After hearing Shao Li's words, General Shao's wife nodded and stopped talking, but the worry on her brows deepened.

Upon seeing this, Shao Li comforted him: "I know that my eldest brother, eldest sister-in-law, and even my father have spoken a bit harshly recently. I hope you don't take it to heart. For my sake, just treat it as the eldest brother and the others who have done a bad job, sympathize with them, and forgive them."

What they did was just say some unpleasant things. After all, we both share the surname Shao, so they can certainly take some credit for my glory, but if something happens to me, they will also be implicated, so you should be more tolerant."

"Mr. sir, how can I care about these things? Compared with others, I am already very happy." General Shao's wife showed a genuine smile to her husband tenderly.

Shao Li could tell that these words were true, but he didn't know why. He just felt that his wife was worried about her during this period. However, he was also busy during this period. He personally handled matters at court and at home. Although

There is also a loyal housekeeper who persuades me not to do everything myself, especially at home. He can just step in and take care of important matters. The male is in charge outside and the female is in charge at home. This is how every family comes to be.

He did not agree. His family was different from other families. It would be too cruel for a woman to deal with it. Needless to say, if she couldn't handle it, even if she could, the whole person would become ferocious. He didn't want his pillow person to be there.

He becomes ferocious in the environment of struggle, and he doesn't want his children to be affected.

Even so, he still felt that he had not done enough. It was his eldest brother and sister-in-law who went too far. He was also blamed for his niece's inability to find a good marriage. It was said that he was involved because he married a lowly singer.

as a wife.

It's really funny. When people get married, they don't mind if the girl's father doesn't live up to expectations, but they care about the identity of the aunt next door. The eldest brother is trying to make excuses.

There is nothing to say to such an unreasonable person. Fortunately, the eldest brother is a man and it is not easy to confront women directly. After all, the eldest sister-in-law comes from a noble family and is not too aggressive, but it is better for him to come forward in these matters to avoid making it difficult for his wife to be a good person.

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But maybe he didn't do a good enough job. His wife has been very worried recently.

The next day, Shao Li set off with some worries. Before leaving, he turned around and saw his wife standing at the door. Her figure looked very erratic, which made him worried.

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Mongolian Mansion

After Meng Yan and her husband moved back to the house where they lived before, they returned to their parents' home for the first time. Because they received a letter from the Zhou family, saying that Mr. Quan San had taken the initiative to cancel the engagement. The reason was that his grandson had a serious disease and needed to rest for a few years for fear of delay.

The woman took the initiative to cancel the engagement. Of course the Zhou family wanted it, but she just pretended to refuse it. It wasn't until Mr. Quan San asked again and again that he seemed reluctant to agree.

This matter has come to an end. Meng Yan feels much relieved.

I came here specifically to tell my mother.

Mrs. Meng once again warned not to let the Zhou family know that it was their family that forced the Quan family to take the initiative to cancel the engagement.

Mrs. Meng didn't need to worry before. But recently, Meng Yan and Zhou Juren's relationship has gradually deepened. The couple are inseparable and talk about everything. She is worried that Meng Yan will not be able to help but tell Zhou Juren.

Although the divorce was the intention of the Zhou family, it was not explicitly proposed by the Zhou family to ask for help from the Meng family. If it were said now, the Zhou family might hurry up for a while, but as time goes by, if any adverse consequences occur, the Zhou family will definitely

It is to express anger.

No matter how good the relationship between husband and wife is, there is no need to talk about everything. Talking about some things will only increase the other party's troubles. When the relationship between husband and wife is good, this kind of thing naturally doesn't matter. If something happens later, this is also a handle.

After all, this kind of thing is disgraceful.

Meng Yan remembered it, and then asked hesitantly: "Mom, how is my second sister doing?"

Mentioning Meng Xiaofu, Mrs. Meng couldn't help but sigh, "It's okay, but I don't know why. She looks very lethargic and depressed all the time. Maybe it's because Prince Ding wasn't around during the delivery. She just gave birth to the baby."

Many women are like this. If you have time, go to Prince Ding's Mansion and chat with your second sister."

Meng Yan felt guilty when she mentioned her second sister. She recalled that the last time she saw her second sister, she was telling her not to worry about everything in the Zhou family, especially the Yang family. For some reason, her second sister was so concerned about Su.

The mother and daughter, whom they had never met, expressed their disgust.

She didn't know why this happened, but she didn't want her second sister to know what she had done, and of course, she didn't want to lie.

Mrs. Meng didn't know what her daughter was thinking. She just judged from her expression that her daughter didn't want to choose a princess. After all, her daughter was the legitimate daughter before, and her status was higher than Xiao Fu's. Now her daughter is just a small queen with a huge status.

The gap is not something that ordinary people can adapt to.

After the misunderstanding, Mrs. Meng advised her daughter: "Yan'er, there will always be times in life when you have to bow your head. Life is so long, and there are many people around you who were not as good as you before, but later they lived better than you, and there were also people who were better than you, but then they were not as good as you.

, ups and downs, and until the end, you can’t say who will be better than the other. Even if you can be glorious for a lifetime, you may not be happier than an ordinary life."

Meng Yan had already figured out that she was struggling to cope with a relatively simple family like the Zhou family. If she really wanted to marry into a high-ranking family, she would probably be swallowed up to the point where no bones were left. She didn't know whether she should follow

When the mother said what the second sister said, she had an intuition that the mother would not want to hear it, because the second sister seemed to have pointed out something and was a little resentful.

When I was a girl, I often heard about some fights in the house. People are different from what they appear to be. Some people may seem to be nice to you, but they may not be. Repaying kindness with kindness may be just an appearance. Some people are good at forbearing and only want a blow.

If you hit the target, you must leave your opponent no room to turn around.

Is the second sister like that? Mother has always said that the second sister is a smart person who knows how to weigh the pros and cons, but knowing how to weigh the pros and cons does not mean that there is no hatred in her heart, but that she can suppress the hatred in her heart for the sake of profit. If that day, there is no

Without the checks and balances of interests, what will she do?

Before, the second elder sister married into the palace for the first time and was isolated and helpless. There were many things she needed help from her mother's family, such as asking her mother and the fourth wife to inquire about things from time to time, and the marriage between the Meng family and the Guojun palace.

By the way, her mother didn't tell her explicitly about the marriage with Guojun Prince, but she could guess that this was definitely the second sister's intention. After her father was demoted, he had no contact with anyone in the palace.

Even if the Prince of Guojun intends to marry his daughter at a low age, it is unlikely that he will ask for an imperial edict to marry him. Sometimes, even if the royal edict is just a vanity, it is not just a random gift of cabbage. It must be done with merit. It is the icing on the cake.

This was definitely the second sister's idea again.

It can be said that the marriage was for the sake of bringing the two surnames together, but when something happened to the Guojun Prince's Palace, neither the mother nor the second sister helped. It was obvious that the Guojun Prince's Palace was not involved, so why did this happen?

Meng Yan felt uneasy in her heart. Since her mother and second sister could stand by and watch the affairs of the Prince of Guo County, what would happen to the Meng family in the future? Will the second sister help? Especially after the second sister gave birth to the little prince, and stood in Prince Ding's Mansion.

After getting a firm footing.

In the past, Meng Yan wouldn't have been too worried. His father was just a moderate official, and he couldn't make any big mistakes in such an official position. But since the case of his husband's friend, his father's prestige in the court has been at its peak, even higher than in the past.

It doesn't seem like a good thing that people still have some concerns about him when he is a general.

As for the mother, the mother has always been wary, but because of the second sister's previous guidance, she has tasted the sweetness and obeys the second sister's words without taking any precautions. This is also very worrying.

Meng Yan was anxious in her heart. But she discovered that there were some things that she couldn't tell even to her biological mother. It wasn't that she didn't believe her, but that telling her would not help, and would make her mother worried.

Just when Meng Yan was worried, the housekeeper suddenly came to report in a hurry, saying that the master was planning to hold a banquet at the house in the evening to entertain several colleagues, and asked his wife to prepare quickly.

Mrs. Meng told the housekeeper that she would prepare it later, and then called two nuns and asked them to prepare it.

Meng Yan looked at the two nuns with their eyes wide open and asked: "Mom, I haven't seen these two nuns before. Are they newly invited?"

Mrs. Meng nodded: "Yes, your father likes to associate with some literati recently. You married into a scholarly family. You must also know that some scholars pay attention to rules, almost to the point of being picky. Even at the banquet, the patterns on the plates follow the rules.

You have to pay attention to the matching of dishes. I couldn't bear to learn these things, so I invited a few nuns from down-and-out scholarly families to cook them. I can save myself some worry. Speaking of which, I also learned this from your second sister. You

When the second sister married into Prince Ding's palace, many things were left to the mama instead of doing it herself."

"But, these are foreign nuns after all. Since my father asked the housekeeper to inform me, this banquet must be very important. Can I rest assured?" Meng Yan was very confused. Her mother had always taught her that she should do everything herself and not rely on others.

, otherwise it will be easy for someone to take advantage of her. No matter how familiar she is, people should be careful. But now my mother has another way of saying it.

Mrs. Meng also thought of the past and took a breath, "Some things are learned over time. Doing it yourself has the advantage of doing it yourself, and letting others do it also has its beauty. It depends on the environment. That's it.

Like you, when a new daughter-in-law comes in, her mother-in-law is watching from above, and her sister-in-law is watching from below. No matter how well the mothers do, you can't be too leisurely. People who live a good life are easy to be jealous. Your second sister and I will

It’s different now, we don’t have mothers-in-law or elders watching over us, so as long as there’s no chaos in the house, who can make irresponsible remarks?”

Meng Yan bit her lip for a long time, as if she had something to say, but she kept silent.

Mrs. Meng asked: "Yan'er, if you have anything to say, just say it. You don't have to think too much in front of your mother. It doesn't matter if you say something wrong."

"Mother, my daughter is not afraid of saying something wrong, but she is afraid of worrying her mother if she speaks out." Meng Yan couldn't help it in the end, "Second sister...does she really not care about the past at all?"

Mrs. Meng was stunned. In fact, she had always been worried about this issue, but she just didn't tell her daughter. She was afraid that her daughter would also be worried, but she didn't expect her daughter to ask it. She originally wanted to fool her like before, but when she saw her daughter's face,

She couldn't help but let out a long sigh: "To be honest, mother doesn't know. Most of the time, people can't look at the surface. But think about it, after all, the Meng family is sorry for your second sister. It's normal for people to have resentment in their hearts. We can only resolve it slowly, not

Thinking that your second sister has resentment in her heart, we should be more careful and guard against it. Nothing will turn into trouble. Mother has never seen many storms. She knows that worrying about some things will not help. It is better to

Be more open-minded and think about the good things, and don’t think too much about things that can’t be solved.”

"My daughter can't do it." Meng Yan murmured. Recently, she was worried about her second sister and her father. Thinking about her second sister's return to the Meng family, her father was a general and her mother was the mistress of the Meng family.

, the mother has the final say, and the parents are not really in love, but they can still respect each other as guests. However, since the second sister came back, there was a period of time when the parents almost broke up. Although the parents still concealed it in front of her, she could still notice it.

arrive.

Before the second sister got married, her mother was far less talkative than the second sister in the back house. After the second sister got married, she almost asked the second sister about all the big things in the Meng family. Even her marriage was approved by the second sister before her father.

I agree. Although it seems to be good for the Meng family, something is always wrong.

After all the tossing and tossing, except for offending a lot of people in the Meng family, there didn't seem to be many practical benefits. It was good for her to marry into the Zhou family, but from another perspective, the Meng family gave up an opportunity to marry into a high-ranking family.

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While Meng Yan was anxious, the Prince of Guo County also kept looking sad.

Prince Guo and the Crown Prince only narrowly avoided the disaster, but their vitality was still severely damaged, not to mention their money. Of course, most of the warehouse in the mansion was empty. This was fine. Prince Guo was reprimanded, and the Crown Prince was already a bit useless.

I also lost my leisure time. Because I was embarrassed, I didn't dare to go out to meet people, so I could only follow the imperial concubine who was also looking sad.

Prince Guo, who had been in the court all his life and could be said to have slipped into the mud, couldn't believe it when he saw this. What on earth happened?

The prince made a mistake and was involved in the river embezzlement case, but his responsibility was very small. Didn't he accept the benefits of others and suppress the complaints of several villagers? No official in the DPRK has ever done one or two such things.

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The prince did not knowingly commit the crime, but thought that it was just a trivial matter. A few unruly people were dissatisfied with the governance of the superior officials and wanted to appeal to the superiors. The fruit trees of a few unruly people were flooded and the losses were greater. He did not give up even a penny.

In the eyes of farmers, it is a big deal, but after all, it is not a human life lawsuit, and there is no grievance. What is there to complain about?

Even if they were brought to the imperial court, who would be able to tell the truth about the fruit?

Of course, this is because the prince is young and does not know that things in the world are dangerous. He only accepted other people’s words and did not understand more. He does not understand that some cases are more important than one or two human lives. (To be continued ~^~)
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