Qingwen lowered her head and silently followed behind Xu Muqiu, and it was not until the two of them were about to arrive at the main gate of the Pingbei Hou Mansion that she gently grabbed Xu Muqiu's sleeve and spoke.

"I was originally a peasant girl, and although my family was poor, I was able to get by. Who would have thought that at the beginning of the summer, the hometown was suddenly flooded, and the countryside was red for thousands of miles, and there was no harvest. I can only follow my father and mother and the township party all the way to escape the famine, and come to this capital to join distant relatives. ”

"Blessings are incomparable, and disasters are not singular. Who knew that when I first arrived in the capital, I found my cousin Duo mudworm, but my father and mother were infected with the disease. Since there was no money to heal me, I went to the city and sold myself to the Lai family, so that I could get the money to cure my father and mother. It's a pity that my father and mother didn't survive it in the end, and they both went. ”

"Today's son asked me to be this girl, I know that the son is good, and he pity me. Although Qing'er is not a servant of the world, she is also ingenious, and she is not weaker than the people around her son. ”

After speaking, he stared at Xu Muqiu tightly, as if observing his expression.

Xu Muqiu listened to her words, and his heart was dumbfounded, and it took him a lot of effort to understand Qingwen's words.

The meaning of Qingwen's words should be: I was originally a good person, and I was forced to sell myself as a maid, but I don't need to be pitied. Although it's the first time I've been a girl, I'm not weaker than others, and I think it will be very useful to my son.

Xu Muqiu thought to himself, it turns out that this human nature is really innate. Qingwen in the Red Chamber is a proud person, compared to the other maids in Jiafu, she is more like a young lady. Her pride has never been pampered and arrogant, if it weren't for her nature, how could she have such a taste?

After thinking about it, he opened his mouth and said: "Okay, I already know how powerful you are, in the future, you will be called Qingwen, and you will be served by my side." ”

After Xu Muqiu finished speaking, he reached out and rubbed Qingwen's hair. At this time, he had a warm smile on his face, and his eyes were full of pampering, as if he was comforting a fried cat.

Qingwen stiffened in place, probably not expecting that Xu Muqiu would suddenly rub her head.

Xu Muqiu withdrew his hand, turned around and walked towards the mansion.

It took a long time for Qingwen to come back to her senses, since her father and mother died of illness, she has never had such peace of mind as at this moment. Looking at Xu Muqiu's back, she gushed out of her heart.

I saw Qingwen lift the hem of her skirt and run towards the back of the distance, which is her future dependence. Xu Muqiu didn't have a chance to see it, and the heartfelt and touching smile on Qingwen's face.

Xu Muqiu walked to Shouqingtang, where the Zhang family was, and wanted to report Qingwen's affairs to her grandmother and mother, and then take Qingwen back to her small courtyard after arranging her identity and monthly routine.

As soon as she walked to the entrance of the hall, Xu Muqiu waved away the big girl Ruyi who wanted to go to report, and left Qingwen to wait in the courtyard and walked to the hall alone.

When he walked into the hall, Xu Muqiu found that there was no one in front of the hall. On weekdays, the girls and grandmothers who shuttle back and forth don't know where they went? I only heard the whispers of my grandmother Zhang and my mother Jin in the empty Shouqing Hall.

Because he was in his body, he walked quietly, and the two of them did not notice Xu Muqiu's arrival.

Xu Muqiu unconsciously probed his ears and listened, which was an unintentional move. It's just that the content of the conversation between the two surprised him, and he suddenly opened up.

"Mother, Qiu'er's sudden illness, and my daughter-in-law has heard all about it."

"Is it really the Loyal Palace?"

"Exactly, what Prime Minister Dai Quan said that day was not bad at all. It's the hands and feet of the loyal old dog. ”

"I don't think it's bad, how can Prime Minister Dai Quan take a fake news and sell it better than my Pingbei Hou Mansion. Let you check, just so that you can know what you know. ”

"What my mother said was, what should I do next? But do you still have to swallow your anger? Now that you already know that it was the Zhongshun Palace, why don't you call the door and ask for an explanation? If you dare to assassinate my son like this, I will not spare him. ”

This Jin family is worthy of being a tiger girl in the gate, and she is really hot, and it was confirmed that it was the Zhongshun Mansion that assassinated her son, and she threatened to hit the door.

It is no wonder that Xu Muqiu's father is a dignified son of a Houmen. Just because he accepted a concubine and gave birth to two concubines, he had to flee to Yangzhou for refuge, most likely because he was afraid of the female general in the family.

Thanks to the old lady Zhang of the Hou Mansion, she can still be serious, and she persuaded herself: "After reciting Buddhist scriptures for so many years, you can't restrain your hot temperament?" Seeing that his daughter-in-law Jin was calm, he continued: "I have received a reply from the master, and at this time, the Northern Yuan Tartars came to attack the border again, and he couldn't get out for a while. You and I, two women, only rely on the family in this mansion, how can we take this loyal and obedient palace? ”

Jin replied quite aggrievedly: "What is my father-in-law so selfless and fighting for the country?" His own grandchildren are about to die? It was the Qin clan who did this, or the people of the Qin clan who he worked hard for, how could I bear it? ”

When the old lady Zhang heard her daughter-in-law's complaining words, she first glared at her fiercely, and after thinking about it, she was not unreasonable, sighed lightly, and said comfortingly.

"I know you're unhappy, how can I endure it? Am I not loving my grandchildren? It's just that the lord said in the letter, how can it be that because the family and the country are abandoned, the border troubles are not appeased, and the country is not safe. He will keep this account in his heart, and when the situation is more stable, he will settle it with the Zhongshun Palace. ”

When Jin heard this, he was also quite helpless. Although she has a hot temperament, she is not the unreasonable person, I saw her answer.

"Mother rest assured, the daughter-in-law is not the kind of person who messes around, and she knows the seriousness of the matter."

"It's just that this matter is at hand, why hide it from Qiu'er? Now that we have learned of this, it is all the more important to share it with him in advance, so that he may know what is at stake. lest he be assassinated by others if he is no longer clear. ”

Zhang said: "Now, it's not the time to tell him. Since we don't have the means to counter the loyal king's house, why bother him.

"These two times, I watched him act, and he was quite spirited, which shows that he is young and vigorous. Although he was born in Jiangmen, there is some tiger spirit, which is the proper righteousness. But now my Xu family is in a downward trend, and if I do it now, I will inevitably suffer. That's why I let you hide it from him. ”

When Xu Muqiu heard this, his complexion changed, alternating blue and red, and after a while, Fang calmed down.

I saw him cough lightly and stride towards the hall.

Zhang and Jin suddenly heard someone coughing in the hall, and they were shocked, and before they could react, they saw Xu Muqiu approaching, and the two of them were relieved.

Jin's expression stiffened slightly, forced a smile, and asked, "Qiu'er, when did you come?" Why don't you let Ruyi report first? This girl is really a little tired. ”

How could Xu Muqiu not know what his mother Jin meant. Blaming Ruyi, it's just an excuse, he doesn't want to embarrass his mother, he looks at his grandmother, and his mother says directly.

"Grandmother and mother don't have to be like this, it's just that the Zhongshun Palace's assassination of me has just heard it clearly."

Zhang and Jin wanted to open their mouths to comfort their children, but they didn't know where to start, and the three of them were speechless.

It was Xu Muqiu who broke the deadlock and said, "Grandmother and mother, don't worry about the child so much. The child reflected that although this was a disaster, I am also responsible. It is not difficult to do righteous deeds, but it is difficult to complete at the end of the hand. It is not advisable for me to act on impulse and bring worry and trouble to my family. ”

Seeing that his grandson was so sensible, Zhang's heart rose with pity, and he said: "Good grandson, don't be so wronged yourself, let's sit at the end of the line, my Xu family has written down this grudge, and I will settle it for you when your grandfather comes back." ”

In fact, Xu Muqiu wanted to say that this was exactly what he wanted to say, he thought for a moment and replied.

"Grandmother, my grandson wants to talk to you about this. My grandfather is now 6 out of 80 and is still fighting for the country. As the so-called chivalrous man, for the country and the people, this is the great righteousness. How can he let him spend his heart and soul for his grandson to do such a chivalrous thing, and this desire to trap his grandson in injustice? ”

"This revenge will be avenged, but not now. My grandson has seen a lot and learned a lot in the past few days. But I still didn't feel enough, I heard that my father was a general in Yangzhou, and my grandson wanted to go to the south of the Yangtze River. First, to travel and increase knowledge; Second, I can stop by to visit my father and listen to his teachings. I hope that my grandmother and mother will allow it. ”

Zhang's and Jin's two people, they felt that their children were still young, but after this incident, looking at their words and deeds, they suddenly had a feeling that my family's jade tree was just growing.

I heard that Xu Muqiu wanted to travel to the south of the Yangtze River and visit his father by the way.

Although the two women were reluctant in their hearts, they also knew that this matter should be beneficial to him, so they should give up.

only said that he would stay in the house for more than a month, and when everything was ready, he would be allowed to move forward.