The host of the quick travel is lacking in virtue for eight generations

Lady Lin, the wife of the Duke, held her and cried. She was crying about her bad luck and misfortune, and how she became a widow after marrying into the Pingxi Marquis's Mansion. She was also crying about her short-lived daughter who died early.

In fact, it has been quietly spread among the rich and powerful that Xiao Yun has a tough life. After all, losing his mother at a young age has already been criticized.

Generally speaking, wealthy families are very averse to marrying a daughter-in-law whose parents are not complete, as they believe that such a woman has a tough life but no blessings, and may even bring bad luck to the family.

And Chu Hongyi was so popular back then, but he chose the original body to marry him, which caused quite a sensation in the capital at the time.

According to Xiao Yun, it was actually the Pingxi Marquisate that wanted to establish a relationship with the Zhenbei Marquisate and the Weiguo Marquisate. After all, these two families represented two forces that no other family could compare to.

If everything was peaceful and safe, there would be nothing wrong with it. However, just a few months after the marriage, the old Marquis Pingxi died and the prince disappeared. Not to mention outsiders, even everyone in the Marquis Pingxi's mansion actually blamed the original owner.

It was just that because the Pingxi Marquis's Mansion was on the decline and needed the support of the Zhenbei Marquis and the Weiguo Duke, he did not dare to show it too much.

This is also the fundamental reason why the Pingxi Marquisate wants Chu Hongwen to inherit both houses. They don't want to lose her dowry, and they don't want to lose their two major helpers.

"Mother, please don't be sad. Don't scare Yun'er. It's a bit cold outside. Let's go inside first."

When Aunt Xu saw that her mother-in-law was crying so hard that she could hardly breathe, she quickly spoke up to divert her attention.

"That's right, look at me, an old woman. I finally got to see my Yun'er, but I was just crying. You must be cold on the way. Come into the house with grandma and warm up."

Lin wiped her tears with a handkerchief with one hand and held Xiao Yun's hand with the other.

In the original body's impression, her grandmother, grandfather and two uncles and aunts were all very nice to her. Maybe it was because she looked more like her mother, so her grandmother and grandfather had a great empathy effect on her.

When they entered the house, Lin pulled her to sit on the couch and asked someone to prepare some blood-replenishing tea.

The three of them exchanged pleasantries for a while, asked about some usual matters, then sent the servants away and talked about the letter.

"Grandmother, read the letter you sent me. What do you mean by the weather changing so much, with clouds appearing but then the wind blows and it becomes clear again?"

Lin held Xiao Yun's hand and asked in a low voice.

Mrs. Xu didn't say anything, but her eyes were fixed on her, as if she wanted to see what she was thinking.

Xiao Yun nodded in his heart. It was indeed easy to communicate with smart people. He only needed to give a little hint and the other party would understand.

She also lowered her voice and said, "I happened to hear someone say that the Duke of Wei's Mansion has a good relationship with the King of Qi. This is not a good thing."

The two of them understood immediately what she meant.

The Prince of Qi is the elder brother of the current emperor. He is good at both civil and military affairs. He competed for the throne in the past, but in the end the current emperor won because he was the legitimate son of the queen, so he was more popular and successfully ascended the throne.

But he has always been on guard against the King of Qi. He might not take action against him while the retired emperor is still alive, but it is hard to say what will happen once the retired emperor dies.

The Duke of Weiguo is in charge of the military power of Zhongyun's 200,000 troops, and the most taboo thing is to have any connection with the princes. No matter whether this is true or false, once it reaches the ears of the emperor, the Duke of Weiguo's Mansion will be like a knife at his neck.

"This is completely a fabrication by others. It is simply nonsense. Your grandfather is far away at the northern border, and your two uncles are not that kind of people. How could they possibly associate with the King of Qi?"

Lin frowned and said to Xiao Yun, also making his position clear.

Xiao Yun nodded, "I also find it strange. Although the King of Qi is in the capital, he has always liked to party with those literati and scholars. He must have never interacted with military officers to avoid suspicion. I don't know who spread this rumor, I'm afraid his intentions are sinister!"

Of course, no one had spread this rumor until two years later. No one knew whether the Duke of Weiguo's Mansion had really surrendered to the King of Qi at that time, or whether Chu Hongyi and his men framed them. Anyway, the Duke of Weiguo's Mansion was confiscated and exiled because of this.

Because the retired emperor had died at that time, and the King of Qi was indeed stationing troops to seize the throne, so they were given a shot of prevention now to avoid being implicated again later.

It was almost noon when they finished saying this. Xu asked someone to prepare lunch, and they ate in the flower hall. After lunch, Xiao Yun did not stay long, and went back with some good things given by her grandmother and aunt.

The purpose of her reminder was achieved, and she also got a lot of gold, silver and jewelry for free yesterday, so she was in a really good mood today. If she hadn't considered Hongling and the others around her, she would have hummed a little tune.

However, this good mood only lasted until she returned to the Pingxi Marquis's Mansion. As soon as she arrived at Tai'an Courtyard, she saw the old marquis's wife's personal nanny waiting there, saying that the old lady wanted her to come over to discuss something.