Concubine Raiders

"Maybe we sent ginseng in the morning, and my aunt and grandmother returned the gift." Mother Xu comforted the eldest lady and went to welcome mother Tao in person.

As expected, mother Tao brought several boxes of snacks and said hello to the eldest lady with a smile: "thank you for your ginseng."

Xu's mother took the box, deliberately avoided and went to the east to put snacks.

Mother Tao took the opportunity to whisper to the eldest wife: "Madam said that Jiang GUI's wife has already returned to Yanjing this morning, so you can take the young ladies to the Huguo temple to burn incense tomorrow."

You want to see each other?

The eldest lady was very confident in the appearance of her common daughters. She nodded, "I know!"

Tao's mother achieved her goal. After chatting for a few words, she got up and said goodbye My wife has a lot to do these two days. "

Naturally, the eldest wife understood that she didn't stay with her. She gave her twenty Liang silver and asked her mother to send her out of the door. When Xu's mother came back, she was told: "tomorrow I'll take three young ladies to the Huguo temple to offer incense. Go and talk to grandma."

Xu's mother went away.

When he came back to me, he said, "I'll laugh My classmate is really interesting. It is said that we will go to Huguo temple in the morning, and we are eager to go with us. He also said that he could not do anything else to help us with our meals these days, but it was more than enough to find a direction. "

The eldest lady laughed and said, "this is a gallant one. Is it not that the mouth of cannibalism is short? "

"That young man Qian is very handsome." Xu's mother said with a smile, "it's just a pair of eyes that are too flexible. We're not as stable as Xingge."

Two people chatted a few words, still sat down to settle accounts.

******

the lady of Xu's residence just sat down, and before she could take a sip of tea in her hand, Xu Lingyi arrived.

Mrs. Tai looked at the tea in her hand and her son sitting opposite her. She couldn't help laughing and said, "I haven't seen you in such a hurry for many years."

Xu Lingyi smiles.

Too madam orders nearby person: "I have a word to say with Marquis!"

The servant girls bent their knees should be "yes" and retreated.

Mrs. Tai joked with her son: "don't you say that if the Jiang family didn't get the letter this morning, don't mention the marriage? Yes? Yes? I'm afraid I'll screw it up? "

"See what you say." Xu Lingyi said with a smile, "Mrs. Huang is your sister from childhood to adulthood. You like to tell her what you have to say, and she is familiar with the situation at home. Therefore, she invited her to go through the business of Zhun elder brother. I have nothing to worry about. I came here to see you back at this time

"You still have some filial piety." "Too madam listens to nod slightly," the Yellow madam is to leave me in the afternoon to wipe the card to come, but I have something in mind, came back. "

Xu Lingyi looked at her mother's face carefully: "what's the matter?"

"Guess who I met in Yongchang's residence?" Mrs. Tai looks at her son with a smile.

Xu Lingyi pondered for a moment and hesitated, "did you meet someone from the Jiang family?"

Mrs. Tai expressed disappointment: "you child, you are really Too honest! Can't make me happy? "

But Xu Lingyi's eyes brightened: "in this way, did you really meet the people of the Jiang family in Houfu of Yongchang? Who did the Jiang family send to see you? Is it Mrs. Jiang or the mother in charge? "

"Neither." "Too madam shakes her head," is a ginger family surname Lu Qing guest. "

Xu Lingyi's eyes showed the color of appreciation: "I didn't expect that this ginger cypress should have such a means."

Instead of directly entrusting someone to deliver the voice to himself, he asked his counselors to visit his wife when he went to Yongchang Hou's house. On the one hand, he expressed the importance he attached to the marriage; on the other hand, he took this opportunity to tell himself that our Jiang family has the strength to compete with the Xu family.

Now that the enemy is in balance of power, that is the condition!

He has a cheerful smile.

How can we not be happy to have such an ally!

"What do people from the Jiang family say?"

Seeing her son's complacent appearance, Mrs. Tai couldn't help but pour cold water on him: "Mr. Lu said that although Jiang Bo would like to have this marriage with our family, after all, he is an uncle and needs to discuss with Jiang song."

"That's nature." Xu Lingyi didn't care, "Jiang's family has been far away from the central government in recent years, and only Jiang Bai is afraid to spy on the situation in the central government. When he proposed to marry with our family, he would certainly make a big stir in Jiang's family. Naturally, he had to give him time to deal with it. And Jiang song, who went away with the seal, must have been dissatisfied with the imperial court. Now it will not be easy for him to marry his daughter to our family. On the whole, however, I am very satisfied with Jiang Bai's reaction. At least one state is shown to us. It depends on his ability. If he can persuade the people of the Jiang family, I'm naturally happy to see his success; if he can't persuade the people of the Jiang family, I'll give him a chance. "

He talked with a gentle tone and a calm look. His countenance was calm and calm, which made his wife sigh: "how could the Jiang family think of plotting skin with you?"Mrs. Xu's mother laughed at you. Don't forget, what did the Jiang family depend on? The so-called imperial teacher, to put it bluntly, is a powerful minister. If Jiang Bai had not been a bachelor in charge of the Academy, he would not have been able to move for 14 years. If three of the emperor's seven princes had been born by the empress, how could Jiang Bai have made up his mind to fight for it? "

"I know." Mrs. Tai solemnly said, "I am thinking that the Jiang family has always been neutral in the imperial court. This marriage with our family will inevitably be labeled with a post party note. The Jiang family has paid such a high price. I'm afraid we can't afford to ask for so much at that time. "

"What can't afford it!" Xu Lingyi laughed, "do you want to be an imperial teacher again? Now the emperor has seven sons. Who knows who is going to spend? Even if I wanted to, he wouldn't dare. Want to be in the cabinet? With his resolute attitude towards Zhun Ge's marriage, it is enough to match. Even if I recommend him, I won't pay the court! "

"According to this view, Jiang Bai did a loss deal.

"That's not true." Xu Lingyi said with a smile, "in his later years, the late emperor liked to flatter his officials. He was a son of the Jiang family. How could he do such a thing. So every time the emperor ordered him to see him, he went against his way and told the emperor about the sages. For a long time, everyone knew that Jiang Bo was a man of integrity who dared to remonstrate. Therefore, after the emperor ascended the throne, although he wanted to flatter the sage, he was famous outside To marry with our family is to get an opportunity that will not hurt our face but also change. With his ability, he can make great achievements in the near future. By contrast, we have paid for it. "

Too madam listens to shake head: "you these men, everything counts! It's just that you don't count the sadness of the people around you! "

Xu Lingyi was stunned.

"I went to see yuan Niang before I went to Yongchang Marquis house." "Too madam tone is melancholy," she always is Zhun elder brother's mother. I think we should tell her about this... "

"Niang," Xu Lingyi rudely interrupted Mrs. Tai, "how can you talk to her about this. Don't you know her character. I've never had anyone else... " As soon as the voice fell, he felt that he had made a slip of the tongue. He flashed a look of annoyance between his eyebrows and asked his mother, "did you tell her what I mean?"

"No!" Too madam looks at son to lose temper, some is not happy, "I just tried her, see if can let her change her mind."

Seeing that her mother's face was not worried, Xu Lingyi knew that she was not acting properly. She quickly changed the topic with a smile: "mother, although Mrs. Huang is friendly with you, we should still talk about the etiquette of troubling people like this. Do you think this will do? One day I asked Mrs. Huang that there was a shortage of salt warehouse ambassadors in Shandong Province. Although there was no entrance, the entrance and exit of salt warehouses were inspected by the ambassadors. It was a fat vacancy. To see if there is a suitable person in their family, I'll tell the officials. "

"It's typical of you to slap a date." Mrs. Tai listened and laughed, "don't worry, Mrs. Huang won't go out and talk nonsense. However, if you have such a heart, I will still drive your words. " Then he said, "if you have the ability, why don't you find a job for your father-in-law. Speaking of it, the Luo family was very kind to us. What's more, we are all relatives, so it's always hard to hear. "

Xu Lingyi frowned: "mother, don't worry about it. I know it in my mind. "

"You are afraid of Yuan Niang. What's your idea? You can negotiate with her on this matter?" Mrs. Tai said bluntly, "I don't care what you two play with javelin, but you can't do anything about the master in person. If you don't show up, I will! " Xu Lingyi did not give up if he did not agree.

"There's something you don't know." Xu Lingyi was quite helpless. "The emperor adopted Chen GE's suggestion and prepared to implement a new tea tax. Chen's father-in-law is always against the tax law This is what the emperor meant. After a while, I'll talk to the emperor again. Don't mix it in any more. "

"Did you say that to your father-in-law?" As a result, Mrs. Tai was very surprised. Looking at her son's appearance that she didn't want to talk about more, she couldn't help saying, "you'd better give the in laws a clue. He knows what he can say and what he can't say

"I didn't say that." Xu Lingyi said, "on the contrary, my father-in-law gave me a lot of examples about how the old method of Chen Ge is not feasible and how it costs people and money I can't go deep. I have to do it for the time being. "

"Tell yuan Niang about this." Too madam thinks a way, "let yuan Niang persuade in laws the master - they are father and daughter, always better than you talk."

"There's nothing to say about it." Xu Lingyi didn't think so. "Maybe she thought it was a word that I didn't want to help her father! There are many differences in political opinions. Can we not be an official if we have different political opinions. Obviously, I didn't try my best to be polite. Otherwise, a great uncle of the state can't even do this! " At the end of the speech, it was ironic.

Too madam listens to look a heavy, want to say again stop, shake head finally, change to make a sigh.