My Stepmother is Soft and Charming

"As far as my son knows, the Dingping Marquis Mansion has also been eyeing the position of Minister of War for a long time. The daughter in the palace cannot win over Concubine Xing, and the position of Minister of War outside the palace cannot be overtaken by the Xing family. Jiahou's tone, I’m afraid it won’t go away. ♛♦”

"You mean to presume that the people from Pinghou Mansion are out to block it?"

"Father, Jia Hou is not stupid. If he knew that they wanted them to block the sword, would he still do this? So, if you are willing, my son has a plan here, but my father is afraid that he will lose his Sacred Heart. "

Yan Hou's nose was crooked in anger, and he said with a look of disdain.

"Sacred Heart? What a joke, when did he care about us? So it's just a loss. Where does the loss come from?!"

Seeing this, Yan Shilang leaned close to Yan Hou's ear and spoke in detail. After hearing this, Yan Hou's eyes showed some expressions of despair.

Therefore, within a few days, the front door of the Xing family was blocked by Yan Hou. The people were cursing and cursing each other about how Prime Minister Xing was bending the law for personal gain and ostracizing others, especially for using his own brother to be transferred to the Ministry of War. The news of the position of Minister was highly publicized.

The people around him were all talking about it.

They made a lot of noise, and prepared a lot of rotten eggs and rotten vegetable leaves, and threw them at the door of the Xing family. The whole city of Sui'an knew about it.

However, Prime Minister Xing did not go out to confront him. Instead, he hid at home and refused to express his position. This attitude made the people feel that there must be something fishy.

They were originally the oppressed party, and now that they encountered such an "unfair" thing, of course they wanted to make a fuss. Therefore, after going back and forth, there would always be some "loyal and righteous people" behind them who would put on a big show when the Xing family came and went.

For example, Mrs. Xing went out to pay homage to Buddha, and someone knocked down her carriage on the way. She fell out of the carriage, injured her arm, and scratched her face. She was so painful that she hid in the house to recuperate. .

And Prime Minister Xing was even worse. Someone had tampered with the carriage underneath, and he was able to disperse as he walked. By chance, he fell on top of the horse dung. His official uniform was full of the smell of dung. He was also ridiculed by the people around him.

He was so angry that he couldn't get out of bed for three days, and would quietly hide behind him to go to court. Some people from the opposite party would openly mock him as a scumbag.

Therefore, Prime Minister Xing ignored him and sent dozens of memorials in succession, hoping to drag Yan Hou out to whip his corpse, but the emperor kept silent.

This matter was stirred up from the end of March to the beginning of May, and it was not until the entire Sui'an City entered the scorching summer heat that a conclusion was finally reached!

Because of his inappropriate words and deeds, Marquis Yan was fined for one year and was not allowed to discuss government affairs anymore. He concentrated on recuperating at home. Although Prime Minister Xing was not punished too much, the emperor still treated Concubine Xing and the Seventh Prince coldly for two or three months. , a small punishment but a big warning.

The ones who benefited the most from this were the noble concubine Jia sent in by the Dingping Hou family and the nobles Princess Yuehua entered the palace from Yizhou. Basically, as long as the emperor was in the harem, they would take turns. Accompany.

Therefore, after the Yan family and the Xing family were both left out by the emperor, the Jia family became more and more prominent.

After calming down, Prime Minister Xing felt more and more wrong. He felt that the Earl's Mansion was not so stupid and would have such open conflicts with them again and again. Maybe someone deliberately set up a trap to mess with the two families.

The more I think about it, the more suspicious I look at Dingping Houfu and Jia Guifei.

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Finally, after it was found out that the Dingping Hou Mansion was behind the scenes, it was already the end of June and the beginning of July.

In July, there is Qiqiao and Zhongyuan. These two festivals must be celebrated seriously whether in the palace or outside the palace.

In the General's Mansion, although Tai Ge'er's generation only has one daughter, Jin'er, there is also a cousin Yan from the Du family, so just for the two of them, this begging festival has to be held in a big way.

Therefore, everyone was preparing for the moon worship ceremony, and the two sisters also had a rare deep love. From the day they met, they were inseparable from each other.

Especially Jin'er, there are too many brothers in the family. When she goes in and out, she sees either sweaty brothers or drooling brothers. They are extremely boring.

Cousin Yan is better, she is fragrant and well-behaved. It is always comfortable to sit with her for an entire afternoon, whether it is talking, learning to be a nun or calligraphy.

On this day, the sun outside became fierce again.

When Du Jingyi walked from Xitang Courtyard to Xulai Courtyard where Jin'er and the others were, he broke out a thin layer of sweat. He wiped it with a handkerchief, and his cheeks turned slightly red.

Just as she walked to the door, she saw Gu Xiaochun coming out and greeted her when he saw her.

"Why is sister-in-law here?"

"Someone from my house said they wanted Sister Yan to go back and look at the yard, so I came to see if Sister Yan is still playing with Jin'er?"

"Asleep. The two of us have been taking a nap since we had lunch. I guess we must have talked too much when we slept together last night, which wasted time and didn't get enough sleep."

While talking, he also welcomed Du Jingyi into the inner room.

After entering the room, it felt a lot cooler because of the ice cubes. Du Jingyi also had time to sit down and rest. Then he turned his head and glanced at the two sisters sleeping soundly on the bed, and said with a chuckle.

"It reminds me of how my sister and I used to sleep in the summer like this when I was a kid. At that time, we were the only two sisters at home, and my parents took good care of us, so we lived a comfortable life."

Hearing this, Gu Xiaochun also had envy in his eyes, and then he also talked about his childhood past.

"My sister-in-law is so lucky. When I was as old as the two sisters, I had already entered the palace to serve. At that time, I was timid and the nuns were very strict, so every day I either learned the rules or did palace chores. , sometimes when I feel wronged, I hide under the quilt and cry at night. The other maids see me the next day, and they think I wet the bed."

There was no resentment at all when she said this.

Instead, she felt relieved that the boat had crossed the Ten Thousand Mountains. After all, if she had not entered the palace, she would not have had the chance to be sent to the Gu family, and the subsequent series of blessings would naturally not exist.

So if you ask her to say it, she is grateful for the hardships she endured when she was a child, so that she can have the sweet days she has now.

Du Jingyi understood what she meant, so he sighed.

"I just hope that the two sisters will be very lucky in the future, and that their life in their husband's family will be as free and comfortable as they were in their mother's family."

"Yes, yes, with a brother like Brother Tai protecting me, how dare the two uncles make trouble?"

One sentence made Du Jingyi laugh.