Ninefold Purple

Dou Zhao settled Song Shize in Chen Qushui's small courtyard, and said to Song Shize, "If anyone asks, just say it's Mr. Chen's friend who came to visit Mr. Chen."

Song Shize hesitated, "What if someone recognizes me?"

"It doesn't matter." Dou Zhao said with a smile, "You are an old man in the house, and you have traveled all over the world, and you have been the big shopkeeper of the British government. The shopkeeper can handle it."

Song Shize couldn't help muttering in his heart.

Dare to rush to the British government to come, and another function is to be a bait! [

But the matter has come to this point, he has made a choice between the Duke of England and the eldest son, and he cannot be half-hearted. Now he can only follow Yizhitang wholeheartedly. He also accepted the bait.

After making up his mind, Song Shize lost his grievances.

He saluted Dou Zhao respectfully, and retreated with Chen Qushui.

Dou Zhao immediately went out to find Song Mo.

The yamen of the Jinwu Guard is located in the Mansion of the Governor of the Five Armies, but there is a valet in the inner palace.Song Mo is on duty today and is camping in the duty room.She was waiting in a small teahouse next to the Dudu Mansion of the Five Armies.

Perhaps because it is surrounded by six yamen, this small teahouse has a small appearance, but it has a winding path to get in, and there is no hole in the sky.If Liao Bifeng hadn't followed them, it would have been impossible for them to find such a boundary.

After urging the doctor in the teahouse to serve tea for Dou Zhao, Liao Bifeng took Wuyi and the others back to the verandah outside.

Sitting in the quiet private room, Dou Zhao felt that he had come a little recklessly.

Before Song Mo and Song Yichun turned against each other, Song Mo never doubted his father.Naturally, the matter about Song Yichun stayed on the surface, but after the father and son confronted each other, Song Mo did not miss out on Song Yichun, and Song Yichun did not miss out on Song Mo.If Song Jiachun had returned after that Tiaoniang, it was impossible for Song Yichun to have left no traces. It can be seen that Song Yichun really did what Song Shize said, and has not committed the crime again since then.

Old things from more than ten years ago.And it happened before Song Mo was born, why are you holding on so eagerly?

Dou Zhao laughed.

But it can't be denied that she is very curious about what kind of woman that Tiao Niang is, who was able to seduce Song Yichun to do such a scandalous thing.

She asked Ruozhu to refill a cup of tea for herself.

Song Mo hurried over.

"What's going on?" Song Shize entered the mansion quietly. He knew about it. He was very worried about Dou Zhao's sudden arrival. He didn't even care about Dong Qi being on duty with him. point.He hurried out of the palace. "If there's anything you need, just ask someone to bring a letter to me. Why did you come here by yourself? With your appearance, you can't take the bumps of a carriage lightly."

Dou Zhao touched his stomach with a smile, and said, "Don't worry. I came here in a sedan chair." Seeing the thin sweat on his forehead, he knew he was in a hurry.Instructing Ruotong to fetch water and come in to wash Song Mo, he turned his head and said, "I met with Song Shize, and he told some old things about the past. I heard that I was very moved, so I came to see you."

She sat next to Song Mo and told Song Mo everything about the conversation with Song Shize.

Song Mo's eyes widened, and after Dou Zhao finished speaking, he said after a long while: "Is what you said true?" His expression was a little dazed.

Anyone who heard that his father had done such a thing could not be in a good mood. [

Dou Zhao sighed softly and nodded: "So many years have passed, and the little lady has passed away, and has nothing to do with us. I just feel that my mother-in-law is pregnant with you. What happened, mother-in-law My mood must be very complicated, so I still want to tell you, at least let you know about the difficulties my mother-in-law had..."

Maybe in her subconscious, the weaker Song Mo's feelings for Song Yichun were, the safer Song Mo would be when father and son confront each other, so she would tell him this, right?

After hearing Song Mo's words, his mood was indeed a little depressed, and he said, "That is to say, father wiped out all the people my grandfather left me?"

He skipped over the matter of the outer room, and talked about those few stewards.

"Hmm!" Now that the words can be spread, saying more is no less than sprinkling salt on Song Mo's wounds, Dou Zhao said, "Listen to what Song Shize said, it is precisely because of this that when the Duke of the Kingdom treats you unfavorably , no one will tip you off."

Song Mo was silent for a while, and said, "I will investigate this matter." He regained his usual calmness.

Dou Zhao was both relieved and distressed, and said with a smile: "Who opened this teahouse? It's a clever idea. It's all made into small pavilions. In addition to serving refreshments, they also serve meals. It's rare for me to come out. Shall we have dinner here today?"

When she entered the door, she saw a wooden sign with the names of the dishes on the shadow wall, and knew that this teahouse also served food and wine.

Song Mo occasionally used this place to socialize with friends and discuss things with his subordinates. He knew that the tea in this teahouse was okay, but he didn’t dare to compliment the food. But seeing Dou Zhao’s high spirits, he asked Liao Bifeng to go to Dr. Tea to get it for fun. The menu came, and I ordered a few of the better dishes here.

While waiting for tea, Dou Zhao told Song Mo that she and Dou Qijun went to Fayuan Temple to eat vegetarian dishes in Zhending.

Song Mo listened with gusto.

But Dou Zhao thought of Wu Shan.

I haven't heard from him for a long time, and I don't know if he is doing well?

But this thought flashed by, and she was quickly attracted by Song Mo's rare hearty smile, leaving Wu Shan behind.

Standing in front of the pomegranate tree, Wu Shan looked at the dignified man with a smile and gently helped the familiar figure into the carriage, he was dazed for a while.

Dou Qijun shook his head lightly.

Wu Shan came back to his senses.

He smiled awkwardly at Dou Zhengchang and Dou Dechang, and said, "Let's go in quickly, so as not to meet some acquaintances again and have to say hello for a long time?"

Wu Shan heard that Dou Qijun had won the Jinshi, so he specially invited Dou Qijun to dinner. He chose the same teahouse as Dou Zhao, and met someone he thought he would never see again.

The uncles and nephews of the Dou family did not expect that Dou Zhao would appear here.

Everyone looked at each other and smiled, and they exposed the trouble.

Dou Dechang mentioned Wu Shan's marriage: "You and your cousin have been engaged for three years, when will you invite us to a wedding?"[

Wu Shan was embarrassed.Said: "After the rural examination in September, we will have a happy event."

"It's so good." Dou Zhengchang said, "We're going to end this year too, and then we'll go to your house for a wedding banquet!"

Wu Shan smiled and replied "OK".

In the past few days, he has been a little careless in his studies, and he failed the last township examination.This time I worked hard on my homework. If I could pass the Juren examination and marry my cousin according to my mother's advice, my mother would no longer object to my association with the Dou family, right?

He smiled and invited the uncle and nephew of the Dou family into the private room.I don't know why, but my heart is full of inexplicable sadness.

It was Dou Zhao, who couldn't sleep after returning to Yizhitang, she talked to Ruozhu, "You try to find out why the maids of Xiyuanxiang are so hard to tie?"

In the past, she thought it was because of jealousy, she was a little nervous, and she didn't want to hear it, but now she really wants to know why this girl is a murderer.

If Zhu Gong replied "yes", Dou Zhao rested in peace.

Two days later, Ruozhu came to call her back.

"Ma'am, the Duke's ears are soft. Whoever serves well can be praised, but within two days, he punishes those who serve around him because of a little thing." Her expression looked a little weird. "In order to stand out in front of the Duke, the maids in Xixiangyuan do everything possible to please the Duke. They do not use all means to frame up false accusations, but the Duke only listens to good things and not evil. In other words, after a long time, if you step on me and I stab you, all the maids in Xixiangyuan will become like enemies. It is said that Bai Zhi stepped on Chuan'er in the first place. Unexpectedly Chuan'er was able to transfer to the second master's courtyard, but before Chuan'er left, she tripped Bai Zhi, and Bai Zhi was almost thrown to the farm by the Duke, Bai Zhi was not convinced, and wanted to teach Chuan'er a lesson... ..."

Dou Zhao looked at his heart, and said, "Bai Zhi and Chuan'er are served by the Duke's side, can they be kept in the room by the Duke?"

Ruozhu's face flushed red, and he said in a low voice: "No! Everyone in Xixiangyuan knows that the Duke of the State has never contaminated maidservants. To please the Duke, but when it comes to confiscating the house, since Mrs. Jiang passed away, she has also taken in a man named Du Ruo in the house." She said, lowering her voice, "I heard Luo Yan's tone, that one is Du Ruo Her maid seems to be a bit difficult, except to serve the Duke, she usually does not go anywhere, stays alone in the wing room doing needlework for a whole day, without raising her head, and does not go in front of the Duke. Join in the fun, and don't care about the sarcastic remarks of the maids..."

Dou Zhao asked someone to bring a letter to Du Wei to check Du Ruo's origin.

It turned out that Du Ruo was demoted to slavery after committing crimes.

She also asked Du Wei to check Song Yichun's previous roommate.

Either the daughter of an innocent family entered the mansion as a slave, or the father and brother were decent stewards in the mansion... None of them came from humble backgrounds, and he was very good to these maids. He was gentle and considerate when he was in the mansion, and let him out When they were together, they were all given a large sum of dowry, and they left resentful.

Really interesting!

Dou Zhao held the teacup and looked at the lush vines outside, taking a sip gently.

According to Song Shize, the Tiaoniang's surname is Li, and her ancestors were also educated in the Imperial Academy. Although her father's generation was in decline, the family still had 300 taels of silver a year. The next dowry.

It seems that Song Yichun attaches great importance to a person's background, and he is not the kind of person who gets dizzy when looking at women. He still has a basic requirement for the women who serve him.

This has both advantages and disadvantages.

The advantage is that these women are usually better educated, and secondly, such women are easier to lift their aunts.

But for so many years, Song Yichun didn't have a concubine room.

Is it because he thinks these girls are not good enough to be his concubines?Or does Mrs. Jiang disagree?

Dou Zhao thought about it, and went directly to ask Song Mo.

"What are you thinking about?" Song Mo is a little busy these days and doesn't care about Dou Zhao. I don't know what she is doing these days. He twisted Dou Zhao's nose with a smile and said, "Mother gave birth After Tian En, my health was not good, and I also proposed to take a concubine for my father, but my father picked and picked, either he was dissatisfied with his family background, or he was unwilling to be a concubine, so this matter was delayed."

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