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Chapter 2409 Under the full nest of Guizi scrolls, cut to the top

After hesitating for a while, Zhen Baoyu signaled his cousin not to go by with his eyes, but to go outside.

Zhen Baoyu didn't have much affection for her cousin, but he was the only son of the eldest son and the pillar of the Zhen family in the future, so she was able to maintain the relationship, but she was a little surprised to see him so mysterious.

All the way to the side, Zhen Baoyu said in a low voice: "Baoyu, are you looking for your uncle? It's best not to go there."

Seeing his cousin's unlucky look, Zhen Baoyu shook his head, "What's the matter? I heard from my aunt that my sister had a letter, and later I said that the letter was sent to my uncle by you, so I want to ask how my uncle and sister are doing? Did you read that letter, brother?"

"I gave that letter to my father. How dare I read the letter from my sister to my parents?" Zhen Baoyu shook his head, "But I'm afraid my sister's situation is not very good. It’s the capital city.”

"Sister is going back to the capital?" Zhen Baoyu was overjoyed: "Which noble person?"

The three sisters of the Zhen family, Baochen, Baoyan, and Baoyu, have been very close since childhood. Although Zhen Baochen lost his mother when he was young, the continuation of Zhen Baochen's mother was not close to Zhen Baochen, but it did not affect the relationship between the sisters. Relationship.

Later, eight years ago, Zhen Baochen married the legitimate son of the Ding family in Huizhou, and six years ago, Zhen Baozhen married the king of Beijing County, Shui Rong, but Zhen Baoyu's marriage was not settled, and his sister-in-law was alone at home.

The three sisters had been exchanging letters until the North-South War, when Zhen Baozhen was imprisoned in Beijing, and later exiled in Xi'an, the contact was broken, but Zhen Baochen and Zhen Baoyu still maintained close contacts.

In the past two years, every time Zhen Baochen came back to Jinling's natal family, the two sisters talked about the fate of the second sister (sister) with sighs, and worried about the future of each family.

Zhen's family, Shui's family, and Ding's family are all like grasshoppers on a rope.

As the imperial court's advantage over Nanjing is growing, and Prince Yizhong and civil servants like Nanjing are seeking to compromise with the imperial court, but wealthy families like the Zhen family, the Shui family, and the Ding family seem to be gradually showing signs of being abandoned , even the women in the family feel the same way.

"My sister mentioned in her letter that she might be going back to the capital, but she didn't say exactly how." Zhen Baoyu shook his head, "As for the help of a noble person, maybe it's Feng Keng who is showing off his might in Jinling City. "

"Ah?" Zhen Baoyu was taken aback, "Is he the sister's nobleman? How could my sister have anything to do with him?"

Feng Ziying's reputation in Jinling City is indeed thunderous, and his father often mentions this person when he comes home.

However, Zhen Baoyu knew that there was a saying in the family that he wanted to marry this man, but it was just a mention, and soon there was news that this man had three wives, and the eldest one went to the Shen family in Suzhou. , the second room married the Jinling Xue family, which had declined, and the third room married the Suzhou Lin family.

Zhen Baoyu thought that he might not be as good as Suzhou Shen, but he was not inferior to Jinling Xue's daughter and Suzhou Lin's daughter.

What is the Jinling Xue family?It has long been in decline and has become an imperial merchant, and there is no male pillar in the family.

The Lin family in Suzhou is also small in population. Although Lin Ruhai was born as a Jinshi, he is not tolerated by the scholarly group and can only serve as the emperor's private minister. Moreover, Lin Daiyu lost her mother since childhood and has a weak constitution. How can she be a big wife?
However, these thoughts were just mentioned when he was chatting with his two sisters. Zhen Baoyu himself didn't care too much about it. On the contrary, the two sisters felt very regretful.

Now the cousin who suddenly heard that the nobleman of the cousin was Feng Keng naturally made Zhen Baoyu a little unbelievable, but she had never heard her sister mention that she had anything to do with the Feng family before.

"My sister didn't say anything in the letter, but my uncle said whether she had something to do with a woman from the Jia family in Ningguo Mansion. I don't know the specifics." Zhen Baoyu didn't know the details either. It’s not good, my sister should not get into trouble, if my father and uncle send evil fire on my sister, it will be bad.”

Zhen Baoyu did not mention that her father was once inspired by the sisters of the Li family who took the initiative to make Feng Ziying a concubine, and deliberately wanted to let her cousin be a concubine for Feng Ziying. Temporary intentional movement, if you really have to think about it, you will know that it is definitely not feasible.

While the two were talking, they saw one of Zhen Yingjia's elders walking in quickly, saw Zhen Baoyu and Zhen Baoyu brother and sister, said hello, and wanted to go in, Zhen Baoyu saw the other party in a hurry, and asked casually: "Father and Uncle is talking, if you have nothing else to do, don't bother."

"Master, Master Ding from Huizhou is here, and Miss Eldest is also back." The long follower replied.

"The eldest sister is back too?" Both siblings said in unison: "Really?"

The elder sister Zhen Baochen didn't come back very often, after all she was married long ago, and she was still in Huizhou, six or seven hundred miles away, so she might not be able to come back once a year, Zhen Baoyu and Zhen Baochen usually communicated mostly through letters.

"That's right, the eldest miss also came back with my uncle, just arrived at the door, Mr. Ding probably has something urgent, so he asked the young one to rush to report." The long attendant responded.

After the two brothers and sisters heard about it, they didn't dare to stop the long follower, but it is estimated that Ding's father and son brought the eldest sister back together, no matter how they looked at it, they thought it was a bit weird.

Usually, when the eldest sister returns to her natal home, she usually greets her in advance, and most of them come back by herself. Has she ever returned with her father-in-law or husband?

Inside, Zhen Yingjia and Zhen Yingyu heard that Ding Deyi, Ding Zhongzhen and his son came to their home with their daughter, and they looked at each other in dismay while feeling tense. At this time, the Ding family's father and son suddenly came to Jinling, which is not a good omen.

Could it be that he also learned that the current situation of the Zhen family is not good, so he wants to discuss how to deal with it?

But no matter what, we should say hello in advance.

It's just that the in-laws and son-in-law had already visited, and it was impossible for Zhen Yingjia to miss him, so he called Zhen Yingyu to meet the guests together, but he already had some ominous premonitions in his heart.

Zhen Baoyu and Zhen Baoyu didn't think too much, when they heard that their sister had returned, they happily went to the gate to greet her.

Seeing his younger brother and cousin coming to pick him up, Zhen Baochen, who was a little tired, had a happy smile on his face, and waved his hands to greet his younger siblings.

"Sister, why did you suddenly think that you are coming back at this time, and you didn't say hello in advance?" Zhen Baoyu has a good relationship with this cousin, and ran forward quickly, clasping each other's arms affectionately, "Master Ding and brother-in-law are also very friendly. Come, what is so solemn?"

Zhen Baoyu's unintentional words made Zhen Baochen's heart "thump".

In fact, Zhen Baochen was a little confused on the way.

Talking about Nanjing is very hasty. After returning from a trip to Nanchang, my father-in-law has been in a bad mood, and he and his husband have been discussing something mysteriously for a while.

She also asked her husband, but he always said impatiently that it was an outside matter, so she didn't have to ask more, so she didn't dare to ask more.

But she felt that it should be related to the "changing sky" of the imperial court.

The new emperor's ascension to the throne was originally a good thing, after all, the imperial court and Nanjing had reached an agreement.

She is the daughter of the Zhen family, so she is no stranger to such government affairs.

The Zhen family has always been a loyal supporter of Prince Yizhong. It is reasonable to say that since the negotiation is concluded, the Zhen family should also benefit from it, but the situation does not seem to be the case.

Prince Yizhong went north, Tang Miu joined the cabinet, and even Zhu Gu and others went north to Beijing one after another. It is said that there will be better arrangements.

Then the imperial army suddenly came south, and the three towns in the south of the Yangtze River were relieved. Niu Jizong, Wang Ziteng, Chen Jixian, Sun Shaozu and others who were originally regarded as Optimus Prime in the south of the Yangtze River either retired or disappeared.

The whole situation in Nanjing suddenly changed drastically. It seems that the imperial court's attitude towards these people in Nanjing has also begun to change, and they began to find fault with each other.

From this time, Zhen Baochen felt that the Ding family began to feel restless. The father-in-law and husband went out frequently, and the messengers from the capital, Nanjing, and Nanchang kept running back and forth.

That's all, but what worries Zhen Baochen is that they seem to be avoiding himself by doing these things, and this is what scares Zhen Baochen the most.

This time I came to Nanjing, but my father-in-law and husband brought me with them, saying that they wanted me to go back to my natal home to have a look.

If it was the past, Zhen Baochen would naturally be overjoyed, but this time it always made her feel a little unspeakably worried.

"Maybe it's the master and the gentleman who have business matters with their father and uncle?" Zhen Baochen said indifferently: "I haven't asked either."

The rough-tempered Zhen Baoyu didn't care too much, but Zhen Baoyu seemed to feel a little bit of desolation and loneliness in the elder sister's words, as well as some unspeakable worries.

"Eldest sister, what's wrong with you, what happened?" Zhen Baoyuhui was mean-spirited, elegant and wise, holding Zhen Baochen's arm, and asked cautiously: "But it has something to do with the current situation in Jinling City?"

Zhen Baochen glanced at his cousin. Compared with his ignorant younger brother, this cousin was much more alert and quick-witted, and had a much deeper understanding of the current situation.

"Perhaps, no family can avoid being involved in the turmoil in the south of the Yangtze River. The Zhen family is like this, and the Ding family is also like this. It's just that we don't know what will happen to us in this storm. ..."

Zhen Baoyu was startled by Zhen Baochen's sad and ominous tone, even the dull Zhen Baoyu could tell something was wrong, "Sister, what happened, did you and brother-in-law get into trouble?"

"No, it's just that I feel a little tired during this time, I don't know what's going on, I always feel like something is going to happen." Zhen Baochen glanced at the father-in-law and husband who had been hurriedly thinking about going to the middle courtyard, It seems that he doesn't care about his existence at all.

(End of this chapter)