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Chapter 102 Xiangjia in Beijing
They don't eat meat every meal. They always save some for later. They can't eat it all at once. After all, meat is rare and once you eat it, it's gone.

Shi Qingxiao used rattan to string the meat into skewers and hung them to dry next to the clothes drying rack.

They simply built a rack to dry clothes, a few bamboos, fixed with strong rattan, and each person had two sets of clothes for simple changes.

With some vegetables grown in the garden and some meat, life is finally not so difficult.

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Beijing.

to home.

Zhou Yanlan was wearing plain clothes, with a pony bun on her head. She was still very beautiful even without any makeup. She was sitting in front of the window, looking at the scenery outside the window in a daze. She didn't know what she thought of, and there was a trace of sadness on her face.

At this time, a maid asked the maid to guard the door. When someone came over, she tried to remind her. After the instructions, she walked into the room, turned around and closed the door, walked to Zhou Yanlan, curtsied and saluted, "Madam."

When Zhou Yanlan heard the maid's voice, she closed the window gently, turned around and looked at the maid with soft eyes, "You don't have to be polite, you are the only person I can trust now."

Yanniang looked serious, "I will never betray Madam's trust."

Zhou Yanlan smiled and hummed: "How did you go about the things I asked you to inquire about?"

A few months ago, her second brother did something to anger the emperor, and his family was exiled to Lingnan.

Everyone in the court was shocked. After all, it was obvious to everyone how kind and trustful the emperor was to Zhou Yancheng. They never expected that one day Zhou Yancheng would be deprived of his power and exiled to the smoky land of Lingnan.

When everyone saw the furious emperor, they all distanced themselves from their relationship with Zhou Yancheng. They did not want to offend the emperor because of Zhou Yancheng.

They felt that Zhou Yancheng deserved his fate. He was unreasonable and unforgiving, and his words were not nice to hear, and his words would pierce the hearts of others.

Some officials regretted Zhou Yancheng's ending, but they did not dare to do anything under the emperor's nose.

During this period, everyone was trembling with fear and did not dare to mention Zhou Yancheng in front of the emperor. They only discussed it in private.

The common people were also discussing. Some people who knew Zhou Yancheng's good deeds were very angry at the emperor who exiled his family, but they only dared to curse a few words in their hearts.

Someone wrote a script based on this incident and adapted some of the content, but anyone with a discerning eye knows who the metaphor is.The storyteller talks about this story in the teahouse every day. Some officials join in the fun and throw money to the storyteller when they are happy.

This turmoil lasted for several months.

Zhou Yanlan always sent people to pay attention to what was going on outside.

Yanniang: "Barely anyone outside mentions the second master, and the storyteller didn't mention the storybook either."

Zhou Yanlan's eyes turned cold when she heard the words "Huaben".

She thought with her toes that it must be people who had trouble with her second brother who had people write the scripts and then asked storytellers to tell them. The purpose was to humiliate her second brother.

Zhou Yanlan said calmly, "Let someone you trust sneak into the caravan heading to Lingnan and secretly send some money to my mother and the others. Be careful not to let others know."

When my mother and her family were confiscated, they had little money except a few clothes. Even if they were lucky enough to hide a little money, they would probably have spent it on the government service on the way to exile.

She heard that Lingnan is a wild land with a lot of miasma. If you absorb too much miasma, you will lose your life.I don’t know how my mother and the others are doing, I just hope they can hold on.

She couldn't do anything except send someone to give them some money to make their lives better.

She hated herself so much that she was just a housewife, stuck in this tiny place her whole life.

Yanniang nodded, "Yes."

Zhou Yanlan smiled and said, "I don't worry about your work, but I'm afraid our days will not be so easy."

Yan Niang said firmly: "My wife saved my life. No matter what day it is, I will stay with my wife until she dies."

Zhou Yanlan smiled and said nothing.In order to prevent the wall from having ears, the two of them spoke in lower voices.

At this time, the maid's voice came from outside, "Master, Madam is resting in the house."

Master Xiang glanced at the maid, his eyes lingering on her face wantonly, and finally waved, "I know, open the door."

The maid did not dare to disobey Master Xiang's order. Of course, this was what Yan Niang had ordered her to do in advance. When Master Xiang came, she would open the door without resistance.

The maid opened the door.

He bowed his head to the master, adjusted his clothes, and made sure there was nothing wrong before striding in.

Yan Niang saluted Master Xiang, bowed her head and went out.

Zhou Yan held a fire stick in her slender hand and lit the incense in the incense burner. The incense mist was lingering, and the faint fragrance floated out and reached the tip of her nose.

As she looked at the incense, her eyes dimmed a bit.

Speaking of which, her third niece sent someone to deliver this incense. Tangtang likes to play with incense, so when she made it, she sent it to her aunt.

Mr. Xiang walked in and saw his wife with her head down in a daze. He walked over and sat next to her, "What are you thinking about?"

Zhou Yanlan raised her eyes and said calmly: "I'm thinking that my daughter is about to get haircut, what kind of family should I give her."

Master Xiang sighed, "Your mother's family has been exiled by His Majesty, so our daughter probably won't be able to talk about a good marriage."

Zhou Yanlan stared straight into Mr. Xiang's eyes, her eyes were light and her tone was calm, "So, does Mr. Xiang dislike me?"

"How could it be?" Mr. Xiang held Zhou Yanlan's hand and said affectionately, "I owe my current achievements to my second brother. You are my beloved wife. We have gone through so much together. After so many years, how could I dislike you?"

"Be good, don't think too much, and don't listen to those servants' nonsense."

Zhou Yanlan did not refute.

How could she not know what the person beside her pillow had become.

She just didn't know how long the surface calm could last.

She couldn't help but sigh, people's hearts are fickle.The person who was once kind to her and willing to give up his life for her has changed after all.

Mr. Xiang couldn't tell what his wife was thinking. He didn't really want to guess at the moment. He just said his purpose of coming here, "Alan, you know, I have been having a hard time in court recently. I want to do something." Those people were dragging their feet and not giving me approval. I had to beg in a low voice before they were willing to give me approval. If they don’t give me approval, I can’t complete my task.”

Zhou Yanlan patted the master's hand and said, "You have been wronged during this time."

Haha, can’t you bear this grievance?

Her second brother suffered more than this.

Mr. Xiang continued: "So, it's not that I don't want to help the eldest brother and the second brother's family. It's just that I'm powerless. So many people are staring at me. Those people want to grab my handle and free up my position for their people. sit."

"You said, I am in such an environment, do I dare to do something? I am not doing it for myself, but also for you, and even more for this family."

　Shamelessly asking for a monthly ticket.

　　These two months have been basically just for love. I haven’t made any money, I don’t have a monthly ticket, I can’t make it to the backend list, my wallet is flat, and I don’t know how long I can keep writing.

　　Without money, I can only go back to work.

　　If you have a lot of monthly votes, you will have the motivation to add more if you are on the list.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)