urge Zhao to marry

Chapter 222 Unrest 3
As the saying goes, after Laba is the New Year.

Mu Zhaozhao woke up early in the morning and saw that it was very bright outside, so he hurriedly reached out and rang the bell.

Mint and the others came in to help her freshen up.

"Shi Zifei woke up early today." Zi Su said with a smile, "It's snowing outside, and the ground is already as thick as a finger."

Mu Zhaozhao suddenly said, "No wonder the sky outside is so bright, I thought I got up late?"

Bo He said worriedly: "This kind of road is not easy to walk, and you must be careful when you wait for the next princess."

Although it was agreed before that there is no need to go to Ding Xing, but sometimes there are festivals, so I still have to go through the motions, so as not to be said that I am not sensible, and the Meng family and mother will be gossiped.

"Put me some emerald gold hairpins." It was rare for Mu Zhaozhao to comment on his jewelry, and it was rare for him to be willing to dress so richly and exquisitely.

Finally, I put on ruby ​​gourd earrings and a gold ring inlaid with gold gemstones. Finally, I put on a pink and purple butterfly jacket with hundreds of flowers and a fox fur cape. I looked at myself in the mirror, and felt that the face of the little beauty in the mirror was a little rounder. She looked a little plumper than before, but also a little more pampered and graceful.

Especially the complexion, which became fairer and fairer, looked like pink jade, so she couldn't help being narcissistic for a while.

Zisu also couldn't help boasting: "Concubine Shizi, you look so pretty in this dress, like a fairy in the sky."

The other maids also hurriedly praised each other.

Mu Zhaozhao was all smiles when he heard this: "Oh, you're all talking nonsense, restrain yourself, or you'll hurt me from ear to ear."

After tidying up, she ate a bowl of eight-treasure porridge made in her own yard, and then she went to the main courtyard with the help of the maids.

At this moment, the main courtyard is already very lively.

After Mu Zhaozhao entered, he greeted Lord Hou and Mrs. Hou and saluted everyone in Cheng'anbo Mansion.

That's right, people from Cheng'anbo Mansion are now temporarily living in Xuanping Hou Mansion.

Speaking of which, Cheng'anbo Mansion is considered a blessing in misfortune.

There are too many corruption cases involved, more than [-] officials in the six departments are involved, and some old in-laws are involved, at least a hundred people are involved.

In the end, the Holy Majesty just executed Wen Shangshu from the Ministry of Rites and Zuo Shilang from the Ministry of Accounting, the two most corrupt officials.

As for the Cheng'anbo Mansion, it was only because they married Wen Shangshu's prostitute that they got involved in it. It was only a short time, and they only got tens of thousands of taels of silver, so that they would not end up in the end of copying and beheading.

However, in a fit of anger, the Holy Majesty also seized the title of the Cheng'anbo Mansion and searched the Cheng'anbo Mansion.

As a result, all the people from Cheng'anbo Mansion came to seek refuge in Xuanping Hou Mansion.

Of course, when ransacking the house, they definitely won't be able to bring out the big things, but Mu Zhaozhao suspects that they will definitely bring some important things with them, such as bank notes, and if you stuff them in your chest, they won't be able to check so carefully.

Mu Zhaozhao originally felt that she was very relieved, but now that they all entered the Xuanping Hou Mansion, she felt upset.

Hey, it's just that Xuanpinghou's mansion is too big and there are not many masters, so there are too many empty yards.

Of course, even if Mu Zhaozhao finds them unpleasant, he can't drive them away, he can only keep out of sight.

Not to mention that it is not my turn to be the master of the house in the Xuanping Hou Mansion, even if it is my turn to be the master of the family, I can't drive out the down-and-out decent relatives, otherwise I will be criticized, and even my children will be punished. implicated.

The former wife of Cheng'anbo Mansion, now Mrs. Qing said calmly: "The Shizi Concubine is finally here, and we can all eat Laba porridge."

In fact, she didn't want to embarrass Mu Zhaozhao, but the sister-in-law said, let them deal with Mu Zhaozhao anyway.

She also said that she didn't clean up Mu Zhaozhao herself because she didn't want to make her husband dissatisfied with this matter.

Although Mrs. Qing is not willing to be the first bird, but now the whole family depends on her sister-in-law, and the future marriage of her two daughters will depend on her sister-in-law, so she can only be the knife in Qing Xiangying's hand.

Wherever she pointed, she would strike.

Anyway, my sister-in-law is now in charge of the house, and she feels that the reason for Cheng'anbo's current situation is Mu Zhaozhao, a bad star.

It was she and Wen Huitian who harmed the Cheng'anbo Mansion from a wealthy and honorable family to a down-and-out family dependent on others.

After hearing this, Mu Zhaozhao felt that what she said was as if they were all waiting for Mu Zhaozhao to have dinner together.

She was very surprised in her heart, this person is still in the mood to argue with her in this situation?
Fortunately, when they entered the mansion before, Nanny Wen reminded her that when facing Shangqing's family, no matter what she thought in her heart, she must be humble on the surface.

Otherwise, they would use the excuse of being squeezed by her, saying that she thought they were not pleasing to them, to make a fuss and leave Xuan Ping Hou's mansion, and then they would be blamed.

Mu Zhaozhao could only regretfully swallow the words he wanted to hate, and said with a smile: "I was worried that I would come too early and disturb my parents' sleep."

Then he looked at the sky outside, and smiled at Qing Xiangying: "Mother, my daughter-in-law remember correctly? You usually eat at this time, right?"

In fact, she doesn't know the time just by looking at the sky.

It's just that when she went out, she looked at the small wall clock, it was 45:[-], and she arrived here at six o'clock at most.

I want to say that I am late, so how is it possible?
Qing Xiangying originally wanted to use her sister-in-law to embarrass Mu Zhaozhao, but she didn't expect her sister-in-law to be so useless. She wanted to find fault, but she didn't find a better excuse.

Now that she herself was being questioned by Mu Zhaozhao, she could only force a smile: "You didn't come late, it's because we have something on our minds, that's why we couldn't sleep well, we got up early."

Mu Zhaozhao thought to himself, it doesn't matter to me whether you sleep well or not?

This is your natal family, or someone who wants to harm me. Even if I am full, I won't worry about them.

She just smiled.

On the other hand, Xuan Pinghou, who was originally talking to his uncle, glanced at the well-dressed daughter-in-law at this time, and said with satisfaction: "Zhao Zhao, you are here, it is snowing outside, you are pregnant now, please walk carefully. "

He thinks he is a gentleman, and he will never turn away the uncles and brothers who are in trouble.

If you can help them at this time, it will be well-known if it is spread out.

As for Mu Zhaozhao, his daughter-in-law, although he felt that his daughter-in-law's background was a little low, but his son liked it, and his father-in-law and mother-in-law also liked it, so he didn't want to be a villain who beat mandarin ducks with a stick.

Besides, his daughter-in-law was born with a smiling face and was good-looking, and now she was pregnant again, so he didn't want the Qing family to look down on her, thinking that she couldn't be on stage.

Besides, to him, the Qing family and the Meng family are both his Yue family, and he also hopes that they can live in harmony.

Therefore, he had to give his daughter-in-law face in front of the Qing family, and he was kind when speaking to her.

However, at the same time, he also had to worry about the face of his wife and mother, so when Mrs. Qing said Mu Zhaozhao before, he could only pretend that he didn't hear it.

Hey, he felt that he was really too difficult.

None of the two father-in-law and mother-in-law is easy.

However, the matter has come to this point, even if it is too late to regret.

He got up and said, "Let's go have breakfast first, brother please."

After his mother and the Qing family's father-in-law and mother-in-law were deprived of their titles in Cheng'anbo Mansion, they all fell ill and couldn't get out of bed.

As for the concubines, they are not qualified to eat with them.

In the living room, although men and women are divided into two tables, they are not far away, as long as the other side is not whispering, they can hear it.

At the man's table are Xuan Pinghou and Master Qing, as well as Qing Haohui and Qin Yuexuan.

The table of the women's relatives was much more lively, Qing Xiangying and her sister-in-law, and Qing Xiangying's two prostitute daughters, 14-year-old Qin Yuexiu and 13-year-old Qin Yueshui.

There are also two daughters of Mrs. Qing, 16-year-old Qing Zhiqing and 14-year-old Qing Zhilan.

It turned out that both Qing Zhiqing and Qing Zhilan already had engagements.

If it wasn't for the accident in Cheng'anbo Mansion, Qing Zhiqing would get married next spring.

But now that something happened in Cheng'anbo Mansion, I'm afraid that the original husband's family will go back on their word.

And now that Cheng'anbo's house has been ransacked, Qing Zhiqing has no generous dowry. Even Qing Xiangying, an aunt, is willing to give her some dowry, but Qing Xiangying's two daughters and one son have to marry If you marry, it is definitely impossible to subsidize too much.

So now the Qing family sisters are all gloomy.

However, the sisters of the Qin family have a close relationship with them, and they can talk when they sit together.

Although Wen Huitian's natal family is full of robberies, Daqing's laws are more sinful than a married woman, so as long as Qing Haohui doesn't stop her, she can still continue to live her own life.

Wen Huitian's expression was rather haggard, and the dark circles under her eyes were also obvious, and it might be because she cried a lot, her eyes were still a little red and swollen.

At this moment, she was standing behind Mrs. Qing, serving her vegetables.

After all, even if it is said to be eating Laba porridge, there are still seven or eight side dishes on the table, as well as some steamed buns, pancakes, boiled eggs, five insurance quail eggs and the like.

Mu Zhaozhao is not very proficient in the cloth dish business.

The main reason is that mother-in-law and daughter-in-law spend less time together, and she has no room for development.

Of course, she didn't want to stand by and watch her mother-in-law eat and drink, so she could only do what a little girl would do.

In fact, if she eats in her own room, she doesn't need a maid to serve her. Can she pick up what she wants to eat?The maid doesn't know how to read minds, so how can she know whether your steamed stuffed bun wants to be dipped in vinegar or chili sauce?

Therefore, in the few limited opportunities for mother-in-law and daughter-in-law to eat together, Mu Zhaozhao just picked up a chopstick and sat down to eat together.

But now that Wen Huitian is standing behind her mother-in-law serving vegetables, she can't be perfunctory, or else she will give them a clue.

Mu Zhaozhao smiled and asked, "What would mother like to eat?"

Hey, I really don't know why Wen Huitian wants to be so low-key, so that he can only pretend to be virtuous.

Mu Zhaozhao really didn't believe that Wen Huitian, the eldest lady of Shangshu's family, would serve her mother-in-law like this. He suspected that it was because Wen Shangshu was dead that Mrs. Qing would show off.

Qing Xiangying was not too polite: "Today I enjoy the blessing of my daughter-in-law, peel me two quail eggs."

(End of this chapter)