Chapter 318: Sharp (I)

Mrs. Xu's first seven days passed, although the funeral continued to be carried out according to the ceremony, Chen Ying, the Marquis of Yangning, had already returned to the dynasty on leave.66 Continued to hand over the errand of the Governor's Mansion of the Left Army, and was busy handing over the affairs of the Han general with a fifty-year-old commander of the former Lingsu Guard. He has always been conscientious, and it is difficult to find fault with one board and one eye, so I don't know if someone deliberately welcomes him, or if he does feel that he is cautious and careful.

Chen Lan, who should serve the great service, listened to these messy news, except for the routine family worship in the Yangning Marquis Mansion, he closed his door from beginning to end, and did not care about foreign affairs except for housework, plus the Jiang family has always not liked to socialize, so the servants of Jingyuan also reduced their going out, and for a while, the servants were in their own places, up and down, and even fighting was rare. And seeing that he has entered Layue, the yamen seal is imminent, Yang Jinzhou has also gone out earlier and returned late than before, and his family has not been able to see him for a few hours a day, and some of the petty officials who used to block people at the door of their homes have naturally disappeared.

On this day, the rewards and punishments for the November examination were announced in the inverted hall, and after sending the December affairs, Chen Lan took people back to the room. Walking on the road, Yun'er, who has always been a lot of words, was only half a step behind, and the chatter in her mouth never stopped, suddenly, she remembered a certain incident, and couldn't help but look back and forth, and then whispered: "Miss, a few days ago, I heard that Luo Shida sent a messenger to see our master at night, and it seems that someone has been injured, but I don't know why the people under this matter are so secretive." If I hadn't heard them mention it unintentionally, I don't think I would have seen it. ”

"This little thing is also worth talking about?" Chen Lan glanced sideways at Yun'er angrily, and then ordered, "The affairs of our house, you only have one more eye to keep an eye on, don't inquire like before." It's rotten in my belly, and I don't want to talk about it again. ”

"Yes, slave and maid understand"

Seeing that Yun'er was well-behaved as promised, Chen Lan didn't say much, but he couldn't help but be a little suspicious in his heart. Yang Jinzhou casually mentioned to her about the messenger sent by Luo Xu, but he only said that Luo Xu liked Zhang Bingyun's cleverness and clarity, so she naturally didn't ask much. As for the affairs of the outer courtyard, she was also nominally in charge, but some of the old generals who had followed Yang Jinzhou for many years and were still doing some things for him now, she cautiously did not reach into her hand, and only vaguely knew that these people were not often at home.

Even if it is a husband and wife who ask each other not to hide from each other and trust each other, it is not impossible to have their own little secrets. Just like the mystery of her origin in her heart, maybe this generation will never speak to anyone, and Yang Jinzhou's heart will inevitably have a deep hide.

Speaking of which, now that the first seven have passed, although she can't go out to visit friends in mourning, she should also go to the other courtyard to see her stepmother, the county lord of Yixing, in a few days. Counting up, now the county lord of Yixing should be more than three months and nearly four months pregnant, and the extremely severe morning sickness reaction before should have been alleviated to a certain extent. If that's the case, I'm afraid the county lord of Yixing will be idle again.

Thinking of this, she unconsciously arrived at the entrance of her Pleasure Pavilion. However, before she could go in, the sharp-eyed Yun'er saw a daughter-in-law on the other end of the road hurriedly running over and hurriedly reminded her. Chen Lan stopped and stood for a while, and the daughter-in-law stepped forward and bent her knees to bend her knees.

"Madam, Madame Dai is here. She said that she was not a guest, so she came in directly from the second gate, and then went to the old lady's cherished house. ”

Chen Lan didn't know Zhang Huixin's fiery nature, so he shook his head helplessly at this time, withdrew the foot that was originally going to step up the steps, and followed the daughter-in-law to the Cherished Blessing Residence. Sure enough, outside the five main rooms, she heard the familiar loud laughter coming from inside.

"At that time, I happened to send tribute from France in the west, a lot of shiny things, I thought it was fun and beautiful, so I grinded one or two things from the emperor, and then followed to the imperial concubine. The imperial concubine is easy to talk to, most of them entered the inner library, and the rest were awarded to the six palaces, and by the way, I made two things for my sister. One is a Western wall clock, a feather satin cloak that does not stick to water, which is naturally inconspicuous compared to those mothers' dressers, and the emperor also praised me for being sincere. ”

"You kid...... How can you not be born for the county lord to do one or two? ”

"Mrs. Tai, you don't know my mother, if she knows about this, she will definitely point to my nose and say that I have shallow eyelids, and I don't think I had anything in Jiangnan at the beginning? This is still taught by my sister.,It's said that don't look like you're used to seeing good things in front of people.,Reach out when it's time to reach out.,Otherwise, I don't lack anything.,What can I say in other people's mouths? ”

Chen Lan, who had already arrived at the door, heard Zhang Huixin's loud voice, and was immediately extremely helpless, thinking that fortunately the emperor knew Zhang Huixin's temper early on, so he would not be angry and angry. After gesturing to a few girls and Aunt Yun, she went straight into the house, but she said, "Sister is shouting these things casually again, and I'm not afraid that people will hear it."

Zhang Huixin tilted his head and looked back, and then immediately jumped off the kang, smiled and stepped forward to pull Chen Lan over, and then squeezed his eyes at the Jiang family and said: "I don't say this, that is, Mrs. Tai, you are my sister's mother-in-law, you have always been good-natured, and you are strict in governing the family, I dare to confide, and I naturally pretend to be dumb outside." ”

"You......" Jiang shook his head with a smile, and then sighed, "Don't just care about wearing a high hat for me, fortunately, your mother-in-law is kind and open-minded, otherwise she will really not be able to tolerate you if you are replaced by a stereotype." Okay, okay, I know you're not happy to accompany me, an elder, just pull Ah Lan over to talk, and return the person to me after you're done."

Having said that, not to mention that Zhang Huixin would not be so reckless and directly pull people away, even Chen Lan had to stay and talk for a while, until Jiang urged again and again, and she and Zhang Huixin went out together. Along the way, Zhang Huixin talked a lot as always, however, Chen Lan walked aside, and gradually felt that she was not like the usual natural love of laughter, but had a feeling of having nothing to say - at least in the past, this one would never catch the characters in the palace and talk endlessly.

As if confirming her premonition, as soon as the two returned to the Pleasant Pavilion, Zhang Huixin pulled her to the East House, and glanced at one of her girls while walking. Seeing this situation, Chen Lan immediately ordered to send tea later, and after entering the house and sitting down, she asked bluntly, "What's the matter?" ”

"Don't mention it, there's an accident in the palace"

Zhang Huixin sat down, and the smile just now disappeared without a trace, replaced by a face full of chagrin and fear, "When the tribute was distributed today, the disagreement caused the fraud of the inner library, and it is said that there were many things missing. Now the inner eunuchs in the palace are panicking, when I came out of Xi'an Gate, the inner eunuchs and yamen in Xiyuan were all messed up into a pot of porridge, and Donghua Gate, Xihua Gate, Xuanwu Gate had been temporarily sealed. ”

Chen Lan was taken aback when she heard this, and tried hard to digest the information, she suddenly vaguely felt something: "I remember, before the Shuntian Mansion Criminal Department and the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division rectified the security of the capital, it seems that it was because of the loss of things in the palace?" ”

"No, so the emperor will be angry" Zhang Hui sighed sadly, and then leaned listlessly on the kang table with his chin in his hand, "I saw that the situation was not good, so I slipped away to Concubine Xian's mother, only to see her bowing with the baby's brother, and the two of them were sweating profusely." When she heard about this, she was also taken aback, but she did not agree to go to the emperor to persuade her, but only told me not to look at things only by appearances, and the rest was silent. However, what kind of appearance is false, when I left the palace, I heard that the three fathers-in-law had all entered the prison of the internal officials, and they were all former deputies in power, is this not chaotic enough? When Father-in-law Xia was taken down, he looked like he was ten years old, and he just stared at me and didn't beg for mercy or intercession, and so did Father-in-law Cheng...... Gonggong Qu was wronged. ”

At this moment, Chen Lan only felt that his head was big. It's really weird...... Others don't say it, Eunuch Xia should not be the kind of person who is bold and reckless, since Eunuch Cheng used to be the steward of the Empress Kunning Palace, the reasoning will not be like this, as for Qu Yong, it is said that he has won the trust of the emperor from a long time ago...... This time, all three people went in, what did the emperor want to do? And Eunuch Xia looked at Zhang Huixin, he should have known that he would come here for help, so what did he hope she could do? Also, what do Concubine Xian's words mean?

"Sister, why don't we go to my mother?" Zhang Huixin saw Chen Lan raise her head, and she showed a smile, "My mother has eaten and slept these days, slept and eaten, and then did some activities ordered by the imperial doctor, and her body is already too good to be better." She complained to me last time that her body and head were rusty, and now she is allowed to move occasionally."

Although Chen Lan was still a little hesitant in her heart, at the moment, she only felt that her head was a mess, and she had no choice but to agree to Zhang Huixin, go to the Jiang family again, and get permission to go out. However, when she arrived at the second gate of the Yixing County Lord's Courtyard, she heard a loud shout from inside, among which there was the usual calm voice of Zhao Ma**'s bitter persuasion.

"County Lord, you should put down your sword when you are old, the imperial doctor said that he could move a little, but he didn't say that this pregnant woman can still practice swords."

When Chen Lan pulled Zhang Huixin into the second gate in a hurry, and passed a moon gate along the verandah, what he saw was the Yixing county lord with a bulging lower abdomen carrying a sword, and the embarrassed appearance of a group of people around him who wanted to stop him but didn't dare. She was about to speak, but then the county lord of Yixing glanced at her, and immediately raised her eyebrows to show joy, and walked over with a smile and a smile on her sword.