"As far as my son knows, the position of the Minister of War has been coveted by the Dingping Marquis's Mansion for a long time. The favor of the daughter in the palace cannot be snatched from the Imperial Concubine Xing, and the position of the Minister of War outside the palace cannot be snatched from the Xing family. I'm afraid that Marquis Jia will never get rid of this anger."
"Do you mean to assume that the people from Pinghou Mansion went out to block them?"
"Father, Marquis Jia is not stupid. If he knew they wanted them to take the blame, would he still do this? So, if you are willing, I do have a plan, but I am afraid that father will lose his heart."
Yan Hou was so angry that his nose was crooked, and he said with a look of disdain.
"Sacred Heart? What a joke! When has he ever cared about us? So it's lost, so what? How can there be any grief about it?!"
Upon seeing this, Minister Yan came close to Marquis Yan's ear and spoke in detail. After hearing the last part, Marquis Yan's eyes showed an expression of being ready to die.
Therefore, within a few days, the gate of the Xing family was blocked by Lord Yan, and everyone was cursing and talking about how Prime Minister Xing was partial and bent the law, and excluded others. In particular, the news that he transferred his own brother to the position of Vice Minister of the Ministry of War was widely publicized.
The people around were all talking about it.
They made a huge fuss and even prepared a lot of rotten eggs and vegetable leaves, which they threw at the door of the Xing family. Everyone in the entire Sui'an city knew about it.
However, Prime Minister Xing did not go out to confront them. Instead, he hid at home and refused to express his position. This attitude made the people feel that there must be something fishy going on.
They were originally the oppressed party, and now that they encountered such an "unfair" thing, of course they would make a fuss. So, after a while, there were always some "loyal and righteous people" who would stage a big drama when the Xing family came in and out.
For example, Madam Xing went out to worship Buddha, and her carriage was knocked over halfway on the way. She fell out of the carriage, broke her arm, and scratched her face. She was in so much pain that she hid in the mansion to recuperate for a while.
Prime Minister Xing was even more miserable. No one knew who had tampered with the bottom of the carriage, so it fell apart while it was moving. As luck would have it, he fell on the horse manure. His official uniform was covered in the smell of manure, and he was laughed at by the people around him.
He was so angry that he couldn't get out of bed for three days. He then secretly went to court, and some people from the other party openly mocked him as a dung minister.
Therefore, Prime Minister Xing did not care about it anymore and sent more than a dozen memorials to the emperor, hoping to have Marquis Yan dragged out and his corpse whipped, but the emperor kept silent about it.
This matter lasted from the end of March to the beginning of May, and it was not until the whole Sui'an City entered the hot summer that it was finally concluded!
Because of his inappropriate words and deeds, Marquis Yan was fined one 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 gave Concubine Xing and the Seventh Prince the cold shoulder for two or three months as a small punishment for a big one.
The ones who benefited the most from this were Concubine Jia who was sent in by Marquis Dingping's family, and Princess Yuehua, and the other noble ladies who came into the palace 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 neglected by the emperor, the Jia family became more and more prominent.
After calming down, Prime Minister Xing felt more and more that something was wrong. He thought that the Earl's Mansion would not be so stupid as to have conflicts with them so openly time and time again. He might have someone deliberately set up a trap to mess with their two families.
The more he thought about it, the more suspicious he became of Marquis Dingping's Mansion and Concubine Jia.
Finally, it was already the end of June and the beginning of July when it was discovered that it was indeed the Dingping Marquis Mansion that was behind the conspiracy.
In July, there is the Qiqiao Festival and the Zhongyuan Festival. These two festivals must be celebrated seriously whether in the palace or outside.
In the general's mansion, although Tai Ge'er has only one daughter of his generation, Jin'er, there is also a cousin Yan from the Du family. Therefore, for the sake of the two of them, the Qiqiao Festival will be celebrated in a grand manner.
Therefore, everyone from top to bottom was preparing for the moon worship ceremony, and the two sisters had a rare deep affection for each other. They had been inseparable since the day they met.
Especially Jin'er, there are too many brothers in the family. Whenever she goes in and out, all she sees are sweaty older brothers or drooling younger brothers. It's so 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 we are talking, learning needlework or practicing calligraphy.
On this day, the sun outside began to become scorching again.
Du Jingyi walked from Xitang Courtyard to Xulai Courtyard where Jin'er and the others were, and actually broke out in a thin layer of sweat. He wiped it with a handkerchief, and his cheeks turned slightly red.
Just when she walked to the door, she saw Gu Xiaochun coming out and coming to greet her.
"Why is sister-in-law here?"
"Someone from my house came and said they wanted to ask Sister Yan to go back and look after the yard, so I came to see if Sister Yan was still playing with Jin'er?"
"They fell asleep. They had lunch and have been dozing off ever since. I guess they talked too much last night and didn't get enough sleep."
As he spoke, he ushered Du Jingyi into the inner room.
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After entering the room, the temperature suddenly became much cooler because of the ice. Du Jingyi also had time to sit down and rest. Then he tilted his head to glance at the two sisters who were sleeping soundly on the bed, and said with a chuckle.
"It reminds me of when I was little and my sister and I used to sleep in like this on summer days. At that time, there were only two of us at home, and our parents took good care of us, so we lived a comfortable life."
Hearing this, Gu Xiaochun's eyes were filled with envy, and then he began to talk about his childhood.
"My sister-in-law is so lucky. When I was as old as them, I had already entered the palace to serve. At that time, I was timid and the maids were strict with me, so every day I was either learning the rules or doing palace chores. Sometimes when I was wronged, I would hide in my quilt and cry at night. The next day, the other little palace maids saw me and thought I had wet the bed."
There was no resentment in her when she said this.
Instead, she felt a sense of relief as if she had sailed across thousands of 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, she is grateful for the hardships she suffered in her childhood, which enabled her to have the sweet life she has now.
Du Jingyi understood what she meant, so he also sighed and said.
"I hope that the two sisters will be blessed in the future, and that their lives in their husband's home will be as free and comfortable as they were in their parents' home."
"Yes, yes. With a brother like Tai Ge'er protecting them, how dare the two sons-in-law act rashly?"
Just one sentence made Du Jingyi laugh.