The genius pyrographer of the reborn daughter

Chapter 43

In Ning Wanzhu's impression, uncle Shao Yang has always been a simple and straightforward person, and he is also a person who can't tolerate sand in his eyes.

Uncle Shao Yang was a young man who entered the Metropolitan Procuratorate early and became a censor, and has been devoted to his duties.Ning Wanzhu remembered very clearly that in the previous life, Shao Yang unceremoniously wrote a letter to impeach all the honorable children living in Beijing, including Chang Shining, Marquis of Changchun who had become Ning Wanzhu's husband-in-law.Because Chang Shining is his husband-in-law, Shao Yang was not at all polite to Chang Shining in the impeachment memorial——

In the previous life, Chang Shining already hated his uncle so much at that time, that's why when he dealt with the Ning family later, he also spared Shao's.

Ning Wanzhu secretly clenched her fist, this is her real uncle.

Back then, uncle Shao Yang gave most of the family wealth of the direct branch of the Shao family to his mother Shao Yunshu, and brought it to the Ning family as a dowry. Uncle Shao Yang and aunt Yao, serving their grandmother Gao, lived in Beijing all the time. Living a life of poverty and simplicity, eating and drinking.One of the reasons why he didn't come back to Nanyang for so long was that he hated people from Nanyang Shao's branch coming to fight the autumn wind.

In her previous life, Ning Wanzhu only got close to her uncle's family after she went to Beijing at the age of 12.Grandmother Gao loves Ning Wanzhu very much, and Ning Wanzhu especially likes aunt Yao.The Yao family is a gentle lady from a family in the south of the Yangtze River. Before Ning Wanzhu got married, she got a lot of advice, and finally she didn't make too much of a joke when she entered the Hou's mansion.

Uncle Shao Yang and Aunt Yao have three children in total, two cousins ​​Shao Yuanyu and Shao Hanyu, and one cousin Shao Xiuyong.Since Uncle Shao Yang came back this time to "worship ancestors", presumably these cousins ​​will also come back.You will meet them at Shao's house.

Ning Wanzhu took Mo Mei, got into her own car, followed Ning Yu's car, and went to Shao Mansion at the other end of Nanyang City.

Seen from the outside, the buildings in Shao's Mansion are new and brand new, showing a prosperous scene.But the big car entered the second gate, Ning Wanzhu helped Mo Mei's hand to get out of the car, frowning at the dilapidated house, the weeds growing between the black tiles on the roof, and the careless, yawning woman who came up to meet her. servant girl.There were male servants in twos and threes, chatting and laughing while passing by the inner courtyard, not looking directly at the guests from the Ning family.

Ning Wanzhu secretly sighed in her heart. Sure enough, the side branch of the Shao family in Nanyang, although it still puts on the airs of the Nanyang clan to the outside world, it has long been "outside the gold and jade, but inside the ruins", and the scenery is no longer.

At this moment, his father, Ning Yu, had already been welcomed into the study of Shao's outer courtyard to meet Shao Yang, while an elderly mother welcomed Ning Wanzhu into the inner courtyard.

"Oh, this is the cousin of the Ning family! I said, she looks so fresh!" Suddenly a shrill female voice rang out.Ning Wanzhu saw a young woman in pomegranate red makeup and flower gown coming out from inside. Before she could speak, the servant had already pushed away the servant woman who was supporting Ning Wanzhu, and took Ning Wanzhu's arm with her own hands. .

Ning Wanzhu only felt a choking smell of makeup and powder coming to her nostrils, and she couldn't help but wanted to sneeze, and she couldn't help it, and felt that the young woman pinched her arm so painfully, it was very unbearable.She couldn't help turning her head to look at the young woman, only to see that the other party was staring at her with a pair of watery peach blossom eyes, and the corners of her mouth seemed to be smiling, but when she saw Ning Wanzhu looking over, she leaned closer to Ning Wanzhu's ear and whispered : "Tell my aunt that the matter on Baotong's side has been completed, and my aunt can just let go and do it."

She spoke very quickly, and after whispering in Ning Wanzhu's ear, she immediately let go of her and stood at least three feet away from her, and said with a smile: "There are people from Beijing, and the house is also in a mess, Miss Biao, please don't laugh at us. Simplicity is what it is!"

When the young woman said this, seventeen or eight thoughts had already turned in Ning Wanzhu's mind.

——The young woman said, "Tell Auntie", in all likelihood, she was referring to Aunt Shao.And when she said that she was "from Beijing", this person must have lived in Nanyang for a long time, rather than coming back from Beijing with Uncle Shao Yang.Based on this, it can be inferred that this young woman is probably from a branch of the Shao family, that is, a relative of Aunt Shao.

It's just that Ning Wanzhu still doesn't understand whether the person who came to ask her to pass on a message regards herself as the eldest lady or the second lady of the Ning family.She and Ning Luozi are similar in age and appearance, and the Shao family might not have imagined that Ning Yu would bring his own daughter to visit his uncle, instead of bringing his concubine's daughter, but only a concubine's daughter.

The two entered a courtyard together, and a man in his early 20s turned out from the courtyard, his appearance was very similar to Aunt Shao's, and he greeted Ning Wanzhu and the woman beside her from a distance, then lowered his head, and turned away.Ning Wanzhu had a feeling in her heart, knowing that this exceptionally enthusiastic woman beside her was probably Aunt Shao's younger brother Shao Chi's daughter-in-law Shen Shi, who could be regarded as her aunt even if she was walking around.

Sure enough, someone came out from the courtyard and said, "Ninth Brother and Sister, it's hard for you—"

Aunt Shao's brother, Shao Chi, is the ninth member of the Shao clan.

Ning Wanzhu raised her head and saw her aunt Yao rushing out from the back room in a hurry. "Auntie!" She stepped forward quickly and saluted Yao Shi Haosheng.

"Don't be too polite, don't be too polite—" Yao shi helped her up very enthusiastically, grabbed her hand, and the two walked into the main room together generously.

When Ning Wanzhu first saw relatives whom he hadn't seen for many years, his eyes couldn't help getting a little wet.In the past few years, with her status as a concubine, she was inevitably looked down upon by the Ning family, but her aunt, Yao, never casually looked down on anyone because of a person's inherent and unchangeable status.

This is true even in previous lives.When he was in Beijing, Yao Shi treated Ning Wanzhu and Ning Luozi equally.

"Yuanyu, Hanyu, find someone to visit Xiuyong and see if he has finished his handwriting. The second miss of the Ning family is here, tell him to come out and meet people." Yao quickly ordered the two behind him a girl.Ning Wanzhu knew that these were her two cousins, the tall one was Yuanyu, who was 14 years old, and the younger Hanyu was also one year older than herself.The "Xiu Yong" that my aunt referred to was her cousin, who was only eight years old now.

Shen Shi, Shao Chi's daughter-in-law who stayed in the courtyard, couldn't help covering her mouth in surprise when she heard the words "Second Miss of the Ning family". Shao Chi went out.

Unexpectedly, Mrs. Yao came out quickly, and said politely to Mrs. Shen: "Sister Nine, I am sorry to trouble you again. Please go and urge the steward of the big kitchen for me. The young master of the Ning family is here today. Our master said, There is a family banquet in the front yard, and we female relatives don't have to stick to it, just get together in the inner yard at will."

This Shen family is in Shao's house in Nanyang, so there is no one who can easily order it to move.When she heard Yao Shi's words, her willow eyebrows raised slightly, she was about to speak, but after thinking about it, she retracted her words, twisted her waist for a while, and walked away with windy feet.

On the other side of the front yard, Shao Yang welcomed Ning Yu into the study, carefully checked that there was no one outside the study, and then sat down with Ning Yu to talk.

Ning Yu saw that Shao Yang's expression was a little unkind.He didn't know what to do, and asked tentatively, "Brother, is everything... all right in Beijing?"

"Crack" A slightly yellowed list was photographed in front of Ning Yu.

"This is?" Ning Yu hesitated, and picked up the list in front of him.

"Here, isn't this Yun Shu's dowry list?" Ning Yu saw clearly the lines of small characters on the list, raised his head in surprise, and looked at Shao Yang.The latter's face was clouded.

"If I now propose to seal up Yun Shu's dowry and keep it temporarily in the Shao family, and then transfer it to Wan Zhu when she gets married, what would you say, Tong Jing?" Tong Jing is Ning Yu's nickname.And Shao Yang was very rude, folded his arms, and looked at Ning Yu with squinting eyes.

When Ning Yu heard this, he was angry and funny for a while, and said, "Brother, why do you think of this? I promised you back then, and I will definitely do the same. It's very... pity, even doting." Ning Yu couldn't help frowning slightly when he thought of his eldest daughter's temper.

"Doting?" Shao Yang sneered. "You have been in Beijing for more than five years, and now you have returned to Nanyang because of the old man's illness. Did you ever think that someone in your family was bold enough to steal the day? And you left your own daughter who was supposed to be held in your hand and cared for in the distance. Chuang Tzu comes up in the wilderness. You, you..." Shao Yang said, his voice trembling slightly.

After hearing Shao Yang's words, Ning Yu put his hands on the table and stood up with a "snap", and said in a trembling voice, "What did you say?"

Confusion between concubine and concubine is a huge scandal for officials and officials.

Shao Yang himself is the censor, and now the third master of the Ning family, Ning Qi, is serving in the frontier army, and he can be regarded as famous. From Shao Yang's position, it is enough for Ning Qi to impeach Ning Qi in the Metropolitan Procuratorate directly on the basis of this matter. Let's drink a pot at home, not to mention that Ning Yu will point to himself in the future, and can go further in his official career.So when Ning Yu heard this, how could he not be surprised?
But his eyes are wide open now, although he looks more serious with Shao Yang, but doubts keep coming up in his heart——

If it is said that the one Aunt Shao brought to Zhuangzi was Ning Luozi, Aunt Shao's own daughter, why did Aunt Shao bear the heart of this little girl living in the countryside for several years without anyone to teach her, making the pearl dusty?

Before moving to Zhuangzi, Aunt Shao used to excuse the second young lady for being naughty, and confine her in her room, so that ordinary people could not see each other.There are even servants in the Ning family who only know the eldest lady, not the second lady.

However, is it possible to exchange the concubines?

What is impossible?The two girls look alike, and Ning Yu still remembers very clearly that when the two girls were three or four years old and Yan Shi had just entered the door, because of one incident, all the servants around the two of them, It was replaced and cleaned.

Ning Yu's face was getting greener and greener, but his heart was getting weaker and weaker.For a moment, he thought that he had done nothing about the affairs of the inner court in the past few years, let Yan Shi and Aunt Shao toss, and he had hardly fulfilled any of his father's responsibilities.Thinking of this, cold sweat broke out on Ning Yu's forehead.

"Really? Uncle, is this true?"

Shao Yang was very disdainful, raised a piece of paper from his sleeve, handed it to Ning Yu, and said, "Look for yourself—"

This is a piece of yellowed calligraphy paper, with four large characters neatly written on it - "Evil purple seizes vermilion"!
(End of this chapter)