Whether it was Chen Jiu in the past or Chen Ying now, they all had a job to attack the Marquis of Yangning, so they often had to get up in their early days, and they had to rush to the left gate of Chang'an in the early morning to wait for the court. Now Chen Ying is on duty in the Governor's Mansion of the Left Army, and Chen Jiu happened to be ordered to go to Tongzhou to check the granary, so this morning, the masters of the Yangning Marquis Mansion had a rare good night's sleep, and even the subordinates were able to rely on the warm kang for a while. It's just that the West Corner Gate was only open for a while, and the messenger from the Dongchang Marquis Mansion arrived, and the porter got the news from the entourage of the horseman lightly and skillfully, and it spread up and down for a while.

Because of this news, when the juniors came to say hello to the Lotus Courtyard in the morning, Zhu just faintly perfunctory for a while, and he didn't even have much appetite for breakfast. After breakfast, I was even more embarrassed on the kang and had no energy.

Han Gong, Dongchang Hou, Yangning Hou, Guangning Bo, these are the four nobles who strongly supported Mu Zong's accession to the throne in the last years of Wuzong, and their in-laws have been connected to each other's in-laws, and they have stood firm for decades. In contrast, her own family, the Marquis of Wuling, the Zhu family, was only promoted from earl to marquis because of the empress dowager, and since the death of the empress dowager, it has been worse every year. The Marquis of Dongchang made a fuss because of the title inheritance back then, because she and Jin Liang's mother were sisters-in-law, and the queen mother at that time was instructed behind her back, so she used a lot of means, and finally made the title fall on Jin Liang's head on the reason that there was no concubine in the long house. Because of this layer, Dongchang Hou Jinliang reciprocated the favor, and helped her a lot later, especially when she was crowned as the princess of Jin.

But yesterday it was clear that there was an assassin plotting to assassinate the Marquis of Dongchang, how could it end up being the Marquis of Dongchang under the Jinyi Guard?

Because Zheng's mother went out to inquire about the news for the old lady again, the green calyx naturally waited by the side every step of the way. Seeing that Zhu's appetite was not good and she was in a bad mood, she was anxious in her eyes, and she remembered Imperial Doctor Liu's previous instructions, so she quietly sent Yu Shao to send a letter to Chen Lan. Before anyone came, the small kitchen sent the white fungus soup first, and she personally held it with a small tray of red lacquer, stepped forward and bent down and said: "Old lady, the lotus heart white fungus soup that has just been boiled, the slave maid serves you, right?" ”

Zhu was thinking about it anxiously and annoyed at this time, and someone was noisy in his ears, and he was suddenly annoyed, and said casually: "Get out!" ”

It doesn't matter if this pull, the green calyx is all focused on Zhu's body, and the hand is unstable, and the white fungus soup suddenly turned to the ground. The hot white fungus soup, the broken porcelain shards, and the woolen carpet everywhere. For a while, she was so frightened that she couldn't care about the soup and fragments underneath, and knelt down directly.

"Slaves deserve to die, slaves deserve to die......"

Seeing this messy scene, Zhu's eyelids jumped, and he was about to shout angrily, when the curtain in the east room was suddenly opened, and it was Chen Lan who entered the house. Chen Lan, who had just heard the movement inside and was not right, swept his eyes and roughly understood the situation just now, and as soon as his mind turned around, he stepped forward to help the green calyx, and said with a smile: "My sister has served the old lady for many years, but there is such a time when she is so careless?" Quickly clean up, change into a dress and come to serve again, what's the matter with blindly kneeling down and kowtowing? ”

The green calyx raised his head and peeked at it, and saw that there was no joy or anger on Zhu's face, and he suddenly became more and more frightened, and he could move his steps under his feet. Just when she was trembling, she finally waited for a word.

"Stupid thing, why don't you follow your third lady's words and clean it up?"

Seeing that the green calyx cleaned up the broken porcelain pieces all over the ground as if he had been amnestied, and then staggered out of the door, Chen Lan took out the handkerchief on his body, wiped the stars splashed on the edge of the kang bits and pieces, and then sat down beside Zhu's side, but said softly: "Old lady, I just saw that you were in a bad mood, so Sister Green Calyx asked Sister Yushao to invite me over, she was just thinking about you, so she was a little careless." The previous two first-class vacancies haven't been filled, if she is really offended, I'm afraid that there are more people in the camp. ”

Zhu was just annoyed that the green calyx wouldn't look at the eyes, at this time Chen Lan persuaded a few words, and heard that it was the green calyx who went to invite Chen Lan to come, and her anger gradually disappeared by half, but her face was still a little gloomy. However, the two vacancies vacated by Furong and Mu Xi have indeed not been filled so far, to say that the first-class ones have been promoted from the second-class in an orderly manner, but the second-class ones in her house were given to Princess Jin for two, given to Chen Lan's four sisters, and also took out a Lanxin, and now almost all of them are newly raised, and no one can top the first-class vacancies. When Mrs. Xu and Zheng's mother came back yesterday, they also mentioned this stubble, but she thought that it was better to have more than one thing at this time, so she didn't agree. Now, if she really had a green calyx because of a mistake, she would indeed have no one to use.

"What you said is very true, I was also impatient for a while, just go back and let her kowtow." Zhu sighed lightly, and then said with interest, "She has been serving for many years, and there is no reason to make a big fuss about such a trivial matter." ”

Although Zhu said this, Chen Lan knew in his heart that the key at the moment was still on the news, so he said apologetically: "I know that the old lady is uneasy because she got the news this morning. Actually, it was also mine, I tossed and turned last night, and finally I still felt that the assassination on the street yesterday was really strange. Even if someone mistook Dongchanghou's car, but yesterday it was clear that Lord Yang was accompanied by Tiancewei to protect him, and there were so many carriages, how could he think that it was Dongchanghou sitting inside? Moreover, after the mad bull collided, he would attack and assassinate, this kind of thing was almost only used by the assassins contained in the history books of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, why did it be used on the Marquis of Dongchang this time, and it was also the wrong news? ”

Yesterday, the Zhu family only thought that the lady Ping in the Jin Palace's mansion was pregnant and that she could start with the queen to eliminate the possibility of establishing a second concubine, so she didn't pay much attention to the farce on the long street. At this moment, the more she listened, the cooler her heart became, and in the end, she couldn't help but hold Chen Lan's wrist tightly.

"What do you think, what's going on?"

Chen Lan began to think about it from the moment she got the message in the morning, and it wasn't until Yu Shao came to the Splendid Pavilion to ask for help that she had a vague outline. It's just that she didn't expect that Zhu Shi was so anxious that she wanted to anger others just now, although she knew that what she thought might not necessarily be the truth, she had to bite the bullet and come out first.

Not to mention throwing bricks and attracting jade, it is better to discuss than to sulk in life, and besides, the old lady's body can't withstand the toss.

"Old lady, I think that those two are not so much assassins as dead soldiers, and it is very likely that they are not going for Dongchanghou. If you want to assassinate, why choose a place with the most people in broad daylight, Xuanwumen Street, and carefully selected Tiance Guard sergeant entourage to escort you? Maybe it was originally to attract the attention of others to such a thing, and more importantly, to attract the attention of the emperor and courtiers, it seems to be a feeling of making a big fuss......"

"Trying to make a big fuss?"

Before Chen Lan finished speaking, Zhu Shi muttered and repeated those four words, and a thoughtful expression gradually appeared on his face. She has lived for decades, and she has naturally experienced more things than Chen Lan, putting aside the joints of interest, she naturally tastes a little bit. Before serving as a battalion officer in the Fifth Military Battalion, the Marquis of Dongchang once served as the chief soldier of Datong, and had some collusion with those merchants in Shanxi. The relationship between his family and the Dongchang Hou Mansion is too deep, and there are a lot of money transactions on the books.

And because Mrs. Zhu went early, Mrs. Li, Marquis of Dongchang, is not very capable, and there are many places to rely on her, and it is said that behind the loss of the second room before, the news was also heard by Mrs. Li before, and the two families can be said to have broken bones and tendons.

"Good boy, you gave me a wake-up call!" Zhu Shi, who came back to his senses, hurriedly patted Chen Lan's hand, and said with a relieved face, "It's a shame that you are willing to think about it, otherwise I will skip this layer!" If other people could be as attentive as you, my wife would be able to live in peace without having to work hard! ”

Chen Lan deliberately only made people feel that they were meticulous, so what she said just now did not involve any court affairs, so she was relieved to have such an evaluation of the Zhu family, but she was very humble on her face. Just as the grandfather and grandson continued to discuss, the voice of Yu Shao suddenly came from outside.

"Old lady, Mrs. Dongchang Hou is here!"

Say Cao Cao, this Cao Cao has arrived!

Zhu's complexion changed, and he was about to tell Chen Lan to greet him, when he suddenly remembered that Chen Lan's sister and brother had fallen into the water in Dongchanghou's Mansion before, and the words changed when they came to their mouths: "Go to the Water Mirror Hall to report and let the third lady pick it up." ”

Hearing the sound outside, there was silence for a while, and then it was Yu Shao's low voice: "Old lady, the third lady took the sixth young master to Huguo Temple to offer incense today." ”

Only then did Zhu remember that Mrs. Xu had mentioned this stubble when she got up early to ask for peace, and her brows immediately furrowed, and she could only say helplessly: "In this case, go and ask the second lady to pick it up, you can't come in without someone." ”

Whether it was falling into the water in the Dongchang Marquis Mansion in the past, or the arrival of Mrs. Dongchang Hou and Sister Jin Zhi and Jin Ming during the Chinese New Year, or the situation of the two sisters yesterday, Chen Lan did not leave a good impression, so she was naturally happy not to deal with that Mrs. Li. It's just that when she got up to leave, the Zhu family insisted on leaving her.

"The Zheng family is not here, and there is no one around me to discuss, you stay by my side. I'm old, and sometimes it's useless after all, so it's good to mention something if something happens. ”

Chen Lan knew that the Zhu family should be sincere at this time, and kept her next to her to help with some details, so he sat down. It's just that when someone from outside reported that Mrs. Ma accompanied Mrs. Li into the door again, she saw that Mrs. Li's eyes were red and swollen, while Mrs. Ma was proud and relieved, and she was slightly stunned.

"Auntie, you must try to save my master! I heard that Jin Yiwei was the person who went to the five military camps last night to get it, and this morning in the court, the imperial history of the Imperial Court of the Imperial Court impeached him, and after the early dynasty, the emperor also summoned a number of civil and military ministers, and the news was very bad! ”