The old lady almost got sick because the second master protected the prince, and even didn't recognize the second son, Mengxi was puzzled and asked:

"The second master is favored by the prince, this is a good thing, why is the old lady like this? My sister is stupid, I really can't figure it out."

"I think my sister stays in the boudoir all the year round, of course I don't know what happened in the court, the emperor has a total of four princes today, the eldest son Shangguan Honghui was born to the former queen, Emperor Jin was established as the crown prince in the year he ascended the throne, the second prince Shangguan Hongtao, the title of King Jin, the third son Shangguan Hongyue, the title of King An, King Jin and King An have fiefs, far away from Pingyang City, the little prince Shangguan Hongmian was born to the new queen now, because King Yan is the youngest, the king who was only crowned last year, has not yet been fiefdomed. The queen mother of King Yan is the niece of the queen mother, this king of Yan is the most favored by the queen mother, the queen and the queen mother have the intention of abolishing the prince to protect the king of Yan, and the current position of the prince is unstable. Our Xiao family, for so many years, has been prosperous, because of respect for the ancestral teachings, do not participate in the party struggle, I don't know what the second master is crazy, so he protects the prince, the eldest master knows this and is furious, because of these, this time the second master is critically ill and married, the second master dare not come back, and said that he can't get away, saying that he sent his cousin back, and said that the road was blocked, and now he hasn't arrived, I think the cousin doesn't dare to face the anger of the eldest master and the old lady. But the wood is already in the boat, and it's useless to be angry, so I discussed with the uncle how to save it, the second master is sick, and this matter is still hidden from the second master, hey, the things in the court, are changing rapidly, it's not something that our women should talk about, my sister just listens."

Mengxi listened and nodded. As he was talking, the little maid came in to report, the second master sent someone over, saying that the old lady had arranged a family banquet tonight, saw off the uncle, let the second grandmother go back earlier, and prepared to prepare, Mengxi listened, and hurriedly got up to leave, the eldest grandmother knew that the second master did not favor the second grandmother, and when she saw the second master coming over and called, she did not keep it, but said that when she had the opportunity to go out with the second master to inspect the business in the future, she wanted to go to her for a few days, Mengxi was also busy, and the eldest grandmother took her hand and sent it to the second door, and instructed the maid to serve the second grandmother carefully, It wasn't until the second grandmother's sedan chair went away that she turned around and went home.

When Mengxi took Zhiqiu's hand and walked into the main hall, Xiao Jun unexpectedly didn't go to the study, and was sitting there drinking tea with a cold face.

"Second master, uncle will go out tomorrow, the concubine just sent the prepared gift to the uncle and grandmother, and it happened that the uncle went to the outer study, and the concubine chatted with the grandmother for a while."

"In the future, like this kind of trivial matter, just send a maid to send it, you don't need to run in person, the old lady has prepared a family banquet for the uncle to see him off, and even the aunt will go together, they will come over immediately, you go down and prepare."

The second master sat there and didn't raise his head and said coldly, he knew that her body was not good, and this poisonous day went out and hurt her body, so he said this, he was very annoyed that she was so disobedient? So restless?

But Mengxi didn't think so, just after listening to the words of the eldest grandmother, she had already decided that the second master and the cousin were childhood sweethearts, and she was thinking about the cousin in her heart, so no matter how she looked at her, it was not pleasing to the eye, in short, everything she did was wrong, unless she went down to the court to beg, so now she directly ignored his attitude.

"The second master is right, the concubine will pay more attention in the future, and the concubine will go to freshen up and prepare" Mengxi said calmly, as if he didn't see Xiao Jun's anger.

Seeing that the second master didn't speak again, Mengxi blessed him, and walked out of the door with Zhiqiu's hand, Zhidong had already told her that everything had been moved to the East Wing, and Mengxi took Zhiqiu's hand and came directly to the East Wing.

As soon as he entered the door, Zhiqiu saw the simple layout in the house, and he was displeased, and opened his mouth to say to the second grandmother:

"Second grandma, it's a little shabby here, the slave maid will go back to the second master, and add some furniture"

Zhiqiu thinks that the Xiao family is rich, no matter how it is said, she is also the housewife, and no matter how unfavored she is, she is not bad for this money. Why is it difficult to do this too? She didn't know that this was all the second grandmother's idea, the second grandmother liked this simple and generous arrangement by nature, only thinking that the slave was bullying and deliberately making things difficult, and the second grandmother didn't want to open her mouth to ask for it, which made her suffer.

"No, that's fine, Xie Shi, when Xie Yu is in his prime, he lives in a lonely place"

Mengxi glanced at Zhiqiu and said.

Zhiqiu shook his head, I don't understand! But seeing that the second grandmother had made up her mind, she was not reluctant.

After Mengxi sat down, he was very curious when he saw Zhichun standing there and stopped talking, so he asked:

"Zhichun, what's the matter?"

"The second grandmother doesn't know, the slave maid went to the account room this afternoon according to the instructions of the second grandmother, and wanted to pay 50 taels of silver, but the account room said that the second grandmother is not at home and does not know the price of firewood and rice, and it will cost 50 taels when she goes out to play, which is enough for ordinary people for a few years, and the house is also tight for these two days, but it happens that the eldest master because of business matters, only yesterday he paid a large amount of cash, and now there is no cash in the treasury of the house, because the grandmother is the wife of the second master, and just entered the door, it is not easy to be harsh, so he made up 30 taels of money. If it was an aunt who came over, I would have sent it away."

Zhichun described aggrievedly, learning the sour voice of Mr. Bookkeeper beautifully, and several girls suddenly jumped up angrily:

"Second grandma, we can't just let them bully, we went back to the old lady, let the old lady be the master for us, how big is this Xiao Mansion, how can you miss these few taels of silver, it is obviously difficult for the second grandmother"

Zhixia shouted, Zhiqiu Zhidong also said yes, they all knew that they couldn't ask the second master to be the master of this matter.

Mengxi heard this, and said in his heart, there is that courage to embarrass the housewife in an account room, this is clearly instructed, thinking that the eldest lady attacked her, looking at the anger on the faces of the four maids, and I am also grateful that they can be so wholeheartedly for her, and then I thought about it, this is Xiao Mansion, this backyard is full of crises, and the water is deep, how can they be allowed to be like some simple scheming, it is time to beat them, so he coughed and said coldly:

"Shut up for me, the four of you listen to me, even in this garden, there are some things you do wrong, I may not be able to protect you, don't say anything about this yard, I will put my tail between my tails in the future, and the things that shouldn't be said are rotten in the stomach, so that people can find the wrong place, suffer, and get out, don't say that I can't save you when the second grandmother comes, do you hear!"

Mengxi is telling the truth, the eldest lady wants to find her fault, if she can't find it, she will definitely start with the people around her.

The four maids saw that the second grandmother was really angry, and immediately settled down, and Zhiqiu was busy serving the second grandmother to refresh, preparing to go to the family banquet in the evening.

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