When Liu Dongxing was depressed and troubled by the elders, Wen Yi also welcomed a guest, who was Mrs. Liu Si.

Mrs. Liu Si came to her today for something: "Those Rong family members are all Mrs. Tai's nephews back then, they are not close, they have always lived in Zhuangzi in the west of the city, and there are hundreds of miles away from Heng'an City, because they are far away, and there are not many contacts on weekdays, but when Mrs. Tai was alive, she didn't forget to give gifts every year, but her old man was gone later, so she broke off contact." They heard that Brother Xing'er is now promising, so they came to see him, but Brother Xing'er has something to do now, so you can see him for him, and if there is any difficulty, just help. ”

Wen Yi glanced at her a few times, and always felt that her expression when she said this was a little strange, so she smiled and said: "Since they are relatives, they have come from afar, so they naturally want to see each other." It's just that I haven't heard Xianggong say that there are these relatives before, and I'm afraid that I will make jokes when I see someone, can the fourth aunt tell me about their family? ”

Mrs. Liu Si laughed dryly, her expression tangled.

She naturally knows the purpose of the Rong family's coming, Dongxing is now a fourth-grade official, even if it is a martial profession, Manheng'an City has not produced a few officials above the fourth grade, not to mention the relatives outside, even in the clan, there are many people who beat his idea. But the Rong family is too cheeky, when the fourth master Liu took the girl over, he only said that he was adopted, although he had the intention of marrying Dongxing, he did not explicitly promise it. When the news came back that Dongxing was going to go to the battlefield, the Rong family also had a trouble, saying that they were unwilling to let the girl be widowed. Now that Dongxing has even married his wife and returned to his hometown, they are going to come to ask for an explanation. Although the Rong family has such a virtuous person as Mrs. Tai, the foundation is too shallow, and it has been in decline for many years, and the children and grandchildren have no shame, and as a member of the Liu family, she is embarrassed to recognize their relatives

Mrs. Liu Si glanced at Wen Yi again, hesitating in her heart. Is what Dongxing said true? If it's true, then he is the person with the highest official position in the clan at the moment, and his family has bullied him with his second sister-in-law in the past, so he has to do something to make up for his relationship with this nephew.

After hesitating again and again, Mrs. Liu Si decided to sell a good thing to Wen Yi, and rushed to the appearance of Dongxing's daughter-in-law she saw yesterday, and she would definitely not suffer

Wen Yi watched with interest the change in the expression on Mrs. Liu Si's face, hesitating and gritting her teeth, guessing what the other party was thinking. Just after Mrs. Liu's words, Wen Yi also discovered a few strange places, since she was Mrs. Rong's nephew, and she had contacts during her lifetime, why did she completely cut off contact after her death? Anyway, there is still an eastward journey in the Liu family, and she suddenly remembered that when she met Liu Dongxing again on Taiping Mountain, he had gritted his teeth and mentioned the injustice of his relatives and clansmen to him, could it be that the word "relative" refers to the Rong family? Maybe the Cai family. Dongxing's mother, Cai, is not the daughter of a small family, but Dongxing has never mentioned relatives from other families, and perhaps they also broke off contact after the death of their parents. Since this is the case, she doesn't need to pay too much attention to these relatives, just send them away as ordinary relatives.

Wen Yi made up her mind, and over there, Mrs. Liu Si also made up her mind, and confessed: "Brother Xing's daughter-in-law, my aunt doesn't hide it from you, and there is actually a reason for allowing the family to come." The fourth lady of the Rong family adopted the daughter of the Rong family and wanted to marry Liu Dongxing briefly, and said: "At the beginning, the fourth old lady originally planned to find a girl for Brother Xing'er, who had a family background and outstanding character, but as soon as he heard that there was such a girl in the Rong family, he changed his mind, but at that time, the second sister-in-law had already taken Brother Xing'er to your hometown, and this matter did not work out. Later, Brother Xing'er practiced martial arts and read military books, and he also took the martial arts examination, and he also wrote back a letter, saying that he was engaged to you. The fourth old lady was very angry at the time, and he insisted that Brother Xing'er come back to complete the marriage, but news came back that Brother Xing'er had been beaten by Wujinshi and was sent to the battlefield. The Rong family knew that they didn't want the girl to be widowed, so they wanted to take the girl back, and the fourth old lady scolded the person away, but after that, he suppressed the marriage and didn't mention it. ”

How did Wen Yi know that there was such a thing, she didn't react for a while, and only said two words: "Really?" A sentence quickly flashed through my mind: Why is this situation so familiar?

Mrs. Liu Si quietly looked at her face and said with a smile: "Actually, the fourth old lady just had this plan, since you and Brother Xing'er made a marriage and became a relative, we all know that this marriage will not be possible." The fourth old lady is just an old man's mouth, but he doesn't have any other ideas. If it weren't for Brother Xing'er coming back to worship his ancestors this time, the Rong family would have heard the news and would have come to the door to investigate, and his old man would not have brought up the old matter again. ”

Wen Yi calmed down and smiled at her: "It's okay, the fourth aunt doesn't have to worry, I understand in my heart." She snorted coldly in her heart, she still remembered that the reason why the Liu Gu clan wanted to go back to her parents' house to choose a wife for Liu Dongxing was because she was worried that the Liu clan would book him a wife with an extraordinary family background and bring him to the Yue family to help, but the elders of the Liu family chose him the same orphan girl? She didn't believe that Fourth Master Liu's decision had informed Second Uncle Liu and his wife, if they were aware, it would be impossible not to follow, whether it was the daughter of a six-rank military attaché, or her desperate family, in terms of family background, it was better than the girl in the Rong family, Fourth Master Liu found such a girl to come back, not only did not notify the main master, but also had to find bad luck afterwards, he was easy to bully when she Gu Wenyi?

Wen Yi smiled again, Mrs. Liu Si saw it on the side, only to feel panicked in her heart, and said with a dry smile: "Brother Xing's daughter-in-law, you ......"

Wen Yi smiled at her more kindly: "Fourth aunt, where are these uncles you are talking about?" Is it outside? Come and meet me. And that cousin Rong, who is living in the fourth grandfather's house at this time? ”

"Huh? Ah......" Mrs. Liu Si couldn't react for a while, and said busily, "The Rong family is waiting for news in the inn, but their wife is here and waiting in the front yard, do you want to see here?" Will it be ......"

Wen Yi was a little careless: "Since you are your own relatives and elders, you don't have to be too polite, right?" Please come and see you. He ordered him to moisten his heart: "Go and prepare refreshments." Runxin bowed and answered, but whispered a few words in her ear. Wen Yi is even more aware of it.

Runxin is the daughter of the Shu family, and she is more familiar with the personnel of the Liu family, what she told Wen Yi is what Wen Yi guessed before, the Rong family never came to the door after Liu Dongxing's parents died, Dongxing had sent Mama Shu to contact them when he was a child, but they never came to see him once. However, Dongxing was more concerned about the Cai family's relatives at that time, and he didn't take this matter to heart.

It was the two wives of the Rong family who came, Mrs. Liu Si introduced her, and Wen Yi couldn't figure out which of the younger wives of Mrs. Rong's wife was the wife, so she only called the eldest cousin and the second cousin in general. However, although these two Mrs. Rong are dressed ordinarily, the half-old silk clothes on their bodies are still a little inadequate, but their attitude is quite arrogant, Mrs. Rong is older, her face is round, and her two eyes have been staring at Wen Yi since she entered the door, and Mrs. Rong has a long face, her pointed chin is raised very high, and she asked in a sharp voice: "So, you are the girl that our brother was engaged to later?" Look, it's not a big beauty, why did Brother Xing'er fall in love with you? I heard that your family is still extinct? ”

When Wen Yi heard this, she knew that it was two nonsense people, and she was not angry, but said with a faint smile: "Two aunts, please sit down, come here, serve tea." Then he sat down on the main seat above him, and kept his face open.

The two Mrs. Rong were angry when they saw it, Mrs. Rong was about to speak, but was blocked by Mrs. Rong, who seemed to have some rules, and sat on the first chair on the left, and the girl came to pour tea and snacks, she also looked light, but when she saw the delicate refreshment, she walked away for a while, and immediately took it back. Mrs. Rong immediately picked up the tea bowl and took a sip, and held the tea bowl and watched it.

Mrs. Liu Si had already gritted her teeth beside her, this is the house of the long house, Wen Yi is sitting in the right position, that is impossible to say, but these two women are too rude, right? Actually took her place, and if she sat on the right, wouldn't it seem inferior to them? How did she get these two in?

Mrs. Liu Si finally reluctantly sat on the first chair on the right, expecting Wen Yi to teach these two stupid women a lesson, but Wen Yi sat on the top and didn't say a word for a long time, but she was confused.

Someone outside the door shook for a while, and everyone turned their heads to look, but it was Hexiang who came in. Respectfully came to the hall and presented a tray to Wen Yi, and in the center of the plate was Zhang Dahong's invitation: "Congratulations, the Heng'an prefect's yamen sent a post, and the prefect's wife heard that you are coming, and she will hold a banquet for you tomorrow to wash the dust." The person who sent the post waited in the front yard to reply. ”

Wen Yi glanced at Hexiang with some surprise, and secretly applauded in her heart. This girl is really clever, this invitation was actually sent with a gift an hour ago, she has declined, and attached a return gift, I didn't expect Hexiang to turn this waste post out at this time and send it again. She smiled, cooperated with the acting, let people take the post and look at it, and handed it back: "You tell the person who sent the post that the post stays, but the banquet is forgotten." The prefect's wife is very gracious, she shouldn't have resigned, but this time she returned to her hometown, just for private matters, and she didn't plan to disturb the place. Before he finished speaking, someone next to him gasped.

Hexiang saluted respectfully: "Yes, the slave maid takes the order." He withdrew with the tray in his hand. Wen Yi picked up the tea bowl and took a sip unhurriedly, as if she had just ordered something very ordinary.

Mrs. Liu Si has been to the capital once, and she is used to seeing the world, so she didn't make much fuss: "Is this good?" The prefect of Heng'an has the same grade as Brother Xing'er, so if he refuses like this, will it be too much of a loss of face for the prefect? No matter how you say it, Brother Xing is also a person here."

Wen Yi said with a smile: "This dynasty has always been a civil and military family, and the reason why the prefect's wife invited me in a post, rather than the prefect's lord, is because of this article." Besides, if the prime minister wants to be in charge of the army, it is not good to have too much contact with civil officials, which is also the meaning of avoiding suspicion, and the prefect must understand. I'll prepare a small gift for the prefect's wife, and that's it. ”

After all, Mrs. Liu Si didn't know the rules of these officialdoms, so she could only laugh dryly.

The faces of the two Mrs. Rong were a little distorted, and they looked at each other a few times, but they slightly reduced their previous arrogance by a few points. Mrs. Rong coughed lightly, and spoke first: "Brother Xing's daughter-in-law, in fact, we came here this time for your eldest cousin's business......" She glanced at Mrs. Liu Si, "I think you have also heard that our eldest girl is the master of Fourth Mrs. Liu and gave Brother Xing'er the ......"

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Wen Yi: "What did Auntie say?" Promised to my father-in-law? When did this happen? ”

Second Mrs. Rong said busily: "It was in June last year, but the fourth old lady of your family spoke in person."

Mrs. Liu interjected coldly: "The fourth old lady just took Miss Rong over to raise her, where did she say anything?" ”

Mrs. Rong didn't follow it when she heard this: "Fourth wife, you have to be cool when you speak, who doesn't know that Fourth Mrs. Liu took our girl over and wanted to kiss?" Now that the family can't do it, who can our girl marry? ”

Mrs. Liu's fourth wife raised her eyebrows and was about to refute, but Wen Yi opened her mouth first: "The two aunts said this, I have some doubts, I and my husband were engaged after the Dragon Boat Festival last year, and they got married in April today, and it is said that there was a gap of nearly a year in the middle, why have I never heard of such a family affair in my hometown?" ”

Mrs. Rongda was a little uncomfortable: "How do we know about this kind of thing?" Presumably Heng'an is far away from the capital, and Brother Xing didn't have time to hear about it? ”

Wen Yi didn't pursue it, but just asked, "I don't know if there is a record?" ”

Mrs. Rong Er was also uncomfortable: "This ...... The fourth old lady of your family personally spoke, and everyone in Hengan knew it......"

Wen Yi smiled: "My father-in-law is the son of the Liu family's long house. ”

At this time, even Mrs. Liu Si felt that this family business was too nosy for Mrs. Liu Si.

Mrs. Rong gritted her teeth and simply said: "Brother Xing's daughter-in-law, look at this, no matter what you say, people outside know that our eldest girl is promised to Brother Xing'er, and if Brother Xing'er doesn't marry her, her life will be ruined." We won't rob you of the name, our family is now ruined, and the eldest girl has no father and mother to call the shots, just for the sake of Mrs. Gu, let her enter your Liu family to make a second room......"

Wen Yi quickly interrupted her words: "Accepting relatives as concubines is against the law of the country." How dare we? ”

Mrs. Rong was stunned, and Mrs. Rong said sharply, "What is this?" There are more cousins who do the second room. Don't forget, your Liu family treated our aunt and wife badly back then, and now you want to bully our daughter again? I know your Liu family is famous, but you can't be ungrateful, right? ”

Wen Yi smiled coldly: "Mrs. Rong is the grandmother of my father-in-law, and she is my mother-in-law, and her grievances are served by our husband and wife." In what capacity did you force me to violate the law of the country? ”

The two Mrs. Rong were stunned, and they wanted to make trouble again, only to hear a commotion outside the door, and Hexiang shouted: "Who are you?" Then rushed in a sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl, delicate and vigorous, a pair of big eyes extremely bright, after entering the door to see the two Mrs. Rong, then sneered: "The two aunts are really here, do you think our family is embarrassed enough?" When I saw people down, I avoided them, but now that I see people, I want to kiss them with a dead face. I'm sorry, I'm the master, I'd rather die than be a concubine, aunts, please go back, don't lose the face of our Rong family again"

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