Zhenguo spoke openly, and the eyes of everyone at the table suddenly fell on the face of the eldest lady in the house.

There are rumors in the outside world that Ye Zhiwei, the daughter of Grandpa Ye, was in a bad mood, refused to wear filial piety for Grandpa Ye, and even made a big fuss in the mourning hall, so she was sent to the village by the eldest lady for reflection.

Uncle Ye Dongzhou looked embarrassed, and stepped forward and said: "Yesterday, the Li family had sent someone to Zhuangshang, thinking about taking the third lady back, but I didn't see the housekeeper's mother come back until dark...... "Li is the surname of the eldest lady's mother."

Zhen Guogong's eyebrows tightened, "Is there any news from the village?" Ye Zhiwei is also his granddaughter, and Ye Huai'an's eldest daughter, he has been leading troops for many years, and finally got the emperor's permission to return to his house to enjoy his life, but what he didn't want to hear was such news, which inevitably made him disheartened.

The eldest lady hurriedly stepped forward, "My daughter-in-law specially sent someone to pick up the ...... at the city gate this morning But until now I have not received any letter...... "she hesitated, "but the housekeeper of the village has come back......," she said deliberately.

Zhen Guogong glanced at the Li family, "What did you say?" ”

"Say it here...... "No...... the eldest lady was embarrassed, "the daughter-in-law was thinking that she would talk to you about it after the banquet was over......"

"That's it." Zhen Guogong is also stubborn.

The guests were talking and laughing, but their ears were supportive, and everyone could hear the wind and grass here.

The eldest lady bit her lip and said with a ruthless look: "The third lady said that she won't come today." ”

Zhen Guogong was silent, but his brows furrowed even tighter.

Uncle Ye Dongzhou said on the side in time: "That girl was spoiled by the third brother, and there were no elders in her eyes, but now she is becoming more and more lawless, and she doesn't even dare to come to her grandfather's reception banquet." ”

The eldest lady hung her head and said sadly: "It's all useless for me to be a big aunt, improper discipline, father, don't be angry, today is a big day, it's not worth it to be angry for this girl!" ”

The family in the second room also comforted in time, and everyone whispered during the banquet.

"It seems that this third young lady is going to be expelled from the clan." If a woman who has not yet married is expelled from the clan, it is only a matter of survival.

"Hey, who made that child so arrogant, I heard that she made a big fuss in the mourning hall, and she refused to even wear filial piety clothes......"

"You say...... Is Ye Huai'an really dead? Why did they do this funeral so quickly? ”

"I'm afraid that in the future, this mansion will be the world of Uncle Ye Dongzhou."

"The emperor will approve his father-in-law?"

"It's hard to say, the emperor still values the Zhenguo Mansion very much, how can he allow this son to be empty?"

Everyone was discussing, and suddenly a steward from the mansion came to the town mansion and said, "The congratulatory gift of the third lady has arrived." ”

Everybody, all at once, fell silent.

The eldest lady looked dazed and turned her head to look at the steward.

Gift? What congratulatory gift? The third lady is only afraid that she will not even be able to eat enough, where did she get the congratulatory gift?

"Steward Gold?" Zhen Guogong suddenly remembered that this steward had served as a guard under him for several years when he was young, and he could be regarded as an old man in this mansion, "Did the third lady send it?" ”

"Yes, the third lady's people are out there now."

"Call in."

As soon as Zhen Guogong spoke, the eldest lady Li's face was gloomy as if it was going to rain.

During the banquet, everyone's eyes widened with curiosity, and they all wanted to see what the third lady who had been kicked out of the mansion had sent to honor her grandfather.

The steward went out, and in a short time brought in from outside six grown men dressed as peasant households, carrying on their shoulders a flat pole and carrying something covered with a large red cloth, which seemed to be heavy in appearance, as long as four boxes.

The eldest lady forcibly hid the disdain on her face, and said: "I didn't expect the third lady to go to the village for a trip, and she actually learned to be sensible, but no matter what kind of gift she sent, it was not as good as her being present in person, so it was difficult for me to send someone to invite her...... But that's all she sent......"

Before she could finish speaking, she saw that the golden steward suddenly stepped forward and removed the red cloth.

A skeleton was instantly revealed.

"Huh? What kind of congratulatory gift is this? ”

“…… The third lady didn't want Zhen Guogong to boil this bone and drink the soup, right? ”

There was a faint laughter of disdain in the room.

The eldest lady was even more proud in her heart, and turned her head to Zhenguo Gong and said aggrievedly: "Father, look at these three girls...... she wanted to take the opportunity to fall into the well, but what she didn't expect was that Zhen Guogong saw that thing, and there was no anger on his face.

"Third Miss, do you have something to bring here?" Zhen Guogong looked at the men dressed as farmers.

The first person took a step forward and saluted: "The third lady said, on the day she left the mansion, her aunt taught her that she must not step into the Zhenguo Mansion for half a step in the future, otherwise if the whole mansion is killed, the third lady's sin will be great." The third lady is timid, and she has no support, so she is very afraid, and the housekeeper's mother came to the village to pick her up and take her home, but she was scared of illness, so we sent this tiger bone to honor you. ”

Only then did everyone realize that it was a whole tiger skeleton.

This is a rare thing, I have seen tiger bones on weekdays, but no one has ever seen such a complete pair, which immediately caused everyone to stretch their necks to look this way.

"The third lady wanted to use this to make wine to honor you, but there was not even rice in the village, so she could only send it like this, and please don't blame our third miss for the town and the country." The honest appearance of the head of the Liang Nursing Home, clasping his fists and arching his hands, his attitude was neither humble nor arrogant, and as soon as this remark came out, there was a sigh in the banquet.

"The third lady doesn't even have rice on the village......"

"What a life this is."

"Even if the third lady makes a mistake, there is no need to toss people so much, it's just a bitter child with no father and no mother......"

"Third Miss I'm afraid it's in someone's eyes...... "The ladies who came to the banquet today are all masters with status, and some people can't get used to the proud face of the eldest lady, as if the name of the grandfather and wife has reached her head, that show-off is really annoying, so at this time, they are more willing to fall into the ground."

The eldest lady's face was pale, her lips were moving, and she wanted to explain, but she saw that Zhen Guogong threw the wine glass in his hand on the table, got up and said to the golden steward, "You go, take them to my study." After speaking, he ignored the anxious lady behind him, and threw up his sleeves and retreated.

The eldest lady stood there, only to feel countless sneering glances behind her.

Just now, she was still in the posture of an aggrieved aunt, but in a blink of an eye, she was disturbed by the girl, crying in public, and pointing out that Sang scolded Huai and said that she abused the orphan girl.

Didn't you say she wouldn't come? Why are things suddenly being delivered again!

The eldest lady turned around and glared viciously at the maid who was delivering the message for the housekeeper's mother, and the maid was so frightened that she forgot the occasion she was in, and said, "The slave doesn't know what's going on...... The housekeeper's mother didn't tell the third lady that there was a banquet at all......"

For a moment, everyone around cast disdainful glances at him.

The eldest lady only felt a stream of blood rushing to her head, and she didn't think about it, so she raised her hand and slapped the maid.