After the prince enters the play

Li Yan's expression darkened when he met his father's disappointed eyes.

In my father's heart, only the eldest brother is the most important thing, and he didn't even think about it, even if the eldest brother can return to the capital, with the things he committed, could His Majesty allow him to return to the court?
That is impossible.

He admits that his talent is not as good as that of his elder brother, but he has been working hard for this family, but no matter what he does, neither his father nor his sister are satisfied with him.

Thinking of this, Li Yan's mood became extremely complicated. Cooperating with King Yi was undoubtedly seeking skin from a tiger. The Li family could not get on this boat, so why did they have to risk their lives and future?
In the final analysis, it was the father who valued King Xiang and the eldest brother more, and his son was nothing more than a dispensable one.

Not long after the elder brother's accident, his father secretly operated and asked him to move from the position of commander of Wuxiangwei to the Ministry of Punishment to be a servant. How much thought, how much effort was spent.

In the end, his father didn't care how hard he was, and let him go to the Ministry of punishment.

Li Yan walked out of the study with heavy steps. He knew that he couldn't persuade his father. Since his eldest brother's accident, his father has become more and more stubborn in doing things.

Mrs. Li has been waiting for her husband. Seeing him enter the door with a heavy face, she couldn't help but thumped in her heart, and hurriedly got up to meet her, "Master, are you alright?"

Li Yan looked at his wife with a wry smile, shook his head and entered the inner room.

Mrs. Li asked the girls to retreat, she brought a cup of tea and followed her in, put the teacup on the small table in front of her husband, and then said slowly: "Did something happen to you on the errand?"

She didn't dare to directly ask her father-in-law what she wanted her husband for, so she could only probe around the corner.

Li Yan looked up at his wife, "What do you think of Qingyi's marriage?"

Mrs. Li gave a wry smile, "I don't think it will be of any use. Wenxuan's marriage with sister-in-law has been in a state of uncertainty. How can Qingyi get engaged as a younger sister?"

Mentioning this, Li Yan's face darkened even more.

At the beginning when the elder brother was exiled, the family tried their best to hold him alive, but the housekeeper was still the elder sister-in-law, and the elder sister-in-law became more and more sharp-tempered because of her husband. She always felt that their second wife looked down on her and targeted her more often in their daily work.

The father is not ignorant of this matter, probably because he felt ashamed of his eldest son and acquiesced in this kind of behavior. Now the Li family is really in a mess. The husband and wife are like bellows mice, even the children follow It's a sad day.

In the past, my son still had some bad habits. He often went to the opera and took care of the opera in private. However, in the past two years, the sister-in-law has targeted her everywhere, and even her own son has noticed that something is wrong in the house. Now it is a blessing in disguise and has made progress. I don’t know what to cry Still should laugh.

Li Yan looked at his wife, "I have my eyes on a family. Zeng Shiming, the son of Shangjing Zeng family, was born as a Jinshi. Although the family is only a small family, he is quite capable, so let him be."

Mrs. Li is naturally unwilling. With Concubine Li Gui, her daughter's marriage can be done to the son of a small family, but her husband is right in one point. The sister-in-law is now more targeted. She will choose a prominent marriage for her daughter. I'm afraid this marriage is even more distant. …

Mrs. Li replied with a dark face, "We are a girl's family, so we can't come to propose marriage. It's better for the Zeng family to take the initiative."

"You don't need to worry about this matter. I will hint to Zeng Shiming. If he has the heart, he will naturally ask the elders of the family to come forward to discuss the marriage." Li Yan was panicking now, and only wanted to quickly settle the children's marriage. , although the Zeng family is not prominent, but the family style is honest, Zeng Shiming is also a gentleman, if something happens to the Li family in the future, her daughter's life will be able to live on.

As for the son...

Li Yan took a deep breath, looked at his wife and said, "Son's marriage should be low rather than high, and you should not jump into high doors. Han Xiucai's daughter looks good to me, so let her be."

Mrs. Li is really flustered. The Han family is relatives in the courtyard of her natal family. They came to visit because they came to Beijing. Miss Han's father is just a scholar, and the son married a scholar's daughter?

"Master, tell me, is something wrong?" Mrs. Li grabbed her husband. If there was no accident, the husband would not have wronged his child so much.

Li Yan grabbed his wife's hand, looked at her and said slowly: "Nothing happened now, but it's hard to say in the future. The marriage between the son and the daughter is low. If there is any trouble in the family in the future, Zeng Shiming's character will not dislike the daughter. Han A girl from a humble background will not dislike our son. Whether it is Zeng Shiming or Miss Han, although they are from a lower background, they have good conduct, and it is not a child who has wronged our family."

"Master..." Mrs. Li's face turned pale, "Then why should I mention this to my sister-in-law?"

Li Yan felt disgusted when he thought of his sister-in-law. He also felt ashamed of this sister-in-law because of his elder brother's affairs before, so he tolerated everything, but after a few years, she has gone too far, and the guilt has long since worn away.

"Just tell her directly that our two children are getting older. If the marriage of the eldest child's child is not promising yet, we will marry a daughter-in-law first."

"What if sister-in-law goes to father's house?"

"Tell her that if she makes trouble, then elder brother will never come back in this life."

Mrs. Li sat back down, she understood that the father-in-law must be forcing the husband to get the eldest brother back, and this method must be very dangerous, so the husband was in a hurry to resettle the children.

Second Madam Li's tears welled up in her eyes, "Our Qingyi is such a good girl, she is full of talents, knowledge and manners, which lady in the capital does not boast? Yiming used to be a little out of tune, but this time You have seen how hard he has worked hard for more than a year. Why is God so unfair? Why is it that we are the ones in the Li family who are wronged in the end? Master, for the sake of the children, can't we separate the family? "

She doesn't want to be rich, as long as her husband and children are safe, she is content.

Li Yan smiled wryly and said nothing.

Mrs. Li was just complaining, how could the family be separated when the father-in-law was still alive?
Besides, even if it was for the eldest brother, the father-in-law would not agree that the husband would leave the sister-in-law alone.

It was a day without any hope.

Second Madam Li gritted her teeth, and said: "I'll go tell my sister-in-law tomorrow, this time I won't let her go, if she really dares to make trouble, at worst, I'll fight her to the death."…

Li Yan was so full of anger that he was amused by his wife's words. He watched her slow down and said, "Sister-in-law is a smart person. She won't make a fuss for the sake of big brother's return. But, you are right, this time You have to be stronger, don't be weak in momentum."

Mrs. Li's heart skipped a beat and she looked up at her husband.

Li Yan and his wife looked at each other, and there were some things that they couldn't say clearly, but they were husband and wife for a lifetime, and they could understand without saying it.

Mrs. Li understood her husband's hint that she wanted her to compete with her sister-in-law everywhere in the future, and her husband could not disobey her father-in-law's words, but she was just a daughter-in-law, and it was a matter of the backyard. Can you still reach out to take care of the housewife's affairs?
Mrs. Li thought that her husband had other ideas, but he couldn't do it, so she had to do it.

For the sake of her husband and children, Mrs. Li is willing to be this villain.

Early the next morning, Li Yan went to the yamen. Mrs. Li had breakfast, dressed up solemnly, and then went to Mrs. Li's yard.

Mrs. Li hadn't cleared the table for breakfast yet, when she heard that Mrs. Li had arrived at this time, her expression turned down, and she said directly to the mother in charge: "Let the second lady wait."

Mrs. Li's face turned ugly when she heard the reply from the mother in charge, and she said directly: "Since my sister-in-law is not free, I will go back here first. After all, our second wife has a lot of things to do. My son is getting married, and my daughter is getting married, so I don't have time." Wait for sister-in-law."

Second Madam Li raised her voice, and through the curtain, she penetrated into Madam Li's forehead and ears in the inner room. Madam Li's complexion changed on the spot in the inner room, and she immediately stood up and walked out.

"Second brother and sister, what are you talking about? Since birth, the elders and younger ones are orderly. The older brothers and sisters haven't married their wives yet, so it's Qingyi and Yiming's turn." Mrs. Li said angrily with a dark face.

Mrs. Li Er came to make trouble today, and said angrily on the spot: "Sister-in-law, what you said is really funny. I see that you don't want to marry the children. How old are the two children? If you want to stay for a few more years, that's up to you." I can't delay my Yiming and Qingyi's affairs."

"you dare!"

"Why don't I dare!" Mrs. Li sneered, "Sister-in-law, if my master hadn't been running around everywhere after the accident, you and the children in the family would have been exiled too. But don't treat everyone as a fool. Your son wants to be a monk, and your daughter wants to be an aunt. That's your business. If you dare to delay my child again, I will make the whole capital know about it. I want to see if you still want this face, what does the imperial concubine in the palace say!"

"You...you're out of control. I'm going to find my father right now. I don't believe that my father can't control you!" Mrs. Li was furious, and she was about to walk out with her hands shaking.

"You go, you just go!" Mrs. Li said lightly, "Our second master still wants to let the elder brother return to Beijing. It's not worth our husband and wife to bother."

"What did you say?" Mrs. Li paused, then turned to stare at the second lady, her eyes seemed to burst into flames.

Mrs. Li, however, refused to say it again, and only spoke slowly, "Sister-in-law, I'm just waiting for your good news here."…

After finishing speaking, Mrs. Li shook her handkerchief and left. The master is right, there is a bait hanging on, and the sister-in-law can't do without bowing her head this time.

As for how she bowed her head, that was her business.

Mrs. Li couldn't stop Mrs. Li, her heart was like frying oil, and her face was red and white.

Does she not want to marry her daughter and daughter-in-law?

She thought too.

But after her husband's accident, the child's marriage is always unsatisfactory. She has fallen in love with a few families, but they have declined the letter in the past. She doesn't understand, but she is just unwilling.

Mrs. Li Er dared to threaten her with her husband's affairs, so she wrote down the debt.

If the husband can really come back...

Mrs. Li's heart immediately became hot. As long as her husband can come back, what's the problem with the children's marriage?

However, the second room is in a hurry to marry a daughter-in-law and a daughter-in-law, so she can't hastily decide on the children's marriage, what should I do?
Mrs. Li became anxious, thinking of Mrs. Li's look of being a villain, she gritted her teeth, wishing she could go to her father-in-law to complain immediately, and she was afraid that Mrs. Li would really fall out with her completely.

What if the second room doesn't care about her husband's affairs?
Mrs. Li sat in the hall for half a day, it was like a year of suffering.

Of these people, if her husband was still there, who would dare to talk to her like that?
***
Su Xinyi didn't know about the Li family's affairs. She got the news here. The third uncle went to catch the person suspected of Xu Yurong, but he didn't expect to go one step later. There was no sign of her at Wantong Tea House. On that day, the woman left Beijing suddenly.

Su Xinyi frowned, why is Xu Yurong so lucky every time?

The last time I wanted to catch her, she ran away.

This time, she ran away again.

Although it is still not certain that it is her, Su Xinyi thinks it is her because of this weird behavior, which is really strange.

Could it be that the news leaked out?

She should be fine here, is it Sanbo's side?

Although Sanbo has a rough temper, he has always been cautious in doing things, so he shouldn't make such a mistake, so what's going on?

"Crown Princess, Zhanqiao is here."

"Let him in." Su Xinyi cheered up and said.

Zhanqiao entered the door to salute, then got up and said: "Crown Princess, the latest news came from the third master, and the woman was found. She went to Yuling Nunnery. Fortunately, the people we arranged in Yuling Nunnery were not there. Withdrew, as soon as the other side gets the news, they will be arrested when she comes out of the nunnery."

Su Xinyi's spirit shook, "It's really not easy, where did you send him?"

"Just send it to the third master's village, it's safe there, and Auntie Weng is also there, and Auntie Weng has to talk to each other about some things." Zhanqiao said with a smile.

Su Xinyi breathed a sigh of relief, looked at Zhanqiao and said, "You ask Cao Qing to go, it's not easy for you to show your face now, too many people recognize your face, let Cao Qing go quietly."

"The subordinate has already greeted Cao Qing before coming down, he should be out of the city now, don't worry, the princess." Zhanqiao said with a smile.

Su Xinyi was in a good mood, looked at Zhanqiao and said: "You should pay attention to the news at any time, I will still receive Mrs. Jiang here, and if there is nothing serious, I will not report back in advance."

Zhanqiao agreed and retreated.

As soon as he left, Mrs. Jiang arrived.

Su Xinyi was in the right mood, so he raised his foot to welcome him out, and met Mrs. Jiang in the courtyard.

Mrs. Jiang hurriedly stepped forward to salute, Su Xinyi stretched out her hand to support her, and said with a smile: "Madam, don't be too polite, let's go in and talk."

Seeing Mrs. Jiang's look haggard and uncomfortable, Su Xinyi couldn't help but feel a little bit in her heart. Could something be wrong?