said goodbye to Duan Xiaolou and returned to the Meng family.

Because Meng Xuan told Meng Shan's crime of slaughtering the village more than 20 years ago, Lu Jiangbei took Meng Xuan as a hostage, and this matter should have spread throughout the palace at this moment.

But the strange thing is that not only did the Meng family not make any drastic moves, but even the emperor did not dispatch troops to point the finger at the Meng family.

This is very different from He Angelica's conjecture and Duan Xiaolou's speculation.

Outside the gate of the Meng family, the weather was peaceful, and most of the guests who came in and out were wearing official robes, and they were officials who came and went. Under the corner of the stone lion, several children were playing marbles, and the beads were bounced off and rolled to He Angelica's feet.

She returned the marbles to the child, and was about to enter the door, when someone behind her called, "Madame, I'll go too!" When I looked back, it turned out to be Xiao Tao.

He Angelica raised his eyebrows and said slowly: "You have also seen it, Meng Xuan has become a prisoner and a caged bird, this time is different from the past, I advise you to have less to do with the Meng family." ”

"But......" Xiao Tao looked incredulous and whispered, "It's not nothing." The Meng family reacted so calmly, obviously prepared. remembered what happened between her and Meng Xuan, as well as Meng Xuan's sentence "I will give you an explanation next, girl, don't commit suicide!" "Her ears are red, and her heart is full of deer.

He Angelica saw Xiao Tao's shy action, and felt a little unhappy, dead Meng Xuan, why did you provoke other girls to suffer such a serious lovesickness?

But He Angelica still smiled decently, and kindly told Xiao Tao: "You can't just look at the appearance, you will fall heavy when you climb high, this is a truth that anyone knows. ”

"That'...... You're back too. Xiao Tao retorted. The implication is that you didn't run away, but went back to the Meng family, which shows that you have the bottom in your heart.

He Angelica was a little speechless to this girl, how could he compare himself? She is the daughter-in-law of the Meng family, in case she raids the family and punishes the nine clans, she runs to the ends of the earth, and she is still within the nine clans.

"Let me follow you and serve you, ma'am!" Xiao Tao grabbed her sleeve and shook it.

"Let's go in together." He Angelica turned around and entered the house.

Familiar with the way to the house, the next person probably knows her, a glance at a glance to make a big salute, is the standard for the princess of the dynasty to salute, it seems that after special training, he angelica is like a princess out on patrol.

A servant woman came with a soft sedan chair and asked her if she was sitting, but she didn't. At this time, there was a quarrel in the opposite courtyard across a wall.

"I'm sorry Miss He, I didn't mean to!" A female voice said in alarm.

"Splashed me with tea, and a word of sorry is over? Stinky girl! The second female voice sounded, sweet and beautiful, with a little tongue-twisted softness, but the tone was really bad.

The woman who caused the trouble said: "When I came over, there was no one here, Miss He, you suddenly appeared, I just accidentally knocked over this pot of tea, I burned myself even more, you only splashed a little skirt corner." I've apologized, what else do you want? ”

That Miss He sneered: "You say that, do you want me to apologize to you in turn?" ”

The servant woman who asked He Angelica to get on the sedan chair was a housekeeper's daughter-in-law, and when she heard the change in color, she trotted to the opposite side of the wall and scolded the maid: "Dead Nizi, you bumped into the distinguished guest, and you still ignored you?" Apologize! ”

The maid said with a little grievance: "I'm sorry Miss He, it's all my fault, it's me who doesn't have long eyes when I walk, I beg Miss He for forgiveness!" ”

Miss He sneered again: "One 'me', the maid of Mengfu is so educated!" ”

At the request of the housekeeper's daughter-in-law, the maid apologized again with "slave maid". Miss He also said, "In my house, anyone who dares to stand and talk to me will be punished. Do you know what the penalty is? ”

The maid couldn't hold back the fire, and said indignantly: "I'm the maid in the second lady's room, and even the eldest lady won't let me kneel, why do you let me kneel!" ”

She was in a hurry, and the word "I" came out again, and the housekeeper's daughter-in-law lectured her loudly.

He Angelica outside the wall didn't listen anymore, turned around and left, and didn't mean to meddle. The housekeeper's daughter-in-law deliberately shouted very loudly, she must have wanted her to go over to relieve the siege, but she didn't want to meddle in the trivial matter of pouring tea.

That "Miss He" is about the one who came to Mengfu as a guest of the He family's mother and daughter, and she was quite angry when she was a guest. He Angelica made such a comment in his heart.

After entering the inner courtyard, she went back to the garden to change her clothes, and briefly checked her room and the garden outside the window, all of which were well organized by the housekeeper.

Mama was very happy to see her, and reported happily: "The small warehouse converted into a wine cellar has already been built, and the dowry of the seventh grandmother has been put into the warehouse. Why don't you check it out? ”

"No need, I'll take care of it, I don't have anything to worry about."

Mama asked again, "Are you hungry?" The seventh master hired three Yangzhou cooks to make a good dish, and the slave maid went to arrange a table? ”

"I'm not hungry, Mama," He Angelica put down the teacup, "Let me ask you, does the family know about Meng Xuan?" ”

Mama was stunned for a moment, and asked rhetorically: "What's wrong with the seventh master, the slave doesn't know." ”

He Angelica nodded, she inquired in the outer courtyard just now, and those retainers of the Meng family clearly knew. The inner courtyard didn't hear any news at all, it seemed that the news was blocked, and the person who gave the order should be Meng Shan.

"Father-in-law is still in the military department at this time, right?" She asked.

"I heard that I have returned home, and I just feasted guests in the front yard, and I also took away a group of rough maids in the backyard."

He Angelica turned his head to look at the old plum tree outside the window, and Xiao Tao was still standing there, with a timid look on his face. So he instructed Mama Jing: "That's the girl I picked up halfway through, named Xiao Tao." Give her some food and clothing, and a separate room for her to wash. Arrange another needlework for her. ”

"Yes, the slave will arrange it."

Mama actually glanced through the window, frowning secretly, and the maid's eyes ...... The meaning revealed is really unlikable.

The girl who picked it up halfway?

He Angelica went to the outer courtyard again, and heard that Meng Shan was in the study, so he walked over and knocked on the door, but no one answered, so she pushed the door directly and went in.

When she came out again, more than two hours had passed, and she looked a little tired, and no one knew what she had talked about with Meng Shan.

At this time, Meng Xuan angered the saint, and the news that he was locked up by the angry emperor flew all over the Meng Mansion like wings. He Angelica returned to the Pine Garden, and heard that Aunt Xun and Aunt Bao in the plum garden cried loudly when they heard it, and there was a lot of noise.

Mama ran up in a panic and asked, "Did something really happen to the Seventh Master?" With the old man to protect him, he shouldn't lose his life, right? ”

He Angelica glanced at the flowers quietly, and there were two maids squatting there, who seemed to be the aunts. So she deliberately said: "I just went to ask my father-in-law, and I heard that Meng Xuan's crime is not small, not only is it difficult for him to protect himself, but our seventh room will also be punished." This time, even the title of duke can't keep Meng Xuan. ”

"What!" Mama was shocked, "Why is it so good?" Didn't you just make a general? ”

He Angelica sighed: "Meng Xuan is not yet seventeen, and a young man is an official who is older than his father, so it is difficult to ensure that he is not complacent and proud, and he is arrogant." I advised him twice that he had to tremble for the sake of the Holy One, but he refused to listen, blaming me for many things. This time it finally fell, alas! ”

Mama shook her head and sighed, and the maid behind the flowers muttered quietly.

He Angelica said: "Fortunately, I saved the holy driver, and the emperor raised my grade, and now with the respect of the princess, it is no problem to protect the descendants in the seventh room." For the rest, just take it one step at a time, alas, what a catastrophe! ”

After saying this, the maid behind the flowers was gone. He Angelica smiled silently.

"Seventh Grandma, Madame is feeding the fish in the gazebo, and I called you to go over and talk." A soft-voiced maid came to deliver a message.

He Angelica followed and saw four middle-aged beautiful women sitting in the pavilion built by the water, one was Mrs. Su, one was Mrs. Su's "follower" Aunt Hong, and the other was Mrs. Su's "opponent" Aunt Li. These three are all elder-level figures, so she went up to salute one by one, and Aunt Hong and Aunt Li both got up to return the salute, saying "I don't dare".

Mrs. Su pursed her lips and said nothing, squinted a pair of beautiful phoenix eyes, and glanced at He Angelica with a prickly gaze, seeing her feet from her head.

He Angelica returned to a calm gaze, but in his heart he felt that she and himself were like martial arts masters before the war, using their aura to shock the other party and dig out the other party's flaws. Xindao, look, look, I'm full of flaws, mother-in-law, you can attack it!

So, as if sensing He Angelica's heart, Mrs. Su made a move!

"Yo, Her Royal Highness the Princess's gift, I don't dare to take it." Mrs. Su lowered her head to admire her nails, and said strangely, "You have great ability, go out for a spin without a sound, and when you come back, you will become a princess from the county lord!" My little seven has changed from a general to a prisoner, and he really can't climb you. ”

He Angelica is a bit of a black line, although he has been away for a long time, and any mother-in-law will have a great opinion, but Meng Xuan's matter is led by his father, and it is Meng Xuan himself who takes the lead, and it is the current emperor who has the attack. Why mother-in-law and her old man's tone, it sounds as if she is saying that all the misfortunes of our Xiaoqi are for you to harm!

In other words, it doesn't matter who you are looking for now, saving people is a top priority, right?

Aunt Hong smiled, and said: "Don't screw it, princess, your mother-in-law hasn't seen you for too long, and she is so happy in her heart." ”

He Angelica smiled and nodded, well, I didn't see this. Of course, she won't care about this little thing with her mother-in-law, after all, the younger generation is wrong before she speaks to the elders, and then how to tell if it is still wrong.

At this time, a cold gaze next to her made her very uncomfortable, and she looked at it, and she was the fourth middle-aged beauty in this pavilion. This woman and Mrs. Su were on an equal footing and fed the fish together, but they were not any of the aunts in the Meng Mansion, nor were they the relatives of the Princess Ningguo Mansion who often came to visit the house.

After a little guess, He Angelica already has a number in his heart, and this one should be ......

"Oh, seventh daughter-in-law." Mrs. Su stared at He Angelica with a smile and introduced, "This is Mrs. Zeng from He Mansion, come over and meet your mother." Let's see a big gift. ”

He Angelica's face stiffened with a smile, and he looked at Mrs. Su's gaze, and he seriously doubted that Mrs. Su invited the mother and daughter of the He family to live in the Meng Mansion specifically to make herself uncomfortable! That's a ......

Mrs. Su's expression was a little "the plan succeeded", as if to say, I invited them to stay for so long, and I was waiting for this moment!

He Angelica Dark Khan, mother-in-law, your biological son's life and death are uncertain, is it really good for you to do this kind of thing to embarrass your daughter-in-law? Why don't you put aside the personal grievances between your mother-in-law and daughter-in-law and discuss the issue of saving your son first?

Mrs. Su glared, do you dare not listen to me?

Aunt Hong smiled embarrassedly, and at the same time, Aunt Li next to her began to fan the flames: "The Meng family's family motto is the first word 'filial piety', and it is appropriate to pay a big gift to your mother, no matter how expensive your status is, you must abide by it." Princess, you still ...... "You're still from."

From, right? Well, from the beginning.

He Angelica lowered his head in resignation, walked up to the noble lady with cold eyes, and was blessed, "I've seen this mother." ”

Listening to others, others were a little stunned, what is "this mother"? Sounds weird.

Mrs. Su's face darkened, and she asked in a procrastinating voice: "Seventh daughter-in-law, what do you mean by this?" ”

Aunt Li did not forget to remind: "Doing a big salute refers to kowtowing." The daughter gave her mother a salute for the first time, and she kowtowed three times. ”

He Angelica was blessed again, slowly retreated to the side, and said with a solemn and solemn face: "Back to the words of my mother-in-law and Aunt Li, people are always human, and it is natural and righteous, I grew up reading the books of Confucius and Mencius sages, and I dare not follow the teachings of the ancient sages." This is the highest respect that the lady can get, and she should return the favor. Since it is said that it is a distinguished guest in our house, it is okay if you don't return the courtesy, as for kowtowing or something, Aunt Li, you haven't memorized your family motto wrong, right? Or is it that the Meng family motto I read is not the same as the one you read? ”