Chapter 810: The Battle in the Back House

In the Ruyi courtyard, Yuchen put a piece of sandalwood into the three-legged gilt-copper cloisonné enamel incense burner with flowers wrapped around branches. The fragrance of sandalwood is fragrant and elegant, which is Yuchen's favorite.

Nanny Gui came in from the outside, and said in a panic, "Mother, it's not good, the fifth young master is infected with the epidemic." The epidemic is contagious at this time, and the eldest son and the princess are still in the mansion!

Yuchen's face changed slightly, but he quickly calmed down and said, "What does the lord say?" I believe the lord will deal with this matter.

Nanny Gui said: "My lord moved Fifth Young Master out of the mansion, and asked Mrs. Xiang to take care of Fifth Young Master."

Yuchen handed the box containing the sandalwood to the maid beside him, wiped his hands and said, "Why is Fifth Young Master infected with the epidemic so well? There must be a reason for this?" I just don't know who did it.

Nanny Gui shook her head and said, "I heard that the prince has sent someone to investigate thoroughly, but who is behind this scene?"

Yuchen said indifferently: "This person is also insane, and he even killed such a young child. I hope the prince can find her out as soon as possible." She was not at ease leaving such a person in the backyard. After all, no one can guarantee whether this person's next target will be Ah Chi and Ah Bao.

An hour later, the butler arrived at Ruyi Courtyard and took Yuchen's maid, Shixue, away.

Nanny Gui was a little flustered, and said, "Ma'am, Fifth Young Master's wife personally confessed that Shi Xue gave her a small sachet and asked her to wear it on Fifth Young Master. The imperial physician has confirmed that there is dirt in the sachet. Something. Fifth Young Master was infected with the epidemic because he wore that sachet."

Yuchen didn't panic, and said lightly: "This method is too clumsy."

Not long after, Yan Wushuang came over. Looking at Yuchen who was as calm as water, Yan Wushuang said: "Shixue has already confessed, and that sachet is the girl you asked her to give to Xiaowu. Han Yuchen, what else can you say?"

Yuchen looked up at Yan Wushuang and said, "My lord, I have nothing to say because I have never done it."

Yan Wushuang said coldly: "Then you show evidence to prove your innocence."

Yuchen has been in charge of the harem himself, and he is very familiar with this kind of intrigue and selfishness: "The prince only needs to find out who has been infected with the epidemic recently, and who has been in contact with their family members, and he can catch the mastermind behind the scenes." Alright." After a pause, Yuchen said again: "Shixue has only been with me for more than five years, if I really want to assassinate Fifth Young Master, it is impossible to entrust her with such a secret matter." This kind of thing cannot be entrusted to non-die loyalists.

Yan Wushuang said: "It seems that I should have left the affairs of the backyard to you earlier." He naturally didn't believe Shi Xue's words. Although he dotes on Xiao Wu, it will not affect Ah Chi's status. Of course, the most important thing is that the people he placed in Ruyiyuan didn't notice anything unusual between Han Yuchen and Nanny Gui during this time.

Yuchen's heart trembled, and he lowered his head and said, "Master, I haven't taken care of the general affairs for a long time, I'm afraid I won't be able to handle them."

Yan Wushuang said calmly: "Han Yuchen, the Ministry of Officials has selected two new candidates. As for who will be the queen, it is up to you to decide."

Yuchen's heart tightened, Yan Wushuang was making a deal with her. If she does not agree, she will not be allowed to intervene in Yan'er's marriage. After a while, Yuchen said in a low voice: "The concubine will take care of the affairs of the inner courtyard."

Yan Wushuang said: "I hope I won't hear such nonsense in the future." He felt that Yuchen had this ability, so he let her go.

Yuchen said calmly: "My lord, I can only do my best, and I can't guarantee anything else." She doesn't have that much ability to guarantee that there will be no accidents in the backyard. After all, backyard means emerge in endlessly, making it hard to guard against.

Yan Wushuang hummed and left.

As for Shi Xue, Yuchen didn't ask whether he was dead or alive. Even if Yan Wushuang didn't deal with this kind of traitorous slave, she couldn't tolerate it.

Nanny Gui was very happy when she knew that Yuchen was taking over the common affairs: "Your Majesty, you should have agreed long ago." Only with rights can you have the opportunity to do other things.

Yuchen glanced at Nanny Gui and said, "Mommy, I'm just helping the prince manage the rear house affairs. Other things, I can't think about it, let alone do it." She will not use this to get rid of other women who threaten her, and even more so. Will not start with those children. Once Yan Wushuang finds out, there will be no place for her in the Yan Palace. If she falls, she cannot protect Ah Bao and Ah Chi.

Nanny Gui said: "Madam, the greatest wish of this old slave is to see the son and the princess grow up safely and healthily." Give her ten courages, she will not dare to do anything in the backyard, no matter how secretive she is. will also be caught. Just like the fifth young master was infected with the epidemic this time, she believed that the mastermind behind the scenes would not be able to escape.

As Nanny Gui thought, Yan Wushuang soon found out that the mastermind behind the scenes was Xiao Yu. This result made everyone very surprised, because Xiao Yu's temperament is gentle and never turns against others, nor does he compete for favor, and he is very popular in the palace. At least it was much better than Yuchen.

Knowing the result, Yuchen just said lightly: "A dog who can't bark will bite people." Although Xiao Yu's behavior was very harmless, and she had always acted as if she admired her and wanted to be close to her, but Yuchen Chen has always avoided her. She won't hurt anyone, but she won't give others a chance to hurt her either.

Yuchen took over the general affairs, Yan Wushuang also fulfilled his promise, and gave Yuchen the information of the two girls selected by the Ministry of Rites.

One of these two girls is Jiang Fei'er, the eldest daughter of the third concubine of Pingqing Hou's Mansion, and the other is Liang Wan, the second daughter of the Guozijian Jijiu. The two girls both met Yuchen's requirements, and they were knowledgeable, rational, and gentle.

After reading the information, Yuchen was inclined towards Liang Wan, after all, the concubine was born a head shorter than the concubine daughter. However, Yuchen didn't make a conclusion immediately, but asked people to inquire again.

With the power in hand, it is easy to handle things, and the people below will have a reply within two days. However, the information obtained by the people below was not as detailed as Yan Wushuang gave.

In the end, Yuchen chose Liang Wan. It didn't take long for the results to be announced to the public.

Hearing that the candidate for queen had been replaced, Yu Rong was a little surprised: "Didn't you say that at the end of last year, the second daughter of Lord Xia, the Minister of the Ministry of officials, was selected as the empress, why is it now replaced by a girl from the Liang family?" Ordinary people don't know They exchanged the betrothed persons, and they didn't know how the people in the court handled their affairs.

Hong Hua shook her head and said, "The servant girl also heard about it from the woman in the mansion, so I don't know the details."

Yurong was also a little surprised, and didn't bother to ask the bottom line: "How can we, ordinary people, be able to guess what happened to the Tian family."

Putting this matter aside, Yurong bowed her head and made spring clothes for her son. Now Yurong's thoughts are all on her son. Concerned about outside affairs, mainly because of worrying about getting sick, and wanting to take precautions in advance.

Not long after, A Tao, Lu Shi's confidant, came over and asked Yurong to come over, saying that Lu Shi had something to tell her.

Yurong got along well with Lu Shi, and when she heard this, she immediately put down her sewing and followed A Tao to the main courtyard.

When she arrived at the main courtyard and saw Mrs. Lu was there, Yurong's face changed slightly. But for Lu's sake, Yu Rong still greeted Old Madam Lu very politely.

After sitting down, Yu Rong asked straight to the point: "Sister-in-law, I don't know why you asked me to come here?"

Lu Yao was a little embarrassed and didn't know how to speak. The old lady Lu didn't have these scruples, and said with a smile: "This woman, there is no man who knows the cold and hot. My Heng'er is about the same age as you, and they are very suitable in every way. If you marry Heng'er , I will treat you like my own daughter." Mrs. Lu said that Heng'er was her third son. When the Lu family had an accident that year, his wife died, and there were four children from the concubine and the concubines. After the defeat of the Lu family, he never married again. This person is not a dude, but he doesn't have much talent either. Simply put, he is a mediocre person.

Yurong's eyes were burning with anger, if she wanted to remarry, she would have remarried when Jiang Hongjin died, and she would have to wait until today. Yurong stood up and looked at Lu Yao and said: "Sister-in-law, if you can't tolerate me, just say it, why use this way to humiliate me? Don't worry, I will take Brother Zheng away now, so I won't hinder your eyes " After finishing speaking, he walked away angrily.

Lu Yao couldn't hold back Yurong, she turned her head and said angrily, "Mother, didn't I just say that this matter should be taken slowly and there is no rush."

Old Madam Lu snorted coldly and said: "If it weren't for her generous dowry, I wouldn't let Heng'er marry her!" The thirty-year-old widow really considers herself a favorite.

Yu Rong was not joking when she said that she was going to move out. After returning to the yard, she asked the maid beside her to pack her things.

When Han Jiancheng came back from outside, he heard that Yurong was moving out. Han Jiancheng asked Lu Yao, "What's the matter?" Since returning to her natal home, Yu Rong has been very polite to Lu Yao and has taken good care of his children.

Lu Yao said with guilt on her face: "Master, this is all my fault. Today my mother came over and said something unpleasant to my sister, and my sister was so angry that she said she would move out." It was also during this time Yurong was too docile, that's why she didn't refuse the suggestion made by Mrs. Lu.

In the final analysis, this is actually Lu Yao's selfishness. She knows that Yurong is rich, and if Yurong can marry his younger brother, the Lu family will have help, so that she can also reduce her burden and don't need to use dowry to supplement her mother's family.

What Lu Yao didn't know was that in fact, Yurong just thought that she would give in to others, so she gave in to everything, not that she was really so talkative.

Han Jiancheng said sullenly: "I know Yurong's temperament best. If your mother just said a few unpleasant words, she would never think of moving away. Tell me, what did your mother say to Yurong?" ?" Even the mother-in-law stopped barking, which is enough to see Han Jiancheng's attitude towards the Lu family.

Lu Yao evaded the matter and said the matter lightly.

After Han Jiancheng finished listening, he gave Lu Yao a cold look, then turned and left the main courtyard.

Lu Yao looked at Han Jiancheng's back, and couldn't help but shed tears: "My husband is blaming me."

A Tao sighed angrily and said: "Madam, don't think too much about it. When the girl's anger subsides, you go to accompany her and say a few soft words. I think this matter will pass soon." She We all know what old lady Lu's plan is, how could my aunt not know. I don't know what my wife thinks, but she will agree.

When Han Jiancheng entered the yard, he saw Yurong packing things with the maid. Han Jiancheng said with an ugly face, "Put everything back."

Yurong's anger has dissipated now, upon hearing this, she waved her hand to let the servant girl and mother-in-law go down, and then said: "Brother, do you know everything about today?"

Han Jiancheng said: "I know all about it. Your sister-in-law didn't do it right. You should be angry, but you can't really move out? It's a mess outside now. Where are you going to move with Brother Zheng?" go?"

After Yurong invited Han Jiancheng to sit down, she said, "Brother, I plan to move to the next house, it's only a few steps away, so you can go there according to the Buddha?"

Han Jiancheng refused without thinking: "No way. Although the house is close, it is not home after all. If something really happens, you may not be able to make it in time. You just live at home and you can't go anywhere."

Yurong came to live with Han Jiancheng precisely because she knew that orphans and widowed mothers are easy to be bullied. Otherwise, she has a house, so why would she go back to her mother's house: "Brother, Mrs. Lu is clearly interested in my rich The dowry only wants me to remarry her son. This time I didn’t achieve my goal, so it’s hard to guarantee that they won’t come up with other ideas, and my sister-in-law will follow Mrs. Lu in everything. Brother, it’s you who will make things difficult when things happen, It’s better to move out now than to tear up your face when the time comes.”

Yurong was originally very dissatisfied with Lu Yao. She had never seen such a woman, she would rather suffer from her husband and children than make up for the bottomless pit of Lu's family. But after all, she was dependent on others, and she didn't make a sound no matter how dissatisfied she was. But Lu Yao absolutely shouldn't, shouldn't have hit her with ideas.

Han Jiancheng's face was also ugly: "Don't think too much, nothing will happen." Seeing Yurong's firm attitude, Han Jiancheng said: "Not only Mrs. Lu, but also many people know about your rich dowry. In my eyes. If you move out with Zheng Geer and you are missed by those people, I don’t know what will happen then.” It’s not a crime to have money, but it’s not able to keep it. .

Yu Rong was also so angry just now that she insisted on moving out. But after hearing Han Jiancheng's words, she hesitated: "Brother, I..."

Han Jiancheng knew what Yurong was worried about, and said, "Don't worry, what you are worried about will not happen." In his own home, his sister was plotted against by outsiders, so he really just hit himself to death with a pillar.

Yurong wiped away her tears and said, "Brother, don't quarrel with sister-in-law. Don't affect your husband and wife relationship because of me."

Han Jiancheng said with an ugly face: "You don't care about this matter." Before Lu Yao used the dowry to subsidize her mother's family, he had been refraining from saying it, but this time Lu Yao touched his bottom line.

Back in the main courtyard, Han Jiancheng directly said a word to Lu Yao, forbidding the members of the Lu family to have sex again.

Lu Yao cried and said: "My husband, the Lu family is my natal family, how can you say such a thing?" The Lu family is not allowed to have sex, isn't it to let her cut off contact with her natal family.

Han Jiancheng couldn't bear it anymore this time, and said with a cold face: "If you really miss the Lu family and your mother, you can go back now, and I won't stop you. But you don't have to come back after you leave the house." Also considered Han Jiancheng With a good temper, he would have turned his back on someone else.

Lu Yao was in a daze. What is it that she is reluctant to go back to the Lu family? Is this going to divorce her? Looking at the expressionless Han Jiancheng, Lu Yao finally knew she was afraid. (to be continued)