Xue Chongyi smiled stiffly, Xue Mingbai and Xue Mingwei were also absent-minded and didn't know what they were thinking.

The old lady took a sip of soup, "Okay, I don't have anything here, you can go and see the second wife!" ”

Xue Chongyi raised his head, "I'm talking to my mother for a while." ”

The old lady said with a smile: "Since they are all back, it is also possible to come over in a while, there is such a big thing at home, the second wife is sick again, and Mingwei's wedding date has been set again, you can go back and take a look to arrange the rest of the matter." ”

Xue Chongyi nodded and stood up, "That son will go back and clean up first, and come to eat with his mother later." ”

The old lady smiled kindly, well, the house has not been so lively for a long time. ”

Xue Chongyi and a few people entered the second wife's room, and they heard the second wife's cough, Xue Mingwei walked a few steps quickly and followed Xue Chongyi into the inner room.

The cuckoo was patting the second wife on the back. The second wife coughed for a long time before she spit in the sputum box, and the maid hurriedly took weak tea to rinse her mouth.

Xue Mingwei hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Why is my mother so sick, do you want to find a few more Lang Zhong to see." ”

The second wife took a long breath and leaned on the big pillow, "I didn't feel anything at first, it's getting heavier and heavier these days, and it's useless to raise it." As he spoke, he looked at Xue Chongyi, and his eyes couldn't help but turn red.

The third lady also stepped forward and said, "The weather is getting colder and colder, how long will it take to drag it down, why don't you find a few more imperial doctors to see." ”

The second wife waved her hand and said, "How can it be so easy, it's useless to find it, there are those few prescriptions on the left and right." ”

The third lady comforted her again and got up and said, "Second sister-in-law, just rest well, I'll come back later." ”

When the people in the third room left, Xue Chongyi sat on the side of the second wife's bed and said softly: "You have worked hard in the past few days. ”

When the second wife heard this, she immediately cried, "I...... It's nothing...... Yijuan was also injured. ”

Xue Chongyi sighed and said: "I can't blame you for this, if you want to blame me, if Mingbai and I didn't go to accompany you, it wouldn't be like this." You have to take care of the whole family, but also take care of Yijuan, Yijing, without your mother can not be safe and sound, when I came back, I met the clan, I told the clan, after a while, at home banquet to give you a flush of illness. You have done such a big thing for the Xue family, how can you be silent......"

Second Mrs. Xue stopped her tears, turned her head to look at Xue Chongyi, and said sarcastically: "This mansion is all run by Rong Hua, how can I have any credit." ”

Xue Chongyi's face suddenly darkened, "Don't talk about this, can she still run a family as a teenage girl?" The entire Xue family is not in your control all the time, although the fourth brother knows a lot of things in the house in the capital, but looking at Rong Hua saying a few words in front of people, he thinks that she has done a lot of things, but in fact, it is not you, otherwise why would she not be hurt at all. ”

Second Mrs. Xue cried aggrievedly, "You think like this in your heart, but the other people in the house are not like this." Don't you listen to how many people praise Ronghua, I haven't worked as hard as her all these years. ”

Xue Chongyi gritted his teeth.

Xue Mingbai and Xue Mingwei didn't dare to chat, so they just listened to it from the side.

"Now that Rong Hua is pregnant, you all have to be careful, so as not to collide with her. Ming Rui invited the imperial doctor to come and see him, saying that he was unstable in the first few months. ”

Xue Chongyi became angry when he heard this, "Still let me accommodate her?" But I don't know that she still has a stupid brother in her family, don't let my Xue family be ashamed when she gives birth to a child in the future, that is the blessing of the Buddha, what else can you ask for? ”

Second Mrs. Xue said softly: "You can't say that. Rong Hua is the eldest daughter-in-law of the long house, the child in the belly is different from the others, and she can't miss it, even her mother has exempted her from the morning and dusk, if you let the people of the clan come to the house, maybe you have to say something, in case you get angry with her. ”

Xue Chongyi didn't expect his wife, who was unwilling to be wronged in front of him on weekdays, to be so weak, and looked at the second wife's pale lips, her face was dull, and her expression was even more condescending and depressed, and she unconsciously raised her voice, "I'll see what tricks she can make, and my mother can't let her go to the long room."

Second Mrs. Xue cried sadly, "Master, don't fight for the speed of your tongue, fortunately, the master, Mingbai, and Mingwei are all fine, and the affairs of the house are temporarily handed over to the eldest daughter-in-law, and I ......" choked up and couldn't continue.

Xue Chongyi said: "You can't just get hurt in vain. ”

Second Mrs. Xue sighed, "I mean, pull Xue Mingwei over and sit, "Mingwei's marriage is important, the master has to go to his mother to talk about it, even if he has to take care of Mingrui's face, but he can't be too wronged Mingwei, Chang Ningbo's family has said a few times, it is obvious that the scene is going to be bigger, and the sister's dowry is more, and our two families must always accommodate each other, so as not to let outsiders see jokes." ”

Xue Chongyi's eyes flickered, "I mentioned it to my mother, and my mother said that you can't mess with the rules." ”

Second Mrs. Xue's eyes widened, "Master doesn't care?" ”

Xue Chongyi said: "I don't care, I just have to talk to my mother slowly." ”

Mrs. Xue Er lay on the bed like deflated.

Xue Mingwei and the others were just about to leave, when the mother-in-law came into the house and said, "A housekeeper mother from Changningbo Mansion is here. ”

It must be to explain the marriage of the mist.

Second Mrs. Xue stood up, "Let me in." ”

"The emperor summoned Prince Ying into the palace."

Prince Zhuang let him grind the ink and continued to write, "What did you say?" ”

The secret agent said: "The emperor asked Prince Ying to write a memorial to the eighth prince. ”

This is not new, Prince Ying, the idle prince, will also dance Emperor Wen to let Prince Ying return to Beijing on an errand, but the errand was not completed I heard that the eighth prince was seriously ill, and Prince Ying went straight to accompany the capital again, and completely forgot about the errand, can such a person be a prince in the future?

Although he suffered a loss in the court this time, he was the real winner. Prince An was given to death without waiting for the captivity, Prince An's mansion was sealed, and the emperor casually gave a mansion to the prince, and Prince An's family was finished. The imperial concubine was demoted to Concubine Hua, and the Cai family was implicated in the case of Zhao Xin, the Marquis of Yicheng, more than a dozen people, all of whom were important officials of the imperial court.

Although the emperor has not ordered him to be appointed as the prince now, with his power in the court, the overall situation has been decided.

For the sake of insurance, he still has to let people keep an eye on the Xue family, in case there is really something in the hands of the eldest princess Heshuo who can turn the overall situation around, he must get the things in his hands one step ahead of others.

Rong Hua picked up her grandson's admiration in front of the old lady, and the old lady asked Mother Li to take the prepared golden lock.

After the red lacquered Shuangji box with gold wire inlaid with treasure was opened, there were nine big gold locks inside, and the locks were engraved with ruyi patterns, Rong Hua picked up a gold lock and looked at it carefully, and said with a smile: "How can there be so many." ”

The old lady smiled: "These golden locks were worn when I was a child, and they were replaced every two years, and the largest one after the flute was worn until before marriage, and the emperor's special order office was made, and the gems on them were carefully selected all over the capital, and I couldn't find anything comparable to it." After a pause, "If you are a boy in this litter, you will use these locks for your offspring, and you don't need to pick another one." ”

Rong Hua hurriedly said: "How can this work." Such a valuable thing, the old lady should stay by her side. ”

The old lady deliberately straightened her face, "What's the use of me staying around?" Life does not bring death and does not take it, it is serious to be able to pass it on. ”

Having said that, but the children and grandchildren want to be okay, and the golden lock is still too valuable......

The old lady asked Mother Li to cover the box, "Besides, I gave these things to my grandson."

Rong Hua lowered his head and smiled shyly, "Old lady, it's a great-grandson and great-granddaughter. ”

The old lady laughed and said, "Look I'm confused." ”

As soon as the old lady's laughter fell, Qian took Chang Ningbo's housekeeper mother into the house.

The housekeeper's mother politely saluted the old lady and Rong Hua, and the old lady smiled and said, "Sit down, how is the in-law lady?" ”

The housekeeper's mother smiled and bent her eyes, "Okay, it's just that my family has not recovered yet, and my wife can't leave, so she sent me over." ”

It's to discuss the dowry of Miss Ren's fourth! Rong Hua said: "I'll go over and see if the dim sum in the kitchen is ready." ”

The old lady smiled: "Go and see, but be careful." ”

Rong Hua ate a snack, and drew two patterns with Jinxiu, Jinxiu raised his head and looked at Rong Hua a few times, and couldn't help but say: "The second master said everywhere that it was the credit of the second wife." ”

Rong Hua smiled slightly, "Then what do you say?" Explain to him or stop him? ”

Jinxiu sighed, "I really didn't expect to reverse black and white." ”

Rong Hua smiled, "In the end, he doesn't have the final say, the second room can't buy all the subordinates, although she is a concubine, she is not ignorant of the world, some news everyone would rather listen to the private spread of the subordinates, and will not believe the news officially released outside, not to mention the words of the second room." "Since the second room is going to perform, she might as well watch the play on the sidelines, anyone can do kung fu on the surface, and it is important to be able to grasp the actual thing, just like the current Qian family.

Did you go and ask? ”

Jinxiu said: "I asked, I was about to tell the young lady." The people below all say that they are willing to work hard, and they are kind to people on weekdays, and they never find fault with their subordinates, but this time they are very happy to be in charge of the family. ”

Rong Hua nodded and brought water to drink.

"I've heard from a few mothers-in-law that those housekeepers who use milk often deduct people's monthly rules because of trivial things on weekdays, and those mothers-in-law can probably be more restrained."

Rong Hua put down the tea bowl. Then let's see if the Qian family is really weak, if it is, she will definitely succumb to the second wife, and she will definitely not change the second wife's past routines. If you have the courage to speak for your subordinates, the appearance of cowering on weekdays makes people suspicious.

To see clearly that a person is not a matter of one day or two, since the Qian family has taken care of the house, she is happy to take care of the fetus, and slowly observe on the side.

Rong Hua and Jinxiu talked and Yao brought snacks into the house, "The old lady also sent it over there, and the old lady tasted it and said it was delicious." ”

Rong Hua smiled, she just asked the kitchen to make sweets for a while, but she didn't expect the old lady to like to eat too.

Chūn Yao looked left and right and lowered his voice and said: "The slave maid heard the housekeeper's mother in Changningbo's mansion say that the marriage between the third master and Miss Ren Si will be handled according to the discussion in the house, but there may be more items around the young lady, so you have to pick a good day to move over early in the morning." ”

Rong Hua couldn't help but be a little surprised, this is not quite like Miss Chang Ningbosi's usual habit of doing things, a Shi Mi is still so lively as Si, when it comes to her marriage, how can she have a reason for being wronged, she must be glorious, but she didn't expect to use this roundabout method.

Miss Chang Ningbo has always been favored, and what she refuses to agree to must be Mrs. Ren's master. The housekeeper's mother of Chang Ningbo Mansion came to the door so quickly, and Miss Chang Ningbo must have figured it out.

Rong Hua smiled slightly, this method of not only taking care of face but also not suffering losses is like Yaohua's handiwork. Yaohua did this not only to show in front of Mrs. Ren, but also to have other intentions!

Money is the most appealing thing.

Rong Hua turned his head and asked Hongying how she has been doing these days? ”

Chūn's face tightened, "Yesterday I saw her secretly rubbing her chest in the yard. As he spoke, he lowered his eyes, "Do you want to find out who it is......

This kind of thing will come to light sooner or later, but she can't afford to wait for Qi Hongying.

Chūn Yao has been in Tao Mansion for the longest time, and he has always known about this matter, "I'm afraid that the young lady will be harmed in the future, who is willing to admit this kind of thing, how can Hongying talk nonsense about it." ”

Rong Hua said: "Even if I call Hongying to ask her now, she will tell the truth?" ”

Chūn Yao was speechless for a while, turned his head to look at Jinxiu, Jinxiu gritted his teeth, "Young lady, we want to ...... Hongying is not old either

Calling the house? It's not that she didn't think about it, but sending Hongying out like this is tantamount to sending Hongying to a dead end. I don't know if I have a child in my belly, how do I tell someone? This is one of them. Such an unexplained exit from the house will inevitably disgrace the Xue family, which is the second. So she won't do anything until she understands everything.

Rong Hua looked at Jinxiu, "It's hard for you to work hard during this time, so you take turns to be in the house at night." ”

Jin Xiuqi nodded.

"Don't go to the Red Desire side to investigate." Hongying and Hongyu are often together, and Hongyu will inevitably notice it after a long time.

As he was saying this in the house, Feng Lichang's family entered the house with a smile, "Young lady, the slave maid has taken Rui Qing into the house." ”

Rong Hua said with a smile: "Go and tell the steward to enter the three gates according to the rules of the house." ”

Xue Chongyi said with a smile: "I said earlier that Chang Ningbo's family is not ordinary. Where these rules are used, we can explain them again, and they must be properly placed. ”

Second Mrs. Xue also had a smile on her face, "What did the old lady say?" ”

Xue Chongyi said: "Mother is naturally happy, it is rare for a marriage to go so smoothly." Chang Ningbo's family did not delay the marriage because of the accident in our family, but accommodated everything, and this time we wanted to save face. ”

When Second Mrs. Xue heard Xue Chongyi's words, she thought of her embarrassment, her face was hot, and she couldn't get used to Xue Chongyi's complacency, and sneered: "Do you think that Chang Ningbo's family is dedicated to our family? If I hadn't reminded Chang Ningbo's family, where would there be today's situation. ”

Xue Chongyi put away some smiles and looked at the second wife, "I know in my heart that it's all you." ”

Second Mrs. Xue coughed twice, "Now let everyone in the mansion know that our Ming Wei is married to a serious lady who is different from the concubine who was born outside the mansion." ”

Xue Chongyi also sneered: "I originally thought that if something happened to her mother's family, she would be able to restrain a little, but who knew that it would become even worse." ”

Second Mrs. Xue said: "There is no need to worry, the old lady also knows the duty of the eldest daughter-in-law, so she will hand over all the affairs of the family to the eldest daughter-in-law." Since it is said that the eldest and youngest are orderly, we are not separated, and it is not that we are fighting with the big house, the eldest daughter-in-law entered the door early and gave birth to Brother Run, even if the housekeeper is the eldest daughter-in-law, it is not Tao Ronghua's turn. ”

Xue Chongyi smiled: "I think my mother also means this." "Two daughters-in-law, a housekeeper, and a maiden family to rely on, their second room is not the most beautiful?" Mingwei's family affairs must be handled well, and I will invite the people in the clan to take a look. ”

Rui Qing and a few people looked a little restrained, Yao pulled Rui Qing to sit down, and said with a smile: "Although we have entered the Xue family, it is still a few of us who are common, and the young lady's temper sister also knows, as long as my sister is here with peace of mind, we will also have one more companion." ”

Rui Qing smiled slightly, and there was still Yu Zhiyao in her eyebrows, knowing that Rui Qing was sad for the old lady, but she couldn't persuade her to do this, so she could only wait for her mood to slowly calm down.

Rui Qing remembered something and said to Rong Hua, "The family is still saying that thanks to the young lady, the master was not convicted."

She really didn't know about Tao Zhengan.

"How's my mother's illness?"

Rui Qing said: "I don't see how good, I drink some decoction and medicine as usual every day, and the second master and the second wife bought a yard outside to prepare the eldest lady to move out when she is better." He said, "The second wife is worried about the affairs of the house, but she doesn't know what to do, after all, the eldest lady should be in charge of the family." ”

The Tao family has been separated, and the second master Tao Zhengqian and the second wife Wang are just helping in the house, and they can't be the master after all.

Rong Hua said: "What is going on in the house? ”

Rui Qing shook her head, "Not good." Since the last time I entered the mansion in the yamen, the family has been ......"

The Tao family has a big business, and the uncle and uncle took the silver money from the eldest wife's house, and the old lady also needs a large amount of silver for the funeral. The silver left by the old lady was originally enough for expenses, but because the people in the clan were watching closely, Tao Zhengan wanted to make the old lady's funeral a big deal, and the silver was naturally not enough. After Tao Zhengan was arrested, the funeral shelf was already there, so she had to do it hard, and she asked people to take another hundred taels of silver to the Wang family, which can be regarded as a beginning and an end. After the old lady's funeral, it was up to the Tao family to support the entire Tao family.

Rong Hua thought of the scene when Rui Qing and the old lady accompanied her into the house to kowtow to her, and everyone seemed to be relieved.

Rui Qing said: "The clan has also taken back a few shops managed by the eldest master, and the harvest in Zhuangzi this year is not good, and I am afraid that the family will not be able to support it for a few days." ”

Without cash, they can only find ways to sell antiques or Zhuangzi, but the officers and soldiers have broken a lot of things when they enter the mansion. Rui Qing pointed out that the second wife of Tao Wang's family was worried about the affairs of the house, probably because she had no silver but could not sell the things in the house