MTL - My Stepmother is Soft and Charming-Chapter 580 being calculated

"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. "

Yanhou'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 if it's lost, it's lost. 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 a look of death.

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.

It caused the people around to talk about it.

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

But 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. Now that they encountered such an "unfair" thing, of course they would make a fuss. Therefore, there would always be some "loyal people" behind them who would cause a big drama 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 quietly hid behind him to go to court. Some people from the opposite party would openly mock him as a scumbag.

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

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

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.

 So, after the Yan family and the Xing family were both neglected by the emperor, the Jia family became more and more prominent.

After calming down, Prime Minister Xing felt something was wrong the more he thought about it. 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.

 Finally, after it was found out that Dingpinghou 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 there is only one daughter of Tai Ge'er's generation, Jin'er, there is also a cousin Yan from the Du family, so just for the two of them, this begging festival must be held in a big way. Therefore, everyone above and below was preparing to worship the moon, and the two sisters also had a rare deep love. From the day they met, they were inseparable from each other.

Especially Jin'er, who has too many brothers in the family. When she goes in and out, she sees either brothers who are sweating profusely, or brothers who only drool. 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 nv, or practicing calligraphy.

On this day, the sun outside began to become fierce again.

As 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 came from my house and asked Sister Yan to go back and look after the yard, so I came to see if Sister Yan is still playing with Jin’er?”

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

As he spoke, 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 looked envious, and then 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 relaxed as if her 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 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 Tai Geer protecting you, how dare you two uncles make mistakes?"

 One sentence made Du Jingyi laugh.