Suddenly, the people who had just been speaking in their respective places gathered in the main hall.

Forget about the few young masters on Chen Yan's side, Jin Congjia, the second son of the Marquis of Dongchang, is a little chubby, still young, and the most naughty character, and he has long been bored in the house. But Chen Bing was not happy, the Dongchang Hou Mansion was the same as his own family, but the original attack on the seal was still promoted by his father's strength, she had met a few times for Jin Congyou, the son of the Hou of Dongchang, although she was also a little moved, but she was even more envious of the eldest cousin Jin Princess who married into the royal family, so just now the two handkerchiefs talked about her brother reading to the third son of the emperor, Wu Wang, she immediately paid attention, and had to inquire in every way.

And Mrs. Ma was even more annoyed, she and Mrs. Li of Dongchang had just raised the talk of marriage, but Tatexiangyuan suddenly sent someone to say that the old lady was invited, and she had to come with Li. As for Mrs. Xu, she just said that she was unhappy today, and Chen Xi used this reason to leave early, and she didn't come over.

Zhu didn't seem to see Mrs. Ma's forced smile, let alone Chen Bing, who was full of embarrassment, but just smiled and talked about the plum blossom appreciation of the Lantern Festival. Sure enough, although Mrs. Li got the post, she was not like Zhu after all, she was the grandmother of Princess Jin, and she knew everything about the people and purpose of the post this time.

It must be known that since Emperor Taizu set the rules in this dynasty, whether it is a lord or a county lord, or a relative, he can only get the corresponding official position by virtue of his own merits, and he will not put his future on hold because of a family matter, so the royal daughter is better to marry than before. With his own hereditary marquis, it is not difficult to marry a county lord.

Since she had this thought, Mrs. Li would not stay for long, so she found an excuse to leave first. Chen Lan had been sitting beside Zhu, and after seeing people leave, Zhu breathed a long sigh of relief, and hurriedly took the ginseng tea from the green calyx on the side and presented it to him. Zhu Shi didn't drink it yet, and Chen Bing couldn't help but sneer: "I think why did the third sister suddenly leave us and disappear, it turned out that she came to serve the old lady halfway, but she really had a heart." ”

Chen Yun glanced at Mrs. Ma, and then smiled: "The third sister left so early just now, do you still remember what happened in the Dongchang Marquis Mansion?" Mrs. Dongchang Hou has already made amends, and the third sister doesn't look at anything else, she always has to look at the faces of her elders. ”

Chen Lan originally had some sympathy for the situation of the second room in her heart, but Chen Bing sneered, Chen Yun added fuel to the fire, and she remembered what she had experienced in her memory over the years, as well as the inexplicable fall into the water in the Dongchang Marquis Mansion in front of her, and that trace of pity immediately disappeared, but her face was indifferent. Sure enough, Zhu Shi frowned, and then asked the green calyx beside him, "No one has come yet?" ”

The green calyx looked outside, and then said cautiously: "People have been going for a while, but there is a long way from the outer courtyard, and it is about soon." ”

These brainless words finally made everyone in the room realize something, and Mrs. Ma finally became a little uneasy, hesitated for a moment and then opened her mouth to ask, "What does the old lady have to order?" ”

As soon as the words fell, a voice came from outside: "Old lady, Steward Liu is here." ”

Hearing this, Zhu also ignored Mrs. Ma, and immediately shouted: "Tell me to go down, people from all over the Lotus Courtyard are not allowed to walk around casually, and they are not allowed to go out of this courtyard door!" Go open the curtain and help me out! ”

The Hou Mansion has always been clearly divided between inside and outside, and in addition to close relatives and friends within the second gate, few other men can come in, even if the housekeeper is in charge. Therefore, at this time, the Zhu family directly let the housekeeper Liu Qing enter the inner courtyard, and gave an order not to allow people to move around, and the people in the house were startled. As soon as Chen Lan heard this, he immediately helped Zhu to get up, and Mrs. Ma also woke up and hurriedly glanced at Chen Bing. However, before Chen Bing could step forward, the green calyx had already rushed ahead to help Zhu on the other side, and she had to retreat in disdain.

When she arrived outside, Zhu sat on the Nanmu chair in front of the screen, and saw that the door curtain had been hung high with a jade hook, and the housekeeper Liu Qing was kneeling outside the threshold, so she sighed softly. It wasn't until the green calyx jade peony and the girls retreated to the outside of the yard that the house was full of her serious juniors, and she said lightly: "Tell everyone the news before." ”

Liu Qing replied respectfully, raised his head and glanced at the room full of people, swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and then said the message sent by the Jin Palace. As soon as the words fell, Chen Bing screamed: "You are talking nonsense, how is this possible!" ”

Mrs. Ma's face was also pale, but she didn't open her mouth to stop her daughter, just hoping that the truth was really nonsense as Chen Bing's questioning. However, although Liu Qing knelt outside the door and did not raise his head, his voice was very low, but the words he said were still clear: "Second Miss, the little one does not dare to deceive, it is the news sent by the Jin Palace, and it is the long-term follower who comes to the house every day, and it is the most reliable." The palace is related to our family, how can they joke about such a big thing? The little one has already sent someone out to investigate, and the news will come back in a while. ”

At this moment, there was silence in the room, and then I heard only a soft sound, but Chen Yun, who was sitting on the chair, kicked over the pedal under nervousness, and when she was in a hurry to clean up, a small few people next to her bumped into her, and a teacup on the top fell to the ground and shattered. Seeing the appearance of the concubine, Mrs. Ma was so angry that she could no longer maintain her usual motherly appearance, and shouted angrily: "Things that can't be on the table, haven't you seen or heard of things, you know that you are spoiling things!" ”

"Enough!" Zhu slapped the handrail heavily, and saw that Mrs. Ma stopped with hatred, so she ordered, "One panicked, the other shouted and killed, this letter hasn't come yet!" ”

After the training, she shouted to Liu Qing: "You go out now, restrain everyone in the outer courtyard from acting rashly, but let someone come to the door and receive it respectfully!" The second daughter-in-law, the inner courtyard will be handed over to you, go to the Water Mirror Hall to assign things, and restrain the people everywhere. The more times like this, the more you can't mess up your home! ”

If Zhu said this on weekdays, Mrs. Ma would naturally do everything, but at this time, she felt that her heart was about to jump out of her chest, and even her speech was already uneven, so she still wished her mother to come in from outside to support her, and she could barely take a step out. When Mrs. Ma and Liu Qing were gone, the Zhu family had to instruct the first of their grandchildren, and sent someone to send them to rest in the east and west wings of the Tatexiang Courtyard first, leaving only one Chen Lan to accompany him.

Looking at the appearance of Mrs. Ma when she left just now, Chen Lan knew that if this thing was true, the second aunt would not last long. And Chen Bing and Chen Yun were also depressed when they left the main hall, and they were afraid that they would not be useful. Not only these women, but even Chen Qing and Chen Han in the third room, and his younger brother Chen Yan were also overly frightened when they were taken out. If she hadn't gotten the information beforehand, she would have had some bottom in her heart, and she would definitely not be much better than them. Even now, she could feel her calves tremble.

This is an era when the Son of Heaven can cut off the honor and disgrace of life and death of the family!

With all kinds of thoughts turning in her heart, she suddenly felt someone grab her hand, and as soon as she came back to her senses, she found that Zhu was looking at her, and quickly lowered her head. Immediately after, a faint sentence came from my ears.

"Lan'er, are you afraid?"

Chen Lan wanted to raise her spirit and say that she was not afraid, but when the words came to her mouth, she nodded, then shook her head again, and finally whispered: "Fear is naturally afraid, but when it comes to the end, it is useless to be afraid." I just think that our Chen family has been heirloom for more than 100 years, and I don't know how much we have experienced through ups and downs, and we definitely won't collapse like this because of a little thing. ”

"Well said!"

Zhu smiled slightly with satisfaction, and then turned his head to look outside. The curtain of the door was still high, and gusts of cold wind rushed in from the door, as if to turn this warm room into a cold world, and the girl in a slightly thin dress was even shivering. However, Zhu's waist was still straight, until a figure hurriedly rushed in from the hall at the entrance of the courtyard, and carried his skirt up the steps to enter the door.

"Old lady!" It was Zheng's mother who came, and I don't know if it was because there was too much cold wind blowing in a hurry or because she was frightened and couldn't calm down, her face was a little pale, "I just came back from Huguo Temple, and I happened to bump into Jinyiwei on the road." The second master has been taken out of prison, and when I arrived at Yangning Street, I met a large number of brocade guards rushing to our house, and hurriedly walked around the back door! ”

At this moment, Zhu's face, which was still calm and composed, changed, and Chen Lan also felt the hairs on his back explode. Almost instantly, she saw Zhu Shi next to her holding the chair cushion under her head, her face was a little hideous, and she hurriedly stretched out her hand to support it. When I saw Zheng's mother also coming forward in a panic, a thought suddenly came to mind.

As far as she knows, the second uncle Chen Jiu is in charge of the matter of the Beijing camp officials and soldiers grazing horses in the pastures, if it is just because the horses are less and they die, and they are in prison to ask for the crime at most, how can there be Jinyi Wei coming to the house, is it difficult to raid the house? God, if things really get to that point, then maybe there are other famous places besides this trip!

Zhu Shi grabbed the handrail hard, and his face was already a little hideous: "What did he do to this damn evil obstacle?" ”

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