The new rain came at night, moisturizing things silently. And in the early morning, although the clouds are dark, the golden crow is faintly behind, looking up at the east sky from the porch, what I see in my eyes is also a shallow white light, which will be completely covered by the clouds at any time.

It's March, and the year has warmed up early, and even though it rains, there is no more ice.

In this courtyard of Jinyang Anfu, it has begun to be busy, the maids have taken off their heavy winter clothes, their waists show their original slenderness, and their steps seem to be more brisk than in winter.

The clogs under the feet of Mama Liang stepped on a slight sound, and to the edge of the corridor, only to take off the rain boots under the service of the little maid, just entered the hall, and saw the brocade curtain opened, and the housekeeper Yao was hanging his hand in the second room, because he was on his back, he couldn't see her expression, and only listened to the words, which seemed to imply a warning.

"The lady still listens to the advice of the slave maid, don't hurry to the Weiguo Mansion, early this morning, the lady sent someone to invite the lady to return to Ning, the slave and the maid also returned clearly, saying that the lady was early in the morning with Mrs. Gu and a few other friends made an appointment, today rushed to Su Liuniang to add makeup to say goodbye, but the person from Zhuo Mansion said that it was the lady who learned about it, so she asked the lady not to join in the fun, it was the princess of Chu, I am afraid that I can't keep it now, saying that I will return to the mansion to accompany a few sisters to be married, but in fact, it is because there is a saying that the official admonishes her innocence, The palace of the king of Chu is planning to abandon the princess......"

When Mama Liang heard this, her heart sank, and she couldn't care too much, so she hurriedly entered the house, and then she saw Zhuo Nianyu wringing her brows, her palms clenched into fists, and staring at Yao angrily.

The internal steward Yao is the old slave of Zhuo's house, Mrs. Zhuo personally selected the room for Nian Yu, when this internal steward has been for many years, at the beginning, everything is controlled, and it is not very deferential, but Mama Liang is Nian Yu's nursing mother, and Nian Yu's biological mother's wedding maid back then, naturally loyal, everything is for Nian Yu's sake, she originally didn't like Yao's often moved out of Mrs. Zhuo to suppress Nian Yu, but when I heard this today, my heart was anxious - the lady has no father and no mother, only Zhuo Shangshu, the uncle, is relied on, Mama Liang doesn't know which of those power disputes outside is stronger or weaker, what she is worried about is that if Nian Yu is involved in it, it affects her aunt's future career and offends her uncle, how can she gain a foothold in the future?

Nian Yu has long complained about Yao's family, and gradually she doesn't like to listen to her noise, but Yao's has Mrs. Zhuo's support behind her, and she must be respected on the surface, in private, she has a lot of grievances with her close nursing mother, Mama Liang is worried that the lady is stubborn, and she is stubborn about adding makeup, and offending Yao's is a small matter, but it can't affect the future of her uncle, and let Yao have the opportunity to go to Mrs. Zhuo to talk to her, and instigate Mrs. Zhuo's aunt to complain that the lady does not listen to the teaching.

Before Mama Liang's words of persuasion could be spoken, Zhuo Nianyu had already sneered: "I went to the Weiguo Mansion today, I handed over the post early in the morning, how can I not believe it?" You don't need to say more, my aunt has something to say in front of me, but I asked the maid to take the right cards to the treasury to take out the congratulatory gift early in the morning, but was blocked by the aunt, and it didn't work with my master's instructions, and I needed your permission to take my own dowry. ”

Yao's face turned red when he said this, his eyebrows raised, and he actually confronted him face to face: "The slave maid is also planning for the lady, Lang Jun is currently in the Hanlin Academy, and he will be appointed as an official in the future, and it is not all dependent on the support of Lord Shangshu, but now the Lord is a close minister of the saint, and the Weiguo Mansion is being feared by the saint, the lady has spoken first, and does not let the lady have any more dealings with the Weiguo Mansion, in the final analysis, it is also for Lang Jun's future plans, it is really a good intention, and the lady still should not be willful." ”

Zhuo Nianyu was choked with her eyebrows upside down, and slapped her palm on the case: "This is Anfu, not Shangshufu, what to do and what not to do, it's not your turn to point fingers." ”

"Since the lady said so, it depends on who the inner treasury steward is willing to listen to."

Yao also raised his brows, with a sneering expression.

She is also a close confidant of Mrs. Zhuo, since the past, she has not looked at Zhuo Nianyu as an orphan girl, and the An family is not a dignitary, the door is one order worse than Shangshu Mansion, not to mention that the current Shangshu Lord is being valued by the heavenly family, Mrs. Zhuo has spoken first, saying that the lady has always been careless, and she can't take care of the housework, and now the An's family is in Tianjin Mansion, only An Lang and the lady are in Jinyang, and there is no elder in the family to take care of it, and her aunt should be mentioned.

With Mrs. Zhuo behind her, how can the Yao family still be afraid of Nian Yu?

Seeing the master and servant raising their eyebrows, Mama Liang became more and more anxious, although she hated Yao's rampant, but she was afraid of Mrs. Zhuo, and was about to step forward to interrupt and calm down the dispute for the time being. ”

The man who rushed into the second room in one step was none other than Nian Yu's husband, Jun An Saburo.

Seeing the male master, Yao's arrogance only went down a little, but he still didn't take a big deal, just took a step back to the side, and lowered his eyes slightly: "Lang Jun forgives, the slave maid is also planning for Lang Jun......"

"I heard what you just said." An Saburo rested today, but according to the old rules, Mao Chu got up and went to the study to read early, and it took a morning to return to the main room. ”

Zhuo Nianyu's eyes were already red: "Aunt didn't deliver it." ”

"Then send people back to Shangshu Mansion, we will settle down, we can't tolerate such a slave and bully!"

When Yao heard this, he was anxious, and hurriedly interjected: "The slave maid was given ...... by Mrs. Zhuo."

"This is the An family, not the Zhuo family!" An Saburo waved his hand extremely impatiently: "But all the slaves and maids who do not have a deed in their hands will be returned to Shangshu Mansion, Mrs. Shangshu must also understand the reason, if it is really for the mother, then you should severely punish the slaves such as You, if you protect the short, is it possible to want my family's wealth?" In this way, I want to be good at theorizing with Master Shangshu. ”

Zhuo Nianyu's dissatisfaction with the Yao family has been stored for a long time, and seeing that she has her husband's support, she is no longer willing to bear it, so she even instructed Mama Liang to invite people out, and sent them back to Shangshu Mansion together with the inner treasury steward who did not obey the call.

But after the attack of Diao Nu, Nian Yu was a little worried: "I don't know if my aunt's words are serious......

"Don't let the lady be bothered." Only when the husband and wife spoke together, An Saburo's expression eased: "Yesterday, several officials came to the Hanlin Academy to lobby, wanting to fight for the joint impeachment of the King of Chu regardless of the etiquette and law clan, forcing the King of Chu to abandon the concubine, most of the colleagues despise those who don't care about government affairs and official affairs, but rely on rumors to build momentum, and are willing to deal with their fellow people, nothing more than some people with unbridled desires, the lady and the princess were originally friends, and there are happy events in the Guogong Mansion, and the congratulations are for the friendship of confidants, not only are there no worries, if the princess is safe, the lady is close to many people, When there is trouble, but it is avoided for thousands of miles, and there is no morality to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, it is shameful. ”

Zhuo Nianyu was happy in her heart, but she said: "I'm afraid that because of me, I will affect my husband." ”

An Saburo was even more disapproving: "Although the king of Chu was trusted by the first emperor back then, he did not have any dictatorship, not to mention anything else, the epidemic was not in place that year, thanks to his proper handling, he saved tens of thousands of innocent people, for this reason, he did not hesitate to anger the powerful, and this matter should be respected by the world's scholars and subjects." Nowadays, there are traitors and traitors, but all loyal and upright people should take a fair stand, if because we maintain a personal friendship with the Duke of Wei Guo and the King of Chu, the court will suppress and persecute them, and I should not be such an official, so as not to deal with those who are campy and insatiable. ”

This range, obviously Zhuo Shangshu is also framed, in fact, An Saburo has been dissatisfied with Zhuo Shangshu's flattery and adulterous behavior for a long time, and he heard his colleagues mock Zhuo Shangshu's dignified Shangshu but he was servile and flattering, and he was ashamed and resentful, hated to be unable to draw a clear line with Zhuo Shangshu, and had a heart-to-heart relationship with his wife from time to time, knowing that although Zhuo Shangshu and his wife treated Nian Yu on the surface, they were actually very cold, and they had never planned for his wife wholeheartedly, so he said that the marriage between the two would not have been achieved if it were not for the enthusiastic assistance of Princess Chu.

An Saburo despised Zhuo Shangshu's hypocrisy more and more, and today's incident triggered An Saburo's anger, and he didn't treat Zhuo Shangshu as a marriage chief.

In fact, although Nianyu is an orphan girl, her parents also have a family fortune and property, and her dowry was originally left by her parents, of course, Mrs. Zhuo will not be greedy on the surface, but she has paid attention to the accompanying room, and installed her cronies to take care of Zhuo Nianyu, but in fact, she still wants to control her niece, and her intentions are really not virtuous.

This is not uncommon in small households, but for famous families, Mrs. Zhuo's methods are really contemptible.

said Zhuo Nianyu again, because of this unpleasant housework, it was late to go to the Weiguo Mansion, and at this time, Mrs. Gu, who was Wei Shiniang, was calling her name: "Look, Ah Yu also made a bet with me, saying that she was bound to arrive earlier than me, but this time I lost, you can testify with me and let Ah Yu pay the host." ”

The people who came to add makeup to Liuniang today are all friends of the boudoir of Yijing, a few of them were made an early appointment, just to be lively together, Peng Lan and Yang Liu's husbands are all local families in Jinyang, they are not in the palm of their hands as young daughters-in-law, "idle", they will not be stumped by trivial matters, the Gu family was originally a poor family, Gu Yuwen's parents have also passed away, Wei Shiniang naturally has to be in charge of the house, and Zhuo Yingyu is in general, they are all housewives in the house, and it is the two of them who "compare" who is more punctual.

Although the six Niang people are silent, they are still close to the acquaintances of several five sisters, and they specially instructed the maid to present tea and fruit points, and do not dislike Wei Shiniang's irritability, which is already considered a warm hospitality, and when Zhuo Nianyu arrived, he hurriedly said that it was late, but because there were many people present, it was not good to ask the inside story of Yijing's return home, of course, although everyone regretted that Liuniang was "married to a non-human", and when the happy event was near, there would be no more words to express it, and the atmosphere was lively for a while.

But there was an uninvited guest again, and it was Mrs. Qin who brought her eldest daughter and eight nieces to add makeup on this day.

Huang personally accompanied him, and his courteous attitude made Wei Shiniang and Zhuo Nianyu have a good look.

It just so happened that Erlang Su Ying was in time to return to Beijing to take up the post, and the couple also returned to the Weiguo Mansion at this time, Qin Wuniang wanted to accompany her sisters, her crampedness was obvious, but she was more silent than the always silent Liuniang.

Mrs. Qin is an elder, and it is not good to communicate too much with the younger generations, and after a little cold noise, she was invited by the Huang family to go to Herui Garden, and Liuniang here has no good impression of the Qin sisters, so she simply saved Peng Lan and Yang Liulian and took Banniang to set up a two-way chess case, caught the right child and "killed", and actually gave the Qin sisters to Yijing for entertainment.

In fact, because Dong Yin is pregnant again, it is inconvenient to work and entertain guests, and Yijing returned home to live this time, which really helped the third aunt Xu.

The three little ladies got together before and after the wedding, and Qi Niang was still Xu's biological daughter, which was really busy.

Qin Banniang has already passed the marriage, but the marriage is still in the air, according to Qin Xiang's meaning, he wants to marry her into the clan, the first choice is Yu Biao's second son, the political intention is obvious, but Concubine Shou has already stacked words - as long as she has a breath, her great-grandson will marry a poor family, and she doesn't want the daughter raised by the Qin family!

However, the Son of Heaven also plans to give marriage, and for this matter, he is competing with the Empress Dowager.

The relationship between Qin Banniang and Qin Ziruo is still sloppy, the two sisters have no suspicions, and because of the "unanimity to the outside world", on this day, they couldn't hold it back.

Seeing that Wei Shiniang and the others were talking to Yijing, she actually came over to have fun, and opened her mouth to say: "If I didn't hear from the Duchess of the Kingdom today, I didn't know about the princess's return home." ”

Qin Wuniang was a little anxious, and glanced at her sisters several times, but Aunt Qin and Banniang didn't even give her a corner of the eye.

Yi Jing replied: "I was negligent and didn't even inform you." ”

Wei Shi Niang almost choked on the tea, and seeing that Qin Banniang was so annoyed that her eyes turned red, she couldn't hold back her cough and kindly reminded: "Ah Jing, Banniang didn't mean that, didn't the seventh sister of her family be a maid in your house, originally this matter should not be hidden from the people of the Prime Minister's Mansion." ”

Aunt Qin secretly slandered the eighth sister for not being able to speak, and she complained deeply about the eleventh mother's trickery, and said: "Mrs. Gu's words are bad, the daughter of the Prime Minister's Mansion has not been the seventh for a long time, and the maid of the Chu Wangfu has nothing to do with the eighth sister. ”

Wei Shi Niang smiled: "Then what does your Ba Niang mean, don't you really think that the princess needs to tell her about her when she returns home?" ”

Qin Banniang couldn't say anything about her suffering, she originally wanted to use this to test whether Princess Chu really proposed to make peace, and she was only embarrassed to be blocked like this.

Aunt Qin believed that her knowledge was slightly better, and she turned around for her sisters: "The eighth sister has also heard some rumors and is concerned about the princess, our two families are still in-laws." ”

Qin Wuniang, who was the link, lowered her eyes stiffly, her silver teeth were clenched, and her expression was really solemn.

Aunt Qin raised her eyes slightly, which was meaningful, and the next sentence became more and more ill-intentioned-