The daughters of the Qu family stayed in the Suiguo Mansion until it was nearly late, and then they resigned from Qu Yi and returned to Qu Mansion.

Before leaving, Mrs. Qu also took Qu Yi's hand, avoided everyone from afar, and said thoughtful words for a while.

Seeing that it was about to get dark, Old Lady Qu let go of Qu Yi's hand, was supported by Fang, and got into the carriage.

After returning to Qufu, everyone went back to their rooms.

Dinner had already been prepared in the kitchen, and Lu Jiayue was in Meng's house, accompanying Meng's to use some porridge and side dishes at random.

After eating, the maids cleaned up the table and dishes, and the eldest man Qu Hong came back.

Meng Shi saw that Qu Hong's face was flushed and he smelled of wine, so he asked, "Where did you drink the wine?" ”

Qu Hong lifted the hem of the stone blue cloud satin robe on his body, sat on the warm kang, Chunxia held the hot tea and the hot hand towel that was twisted, Qu Hong took the hot tea and took two sips, wiped his face with the hot hand towel, and then smiled: "Liang Shaokuan's father is celebrating his seventieth birthday today, and it is the birthday banquet that he eats in his house." ”

When Meng Shi heard this, he immediately stood up and asked, "Who's home?" - Liang Shaokuan? Liang Shaokuan?! ”

Meng Shi's eager and unexpected appearance made Qu Hong feel unhappy suddenly, the smile on his face faded, and he said lightly: "Exactly, why are you so panicked?" Can't I go? ”

Meng Shi saw that Qu Hong's face was pale, and he also felt that his reaction seemed to be too much, so he forcibly swallowed the words "naturally I can't go" back to his stomach, tried to ease his tone, and said: "It's better to have less contact with him, if Tong Baili and Guan Ming fall, maybe he will be the next one to suffer." ”

"Liang Shaokuan is loyal to his duties and does not live up to his duties as an imperial historian," Qu Hong glanced at Meng, his face became more and more gloomy, "Why do you say that you are suffering?" ”

Qu Hong asked knowingly, and Meng Shi couldn't help but move his liver fire, and his voice involuntarily became a little higher when he spoke again.

"Who is behind Tong Baili and Guan Ming, even I, a woman in the house, know, why do you pretend to be confused? The two of them are the man's money bag, Liang Shaokuan picked up someone else's money bag, can people easily let him go? Now the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty are afraid that they will avoid Liang Shaokuan, you are good, hurry up to poke people's eyeballs, and settle accounts after the autumn, if you can't ensure that Liang Shaokuan suffers, our Qu family will also be unlucky..."

Lu Jiayue, who was sitting on the side, couldn't help but feel a beat in her heart.

In her memory, her aunt Meng has always been dignified and peaceful, calm and self-controlled, and has never been so anxious.

It seems that this time Meng Shi is really moving.

The two elders had a dispute, and Lu Jiayue felt that she was present as a junior, which was really incompatible. But if you turn a blind eye and sneak out quietly, it doesn't seem to be very appropriate.

Lu Jiayue felt very embarrassed, so she could only shrink her body into the chair as much as possible, her eyes drooping down to look at her toes, wishing that she would immediately become a transparent glass person.

In fact, Qu Hong and Meng have been married for many years, and they have always been in love and harmony, and they rarely have a red face. At this time, Qu Hong was also a little drunk, and his words were more impulsive than before.

Qu Hong raised his eyes to look at Meng Shi.

Meng Shi was stroking his heart with one hand, and holding the corner of the kang table tightly with the other, and the whole person twisted his body, leaving him with only a stubborn silhouette.

Qu Hong looked at this silhouette, and the thoughts in his heart turned a thousand times, first annoyed, then helpless, and finally only sighed.

This is his own wife!

The wife who gave birth to children for herself and took care of the family, more than 20 years have passed, and she has changed from a beautiful girl to a middle-aged woman today, when did she have several fine lines at the corners of her eyes, and a few more strands of silver in her black hair.

Qu Hong shook his head and let out a long sigh.

That's it, she just wants to be safe and secure for the Qu family, so what's wrong?

Qu Hong stood up and called Lu Jiayue, who hurriedly agreed and stood up.

"I'll go and rest first, you can sit with your aunt for a while."

After Qu Hong finished speaking, he went to the bedroom in the west room.

Lu Jiayue didn't know how to comfort Meng, so she could only hold her hand and sit quietly with her.

Meng Shi looked stunned and sat unmoved for a long time, until the sound of the mother-in-law on duty at night came clearly from the second gate of the inner courtyard.

Meng Shi seemed to be awakened and came back to his senses.

It's already the second watch.

Lu Jiayue really couldn't bear to see Meng Shi so sad, snuggled in her arms, and said softly: "Auntie, if you have anything to say, you should talk to your uncle slowly, uncle he won't disobey you..."

"Little girl, you are still young, you don't know anything," Meng Shi smiled, but his eyes were full of helplessness, "Your uncle seems to be reasonable, but in fact, I don't know how stubborn he is in his bones--that's it, I knew early on that he couldn't protect himself, just like he couldn't do it with others... It's up to him. ”

In this case, Lu Jiayue in her previous life must have been confused, but now she has already seen everything clearly.

Meng is a woman in a deep house, and what a woman wants in her life is nothing more than a considerate husband, filial piety to her children, and a stable life of peace and joy.

However, a person as upright and upright as Liang Shaokuan, the imperial history of the capital, is like a sharp sword in the officialdom, stuck in the hearts of the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military.

Today's officialdom cannot tolerate officials like Liang Shaokuan, and Qu Hong will naturally not tolerate it when he intersects with him.

Seeing a stable and peaceful life, it is likely to be broken by his husband's choice, or even just a seemingly ordinary move, how can Meng sit idly by?

Lu Jiayue was in her heart, and couldn't help but think of the tragic ending of the Qu family's previous life.

Maybe it's because of the involvement of Liang Shaokuan, the imperial history of the capital?

It's just that I didn't pay attention to the affairs of the Liang family at the time, otherwise I would have been able to scrutinize it now.

Meng gently hugged Lu Jiayue in his arms, stroked her shoulder, and after a while, he whispered: "Go, it's not too early, go back and rest—I'm tired too." ”

*

Because she was worried about Meng, Lu Jiayue didn't sleep well all night, and the next day she deliberately got up early to accompany Meng to have breakfast, and saw that Meng was going to go to the upper room to greet Mrs. Qu, so she also went with her.

When she came to the upper room, Old Lady Qu was having breakfast, and the Fourth Lady Fang was waiting on the side.

Mrs. Qu drank half a bowl of yam millet porridge, ate a few small dumplings with vegetarian three fresh fillings, put aside the chopsticks and bowls, and the maids took warm water to serve and rinse their mouths.

Old Madam Qu suddenly pointed to the porridge and dumplings, and said to the other party: "The fourth child drank outside last night?" Then you should have something light to eat in the morning, and you send someone to the kitchenette to have a look, and if there is any, bring him some too. ”

Fang Shi ordered the eldest girl behind him, Bao Tian, to go, and then turned around and replied to Old Lady Qu with a smile, "Yes, but I didn't drink much," he said, but a pair of eyes slipped to Meng Shi on the side, "It was a birthday banquet with Uncle Eaten, and with Uncle here, Lord He didn't dare to drink more." ”

"Oh? This is a coincidence, which relative did he have a birthday yesterday? Can you give a gift? Mrs. Qu remembered that yesterday was the birthday of the Duchess of Suiguo, and naturally she couldn't forget the birthday gift.

Fang Shi smiled: "It's not a relative, it's a colleague in the officialdom... As for the birthday gift, the lord probably forgot. ”

Old Madam Qu couldn't help frowning: "I drank other people's wine, and I didn't even give a gift, look at other people's jokes - which colleague is it?" ”