Dressed as a middle-aged mistress, I want to lie down every day

Wang Jingye met his cousin at Shuangfeng Temple and told her how Zhou's ancestors got the snake whip.

"The Zhou family's ancestors were from Pingyang Prefecture, so it's possible that the Nie family encountered the Zhou family on their way to Guanzhong, or even on their way there, or near Pingyang Prefecture. Books aren't like gold or silver treasures, which can be hidden in a cave or buried underground. Books need to be protected from moisture and termites, and exposed to the sun every year. The most likely place they're hidden is in a temple, where scriptures are exposed to the sun every year.

"The problem is, I've visited every temple in Guanzhong, big and small, and found nothing unusual. The Ji family traveled thousands of miles to collect their books, so it's impossible for them to entrust them to anyone else, and then have them keep them for generations. Who is worthy of the Ji family's trust? It can only be someone from the Ji family. Who could it be?"

Wang Jingye spoke while guessing.

Queen Mother Wang asked, "Have you checked the wife Nie Cheng'an married?"

Wang Jingye was stunned. "It was my oversight. I always thought Chengping was the eldest son of the Nie family. I only looked into the Xiao family, and they had no dealings with the Ji family in the capital. I overlooked Cheng'an. Cheng'an married a merchant from Guanzhong. Their family wasn't high-class, but rather a country gentleman and a scholar. Cheng'an's marriage was arranged by the two families when my father-in-law was still alive. I heard from my wife that my father-in-law and Cheng'an's father-in-law were classmates."

At this point, he slapped his forehead. "I know. My wife once said that the Nie and Shang families are long-term relatives, marrying every three generations, but only Shang family daughters marry into the Nie family. The last Shang family daughter married into the Nie family but had no children, so an adopted son inherited the family business. He was my wife's great-grandfather, but later, due to family disputes, the two families stopped communicating.

"My wife's grandmother wasn't a merchant girl. I don't know why my father-in-law didn't marry a merchant girl. As for the engagement for Cheng'an, my wife said she didn't know what her father was thinking back then. He arranged it for Cheng'an, not Chengping."

He looked at his cousin and now understood, because Chengping was not the true blood of the Nie family.

The Queen Mother said, "No wonder the Ji family has become the most prominent family. The Nie and Shang families have been relatives for generations, and to ensure the health of their descendants, they have three generations of mourning, so that their bloodline is not too close. Go check later and see if the Shang family's daughters only married the eldest son of the Nie family. It's very likely that the Nie family fled to Guanzhong to seek refuge with the Shang family, and that they were already related by marriage at that time."

Wang Jingye nodded, understanding what his cousin said. Only the relationship between relatives by marriage is the strongest.

The Queen Mother continued, "So the books are likely kept by the Shang family. If you look into the dowry that the Shang family's daughter brought when she married into the Nie family, I suspect there were books. Over the years, some of them have been gradually returned to the Nie family as dowry. If there are any left, who found the martial arts master for my cousin's wife?"

"It's my father-in-law. I remember now. The merchant my father-in-law commissioned had a young lady who had been in poor health since childhood. She was initially registered in a nunnery. When she grew up, she didn't marry and directly shaved her head to become a nun. Later, she became the abbess."

Wang Jingye's eyes lit up, and he slapped his forehead again. "I only looked up temples and forgot there were nunneries. The nunnery where Miss Shangjia became a nun is in Pingyang Prefecture. That nunnery focuses on martial arts. My wife was sick when she was young, and she was weak. My father-in-law found her a master. She was the master of Mrs. Xue Si, the niece of the headmaster of the nunnery in Pingyang Prefecture, and an old maid."

Wang Jingye became more and more excited as he spoke. He walked along the official roads and bandit roads from the capital to Guanzhong, but had no clue. Now, because Chengping was not the eldest son of the Nie family, he thought in a different way and found a clear route.

Queen Mother Wang said, "After my cousin's biological mother passed away, no one knows where your father-in-law went. Did he come to the capital to meet the Ji family? Perhaps he met Chengping's mother on the way from the capital to Guanzhong. Otherwise, it would be difficult for a weak woman with two maids to reach Guanzhong safely. Madam Li and Madam Xue couldn't have failed to send people to look for him. He could only have reached Guanzhong with help. Where are the two maids?"

Wang Jingye said, "They died together in that accident. Their descendants in the Nie family probably won't know about Chengping's mother."

The Queen Mother was thinking that if his cousin's father came to Beijing to meet the Ji family and his mother was not aware of it, it meant that his cousin's father knew something about his mother and was hiding it from her.

As the eldest son of the Nie family, he is very careful and cautious, even guarding against his own mother.

It's a pity that he died too early.

Wang Jingye asked, "I'll go back to Guanzhong and then go to Pingyang Prefecture to check."

"Not for now. Ask Cheng'an and his family to come to Beijing, and send Chengping's family to Beijing as well. Find a suitable excuse. I want to see Cheng'an."

Wang Jingye was looking for an excuse to go home. Also, with such a large family, they couldn't all live in Wang Huilan's dowry house. It seemed that they would have to wait until after the New Year to leave.

Then buy a house.

It’s a headache. I don’t like the house I bought, but I don’t have time to renovate it. It’s so frustrating.

That night, someone gave him a note with only an address.

Wang Jingye went there early the next morning and knocked on the door. It was Eunuch Liang.

He knew that it was prepared for him by his cousin.

After entering, we took a look and found that it was barely acceptable. There was a large garden where children could play.

After Wang Jingye returned, he told his wife that he had bought a house and planned to spend the New Year in Beijing. Thinking that Chengping's wife and children were in Guanzhong, he simply asked Cheng'an to send them over. Cheng'an's family also came, and all his three sons came.

Mrs. Wang looked at her husband and asked, "What are you up to?"

Wang Jingye said, "What can I do? I just want us to celebrate the New Year in Beijing. Chengping is all alone. Doesn't he want a wife and children? Let him come to Beijing. We can't leave Cheng'an and his family alone in Guanzhong for the New Year. They've never been to Beijing anyway. Let the children see the world."

Mrs. Wang reached out and pinched her husband's face. "You say it's easy, but how can it be so easy to support a family? I'm here because I know Kung Fu, and Xuanxuan is here because my junior sister is with her. My two younger sisters-in-law are fragile, and the children are young. And it's winter now. How can you say it's so easy?"

Wang Jingye struggled hard and ran to the door, "I've already bought the house and sent someone back to pick it up..."

Before he could finish his words, he saw his wife bending down to take off her shoes and ran away quickly.

late.

Being hit on the back of the head with a shoe.

Mrs. Wang was furious and thought her husband was having a seizure.

Wang Huilan came over holding Xiangxiang, picked up the shoes and handed them to her senior sister.

"It's good that you're here. We're all here for the New Year. After the New Year, let's go to Hangzhou. They say there's heaven above and Suzhou and Hangzhou below. Let's go and see them while we can still move around."

Mrs. Wang put on her shoes and said, "How old are you to say that? I can hardly walk. It's not that I don't want them to come, I'm just angry that Xiangxiang's father always makes decisions without consulting me. Do you think I disagree? They are all my family. My sister-in-law has never been far away, and the child is young. He just asked for them to come."

Wang Huilan smiled, her senior brother-in-law was like a teenager at his age, and he did whatever he was told to do. Fortunately, he was the empress dowager's cousin, and he was not short of money because he did some business everywhere. The Nie family was also rich.

Her family, in fact, was a wealthy one in Pingyang Prefecture. They had a large population, many places to spend money, and few places to make money. Now they were struggling to raise the betrothal gifts and dowry for marrying off their daughters and daughters.