"You said Du Hengxue is going to get married?" Long Xiangye was bored all day long, but he was still very interested in these things about men getting married and women getting married.

Xiao Taiji raised his long eyebrows and said with a smile in his peach blossom eyes: "Sister Xue'er has a soft temper. I heard that Aunt Fang has said that she will choose a good family to marry her." After speaking, he let out a long sigh.

, "What a pity..."

Long Xiangye heard Xiao Taiji's meaning, was speechless for a while, and scolded in a low voice: "Quickly put those thoughts away! - What's so good about the women of the Du family? One or two of them will marry into my Xiao family.

!I just don’t want her, no matter how good she is, I still don’t want her!”

Xiao Taiji was a little unwilling and said softly: "Mother, what does it matter? It's not a marriage exchange. Of course, marriage exchange is looked down upon..." It is a good story for sisters to marry brothers at the same time.

Long Xiangye snorted, closed her eyes, shook her feather fan, and whispered: "I know what you are thinking. You are complaining that the marriage I arranged for you is not what you want. Isn't it just a few dollars? Don't be like this.

We are short-sighted, our Xiao family has a lot of wealth, we don’t need to live on our wife’s dowry.”

Xiao Taiji heard this and said hurriedly: "Mom, you still love me. But brother..."

"Your eldest brother is obsessed with things for a while. As time goes by, he will know that only mother and brother are reliable, and no one else can be relied on." Long Xiangye said confidently.

Xiao Taiji was still a little worried and murmured: "You can't say that. Gu Yun and his wife are one, or the eldest brother has a child, how can he be of the same mind as us?"

Long Xiangye opened her eyes and hit Xiao Taiji on the head with a feather fan. "I usually look quite smart, but why do I say such a thing now? Your eldest brother has a child, so of course it belongs to our Xiao family. With all this wealth,

, it’s all ours, of course they also have a share.” After saying that, he felt uneasy and continued to beat Xiao Taiji, “Don’t worry about your share, I will get it back for you naturally. But the share for your eldest brother’s child

The share is theirs, so you can’t make a mistake.”

Xiao Taiji called out to Tianqu, "Mom, it's unfair. When did I think about my nephews' share? I'm just worried that the eldest brother is not willing to talk to us about the family property now. He will have it in the future.

My child, wouldn’t it be even more unwilling?”

Long Xiangye suffocated, shrank back, and said after a while: "Your eldest brother is not that kind of person, just watch it. If it doesn't work, I will let you separate the family in advance. - If your eldest brother can divide it,

Half of your family property, I will let you divide it."

Xiao Taiji chuckled, "Mom, I don't want half of the family property, as long as you give me 30%, it will be enough for me. When the time comes, mom will move out with me, and we two will live happily, and mom will naturally belong to my family.

Old Fengjun, whoever dares to disobey mother will sell her to Liaodong!"

Long Xiangye felt at ease and smiled and hit Xiao Taiji on the shoulder with a feather fan. "Your mouth is as if it has been smeared with honey. You know how to make your mother happy. You speak so lightly, but your wife can't

I’ll be unhappy.”

Xiao Taiji curled his lips in disdain, "How dare she?! If she dares to be disrespectful to my mother at all, I will divorce her!"

Long Xiangye nodded, "With your words, I feel relieved." She said a little sadly, "If your elder brother can say this to me, how can I be upset every day?"

Xiao Taiji hurriedly said: "Don't worry, mother, I must be thinking so in my heart, but I am worried that if I say it, the people of the Xu family will be unhappy. Mother, you also know that the Xu family belongs to Jingzhao Yin's house, and we cannot afford to offend him.

"

"Really? Is your eldest brother really a hindrance to the Xu family? - If that's the case, I would urge him to establish a career as soon as possible and be promoted to a higher position in the future. We, mother and son, don't have to look at other people's faces." Long Xiangye said frequently.

He nodded, feeling that he had found a very reasonable explanation for Xiao Shiji's behavior, and for a moment he thought about how to vent his anger on Xiao Shiji. He was angry with the Xu family outside, and he had to make amends with Du Hengshuang, right?

In the courtyard of the main house, Chen Yuejiao stood up slowly, biting her lower lip and thinking for a long time, and then slowly climbed up the steps. When she was at the door, she was stopped by two little maids who had just grown their hair. They smiled and bent their knees to her.

"Miss Cousin, please allow us to go in and make a call."

Hearing the words of the maid outside, they knew that Chen Yuejiao was here. Long Xiangye and Xiao Taiji both kept silent about what they had just said.

Long Xiangye even secretly winked at Xiao Taiji, warning him not to be fooled by lard.

Xiao Taiji understood what Long Xiangye meant and knew that this road was impassable. He also thought about how his family was extremely wealthy, so why would he go to such great lengths just to get some money for the dowry, so he kept the matter a secret.

"I'm tired, you go down first. - Let the maid come and beat my legs. I want to sleep for a while, and wait for the Zhuangyuanlou banquet ordered by your elder brother to be delivered in the evening, and there will be a family banquet." Long Xiangye ordered.

, "Let my cousin go back and have a rest. We have to eat together at the family dinner tonight."

Xiao Taiji slapped his forehead and said "Ah", "I almost forgot. Mom, at the family dinner tonight, do you want to invite some of the ladies to come in and tell stories? Or invite some of them who can dance the Hu Xuan Dance?"

Long Xiangye closed her eyes slightly, lying on the Arhat bed, waving her hands and saying: "It's just a daughter, what do you want those dancing girls to do? You don't have to lead your sister..."

Xiao Taiji smiled and said, "Sister-in-law is a good performer. Why don't we ask my sister-in-law to dance a song for my mother?"

Long Xiangye opened her eyes and glanced at Xiao Taiji. She wanted to say yes, but when she remembered what Chen Yuejiao said just now, it seemed to make sense.

If he keeps trying to manipulate Du Hengshuang, he will push his eldest son further and further away. Wouldn't that be just what the women in the Du family want?

If you don’t have a son, let your daughter snatch someone else’s son.

Humph, I am so shameless...

The midday sun shines in through the dark red Bubu Jinnan wood hut. The hut is covered with a fine layer of haze, which filters the sunlight and falls on the edge of the Arhat's bed.

Long Xiangye opened her eyes and looked at the rich hall, her mood calmed down again, her lips seemed to be smiling but not smiling, she lowered her eyes again, closed her eyes and fell asleep.

The little maid came forward and knelt down, and gently beat Longxiang Ye's legs with a beauty hammer.

Long Xiangye shook the feather fan in her hand, closed her eyes and said in a sweet voice: "Your sister-in-law is in charge of the outer courtyard, and you let her dance for everyone to relieve their boredom. Wouldn't it make your elder brother's face difficult? You are such an adult, why are you still here?

You are so frizzy that you will offend someone sooner or later without even realizing it!"

Xiao Taiji hurriedly slapped his face twice and said with a smile: "You should be beaten! Who told you to only see your mother and not your sister-in-law?! - You must remember carefully in the future, now this family is run by your sister-in-law."

."

Long Xiangye felt extremely uncomfortable, but she held back and did not refute. She just nodded and said: "It's good that you know. Go out. I'm very tired today, and you just gave me a headache."

Xiao Taiji hurriedly stood up to say goodbye, opened the curtain and went out.

Standing under the porch at the door, Xiao Taiji clasped his hands behind his back and looked at the Xiao family's pavilions, lined with green trees and blooming flowers. He took a deep breath before returning to his yard.

Mrs. Guan had just assigned the kitchen chores and was sitting in the main room of her house doing some sewing with her maid.

Xiao Taiji looked a little impatient, and sat down next to her with his hands folded, and said sadly: "I remember there is a needleworker in our family. Why do you let your mother-in-law and maid do needlework?"

After all, the Guan family did not come from a wealthy family. Although her father Guan Zheng made a lot of money, it was difficult to show off because it was stolen goods. Most of them were secretly transported back to his hometown and hidden, leaving only a small amount of money in the capital.

At home, I live a frugal life and spend a lot of time on my children.

The Guan family has never experienced real wealth since she was a child, so she doesn't understand these things. She relies entirely on Chen Yuejiao to make plans behind the scenes.

As for the current Chen Yuejiao, she was first Du Heng, Xiao Shiji's first wife, and then Chen Yuejiao, Xiao Shiji's step-mother. She has rich experience in two lifetimes.

Besides, Xiao Shiji will be a Marquis of Zhuguo in four years. The Xiao family is even richer than it is now. She naturally understands how the backyards of powerful people are taken care of. But she taught her cousin Guan the housekeeping skills.

, but it is more in line with Guan's identity, and she doesn't want to teach it if it is more advanced. - She doesn't want to teach the apprentice, and then the master will starve to death.

If Mrs. Guan really does everything well, what will she, Chen Yuejiao, do?

When Chen Yuejiao defected to the country, Xiao Shiji was already a Marquis of the State of Zhu. It was already more than ten years later when she married Xiao Shiji to fill a house. As soon as she took charge of the housekeeping, she compared her younger siblings to

Went down.

Du Heng knew these things clearly from Chen Yuejiao's memory.

She had already made up her mind that before she, Chen Yuejiao, filled Xiao Shiji's house, she would help Guan Yunlian gain a foothold in the Xiao family, but she would not teach her without reservation.

Therefore, when Mrs. Guan proposed to lay off the needleworkers to save some housekeeping expenses, Chen Yuejiao didn't say a word to persuade her, but just nodded her approval.

Now Xiao Taiji said that the family should have needleworkers. Guan was a little panicked and murmured: "I think the cost is too high. There are only a few people in the family, and the needleworkers need almost two hundred taels of silver a month to support them."

I took the initiative to let them out."

"What?!" Xiao Taiji was surprised, "You let them out?! When did you let them out? They all signed death contracts. How much ransom money did you ask them to pay?"

Mrs. Guan was even more panicked. She helped the maid stand up, her whole body shivering like chaff, "... silver... some ransom money... I thought about letting them out, it would be better for the official reputation of the eldest brother."

Xiao Taiji stood up with his hands behind his back and looked at Mr. Guan gloomily. He was speechless for a long time. Finally, he coughed and went to lie down and rest in his room.

Mrs. Guan was in a panic and kept saying, "Go and ask for Miss Biao quickly! Ask Miss Biao to come over quickly!"

Chen Yuejiao soon followed Guan's mother-in-law in, bowed to her with a smile, and asked, "Cousin, what happened?"

Mr. Guan told the story about the abolition of the people on the needle line.

Chen Yuejiao opened her eyes wide and looked puzzled, "Cousin, you are right about this. How can my cousin-in-law talk like this?"

Mrs. Guan felt that what Chen Yuejiao was talking about touched her heart, so she pulled her and cried.

Chen Yuejiao comforted her calmly, and finally said with a smile: "Cousin, tonight is the family dinner. Why don't you go find your sister-in-law, admit your mistake in private, and let her help you make up for it."

She was asked to find Du Hengshuang and stay in a low position, which made Guan's face difficult.

Chen Yuejiao just wanted to snort, and after enduring it for a long time, she said: "Cousin, it will take a lot of money to get these people back. Your housekeepers now use people's heads to make hats. Wherever you have extra money, you can use them to make hats."

Are they coming back together?!"

As soon as she mentioned the silver, Mrs. Guan immediately felt a little weak, so she listened to Chen Yuejiao's words and asked people to keep an eye on the door, telling her as soon as Du Hengshuang came back.

Du Hengshuang and Xiao Shi came back from Xu's house in the evening.

On the way back to Xiao's home, I met a special envoy from the overseas France Kingdom who came to Chang'an to pay homage. There were as many as three to five hundred people in the group, which crowded the streets of Chang'an City.

Du Hengshuang was curious, so he opened the car curtain and took a look, and asked: "Who are these people? They look weird." They all have high noses and deep eyes, green eyes and yellow hair, similar to the monsters painted in the story books.

Xiao Shiji also looked over.

Because the big car couldn't move, it stopped on the roadside, so Xiao Shiji went to inquire about it.

The man went away for a long time and came back: "Sir, I heard that a special envoy from the Hercynian France came to see Your Majesty."

Francesca is such a familiar name.

Du Hengshuang suddenly felt a little sad, lowered his head, leaned against the wall of the carriage, closed his eyes, and thought of his father Du Xiancheng. He died on the sea route to France. (To be continued. If you like this work

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