The carriage drove into the inner lane and gradually approached the mansion. Zhao Lu had only been away from home for dozens of days, but it seemed that half his life had passed.
Sensing that the driver wanted to stop at the west gate, Guan Suyi instructed, "The lord of the east mansion is back, what's the matter with you taking him to the west gate? Go to the east gate."
Now that the walls of the second mansion have been built, because Zhao Luli was deprived of his title, many things beyond the control of the East mansion can no longer be used, the redundant pavilions and pavilions are banned, and some noble utensils are put on the high pavilion, hanging on the door beams. The plaque of "Zhenbei Hou's Mansion" has been replaced by the ordinary word "Zhao Mansion". On the contrary, the West Mansion is still so magnificent and majestic, and even the plaque of "Jingbei General Mansion" is extraordinary.
The carriage stopped at the west gate for a while, and then slowly went around the east gate. Zhao Luli stared at the five powerful characters on the plaque and asked, "Whose handwriting is this? The spirit of cutting. With this sign, the momentum of the West Palace has increased a lot."
"This is written by my mother." Zhao Wangshu glanced at his stepmother with a blushing face, and said obediently, "Dad, I will never be naughty again, I will practice calligraphy, study hard, and earn my title back."
"Okay, Wang Shu has grown up." Zhao Luli was very happy, he couldn't help shaking his wife's pale fingertips and sighed, "Suyi, thanks to you, our family didn't break up. If you apologize, if you swear, I won't say anything, you just see how I will perform in the future."
Guan Suyi smiled lightly, but she was very alert in her heart. When the carriage stopped, she immediately jumped out of the carriage, patted Zhao Luli's outstretched hand, and hugged Mu Mu instead. Zhao Luli was not annoyed at all, but smiled softly and stepped forward to help his elderly mother. There are many misunderstandings and estrangements between their husband and wife, which cannot be solved overnight. As the saying goes, sincerity is the golden stone, as long as you treat each other with sincerity, as long as the wife is not hard-hearted, sooner or later, she will forgive her.
While thinking about it, the east gate opened with a creak, and Ming Lan greeted her with a smile, followed by a servant with a brazier in her hand.
"Miss is back? Quickly cross the brazier to get rid of bad luck." She only greeted her master, without even looking at Zhao Luli.
"Master, let's cross first." Guan Suyi turned his body and asked everyone to cross the brazier one by one, and only went in by himself at the end, and ordered the servants to prepare water and pick grapefruit leaves. For a quarter or two, please rest assured.
Everyone went back to the room to take a bath without mentioning it. After a while, they all came out with water vapor and went to the main hall to eat the reunion dinner. Before the dishes were ready, they heard the sound of gongs and drums from outside. woman's cry.
"Is this a marriage or a mourning?" The old lady was displeased, "Housekeeper, go out and see which one is a monster, and let them hurry away!"
The housekeeper took the order and left, and came back with a bitter face after a while, followed by the smiling Zhou Tian and the pitiful Ye Fan. Ye Fan seems to have been groomed, wearing a brand new peach red shirt, wearing a set of emerald pearl hairpins on his head, his dark yellow cheeks are slightly flushed, and before he can stand still, he bows down and choked out, " The lowly concubine Ye Fan has seen her husband, her wife, and an old lady."
"Why are you back?" The old lady jumped up and glared at Zhou Tian again.
"Why can't she come back? Didn't the Ye and Zhao families already agree that they would accept her after January? If the Ye family is unlucky, you will not recognize her, you are so beautiful! If you don't accept her, this official will let her go. People from all over Yanjing have come to judge and judge, and see what a perfidious thing you, Zhao Luli, are!" Zhou Tian sneered.
Zhao Luli had just returned home, so he didn't want to cause more trouble, and the excitement just now must have attracted many spectators. If Ye Fan was kicked out on the spot, his reputation would be bad, so he couldn't help but look at his wife. Ye Fan knew that the current Zhao family was relying on Guan Suyi, and even Zhao Luli didn't have the right to speak, so he walked over on his knees, hugged each other's legs and cried, and when she saw that she was indifferent, he kowtowed hard, and there was a line of blood on her forehead, which was described as very miserable.
Guan Suyi stared at her for a while, then said coldly, "Don't kowtow, get up. Jinzi and Yinzi will take her down to wash up and put her in Nanyuan. General Zhou, your goal has been achieved, please come back." The words fell slightly. Wide sleeves, ordering someone to see off guests
Zhou Tianwan didn't expect her to give in so easily, so he couldn't help sneering, "Madam, you agree? This general thought you were too difficult to deal with, and I can't see it again today."
Before Zhao Luli could speak, Zhao Chunxi called out, "Mother, you must not be soft-hearted about this kind of thing. My third aunt is not a fuel-efficient lamp, and it will disturb the whole family. Send away."
The old lady glanced at her admiringly, and agreed, "Yeah, she's just a cheap concubine, just order someone to sell it."
Guan Suyi tapped her finger on the table and said indifferently, "Since General Zhou sent people here, he must want her to stay no matter what. Take the trouble to bring it back and throw it into the mansion. Rather than tossing it back and forth, it is better to just accept it, so as to save people from making jokes again and again. Besides, Ye Fan has no other place to go except for the Zhao family, so he will do anything to stay. It was a cry, and there were two troubles behind it, so I was forced to tie a rope to the door beam of our house as a way of looking for life and death, and asked passers-by to see, how many years would it take for our house to clean up this basin of sewage?"
Speaking of this, she smiled coldly, "You all came prepared, one drama after another must have been arranged, just meet me, if I still mess with you, I will How stupid? Why don't you just shut it down neatly and keep the person under your nose, so that you don't use her as a raft and keep making waves."
Zhou Tian was dumbfounded for a moment, then cupped his hands and said, "It's good if Madam knows, this general is leaving."
Guan Suyi patted the angry old lady, and laughed at him, "General Zhou is an important member of the court, but his eyes are only fixed on other people's inner houses, don't you feel ashamed to play with these women's tricks? Besides, don't you feel ashamed? , you are here to give a gift, but you only give it to the wood scorpion, not the actual goods, so you are really petty."
Zhou Tian stumbled and almost tripped over the threshold. He turned his head and glared at his wife, and then took out a sale and body deed from the front of his shirt and threw it away. If it wasn't for His Majesty's orders, how could he use such an insufferable trick? He slashed Zhao Luli with a knife long ago! I only hate that Your Majesty has been poisoned by the emperor and teacher too deeply, and you have to be a wise monarch. Wouldn't it be nice to kill anyone who doesn't look good to you like in the past
If His Majesty's wishes come true one day, and Mrs. Guan is brought into the palace, I am afraid that she will become more mother-in-law, right? Benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, wisdom, and trustworthiness are indeed things that mislead others!
The door closed with a bang, isolating the crowd watching the lively outside and the gong and drum troupe that were getting farther and farther away. Only then did Zhao Luli speak bitterly, "It's all because of my husband's ill-consideration, abuse of sympathy, and disaster for the family. It's really shameless for a story to come to the door, but rely on Suyi to deal with the aftermath."
"You're really confused, you've hurt Suyi!" The old lady planned to teach her son a good lesson, but she heard the housekeeper shout from outside, "Madam is not good, your maid is here too, and is waiting outside the door now. ."
"Girl, Mingfang?" Guan Suyi laughed, raised the glass and shook it gently, "Zhao Luli, you are on the first day of the first year and I will be on the fifteenth, you will take one and I will take one. All of them are here, and no one can escape. Forget it, accepting one is accepting, accepting two is also accepting, let her in. "
Zhao Luli's cheeks flushed and he was ashamed. The old lady quickly relieved, "I can't blame you for this. It was Chenguang's mistake first, so you just pressed it a little bit, otherwise, wouldn't you let a lowly concubine bully the head of the main room? Come, come, give She can eat with one mouthful of food, although our Zhao family is down and out, but it is not short of money, you don't need to blame yourself."
"Yes, sister-in-law, don't think too much. When the wind blows over, it will be over to send these two to Zhuangzi far away." Ruan shi comforted gently. Several children also looked at their mother eagerly, for fear that she would be angry.
Zhao Luli, who was sitting in the main seat, became a loner and was crowded out by everyone. All the faults are caused by him. Madam is good or bad. She is perfect. Even when a servant encounters a major event, he only knows that the wife is in charge of the house, and the master is not counted.
The situation seems to be very bad, and Fu Gang is afraid that he can't stand up, but Zhao Luli is not dissatisfied, but is very impressed. Every word of the lady's words are golden and good words, and you can't go wrong when listening to her words. No wonder people in the world believe that wives are good and husbands are less troubled, and sons are filial to fathers. It has been passed down for hundreds of years and has its own profound philosophy.
While thinking about it, Mingfang came in with a small package, and was about to show her loyalty, but Guan Suyi waved her hand to interrupt, "Let's save the beautiful scene, I know all the bad things in your family. Since your father has me If you lose all the dowry you gave, you should write a deed and sell it as a lowly concubine."
Mingfang was horrified and cried, "But Miss, you clearly said that you wanted me to be your concubine, how could you not believe it?"
"The concubine not only needs to be a good citizen, but also has a dowry. Can you afford it?" Guan Suyi said coldly, "Your father can't stand his addiction to gambling, and he ruined everything. Seeing the Zhao family died, he thought I asked others to earn a betrothal gift money, but because I couldn't find a higher rank than the Zhao family, I had to press it down. When the Zhao family was in trouble, I didn't see you coming back. Now that the catastrophe has just passed, you hurried to上post, how can there be such a cheap thing in the world? I said I wanted to accept you, but I didn't leave any evidence, and now I refuse, what can you do to me? If you don't want to be a lowly concubine, you can, go out of this door, just find a farmer to marry, and go be the first lady."
If Mingfang really had the guts to marry a poor farmer, she would not be the Mingfang who framed her master in order to get rich in her previous life. Although the Zhao family lost the title of Marquis of Zhenbei, they still had the title of General Zhengbei. After she left the gate, where would she go to find a wealthier family? Besides, her appearance can only be regarded as ordinary, and it would be disgusting to marry a businessman, so she gritted her teeth and wrote a body deed and became a lowly concubine.
After going around in a circle, the old enemies of the previous life were alive again. Guan Suyi had thousands of ways to get people away, but she had to change her mind when she thought of Zhao Luli's closeness. You don’t cherish the human heart when it’s still alive, and you want to take it back when it dies. How can it be so easy? She threw these two into the East Mansion to play with him, she would not accompany him in this life.