Although the original small date has not been set, the preparations that should be made by the Tong family have been doing, and the things that have been prepared now have six or seven percent, so although the time is a little rushed, if you don't want to pay attention to it, there is no big problem.

The shoes, hats and clothes that were going to be used for the return gift had already placed an order with a familiar shop, but it was not completed in time. Fortunately, Shuning had been recuperating in the house before, and did a lot of needlework when she was bored, so Tong simply put together a few clothes she made for Tongying, plus the shoes and hats she had prepared, and made two boxes of gifts. Although it is not as meticulous as what is made in the store, because it is made by Shuning herself, the meaning is not ordinary. Shuning couldn't care about the embarrassment after being discovered by her mother, so she just buried herself in sorting out her cosmetics and the clothes and jewelry she was going to wear that day.

The banquet directly found the second room, asked them to send a few chefs from the restaurant over, and then went to Sijiuji to buy 20 kinds of fruits, which were four meats, four honey, four dry, four fresh, four dim sum, etc. It was too late to tie up the Xi shed, so he rearranged the Rongqing Hall and invited the Shen family of the fourth room and the Xitara family of the big room to accompany him. After this purchase, it actually looks like it.

On the day of Xiaoding, the successor of Prince Jian's mansion, the Fujin Borzigit clan, came in person, but there was no shadow of Tongying's sister-in-law, the Guerjia clan. Although Borzigit is Tongying's stepmother, she is actually only in her twenties, not much older than Li. She is very different from the Mongolian girl with thick eyebrows and big eyes, who is fit and tall on weekdays, she is completely the appearance of a native Manchu in the capital, with thin eyebrows and fine eyes, a fair complexion, and an indescribable style at the corners of her eyes and eyebrows. Right now, she's a little pale and wearing flat shoes. When walking, I always hold my stomach consciously or unconsciously, but in fact, my abdomen is not prominent. When others asked, they said casually, "It's nothing." A few days ago, I felt a little unwell and asked a doctor. said that he had a body again. ”

Although she was very satisfied with the "in-laws" Tong family's echoing of her opinion and countering the delay of the officials of the Ministry of Rites, she still had some doubts about how the other party suddenly changed his mind. In this regard, Tong Shi said vaguely: "It's also a day that is not possible, given by the Ministry of Rites." It's too late. I stayed in Beijing for several months, leaving the children in Baoding alone, and no one took care of it, and it was not a problem. So I thought about getting the wedding done as soon as possible, so that I could go to Baoding as soon as possible, so as not to leave him there alone. ”

Borzigit thought he understood what she meant, and said knowingly: "The in-laws are right, this man, you have to be optimistic at all times." You can't stay away for too long, otherwise, who knows if someone will take advantage of the opportunity to make it bad. She also thought that Tong might have received some bad message suddenly. If you have to go to your husband in a hurry, you will suddenly advance the date.

Tong knew she had misunderstood. There is no explanation either. Let her teach her nieces and daughters-in-law face-to-face in a tone that has come over. Shen listened, and glanced at Tong with the corners of his mouth slightly bent. Shuning wore a water-red flag suit today. dressed up neatly, put on light makeup, sat on the couch obediently, and hung his head silently. Listening to the words of those women, I secretly smiled in my heart, but my face had to be stiff, pretending to be a lady.

When Borzigit saw it, he smiled and said to Tong: "Look at your girl's delicate appearance, dignified and demure, our second brother is really a good blessing, the two are really a natural pair." Tong replied with a smile: "It's all the emperor's grace." ”

Borzigit smiled, and asked the accompanying grandmother and girl to present four boxes, and opened them to see that one was filled with gold bracelets, gold rings, gold inlaid with jade, one was inlaid with beads, one was inlaid with jewels, one was embroidered clothes, and the other was filled with clothing. Borzigit took a pair of gold bracelets, took Shuning's hand, put them on her with a smile, and said in his mouth: "Look at these hands, they are like shallots, and they look like a blessed person." ”

Shuning was hard to put on the bracelet, her hands hurt very much, but she had to pretend to be a little dignified and a little shy, and she didn't dare to show a little unhappy, until Borzigit turned around, she quickly raised her eyes to look at her mother, and was frightened by Tong's sharp eyes and lowered her head again.

Tong smiled and talked to the Borzigit clan, and when he saw that this small ceremony was completed, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief, so he asked the second concubine to present four boxes of return gifts, which were a box of the four treasures of the best study produced by Songzhu Zhai, a box of clothes, a box of shoes and hats, and a box of brocade satin, which looked better than the box of clothes sent by Prince Jian's mansion. She smiled: "The clothes, shoes and hats are all made by the little girl, and the work is not good, but it makes you laugh." ”

Borzigit glanced at it a few times and said hurriedly: "How come? Such a good needle and thread is rare nowadays. She chatted with the Tong family, the Shen family, and the Li family's Xitara clan for a while, and suddenly remembered someone: "I heard that the second lady of Fushang Di is a famous beauty and talented girl, why don't you see it today?" ”

The two of Li froze and glanced at Tong quickly, but Tong said casually: "Oh, that child is not very good, we just sent her to the village a few days ago." She glanced at Borzigit's expression, rolled her eyes, and sighed: "Actually, speaking of which, this girl in our family is really hard, she has been a top-notch since she was a child, but she suddenly vomited and leaked during the draft, so she missed the saint's reading, and when she was cured, the marriage was over, so she had to go home." Children are already aggrieved, but there are always people who love to chew their tongues and say inconsequential things. She was not in good health, and she became ill. Our family felt that there were many people in Beijing, so we thought about sending her to the countryside to raise her for a few days, and then come back when she was well. ”

Borzigit thought crookedly again: "I see, it seems that most of the rumors outside are not true. I said, we have all experienced this draft, and it is difficult to say what twists and turns there are, and the most hateful thing is that there are always people who like to talk irresponsible and ruin people's reputations! ”

A hint of fierceness flashed in her eyes, and then she put on an amiable appearance again, turned her head to Shu Ning and said, "People outside don't know me, and they always like to say that I'm not a good person." I'm sure the girl has heard of it, right? Don't believe it! I'm the most talkative, and everyone with me knows it. It's just that some ill-intentioned people want to ruin my reputation. If you marry into our house in the future, you should also be careful, concubines, concubines, there are always some people who love to make trouble. You have been wronged. Just tell me. In addition to the prince and me, there is also the eldest brother, if someone uses the name of the elder to suppress you. Don't be polite to them! You are the daughter-in-law of our Prince Jane's mansion, not just anyone can bully the ground! ”

Prince Jane's Mansion followed several grandmothers and girls hurriedly echoed. Shuning got goosebumps when she heard this, so she could only answer in a low voice. Borzigit looked at it, smiled and nodded with satisfaction.

Tong smiled and pulled up something else. At this time, Zhenzhen walked in the door and said, "Mother-in-law." The banquet in front of you has been prepared, do you invite Fujin to sit down? ”

Seeing this, Borzigit smiled and said, "Yo, this is your daughter-in-law?" What a look. Tong Shi hurriedly said: "You have won the award, this is the daughter of General Wudan's family, and she only married our brother Duan at the beginning of this year." Also called Zhenzhen: "There are really no rules, don't you want to see Prince Jian Fujin?" ”

Zhenzhen said yes, and Borzigit smiled and waved his hand: "There is no need for this, they are all in-laws." Then he took a closer look at Zhenzhen. Tong coughed lightly and said, "The banquet is going to start ahead." Look at ......" Borzigit smiled, and followed Tong and the others to the front.

As soon as they disappeared from the doorway, Shuning breathed a sigh of relief. The whole person relaxed, and he had been sitting upright for so long just now. They all froze. Jin-jin came in through the door at this time. Seeing this, he smiled and said: Invincible Kong Xuanranwen: "This is tired? I'm teaching you a good idea, aren't you? ”

Shuning tugged at the corners of her mouth: "It's good, just pretend to be a wooden person and sit." Don't look up at people, is this your experience? ”

Zhenzhen smiled: "It just works." They have gone to Rongqing Hall now, and it is estimated that they will not come back, but just in case, don't change your clothes and remove your makeup first, and I will ask someone to bring food when you go back, so don't go out. ”

Shuning nodded, watched her leave, and stretched her waist. After a while, Su Xin came in with a bowl of glutinous rice balls and sugar water, and said, "The young grandmother asked me to give this to the girl to eat, saying that she would eat in the evening." Shuning nodded, took it and ate it carefully, trying not to touch the rouge on her lips.

After eating, she thought for a while and asked Su Xin, "Did you hear any news from the bamboo courtyard today?" Frangipani replied, "I've been staying here since the morning, but I heard the eldest grandmother talking to the fourth lady before, and mentioned that the eldest lady had a bowl of porridge this morning, and I think it's better." ”

Shuning nodded, stretched her neck to see that there was no one outside, beckoned Su Xin to come closer, and asked in a low voice, "Is there any news about going out to find someone?" ”

Su Xin shook her head and replied in a low voice, "There is no news." I heard that the two stewards sent out searched for a day in Wanping, but they didn't find any trace of the second girl, and they should have left. ”

Shuning thought for a while and said softly: "This matter is very important, you know it." Presumably, the people in the house also have some sense. Some people may see that the eldest aunt is sick and the eldest sister-in-law is young, so they ignore the ban and discuss the matter casually. If it spreads, it's not just the big house that will be affected. My mother will not sit idly by and watch this happen, and she will definitely use some thunderous means. A lowly person, no one cares whether he lives or dies, and some decent ones happen to be used as rafts. You have a lot of family, relatives and friends, so you might as well remind them not to be in it. Otherwise, my mother will never be appeased. ”

After Wanning ran away, she was worried for a while, and gradually came back to her senses. This is not the business of the big family, their third and fourth rooms will be greatly affected, and even the second room of the separated family and Aunt Fuli and Sister Fang Ning from the place of marriage will also be affected, so it is important to prevent the situation from deteriorating. Judging from her mother's quick decision to set a date in advance, she would not easily let this matter affect her family, so in order to reduce the number of people punished, Shuning herself decided to do something.

Frangipani has a large population, and it is distributed throughout the Earl's Court and various industries, and the scope of the marriage is almost all the families and families, if the news from her side spreads, it will be able to stop the spread of rumors, but the next thing depends on the courage of the Zhang's family. As a result, just as she thought, there were many servants sent out to find people, and gossip had already spread in the house. Jin Bao wanted to pretend that nothing had happened, and still went back to the yamen on a business trip, but Nala was sick in bed and could not be a director, and Li had no experience in this area, so he could no longer stop the news from spreading. At this time, Tong put aside his worries, resolutely intervened in the housework, resorted to thunderous means, killed a few mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law who chewed their tongues, and successively removed several stewards from their posts and escorted them to Zhuangzi to be strictly guarded, and the male and female servants who were punished for casually discussing the rights and wrongs of the master's family. There are more than 20 people.

As soon as her high-pressure policy came out, the people below suddenly quieted down, and because there were two very decent housekeepers' daughters-in-law among the dead people. Even the old people in the house didn't dare to say anything more. However, they were somewhat dissatisfied, and gossiped in front of Nala. But Nala knew the necessity of Tong's actions. She didn't want her daughter's affairs to spread all over the city, so she decided to stand on the Tong side and pushed back those old people very coldly.

However, the Li family and the Xitara family were deeply shocked, and the former was even more because he followed the Tong family. I have learned a lot of ways to manage my family, and I can say that I have benefited a lot.

Later, the Tong family had a secret conversation with the Nala family for a long time, and after they came out, several news gradually spread in the house. It is said that the second girl was depressed because of the draft loss and was sent to Zhuangzi to recuperate; It is also said that a girl in the eldest lady's house stole a lot of property and eloped with a manservant, and the eldest lady was angry and sick, and sent someone to look for it outside; It is also said. The girl who eloped was not from the wife's house, but from the second girl's house, because the girl was not there. took the opportunity to roll up his things and escaped...... And so on and so forth.

These news are plausible, all in order to prevent rumors from going out of the house. I made it up. So. No matter what news is unfavorable to Wanning outside, it can also be confused. But. As soon as this kind of news spreads, everyone in the know knows that the rumored maid and the manservant are afraid that they will not be able to save their lives.

Shuning couldn't quite accept this, although what she said to Su Xin before made the Zhou family and several close families not get involved, but among the people who died before, there were people she recognized, and now, someone was about to be sacrificed, she felt very uncomfortable.

Seeing this, Tong said lightly: "If you don't do this, things will only get worse and worse." What's more, those people dared to help the second girl do this kind of thing, and they shouldn't have stayed. Even Qiaoyun and the others who have been waiting since childhood were all locked up in the firewood room by the board, not to mention these who came halfway? As for the people who died before, they were all to make an example of chickens and monkeys. Originally, the servants in this house had all kinds of bad problems, and I used to take care of your aunt, so I didn't say anything. Now that this is a matter of the whole family, how can I let the daughter of the big house affect our family. ”

Shuning lowered her head a little ashamedly, didn't speak, Tong's heart softened, and said, "You kid, everything is good, but your heart is not hard enough." Maybe you're still young, so it's inevitable. But what you see and hear today must be firmly remembered in your mind, and when you take charge of the family in the future, you must not tolerate this kind of thing. How many powerful families are bad in the hands of Diao slaves! ”

Shuning nodded silently.

The people who were sent out to find Wan Ning and his party reported one after another that there was no news. Later, some people inadvertently discovered that on the way back to Beijing, there was a teashop Xiao Er who had seen someone similar to Fang Qingge. Following this clue, I found that Wanning and his party turned back to Jinjing Avenue at that time, and then walked north from the fork in the road, and finally found their traces in Huairou.

When the news reached the Earl's Palace, everyone was worried, not knowing where Wan Ning was going. But Shuning thought about it carefully and felt that she most likely went to Chengde Summer Resort. When Tong heard this, he felt that the matter was very important, and hurriedly informed the Nala clan. Jin Bao and his wife were shocked, and Jin Bao even sent people to Chengde overnight to quietly inquire about whether there was any news of women entering the royal hunting ground and the palace.

This year's Mid-Autumn Festival has passed hastily, and no one is in the mood to celebrate. Zhang Bao went home for the festival as promised, and learned that his daughter Xiaoding had passed, and he was a little sorry, but he was very angry about his nephew's reckless behavior, so he discussed it with his wife, and when this matter was over, he would go back to Baoding as soon as possible, otherwise he would go back to Fangshan to stay. Only Duanning and his wife, because Duanning had to go to the military department, they couldn't leave.

Time passed in a hurry, and in the blink of an eye, it was September, and the holy car was going back to Beijing.

Although the Earl's Court had never heard of Wan Ning, it had caught the manservant who had gone with her and had quietly brought it back to Beijing. From his mouth, he learned that Wan Ning was really going to the holy driver, and he was worried about it, and he didn't know what would happen to the family after the holy car came back.

But to everyone's surprise, on the night of the Holy Driver's entry into Beijing, several eunuchs and palace maids and a group of guards sent Wanning back, but the person was lying on a stretcher. Without waiting for Nala to cry and scold his daughter, the eunuch headed by Na first revealed a surprising news.

Wanning was assigned by the emperor to the four princes as a side room because of her meritorious service in rescuing the driver and saving the four princes.