Concubine Jiashu didn't want Cui Yulan to find someone in Shangjing. The magnates in Beijing are intertwined, and they are weak and inappropriate.

But Xi's mother and daughter didn't think so, and after listening to the concubine's words, Xi said: "I didn't want Yulan to be the son of the Hou Mansion, isn't there a second son in the Hou Mansion, who is exactly the same age as Yulan." ”

The concubine sighed and said, "Everyone will plan for their own children, and the second son is born to Mrs. Hou, so she will naturally plan well for him." If you think about it, if the eldest prince can attack the lord, Mrs. Hou will definitely have a good future for the second son, and his family affairs will definitely not be simple. ”

Xi's face was lonely, she wanted her daughter to find a good family in Shangjing, so she took her daughter to join her sister, but when she arrived in Shangjing, she realized that there were too many doorways for the powerful people in Shangjing to marry.

Seeing her like this, the concubine was also a little unbearable, and persuaded softly: "Life in a big family is not as easy as you think, it is better to find a good family in Anzhou." Father and brother, they are all in Anzhou, and they can help you. ”

Concubine Jiashu was born in Anzhou, and now her brother serves as the prefect of Anzhou, and other brothers also serve in Anzhou, so it can be said that Anzhou is the base camp of the Xi family. Cui Yulan is looking for her mother-in-law's family in Anzhou, and she can definitely find a local family.

But Xi Shi listened to the concubine's words, but did not speak, this is still the meaning of wanting Cui Yulan to find someone in Beijing, the concubine saw this and stopped talking, everyone has their own choice, of course, in the end, they have to take responsibility for their own choice.

They want to stay in Shangjing all the time, it's nothing more than the cost of two more people, it's nothing.

Tang Shuyi returned to the Hou Mansion here, and began to think about finding a suitable location to open a club, but she was not in a hurry, if she really couldn't do it, she would buy a piece of land and build it herself.

Two days later, she found a name and sent a set of Ruyao blue and white tea sets to Concubine Jiashu, which was worth the same as the Dongzhu head that Concubine gave to Xiao Yuzhu.

After the concubine received the tea set, she couldn't help but say to Mama Liu beside her: "This Mrs. Yongning Hou is a wonderful person. ”

Mama Liu said with a smile: "The old slave heard that when the Marquis of Yongning was alive, the two were very affectionate. ”

The concubine thought of Xiao Yuzhu again, sighed and said: "At the beginning, I asked Cheng Yun to marry, if I was afraid of the jealousy above, I would find a woman from a small family with no family background, so that I could stay behind." But he said that after marrying a wife and having children, he would be gone, and it would be difficult for him to leave behind orphans and widows. He had already guessed that there would be a day. But he didn't want to think about it, if he could have a man and a woman, I would have a hope of living. ”

In the end, the concubine's eyes were red again, and Mama Liu hurriedly persuaded her.

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The weather is getting colder and colder, and on this day, the first snow after the beginning of winter was ushered in in Beijing. Xiao Yuzhu looked at the silver wrapped outside, and said happily to Tang Shuyi: "Mother, let's go build a snowman." ”

Tang Shuyi looked at the pure white world, and was in a good mood, so he nodded and said yes.

"Let Cousin Le'er be called too, and let's build a snowman together." Xiao Yuzhu has not forgotten her little friend.

Tang Shuyi naturally didn't allow it, so he sent someone to the Guogong Mansion to pick up people, and then said: "You can eat pots in the garden for lunch today, and enjoy the snow scenery and eat hot pots, which is vulgar and elegant, beautiful!" ”

Xiao Yuzhu clapped her hands after hearing this, and ran outside while carrying her skirt and said, "I'll go tell the eldest brother and the second brother." ”

Tang Shuyi waved her hand to let her go, and she asked Cuiyun to go to the kitchen, let them prepare things for lunch, and ordered people to clean up the flower pavilion in the garden.

After a while, Xiao Yuzhu came with people, not only Xiao Yuchen and Xiao Yuming, but also Yi Nian, Yan Wu and Qi Er. Everyone was very interested, and Tang Shuyi went to the garden with a group of people. Just after arriving, Tang Anle came, and with her were Tang San Gongzi and Tang Si Gongzi.

Tang Shuyi looked at this large group of people, and asked people to go to the kitchen with a smile to inform them that there were more ingredients to prepare, and there were many people.

Xiao Yuzhu and Tang Anle, as well as Xiao Yuming, Yan Wu, Qi Er, and Tang Sigongzi built a snowman together, and Xiao Yuchen, Guan Yinian, and Tang Sangongzi chanted poems to the snow scene. Tang Shuyi took the green bamboo and green clouds, cut the plum blossoms and sat in the charcoal pavilion to arrange flowers.

After a while, the snowman was piled up, Xiao Yuzhu ran to Xiao Yuchen's side, pulled him and asked him to make a poem for the snowman, Xiao Yuchen couldn't cry or laugh, but still thought for a while and said: "Hold the snowball in your hand as a little friend, and dance your posture to be true or false." Snowflakes fly around you and dance a hundred times. ”

Xiao Yuming, Qi Er, and a few of them were scumbags, and when they heard it, they applauded, and Guan Yinian and Tang Sangongzi were commenting on the poem on the side. Tang Shuyi said to Cuizhu Cuiyun while arranging flowers, "Our eldest son still has two brushes. ”

Cuizhu Cuiyun laughed next to him when he heard it.

Soon it was lunch time, Tang Shuyi asked people to separate the pavilion with a screen, put a pot on one side, and eat separately for men and women.

Standing in the warm pavilion, facing the steaming pot, looking at the rockery, bamboo, and flower terrace water pavilion wrapped in white outside the pavilion.... This sense of contrast is indescribably refreshing.

After lunch, Tang Shuyi felt a little tired, so she got up and went back to rest, letting a group of young people play here. As soon as he entered the house and changed his clothes, someone came to report that Guan Yougen and his wife were here.

Tang Shuyi was stunned when she heard this, the two of them rushed over from Xishan on this snowy day, there should have been an accident, so they hurriedly let people in.

Guan Yougen and his wife looked dusty, and their cheeks and nose were red from the cold. Tang Shuyi asked them to serve them hot tea and asked, "But something happened?" ”

When the couple heard her words, they both looked embarrassed and didn't know how to speak. Seeing this, Tang Shuyi said: "They are all their own people, if you have something to say, you can just say it." ”

Sister-in-law Guan hesitated for a moment, and said: "It was Aunt Lu's mother's brother's family that had an accident, and human life was at stake, and we happened to run into it, so I thought I would come to beg you." ”

Tang Shuyi was a little confused, who is this Aunt Lu?

Seeing this, Sister-in-law Guan explained to her, "The wife married by the old marquis in the village is surnamed Lu, and we all call her Aunt Lu. ”

Tang Shuyi was stunned for a moment and asked, "It's Lu... Is it that they have news? ”

This they refer to the Xiao family in the village, and Sister-in-law Guan also understood, but when she saw her, she shook her head and said: "There is no news of Aunt Lu's family, and Aunt Lu's mother's brother family was also lost with them at the beginning." ”

Tang Shuyi nodded and asked, "What's going on?" ”

Sister-in-law Guan sighed and said: "Aunt Lu's mother's brother's family, a few years ago, lived in Zhoushan Village, twenty miles outside Beijing, and it was not easy for a family of more than a dozen people, but fortunately, their family had a cow and could drive an ox cart back and forth to pull people back and forth to earn some money. Who knew that a few days ago, their eldest grandson drove to bring people to Beijing, and collided with a carriage at the city gate. ”

"Hurt someone?" Tang Shuyi asked.

"No," Sister-in-law Guan shook her head, and said, "The person sitting in the carriage was holding a vase in his arms, and when the ox cart hit her, she didn't sit down and fell, and the vase fell out... Shattered. They asked to pay for the vase, and the eldest grandson of the Lu family gritted his teeth and said that the compensation was, but who knew that the man said that the vase was worth hundreds of taels. This sold their whole family, and they couldn't get a few hundred taels of silver! In the end, the man reported to the official, and the eldest grandson of the Lu family was arrested and put in prison. ”

"Then how did the Lu family run into you?" Tang Shuyi asked again.

Sister-in-law Guan: "Yesterday, my old man came to Beijing to buy something, and he bumped into him at the city gate. ”

At this time, Guan Yougen said: "I played with the boss of the Lu family when I was a child, but I didn't expect to be able to recognize it after so many years. Seeing that they were in a hurry, the person who was hit seemed to be from some big official's family, there was no way, we thought of coming over and begging you. ”

Tang Shuyi was silent for a moment and said, "Are the people from the Lu family here?" ”

"It's coming, it's outside the Hou Mansion." Guan Yougen said busily.

Tang Shuyi turned his head and said to Cuiyun: "Bring people in, ask which one it is, it's a big deal to pay them silver." ”

PS: The old marquis married a wife at home before joining the army, and the wife's surname is Lu, which is the Aunt Lu mentioned in the article. In other words, something happened to the maiden brother of the first wife that the old marquis married.

Regarding the old marquis's previous wife, I will talk about it in detail later. I'm afraid you don't understand, so let's explain.