Lord of Fortune
Chapter 43
The batch of medicinal herbs sent by Han Mengqin had just set off with the caravan, and they were already being targeted.
The owner of this caravan was also an experienced man, and when he found something was wrong on the way, he immediately asked his relatives in the imperial business in the capital for help.The relatives of the emperor merchant immediately sent people out of the city to meet the owner of the caravan.
When Han Mengqin's caravan arrived near the capital, because the people under the emperor's business were quite familiar with the owner of the caravan, the two teams joined together first.
"Is the person staring at you still there? Has he ever made a move?" The imperial merchant said to his nephew in puzzlement, "I remember that you didn't have anything particularly valuable during this trip. Why did you just follow you?"
"Who knows!" The owner of the caravan also felt quite unlucky: "I don't think they are here for money! If they are greedy for money, the most convenient place to rob is not Here, it is a small town that we passed by when we first set off."
The emperor comforted his nephew: "Anyway, let's wait and see what happens. Sooner or later we will know what their purpose is. Anyway, with me here, there will never be any problems with your goods."
The owner of the caravan looked at the emperor gratefully: "Thank you uncle."
Huang Shang boldly hammered his cousin's shoulder: "What are we talking about, uncle and nephew?"
Those who had been sent by the Xu family to monitor the caravan were stunned when they saw the size of the caravan triple in size.
In particular, many of these people who joined later seemed to be thugs, full of energy, and did not seem to be easy to deal with.
Many of them even began to hesitate, whether to follow their master's order or not.
Soon, these people met people sent by the Wu family, and saw the servants of the Wu family gesturing to them.Perhaps because she didn't take such a small matter seriously, Mrs. Wu only sent more than ten famous servants to deal with it.
The current situation is that the number of thugs on the Wu family's side is only a quarter of that on the other side.If they dare to attack each other, they will definitely suffer.
After Wu Jiajia Ding confirmed the situation, you looked at me and I looked at you: "What should we do?"
If they can't complete the task Madam Wu gave, they will definitely be punished when they go back, but it doesn't seem like a wise move to rush up like this. The Xu family doesn't send many people, and they can't become a fighting force at all...
The leader of the Dingzhong of the Wu family finally gritted his teeth and said, "Madam only told me to destroy the goods, not loot the entire caravan. For us, the difficulty has undoubtedly been reduced a lot."
"For a while, let's hide in the crowd, take advantage of their unpreparedness, overturn those carriages and run away immediately. They probably won't be able to catch us! If we are accidentally caught, don't worry too much. With Madam here, They can always fish us out!"
After everyone agreed, they quietly lurked.I don't know if it was at the gate of the city, but the caravan relaxed its vigilance, revealing a big flaw.
It's now!
The members of the Wu family dressed as vagabonds immediately rushed up and prepared to attack the carriages in unison.
Huang Shang saw that the fish had taken the bait, and raised the corners of his mouth: "Come on, take them down for me!"
The thugs around this imperial businessman followed him all the year round, had seen a lot of great things in the world, and dealt with countless fierce bandits. Naturally, they didn't pay attention to a few members of the Wu family. Soon, the Wu family members were killed. Catch them all and tie them into rice dumplings.
"Uncle, don't let them run away. Those people are with these people. Those people have been watching us along the way!"
The caravan owner pointed at the two or three people sent by the Xu family and said loudly.
The three members of the Xu family ran even faster after hearing this.
Huang Shang looked at the direction they were leaving and narrowed his eyes: "Don't worry, they won't be able to escape."
It was impossible for the person in charge of guarding the city not to notice such a big commotion, and soon someone came to ask about the situation.
After learning that the starting point of the caravan owner was where Han Mengqin was, the city guard immediately asked in surprise, "Is it a batch of medicinal herbs that you are responsible for transporting?"
The owner of the caravan was stunned for a moment, and asked cautiously, "How does the official know?"
The officer and soldier pointed upwards: "The superior told us to pay attention to it a long time ago, do you think we don't know?"
Caravan owner: "..."
Didn't he just transport some medicinal herbs to the capital?How did you get the attention of the people above?
etc!He remembered that the person who entrusted him to help deliver the herbs... seemed to be the eldest daughter of the Han family, the daughter of Empress Ding before she entered the palace?
Was he accidentally involved in some strange struggle?
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The servants sent by the Wu family were quickly captured by these officers and soldiers.
Originally, although Wu Jiajia Ding said that he intended to rob, but after all, he hadn't succeeded, so he couldn't be guilty of that.But who let these people want to rob things, so coincidentally, it is exactly what the superiors ordered the officers and soldiers at the gate of the city to pay attention to?
These officers and soldiers couldn't tell what the superior's attitude was towards this, so they temporarily detained the Wu family and interrogated them by the way.
The servants of the Wu family were obviously not that stubborn. Not long after they were imprisoned and interrogated, they recruited their master, Mrs. Wu.
The officers and soldiers did not expect that Wu Guifei's biological mother would be involved in just a few pots of herbs!Not daring to waste time, they hurriedly escorted the medicinal herbs to the palace.These herbs were finally received by the people sent by Lu Gonggong.
After seeing those herbs, Emperor Chongde was in a good mood: "Since the little girl really sent me the herbs she planted, and I don't want to renege on my promise and get fat, I will reward the little girl with a few sets of face and a hundred dollars of gold." Two."
"Yes." Hearing this, Xiao Luzi was also happy for Han Mengqin.
No matter how much Emperor Chongde rewards or how little, it is a kind of dignity to Han Mengqin.
Han Mengqin already has the money now, if she has the power, then she can be much more relaxed in the business field.
"By the way, I heard that these things were almost robbed on the way?"
"Yes, when the servant was receiving these medicinal herbs, he also heard a word from the caravan owner. I heard that it was the Yongning Hou Mansion and the Wu family who did it. They thought Miss Han wanted to do business, so they thought Smash all the medicinal herbs Miss Han sent to the capital, so as to teach a lesson."
"The Wu family has been very restless recently." Emperor Chongde stroked his jade ring finger, his tone was rather dangerous.
"Go, tell me to tell Madam Wu to take care of the inner house. Don't stretch your hands too far. As for the residence of the Marquis of Yongning... As I remember, their family seems to have always been very close to the Wu family?"
"I don't know." Xiao Luzi said, "However, the Chu Xu family, whose imperial order was taken away by you not long ago, is from the Yongning Hou Mansion."
"Since that's the case, then let Yongning Hou Haosheng control his female family members. Don't count this or that when you have nothing to do all day long!"
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Mr. Wu has been very busy recently.An old man resigned from office, and his position was replaced by his subordinates. In this way, the original positions of his subordinates were vacated.
In order to arrange this position for the members of his lineage, Mr. Wu is trying his best to fight against his old enemy.
After returning home, I thought I could relax a bit, but unexpectedly saw the eunuch come to my home!
Master Wu is still wondering if something happened to Concubine Wu or the fourth prince in the palace, and he is secretly nervous.Unexpectedly, this eunuch came to reprimand his old wife... Only now did Mr. Wu know what good deeds his old wife had done!
After sending the eunuch away with a forced smile, Mr. Wu immediately lowered his face, and scolded his old wife: "Look at what you have done, you have really disgraced our family! Are you afraid The position of the empress in the palace is too secure, so I'm in a hurry to discredit her first, isn't it?"
"Even if you succeed in this kind of thing, our family will not get any benefits. Why do you do such things that harm others and benefit yourself!"
Master Wu really didn't know what was going on in his old wife's mind.Why do you usually look pretty obedient, and give him some moths if you don't watch him!
Mrs. Wu knew that she was wrong, so she didn't dare to refute, so she could only grumble and say: "How much did Mrs. Ding make trouble for our daughter in the harem? I also want to vent her anger."
Master Wu's forehead was full of blue veins: "Then can't you discuss it with me before doing anything?"
"I thought it was just a trivial matter...Master, you work so hard outside on weekdays, and I don't want to burden you any more."
"But you have already put a burden on me now! You are the first madam who has been personally reprimanded by the emperor in these years! And you did this just to destroy the flowers sent by the daughter of the Han family!" Master Wu thought of it. After I finished my work in the previous court, I had to clean up the mess for my wife when I got home, and I was upset for a while.
However, things have already happened, and it is useless to blindly reprimand my old wife.
Master Wu took a deep breath, managed to calm down the anger in his heart, and repeatedly emphasized to his old wife: "In the future, don't do unnecessary things! There is no point in torturing Queen Ding's daughter! What our family needs It's not about attacking Queen Ding's family without thinking, but finding the right opportunity to hit it! The one who laughs last is the one who laughs the best!"
Mrs. Wu didn't dare to refute her husband at this time: "I understand."
Master Wu gave her a helpless look: "I hope you really understand. By the way, this time, why would you think of taking action against the medicinal herbs sent by Han's daughter?"
Mr. Wu also knows a little about his wife.Mrs. Wu has never met Han Mengqin, if no one mentioned Han Mengqin in front of her, she probably would not have thought of him at all. I don't know who is instigating her family to deal with the Han daughter.
"The Marquis of Yongning sent me a letter, saying that there is a chance to give Ding's daughter a good look."
"The Marquis of Yongning?" Master Wu tapped on the table with his fingers.
It seemed that he was about to bring up the issue of restraining his wife with his cousin.For Concubine Wu's posthumous position, the whole family has worked so hard for so long, he doesn't want the matter to be defeated in the hands of a few housewives in the end!
Master Wu really doesn't understand, he and Marquis Yongning are considered shrewd, how come the wives they marry are more stupid than the other.
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Mrs. Yongning Hou and Xu Jiaxin still don't know what happened in the capital.
At this time, Xu Jiaxin was learning housekeeping from Mrs. Yongninghou.
Now that Xu Jiaxin has reached the age where she can discuss marriage, her family intends to match her with Governor Jiang's second son, or Governor Li's eldest son, or else, the newly appointed Hu Zhifu's eldest son can also be considered.
There are really not many local families that can match Yongning Houfu.The Xu family thought that if these three families failed, they would find a way to marry Xu Jiaxin to the capital, where there were more families for them to choose from.
If Xu Jiaxin was allowed to choose by herself, she would naturally be willing to marry in the capital.After all, the prosperity of the capital is not comparable to this place.Besides, she doesn't like the sons of the Jiang family, the Li family and the Hu family either.
But now, what she cares most about is not her own marriage, but when Han Mengqin will be unlucky - she has been looking forward to this moment since the caravan left.
Before Han Mengqin, Xu Jiaxin went smoothly and was always praised by others wherever she went.Seeing who doesn't like it, that person has to obediently let her vent his anger.
Later, Han Mengqin appeared.
As the daughter of the new empress, Han Mengqin stole almost all the limelight.Xu Jiaxin was so angry that she said goodbye to Han Mengqin, but she was the one who lost face every time.
It can be said that seeing Han Mengqin's bad luck has become an obsession of Xu Jiaxin.Even if Han Mengqin was unlucky and she couldn't benefit from it, she would be happy with it.
Old Mrs. Han and Mrs. Han also felt the same way.They are also the ones who have suffered countless losses under Han Mengqin's hands, wishing that Han Mengqin would soon be unlucky.
Mrs. Han and Mrs. Han didn't know that Han Mengqin's herbs were sent to honor Emperor Chongde. They only thought that Han Mengqin was going to the capital to do business, and they wished that Han Mengqin would lose all his money. Anyway, Han Mengqin No matter how much money you earn, you won't spend it on the Han family!
Han Mengqin was quite speechless after knowing what Mrs. Han and Mrs. Han were thinking.If these people had to see her being unlucky to be happy, then these people might never be happy.
While some people were looking forward to it, someone from the palace came again!
Last time, they came for the imperial examination, but this time, they went straight to Han's house.
"The emperor liked the medicinal herbs sent by the young lady. He specially rewarded the young lady with a few sets of facial masks and a hundred taels of gold, and ordered the servants to bring them to her."
"Thank you father-in-law."
After Han Mengqin received the reward, he wanted to keep the eunuchs for a cup of tea, but the eunuchs said: "Miss' kindness is appreciated, but we still have to go to the Yongning Houfu, the emperor has an order to take it with you." To the Marquis of Yongning."
"Yongning Hou Mansion?" Han Mengqin was a little dazed, she still didn't know what happened in the capital.
"Yes, Mrs. Yongning Hou didn't know that the young lady was going to present those herbs to the emperor. She thought that the young lady was going to sell them in the capital. She joined forces with the Wu family to destroy those herbs so that the young lady would have nothing to lose. return."
"After the emperor found out about this, he hated Mrs. Wu and Mrs. Yongninghou very much, so he specially ordered the slaves to go to Yongninghou's mansion to give lectures."
After Han Mengqin knew about this, she couldn't laugh or cry.
She knew that Yongninghou's mansion looked down on her, but she never expected that the people in that mansion would even count on a few pots of medicinal herbs, and they were so narrow-minded that people really didn't know what to say. .
It's the Wu family...she remembers, she never offended that family, right?She probably didn't know that one either.
"Yongning Hou Mansion doesn't like me, so what's the situation in Wu Mansion? I don't seem to know them?"
"Miss, that's Concubine Wu's natal family, and also the fourth prince's natal family."
Han Mengqin had heard that Concubine Wu Gui had been fighting against Empress Ding.After hearing this, she immediately understood why the Wu family would join hands with the Yongning Houfu to deal with her.
It's just that I don't know if these people have a hole in their brains, and they only think of such bad ideas when dealing with people.Even if they really succeeded, at worst, she would just send a few more pots over there at that time, and it's not a big deal.
Now, she has no shortage of money to spend.Maybe it's because of her own fortune. Now, the businesses of the shops under her control are booming and they have made a lot of money for her.
After the eunuchs from the palace came, Mrs. Han and Mrs. Han, who were about to watch Han Mengqin's jokes, immediately withered.
After working for a long time, those medicinal herbs were not sent to the capital for sale, but to the emperor!This girl Han Mengqin is really good at flattering people!
However, they had to admit that if they had the chance to curry favor with the Emperor, they would certainly do so.It's a pity that now the emperor doesn't even know which green onions they are...
"Sister, you are so valued by the emperor now, you can't forget your family members. If you have the opportunity, you should speak good words for your father in front of the emperor. When your father is well, our family will be well. You say Is this the reason?"
Mrs. Han knows how to climb up the pole best.
Sometimes Han Mengqin had to admire her thick skin.
"The emperor hates people who are corrupt and accepting bribes the most. Fortunately, the amount of corruption my father did not have was large, so he was just demoted from his official position. Not long after that, my wife asked me to speak well for my father... Does my wife think that the emperor is a fool? ?”
"Okay, my wife doesn't understand the big things outside, so don't meddle anymore, lest I be like Mrs. Chu and Mrs. Yongning Hou, but shame the family and let the emperor send someone to reprimand."
When Han Mengqin just returned to Han's house, she was still pretending.Now in front of Mrs. Han and Mrs. Han, she is less and less concealing her nature.
She would not deliberately abuse these two people, but if they were ignorant of current affairs, she would not save any face for them.
After Mrs. Han and Mrs. Han left, Han Mengqin raised her head and asked Han Mengqin, "Did elder sister never regard us as your family?"
Ever since she was rescued by Han Mengqin, her emotions towards Han Mengqin have been very complicated.Sometimes, she doesn't know what attitude she should use to face Han Mengqin.
Han Mengqin glanced at Han Mengling, and asked without answering, "Then do you consider me a family member? If you don't regard me as a family member, how can you ask me to treat you as a family member?"
Han Mengling didn't speak for a long time after hearing the words.
Of course she knew how much her grandmother and mother hated Han Mengqin, and she didn't like Han Mengqin at all before... So, maybe they will never be able to get along like ordinary sisters, right?
Han Mengling saw that Han Mengyin had found something good and happily went to offer treasures to Han Mengqin, she was a little envious.
Recently, this family has become less and less like a family... Father ran out whenever he had the opportunity, the elder sister kept everyone in the family under control and forbade them to go out casually, when Han Mengling followed Mrs. Han and Mrs. Han , they no longer cared about her, but kept cursing Han Mengqin...
It's not that Han Mengqin doesn't know about this, but she doesn't care at all. She just lives her life well, does business to make money, and communicates with Chu Chen.
Han Mengling suddenly felt that all this was really boring.
At the same time, a storm is brewing in Yongninghou's mansion.
Miss Xu San and Mrs. Yongning Hou waited and waited, but before the news of Han Mengqin's misfortune came, a eunuch came to their door instead.
When she saw the eunuch, Mrs. Yongninghou already had a bad feeling in her heart.
She forced a smile and asked the eunuch, "I don't know if this is..."
The eunuch said with a cold expression: "The emperor has something to ask the miscellaneous family to bring to Lord Hou. I don't know where Lord Hou is now? Please come out."
"Master, he just went out to meet friends. I have already sent someone to look for him. I think he will come back soon." Mrs. Yongning Hou winked at the maid next to her, and the maid immediately stepped forward and took a piece of gold. Ye Zi shoved it into the eunuch's hand: "I wonder if it is convenient for the father-in-law to disclose what is going on? The Marquis is not here, and my wife is a woman, so it is inevitable that I feel uneasy."
The eunuch accepted the golden leaf from Mrs. Yongning Hou, but his mouth was still as tight as a clamshell: "You will know when the Hou Ye comes back. The emperor said this to the Hou Ye. If the Hou Ye is not here, the slave can't do it either." Make up your own mind and tell your wife first."
After getting the news, Marquis Yongning hurriedly bid farewell to his friends and returned to the Marquis Mansion.
After seeing him, the eunuch's expression became serious: "Master Hou, may I ask you, do you know that Mrs. Zun and the lady in the house are so bold that they intend to send someone to smash the medicinal herbs that Miss Han brought in for the emperor?"
The eunuch and his party came too fast, and the letter Mr. Wu sent to Yongninghou hadn't arrived yet, so Yongninghou naturally didn't know that his wife and daughter had done such a good thing again!
Yongninghou looked at Mrs. Yongninghou and Xu Jiaxin with scary eyes, and Xu Jiaxin couldn't help trembling.
No matter how naive she is, now she also understands that the eunuchs from the palace came to ask the teacher for their crimes.
Why, why is Han Mengqin so lucky?Every time someone plots against her, can she escape?what is this!
Without waiting for Marquis Yongning to answer, the eunuch said: "The emperor is very dissatisfied with the dirty tricks repeatedly used by the female family members of Marquis Yongning's mansion. This time, the emperor specially sent miscellaneous family members to reprimand Madam Yongning Marquis. In addition, the emperor Let the miscellaneous family come to ask Yongninghou if he can't control his wife and daughter? If Yongninghou really can't control his wife and daughter, it's better to stay at home like Chu Tongzhi, and don't have a banquet today, and a banquet tomorrow! "
When Marquis Yongning heard this, cold sweat flowed down his forehead.
He didn't know whether the matter of his relationship with the fourth prince for the Wu family had already been noticed by the emperor, and whether the emperor wanted to take this opportunity to warn him.
No matter what, if Mrs. Yongninghou and Xu Jiaxin hadn't made their own decisions, he wouldn't be so passive!
After the eunuch in the palace left, not long after, the officials and officials in the city knew the news that the female family members of the Yongning Hou Mansion had been reprimanded by the emperor again.
Governor Jiang said to his wife: "Next time, if Mrs. Marquis Yongning brings up the matter of getting her daughter engaged to our son again, you just push it away!"
The Marquis of Yongning had no real power in the first place, and now that it has lost its Sacred Heart, Governor Jiang will naturally not let his family mix with the people of Marquis of Yongning.
Mrs. Jiang said: "Okay. Don't say that something like this happened in the Yongning Hou Mansion. Even if there is no such thing, according to Miss Xu San's temperament, she is not suitable to be our daughter-in-law. Our Hao'er will be separated in the future. Yes, what he needs is a capable and sensible wife, not a little girl like Miss Xu San who needs to be accommodated and taken care of everywhere."
"I've declined Mrs. Yongning Hou many times, but she doesn't seem to understand..." Mrs. Jiang also felt a headache when she said this: "If she mentions this again next time, I will definitely not talk about it again." Save face for her."
Governor Jiang glanced at his wife: "From Madam's words, it seems that you already have a daughter-in-law who you value. Whose daughter-in-law is it?"
Governor Jiang respected her as a wife quite a lot, and the two of them naturally discussed about their children's marriage.If Mrs. Jiang has a good candidate, then Governor Jiang will naturally consider it seriously.
Mrs. Jiang said: "Master, how is Miss Han?"
"Although her father's official position is a bit low, but after all, her mother is the empress, and she herself has been rewarded by the emperor several times, which shows that she has won the sacred heart. In the future, if our Hao'er wants to pursue an official career, it will be beneficial to have such a wife to help harmless."
"Besides, the young lady of the Han family is not bad herself. She has a strong temper and will not be easily bullied by outsiders; she is sensible and will not initiate disputes with others; She has experience and is a girl who knows how to live. If our Hao'er can hire her as his wife, even if we don't go into official career in the future, our life will not be bad."
"From what you said, she is a suitable candidate..." Governor Jiang had never considered Han Mengqin before.Now, after hearing Mrs. Jiang's analysis, I think Han Mengqin is not bad.
but--
"Ma'am, have you forgotten that if you want to marry the young lady of the Han family, you must first obtain the consent of the empress?"
"Of course I haven't forgotten this. If the master really decides to marry Miss Han for our Hao'er, our Jiang family will naturally show sincerity."
That being said, Governor Jiang always felt that he forgot something.After thinking about it for a long time, he didn't think about it, so he temporarily left it aside.
Forgotten at the border, Chu Chen, who was training hard, suddenly sneezed.
He rubbed his nose: "Could it be that Qinqin is missing me again?"
Chu Chen didn't know that his worries before saying goodbye to Han Mengqin were quite reasonable. His future daughter-in-law was already being missed by others!
Closer to home, besides the Jiang family, several other families also said similar things.
Even if some family backgrounds were not as good as that of the Yongning Hou Mansion, after this incident happened in the Yongning Hou Mansion, the female family members of the Yongning Hou Mansion also felt a little bit shunned.
Being trained twice by the emperor, I really don't know how bad the female family members of Yongning Hou Mansion are!This is true of the Chu Xu family who grew up in Yongninghou, and Miss Xu San, and even the wife of Yongninghou who married into Yongninghou's mansion from outside!
You know, Mrs. Yongninghou was known as a shrewd person before she came out of the cabinet. How did she become stupid when she entered Yongninghou's mansion?It can be seen that the feng shui of Yongninghou Mansion is not very good.
After hearing this, Marquis Yongning was so angry that he directly sent Madam Yongning Marquis and Xu Jiaxin to the family temple, and it was useless for anyone to intercede!
The birthday of the old lady of the Yongning Hou Mansion is coming soon. Originally, the Yongning Hou Mansion was going to make a big deal, but when something like this happened, the old lady was ashamed to do it anymore—many wives and wives who had already promised to be there on that day Qi Qi repented, saying that he couldn't come because of a temporary errand, how could the old lady not know why?
In order not to have too many vacancies for her birthday banquet, which would cause her family to lose face, the old lady of Yongning Hou declared that she was in a bad condition and canceled the birthday banquet. There were rumors outside that she was mad at her daughter-in-law and granddaughter, and she became more and more ill. It is true that the female family members of the Yongning Hou Mansion are not filial, not fraternal, and lack of education.
The old lady of Yongninghou was just looking for a reason to cancel the birthday banquet. After hearing these words, she was really going to be mad...
Han Fu
The servants all knew that their eldest daughter was at odds with the Yongning Hou Mansion, and after the unlucky Yongning Hou Mansion, they all came to report these things to Han Mengqin.
To everyone's surprise, Han Mengqin didn't react too much after learning about these things, she just said "Got it" lightly, and didn't ask people for details enthusiastically.This made those servants who had done their homework and prepared to perform well in front of Han Mengqin puzzled.
Han Mengyin got along better with Han Mengqin these days, and she was more courageous in front of Han Mengqin, so she asked about it jokingly: "The people in Yongninghoufu are unlucky, big sister doesn't seem to be very happy? They always fight against Big Sister, and now they are reaping the consequences, Big Sister should feel very happy."
"Why should I be happy? What do those people have to do with me?" Han Mengqin said this in a rather indifferent tone.
"Although they have been fighting against me, they can't hinder me. At most, they will buzz around my ears like flies. I don't intend to put extra energy on them."
With this energy, she might as well think about how to further expand the business scale of her shop, or make more needlework for Chu Chen to send.
Irrelevant people can never affect Han Mengqin's emotions.
Only last time, when Wang Shixing, Chu Tongzhi and Chu Xu's teamed up to frame Chu Chen and got retribution, Han Mengqin was extremely happy.
Just like Chu Chen can't tolerate anyone bullying Han Mengqin, but he doesn't care about someone provoking him, Han Mengqin probably has the same feelings for Chu Chen.
Han Mengqin never had any feelings about the fact that someone wanted to plot her against her. Anyway, that person would never be good in her hands, but she could not tolerate any plotting against Chu Chen, even if it was intentional plotting. no.
After listening to Han Mengqin's words, Han Mengyin thought deeply: "Although I don't quite understand what you said, big sister, but I think there is nothing wrong with what big sister said."
Because, Han Mengqin is the most powerful woman she has ever seen.
Better than Mrs. Han, better than Mrs. Han, better than Mrs. Chu, even Mrs. Yongning Hou can't count on her.
Han Mengqin looked at Han Mengyin's starry eyes, and couldn't help stretching out his hand to touch her head: "Yin'er, our energy is limited, instead of wasting energy on those people who make us hate, we should focus on it." On the person we like. In this way, we will not miss the beauty around us.”
"Then, if my second sister wants to bully me, shouldn't I focus on her? Then I let her bully me for nothing!" Han Mengyin wrinkled her nose and said.
"If this is the case, you need to always guard against your second sister's mischief, lest you suffer yourself. But you shouldn't let her easily affect your emotions. You know that she is against you, and she will harm you. Then, she It's reasonable to do something that makes you angry, isn't it? You have to learn to let go of her influence on you."
After listening to Han Mengqin's words, Han Mengyin nodded obediently: "I understand, big sister. We need to focus more on happy things and think less about bad things, so that we can live a happier life. In the future , I will think more about you and my mother, and less about my wife and second sister."
Han Mengqin smiled and nodded at her.
Han Mengling, who was hiding in the shadows and eavesdropping on the sisters' conversation, looked gloomy.She also wanted to get closer, but she knew that Han Mengqin actually hated her, not to mention that her mother never gave up finding fault with Han Mengqin.
After sending Han Mengyin away, Han Mengqin noticed Han Mengling who was hiding aside, but did not make a sound.
She is not a saint after all, and she will never forget what Mrs. Han, mother and son have done to her.
She would not take the initiative to approach Han Mengling, but if Han Mengling wanted to approach her without any malice, she would not refuse, that's all.
It's getting colder recently, and the border gate is getting colder faster than theirs. Han Mengqin can't help but worry about whether Chu Chen, who just went to the border gate, can adapt to such a climate.
Forget it, if you have free time, let's make him some more cotton-padded clothes, Han Mengqin thought.
Chu Chen seemed to be very reliable, but Han Mengqin knew that he was careless most of the time and didn't know how to take care of himself, so she had to remind him from time to time.
Just sitting at the table and getting ready to start sewing, Han Mengqin suddenly heard Mo Lan's surprised voice: "Miss, Master Chu sent you another letter!"
Han Mengqin hurriedly said, "Hurry up and show me!"
The days of parting are difficult, but with these letters, the two have a lot of comfort.
When Mo Lan brought the letter over, she was still a little puzzled: "Why is this envelope wet... Well, there is a small box behind it?"
Han Mengqin took out the letter, devoured it word by word, and reluctantly put it down after reading the letter, and then opened the box that Chu Chen sent. .
Mo Lan moved her head curiously, wanting to see what gift Chu Chen brought to Han Mengqin, but saw that the box was empty, with only a puddle of water inside.
Under Mo Lan's surprised eyes, Han Mengqin supported her forehead and said helplessly, "Brother Chen said, it's snowing over there. He wanted me to see the snow over there, so he took it." Send me some snow..."
"Stupid, no matter how serious he is, how far is his place from our place? The snow melts before it reaches our place."
Hearing this, Mo Lan couldn't help covering her mouth and snickering: "Master Chu's gift is really... unique."
"Although the snow has melted, the snow water is still there. Miss can't appreciate the snow, but it's the same to appreciate the snow water." Mo Zhu said narrowly.
The place where they live is relatively warm, and the winter is not particularly cold, so there will be no snow for a while.Probably because of this, Chu Chen thought of sending a box of snow back to Han Mengqin to see.
Although Han Mengqin was very moved by his intention, Han Mengqin was still quite speechless about his gift.
"Miss, what should I do with this box?" Mo Lan asked.
"Put it away carefully, together with the letter he sent back. When he comes back, I will let him take a good look at the empty box he gave me." Han Mengqin bit her lower lip and said.
"Then, when Miss is replying to the letter this time, what gift is she going to give Young Master Chu?"
The cotton-padded clothes were not ready yet, Han Mengqin thought about it, and personally cooked some snacks for Chu Chen, packed them in a small food box, and planned to send them to him.
Before Chu Chen left, Han Mengqin never sewed and seldom cooked.
But after he left, Han Mengqin forced himself to learn all of these within a very short period of time.
Because, she was always worried that Chu Chen wanted to have a tooth-making festival when he was at the border, but he couldn't eat snacks from his hometown; it was cold, and he didn't have enough cotton-padded clothes to keep him warm.
It is true that Han Mengqin does not need to make these things, and you can buy ready-made ones outside.But for some reason, Han Mengqin just wanted Chu Chen to use the needlework she made herself and eat the snacks she made herself.
This may be the only thing she can do for him who is thousands of miles away.
As long as she thinks that this is done for him, the corners of her mouth will involuntarily rise a little when she is doing it.
As more and more letters were exchanged between the two, before they knew it, two years had passed.
in these two years
The owner of this caravan was also an experienced man, and when he found something was wrong on the way, he immediately asked his relatives in the imperial business in the capital for help.The relatives of the emperor merchant immediately sent people out of the city to meet the owner of the caravan.
When Han Mengqin's caravan arrived near the capital, because the people under the emperor's business were quite familiar with the owner of the caravan, the two teams joined together first.
"Is the person staring at you still there? Has he ever made a move?" The imperial merchant said to his nephew in puzzlement, "I remember that you didn't have anything particularly valuable during this trip. Why did you just follow you?"
"Who knows!" The owner of the caravan also felt quite unlucky: "I don't think they are here for money! If they are greedy for money, the most convenient place to rob is not Here, it is a small town that we passed by when we first set off."
The emperor comforted his nephew: "Anyway, let's wait and see what happens. Sooner or later we will know what their purpose is. Anyway, with me here, there will never be any problems with your goods."
The owner of the caravan looked at the emperor gratefully: "Thank you uncle."
Huang Shang boldly hammered his cousin's shoulder: "What are we talking about, uncle and nephew?"
Those who had been sent by the Xu family to monitor the caravan were stunned when they saw the size of the caravan triple in size.
In particular, many of these people who joined later seemed to be thugs, full of energy, and did not seem to be easy to deal with.
Many of them even began to hesitate, whether to follow their master's order or not.
Soon, these people met people sent by the Wu family, and saw the servants of the Wu family gesturing to them.Perhaps because she didn't take such a small matter seriously, Mrs. Wu only sent more than ten famous servants to deal with it.
The current situation is that the number of thugs on the Wu family's side is only a quarter of that on the other side.If they dare to attack each other, they will definitely suffer.
After Wu Jiajia Ding confirmed the situation, you looked at me and I looked at you: "What should we do?"
If they can't complete the task Madam Wu gave, they will definitely be punished when they go back, but it doesn't seem like a wise move to rush up like this. The Xu family doesn't send many people, and they can't become a fighting force at all...
The leader of the Dingzhong of the Wu family finally gritted his teeth and said, "Madam only told me to destroy the goods, not loot the entire caravan. For us, the difficulty has undoubtedly been reduced a lot."
"For a while, let's hide in the crowd, take advantage of their unpreparedness, overturn those carriages and run away immediately. They probably won't be able to catch us! If we are accidentally caught, don't worry too much. With Madam here, They can always fish us out!"
After everyone agreed, they quietly lurked.I don't know if it was at the gate of the city, but the caravan relaxed its vigilance, revealing a big flaw.
It's now!
The members of the Wu family dressed as vagabonds immediately rushed up and prepared to attack the carriages in unison.
Huang Shang saw that the fish had taken the bait, and raised the corners of his mouth: "Come on, take them down for me!"
The thugs around this imperial businessman followed him all the year round, had seen a lot of great things in the world, and dealt with countless fierce bandits. Naturally, they didn't pay attention to a few members of the Wu family. Soon, the Wu family members were killed. Catch them all and tie them into rice dumplings.
"Uncle, don't let them run away. Those people are with these people. Those people have been watching us along the way!"
The caravan owner pointed at the two or three people sent by the Xu family and said loudly.
The three members of the Xu family ran even faster after hearing this.
Huang Shang looked at the direction they were leaving and narrowed his eyes: "Don't worry, they won't be able to escape."
It was impossible for the person in charge of guarding the city not to notice such a big commotion, and soon someone came to ask about the situation.
After learning that the starting point of the caravan owner was where Han Mengqin was, the city guard immediately asked in surprise, "Is it a batch of medicinal herbs that you are responsible for transporting?"
The owner of the caravan was stunned for a moment, and asked cautiously, "How does the official know?"
The officer and soldier pointed upwards: "The superior told us to pay attention to it a long time ago, do you think we don't know?"
Caravan owner: "..."
Didn't he just transport some medicinal herbs to the capital?How did you get the attention of the people above?
etc!He remembered that the person who entrusted him to help deliver the herbs... seemed to be the eldest daughter of the Han family, the daughter of Empress Ding before she entered the palace?
Was he accidentally involved in some strange struggle?
……
The servants sent by the Wu family were quickly captured by these officers and soldiers.
Originally, although Wu Jiajia Ding said that he intended to rob, but after all, he hadn't succeeded, so he couldn't be guilty of that.But who let these people want to rob things, so coincidentally, it is exactly what the superiors ordered the officers and soldiers at the gate of the city to pay attention to?
These officers and soldiers couldn't tell what the superior's attitude was towards this, so they temporarily detained the Wu family and interrogated them by the way.
The servants of the Wu family were obviously not that stubborn. Not long after they were imprisoned and interrogated, they recruited their master, Mrs. Wu.
The officers and soldiers did not expect that Wu Guifei's biological mother would be involved in just a few pots of herbs!Not daring to waste time, they hurriedly escorted the medicinal herbs to the palace.These herbs were finally received by the people sent by Lu Gonggong.
After seeing those herbs, Emperor Chongde was in a good mood: "Since the little girl really sent me the herbs she planted, and I don't want to renege on my promise and get fat, I will reward the little girl with a few sets of face and a hundred dollars of gold." Two."
"Yes." Hearing this, Xiao Luzi was also happy for Han Mengqin.
No matter how much Emperor Chongde rewards or how little, it is a kind of dignity to Han Mengqin.
Han Mengqin already has the money now, if she has the power, then she can be much more relaxed in the business field.
"By the way, I heard that these things were almost robbed on the way?"
"Yes, when the servant was receiving these medicinal herbs, he also heard a word from the caravan owner. I heard that it was the Yongning Hou Mansion and the Wu family who did it. They thought Miss Han wanted to do business, so they thought Smash all the medicinal herbs Miss Han sent to the capital, so as to teach a lesson."
"The Wu family has been very restless recently." Emperor Chongde stroked his jade ring finger, his tone was rather dangerous.
"Go, tell me to tell Madam Wu to take care of the inner house. Don't stretch your hands too far. As for the residence of the Marquis of Yongning... As I remember, their family seems to have always been very close to the Wu family?"
"I don't know." Xiao Luzi said, "However, the Chu Xu family, whose imperial order was taken away by you not long ago, is from the Yongning Hou Mansion."
"Since that's the case, then let Yongning Hou Haosheng control his female family members. Don't count this or that when you have nothing to do all day long!"
……
Mr. Wu has been very busy recently.An old man resigned from office, and his position was replaced by his subordinates. In this way, the original positions of his subordinates were vacated.
In order to arrange this position for the members of his lineage, Mr. Wu is trying his best to fight against his old enemy.
After returning home, I thought I could relax a bit, but unexpectedly saw the eunuch come to my home!
Master Wu is still wondering if something happened to Concubine Wu or the fourth prince in the palace, and he is secretly nervous.Unexpectedly, this eunuch came to reprimand his old wife... Only now did Mr. Wu know what good deeds his old wife had done!
After sending the eunuch away with a forced smile, Mr. Wu immediately lowered his face, and scolded his old wife: "Look at what you have done, you have really disgraced our family! Are you afraid The position of the empress in the palace is too secure, so I'm in a hurry to discredit her first, isn't it?"
"Even if you succeed in this kind of thing, our family will not get any benefits. Why do you do such things that harm others and benefit yourself!"
Master Wu really didn't know what was going on in his old wife's mind.Why do you usually look pretty obedient, and give him some moths if you don't watch him!
Mrs. Wu knew that she was wrong, so she didn't dare to refute, so she could only grumble and say: "How much did Mrs. Ding make trouble for our daughter in the harem? I also want to vent her anger."
Master Wu's forehead was full of blue veins: "Then can't you discuss it with me before doing anything?"
"I thought it was just a trivial matter...Master, you work so hard outside on weekdays, and I don't want to burden you any more."
"But you have already put a burden on me now! You are the first madam who has been personally reprimanded by the emperor in these years! And you did this just to destroy the flowers sent by the daughter of the Han family!" Master Wu thought of it. After I finished my work in the previous court, I had to clean up the mess for my wife when I got home, and I was upset for a while.
However, things have already happened, and it is useless to blindly reprimand my old wife.
Master Wu took a deep breath, managed to calm down the anger in his heart, and repeatedly emphasized to his old wife: "In the future, don't do unnecessary things! There is no point in torturing Queen Ding's daughter! What our family needs It's not about attacking Queen Ding's family without thinking, but finding the right opportunity to hit it! The one who laughs last is the one who laughs the best!"
Mrs. Wu didn't dare to refute her husband at this time: "I understand."
Master Wu gave her a helpless look: "I hope you really understand. By the way, this time, why would you think of taking action against the medicinal herbs sent by Han's daughter?"
Mr. Wu also knows a little about his wife.Mrs. Wu has never met Han Mengqin, if no one mentioned Han Mengqin in front of her, she probably would not have thought of him at all. I don't know who is instigating her family to deal with the Han daughter.
"The Marquis of Yongning sent me a letter, saying that there is a chance to give Ding's daughter a good look."
"The Marquis of Yongning?" Master Wu tapped on the table with his fingers.
It seemed that he was about to bring up the issue of restraining his wife with his cousin.For Concubine Wu's posthumous position, the whole family has worked so hard for so long, he doesn't want the matter to be defeated in the hands of a few housewives in the end!
Master Wu really doesn't understand, he and Marquis Yongning are considered shrewd, how come the wives they marry are more stupid than the other.
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Mrs. Yongning Hou and Xu Jiaxin still don't know what happened in the capital.
At this time, Xu Jiaxin was learning housekeeping from Mrs. Yongninghou.
Now that Xu Jiaxin has reached the age where she can discuss marriage, her family intends to match her with Governor Jiang's second son, or Governor Li's eldest son, or else, the newly appointed Hu Zhifu's eldest son can also be considered.
There are really not many local families that can match Yongning Houfu.The Xu family thought that if these three families failed, they would find a way to marry Xu Jiaxin to the capital, where there were more families for them to choose from.
If Xu Jiaxin was allowed to choose by herself, she would naturally be willing to marry in the capital.After all, the prosperity of the capital is not comparable to this place.Besides, she doesn't like the sons of the Jiang family, the Li family and the Hu family either.
But now, what she cares most about is not her own marriage, but when Han Mengqin will be unlucky - she has been looking forward to this moment since the caravan left.
Before Han Mengqin, Xu Jiaxin went smoothly and was always praised by others wherever she went.Seeing who doesn't like it, that person has to obediently let her vent his anger.
Later, Han Mengqin appeared.
As the daughter of the new empress, Han Mengqin stole almost all the limelight.Xu Jiaxin was so angry that she said goodbye to Han Mengqin, but she was the one who lost face every time.
It can be said that seeing Han Mengqin's bad luck has become an obsession of Xu Jiaxin.Even if Han Mengqin was unlucky and she couldn't benefit from it, she would be happy with it.
Old Mrs. Han and Mrs. Han also felt the same way.They are also the ones who have suffered countless losses under Han Mengqin's hands, wishing that Han Mengqin would soon be unlucky.
Mrs. Han and Mrs. Han didn't know that Han Mengqin's herbs were sent to honor Emperor Chongde. They only thought that Han Mengqin was going to the capital to do business, and they wished that Han Mengqin would lose all his money. Anyway, Han Mengqin No matter how much money you earn, you won't spend it on the Han family!
Han Mengqin was quite speechless after knowing what Mrs. Han and Mrs. Han were thinking.If these people had to see her being unlucky to be happy, then these people might never be happy.
While some people were looking forward to it, someone from the palace came again!
Last time, they came for the imperial examination, but this time, they went straight to Han's house.
"The emperor liked the medicinal herbs sent by the young lady. He specially rewarded the young lady with a few sets of facial masks and a hundred taels of gold, and ordered the servants to bring them to her."
"Thank you father-in-law."
After Han Mengqin received the reward, he wanted to keep the eunuchs for a cup of tea, but the eunuchs said: "Miss' kindness is appreciated, but we still have to go to the Yongning Houfu, the emperor has an order to take it with you." To the Marquis of Yongning."
"Yongning Hou Mansion?" Han Mengqin was a little dazed, she still didn't know what happened in the capital.
"Yes, Mrs. Yongning Hou didn't know that the young lady was going to present those herbs to the emperor. She thought that the young lady was going to sell them in the capital. She joined forces with the Wu family to destroy those herbs so that the young lady would have nothing to lose. return."
"After the emperor found out about this, he hated Mrs. Wu and Mrs. Yongninghou very much, so he specially ordered the slaves to go to Yongninghou's mansion to give lectures."
After Han Mengqin knew about this, she couldn't laugh or cry.
She knew that Yongninghou's mansion looked down on her, but she never expected that the people in that mansion would even count on a few pots of medicinal herbs, and they were so narrow-minded that people really didn't know what to say. .
It's the Wu family...she remembers, she never offended that family, right?She probably didn't know that one either.
"Yongning Hou Mansion doesn't like me, so what's the situation in Wu Mansion? I don't seem to know them?"
"Miss, that's Concubine Wu's natal family, and also the fourth prince's natal family."
Han Mengqin had heard that Concubine Wu Gui had been fighting against Empress Ding.After hearing this, she immediately understood why the Wu family would join hands with the Yongning Houfu to deal with her.
It's just that I don't know if these people have a hole in their brains, and they only think of such bad ideas when dealing with people.Even if they really succeeded, at worst, she would just send a few more pots over there at that time, and it's not a big deal.
Now, she has no shortage of money to spend.Maybe it's because of her own fortune. Now, the businesses of the shops under her control are booming and they have made a lot of money for her.
After the eunuchs from the palace came, Mrs. Han and Mrs. Han, who were about to watch Han Mengqin's jokes, immediately withered.
After working for a long time, those medicinal herbs were not sent to the capital for sale, but to the emperor!This girl Han Mengqin is really good at flattering people!
However, they had to admit that if they had the chance to curry favor with the Emperor, they would certainly do so.It's a pity that now the emperor doesn't even know which green onions they are...
"Sister, you are so valued by the emperor now, you can't forget your family members. If you have the opportunity, you should speak good words for your father in front of the emperor. When your father is well, our family will be well. You say Is this the reason?"
Mrs. Han knows how to climb up the pole best.
Sometimes Han Mengqin had to admire her thick skin.
"The emperor hates people who are corrupt and accepting bribes the most. Fortunately, the amount of corruption my father did not have was large, so he was just demoted from his official position. Not long after that, my wife asked me to speak well for my father... Does my wife think that the emperor is a fool? ?”
"Okay, my wife doesn't understand the big things outside, so don't meddle anymore, lest I be like Mrs. Chu and Mrs. Yongning Hou, but shame the family and let the emperor send someone to reprimand."
When Han Mengqin just returned to Han's house, she was still pretending.Now in front of Mrs. Han and Mrs. Han, she is less and less concealing her nature.
She would not deliberately abuse these two people, but if they were ignorant of current affairs, she would not save any face for them.
After Mrs. Han and Mrs. Han left, Han Mengqin raised her head and asked Han Mengqin, "Did elder sister never regard us as your family?"
Ever since she was rescued by Han Mengqin, her emotions towards Han Mengqin have been very complicated.Sometimes, she doesn't know what attitude she should use to face Han Mengqin.
Han Mengqin glanced at Han Mengling, and asked without answering, "Then do you consider me a family member? If you don't regard me as a family member, how can you ask me to treat you as a family member?"
Han Mengling didn't speak for a long time after hearing the words.
Of course she knew how much her grandmother and mother hated Han Mengqin, and she didn't like Han Mengqin at all before... So, maybe they will never be able to get along like ordinary sisters, right?
Han Mengling saw that Han Mengyin had found something good and happily went to offer treasures to Han Mengqin, she was a little envious.
Recently, this family has become less and less like a family... Father ran out whenever he had the opportunity, the elder sister kept everyone in the family under control and forbade them to go out casually, when Han Mengling followed Mrs. Han and Mrs. Han , they no longer cared about her, but kept cursing Han Mengqin...
It's not that Han Mengqin doesn't know about this, but she doesn't care at all. She just lives her life well, does business to make money, and communicates with Chu Chen.
Han Mengling suddenly felt that all this was really boring.
At the same time, a storm is brewing in Yongninghou's mansion.
Miss Xu San and Mrs. Yongning Hou waited and waited, but before the news of Han Mengqin's misfortune came, a eunuch came to their door instead.
When she saw the eunuch, Mrs. Yongninghou already had a bad feeling in her heart.
She forced a smile and asked the eunuch, "I don't know if this is..."
The eunuch said with a cold expression: "The emperor has something to ask the miscellaneous family to bring to Lord Hou. I don't know where Lord Hou is now? Please come out."
"Master, he just went out to meet friends. I have already sent someone to look for him. I think he will come back soon." Mrs. Yongning Hou winked at the maid next to her, and the maid immediately stepped forward and took a piece of gold. Ye Zi shoved it into the eunuch's hand: "I wonder if it is convenient for the father-in-law to disclose what is going on? The Marquis is not here, and my wife is a woman, so it is inevitable that I feel uneasy."
The eunuch accepted the golden leaf from Mrs. Yongning Hou, but his mouth was still as tight as a clamshell: "You will know when the Hou Ye comes back. The emperor said this to the Hou Ye. If the Hou Ye is not here, the slave can't do it either." Make up your own mind and tell your wife first."
After getting the news, Marquis Yongning hurriedly bid farewell to his friends and returned to the Marquis Mansion.
After seeing him, the eunuch's expression became serious: "Master Hou, may I ask you, do you know that Mrs. Zun and the lady in the house are so bold that they intend to send someone to smash the medicinal herbs that Miss Han brought in for the emperor?"
The eunuch and his party came too fast, and the letter Mr. Wu sent to Yongninghou hadn't arrived yet, so Yongninghou naturally didn't know that his wife and daughter had done such a good thing again!
Yongninghou looked at Mrs. Yongninghou and Xu Jiaxin with scary eyes, and Xu Jiaxin couldn't help trembling.
No matter how naive she is, now she also understands that the eunuchs from the palace came to ask the teacher for their crimes.
Why, why is Han Mengqin so lucky?Every time someone plots against her, can she escape?what is this!
Without waiting for Marquis Yongning to answer, the eunuch said: "The emperor is very dissatisfied with the dirty tricks repeatedly used by the female family members of Marquis Yongning's mansion. This time, the emperor specially sent miscellaneous family members to reprimand Madam Yongning Marquis. In addition, the emperor Let the miscellaneous family come to ask Yongninghou if he can't control his wife and daughter? If Yongninghou really can't control his wife and daughter, it's better to stay at home like Chu Tongzhi, and don't have a banquet today, and a banquet tomorrow! "
When Marquis Yongning heard this, cold sweat flowed down his forehead.
He didn't know whether the matter of his relationship with the fourth prince for the Wu family had already been noticed by the emperor, and whether the emperor wanted to take this opportunity to warn him.
No matter what, if Mrs. Yongninghou and Xu Jiaxin hadn't made their own decisions, he wouldn't be so passive!
After the eunuch in the palace left, not long after, the officials and officials in the city knew the news that the female family members of the Yongning Hou Mansion had been reprimanded by the emperor again.
Governor Jiang said to his wife: "Next time, if Mrs. Marquis Yongning brings up the matter of getting her daughter engaged to our son again, you just push it away!"
The Marquis of Yongning had no real power in the first place, and now that it has lost its Sacred Heart, Governor Jiang will naturally not let his family mix with the people of Marquis of Yongning.
Mrs. Jiang said: "Okay. Don't say that something like this happened in the Yongning Hou Mansion. Even if there is no such thing, according to Miss Xu San's temperament, she is not suitable to be our daughter-in-law. Our Hao'er will be separated in the future. Yes, what he needs is a capable and sensible wife, not a little girl like Miss Xu San who needs to be accommodated and taken care of everywhere."
"I've declined Mrs. Yongning Hou many times, but she doesn't seem to understand..." Mrs. Jiang also felt a headache when she said this: "If she mentions this again next time, I will definitely not talk about it again." Save face for her."
Governor Jiang glanced at his wife: "From Madam's words, it seems that you already have a daughter-in-law who you value. Whose daughter-in-law is it?"
Governor Jiang respected her as a wife quite a lot, and the two of them naturally discussed about their children's marriage.If Mrs. Jiang has a good candidate, then Governor Jiang will naturally consider it seriously.
Mrs. Jiang said: "Master, how is Miss Han?"
"Although her father's official position is a bit low, but after all, her mother is the empress, and she herself has been rewarded by the emperor several times, which shows that she has won the sacred heart. In the future, if our Hao'er wants to pursue an official career, it will be beneficial to have such a wife to help harmless."
"Besides, the young lady of the Han family is not bad herself. She has a strong temper and will not be easily bullied by outsiders; she is sensible and will not initiate disputes with others; She has experience and is a girl who knows how to live. If our Hao'er can hire her as his wife, even if we don't go into official career in the future, our life will not be bad."
"From what you said, she is a suitable candidate..." Governor Jiang had never considered Han Mengqin before.Now, after hearing Mrs. Jiang's analysis, I think Han Mengqin is not bad.
but--
"Ma'am, have you forgotten that if you want to marry the young lady of the Han family, you must first obtain the consent of the empress?"
"Of course I haven't forgotten this. If the master really decides to marry Miss Han for our Hao'er, our Jiang family will naturally show sincerity."
That being said, Governor Jiang always felt that he forgot something.After thinking about it for a long time, he didn't think about it, so he temporarily left it aside.
Forgotten at the border, Chu Chen, who was training hard, suddenly sneezed.
He rubbed his nose: "Could it be that Qinqin is missing me again?"
Chu Chen didn't know that his worries before saying goodbye to Han Mengqin were quite reasonable. His future daughter-in-law was already being missed by others!
Closer to home, besides the Jiang family, several other families also said similar things.
Even if some family backgrounds were not as good as that of the Yongning Hou Mansion, after this incident happened in the Yongning Hou Mansion, the female family members of the Yongning Hou Mansion also felt a little bit shunned.
Being trained twice by the emperor, I really don't know how bad the female family members of Yongning Hou Mansion are!This is true of the Chu Xu family who grew up in Yongninghou, and Miss Xu San, and even the wife of Yongninghou who married into Yongninghou's mansion from outside!
You know, Mrs. Yongninghou was known as a shrewd person before she came out of the cabinet. How did she become stupid when she entered Yongninghou's mansion?It can be seen that the feng shui of Yongninghou Mansion is not very good.
After hearing this, Marquis Yongning was so angry that he directly sent Madam Yongning Marquis and Xu Jiaxin to the family temple, and it was useless for anyone to intercede!
The birthday of the old lady of the Yongning Hou Mansion is coming soon. Originally, the Yongning Hou Mansion was going to make a big deal, but when something like this happened, the old lady was ashamed to do it anymore—many wives and wives who had already promised to be there on that day Qi Qi repented, saying that he couldn't come because of a temporary errand, how could the old lady not know why?
In order not to have too many vacancies for her birthday banquet, which would cause her family to lose face, the old lady of Yongning Hou declared that she was in a bad condition and canceled the birthday banquet. There were rumors outside that she was mad at her daughter-in-law and granddaughter, and she became more and more ill. It is true that the female family members of the Yongning Hou Mansion are not filial, not fraternal, and lack of education.
The old lady of Yongninghou was just looking for a reason to cancel the birthday banquet. After hearing these words, she was really going to be mad...
Han Fu
The servants all knew that their eldest daughter was at odds with the Yongning Hou Mansion, and after the unlucky Yongning Hou Mansion, they all came to report these things to Han Mengqin.
To everyone's surprise, Han Mengqin didn't react too much after learning about these things, she just said "Got it" lightly, and didn't ask people for details enthusiastically.This made those servants who had done their homework and prepared to perform well in front of Han Mengqin puzzled.
Han Mengyin got along better with Han Mengqin these days, and she was more courageous in front of Han Mengqin, so she asked about it jokingly: "The people in Yongninghoufu are unlucky, big sister doesn't seem to be very happy? They always fight against Big Sister, and now they are reaping the consequences, Big Sister should feel very happy."
"Why should I be happy? What do those people have to do with me?" Han Mengqin said this in a rather indifferent tone.
"Although they have been fighting against me, they can't hinder me. At most, they will buzz around my ears like flies. I don't intend to put extra energy on them."
With this energy, she might as well think about how to further expand the business scale of her shop, or make more needlework for Chu Chen to send.
Irrelevant people can never affect Han Mengqin's emotions.
Only last time, when Wang Shixing, Chu Tongzhi and Chu Xu's teamed up to frame Chu Chen and got retribution, Han Mengqin was extremely happy.
Just like Chu Chen can't tolerate anyone bullying Han Mengqin, but he doesn't care about someone provoking him, Han Mengqin probably has the same feelings for Chu Chen.
Han Mengqin never had any feelings about the fact that someone wanted to plot her against her. Anyway, that person would never be good in her hands, but she could not tolerate any plotting against Chu Chen, even if it was intentional plotting. no.
After listening to Han Mengqin's words, Han Mengyin thought deeply: "Although I don't quite understand what you said, big sister, but I think there is nothing wrong with what big sister said."
Because, Han Mengqin is the most powerful woman she has ever seen.
Better than Mrs. Han, better than Mrs. Han, better than Mrs. Chu, even Mrs. Yongning Hou can't count on her.
Han Mengqin looked at Han Mengyin's starry eyes, and couldn't help stretching out his hand to touch her head: "Yin'er, our energy is limited, instead of wasting energy on those people who make us hate, we should focus on it." On the person we like. In this way, we will not miss the beauty around us.”
"Then, if my second sister wants to bully me, shouldn't I focus on her? Then I let her bully me for nothing!" Han Mengyin wrinkled her nose and said.
"If this is the case, you need to always guard against your second sister's mischief, lest you suffer yourself. But you shouldn't let her easily affect your emotions. You know that she is against you, and she will harm you. Then, she It's reasonable to do something that makes you angry, isn't it? You have to learn to let go of her influence on you."
After listening to Han Mengqin's words, Han Mengyin nodded obediently: "I understand, big sister. We need to focus more on happy things and think less about bad things, so that we can live a happier life. In the future , I will think more about you and my mother, and less about my wife and second sister."
Han Mengqin smiled and nodded at her.
Han Mengling, who was hiding in the shadows and eavesdropping on the sisters' conversation, looked gloomy.She also wanted to get closer, but she knew that Han Mengqin actually hated her, not to mention that her mother never gave up finding fault with Han Mengqin.
After sending Han Mengyin away, Han Mengqin noticed Han Mengling who was hiding aside, but did not make a sound.
She is not a saint after all, and she will never forget what Mrs. Han, mother and son have done to her.
She would not take the initiative to approach Han Mengling, but if Han Mengling wanted to approach her without any malice, she would not refuse, that's all.
It's getting colder recently, and the border gate is getting colder faster than theirs. Han Mengqin can't help but worry about whether Chu Chen, who just went to the border gate, can adapt to such a climate.
Forget it, if you have free time, let's make him some more cotton-padded clothes, Han Mengqin thought.
Chu Chen seemed to be very reliable, but Han Mengqin knew that he was careless most of the time and didn't know how to take care of himself, so she had to remind him from time to time.
Just sitting at the table and getting ready to start sewing, Han Mengqin suddenly heard Mo Lan's surprised voice: "Miss, Master Chu sent you another letter!"
Han Mengqin hurriedly said, "Hurry up and show me!"
The days of parting are difficult, but with these letters, the two have a lot of comfort.
When Mo Lan brought the letter over, she was still a little puzzled: "Why is this envelope wet... Well, there is a small box behind it?"
Han Mengqin took out the letter, devoured it word by word, and reluctantly put it down after reading the letter, and then opened the box that Chu Chen sent. .
Mo Lan moved her head curiously, wanting to see what gift Chu Chen brought to Han Mengqin, but saw that the box was empty, with only a puddle of water inside.
Under Mo Lan's surprised eyes, Han Mengqin supported her forehead and said helplessly, "Brother Chen said, it's snowing over there. He wanted me to see the snow over there, so he took it." Send me some snow..."
"Stupid, no matter how serious he is, how far is his place from our place? The snow melts before it reaches our place."
Hearing this, Mo Lan couldn't help covering her mouth and snickering: "Master Chu's gift is really... unique."
"Although the snow has melted, the snow water is still there. Miss can't appreciate the snow, but it's the same to appreciate the snow water." Mo Zhu said narrowly.
The place where they live is relatively warm, and the winter is not particularly cold, so there will be no snow for a while.Probably because of this, Chu Chen thought of sending a box of snow back to Han Mengqin to see.
Although Han Mengqin was very moved by his intention, Han Mengqin was still quite speechless about his gift.
"Miss, what should I do with this box?" Mo Lan asked.
"Put it away carefully, together with the letter he sent back. When he comes back, I will let him take a good look at the empty box he gave me." Han Mengqin bit her lower lip and said.
"Then, when Miss is replying to the letter this time, what gift is she going to give Young Master Chu?"
The cotton-padded clothes were not ready yet, Han Mengqin thought about it, and personally cooked some snacks for Chu Chen, packed them in a small food box, and planned to send them to him.
Before Chu Chen left, Han Mengqin never sewed and seldom cooked.
But after he left, Han Mengqin forced himself to learn all of these within a very short period of time.
Because, she was always worried that Chu Chen wanted to have a tooth-making festival when he was at the border, but he couldn't eat snacks from his hometown; it was cold, and he didn't have enough cotton-padded clothes to keep him warm.
It is true that Han Mengqin does not need to make these things, and you can buy ready-made ones outside.But for some reason, Han Mengqin just wanted Chu Chen to use the needlework she made herself and eat the snacks she made herself.
This may be the only thing she can do for him who is thousands of miles away.
As long as she thinks that this is done for him, the corners of her mouth will involuntarily rise a little when she is doing it.
As more and more letters were exchanged between the two, before they knew it, two years had passed.
in these two years
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