There are limited plots of land in the front and back of Shichahai and around the pond. Naturally, every inch of land is gold, except for dignitaries and dignitaries, they can't touch it. It is full of mansions, and the Korean Mansion located in Toutiao Hutong to the west of Jishuitan is not the most conspicuous of the many deep mansions. Due to the peace in the world, the current Korean Gong Zhang Ming only guarded the Xuanfu for three years, and then transferred back to take charge of the five military camps in Beijing, and then transferred to the Left Army Governor's Office, and has been the Governor of the Palm Print, and has not fought any battles. It's just that his daughter became the princess of Jin, and his position became extremely delicate.

Although it is in the most taboo position, Zhang Ming is a well-known good gentleman, his subordinates only make mistakes and reprimand a few words, colleagues turn a blind eye to the struggle for power, and they absolutely do nothing about it...... For this reason, the Korean duchess Chen doesn't know how many times she has reasoned with her husband, but he is still the same, making Chen's teeth itch.

Now, when the second brother Zhang Quan comes back from Jiangnan, he has intensified. As soon as the Lantern Festival holiday passed, he actually left the Yamen every day after the court meeting. Yushi impeached several times, but the emperor heard from his subordinates that after he went home, he dragged his second brother Zhang Quan to drink and chat, and even once after getting drunk, Zhang Quan was forced to dance a sword, and he also pressed down those books, and let the governor of the Left Army Governor's Mansion take his salary and not work.

On this day, Zhang Ming went to the court early in the morning and returned home in the afternoon. Hearing that Mrs. Chen was listening to a few stewards in the account room, he didn't bother to go over, so he went straight to the west courtyard of the second brother's family as soon as he was informed. When he reached the main entrance, he heard a ding-dong sound from inside, although it was a little difficult, but he stopped the girl who was about to report, and stood there for a moment, and then entered the door with a smile and a moan.

"Is it Huixin practicing?"

"Uncle!" As soon as Zhang Huixin saw that it was Zhang Ming, he immediately dropped the piano and stood up, walked forward with a smile, and casually made a salute and said coquettishly, "Uncle, you persuade my mother, let me practice again It's not like the four, won't it be a joke for the queen mother to hear it?" Besides, the birthday gift I prepared was the purple clay pot I made in Yixing, wouldn't it be much more elegant than any piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, needlework and the like? ”

"Are you embarrassed to say elegant? If the master who taught you the art of purple sand saw it, he would probably say that he didn't know you! ”

The county lord of Yixing stepped forward angrily, stretched out his hand to pull Zhang Huixin over, knocked on her head, and then saluted Zhang Ming. Zhang Ming returned the favor. After seeing it, Zhang Ming glanced around, and then asked strangely, "The second brother is not here?" ”

"I've gone to the Zhejiang Hall in the outer city." When the county lord of Yixing said this, he couldn't help but feel a little helpless, and said apologetically, "Big brother, you also know that he originally came back from Jiangnan and never assigned a new position, and he also said that he would take our mother and wife to find a few good places to go shopping. The proctor was not among the examiners and the eighteen-room examiners, but he had great power, and the father-in-law muttered to him for a while, so he immediately went out of the city. ”

"Undergraduate proctoring?"

Zhang Ming's eyes widened suddenly, and then he remembered that the undergraduate examiner and the paper reader had been set early, and the partial student invigilation examination had been pending, and I am afraid that no one would expect it to fall into the hands of Zhang Quan - you must know that Zhang Quan has been in the Ningbo City Governor of Jiangnan all these years, and this position sounds rich and noble, but in the past, as long as the official returns, there will be no progress in the official career. In addition, the Hedong lion roar of the county lord of Yixing is famous, and no one outside thinks that this coward who is famous and afraid of his wife can rise to any important position. Therefore, he wondered for a while, but he only shook his head and muttered a sentence of Sacred Heart Luck.

Although the county lord of Yixing is the most glorious person, the uncle and his younger niece stay too long, and they are always easy to gossip, so Zhang Ming sat for a while, asked a few words and got up to leave. As soon as she left, Zhang Huixin couldn't help but take her mother's hand and said, "Mother, why didn't you say that Mrs. Yangning Hou went out of the city to recuperate, didn't the eldest aunt just say it earlier?" ”

"That's your aunt's business, what the hell are we doing?" Seeing that Zhang Huixin's brows were furrowed, the county lord of Yixing smiled and pointed his finger on it, gently rubbed it away, and then smiled, "I know you are thinking of inviting your sister of the Chen family to come, they are not going out for a few months, the queen will definitely come back during the Qianqiu Festival, what are you anxious about?" Now that the Chen family has a lot of things, avoiding it can also reduce right and wrong. She's smart, not like you little fool! ”

Zhang Huixin suddenly stopped, grabbed her mother's hand and shouted: "I'm not confused, I'm older than her!" ”

The mother and daughter were laughing and arguing, and Zhang Ming, the Korean prince on the other side, came out of the west courtyard, thinking all the way back to his main house, and when he returned to his main house, he heard an angry voice as soon as he entered the door.

"My lord, do you know you're back!"

Mrs. Chen is now forty-three years old, and she is no longer young. Although it is extremely well maintained. But the corners of the eyes and other subtle places are still inevitably some small fine lines, and the figure is not as slim as when he was young. Those clothes that were once loved in bright colors such as red, purple, onion, yellow, willow, and green are now inevitably pressed against the bottom of the box, replaced by a steady teal and blue. Seeing Zhang Ming raise her eyebrows strangely at this time, she waved her hand to signal the girls to step back, and then stepped forward to take off the big hat for Zhang Ming.

"Today, Yangning Houfu's mother Zheng came to report that her mother had left the house to recuperate!" She said, while putting the Lanzhou Gu Velvet Cocoon Silk on her wrist, she said with a face full of anger, "The third brother has just returned home, and his mother suddenly left the house to recuperate, either forced by him, or angry with him!" Moreover, as soon as he came back, he said that he had moved the governor of the Left Army, which was clearly aimed at you! ”

"His appointment was announced this morning, and he later saw me in the yamen. Although I have met a few times in the past, I look at it again today, and I am not a very unruly person. Zhang Ming saw Mrs. Chen's eyes glaring, so he said lightly, "As for the matter of my mother-in-law, you can inquire about it and worry about it, but don't be too overstepping." After all, it is the Chen family's family matter. Even if it is the word unfilial piety, there will always be a royal history who will come forward. If you have kung fu to complain, you might as well find time to go out of the city to visit your mother-in-law in the next few days. ”

"You don't need to say that!" Hearing that Zhang Ming didn't want to mention this matter more, Mrs. Chen was suddenly full of annoyance, and asked again, "What about Yue'er's matter, her affairs are not overstepping, right?" It is said that the queen is comparing the daughters of the civil and military officials this time, and she wants to choose a famous lady to match the princes, and maybe the king of Jin will also be registered as a second concubine......"

"Don't listen to the wind is the rain, how many concubines have we established in Da Chutong? Don't take this to heart when you can count it with a slap. Again. There are so many gifts to be sent, who has time to see it, the queen is sick and weak, where can there be so much effort, it's just a matter of watching the flowers, don't guess the emperor's thoughts! It's the old 2, do you know that he ordered the undergraduate invigilation? ”

Seeing that Mrs. Chen nodded, and didn't care about the things behind her, Han Gong Zhang Ming didn't bother to say more to his wife, so he directly reached out and took Dayu over and walked out of the door. Seeing his posture, Mrs. Chen was a little surprised, and hurriedly chased after him and asked, "I heard that people are going to the Zhejiang Hall in the outer city, but at this time, maybe on the way back, master, you can say nothing." You don't know the second brother's temperament, and he is famous for his love to wander around! ”

"I'm too lazy to go to him, this is to see my mother!"

After leaving this sentence, Zhang Ming left without looking back, leaving only Mrs. Chen there looking at the lowered curtain and frowning. Her mother-in-law, Mrs. Han Duchess, used to believe in Buddhism for many years, and spent most of the year in the Buddhist hall, and she didn't pay attention to housework, so she was respectful to her mother-in-law, but she couldn't say that she was close. Thinking carefully about what she had just said to her husband, she vaguely had some thoughts, and when she re-tasted the meaning of the two words of the invigilator, she suddenly remembered the situation when the people reported that the West Fourth Archway opened the knife at three o'clock in the afternoon, and couldn't help but fold her palms together and chanted a Buddha.

It's good that the second room is favored...... But if her husband grows up a little more, why is she so worried?

And Zhang Ming couldn't help but sigh after leaving the hospital. If he had married his daughter to a civil official and noble according to his arrangement, where would he have to walk on thin ice like now?

In Dongcheng Ganmian Hutong, a clear oil car slowly stopped in front of an inconspicuous small courtyard. The mother-in-law who followed the car stepped forward and knocked on the door, and then there was an impatient question, and it took a while for someone to open the door a crack. Hearing that the young lady had returned, the middle-aged woman had just opened the door and returned to report the news. That loud voice was so loud that it could be heard all over the alley.

"Old lady, the Yangning Hou Mansion has sent the young lady back!"

Listening to the voice, Su Wan'er, who got out of the car, changed her face and glanced at the girl in the car again. The girl hurriedly took out the money to reward the coachman and the mother-in-law who followed the car, and then followed the master into the door. Since they sent people, the group of people from the Yangning Marquis Mansion did not stay, and went back in a hurry.

The small courtyard is not big, except for the screen door, there is only one entry, so Su Wan'er arrived at the main room in a few steps, but she gritted her teeth, and it took a long time to open the curtain and cross the threshold to enter. Before she could stand firm, a sneering voice came from above.

"I thought you were happy to stay in the Hou Mansion, but I didn't think about sending it back. After these many days of wealth, do you feel shabby when you look at our family now? ”

Chen stood up as he spoke, took a few steps closer, and looked Su Wan'er up and down a few times with critical eyes, before sneering: "I know the idea of the Chen family, and I also know the idea of your fight, don't you just want to use you to replace your brother to finish the marriage contract?" Let me tell you, Houmen is not so easy to marry, you can't even lift your head there without the support of your mother's family! If you don't marry your brother who is rich and has a family background, what will you do as a dowry? The little self-consciousness you have saved is not enough to even press the bottom of the box! ”

In the face of this extremely mean words, Su Wan'er lowered her head and didn't say a word, but her teeth almost bit her lips out of blood, and she didn't quit until Chen said enough. As she reached the door, she heard another word float from behind her.

"Girls are the ones who lose money!"