When the Zhu family left, the sky was dark, and Lishu sat in front of the window, and the dim light shone on her face, making her look unpredictable.

Zhu Lan stood quietly aside, she thought that with the temper of the eldest grandmother, since she knew the handle of the second wife, she would definitely find the handle in the open and secret visits, and at least get rid of the clan like she did with the Shu family.

Unexpectedly, Lishu didn't plan to come out on her own this time, she even thought more, it was precisely because she liked to take precautions, so in the eyes of Mrs. Zheng, she did things on purpose and deliberately caused trouble, so she had a lot of opinions about her.

In that case, let her handle it herself this time.

The housekeeper has hated cats and dogs for three years, and Lishu is easy to take care of the clan, but in the eyes of her mother-in-law, she likes to be in the limelight and make trouble. This time, she just didn't take the lead.

If she takes the initiative to check the second wife, then Mrs. Zheng will definitely say that you have nothing to do to check what others are doing? Why do you think about life every day, but this is what Aunt Dong said, and Lishu just happened to push the boat down the river.

But before that, she had to tell Zheng Hao first, let Zheng Hao talk to Master Zheng, otherwise, if Mrs. Zheng pretended to be deaf and dumb, there would still be Master Zheng.

At dinner, Lishu accompanied Zheng Hao, Zheng Hao couldn't eat wine, so Lishu asked people to send several kinds of drinks, especially appetizing citrus drinks: "How much do you drink appetizers first, and then see if there are any dishes you like to eat?" If you don't like it, I'll cook and stir-fry two more side dishes for you. ”

Because he doesn't like to eat, Lishu tried his best.

But this is not what Zheng Hao is willing to do, he has too picky appetite, and Xingzhou is not a big place like the capital after all, you can always find what you like to eat.

Zheng Hao saw Lishu looking at him with concern, he shook his head: "It's okay, I think today's dishes are very good." ”

He sometimes feels that he and Lishu seem to have changed genders, Lishu looks weak but is actually very healthy, and she is never picky about eating, she has no special likes and dislikes when dressing, and she is also very open-minded in doing things, and she is quite capable of doing anything. And he is a little squeamish, likes picky eaters, likes beautiful clothes, often cries, and his temperament is not so strong.

But he likes her so much, Zheng Hao thought.

Li Shu saw that there was indeed no embarrassment on his face, so she was relieved, and after the two finished eating, she told her about today's incident: "You said that this matter was actually caused by the discord between their wives and concubines in the house, but if the matter of the second wife Gu putting the money in the seal is really true, I am afraid that it will affect the clan at that time." Her family is all white, but she often walks on the side of the road, how can she not get her shoes wet, if it is really in the future, because of the money that is forced to destroy the family, the reputation of the Zheng family for so many years will be ruined. ”

"Put the money in print? Why is she so greedy. "Zheng Hao actually knows that there are a lot of people in Beijing who put in the money, just like the people in the prime minister Bai Xingzhong also put the money.

But in any case, the Zheng family is not good, the most powerful thing about the Zheng family is not that his grandfather, father and him are all eunuchs, but from the reputation of the Zheng family in Xingyang.

Especially the second wife Gu is white, and after the accident, she will even implicate the Zong family, even if the Bai family is sneaky, if it weren't for him trying to catch Bai Xingzhong's handle, he wouldn't have found out.

But there is the protection of Emperor Yongchu in Bai Xing, and what about the second wife Gu?

Lishu listened to what Zheng Hao said, and said with a smile: "The nature of the country is easy to change, you see that she is so ruthless in managing the clan affairs, what kind of good person can she be, but what kind of person she does is very secretive, if it weren't for what Aunt Dong said, I really don't know." ”

"I'll go outside to inquire about this matter, and Zhu Tongzhi is there, I'll also go and knock it, I see that Zhu Tongzhi is not that kind of greedy, and he can be regarded as diligent in Xingzhou in the past few years. It's just that the old lady Zhu is very low-key on the one hand, and everyone knows that she is from the Liu family in Jinghu, but you rarely mention it. "Zheng Haowaner.

Lishu waved her hand: "When I wasn't married, I didn't like to mention my identity, how about it?" These so-called identities will be just one sentence in the genealogy in the future, Liu Chengxu's second daughter is suitable for Zheng Hao, and she doesn't even have a name. And in your family, unless you are very good in the future or my son is very good, and you ask someone to write an epitaph, maybe I will be praised, but what is the reality? It's not me after all. ”

"Therefore, when I was a teenager, I was proficient in learning piano, chess, calligraphy and painting than others, and even after I got married, I also specialized in calligraphy, just because unlike you men, I can do something outside."

Of course, Zheng Hao knew that Lishu had actually read a lot of books, and her brain reacted quickly, so if she really participated in the imperial examination, she might not succeed. He felt sorry for her on the one hand, and said on the other hand: "This officialdom is not easy to leave, just like you are not good at drinking, but you have to drink a lot for entertainment, and even have to go to the Qinlou Chu Pavilion, naturally I will not go." You have a good temperament, but it is difficult to go on in the officialdom, I am Hanlin, there are very few articles about this kind of entertainment and officialdom, but those who are released have to bribe Beijing officials in order to have a step forward. ”

Lishu sighed: "You at least have a choice, we don't have a choice." ”

After speaking, she spread her hands: "It's not interesting to say this." ”

"What's the matter, as long as you are willing to speak, I can accompany you." Zheng Hao is very patient with her.

Lishu said: "What I told you today, you can also talk to the master, let's go, your father can still deal with it." I saw that he handled things with both measure and means. ”

Zheng Hao didn't know why, but when he heard her speak, he laughed: "You girl, even your father-in-law commented." ”

"I'm complimenting, not commenting." Lishu snorted.

After the husband and wife said this, they said a lot of love words, and Lishu went to Mrs. Zheng to talk about it the next day, of course, in Mrs. Zheng, she said it again.

"This Aunt Dong doesn't know if it's slander or deliberately trying to make trouble, but she is conclusive, the daughter-in-law thinks that the second wife is an elder after all, and I have told her about the housekeeping before, so I can't care about it anymore. If she really puts the money in the seal, how to deal with it, everything is up to the wife. If not, it is a misunderstanding, and the matter is just a storm in a teapot. Lishu didn't have the slightest excitement about taking people, but was very calm.

Mrs. Zheng frowned: "How can a concubine of the Zhu family dare to say nonsense, such a wife and concubine are not distinguished, there is no dignity or inferiority, and it is not a good family for Brother Miao." ”

Lishu thought that there was a difference between the children of the Zheng family and the children of the Zheng family, it seemed that Zheng Qing did not have any fame and was not in good health, and he could marry a great beauty like the Tan family casually, or the daughter of the official family, Tan's father is now a third-grade politician, and Mrs. Zheng does not look down on the Tan family very much.

Zheng Miao's father and mother have nothing, and his brother has long been on his own, and he has no ability to take care of him, but he depends on his uncle to live. On the outside, he said that he was the son of an official eunuch, but everyone knew inside.

But once he has fame, the clan will naturally support him, and it will be different.

The Zhu family was able to marry their daughter without paying attention to money, obviously because they felt that Zheng Miao had potential, and Zhu Lingxuan had also seen it, and she was indeed outstanding, and the housekeeper was not bad. Otherwise, it is difficult to say about the imperial examination, some people look smart now, but they may not be able to really enter the Jinshi in the future, and the scholars of the Zhongjinshi are generally in their thirties, so Zheng Miao can't be married again at the age of thirty.

And if you can marry in the middle, you have to marry someone with a similar background, and you can only marry someone like Cui, who has a good surname, and may not have a solid family background.

Now Zheng Miao's marriage to Zhu Lingxuan is actually very appropriate.

Therefore, Li Shu said: "The uncle of the fifth room has already agreed, and besides, the family matter has been decided, and the uncle plans to let people know a letter to Zhu Tongzhi about this matter." It's us here, and we have to bother my mother. ”

When I took the lead, one by one I still felt that I was strict, and now let you try it too?

Mrs. Zheng was relieved to see that Lishu didn't go to get the second wife with great fanfare, and she always lifted the lid on Lishu, which was really not good. In people like them, if there is anything going on, if you see it, you have to see it or not, and then solve it slowly.

"Okay, I'll take care of this matter." Mrs. Zheng agreed.

Lishu smiled: "Then it's troublesome for you." ”

Mrs. Zheng bowed her head.

Although Lishu handed over the matter to Mrs. Zheng here, she did not relax her supervision of Second Mrs. Gu, because she knew that although she couldn't catch the handle now, greedy people might not really be able to endure it for a long time.

When Mrs. Zheng dealt with the Tan family's affairs back then, she was actually very risky, if she had beaten at the source from the beginning, there would have been nothing messy about Qiu Rulong, and Lishu also felt that Mrs. Zheng had handled it perfectly.

But later, she felt that the risk was too great, and if it weren't for her uncle in Jinyiwei, it would be difficult to cover up the past.

In fact, there is no need to make a situation like this, it can be solved from the source.

People are always very greedy and often think of killing two birds with one stone, but in fact, everything is not covered by paper. Even Lishu can't guarantee that what she does is foolproof.

Zhulan stood at the door of Mrs. Zheng for a while, and she shouted, "Grandma." ”

"Let's go back." Lishu bowed.

Lamei asked curiously on the side: "When that Aunt Dong's slave maid once sent things to the Zhu family, I heard that she was very favored and a cautious person. I wonder how she could expose such a thing in front of you. ”

Lishu hadn't thought about this matter before, after all, it had little to do with her.

But now that she heard Lamei talk about it, she also felt weird, an aunt who knew that there would be an accident if she put the money in Yinzi, I heard that she also had a son, and her son was also good at reading at a young age, and she was favored, even more favored than Mrs. Zheng. Shake out the ugliness of the family like this, in case Zhu Tongzhi's official position is in jeopardy, and she, the concubine, clings to her husband, will there be a good end?

I don't know if Zheng Hao revealed this matter to the Zhu family, what happened to the Zhu family?

Zhu Tongzhi's reputation as an official is good, after his sister married into the Wuyang Hou Mansion, the Wuyang Hou is very much promoting his brother-in-law, and Mrs. Zhu is also very good at management, so the Zhu family has a solid family since then, and Zhu Tongzhi is not greedy for ink.

He came to Xingyang to be an official, and because of his relationship with the Zheng family, it became more and more smooth.

Now he is writing, and Aunt Dong is adding fragrance to the red sleeves next to him, and the red sleeves are black ink, which is very lively. But when he was afraid of the day, Zhu Tongzhi was a little hot, and he didn't dare to prostitute himself during the day, but when he was charming, Aunt Dong accidentally got ink spots on him.

"I'm sorry, sir." Aunt Dong took a deep breath.

In the past few days, Aunt Dong has been in a state of turmoil, she doesn't want this marriage to come true, doesn't she say that the family pays the most attention to reputation? Why haven't you come to the door yet? At the same time, she also regretted that she had told the matter of putting the money in Yinzi, what if the Zheng family stabbed out and the Zhu family had an accident?

Even if Zhu Tongzhi said that there were guests outside, Aunt Dong was not as clever as before, and even she wanted to meet her nurse, but she didn't expect to meet Zhu Lingxuan on the road, and Zhu Lingxuan didn't have any good feelings about Aunt Dong. Aunt Dong was also happy to see this before, she knew that the more Zhu Lingxuan grew up, the more beautiful she looked, which was completely different from the mediocre lady.

Therefore, every time Zhu Lingxuan saw her nostrils facing the sky and showed incomparable disgust, Aunt Dong became more and more happy, so that no one suspected that she had changed her children.

Aunt Dong had a falling out with Dong's mother on the surface, but in fact, since she became an aunt, the Dong family has been much better than before, but the mother and daughter tacitly show discord.

In the hut, Dong's mother was very stunned when she heard Aunt Dong's words: "In this matter, the old lady also said that the wife was blinded by lard, and when she saw that the Marquis of Wuyang was dead, she didn't recognize anyone, but now that she has recognized her relationship with the Zheng family, why do you want to do this?" ”

"Mother, that Zheng Miao said that he was the nephew of Xuezheng and a disciple of Bachelor Zheng, but now he is just a showman, and it is difficult to lift people in the show, and it is even more difficult to get to the sky in the examination. If he is in his thirties, wouldn't Ling Xuan have to pay a dowry for more than ten years, no more than the Marquis of Wuyang, and the emaciated camel is bigger than a horse. The family is noble, much better than those ordinary people, at least the Chi family is rich. "Aunt Dong still wants her daughter to marry into the Chi family and then recognize her daughter.

Dong's mother always felt uneasy: "But you shouldn't talk about the money in print." ”

Aunt Dong said: "My daughter saw that Grandma Zheng at the beginning, she was so angry, and at first glance, she looked like she couldn't put sand in her eyes. Wasn't the power of the second wife Gu taken away by her? Now I will send her a handle, firstly, to let her slap the second wife in the face, and secondly, to let these big families know who the lady is, it is best not to marry this family business, but to ask the mother to beat the side drum next to the old lady. ”

……

The two little maids were about to send the fruit saucer to the old lady's room, and when they saw Aunt Dong crying out, Dong's mother threw out a lot of ruler snacks, very disdainful.

"Look, Aunt Dong has been scolded again, after so many years, Mother Dong still doesn't seem to have forgiven Aunt Dong."

"Isn't it? If you want me to say that Aunt Dong has also given birth to two sons, and her brothers are also older, she will admit it. ”

"Mother Dong is too selfless."

……

After Zhu Tongzhi went to the front hall to meet someone, he went to find Mrs. Zhu, who was still busy with her daughter's marriage.

It is said that Zheng Miao wants to follow Zheng Hao and others to Beijing, and the marriage will be done at least at the end of the year.

As soon as Zhu Tongzhi came in, he said, "You actually collaborated with others to put money in print?" You're so daring. ”

Mrs. Zhu didn't admit it first: "Where did the master hear it, it's still on me, and I have never let go of any money." Our Yang family is not short of money, when you went around, or did I use the dowry money to do it for you, have you forgotten all this? ”

"If you don't, that's fine, if I know, I'll divorce you lightly." Zhu Tongzhi warned.

Mrs. Zhu shouted that she was wronged again, in fact, she hadn't put money in the seal for more than half a year, and her sister said that she was afraid of being discovered, and she wanted to stop, anyway, if she married Zheng Miao now, she didn't need to marry into the Hou Mansion like before, and desperately save for the dowry.

Zhu Tongzhi glanced at her coldly, this woman didn't have any heart, and she knew that there was indeed such a thing at a glance. His heart is far from being as calm as he imagined, and his wife knows that he is not a deep-minded person, but Aunt Dong is there ......

He soon went to Mrs. Zhu, and Zhu Tongzhi quickly explained his intentions.

Old Madam Zhu put down the beads in her hand, and a look of disgust crossed her eyes: "I said a long time ago, the Dong family's mind is not pure, if it weren't for the fact that you favored her over the years, and she gave birth to two brothers, I would never tolerate her being wasted in the inner house." But now that she has touched the roots, she will say everything for the sake of wives and concubines. Fortunately, this is the Zheng family, and they only remind them privately, what if they are political enemies? ”

Zhu Tongzhi has always liked Aunt Dong's pettiness and warmth, and she has been very affectionate for so many years, so when she thought of it, she just said: "Aunt Dong did something wrong this time, and I ask the old lady to teach her a lesson for her son, she will definitely not dare in the future." ”

"Don't dare?" Mrs. Zhu laughed at her son too much: "You think this is a trivial matter, you are very good now, and your career is very smooth." Now that you are a fellow acquaintance, sooner or later you will be a regular seal official, and now that we are married to the Zheng family, the Zheng family may have deliberately said it to you, just to see how you are doing. If you are a concubine, regardless of right and wrong, what do you think the Zheng family will think of you? I have some relatives with Grandma Zheng, and at that time, I was under the banner of the Liu family in Jinghu, and she was afraid that someone would fake it, so it can be seen that people like them are most afraid of ruining the family style. "Old Madam Zhu actually doesn't like Lishu very much, this person seems too high, she doesn't have a woman's softness at all, she is very sharp, and she seems to be able to see through everyone.

Zhu Tongzhi was stunned when he heard this: "My son heard that the Qingyang Temple is very good, so it is better to send Aunt Dong to the Qingyang Temple to reflect on it." ”

Old Madam Zhu nodded: "You know it's good to do this." ”

Aunt Dong, who was waiting for her to withdraw from the marriage, did not expect that the result of her waiting was that she was sent to Qingyang Temple.

On this day, the weather was fine, and the marriage date for Zheng Miao and Zhu Ling was set. The young couple also met, and Mrs. Zheng also met Zhu Lingxuan once, but she was very satisfied.

"That Mrs. Zhu looks mediocre and has a bad temper, but she does have a motherly heart. Since ancient times, he likes to marry his daughter high, but marrying high may not be good, Brother Miao has good looks, good temperament, and better learning, if his parents are not there, this family affair may not be her turn. ”

Lishu nodded: "My daughter-in-law said the same thing." Yes, the aunt who said that she put the money in the seal was sent to Qingyang Temple by the Zhu family, which shows that what she said is true. ”

Mrs. Zheng said: "Recently, I sent someone to observe the Yang family, and she doesn't seem to have anything to do with Yinzi money. ”

Lishu also knows very well that Mrs. Gu is very tolerant, which is also the reason why she can't catch the handle, and it seems that Mrs. Zheng can't find it. But she pretended not to know that Mrs. Zheng was not going to Beijing, so she said: "Since there is none, it means that Second Mrs. Gu has already stopped, so it would be great." When we go to Beijing next year, we can rest assured, the uncle knows that this matter will be handed over to you, and he also said that I will let me put a hundred hearts. ”

Mrs. Zheng suddenly felt that the burden on her body was heavier.

But Lishu put aside her thoughts, as long as Zheng Hao is affected by the matter of the second wife in the future, it will be Mrs. Zheng's problem.

Soon at the end of the year, Zheng Miao and Zhu Ling announced their marriage, although the marriage was not very grand, but it was also very grand, especially Zheng Miao's aunt also came back to preside over the wedding. Lishu also sent a pair of mandarin duck lacquer boxes to send over, which was simple and festive, although she couldn't watch the ceremony, everyone knew that Zheng Miao's marriage was handled by her.

Mrs. Gu was watching the ceremony, she came as a matchmaker, and the wife of the fifth room held her hand and said, "Thanks to you for worrying about Brother Miao'er's family affairs, I have already sealed the matchmaker's money." ”

"Why is the fifth wife so polite, Ling Xuan is also my niece, if it weren't for the talent of a man and a woman, I wouldn't take the initiative to say goodbye." Although the second wife Gu smiled, she also endured it, she couldn't put the money in the print, the whole family had to eat the old book, this year's harvest was not good, and her son was doing business and discounting the book.

But even so, she has to endure it, and she must endure it until Liu Lishu goes to the capital.

When it comes to patience, no one is as strong as her, and the silly sister also reminded herself to be careful, saying that she was discovered, and the second wife Gu was just glad that she stopped early, otherwise, she would be caught today and might be expelled from the clan.

The more this time, the more people have to be unable to grasp the handle.

If Liu Lishu can live in Xingyang for a lifetime, she will admit it, but the Liu family will leave soon, Xingyang is her world after all, and the Tan family is not afraid.

Soon after the year, in early spring, the ice and snow will melt, and the Zheng family is ready to go to Beijing.

At this time, Mr. Zheng and Mrs. Zheng told them that they couldn't go to Beijing, and Lishu was very "surprised" and said that she was very shocked. Master Zheng said: "I'm old, and your mother is also suffering from minor illnesses, how can I endure the fatigue of traveling and traveling." From now on, you husband and wife will support each other. ”

Lishu kowtowed to Zheng Hao and agreed, and several people said many parting words.

Before leaving, the private property was brought to Beijing, and Mrs. Zheng also handed over the two pawnshops in Beijing to Lishu, and Lishu divided the clan affairs to the three people to take care of, and the clan study and Yitian were handed over to Zheng Qing and his wife, and the sacrifice was still handled by Mrs. Zheng, and did not have to be handed over to others.

Tan didn't think that Lishu would be left directly to the servants, and she wouldn't hand it over to her, so she would bring some out of her face, but Lishu had long known that Tan was a person and was not a bad person, but she couldn't withstand the temptation.

Because of this incident, Tan and Mrs. Zheng were also depressed when they said goodbye, but Mrs. Zheng was reluctant, and when her daughter-in-law was there, although she occasionally had some discord, she often accompanied herself, and she also had sons and grandchildren.

It was Zheng Hao who prevented Mrs. Zheng from sending it again: "Sending you a thousand miles must be goodbye in the end, mother, go back." We'll be sure to come back to see you when we're free. ”

Mrs. Zheng was very reluctant to pull Brother Qi and Brother Shu, cried a few more times, and beat Lishu a few times, hoping that she would not be too sharp.

It was easy to go back, so I heard the report from my heart: "Madam, Mrs. Gu has wrapped a large bag of silver from there, and it seems that she is going to put the money in Yinzi." ”

Mrs. Zheng is already exhausted today, where do you know that Mrs. Gu really doesn't take her seriously, suddenly, she misses her daughter-in-law again, if Lishu is still there, Mrs. Gu is like a mouse seeing a cat. ：，，