When everyone in the Xu family returned to Suzhou City, they had just passed Shen Zheng and the sun was still bright.
As soon as Mrs. Zhang entered Langyuan Hall, she told Mr. Xu what happened today, with a very expressive expression.
"This child, Liu Niang, brought Mrs. Wang to see me with good intentions. Unexpectedly, Mrs. Wang didn't step firmly when she entered the pavilion. She actually rolled down the steps and her skirt was torn when she hit the floor."
As Zhang spoke, she glanced at Xu Nuo with regret. Instead of the usual coldness in her eyes, there was more kindness in her eyes.
"Ms. Wang was in a sorry state at the time. She bowed to me and left in a hurry. But there was something wrong with the way she looked at Liu Niang before she left. I'm worried that Liu Niang will blame Mrs. Wang for this. In a few days Sending someone to give a gift to the Wang family can also be considered as a way to calm Lady Wang's shock."
Mr. Xu nodded in agreement.
Xu Nuo was frightened by Zhang's loving eyes. She didn't expect that this would be the first time she satisfied her grandmother.
Zhang didn't say that Wang Ying's fall was related to the promise. She also blamed Wang Ying for not being broad-minded enough to hold grudges against a junior because of a trivial matter.
Xu Nuo had been in contact with Xu Qian for a long time, and knew what to say to make Mrs. Zhang happy, so she said: "Thank you grandma, everything today is all my granddaughter's fault. I didn't help Mrs. Wang immediately, which made grandma worry."
Zhang was indeed satisfied with Xu Nuo's answer and asked Xu Nuo to relax, saying that she would handle the rest.
Mrs. Zhang was in a good mood today and left everyone to have a meal in Langyuan Hall.
After dinner, Mrs. Ding and Aunt Xu returned to Yinyu Courtyard together, changed into regular clothes and prepared to talk. They had just asked the maid to make tea when Xu Guyu came back dusty. There was some anxiety on his face.
"Dad." Aunt Xu stood up and saluted.
Xu Guyu didn't expect that his daughter was there, so he nodded, and the anxious look on his face had disappeared a lot. He took the tea soup handed over by Aunt Xu and took a sip before saying: "Dad and your mother have something to say. You are going back to Hangzhou tomorrow morning. Go back to your house to rest early. You can choose the gifts you bring to your in-laws and take them back. Don't leave them behind." What."
He is very satisfied with this daughter, and he doesn't have to worry about many things. She can do it herself.
Aunt Du's eyes flickered, and she calmly talked about the gifts she wanted to bring back to her husband's family, and then left.
As soon as the curtain fell. Ding stood up and said, "Master, what's wrong?"
The eldest daughter has always been sensible and has many ideas. The master will not shy away from his daughter when there is something going on at home. Today I actually lured my daughter out. I guess something big happened.
Xu Guyu's face was as heavy as water. He rubbed his fingers along the curve of the bottom of the tea cup. He took a deep breath and said, "The tea soup sent to Bianjing was not pure white enough after ordering. The water was uneven and delicate, and water marks appeared quickly. "Even ordinary officials would not use this kind of tea.
Mrs. Ding opened her eyes wide and asked in disbelief: "Is it because the tea tester doesn't have enough tea skills?"
Xu Gucheng shook his head, feeling heavy in his heart. It took him a few times to regain his composure: "It's impossible, other people's tea is fine. Only our tea has such an oversight."
Ding yelled, saying it was impossible, and covered her mouth with her hands.
The tea sent to Bianjing is the best tea from the best tea house this year. It is impossible for this situation to happen. Moreover, I have been drinking this tea for a while at home. The soup is extremely delicate and the tea made lasts for a long time. Yejiu, this situation cannot happen, someone must have tampered with it!
"Master, do you know who did it?" Ding was anxious and a little uneasy, her expression no longer calm and calm as usual.
"I don't know, if the person from Guanglu Temple hadn't handed me a letter in advance, I would have been even more confused by then." He got the letter at noon. After reading the letter, he broke into a layer of sweat on his back. He had been busy all afternoon and couldn't do anything. Not found.
Ms. Ding was extremely panicked. She could handle matters at home with ease, and she also knew a little bit about things in the mall. But what happened now was something she had never seen before, and she couldn't help but feel at a loss.
Many years ago, tribute tea came from Mingzhou, and these years it all comes from Jianzhou. Although the tea in Suzhou is well-known, it is difficult to compare with Jianzhou's Feng Tuan and Long Tuan.
It wasn't until this year that several nobles from the capital tasted the Xu family's tea that the Xu family had such an opportunity. The tea was transported to Bianjing a few days ago. If it can pass the inspection of Guanglu Temple, it can become tribute tea. The Xu family's tea party will be of a very high quality.
It was also because of this incident that Ms. Ding had the confidence to select sons from two Zhejiang roads for Xu Erniang's marriage. Because she believes that the Xu family's development will get better and better in the future, and those who find her picky will have no choice but to shut up when they see the Xu family's development in the future.
Who would have thought that something like this would go wrong in the first review!
"Where's the second uncle? What did he say? He knows a lot of people in the capital, so let him think of a way." Ding was anxious and thought of Xu Gucheng. Although Xu Gucheng was the second son, he had always been the backbone of the Xu family. This matter Although she never admitted it verbally, she believed that Xu Gucheng was the key to the future development of the Xu family.
Xu Guyu shook his head, his eyebrows almost frowning together: "He went to the south to control the floods and won't be able to come back for a while. I wrote a letter and ordered someone to send it to him. I told him the situation first and asked him to help analyze it. Others He couldn’t help even if he wanted to.”
Since someone can tamper with the Xu family's tea and deliberately frame the Xu family, they must know the details of the Xu family.
If Xu Gucheng were allowed to come back at this time, he might be accused of dereliction of duty.
"Otherwise, let your elder brother do you a favor and exchange our tea first, and then you can check other things slowly." Ding thought for a long time, and hesitated for a moment before she asked her brother to help.
Xu Guyu still shook his head, his face looked better than before, and he was calmer. He put down the tea cup he had been holding for a long time, and warned Mrs. Ding: "The Xu family is being dragged into the muddy water, and you actually want to drag my brother-in-law in. Are you going to harm him?"
If he couldn't distinguish these interests, the Xu family's business would not reach this stage. What's more, although he is a businessman, he is not a profit-seeking person and will not drag others down for his own benefit.
If he hadn't taken care of it in advance, he wouldn't have known so early that there was something wrong with the tea he sent, and there wouldn't have been any help suppressing the matter.
The selected tribute tea sent to Bianjing must be of high quality anyway. If the inferior product is sent to the capital, it is better that the emperor will not pursue it. If someone said in front of the emperor that the Xu family ignored the emperor's authority and deliberately took tea as tribute, it would be better to use the tea as a substitute. To deceive the emperor is to deceive the emperor.
Ding's face turned pale. She only thought that her brother was now in a high and powerful position, and things would be much easier to solve if he intervened. She didn't think deeply about it at all.
He fell down on the table and couldn't speak for a long time.
Before dinner on the second day, Ms. Lu received a letter. It was Lu Yijian sent from Bianjing.
While she was reading the letter, Xu Nuo brought a vase with Chun Tang.
Xu Nuo first chose a place for Chun Tang to put the vase down, and then picked up the envelope from the desk. Looking at the straight and powerful words on it, he asked: "Mom, uncle has a letter? What did he say?"
Lu did not shy away from Xu Nuo and directly handed the letter he had read to Xu Nuo.
After Xu Nuo looked at it, his expression immediately changed.
Is this matter a big deal? Not too small. If someone sincerely makes a fuss about this matter, the Xu family will not stop recently, and may even undergo major changes.
There are many big events in history caused by trivial things, and this will be the case with the Wutai Poetry Case a few decades from now.
At that time, it was the time when the old and new parties were fighting each other. Su Shi wrote a "Huzhou Express of Appreciation" to the emperor, but everyone in the new party picked on him and said that he was "fooling the government and being arrogant." He was said to be a mockery of the imperial power, reckless and rude. Disloyal to the emperor.
In this way, Su Shi was arrested by Yushitai, and dozens of people were implicated.
If that person plans to use a batch of tea to implicate any one or all of Xu Gucheng, Ding Mo, and Lu Yijian, then he has a grand plan!
Contrary to Xu Nuo's uneasiness, Lu's expression was calm and calm.
She lit a candle and burned the letter, then wrote a letter to Xu Gucheng and ordered it to be sent quickly.
He wrote another letter to Lu Yijian, and then asked Xu Nuo to go back to Mingjin Pavilion to have dinner first and not to tell anyone about the matter. Then he went to the main room to find Xu Guyu and Ding, and conveyed his brother's wishes.
Xu Nuo originally wanted to remind Mrs. Lu not to involve her uncle in this matter, but she found that the letters her mother replied to her uncle were all about daily trivial matters. She also asked a few questions about the current situation of her eldest son Xu Pingyi, but did not mention a word about the matter. , obviously did not want to involve the Lu family in this matter again.
As expected, women educated by the Lu family do not panic when encountering problems, but deal with them calmly.
Lu used to be sad because something happened to someone close to her that was difficult to change. Although things are difficult now, they are not without room for maneuver.
Lu's letter to Xu Gucheng also read Xu Gucheng's letter. She only briefly talked about the information her brother had brought, but more about Xu Guocheng's progress in piano skills in the past few days, and also promised Xu Gucheng peace of mind to control the water.
Xu Nuo couldn't help but look at her mother with admiration. An ordinary woman would be at a loss when faced with such a big event, but her mother was so calm and every move was very orderly and reasonable.
The purpose of this matter is very clear. The key is to find out the person behind the scenes. The tea cakes sent by the Xu family to Bianjing must have been changed. If it can be found out who changed the tea cakes when and where, starting from this clue, everything will It will be much more convenient.
Mrs. Lu went to the big room, and Xu Nuo also returned to her room. She ate something casually, changed into her middle coat, and lay down on the mat, staring at Chengchen in a daze.
Who wants to harm the Xu family?
There was a fire at the city gate, which affected the fish in the pond. She was the fish in the pond. If the Xu family had a hard time, she would have to suffer as well.
She didn't know much about things in the Xu family shopping mall, but if the other party wanted to seduce her father, uncle, or Ding Mo, she knew the direction of history and had several candidates.
But those people don’t use this method, it’s troublesome, complicated, and full of variables.
There was a sound outside the back window, and Xu Nuo quickly turned over and sat up. He rushed over and pulled out the bolt without tying up his newly untied hair.
The back window is where she and Qi Qi meet. Before Qi Qi was promoted to a first-class maid, they had been communicating here.
Today Qi Qi is looking for her from here again. Is there something important?
Xu Nuo opened the window and saw a big smiling face, it was Xiao Yuan.
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ps: Ding said that when he was the official of Fujian Dynasty, he first made Phoenix Tuan, which was later called Dragon Tuan - "The tribute could not be more than forty cakes. It was specially planned to pay tribute. Although I was a close minister, I only heard about it but never saw it." The author did not find out when Ding Wei wrote the history of Fujian's operation. The article temporarily writes about the eighth year of Dazhong Xiangfu (before 1012). If the specific time is found in the future, I will come back and change it. If you know, you can tell us in the book review area Author. (PS will not charge for more than 3,000 words (to be continued...)
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