Since that time when Zhu's serious illness was almost without leaving the house to raise in the house, it has been a long time since so many people have gathered in the temple. Chen Jiu, who once had a blue nose and swollen face and lost half of his life, also appeared in front of people, only looking weak and invincible, not at all like the former Yang Ninghou who had served in the army, only because Mrs. Ma personally showed him a line, he was a little bright, but when he stood in front of the energetic Chen Ying, his brother was not only inferior.

After a long absence, Chen Ying bowed four times, and sat down on the first chair in the east first, and the rest naturally sat down one by one, except for the children who all stood behind their parents. And Chen Lan knelt beside Zhu on the kang, silently kneading the old lady's shoulders, and Chen Yan had not come back yet.

Chen Ying did not mention her situation in Xuanfu first, but talked about today's hour-long solitary face, and her words naturally brought out a bit of complacency. He has a heart for those who say it, and those who listen to it naturally have an intention. In his early years, because Zhu was the cousin of the Empress Dowager, he often entered the palace, and the emperor naturally saw it, but few people knew about Chen Lan's meeting of the emperor. As for Chen Jiu, although he has been the Marquis of Yangning for many years, except for kowtowing to the general court, he has only a handful of opportunities to face the saint alone, and almost every time he shuddered after answering two sentences. As for the others, although they were born in the Hou family, they have never seen the holy face.

This distinction is also vividly expressed at this time. Zhu Shi and Chen Lan were silent, Chen Jiu was full of awkwardness and didn't know what to say, and the others only listened, so there was only Chen Ying's steady and powerful voice in the huge room.

When it comes to the Xuanfu Datong mutual market fraud case, there are more than 20 officials who have been implicated in the dismissal and questioning and returned to Beijing, among which the general soldiers of Datong have also been sent to the Jinyi Guard's prison, although the Marquis of Dongchang said that he was only imprisoned before, but now he is afraid that he will not be able to escape death, even Mrs. Ma, who once hated Mrs. Li of the Marquis of Dongchang, couldn't help but feel a tremor in her legs. As for Chen Bing, who once talked about marriage with the Hou Shizi of Dongchang, his face was also extremely ugly.

After all, Chen Jiu grew up with Dongchang Hou Jinliang in a small group, and he used to be friends with wine and meat, so he couldn't help but say at this time: "I have destroyed the hereditary iron coupon of Dongchang Hou, and cut the knight and imprisoned, so tired that the whole family has been cut down to the people, or can't even redeem my life?" ”

"If it's just greedy for ink, it's naturally not like this, the bad thing is that the Marquis of Dongchang has done too many things in the past, and the patrol team that was killed by the smuggling caravan under his command has more than 100 lives, plus the merchants who have forced the broken family in Xuanfu Datong and Datong over the years, I'm afraid these lives will have to be doubled. Moreover, this time the Alkhan army came to attack, and there was also news that someone from the Dongchang Marquis Mansion ran to the north, so the emperor was naturally even more angry. ”

Chen Ying said lightly, but her eyes glanced at the Zhu family, and saw the old lady sipping tea expressionlessly, as if she didn't take this matter to heart at all, a trace of gloom flashed in her eyes, and then she said casually: "Although this battle is won, but the military expenses and rewards are afraid that most of the entire treasury will be emptied, so the emperor is angry, and he also plans to confiscate the family property of these prisoners." When the Dongchang Hou Mansion was confiscated before, the family was about to hide, so Jin Yiwei was ordered to inquire about several families who had friends with the Dongchang Hou Mansion, and the first one was Guang Ningbo. ”

As soon as she heard the words Guangningbo, Mrs. Xu's face turned pale suddenly, and Aunt Luo next to her glanced at her without a trace, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of her mouth. Now that she has been sealed as a third-grade lady, even if she is not in the main room, she can still have a place in this room, you must know that after all, even Mrs. Ma only has the order of the fourth grade. Thinking that if the Guangning Bo Mansion also followed the fall of the Dongchang Hou Mansion, it was inevitable that this mansion would have to undergo another reshuffle, and her heart was very happy.

At this time, Mrs. Ma finally had a rare trace of the sadness of the rabbit and the fox, and said with a strong smile: "The old uncle has already gone, and the emperor should always be considerate when he wants to come." Besides, tomorrow is the 100-day festival of the queen's mother, although this is not an amnesty, but it is always under consideration, the old lady and the third siblings just relax. ”

Zhu glanced at Mrs. Ma, knowing that the dowry he had prepared for the two granddaughters in the second room had an effect, and Mrs. Ma was probably afraid of the Heavenly Family's drastic methods, but her face was not exposed at all. After all, the news from the Yixing county lord is faster, and she has heard Chen Lan say about the matter of Guangning Bofu before, so at this time, she is sentimental, but she does not have the frustration she had when she was caught off guard. So, she still looked at Chen Ying with an indifferent look, and her eyes were calm.

After a few months of absence, Chen Ying felt that the Zhu family seemed to be different from before. In the past, this grandmother was either cold or resentful of herself, and even disdained to hide too many emotions, but now she is like a bottomless pool of water, and she can only see the calm on the surface. He sneered in his heart, and then coughed.

"Now that the second girl and the fourth girl have made promises, and this marriage is also being prepared, why did you forget the third girl? She and her parents died early, and the sisters counted her age, so she should settle down as soon as possible, so as not to have too many dreams at night. When I went to Xuanfu this time, Governor Liu of Xuanda mentioned to me that his young son is not young, and he is from a scholarly family, and his character is excellent......"

Chen Ying swept away the previous mention of Chen Lan's sister's marriage, which was full of those humble people, but this time it was mentioned as the Governor of Xuanda, and the faces of the people in the room suddenly changed. Mrs. Ma found a good family for Chen Bing, thinking that the son of the governor of Xuanda was not as good as the son of Runing Boshi, she immediately smiled. And Mrs. Xu glanced at Chen Lan worriedly, but when her son Chen Ting grabbed her hand with a shrunken hand, she hesitated for a moment when she was about to speak, and then still gritted her teeth and said.

"Although Governor Liu is known as the iron-faced Liu, it is said that he is afraid of the inside, and his sons are so pampered by his wife that they are not very successful."

Aunt Luo didn't expect Mrs. Xu to speak for Chen Lan under such great pressure, so she couldn't help but raise her eyebrows, and then smiled: "But Lord Liu's official reputation is very good, which shows that Mrs. always has a set of governance of the inner house, this so-called pampering may mean that people in the officialdom laugh at Lord Liu for being afraid of the inside, so they deliberately slander and spread those untruths." ”

"Rumors are not to be believed." Chen Ying answered lightly, and then glanced at Zhu Shi, whose face remained unchanged, and Chen Lan, who lowered his head and couldn't see his expression, and then continued, "The most important thing is that Governor Liu has a good reputation, this investigation is meritorious, the dispatch is well-organized, and there is a grace to reward his young son, in comparison, many people in Jingshi are getting worse and worse......"

Before he finished speaking, the curtain at the door of the east room was lifted, but it was Heling who came in and curts: "Old lady, Mother Zheng has come back from Master Du's mansion."

When the master spoke, a mother Zheng suddenly appeared, Chen Ying was naturally very unhappy, and immediately frowned, and Aunt Luo scolded beside her: "I don't understand the rules, don't you see that the old lady is discussing things here?" ”

However, at this moment, the Zhu family opened his mouth lightly: "I asked the Zheng family to do something, and now that she is back, she should report to me first." Heling, let the Zheng family come in quickly"

As soon as these words came out, the whole house was silent. Whether it was Chen Ying, who had just come back, or Mrs. Xu, Aunt Luo, or even Mrs. Chen Jiuma, or even a group of juniors, they all stared at the Zhu family who was sitting firmly on the east end of the kang for a while. Mrs. Ma was the most anxious, and immediately shouted: "Old lady, can you speak now?" ”

"The blessing of Imperial Doctor Lin from Tuotai Hospital has finally survived." Zhu Shi answered the question, glanced at the people in the room again, and then patted Chen Lan's hand again, "Of course, thanks to Lan'er taking care of me next to me, I have solved a lot of problems." ”

At that moment just now, Chen Ying naturally noticed the expressions of the others, and at this time she had almost concluded that the old lady's ability to speak must not be an overnight affair, but I was afraid that except for Chen Lan, the vast majority of the people in the family were concealed, which would catch him off guard at this time. Even so, he only took a light breath and didn't answer the conversation.

After a short time, Zheng's mother came into the house, and after saluting one by one, she walked to Zhu's side, and said happily: "Congratulations to the old lady, congratulations to the old lady, the fourth young master and the eldest lady of the Du family have already met, just right, and now Mrs. Du said that Du Ge wants to see the fourth young master in person, and invite the fourth young master to come over when he is resting the day after tomorrow." ”

Zhu smiled and nodded, exchanged expressions with Chen Lan again, and then said to everyone: "In this case, the marriage of the fourth child is almost decided." Du Ge Lao plans to give his eldest daughter to the fourth child. After two days of meeting people, it is time to prepare the marriage certificate and so on. ”

At this moment, everyone who understood the meaning was all taken aback, especially Chen Ying. In such a short period of time, such a big change has taken place in the family, which already makes him very angry, but the Zhu family even found such a prominent in-law for Chen Yan Du Weifang That person is not good-natured, and his official luck is not too good, but he can't stand the emperor is now trusting such a person When he faced the saint today, the emperor mentioned Du Weifang several times, and he was quite trusted, how could such a person look at Chen Yan, who had nothing

Despite this, he couldn't help but stand up with the others, and said hello to the Zhu family with a reluctant smile.

When Chen Lan saw that everyone said those auspicious words, her eyes would sweep over her face, and she simply looked at her nose and nose, and maintained a quieter posture, while Chen Ying's words of praise for the young son of Governor Liu did not leave any ripples in her heart.

Chen Ying is smart, but now she is also confused, young and orderly, Chen Yan is her younger brother, if it weren't for her affairs, how could the Zhu family still delay until he came back?