Mrs. Meng and Mrs. Quan Si were talking, and the little maid came to report that her sister Mrs. Dong was here.

They are all from my mother's family, and Mrs. Dong and Mrs. Quan Si are in-laws, so there is nothing to avoid. Mrs. Meng directly asked the maid to invite Mrs. Dong in, and everyone talked and talked more lively.

During this period, the Dong family was also peaceful. Master Dong did a good job. The most troublesome step-son and step-daughter in the Dong family were all dead again. Master Dong's concubine was low-ranking and had no son, so naturally he didn't challenge Mrs. Dong.

Confidence, so Mrs. Dong can be said to have been doing well during this period, without any worries, and often comes to visit her sister's house when she has nothing to do.

Mrs. Dong did come with a big bag this time.

Mrs. Meng was a little surprised and asked, "Sister, you are..."

Mrs. Dong smiled and said, "Our master came to a fellow countryman and brought a lot of specialties from our hometown. We can eat so much, so I'll send some to my sister. The things are not worth it, but they are fresh, and there are few in Yancheng.

Yes, my sister-in-law is here too, so I will take some back and try it later.”

"Oh! Then thank Sister Qi." Mrs. Quan Si was not polite either. Local specialties are different from expensive gifts. If you refuse, others will think that you dislike other people's things.

After Mrs. Dong sat down, she looked at the refreshments on the table and picked up a small candy cake and ate it. Then she said, "This candy cake is really good. Can my sister give me the recipe later? I'll go home.

Let the servants do as well.”

"No problem, it's rare for my sister to like it." Seeing Mrs. Dong's appearance, Mrs. Meng couldn't help but remember when she was a child, when her sisters depended on each other for life. Mrs. Dong often acted like this. When she saw that her sister had something, she would ask her directly if she wanted it.

You're welcome. It's even more intimate.

Then Mrs. Quan Si also said: "By the way, I will give me one. Our girl likes this kind of sweets. Sister Four is very knowledgeable and has very exquisite pastries at home."

Mrs. Meng said modestly: "What are the words, it's just home-cooked snacks, but I just invited a skilled chef who can make this fresh snack. Speaking of which, no one in our family likes to eat this kind of dessert now.

Only when guests are visiting can the cook have the opportunity to show off.”

"Oh, my daughter likes to eat this kind of dessert." Mrs. Quan Si changed the subject, "It seems that Princess Ding likes it very much. I have been to the Ding Palace several times, and she ordered people to make very novel snacks.

It's rare outside."

"Yes." Mrs. Meng nodded, "Xiaofu really likes the little desserts, and this cook was specially invited by her because of her preference."

Speaking of this, Mrs. Meng looked a little sad. For Meng Xiaofu's preference, she specially spent a lot of money to invite the cook from elsewhere, but Xiaofu never tasted the snacks made by the cook at once, because Xiaofu came every time.

There seemed to be nothing good. They came and went in a hurry, and they didn't have the mood to taste the snacks. The last time they almost turned against each other.

Mrs. Meng regretted it very much. She shouldn't have gone to the bottom of it and sent someone to investigate Xiaofu's past in Jingthorn Town, which angered her.

I didn't know what to think at that time. Some people were obsessed with it, and Meng was right. What could I do if I found it? It would be useless to make trouble and verify that it was nothing.

"My sister-in-law is quite able to talk to Princess Ding, it's really enviable. Speaking of which, I went to Princess Ding's Mansion on the day she got married, and I haven't been there since." Mrs. Dong said, and looked at Mrs. Meng,

There seems to be some request.

Mrs. Meng was stunned. Logically speaking, when her sister said this, the sister should have asked her to visit Dingwang Mansion. After all, even Mrs. Quan Fourth has been there several times, but her sister has never officially visited the door.

, This is a bit unreasonable, but given the current relationship with Xiaofu, it is really inconvenient for her to lead her sister to visit.

However, Mrs. Quan Si observed the words and heard some rumors. He knew that a few days ago, Mrs. Meng's son Meng Guang seemed to complain about Princess Ding who stopped him because of the death of the brothel woman. He had a little unhappy relationship with each other, and with this illegitimate child

The relationship with his legitimate mother is already a little wonderful. Now, looking at Mrs. Meng's expression, there must be some difficulties. I hurried to change the topic, "I've been there twice a few days ago. Some maids in the royal palace want to be released to marry, and the princess is young.

, I don’t go out often, so I just asked me to help, not to go to the mansion to have fun.”

Mrs. Dong didn't seem to realize that Mrs. Meng didn't want to do this topic, so she continued: "Oh, it's said that the princess is in a relationship with Mrs. Zhu's niece, it's obvious that the princess has matched a couple.

A good marriage, I still muttered behind my back….”

Mrs. Meng couldn't help frowning and coughed lightly.

Only then did Mrs. Dong fail to say the ugly words.

Mrs. Quan Si quickly changed the topic, "It's all some rumors. You can't be treated as true. Others don't know. Do we still don't know about it? Don't mention these disappointing things."

Mrs. Meng also said, "Yes, sister, how are your brothers doing? Why don't you bring them here to play together? I haven't seen my little nephew for a few days, so I miss you very much."

Mrs. Dong replied: "Oh, the child has some cough these days, so I won't take it out to play, and I will bring it out another day."

"It's not a trivial matter for this child to get sick at home, so sister should be careful." Mrs. Meng became concerned and asked a few more questions about the child's symptoms.

Mrs. Dong answered absent-mindedly, but she refused to give up the topic just now, and then she started talking back, "By the way, Princess Ding's son is not much different from our brother, right? How do you look?"

"It's pretty good, but I'm a little thin." Mrs. Meng was a little suspicious, not quite understanding why her sister kept saying a few words from the Ding Palace, and it seemed that something was wrong.

Mrs. Quan Si also saw it. Thinking that Mrs. Dong might have something to say, but because it was inconvenient for her to be present, she found an excuse and said goodbye first.

After Mrs. Quan Si left, Mrs. Meng said: "Sister, I have sex with you. Just say whatever you want. Why do you keep mentioning the Ding Prince's Mansion? Is there something wrong?"

"This... is okay." Mrs. Dong's expression was a little embarrassed, but she was still covering it up, saying, "I just heard the rumors that I was a little unfair for the princess. It was obviously Wei's shamelessness. Mr. Zhu was eager for quick success and instant benefits, but he said that the princess could not do it again.

Tolerate people is really hateful.”

"This is not entirely groundless," Mrs. Meng said evading the important matters, "After all, after Xiao Fu married into the royal palace, the number of beauties in the mansion has been decreasing, and no newcomers have reentered. This is inevitable that people will be criticized."

"Those people are really, and the princess is not out of nothing. When King Ding was romantic in the past, they were talking behind their backs. Now there are the official concubines and the legitimate sons, so these people have changed their words." Mrs. Dong said

I felt a little angry.

"It's all the comments of boring people. Don't take them to heart." Mrs. Meng was calm and never responded.

Mrs. Dong couldn't help but say, "Sister, are you not worried at all?"

"What are you worried about?" Mrs. Meng pretended not to know.

"I'm worried that the princess' position in the mansion will be threatened." Mrs. Dong seemed to be surprised by Mrs. Meng's indifference and said, "After all, the princess is the daughter of the Meng family. If something happens, your master and even the entire Meng family will have an impact."

"What are you worried about?" Mrs. Meng smiled, "My sister is overthinking. The princess has been married for so long. The legitimate son has been born, and King Ding is not a young boy who is easily tempted. Is the princess' status a princess?

Can you still be threatened?"

"It's good, but it's always good to be careful." Mrs. Dong's words were still worried.

"How to prevent it?" Mrs. Meng looked at Mrs. Dong strangely, waiting for Mrs. Dong to give the answer.

Mrs. Dong lowered her voice, "It's the way the other party's Grandpa Quan San was the way. If you send a beauty, you can find an opportunity to suppress their family, so that they know that they dare to go against Princess Ding, but it won't be a good end. As soon as the affairs of Grandpa Quan San happened, our clan

Who dares to have this idea? But outsiders don’t know about this. They think that the princess is easy to bully. Now they just marry someone out is too cheap. The Zhu family will follow suit in the future and send the beauty into the mansion. They will not be favored.

Just got married. If you want to be favored, you can climb to a high point. If you don’t want to be favored, you will lose no money."

Mrs. Meng shook her head, "Sister, you have married and had children, why are you so angry? There are many such villains in the world, and they cannot be eliminated. Enemies should be resolved rather than made up. This Mr. Zhu is also the second in the dynasty.

How can you suppress this little thing? For no reason, you have to have a more enemy? In everything, peace should be the most important thing. If you can avoid getting enemies, don’t make enemies.”

"Justice Zhu's character is really a second-rank official position in vain. It's just like those vulgar merchants." Mrs. Dong said two of her three sentences to dissatisfaction with the Zhu family.

Mrs. Meng felt even more strange. The beauty sent to the princess was the daughter of the Wei family, and Mrs. Zhu was just the girl's uncle. In theory, Mrs. Dong would stand up for Xiaofu again, wouldn't she hate the Wei family even more? Why did she treat the Zhu family even more?

What about dissatisfaction? Besides, this kind of thing seems to be the woman in the back house who specializes in this kind of thing, not like Mr. Zhu’s idea. She can’t hate Mr. Zhu.

Immediately, Mrs. Meng remembered a rumor.

It seems that Mr. Dong has been active recently and wants to move his official position. When Mr. Dong returned to Yancheng, he was a fourth-rank official. Later, he walked up and now he is a third-rank official.

According to Mr. Dong's age, being an official is a great achievement. You can go further in terms of qualifications. But in Yancheng, it is not easy to get promoted. This official position is fixed, one carrot and the other

If you can't transfer the people above, you won't be promoted.

Thinking of this, Mrs. Dong seemed to understand that Mr. Dong is also from the Ministry of Personnel. If you want to go up and upgrade, you can only squeeze out the people ahead. However, the Ministry of Personnel is full of talents and there are no old people. It is very difficult to go further.

Among the people standing in front of Mr. Dong, there seemed to be Mr. Zhu.

"Sister, what are you thinking?" Mrs. Dong asked when she saw Mrs. Meng distracted.

Mrs. Meng chuckled and said, "Thinking that my sister is indeed virtuous. A few days ago, my brother-in-law treated you, and my sister had to do such a lot of effort for her brother-in-law to plan for her brother-in-law. It's really rare."

"Sister... Is there any misunderstanding?" Mrs. Dong felt guilty and her eyes flashed.

Mrs. Meng looked at her sister carefully, sighed, "I hope I've misunderstood. If it's true, I'll apologize to you, but I really think, sister, you've said so much, just want to

If you want to borrow the hands of Princess Ding, you will teach you Mr. Zhu a lesson, and it is best to let him be demoted and make a place later."

"Sister, I don't... I don't mean that." Mrs. Dong felt even more guilty and didn't dare to look at Mrs. Meng.

Mrs. Meng was not asking questions, just saying, "It's good that it's not, so don't mention this again, otherwise I will really misunderstand my sister. Speaking of which, this is all about the Dingwang Mansion. After all, I am not Xiaofu's biological mother.

If you do too much, it is even more misunderstood. Judging from the current situation, Xiao Fu has been firmly in the position of Princess Ding, and there will be no more changes."

"Yes." Seeing that Mrs. Meng seemed to be a little bad, Mrs. Dong didn't dare to mention this matter again.

The sisters talked for a while, and Mrs. Dong said goodbye.

When he returned to the Dong family, Mr. Dong greeted Mrs. Dong when he saw Mrs. Dong come back and asked, "How is it? What's your sister saying?"

Mrs. Dong glared at Mr. Dong in anger, "It's all your fault for your good idea. I was scolded by my sister for a while and I was completely disgraced. I'll never be so embarrassing in this life."

"After all, you are sisters. Shouldn't relatives help each other?" Mr. Dong didn't feel embarrassed and said with confidence, "Besides, I'm not the only one who ran away for the official career. Your brother-in-law is not yet your brother-in-law.

It was only because of King Ding that he was promoted. Since that's the case, isn't it very appropriate to attract relatives?"

"Then why don't you go directly to King Ding or tell my brother-in-law directly?" Mrs. Dong said unhappy, "I asked me to tell you what the Zhu family is, what to give beauty, and so on. I was beaten around the bush and saw it by my sister. I was really there at that time.

I wish there was a hole on the ground that would allow me to get into it. It felt like I was trying to sow discord. I was using someone. My sister is not a fool. You should just ask for it. People may also think that relatives should help each other. Now, it's true.

Something like killing people with a knife.”

"How can such a thing be said clearly?" Mr. Dong reads the books of sages or wants to be respectful and asks for help with promotion. He really can't say it. It's fine if others ask to go to his wife's home. For men

, relying on the Yue family is even more incompetent.

Therefore, it is really difficult for him to seek Meng or Ding Wang in person.

I just thought that maybe I could use the Zhu family to provoke it. If Mr. Zhu was demoted, wouldn’t he naturally make up for this shortage?
Chapter completed!