Although Mrs. Wang moved into the Grand View Garden, she still had to go to Jia Mu's place to say hello every night before breakfast. The old lady decided to save the time.

But on July 16th, Mrs. Wang arrived at Jia Mu's courtyard early as usual and saw the old lady leaning on the couch and sighing. There was a thick stack of newspapers on the coffee table next to her.

Mrs. Wang didn't think about the newspaper at first, thinking that the old lady was still angry about the reconstruction of the Great Flower Hall.

So he stepped forward to take over from Hu Hu, who was fanning the fan, and said comfortingly: "My mother has already punished my uncle and asked Butler Lai to supervise the matter, so why bother about it anymore?"

"That's not what happened."

Mother Jia held her forehead protector and shook her head. She pointed at the newspaper on the table and said, "You should read the article here first."

Mrs. Wang was surprised to pick up one and look at it. Next to her, Hu Bo quickly pointed out the key points for her, which were several articles criticizing Jiao Shun.

After reading this, Mrs. Wang couldn't help frowning and said in surprise: "Why does someone write an article to criticize such a good guy? Who is the owner of Qiuzhai? The names of the people and places in it are actually the same as those in our house."

She always felt that this article seemed familiar, but she never expected that it would be written by Tan Chun, let alone that Shi Xiangyun, who was about to marry into the Jiao family, would write the article with Tan Chun.

"Alas~"

Jia Mu talked for a while and said helplessly: "It's not just because he was born in a poor family, and recently he gained the emperor's trust and gave him a secret report to transfer the power, so he aroused the jealousy of those villains."

After a pause, he waved his hand to Amber and signaled Amber and others to step aside for the time being.

Hu Hu led everyone to respectfully exit the door, but she felt quite unhappy because when Jia Zheng came just now, Yuanyang was waiting in the house, but the old lady did not drive Yuanyang out.

Thinking of Yuanyang, she suddenly felt something was wrong. She looked around a few times and said in surprise: "Where has Sister Yuanyang gone? Have any of you seen her?"

One day the maid hurriedly replied: "Sister Yuanyang went out just after the master left. She said she had something to discuss with Sister Ping'er."

…………

But after the scene was cleared, Jia Mu said again: "Your master came over just now and said that the attack was menacing this time. He was afraid that Brother Shun might have offended the public, so he thought... Oh!"

Seeing the old lady shaking her head and saying nothing, Mrs. Wang couldn't help but ask: "How do you want me to treat you?"

"He said that one more thing is worse than one less thing. It is better to let the Jiao family move out earlier so as not to affect our family."

After Jia Mu finished speaking, she sighed again.

Shi Xiangyun was also her mother-in-law who she grew up watching. Now that she was married to Jiao Shun, she naturally loved her dearly and regarded Jiao Shun as a close descendant.

Now that there is some trouble outside, we are eager to kick people out. What will Girl Yun think if she finds out? How will the historians view this matter?

Therefore, she was resolutely unwilling to agree at first, but Jia Zheng said it was dangerous. No matter what, she could not harm the family because of outsiders.

After Mrs. Wang heard this, she felt something else in her heart. After the couple had a falling out last time, she would sometimes deceive herself into thinking that Jia Zheng was just making quick remarks and did not really believe that she had done anything wrong.

thing.

But now...

Others thought that Jia Zheng was anxious to kick Jiao Shun out because he was worried about being implicated. How could she not know Jia Zheng's intentions?

For a moment, my heart felt desolate and my hands and feet were shaking wildly, just in response to the three words "trembling with coldness".

Fortunately, Jia Mu was dazzled and there was no one else in the room, otherwise she would have noticed something strange about her.

After a long while, Mrs. Wang regained her composure and squeezed out a sentence from her back teeth: "My daughter-in-law thinks it's inappropriate."

Jia Mu asked: "What's wrong?"

Mrs. Wang was usually not very smart, but now she was so angry and resentful that she had quick wits: "Recently, many rewards in the palace come from Chang Qing. This move by the empress is enough to prove that your majesty relies on Chang Qing. Moreover, he has now received a secret gift."

The grace of special performance, if..."

After a pause, he added: "My daughter-in-law just read it. The newspaper was either criticizing Chang Qing's personal ethics or criticizing his new policies in the Ministry of Industry. What does this have to do with our family? If you are in a hurry to tell Chang Qing

If you drive them away, wouldn't it mean that those who love you will hate them and those who hate them will be happy?"

She was so angry for a moment that she didn't even bother to avoid suspicion, and resumed her affectionate title of Chang Qing.

Jia Mu nodded slightly and said helplessly: "I also felt that something was wrong, so I didn't give up on the spot. We might as well delay it for a few days to see what happens next, and it's not too late to make a decision."

Immediately afterwards, he asked Mrs. Wang not to spread this matter, especially not to Jiao Shun's ears.

Mrs. Wang responded seriously, then turned back to the hut in Qingtang, told Aunt Xue about the matter, and asked her to deliver the news to the Jiao family.

Aunt Xue was surprised after hearing this and hurriedly advised: "It's okay if someone else leaks the news. If I let the master know that it was my sister who leaked the news, wouldn't he be even more suspicious?!"

Mrs. Wang gritted her teeth and said: "How can he be suspicious? Now he is afraid that he has long been regarded as a slut who can do anything. Even if I don't do anything, will he not be suspicious?"

After saying that, he sneered again: "Fortunately, Changqing has always respected his elders, but he didn't know that he was secretly full of men and women stealing prostitutes? Now I want to let Changqing know his face!"

Aunt Xue knew that her sister was very upset, so she simply broke the jar and threw it, fearing that things would really get serious, so she tried to persuade her again and again, and finally made Mrs. Wang give up her idea temporarily.

After having breakfast with Mrs. Wang, she returned to her lodging.

Because the temperature dropped sharply after July and a half, Aunt Xue did not change into cool clothes like before. She sat on the couch and was silent for a long time. Then she took out the wooden box from the box, rubbed it and sighed: "You...

Children are also restless, so why do they cause such troubles outside?"

In the past, when she saw things and thought about people, she thought of her deceased husband, but this time, it was rare that Jiao Shun's face appeared in her mind.

Originally, Aunt Xue refused to believe what Jia Zheng suspected.

But today...

Jia Zheng's repeated targeting of Jiao Shun couldn't be a mistake, right?

Besides, my sister just insisted on informing Jiao Shun, which is suspicious if you think about it...

Could it be that...

Although this kind of thing is really ridiculous, it is also extremely exciting when you think about it!

Aunt Xue was thinking about it and unconsciously plunged the wood into the ravine again. It wasn't until it hurt that she suddenly woke up and hurriedly pulled it out with a blushing face and put it on the table beside her.

Banishing all the fantasies she shouldn't have from Naohai, she was about to call the maid to bring a hot towel to cool down her blushing cheeks, when she heard a report from outside that Baochai had arrived.

Aunt Xue hurriedly put the withered wood back to its original place. Although the thing had passed the road, she still didn't want her daughter to see it, let alone her daughter to say such shameful words again.

Not long after, Xue Baochai came in from the outside. Seeing Aunt Xue's face flushed and her eyes hidden, she thought her mother was reminiscing about the past with her father, so she smiled and joked: "If Mom loves that dead wood, just put it here."

So what on the surface? Why bother putting it back in the box?"

Aunt Xue didn't expect that she would still be doomed by hiding too quickly. She was afraid that something might happen to her daughter, so she hurriedly changed the topic and told Jia Zheng that Jia Zheng intended to drive Jiao Shun away. Of course, she also talked about the rumors between Mrs. Wang and Jiao Shun.

All have been deleted using Spring and Autumn style of writing.

It was not like Baochai didn't notice the inconsistency between the preface and the postscript, but seeing that her mother was trying her best to conceal it, she didn't ask for details.

But she solemnly pointed out: "I just happened to read those articles. I'm afraid things are not as simple as my uncle thought."

"What does this mean?"

Aunt Xue was surprised.

"Um……"

Baochai covered half of the cherry with a round fan and said hesitantly: "I'm not 100% sure now. Fortunately, the old lady is prudent and didn't agree to this matter, so we don't have to rush for a while and wait until I find out.

It’s not too late to report it to mom.”

Unlike several other sisters in her boudoir, Baochai has always been very concerned about external affairs and would send someone to buy newspapers every day.

Yesterday, Ni Er wrapped all the newspapers nearby, so I saw those newspapers today.

How familiar was she with the writing styles of Daiyu, Xiangyun, and Tanchun? She also knew that the three of them had been secretly planning something recently, so she immediately thought that this might be Jiao Shun's counter-intentional plan!

Originally, Baochai had no intention of delving into the matter, but after hearing what her mother had just said, she decided not to ask. If this was really done by Jiao Shun, and her uncle decided to drive Jiao Shun away because of this, wouldn't this be a self-inflicted mistake?

Aunt Xue didn't know why, but she also knew that her daughter had always had ideas, so she didn't ask much. She just told Baochai to be careful and not to spread the matter to Jiao Shun's ears, which would cause the two sides to turn against each other.

"Don't worry, Mom."

Baochai smiled and said: "Not to mention how I could be so careless, to say the least, even if the matter were to reach Brother Jiao's ears, I'm afraid he wouldn't reveal anything about it now."

The mother and daughter chatted for a few more words. Baochai was anxious to verify his suspicions, so he left the Qingtang thatched cottage.

Aunt Xue sat alone for a long time, couldn't help but sigh, and took out the wooden carving to rub and look at it. Now that her daughter mentioned this thing from time to time, should she still return it to its original owner? How should she explain it after it is returned to its original owner?

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Xiaoxiang Pavilion.

Because they were really worried about the follow-up development, Shi Xiangyun and Jia Tanchun visited the house early in the morning, urging Lin Daiyu to go find out the latest situation.

Daiyu had no choice but to go to Jiao's house again, chatting with Xing Xiuyan for a while, and teasing her little niece who was not yet one month old.

When they returned to the Xiaoxiang Pavilion, Xiangyun and Tanchunzao were impatiently waiting. They sandwiched her on the left and right and kept asking questions.

"You two have no conscience!"

Lin Daiyu deliberately made fun of Qiao and said, "I have done a lot of hard work without any credit for running away. If you don't say thank you so much, you should let me drink some water and catch my breath first, right?"

Xiangyun immediately poured a glass of water and put it next to her hand, and then urged again: "The water is here, just breathe while talking."

"Humph~ This hasn't happened yet..."

"Are you going to tell me or not? If not, we will take action!"

The three sisters laughed and laughed for a while, and then Lin Daiyu said: "Sure enough, the third sister has guessed that those newspapers yesterday were bought by Brother Jiao for the purpose of publishing in the Imperial College, the Hanlin Academy, the Inspectorate, and other major universities.

The academy sends it free of charge.”
To be continued...