Ning hurriedly glanced at the situation in the store, and sure enough, two men were blocking the boss, and two more were guarding the door, so he quietly put down the book, took a step back, and saluted: "Fifth elder brother is fine." ”

Seeing this, the fifth elder brother smiled bitterly: "You...... It doesn't have to be so polite. Shu Ning was unmoved, lowered her eyebrows and asked, "Why is the fifth elder brother here?" The fifth elder brother replied, "I went to the White Pagoda Temple to ask for a scripture for the emperor's grandmother, and when I saw your servants, I knew that you were here, so I ...... I have something to ask for. ”

"I don't know what's going on?"

"This ......" The fifth elder brother paused, not knowing how to speak, so he organized the language in his heart.

Shuning waited for a long time, but he didn't wait for him to snort, although his face was not revealed, he was a little impatient in his heart, and glanced at the outside of the store, Su Xin had already realized that something was wrong, and she was so anxious at the door that she jumped to her feet, but was blocked by the two guards and couldn't get in.

Finally, the fifth elder brother finally organized what he wanted to say, to the effect that he is now training in the army, eating and living in the barracks, rarely returning to the capital, and even if he comes back, he is usually in the palace, and he has little time to go out.

Shu Ning listened and guessed, could it be that the eldest aunt Nala wanted to create the image of a serious girl for her daughter? Then I heard the fifth elder brother say: "I accidentally met Sister Ling's maid ring in your mansion, and I heard that Sister Ling is not doing very well now, and she has suffered a lot. I couldn't get any details, so I was so anxious. I wonder how she's doing now? ”

Shuning said calmly: "Second sister is fine, she was just learning the rules before, and now Mama Jiaoxi has left." Fifth brother don't have to worry. ”

The fifth elder brother was overjoyed, paused, took out a letter from his arms, and said, "Thank you, Miss Shuning." Yin took the liberty and wanted to ask you to help deliver a letter, but as a friend, I wanted to care about and comfort Sister Ling. It didn't mean anything else. Can the girl ......?"

Shuning stared at the letter that was already slightly worn on the edge. The black line was endless, thinking that these five elder brothers and Wan Ning were really a couple, and they would invariably find her as a postman. But last time, it can be said to be a gift for others, but this time it is a real "love letter", even if it is under the guise of "friendship", but in the eyes of others, it is still a love letter. It's clearly a bomb. If you get it, you're out of luck. Since she was yin by Wan Ning in the purse last time, she has already made up her mind that she will never touch Wan Ning's "love affair", not to mention, this time she is helping outsiders to send things.

She had already made up her mind, so she made a straight face and said, "Fifth Elder Brother is wrong!" Don't you know that such private giving and receiving is the biggest taboo in the boudoir?! You want me to do something like this. But who do you think of me?! ”

The fifth elder brother's face turned red. argued: "I don't mean anything else, just a greeting...... "He was originally raised by strict discipline, but he was influenced by Wanning. He already knows how to be flexible, but he also knows that this matter is not in accordance with the rules and etiquette, so as soon as he was rejected by Shuning Zhengse, he felt very ashamed.

Shu Ning put on an awe-inspiring look and said, "You don't have to say more, I'll treat you as if I've never seen you today, so please go back." After saying that, he raised his feet and left, but suddenly had the idea of Yin Wanning, so he slowed down his voice and said: "If the fifth elder brother really has a heart, why don't you ask the palace for an order?" Now the white Arowana suit, privately taught and received, what's the meaning? The fifth elder brother was silent, and could only watch her summon Yahuan to leave, and for a long time, he sighed helplessly.

Shuning came out in a cold sweat, fortunately, Wuwu is a good child, as long as he plays a moral signboard, he can be persuaded to retire, if he is replaced by someone else, he may not be so easy to speak.

Hurriedly returning to the temple along the side door, Suxin breathed a sigh of relief and confessed to Shuning, saying that she should not persuade the girl to go out, let alone leave the girl's side. Shuning said lightly: "It has nothing to do with you, they originally went out of the temple, we have already left the order, even if they are still in the temple, they will still come to the door." She paused and lowered her voice: "This incident is treated as if it never happened, you don't tell others, if anyone asks, just say that we walked around the temple by ourselves." Frangipani replied with a low "yes".

It's not a good thing to spread this kind of thing, and she doesn't know what Wanning thinks, or whether it's better to hide it. As for Wuwu's side, he shouldn't spread this kind of thing everywhere. However, the most regrettable thing is that Fang Cai's book, which came out without buying it in a hurry, and she was just turning to the part of the mountain above, which was near the courtyard.

Shuning took Frangipani and walked along the main hall for a while, and when the monks in the temple took a family of officials to visit the White Pagoda, they followed and visited again, and then returned to the ashram where Fang Ning and the others were. Mrs. Hitara has returned.

Fang Ning asked, "Where have you been?" How did you go for so long? Shu Ning smiled: "I walked around casually, and I just heard someone introduce the origin of the white tower, which is a little interesting." Then he sat down across from her, and accidentally caught a glimpse of the ivory hairpin on Fang Ning's head was missing, and replaced with a white hosta, which seemed to have been worn on the ground on Mrs. Shumulu's head. Fang Ning found out what Shuning was looking at, her face flushed slightly, and she lowered her head again.

At this time, an old monk came in with two small novices, and after greeting the ladies and girls, they began to chat. Shuning recognized the old monk as the abbot of the temple, and seemed to be quite familiar with the two wives, although he was already seventy or eighty years old, his body was still tough, and his speech was funny. It's just that what he said was all stories about believers who were rewarded for their good deeds, and the others listened to it with great interest, but Shuning felt a little bored, and her heart moved, so she summoned Frangipani and quietly gave a few orders, and Frangipani took the order.

Not long after, Yihai came,

Go back, your family. When I came to the mountain gate, I found that Fang Ning and Shuning's Yahuan Ning hurriedly said: "I asked the girl to ask for two Buddhist scriptures to go back, and she will probably be back soon." As she spoke, Frangipani came back, holding a small package in her hand, and it was obvious that it was a book. Mrs. Hitara didn't think so, and asked someone to find Chunyan, and after about half a pillar of incense, she saw Chunyan hurrying over. Fang Ning felt a little embarrassed, so she scolded lightly: "I didn't see you when I just spoke." It must be that you are running around again, and you don't come over quickly. Chunyan didn't say anything, just lowered her head and helped Fangning get into the car.

The Shuning sisters still took Mrs. Hitara's carriage, and when they arrived at the archway, they said goodbye to Shu Mulu's mother and son, and then returned to the Earl's Palace. Mrs. Hitara entered the house and greeted Nala before leaving, and Nala summoned Fang Ning and Shu Ning to go to the room. Ask them where they went.

Fang Ning is embarrassed. Just bow your head and don't speak. Shuning helped answer, saying that the two wives liked Fang Ning very much, and Nala breathed a sigh of relief and began to teach Fang Ning again.

After listening to Wan Ning for a while, she sat down next to Shu Ning and asked with a smile, "The third sister had a good time today, right?" I wonder if you have met any special people in that temple...... Thing? ”

Shu Ning had already raised her hair when Wan Ning sat over, hearing this. Her heart was tight, could it be that Wan Ning knew about the fifth elder brother's message? But he replied, "It's just that I just walked around the temple casually, and the place is quite big, and my feet are weak when I walk." However, the white pagoda in the temple is said to be hundreds of years old, so it is very interesting. ”

Wan Ning didn't think the tower was interesting, and she didn't pay much attention to Shu Ning's answer, thinking that she was confused. Shuning Fangning visits Buddhist temples. It's a coincidence to be able to meet four or four once, how can you meet every time? Then he asked no more.

Back in Huaiyuan, Frangipani brought the small package. Shu Ning saw that it was indeed the travelogue, so she happily asked Frangipani to get the silver, and added an extra two cents of hard-earned money. Su Xin thanked him with a smile, and said: "The owner of that bookstore is very interesting, when I went to buy books, I heard a customer call him 'Stone Record', he actually answered, I have never heard anyone take such a name, it's really interesting." ”

Shuning also found it interesting, remembering that she hadn't read many books in the store, so she planned to visit again when she would.

Nothing to do all night. The next day, Shuning made some snacks and wanted Fang Ning to come over and taste them, so she asked Frangipani to invite them. Su Xin went for a full quarter of an hour before she came back and said, "The eldest girl said that she has something to do now and can't come, and so is the cousin, and she said that please don't be surprised." ”

After that, she looked left and right to see that there was no one, and then stepped forward and said in Shuning's ear: "Over there in the Bamboo Courtyard, the dark lord of the Demon Beast, Ranwen, is lively, it seems that Chunyan has made some mistake, and the eldest lady will be severely punished, and even the eldest girl and the cousin girl dare not intercede." I heard from others that it seems that Chunyan sent a message to the second girl on behalf of outsiders, and was denounced by the second girl. ”

Shu Ning frowned and looked at Su Xin, Su Xin nodded, and spoke even quieter: "It's the master from yesterday." When I bought the book and walked back, I saw Chunyan talking to a man, I only saw the back, but looking at the lichen on his body, it should be him. ”

It seems that the fifth elder brother saw that he refused to help, so he turned to someone else. Among the people in the Earl's Mansion who went out yesterday, his master and servant refused to help him, Fang Ning has been with his wives, and the other rough servants who followed the car couldn't enter the inner courtyard, it seems that Chunyan met the fifth elder brother when she was playing in the temple. It's just that Chunyan helped pass the message, why did Wanning report her? Aren't you afraid that no one will help her in the future?

Where could she guess Wanning's thoughts?

Since taking over the two housework, Wan Ning has taken care of it very seriously for a while, caught a few family members who have filled their own pockets, let Nala praise her, and handed over a few more housework to her, including the work of going out to buy. Under the pretext that most of the servants in the family like to take advantage of the master's land, Wan Ning promoted Fang Qingge, who was close to him, to take up the job of purchasing, and then secretly instructed him to inquire about the news he needed.

Probably because the eldest daughter of the fourth elder brother died a few days ago, many families knew about it, and some things in the Baylor Mansion were spread out, Wan Ning finally knew that the fourth elder brother had to go to the Buddhist temple every month to worship the Buddha, and he would go to the Yunju Temple in Fangshan every three or two months, according to the day he went last time, probably in the next month, there may be another trip.

With more definite information, she began to calculate. I heard that the Sanfangdi Annex, which is only more than ten miles away from Yunju Temple, is the best way to borrow there. But now that the Nala clan doesn't even allow her to go out, how can they promise her to go to Fangshan? She was worried, but when Chunyan bumped into the door, she had a plan in her heart.

Wuwu is not what she wants, and if the Nala clan knows about it, it will not be spread, so naturally there will be no damage to Wuwu. And Chunyan has always been a hollow-eyed girl, since Fang Ning got married, she has hinted to Qiaoyun a few times that she wants to be transferred over to wait for the second girl, such an dishonest girl should be attacked. So she handed the letter to Nala, asking her mother to punish Chunyan while also showing that she had become a serious lady. No more foolishness.

Nala was really angry, beat Chunyan a few boards, and drove him out, waiting for the boy. She was worried about Fang Ning's reputation, and said to the outside world that Chunyan was restless, lazy, and had no master in her eyes, and then picked two other maid rings to call Fang Ning. So. Not only does everyone say that her mother-in-law treats her concubine well. Even with his family, he was a little more respectful to Fang Ning.

It's just that the Nala clan will only pester their daughter in private for the fifth elder brother. But I didn't know how to ask for a will in the palace, I felt a little headache, and I was worried that letting the fifth elder brother associate with his daughter would not only be bad for his daughter's reputation, but also might offend the nobles in the palace again. Wan Ning was at this time

, she wanted to move to Baoding Zhuangzi for a few days to avoid the fifth elder brother. Wait for the camp and then move home.

The Nala clan felt that Baoding was too far away, and there were no elders to take care of them, so they refused to agree. Wan Ning persuaded for a while, but when she saw that her mother refused to let go, she "retreated to the second" and said that she would simply borrow it for a while in Fangshan Courtyard, on the grounds that it was close to Beijing and was taken care of by elders. Fang Ning and Floocculent have been there. And it's a good time. Nala thought it was a good idea, but he still had doubts in his heart and was silent. didn't notice a scheming smile on her daughter's lips.

The commotion in the big room did not have any impact on the third room, and Shuning was watching the play and still living her life. Soon, Zhang Bao received news that Mr. Su had released Shandong Huimin Zhi County and would soon take office. Before leaving Beijing, Mr. Su went to the Earl's Court to bid farewell to Zhang Bao's family, and sent the house deed over. The "uncle" of the Su family had no choice but to die, so he took the land donated by Mr. Su and took his family to find another place to live.

Then two days later, news came from the DPRK that the imperial envoy Chen Liang's local excerpts were exposed, and for a while, public opinion became unfavorable to Chen Liangben.

The local charges of the imperial envoy Chen Liang were: not repairing the curtains, not governing the family strictly, the sister-in-law and the concubine's classmates sat at the same table, the concubine's children did not recognize the mother-in-law as their mother, Chen himself connived at the concubine's room to do business in his name, and indulged the concubine to entangle with the people in the green forest. These crimes are not big or small. Some people privately discussed that it was because of the severe drought in many places in Jiangnan last year, when the imperial court distributed disaster relief money and grain, Chen Liangben held it too tightly and blocked the financial path of many people, so he would be taken advantage of the opportunity to retaliate. Moreover, many people think that as a Han Chinese, he has accumulated virtue as an ancestor when he enters the study, and now he is still in the position of the governor of Jiangnan, sitting in the richest place in the world, which is a great crime, and wants to get rid of him.

Fortunately, the emperor knew that Chen Liangben had a heavy responsibility in Jiangnan, so he wanted to make big things small, but there are always people in the world who are not long-sighted, and many court officials failed to understand the emperor's intentions, and they actually fell into the well. Within a few days, not to mention the few officials who were good friends with Chen Liangben, even the Chen faction people like Yu Heng, who were born in the nobility of the people, suffered a little loss.

Zhang Bao was not implicated because he was idle at home and had a relationship between his family and land, but when he saw such a situation, he also planned to go back to Fangshan to avoid the limelight. It's just that the clan still wants to stay in the earl's mansion and can't leave, so as soon as the two couples discussed, they decided to let Shuning go back with Zhang Bao, and Duan Ning stayed with the clan. On the one hand, this is due to the fact that Duanning's studies are getting tighter, and on the other hand, Shuning has been managing things well recently, and she should be able to take care of her father.

After Shuning knew her parents' decision, although she was a little reluctant, she was also happy to be able to go back to "home", so she hurriedly called someone to prepare. At this time, Su Su happened to come to play, heard the news, hesitated for a moment, then went to find Shi, and asked a little embarrassed if he could let himself go with him.

Although he was a little surprised, he only thought that Su Xu was because he felt constrained in the house and wanted to go to Fangshan to relax, so he readily agreed to go to Nala to say something.

But when the clan told the Nala clan about it, the latter pondered for a moment and offered to let Wan Ning go with him.

I don't know what the Nala clan said, but when Shuning knew the news, the clan had already agreed to her request, which surprised Shuning.

Shi looked at his daughter with a bitter face, and smiled: "What are you doing to put on such a strange look?" Because E-Niang promised to let the second girl go to another courtyard? What do you have to worry about? That's our family's place, and you're the master, but the second girl brought a few people there, what can I do with you? Besides, there's you, Amma. ”

Shuning thinks about it, when she arrives at her own place, she can't tolerate Wanning messing around, if she has any rash moves, someone will report it at any time, and she doesn't have her parents by her side to support her, so she even has to nod her father and daughter when she goes out. The mountain dwelling is quiet, Wanning may feel fresh if you live for a day or two, and after a long time, where can you endure it? I must soon be unable to stand it and leave.

Thinking of this, she finally felt better, but when she thought of facing Wanning every day, and dealing with the tricks that the other party came up with from time to time, she couldn't feel better.

Seeing her like this, she persuaded Zhengse: "E-Niang knows that you don't want to associate with the second girl, but I see that you acted in the past, just a hiding word." You know, people like us, when relatives and friends come and go on weekdays, it is inevitable that you will meet one or two people who you can't see, if you only know how to hide, others will think you are a bully. You have to be patient to get along with the second girl for a few days, you don't have to be angry with her, but you always have to let her know that you are not good to bully, so that she doesn't dare to provoke you again. ”

Shuning lowered her head and was convinced, and she should be obedient. But in a blink of an eye, she remembered another question, and couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat: "Eniang, if the second sister lives in another courtyard, what will happen when the fourth elder brother comes?" The second sister has some thoughts about that little master? ”

Shi smiled slightly: "What are you worried about?" E-Niang and your brother are not here, even if the fourth elder brother goes to Fangshan, he will not come to our house. Besides, he has just finished his sadness and is preparing for a big wedding, where is he in the mood to go so far to worship the Buddha? ”

Shuning thought about it, so she laughed with her mother.

At the same time, Wanning, who was notified by her mother, also smiled proudly in the room.