dissatisfied, it quickly disappeared.

Because the second wife met several female relatives in Beijing, she came and went from time to time on weekdays, and occasionally a few ladies came to the door to taste tea, and sometimes brought their own daughters or nieces. In addition to being a housekeeper, the fourth lady also made several close friends. At the same time, with the progress of this kind of communication activities, all kinds of gossip in the capital have also spread into the ears of the people in Dongfu.

First of all, there was good news from the harem one after another, the queen gave birth to a princess, and before the full moon, there was a waiter and a lady who were pregnant with a dragon vein, and the emperor promoted their positions to talents for this reason, and promised that if there was a prince, he would be promoted to another level. After the news came out, it didn't take long for one of the talented people to fall into the womb, and then news came out that Liu Cairen, who was selected by the queen mother's family to enter the palace, was the most suspicious.

Although Liu Cairen's family is illustrious, and he has the support of the Queen Mother, he is helpless not to be liked by the emperor, seeing that the low-level concubines under him first have a dragon fetus, and then rise to a rating with themselves, and even higher than themselves in the future, Liu Cairen is very dissatisfied, and usually some rumors come out, but this time she was sued in front of the emperor, saying that she killed the imperial family.

Liu Cairen naturally wanted to shout grievances, the Queen Mother and her mother's family also followed suit, and the Empress Dowager Liu also had to strictly deal with those palace people who chewed their tongues, but somehow, the matter actually spread, and the emperor in the imperial history said that he would severely punish this kind of behavior, and it also involved the Liu family. was accused of mutilating the royal family, even if it was the Empress Dowager Liu, she couldn't just get past it, let alone the Liu family? They begged for many days and made countless concessions before they got a clear decree from the emperor, saying that the miscarriage of the palace concubine was due to an accident, and the government and the opposition were not allowed to discuss it in private. The Liu family breathed a sigh of relief, and when they cleaned up their mood and summarized it afterwards, they were saddened to find that their family had suffered huge losses in the process of concessions, but they could only knock out their front teeth and swallow blood. That Liu Cairen was also given up by them, which is equivalent to entering the cold palace in disguise. In the whole thing, the emperor is the biggest winner.

Then, the war in the north finally took a new stage, and the Qing Dynasty sued for peace. The border guard general Shangben asked the imperial court to send someone to negotiate, and several young generals who had made military achievements also entered the sight of the capital's magnates, and at the same time, Li Yan, the second lord of the Eastern Mansion, was also a meritorious minister, although the emperor had not yet pointed down, but the promotion was already a foregone conclusion.

Dongfu suddenly became hot. In this case, Zhuo Shi calmed down, no matter what good things others said, he always maintained a humble attitude and never took pride in his achievements.

After entering May, the extremely dedicated Westernization Department of the various families in Beijing officially opened its office, and several of the selected assistant officials, in addition to the representatives sent by several families with fleets, there are also some people who are not familiar with shipping affairs but have a lot of money and have good hands and eyes. What is surprising is that there is actually the name of the third master of the Fan family!

The Hou Mansion immediately became a sensation, and the news even spread to the Li clan in the East Mansion and the back streets, and there were rumors that Miss Fan was going to marry into the palace. After Chunying heard about it, she was skeptical, after all, this kind of news had been spread for a long time, but in nearly a year, there was no movement.

When the second wife Zhuo heard about it, she thought for a while, then smiled, and ordered people not to discuss the matter, and in front of the second old lady, she just said, "She is a girl's family, isn't she ashamed to death after hearing this kind of rumor? If it really happens, it's not too late for us to congratulate her."

The second old lady nodded: "This is right, since this is the case, she threw away her hand. If she comes to say hello again, don't make fun of her. What happened to the thing I said earlier about asking Mr. Dun Ge'er? I heard that there are many naughty children in the family studies, and they don't want to study."

Zhuo Shi hurriedly said: "The daughter-in-law has been entrusted to the Hou Ye, and yesterday I sent a letter, saying that I had found one and made an appointment to come to the door tomorrow."

"Then let the temple stop going to school and concentrate on waiting for Mr. at home, if this is good, we can breathe a sigh of relief in the future."

Zhuo was busy, Chun Ying walked in from outside the door, took a post, and smiled with some surprise: "Old lady, madam, Lord Jing has made a post, saying that we will invite our fourth young master to come over tomorrow for tea."