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Chapter 216 Shocking News
A group of people dressed like servants of a rich family hurried over, pushed aside the servants of the Hou Mansion, and occupied a large area under the bridge.Several servants of the Hou Mansion were driven aside, and two of them even fell down. Everyone was angry and anxious, and asked the visitor: "Which family do you belong to? You are so bold! Do you know who we are?! "But no one paid any attention to them.

Then seven or eight servants came, all of them well dressed and wearing gold and jade jewelry.They laid carpets on the circled ground, and set up desk chairs, but another middle-aged woman in gorgeous clothes walked into the teahouse arrogantly with two little girls, and ordered the little girls to throw a silver ingot to the shopkeeper. He emptied the shop of customers and cleaned the shop, so that her master could come here for a short rest.The customers in the store all showed dissatisfaction when they saw the person coming so arrogantly, but when the woman mentioned the word "Qi", they all got up and left without paying their bills.The shopkeeper couldn't stop him, seeing that the silver ingot was genuine, he felt a little relieved, ordered Xiaoer to clean the store, and at the same time quietly called someone upstairs to appease the guests in the elegant room.He heard from the woman that the nobleman may come here to rest, and may not disturb the guests on the second floor, so he is not willing to lose another income!

Seeing that the visitor was so arrogant, the old lady was very displeased, and called An Shi: "Isn't it all arranged? Whose servant is that, so rude?!" An Shi also felt deeply ashamed. She arranged the work, but it was dismissed as soon as it was rushed, wouldn't it be a shame to her?She walked to the side and yelled at the lady in charge of the housekeeper in a low voice: "What's going on?! It's too embarrassing for our Qingguohou Mansion!" People squeezed away, how can you blame her?On the bright side, he dared not show it.

When Chunying saw her upstairs, she was very puzzled.Who is it?Usually, like the Hou Mansion, the servants are asked to line up in a circle around the perimeter, which means to mark the territory. When ordinary people see it, they will know that it is the female family members of the rich family who are coming to see them off, so they will take a detour.Moreover, although the circle drawn by Hou's Mansion is slightly larger, there is still room for pedestrians to cross the road. Even if the people who come think that the road is too narrow and want the servants to make way, they can clearly ask for it. It's really rare to rush over, people who don't know, think they're going to stage a martial arts show!Besides, they wanted to enclose land under the bridge, so why did they go to the teahouse to drive away customers?What is the origin of the word "Qi"?
Chun Ying leaned against the door of the private room and watched Hu Fei whispering to Xiao Er outside. After a while, he turned back to the private room. She hurriedly asked, "Do you know who is here?" Hu Fei answered in a low voice. Said: "It's Pingxi Hou Qi's family."

Ping Xihou?Chun Ying has heard about this family, although they are all from the Marquis's Mansion, they are much younger than the Marquis of Qing. It is said that they were conferred titles by the late Emperor, and there is nothing special about them other than titles and property. Do you act so ostentatiously?

There was another commotion downstairs, Chunying rushed to the window to look down, and saw a group of blue silk sedan chairs coming from a distance, accompanied by twenty or thirty servants, and after the sedan chairs stopped, they surrounded several people. A lady in fine clothes walked towards the teahouse, the leading lady seemed to be indifferent, glanced at the pier, stopped, but did not say hello.

On the old lady's side, she stared at the visitor silently and squinted her eyes.She is not one of the most distinguished in Beijing, but because she has a granddaughter who is a princess, even if she is a relative of the emperor, she has to go up to say hello when she meets her. Unfortunately, she has a bad memory when she is old. Knowing which family this woman belongs to, she is so arrogant!

An couldn't hold back her breath, and snorted coldly: "What a big show!" But when she heard Liang's little exclamation, she went up to her with a smile on her face: "So it's your wife, no wonder I always felt that your family's The servant looks familiar!" Then he bowed to the other party: "Yue'er greets you, old man!"

The noble lady smiled and helped Liang Shi by herself: "It turns out that it's you, who hasn't come to talk with me since he got out of the cabinet. I miss you. How is this?"

The two chatted enthusiastically, because there were servants around outside and no one was bothering them, but the faces of the old lady and An's were very ugly.In front of the mother-in-law and mother-in-law, the new daughter-in-law had a fierce fight with other women's family members, but ignored the face of her husband's family. It really owes a lesson!What are you guys doing? !

Upstairs, Chunying looked funny, covered her mouth secretly, turned her head, but saw a daughter-in-law next to An looked up, her four eyes were aligned, she was startled, quickly retracted her head, and looked up again. Feeling that he had nothing to hide, he stretched out his head again, and the daughter-in-law had already turned her gaze back to Mrs. Liang.

Chunying was stunned, and then heard Hu Fei whispering behind her: "This Pingxi Hou Qi's family was originally an ordinary prince's mansion, because the mistress Liu is the younger sister of the current Empress Dowager Liu, so no one in Beijing would dare Mess with them. The second young lady from his family, the elder brother of your natal family who married the second young lady of the Hou Mansion the year before last, is the one who made trouble at the wedding banquet. They are all relatives by marriage."

Chun Ying suddenly realized that it turned out that she was a relative of Grand Master Liang, no wonder she hated Qing Guohou's mansion so much.She returned to the table and sat down, said with a smile: "Even if there is hatred, it is too much to be so blatant?"

Hu Fei smiled and poured her a cup of tea: "The son of the Liang family made a big fuss at his sister's wedding. He was furious when he heard about it today. He was reprimanded and ordered Never talk about it. The Liang family and the Qi family hate your Hou Mansion deeply for this. To be honest, your Lord Hou was a little wronged, but he wanted to suppress the matter, but there was such a big scene that night, who in Beijing didn't know? Whether he says it or not, the result will be the same, but he still has to bear the blame." And if he doesn't say it, it will arouse the suspicion of the Supreme!

Chunying raised her eyebrows, she didn't expect things to change like this. Although she was about to leave the house soon, her parents were still inside. She was a little worried, so she hurried to the window and looked out carefully.

The noble lady Liu had already brought a large group of people to the old lady and An's, she was looking at Huo Yi, and said something with a smile, but the old lady and An's faces turned green when they heard it, Huo Yi Answering her with a serious face, Chunying only heard the words "grandmother and aunt are loving" and "little man-made rumors", and was wondering what was going on, when she saw that Mrs. Liu said goodbye embarrassingly, turned and went into the teahouse .Liang Shi wanted to follow, but An Shi stared at her a few times, and reluctantly stayed.

What's going on here?

Huo Yi didn't say anything more, the servants of the Gu family came to invite the young master and young mistress to board the boat, she cried and bid farewell to the old lady and wife Anshi again, boarded the boat and left with the support of her husband.The boat slowly sailed away from the shore, farther and farther away.Chunying stood by the window and watched, and gently waved the handkerchief: "At least we have been together for a few years, I wish you the best of luck..."

Huo Yi was weeping while waving the handkerchief, suddenly looked up, and saw Chun Ying on the teahouse, startled, a little moved.Chunying smiled slightly, waved her hand, she also smiled back, covered her mouth with a handkerchief, lowered her head and sobbed.

Seeing the boat go far, Chunying breathed a sigh of relief, looking back downstairs, the servants of the Hou's mansion had already regained some territory from the Qi family, hugged the masters into the sedan chair, and were about to leave.Should she go too?Turning around and seeing Hu Fei fiddling with the dishes on the table, he was surprised to find that he had already ordered several exquisite refreshments: "Huh? You are..."

Hu Fei smiled and said: "I went out early in the morning, and I didn't have time to have breakfast. I used to come here with my father, and later... when I talked with customers, I also sat downstairs a few times. Sometimes I can’t afford to eat some of the signature dim sum here, and I really miss them so much, I’ll take advantage of my free time today to relieve my cravings.” He blinked: “It’s still early, and there are people who are eyesores downstairs, you accompany me How about I sit for a while? How about some snacks?"

Chunying smiled, walked over to sit down, smelled the dim sum on the table, said: "It seems to be quite fragrant, and it looks small, but I don't know how it tastes?" Thinking about the Qi family downstairs, anyway, the family is fine, It's still early for lunch, how about relaxing with Hu Fei?So he pulled Hu Fei enthusiastically and asked him to introduce those snacks.

Hu Fei talked about their beauty in detail, and also talked about the delicate snacks eaten in the south of the Yangtze River, and various strange eating habits of the Southeast Asian countries.Chunying listened interestingly, while chatting and eating, time passed without knowing it.She and Hu Fei returned to the back street of the Hou Mansion after the relatives who had left by the relatives who had gone north by boat were picked up by the Qi family. Fortunately, it was a quarter of an hour earlier than Lu Yougui, and she was not found.The two breathed a sigh of relief, looked at each other, and couldn't help but laugh.

Chunying avoided her father, and whispered to Hu Fei: "Today is very interesting. I think the sweet-scented osmanthus stick cake and toad spit honey are delicious. It seems that it is not difficult to make. I am free tomorrow. Let's try it and make it." I invite you to come and eat, okay?"

"Okay." Hu Fei smiled slightly, "The chicken oil steamed roll is also good, if you like it, I'll go to find out how to make it, and use his family's secret recipe!"

They were chatting and laughing, Lu Yougui watched depressed, and couldn't help muttering in his heart: Brat, when did he get so close to his daughter...

Leaving aside the joyful (?) atmosphere of the Lu family, the scene in the Qing Guohou's mansion is quite different.The old lady returned to her room all the way, dismissed Mrs. Jing and all the granddaughters who came to say hello, and drove out all the other people, and asked Mrs. Liang with a cold face: "What do you mean just now?" ?! Mrs. Ping Xihou slandered your mother-in-law, you not only did not help to argue, but also followed suit, you have the face to say that she is the daughter-in-law of our Li family?!"

Mrs. Liang casually saluted and said: "The old lady is serious, the grandson's daughter-in-law is just telling the truth. It has been spread all over the capital, and everyone says so. It's just that you are old, I'm afraid you won't be able to bear it." , I just kept it from you. Our in-laws wife was originally a straightforward person, and she couldn't bear to see Cousin Huo being wronged, so she just spoke up, but it's a pity... Cousin Huo is also timid..."

The old lady was so angry that she patted the table: "What do you mean by being afraid of things?! What do you mean by people in Beijing?! I've never heard of such a thing!" Then she turned to An Shi angrily: "Say it! It is said that you swallowed your niece's family property, is there such a thing?!"

Anshi covered her face and cried: "My daughter-in-law is really wronged! Where did you start? At that time, the aunt passed away, and the old lady couldn't bear to think that Yi'er would lose her parents, so she took her home to raise her. He was also worried that the Huo family's servants would bully the young master, so he ordered his daughter-in-law to help take care of several properties. The theory of annexation is really out of thin air! Yi'er also denied it outright, didn't she?" She also severely reprimanded Liang Said: "How can there be a daughter-in-law like you! Helping outsiders to blame mother-in-law is really unfilial!"

Liang sneered and said: "If my mother-in-law has no shame in her heart, why did she change the manager of the Huo family's property? She also sold his property at a low price, and the buyer is her mother-in-law! Those properties were originally owned by the Huo family's ancestors. In Beijing again, almost every family has patronized them before, and they know everything about it, and they will know it as soon as they change people, so who can they hide?!"

An Shi wanted to argue again, but the old lady shouted loudly: "Shut up!" Her body shook, she felt dizzy, and stars appeared in front of her eyes, An Shi hurriedly stepped forward to help her sit down.Liang Shi was also afraid that something might happen, so she kept her mouth shut.

The old lady took a few breaths, and said in a trembling voice: "No wind, no waves! Today at the pier, the Huo family heard it all. For the sake of relatives, it is true... Now that Yi'er has left the cabinet, her family's property will be inherited by Brother Rong. There are people in Huo's family, so we don't need to intervene as relatives! Daughter-in-law, I will give you three days, you return all those things to his house, and reconcile the accounts clearly! So as not to involve any scandal in the future!"

An's heart was extremely unwilling, and she wanted to say something more, but the old lady was already rubbing her temples, breathing heavily again, so she had no choice but to keep silent, gritted her teeth secretly, and suddenly blamed Huo Yi somewhat.Since you are willing to speak for yourself, why don't you speak clearly?It's fine to just say that you haven't done it before, and why are you talking about your aunt's love and care, and the money is all external things?On the contrary, it seemed to imply that he really swallowed her family property!

Looking at Liang Shi, An Shi's teeth were itchy again.Such a daughter-in-law, she must teach her a lesson!

(End of this chapter)