In addition to the Sanlang and Shilang, who are not as old as the kindergarten year, the two concubines of Sanniang and Banniang are not qualified to attend the palace banquet, Banniang does not feel low, she seems to have never wanted to participate in the palace banquet, but Sanniang has a very distorted unwillingness.

In previous years, the Mid-Autumn Festival, at most, Yichen and Yijing attended, and Erniang and Siniang were also not qualified, so Sanniang didn't feel any discomfort, and from time to time used this thing to ridicule Erniang.

But this year, all the ladies who came out of the concubine were qualified to go to the banquet, and the lowly status of Sanniang was undoubtedly revealed, so that she gritted her teeth, and felt full of grievances, grievances and unwillingness, and took the maids one by one in the yard to vent her anger, and she cried a lot.

When Aunt Cui heard about it, she was very anxious, and she begged Wei Guogong one night: "Grandpa Guo, the concubine knows that there is arrogance, but Ah Luo is the daughter of the concubine after all......."

Wei Guogong blocked her hands that were tied with buckles, slightly open from the placket, lifted up the robe and sat firmly, held a tea cup to quench his thirst, and then turned his mind back from political affairs, frowned slightly and asked, "What's wrong with Ah Luo?" ”

Aunt Cui was so shocked that she took a step back, her body hid in the shadow of the lamp, and her flustered face drooped even more, and she hurriedly distinguished: "Ah Luo didn't do anything, it's the concubine who is worrying about it." ”

Wei Guogong rubbed his eyebrows, and with the two sword eyebrows that entered the sideburns, he reached out and pulled Aunt Cui and asked her to sit beside her: "You are her biological mother, it is right to think about her, don't be so timid, if you have something to say." ”

When Aunt Cui heard this, her heart was relieved, followed by a warmth, when she raised her eyes, her eyes were already slightly red, and before she could speak, she let out a choked voice, Wei Guogong looked at her cowardly appearance, and her eyebrows frowned: "What, who made you wronged?" ”

"Grandpa Guo misunderstood." But hearing this, Aunt Cui hurriedly wiped away her tears: "Madam, she has always been tolerant and protective of her concubines, how can her concubines still be aggrieved...... It's just that I think of Ah Luo, she will also be a husband next year, and she is half a year older than Wu Niang, Wu Niang has already taken care of her dowry and learned to do chores, but Ah Luo She doesn't have much chance to go out...... Grandpa Guo, this time for the Mid-Autumn Festival, the ladies in the house were all invited, but only Ah Luo was ...... blamed the concubine for affecting her. ”

It turned out that for this matter, Wei Guogong was a little impatient, so he let go of his hand, held the bell and scratched the tea noodles, and said: "Ah Luo has been conniving with her since she was a child, and she has become more and more proud. ”

Aunt Cui stood up in shock.

"For her sake, there is nothing wrong with you, and you don't need to tremble like this." Having said that, Wei Guogong's voice was a little deeper: "I should also understand one thing, Ah Luo is a concubine in the end, and on some occasions, if she attends, I am afraid that she will be more neglected and ostracized, and she is an uninhibited character, if she argues with others, it will be detrimental to her reputation." ”

"It's a concubine, it's not ......well conceived," Aunt Cui burst into tears.

Wei Guogong was a little helpless, secretly thinking that Cui's was too cowardly, although it could attract pity, but it was true that she could not teach her daughter like this, everyone was beautiful, if she cried and cried at every turn, she would not please her husband in the future, and she would be questioned as a "tutor", so he said: "Don't worry about it, I will tell my wife that if there is a suitable banquet, I should let Ah Luo attend together, and then there is her marriage, I will also carefully choose a safe family for her, a son with both talent and virtue, and she will not be wronged." ”

Sanniang was unwilling to do so, but Qi Niang, who was originally invited to the other side, pestered the Xu family for a long time, because she didn't want to go to the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet-

"A-Niang, I have heard the fifth sister say many times, the palace banquet is the most dull and boring, there are many nobles present, bowing and seeing the ceremony have to make people tired and sweaty, and can not laugh wantonly, all day long you have to follow the rules and pretend to be a smiling stake, don't even think about half full at the table, in front of the table full of delicacies, you can only taste it lightly, spend a day and end up with an empty belly, cheeks hurt, back and legs are weak, where is this to go to the banquet, it is clearly a crime, A-Niang is good, I have to accompany the third sister and eight sisters at home."

Xu was choosing a dress for Qi Niang to go to the banquet, and was helpless when he heard this: "You are almost twelve, and you were born in a family like ours, and you can hide once and you can't hide for a lifetime." ”

"I don't care, and I can hide once." Qi Niang wrapped around Xu's arm, and her body almost curled up into a shrimp: "Auntie, I will definitely have a stomachache when I wait until that day, I can say it here first, if you must let me go, I will pretend to be sick, and my grandmother will have to ask a doctor to toss when she hears about it." ”

Xu couldn't laugh or cry.

Su Yi was busy outside for a day, wiped the dark before returning to the house, as soon as he entered the door, he saw that his daughter was threatening with a "killer weapon", but he thought it was funny, and he patted Qi Niang on the shoulder: "Abdominal pain and abdominal pain, you only have this trick, why don't you change it to a headache and brain fever, I think your mother was unwilling to participate in the palace banquet back then, so she came with a soup woman on a hot day." ”

Xu Shi glanced at her husband angrily: "Nonsense, when did I get so able to toss?" But he hurriedly put down the skirt in his hand, let the maids retreat, and changed Su Yi's clothes.

"Lan'er really doesn't want to go to the palace banquet?" Su Yi waited for Xu to untie his coat, put on his usual robe, and saw that his daughter was still lying on the couch with a sad face, holding a small fist and holding a hidden pillow to dissipate his anger, and said with a smile.

Qi Niang hurriedly changed the coquettish object, and threw herself into Su Yi's arms, and her little arm around her father's neck was a pleading.

Su Yi became more and more amused, rubbed her red cheeks with pity, looked at Xu Shi who shook his head and said: "Let her go this time, it will be the idle situation of the past two years, if you are the most tired of the palace banquet in the past, I wasted all my mind to mix up the female guest seat, and I didn't see your shadow when I looked through the autumn water, and I only learned that I was absent due to illness when I asked, but despite this, I didn't see you lose everyone's beautiful demeanor later." ”

When Xu Shi heard this, he turned around in shame, and had to compromise: "The third master is used to her, and I don't bother to theorize." ”

When Qi Niang heard this, she immediately refreshed herself, cheered and stood up from the couch, looked at her mother's blushing face, pursed her lips and smiled, but she followed the rules and made a speech: "Daddy is tired for a day, and my daughter will not bother, so I will go back to the house to simmer the soup woman." As soon as he lifted the curtain, he leaned in and said, "Daddy will be free another day, and tell me the interesting story of how to 'look through the autumn water'." ”

Taking advantage of Xu's "ferocious" eyes to kill the front, Qi Niang threw the curtain and ran, leaving a courtyard full of laughter.

Xu Shi blamed Su Yi at this time: "The third master can't be like this, Lan'er is too big to see it, and she is talking nonsense in front of her......" Before she could speak, she was stretched out and held in her arms, and before Xu could refuse, a lingering and sympathetic kiss suddenly came, leaving her with no strength.

For a long time, until the breath of the two was messy, Su Yi ended the kiss, against Xu's forehead, and his eyes were full of smiles: "My daughter is so old, you are still like the beginning." ”

attracted two punches that were neither light nor heavy, and struck them on the shoulder.

Only then did Su Yi let go of Xu: "Don't make trouble, I have something serious to discuss with you." ”

Xu was speechless...... How did the foolish person become himself? But when he saw Su Yi sitting in the front again, and he was still frowning and solemn, he stopped talking about those gossips and sat down next to the case.

Su Yi talked about the party dispute caused by the Nanzhejiang case in the past two days, and the three princes received the royal order and were torturing Peng Xiang to take back a suspect.

Xu also frowned slightly.

Although she has a good relationship with Su Yi, she usually doesn't listen to Su Yi's politics, and every time she does this, she has something important for her to help.

"What will happen to the Third Highness? In terms of speaking, it should help the prince. "Xu's guess.

"The queen must be able to understand the holy will, otherwise the Holy Lord would not hand over this case to the Third Highness." Su Yi didn't mention the prince, but only said the queen, which seemed to have a deep meaning: "This matter was secretly planned by Feng'er, and the appearance of the Third Highness was also one of his plans." ”

Xu Shi bowed slightly: "In this way, the filthy officials of Southern Zhejiang will not be able to get away with it this time." ”

The corners of Su Yi's lips rolled: "This is natural, but this is not enough to shake the foundation of Jinxiang, and while cracking down on the filthy officials in southern Zhejiang, we have to let Jinxiang ...... to do nothing."

Xu Shi was stunned, and thought for a while before he asked tentatively: "Is it the plan of the prince again?" ”

"Yes, Madame, did you think of it?"

"Guessing with the concubine, is it to divide the alliance of interests between the nobles?"

Su Yi bowed his head with satisfaction: "If Madame is a man, she is enough to gain a foothold in the court." ”

"But I'm afraid it's not so easy, Jin Xiang, this person, who is scheming, may not know it."

"That's why I want to force him, Jin Xiang is too proud, itself is a weakness, Kyoto Xungui and him have frequent contacts, interests, he has to pay more attention, and those people in Southern Zhejiang, and Jin Xiang is not without small contradictions, such as Yang Jihou back then, it was because of the dispute that the Ministry of Shangshu was not allowed, so he went to Ninghai to serve as a fellow knowledge, Jin Xiang this person is greedy, and the suppression of subordinate officials and cronies occurs frequently, and the officials of Southern Zhejiang are arrogant and rich and his greed is not unrelated, Feng'er first picked Southern Zhejiang to start, but also felt that it was easier to provoke than others."

"Is it all corrupt officials in Southern Zhejiang?"

"Naturally not, but the Third Highness should be able to rule again." Su Yi smiled.

Xu thought for a while: "In this way, as long as the prime minister is in his hands, the nobles of Southern Zhejiang will seek refuge in order to protect themselves...... and suddenly surprised: "Could it be the eldest brother?" In this way, can we be opposed to Kim? ”

"Sooner or later, Chen'er is now Princess Fu, since her mother agreed to marry the Heavenly Family, the Guogong Mansion has been in the whirlpool."

"What does the third master want to do with the concubine?" Xu Shi steadied himself and asked again.

"A crucial step, if Zhuo Shangshu is the leader, he will take the lead in gathering the public and persuade Jin Xiang to give up Southern Zhejiang, and this matter will be counted as a five-point calculation." Su Yi patted Xu's hand, and said warmly: "I discussed with my eldest brother, in comparison, it is more secure for you to come forward than my sister-in-law, Concubine Zhuo has an aunt who is married to Qiongzhou, that is, Mrs. Wang, and you have a little friendship in the past, and you have a little friendship with Concubine Zhuo at the Mid-Autumn Palace banquet, so that it does not seem abrupt, which makes her wary." ”

So he talked to Xu about the contradiction between Donggong Zhuo and Yang Erfei, and Su Yi earnestly advised: "If this thing is to be done, it all depends on whether it can be shown without traces, and it must not make Zhuo Shangshu suspicious, but it made Jin Xianghuai vigilant." ”

The Xu family also knew that the matter was important, and he pondered for a long time before he sighed: "The concubine can only do her best, if she can't find the right time, I'd rather not say more than let Concubine Zhuo realize that it is." ”