Zhumen Chunshen

Chapter 411 Leaving Beijing for Disaster Relief
Yao Cunhui didn't make the question explicit, Shen Quan naturally understood it, and said with a smile: "You don't understand these things, so don't worry about it. It won't be long until August [-]th, when you enter the palace to congratulate the queen mother, think about it The way is to meet Xiaodie. For the rest, I have my own discretion."

"Be careful in everything!" Yao Cunhui nodded and smiled, thought for a while and said in a low voice: "In terms of food..." The Yao family is now the largest rice and grain merchant in Dazhou, and has very convenient channels to store and transport grain.

Shen Quan covered her mouth all of a sudden, looked around subconsciously, and whispered in her ear: "Hui'er!"

Yao Cunhui was startled, she stared blankly at Shen Quan, moved his hand away, raised her eyebrows, and said in a low voice: "My father——"

Shen Quan nodded, "I leave the matter in the palace to you, and I will take care of everything else."

"I understand!" Yao Cunhui let out a sigh of relief.Looking at it like this, my father must have been with Shen Quan a long time ago, so why do I need to say more?His father has always been decisive, resolute and decisive. When he married Shen Quan, the Yao family and the Shen family were already tied together and there was no possibility of separation. Father had no other choice but to make a decision early.Father is a shrewd man who has been in the business field for many years. He chose to support Shen Quan, which naturally has his reasons. At least, the Lu family and the prince must have indicated that he is also optimistic about the prince.

Only then did Shen Quan heave a sigh of relief, smiled, and tapped her forehead lightly, "You, it's better to be stupid!"

Yao Cunhui curled her lips and complained: "I'm already stupid enough, but if you keep messing with my head, I'll be even more stupid!" Shen Quan burst out laughing.

Old Madam Shen and Mrs. Xiao didn't say anything, they didn't want Aunt Qin but became restless.She felt that she made a fool of herself in front of Yao Cunhui last time, and she wanted to save face if she said anything. She was gloating and waiting to see her jokes, but she didn't want Shen Quan to act in such a way, and Aunt Qin felt extremely disappointed.Hearing that Shen Quan rejected the empress dowager's offer to marry his side concubine, he chewed his tongue around, saying that the prince's behavior must be the result of the princess's crying and threatening. , will bring disaster to the palace, I wish my "faithful words" would reach the ears of Mrs. Shen and Mrs. Xiao early, so as to wake them up and let them know the pros and cons of it, and teach Yao Cunhui a lesson!
These rumors spread to Yao Cunhui's ears, and Yao Cunhui laughed it off: I don't need to take the lead in this matter, I have someone to clean up Aunt Qin.

Sure enough, Mrs. Xiao was almost so angry that her face turned pale, and after hearing this, she went to the Cixin House to cry to the old matriarch.Her daughter-in-law, when will it be the concubine's turn to gossip?
Old Madam Shen was also very upset. She and Mrs. Xiao could say something wrong about Yao Cunhui, but that didn't mean that other people could say the same.Yao Cunhui is not only the eldest daughter-in-law, but also the head mother of the palace. If someone said this, the person who said this is still a concubine. How can the palace have any face?
Old Madam Shen was furious, and immediately ordered someone to call Aunt Qin over and scold her, and ordered Nanny Qi to slap her face twenty times in public with a ruler, beating Aunt Qin until her cheeks were red and bleeding, and she cried for her father and mother!
In a blink of an eye, Mrs. Shen passed the Second Master Shen over for a reprimand, and immediately put his marriage to the second wife on the agenda. Aunt Qin regretted it and hid in Ronghe Hall crying, but it was Don't dare to say a word more.

However, her ability is really not small, and I don't know how to move the second master Shen. The second master Shen is not enthusiastic about marrying his stepmother. In other words, let's just say that there is no rush for the time being, and we will slowly search for suitable candidates, otherwise it will be bad for the family to rebel against the house in the future.

The overall situation is important, Mrs. Shen is now fully focused on Shen Quan, and it is best that the mansion is quiet and quiet, and the words of the second master Shen are very pleasant, so she acquiesced in his meaning, and put the matter aside for the time being .

Everyone was waiting to see the excitement of Shen's mansion, and to see how this marriage bestowment would end. Unexpectedly, there was an urgent report of a flood in Henan, especially in the areas where the Yellow River flows through Xinxiang, Wuguan, Huayuankou, and Chengyang. With hundreds of villages and towns and a population of nearly one million, the imperial court is requested to quickly come up with the regulations!
When the news came, everyone looked solemn. Naturally, no one paid any attention to whether to give marriage or not. The Yellow River flood was the top priority!For three consecutive days, the queen mother was busy summoning ministers to discuss countermeasures.

Disaster relief is imperative, but the question is how to provide relief and who to send.Everyone knows that this is a thankless job, and they keep pushing each other, and no one is willing to tell the truth.

The Empress Dowager's original intention was to let people from the Lu family do this, so as to buy people's hearts, but this is clearly a thankless task, how can the Lu family do it?Even Lu Xiangye himself pretended to be deaf and dumb to the empress dowager's express hints, the empress dowager couldn't help feeling cold, sighed secretly, and had no choice but to follow them.

When the result of the court discussion came out, everyone was dumbfounded, this errand was actually assigned to Shen Quan!It was Lu Xiangye who recommended it, and Lu's disciples all agreed.

Shen Quan couldn't refuse, so he had to agree.

Everyone's opinions were the same, so the Queen Mother agreed, and specially appointed Shen Quan as the imperial envoy, who was fully responsible for this matter, and provided convenience to all states and counties passing through, and obeyed relevant dispatches without error.He also specially assigned [-] imperial guards and two young eunuchs to follow, who can help when necessary.

After Shen Quan received the order, he spent three days and three nights without sleeping or eating to get a clue about everything. On the fourth day, he took people out of Beijing and went straight to Henan.

Everyone in the Shen residence was frowning, and everyone's heart was heavy.

Unfortunately, within two days, Mrs. Xiao fell ill again.

Lu's son is still young, Yao Cunhui is pregnant, Mrs. Shen is old, and there is almost no one in charge of the house for a while!Aunt Qin was overjoyed when she saw it, and urged Second Master Shen to let her help with the affairs.

In the past, when Mrs. Xue was in Fuchu, Zhongfei had always been controlled by the second room. The benefits are obvious. Although the second master Shen divorced Mrs. Xue, he was not without emotion and unwillingness when he recalled the scenery of the second room back then. Now he has a suitable reason and opportunity. , coupled with Aunt Qin's eloquent instigation, in a moment of heat, she really went to speak with Mrs. Shen.

"My sister-in-law is sick, my third sibling is still young, and my niece and daughter-in-law are pregnant, why don't you let Aunt Qin take care of the house for a few days! Anyway, the old lady has the big idea, but tell her to run errands! Otherwise, let everyone All the women in charge are in charge, it's not decent to say it out!"

After hearing this, Mrs. Shen's eyes turned black and she almost lost her anger!Although Mrs. Xue has a vicious heart and is greedy for money, she is a good hand in managing affairs. When she was with her in the past, the second wife took care of everything. Old Madam Shen never knew that her son was so unreliable.

"It's only natural for the ladies in charge to be in charge, and it's not decent to let a concubine be in charge!" Mrs. Shen said bluntly: "Why are you so confused? What kind of family is our Shen family, with several leading wives here, But calling a concubine to be the head of the house, you read into the dog's stomach?"

Master Shen Er blushed unconsciously. If the previous words were for Aunt Shen, then at this moment he had no choice but to defend himself, and retorted: "Old Madam, calm down! Son, this is not for the old Madam!" Share your worries! The concubines of our palace are much more noble than the wives of ordinary families, and it’s not impossible for a good concubine to be a housekeeper..."

"Get out!" Old Madam Shen was trembling with anger, "Let your Aunt Qin stay in the house obediently, if I know she is walking around and talking tongues, don't blame me for being rude! Go!"

The second master Shen glanced at Nanny Qi and others who were serving by the old Madam Shen's side, and his face turned embarrassed.

Mrs. Shen cursed a few unworthy words bitterly, pondered for a while, and then ordered Yao Cunhui to be invited here.Although the son's words were not pleasant, they also pointed out the current situation in the mansion, and the mansion cannot be left alone.

Yao Cunhui didn't expect that Mrs. Xiao would fall ill, and she was already secretly worried in Xihe Hall.With Mrs. Xiao sitting in town, everything is fine, but now that Mrs. Xiao has fallen ill, and Shen Quan has left the mansion again to take on such an errand, which he sees to be extremely difficult. Dare to say what the consequences will be.

But she was pregnant before and obediently had a baby according to the words of the old matriarch and Mrs. Xiao, and the old matriarch and Mrs. Xiao had nothing to say, so it was inconvenient for her to propose to be a housekeeper again.Hearing that Mrs. Shen called someone to pass it on, Yao Cunhui finally settled down.

When they arrived at Cixin Residence, Mrs. Shen first asked her how she was doing, and then talked about the housekeeper.Now in the whole family, only the eldest daughter-in-law of the second room, Mrs. Meng, is idle, but Mrs. Meng did not dare to be arrogant when she was beside Mrs. Xue, and it was not about whether she could stand up when things came to an end, and the relationship between the first room and the second room was quite entangled. The second room had too many things to do before, and I was sorry for the first room. It was inconvenient for Mrs. Shen to ask Mrs. Meng to host, so she asked Yao Cunhui what she meant.

Yao Cunhui thought for a while, then smiled and said: "Mother's body, old lady, you also know that she should have a good life and general care, but I am an unfilial daughter-in-law! The granddaughter-in-law looks at the third aunt's side, but I am not filial." You can help me, I have a nanny and a maid to serve you carefully, and my granddaughter-in-law is not good to stay out of it, and she can take care of it!" Yao Cunhui frowned slightly as she spoke, and sighed softly: "It's fine at other times! Now The prince has received such an errand again, but he is not in the capital, our mansion can't ask someone to take advantage of any loopholes!"

These last two sentences really reached the heart of Mrs. Shen, and the old man couldn't help clasping his hands together and praying to the Buddha: "Good boy, you really thought of me! It's hard for you to have such insight at such a young age, my old lady Don't worry too!"

Mrs. Shen looked at Yao Cunhui with satisfaction, these few words were from the bottom of her heart.No matter how the four families in the mansion fight openly and secretly, they are still her children and grandchildren. Whoever wins and loses depends on their own abilities. It is a bit difficult for her to come out to preside over "justice" for ordinary gains and losses.But the old man is really relieved to be able to think about the whole palace.

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