As soon as Yang Jinzhou's words fell, Aunt Liu was relieved, and was about to raise her hand to send off the guests according to her words, when she heard a burst of laughter from outside Mén. After a short time, I saw a few people entering the second mén one after another, and the person at the front who was walking slowly with his hands and laughing heartily was King Jing. He didn't seem to see the scene here" After approaching, he glanced at Mrs. Ai carelessly, and then strode forward and grabbed Yang Jinzhou's shoulder.

"Brother Yang, I know that you are not happy that I am the master for you, but when you take over, it is quiet, and it is not enough for Mrs. Tai and Mrs. Zun to move together" is still quiet. Well, when Governor Feng and Governor Ye took office, the Jiangnan gentry put on a lot of pomp, and it makes no sense that this time you Liangjiang General Soldier broke the convention of officialdom here. You see, Mrs. Ai is the one who many people on the ground of the two rivers want to call her wife, and now she has come to say hello, who can have this face? ”

King Jing seemed to be emphasizing Mrs. Ai's identity to Yang Jinzhou, but when he spoke, he only looked at Yang Jinzhou and didn't look back at all, and Mrs. Ai behind him almost bit out her mouth with hatred. Yang Jinzhou, on the other hand, looked at the familiar hand on his shoulder with dissatisfaction, and said in a deep voice for a long time: "Why does Your Highness want to act on your behalf? ”

"You say that it doesn't matter if you are acting as a substitute, or if you say that I am blindly involved and meddling, all in all, I have good intentions, and Luo Shizi and Xiao Shizi are also good intentions!" , King Jing didn't take the cold tone to heart at all, and beckoned back again, and when Luo Xu and Xiao Lang stepped forward, he said with a smile, "You see, Luo Shizi has been busy running the four major academies in the past few days, and he has done the canonization of the matter brightly; Xiao Shizi helped Governor Ye of Governor Feng to calm down those troublesome businessmen; Plus I...... All in all, this time is a confirmation of the sentence, the whole world is not the king's land, "the shore of the land is not the king's minister." ”

King Jing, who had a bit of a hippie smile from beginning to end, suddenly increased his tone, and Mrs. Ai in the back had already turned around in anger, but when she heard this last sentence after taking a step, her feet immediately froze. Therefore, even if Luo Xu, like Xiao Lang, ignored her existence, "just stepped forward to talk to Yang Jinzhou, and she was left aside, no matter how resentful she was, she could only stand there motionless."

Xiao Lang doesn't like to talk, especially if he explains the true meaning of today's grand pomp for King Jing, he can't do it, but Luo Xu is the best at lip service. In addition, the relationship between him and Yang Jinzhou was far closer than that of the other two, so he explained the matter to Yang Jinzhou in a low voice in a few words, and finally beckoned Aunt Liu over.

Aunt Liu knew a lot about this prince of Weiguo, and after curtling her knees after approaching, she took the initiative to say: "Luo Shizi, forgive the slave and maid for being bold, there must be a reason for such a momentum today, Madame is not an unreasonable person, but in the eyes of the slave and maid, she really hates that Mrs. Ai, and she welcomes such a person in, I am afraid that it is more uncomfortable than swallowing a fly." ”

"You're right." Luo Xu tilted his head and thought about it, and then sighed helplessly, "I know a little bit about her temper, if someone else wins, I can't wait to show off her strength in front of the loser, and she probably wants the person she hates to disappear directly in front of her eyes...... I'll just say, Your Highness, this is a horse's fart on the horse's feet......"

"Luo Xu: "What do you say about this king!" ”

As soon as Luo Xu's words fell, he heard such a sentence from behind him at first glance, and turned his head to catch a glimpse of the face that was a little annoyed" He immediately arched his hand with a smile: "Your Highness, I said that you are ......"

"Okay, okay, don't talk about it!" King Jing suddenly remembered the emperor's edict brought by this guy, and then it was a secret decree that made him tremble, and he glanced at Luo Xu angrily, so he turned his head and walked a few steps to Mrs. Ai, and said with a smile, "It doesn't seem that Mrs. Sè's face is not so good, it seems that the canonization was too much yesterday" and has not recovered until now. That being the case, it is better to go back to recuperate and recuperate earlier, "Mrs. Yang, let Aunt Liu compensate for you on your behalf." After going back, "Madame remembers to tell Ai Shan that he should not forget what the king told him." If he forgets, the quota of this Jinling Academy will be given to someone else. ”

When Mrs. Ai heard this, her forehead was bruised, and the sun on both sides even jumped more and more, but she could only clench the handkerchief in her hand tightly, and lowered her eyebrows and lowered her head.

When King Jing dragged Yang Jinzhou out of Ermén alive and dead, and Luo Xu and Xiao Lang also left, she turned around and walked slowly, and used the Xiǎo broken steps of the walking skirt to pull out Ermén, she felt that all her strength was completely exhausted, and she suddenly reached out to support a big tree next to her, barely maintaining the whole person.

Just like that, she stopped all the way to the outside, and when she didn't find her carriage and servant, she couldn't help but become more and more annoyed, and summoned a mén and questioned sharply. Who wanted to be under her words, but the mén was silent, and finally said unhurriedly: "Back to Mrs. Hui's words, today Governor Feng Governor Ye and other officials on the ground in the south of the Yangtze River have all come to Daoxi, and there are more than a dozen Mrs. Xu, so the carriages and horses in and out are all arranged according to their grades." As far as xiǎo knows, Jinling Academy was just given the edict yesterday, and Ai Shan Chang was awarded a first-class rank and the rank of Liupinxue, but at this time, Ping Jiangbo and Xu Shoubei have just arrived, so your carriage and horses will not be able to enter for a while, so please stay less. ”

This sounds polite, but in fact, it is said that her grade is not as good as others, Mrs. Ai has always been respectfully held by her subordinates to greet her with good words, how can she ever suffer such a dumb loss? Coupled with the humiliation she had just received in front of King Jing, she only felt a wave of anger suddenly surging in her head, and she actually subconsciously slapped her hand and threw it out.

However, Mrs. Ai's heavy palm was in the air, and she saw that the mén and the agile cat were like a cat, and the cat's waist flashed to the side, seeing Mrs. Ai's feet staggering, almost hitting the mén frame on the side, but he just stood respectfully aside, and he didn't even have the intention of taking a hand. It wasn't until Mrs. Ai stood firm and glared at him fiercely with an almost fire-breathing gaze that he coughed dryly: "Madame is angry, you are the body of a daughter, xiǎo don't dare to touch it." ”

"You ......"

Mrs. Ai was so choked by these words that she only said one word and got stuck, but her blind glaring had no effect at all, she had to knock out her teeth and swallow it in her stomach, and when her carriage came, she immediately got on the carriage quickly, and never wanted to stay in this damn place for half a moment. And the smile disappeared immediately as the carriage politely watched the carriage disappear from view.

"What a scholarly mén is the first name mén is expensive, raise your hand to know how to beat people, what a thing! In this way, I dare to fight with our wife, and I don't look in the mirror to see what virtues I have! ”

Compared with some miscellaneous officials in China, the chief officials at all levels have always been the top priority, but because of the boiling wind in Nanjing City before, Yang Jinzhou was extremely low-key when he received the seal, and by the time most people got the news, the former general soldier had already moved out of this office, so today the new general soldier and his family moved in, and naturally there was an endless stream of people who tended to serve him. Chen Lan didn't know what was going on with the men outside, but the ladies and daughters in the back hall were enough for her to perceive the difference.

In terms of grade alone, "here are the most noble ladies in the entire Jiangnan - Mrs. Pingjiangbo, Mrs. Feng, Mrs. Xu Shoubei, Mrs. Governor Ye, and Mrs. Jinling Prefect...... There are more than a dozen officials and dependents. Among the four major academies that have just been canonized by the imperial court, except for Mrs. Ai, who is not there, the other three ladies are among them.

In addition, there are many local famous mén wang family nv relatives who have been Zhishi, among them, although Mrs. Liang from Yangzhou Mansion said that her husband's grade is not high, but because she is the future Yue family of King Jing, she is naturally looked down upon. As for those such as the Jiang family, who have no foundation in officialdom, Mrs. Jiang naturally has to accompany the last seat.

Although everyone has been deliberately simple, the fragrance of those fats and oils still fills the huge room, even if all the branches and windows are open, it still makes Chen Lan feel a little uncomfortable breathing, let alone the Jiang family. Therefore, when Zhuang's mother came to ask where to put lunch, Chen Lan, who had already seen the drawings of the chief soldier's house before moving in, said three words.

"Bishui Pavilion."

Bishui Pavilion is a water pavilion in the back of the General Soldier's Mansion, the front is near the water, the back is covered by a few ancient acacia trees that have been some years, the tall crown covers the bright sunshine of early summer, plus the waterwheel and bamboo water pipe are erected on the water surface, after all the wooden windows on all sides are removed, the inside is the cool breeze. Therefore, at this time, twenty or thirty people were sitting in it, although it was noisy, but it was not too crowded and stuffy. In addition, it is all one xiǎo per person, and a few "several on three or four sè eat food and save boxes", which are also neat and tidy. It's just that the person who is far away from the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law on the main throne is not easy to pat at this time, after all, no one can shout loudly at the throat.

Therefore, when Aunt Liu quietly walked to Chen Lan's side, what she saw was a satisfied smile on the face of the NV owner. took the self-poured pot and poured a shallow cup in front of Chen Lan, she bent down and said softly: "There is a sister-in-law in charge of the kitchen, plus they are all skilled hands, Sister Yun is also there to take care of it, and Hongluo Yun'er is cleaning up things in the back, everything is in order." ”

Chen Lan nodded slightly, then raised the xiǎo cup and took a sip, then asked without raising his head: "Aunt Liu just went to pass the word on my behalf, what did that person say?" ”

"Mrs. Ai?" Aunt Liu raised her eyebrows, and then smiled, "She said a cruel word, but she didn't want the master to come back suddenly, and one sentence choked people enough." Coincidentally, King Jing also came to join in the fun, in short, she was robbed so white that her face was blue, and she was later sent back by King Jing. However, when the slave looked at her, she was afraid that she would "......" in the future

"I'm not afraid of anything afterward." Chen Lan interrupted Aunt Liu's words softly, glanced at the nobles who were greeting the Jiang clan with his chin raised, and said word by word, "Look at how many people are here today?" When the situation is stronger than others, if you don't accept softness, you can only bring humiliation on yourself! ”

After this luncheon full of friends at noon, "according to the rules of taking office and moving to the government on weekdays in Jiangnan, colleagues and subordinates naturally quit and went back to do business, and most of the officials and dependents left with their husbands, but now it is late afternoon, and none of the warblers in the room have retired and left, but they are changing their ways to piece together in front of Chen Lan."

Chen Lan stayed in Yangzhou and Nanjing for many days, although the number of times she had not exchanged with people was much, but someone still inquired about her preferences, and no one mentioned anything like rouge gouache and silk satin at this time. Among them, the one who initially said that he retired early to Mrs. Ai due to physical discomfort after the second ménlù meeting, naturally became a topic of conversation among nv people.

"Speaking of that Mrs. Ai, she is a figure who can't be left in our Jinling Mansion. This time, among the four major academies canonized by the imperial court, the other three are all headed by the mountain chief, only Jinling Academy is her nv person in front, and Ai Shanchang just lectured and said, "I don't care about anything else." Therefore, everyone who went out called her Mrs. Shi. "What is the master, she is the first to hold money, Jinling Academy can occupy the first place in Nanjing and even Jiangnan, but not because they can hold money? Since you want to make money, you naturally can't get rid of trading, but where is there so much money in ordinary trading? It is said that in addition to taking the road to the sea without going through the city, there is also the fact that the land donated by others is received under the guise of the academy, and the annual tax is a lot less! ”

"Ahem, those big things on the official side, let's not talk about them! We are not as wise as Mrs. Yang, and we may be confused when we talk about it. If you want me to say, "This Mrs. Ai is much brighter than us, although she is filling the house, she can squeeze out the original concubine, I heard that after the marriage, she directly took her daughter-in-law to Yuelu Academy, and it was rare to come back for three years and two years." Being an NV person has lost his virtuousness, but he still looks like a virtuous master and wife in front of people, and it makes people disgusting to look at! ”

At first, he just said something that everyone knows, and then he began to dig deeper, "Finally, he simply revealed the people, Chen Lan listened to it, and the smile on his face gradually disappeared. And although the Jiang family had already realized that Mrs. Ai was afraid that she would be inseparable from the boiling affair a few days ago, she didn't like to hear people slandering others behind her back. At this time, "taking advantage of the fact that the ladies moved away from Chen Lan uncomfortably, Mrs. Jiang took the opportunity to squeeze in.

"Mrs. Yang, thanks to your clever calculations, the Jiang family was able to survive this hurdle. The third old lady now lets go of many things to the master, and most of the people in the clan dare not make noise anymore, only the eighteenth brother of the fourth room is still jumping up and down there to spread rumors, my lord said, with the foolish things he did, he should open the ancestral hall to deal with him! ”

Seeing that Mrs. Jiang's expressions were full of flattery, she bluntly put out the eighteenth master, "Chen Lan didn't know that the Jiang family had already recognized the wind, and hoped to take advantage of this incident to dissipate his mother-in-law. She had already decided to help the long room before, and she was very disgusted with the Jiang Eighteen Old Master Factory who instigated Xu Jin, the second child of the Xu family, but at this moment, she just looked at Mrs. Jiang with a smile.

"Is the eldest lady planning to stand up for the long house?"

Mrs. Jiang didn't expect Chen Lan to answer the question, but instead said such a sentence bluntly, she was a little embarrassed for a while, and only after a long time did she smile and said, "The third old lady said that it was Jiāo to have the right" But after all, my lord's prestige is insufficient, so he took the opportunity to clean up the unscrupulous children, and the atmosphere in the clan is right. What's more, the head of these four rooms should have been fifteen years old......"

Chen Lan saw that her mother-in-law, Jiang, who was talking to someone over there, looked at her side, and probably just heard something, so she took the opportunity to stop Mrs. Jiang from continuing to speak, then stood up and found an excuse to call Mrs. Jiang to talk outside. Because everyone knows that the Jiang family is from the Jiang family, the others are still sitting peacefully.

When he arrived at the watery railing outside, Chen Lan stood still. Seeing that Mrs. Jiang was cautiously three steps away, she bowed her head and motioned for her to step forward, and then said unhurriedly: "Whether the sin of the eighteenth master of the Jiang family wants to open the ancestral hall is your Jiang family's internal affairs, I can't control it, and my mother won't know how to do it." As for the matter of the four-room house, it depends on the fifteenth master's own intentions. There is only one thing I want to say, it should be the property in his name, and every penny will be returned, and you can do the rest. ”

"Yes, yes, yes."

When Mrs. Jiang heard that Chen Lan didn't care who was in charge of the fourth room, she was overjoyed, and after agreeing repeatedly, she thought about whether she could do something else here. Just when she was about to make a move, she only heard Chen Lan speak again. And this time, it made her heart shrink suddenly, and the smile on her face froze.

"I heard that the Jiang family will officially hold a patriarch succession ceremony tomorrow? Since the three old ladies have all been left to take over as the clan elders, the deacons and so on should also be cleared, and blindly letting the old people occupy the seats is not a good thing for the Jiang family. Jiang Shilang has done a lot of things with Xiao Shizi before, and I heard that he is also doing well in Yangzhou, such a person can't be shelved just because he is a side branch, and he should be reused. ”

"Jiang ...... Shiro? ”

Since her husband took over as the patriarch, Mrs. Jiang has long wanted to put Jiang Shiro aside. She has a son of her own, and her mother's family has several nephews, and she is full of plans for An Chā's cronies, but the next news she learned is that Jiang Shilang and Zhendong Hou Shizi are very close. And this time Chen Lan clearly proposed this article, she agreed but was unwilling, refused but did not dare, and finally smiled and responded: "What Mrs. said is true." My lord just thinks Shiro is young ......", "He already has children, and his age is not xiǎo, and no matter his experience and talent, he is enough to be independent!" ”

Seeing that Mrs. Jiang was choked, and finally agreed insincerely, Chen Lan turned his head to hold on to the wooden railing, looking at the sparkling water in the sun. The grievances between the Jiang family and the mother-in-law have gone over, and the loss of the third old lady and the fall of the eighteenth old man will almost open the mother-in-law's heart knot. And Yang Jinzhou didn't know how many years to stay in Jiangnan, and a Jiang family that could use it for himself could play the greatest role. After all, whether it is King Jing or Xiao Lang or Luo Xu, they can't stay here blindly, and Pingjiang Bo Fanghan and Xu Yang can't be completely trusted, she has to wedge a nail to the Jiang family.

Mrs. Jiang agreed to such a case against her will, and she was quite unhappy in her heart, and she was only not good in front of Chen Lan. Absent-mindedly, she was about to find an opportunity to exit, when she suddenly saw several people on the wooden bridge coming one after another. When she recognized one of them, "her eyes lit up," and the steps she wanted to move out were suddenly retracted.

"By the way, although the place of this general soldier's mansion is spacious, I see that Mrs. and Mrs. Tai don't have much manpower" On weekdays, Lord Yang has to sit in the government office or go out to run errands, and you two may inevitably be lonely. My Jiuniang will be fourteen next year, "Although people are clumsy, they can be companions of Mrs. and Mrs. Tai."

Catch up with Ming'er, I will bring it to Mrs. to see, if it is good, "you might as well leave her to talk to relieve boredom" is in this Nanjing city, she also knows the way. ”

For no reason, Mrs. Jiang suddenly mentioned NV, Chen Lan couldn't help but squint her eyes, and when she saw that the line coming from the wooden bridge over there was Yang Jinzhou and Jing Wang Xiao Lang Luo Xu, she couldn't help but gently rub the warm wooden railing with her hand thoughtfully. Just as she was about to speak, she heard a laugh from behind her.

"I can't imagine anyone going with me. The second girl in my family heard that Mrs. and Mrs. Tai had moved to the General Military Mansion, so they shouted to come over. She has been wild since xiǎo, and she doesn't say anything about the road, where is it fun and where is delicious, "where the Taoist temple is the most effective, she is all clear. If Madame says yes, I'll send someone over to be a companion when I turn around. ”

Mrs. Jiang took the initiative to send NV here, and Mrs. Xu also opened her mouth to be this stubble, Chen Lan looked at Xiao Lang, who was the last to enter the water pavilion under the sun, and couldn't help but feel stunned in his heart. After this distraction, when she found that Mrs. Xu was looking at Mrs. Jiang with a condescending gaze, she coughed.

"Since His Royal Highness is here, I have to go out to greet them, and the lady and the eldest lady may as well take care of themselves."

Although the atmosphere in Jiangnan was a little more open, Yang Jinzhou came in with Xiao Lang and Luo Xu, the king of Jing, and the rest of the ladies and wives avoided mentioning it, only Mrs. Liang was forced to stay by the Jiang family. Despite this, Mrs. Liang was still a little uncomfortable when she saw the salute, and it was not until King Jing mentioned the marriage of the eldest young master that her face turned a little.

"It was originally scheduled to be half a month ago, but because of the delay, Suo Xìng was postponed until after the Dragon Boat Festival. Fortunately, otherwise, the city was full of ups and downs a while ago, and Mrs. Tai and Mrs. Tai would not have had time to pass even if they took the post. ”

"If I hadn't come back a few days earlier," I wouldn't have missed such a big event. King Jing didn't seem to see Mrs. Liang's face that suddenly became extremely shocked, and said with a smile, "Ling Qianjin is in the palace, and this time I am only afraid that I will not be able to chōu body, even so, I will go the same." ”

As soon as these words came out, not only the Jiang family was stunned, but even Yang Jinzhou and Xiao Lang were looking at each other, and Luo Xu laughed even more straightforwardly. Chen Lan, who happened to come in from outside, also heard this, "Seeing that King Jing was smiling on his face, but in a serious tone, he couldn't help but feel that this prince was still cute, who knew that King Jing looked at Xiao Lang seriously in a blink of an eye."

"Besides, if this king does not go, will some people not be able to cut off the autumn water? Xiao Shizi, why don't you accompany this king? ”