businesswoman's wife

Xu Lanqing probably really waited for her for a long time, before Xu Xiuyi arrived at the door, Xu Lanqing saw her from the window and greeted her.

"Why have you talked so much with your sister-in-law after you've been here for so long?"

Xu Xiuyi raised her hand: "Sister-in-law gave me some children's clothes."

Xu Lanqing smiled slightly: "She likes to make these things very much today, come in quickly, is it cold? Otherwise, let Mei Chen come in with a charcoal basin, this autumn rain will be cool, and it's really cold when it rains."

Xu Xiuyi took off the cloak, the shoes were a little wet, so she said: "It's good to light a charcoal stove, I'll bake the shoes, brother, why are you looking for me so urgently?"

Xu Lanqing smiled mysteriously and clapped her hands.

Every study room has a room for Xu Lanqing to rest. When he clapped his hands, the door of that room was pushed open from the inside, and it was Wu Mo who came out, who was dressed in red makeup.

To be honest, Xu Xiuyi had never seen Wu Mo wearing women's clothes so closely, and even saw Wu Mo's vaguely vague daughter's figure in the mist of the hot spring pool.

Wu Mo is definitely beautiful, but I saw that she was wearing a silk shirt with green background and tangle of branches and flowers, and she was covered with a green and floral skirt, and her black silk was tied up in a romantic and chic bun, and she was twitching slowly There is jasper, chan and phoenix in the temples of the clouds. Dressed up in this outfit, she seems to be a beautiful woman who is all over the country.

When she was wearing men's clothes, she was somewhat feminine and handsome, but now she was wearing female red makeup, which could no longer hide her peerless and beautiful face.

Surprised by Wu Mo's female red makeup, Xu Xiuyi was even more surprised by why Wu Mo was here.

"Fifth Prince..."

"Shh!"

Wu Mo made a silent gesture, looked around cautiously, and then threw himself into Xu Xiuyi's arms with a laugh: "Xiuyi, it's great to see you again, I miss you very much, and I've always wanted to let Lan Qing will bring you back to stay for a few days."

"This is? Brother, what's going on?"

Xu Lanqing got up, her eyes were full of tenderness, like water and soft waves.

"Mo'er, be careful not to hurt Xiu Yi, you big spender, sit down, Xiu Yi, change your shoes."

"Mo, didn't brother say that you were banned by the emperor in the palace?"

Wu Mo mischievously blinked at me: "Brother Huang put me under house arrest, but who am I, hehe, and that's what my brother said, but he turned a blind eye to this matter. For one thing, I got a substitute at the mansion, the emperor has been busy with autumn hunting recently, so he won't care about me."

"Uh! Then, have you been living in my house these few days?"

Wu Mo snuggled into Xu Lanqing's arms sweetly: "Well, I'll go back when I live in Autumn Hunting. Anyway, Brother Huang can't really put me under house arrest until then."

This Wu Mo and Xu Lanqing are too bold. If the emperor raises a big car to visit the Fifth Prince's mansion one day, it will be revealed.

But Wu Mo was right, the emperor should be busy with autumn hunting recently.

Moreover, the emperor's departure from the palace has always been grand and pompous. I am afraid that Wu Mo dared to be so bold, and he also placed countless eyeliners. Once she got the news that the emperor was leaving the palace, she would go back immediately.

Xu Xiuyi stopped worrying about them, and once again looked at Wu Mo's red makeup with her beautiful eyes, and praised from the bottom of her heart: "Mo, you are really beautiful in women's clothes, no wonder my brother will make you fascinated .”

Xu Xiuyi's joke made Xu Lanqing's face red, but Wu Mo's smile became more and more cheerful.

Mei Chen brought the charcoal stove in, Xu Lanqing ordered: "Go outside and watch."

"Yes, Lord Qing."

Seeing Mei Chen like this, he should also know that Wu Mo is the Fifth Prince.

Although Meichen is a loyal servant, Xu Xiuyi is still a little worried when thinking about the matter of pearls and gold and jade.

"Is it Meichen who is taking care of my brother now?"

"En!" Xu Lanqing said.

Xu Xiuyi didn't say a word, but Xu Lanqing took a careful look at the almost invisible frown: "You just need to rest assured, Meichen will not betray me."

Xu Xiuyi smiled slightly, maybe it was because there were too many examples of betraying her master around her, which caused her to put on colored glasses to judge these people around her. Mo's, I guess she was overthinking.

"Xiu Yi, I heard from Lan Qing that you went to see Cheng Shao yesterday?"

Wu Mo sat across from Xu Xiuyi, holding Xu Xiuyi's shoes in his hand to bake her shoes, Xu Xiuyi couldn't afford it, she was also the Fifth Prince, so she took it and put it on the fire to iron.

Her complexion was warm and ruddy as reflected by the dancing flames.

"Well, he just came back yesterday."

"Forget it, it's time to come back, and the things he has to do are not so difficult."

Sometimes Xu Xiuyi thinks that she knows An Chengshao better than Wu Mo.

For example, this time, she didn't know what An Chengshao did outside the pass, but she thought Wu Mo must know.

She didn't want to ask, and if she asked, she would feel wronged, wronged that she was not the one who knew him best.

She smiled and said, "Really? I didn't know that he would come back yesterday, but some things came to him, and I bumped into him by mistake."

"You are looking for him because of the death of your family?"

Wu Mo guessed it right away.

Xu Lanqing didn't seem to know much about the matter, and asked, "Someone died in the Su residence, does it have anything to do with Brother An?"

Wu Mo didn't know how to answer for a while, but Xu Xiuyi hurriedly said: "No, it's just that he has a lot of connections and wants to ask him to find the murderer."

"Xiu Yi, I think you'd better go home and give birth to your child in a safe and sound way. Look at your Su Mansion, many things are not peaceful. I'm really worried about you."

"Well, I'll be at home for a while."

As soon as the words fell, someone knocked on the door, Wu Mo obviously looked like a frightened little rabbit, and ran to the back room in a hurry, while Xu Lanqing also looked a little flustered: "Who?"

"Master Qing is me, Meichen. The master is back, and I know that my aunt is home, so I want you to go there."

"Huh..." I saw Xu Lanqing heaving a sigh of relief, and Wu Mo in the back room cautiously poked his head out and nodded to Xu Lanqing.

In fact, who doesn't suffer?

In this relationship, the most wronged is Zhong Yaqin, the most pitiful is Wu Mo, and the most difficult is Xu Lanqing.

Look at them, they clearly love each other deeply, but they can only be sneaky like this.

Just like her and An Chengshao, maybe it's raining, and the mood is always a bit cold, or maybe it's because after pregnancy, they become a little inexplicably emotional.

"Xiu Yi, let's go."

Xu Lanqing stretched out her hand to hold Xu Xiuyi, the rain outside was still pattering, the autumn rain was as lingering as the spring rain, judging by the scene, it was about to fall until it was dark.

Mei Chen took the umbrella to send the two of them there, but Xu Lanqing blocked it, and took the umbrella from him: "Keep guarding and don't allow anyone to get close, you know?"

"Yes, Lord Qing."

*

In Xu Tangyu's room, Xu Tangyu's complexion was like spring, and he looked happy. It seemed that there was something joyous about it. When he saw Xu Xiuyi, his kind eyes were filled with soft and joyful light.

"It just so happens that Xiu Yi is back, so I would like to congratulate your Su family on the way."

"What's wrong with Dad, he's so happy."

"Hehe, Daddy is naturally happy, Daddy has been promoted."

"Congratulations daddy, congratulations daddy."

Xu Lanqing and Xu Xiuyi both smiled happily, this is really a happy event.

"This is still due to the blessing of the imperial concubine."

"Imperial Concubine?" If Xu Xiuyi remembered correctly, the position of Imperial Concubine was vacant.

But I heard Xu Tangyu say: "The imperial decree will come down in a few days, Xiuyi, that aunt in your family is really a blessed person, life is really like the tide, it fluctuates sometimes, and it is always changing. The aunt's accident caused the eldest aunt to suffer, and she was almost thrown into the cold palace, but now, it is the mother who counts on the child, and has become a royal concubine."

"You mean Jinyuan's eldest sister?"

Xu Xiuyi actually knew that Su Yacai was going to be concubine when she entered the palace a few days ago, but she didn't expect that she would change from a nobleman to a noble concubine, which has never happened before in history.

But it can be seen that the emperor loves this eldest sister of their family very much.

It's just that Xu Xiuyi didn't know why Xu Tangyu said that Su Yacai's blessing was the reason why he was promoted, so he said, "Dad's promotion was recommended by the imperial concubine?"

Xu Tangyu said: "No, it's just a coincidence. It's a long story. Come on, you two sit down first and listen to what Daddy has to say."

Xu Tangyu was very interested, and Xu Lanqing and Xu Xiuyi were also happy with him. After all, if their father's talents were not too rigid, they would have been promoted a long time ago.

Hearing what Xu Tangyu said about his promotion, he realized that it was not only a promotion, but also a three-level promotion. From a bachelor of the Imperial Academy to a bachelor of Wenyuan Pavilion, as for what Xu Tangyu said, Su Yacai was responsible The blessing turned out to be because of several people who joined Xu Tangyu in running for the Wenyuange University Bachelor, one was seriously ill and was bedridden, and two daughters were concubines in the harem. During the time when Su Yacai was down and out, most of them loved Su Yacai. Embarrassed, contemptuous.

No wonder Xu Tangyu said it was a coincidence, these two concubines looked down on others, and now they have affected the family, and Xu Tangyu's official worship of the Wenyuan Pavilion position is partly because of the relationship between Xu Xiuyi and Su Yacai.

Xu Tangyu's eyebrows were beaming. This promotion was an unexpected surprise for him, because he didn't expect that it would fall on him. After all, the rest of them were all candidates for the position of Wenyuan Pavilion University Scholars.

So now that he was elected, he was both excited and worried.

"Father now only hopes that your brother will be the number one scholar next year. The emperor and I asked for instructions to skip the Hanlin Academy and directly invert the Wenyuan Pavilion to assist our father. With your brother's talent and learning ability, he will become a great weapon in the near future. When the time comes, our father and son Together, Wenyuan Pavilion is properly managed, maybe the emperor is happy, and promotes your brother to be a young prime minister, hahahaha, hahaha, think far away for your father, think far away."

What he thought was a little far away, Xu Lanqing is not interested in official career at all now, if the only thing that makes him have the idea of ​​becoming an official, it is for Wu Mo to restore his daughter.

Xu Tangyu wanted him to be a civil servant, but he had his own ideas in his heart.

With Wu Mo, there are only two ways out, one is to be desperate, throw everything away and fly away, but this will inevitably cost the reputation of the two families, and even their lives, he can't do it, he loves Wu Mo, even if he loves blindly, he still loves Wu Mo. Don't love so much that you lose your mind.

And the second way is the only way he can think of right now, holding the military power in his hands, one day even the emperor will be afraid of him three points, and at that time, Wu Mo's identity can be made public.

This is a dream, a dream that does not know when it will come true, but at least, he is willing to work hard for it.

"Father, my son wants to take the martial arts championship."

His words undoubtedly chilled the atmosphere in the room instantly.

"What nonsense are you talking about? You are a literati, how can you be that martial artist? What have you been studying for so many years? Those martial artists can even be a butcher in the market. Do you want to compare with those people?"

Xu Tangyu's tone was undoubtedly stern, Xu Xiuyi was afraid that the two would quarrel, her father's temper had never been very good, and if Xu Lanqing became stubborn, ten bulls would not be able to hold her back.

"Father, the spring test is still next year. Give your brother some time to think about it. In fact, it's the same for the champion of literature and martial arts. The general was the champion of martial arts back then."

"What do you know, you girl? Although the general is the champion of martial arts, have you seen the injuries on the general?"

It turned out that Xu Tangyu didn't feel ashamed to compete with the butcher for the position of the No. [-] martial arts scholar, but he just couldn't bear Xu Lanqing's injury.

Xu Lanqing knew it was good for him anyway, and now he didn't want to discuss this issue with Xu Tangyu, so he said: "Daddy, I will consider civil and military matters, where is grandpa? Didn't you come back with Daddy?"

He was changing the subject, Xu Tangyu looked at him with frowning eyes, and finally said nothing, "Your grandfather is not feeling well, so he went back to rest."

"What happened to grandpa?"

"The weather has been bad for the past few days. He fell ill when he was young. Don't bother him. He will get out of bed no matter how uncomfortable he sees you two. Xiu Yi, turn around and ask Jin Yuan to show grandpa , those imperial doctors in the palace are not as good as my son-in-law."

Xu Xiuyi nodded: "Okay, tomorrow I happen to go to the pharmacy to get some hawthorn balls for my sister-in-law, so let Yinyu talk to Jinyuan."

"Well, by the way, do you agree with Jinyuan when you come back for a few days?"

"He sent me here himself, daddy, do you agree?"

Xu Tangyu smiled, and his expression finally softened a bit: "It's fine to come back and live for a while, I see that your house is full of smog, and how many people died in a year, that's all, I won't talk about it, the emperor knows about your second aunt. The emperor even asked about me, I only said that the murderer was killed, the emperor didn't say anything, but it can be seen that he still has affection for your second aunt."

"Imperial Concubine, are you alright?"

"How does this father know that we can enter the harem, but it must be sad."

Born from a compatriot of the same mother, although Su Yalan is quite involved, Su Yacai seems to be a very emotional person.

"By the way, does your mother-in-law know about this?"

Xu Tangyu sighed and looked up at Xu Xiuyi.

Xu Xiuyi shook her head: "I haven't let her know yet, I'm afraid she hasn't recovered from the haunting."

"I heard that your uncle's mother is back, right?"

"My daughter actually thinks that someone is pretending to be a ghost."

Xu Tangyu shook his head: "There are many things that I can't explain. If it is really a ghost, maybe there is a great grievance, so after so many years, I still have to look for the door. The Su family incident back then was considered a commotion."

"Now that she is recuperating in the nunnery, I have discussed it with Jin Yuan and my uncle. For the time being, we should not let her know, I'm afraid she won't be able to bear it."

"Paper can't hold the fire, and the nunnery is not isolated from the outside world. She will know about it one day, but this kind of thing can be hidden for as long as it is."

In fact, it is indeed impossible to hide it. The nunnery is in the city, and the incense has been very strong all year round. Even if the old lady of the Su family devotes herself to practicing Buddhism, she cannot be completely isolated from the world. As long as she comes into contact with the nunnery People, I'm afraid this matter will have to be exposed.

It has been several days since Su Yalan passed away. In fact, it's time to tell the old lady of the Su family, at least I can't see Su Yalan's last face, Su Yalan's first seven soul-hunting nights, people here attach great importance to it, the old lady of the Su family always wants to Check back.

*

In the city, Yingmei Temple.

The old lady of the Su family was dressed in a plain shirt, kneeling on the futon and chanting sutras with her eyes closed. Suddenly, the chain of Buddhist beads in her hand broke, and the sandalwood Buddhist beads jumped and rolled all over the floor.

Startled, she shouted towards the door, "Come here."

The two sister-in-laws were taken care of by Su Jinyuan. Hearing this, they hurried in, but saw the old lady of the Su family looking at the beads bouncing around in panic, and said with a pale face: "Is she here again? Is she here again? "

The two sisters-in-law knew that she was haunted by ghosts, and now everything was a mess.

In fact, it is not uncommon for the beads to break, not to mention that Mrs. Su's string of beads is still asked for by their teacher, who said that the beads of the teacher are contaminated with Buddha's energy, so as to prevent ghosts, and all the beads are used. How many years have passed, and every bead has been rubbed with oily light.

"Benefactor Su, don't panic, it's just that the beads are broken."

"Huh..." The old lady of the Su family closed her eyes and took a few breaths, her heart finally calmed down. Seeing the two sister-in-laws prostrate on the ground to help her pick up Buddhist beads, her heart suddenly ached, and she almost suffocated due to the pain.

"what!"

"Su benefactor, what's wrong with you?"

"It hurts, my heart hurts so much."

"What can we do, Miaozhen, please hurry up and invite the doctor."

A sister-in-law hurriedly got up and rushed out. The heart of the old lady Su was throbbing. She was panting heavily, with cold sweat on her forehead. She grabbed the little nun's clothes with one hand and tremblingly said: "My family is Did something happen?"

There was that kind of heartache once, when she was still young, her most beloved brother was intercepted by a group of bandits when he went out, and took his life, that was the kind of pain she felt.

The little nun turned her head away and didn't answer, she was even more suspicious, clutching her chest and desperately sat up: "What happened to my family?"

"Su benefactor, don't ask, the teacher told us that we are not allowed to talk about it."

She is undoubtedly the 300 taels of silver here.

"Is it my son? Jin Yuan, Jin Yu, I want to go home, I want to go home."

She struggled to get up, clutching her chest in pain, and went out. After walking two steps, she heard the sound of Miaozhen's hurriedly returning footsteps. Dare to tell Mrs. Su that the third master of the Su family has explained it."

"Yes, yes, never mention it, never mention it."

He never mentioned it, but Mrs. Su had already heard it.

Yalan is gone, her second daughter is dead, Su Yalan is dead.

"My son..."

"Su benefactor, Su benefactor, Su benefactor, wake up, how can this be good, Su benefactor, master, master..."

"Miaozhen, Miaozhen, hurry up, Mrs. Mrs. Su, benefactor has fainted."

*

Xu Xiuyi had been in her mother's house for less than two days, and the Su family sent someone to say that the old lady of the Su family passed out in the nunnery, and now she is in a coma, and her life and death are uncertain.

Didn't he always behave well in the nunnery? No, how could he faint, could it be possible?

Xu Xiuyi didn't dare to delay, and hurried to the security hall, and the servants said that the old lady of the Su family was sent to the security hall.

When Xu Xiu recalled it, he happened to meet Su Jinyu and Lu Yuer at the door. Su Jinyu jumped out of the carriage impatiently, ignoring Lu Yuer who was behind him looking at him with an aggrieved and angry expression.

Xu Xiuyi also ignored Lu Yuer, it was the clerk in the store who quickly took the stool and used it as a step for Lu Yuer to come down.

Entering the house, the sandalwood was burning in the house, and the sandalwood was concentrating. Su Jinyuan was giving acupuncture to the old lady of the Su family. If it wasn't for the ups and downs in her heart, the old lady of the Su family would look as if she was dead.

Dressed in Su Fu, without makeup or powder, the old lady of the Su family, who was in a coma, looked as old and haggard as an eighty-year-old woman.

Su Jinyuan made a last effort in the crowd, let out a big breath, turned around and found Xu Xiuyi and Su Jinyu.

"Brother, how is mother?"

Su Jinyu usually looks like a dude, but he is also a 24-year-old dutiful son.

Su Jinyuan frowned: "Mother found out about Second Sister's death and fainted. I've already sealed her mind. She should be fine. After all, let her know. I already knew that I couldn't hide it."

"Which one told mother, see if I don't kill him, I stuffed so much sesame oil money, I have to remind you not to tell mother, these people, have we ignored our words?"

When Su Jinyu said this, he wanted to go out angrily, but was blocked by Lu Yuer who was oncoming.

He said in a cold voice, "Get out of the way."

Lu Yu'er's eyes were red with grievance: "Where are you going?"

"I let you get out of the way!"

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