Family Has a Concubine

"Oh?" The princess had no choice but to follow the words and asked, "What's going on?"

Ye Tangcai continued: "My aunt's family is an imperial merchant, and the wine that was sent to the palace was fine, and there was something wrong with it. The wine and vinegar doctor fainted after drinking it. Later, Xu Rui, the son of the outsider, spoke harshly to me. , Only then did I know that he colluded with the people in the palace to set a trap for my aunt's house, forcing us to withdraw the case."

The prince's eyes flickered slightly, and the jade fracture fan tapped on the tiger's mouth.

The Crown Princess didn't know that the Crown Prince was behind this matter, and she didn't notice that this incident happened in the palace, so she clicked her tongue twice: "Is there such a person? What a coward."

Ye Tangcai lowered his head and chuckled, his red lips hooked into a charming arc: "He is a bit clever in his tricks. If we don't withdraw the case, the entire Qiu family's business will be ruined. If we withdraw the case, because He colluded with the wine and vinegar doctor and said that it was because he had eaten other things and then drank that he was able to counteract it. In this way, the Qiu family’s wine would be counterbalanced by some kind of food, and he had to be returned. At that time, he would also lose his qualifications as an imperial merchant. And business took a hit."

The prince raised his eyebrows, so he admired Xu Duan for his cunning and wit.

"I don't really understand the above things. My cousin figured it out." Ye Tangcai said, "My cousin also said that this person has a brain."

The prince frowned when he heard this, was he scolding Xu Duan for being out of his mind? Believe in Xu Duan, he also has pitfalls?

The princess thought it was quite interesting, so she said, "Why do you say that person has a brain?"

"My cousin said that Xu Rui thought he was the only one with brains, and no one else had the same brains. The wine and vinegar doctor is just a wine and vinegar doctor, so what he says is what he says? And since the wine and vinegar doctor is so easy to be manipulated by others, he must I can't stand the temptation of money. For officials like the wine and vinegar doctor, they will more or less collect money from merchants. Even if they don't help with affairs, they will also accept money from many merchants. Find someone who can help."

"So I begged His Royal Highness Princess Xinyang, and I found out that the wine and vinegar doctor had embezzled many merchants' money, among them was the Qiu family's rival, the Tang family. If the princess knew this, the wine and vinegar doctor would not be able to protect himself. Naturally, what he said could not be trusted. .So, Xu Rui is a bit clever, but actually very stupid."

The princess nodded: "Yes, indeed, she is too stupid and arrogant."

Prince Jun's face became a little stiff, thinking about it, he seemed really stupid. But he actually thought how smart he was, which made him very stupid to appreciate such a person.

Ye Tangcai caught a glimpse of the prince's stiff expression, lowered her eyes to hide the smile in her eyes.

In fact, Xu Rui is really cunning and smart, but people are like this sometimes, when they don't know, they think how smart and powerful they are, but after they know, they feel that they are nothing more than that.

The Crown Princess listened to her narration from the beginning to the end, and she told her from the beginning that Xu Rui was nothing more than that, and Xu Rui lost in the end, so in the Crown Princess' mind, Xu Rui was just like that. So when she finished speaking, the Crown Princess naturally felt that Xu Rui was nothing more than that.

The prince thought that he appreciated Xu Rui, but everyone else said they were stupid, and the whole person was not good. After taking a few sips of tea, he lost interest and turned to leave.

Li Gui followed the crown prince all the way, seeing that the crown prince was in a bad mood, he frowned: "Your Highness, the opinion of their women..."

The prince gave him a cold look, and Li Gui's face froze.

The prince went straight to the study again. At the door of the study, he saw a young man in his mid-twenties standing outside the door. This was Song Xiao, his most trusted advisor.

"See Your Highness the Crown Prince." Song Xiao saluted.

"Get up!" The prince waved his hand, thought for a while, then looked at Song Xiao: "I want to ask you a question." He walked into the study while talking.

"Please speak, Your Highness." Song Xiao followed behind him.

The prince took a seat on the teacher's chair by the window: "You also know about Xu Rui."

"Yes." Song Xiao nodded.

At that time when Xu Rui asked for help, the crown prince didn't even bother to see him, so it was Song Xiao who received him. Xu Rui told him about his difficulties, and then told him about his plan to rectify Qiu's family. Song Xiao conveyed it to the prince. The prince thought that Xu Rui was smart, so he received him in person.

The prince frowned: "Tell me, isn't this Xu Rui too stupid?"

Song Xiao's eyes flickered slightly. He felt that this Xu Rui was too similar to his own behavior. He was unhappy when he saw that the crown prince appreciated this person, but he didn't want to speak ill of Xu Rui, so he didn't have to appear narrow-minded.

Now hearing the prince's words with disgust, he immediately said: "It's too stupid."

The prince is not feeling well at all, he doesn't want to continue this topic, he just said: "You came to see me, what's the matter?"

Song Xiao arched his hands: "Your Highness, over there... sent another post..."

The prince's handsome face suddenly sank, and he said coldly: "It's really like dog skin cream, you can't shake it off no matter how much you shake it! It's a disgusting thing."

While talking, he slapped his hand on the coffee table beside him so frightened that Li Gui bowed his body and dared not make a sound.

Song Xiaodao: "Then His Highness wants to..."

"Even if this kind of thing has to be figured out by the palace, what is the use of you?" The prince recalled the past, recalled what he had said before Song Xiao and others, and gave him a cold look.

Song Xiao immediately bowed and retreated.

After Song Xiao left, Li Gui waited on him for a while, took advantage of the opportunity to pour tea with hot water, and retreated to find the little eunuch to let the wild ginseng he was going to give to Xu Rui stop busy.

Yesterday he was still thinking about the crown prince recruiting Xu Rui, and was about to give Xu Rui ginseng to cheer him up. Now, it's obvious that the crown prince doesn't want Xu Rui anymore, so why give this ginseng.

After the prince left, the princess didn't want to see Ye Tang's face anymore, so she drank a cup of tea and sent the two of them back before noon.

...

There is still one day before the Ghost Festival, and every household is busy with the festival.

In Qiong Mingxuan, there was an angry shout: "You thief cat, you pick things up and down all day long."

Qiuju chased the cat, wanting to hit it. Because the cat adopted by Ye Tang loves to dig holes, and also has a strange habit of hiding things, especially some shiny things, and hides them in various places.

But Ye Tangcai was not only not angry, but also very happy, and kept teasing it: "Stop playing, come here!"

As he spoke, he sprinkled dried fish on the ground, and the cat rushed over to eat the dried fish.

Qiuju and Huiran looked at each other, feeling bad all over: "He always pees everywhere and hides things. No wonder everyone in the Zhang family wants to beat him."

"That's not true." Hui Ran said and looked at Ye Tangcai: "Why don't we lock it up for a few days, teach it well before releasing it!"

"That's it!" Ye Tangcai didn't care, "If you can't take care of me, I'll hire someone else."

The corners of Qiuju and Huiran's mouths twitched: "We can do it." Ye Tangcai wanted to raise her, but they didn't do it.

"Well, good." Ye Tangcai smiled slightly, then turned and went back to the room.

Qiuju and Huiran were busy in the yard, cleaning up the hole the cat had dug on the ground.

"Qiuju." At this moment, Luye walked in: "Madam asked the third grandma to go over."

"Uh, okay." Qiu Ju nodded and walked into the house: "Girl, my wife let you go."

Ye Tangcai put down his notebook, and went out of the house with Qiuju.

When I came to Yixiangyuan, I saw Mrs. Qin holding Chu Xuehai and talking with Jiang Xinxue, and Aunt Fei was sitting next to her.

Ye Tangcai couldn't help but frowned. In the past, Aunt Bai was here to accompany the Qin family a lot, but now it's Aunt Fei who is messing around again?

"Mother." Ye Tangcai walked in and greeted her with a courtesy.

"Well." Qin raised her head, "Tomorrow is the Ghost Festival. Although there are big rules at home, our family also cares about human relations. Sanlang's aunt is buried in... er, not far away, tomorrow You and your wife are going to burn something."

Talking, but with contempt in his eyes.

Aunt Fei clicked her tongue twice: "That's right! Madam is right. Aunt Yun died so early, it's so pitiful. According to the rules, you are not her daughter-in-law, and you have such a background. But after all, you gave birth to the third master. , you go to burn something with him."

Ye Tangcai's eyes turned cold, she nodded and agreed, "Yes."

"Okay, let's go out!" Qin said.

Ye Tangcai and Qiuju went out of the house, and when they stepped through the gate of Yixiang Courtyard, Qiuju sneered and said: "Other families always have big rules, let the concubine and the aunt draw clear, But the Chu family went the other way. They mentioned it again and again all day long, especially this Aunt Fei. It was just to satirize the background of the third master's aunt. Today, it must have been made by her again. "

After saying this, she secretly rejoiced that her daughter was not really married to the third master, so naturally she would not be burdened by the background of the third master and aunt, and would not be teased by others.

After reconciling and leaving, with the beauty of the girl and her innocence, she will marry a good one.

After returning to Xikuayuan, he did not go back to Qiongmingxuan, but went to Lanzhuju. Chu Yunpan was reading a book, and raised his head when he saw her coming.

"My mother called me over just now, explaining that the Ghost Festival is tomorrow, let's burn some paper for Aunt Yun." Ye Tangcai said.

"Then go." Chu Yunpan said and put down the book.

"Did you go every year before?" Ye Tangcai said.

"I haven't been there before." Chu Yunpan said, "I only go there every year on the death day."

Ye Tangcai also figured it out. In the past, the Qin family and others were too lazy to talk to Chu Yunpan, so how could they remember to ask him to burn paper on the Ghost Festival, and they didn't start talking to her until they married her... To be precise, they were targeting and picking trouble.

"Are you going?" Chu Yunpan looked at her suddenly.

"Go!" Ye Tangcai thought, when he was his wife for a day, he was also a wife, so he had to go.

Chu Yunpan was startled, then nodded.

Early the next morning, Ye Tangcai and Chu Yunpan went out together.

Because they are concubines, they cannot enter the Chu family's ancestral grave, but generally such a concubine's room will set up a plot not far from the Chu family's ancestral grave, dedicated to burying such a famous concubine's room.

And Chu Yunpan's aunt wasn't even buried there, but in a field overgrown with weeds on the outskirts of Beijing.

The two stopped the carriage under a tree in the field.

Yuyang and Huiran waited under the tree, while Ye Tangcai and Chu Yunpan walked over with a basket of offerings and some tissue paper.

Now is the time of autumn and desolation, and although there are many weeds, most of them are dry and do not grow up to ankles.

Ye Tangcai followed Chu Yunpan as he approached, and from a distance, he saw a small grave built in the field, with a small wooden tablet on it, which simply said Yun's Tomb.

Ye Tangcai put down the sacrifice, but was startled, and saw a wreath under the wooden monument, made of very common wild flowers, wild flowers that can be seen everywhere on the roadside. Red, pink, yellow and white, weaved into a simple garland and placed on the grave bag.

Chu Yunpan frowned slightly when he saw it, so he didn't care about it.

"Third Master, who let this go?" Ye Tang wondered.

"I don't know, every year when I come here on the death day, there will be such a thing here." Chu Yunpan said nonchalantly, "Unexpectedly, there is even the Ghost Festival. Could it be that there is also Qingming and Double Ninth Festival?"

The corners of Ye Tangcai's mouth twitched, and seeing that he didn't seem to care much, she said, "The third master doesn't like Aunt Yun?" After asking, she felt that she was too abrupt, and she shouldn't have asked.

Chu Yunpan looked calm: "She died before I was one year old, I have no impression of her. I can't say whether I like her or not. When I was young, when I was sad or crying, I thought it would be nice if she didn't die. .It's nothing to think about now."

He placed the offerings one by one, and Ye Tangcai quickly lit the incense.

The husband and wife burned the paper money, that is, after the worship, they walked back with the basket.

Ye Tangcai couldn't help but look back at the lonely grave and the cheap wild flower garland, wondering who might have put it here.

But obviously Chu Yunpan was not very interested.

Ye Tangcai thought of Concubine Yun's background, and based on Concubine Yun's contacts during her lifetime, it was either her colleague or... could it be her former... benefactor?

Thinking of this, Ye Tangcai didn't want to think about it anymore, no wonder Chu Yunpan was not interested.

No one wants their biological mother's former benefactor to come to pay respects.