Yang Jian was ordered to recuperate, and the time was not up to him, knowing that his career had come to an end, he couldn't help but be disheartened.

At this moment, one of his henchmen in Jiangnan sent a thick urgent letter, which wrote in detail many illegal things that Yang Zheng had done, Yang Jian didn't read half of it, and his body was dripping with cold sweat, if it weren't for Emperor Yongchang for his loyalty to himself, he secretly asked the imperial doctor to give him medicine to prevent stroke in advance, even if Yang Jian didn't die, he would have to linger on the sickbed in the days to come, and it was difficult to say how to live.

Yang Jian handed over the housework to his eldest son, and he wrote down an invitation to the guilty son to enter the palace, and on the one hand, he proposed to resign, and on the other hand, he made a gesture of righteous annihilation, and wanted to hand over the child to the criminal department to be punished.

The emperor is still a little unbearable: "Ling Lang's death crime can be avoided, and the living crime cannot be escaped, return to your hometown with you, you need to be confined at home, and you can teach for a good life." ”

"Yes!"

"It's not that I can't trust you, Ling Lang has a deep habit, I'm afraid that your husband and wife can't control him, the internal guard will send two people over to guard him for you, naturally, these two people will be paid for by your family."

"Yes!"

The emperor didn't mention Yang Zheng's illegal gains in the past few years, but the governor of Jiangnan seized all of Yang Zheng's properties there, and the silver that Yang Zheng took home was not much more than what he invested, which could be regarded as an indirect confiscation of illegal income.

Yang Jian felt that the emperor was already very generous, so he wept bitterly and went into the palace to thank him, and returned to his hometown with his family.

Zhang Kaili didn't expect that she was ordered to get married and marry her own good friend, such a good thing, and the final ending was to accompany this man to see the Quartet.

They will not be able to come out without amnesty.

Wen Jin once again faced the embarrassment of helping his father marry his stepmother, this time the bride was lower than the status of the lord of Yujie, just the eldest daughter of the Earl's Mansion, but because it was the queen mother's marriage, the Zongren Mansion still sent a lot of help, saying that it was helping, but in fact, it was for Wen Jin to make the decision, from the layout of the new house to the invitation of the guests, as well as what banquet to arrange, the officiant, the chief steward, etc., all of them were decided without asking.

Back then, in the Qian Mansion, because Qian Xiancheng was the elder brother and Wei's sister-in-law, the Zongren Mansion had not been so excessive, so he would inform him in advance in the name of discussion.

This time, why is this happening? Bullying Xiao Yi is a general, is Wen Jin a junior?

Chunming and Xiayang have been following Wen Jin for such a period of time, and they are also talking at home, and when they suddenly encountered this situation, they were very angry, and after holding back for a few days, they couldn't help but sue in front of Wen Jin.

"Alright, alright!" Wen Jin waved his hand to stop, "Stop!" Don't say that. Do you think I'm better than the Zongzheng of the Zongren Mansion? Or can Grandpa Guo mess with them? ”

The two maids bowed their heads and asked, "Who can mess with them?" ”

"If you can't afford to mess with it, why are you muttering? Let me rush out and reason with them? ”

The heads of the two maids can be lowered to their chests.

In fact, Wen Jin is also angry, but striking iron still needs its own hardness, if the subordinates of the Xiao Mansion were not wrong from the beginning, those eunuchs and grandmothers would not be contemptuous, and gradually became arrogant, Wen Jin was also ready to rectify it afterwards, Chunming and Xia Yang's words gave her a new idea.

"You two, alas, forget it, in the Qian Mansion, the county lord's mother and aunt are too tolerant of us, and I don't have strict requirements for you, although we have learned the rules, but no one has implemented them, which can only blame me for not being strict, not your fault."

"Miss!" Chunming and Xia Yang knelt down as they spoke, "We don't dare anymore." ”

"Have you two ever wondered why they would dare to do that?"

"Not yet, not yet ......"

"Bullying me when I'm young, Grandpa Guo has no power, right? But have you ever thought that if we didn't make a mistake, would they be able to do that? ”

"Miss, I'm sorry!" Chunming and Xia Yang were full of shame, "Miss, the slave is useless, and you have been wronged." ”

"Get up." Wen Jin waved his hand, "Chunming, take out the rules copied by Mama from the cabinet, let's learn it again, if the people of the Zongren Mansion do it right, you will follow it, if you don't do it right, there is a suspicion of bullying us, you take that article and ask for advice, see what they say." ”

Chunming and Xia Yang whispered, "Is this okay?" It won't cause trouble for the eldest lady, right? ”

"You two know you're going to get me in trouble? What is the instigation just now? ”

"Miss, we know it's wrong."

Wen Jin waved his hand: "Since you know that you are wrong, you should work hard to correct it." Oh, yes, not only do you have to change your mistakes, but they have to make mistakes, right? No one can do anything wrong. ”

"Yes!" The two of them were originally aggrieved for their masters, but now that they have Wen Jin's attitude, they naturally know what to do. Xia Yang read more than Chunming, so she read out the rules one by one, and then analyzed the people from the Zongren Mansion, where they did well and where they didn't do right, the three of them discussed for a whole afternoon, and finally felt confident.

The next day, the actions of Chunming and Xia Yang, the representatives of the supreme leaders of the Xiao Mansion, began to change a lot, and they even sat and walked, they looked a little stiff, but in the eyes of the people sent by the Zongren Mansion, they saw that they were impeccable and flawless.

"Huh? These two girls were reborn overnight? Although he was a little surprised, the people who came did not think so, and he was still as arrogant as a few days ago.

Chunming and Xia Yang began to strictly restrain the subordinates of the Xiao Mansion, and they originally felt that the Zongren Mansion was bullying them, but they didn't expect that the people in their own mansion were also squeezed like this, and at the beginning, these maids and women in the Xiao Mansion were still very annoyed.

"Miss said, you need to be hard to strike iron, you don't follow the rules, no wonder you are bullied on your head." Chunming and Xia Yang taught their subordinates like this, some people were vigilant and began to be strict with themselves like them, but some people only knew how to complain behind their backs. For another two days, after dinner, the people of the Zongren Mansion went back, and Chunming and Xia Yang gathered these people.

"Miss said, if anyone drags on, and when the master's marriage passes, they will all be cut off to Zhuangzi, which is really hopeless, then they have to be sold, and when the time comes, don't cry and cry that your life is miserable."

After Chunming's words were finished, Xia Yang added: "When the new lady comes, she will definitely bring a group of domestic servants over, and the dismissal is certain, I hope that some people will not have a fluke mentality." ”

The faces of the people in the house have changed, people who have no foresight must have near-term worries, people who have no sense of worry, or who do not think about their future life at all, will be confused, Xia Yang's words sounded the alarm in the hearts of these people.

The population of Xiao Mansion is simple, and the master is also kind, especially the financial resources are abundant, and the life of the servants is good, and most people are reluctant to leave.

What's more, most people don't like to leave the familiar environment and go to a strange place to beg for a living, Xia Yang's words are still very threatening.

Chunming carefully observed the faces of more than a dozen mothers-in-law and maids in the room according to Wen Jin's teaching, and felt that the time had come, so he raised the booklet in his hand: "The eldest lady said, I won't mention the past, and in the future, if I don't do well, don't blame me for not reminding everyone." ”

Xia Yang took the booklet in Chunming's hand: "Miss, I'm afraid that some people have forgotten the rules, so I especially want me to tell you about it." ”

In the following days, the mental outlook of the subordinates of the Xiao Mansion changed greatly, although they still failed to fully implement the regulations, but the difference was not very serious.

With Wen Jin's consent, Chunming and Xia Yang, with the subordinates of the Xiao Mansion, confronted some people from the Zongren Mansion step by step.

Wen Jin is not an unbearable person, she does this, and she also has a purpose - only in the face of a common enemy, her own people can unite, the subordinates of the Xiao Mansion are scattered, she wants to integrate them, there has been no suitable opportunity, this time, they were bullied by the people of the Zongren Mansion, there is resentment in their hearts, and they have a sense of resistance, so that Wen Jin can take advantage of the situation.

Moreover, when the county lord of Yujie entered the Qian Mansion, he faced almost a brand new subordinate, they didn't understand the rules and forgiving, this time, if the new lady saw that the subordinates of the Xiao Mansion had no rules, what would she think of Wen Jin?

Wen Jin can endure hardships, but he can't stand the contempt.

Besides, the subordinates of the Xiao Mansion don't look good, will the newcomers look down on Xiao Yat because of this? Perhaps, Xiao Yi is Wen Jin's biological father, and getting along with him, the maintenance of blood relationship is easy to make people admire, or perhaps, Xiao Yi's love for Wen Jin moved her, and Wen Jin subconsciously wanted to protect his interests and his prestige.

Wen Jin didn't want her father's new wife, because the subordinates in the family had no rules and looked down on him and despised him, and she didn't want her stepmother to look down on her and flatten herself.

The people from the Zongren Mansion didn't feel the changes in the people of the Xiao Mansion at all, perhaps, they felt it, and felt that the people of the Xiao Mansion were better handled, so they continued to show off their might in the Xiao Mansion, especially there was a Wang Mama, the dog fought the people, and the people up and down the Xiao Mansion commanded the group and turned. The most annoying thing about this person is that everything has to be done according to her methods, such as hanging a decorative silk flower in front of the tent, and the knots must be tied from left to right according to her habits. Chunming and Xia Yang didn't say anything, obediently bowed their heads to work, Mama Wang got up proudly, moved a Taishi chair, sat in the shade of the courtyard, held a teacup in one hand, and took small sips.

Chunming's work in his hand came to an end, and he saw the opportunity, and walked forward with a smile on his face: "Mama, you are an old man in the palace, do you understand the little one, can you ask for advice?" ”

There are a lot of good teachers, the more they love to command blindly, the more they love to show off, this Wang Mama was really comfortable by Chunming's sycophant, and couldn't help but smile all over her face, and said very proudly: "What's the problem, say it." Her last two words, still slowly dragging a long tone, Xia Yang and a few maids all gathered around and made a gesture of deference.

I only heard Chunming say: "Mama, the little one wants to ask, what is the root of being a slave?" How can we do it well? ”

"You don't even understand this, how can you serve your master? To be a slave or maid, first of all, you have to respect your master, and tell you that it is the respect of the heart, not the appearance. Always remember that you are a slave and do not slack off. ”

"Oh, then, the master is not in front of him, so you can't sit down and rest for a while, right?"

"Of course!" Mama Wang waved her hand, "What are you all doing around me?" Want to be lazy? Let's all get to work! ”

"Yes! Momma. Chunming and Xia Yang replied very respectfully, turned around, and muttered: "You must always remember that you are a slave, and you must not have the slightest arrogance and slackness." ”

Mama Wang nodded with satisfaction, and continued to stare at the subordinates of the Xiao Mansion, but somehow, the people who were busy in front of her all repeated the sentence in their minds: "You must always remember that you are a slave and maid...... "If the master is not in front of you, you can't secretly sit down and rest for a while." ”……

The more Mama Wang listened, the more she felt that these words were harsh, and she wanted to be angry, but she had nothing to say, only that the chair under her seemed to be covered with thorns, and she couldn't continue to sit down.

Looking at the subordinates of the Xiao Mansion again, one by one they cast a disdainful look, Wang Mama finally knew that she was fooled, although she was from the Zongren Mansion, but she was just a slave who served the emperor's relatives, in the Xiao Mansion, she thought she was a cut above the people, and she was only a cut higher than the people, not the master of the Xiao Mansion.

Anyway, she is just a subordinate, and the master of the Zongren Mansion is not in front of her, so she can't sit down and be lazy.

"Why are you so cheap, and you want to say those things?" Mama Wang hated to slap herself in the mouth, so she had to stand up and join the ranks of the workers, if she had something to do, her eyes couldn't stare at others, and there were far fewer words to teach others in her mouth.

In the afternoon, Chunming and Xia Yang commanded several family members to put a pair of potted lotus flowers in the courtyard outside the new house.

"Hey, who told you to put these things in your own hands? When the time comes, guests come and go, and it won't get in the way? A eunuch sent by the Zongren Mansion, Sun Gonggong, pointed at Xia Yang impatiently, "Where did you move it, where did you send it back." ”

"Grandpa Sun, there are no banquets here, so it won't get in the way."

"I have the final say, or you have the final say, move out." Grandpa Sun was impatient.

"It was sent by the eldest lady."

Grandpa Sun glared unhappily: "How old are you eldest lady?" What do you know? Don't move out yet! ”

Chunming and Xiayang were not moved at all. The four men carrying the large pots were so tired that it was easy to walk from the garden here, but of course they did not want to move back, so they refused to move.

As soon as Grandpa Sun shook off the dust, he pulled it towards the nearest servant: "It's against you, why don't you move away quickly." ”

"Grandpa Sun, slow down!" Wen Jin just walked over, "Grandpa Sun, this is what I let you go." ”

Sun Gonggong and several other eunuchs and grandmothers are all subordinates of the Zongren Mansion, and they usually see the princes and nobles, and they only nod their heads, and when they come back to the Xiao Mansion, they just see that Xiao Yi is a general who is not taken seriously, and Wen Jin and Xiao Yuchen have just come from the countryside, and they don't understand anything, so they gradually become arrogant, Wen Jin's words actually made him feel uncomfortable.

"Miss, the water is yin, and putting this in the main courtyard is not good for the master."

"Grandpa Sun, you only know one but you don't know the other, my father is short of water in his life, and the house and yard where he lives have to be covered with water to balance yin and yang.

Gonggong Sun couldn't argue with Wen Jin, but he was unwilling, standing there with a blue face, Wen Jin didn't pay attention to it, just let people put the big flower pot in place, and then turned his head and asked, "Grandpa Sun, is there anything else?" ”

"Nope!" The surnamed Sun snorted angrily, shook off the dust, turned around and left.

In the following days, as long as the subordinates of the Xiao family take advantage, they will not give an inch, when necessary, Wen Jin will also come forward to help them support, come and go, the people from the Zongren Mansion will not dare to be arrogant anymore, the relationship between the servants of the Xiao family and Wen Jin has greatly improved, and they feel that following such a master is happy, they are in a good mood, and they can accept Wen Jin's strict requirements happily.

Wen Jin finally breathed a sigh of relief, this morning, and the steward Chen Gonggong from the Zongren Mansion sat in the flower hall, drinking tea and eating snacks, and the people below made trouble, Wen Jin's attitude towards the steward was still very friendly and even more tolerant, and the two of them could still maintain peace on face. Gonggong Chen is not unwilling to support his subordinates, every time his own people are unreasonable, what else can he say? What's more, after the incident, Wen Jin apologized to him with a very apologetic look, Father-in-law Chen is over fifty years old, how can he be embarrassed to get along with Wen Jin?

"Miss, Miss!" Before Xia Yang walked in, he shouted at the door.

"Father-in-law, look, there are no rules, it's time to play the board." Wen Jin looked helpless.

Gonggong Chen smiled gloatingly, and before he could say anything, Xia Yang had already come in: "Miss, the Qian Mansion has come to report the good news, the lord of Yujie County has given birth, he is a son, and the mother and son are safe!" ”

"Great!" Wen Jin raised his eyebrows and waved his hand: "Prepare a gift, I want to go to congratulate." ”

"Ouch, slow down!" Gonggong Chen hurriedly stopped, "Miss, Tian Ding's joy can only be congratulated on days like three, five, and ten days, and you can't go today." ”

The custom of going to the capital is probably for the sake of the mother and the baby, visiting and congratulating, there is a prescribed day, not when you want to go, when you want to go, otherwise, if the baby has something three long and two short, it is the guest with the plague god, is to tear the guest's pants, to break the situation.

Wen Jin stroked his forehead: "Look at me, I am happily confused." ”

Gonggong Chen saw that Wen Jin did not have a trace of fraud, and remembered the rumors that Miss Xiao was in the Qian Mansion and had the same mother and daughter as Yujie County. It seems that there is a good chance that this is true.

During the pregnancy of the county lord of Yujie, the queen mother gave several rewards, including food and clothing, and even midwives and doctors, all of whom were thoughtful. The people in the upper echelons of the Zongren Mansion couldn't guess why this was happening, but they all knew that they avoided the limelight, and no one provoked the Yujie County Lord. Two days later, Wen Jin got up early in the morning, took the gifts he had prepared a long time ago, and went to the Qian Mansion, and did not come back until the evening. If you don't really have family affection, how can you stay so late? Since then, Gonggong Chen has been more enthusiastic about Wen Jin on the surface, but he is more jealous in his heart, strictly restraining his subordinates, and trying his best to handle Xiao Yi's marriage properly. After more than a month of intense preparations, the wedding was grandly held.

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