Liu Dongning had been quietly looking at Wen Hui in a daze, but when he heard the words, his face suddenly changed, he turned around and glared at his wife, and scolded in a low voice: "Don't talk nonsense"

Wen Xian's eyes were red, but she was stubborn, pursed her lips, took a deep breath, and said, "Didn't I talk nonsense, didn't everyone in my family talk about it?" Even inside and outside the capital, some people use this to talk about it, accusing our Liu family of poor upbringing. Liu Gu's two families have been scholarly for generations, and their children have always been the most important character, and the ninth sister has already entered the door, so I won't say anything, but the tenth sister has an undecided future. I'm just for my sister's good, and I'm worried that she will be wronged. ”

This made the faces of everyone present a little unsightly, and Liu Dongning was even more angry that his face turned white, and he hurriedly turned his head to see Wen Yi's face, and wanted to pull Wen Xian's sleeve to stop her from continuing.

Wen Yi laughed angrily and calmed down: "The more I hear this, the more I don't understand, the fifth sister, so to speak, the young hero you just said has a bad character and a brutal temperament, so you are really talking about my father-in-law?" I said I heard it wrong. Please also ask the fifth sister to give me more advice, how can my father-in-law have a bad character and a cruel temperament? ”

Wen Xian noticed that the eyes of her mother's parents were not as kind as before, and she was a little stunned, but the words had already been spoken, if she gave in at this time, others would only look down on her more and more, so she sighed heavily, and said, "The ninth sister hasn't gone out for a few days, so I don't know, right?" One of the great achievements that the ninth brother-in-law made in northern Xinjiang this time was to burn more than 2,000 people to death in a place called Fangmapo. It was burned alive, and even the bones could not be found, and the valley was filled with ashes, and I heard that even the veterans in the army saw it, and they also felt a chill in their hearts. Some people even say that the ninth brother-in-law is so ruthless at a young age, he can be called a butcher"

Wen Yi stood up suddenly, staring at Wen Xian with a sharp gaze.

Wen Xian was startled, shrunk her neck, and forced herself to say: "I heard this from other places, it's not nonsense, and the family is talking about it." For the sake of the ninth brother-in-law, our family was also affected, and my father-in-law was also criticized. Ninth sister, you have been a person who recites scriptures and respects Buddha since you were a child, and you follow your sixth uncle and grandmother, and you have gone to Qinglian Nunnery and the major temples inside and outside Pingyang City to give lamp oil money, you shouldn't say that more than 2,000 lives are nothing, right? ”

Wen Yi quickly glanced at Liu Dongning, and saw that his face showed embarrassment and shame, so he knew that there had indeed been such a discussion in his family, and couldn't help but be a little funny, looked back at Wen Xian, with a sneering look on his face, and said, "Fifth sister, I heard me right, right?" Do you think my father-in-law shouldn't kill enemy soldiers? Maybe you don't know the details, and you take the false rumors seriously. In this battle, I knew that it was the enemy army who set up an ambush in Fangmapo, intending to burn 3,000 soldiers of our army, but fortunately, Xianggong found out in time, and dragged the enemy into the trap they had set themselves. I don't know about the war, but since it is a war between two countries, it is natural that the soldiers of the enemy army are burned to death, which is better than the soldiers of our imperial army being burned to death. Could it be that according to the meaning of the fifth sister, the lives of the 3,000 soldiers of our imperial army are nothing, only the lives of more than 2,000 enemy soldiers are worthy of pity? ”

Seeing Wen Xian's face and ugly looks, Wen Yi couldn't help but laugh a few times, and said lightly: "It's really the first time I've heard of this kind of thing." Although I have been worshipping Buddha with my grandmother since I was a child, I always remember to act with good thoughts, but it does not mean that I should be tolerant of those who do evil. Tolerate the wicked, will only give the wicked a chance to harm more people, pity the lives of the enemy, will only make our army sacrifice more soldiers, if they really let them break through the frontier and go south, not to mention the capital, even if we are Pingyang, there will be no peace. The fifth sister really has such a kind heart, it is better to think more about our own soldiers, this big battle, we did not force the enemy to attack. ”

Wen Xian's face turned red, and she wanted to speak again, but Liu Dongning dragged her and scolded angrily: "If you don't understand, you can say this kind of thing?" Wen Xian gasped twice, and looked at him with red eyes: "Why can't I say it?" ...... at home"

"Shut up" Liu Dongning interrupted her without waiting for her to finish, the corners of his eyes quickly swept towards Wen Yi, and he smiled a little embarrassedly, "Sister-in-law, your younger brother and sister are not sensible, and they don't know the importance of their words, don't take it to heart." The eldest brother is a real hero, and the villain who talks nonsense is just jealous of the eldest brother for making great achievements at such a young age, which is not worth mentioning. ”

Wen Yi smiled: "Speaking of which, my younger brother and sister are also raised, how can the two thousand enemy troops be killed by your eldest brother alone?" Aren't there still 3,000 soldiers? He is just a leader, and the credit should belong to these 3,000 soldiers. However......" she paused and looked at Liu Dongning meaningfully, "There are some things that ordinary people can say, but the second brother and younger siblings can't, especially at this time." The people present today are all from their own families, but it's okay, if it's in front of outsiders, what the younger brother and sister said is inappropriate, and it spreads, the second uncle is not just criticized by others, second brother, don't you say? ”

Liu Dongning lowered his head: "Thank you sister-in-law for reminding me, I will teach her well when I go back." ”

Wen Yi waved her hand lightly: "That's it, it's all my own family, and there's nothing to worry about." If your younger sibling doesn't understand this, you can tell her slowly, and you don't have to be annoyed. "A sister-in-law's demeanor. Liu Dongning only bowed his head.

Wen Xian looked more and more aggrieved, she was obviously the eldest sister, but now she was pressed on her head by her sister like this, and wanted to refute it, but her husband pulled it tightly, and turned to her grandmother for help with tears in her eyes, but found that the old lady Yu was staring at her with an unkind expression, even her aunt Jiang Shi was angry, and her stepmother Duan simply didn't even look at her. She couldn't help but shudder, a little hesitant: could it be that she really said the wrong thing? But...... Why? Even if Liu Dongxing is really different from what it used to be, and the future is promising, it can't be compared with the scholars of the current dynasty, why do the relatives of the mother's family have to look at the faces of Liu Dongxing and Wen Yi?

Wen Hui suddenly burst out laughing, causing everyone to look at her. She took a sip of tea unhurriedly and said lightly: "The fifth sister has lived in Pingyang for a long time, and she speaks and does things according to the habits of that side, and she hasn't figured out the rules of the capital yet, right?" The daughter of a big family in the south, when she heard that so many people died during the war, and died quite miserably, she sighed pitifully, and when outsiders heard it, they would only say that this young lady was kind-hearted and a good-hearted girl. Who's going to pursue anything else? It's just that in the capital, if you say this kind of thing, you will inevitably be laughed at, especially ...... If the person who said this was still the daughter of the official eunuch's family, it would make people laugh, and if the black-hearted villain heard it, he didn't know how to arrange it, what would they say? Those who are kind-hearted will say that this family is unable to get along with the emperor and the army, is a peacemaker, and does not approve of sending troops in the first place, so the court still talks cool there after winning the war; If it's mean...... Tsk, maybe all the words of the enemy have been spoken."

Wen Xian's face turned from red to white when she heard this, and she finally showed a little panic. She turned her head to look at her husband tremblingly, Liu Dongning turned her head away, and glanced at Wen Hui deeply: "Thank you sixth cousin for reminding me, your sister is ...... She doesn't understand as well as you do, she doesn't understand any of this. Wen Xian's body shook and bit her lower lip tightly.

Wen Hui looked faint: "I don't want to get into trouble either, if it really lets outsiders know, maybe even our family will have to be arranged." Cousin Liu, this is your wife, take care of her, don't let her talk around. She hadn't made such a mistake when she was at home."

Liu Dongning's face flushed, the pain in his eyes flashed, and he lowered his head and responded softly.

The scene was a little stiff, everyone didn't know what to say, Wen Yi sat sullenly, and felt more and more bored in her heart, so she got up and asked Jiang: "Auntie, let's sit for a while, I don't know when the banquet will start?" Are there any outsiders today? ”

Jiang Shi woke up and said with a smile: "Today is a family banquet, that is, our own family, even a few of your sisters get together together, but there are a few foreign guests at the banquet outside, and they are all relatives and friends, so they must have arrived, right?" He turned around and instructed his daughter-in-law Ge Shi: "Brother Xian's daughter-in-law go and take a look to see how they are prepared." If all the guests from outside have arrived, tell the kitchen to have a feast. ”

Ge Shi hurriedly bowed and left. Jiang smiled and told Mrs. Lu about the arrangements for today's banquet, and also pulled Wen Hui and Wen Juan together, although Wen Hui was lazy, there was no word, not very enthusiastic, but Wen Juan was a child, and after a while, she smiled again, and coquettishly whispered, coaxing the old lady to laugh again. Liu Dongning was depressed in his heart, and told Miaolu a few words in a low voice, then took the opportunity to retire, went to the front yard, and left Miaolu by Wen Xian's side.

Wen Xian sat alone, there was no one else around except Miaolu and Shiqin, and even the girl waiting in this room walked away from her except for pouring tea. Seeing this, she couldn't help but redden, bit her lip, and showed a look of grievance. Seeing this, Miaolu didn't move, standing straight behind, Shiqin glared at her secretly, lowered her head and leaned over to appease Wen Xian.

Wen Yi sat opposite them very upright, her face was pale, she didn't see much smile or anger, but everyone saw the scene just now, and naturally knew that she was annoyed in her heart, but she didn't dare to talk and laugh at her like before. Duan Shi started talking very cautiously and talked to her about homely things. Wen Yi was a little unreasonable, and responded without a word, and when she didn't want to speak, she simply closed her mouth and looked at the leaves in the tea bowl with her hand.

Seeing this, Duan didn't blame her for anything, but quietly glared at Wen Xian, thinking that Wen Yi would change her attitude, all because Wen Xian spoke recklessly, she was so troubled, and if she wanted to say anything good after that, she couldn't say anything, and then thinking of the secret letter sent back by Qiushui, Duan's heart was cold, and his face was gloomy.

Old Madam Yu listened to her daughter-in-law and granddaughters laughing, but she found a vacancy, beckoned Duan's over, and reprimanded in a low voice with a calm face: "What's the matter with the five girls?" Okay, but offended the two of the nine girls, should she go back to her parents' house for the festival today, or go back to her parents' house to add to the blockage? You mothers don't know how to teach well."

Duan secretly pinched his thigh, and said with red eyes: "Mother-in-law Mingjian, now that our aunt's shelf is bigger, I don't dare to say anything about her." When she was at home before, I specially picked a girl for her, and my mother-in-law specially instructed her to bring her to marry, but I wrote a letter from before, saying that my aunt and grandmother were in charge and promised to give a rough little girl in the house over there. Mother-in-law, the big girl who marries, how can she be so bad? If you marry a steward, it's fine, but it's a rough little girl...... What can it be used for? She sighed, "The girl was crying like something at that time, I looked pitiful, but it was not easy to stop, so I could only reward her with a good dowry, so that I could talk about it, and then I appeased her, and sent her back to her own house to stay, waiting for the marriage with peace of mind." But if my aunt and grandmother do this, how will they subdue the hearts of the people below in the future? I sent my mother-in-law to send a letter to tell my aunt about this, but she asked someone to reply to me, saying that this is her girl, she is in charge, and I don't need to be nosy, mother-in-law, what is this? Looking at the situation when Aunt Fang Cai entered the door, she was just a courtesy to me, where did she treat me as a mother? What else can I teach her? ”

Old Madam Yu was dumbfounded when she heard this, and only after a while did she say, "Are you talking about that girl in Qiushui?" Among the four girls I saw her marrying in the past, this Qiushui is the most stable and capable, why did she marry in such a hurry? If people don't make mistakes and send them away like this, how can the other people feel at ease to do things for the five girls in the future? The fifth girl is really confused, I have to ask her to ask clearly, I finally found the best family affair for her, don't let her be confused and offended"

Duan persuaded her: "Mother-in-law, forget it, now she is the young lady of the bachelor's mansion, and she is more decent than me in detail, and she can't compare with her when she was a daughter at home before." If there is too much lesson, it will inevitably hurt her dignity. Her father's official position depends on her father-in-law. ”

Old Madam Yu scolded: "Nonsense, no matter how decent she is, she is also the daughter of our Gu family, if she forgets her roots, the Liu family will not tolerate her", so she ordered Shuangxi to call Wen Xian over.

Wen Yi looked at Wen Xian's appearance of being trained by Old Madam Yu so that she couldn't raise her head, and sneered in her heart, she only felt that this long room was too much of an aftermath, what did she do earlier? But she thought about it again, and felt that this was fine, at least for this reason, she didn't have to be too close to Changfang in the future, so she didn't have to be entangled. Wen Xian is the daughter of the long house

She got up and walked out, went to the porch, looked at the flowers and plants in the courtyard, and only felt that the weather in early autumn was cool and pleasant, and her mood was much better. Suddenly, she heard footsteps behind her, and when she looked back, it was Wen Hui.

Wen Hui still looked careless, walked to her side, looked at the flowers and plants with her, and quietly, suddenly said: "Ninth sister, you don't have to worry too much, if you don't want to come, don't come." No matter how deferent you are to them, they will not be satisfied, but it is better to be pleasing to yourself. ”

Wen Yi was stunned, and turned her head to look at her: "Sixth sister, you are ......"