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Chapter 208 The Embarrassing Sandwich Biscuit

This way, he went through many houses and reached the narrow passage between the inner and outer courtyards.Chunying looked around carefully, except for one or two figures occasionally flashing past each small door, she and the third young master were the only ones on the road.This lane was built to prevent floods, fires or emergencies. It is said that it is a southern custom. It was built by a Mrs. Marquis a few generations ago. In addition to serving as servants who watch the night, only family members who take shortcuts will come from here. Let's go, it's really a good place to whisper.Chunying's heart was pounding, looking at the backs of the three young masters in front of her, she was so entangled that she had to secretly type out what she was going to say several times.

Third Young Master, don't blame me. You are cousins. If you really want to get married, it's not a good thing. Maybe you will give birth to a fool.If I hadn't been driven to a dead end, I wouldn't have intervened. What's more, the final result was not caused by me. If you want to blame, you can blame the Huo family and the Gu family...

After all, the third young master Li You didn't go too far. Seeing that there was no one in the narrow alley, he stopped by a wall without a small door opening, turned his head, and said coldly: "What is the Huo family's cousin's marriage?" What's going on?! I heard the letter from the old lady, and thought it was the Huo family's own decision, but someone told me that my cousin had already had an affair with the young master of the Gu family. You and Shi'er were originally mine. Waiting in that courtyard, don’t you see any traces?! Why didn’t you come to report to me?!” The more he thought about it, the more angry he became: “No wonder I’m so diligent and careful, my cousin is neither hot nor cold, dare someone treat me Thinking of you as a fool?!"

Chunying had been prepared for a long time, and hurriedly said: "Young Master, you must not think so! Who is this person who is chewing his tongue in front of you? Miss Biao has always treated you very politely, and she never thought of it like this!"

"What about the rumors?!" Li You frowned, "That time you advised me not to make too much publicity, did you notice it? Why didn't you tell me directly?!"

How did she know that Huo Yi would really marry into the Gu family?Still worrying about filing a lawsuit, Huo Yi will be the third young mistress in the future, and will give her small shoes to wear, and hurriedly said: "The second young master went to the old lady's place to say hello, and I was in a hurry to enter the house. She dodged behind the screen, and almost didn't have time. Later, the second young lady had nothing to avoid talking to the second young master, and she even pulled on Miss Fan. The young lady has reached the age of leaving the court again. I heard that Miss Biao’s family rules are very strict. I was afraid that you, the third young master, would be too close and offend Miss Biao, so I tried to persuade you. In front of Young Master Zhou, It's hard for me to say anything about the second young master, it doesn't mean anything else."

"Is that so?" Li You's anger lessened slightly, but he was still relentless, "Then what's going on with the affair with the son of the Gu family?!"

Chunying hurriedly said: "Shi'er and I don't know where such rumors come from. Although we are only serving in the upper room, Miss Biao's personal errands have never been our turn, but if there is an affair, where is it? Can it be concealed? Apart from going back to the Huo family's mansion, or going to the Huo family's second master, Miss Biao only leaves the mansion when she enters the palace to pay her respects to the queen. At other times, she stays in the mansion, and even the aunt does what she does. I just sent the housekeeper to the temple to make arrangements. I didn't follow Miss Biao when she went out, but I think there were many people waiting on her, so I can't hide any accidents from anyone, so where do you start with personal affairs?"

After hearing this, Li You believed it somewhat, but the doubts in his heart could not be dispelled for a while: "Is this really true? You are not afraid that I will punish you, so you deliberately deceive me, right?"

San Shao, can you not be so smart? !

Chunying secretly wiped off her sweat, and said with an apologetic smile: "I'm not Miss Biao's confidant, can't I tell the difference between relatives and estrangement? The third young master has always treated us kindly, why should I deceive you for outsiders?" In the end, you must talk to Shi'er.

Li You gradually calmed down, and felt that Chunying's words were somewhat reasonable. He always knew that the gossip of servants in the family was unreliable, and he himself suffered from it, but the person who revealed the news was after all the girl next to his mother. Things are not accurate, and she won't tell herself, is there some reason he doesn't know about it?So he asked in a deep voice: "The big girl next to Cousin Huo, named Dong'er, why was she kicked out? I heard that it was because she leaked her cousin's affair to others that this discussion arose. If Cousin is innocent, how did this rumor come about?"

Sure enough, it was my wife who did it!Chunying cursed secretly in her heart, pretending to be puzzled and said: "I don't know what Dong'er said outside. Miss Biao kicked her out because she didn't come back all night, and she was locked up by the second door early in the morning. Miss Biao thought she had humiliated the Huo family and was afraid of being gossiped, so she asked someone to take her back. I was afraid that someone would gossip and ruin Ms Biao's reputation and make the old lady angry, so I specifically asked Other girls, don't mention this to others."

Li You suddenly realized that if the girl next to the young lady was indiscreet, it would indeed be a big scandal if people found out.He felt angry when he thought about it, thinking that Dong'er himself was unruly, was punished, and deliberately slandered the master's reputation, it was really unfaithful, he wanted to warn the girl next to his mother, how could he talk about things without shadow What, even disregarding the reputation of your own lady?If this kind of thing spreads outside, the girls in the entire Hou Mansion will be unable to see anyone!

Chunying was observing her face, rolled her eyes, and said, "Actually, I heard that there has been a rumor about Miss Biao's marriage for a long time. When the second wife of the Huo family came that day, she talked with the old lady and Miss Biao I mentioned that when my aunt was there, I discussed marriage with the master of the Gu family. It was only later that my aunt disappeared and the family let go of a foreign job, so it was delayed. It is said that my aunt even mentioned it to the old lady before she died. Now that the son of the Gu family has won a Jinshi, Mr. Gu took the letter from Mr. Gu to the Huo family to propose marriage. Mr. Huo Er saw that it was his brother's will, so he agreed without saying a word. Miss Biao heard that day, and even ate Surprised, the old lady and the people in front of her could see it clearly. If the third young master doesn't believe it, can you ask?"

Li You recalled that when his grandmother told him, she had indeed told him not to blame his cousin, saying that her cousin would never have thought of such a thing, and she felt a little regretful, because she had listened to other people's gossip and started to doubt her character. What kind of trouble happened, otherwise, if I was scolded in front of my grandmother and father, wouldn't it be easy for my second brother?
But he was still a little sullen in his heart: "How could such a good thing happen? I've never heard of it. Cousin Huo was engaged to someone else! Originally, my mother didn't like it, and my cousin had to keep her filial piety. I still took it as a failure, but Seeing what grandma meant, she seemed to want to get married, so I came up with the idea of ​​wanting to please my cousin, but who knows what kind of Gu family suddenly came and made a mess, making me look like a fool!"

Chunying persuaded: "The third young master cares about his cousin, but it is just a brother's brotherly love. Who dares to laugh at you? The gossip spread by others is because others are in a hurry! The old lady, Lord Hou and his wife never mentioned it. If there is a marriage contract between the third young master and Miss Biao, it is because of some people gossiping!"

Li You smiled, straightened his waist, and raised his chin: "That's right! I'm a good brother! I often give things to the second and third sisters. If others spread gossip, they have misunderstood it!" Although I feel unhappy, but that's all I can do. Although Cousin Huo is good, there may not be better ones in the future.Maybe it's because of destiny, otherwise, why did my grandmother not mention the marriage after half a year of my cousin's filial piety, and in the end it would be cheaper for others?

Looking back at Chunying, the original suspicious expression turned into awe of herself, Li You was satisfied: "This time I got it wrong, you should go back and work hard, and you must serve Cousin Huo with all your heart! If you do something wrong, I will not forgive you!"

Chunying was in a hurry to respond, and said a good word in his tone, until he left with satisfaction, she was relieved, and secretly wiped a cold sweat.

It's hard to be a girl, especially a girl like a biscuit, she's almost a liar, I hope this depressing day will end soon!

Turning back to the main road in front of the second gate, I don't know if it was because Chunying was sweating a lot, but when people saw her, they didn't misunderstand her and went elsewhere, but a few women who were more familiar with her curiously asked her what she did After offending the third young master, she slapped haha ​​and talked casually, and then she wanted to get away, but suddenly she heard a woman begging for something outside the second door, which sounded like Manru's voice.

She looked around, but only saw a few women pushing a young woman in blue to leave, because the woman's back was facing her, she couldn't tell if it was Manru, but the figure from her back was more beautiful than Manru's. When she became much thinner, she felt that she had heard it wrong, and after thinking about it, she felt that even if it was really Manru, it had nothing to do with her, so she said hello to those women, and went back to the small courtyard.

The weather gradually turned into autumn, and suddenly it rained for a few days, and a cool breeze began to blow at night.

Fan Xiru was selected and lived in the palace for half a month, and then came out safely, not fat or thin, and in a very happy mood, not caring at all that he was not selected.

In this group of beauties, only six beauties from well-to-do families or low-level official families were selected for the harem, and three of them were only the lowest ladies, two of them were selected as servants, and only the distant niece of the Empress Dowager Liu was selected. talent.Before the decree of canonization was issued, the news of the queen's pregnancy again spread throughout the ruling and opposition parties. It is said that it has been four months.

This news broke all the speculations caused by the queen's sudden illness, and the result was naturally some people were happy and some were worried.The queen already has two healthy princes, and if she conceives another child, no matter if she has a boy or a girl, her status could not be more secure.The low rank of the newly entered concubines also showed the emperor's respect for the empress. Some people in the court had to abandon their original intentions and come up with other ideas instead.

The unselected beauties are not everyone who can go home and marry on their own. Those who come from rich families or the families of Beijing eunuchs are fine. Many beauties from all over the country have been distributed by the emperor with an edict. In the palaces of the various clans and princes and ministers, Prince Jing, who had always been on good terms with the emperor, naturally got two more.

As soon as the old lady and Lord Hou of Qingguo Hou Mansion heard the news, they began to worry about Princess Jing.Since Princess Jing married Prince Jing, she has only one son for many years, and she has tightly controlled her husband. Except for the two concubines that she personally arranged, the other concubines in the palace are almost widows, and there are already some gossips in the clan.The last time the emperor bestowed beauties, she sent four of them back to her natal family without saying a word. At that time, she had just given birth to a son and was being favored, so the emperor just laughed it off. This time, I can't do it again!
The old lady hurriedly asked her son to go out to inquire. After two days, she didn't hear anything, so she sent someone to ask.The man met Concubine Jing, and saw that although she was a little angry, she didn't have much outbursts, and on the night when the beauties entered the mansion, Prince Jing favored one of them, and the basic necessities of life were well arranged.The man asked Yun Zhu, who was serving beside the princess, in private, and found out that Princess Jing had also made trouble, but the empress dowager in the palace sent someone to comfort her, and she also said a lot of reasons for being a good wife.Concubine Jing now has nowhere to vent her anger, so she stopped.

After hearing the report, the old lady breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly asked someone to send a bunch of medicinal supplements and toys that the little boy liked, and told her granddaughter to relax. Who can shake her position when she is on the jade plate?
But Master Hou's mood was a little complicated.Prince Jing's mansion had sealed the son early, and there was no shortage of concubines. The daughter was also very popular in the palace. Why didn't the emperor bestow it early or late, but why did he bestow the beauty at this time?She also asked the concubine to send someone to warn her daughter not to be jealous, because her daughter has done more egregious things in the past, but the palace doesn't care about it at all!

Now that the Liang faction in the middle of the court has declined, Grand Master Liang is sick at home and completely ignores political affairs. The emperor finally tasted the taste of being in charge of himself. Could it be that this is the emperor wanting to limit the power of heroes?The cunning rabbit is dead, the lackey is cooking, isn't this day coming too early?
(The big man's mind is just too complicated... Please pink...)
(End of this chapter)