Glory all the way

Chapter 261
When Du Xuan came back from the Jing'an Hou's Mansion, the joy on his face increased a bit.

Asked what grandfather had said to him, Bai Yingluo listened carefully, and also heard that Du Xuan went to see his uncle Jing Anhou, Bai Yingluo jokingly said: "You have grown up, and grandfather and uncle are also happy. Did you get a lot of compliments?"

Du Xuan smiled, hesitated for a moment and said: "My uncle didn't say anything about the errands of Honghe Temple, but only encouraged me a few words, telling me to do my best in everything I do, and not to disappoint the emperor's kindness. But he called I went, and the most asked questions were about the fifth brother-in-law putting loan sharks outside."

Since I asked Du Xuan, I probably wanted to know how many people outside knew that Su Wenyuan was lending usury. It can be seen that Mrs. Xue had already investigated it secretly, so it should be true.

"What did the uncle say?"

Bai Yingluo suppressed her smile and asked.

"The errands of the Hanlin Academy are not busy at all. Those people have nothing to do all day long. Most of them talk about gossip together, just like those gossiping women. So, since they are talking, there must be many people who know about it. .”

Du Xuan said in a deep voice, shaking his head with some disapproval, "Fifth brother-in-law is really reckless this time, if something goes wrong, not only Uncle Su, but even the Jing'an Hou Mansion, I'm afraid it will be polluted too. stained by the name."

What a rat feces dirty a pot of porridge.

Thinking of Su Wenyuan and Bai Yingyun secretly plotting to earn usury, Bai Yingluo couldn't help scolding in her heart.

When Du Xuan and Bai Yingluo were talking about this matter, in Jing'an Hou Qiuran's pavilion, the second master was angrily berating the second lady.

"Are you confused by lard? Is the Hou Mansion short of your food or short of your clothes? Are you going to do such a ignorant thing?"

He is almost middle-aged, he is already a grandfather, and he was summoned by his elder brother to scold him angrily. The second master only felt that his face was burning hot when he looked back at the moment, and when he looked at the second lady, his face became more and more pale. .

The second wife is usually the most aggressive, but now that she is wrong, she naturally loses her arrogance.

Deliberately being careful, the second lady said in a low voice: "I already knew I was wrong, so I took back all the money I released a few years ago, and I don't plan to release it again in the future. Calm down."

"Calm down? The upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked. Do you know what Yun girl and Wen Yuan have done?"

Originally thought that it was just the matter of usury that came out, but unexpectedly, it turned out that it was Bai Yingyun and Su Wenyuan who had been exposed.

While feeling distressed that one of her fortunes was cut off, she was also angry that Bai Yingyun didn't listen to her, and made a mess like this. The second lady was angry and anxious, and wanted to explain something, but suddenly remembered that the second master was right? He will find out about these things, he is just a hands-off shopkeeper, how can he have such thoughts.

"Did your elder brother and sister-in-law tell you?"

The second lady still had a glimmer of hope in her heart.

Seeing that the second master didn't reply, but raised his head and gave her a hard look, the second lady breathed a sigh of relief: as long as the old master and the old lady don't know, that's fine.

Although Bai Shizhong and the Xue family are in charge of the Jing'an Marquis Mansion now, a word from Old Master Bai and Mrs. Bai carries more weight than Bai Shizhong, if not less.

Thinking of the part of the store that Sanfang allocated to her, which has become more and more loss-making, the second lady felt a little guilty.

I used to think that the old lady Bai had tampered with it and distributed the bad shop to herself, but the second lady looked through the account books of the past few years, and it was three to five times better than it is now?
She also asked the fourth lady without any trace, and seeing that the shops in their hands were also booming, the second lady had to admit that maybe she really did not manage well.

Therefore, since the new year, the second wife has been worried that old master Bai and old lady Bai will reprimand her.

If they knew that they had put loan sharks outside, the second lady didn't dare to think about what would happen.

Seeing that the old master Bai and the old lady didn't know about it, the second wife let out a sigh of relief, and said submissively: "Master, I don't think that I can have more money in my hand during the holidays. You go out to entertain your colleagues. , or to give gifts to the boss, can we be more generous? We are no better than the big house, we don’t have such a big family business, the fourth house has a simple population, and the fourth brother has nothing to manage. In this comparison, the three in the Hou’s mansion In the room, we are the only ones who have to figure it out for ourselves, and I was also confused for a while, please calm down and forgive me this time, there will be no next time, huh?"

Looking back, every time I took money last year, the second wife was very straightforward, and the second master couldn't help but softened a bit.

But thinking that Bai Yingyun and Su Wenyuan were also involved, the second master asked with a sullen face, "You gave Sister Yun the idea?"

"No no……"

After repeated denials, the second wife still did not forget to cast aside Bai Yingyun's innocence, "It was Prime Minister Dou's son who started it, and Wen Yuan followed suit. Yun'er told me about it when she came back. I told her not to do such a thing, She said that she couldn't hold back Wen Yuan, I... It's their young couple's matter after all, so I just got involved a few times, and Wen Yuan really let usury."

"Then do you know how much money they let out?"

The second master asked angrily.

"One... 1 taels."

The second lady hesitated, but in the end she didn't dare to tell the second master that the money came from Bai Yingyun's dowry. The government taught Su Wenyuan a lesson.

"Go to the Su Mansion in the afternoon and tell Sister Yun to discuss with Wen Yuan and get the money back as soon as possible. If there is any trouble, see if I can spare her."

Stamping his feet angrily, the second master flicked his sleeves and walked out after finishing speaking.

The second lady had a look of remorse.

In the afternoon, the second lady went to the Su mansion with two fluffy ruler heads, and said a few words to Mrs. Su, only to come and see Bai Yingyun, and discuss how to make some small clothes for the unborn child.

It was a year since Bai Yingyun got married and she had a baby. Mrs. Su's original fears have all disappeared now. Not only did she save her from having to worry about it in the morning and evening, but she also ordered the maids in Yanran's house to take good care of the young mistress.

After talking with the second lady for a while, Mrs. Su got up and sent her to Yanranju herself.

Thinking that the two of them were whispering, Mrs. Su only sat for a while before leaving.

Bai Yingyun is only a month old, and the old man said that the first three months are the most important, and she rarely even gets out of bed these days.

Mrs. Su didn't know whether to laugh or cry when she heard this, and she came to tell her about the woman's first pregnancy before she dared to go down to the ground. Even so, she rarely left the house for fear of any accident.

Leaning on the pillow and drinking the bird's nest porridge brought by the magpie, Bai Yingyun asked happily: "Mother, it's said that children are sour and spicy. I like to eat sour food these days. This child of mine must be a son. You Say?"

With a doting smile, the second lady said angrily: "It's only been a month, and the child is like a date stone in your belly, how can you tell if it's a boy or a girl? It takes six or seven You can only see it in the moon."

As she said that, the smile on the second lady's face couldn't help but subside a little.

"Mother, what's wrong?"

Noticing that her mother's expression was not right, Bai Yingyun handed the bowl to the magpie, and waved her hand, causing the magpie to retreat with the maids in the room.

When the Second Madam left, the smile on her face was rather forced. Madam Su felt uneasy, but she pretended not to know on her face, and politely sent her to the Second Gate.

When Su Wenyuan came back from the Imperial Academy, invited An and went to Yanranju, Mrs. Su called a little maid and asked her to visit Yanranju.

After a while, the little maid ran back in a panic and said that the young master and the young mistress had quarreled.

"What? Do you know what it is for?"

Instinctively thinking that it has something to do with the second wife, Madam Su asked in a deep voice.

The little maid flinched and said in a low voice: "Okay... It seems that the young master took the money from the young mistress's dowry and went out to give loan sharks, and now the in-laws of the Jing'an Hou Mansion know about it, so the young mistress let the young master Take back the money quickly, and the two of them argued badly, so they quarreled."

usury...

With a chill in her heart, it seemed that her master Su Mushan's furious and reproachful face appeared in front of her eyes. Madam Su didn't care to ask any more questions, she got up and walked quickly towards Yan Ranju.

After the servant girl had passed the transmission, Mrs. Su entered the room, and the room was in a mess.

Bai Yingyun was sitting on the edge of the bed with a flushed face, gasping for breath, while Su Wenyuan was standing in front of her, with a few strands of messy hair hanging down her cheeks, and the clothes in front of her were also crumpled, looking extremely embarrassed.

Angry and hurt, Mrs. Su glared at her son, comforted Bai Yingyun and said, "Sister Yun, you have a body, so don't get angry, what's the matter, let me tell Wen Yuan, huh?"

Bai Yingyun didn't take her mother-in-law's words to heart at all.

Looking up at Su Wenyuan bitterly, Bai Yingyun sternly reprimanded: "Su Wenyuan, what are you capable of? Take my dowry money out to lend usury, and now you dare to attack me, why do you have it?"

Although the maids and mothers-in-law were kicked out of the house, everyone in the yard must have heard Bai Yingyun's loud voice.

Su Wenyuan's face instantly turned from red to white.

Annoyed that her son was not up to date, but also felt that Bai Yingyun's mouth was not forgiving, Mrs. Su turned her head to look at Su Wenyuan and persuaded softly: "Wen Yuan, it's not something honorable to give loan sharks, you go and tell people, hurry up!" Get all the money back, we don't want the interest, huh?"

Bai Yingyun stared at Su Wenyuan closely.

Su Wenyuan moved his mouth and didn't say anything, but just looking at the expression on his face, he knew there was something difficult.

Seeing his useless appearance, Bai Yingyun immediately became furious.

"Magpies, geese..."

She raised her voice and saw the two of them entered the house, Bai Yingyun ordered angrily, "Pack up my things, I want to go back to my mother's house to raise the baby."

(End of this chapter)