The son of the red mansion is unscrupulous

In the past, Mrs. Meng saw that Mr. Hong Er was just a vicious dog in Miss Hong's hands, but after going around, he would become a vicious dog in Bi Lian's hands.

The difference between her and Master Hong Er is that Master Hong Er is stupid and ignorant, and she is weak and pregnant.

"Grandma said, I don't know if the alum is harmful to the fetus, so I dare not give it to Mrs. Meng. I asked the elderly in the old lady's room, and the old man said that using salt is the same for coloring." Wen Yu held a wooden stick in one hand. Mortar and hammer, put some fine salt in a small dish with one hand.

Meng shi secretly breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that no matter whether Second Mistress Lian wanted to protect herself or not, she didn't need to be afraid of Mistress Lian's tricks, the only one to be afraid of was Bi Lian.

"Salt is also available." Bi Lian smiled, went to pick up the wooden mortar, and smiled at Wen Yu: "Sister Wen Lan, let's talk with Lady Meng, and I'll go pound the impatiens." All the impatiens were put in the wooden mortar, and they went out with the things in their hands.

Wen Yu saw that Bilian didn't have any girlish reserve in her conversation, and thought that she really came from a bad background, and seeing that the bird's nest porridge hadn't been touched in front of Mrs. Meng, she laughed and said, "But this bird's nest doesn't suit your taste."

Meng Shi shook her head and said with a smile: "Thank you grandma for me, this bird's nest is very good, but the child is stuck on the spleen and stomach and cannot swallow."

Wen Yu pursed her lips secretly, thinking that this was showing off, "So, I can't eat anything, maybe the soup can be drunk? The old man is not in good health, and he has all kinds of supplements over there. Please ask grandma to let the old man know later. Ask the small kitchen in the Grand Master’s yard to make a stew for you.”

Mrs. Meng was about to shake her head and decline, but felt that this was a very good move. Firstly, she could make up for her poor child, and secondly, she could save Xu Qingheng from Bilian's schemes, so she said with a stern face, "I shouldn't bother you in the master's yard." But now... that's all I have to do. I'll thank grandma more when I greet grandma tomorrow morning. "

A good one.

Wen Yu smiled and said: "That's unnecessary, you are heavy, please be safe, grandma has already informed the master, and the master also said that if you can avoid it, you can avoid it, now you just take care of your health and give birth to your brother."

Meng Shi wished that more things would be better than less things. Hearing Wen Yu's words everywhere revealed that the Jia family valued her, she felt more and more ashamed. Sent out.

Wen Yu cleaned up the cold bird's nest porridge, then gently closed the door and went out. He came out of this half of the courtyard, and at the half gate of the courtyard, he told the little girl who was waiting here: "If Mrs. Meng and Bilian want When you go out, you remind them, "Second master is not here, so the female relatives are not allowed to wander around. After all, there are still Jia's men in class. If they are carefully watched, they will make people laugh.""

"Hey."

Wen Yu nodded, feeling unlucky holding the bird's nest porridge, walked a few more steps, saw a little girl kicking shuttlecocks in the yard, and stuffed the bird's nest porridge into her hand, "Take it and eat it."

The little girl got the bird's nest porridge, and went happily holding a bowl.

Seeing this, Wen Yu remembered that Mrs. Meng said that she couldn't eat porridge, so she spat hard in her heart, walked into the main room in two or three steps, and entered the east room, where she saw Xu Qingheng wearing a scarlet cloak with flowers and butterflies Wearing a blue skirt like a cat nestling on the kang, leisurely reading through the letters with Jia Lian from the past few years, complaining about Xu Qingheng's grievances in his heart, so he added fuel and vinegar to explain how Meng's pretentiousness could not eat bird's nest and asked Jia Amnesty to give it to her I talked about the soup stew.

Hearing what Wen Yu said, Xu Qingheng held a letter from Jia Lian's family and said with a faint smile: "Do you think that Meng is weird?"

Wen Yu was startled, and said urgently: "Grandma, although she is weird, is it time to care about whether she is weird or not?"

"Otherwise," Xu Qingheng shook his head slightly, "I look at her, it doesn't look like she wants the child in her belly to inherit the family business, nor does she look like she wants to wait for the second master to come back to fight for favor."

"How does grandma decide?"

"Just rely on what she said in front of the old lady. With that kind of talk, how will the child born to her be seen by others? Everyone in the house has heard it, who thinks highly of her? Now, only the old man is eagerly waiting to hold his grandson. "Xu Qingheng recalled Jia Amnesty's uplifted look, and sighed in his heart, then went to Jia Lian's family letter, and found the letter Jia Lian mentioned that the woman next door was targeted by the domineering governor's mansion and ran away to avoid disaster. After careful reading and re-reading, he saw the letter again. A girl named Hong was mentioned in the book, and Jia Lian seemed to be very contemptuous of that girl Hong in his words, wondering whether Jia Lian was lying, or was that woman coming to Rongguo Mansion to cheat?If Jia Lian is said to be lying, then he doesn't have to mention Mrs. Meng and Mrs. Hong, so why should he write about Mrs. Meng and Ms. Hong as an interesting story for her to read?But if Meng Shi is bold, she doesn't understand why Meng Shi is doing this?

Just thinking about it, Wen Lan hurried in from the outside, and after entering, she whispered: "Grandma, the Li family sent a letter, saying that their eldest grandma will come to see grandma tomorrow."

"Understood, I didn't expect the Li family to get the news so soon." Xu Qingheng sighed.

"Grandma of the Li family said that today is the court, and Prince Zhongshun told our old man in front of the civil and military officials of the court that the second master Lian has a concubine, and grandma has hope in this life."

Xu Qingheng sneered and said, "Of course he's going to rush to talk about it. If something happened to Sister Wanting, our family would become a joke. Now the second master Lian, who said he would never take a concubine, made a big-bellied woman and a white-headed appointment to come to the door. Come on, he will naturally yell so that all civil and military officials in the court know." After finishing speaking, he felt that Jia Lian had already decided that Jia Lian was treacherous, and it seemed that he was unfair to Jia Lian who was alone, so he took a deep breath. , and asked Wen Lan: "Has the Li family left?"

"Still waiting for news at the door—Grandma Li knows grandma's temperament, lest grandma get angry and suffer a hidden loss, she must ask someone to tell how grandma is now."

Xu Qingheng nodded, and immediately handed over a letter Jia Lian mentioned about the Meng family to Wen Lan, "You take this letter and give it to Grandma Li, and ask Uncle Li and our uncle to find Brother Qiang according to this letter." Ask carefully to see if Second Master Lian's letter is a sham or a real thing, especially that girl Bilian, after thinking about it, I don't understand that she is a girl - she just came from a humble background. How did you leave the Hong family and join the Meng family?"

"Hey." Wen Yu quickly accepted the letter, and seeing Xu Qingheng's calm expression, he went out with confidence. After walking a few steps, he saw Jia Amnesty's concubine, Aunt Shi, leading a little girl in with a bundle in her hand. He stepped forward and said with a smile: "Hello, Auntie, what is Auntie doing?"

Aunt Shi smiled and said: "The master said that grandma was young, and that Bilian didn't seem to be reliable, so he asked me to take care of Mrs. Meng for four or five months." After finishing speaking, she approached Wen Yu again, and whispered in Wen Yu's ear. Said: "You usually persuade grandma to take it easy, but it's just to keep the surnamed Meng for a few months. The master said that as soon as the child is born, he will send the surnamed Meng to accompany the eldest wife to eat fast and chant Buddha."

Wen Yu smiled, and asked Aunt Shi to talk to Xu Qingheng, then hurried to the door again, and handed Jia Lian's letter to the servants of Li's family in the back hall of Rongxi Hall.

The servant got the letter and went back to his home without any delay, and personally handed the letter to Li Bizhou's wife, Fang Shi. After hearing what the servant said about Xu Qingheng's situation, Fang put his heart back into his stomach. , and thinking about how Li Bizhou, Xu Yuheng, and Xu Yujue brothers still don't know how to complain about Jia Lian, they copied a copy of Jia Lian's letter, and asked someone to send the copied copy to Mrs. Xu and Mrs. Xu, so that their husband and wife Don't worry; a copy of Jia Lian's handwriting was given to Li Bizhou, Xu Yuheng, and Xu Yuju brothers, so they asked Jia Qiang for clarification.

The death of Li Wanting was a knot in the hearts of the Xu family and the Li family. Therefore, when the two children heard that a pregnant lady had found Jia's family, they were all worried about Xu Qingheng. Then he rode straight to Youshi and Jia Qiang's house to ask Jia Qiang for a question.

The three brothers arrived in front of Jia Qiang's gate with a group of attendants. When they dismounted, they saw Jia Qiang standing in front of the gate and sending out two small blue and white sedan chairs.

The people in the sedan chair heard the sound of horseshoes, so they lifted the curtain of the sedan chair to see what happened.

Seeing the autumn eyes with hibiscus faces revealed from behind the curtain, Xu Yujue complained when the sedan chair went a little further, "Okay, I just found a pair for your Second Uncle Lian, and then I picked another pair for myself."

Jia Qiang bowed her head in shame and said, "My nephew is really embarrassed about Lian's second uncle. I'm sorry for my second uncle if I don't bring that girl back. If I bring her back, I'm sorry for my second aunt. As for the two sedan chairs just now, those who sat in the sedan chair It's my mother and her two younger sisters."

"So it's my aunt in Fuzhong." Li Bizhou saw Xu Yuheng and Xu Yuju's faces full of anger, so he stood in front of them and first smiled kindly at Jia Qiang.

Jia Qiang said impatiently: "What kind of aunt is she? The older aunt has been hanging out with Governor Chen's men in Xiaohuazhi Lane for two years. Now she is tempted to go to Admiral Chen's house to be a child. But what about the Chen family men?" After eating and wiping her mouth, she refused to accept the account. She couldn't do it, so she cried and asked her mother to go to the Chen family to make peace. The mother knew that the aunt and grandma were involved with the old man and brother of the Chen family. With which one, simply say that people are soft-spoken and don't have such a big face, and send them out."

"Another one who intends to be small for others!" Xu Yuheng sneered.

Seeing that the visitor was not friendly, Jia Qiang smiled embarrassingly and invited them into the front hall to talk.

In the past two years, Jia Qiang has made quite a bit of money, but he and Youshi were afraid of being jealous by the Zongli people, so they deliberately made a shabby appearance, so the hall was extremely simple, with only an early picture hanging on it. In the middle hall, there are five or six large chairs with paint peeling off.

"You boy..." As soon as he was seated, Xu Yuju was about to teach Jia Qiang a lesson, but a childish voice came from the back hall, expecting that Youshi was listening with Xichun in the back hall, so he suppressed it Furious, he let the seasoned Li Bizhou question him.

Li Bizhou also knew that Youshi cared about Jia Qiang and was listening behind him, so he first showed Jia Qiang Jia Lian's family letter.

Jia Qiang stood up, picked it up respectfully, took a closer look, was taken aback in her heart, and thought to herself, could it be that he got back a pair of swindlers in a moment of confusion?I secretly went to see Xu Yuheng and Xu Yuyu, and saw the veins on their brothers' foreheads exploded, and I trembled in my heart, and sent the letter back hesitantly.

"What do you think?" Xu Yuheng asked.

Jia Qiang stood bowed and thought about it: "Second Uncle Lian made it clear in his letter, but... who knows..." I wanted to say that Jia Lian did this on purpose, but I felt that this remark was too much for Jia Lian, so I stammered I was speechless for half a day.

"Now is not the time to teach Brother Qiang a lesson, Brother Qiang, please sit down." Li Bizhou was afraid that he would push Jia Qiang too hard, and told Jia Qiang to make up words. In this way, the two women got their way, so he said kindly Question: "Tell me in detail how you met those two women, how did you believe them when they talked empty words? Don't be afraid, if it really is brother Lian's flesh and blood, will we not recognize her?" Is it? What I'm afraid of now is that someone will take advantage of Brother Lian's absence and take advantage of the loophole."

Sweat broke out in Jia Qiang's palms, but she was still hesitant.

Youshi, who was listening in the back hall, felt anxious, and said, "Brother Qiang, don't tell people to deceive Rongguo Mansion, it's serious."

"Yes." Jia Qiang agreed, and then said: "I had nothing to do that day, so I went to see Prince Zhongshun's mansion to buy actors..." She couldn't help but glanced tremblingly at the back hall, seeing that You Shi hadn't said a word, she continued. "I was looking at a group of [-] or [-]-year-old juicy opera singers when I heard someone ask if Jia's family in Jinling was there. I asked someone to agree, and saw a group of people dragging a woman with a big belly over, yelling I can either give silver as a dowry to pick up the woman, or watch the woman dip into the pig cage. A bunch of people are eager to persuade me to pick up the woman for the second uncle and clean up the mess. The nephew wanted to go first He brought her back and quietly asked the old lady and the elder how to deal with the woman. Who knew that he had just entered the city, and those who were loyal to the palace knew first. They only said that the Rongguo mansion was worrying about the second uncle. The woman with a big belly rushed to Rongguo Mansion to reassure the old lady and the old man, so my nephew will..." As he said that, his eyes turned red, and he said with shame: "If my aunt is sad about this, I really can't blame you Uncle, I only blame my nephew for being soft-hearted for a while." As soon as he was short, he was about to kowtow to Xu Yuheng to admit his mistake.

Xu Yuheng hurriedly helped Jia Qiang up, frowned and said, "I said you were foolish and brought back a woman without proof, but now that I think about it, you are too young to stand up to a group of people with ulterior motives talking about Xiang .”

"Exactly." Jia Qiang bowed her head.

Li Bizhou said: "I don't believe that Lian'er will first mention the Meng family in a letter, and then rely on the high mountain emperor to do that inhumane thing." As he spoke, he frowned, and felt that this matter might not be unreasonable. Possibly, after all, the newlywed Yan Er left Beijing to take up his post, so Jia Lian might not linger on her daughter's tenderness and flirt with others.Remembering that Xu Qingheng wanted to ask Bilian about it, she asked Jia Qiang again. Sure enough, Jia Qiang was only thinking about the pregnant Meng family, and she didn't know anything about how Bilian went with the Meng family.

In this way, the four of them looked at each other in blank dismay, and no one could be sure whether Jia Lian had anything to do with Meng and Bilian.

Mrs. You held Xichun in the back hall and was anxious. After a long time, she couldn't hear the people in the hall talking, so she reminded her aloud: "Uncles, I have to ask Brother Lian to explain this matter clearly, or find him and let him know." People in the south should come and ask—otherwise, no matter how anxious the uncles are and how much they trust Brother Lian’s character, they can’t act rashly against the pregnant woman—and besides, cheating and abducting always leave a way out for themselves, then The surnamed Meng came to deceive people, didn't she know that she entered the Rongguo Mansion, and the mother and son would have no time to go out? Unless she concluded that something happened to Brother Lian, she wouldn't be so confused."

Li Bizhou, Xu Yuheng, and Xu Yujue took it for granted, and didn't ask any questions. Instead, Jia Qiang was frightened by their aggressive posture, so they comforted Jia Qiang: "Don't worry, it's just that you made a mistake for a while. Second uncle won't blame you either."

"My nephew doesn't believe that something will happen to the second uncle. It will be clear when the second uncle comes back." Jia Qiang took care of Kou Guan on Jia Lian's behalf, and knew that Jia Lian was working quietly. Although she didn't know what he was doing, she always He felt that since Jia Lian did it, he was fully prepared, so he didn't take those false rumors seriously, and decided that once Jia Lian came back, the matter would come to light.

After Jia Qiang couldn't ask anything, Li Bizhou and the three had no choice but to leave, and then sent someone to inform Xu Qingheng, telling her that she had sent someone to Guangdong to ask Jia Lian about this matter.

Xu Qingheng originally thought that Li Bizhou and the others could find out about Meng's flaws from Jia Qiang, but they still found nothing, so she also persuaded herself to calm down and wait for the news from Guangdong, Fang and others came to comfort her, but she wanted to comfort her Fang Shi don't take this matter to heart.

Who knows that she wants to feel at ease, but someone doesn't want her to feel at ease.

However, after seven or eight days, before dawn, a cry came from the small courtyard where Mrs. Meng lived, and after a while, I saw Aunt Shi hurrying over, wrapped in a stone blue long coat and with her hair loose. .

"Grandma, something happened to Mrs. Meng!" Aunt Shi said anxiously with a yellow face.

At this time, Xu Qingheng had just washed and washed, and he hadn't left the dressing table yet.

Hearing this, he asked in surprise: "Dr. Bao came here yesterday, didn't he say it well?"

Aunt Shi said anxiously: "I was talking and laughing last night, but when I got up early in the morning, I saw her hanging on the bed frame, she was rescued with great difficulty, and she just shed tears and didn't speak."

"Please invite Doctor Bao again." Xu Qingheng said impatiently while holding the golden comb.

"Yes." Aunt Shi agreed seeing Xu Qingheng's complexion, and asked tentatively, "Do you want to tell Master?"

Xu Qingheng closed her eyes and nodded, then told Wen Lan: "Go to the West Wing and ask Miss Yingchun to go back to her own yard to rest. I don't know what will happen here. It's okay to ask her to be a girl to listen and watch." good."

"Yes."

Xu Qingheng regained his composure, and through the window, he heard Bilian's wailing again, feeling unlucky, he said to Wu'er: "Tell Bilian to shut up, and tell her to yell like this, it's not for people like us. "

"Yes."

Xu Qingheng took the longan soup from Liu'er, took two sips, and didn't go to see the Meng family right away. When he heard that Jia She was coming in person, he hurried out the door. When he went out, he saw Jia She's trembling hair Support Aunt Shi.

Seeing that Xu Qingheng had just left the house, Jia Amnesty pointed at her and said urgently: "Why don't you go and watch? Are you deliberately trying to make Lian'er disappear?"

"...Master, something may have happened to Second Master Lian in the south, so it's not good to talk like this." Aunt Shi said timidly.

Jia Amnesty placed his crutch heavily on the ground, tremblingly said: "It may not be an accident, and it may not be all right. Having a brother in your hand is reassuring."

Xu Qingheng had been treated with courtesy by Jia She since she entered the door. Seeing Jia She pointing at her in a hurry, she felt a little sad, and argued with reason: "The doctor has been invited, and there are also people over there." Waiting, besides, based on common sense, first, I can’t get rid of the suspicion if she has an accident; , wouldn't she be even more unhappy."

The corner of Jia She's mouth twitched, and he sighed: "I wanted to let that woman live in peace for a few months, but who knows that she is so troublesome." Saying this, he asked Aunt Shi to help her hurry to the half of the courtyard like an earthen pot. go.

Xu Qingheng heaved a sigh of relief, and followed Jia She, and when he saw that Jia She was slipped by a green persimmon that fell from the persimmon tree in the yard, he hurried forward to give him a little help.

"Master, you are finally here." Bi Lian snatched it out and threw herself at Jia She's feet, "Master, I am not related to Mrs. Meng, but Mrs. Meng has the flesh and blood of the second master Lian in her stomach, so she must not be called Lian." Something happened to the second master's flesh and blood."

"You get up first." Jia She said.

Bi Lian's eyes were red and swollen, and she didn't get up immediately, she just knelt on the ground and kowtowed, then slapped herself hard with her hands, crying bitterly: "It's all because of my talkativeness, I didn't stop it, and Madam Meng heard the words outside, Make her think about it."

"What's going on outside?" Jia She was startled, and couldn't help but look at Xu Qingheng, "Didn't you tell them both to come out of your yard?"

Since you can't get out of the yard, the words outside are what Xu Qingheng's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law said in the yard.

Bi Lian cried and kowtowed, all she could say was that she was sorry for Jia Lian. After being questioned by Jia Amnesty again, she burst into tears and said, "Master, go ask Mrs. Meng."

Jia Amnesty was anxious to see how his grandson was doing. Seeing that Bilian didn't say anything, he hurried into the room with big strides. He saw an embroidered belt hanging on the bed frame in the room. face, staring at the roof with a dead face.

"Master is here." Wen Yu stood by the bed and reminded Mrs. Meng.

Meng Shi turned her head in a daze when she heard the words.

Seeing that Meng Shi didn't cherish his grandson, Jia She was very angry, but looking at Meng Shi's protruding belly, he had to suppress his anger, and complained that Jia Lian didn't send the letter to repay his safety and called him a bad person. Bu Si's woman threatened, and asked in a low voice: "Since you want to seek death and life, you will die outside, why bother to enter our Rongguo Mansion and dirty the land of our Rongguo Mansion?"

Meng shuddered, and glanced behind Jia She, and sure enough, seeing Bilian winking at her, she glanced at Xu Qingheng again, said sorry to Jia Lian and Xu Qingheng in her heart, and cried out in tears: " The concubine knows that her conduct is not good, and she is not worthy of Lian's second master... But unfortunately, the concubine has the second master's flesh and blood in her stomach. I had already made up my mind that when the child fell into the grass, I would shave my hair and become a nun, but today Early in the morning, when I thought about the separation between mother and child in the future, I was afraid that I would never see each other again for the rest of my life, and I was heartbroken for a moment, and I became confused, and then..."

Jia Amnesty coughed, and said soothingly: "If you know your mistakes, you can correct them. Now you just care about raising the baby. If you don't listen to it, just ignore it." He glanced at Xu Qingheng reproachfully, thinking that it must be the people in Xu Qingheng's yard who said After hearing some gossip, Meng Shi knew about it, and casually reassured her, "Our Jia family is not a heartless family, and we have never killed our mother to keep our children, so you can just rest assured."

"...The concubine also thought so, but after a few days in the mansion, she never stepped out of this square inch, and she never met the second master, sister and sister-in-law of the mansion. I feel lonely in my heart. At that time, the second master never mentioned the rule that concubines are not allowed in the mansion, but now that he has entered the mansion, he hears that the mother and sister in the courtyard call concubines everywhere, thinking about it..." Meng's words were sad, and suddenly thought of the day when they would be exposed, they Both the mother and the child will be killed by Bilian, so the tears flowed down like broken beads, and they spoke again with a pale face, not daring to look at anyone, "I think about it, when the child comes out, I really can't see him again." One side." Suddenly my stomach hurts, and I can't help curling up with my hands hugging my stomach.

"Emperor physician, where is the imperial physician?" Jia Amnesty said anxiously, when he heard that the doctor was coming, he ordered the doctor to enter the room to see what happened to Meng's family.Seeing with her own eyes that Imperial Physician Bao was diagnosing Meng Shi's pulse, and ordered her to cook soothing tea for Meng Shi, she felt relieved when she saw Meng Shi drank the tea soup and passed out.

After leaving the door of Meng's room, seeing Xu Qingheng following behind, Jia She covered his mouth with a handkerchief and coughed twice, considering how to persuade Xu Qingheng step by step. Persimmon kicked it a few feet away, and then said to Xu Qingheng earnestly, "Did you hear what Mrs. Meng said?"

"Master, I heard you." Xu Qingheng lowered his head to look at the blue bricks on the ground in this half of the courtyard.

"...When Lian'er comes back, let alone a grandson, even a hundred grandsons are no match for your daughter-in-law in my eyes; but now Lian'er doesn't know what's going on, and your second uncle is waiting to rely on his son in the east." Occupied our Rongxi Hall; besides, you just coax her for a few months, and when the child falls into grass, it is up to you to decide how to deal with the Meng family... Lian'er is back, you have a son and a half daughter, this How can I pay attention to the evil seeds born by women? It is enough to give him a bite of food."

"Is the master going to tell the younger sisters to get close to the Meng family?" Xu Qingheng asked in surprise.

Jia She was taken aback for a moment, how could he be so confused that Yingchun would have great fortune in the future because of his brother Jia Lian's success, and he would never let Yingchun get close to a widow who does not obey women's morals, he hurriedly said: "This is definitely not possible. , but, you don’t have to keep her in the yard so you don’t see anyone, you often ask her to walk in the garden, or talk to your wife and wife to relax.”

"That's why I persuaded her to stay in the courtyard only because she was afraid that something would happen to her. After all, if something happened to her, the daughter-in-law would be the most suspected." Xu Qingheng said bluntly.

Jia She nodded and said: "You have your scruples, how could I not know? It's just a moment and a moment, so what if I tolerate her for a few months?" He hesitated for a while, remembering Meng's heart disease, and persuaded Xu Qingheng: "It's better to first Tell the servants to call her Auntie instead."

Xu Qingheng trembled, inexplicably thinking of the beautiful corpse left by Li Wanting after her death, recalling Jia Lian's promise earlier, in the blink of an eye, and even after Jia Lian had a concubine, she became a laughing stock among the noble girls in the capital Things also came to mind.

Jia She saw that Xu Qingheng didn't answer, so he said to himself: "It's just calling her aunt for a few months to make her happy. When the child comes down, you divide her into ten or eight yuan, and I won't stop you. "At this time, he had already reached the middle of Xu Qingheng's courtyard. After waiting for a while, seeing that Xu Qingheng hadn't said a word, he said to himself again: "Your mother's side, you also send someone to talk about it...you don't know what to say... Come on, it’s okay to go back to your mother’s house for two months.”

Xu Qingheng narrowed his eyes slightly, and said with a smile: "Although the master loves me, there is a healthy woman in the family. The old lady and the master are in good health. I went to Xu's house for two months, and when I come back, I will be ashamed to see others. "

Jia She said with a smile, "I'm old and I didn't think carefully. Just for the sake of Lian'er, I advise your natal family not to have trouble at this time."

"Master, if a new aunt comes to our family, the whole capital will laugh at our family's dishonesty."

Jia She sneered and said, "So what if someone laughs at you? Is Lian'er's flesh and blood more important, or her face?" She squinted her eyes and looked back at Xu Qingheng, then sneered twice, "When you are a girl, you should be more innocent. , It’s all right to say a few words, "I wish to win the hearts of the people, and the white head will not be separated". Others listen to it and don't care too much about you. Now that I am a grandma, I always have to relax my mind and broaden my horizons. Now you are still chanting those poems that are sour and daydreaming. You don’t have to make people laugh at you for not doing your job properly and delaying the future of men! Do as I said, take care of Aunt Meng first, and get rid of your suspicions later. If you can’t take care of her , that is, you are no longer suspected of harming others, but you are nothing but a good grandma of our Rongguo Mansion?"

"But……"

Jia She sneered again and said: "I think Lian'er is more important in the heart of that girl Bilian than in the heart of your grandma. Bilian can cry to tears for the safety of Lian'er's flesh and blood, but you are lucky, something happened. First think about avoiding suspicion. The one surnamed Meng doesn't want you to give her a drink and play to praise her, but just asked the servants to call her aunt instead." Seeing what he said to this point, Xu Qingheng still didn't let go, so he simply took it The cane pointed to the maid standing in the yard with her arms down, and said, "Tell me what I said, and everyone in the family changed their name to Miss Meng as Aunt Meng. Isn't Miss Tanchun idle in the old lady's room? Ask Miss Tanchun to talk to Aunt Meng when she is free." Relieve the boredom." After speaking, he gave Xu Qingheng a warning look, knowing that he should not stay in the daughter-in-law's yard for a long time, so he leaned on a cane and walked forward surrounded by the maids.

Xu Qingheng held the handkerchief and took a deep breath, only to feel a big stone pressing on her chest, which made her unable to breathe. After a long time, she heard footsteps behind her, turned her head, and saw that it was Wen Lan who had come out of Meng's room. Then he asked, "What happened to Meng Shi?"

Wen Lan shook her head slightly and said: "Too thin. Doctor Bao said that she is so thin, and she is afraid that it will be difficult to give birth. Grandma, I also listened to what the master said just now, and persuaded grandma to listen to the master. What the men promised before marriage Don't take it seriously, now that grandma has already entered Jia's house, why are you still ruthless because of Jia's family, so you pack up and go home?"

"If the Jia family really turns their backs and is ruthless, I will definitely pack up and leave. However, the fourth brother hasn't come back yet, so I have to ask him a word. If he admits it, I will leave as well." Xu Qingheng Laughed.

"...Grandma, according to me, don't trust the second master too much. After all, how can there be a cat that doesn't steal? And, look at the two surnamed Meng and Bi Lian, which one is not a few years older than grandma? And both of them are older. I got a pitiful look that I still feel sorry for, and when I think about it, I have the same appearance as Fang Niangniang, who had some entanglements with the second master in the early years. I think the second master likes someone with that kind of appearance?" Wen Lan thought about it Seeing that Mrs. Meng didn't have the confidence to dare to make such a fuss, so she truthfully said what she was thinking.

Xu Qingheng took a deep breath, and seeing that Wen Lan wanted to say more, he said, "Shut up. No matter what, I'll wait for him to come back and make it clear. If he doesn't return for a day, I won't believe what other people say." , he raised his feet and walked forward, not far away, when he heard someone calling grandma behind him, so he stopped and looked back, but it was Bi Lian with red and swollen eyes and forehead walking over in small steps.

"Grandma, Auntie woke up. Auntie said that she just couldn't help herself for a while, and she was afraid that she said something she shouldn't say, and now she has to apologize to Grandma." Bilian came over with a hoarse voice, and quietly discerned Xu Qingheng's expression, thinking, but seeing Xu Qingheng's expression How long can the pampered daughter endure?

"If she came to make amends to grandma, she should come here by herself. Don't you want grandma to condescend to go to her bedside? So, it seems that grandma can't make up for her." Wen Lan, who was standing behind Xu Qingheng, sneered.

Bilian hurriedly lowered her head.

Xu Qingheng said to Wen Lan: "Be careful, the trouble comes from the mouth. If Lady Meng really struggled out of the bed and kowtowed to me to apologize, if something happened, it would be my fault." , then slowly went out, out of her own yard, and was a little relieved, knowing that people were waiting to see her jokes, so she put on a more relaxed look, and went into the police station from the mountain gate along the alley. Huan Zhai only showed a sullen look undisguised.

Because of Jia Lian's absence, frugality is the top priority in everything in the mansion, so in the backyard, apart from the colorful flowers in Jia's mother's courtyard, the other courtyards are either locked or very cold.However, although there is no owner in this Jing Huan Zhai, the flowers and green leaves are crowded everywhere, and the various fruits on the trees even bend the branches.

Hearing that Xu Qingheng was coming, Quan Xi and Quan Shou, who were guarding the yard, hurried over. These two were also rare treasures. Seeing Xu Qingheng's frowning, they both wiped their tears.

"Why are you crying?" Xu Qingheng asked in surprise.

Quan Xi choked up and said: "We are crying for the second master. It was a waste of the second master's talent and high ambition. If he didn't realize it, he still couldn't guard against villains. He had been gone for two years, and someone planted it on the door."

"Exactly, if you tell the little ones to see that the child of that unknown woman inherits the Duke's mansion, it's better to just tell the little ones to die like this." Quan Shou said, and started to cry.

It was rare to meet two people who trusted Jia Lian so much, Xu Qingheng couldn't help laughing, and said with a smile: "I know you guys are comforting me, don't cry now." Leaning lazily on the railing in front of Jinghuan Zhai, eyes closed Looking at the pink and tender fruit on the peach tree, he said slowly, "You are following his confidants, since you say that the woman is not, then she is not."

"Probably not, grandma doesn't know how many romantic women wanted to have a good time with the second master in Jinling. At that time, the second master didn't know where grandma was, so he kept himself clean and kept away from those women. Now he is married. She is a beautiful woman, the second master is only willing to hook up with them unless he is caught by a foolish ghost." Seeing Xu Qingheng looking at the peaches, Quan Xi immediately went into the room and picked the peaches from an emerald plate, washed them clean, Put it on the railing for Xu Qingheng to enjoy.

Xu Qingheng looked at Tao Zi and said: "Second Master is not here, you have turned upside down. Let him know that you picked his peaches privately, and he will definitely hold your mouth."

Quan Xi smiled and said: "Second Master is here, the young ones see Second Master in one eye and Second Mistress in the other, and Second Master is not at home, so the young ones see Second Grandma in both eyes."

"You guys——" Xu Qingheng took a peach and put it in his hand, thinking that only Jia Lian could do such a thing as buying a bunch of peaches and returning pearls to plant peach trees.

"Grandma." Quan Xi suddenly snarled at Xu Qingheng.

Following Quanxi's gaze, Xu Qingheng turned her head back, glanced back, and saw that Bilian was helping Mrs. Meng over, she fell silent and sighed in vain. I have never seen such a shameless person who pushes his nose on his face.

Meng's black hair made her face even paler, she leaned slightly against Bilian, her belly became more and more big, when she approached, she stood under the railing, raised her head and blessed Xu Qingheng, and said softly Said: "I heard that grandma asked me to come to grandma to make amends, I dare not delay, so here I come." Feeling ashamed, she didn't dare to look at Xu Qingheng, so she closed her eyes slightly.

Xu Qingheng held Taozi's hand tightly, thinking that this woman is so kind.

"It's peaches. Auntie was just talking about eating peaches." Bi Lian looked at the peach tree beside her and said happily, not caring about Xu Qingheng who was still sitting on the railing, and said to Quan Xi and Quan Shou, "You two little ones Brother, pick some peaches for my aunt to eat."

"This is not allowed. The second master said before leaving that no one other than grandma is allowed to pick peaches." Quan Shou put on the posture of a slave and said arrogantly.

Mrs. Meng felt that she had personally come to apologize to Xu Qingheng according to what Bilian said, so she said, "Bilian, I don't want to eat peaches anymore, let's go back