The fourth year of Wude in Tang Dynasty

Although Chang'an City was baptized by the wars of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, it was an ancient capital for many years. In just a few years, it returned to its previous liveliness and prosperity. However, traces of previous wars were left on the walls.

Chang'an City is divided into four gates, east, west, south, north, and then divided into four major streets. The streets closest to the East Gate are mostly important officials from the court, or princes and nobles. The houses here are tall and solemn, with high raised edges. If the rainy season is rainy, the rain flows down the edges of the houses, like flying geese, and it is also gorgeous. As for the West Gate and South Gate, there are more common people living in it.

However, in Chang'an City, the largest and most luxurious houses are not on East Street, but on North Street, because basically one street on North Street is one, that is, the Tao Family Courtyard. The towering and adjacent houses are one after another, comparable to a small Forbidden City.

In the Tao family courtyard, in the Zizhu Garden in the west courtyard, Tao Jin limped to the door and said to Mother He who was blocking the door of his room, "I've said everything. I'll go to the front hall to see Ernie Niang later. What else do you want?" But although Tao Jin was very polite, his eyes were rolling in his lower eyes, with a sense of cleverness and slickness.

Mother He didn't see such eyes. She just raised her head high, pinched her waist, snorted with her nose, and said, "Young Master, you are so difficult for me to do!" After all, she didn't really regard Tao Jin as her master.

This was the second time Tao Jin saw He's mother. The first time was the day after he woke up. He's mother came to teach him a lesson on behalf of her master and let him be content with his own self-righteousness. After that, Zizhuyuan, which was already a little far from the front hall, became more and more deserted. Apart from the bamboo in front of the house and behind the house, there were even fewer mosquitoes in the past.

During these quiet days, Yuanbao, the only servant who took care of me, briefly introduced all the big and small things in the family to me, so that I, a newcomer, had some clues in my heart.

Although I feel confident, I really encountered something, but it’s another situation.

Facing Tao Jin's speechlessness, Mother He did not restrain herself because of his concessions. She just shook the fat flesh wrapped in silk clothes, her face was tightly tight, with a bit of a debt-collection creditor. She leaned against the door and shouted to Tao Jin: "Master, don't make me embarrassed, the lady said that you would go to see her now!"

Tao Jin's face froze, and his voice was a little chilling, "Can I delay the time I change my clothes and go?" As he said that, he pulled the wrinkles on the black satin clothes with his hands, and looked at the dust rubbing on the ground because he was anxious just now. Although he didn't get angry, the expression on the face that was not outstanding was gone, and his displeasure was very obvious.

"Change clothes? Master, please forgive me for saying too much, don't make excuses! Madam is willing to see you. This is your blessing. Don't forget how much trouble you have just caused!" Mother He did not refuse Tao Jin's words at all, but instead became even more sarcastic to Tao Jin. For a master who was about to fall, sometimes their dignity is not as good as a slave, just like Tao Jin now.

Tao Jin's slightly shallow brows became tighter and tighter, and even his hand holding the door turned a little white due to the force. He stared at He's mother. From her eyes, he saw her contempt for him and disdain. He suppressed the fire in his heart. Tao Jin's cold face flashed, and suddenly a warm smile appeared. He said slowly: "It seems that it's not the turn of Mother He, you should worry about these family affairs in the Tao family!"

As soon as Tao Jin said this, He's mother was stunned. Because she never expected that such a fool who caused trouble would dare to refute her now. You must know that even if he died here, no one would say a word for him.

However, there is one thing Tao Jin said was not wrong at all, that is: she was a slave after all. Because of his anger, the white and fat face of He's mother suddenly turned purple and rose. She muttered a few words, and saw that Tao Jin's eyes were shining with cold light, she didn't dare to speak out loud to refute Tao Jin.

While the stalemate between He's mother and Tao Jin, several little girls with bright clothes and similar size stood in front of He's mother in turn.

Seeing this, Mother He couldn't help but smile on her face. She didn't say anything. Instead, she lowered her head and bent her waist. Only a sound of hairpin rings, a delicate voice said with a bit of anger: "If he doesn't come to see me, the second wife, I'll be fine!"

If you say this sentence, it’s nothing. Instead, I will stop Tao Jin from saying He’s mother and even gain a little advantage. There is a big accusation that Tao Jin was not understanding the rules and asked his elders to come to see him.

Tao Jin knew that his Erniang, who had never met before, had come. Of course, the real Tao Jin had certainly met this Erniang! But now Tao Jin has the skin of Tao Jin, but the flesh has changed into a small fried dough stick Xia Hua, a student who grew up in a stall and dropped out of high school.

I saw a soft red sedan parked in the yard. Although the curtains had not been opened, there was already a fragrance. The sweet fragrance made Tao Jin sneeze. Tao Jin couldn't help but think in his heart: Just smelling this smell is not a serious and feminine taste!

"Oh, Mom He, why are you so ignorant? Don't you know that the eldest young master just got beaten and can't stand the wind and cold? How dare you let him stand at the wind at the door, don't let him die without casualties under the fist of the King of Qi, but you're guilty of dying on this wind and cold!" A hint of disdain in his soft words. As soon as the curtain opened, a woman surrounded by pearls and green face, with a smile on her face, appeared in front of Tao Jin. Seeing this, Tao Jin had an evaluation in his heart: she was a half-old Xu girl, with a charm, but if she didn't have that calculating face and obvious contempt in her eyes, she would be considered a decent middle-aged woman.

Tao Jin looked at Erniang whom he met for the first time, and of course he heard the words of Erniang. Although he was talking to Mom He, he was mocking him every sentence. However, he grew up in a training stall since he was a child, and no one had ever seen anyone! Such a woman is not nice to say, the madam in the brothel, all with "chicken smell"! I am not as good as being serious about such a woman now, and there are opportunities to teach her to learn well in the future!

After Tao Jin complained in his heart, he lowered his head and said respectfully: "What Er Niang said is that I should really stay in the house with such a body. I am embarrassed by Mother He. He must go out to see Er Niang. Er Niang is dedicated to my good deeds. How could I suffer from the cold?" Although Tao Jin did not plan to argue with this Er Niang now, he still held a grudge and spoke very much.

The second lady narrowed her eyes and looked at Tao Jin up and down. The handkerchief in her hand became tighter and tighter. She thought to herself: Why was he beaten by the King of Qi this time? He is a little smarter! But even if he is smart, he can't get over it!

Thinking of this, his eyebrows were raised, and Erniang said in a cold voice: "Mom He is the old man beside me. Is the eldest young master making things difficult for her or accuse me?" The little girls raised a wide carved chair and placed it behind the second wife, then helped her sit down, but they had no intention of entering Tao Jin's house.

Tao Jin didn't expect that she would attack him so quickly, thinking that she had to act like a show, but for a moment it made the woman stunned.

In the novel stories I heard before, should I be hypocritical first and then framed it? Why did this happen directly? Tao Jin flashed a moment, became calculating in his heart, and said, "What Er Niang said makes me miss my mother very much. After all, if my mother's eldest wife is here, I can understand some rules, at least I won't make you angry, right?"

The second wife's face suddenly turned pale. After all, Tao Jin's words meant the most obvious, that was to say that she was bullying a child without a mother. In addition, Tao Jin's mother was the wife, and she was just a second wife!

In fact, Tao Jin also wanted to not face the second wife directly, but after listening to Er Niang's words, he knew that her Er Niang's attitude was today, and he was afraid that he could not hide, so he had to deal with him, so he simply did not do it.

Mother He raised her eyes and secretly glanced at the second lady with a ugly face. She looked at Tao Jin who seemed to be standing casually, and thought to herself: This young master seems to be not as bad as others say! It seems that whether the second lady can succeed is still a bit of a word? After thinking about it, Mother He put away her initial arrogance and lowered her head more and more. It seemed that the domineering slave just now was not her.

The second lady took a deep breath, then put away all her discomfort, and smiled stiffly: "What are you saying, "I'm just here to care about your body, your eldest son!" She put away her arrogant look just now, but the light flashing in her eyes became more and more resentful.

"I see that the eldest young master has been able to stand here for so long. I think it's great! Tomorrow, the family meeting in the Tao Family Ancestral Hall, I hope the eldest young master can be on time!" After saying that, he stood up, then covered his nose with a handkerchief, turned around and got into the sedan chair, and left directly. The calm in the Zizhuyuan returned to peace, except for the rustling bamboo, there was no sound. However, the second lady's back left was far less proud than when she came, and seemed to have a lot of anger!

Mother He raised her eyes and peeked at Tao Jin, with a hint of gloating, and thought to herself: I offended the Second Lady, I will see how you suffer in the ancestral hall tomorrow! Then she hurriedly followed the Second Lady's sedan chair and left quietly, without any aura at all.

Tao Jin stood lame for so long and was tired. Seeing that they were all gone, they didn't stop for too long, so they went into the house and fell on the bed. They didn't bother to change the clothes they wanted to change.

Looking at the desertedness in the house and thinking about the momentum of the second wife when she came, Tao Jin knew that he would not have any good results when he went to the ancestral hall tomorrow. But they all said that they had caused trouble, and he also heard Yuanbao say that he was beaten by King Li Yuanji of Qi. But when he asked Yuanbao, he didn't know.
Chapter completed!