The eldest lady hurried to the second lady, and before she entered the door, she heard a violent cough, and Xiangzhu inside said anxiously: "How can this be done, how can this be obtained." The words were mixed with crying, "Miss, don't scare us. ”

"Panic, panic." The eldest lady took three steps and made two steps into the warm pavilion, she was anxious at the moment, and couldn't help but get angry, and then looked at Xiangzhu's helpless appearance, the anger suddenly rose, and she couldn't care about anything else and scolded Xiangzhu down.

Yaohua coughed for a while, her face was originally like snow, but now there was a strange flush, Chu Xiao hurriedly stepped forward to rub Yaohua's chest, and the eldest lady also said softly on the side: "Just take this breath." ”

Yaohua coughed a few more times before stopping.

The eldest lady asked the jade in the house again, "What about the medicine?" Bring the medicine. ”

Jade hurriedly scooped some of the boiled ointment and brought it over, the eldest lady took the bowl and fed the medicine to Yaohua with her own hands, Yaohua leaned on the head of the bed after eating, took a long breath, and the cough gradually weakened, and finally eased up.

Yaohua opened her eyes slightly, her expression was weak, and she felt guilty, "Mother, I'm worrying you again." ”

The eldest lady patted Yaohua's hand, "The imperial doctor asked you to recuperate, you can't help listening, if you continue to mess around like this, I really hurt you in vain." His eyes turned to Chu Xiao.

"If the maids in your house are useless, I will exchange them for two capable ones, so that they will not chew on the root of your tongue in your ear all day long."

Yaohua couldn't help but tighten the eldest wife's hand, "Mother, don't blame them, I insisted on them to say it, I really care about the eldest sister in my heart, what happened to her, how can I not want to?" Coughing a few more times, next to the pillow, the long hair that was not pulled up slipped down from the pillow, the chest rose and fell weakly, it seemed that he didn't even have the strength to breathe, the whole person was pitiful, and people were reluctant to blame her.

"It's not easy for my sister to be in the Hou Mansion, there are only a few companions around me who are more reliable, and it is difficult for our sisters to meet, and some things are not easy to tell me, and I can't do anything in a hurry. I'm recuperating here, and it's okay to think about my parents and sister more on weekdays, but if I can't even think about these things, my heart will be too quiet. ”

The eldest lady's nose was full of a strong smell of soup, and then thinking that Yaohua didn't know how much bitter medicine soup she had to eat every day, her heart was suddenly sad. Yaohua has always been sick, but she didn't forget to smile in front of her, and that kind of well-behaved and comforting smile always touched her.

There was no other daughter in the house who would have such a soft smile in front of her. No one is really worried about the affairs of the house.

Yaohua was favored by the eldest wife, and spoke without restraint, pulling her mother to speak softly, and the eldest lady listened to these thoughtful words, and the nerves that were tense on weekdays gradually relaxed.

Speaking of Rong Hua, Yaohua said: "This time I am well from my illness, the eighth sister sent Jinxiu to send me something," said with a slight smile and smiled, "The gifts sent are all very satisfying to my heart, the eighth sister just came to the house, I don't know what she likes, and there is nothing to give her around, so I thought about waiting for my mother to come and talk to my mother, take more care of the eighth sister's side, I heard that there are not many girls on the eighth sister's side, there is only a second-class maid, a reference to the second-class maid, and the third-class maid is not lacking, But it's not good if you don't have a few people around to use it," he said, he picked up a handkerchief to cover his mouth and coughed a few times, "I have three or four more on my side, and I am idle most of the time on weekdays, and my mother can't favor me too much." ”

said and called Jade, "This girl was also temporarily borrowed from my mother to do needlework, and now I have learned almost her craft, and Xiangzhu has taken over, and Jade can also go back to her mother's house." ”

The eldest lady nodded, "Or are you thoughtful, you are worried about the sisters in this house, how many hearts do you have?" I'm afraid you're tired, otherwise I really want to talk to you about something. ”

said the eldest lady and said: "You have always been accurate to people, what do you think of your eighth sister?" ”

Yaohua thought for a while, and a positive smile appeared on her face, "Maybe as the Buddhists say, everything has a fate." There were five sisters missing in the house before, and my mother was very sad, but now I can't send back an eighth sister. I have always been good friends with the fifth sister, and it can be seen that the eighth sister is the same as the fifth sister, she is a smart and clear person, and my mother will hurt the eighth sister more in the face of the fifth sister. ”

The eldest lady thought of the fifth lady Ronghua, her face changed suddenly, but she didn't make a sound, and talked to Yaohua for a while, "Seeing that it is the winter solstice, the winter solstice is greater than the year, the house has been busy in the past few days, and you must take care of it here, and wait until the day of worshipping the ancestors, the relatives you have not seen before should also get close, so that people can know that our second miss is already well." ”

Yaohua smiled slightly and agreed, "My illness is like a day now, and it is okay to tighten up occasionally." ”

The eldest lady looked at Yaohua like that, and seemed to be stronger than before, her heart suddenly opened up, and as she was talking, Dong Rui came in and said, "The eldest master is back." ”

The eldest lady came out of Yaohua at this time.

Out of Yaohua's courtyard, Dong Rui whispered on the side: "The eldest lord's face is not good-looking, so he will find his wife when he enters the mansion." ”

The eldest lady was shocked and quickened her pace.

When I entered the house and saw the eldest man changing clothes in the suite, the eldest lady hurriedly walked in, replaced the two maids who were waiting, and said softly: "I went home so early today." ”

The eldest lord was silent.

The eldest lady took a dark blue cardigan and put it on for the old lady, and looked at the old man's face from time to time while he was buttoning the buttons, and the eldest man always had a gloomy face, holding a letter in his hand, and went straight out of the suite into the warm pavilion, sat down without saying a word, and the letter in his hand was also slapped on the table.

Dong Rui cleverly served the tea, and then retreated with the other maids.

The eldest lady picked up the tea on the table and handed it to the eldest master, "Drink some tea first." ”

The eldest man took the tea bowl, brought it to his mouth, and was not in the mood to drink it, so he threw the tea bowl directly on the table, and immediately spilled the tea on the table.

The eldest lady hurriedly picked up the letter on the table, "What's the matter?" Looking down at the words on the envelope, it was Tao Zhengchuan's letter, and the eldest lady didn't know if she could open it to read.

The eldest master has already said: "Take a look! ”

The eldest lady took out the letter, and her face suddenly felt a little embarrassed.

The eldest lord was furious, "I finally spent money to donate a Zhili state judgment to him, and he can take office after the New Year, I don't know who I instigated to come back to participate in next year's autumn festival, I don't know how much water he has in his stomach, I can't look down on this official from the seventh grade, I see what a good future his father-in-law can give him." ”

"It's a good thing to say, saying that the ancestral home of our Tao family is Jingshi, so we want to move our family from Chaoyang Mansion, isn't the maiden family of the third brother and sister also in Jingshi? Thought I couldn't see it. ”

The eldest lady let out her anger and didn't dare to say a word, Tao Zhengchuan has always been cowardly, and he can say such a thing, which is mostly related to his new step-room, the Liao family, and the old man's anger is also on the Liao family. At that time, she was trying her best to promote this family business, and if she was not careful, the fire of the eldest master would burn on her.

The eldest lady could only carefully consol, "Since I have donated the official, the third uncle is not willing to give it to the second uncle, and it is not a waste of money, and although the third uncle's knowledge is not as good as yours, it is not very bad. ”

The eldest lord glanced at the eldest lady, "What do you know?" How hard is it to get autumn now? Ordinary children don't even think about it. ”

The eldest lady said, "Our family is not an ordinary family. Besides, isn't there still the Liao family......"

"The Liao family?" The eldest lord's eyes suddenly widened, "If the Liao family can manage it, why don't you just donate a Beijing official to him?" The old man of the in-laws didn't just do the Hanlin Academy, and he dredged it up and went to Chunfang this year. Although the Chunfang official is the rank of the Hanlin official, it is not a year and a half to have results. ”

But at this time, she couldn't offend the Liao family, and the eldest lady could only persuade again, "The third uncle can make such a decision, and I want to come to the Liao family to give a word, as long as the Liao family is willing to take care of it, it will be good to wait for a year or two, besides, it is also a good thing for the third brother and sister to move around more in Jingneng and the Liao family......"

The eldest lord glanced at the eldest lady, and the gentle gaze of the eldest lady finally made him suppress the anger in his chest, and when he got down to business, "The saint has been approved by the emperor to arrest Su Xiyao, the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi and the general of Jianwei, and escort him to Beijing for trial, and investigate him on thirty-two charges such as embezzlement of military expenses. ”

The eldest lady couldn't help but be surprised, "Didn't the master say before that this matter would not be investigated?" ”

The eldest lord sighed and said, "Who can guess the mind of the saint. Su Xiyao's case was hosted by Prince Zhuang, Prince Zhuang is a well-known and harmonious prince, and the nobles involved in the case finally breathed a sigh of relief, who knew that in less than half a day, the saint appointed another person to co-organize. ”

The eldest lord's eyes burned, "Guess who that person is?" ”

The eldest lady asked, "Who?" ”

The eldest lord's eyes flickered, "Wu Muhou." ”

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Neck hurts, neck hurts.

I didn't eat dinner, and I ate ten bags of birds, and I knew that the snacks were not good, but I still couldn't control it. . .

Sweet and spicy, wholesale three cents and five bags of five.