The futon was placed in front of Mrs. Wu, and everyone looked at it.
Wu looked arrogant and glanced at Huo Xi and Huo Nian, waiting for the two scoundrels to salute her.
Huo Xi ignored her.
I looked around and saw that Madam Tai and Zhang Fu were sitting in the front row, and the back rows on the left and right sides were full of people.
"Why, we don't even have a place to sit?"
Zhang Fu took a look and found that there was indeed no seat. The hall was full of people. He glanced at Zhang Jin and Zhang Jin quickly said: "Young man, go get ready right now."
"Sister, please sit here with me." Zhang Bin, who lives in the second room, pulled his younger brother Zhang Xuan to stand up.
Zhang Bin is thirteen years old this year. He is the eldest son of the second room and ranks first among the ten male grandchildren of the third room. When Huo Xi was still in the house, he was often followed behind him.
Huo Xi smiled at him and pulled Nian'er to walk over.
"stop!"
Zhang Jie stood up and pointed to the futon on the ground: "You haven't bowed to my mother yet! Sure enough, you are from outside and don't understand the rules!"
Huo Xi looked back at him, and then at Wu next to him, looking as if it was natural.
He smiled sarcastically: "Your mother is just a concubine, and she is not worthy of being saluted by us siblings!"
Zhang Jie jumped to his feet: "What nonsense are you talking about! My mother is the wife of the Duke of the country, how can she be a concubine!"
"Your mother entered Zhang's house carrying a baggage, and then climbed into the master's bed. Many people in the house know about it!"
"You're talking nonsense! You're talking nonsense! My mother has been straightened up!"
Although Zhang Jie is young, she already understands a lot. It is intolerable to hear others questioning her mother, which means questioning his identity!
Everyone in the room looked at Wu with different expressions.
Some looked calmly, and some glanced quietly. Seeing her gritting her teeth and holding back, looking like a cannibal, the juniors hurriedly lowered their heads, not daring to look again, but their ears were raised high.
How could the juniors know such an inside story? After looking at Mrs. Wu, they all looked at the eldest sister in surprise.
Zhang Fu's face was a little embarrassed, and Mrs. Tai's face wrinkled.
"What nonsense are you talking about as a junior? Mrs. Wu is now the princess of the country. You two siblings should have bowed to her and fulfilled your duty as children."
"What is your duty as a child? Who is she, our sibling? The princess of the country? Did you send a letter of engagement in the Yamen? Did my grandfather and uncle nod in agreement? Did you kowtow to my mother in the morning and evening?"
Everyone was stunned. Mrs. Wu and Mrs. Wu were also stunned.
Starting from the Sui Dynasty, marriages between men and women had to be registered at the Yamen and then registered in the household register to show their identity. Of course, this kind of marriage registration is incomparable with the rigorous set of laws in later generations.
After all, dynasties change, and emperors often change seats. It is not as convincing as the ancestral genealogy of some centuries-old families.
Many big families just record it once in their genealogy.
Of course, taking a wife is completely different from keeping a concubine.
To get a wife, you need to marry and perform six rituals. As long as you have a poor household, you almost have to go to the Yamen to register, but no one cares about things like concubinage.
For people like the Wu family, who first entered the house and were given a concubine whose identity was unknown, and then became a concubine, most of them only reported it to their ancestors in their own clan, and only registered one or two in the genealogy.
No one outside will go to the government office to look through your household register to check these things.
But Mu Yan went to look it up and said that there was no supporting document from the Wu family.
Wu's eyes were cold at this moment, looking at Huo Xi as if they were quenched with poison.
"You're talking nonsense!" Zhang Jie jumped.
Huo Xi ignored him and looked at Wu with the same cold eyes, looking directly at her: "You poisoned my mother, you don't think that's it, do you?"
Boom. Like hearing some incredible news.
Everyone in the room turned their attention to Wu again. They couldn't believe it.
Inside her long sleeves, Wu clenched her fists tightly. She didn't expect this scoundrel to say such a thing to his face. He wished he could torture the two scoundrels in front of him hundreds of times.
"I poisoned your mother? Who saw it? Who can testify? You?" Wu quickly calmed down.
Grandma Sun is afraid that she will die and be left alone as a concubine. Will she dare to testify?
She herself ordered her daughter-in-law to be poisoned, how dare she testify? Mrs. Wu glanced at the Tai Madam lightly, she cherished her feathers the most. The corners of her mouth were sarcastic.
"Ms. Wu, people are doing it, but God is watching." Did she think that all the witnesses were dead?
"God saw that I poisoned your mother? Why didn't you ask him to come down and testify for your mother?"
Huo Xi looked at her coldly. She felt that Wu was a little careless. Was she holding back her ultimate move or had another agenda?
The atmosphere in the room was tense, and no one dared to breathe.
Is this eldest lady who came back from outside so tough? Zhang Fu stared blankly at this eldest niece. Is this the obedient and soft-spoken niece she had when she was a child?
Also, Wu poisoned his first sister-in-law?
This is real?
The way Sister Ning said her vows didn't sound like she was lying. No wonder the two children didn't dare to go back home.
Zhang Fu glanced at Wu and Zhang Jie and remained silent.
"Okay, this is acknowledgment of relatives, not a meeting of enemies." The madam said, feeling very headache. Neither of them was a fuel-efficient lamp.
Mr. Wu no longer even pretends to be pretentious.
He glanced at Huo Xi again and said, "If you don't want to kneel down, then you can't kneel down. But as soon as you came back, there was such a big commotion, and the wife was a little unhappy. It seemed that the two siblings were not able to have a good relationship with Wu and Zhang Jie."
Got along.
"Since they don't recognize us, there's no need for us two to sit here." Mrs. Wu stood up and pulled Zhang Jie away.
Everyone was a little surprised. Zhang Fu stared at her back, wondering what he was thinking.
Zhang Xi glanced at his eldest brother and saw that he was lost in thought, so he smiled and smoothed things over: "Come, Sister Ning, and Nian'er, let me introduce you to the family members. You have many brothers and sisters, so be sure to kiss them in the future.
fragrant."
The madam nodded to her second son with satisfaction.
Huo Xi still remembers the Hou family from the second room, pulling Huo Nian to salute her.
Hou gave birth to two sons and two daughters. Her husband respected him and she lived a comfortable life with a faint smile on her face. She gave birth to the eldest son Zhang Bin, the eighth son Zhang Xuan, the fifth young lady Jingwan and the seventh young lady Jingxian.
Among the legitimate children in the second room, only Zhang Xuan was younger than Huo Nian, and she stared curiously at this cousin who grew up outside.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Huo Nian smiled at him, and he happily called him cousin again.
In addition, there are two concubine young masters in the second room, Zhang Chang and Zhang Jian, both of whom are older than Nian'er. The concubine Jingshu ranks eighth, a few months younger than Huo Nian, and timidly calls her cousin.
cousin.
Let’s look at the third room.
The original mistress of the third house, Mrs. Liu, fell ill and died, so Zhang Fu remarried a Mrs. Wu. To distinguish her from the eldest house, Mrs. Wu, she was only called Mrs. Wu.
Little Wu was filling in a house, and just now Huo Xi asked her mother whether she had given her mother the morning and dusk sleep, and when she kowtowed to her mother, she was a little unhappy with Huo Xi.
If Mrs. Tai and the Duke were reminded of this, wouldn't she also have to offer incense to the Liu family in front of her every day?
Seeing her pale expression, Huo Xi didn't care.
She had no impression of this third aunt. When she left the house, little Wu had not yet entered the house.
The young Wu family only gave birth to one son, Zhang Qian, who is only six years old this year and is the youngest young master in the family.
Zhang Fu's first wife gave birth to the sixth young lady Zhang Qingchu and the sixth young master Zhang Yan. In addition, the third wife also had a concubine named Zhang Ruo, ranking ninth.
Next is the big room.
The eldest wife, Mrs. Wu, left with her son. The two concubines did not dare to leave.
Little Wang is the concubine of Wang's natal brother. She was the most confident, but she only gave birth to two daughters, the third lady Bizhu and the fourth lady Biyue.
Without a son, my confidence will naturally be weaker.
Another concubine, Mrs. Liu, was given to her by Zhang Fu's colleagues in the north. She only gave birth to Miss Ninth Miss Bigui, who is eight years old this year.
The two concubines in the eldest house, the noble concubine Wang, was the wife's natal family, and Wu did not dare to touch her. The good concubine Liu was given to Zhang Fu by someone else, and Wu had no reason to touch her.
Mrs. Liu only gave birth to a young lady and no sons. Moreover, the Duke of Guo did not seem to favor anyone.
So although the wives and concubines of the eldest family despised each other, they unexpectedly got along with each other.
Anyway, everyone goes his own way, and the water in the well does not interfere with the water in the river.
The only concubine of the Dafang, Zhang Mao, was the eldest son of the eldest son, Zhang Fu, and died after giving birth to Zhang Mao.
Eight-year-old Zhang Mao is two months older than Zhang Xuan, the second roommate, but looks much younger than him. He is thin and frail, and looks like he will run away at the slightest hint of wind.
"Sister, brother." The voice she called was also thin and weak.
"Seventh brother." Huo Nian was afraid that his voice would be too loud and frighten him.
In this way, everyone in the hall, including the aunts in each room, have also seen it once.
She recognized everyone she saw, so the wife said: "Now that you have returned home, don't call her by any other name outside. Sister Ning will return to her previous name of Yu Ning, and Nian'er will be called Zhang Yuzhong, and she will be called this name from now on. Ranking
Above, Nian'er is the fifth young master, starting from Yan'er and going down."
Several young masters nodded in agreement.
The madam was also tired, so she sent everyone away.
"Mom, you haven't told me which courtyard Sister Ning and Nian'er live in yet." Seeing that his mother was about to get up and leave, Zhang Fu hurriedly asked.
The madam looked impatient and said, "There is no need for you to worry, your elder brother has already arranged the yard well!" She looked dissatisfied.
Zhang Fu then said to Huo Xi and his brother, "Father will take you to have a look at your yard later. If you are not satisfied, then change it. The house is large and there are several empty yards."
The madam glanced at Zhang Fu and said nothing.
I don’t know why Wu didn’t jump up in the two yards she chose.
Looking at Huo Xi, "I have selected some people for you. You will take them back later and they will serve you from now on."
Huo Xi thought for a while and nodded.
Although her brother and sister brought many people back to the mansion, it would be more convenient for them to have some servants who were familiar with the personnel of the Duke's mansion. It was just that they had to let the two nuns choose carefully for a while.
After the instructions were given, the lady was tired, so after saying a few words, she was helped out by her nanny.
Each room led the juniors in their room out.
Zhang Xuan ran to Huo Nian and said, "Fifth cousin, I will go and play with you from now on!"
Huo Nian was still confused. There were only his sister and An An at home, but now there were more than a dozen brothers and sisters.
He didn't react to others calling him fifth cousin, and he was also confused about the ranking of his other brothers.
In Manfu, there are ten young masters, all of whom are not very different in age.
The eldest Zhang Bin is only thirteen years old, the third young master Zhang Jie is eleven years old, and the others are about the same age as Huo Nian.
The two legitimate sons of the second wife, Zhang Bin, are stable, while this Zhang Xuan seems to be lively.
Huo Nian was still stunned. Huo Xi pulled Zhang Xuan and patted him on the head: "Okay, the eldest sister and your fifth brother are not familiar with the house. Do you want Xuan'er to take us to get to know it?"
"Okay, keep it on me!"
Zhang Xuan was strong and strong, like a calf, and his body was like his father's. He was so generous that he beat his chest loudly.
He pulled Huo Nian and ran out: "Fifth brother, come with me. I know the yard that uncle picked for you. It is very close to uncle's yard. I will take you there!"
Huo Xi and others followed behind them.
The yard Zhang Fu chose for Huo Nian was right next to his yard.
One is for the safety of his son, and the other is that he wants to personally teach Nian'er martial arts. The father and son have been separated for ten years, and now they happen to live close to each other and have a relationship.
Huo Nian was very satisfied with his yard. It was big, had a nice view, and was close to him. He pursed his lips and glanced at Zhang Fu.
"As long as Nian'er likes it." Seeing that his son was satisfied, Zhang Fu felt relieved, smiled and patted his son on the shoulder. Then he glanced at the servant who was following him.
Aunt An took a look and hurriedly led everyone to pay tribute to the Duke and introduced the people who would serve the fifth young master in the future.
Zhang Fu was stunned when he heard that Nanny An was actually from the side of Mrs. Yan Tai of the Duke of Guizhou.
And the Duke of Guizhou's Mansion not only sent a nanny, but also a servant and a maid. He looked at Huo Xi in surprise.
Huo Xi's eyebrows didn't move, so Zhang Fu couldn't see anything.
Zhang Fu wondered in his mind, did Mu Yan have a deep relationship with his daughter? Or was it arranged by the Duke of Guizhou for the sake of Fu Ma's son?
He remained calm and gave a few words of lecture to the servants in Nian'er Courtyard, then let it go.
"Then Nanny An, please pay more attention to the things in my son's courtyard. Please keep an eye on them and clean them up. The madam will also send some people over. If there are deficiencies in any place, just fill them in. Don't worry about it."
error."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Yes. Lord, please rest assured, I will take care of the yard for the young master."
Zhang Fu glanced at the others again, chasing the wind, stepping on the moon, listening to the rain and listening to the thunder. These four people obviously had a lot of backgrounds. He didn't know where his daughter hired the people. They were capable and loyal to the two children.
He nodded with satisfaction, "From now on, you will be the first-level guard in the mansion, Yueyin, and you will only be responsible for guarding the two courtyards of the eldest lady and the fifth young master."
"yes."
After arranging things in Huo Nian's courtyard, and seeing that his son was satisfied, Zhang Fu felt very accomplished, so he took his daughter to see her courtyard.
The nun beside the madam stood up and said, "Please lead the eldest lady to see it."
Zhang Fu thought that the people living in the backyard were all female relatives, and it was indeed inconvenient for him to go there, so he nodded.
"Then let's go with Nanny Tong. If you are dissatisfied, tell your father. My father will send someone to take care of it."
Huo Xi nodded.
Huo Nian also wanted to follow. Huo Xi glanced at him and saw that in the room, Nanny An was leading the painter and others to decorate the house, and said to Zhang Xuan: "Xuan'er, take Fifth Brother to visit."
Is the house okay?"
"Okay, fifth brother, come with me!"
Zhufeng and Bao Kang also followed.
Huo Xi's courtyard is a bit far from Nian'er's. He is entering the second courtyard, while Huo Xi is entering the fifth courtyard.
The east road leading into the fifth courtyard now only has a large courtyard and a small garden.
All the ladies in the courtyard wanted it, and Mrs. Wu also wanted to give it to Baguio, but Mrs. Tai took a fancy to it and said she wanted to keep it.
Secretly, I felt that if the imperial concubine left the palace, even if she could not stay overnight, she would be happy to know that her parents-in-law would still have a yard for her.
It remained empty.
Until Zhang Fu picked it up, he was most satisfied with this yard. It was large, had many rooms, had a kitchen, and was next to the garden, with the best view.
Although the wife was angry, there was nothing she could do. The imperial concubine was afraid that she would not be able to leave the palace.
When Wu learned this, she was so angry that she fell down.
But now that Baguio has been sent to the East Palace, it is useless to fight for it. I can only keep it in my heart and get angrier.
Huo Xi walked around the courtyard and was very satisfied. The most satisfying thing was that it was not far from the back door of the sixth courtyard, which made it easier for her to get in and out. If she walked to the gate, her legs would probably be broken.
"If someone makes a plaque, the courtyard will be called Lanxiang Courtyard."
"yes."
"Let Vanilla and the others clean it up. Mammy, please help me check out the people sent by Mrs. Tai, which ones can be used and which ones can't be used. Pick out some. Nian'er will also help pick out, and everyone from everywhere will fill in.
, the gatekeeper’s wife, the rough messenger’s servants all fill in.”
"Yes. I will go and help the young lady with her eyes right now."