Chapter 580: Being Calculated

"As far as I know, the Dingping Marquis's Mansion has been eyeing the position of the Minister of War for a long time. The daughter in the palace cannot compete with Concubine Xing for favor, and the position of the Minister of War outside the palace cannot compete with the Xing family. I'm afraid that Marquis Jia will never get rid of this anger.

"Do you mean to assume that the people of the Dingping Marquis's Mansion should go out to block it?"

"Father, Marquis Jia is not stupid. If he knew that they wanted them to block the knife, would he still do this? So, if you are willing, I have a plan here, but I'm afraid that father will lose the emperor's heart."

Marquis Yan was so angry that his nose was crooked, and he said with disdain.

"The emperor's heart? What a joke, when did he care about us? So it's lost, where is the loss? ! "

When Minister Yan saw this, he leaned close to Marquis Yan's ear and explained it in detail. After hearing the last part, Marquis Yan's eyes showed some expressions of fearlessness.

So, within a few days, the gate of the Xing family was blocked by Marquis Yan, and they were all cursing how Prime Minister Xing was partial to others and perverted the law, excluding others, especially the news that his brother was transferred to the post of Minister of the Ministry of War, which was widely publicized.

The people around 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, so that everyone in Sui'an City knew about it.

But Prime Minister Xing did not go out to confront, but hid at home and refused to express his position. Such an attitude made the people think that there must be something fishy.

They were originally The oppressed party, now encountering such an "unfair" thing, of course they will make a fuss, so after a while, there are always some "loyal people" behind them, who will stage a big drama when the Xing family comes and goes.

For example, Mrs. Xing went out to worship Buddha, and her carriage was knocked over by someone halfway. She fell out of the carriage and broke her arm and scratched her face. She was in so much pain that she had to hide in the mansion to recuperate.

And Xing Xiang was even worse. Someone did something under the carriage, and it actually fell apart while walking. It just happened that he fell on the horse manure. His official uniform was covered with the smell of manure, and he was ridiculed by the people around him.

He was so angry that he couldn't get out of bed for three days. Later, he secretly went to court, and some people from the other party openly mocked him as a dung minister.

So Xing Xiang didn't care. Regardless, more than a dozen memorials were sent to the emperor, hoping to drag Marquis Yan out and whip his corpse, but the emperor kept silent.

This matter lasted from the end of March to the beginning of May, and it was not until the whole city of Sui'an entered the hot summer that it was finally concluded!

Because of his inappropriate words and deeds, Marquis Yan was fined a year's salary and was not allowed to discuss state affairs again. He was required to concentrate on recuperating at home. Although Prime Minister Xing did not receive any excessive punishment, the emperor still ignored Concubine Xing and the Seventh Prince for two or three months as a small punishment.

The ones who benefited the most were Concubine Jia sent by Marquis Dingping and Princess Yuehua from Yizhou. Basically, as long as the emperor was in the harem, they would take turns to accompany him.

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

After calming down, Prime Minister Xing thought more and more that something was wrong I felt that the Earl's Mansion was not so stupid as to have conflicts with them so openly again and again. I was afraid that someone had deliberately set up a trap to mess with their two families.

The more I thought about it, the more suspicious I became of Dingping Marquis Mansion and Jia Guipin.

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

In July, there is Qiqiao Festival and Zhongyuan Festival. 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 has only one daughter, Jin'er, there is also a cousin Yan in the Du family. Therefore, for the two of them, the Qiqiao Festival must be held in a big way.

Therefore, everyone is preparing for the moon worship ceremony, and the two sisters are also very affectionate. Since the day they met, they have been 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, which is very boring.

Cousin Yan is still the best. She is sweet and well-behaved. It is always comfortable to sit with her for an entire afternoon, whether it is talking, learning needlework or practicing calligraphy.

On this day, the sun outside began to be scorching again.

Du Jingyi walked from Xitang Courtyard to Xulai Courtyard where Jin'er and the others were, and she actually broke out in a thin layer of sweat. She wiped it with a handkerchief, and her cheeks were slightly flushed.

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

"Why is sister-in-law here?"

"The person from my family said that they wanted to find Sister Yan to go back and look after the yard, so I came to see if Sister Yan was still playing with Jin'er?"

"She fell asleep. After the two of them had lunch, they kept dozing off. I guess they must have talked too much last night and didn't get enough sleep."

As she said this, she also welcomed Du Jingyi into the inner room.

After entering the room, the air became much cooler due to the ice. Du Jingyi also had time to sit down and rest. Then he tilted his head to look at the two sisters sleeping soundly on the bed, and said with a chuckle.

"It reminds me of when my elder sister and I were young and we were also sleepy in the summer. At that time, there were only two of us sisters at home, and our parents also took good care of us, so we lived a comfortable life."

Hearing this, Gu Xiaochun also had envy in her eyes, and then she also talked about her childhood.

"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 I would hide under the quilt and cry when I felt wronged. The other maids saw me the next day and thought I had wet the bed."

There was no resentment at all when she said this.

Instead, she felt as if she had crossed the Ten Thousand Mountains in a light boat. 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 Brother Tai protecting me, how dare the two uncles make trouble?"

One sentence made Du Jingyi laugh.