An old lady's life

The efficiency of Dali Temple was so fast for the first time, and a notice was posted that afternoon, informing the people of the city that Dali Temple had uncovered a gang of kidnappers, and those who had lost children came to Dali Temple to register or inquire.

For a time, Dali Temple was crowded with people, and many people poured into Dali Temple.

Many of the children who were taken away by the kidnappers with Hou Yuanlong were brought back to Dali Temple. Since they were lost for a short time, all of these children found their parents.

This incident caused a commotion in the whole city, especially the Hou family, which still had the plaque of Xiu Guogong's mansion, became the focus of heated discussions in the capital.

After Dr. Jiang got the evidence from the Dali Temple, he brought Hou Yuanlong to the Hou family first, and then brought several respected elders of the Hou family to the Hou family to explain.

Dr. Jiang came just in time, and Xiao Lu was being dealt with by someone sent by the Wang family. In front of the elders of the Hou family, Wang's face was completely humiliated.

At first, Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Wang were still arguing, but when Dr. Jiang presented the evidence from Dali Temple, Mrs. Wang immediately turned to look at Mrs. Wang viciously, "Xiuya, Auntie didn't expect you to be such a person!"

Dr. Jiang and his grandson watched the two Wang daughters sing with cold eyes.

Xiao Wang couldn't argue with her mouth, what's more, she was the one who did this. When she rolled her eyes, she immediately closed them and fainted on the ground. Who told her that she was pregnant, this was a shield.

The most useless one was Hou Yuanlong's father, Hou Hongwen. He really didn't know what his mother and cousin did, but often he would know afterwards that Hou Hongwen had no choice but to escape from his mother and cousin.

He stood aside silently, and out of the corner of his eye, he saw his son leaning on his father-in-law, as if his father-in-law was that towering mountain that could give him endless protection.

He was helpless in his heart, he didn't know how to deal with the matter of his mother and cousin, and the truth of his original wife's death was overheard by him one day after he married his cousin as his second wife.The feeling of guilt for having a wife in his heart was so overwhelming that Hou Hongwen had no choice but to escape. The way to escape was not to face his son head-on. As a result, everyone in the mansion knew that the master did not like the eldest son, and Hou Yuanlong might just disappear when his step-wife gave birth to a boy. up.

Seeing Hou Hongwen's weak appearance, Dr. Jiang felt very regretful that he agreed to Uncle Hou's marriage proposal back then. It was he who forced his daughter to marry such a wimp because of his old friend's friendship.

Hou Hongwen couldn't say what to do with his stepwife, and Dr. Jiang secretly hated him, but it didn't help.

And because Hou Yuanlong was intact, Dr. Jiang also knew that Xiao Wang could not be injured, so he could only use this to negotiate terms, and asked the elders of the Hou family to sign a guarantee that the title of the Hou family could only be inherited by Hou Yuanlong. However, if Hou Yuanlong had any problems during this period, he would take this letter of guarantee to the emperor to explain.

Xiao Wang, who pretended to be dizzy, almost didn't really faint. Isn't she trying so hard to plan, just to give her child a bright future?

Today, the news about Hou's family has spread throughout the capital. Although it is said that the water poured out by the married daughter is so, once the married woman does something that violates women's morals, her natal family's education level will also be questioned. Especially if there is still a girl in her natal family who is waiting to be married, it will affect the marriage proposal.

Regarding Hou Yuanlong's matter, outsiders sympathized with Hou Hongwen and Hou Yuanlong's father and son, but for the Wang family, it was really like sitting on pins and needles. Under the gossip, Xiao Wang's parents were taught a lesson one after another by the clan elders.

Ai Caoben paid attention to this matter, and told Xiaoqi to focus on listening to the rumors on the street, and to know the latest news at all times.

Lin Hai came back from get off work with a troubled expression on his face. Jia Min helped him change his clothes. Seeing his preoccupied look, he couldn't help but wondered, "Ru Hai, what's wrong with you? But what's wrong?"

Lin Hai suddenly woke up, looked at Jia Min, and shook his head: "We'll talk about it after we meet with my mother."

Jia Min understood that what he was struggling with was probably related to his mother-in-law.

Ai Cao was thinking about Hou Yuanlong, when she saw her son and daughter-in-law coming in, she waved her hand and motioned for the maids to serve the food.Tonight's dinner is still the three of them eating pot. In such a icy and snowy climate, eating pot is the warmest and most atmospheric.

After the maids served the dishes, they stepped aside, and Ai Cao greeted her son and daughter-in-law to eat.

Lin Hai took a few mouthfuls of food, put down his chopsticks, and said dawdly, "Mother, just before I came back, Guard Lou came to tell me something about the Hou family."

Ai Cao heard from the Hou family first, "Is it news about the death of Xiao Yuanlong's biological mother?" After saying this, she asked again: "Guard Lou? The emperor's man?"

Lin Hai breathed a sigh of relief at this meeting, "So the Master Qi that my mother said before is actually not Lord Qi, that person is the emperor." Lin Hai felt that his mother's luck was really unlucky. The last time I met the Seventh Prince in Huiqing Temple, this The first time in Zhuangshang, the emperor came to stay overnight. You must know that the chance of this is very small. In such a cold day, the emperor usually does not leave the palace.

"Oh, it's the emperor. I just said it looks familiar. I haven't attended a state banquet for many years. The last time I attended a state banquet was when your father was alive. The emperor when he was young is different from now. No wonder I didn't recognize him. "Ai Cao came to a sudden, it turned out to be the case.Thinking of her going out to meet the prince and then the emperor, could it be that this is the halo of a time-traveling woman?But she is already an old lady, what's the use of such an adventure?Do you want to have a twilight love with the emperor?Ai Cao couldn't help laughing inwardly, and when she finds a way to connect with Hongye in the future, she can show it off to Hongye.

Seeing Lin Hai's serious look, Ai Cao smiled and said, "Don't worry, Hai'er, the emperor won't care about me as a woman in the back house. Is the Guard Lou you're talking about a handsome guy with a sharp face and a tough face? "

"Little handsome guy?" Lin Hai blinked, and Ai Cao was depressed, saying it was easy to say, but she couldn't change it, "It means a good-looking handsome man, Haier is also a handsome boy in mother's mind."

Jia Min couldn't help lowering her head and smiling. She was a little nervous when she heard Lin Hai mention the emperor, but when her mother-in-law said this, the tension disappeared immediately.

Lin Hai was also embarrassed, "Guard Lou's full name is Lou Gao, and he is the second in command of the Imperial Guard. The commander of the Imperial Guard is Wu Zuo, and Commander Wu is also Lou Gao's master. It's just that Commander Wu has not been responsible for the emperor's personal safety in recent years. Yu Lou Gao is in charge. Lou Huwei told me that the matter that his mother asked him to investigate has been found out, because Hou Hongwen and Xiao Wang secretly agreed on the song before their marriage. , Mrs. Wang reached an agreement with Mrs. Wang's family to let the original wife give birth to the child and die, so that Mrs. Wang can marry into the Hou family smoothly."

Wormwood blinked, peeled a peanut, chewed it twice, "That old woman really made it."

Even though Jia Min was mentally prepared, she was still frightened. How could the old lady of the Hou family be so vicious?That's her grandson's mother, her decent daughter-in-law!

"Does General Hou know?" Jia Min couldn't help asking.

Lin Hai frowned, "Hou Hongwen found out later, and that's why he didn't care much about Yuanlong. He should be ashamed of his wife and dare not face his son."

Jia Min was astonished and said, "Shouldn't that be better for Yuanlong?"

Ai Cao scooped up the vegetables in the pot, and said with a sneer, "Weak and cowardly, he has no responsibility, so is Hou Hongwen, even Yuan Long is better than him."

Lin Hai couldn't help but smile, it was rare for his mother to share a common hatred for someone who had nothing to do with her, "How should we deal with Yuanlong's mother?"

Ai Cao shook her head and said, "How to do it? That's Yuan Long's grandmother. Now the law says that it is not too much for a father to kill his son. It is treason for a son to kill his father. What do you think Yuan Long can do? What can Dr. Jiang do? His grandson His surname is Hou, for the sake of his grandson, Dr. Jiang can't do anything about Mrs. Hou. Besides, I'm afraid there is no evidence for these things investigated by guard Lou. After Yuanlong's mother gave birth to the child, her body was hollowed out. Not to mention that after a certain period of time, some methods cannot be detected by doctors."

Ai Cao divided the vegetables in the pot, and ordered another batch of vegetables to go down, telling his son and daughter-in-law to eat quickly.

Jia Min lost his appetite because of the affairs of the Hou family, so he put down his chopsticks without eating much, and Lin Hai ate all the dishes with Ai Cao.

After dinner, Lin Hai and Jia Min had a conversation with Ai Cao as usual, and Ai Cao sent her back to the main courtyard, but Ai Cao turned around and stopped Lin Hai, "Hai'er, wait a minute."

Lou Gao deliberately checked the details and told her that Ai Cao felt that she should express her gratitude to the handsome boy. She thought about it for a while, and she couldn't give expensive thank you gifts, so she just sent some simple ones.

So Ai Cao ordered Qingyao to pack four grapefruits for her, and put them in her yard for a long time. She ate one every other day or two, but she couldn't eat much, and most of them were distributed to the maids.

Ai Cao put the heavy bag in Lin Hai's hand, "Give me a thank-you gift for Guard Lou. They are four handsome guys, one for each of them."

Jia Min blinked, Lin Hai's hand sank, and he couldn't laugh or cry when he heard his mother's words. He hesitated for a moment and asked, "Do you really want to give it away?"

Ai Cao nodded: "Of course, thank you for the gift. In case others say that I bribed the commander of the Imperial Guard, it's just a grapefruit, and it's worthless."

Lin Hai and Jia Min returned to the main courtyard, they looked at the pockets on the table, and were speechless.

On the second day, Lin Hai didn't carry the bag into the Hanlin Academy in the morning, and ordered the coachman to bring grapefruits when he picked him up in the afternoon.

Lin Hai didn't know in what kind of private environment he could find Lou Gao, so he just asked the guards at the gate of the palace to help him pass the message in. After about a quarter of an hour, Lou Gao appeared at the gate of the palace.

Lin Hai felt a little embarrassed, but he couldn't refuse his mother's order as long as it didn't violate the laws and morals of the country.

Lou Gao also felt strange, what did Lin Hai ask him for?

Lin Hai coughed, and took the bag from the driver of the carriage, "Yesterday, I told my mother, Guard Lou, that my mother asked me to thank you. This is a thank you gift prepared by my mother."

Lou Gao suddenly felt struck by lightning, should he accept the gift from the minister's family?

Lin Hai said again: "My mother said to thank Guard Lou and the other three guards for their help. It is worthless, and Guard Lou can share it with colleagues."

Lou Gao was still in the fog, Lin Hai handed the bag to him, he took it, caught off guard, his hand sank, thinking in his heart, what is so heavy?

Lin Hai cupped his hands and saluted: "Don't disturb Guard Lou's duty, the next official will leave first."

Under the wind and snow, the carriage went away, Lou Gao opened a corner of the bag, saw the things in the bag, and immediately opened his mouth, Mrs. Lin is really a funny person.

Lou Gao returned to the palace with four grapefruits, and gave one to each of Yu Yang and Jiang Shangyong, and he ran to find his master with his own grapefruit in his arms.

While wandering around outside the Imperial Study Room, Emperor Changping happened to see him, and immediately asked Wang Wei to recruit him in.

"What is this? If I'm not mistaken, it's grapefruit, right?"

Lou Gao came to look for Master, knew that Master was in front of the saint, so he waited outside, Wu Zuo also looked at Lou Gao, Lou Gao was a little embarrassed, "Your Majesty, this is a thank you gift from Mrs. Lin."

Emperor Changping couldn't help being surprised and said: "Only you, or all three of Yu Yang?"

Lou Gao said honestly: "Four grapefruits, one for each of the four ministers."

Emperor Changping raised his eyebrows and smiled, "Did Dudu miss me?"