The eldest daughter-in-law saw that the old lady was happy, and persuaded again: "Old lady, it's been hot these days, you don't have much appetite, I know you have always liked sweets, why don't you let the small kitchen send the toffee that the little young master found for you, with a few pieces of freshly made bean crisp, how many bites or two, it can be regarded as letting the little young master do some filial piety?"

The old lady nodded: "That's it, I think if the old woman doesn't eat these two bites, you can nag in my ear for a day." ”

The eldest daughter-in-law quietly made a gesture, and immediately a maid ring went down, and after a while, several stoves in the small kitchen hurried over with a new lacquered bamboo box, which contained a few light snacks including bean crisp, a cup of rose dew, and a jade box.

The eldest daughter-in-law took matters into her own hands, put the dim sum cloth in front of the old lady, and carefully opened the jade box, only to see that there were a few thumb-sized things wrapped in extremely thin gold leaf. The eldest daughter-in-law said with a smile: "This toffee tastes very good, but it can't stand the hot flashes, and it can only be stored for a long time if it is contained in a box made of this thousand-year-old cold jade." ”

It turned out that this gold leaf package was actually the milk candy that the little master of the Zhu family bought from the big girl for fifty taels of silver.

The old lady took the toffee, peeled off the gold leaf, and casually handed it to the little girl ring who was playing a fan next to her: "On a hot day, it's hard to fan you for half a day, and I'll reward you." "Put the toffee in your mouth and chew it carefully.

The elderly like sweets, this milk candy is sweet but not greasy, it really fits the appetite of the old lady, the old lady is happy, and ate a few more bites of snacks, and drank half a cup of rose dew, but after all, people are old, and a few daughters-in-law said a few words, there is a little tired.

The eldest daughter-in-law is the most observant, and hurriedly let a few daughters-in-law go down, and helped the old lady into the courtyard next door, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law entered the room, Yahuan lowered the curtain, and the old lady sitting on the edge of the bed suddenly opened her half-closed eyes and swept away the tired appearance just now: "Eldest daughter-in-law, is there any news in Beijing?"

The eldest daughter-in-law leaned over her mother-in-law's earphone and whispered: "My lord has sent a secret letter, and there is a rumor from above, and the current saint intends to reside in the prince before the end of the year. ”

The old Taijun's body stiffened, he was stunned for a long time, and sighed: "The prince is on the throne, the second prince he-alas, today's saint is confused, if his old man is in power, even if the prince has a knot in his heart for the second prince, he will not do anything, but if the prince ascends the throne, even if he does something that ignores his brothers, the emperor is helpless. ”

The eldest daughter-in-law smiled bitterly and said: "There is a cause to have an effect, the prince and the second prince competed, and it was not the emperor's old official who tossed it out by himself, it was he who favored the second prince back then, named him the general king, conquered the four seas, and laid down a large area of Xinjiang territory, which was comparable to the country, which aroused the vigilance of the prince who supervised the country." The crown prince was worried that after the second prince conquered Vietnam, he would plot for the position of the crown prince with the merit of destroying the country, so he attacked first, betrayed the confidential military information to the Yue country, and deliberately stuck the army's military rations, so that the soldiers mutinied because of the lack of food, and finally led to the defeat of the second prince's army——"

"Shut up!" The old lady glared at the eldest daughter-in-law fiercely: "This kind of nonsense rumors in the teahouse, you also brought it to me and said?!Remember, the prince and the second prince have a deep brotherhood, the second prince returned after defeat, and the prince personally went out of the capital ten miles to greet him, and even welcomed the second prince into his own house to recuperate, visit every day, personally serve food and medicine, brothers, friends and brothers, it is really a good story of this dynasty!"

The eldest daughter-in-law sneered in her heart, what a brother and a friend, it was just a nice term for house arrest, and it was just to deceive the people, she knelt down in front of her mother-in-law with a snort, and said with a sad voice: "Mother-in-law, we naturally can't control this royal intrigue, it's just that the second prince was defeated, and my father-in-law was affected!" After the defeat of the second prince, the prince settled the account after the autumn, and won how many officials of the second prince's family, if it weren't for our families to take out the silver that poured the sky, Xianggong and his two brothers - if the prince really ascended the throne, he would definitely cut the grass and eradicate the roots, not only the two princes had something unbearable to say, but even my father-in-law and two uncles, all, all-"

When the eldest daughter-in-law said this, she couldn't help it anymore, and let out a sad voice: "There are eggs under the nest, and when the time comes, there are more than 100 people in my family, and how many of them can escape?

The old lady closed her old eyes, and a few tears oozed from the corners of her eyes: "Eldest daughter-in-law, get up, you are worried about your father-in-law, I am also worried about my three sons, the three most promising men in my family are in Kyoto, if there is really that unbearable thing, it will become a pot!"

The eldest daughter-in-law wiped her tears: "Since my mother-in-law knows this, why don't you write a letter in the name of celebrating her birthday, and let Xianggong and the two uncles return to Yin County, so that you can escape--"

The old lady opened her eyes suddenly, and glared at her eldest daughter-in-law: "You stupid woman! The prince is eyeing the second prince and his party, and now in order to take over the throne smoothly, he will not move, if my children suddenly leave Beijing, it will definitely cause him to misunderstand, and when the thunder starts, let you flee to the ends of the earth, it will be in vain - no matter how far you escape, can you escape the blood drops?!"

The eldest daughter-in-law was startled, and couldn't help but touch her neck, the legend said that the blood droplet was taken from thousands of miles away from the sky, leaving only a drop of blood, and no one has really seen it so far - because the people who saw the blood droplets were already dead.

The eldest daughter-in-law sobbed, "Then what should we do?

The old lady slowly closed his eyes again: "The enemy does not move, I do not move, now I can only wait and see the changes, and move randomly - you only need to remember one thing, the second prince can become the king of the general, but it is not by his false name and the protection of the current saint, but he killed it in the sea of blood with a knife and a gun on the front line!"

The eldest daughter-in-law gritted her teeth: "Yes, the daughter-in-law understands, fortunately, Xianggong sent Fukun back to Yin County in the name of celebrating his birthday. ”

The old lady sighed: "Daughter-in-law, you ask people to prepare a large sea boat at the mouth of the Sanjiang River, prepare enough water and food, I will send a few other loyal servants to guard the boat, and if there is a discord, immediately let Fu Kun sail out to sea." ”

The eldest daughter-in-law smiled bitterly in her heart, if there was such an unspeakable thing, how could her son Zhu Fukun live alone even if he sailed out to sea? He had been clothed and fed since he was a child, and although he had good food, he didn't even dare to kill a chicken, and even if he escaped and was alone, how could he live? But she still nodded, thought about it, and hesitated: "Do you want your daughter-in-law to prepare gold and silver on the ship?"

The old lady shook his head: "No, wealth is moving, although I sent to guard the ship is an old servant who has followed our families for generations, but it is difficult to know the face of the person, if there is too much gold and silver on the ship, it is easy for people to move their minds that should not be moved." You can prepare some ordinary goods such as cloth and porcelain on the ship, these goods are not expensive and easy to get rid of. ”

The eldest daughter-in-law wiped her tears: "Yes, the daughter-in-law understands, during this time, I will send someone to keep an eye on the movements of the capital, and at the same time let Fukun wander outside, so as to blind the eyes of those who have a heart, and once there is a police, get on the boat immediately." ”

The old lady nodded: "That's it, other matters, do what you should do, don't show the slightest abnormality." ”

The eldest daughter-in-law nodded in response, and suddenly thought of something: "Mother-in-law, there is a matter that I ask my mother-in-law to guide my daughter-in-law, it is like this, the sugar business of the national dynasty has always been done by our family, but a few days ago, someone handed over a message, saying that they also want to do sugar business, but they are dealing in a candy called snow sugar, and they sell seventy percent to foreign countries, and do not rob our families of profits in the country." ”

The old lady frowned: "Hmph, this must be that villain who saw that the prince was about to ascend the throne, and my family was in a big disaster, and came to squeeze us." This sugar business has been the sole business of my family since Taizu, this is on the iron book, the foundation of my family, all in this sugar business, I didn't expect that our family has not yet fallen, and some people can't wait to come to the door!"

The eldest daughter-in-law gritted her teeth and said: "In this world, there are always villains who fall into the well and hold red and step on black! Mother-in-law, I will go back to the person who asked for help, as long as my family is in one day, the sugar business of the Great Li Dynasty will not allow others to interfere!"

The old lady was about to nod, but suddenly said, "Slow! The person who delivered the message is from the prince's family?"

The eldest daughter-in-law shook her head: "That's not it, I heard that that person is close to the three princes, and often finds some strange things to offer to the three princes, so he is quite popular with the three princes." The daughter-in-law inquired and heard that the man had recently given the third prince a treasure destined for the broken star mirror, which made the third prince very happy, and it was the most favored time. ”

The old lady was stunned: "The third prince? That's it, now in the limelight, more things are better than less things, for the sake of the face of the three princes, let them participate in the sugar business. Well, the candy they deal in is called snow candy, what is that? Listen to the name, the sugar should be white, is it the same as the rock candy produced by my family?"

The eldest daughter-in-law said: "The person who delivered the message gave a lot of valuable gifts, as a gift of reparation for taking away the profits of my family's sugar business, including the snow candy, but the daughter-in-law was angry and put those gifts in the side room and ignored them, so I asked someone to take them." ”