Chapter 169 ·

Early the next morning, Shanniang nagged that she was going to find Lin Ruzhi, but before she could make the trip, she received a post from her seventh sister first.

Over the years, because of the open and secret struggle between the old emperor and the crown prince, the second assistant has benefited, and now he has unexpectedly sat in the position of the first assistant. But because of this first assistant, it was Qi Niang's husband Liu Yang who made it difficult. That Liu Yang is also a talented person, but his grandfather has been cautious and cautious all his life, and now he is sitting in the position of first assistant, and he refuses to let the family provoke him, even Shanniang beckoned her seventh sister to participate in the fundraiser, and the old man gave a return ticket, and Liu Yang was locked up at home by his grandfather for several years and never let go of the imperial examination. Until the beginning of this year, Mrs. Shoufu learned from Qi Niang that Yuan Changqing had been promoted, and then compared with her own idle grandson, she immediately felt that the old man was careful, but delayed the little grandson, so she quietly made a game, and the family hid from Haiti and let Liu Yang go. When the news of Liu Yang's high school came, Lord Shoufu had no choice but to accept his fate.

Qi Niang came this time, but it was announced, Liu Yang had a business trip, and the family had agreed that the two of them would take their two children to take office together.

"It was said that he went over first, and our mothers waited for the New Year to leave, and the old lady probably felt that she had wronged him all these years, and suddenly said again, let us go together as a family." Qi Niang said with a smile.

"When are you leaving?" Shanniang asked, and said, "It's okay for Da Lang, the little brother is only one year old, and the road is so far, can they afford it?" ”

Qi Niang and her youngest son are as old as Yuan Yi, and the two children are only a month apart.

Qi Niang smiled: "That child, the skin is real, since he was born, he has not even had a cough." He added, "I'll leave at the end of the month, so I'll talk to you today, and it's a resignation." On the day we leave, don't come and deliver it. Because of his secret end, the old man is on fire in his heart, and we are not allowed to leave with great fanfare. ”

Now Old Man Liu has a nickname in the court: He Ni Xiangye. It is said that he does not help the emperor and the prince, and he only has mud on both sides when he encounters something. But then again, it was thanks to him in the mud that the two gangs of men and horses could do it without a knife or a gun.

Qi Niang sighed and said, "Now the situation is not good, so the old man has found him a foreign post." I went out for three years, and when I came back, I thought that the dust would settle. He added, "Tell your eldest man to find an opportunity to let go of the outside world, now this capital is really ......."

Although Qi Niang's words were not finished, Shan Niang understood what she meant. As the old emperor became weaker and weaker, the movements of the four princes became more and more frequent. Sensitive people feel that there is always a time when something big happens in a □□, either the east wind overpowers the west wind, or the west wind overpowers the east wind. However, Shanniang also knew that it was impossible for Yuan Changqing to go abroad. Although it is not obvious outside, only because Yuan Changqing is spending more and more time in the study now, she can also guess that she is afraid that the prince is relying on him more and more.

Speaking of which, Qi Niang, like Shan Niang, doesn't care much about political affairs, and their husbands also have one thing in common, that is, they don't like to let the inner house worry about their official business, so they are happy to be lazy. Thinking of this, Shanniang couldn't help but ask Qi Niang, "When you get to the place, I'm afraid you won't have this idle life." I've heard that many of the things I like to do in the 'lady'□□' are not done by the adults in the yamen, but by the ladies in private. ”

Qi Niang pursed her lips disdainfully, and said: "The one in my family said that only those who have no ability have to rely on women to do those unsightly things behind their backs, and those who are really capable will solve it by themselves, which will work for women." He also said that the atmosphere of our Da Zhou was damaged by these 'lady gangs', and it was clear that things that could be solved in the light and light had to go through those crooked ways, anyway, he wouldn't allow me to do that again. Suddenly, he said, "Do you think that since I had a child, I have become more and more stupid?" I think when we were in the West Garden, who wasn't a clever person who listened to the gong and listened to the sound? But now I feel more and more stupid, and I don't have the heart to intrigue with people all day except for the children's house. ”

Shanniang teased her and smiled: "That means that my brother-in-law has raised you well." The knives are sharper and sharper the more you sharpen, and if you live well, you don't need to fight with others, so you will naturally become more and more stupid. ”

"Say me back!" Qi Niang slapped her unceremoniously and said with a smile: "Yuan Da treated you badly?!" You used to be a person who loved the top, but now you have become a lot of beings. If it weren't for Yuan Da pampering you to be idle all day long, would you be lazy like this?! ”

After a pause, she suddenly asked Shanniang again: "Have you received a letter from home?" ”

This home naturally refers to the Hou family in Meishan Town.

Shanniang shook her head and smiled: "The old lady doesn't want to see me, how can she write to me." ”

"Then you don't know." Qi Niang sighed, "There is a big bustle at home again." At the beginning of the year, didn't the old lady ask the fourth uncle to go into Beijing and pull the fifth uncle back, but she couldn't get her wish? The old lady wanted to go into the capital to find the fifth uncle by herself, but she asked the old lady to stop her. But the old lady himself somehow moved his mind again, and also wanted to enter the capital to play, but he didn't leave yet, and several of the birds and dogs he raised died somehow. The old lady didn't say that this was the old lady's revenge for the black hand he gave him before he didn't allow her to enter Beijing, and the old couple made a fuss like this, and then the old lady was so angry that he didn't enter Beijing, and only said that he wanted to protect his birds and dogs. Amitabha, it's a shame that these two people are so noisy. If the old lady is called into Beijing, I am really afraid that she will plunge into this mess without a head. It was not easy for our master to clear his mind, and then he called a confused old lady to stir him in, but he really didn't know what to do. ”

The eldest lord wanted to find a job in Beijing back then, but when he entered Beijing, after a long conversation with the old man Liu, who had only been promoted to the position of first assistant at that time, the eldest lord changed his mind and took the initiative to ask to continue the previous position, and never go to Beijing again. Even after the old lady asked him to walk under the door of the Meng family, the eldest man refused. At that time, Qi Niang only listened to one ear, as if the old man Liu scared the eldest master with the matter of the battle for the throne of the past dynasties. Although the dragon's work is great, it has always been a life-and-death transaction. Although the eldest lord is motivated, no matter how good the future is, he must have a life to enjoy, so no matter how much the old lady urges the eldest master, the eldest lord who was awakened from the dream of interests gritted his teeth, and would rather learn to act conservatively than hug his thighs rashly.

To be honest, this can't help but make Shanniang breathe a sigh of relief. In the previous life, after the new emperor ascended the throne, because of the involvement of the Meng family, the Hou family's life was very difficult for a long time, so at that time, the old lady complained that she was obviously Yuan Changqing's wife, but she couldn't help her mother's family at all. And in this life, with the temperament of Yuan Changqing that she knows, I am afraid that except for the fifth master's family, Yuan Changqing will not care about the life or death of the rest of the Hou family.

As for the five masters. Last year, when Shanniang was still pregnant with Yuan Yi, the old lady sent the third master into Beijing once, wanting to arrest the fifth master whose reputation had finally spread to Meishan Town. The fifth master finally got out of the cage, and where he was willing to re-enter the cage, he sent the third master back on the grounds that Shanniang was waiting to give birth. At the beginning of this year, the old lady sent the fourth master to persuade the fifth master to go back. The fifth master simply played yin this time, and took the fourth master to go around in Beijing and outside the city, and the fourth master was dazzled, and he was almost moved by the fifth master's words, and he wanted to stay in the capital and not go back. It's just that the fourth master is not the fifth master in the end, he is a concubine, and he does not have the fifth master's ability to support himself by himself, and the old lady lifted the money bag, and the fourth master had to go back in disgrace.

The two talked for a while about the strange old lady and the old lady at home, and the Qi Niang said "oops", clapped her hands and said, "Look at me, I said something wrong when I was talking." I'm talking about the fourteenth sister. The fourteenth sister wrote to me, saying that the fourteenth brother-in-law wants to enter Beijing to take the exam next year, but I am leaving Beijing again, so I tell you, when they come, you will help take care of one or two. ”

Fourteen was married to a rude military man by the old lady in his last life, but in this life, he was on the old lady's "blacklist" because of the conflict with Shanniang, and later his mother-in-law was the master and married a little Xiucai. After this Xiaoxiu married a beautiful woman, he suddenly got excited, and it took three or four years of hard work to finally get admitted to the Juren, so now I want to see if I can go further.

That Shanniang has never been generous, remembering the incident of seducing Yuan Changqing on the 14th day of the Mid-Autumn Festival that year, she had a fire in her heart, so she said: "Why didn't she write to me?!" ”

Qi Niang glanced at her, and said with a smile: "The old account of the two of you hasn't been settled yet?" Now they are all people with children, and they are still so small-bellied. He added, "The person I liked when I was a child may not really like it, and I may have added much of my own imagination." It's not the same when you actually live at home. Now that the fourteen and two sons are living a harmonious and beautiful life, how can she still worry about your things?! She doesn't write to you, because she is ashamed of you in her heart, and she still doesn't give up! But what you said back then, a family of sisters, what kind of overnight feud can there be?! Besides, she was still young at the time. ”

Shanniang pursed her lips slightly, and said in her heart, she is only one year younger than me. After a pause, he finally promised Qi Niang and said, "I'll take a look near the school for her, and I'll be worthy of her if I find a room for rent." He added, "It's not that I don't treat her as a sister, she didn't treat me as a sister back then." Now, look at her table again, she is like a sister, I am naturally a sister, if she is still like that, I don't know her. ”

Qi Niang smiled and reached out to screw her, and said: "I remember that at that time, I was the one who didn't rub sand in my eyes, and you were the most treacherous one in front of people. It can be seen that Yuan Da treats you better than our family treats me, so I am used to you like this. ”

Shanniang hid her hand and smiled: "The main reason is that there are no elders in my family, so I don't need to be low-minded." ”

Speaking of this, it aroused Qi Niang's curiosity and said, "By the way, I heard that Yuan Yongmei is sick?" ”

"Really?" Shanniang hadn't heard of it. As Qi Niang said, now Yuan Changqing protects her and Yuan Yi well, whether it is the affairs of the Yuan family or the affairs of the imperial court, anything that will make Shanniang feel upset, he will not let people stab in front of Shanniang. In addition, in the past two years, Shanniang has been busy getting pregnant and giving birth, and she has not had many opportunities to meet with the Yuan family, not to mention that Yuan Yongmei is no longer as often in front of people as before because of the affairs of the five princes, so Shanniang really doesn't know much about her.

"Yes," Qi Niang said, "I heard that they were all sent to Zhuangzi in the countryside to recuperate." He snickered again, "Everyone in Beijing said that it must have been the news that the fifth prince was going to be engaged, which made Yuan Si Girl's face gloomy, and the Yuan family found an excuse to send her out of the capital to avoid the limelight." ”

Shanniang listened and was silent for a while. Yuan Yongmei is the same year as her, and now she is twenty years old. It is that the girls in the capital marry later than the girls in the south, which can be regarded as a late marriage. The fifth princess who was finally selected by the five princes was a distant niece and granddaughter of the queen mother's family, but she was suddenly gone. Although Yuan Yongmei was very provocative to her, she was also a daughter, and Yuan Yongmei was still calculated by her own mother and grandmother to achieve such a result, even Shanniang couldn't help but sympathize with her.

After Qi Niang left, Shanniang was thinking about going to Meifu, and Lin Ruzhi came to the door by herself.

Lin Ruzhi smiled embarrassedly at Shanniang and said, "I disturbed my sister yesterday." ”

Seeing her like this, Shanniang knew that this soft-hearted girl must have reconciled with Mei Huange, so she asked, "What's the matter?" ”

Lin Ruzhi said: "It's really what he said, I misunderstood." ”

Shanniang was not as naïve as her, so she couldn't help frowning and said, "What did Mei Huange say?" ”

"After I ran away, Mei Lang told Cao'er directly, saying that his heart was with me, and it was impossible to want her again, and he told her that he would never see her again." Lin Ruzhi blushed and said, "My Meilang, my sister also knows, a little wooden ......"

Shanniang pursed her lips and couldn't help muttering: "When Cao'er told him that he liked him, if he was selfless in his heart, he should avoid her from now on!" ”

Lin Ruzhi was surprised: "Why did my sister say that?" It was precisely because he was selfless in his heart that he didn't take this matter seriously. ”

Stupidity. Shanniang silently scolded Mei Huan in her stomach.

After a pause, Lin Ruzhi sighed and said, "Although I understand Mei Lang's thoughts, to be honest, I don't feel comfortable in my heart......"

"Then sue him, his actions make you feel uncomfortable!" Shanniang said.

Lin Ruzhi paused again, nodded and said, "I'll sue him." He added, "Now that he has learned a lesson, he also said when he went back yesterday that he will not be lucky in the future, and he feels that it has nothing to do with him that others have a good impression of him." ”

"What about the grass?" Shanniang said, "What are you going to do with her?" ”

"Processing?" Lin Ruzhi was stunned again, "Why do you want to deal with her?" She didn't do anything, she just said things that shouldn't have been said. ”

Shanniang looked at Lin Ruzhi speechless for a while. At this time, she suddenly felt that Lin Ruzhi was really Mrs. Lin's granddaughter, and her heart was much broader than her.

She frowned and said, "You let her go like this, aren't you afraid that she won't give up?!" ”

Lin Ruzhi was silent for a while, and said, "My grandmother always taught me to give people a chance to make corrections. Even though she hurt me, I'm still willing to give her another chance. It's not easy for her to do it now, it's just a wrong step, you can't beat her to death with a stick, you have to give her a chance to turn back......"

"Aren't you afraid that she will be unrepentant and pounce on you and bite you again?!" Shanniang glared at Lin Ruzhi. To be honest, she can't do Lin Ruzhi's example, she has always preferred to choose happiness and revenge.

Lin Ruzhi was silent for a moment and said, "Although I feel uncomfortable in my heart, we should not only help them on the surface, I am willing to give it a try." If she makes this mistake again, it will not be my fault if I do anything more. I've given her a chance to rehabilitate. ”

She looked at Shanniang and suddenly smiled: "I originally wanted to ask my sister to talk to Cao'er with me, but now I think that my sister should not go." My sister went, maybe she had to beat the grass first. ”

"She's just underwhelming!" Shanniang said indignantly.

According to her nature, she was not worried about Lin Ruzhi, but at this time, Lin Ruzhi looked like she was helpless at all from yesterday, but had the calm momentum of Old Madam Lin. Thinking of her old love to make decisions for others, and thinking about Yuan Changqing's advice yesterday, Shanniang gritted her teeth and said, "You go, just come back and tell me the result." ”

In the evening, after Shanniang chatted with Yuan Changqing about the words of the two people who came to visit today, Yuan Changqing was suddenly silent for a while, and then told Shanniang: "The fourth girl was not sent to the countryside, she ......" He paused, "She eloped with someone." ”

"Huh?!"