Zhang Bao's letter of appointment was officially issued a few days later. Although there was already a rumor, the old lady was still surprised that her son was leaving home so early and going so far to become an official.

She said to her daughter-in-law who came to ask for peace: "It's such a long way, you have such a big belly, it's better to stay in Beijing and give birth." You don't have to worry about the third child, I'll send a reliable person to serve him. Tong smiled and said, "How dare you bother Eniang?" Although the distance is farther, we take the waterway, which is not hard, so Eniang does not have to worry. ”

Then the old lady said, "Are you having enough men to call for them?" Do you want me to send you a few more people? Tong said: "Xie Eniang, my daughter-in-law is planning to have two or three more family members, and my sister-in-law has already confessed, so I will call someone to pick it when I turn around." ”

The old lady said again, "Do you want to take Brother Duan'er with you?" According to me, there may not be a good gentleman in Guangzhou, and I don't know if there is a good riding and archery master, he will follow you for a few years, don't delay your own studies. ”

Tong still smiled and said: "The Mr. Su we invited is not bad in learning, Duanning's Ama is also a serious jinshi, with them, Duanning's studies will not be delayed, besides, there may not be no good Mr. in Guangzhou." As for the master of riding and archery, isn't there still a master Cheng? He has been teaching for so many years and has been teaching very well. ”

The old lady still didn't give up: "I just can't bear my grandson, it's rare that he is better than other brothers, and staying in Beijing, everything is complete, it's better than being outside." ”

Tong Shi smiled silently, in the past few months, Zhang Bao's performance and words and deeds have added a lot of confidence to her, and in the face of her mother-in-law, she is not as cowardly as when she first came back. She stood firm, and the old lady didn't want to mention it again.

The news that Sanfang is going to leave Beijing has stimulated some people, and it is inevitable that some people are secretly active underneath. Some family members in Fuyuan who didn't have a good errand on their turns, or servants who wanted to go further, each had their own thoughts and looked for a way to squeeze into the list of appointments. Tong and the second sister-in-law spent a total of half a day, carefully selected, and chose two family members, the man in one room is called Wang Er, and the other is called Zhou Lin, both husband and wife are young and honest and willing to work, and the children are not young, and they can go to work at the age of two or three. The rest of the people are not wanted.

After Qiu Ju knew that the main family was leaving, she was very uneasy, often sitting in a daze, and often making mistakes in her work.

Qiaoyun is most unaccustomed to her, so she is always sneering. She ignored it at first, but later saw that the other party's speech was unpleasant, so she said unconvinced: "You have backbone, let's solve the second master of Shun first." He came to you for three days and two times, and you are embarrassed to come to me? ”

Qiao Yunliu raised his eyebrows and said, "What he wants to do has nothing to do with me, I should never let him be." Seeing Qiu Ju pursing her lips disdainfully, she was even more angry.

At this time, the unlucky young master Shunning came to her, and as soon as she heard the voice of the little girl outside the house asking Shunning for peace, she picked up the scissors in the sewing basket and rushed out without saying a word, and said to Shunning: "Second Master Shun, please don't come again in the future." I have already said, never be small, if you want to force me, I would rather die in front of you now! With that, he picked up the scissors and put them around his neck.

Shunning has always been a soft and gentle person, how could he have thought that Qiaoyun would be so decisive? At the moment, he was so frightened that he said "don't mess around, don't mess around", and asked the little girls next to him to help pull it away, and it was easy to persuade Qiaoyun to put down the scissors, and before he could take a breath, Qiaoyun took three steps and made two steps to the upper room and knelt down, and said to Tong, who was startled by her: "Ask my wife to testify, the slave maid will swear here today, I would rather never marry someone for the rest of my life, and never be small, if you violate this oath, the sky will thunder!" ”

Shun Ning followed her in, and when she heard her say this, she was so anxious.

Tong glanced at his nephew and asked him, "Brother Shun, Qiaoyun said so, ...... you look?"

Shun Ning sighed helplessly: "I'm not such a wicked person, since she is so reluctant...... The aunt is in charge. Then he went back with his head bowed and sighed three times.

Tong said to Qiaoyun with a smile: "In the past, I underestimated you, but I didn't expect you to have such a heart." Don't worry, I will never force Yahuan to be a concubine. The people who have followed me, Xiaomei needless to say, used to have a little peach, who was married to a serious village outside the Guan, and now she is also a grandmother who is waiting. As long as you are with me, I will protect you for one day, and if you fancy any of your servants, come and tell me, and I will be your master. ”

Qiao Yun blushed and kowtowed, only to retreat, and was about to go back to the room, when she saw Qiu Ju looking at her in surprise under the porch, she raised her head and walked in front of her with a snort.

When Shuning came back from class and heard Chun Xing talk about it, she was also very surprised, she couldn't imagine that the beautiful and pungent Qiaoyun was such an assertive and backbone girl. In the Earl's Mansion, where the beautiful maids all want to be concubines for the old master and the young master, it is really rare to have such an outlier.

Although Qiaoyun has a bad mouth, often doesn't say good things, and didn't care much about Shuning when she first came, but after getting along for a long time, you can find that she is actually just a straightforward person, plus she likes to vomit. Shuning looked at her and felt a little similar to the Qingwen girl in "Dream of Red Mansions", so she also became close to her.

When such a girl arrives in their third room, it shouldn't end up like a tragedy like Qingwen, right?

====================I'm a dividing line ==================== I don't know what to say

Although there are many people who admire Qiaoyun's determination, the deep-rooted concept is not so easy to change, at least Qiu Ju has no intention of changing. She didn't want to go to the field with the master of the third room, and tried hard to persuade Qingning to take her house. Qingning was afraid of her mother's blame, so she couldn't make up her mind, but in the end, she couldn't beat the gentle net, and after a certain day of warmth, she finally agreed to ask her aunt for someone.

Unexpectedly, when the two of them came out of the house of the private meeting, they met the Nala clan and the Tong clan coming with a large group of people, and the two were startled. Qiu Ju hid behind her with a white face, Qing Ning asked her mother and aunt to say goodbye, and when she saw her wife's expressionless face behind her mother, she didn't know how to speak.

Nala sneered and said, "Can I stand you? In broad daylight, you are also a person with a wife and a concubine now, why are you still eating from the bowl and looking at the pot, and all the fragrant and smelly things are pulled into the house?! ”

Qing Ning retracted even more, and Qiu Ju's originally pale face suddenly turned red, and then turned white again.

Tong was angry that she was restless, but she didn't want to keep such a person by her side anymore, so she said to Nala's: "Sister-in-law, although you had a good intention at the beginning, but now I can't keep this girl, even if I stay, I can't keep her heart, so I should ask my sister-in-law to take her back." ”

Nala Shitie's face was blue, looking at the joy that flashed on Qing Ning's face, and he was even more angry: "What are you happy about?" Hearing your third aunt say this, do you think you must be able to fulfill your wish? In the past, I was afraid that you would delay the serious family affairs, so I sent this girl away, but now that you have become a parent, I didn't stop you from taking a few more people, if you have something to say, just open your mouth, what are you doing so sneaky? What a shame on you Amma and me! ”

Qingning lowered his head and said quietly: "This matter is my son's mistake, please be kind to my mother and let this girl follow me." ”

Nala was still blushing, and only after a while did he say, "Ask your daughter-in-law to go!" I can't control this! ”

Qing Ning hurriedly turned his head to the Li family: "*** milk, please help, I will remember your great kindness for the rest of my life." Saying that, several maids-in-law next to her were snickering, and Tong's also turned her back and held back her smile, but the concubine named Miguan had a crooked face.

Li Shi still looked expressionless, glanced at her husband lightly, and said: "Just do what E-Niang says, anyway, there is already one, and it is nothing to have one more." ”

Qingning was ashamed of this, and bowed again and again: "Thank you, Mrs., for raising your noble hand, if Mrs. sends anything in the future, I will never say anything." ”

Li Shi was unmoved, and Nala pointed at him and said, "You...... You ......" was so angry that he couldn't speak for a long time, and finally swallowed this breath, and turned to Qiu Ju, who was showing joy on his face on the side, and shouted: "What are you happy about?!" You think you're going to be an aunt?! Do your spring and autumn daydreams! You will be the girl in Brother Qing's room in the future, whether it is *** milk or aunt, if you are sent, you will give me a good life! If you're lazy, watch your skin! She snorted angrily, and then turned around and left with the Li family and the others, and when the honey official left, she glanced at Qing Ning faintly, and glared at Qiu Ju fiercely.

Seeing that everyone was gone, Tong glanced at Qiu Ju and said lightly: "Go back to the house and pack your own things, don't take the wrong person's belongings, and go over tonight." After that, he also took someone with him, and Qiao Yun sneered when he walked past Qiu Ju.

Qing Ning wiped the cold sweat on his forehead and said to Qiu Ju: "It's okay now, let's cross the bright road in the future." Qiu Ju agreed, feeling a little doubtful in her heart, feeling that this seemed to be a little different from what she thought, but the joy of officially accepting the house overwhelmed everything, and she didn't think about it anymore.

Tong mentioned Qiu Ju's matter to Zhang Bao in the evening, but Zhang Bao didn't care: "Since she has taken this road by herself, let's see her creation." ”

Tong nodded, and when he saw that his husband seemed to have something unspeakable, he asked, "My husband has something to say, why are you so embarrassed?" ”

Zhang Bao opened his mouth, but he didn't know what to say, and after a long while, he spoke: "Today, Ama mentioned the matter of Brother Duan'er. ”

Tong's hand trembled, raised his eyes and said, "Brother Duan'er? What's wrong? ”

Zhang Bao hesitated, but still said: "Ama thinks that Brother Duan'er is good at learning and riding and shooting, but his martial arts are poor, thinking that we will go to Guangzhou, so I will leave Duanning in Beijing, and it is easy to find a good gentleman and a good master here." ”

Tong was silent for a long time, and then said, "I can't bear it." ”

Zhang Bao hurriedly shook her hand: "Actually, why am I willing to do it?" But what Ama said is also reasonable, with the support of the brothers here and a good gentleman, Brother Duan'er will definitely make great progress in his studies. Besides, he is not too young, rather than letting him go to such a far place with us, it is better to leave him in Beijing to spend more time with other people's children, if he can make a few like-minded friends, it will also be beneficial to him in the future. ”

Tong couldn't help but redden: "What my husband said is certainly reasonable, but my son has grown so big and has never left me, how can you tell me to be willing?" ”

Zhang Bao hurriedly comforted her and said, "This is also for his good." As soon as you come, you will give birth in three months, and you will not be too busy to take care of the little one by the time, even if Brother Duan'er is by your side, you will not have the time to take care of him, so it is better to leave him in Beijing to learn more things. Second, since ancient times, there have been many failed mothers, and when he left his parents, he might become sensible, and when we come back after three years, he will already be successful. ”

Tong also understands these truths, but he is still a little worried: "Then what if we are not by his side, what if he is bullied?" ”

Zhang Bao said: "I also told Amma, he said that he would take more care of his children and not let their children be bullied by their cousins. Besides, since the fourth brother came back, Eniang has regarded Chunning as the meat of her heart, and those nephews have patronized the little cousin, how can they still take care of our son. ”

"But ...... over there"

"Okay, you just let the child go by himself, always protect him, how can he become a talent?"

Tong was finally persuaded by her husband to accept the fact that she was going to be separated from her most beloved son for three years.