I go to the ancient imperial examinations

Chapter 558 Rumors
When Qiu Bingde left Yipinlou and returned to the Qiu Mansion, Master Qiu also returned from the Yamen ahead of schedule.

After all, Mrs. Dou died in Xiang's house. At that time, there were a lot of people talking about it, and Jiao Zhifu ordered it to be silenced. However, within half a day, the news still spread throughout Qianzhong Prefecture.

backyard.

"Where have you been?" Wu asked with a smile, skillfully changing Qiu Bingde's clothes, while the two big maids who were supposed to serve retreated outside to wait.

Qiu Bingde changed into his normal clothes, and handed the handkerchief to wipe his face to Mrs. Wu, "Second brother went to the study?"

Looking up at the smiling husband-in-law, Wu suppressed the impatience and helplessness in her heart, smoothed the wrinkles on Qiu Bingde's clothes, and took the cyan pendant on the dressing table and hung it around his waist. Then he opened his mouth and said, "The news came from the second younger brother. In less than half an hour, my father came back from the government office, and my mother also went to the front yard."

"Thank you, lady. I'll go to the study first." At first glance, Qiu Bingde's unhurried appearance made one think that he didn't care about Qiu Huaixin's younger brother at all.

When she married into the Wu family, the Wu family came here for the position of the head of the house, and the husband was born with a gentle and refined personality. As for the next two younger brothers, they both have a temperament that has no intention of officialdom.

Even though Wu had a better choice at the time, he still chose Qiu Bingde in the end.

But after being married for many years, Mrs. Wu gradually realized that Qiu Bingde's personality was indeed too gentle, lacking sharpness and aggressiveness, and he took care of his two younger brothers just like his brother Chen.

Fortunately, neither the second brother nor the third brother has any ambitions, one is devoted to landscape, and the other likes to make friends. Otherwise, Wu will be worried that the position of Patriarch of the Qiu family will be changed in the future.

After sending people to the Chuihua Gate, the smile on Wu's face faded away, and she looked at Qiu Bingde's back with complicated eyes as he strode away.

"You don't have to worry, Ma'am, I have my own plan." Madam Dong, who was standing aside, said in a low voice, she knew that her lady was angry at my uncle's lack of ambition, and my uncle went to Yipinlou for a banquet when such a big incident happened in the mansion.

The second young master is a good one, but it's a pity that the second young lady has shallow eyelids and has been staring at the position of the Patriarch. I don't blame my young lady for being anxious. The third young master is not married yet, otherwise there will be another sister-in-law, and I don't know what the mansion will be like. Condition.

Mrs. Wu is very close to her nanny, and there are some things she can't say to Qiu Bingde, the husband-in-law, and her natal family is far away, so she can only talk to Dong Nanny.

With a long sigh, Mrs. Wu turned around and walked into the house. Even though the maids in the yard were her dowry, she didn't complain until she entered the house and Aunt Dong asked the maids who were serving her to retreat outside.

"There is a slang saying that the youngest son is the eldest grandson, the lifeblood of the old lady! Not only the mother, but the father also prefers the third younger brother the most. When the third younger brother gets married in the future, this preference may be transferred to the younger daughter-in-law and the younger grandson. What is more is the deep brotherhood, where does the Xuanwu change come from in the history books."

Nanny Dong handed over the tea, and comforted in a low voice; "The mansion is partial to the third son, but the third son has no fame so far."

Madam Dong is the son of the Wu family, a servant from an official family, and her vision and knowledge are better than those of the humble scholars. A scholarly family like the Qiu family and an official family, the most important thing is inheritance.

Although the ancestral rules of the Qiu family did not require the legitimate son to inherit the family business, Madam Dong thought that of the three sons of the Qiu family, only Qiu Bingde could be the head of the family. Although the eldest son is only a fifth-rank official now, the second and third sons are still It is a white body, in contrast, the high and low stand out.

The tea made from high-grade tea leaves has no bitter taste at all, but Mrs. Wu felt that what she was drinking was yellow lotus water, so she put down the teacup and said helplessly, "I'm not worried, my husband, but I'm worried about the next generation, ma'am."

No wonder Mrs. Wu thinks so long-term. In fact, Qiu Wangshu is the most talented member of the Qiu family, while Qiu Bingde can only be regarded as a middle-of-the-roader. Mrs. Wu is worried that her son will not be as good as the second wife, and the position of the head of the family will be lost in the future. Qiu Bingde passed it on to his nephew, which made the Wu family unwilling.

Mammy Dong opened her mouth, wanting to say that Mrs. Wu was thinking too much. The two children have only been educated for a few years, so how can they tell who is more talented and has a better future? Let's talk about fame.

Mrs. Wu raised her hand and rubbed the center of her brows. She didn't need to listen to Mammy Dong's answer. She squinted her eyes and continued, "You don't need to talk about self-deception, not to mention the dead Qiu Jinyu. The sky is dark under our direct branch, let’s just say that Zhan Feiyu has only been accepted as a disciple by Gu Xueshi for more than two years.”

"I heard from Mr. Gu that Xueshi Gu has been in the capital all the time. He relies on letters to assign his homework on weekdays. He relies on self-study like this. My uncle is rushing to recruit apprentices, and he wants to compete with Xueshi Gu for his disciples. When my father mentioned Zhan Feiyu It’s really admirable.”

Madam Dong was the mother in charge of the Wu family, and she was there at the time. This was the first time she saw Mr. Qiu praise a junior so much. If this little girl is a descendant of the Qiu family, it is estimated that the position of the head of the family is really nothing to do with the eldest son. .

Back then, Qiu Jinyu from the third room won the small three yuan in one fell swoop, and in the master's mouth, it was just a compliment of "this son is good at reading", "Brother Chen is still young, and some people are late to enlighten, brother Chen must be one of those late bloomers in the storybook .”

Mrs. Wu was silent. She remembered that she had heard people say that sons are like mothers, but brother Chen is very much like a husband, both in brain and temperament. Did you pass the exam by hard work? Who is a late bloomer? How many years can you serve for the court when you have a grizzled beard?"

Although Mrs. Wu also loves Brother Chen, she is a smart person. As the saying goes, she can see clearly whether her child is talented or not.

Mother Dong could understand Wu's reluctance, but when she thought of a certain possibility, she panicked and looked around warily, "Miss, this old servant can only recognize a few words, and I don't understand the truth, but the mansion still has a few words." There are Master and Madam, Miss, you must not have other thoughts."

Mammy Dong was really afraid that Mrs. Wu would attack brother Lin who was the second room. Her own lady was smart, but the master was a high-level official in frontiers, a second-rank official in the imperial court, and these calculations in the back house were all tricks that could not be put on the table. How can I hide it from the eyes of the master and madam.

Once my young lady takes action against the heirs of the Qiu family, no matter whether she succeeds or fails, she is doomed to die, and they, the dowry descendants of the Wu family, also have no way out.

Wu Shi didn't speak, she propped her chin with one hand as if she fell asleep, but no one knew what was going on in her heart.

……

Front yard study.

Knowing that Qiu Bingde was back, Mrs. Qiu rushed over from the backyard immediately, and the mother and son just met at the door of the study.

In the study, Qiu Huaixin, who was depressed, glanced sharply at Mrs. Qiu and Qiu Bingde in the yard. He stood up and greeted him like a savior, "Mother, brother."

"How old are you and still not in shape." Mrs. Qiu patted Qiu Huaixin's outstretched hand away, and said angrily, "It's the age to get married, and I still treat myself like Brother Chen and Brother Lin Big."

"When I grow up, I'm also a good son of my mother." As soon as Qiu Huaixin said this brazen words, Qiu Wangshu, who was sitting on a chair drinking tea, spit out a sip of tea.

It has been almost an hour since Mr. Qiu saw Qiu Huaixin when he returned to the mansion, and he did not reprimand him, but Mr. Qiu's indifferent attitude made Qiu Huaixin uneasy, and he dared not even sit in a chair. It is inevitable that he would want to ask Mrs. Qiu for help when he saw Mrs. Qiu .

Master Qiu still ignored Qiu Huaixin, and looked at Qiu Bingde who entered the room, "What's going on outside?"

"The Xiang family's funeral has already attracted attention, and with the people from the yamen coming, the news can't be suppressed at all." Qiu Bingde had a banquet for Zhan Feiyu in Yipinlou before, but it had already been arranged. "Someone wants to borrow Criticize my father about my younger brother."

Qiu Wangshu wiped off the tea stains from the corner of his mouth, straightened his slack sitting posture, and his complexion suddenly turned cold, "The matter of the third room has not been long, and the younger brother is accused of forcing the elders to death. Yu Shitai is expected to impeach him My father is not strict with the family."

Lord Qiu is the Patriarch of the Qiu family. Although the third house is a side branch, it also has the surname Qiu. The Qiu family was able to survive this disaster smoothly before. It is because the Holy One trusts and uses Lord Qiu, but if accidents happen one after another in the Qiu family, the Holy Majesty Even if you want to protect him, you have to consider the feelings of all the officials.

(End of this chapter)