Phoenix Fight: The First Concubine

Chapter 44

She was afraid that it would be bad for Murong Wei to offend the eldest lady.

"Miss, where is Madam Zhang...not sure, what if Da Furen refuses to agree?"

Murong Wei said with a smile: "Don't worry, Yuegu, I won't be able to find a suitable person for a while, and those who are capable will have to work hard, so you can help."

Aunt Yue said dumbfoundingly: "What did Miss say, I will do my best to live up to Miss's respect."

Murong Wei nodded, and left the East Garden with the two servant girls.

After walking along the gravel path from the East Garden for a while, they went to the chaoshou verandah. Murong Wei walked slowly, admiring the scenery of the garden.

As soon as the sun shines on the snow, there are bursts of golden light, the sky and the earth are white, the mountains dance with silver snakes, the original Chi wax statues, Qiongzhi Yushu shakes down, the low-hanging willows are covered with branches of ice and snow, and the low bushes With the low-hanging ice cones in the courtyard, it has a bit of the scenery of the Northland.

Murong Wei was thinking about how to organize the account books later, when she suddenly bumped into an acquaintance.

The man in front of him was wearing a sable cloak. He was tall and tall, with outstanding figure, indescribably handsome and elegant.

Seeing Murong Wei in front of him at this moment, he was also taken aback, a look of complexity flashed in his eyes.

"Young Master Feng." Murong Wei closed her eyes and saluted.

Feng Yu returned half a salute, "Is the third sister okay?"

As soon as the words came out of his mouth, he regretted a little. How did he say such a sentence?

Ever since Murong Wei told him those decisive words, no matter it was his self-esteem or self-cultivation, he couldn't save face and pester him again.

Since she said that she would not marry him unless she died, what else could he say?
No matter how good his Feng Yu was, he was not so cheap that he could humiliate himself.

It has to be said that this girl is ruthless, she clearly knows what he cannot accept.

It is true that Feng Yu will not stalk him anymore, because he has always been an arrogant person, how can he accept being humiliated like this?

Murong Wei's eyelids twitched: "Very good, Mr. Feng, I have something else to do, so I'm leaving."

After finishing speaking, without waiting for Feng Yu to speak, he left sideways.

Feng Yu was stunned for a moment, looking at her leaving back, his eyes flickered.

Murong Wei also doesn't want to have any entanglements with him, but fortunately she has long understood that people like Feng Yu love her the most, and her reputation is always more important than others.

He's not the kind of rascal with no taste, the well-cultivated son of the aristocratic family allows her to get rid of his entanglement with confidence.

To Murong Wei, Feng Yu is her brother-in-law, a person who has nothing to do with her.

Xiang Tao turned her head to look at Feng Yu, and thought to herself, now the young lady really has lost her mind about Feng Shao.

Now that I turn a blind eye and observe etiquette, the eldest lady has nothing to say.

Murong Wei didn't think too much about it. When she returned to Moyuan, she picked up the account book and looked at it for a long time. Then she prepared paper and pens. It was inconvenient to use, so someone got charcoal strips and drew lines to form a table to keep accounts.

After listing the items in the table, Xiangtao asked curiously, "What is this drawing, Miss?"

"You don't understand even if I say it, but I can teach you after watching it. You come to report the number, and I will record it."

Although Arabic numerals have been passed down, not many people understand them.

After lunch, the two masters and servants continued to reconcile accounts, and it took an entire afternoon to get it done.

When she went to pay her respects to the old lady, she ran into the old lady, and when she saw her, the old lady said kindly: "Don't worry, you can hit those things that don't know the value of the screwdriver. I've been busy recently. Very well, you can handle things in the garden yourself."

Then, it is her own responsibility that something went wrong.

Murong Wei blinked and said gratefully: "Thank you, mother. I don't know anything. I was young and ignorant. I followed the routine of previous years. If there is any uncertainty, I will ask my mother for advice. The matter of Yuegu It’s also because I couldn’t find the right person for a while.”

The eldest lady snorted coldly in her heart, secretly cursing that this little hoof is used to pretending to be crazy now, don't think that she will forget it if she suffers a loss.

The old lady was in a good mood, and said, "Shouldn't the fourth son's family go back to the capital for the New Year? This time, they will return to Beijing to report on their duties. It seems that they will be transferred to the capital."

The eldest lady answered: "Mother is right, the mansion is even more lively. Uncle is going to be promoted this time."

Because the parents are still alive, the elder brother and the fourth master have not yet separated.

The old lady is getting old, and now she likes to be lively. Although the fourth master was not born by her, the old master is still there.

Murong Wei looked at the snow scene outside the window and thought, this year is really very lively.

After the young year, Murong Wei's life is not a big disturbance, everything is considered calm.

Although there were several problems in Dongyuan, they were all solved by Murong Wei.

But there is a problem with the flowers and trees that were sent, and with Yue Gu who is serious, and Murong Wei has already prepared the account books, every time there is a problem, he can be found out and punished. Play tricks with her.

Seeing that the garden was going to be repaired on New Year's Eve, Murong Wei directed the people to get ready.

It was Aunt Zhou who had some problems, because Master Murong was very happy with this old man, and often went to Aunt Zhou's, which made several young aunts jealous.

Thanks to the old lady thinking that the roads are slippery in winter, she saved Aunt Zhou from having to worry about morning and night, and she didn't have to go to the lady to say hello, otherwise there might be a problem on the road.

Aunt Zhou stayed behind closed doors these days, and she hid in her room with peace of mind to raise her baby.

Murong Wei thought about waiting until the next few months to give birth, but she had to be careful.

This ancient woman was not afraid that you would not be able to conceive, but she was afraid that you would not be able to give birth.

"Miss, this servant has something to report." Qiu Fang wandered outside the door with an excited expression on her face.

Murong Wei was stunned for a moment, thinking, could it be that the eldest lady is planning to harm her again?

"come in."

Qiufang entered the door and saluted, looked around, saw Xiangtao was helping Murong Wei to reconcile the accounts, she was secretly jealous, this little hoof climbed onto her head and became a big maid by virtue of her accident, but she herself became a third-class maid .Now even my younger sister Qiuwen has become a third-class girl, how can she not be jealous?

It's a pity that what I did before made the lady not trust her so much. Now that I don't behave better, how can I follow the lady?
"Miss, you don't know yet, something serious happened in the mansion."

Murong Wei looked at Qiu Fang's exaggerated expression, her expression was indifferent, if something happened in the mansion instead of her, she would know sooner or later.

"Go ahead."

Qiu Fang was a little embarrassed, and seeing Murong Wei not very interested, she was a little embarrassed: "Isn't there a porridge shed in our house before, and today when the master passed by the porridge shed, I stopped by to have a look. I didn't expect those women The children were evasive, and the master was suspicious, so he ordered an investigation, only to find that the rice used for the porridge was moldy rice. The master was furious at the time, but it was not easy to make a fuss in front of so many people, so he I planned to talk about it after returning home, but I didn't expect that at that time..."

Qiufang stopped.

Murong Wei's face changed slightly, she guessed something would happen before, how could the eldest lady easily delegate power to Yunxia, ​​a daughter-in-law?
Looking at it now, could it be that the eldest lady did it?

Otherwise, why did those women dodge when my father happened to pass by?
These people know how to act based on people's faces, how could they not hide it?

It was Yunxia's first time doing business, and with her wealth, she wouldn't covet this little thing, and lose money by exchanging inferior rice for good rice.She can't do it the first time she does something.

Yunxia is not that stupid.

Murong Wei frowned, feeling agitated in her heart, looking at Qiu Fang's voice, it seemed that there was something more serious.

She felt cold, these people fought back and forth, but no one thought about whether those victims would die after eating moldy rice?

"What's the matter next? How could it turn into moldy rice? The porridge in our house is made of high-quality rice." Xiangtao answered the words tactfully on the side.

Qiu Fang said mysteriously: "Who said it wasn't? But what I didn't expect was that there happened to be a beggar who ate the porridge and foamed at the mouth. The master was surprised at that time and asked someone to show him to the doctor." Unexpectedly, there happened to be two censors passing by, and the matter suddenly became serious, and the beggar died. Many people now know that people in our mansion died of eating porridge with moldy rice."

Murong Wei stood up abruptly when she heard this, "You said that beggar is dead?"

Qiu Fang nodded: "Yes, now the master is back in the mansion, and he is furious. Both the young master and the young mistress have gone to the old lady's place. Oh, it seems that the young mistress is in charge this time, right?"

Murong Wei's expression turned ugly.

Before, she thought it was Da Furen who played tricks, but now she heard that there was such a coincidence that there was a censor passing by, and someone was eaten to death, and she spread the word, no matter how you look at it, it looks like a well-arranged trap.

Yushi would set off a three-foot rogue if there was no wind. Now that he caught this matter, it would not be full of trouble.

Someone is using this incident to target her Murong family!
Murong Wei's heart trembled.

A political enemy of father and grandfather?
But this incident can be so coincidental, did someone tamper with the soup kitchen, or did they collude with the people in the house?

Da Furen would not be so stupid, if she used this method to beat her daughter-in-law, it would bring bad luck to the Murong Mansion as well.

She won't do that.

It seems that someone took advantage of this and Li Daitao became stiff.

Murong Wei was terrified, she put on her cloak, and was about to go to see the old lady, when she suddenly thought about it, she paused.

She frowned slightly, but it was inappropriate for her to go at this moment, you must know that she is only a daughter, and it is impossible for her to participate in important matters at home.She had nothing to do with this matter, so it's best not to get involved.

My grandfather and father have been running the court for many years, and this kind of turmoil is not unheard of, so they will naturally handle it properly.

Thinking of this, Murong Wei looked at Qiu Fang: "Go down and find out the outside news for me."

After all, I admired Qiufang a hairpin with red gold jade hairpin flowers and emerald green flowers.

Qiu Fang was overjoyed, and wanted to say something, but seeing her young lady looking sick, she left immediately.

Seeing her unhesitating expression, Xiangtao thought she was worried about her family, so she hurriedly said: "Miss, don't worry, this matter was not ordered by the master, I think we can find out."

Murong Wei nodded, and looked at the furnishings in the house, her eyes were full of pearls and emerald greens, all the treasures and curios were placed on the antique racks, and what she ate was even richer and more luxurious.

I don't know when, she seems to have gotten used to this life of rich clothes and fine food, such a house of bells and lanterns, looks beautiful on the surface, who knows when the building will collapse?
Murong Wei felt depressed for no reason.

The simple and happy life in the previous life seemed to be farther and farther away from her.

Now she often forgets about the past.

Murong Wei sighed slightly.

Just when Murong Wei was sighing, the owners of the old lady's house had already gathered in the main room.

The old man and the old lady sat at the top, the old man Murong and his wife stood at the bottom, and Murong Fu and his wife Yun Xia knelt on the ground.

Yunxia's face was pale at the moment, and she kowtowed: "Daughter-in-law has been busy with giving out porridge these days, and the rice grains coming out of the warehouse are strictly inspected, how dare you let people do this kind of thing?"

The eldest lady also had an ugly expression, she stared at her daughter-in-law and then at her parents-in-law.

This matter... how did it become like this?
The old man frowned and said, "How did this matter get into your hands? Isn't it customary for the elder daughter-in-law to take care of it?"

The eldest lady hurriedly said: "Father, this matter happened a few days ago, my daughter-in-law was too busy with the New Year's affairs, so I handed this matter over to Brother Fu's daughter-in-law."

The old lady glanced at her: "At that time, didn't you say that you asked the steward to help you deal with it? You just need to go and see her brother-in-law and daughter-in-law? What's going on? It's the first time the Jun Jun took over the internal affairs, isn't it a bit embarrassing?" People deceive their masters and steal money and things from them?"

The old lady felt a little bit in her heart, she was indeed the one who got people to do it, but she just wanted to exchange the bad rice for good rice, and then let people know the old lady quietly, although the bad rice was slightly inferior, it was It is absolutely impossible for good rice to eat dead people, let alone moldy rice.

Originally, she just wanted to use this to let the old lady see that Yunxia was greedy for small profits and could not get on the stage.Even if she doesn't believe it, it's because she doesn't have the ability to control her servants.In this way, the eldest lady can firmly grasp the power in the mansion.Unexpectedly, things turned out like this, the rice turned into moldy rice, people were eaten to death, and the censor even found out about it.

Now, no matter how stupid the eldest lady is, she finds that she seems to have fallen into a trap.

This made her break out in cold sweat.

Now it is impossible to admit the crime no matter what, otherwise not only the in-laws are displeased, but also my husband will be separated from her.

The lady had already thought of a solution after thinking about it for a while, and her face changed slightly at this moment: "I left this matter to Zhang He, the housekeeper, who is usually the most reliable in handling things. Could it be that something went wrong? Just ask him to come over and ask. Yunxia has definitely been wronged. I always feel that this is a deliberate tactic used by others to deal with our family."

When she said that, Yunxia breathed a sigh of relief.

It was the first time she ran an errand, so she was very careful and careful. Although she noticed that the rice was not good rice, she didn't care about it. She thought that Shi Mi of Murong's family used inferior rice. the behavior of.

However, how could Cimi be the same as moldy rice? She clearly saw that everything was going well these days, and she even sent her personal nanny to help out the porridge. But today, the nanny was sick and didn't go. Who would have thought that this would happen? kind of thing.

She is naturally to blame.

Murong Fu looked at his wife, paused, and said, "Grandfather, Father, it's better to ask Zhang He over now."

The old man had been contemplating with frowned eyebrows, nodded at this moment and said: "This matter is not that simple, my brother and daughter-in-law should also get up."

Only then did Yunxia stand up and stand beside her husband.

On the other hand, Master Murong's face was very ugly: "Today is really embarrassing to me. No matter whether it was done by political opponents or not, you didn't handle this job carefully. Otherwise, as long as you check every day, why do those women still see moldy rice? Use? And the moldy rice will not eat dead people after washing it..."

Yunxia's face was pale, but she was also responsible for this matter besides the big steward who sent the servants in the mansion to help out the porridge.

However, those who gave the porridge were all from the mansion, and she had only been in the mansion for a short time, so how could she gather them together?
The eldest lady looked at her personal nurse and called Zhang He over, feeling a little relieved.Zhang He's face was already pale at the moment, and he tried to calm down. When he came in, he immediately fell to his knees with a thud: "Old master, master, this is a villain's mistake. The villain checked the warehouse immediately after the accident. I didn't expect Zhang He, the deputy manager of the warehouse. Zhong actually dared to embezzle money and goods, exchanging bad rice for good rice..."

The old man looked at him with a pair of shining eyes: "Oh? So, you said that Zhang Zhong traded for bad rice? Not moldy rice?"

Zhang He nodded, and cried again: "The villain's nephew did this, which made the villain lose face. It's just that the moldy rice was not replaced by the villain's nephew. I asked the servants who gave the porridge, and they It is said that the rice was good yesterday, but it was suddenly changed this morning.”

Zhang He looked at several people in the room, and then at the eldest lady, his heart was bleeding, this matter was destined to be blamed on someone, since the eldest lady told her what he said, he had no choice but to abandon the pawn and bail the car.

"What a bastard, he's still lying in front of his face!" Master Murong suddenly threw the teacup in his hand, and slammed it on Zhang He's body with a bang.

Everyone was startled.

The old man glanced at him, and then thought about it for a moment: "Okay, it seems that Zhang Zhong also caused this matter. If he hadn't dared to change the old rice before, and then suddenly changed it to moldy rice, how could the maids get used to it. Also No one will take advantage of loopholes.”

Da Furen's eyes were red, and she blamed herself: "It's because the daughter-in-law didn't take care of the mansion well, otherwise, how could the servants in the mansion steal and play tricks? It seems that they are used to benevolence in the past, and they even dare to lie to the master." Yes. Daughter-in-law must take good care of the affairs of the house."

The old lady saw what the old man meant, it was typical to find someone to take the blame, she just said lightly: "This is a bad thing with good intentions. My brother and daughter-in-law are negligent, so I will punish you to go back and copy the "Heart Sutra" a hundred times, facing the wall and thinking about your mistakes. Right. As for the eldest daughter-in-law, you are also negligent, the house is going to be reorganized, so that the master is not the master, and the servant is not the servant, who dares to deceive the superior and the subordinate, and fill his own pocket."

The eldest lady's eyelids twitched, wondering if the old lady meant something.

Master Murong's face was still ugly, and he said loudly: "Zhang He, you don't want to be the manager, come here, and arrest Zhang Zhong!"

Zhang He's face changed slightly, and he lay on the ground and dared not make a sound.

Even if he is kicked out of the position of chief manager in this matter, but the eldest lady has the final say, he will still get another good position.

Now he can only keep himself safe.

After all the fuss, only the old man and his father and son were left.

The old man's face was serious, "What do you think about this matter? Were the two censors arranged in advance?"

Master Murong also had a look of hesitation on his face, and snorted: "Someone must have deliberately lured them over. The two censors are Hu Weicheng and Chu Dongping. They have always been reticent and have nothing to do with the forces in the court. , but they always say that they are loyal to the emperor. If this matter is exposed by them, it will be ugly in court tomorrow."

The old man was silent for a moment: "Check, we must find out who is against us. First, take that Zhang Zhong out to see if those people are deliberately targeting us. If so, there should be follow-up actions."

Master Murong had a cold look in his eyes: "Father is right, I'm afraid it won't be so easy to be kind."

The next day Murong Wei got the news, knowing that the sister-in-law was punished behind closed doors, saying she was negligent, and the eldest lady was busy rectifying and reprimanding the servants in the mansion. For a while, the whole mansion was full of turmoil, everyone was in panic, and the rules were even worse than before. strict.

"Miss, do you think it was Zhang Zhong who made it? I heard that those who are in charge of the warehouse have never had any good things. They often withhold some good things and dare to sell them."

Xiangtao said in a muffled voice, while Lu'er, who was grinding for Murong Wei, glared at her.

Murong Wei also fell silent. When she first heard about this, she didn't feel any surprise in her heart.

She has long understood in her heart that this matter will definitely not be resolved, but she must introduce a scapegoat, and Zhang Zhong is a good choice.

It's just that the elders are responsible for this matter, and it's hard to say what it is.

Murong Wei didn't know what was going on.

"Don't think about it, and don't talk nonsense outside, so as not to cause trouble."

It was an eventful time, and she felt that she should be more careful.

The morning of the next morning was very lively. Master Murong first clarified that the incident was caused by his servants stealing and cheating. It was only because of the cold weather that the rice that had been prepared was moldy, and the servants did not notice it. tragedy.

Fortunately, he discovered it in time. Although one beggar died, the others were not seriously injured.

It's just that this incident caused a big wave in the court.

Not to mention the impeachment of the censor, some political opponents who did not agree with the Murong family also started to attack, saying that the Murong family's porridge was just to buy people's hearts, but they didn't take it seriously.

The emperor also reprimanded Master Murong, and the old master had no choice but to apologize.

For a while, there were many ruling and opposition parties, but it was quite chaotic.

At the moment, in the study room of Prince Qi's Mansion, a carefree young man with thick eyebrows and big eyes is smiling and saying: "Brother, didn't you talk about that parrot, I saw Fifth Brother's parrot yesterday. The name is General. You said you didn’t see it, but Fifth Brother liked it very much, saying that this parrot is very airy.”

King Qi still had a calm and elegant appearance, and he couldn't see how the events of the previous period had affected him.

At this moment, he is drawing a painting with a brush. In the painting, the distant mountains are like Daisy, the clear water flows eastward, a clear spring is like the moon in the sky, it looks like a fairyland on earth, and the mist curls up.

There is a young girl's clothes slipping by, and her graceful figure can be seen faintly.

Hearing what the fourth prince said, he just raised his head and smiled: "The parrot that the second brother gave to the fifth brother has been delivered."

The Fourth Prince clapped his hands and said: "No, I don't know what to do, but that little thing is indeed very airy, with a strange accent, I don't know where I learned a bunch of new words, it's very interesting."

"Yeah, maybe you can get one too, fourth brother."

"I don't like that thing. It's okay to be funny. If I ask you, I still like dogs."

King Qi looked at the scroll in his pen and thought of the girl named Murong Wei.

The second brother went to Murong's house, no, he got a parrot and came back.

This cheap deal is really easy to do.

I thought that the second younger brother would ignore her if he didn't marry her, but looking at what happened a while ago, heh, does he really have some affection?

He didn't know what the second brother was thinking, since he liked it, he wanted to come, why didn't he see any movement until now?
King Qi frowned, with a bit of unhappiness and coldness in his heart, and a faint sense of suffocation of being ignored, which made him very unhappy.

When the woman faced him, she would rather dive in the winter than fulfill his wish, but when she turned around, why did she have the thought to teach Luo Wang a bird?
Don't eat and drink a toast.

He, King Qi, could also refuse at will. She thought that she wouldn't dare to do anything to her after getting the attention of that kid Xiao Mingrui?

Moreover, the Murong family also made him impatient, he repeatedly recruited them, but he refused to work.

Originally, the two families were considered to be related by marriage, so he felt that it would be fine even if they refused to work.

However, when he had an accident some time ago... Murong's family had secretly devastated him a lot.

Look at the Ministry of Punishment's investigation of things is not very fast, so let's not talk about it.

King Qi's eyes were slightly cold, hmph, if you don't want to serve him, you don't want your second brother to gain this power!

(End of this chapter)