ordinary people's house

After Xiao Yunlang put on thick clothes, he was about to go to the uncle's mansion. Lin Yulan frowned and thought about it, and said, "The uncle's mansion should be a little busy right now. I don't know if it's appropriate for us to go now."

Xiao Yunlang straightened his clothes and said, "But I'm worried."

Lin Yulan nodded, "Let's go in through the back door."

"okay."

The couple packed up and went out, Xiao Yunlang frowned and said on the way: "Although I believe that the second brother can't do that kind of thing, I'm afraid that such a scandal will ruin his reputation. What if no lady from a good family is willing to marry him in the future?" manage?"

Lin Yulan was silent for a while, and asked, "Do you still remember Huang Ling'er in the country village?"

"She..." Xiao Yunlang frowned and thought for a while, then sighed, "It's actually her, I forgot that there was such a thing."

Lin Yulan said in a deep voice: "This time, the other party came prepared and took all three of you brothers, with vicious intentions. Think about it, if the reputation of the three of you is affected, and the father-in-law is your father, what should he do?" ? Although he was not impeached, he will bear the guilt of the three of you."

Xiao Yunlang bit his lower lip, and said: "I know that Li Xiangmin, he is the most upright official, if a crime falls into his hands, anyone who dares to bribe him will be punished with a higher crime, as time goes by, his voice will become more prominent gone."

Lin Yulan also said: "I heard later that the big brother told someone to tell him about the house in the suburbs of Beijing, and told him to handle the family affairs by himself. Later, Li Xiangmin reprimanded his uncle and clan brothers."

Xiao Yunlang's head hurt, and he said annoyedly: "I really don't know what they think!"

When we got to the back door of the Uncle’s Mansion, Uber was already waiting there, "I know the young master is coming when he hears the news, and I have sent someone to wait at the front door, the young master is coming with me, the young masters and uncle exist."

"it is good."

Xiao Yunlang did not take his own "competing for profit with the people" to heart. Officials are not allowed to do business. Most of the nobles put their shops under their family names. Xiao Yunlang is now an ordinary person. He doesn't think there is anything wrong with his shop making money. Well, it is probably because those people did not know what to say about him when they were accusing him of crimes, so they called him "competing with the people"!

Xiao Su was also in the big study, and when Xiao Yunlang and Lin Yulan entered, Xiao Mulang was still drinking tea leisurely, and only Xiao Dulang had a bitter face, as if he was about to cry.

"Father, elder brother, second elder brother..." Xiao Yunlang walked up to Xiao Dulang and patted him on the shoulder sympathetically.

Xiao Dulang turned around, wanting to cry, "If I had known, I would not have gone to Zhuangzi with you."

"Hmm..." Xiao Yunlang nodded sympathetically.

Xiao Su said solemnly: "The three of you were all present at that time, and Li Xiangmin's scriptures told the story. All the witnesses were either our own family members or farmers on the Zhuangzi under our family name. Those people were afraid of our power and did not dare to speak out. To be honest, I didn't ask about that matter clearly at the time, and now you, Dulang, repeat it to me in detail."

"Yes, Dad... I found out later that someone was making noise outside my room the night before that day, but I was too lazy to get up and thought it was the other people who got up at night, so I didn't care. The girl gave me a feast the next day. After dinner, she lowered her head and I didn't see her face clearly. On the night of the accident, I fell asleep in a daze. In the middle of the night, I felt movement around me, so I woke up. As a result, the woman screamed, shaking everyone. attracted."

Xiao Su said with a dark face: "Are you sure you didn't do anything?"

"Father, that woman is already pregnant, what can I do." Xiao Dulang said aggrievedly.

"That's right, big brother, I remember that Huang Ling'er is the child of Uncle Wu's eldest son, what about Wu Da? He did something ugly, why did he ask second brother to pay for it?" Xiao Yunlang said.

Xiao Mulang sneered and said, "Wu Da ran away and disappeared half a month ago!"

"how come?"

"People have already calculated that the old Wu and his wife were born as servants of the Xiao family. Now even if they come out and say that their son is Huang Linger's adulterer, some people will say that our family forced them to say so. "

Xiao Yunlang frowned and said, "Could it be that the second brother should be blamed for this?"

Xiao Mulang sighed leisurely: "Little brother, you forgot, you and I are both charged with crimes."

Xiao Yunlang was dumbfounded, and he said after a long time: "I don't even know what to say."

"Forget it," Xiao Su stood up and said, "Since Yunlang has come home, don't go back for now, lest someone disturb your leisure time."

Xiao Yunlang thought that there was nothing to do when he returned home recently, so he nodded and said, "Okay, I see."

Taozi and Wen'er were still in the house in Nanluo Lane, Qingwu found a few more obedient and sensible girls to serve in the house, Xiao Yunlang took off his boots, and sighed: "I get annoyed when I think about it, why are those people staring at you so hard?" Why don't we let it go? Our Xiao family has been loyal to the emperor for so many years, and we are all ministers once, why do we have to decide who is better?"

Lin Yulan said lightly: "Some people think that this is not just a question of superiority. Whoever the emperor trusts more will have more confidence to stand in the court, and his descendants will also be much higher than the rest."

Xiao Yunlang was puzzled and said, "Why is this necessary?"

Lin Yulan sat beside him with a calm expression. He was thinking, if the eldest brother also thinks like Yunlang, doesn't care about those names, and doesn't care whether the Jingchuan Hou Mansion can maintain the vanity of the first family, is his family now the only one? It won’t be what it is now, his parents won’t commit suicide, the elder brother won’t be executed, the elder sister-in-law is alive and well, the second elder brother’s family will continue to run their own small family, the elder sister has confidence in Yongcheng Hou’s mansion, and the second sister won’t either. Will stay away from him in order to avoid disaster.

Seeing his silence, Xiao Yunlang knew that something on his mind had been touched. He thought for a while, and comforted: "The two of us have done our best."

Lin Yulan looked at him sideways, Xiao Yunlang smiled and said: "We are better than many people, look at Zhu Anyi, he was originally a clan lord with a nobler status than us, but now he has turned himself into a rascal. When it comes time to sell our daughter for wine, although the two of us have separated from the big family, we can still live and work in peace and contentment. In the future, we will expand the house, buy a lot of servants to come back to take care of us, and... well, I will give birth to you My child, our surname is Lin, the population is increasing, and the branches and leaves have flourished in a few decades, I wake up every day, always have hope for the future, and I don’t think the past is bad.”

Lin Yulan looked at him deeply, Xiao Yunlang took his hand and put it on his face, his eyes flickered, and asked softly: "Do you believe what I say?"

"……Believe."

"That's it, don't feel bad about the mistake that wasn't made by the two of us, okay?"

"it is good."

Xiao Yunlang was not idle at home, but Xiao Mulang said that he was not needed for this matter. At night, when he went to pay his respects, he heard his elder brother and father talking. My grandfather will return to Beijing next year. If our two families join hands, it will be useless for these people to prepare more evidence. The second is the position of the empress! Some people are afraid that the emperor will marry the son of a general. Over there, they don't feel at ease."

Xiao Yunlang leaned over and said: "Then what's the matter with our family, Xiao Ling'er is only two years old, so she will never be the candidate for queen."

Xiao Mulang looked at him and sighed quietly: "Some people suspect that the emperor likes Du Lang."

"Cough cough cough—" Xiao Yunlang coughed so hard that Lin Yulan hurriedly poured water for him, but Xiao Mulang was in the mood to joke, "If I didn't know that the emperor likes delicate and cute people, Du Lang likes tenderness." girl, I will think that what the outsiders say is true."

After Xiao Yunlang finished coughing, his face was still red, he said helplessly: "Those people really think about it."

"It's just because the emperor seldom goes out of the palace, and occasionally he comes to our house."

Xiao Yunlang was still having a headache about this miraculous event. He had just walked back to his yard with Lin Yulan when he heard Uber stop him and said with a smile, "It's unfortunate that the young master left. The emperor came right after you came out."

Xiao Yunlang's face was green and pale, and his first reaction was to ask, "Where's the second brother?"

Uber naturally understood what he meant, and said with a suppressed smile: "The second young master has been shutting himself in the room for the past few days, and just now the eldest young master said, don't call him."

Xiao Yunlang looked at Lin Yulan, Lin Yulan said: "You go, I will go back first."

"……Um."

After Xiao Yunlang left with Uber, Lin Yulan didn't know why, but couldn't help thinking, if the emperor really liked the Xiao family, which one would it be?

"Your majesty, you shouldn't be leaving the palace at this time." Xiao Su said.

Zhu Xian waved his hands and said helplessly, "I just came out to take a look, and I'll go back in a while, it's okay."

Xiao Yunlang walked in, greeted Ann, and stood behind Xiao Mulang, Zhu Xian said with a smile: "Here come those who compete with the people for profit."

Xiao Yunlang smiled and said: "Your Majesty, when I went to the south for tea, I left the best for you."

Zhu Xian thought about it for a while, and praised: "Sure enough, Yun Lang thinks it's good. I just drank up those sparrow tongues a few days ago, and the aroma is really refreshing."

"The tea leaves are not imported. If you like it, I still have a lot of the best silver needles here."

Zhu Xian nodded, "That's the tea you like."

Xiao Yunlang pursed his lips and said with a smile: "I am the only one in my family who loves white tea the most."

Zhu Xian chatted with Xiao Yunlang for a few words, and then talked about the case of the Xiao family, Xiao Su sighed: "It's because the minister's lax management of the family made the joke happen."

Zhu Xiandao: "Mu Lang's marriage is the thread that I lead. Yun Lang's shop originally belonged to a traitor's family, and I gave him permission. Only Du Lang..."

Xiao Yunlang sighed: "All the witnesses are farmers from my village. Isn't Master Li not accurate in saying what those people say?"

Zhu Xian frowned, and said with a sneer, "I didn't even find out where that woman was hiding before."

Xiao Yunlang wanted to ask why Li Xiangmin, an honest official, targeted his family so much, but Li Xiangmin was also Zhu Xian's capable subordinate, Xiao Yunlang felt that he was suspected of provoking, so he didn't open his mouth.

But Zhu Xian said it himself, "Li Xiangmin is good as an official, but I can't do anything about this problem of insisting on whoever is caught."

Xiao Yunlang sighed: "The mother and daughter leave Zhuangzi and always find a place to stay."

Xiao Mulang suddenly frowned and asked: "It seems that Huang Ling'er is the only one who popped up out of nowhere, where is her mother who wants to climb high?"

"Ok?"

Xiao Mulang said: "Maybe her mother is still hiding with the mastermind behind the scenes."

Several people discussed it, but they didn't come to any conclusion. Zhu Xian couldn't stay for too long, so Xiao Su sent someone to send him back to the palace. Before leaving, Zhu Xian joked: "That's it, Dulang It's hard to talk about kissing, when you bring Lin'er back next year, Mu Lang, I will find another marriage for Du Lang, and it will be regarded as compensation for him."

Xiao Su smiled and said: "I thank the emperor in advance for him."

Zhu Xian smiled, and followed Xiao Mulang out, Xiao Mulang's expression changed, and he asked: "Now, the emperor has a queen in mind?"

Zhu Xian sighed, "No."

Xiao Mulang is clear about everything, but there is nothing he can do about it.

Zhu Xian waved his hands and said: "Forget it, I can't say that God has seen me lonely for more than [-] years, and will give me a fate in a few days."