Qin Fenglu, Li Xuezhang and Li Wenbin, father and son, took the concubines Chen and Yang, and the guards and servants, the maid and the mother-in-law, who started early and rested late, and rushed to the capital to mourn and return.

As soon as the day dawned, Li Xuezhang's concubine Chen came out with her son who had just turned one year old, and was just about to get into the car, Li Wenbin's concubine Yang came over a few steps, and said with Chen in a low voice: "I'll have a car with my aunt's wife, and I can also hold the seventh master for my aunt's wife for a while, just to talk, and relieve boredom on the road." ”

Chen smiled in response, glanced at the white woman, and got into the car with Yang one after the other.

The seventh master from the Chen family was sleeping deeply, and the Yang family took it and hugged it, and talked to the Chen family in a low voice, "This is also true, saying that I will go back to the capital, I will go back, I really didn't expect it at all, I heard the uncle say a while ago, the next master can't go back to the capital, and he wants to change another place, I didn't expect it...... Alas, if there is no such thing, it would be nice to transfer to another place. ”

"I can't say that, I heard that the old lady and the old lady are gone, and the old man almost fainted in pain, it's all unexpected, and if you can't go back to the capital, how can we talk." Chen's tone was soft.

"Look at this trip, I heard the uncle say last night, just like this, it will be about 20 days, you can get to the capital, I heard that the eldest lady is very powerful." Yang looked at Chen.

Chen was very calm, "The eldest lady is naturally famous for her virtuous and capable, and when the lord mentions his wife, he is full of praise when he returns, and his wife is so capable and virtuous, this is my blessing." ”

"Does my wife really think so?" Compared with the Chen family, the Yang family has always been the one who is less straightforward and fast-thinking.

"After the New Year, the eldest lady is fifty-eight, so I naturally think so." Chen squinted at Yang, she has never looked down on Yang's stupidity, but stupidity also has the benefit of stupidity, a good gun.

"That's right, you're still blessed, with the master, I'll be miserable, the eldest grandmother is only thirty-five or sixteen years old, the uncle's temperament, there must be other beauties in the future, and I don't have your blessing." Yang glanced at the sleeping seventh master, "I have to go back to the capital mansion before I give birth to a boy and a half girl, and I don't hide it from my wife, since I set off until now, I haven't slept steadily." ”

"I heard that the uncle only has one grandmother in the capital, and there is no one else, so it can be seen that the uncle is not a very beautiful woman, and the master is too, and he accepted us, but because he has been outside for many years, he has to have a close person to take care of him."

After a pause, Chen continued: "In the future, if the uncle is in the capital, it will probably be you and the eldest grandmother, that is, you have to take care of your temper, and we will be concubines, the first one is to be gentle and know how to advance and retreat." If the uncle is a foreign officer, you will follow the past, and there is nothing bad about this day. ”

"It is said that the eldest grandmother has a bad temper and loves to make small children, I heard that the eldest grandmother's family is very high, alas, I haven't been able to give birth to a son and a half daughter, I'm afraid that when I return to the capital, I will never be able to give birth again." Yang was worried.

Chen leaned at her and didn't answer.

For Yang's stupid straight man who has no heart, she has already made up her mind, if she wants to compete for a position in the capital mansion and earn a future for Seventh Brother, it must not be easy, she will never let this stupid straight woman affect her and Seventh Brother.

"Madam, the two of us went to the capital together from Qinfeng Road, no one is closer than us, in the future, I will definitely protect you, Mrs., and Seventh Brother, the two of us are our own people." Young's patience is limited, and after a few sentences, he gets straight to the point.

"Look at what you're saying." Chen deftly avoided Yang's words, "We are a family, of course we are our own people." Seventh brother cried several times at night, I didn't sleep much all night, I can't be sleepy at this time, I will crook for a while, you will hold Seventh brother for me for a while. ”

Chen didn't plan to say more to Yang, so he moved and closed his eyes.

Yang agreed repeatedly, hugged Seventh Brother, leaned on the pillow, worried for a while, relieved for a while, and seemed to be asleep in a daze.

Yang hugged Brother Qi all morning, his two arms were tired and sore, he ate at noon, and when he set off again, he didn't dare to share a car with Chen.

Chen handed over the seventh brother to the nurse and the girl to clear their sleeves in a car, and Chen's nurse Bai Pozi followed Chen's car to wait.

"What kind of stupid thing did Aunt Yang say about forming an alliance or not forming an alliance again?" As the car moved forward, Bai Pozi closed the car door, closed the curtain, looked at Chen and asked.

"Well, I ignored her. What a fool, since he has been a concubine, how can he have any temperament? The master has to wait well, and the eldest woman is better to wait, but it is just a matter of asking for a proper copy in the cracks. Before Chen finished speaking, his eyes were full of tears and sadness.

She is also a girl from a scholarly family, she has read poetry and books since she was a child, and she is a well-known talented woman, but what can she do, she has no family background and money, she wants to take a step forward...... What can we do?

She can think of it.

"Well, Madame wants to open some." Bai Pozi is more sad than Chen's, her girl is in her mind, like a fairy, making a concubine for others, in retrospect, it is like a knife stabbed into her heart.

"Madam, you really plan to hand over the seventh brother to the eldest lady to raise, this eldest woman's heart is poisoned." The white woman has more important things to worry about.

"Well, I've thought about it carefully, and that's all I can do." Chen's voice was low, not so much to say it to Mrs. Bai, but to himself, to organize his thoughts once again and strengthen his determination.

"Mama, think about it, whether it's a man, a woman, or a concubine, where are they? If you want to talk about the family clan, the same ranking order, the girl's mother-in-law, the monthly money, and the study and study, there is no difference, this is not in the family, but in the biological mother. ”

Bai Pozi sighed lowly, in this way, before Mrs. left the cabinet, I don't know how many times I said it, Mrs. is an extremely smart person.

"Like the eldest lady, the mother's brother is the prime minister of the dynasty, they are all called uncles in the same way, born to the eldest lady, that is Yan Xiangye's real nephew, what about the seventh brother? If he was kept by my side, it would be good if people could answer him, and he would be treated as a real nephew? Don't treat Seventh Brother as a nephew, compare with his eldest brother, second brother, and fourth brother, what does Seventh Brother compare with?

I don't want Seventh Brother to leave me, I can't help it, but I can't help it, Seventh Brother was not born by Mrs., and if I don't keep him by Mrs. Else's side, how can Mrs. love him like her own?

It's not a bad thing to go back to the mansion in the capital at this time, the seventh brother is still young, and it is the most annoying at this time, so send it to Mrs. ......"

Chen paused for a moment before continuing: "The master said that Madame is a very kind-hearted person. ”

"That's what people say." The white lady hurriedly answered.

"Well, it's good to be kind, the child is sent to her, if there is anything bad, it spreads her reputation for not treating her concubine well, at her age, now such a good reputation, I'm afraid that she can't give up her reputation, and the seventh brother is handed over to her, I am not worried at all."

"I'm not worried, I'm afraid that the seventh brother will be old and have a relationship with his wife." Bai Pozi is very worried, she and her girl, the one she can rely on in the future is Seventh Brother.

"It is said that blood is thicker than water. Besides, the master is so old, after three years of filial piety, he must serve in the capital, the master is in the capital, we are in the capital, and we have been staying by the side of the seventh brother, and there is no place to go if we have a share of regeneration. ”

Chen motioned to Mrs. Bai to take a pillow for her, half-crooked, and sighed softly, "Let's stay up for a few years, at this age, as long as I don't take up any other positions, I'm afraid I won't accept people anymore, now it's me and Mrs., Mrs. At this age, I always have to go first, and when Mrs. leaves, I will get out of it." ”

"I think so too, at that time, stay up for a few more years, and when the seventh brother is older, maybe he can ask his wife for a fate." Mrs. Bai followed Chen's words, thinking about the future, with a smile in her eyes.

Capital.

On the second day of the first lunar month, it snowed heavily in the capital, and it rained for two or three days in a row, and a thick layer was accumulated inside and outside the capital.

Guo Sheng stepped on the snow, entered the side door of the Qin Palace, shook off the snow on the cloak under the porch, stomped his feet a few times, stomped off the snow on his shoes, went up the steps, and entered the hall that was mostly empty in the second gate along the verandah.

The hall is as warm as spring, there is a bowl of freshly brewed tea on the lower coffee table on the right, Guo Sheng sat down, took a few sips of tea, and there was a quiet footstep behind the hall, Guo Sheng hurriedly put down the cup, stood up and lowered his hand respectfully.

Li Xia entered the hall through the side door, and Duan Yan stood guard outside the door with his hands down.

"What's wrong?" Li Xia stood in front of Guo Sheng and asked bluntly.

"This morning, the emperor only brought a dozen people, dressed up in disguise, went out of the palace in micro-clothes, and entered the Sui'an Palace, I heard that the eldest princess of Wei is not very good." Guo Sheng didn't say a word, and answered the question directly.

Li Xia's eyes narrowed slightly, is Wei Guo going to live shorter than before? However, counting the days, it is about the same.

"The emperor and Wei have a deep relationship, if the emperor has a mother-son relationship in his mind, this mother-son relationship is with Wei, not the queen mother." Li Xia's voice was extremely low, "Then look at the Sui'an Palace." For a while, whether it is the Wei State or the Sui'an Palace, they must avoid it, once the Wei State is gone, the emperor will definitely be angry because of sadness. ”

Guo Sheng listened intently, lowered his hand and agreed, "Don't worry, girl." ”

Since the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve, the Li family has actually divided the family, and even the mansion is fenced with a rope and separated from the middle, and Mrs. Guo Er ordered more than a dozen mothers-in-law to guard in shifts, not allowing people on her side to cross the line, let alone people from the long room and the third room to come, and they can't even borrow the way.

If you want to split up, you have to look like a split family.

Before the boss comes back, he must divide the family, sit down, and there is no room for renewal!

After splitting the family, the second room from Li Xuejue to the mother-in-law of the next person, everyone felt that the yaksha on their heads was gone, and they saw the light of day, and they were free and happy from then on.

Mrs. Guo did not wait for the first day of the new year, and on the night of the Chinese New Year's Eve, she gave her daughter-in-law, her mansion, and her subordinates set up one rule after another that she had thought about for I don't know how many years and how many times she had calculated when she was idle.

For example, the daughter-in-law's morning and dusk are fixed, she looks down on the long house to the extreme, and there are no rules at all!

Grandma Shen San was trapped in the morning when the chickens didn't get up early, the bitterness of being asleep with the dog, and the joy of the director of the family, and she was not very sure whether it was a blessing or a curse for the separation of the family.

But Li Wenlin here, for him, there is only one happy word, a big colorful happy word.

First of all, he became the third person in the house after his father and mother...... No, it's the second person in the house besides his father, and the woman in the house doesn't have a reason to put on the man's head, and secondly, he can pay money from the account at will.

On the evening of the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, Li Wenlin perfunctory a few words to A-Niang, took two hundred taels of silver from the account, went out of the house to meet Chen Yi, and went to the Miao family's new house in Sweet Water Lane together.

Years ago, he was busy with funerals and family separation, and he couldn't take care of anything, and after a few years, he learned about Miao's move from Chen Yi, which was very strange, but Chen Yi didn't know why Miao's suddenly moved to a place like Sweetwater Lane, Miao didn't say anything, only said that he was empty to play and recognize the door of his new home.

Chen Yi was very free in the New Year, but he had no money, and it was not good to be empty-handed for such a thing as He Housewarming, so he waited until the New Year and asked Li Wenlin to go over.

Sweet Water Lane is not too far from the place agreed by the two, Chen Yi and Li Wenlin simply walked in the car and went all the way to the Miao family's new house in Sweet Water Lane.

Miao's new house is neither big nor small, and like the rest of Sweetwater Lane, there are two big red lanterns hanging at the gate with white notes.

The Queen Mother is still in the national filial piety, no matter where the red lantern is, it has to be pasted with white paper.

Chen Yi looked around, pouted and shook his head, "Look at it, move to this place and hang such a lantern, this smell will immediately become vulgar, what does Sister-in-law Miao think?" How did you move to such a secular place? ”

"No, what's the difference between moving here and visiting a kiln? It's boring. Li Wenlin pouted.

The feeling of this good family and the prostitute family is very different.

The two of them just commented at the door, and in the half-hidden door, the mother-in-law had already seen the two of them, hurriedly pushed the door open, warmly and respectfully greeted them, and let the two in.

Miao took his daughter-in-law Tao, and two or three pretty girls, to welcome the second door together.

"Happy New Year to Third Master Li, Happy New Year to Fifth Young Master Chen. Li Sanye has reduced a lot, and I'm afraid it's been hard for a while. Miao Shi was at the front, talking affectionately with the two, and looked at Li Wenlin who had been 'cleared' with great pity.

"Sister-in-law Miao, Happy New Year, this house is not bad, it seems to be more spacious than Dongdazhi Street." Li Wenlin looked around and commented casually.

"Okay, how did you move here? This is Willow Lane, Flower Street, Sister-in-law Miao is a good family, and it is not good to move here. Chen Yi shook the folding fan, and then Li Wenlin's words.

"It's still a bento." Miao didn't dare to mention how to move here, so he quickly changed the topic, "Knowing that the two masters are coming, I specially prepared the food and drink that the two masters love, and Li Sanye has lost a lot of money, so I have to make up for it." ”

As Miao spoke, he pulled one by one, and the two of them entered the house affectionately.