Jiao Tao didn't know either, so she ran out to inquire before replying, telling her about the second lady Gong one by one. It turned out that the Gong family was a famous and wealthy family in this Shuicheng Mansion, and the previous generations accumulated a lot of land wealth, and later came to the generation of Gong Zhongsu, the master of Gong, to gain fame and take the official career. Because the people in the two rooms only had Gong Zhongsu a single seedling, as soon as the two old ladies were combined, they let him inherit the incense in both rooms. This was not bad, but when it was time to get married, the old ladies on both sides did not give in to each other, and each gave Gong Zhongsu a room of daughters-in-law, both of which were in the main room, big at both ends, doing their own thing, and unrelated to each other. This second lady Gong was married by the old lady in the second room.

But Mrs. Gong, who was married to the long house, had a short life and was blessed, and she died after giving birth to a son. That son is Gong Yuanhe, who was previously raised by the old lady and the old lady in the long house, and when he was seven or eight years old, as soon as the two old people passed away, Gong Zhongsu took pity on the eldest son, so he sent Gong Yuanhe to the second lady of Gong and raised by her.

Therefore, this second Mrs. Gong, although she is Gong Zhongsu's other wife, Gong Yuanhe can only call her the second aunt.

Ming Fei was given a headache by these complicated relationships, so he said: "Don't say it, don't say it, I can't understand it." ”

Jiao Tao twisted the handkerchief to wash Ming Fei's face, and said with a smile: "Slave and maid, look at the situation today, in the future, you will have to follow your wife out as a guest and help receive guests at home, even if you are annoying, you have to figure out these things so that you will not make mistakes." ”

Ming Fei said: "Maybe I will be sent back in a few days, and there won't be too many opportunities like this." ”

Jiao Tao's face darkened suddenly, and she barely squeezed out a smile: "You're too worried." I see that Madame likes you very much, didn't the lord praise you too? Otherwise, there is also the eldest prince. ”

Ming Fei smiled and didn't say anything. If she can't bring benefits to Chen, Chen is afraid that he will soon lose interest in her. As for Cai Guangting, he himself still has to look up to others, and he is just powerless against her. What Chen needs most at present is to be able to get pregnant, but she can't help Chen in this matter, and even wishes that Chen would have her own child later. If the Chen family had their own children, would they still be so attentive to their three siblings? It's better to have some other happy events, or else, take the fire out of the fire.

Jiao Tao also knew that she couldn't count on what she said, so she changed the topic: "By the way, you asked the slave maid about Mother Hua that day." ”

Ming Fei felt a lot of emotion when she saw Wang's marriage earlier, so she paid attention to inquire about Hua Pozi, and when she came back, Jiao Tao hurried to ask. It turned out that Hua Pozi's family was born to the Chen family, and she and her man had only had a daughter for many years, smart and beautiful, and the two of them were counting on her to support the elderly, as if they loved something. However, God did not obey people's wishes, and the daughter was matched by Chen's mother-in-law to the son of Miss Chen's second companion who married far away, and she married very far away, and she was not allowed to meet once for many years. If Mrs. Hua still stays in the Chen Mansion, she will still have the opportunity to meet Miss Chen Er when she saves her relatives in the future, but she married into the Cai Mansion with the Chen family, and she will see each other indefinitely, so how can she not be sad.

Ming Fei couldn't do anything about this matter for the time being, so she had to sigh and whisper to Jiao Tao again. What he said was nothing more than to let Jiao Tao keep an eye on Chen's place, don't be reluctant to pay the money, report if there is any trouble, don't touch Cai Guodong and Chen's moldy head, etc.

Thinking of the difficult situation, the master and servant were relatively speechless for a while. There were only Mingyu and Xifu in the room, who kept frolicking without worry. Ming Fei sighed, took out the shoes made for Chen's to make them, and Jiao Tao sat aside to prepare the thread for her.

After a while, the silver bottle smiled and opened the curtain and poked his head in: "Ah! The third lady is still sitting and making shoes, hurry, Madame asked the third and sixth ladies to hurry over to meet the prefect's wife. ”

The girls were in a hurry, tidied up the clothes and hair for the Ming Fei sisters, and then hugged them to the flower hall.

At this time, more than half of the guests in the flower hall had left, and a fat white lady in her forties wearing a black-edged red makeup and satin robe and a red gold stuck-up was sitting upright on the main seat, Chen was sitting on her lower right, and Second Mrs. Gong was sitting on her lower left, talking around her with a smile. Ming Fei took Mingyu to the door, and did not dare to break in rashly, but only stood by the door and let the girls report.

When Chen heard this, he smiled and said to the lady: "Auntie, the two daughters of the nephew have arrived. ”

The prefect's wife smiled: "I heard that she looks like a pink makeup, and she is sensible, so bring it in and I'll take a look." ”

Ming Fei led Mingyu in to salute, and shouted to Grandma according to what the silver bottle had ordered before. The prefect's wife smiled and asked the girl to help the two of them, and one of them rewarded them with a purse, and asked again if they could read and write, what needlework they did, and so on.

Ming Fei knew that Mrs. Prefect was looking at Chen's face to give her two sisters dignity, so she replied seriously, Mrs. Prefect said hello three times in a row, and praised Ming Fei as a blessed person when she looked at it, and the Chen family's goal was achieved, so the two sisters retreated.

Mrs. Prefect laughed with everyone again, raised her eyes and swept the people in the room, smiled and shirked the intimacy and entanglement of Second Mrs. Gong, and said: "There are many things in the house today, I am so tired that I am ......" and then beat his arm.

Seeing the opportunity, Chen hurriedly said, "How about your aunt rest in her niece's room for a while?" ”

The two confessed to the others, and Chen personally helped the prefect into the inner room and served her to lie down. The prefect's wife said, "Don't be busy, come and sit down and let's talk." ”

Chen did not dare to slack off, cautiously confessed, sat down on the stool, and listened to the prefect's wife. She is a concubine, she usually has nothing to say to the prefect's wife, and the relationship is never close, if it weren't for marrying Cai Guodong, the prefect's wife is afraid that she won't look at her more. Rao is like this, there are still many places where she needs to rely on the prefect's wife, and she is both a subordinate and a junior, so she can't afford to flatter her.

The prefect's wife didn't talk nonsense with her, and said bluntly: "You are not an outsider, and I won't talk to you about that false face." You saw the appearance of the second lady of the Gong family today, right? She's always been above the top, do you know why she's been with you for so long today? So kind to me? ”

Chen's heart turned around, laughed dryly, and said, "As soon as she comes, I'll ask when you'll come." At that time, the niece guessed that she probably wanted to see her aunt's golden face. Otherwise, with the thin face of her niece and niece-in-law, where would she be so enthusiastic? ”

The prefect's wife said a little proudly: "You haven't been back to your parents' house these days, so I don't know, your uncle is going to be promoted!" ”

Chen was surprised and delighted when he heard this: "Congratulations to the eldest aunt!" Do you know where you're going? ”

The prefect's wife said softly: "I heard the news from your uncle from Beijing, saying that he was going to the political envoy to participate in politics from Sanpin. Soon the appointment of the officials came down. ”

This uncle in the family is one of the most beautiful in the Chen family's career, and he has achieved the imperial history of the Metropolitan Procuratorate in his forties, and the news he sent must be true. Chen let out a "ah" and said with a smile: "No wonder she is so attentive!" Now Uncle Zi has become Gong Zhongsu's boss. ”

The prefect's wife snorted and said, "He used to have a lower rank than your uncle!" It's just that the person who occupies the political envoy is so proud. Now that feng shui is in turn, she also has a time to beg me! ”

In the past, Mrs. Prefect and Mrs. Gong were not convinced by each other, and they were very dirty, but Chen knew it. At this time, he had to smile and flatter the prefect's wife, and said: "The Gong family just has a few dollars, where can it compare to our Chen family, not to mention the scholarly family, the career of the children is also smooth." People say that the aunt teaches her children well, and the sons-in-law and sons are all diligent and studious, and the future is immeasurable. ”

The prefect's wife was used in her heart, and said: "I came here today to tell you that as soon as we leave, this seat will be vacant, and your uncle has already recommended Shoucheng (Cai Guodong's word) to Shangfeng." Although today's saints are clear and do not tolerate favoritism, things in human feelings have always been like this. Hurry up and prepare, activities, don't cheap outsiders. ”

Chen Shi muttered: "I'm afraid it's a little difficult, he has just recovered, and he hasn't worked hard to sit in this position for a year." ”

The prefect's wife smiled: "It may be a little difficult for others, but it is not necessary to replace him." There is Master Taifu and your uncle in Beijing, so you can plan for a good life, are you afraid that it won't work? ”

Chen's heart turned back and forth, and he took the prefect's hand and said, "Auntie, you have always loved your niece the most, and if you have any good things, you will think of your niece first." My niece is now inseparable from your support, if you follow your uncle to take office, no one will mention your niece, you have to help your niece again. "Her words are a bit clever, even if there is no prefect's wife, there are still her own parents here, but the prefect's wife has always been a top-notch lover, so she loves this kind of flattery.

The prefect's wife really looked good, sighed for a moment, and said, "You are your own niece, which one I won't help you?" Let me tell you, if you want to be promoted, you have to do a few things that are different from others! "Although this niece is a concubine, she has always been respectful to herself, and the New Year's gift she gave to herself after marriage is more valuable than that given to her mother-in-law, and she is a smart one. And Cai Guodong has Mrs. Zhong behind him, in this officialdom, the roots are intricate, and the feng shui takes turns, and no one can say who will beg for whom when. In this case, what should be allocated has to be allocated, and whether it can be done or not is another matter.

It was already time to see off the guests, and Chen sat crookedly on the Luohan bed and fell into deep thought. This has to do a few things that are different from others, and to put it bluntly, it is to make meritorious contributions. But where is this credit so easy to make? It doesn't matter if you don't have merit, you have to have money to walk around, and they all say that if you're good, you'll be fine, but where does this money come from?

Mrs. Yu persuaded her on the side: "Madame, don't worry, this is good news." Why don't you ask the master to come over and discuss together? "I just left the master here for the night.

Chen shook his head: "I'm not busy, I have to think about it first." "Even if you want to invite, you have to invite it late at night, otherwise after saying it in a few words, Cai Guodong will have to leave again.

Mrs. Yu felt very sorry for Chen, so she changed the topic and said: "Today, the third lady has advanced and retreated, which is really good, and all the ladies praise her." The fourth lady usually doesn't realize that at this critical moment, she can compare it with each other. ”

Chen Shi thought of Mingzi's ugliness, smiled, and sighed: "It's a pity that there is still that name on the head, everyone is just perfunctory for the sake of the face of the master and me, I am worried that it will be a little difficult for this child to marry in the future." ”

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What's inside, the progress is a little faster, I have to adjust it, so there is only one shift today, everyone is waiting. O(∩_∩)O~