Yutai Bi

Chapter 166

"Grandmother! Our family can't win this lawsuit!" Du Yansui said quietly.

Mrs. Du was so surprised that she sat up all of a sudden: "Holding a spirit to marry a ghost depends on whether the two parties are voluntary. Even though the Cui family holds the marriage certificate, our family does not want to, and it is a hero. The emperor will not easily favor the Cui family. Yan Sui, the lawsuit hasn't been filed yet, why do you say that?"

Du Yansui sighed and said: "Grandmother, you have gone through storms. My grandson told the truth, I just hope that you have prepared yourself first. Now the court and harem are all staring at this matter. It is no longer a grudge between the Cui and Du families. But the emperor is wrestling with the old ministers who are in power! The emperor has been on the throne for more than two years, and the power of the three provinces and six ministries is in the hands of the ministers who came from the famous family. Empress Cui represents the noble family. The emperor wants power, so he has always loved her Wu Zhaoyi, who has been much criticized, neglected the queen, which is testing and challenging the bottom line of the family step by step. The Cui family made it clear that they were wrong. They gave the emperor the opportunity to suppress the old ministers. Centralizing power is not something that can be achieved overnight. If you get benefits, the emperor will appease the ministers headed by the aristocratic family, give a slap and reward a sweet date. Our family is this sweet date. Only when the emperor really takes power, can our family have the possibility of a comeback."

Mrs. Du closed her eyes abruptly, her voice trembling: "You mean Yan Wan, she still wants to worship a memorial tablet..."

"If Cui Mengdong is still alive, Yan Wan will only die in Cui's house. Now, I'm afraid she will be wronged for a year or two." Du Yansui replied with some difficulty.

Mrs. Du leaned back and passed out again.

Cen Sanniang and Du Yansui were among those who were pinching her, it took a while for Mrs. Du to regain her composure, tears streaming down her face: "Poor my Yan Wan!"

"Grandmother, this is just the worst plan." Du Yansui buried her head on the old lady.

He was helpless and sober.

Cen Sanniang felt that the court hall was really not a place for people to stay.She wondered in a daze, Du Yansui couldn't escape, what would happen in the future?Wu Zhaoyi really became a queen, will it be smooth sailing in the future?

"...Grandmother knows it well. Our family has put in all their strength in this lawsuit. If the emperor really wants to sacrifice Yan Wan, the Du family will have a good future." Mrs. Du said in a deep voice.

After resigning from the old lady, the two returned to Yanju.

Du Yansui saw Cen Sanniang looking sleepy, so he hugged her and sat on her lap, and buried her face by her neck: "I'm worried about Yan Wan, so why don't you ask me if I'm okay..."

Dare to be jealous of your own sister?Cen Sanniang pushed him dumbfounded: "Aren't you alright? Come on, let me see if your skin is scratched."

Du Yansui bit her ear angrily: "There's something in your heart, don't you want to tell me?"

Really... Zhu Bajie beat him up!Who has more things buried in their stomachs?Cen Sanniang's ears were itchy, she hugged his chest and smiled to hide from him, the depression in her heart subconsciously dissipated.

Seeing that she finally smiled, Du Yansui pecked her lips contentedly and said: "Don't worry. I just told my grandmother the worst plan. She is old and can't stand stimulation. Tell her first, If the result is not good, she will not be so angry."

"What on earth are you thinking?" Cen Sanniang stretched out her hands to pinch his face, stretching both sides to deform her shape, seeing Du Yansui becoming cartoony and cute, she felt better.

Du Yansui amusedly let her ravage her, grabbed her hand, leaned back, pulled Cen Sanniang to lie on his chest, and said lightly: "The lawsuit is a bit difficult. According to the laws of the Tang Dynasty, as long as the two parties sign a marriage contract, You can be regarded as someone's daughter-in-law if you haven't been married. But now the Cui family is going to marry a yin relative. There is another saying about this. Most of the people will withdraw their marriage in order to accumulate virtue, so as to show their generosity and benevolence. Let alone our status The family will never let their daughter be wronged even if they die. Therefore, from the law alone, our family will lose. From a logical point of view, the Cui family will be cast aside if they win. However, when Yan Wan returned home, Cui The family was passive. Cui Mengdong saw that the first seven years were over and he was going to die. His family was in a hurry to marry a daughter-in-law to worship Cui Mengdong's spirit, why should we be in a hurry?"

"Bad guy! Don't forget that Cui Mengdong was caught by you..." Cen Sanniang was a little uneasy.

Du Yansui was silent for a while and said: "If the Cui family sincerely asks for marriage, I will not kill him. At most, I will just refuse. On that day, the empress sent someone to the mansion to announce the decree, and then invited me into the palace. Xu Yizhongli. Their family obviously asked to marry me to work for the queen. For the Du family, I was ordered by the late emperor to stay by King Teng's side for eight or nine years. I will never let Yan Wan live like that again. Yan Wan's nature Lie, I can't stand it, and I can't hold it down. Sanniang, do you think I'm cruel?"

Cen Sanniang leaned her face against his chest and muttered: "A dead fellow Taoist will not die a poor daoist."

Du Yansui laughed: "Let the Cui family go there in a hurry. If you come to ask for someone, you won't give it up. If you want to file a lawsuit, our family will accompany you!"

"I saw King Teng by the Qujiang River. He has so many people, why do you have to risk going out of the palace and do it yourself?" Cen Sanniang's finger scratched Du Yansui's chest, with a big question in her heart.

"I know too much. If I don't pass the handle to King Teng, the prince will not be relieved. It is easy to hide from the open gun, but hard to defend from the hidden gun. I always place orders. He is worried, and I have only one dead end. I am now There is no way to fight him."

Du Yansui slowly reached out and picked off the hairpins from Cen Sanniang's bun, one after another.His black hair fell down.Satisfied, he touched her with his hands, and told her quietly: "Prince Teng wants to help Wu Zhaoyi gain a foothold in the harem. I don't need to borrow his people to kill Cui Mengdong. But he wants me to do it myself, and I will fulfill him."

Cen Sanniang raised her head: "I don't understand. Does he really love Wu Zhaoyi? He loves her so much that he can give her up to the emperor and help her? I can't do it in my place."

Du Yansui turned over, pressed her under him, looked at her beautiful eyebrows and muttered: "If I want to give you up to someone else, I can't do it."

He leaned down and kissed her lips.

The Du family clamored for a lawsuit with the Cui family.The old lady also prepared a letter to the old Duke Yuchi asking for help.In fact, for three days, there was no movement at all in the Du family.

The Cui family got impatient and sent people to find out what happened to the Du family.

The gate of the Duke's Mansion was closed tightly, and servants who bought melons, fruits and vegetables came in and out from the back door from time to time.There was a lot of activity in the second room of the Du family next door. After renting the Zhiting Courtyard in the Duke's Mansion, they hired craftsmen to build a Daoyue gate on the wall, and arranged for servants to come in and out to clean it.

He also inquired that the big house of the Du family would charge rent, and the old lady of the second bedroom and the patriarch had a big fight.

"Master Hou! I said I shouldn't let Du Yanwan go back, look! Their house closed their doors to celebrate their birthday, pity my Dalang... the first seven days are almost over, and there is not even a crying soul around him! "After hearing the report from the servants, Mrs. Li was so angry that she fell on the pillow and burst into tears.

Lord Cui is angry.Still ask Zhang's mother who went to the Duke's mansion before to go to Du's house.

Cen Sanniang received Zhang's mother in the flower hall.

"Mrs. Du, this servant wants to meet the old lady. Don't forget, the second girl's marriage certificate is still in the hands of the master." This time, Zhang's mother is not as low as she was last time.Bring four girls.She was wearing a poplin skirt with maroon purple flowers, two gold rings on her fingers, and she was holding a round fan discreetly, sitting at the bottom, posing like a deputy lady.

Cen Sanniang drank her tea slowly, thinking, the day is getting hotter and hotter, and she never asked before whether there is an ice cellar at home.Probably no ice.This year, the betrothal gifts are all used as things, so how can I have spare money to buy ice?The hands are a little looser, it's time to ask Mother Fang to arrange someone to go to Fangshi to bring some carts of ice back.The kitchen can do some cooking.That year, in Longzhou, I remember that she also made a simple refrigerator, which was quite useful.

"Mrs. Du!" Seeing that Cen Sanniang was drinking tea and ignoring herself, Zhang's mother became angry, and put the round fan on the desk, making loud noises.

Cen Sanniang came back to her senses, and glanced at Zhang Mama: "What is your identity? Do you have any orders? A rough envoy will meet the first-rank Duke's wife. Who do you think you are?"

Zhang's mother was furious, and Huo Di stood up: "Mrs. Du, your girl was married by the empress, and she promised it to my eldest son. The marriage certificate has been changed. Is it possible that the Du family will resist the order?"

Cen Sanniang blinked her eyes: "Mother Zhang, don't talk nonsense. The empress gave you a marriage, but your eldest son... is gone? Who will my girl marry?"

"Since the marriage certificate has been changed, she is the daughter-in-law of the Marquis of the Founding of the People's Republic of China. My son's first seven years have passed, and Miss Du Er should cry for my son and keep his filial piety!" Mother Zhang said confidently.

"Do you think this is the mansion of the founding marquis? Can you still rob someone again? You haven't married, and the wedding hasn't happened yet. Why should my girl cry and keep her filial piety? If the Cui family wants to get married, they have to see What kind of family is the Du family! Since the man is dead, all the good intentions of the empress have been in vain. Naturally...retire the engagement! You, a slave, are naturally incapable of being masters, so go back and report to your wife, Mrs. Hou. Guest!" Cen Sanniang said with a smile.

She has already made arrangements.Speaking of seeing off the guests, the girls and women all around swarmed up, not Mrs. Jianguo Hou, who had no scruples, twisted Mama Zhang and the girls of the Cui family out loud and pushed them away.

"Mrs. Du, don't be complacent! Ouch! Even if my son is gone, your girl will marry her!" A Qiuxia hated the Cui family's domineering that day, and took the opportunity to squeeze a few times Out of breath, Zhang's mother screamed in pain.

Cen Sanniang stood on the porch, watching Zhang's mother being pushed away, and shouted loudly: "Remember to tell the founding marquis and his wife that our Du family is going to divorce! The gift from your family is quite a lot, and you won't be greedy for half a tael of money." of!"

Mother Zhang is Li Shi's confidant and the chief steward of the inner courtyard, how could she have suffered such anger.Back to the founding marquis mansion weeping with snot and tears.Cen Sanniang has been described as a shrew than the market.

Master Cui was angry: "Isn't his family clamoring for a lawsuit? Why don't they go to the Yamen, clamoring for divorce!"

Zhang's mother was stunned, kowtowed and apologized: "Master Hou, forgive me, this old slave was so angry that he forgot to ask about this matter. This old slave will go to Du's house again!"

"Hurry up and come back! Why is Du Guogong's mansion so reckless!" Master Cui said angrily.

(End of this chapter)