22. Forced to buy Zhuangzi
Okay, Wu Anhou, that old horseman, didn't get the desired result from her, and dared to go to his father's grave to act and disturb his purity!
It's really hateful, if his father is still alive, he is still the prime minister of the head of a hundred officials, does Wu Anhou and his relatives dare to be so presumptuous?
Now anyone can see that Wu Anhou will not give up if he does not get a forgiveness from the Yu family.
Yu Lanjiao was depressed, and her heart was even more uneasy, what result did he want to do so softly and hard?
She hadn't forgotten that Liu's symptoms would disappear in four days at most!
At that time, she can come here to publicize that Yu Heng has forgiven her for the sake of her sincerity, and Yu Lanjiao, her own daughter, can no longer take her measures to make a big fuss in the mourning hall.
When the time comes, what conspiracy will find him?
In the midst of her doubts, four days passed in a flash.
In the past few days, Liu's face and voice have really slowly recovered, and by noon on the fourth day, they have been completely fine!
And because she had done enough to repent, many people went to see the excitement, and there was a lot of contempt and cynicism in the first day or two, but in the back, they were already completely moved by her sincerity.
"Knowing that mistakes can be corrected, and good is great. It is really commendable that a noble lady can have such a mind and sincerity. β
"Seeing her confess for the past few days, the complexion on her face is getting better day by day, it must be Yu Xiang's spirit in heaven who knows about it, and is also moved by her sincerity."
"With such a virtuous wife, Wu Anhou and his sister Concubine Shu must also be open-minded, kind and virtuous people."
When the news reached the ears of Emperor Ming Zheng, he specially summoned the third prince to ask, "Is your aunt's face really restored to its original state?" β
After receiving an affirmative reply, he sighed with emotion: "There are really such miracles in the world, it seems that Yu Heng is wide and generous in front of him, and he is also so open-minded after death." β
Even Emperor Ming Zheng believed that Yu Heng no longer blamed the Liu family, let alone other families in Kyoto.
The boulder in the heart of the third prince was slightly lowered, and then he heard Emperor Ming Zheng say quickly: "I will go to Mingle Hall for dinner tonight, and you will also talk to your mother and concubine together." β
"Yes."
The three princes' slightly drooping faces were full of relief and relief.
Let the uncle show his face to play this experience, it really works, the father's attitude has eased a lot now, as long as the mother concubine comforts a few words tonight, the father will definitely disappear.
At that time, he will also make a move, so that Yu Lanjiao will take the initiative to soften.
After all, what she has done in the past few days is really too unusual.
Yu Lanjiao waited at home for a few days, thinking that Wu'anhou and the Liu family would come to the door again to force each other with Yu Heng's reason, but who knew that there was no movement in Wu'anhou's mansion.
On the contrary, on this day, the steward in the hot spring village on the outskirts of Yujiajing sent someone to deliver a message, saying that someone wanted to buy the hot spring village of the Yu family.
If it was an ordinary transaction, the steward would have refused, and the Gainyu Mansion was not yet down to the point of buying and selling fields and estates to make ends meet.
The tricky thing is that the one who wants to buy this hot spring Zhuangzi is the maiden family of the eldest prince's mother, the concubine of the Huai'an Hou Mansion, and the county lord of Huaining.
The hot spring village can only be bought by the nobles of Kyoto's wealthy or noble families, and the adjacent mountain villas are all high-ranking nobles.
The Zhuangzi next door to the Yu family happened to be purchased by the Huai'an Hou Mansion.
Now that Yu Heng is dead, no one in the entire Yu family is an official marquis, although Yu Lanmo is the grandmother of the Gao family, she is only an in-law.
In the eyes of the Kyoto family, it is natural to fall out of the ranks of the top nobles, how can they still be qualified to live in the hot spring Zhuangzi on the outskirts of Beijing?
And it is normal for Huai'an Hou to be reluctant to be neighbors with a broken household like the Yu family.
It's just that the county lord of Huaining has always been low-key in the Kyoto family, and he rarely even attends social banquets on weekdays, and rarely relies on his family background to show off outside.
How could he suddenly dislike the neighbor of the Yu family and propose to buy a hot spring village?
If she had a kind attitude, Zhuangzi would not have reported this matter to Yu Lanjiao as a major event. It must be because her intention to buy is extremely strong, and the steward's helplessness will turn to her for help.
But it's also strange that the Yu Mansion and the Huai'an Hou Mansion have never had a bad relationship, not to mention that the eldest prince generously helped her last time......
Behind this, no matter how you look at it, there is a trace of indescribable weirdness.
Yu Lanjiao pondered for a moment, determined to go to Zhuangzi in person.
No matter who is behind the troublemaker, since that person has already made a move, he has never been a turtle with a shrunken head, deceiving himself and pretending not to know the truth.
What is ushered in by stagnation is not safe and sound, but the initiative is completely surrendered.
Coincidentally, as soon as the Yufu carriage arrived in the suburbs of Beijing, it collided head-on with another gold-roofed and richly decorated carriage on the official road.
The carriage came from the other side, and I thought it was going to the outskirts of Beijing, but this official road was not spacious, and it could not allow two carriages to go side by side.
Yu Lanjiao was just about to tell the coachman to take a step back so that the other party could go first, when she heard an extremely mocking voice from the carriage:
"It's really unlucky, I actually met the carriage of Yufu, and it really ruined the good mood of the whole day."
The voice was clearer and more delicate.
When Yu Lanjiao heard this, she recognized that the person was the eldest granddaughter of Cheng'en Gong, and Xiao Qiu'er, the niece of Queen Xiao's maiden family who is now in charge of the harem!
She was born delicate and lovely, and has a super-first-class family background, she has always been arrogant and domineering, and when she is out socializing, she has embarrassed other noble girls whose family background is not as good as her.
Only her majesty rarely plays on Yu Lanjiao's head.
Both of them are first-class noblewomen in Kyoto, and Yu Lan is as charming as her name, with a charming appearance, a good blue heart, and a solid pile above her.
It's just that it's the past, and now that Yu Lanjiao is so down, don't say that compared with Xiao Qiu'er, it is much worse than the daughters of those low-level Beijing officials.
Xiao Qiu'er can't take this opportunity to step on her?
Yes, hearing that she ridiculed herself, Yu Lanjiao was not too angry.
In her previous life, she was sent to the Teaching Workshop Division for nearly ten years, and she saw a lot of the squalor and gloom of the world.
Now the battle of these little girls' wills is just childish play in her eyes, and it can't touch her heartstrings.
She had no choice but to say angrily: "Go back a little way and retreat to a place where Miss Xiao can't see." β
But her words did not make Xiao Qiu'er feel good, but provoked her to lift the curtain on the side of the carriage, and her delicate eyes were full of anger.
"Yu Lanjiao, you are really good at pretending, I didn't see you so generous when you were in power in the past, why, now that you know that you have no backer, you pretend to be pitiful and weak, and you want to hook the eldest prince to stand out for you?
Phew, with your foxy look, the three princes can't look down on you, let alone the eldest prince! β
It's so decent, how did she get involved with the eldest prince?
Yu Lanjiao only felt inexplicable, only to see that her exquisite facial features seemed to be faintly stained with a trace of resentment and vinegar, and then she suddenly realized!
Could it be that she cares about the eldest prince?
Yes, the eldest prince was not only born handsome, but also did not have the frivolity and arrogance of aristocratic men at all, but was as broad and tolerant as the sea, and as gentle and steady as a mountain boulder.
Such a man is the most attractive to women.
Although Xiao Qiu'er's eyes are above the top, it is natural to be attracted by such a big prince.
Coupled with her noble status and the support of her aunt who is the queen, it is easy to match any man in this big week. Not to mention, Empress Xiao has no children under her knees, if the eldest prince and Xiao Qiu'er achieve positive results, there will be more help from Empress Xiao on the way to winning the heir.
In every way, the two of them are a match made in heaven.
And she is just an ugly woman who tries to use the eldest prince to break free from the mud.
She didn't refute Xiao Qiu'er's words, she only laughed at herself and lowered the curtain, and ordered the carriage of Yu Mansion to retreat, letting Xiao Qiu'er go first.
After waiting on the side of the road for a while, until she could no longer see the carriage of the Xiao Mansion, she ordered the coachman to start again.
She didn't notice that the carriage of the Huai'an Hou Mansion in the distance was slowly driving forward until she left, but it was also in the direction of the hot spring Zhuangzi on the outskirts of Beijing.
In the carriage, the county lord of Huaining, who was leaning, looked at the carriage of Yufu in front of him, and said softly:
"Look at this second girl of the Yu family, she has a quiet and steady temperament, and she can't see that she is such a woman who tends to be inflammatory, and shows off her amorous feelings."
Mama Guo, who was waiting on the side, was full of disapproval, "The third girl is too noble and benevolent, so she lost her vigilance against other women."
The second girl of the Yu family is very honest in front of Miss Xiao today, and that is because she is helpless and does not dare to offend the Xiao family.
Similarly, but seeing that she swallowed her anger so much in the face of Miss Xiao's ridicule today, it is conceivable that in order to keep the scenery of the Yu family, in front of the eldest prince, she must be more open-minded than anyone else. β
Seeing that the county lord of Huaining looked loose and obviously persuaded by her, Mama Guo added:
"She has such a face again, low and low, which man is not hooked, not to mention that the eldest prince rarely approaches women, so naturally he can't see through her ghostly tricks."
The county lord of Huaining's face really became solemn.
But he didn't notice the maid who was fanning on the side, and he wanted to speak several times and stopped.
It turned out that this Mama Guo was not a slave born in the Hou Mansion of Huai'an, but the latest transfer from outside, because she had a good hairstyle, she was increasingly relied on by the lord of Huaining County.
And she is so clever that she can always talk about the heart of the lord of Huaining County, so that she is more faceless than the original few maids who served her closely.
Previously, she was also instigated in front of the county lord of Huaining.
said that the two girls of the Yu family were full of turmoil in the city, and everyone thought that the eldest prince was a man who coveted beauty and occupied his brother's fiancΓ©e, so that the county lord of Huaining was angry and sent someone to buy the hot spring village of the Yu family.
is to teach Yu Lanjiao a lesson.
Yu Lanjiao didn't know what was going on, and after driving to her own Zhuangzi, she summoned the head of the village and the steward.
As soon as he asked a few words, the steward of the Huai'an Hou Mansion came to the door again.
said that he had sent a letter a few days ago to buy this hot spring village.
Today, the county lord of Jiangning came over in person, and saw that the Zhuangzi had not yet been sold, so he specially sent him to the door to ask, but the price was not satisfied?
The steward's Pi Xiaorou smiled and said: "The county lord said that the price she gave is already very fair, and the second girl should not be too greedy." β
Cupidity?
I'm afraid it's not about this villa, but hinting that she shouldn't covet the eldest prince.