Sometimes the palace is sunny

The same winter wind blows through similar carved beams and painted buildings. Some people smile through the window and say that they don’t need to travel around in the warm house. The end of the Hou Mansion.

"Madam, there are no inscriptions on these pieces of gold, so it should not be a gift from the palace."

Looking at the bulky gold utensils brought up by the women, Liang Yuying, who was holding a needle and thread, sighed:

"After weighing, take these pieces and melt them to make gold ingots."

"Yes, ma'am."

Seeing a few women who were about to go down holding the gold utensils, Liang Yuying stopped them again.

"You don't have to go anywhere else, just let someone bring the scale and weigh it in front of me."

Several women responded, two women put the gold utensils in the corner, and the other two went to get the scales.

Liang Yuying lowered her head. In her hand was a pale satin jacket with a swastika pattern. There was a two-inch slit on the hem. She chose silk thread of the same color, and tried to mend the clothes by comparing the patterns. .

After a while, the door curtain was lifted, and a gust of cool wind swept in. She thought it was the old lady who had brought the scale back, but she didn't look up.

The person who didn't want to come in sat down next to her.

"Mother, why did you bring so many gold utensils out? Are you going to give them gifts?"

Liang Yuying raised her head and said with a smile:
"Who would dare to accept presents from our family now? It's almost the Chinese New Year, and we have to send something to our hometown, otherwise the old man in my hometown would think that our side is really in decline. Our house still has a lot of land in our hometown. If Let them take it lightly, and if there is any trouble, it will be a big trouble for our mansion."

The woman wearing a silver-colored double-breasted jacket and a fragrant-colored skirt lowered her body to support the lying rabbit on her head, and straightened the clothes she was mending for Liang Yuying.

Seeing her movements, Liang Yuying put away the needle and pushed her hand:
"Don't waste time here with me, go back and read quickly. Since you said you were going to take that woman's exam, you should put in a thousand percent of your strength. In the morning, your aunt even sent a special letter. Although there are not many female officials in the palace, they are all extraordinary, and there are only a few who have an unforgettable memory, so you must not relax."

The woman pursed her lips and smiled, leaning half of her body on Liang Yuying's shoulder:
"Everyone else's family is urging their son to make progress, but mother, you are urging your daughter-in-law to make progress."

Liang Yuying raised her head, touched the woman's hand, took a satin armband embroidered with pink peach from the side, and put the woman's hand away carefully.

"I gave birth to two sons with fair character and mediocre talent. I was lucky enough to let you marry Yuanrun as his wife, which is worse than their brothers. Now our house is not as good as before. Xin returned early My natal family, you are the only one who not only helps me support my family, but also has the ambition to be a female official, so I naturally want to cherish you. I never thought that the two incompetent boys in my family could also be promoted in the imperial examination."

These words are gentle and appropriate, Xu Wenqing's eyes are slightly hot, and he is tired of his mother-in-law:

"Mother, take care of yourself, don't always worry about us juniors."

Looking at the gold utensils in the corner, she said softly:
"My hometown has been blaming you for the father's loss of title. How can those people get some gold and silver from them?"

Liang Yuying gently touched Xu Wenqing's back:

"It's not just for them. These gold wares are not needed at home. I wanted to pawn them off, but now Yanjing City is full of high-ranking families who are pawning off their shortfalls. I don't think so. Melt it directly to make gold ingots. Melt more, and on the account it is said to be sent back to your hometown, but secretly you also send some to your family. Isn’t your brother going to take the exam next year? It also makes your family don’t have to worry, although our family Now that we are in decline, some help is enough."

One by one, Liang Yuying had already made plans in her heart.

Her husband Cao Fengxi's title was abolished, and all the land and property occupied by the Hou Mansion over the years were liquidated and returned one after another. From now on, the family will have to live on her imperial salary. I can't afford it.

Her two sons are already married. The eldest son, Cao Yuanlang, is the first nephew of her sister-in-law who became the queen mother, and the eldest grandson of her mother-in-law who became the wife of the country. He didn't give her a chance to speak, as if he was afraid that Cao Yuanlang would marry the daughter of a petty official like her, so he tried his best to finally let Cao Yuanlang marry the granddaughter of An Guogong's mansion.

For this matter, her eldest sister-in-law of the queen mother simply bought and sold by force. First, someone asked about Mrs. An Guogong's favorite face, and then made exactly the same one and sent it to her. Wearing the same headgear when summoned" This kind of fate was forced out of a marriage line.

An Guogong, like the British government, is the founding father of the country. Although unlike the British government, he still holds Liaodong in his hands, he still sends out generals from generation to generation. Cao Yuanlang only has a false title of guard, and according to the rules, he will not have any titles in the future. Inheritance, being able to get such a marriage really cheered up the whole Cao family for a long time.

But Liang Yuying knew what Qi Dafei was. She married Cao Fengxi, who was the uncle of the country, as the daughter of the county magistrate, and her life was trembling.Sure enough, the Xin family was born as a general, and was calculated to marry into the descendant of the mud-legged family. He wished he could tear down the whole Cao family. He even slumped when he met the queen mother after marriage, and he refused to settle down with Cao Yuanlang. To live, even if Cao Yuanlang is honest and honest, the two will quarrel when they meet, saying that they are married but become enemies instead.

She really didn't look like it, so she simply divided half of the eldest son's yard and opened the door, saying that it was a family, but actually two families lived together, so it calmed down a bit.

After this incident, Liang Yuying couldn't sit still seeing her mother-in-law and eldest sister-in-law still wanting to find a noble wife with Cao Yuanrun.

Even if Qin and Jin are good, both Qin and Jin are big countries. What does the Cao family have?The Hou Ye who is doing evil, the embarrassing queen mother, and a family of relatives who don't worry about it. If ten heads are chopped off, you can spell two and a half "climbing to the powerful". Ling's son is better than sending him in to suffer.

In order not to let her second son be tricked, Liang Yuying really thought of a way.

First, she dragged on for two years when her mother-in-law passed away, and then secretly searched for candidates for her second daughter-in-law. Although her second son Cao Yuanrun was smarter than his elder brother, he was limited, and he would not be able to be a big official in the future. She only went to those homes. Looking for someone with a clean and upright style, they just want to find someone who can live a stable life with their son and who can push his son to make progress.

After looking around, when she was hesitating, Han gave her a candidate, Xu Wenqing.

Xu Wenqing's uncle is the right servant of the Ministry of Industry, a doctor of the third rank, and his father is only a junior official of the seventh rank. She is the eldest daughter of the family, knowledgeable, sensible, and sensible.

If that's the case, Liang Yuying might not be willing to let such a good girl come to Cao's house to suffer, but Xu Wenqing has a shortcoming - she is the eldest daughter of a bereaved mother, and she is included in the so-called "five don'ts". younger brother.

Xu Wenqing's stepmother took care of the wedding for her, even if the dowry was thin, and even asked for a large sum of dowry, as if she wanted to sell Xu Wenqing.

Taking advantage of His Majesty's eradication of Zhang Wan's party and the turmoil in the court, Liang Yuyingqing and Cao Fengle entered the palace to help negotiate Xiang, and finally persuaded her aunt of the queen mother not to rush to marry Cao Yuanrun.

At the same time, she asked Han Ruowei to come forward and invite Xu Wenqing's aunt to the banquet, saying that she wanted to hire Xu Wenqing as her daughter-in-law. Xu Wenqing's aunt's background was similar to that of Liang Yuying. The family had a reputation for selling their daughters, so they agreed.

A few months later, taking advantage of the Queen Mother's fast and seeing no one, Liang Yuying made the concubines drunk. Cao Fengxi agreed to the marriage.

The Empress Dowager was furious and called her into the palace to reprimand her, but Liang Yuying just kept spitting on her face and refused to let go.

Her whole life was ruined in an unbearable marriage, and she couldn't let her son follow in her footsteps.

On the day Xu Wenqing and Cao Yuanrun got married, she still had injuries from being beaten by the maid in the palace. The Queen Mother even ordered Xu Wenqing not to enter the palace to thank her.

Liang Yuying didn't care, and to her relief, neither did her son and daughter-in-law.

Today, except for the two sons, she and Xu Wenqing are the only ones who can support the whole family. What wealth, luxury, and a double-country uncle are all just golden cages thrown down to make people feel happy. They are struggling inside.

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were talking about themselves, and several women came in with scales.

After remembering the weight of the gold vessel, Liang Yuying instructed the shape of the gold ingot again. While talking, a few maidservants stumbled in.

"Ma'am! The master drank too much and is throwing things."

Liang Yuying, who still had a slight smile on her face just now, lowered her eyebrows, and spoke softly:

"Close the door as usual, and let him make trouble in the yard. When he sobers up, tell him that there will be no alcohol in the next ten days."

Several little maids were trembling, and one of them, who had lost face in front of Cao Fengxi before, said in a low voice:
"Ma'am, just keep the master locked up like this? After all, the master..."

Liang Yuying stood up, wearing a homely lotus-colored jacket with a plain horse-face skirt and a simple headdress, it didn't look like a first-class order at all.

But her eyes swept over, and the little maids didn't dare to speak.

"I am the one who is in charge of the Shouchenghou Mansion. Whatever I arrange, you will follow."

"Yes Yes……"

Seeing the little maid who was speaking wearing a pair of pink embroidered shoes, Liang Yuying's eyes froze:
"Now the mansion doesn't need too many people to serve you. If you want to get married out of the mansion, just tell me. The mansion doesn't want your money for redemption. Now that the mansion is in such a state, it's better for you to go out and be a plain-faced commoner wife." Stay here. If you want to get in front of Cao Fengxi and think that you can become a concubine, you will be too stupid."

The pink embroidered shoes retreated a little and were hidden in the corner of the skirt.

Liang Yuying waved her hand, making these maids back out.

Everyone left, she sighed.

Xu Wenqing took his hand out of the armhole and shook her sleeve lightly:

"Mother, don't be sad, there are always people in this world who will be dazzled by the wealth in front of them."

Liang Yuying gently closed her eyes.

Ever since she took Cao Fengxi out of the imperial prison, she locked Cao Fengxi in the yard where the old lady used to live under the pretext of recuperating, leaving only a small gate.

These days, when she opened her eyes, she would think whether Cao Fengxi should just die like this.

With such a disaster, living would only be a drag on the whole family. If they died, the whole family would go back to their hometown to observe their filial piety, which would be better than trembling in Yanjing City, fearing that one day they would be used by the Queen Mother again.

But she couldn't bear it anymore.

Could it be that she wanted Cao Fengxi to dirty her hands before she died?
Standing behind Liang Yuying, Xu Wenqing sighed deeply as he looked at the back of his mother-in-law who was much thinner than before.

Her mother-in-law is a good woman, but a good woman cannot survive.

Her mother is a good woman, so she went early in order to make her father tired of taking the imperial examination.

Her aunt was also a good woman, and her eldest uncle looked like a gentleman, and married seven concubines.

Because she is a good woman, she is in a dilemma, and she uses her conscience as a lamp to illuminate the way forward. How could she know that the wolves in this world, no matter how they look, eat this conscience.

"mother."

"Huh?" Liang Yuying turned around, but saw Xu Wenqing took out a thin piece of paper from his sleeve.

"Do you know Nushu?"

Liang Yuying frowned, looked at her daughter-in-law and said with a smile:
"Mom, you always say that the Cao family is a golden cage that will collapse sooner or later, why do you have to stay in this golden cage that is about to collapse?"

"Mom, let's go out."

Liang Yuying didn't understand any of the words on the back of that piece of paper, but looking at those slender strokes, she always felt that it was a gust of wind.

Comes from where no one has seen before.

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