Since the old lady Yu and the old man Gu of the long house came to the sheep liver alley on that day, the letters and posts from the long house were sent to Wen Yi in three days, and sometimes they just got some good dishes and soups, or fresh vegetables and fruits, and sent them in the name of giving them to Mrs. Lu to share; Sometimes it is the Jiang family who has recently obtained some good clothes, and asks Wen Yi to help him come over to get an idea, see how to use it, and bring back one or two horses by the way; Sometimes a few young ladies are the hosts, tasting poems and flowers, laughing and having fun, and inviting Wen Yi to come over to have fun. The list goes on and on.

Wen Yi was still in the long room at first, and every time she went to the house, she would be vigilant again and again, speak carefully, so as not to leave a handle, and try not to give them the opportunity to say what she wanted, who knew that after going a few times, the long room didn't mention this matter for a long time, but just blindly befriended her, which made her scratch her head.

But as time went by, Wen Yi was also a little annoyed. She didn't intend to have too much contact with the long house, but the elders called each other, and it was not good to do it, not to mention that the Jiang family was not thin on her, and Wen Juan and Jiang Yao were good friends with her. Despite this, she can't stand every time she goes to the house, she can only make fun in front of the old lady, whether it is the Jiang family or the sisters, they don't have the opportunity to meet and talk in private. She found out several times that Jiang Yao had something to say to herself in private, but there was never a shortage of people around her, and sometimes she was free and asked Jiang Yao quietly, but Jiang Yao hesitated and refused to speak.

Mrs. Lu was also puzzled by the calculation of the long house, so she could only say to Wen Yi: "It's not a matter to come to the door twice in three days. You have been to the Gu family many times, if you don't go to the Liu family, it will seem disrespectful, but if you go to the Liu family, you will have to be angry with your third aunt, so it is better to think of a way to push the Gu family's invitation. ”

Wen Yi naturally agreed, and when the Shilang Mansion sent a post in the name of the Jiang family, he deduced that he was sick and couldn't go, who knew that the old lady Yu actually asked the Duan family to bring a doctor over, and the beautiful name was "caring for the younger generation", and she must prescribe a prescription for Wen Yi's pulse. Wen Yi was annoyed in her heart, and she didn't care what the purpose of the long house was, she asked people to leave with a straight face, no matter what the long room asked her to do, she shouldn't do anything, except for the festival and the gifts given by the people of the long house on their birthdays, they actually broke off the two families.

Seeing this, the old lady of Changfang Yu was also a little annoyed in her heart, and said to her eldest son: "Sure enough, when a person reaches a high position, his heart is easy to change. In the past, when the sixth room was down, our family was not thin on them, and your sixth aunt was not in good health, so I didn't send a lot of good medicine. Now that the ninth girl has only married a military attache of the fifth grade, she has grown up like this, if she is so rude to our family, if she didn't think that she still has some friendship with the crown princess, why would I be so low-voiced? ”

Master Gu was helpless in his heart, so he had to persuade: "Mother is angry, maybe it was the second brother and sister who brought the doctor over that time, and the flaws in their words were exposed, which annoyed the sixth aunt and the ninth girl, so they refused to come to the door again, right?" Ming'er, I'll send your daughter-in-law over and make it clear. ”

Old Madam Yu snorted coldly: "That time, she obviously pretended to be sick and refused to come, why did it become your brother and sister's sin?" The elders are called, and she still has to push three or four, dare we love that all the efforts we have put into her these days have been wasted? coaxed and coaxed, and coaxed an ancestor to come"

Master Gu knew his mother's self-respecting identity, if he hadn't been frightened by himself that day, he wouldn't have put down his body to please the ancestors of the sixth room, if he just befriended the sixth aunt alone, it would be fine, but he was anxious, and asked his mother to say more good things to the nine nieces, although the mother did so that day, there was still a thorn in her heart, and these days in the mansion repeatedly invited the nine nieces to come to the door, the nine nieces did not leak between their words and actions, and they didn't necessarily have much intimacy with the long house, but there was no way to take her.

Despite this, he still did not forget to remind Mrs. Yu: "Mother should only think about her flesh and blood." Yesterday, the Ministry of Rites revealed a major case of corruption and dereliction of duty by many former officials, although Brother-in-law Liu was not among them, but there were also people involved in him to shield his subordinates, and the direction of the wind became worse and worse. Brother-in-law Liu explained his innocence in the book, and he couldn't escape the charge of 'negligence'. If Jin Shang remembers the old feelings, he will probably give him a good ending, and if Jin Shang is annoyed, I am afraid that the DPRK will attack him in groups. My son just got the letter, and someone in the Imperial Observatory has already put the idea on his son's head."

Old Madam Yu was shocked and shed tears: "My son, what kind of evil did I create in my previous life, disaster fell from the sky, I have an old bone, and I have to whisper to the juniors to please ......"

Master Gu was a little unbearable, so he whispered, "Why don't you just talk to Aunt Six?" After all, after decades of being a concubine, the sixth aunt should not miss the old love......"

Old Madam Yu sighed, waved her hand weakly, and let him leave.

On the second day, Jiang was ordered by his mother-in-law to personally bring gifts to Yangliver Hutong.

Wen Yi looked at Jiang's family, helpless in her heart, and said in a low voice: "Auntie, why are you so troubled?" You're sick and tired, why are you going through this process? What's the matter, just send a girl to say. ”

Jiang Shi also smiled helplessly: "That's it, you can't be idle at home, and you can breathe when you go out for a walk." I didn't know what my mother-in-law and my lord were planning, they asked me to send something, and I did, but they didn't tell me anything else. Nine girls, although I don't know what you are annoyed about, but I can't write two Gu characters in one stroke, no matter what the two of them do, you can forget it. ”

Wen Yi smiled bitterly: "Auntie, niece is also annoyed, if the aunt and uncle are really sent, why don't you say it?" I still have my grandmother to take care of me, and I have family affairs to take care of, so I can't leave my family and ignore it, and run to my mother's parents every day to serve, right? ”

Jiang sighed: "I also heard that a few days ago, because I was sick, seven or eight out of ten days were nested in the room, and you passed the house a few times, and I only saw you twice in a hurry." Although I think it is inappropriate for my mother-in-law to summon her so frequently, it is not easy to persuade her, I didn't expect you to be so temperamental......"

Wen Yi pursed her lips secretly, and at this time, Shi Nan came over and said: "The old lady asked the slave maid to come over and tell the eldest lady that you are going to come as a guest, and our family is naturally happy, but don't call her granddaughter away again, so that she can't see her twice a day." ”

Jiang Shi was dumbfounded, and Wen Yi snickered. This is also the order of the elders, and the Jiang family naturally can't refuse. However, she still smiled and said, "Since I am here, I have to say hello to Aunt Sixth and say a few greetings." Aunt Six must not be stingy and won't even entertain me with a meal, right? "She came to be a guest, there was no purpose, if she went back early, she would be summoned by her mother-in-law to ask non-stop, so she simply stayed longer.

Wen Yi was laughing with Mrs. Lu and Jiang in the wing room, and Lianxin quietly walked over and whispered a few words to her. She frowned, and then whispered: "Let Shu Ping go and greet him, ask what is the matter, and then come back to me." The eldest aunt is here, and I can't go out to see him. ”

Lianxin took the order, and after a while, she arrived at the second gate, and saw Shu Ping standing there, her face was slightly hot, so she turned her head and whispered: "Big * Grandma said, let Xiao Shu go to greet Second Master Luo and ask him what is the matter." The eldest wife of the Gu family is inside, and the big * milk can't get out. ”

Shu Ping responded, stared at her twice, and then coughed lightly and turned around to go to the study.

Luo Mingmin was waiting in the study, looking at the books on the shelf, and when he heard footsteps, he looked up and smiled: "Has this room been cleaned up again?" Many books are missing. ”

Shu Ping smiled: "If Second Master Luo wants to find those books, the little one will tell the inner courtyard and ask someone to send them over?" Because the uncle was not at home, the books that the uncle liked were all moved to the small study in the inner courtyard by the big * grandmother. ”

"It doesn't really matter." Luo Mingmin thought that a few of those books were good things in his private collection, and smiled maliciously, thinking that if Wen Yi had read them one by one, when the eastbound brother came back, he didn't know what to eat, so he laughed out loud.

Shu Ping looked at Luo Mingmin suspiciously, the latter was shocked to realize that he was out of shape, and coughed heavily, and asked with a straight face: "Recently, I heard that your eldest * grandmother has a lot of contacts with Gu Shilang's mansion, and they are very close, I think this rumor is a bit strange, and the timing is not right, so I thought of coming over and asking." What's going on? ”

Shu Ping sighed. He is the son of the big housekeeper, and his sister is by Wen Yi's side, so he knows a little bit about Neimu: "Don't mention it, in fact, the Shilang Mansion summons the big * grandmother over from time to time, but every time it's just gossip." They are elders, and the eldest * grandmother is not easy to refuse, but they have been going a lot, and they are also very troubled, and they have no time to take care of housework, and they are forced to leave their grandmother at home, and both grandparents and grandchildren have complaints. Previously, the Shilang Mansion posted again, and the big * grandmother said that she was sick and did not go, and in less than half a day, the second wife of the Gu family brought a doctor to come to the door to check the pulse of the big * milk. The eldest * grandmother was annoyed at the time and never went to his house again. No, Mrs. Gu Shilang is here in person today, and she is talking to the old lady and the big * milk in the inner courtyard. ”

Luo Mingmin frowned, chuckled and shook his head: "This Gu Shilang is a clever person, but unfortunately, it's too late." He said to Shu Ping again: "I just came to ask, and when I came back to see your big * milk, I told her that if there is a post over there, she will go if she likes it, and if she doesn't like to go, don't pay attention to it, don't worry too much." If you really want to refuse, it just so happens that my fourth aunt is planning to go to Zhuangzi outside the city to cool off these days, so she might as well accompany the old lady to go together. ”

Shu Ping snorted: "Second Master Luo, our eldest * grandmother also bought a Zhuangzi recently, and she is asking someone to trim it, if you can use this as a reason, you will say it a long time ago." But the old lady of the in-laws family is old and doesn't like to move, let alone go out of the city, even if she goes to her relatives' house in the capital, she is impatient, otherwise she will not let the eldest * grandmother go to the Shilang Mansion alone. ”

Luo Mingmin thought about it for a while, and then said, "Then when I go back and ask my fourth aunt what she thinks, then tell her." Let her live in peace, and also, Northern Xinjiang has won another battle, and your uncle has made military achievements again. This is the news that our caravan has brought back from the north, and it is estimated that the letter will be approved in the next two days. ”

Shu Ping was overjoyed: "Is Second Master Luo's words true?" The small one will immediately report to the big * milk to know"

When Wen Yi heard the good news, she was naturally overjoyed, and immediately ran to the Buddha statue to burn incense and bow. Mrs. Lu was also a little excited: "Okay, good Northern Xinjiang has won many victories, presumably the day of the army is not far away" Jiang also congratulated frequently, and when he returned to Shilang's mansion, he told his mother-in-law and husband about it.

Mrs. Yu was stunned for a long time, her heart was sour and astringent, and she didn't know what it tasted like. Master Gu couldn't stop being happy: "This is a good thing, Brother Xing'er, but the son-in-law of our Gu family, his scenery, is the scenery of our Gu family" and lowered his voice and said to his mother: "In the past, we only wanted to use the friendship between the nine girls and the crown princess, but now Brother Xing'er is so competitive, whether it is our Gu family or the Liu family, we can follow the light." Old Madam Yu was in a complicated mood and did not respond for a long time.

Jiang Shi stood aside, looking at her husband and mother-in-law with some surprise, her eyes flashing.

Within two days, Jiang Yao took the girl to Sheep Liver Hutong.

Wen Yi received her in surprise and asked with a smile: "Why didn't you ask someone to send a letter in advance?" It scared me a lot. It's the first time my sister has come to our house, right? ”

Jiang Yao was silent, didn't say anything, and went to say hello to Mrs. Lu first, the old lady was not familiar with her, she only knew that she was her granddaughter's best friend, so she just exchanged a few words of greeting, and sent them back to the room to talk. Jiang Yao entered Wen Yi's main house, looked left and right, lowered her voice and asked, "Can you take a step to speak?" ”

Wen Yi was stunned, agreed, sent the girls down, and asked Jiang Yao, "What's wrong?" ”

Jiang Yao said in a low voice: "I heard the girl next to my aunt talk about it, saying that your father-in-law has made another contribution in Northern Xinjiang. ”

As soon as Wen Yi heard this, he couldn't stop smiling on his face: "This is indeed the case, early this morning, the official document of the imperial court came down, I heard that it was a great victory, and more than 20,000 barbarians who annihilated the enemy have been greatly injured after this battle." ”

Jiang Yao paused and lowered his voice a little lower: "Then you...... Will it be like last time, and you have to enter the palace again? ”

Wen Yi was stunned: "This ...... I don't know, it's not uncommon to think about such a victory, how can I enter the palace to see Fengyan every time? If there is a summons in the palace, it should be decreed. ”

Jiang Yao bit her lip, lowered her head, and rubbed the handkerchief with both hands, as if she was a little undecided.

Seeing this, Wen Yi also solemnized: "What happened?" ”

Jiang Yao took a deep breath: "I have something that I want to borrow from you and pass it into the palace, but I am afraid that the wind will leak and it will affect you, so I don't know what to do." ”

Wen Yi saw that she was cautious, and she didn't dare to be careless: "What's the matter?" Who do you want to tell in the palace? ”

Jiang Yao hesitated for a moment, and finally made up her mind: "It's about the prince, do you remember...... King Zheng? ”

King Zheng? Wen Yi was puzzled: "What does it have to do with King Zheng?" "Suddenly remembered that Jiang Yao's father is now the Zhizhou of Jinnan, and he happened to be next to King Zheng's territory, could it be that he heard something important? In her previous life, she had heard rumors of King Zheng's rebellion

Wen Yi was about to ask carefully, but she heard Lianxin report: "Big * milk, Second Master Luo is here." ”。.。