Foster son and husband

Chapter 167
Early the next morning, Meiniang got up and asked Xu Junying if she had gone out. Cuixi said that she didn't pay attention to hearing when Master Hou came back last night. She woke up in the middle of the night and hugged Henger into the inner room to pee. She looked at the hanging curtain. I didn't see any lights coming out, I got up early and didn't see Master Hou, and I didn't know whether Master Hou came back last night or not.

But Cui Lian said: "I should have gone back. I think it was too late to worry about grandma and Heng'er, so I didn't come to the upper room. The woman on duty last night said that she saw the lights on in Wen Jinxuan in the East Courtyard. .”

Mei Niang heard this, and deliberately said: "Wen Jinxuan is being repaired due to rain leakage, can people still live in it? I'm afraid it is haunted?"

Cuixi hurriedly said: "It's not good for grandma to talk nonsense like this, that's the study of Lord Hou!"

"I know, if it wasn't for Lord Hou's study, I wouldn't dare to say that!"

Mei Niang was joking, looking at Cui Xi Cui Lian combing her hair in the mirror, she thought about it for a while, and ordered Madam Wang to come, she only said that there was something important to do in the house, and it would take some time to take care of it, fearing that it might not be in time for the auspicious time , coaxing Ms. Wang to take Cheng'er and Ping'er into the carriage, holding congratulatory gifts and going back to the Qin residence first, and telling Mrs. Qin the reason why she couldn't go back early, lest she look forward to it for too long.

At the same time, ask Cuixi to talk back to Bai Jingyu: Grandma went to bed late last night, and she felt dizzy when she got up in the morning. Go past Qin's house earlier, don't be too busy to go with the grandmas who want to congratulate and congratulate, Xi'er is a normal thing in the three dynasties, you don't have to see Xi'er, wait for the grandma to lead everyone there later, and the courtesy will be delivered .

Hearing this, Bai Jingyu said it strangely. The purpose of the three-dynasty Xier, the relatives and friends who went to congratulate, especially the female relatives, was to observe the ceremony. What does the grandma mean?But after all, she is only the second grandma, and the relatives of the eldest grandma's family followed her. Although she was puzzled, it was not easy to go to ask her directly. You can go out with her when you summon her.

Cui Si went to inform Bai Zhan to escort Ms. Wang back to the Qin Mansion, and he agreed with his mouth. After a while, when Cui Si left, he immediately arranged for four people to go with Wang Mama and the others. He himself was still guarding the waiting mansion. , When the grandma will go, when will he keep up.

Unexpectedly, within half an hour after leaving, Cui Si turned back to the side hall of the second door, stood pretty at the door of the hall, and shook her head at Bai Zhan: "Follow me!"

Bai Zhan was taken aback at first, but soon calmed down, stood up and cupped his hands towards Cui Si, and said, "Sister Cui Si, what orders do you have? Is the grandma going out to the Qin Mansion?"

Cuisi glanced at him: "I can't afford to be your sister. Do I need to tell you where the grandma is going? It's not Fang Zi. With your method, who can you protect? You just follow I'm here to ask you a few words!"

Bai Zhan blushed a little, because he was angry, this girl didn't change her nature, she didn't take soft and hard things, she was always so rude to him, in front of her subordinates, he was more or less embarrassed to step down.

Now he and Baoju are not just sitting on the sidelines, they have woven a net to cover the entire Hou Mansion. The purpose is of course to stop the big fish like Grandma. If they can't stop them, at least they won't lose her track. .

Bai Zhan held back his anger, stared at the winking subordinate, and asked tentatively: "Sister Cuisi has something to say, can't I ask here? Master Hou hasn't come back, so I don't want to enter the inner courtyard without authorization..."

Cui Si said: "Master Hou is not at home, do you listen to Grandma's words? If you don't listen to it, forget it, but I passed the word to - tell my sister not to face me, it's not Rui Zhu Rui Bao!"

Bai Zhan was so angry that his head was smoking, but he couldn't attack them. They couldn't afford to offend the girl with the character Cui in Tsinghua University. The master said: I will do my best to protect the eldest grandma and Brother Heng, and the few dowry girls around the eldest grandma. It's what she relies on, so don't offend easily...

Bai Zhan followed Cui Si with her head down, until she walked to the upper room of Tsinghua University, where Meiniang was feeding Heng'er breakfast, and with a gentle smile she beckoned Cui Si to ask Bai Zhan to sit down. Bai Zhan thanked him, but Not daring to sit down, Meiniang asked Bai Zhan if he had had breakfast, and Bai Zhan said he had, and Meiniang said leisurely, "My lord came back too late last night, I'm going out before dawn this morning, get breakfast ready He wouldn't even take a bite of it when it was on the table, so is there anything better waiting outside the waiting mansion?"

Bai Zhan was stunned, and then replied: "I have urgent matters today, I have to leave the house early... I only go out to eat in other restaurants except for Xianke Lai..."

"That is to say, this morning, my grandfather went to Cyclamen for breakfast?"

"is not it!"

Bai Zhan broke out in a cold sweat: It is impossible for Cyclamen to open the door to welcome guests before dawn. Even if Hou Ye went there as a son-in-law and asked the people from Cyclamen to cook him food, it would be unreasonable. If there is something urgent, you should hurry I can't make a big detour to go to Cyclamen for eating breakfast. It's better to eat at the mansion.

Just come up with a question that can't be confronted: "Return to grandma's words: Grandpa has an empty stomach this morning and didn't eat breakfast!"

"Well, he went back to the upper room last night and fell asleep. I don't know if he had dinner or not!"

Bai Zhan's head was lowered, and his voice was a bit vague: "Go back to grandma: Grandpa last night... Grandpa came back too late last night. I was afraid that grandma would be disturbed, so I went to Wenjinxuan to read the official documents. Although Jinxuan has not been repaired, it is okay to take a break for a while!"

Mei Niang smiled slightly: "Bai Zhan still has a brain, if you ask more questions, I'm afraid you won't be able to find anything, just stop here."Bai Zhan would not tell her the truth, but he could roughly guess something from his expression: Xu Junying, it is possible that he left the capital yesterday.

"Go down, let Baoju come to see me, I have two questions to ask him!"

Didn't Xu Junying say that Liu Baoju and Bai Zhan followed her?If Xu Junying hadn't left, Baoju would still follow him. If Baoju arrived as soon as he was passed on, it meant that he had really left. Then you don't need to wait two days later. Meiniang can hold her if there is any movement from the queen mother in the palace today. Heng'er goes to live in Cen's house, who can stop her?

Seeing that the weather was fine and the flowers and plants in the yard looked extraordinarily fresh and beautiful under the bright and warm sunshine, Mei Niang took Heng'er to bask in the sun in the yard. Helping him to learn to walk, chasing butterflies, holding his little hands to touch the flowers, letting him smell the flowers, the mother and son played happily for a long time, sweating all over, and brought warm water over after hours After washing Heng'er's hands and face, changing out the sweaty clothes, Xia Lian and Cui Si hugged her, Mei Niang was about to go into the inner room to wash, and after re-makeup, she took Heng'er to Qiuhuayuan, but she saw her mother-in-law The son led the woman in charge, Mama Lin, to come. Mama Lin's face was a little flustered, and before she could salute, she hurriedly said:

"Grandma: Several people came to the palace, and one of them was a father-in-law holding a yellow satin volume, yelling that the decree had come, and everyone in the mansion was ordered to receive the decree quickly! The second grandma is arranging for the decree, and has sent people to go Invite the old lady, the grandma is about to put on makeup, go to the front hall to receive the order!"

Meiniang was overwhelmed with surprise: "I heard clearly, it's Yizhi, right?"

"Back to Grandma: This old slave never heard me wrong!"

Mei Niang immediately called Cui Xi Cui Lian to follow her into the room, scrubbed, changed her clothes and adjusted her makeup, and ordered Nanny Xia Lian to follow her with Heng'er in her arms, and walked briskly to the front hall.

The old lady had already arrived, and she was politely talking with someone from the palace, when she saw Mei Niang walk into the front hall and across the courtyard, the old lady looked at her coldly, and said to Eunuch Tan, who was standing upright with Yizhi in her hands:
"Elder-in-law, has he ever seen such a grandson-in-law? Dare to be so arrogant, ignorant of etiquette, and don't pay attention to father-in-law, and her elderly grandmother is left to wait in the wind!"

Eunuch Tan snorted through his nose: "The empress dowager can't tolerate a woman without virtue. Today, I divorced my wicked wife for Marquis Weiyuan, and drive this unvirtuous and unfilial granddaughter-in-law out of the house for the old lady!"

Mei Niang couldn't hear what the old lady and Eunuch Tan said, but only looked at the expressions on their faces, and guessed that she might not have a good image to leave Eunuch Tan, anyway, it didn't matter anyway, she deliberately didn't move on, just Standing still at a distance, and giving a little blessing to Eunuch Tan and the old lady, it is considered a courtesy.

Eunuch Tan was even more dissatisfied, and proudly raised his head: "Kneel, accept the order!"

On the pineapple wood incense table, three sticks of incense were inserted in the golden stove, and there were bursts of pale white smoke. Mrs. Xu led a whole family of men, women, old and children to kneel in front of the table, without squinting their eyes, and listened intently to Eunuch Tan's reading of the imperial decree.

Tan Gonggong read: "... Ignore filial piety, disobey the elders, and lose the virtue of a woman... Zhun Weiyuan waits to abandon the wicked woman, take back the book of imperial orders, remove the phoenix crown and Xiapei, and take back another one with her mother, brother or clansmen. For upbringing, the son of the Qin family was young and allowed to take him away from the Xu mansion... From then on, men and women marry, life, death, sickness and disability are irrelevant..."

The old lady Xu let out a long breath, and Mei Niang could hear it very comfortably, but Zhuang Yulan, who was not yet qualified to kneel in front of the incense table with the whole family to receive orders, hid behind a carved door in the front hall, her face flushed, Holding his chest with his hands, he was so excited that he could hardly breathe.

Eunuch Tan dragged his tongue and finished the last sentence, glanced at the man from the Xu family who was kneeling at his feet to thank him, put his hands together, folded the Yizhi, and said:

"This is the certificate to remove the imperial title and abandon the wicked wife. Mrs. Xu will accept the order on behalf of the Marquis!"

The old lady Xu had a serious and dignified face, knelt on the ground and raised her hands high, just about to receive the roll of yellow silk satin that Eunuch Tan handed over, but she heard a voice shout:
"Wait a minute!"

Everyone was taken aback: Who is so courageous to yell at the waiting mansion and hand over Yi's decree?

Just as Eunuch Tan was about to scold, he saw the person coming from the side of his face, and he kept his mouth shut in time.

It was Ji Qing who was next to the emperor. Although Eunuch Tan is older than Ji Qing and has more seniority in the palace than Ji Qing. He has been in charge of the affairs of the Palace of Compassion and Ning for many years, but he is not the chief executive of the harem after all. However, he still had to bow down to Ji Qing to salute according to the palace rules.

Ji Qing stepped forward, stretched out his hand and took away the volume of Yizhi that Eunuch Tan was carrying in his arms, unfolded it, and squinted at Eunuch Tan:

"It is rumored that Eunuch Tan is careless and sloppy. It is not a rumor! Is this the Queen Mother's order? Why is it blank? Where is the phoenix seal?"

Eunuch Tan was stunned: he had drawn up the Queen Mother's edict last night, and after the Empress Dowager's review, he copied it in his own handwriting, and the phoenix seal was rightly placed on the lower right side of the Yi's edict, how could it not be there?

He leaned towards Ji Qing, intending to raise his finger to show Ji Qing, but Ji Qing closed Yizhi with a snap, and scolded with a straight face:
"Eunuch Tan, the first time is a mistake, and the second time is a mistake. You have done such foolish things more than once or twice. This is not a copy of Teng Hao's decree that has not been stamped with a phoenix seal. If it is handed over to Mrs. Xu, you So you have been convicted of falsely passing on the imperial decree!"

　555555, too late. . . . . .

　　
　
(End of this chapter)