After being expelled from the palace, she returned with her cub and amazed the whole city

Thinking about what Jiang Zhengming said, Yang's heart skipped a beat, and a bad premonition came to her.

It's over, have your worries come true? !

Mrs. Qu was shocked, "Madam, could it be that the official found out that the second young lady ran back and came to visit her?

"I don't know! If the Yamen wants to investigate, what should we do?"

Yang is good at the little things in the inner house, and his mind is full of mush when facing big events.

"Wait a minute, madam. The gate is too eye-catching. Let's go in through the corner door."

It is said that ginger is very spicy when she is old. Mrs. Qu rolled her eyes and quickly had an idea.

The two of them bypassed the crowd and came to one side of the backyard of Shangshu Mansion. After knocking for a while, the maid guarding the corner door opened it.

"Why did it take so long to open the door? You didn't do your duty properly during the day. Are you more lax at night?" Yang scolded coldly.

On weekdays, maids and women go in and out through this corner door when they go out to do shopping. People on duty during the day are never allowed to leave without permission. When the maids are on duty at night, they occasionally get together to have a drink. When the Yang family is in charge, they all turn a blind eye. Close one eye.

"Mrs. Yang, it's not that this old slave didn't do his job well, it's that something big happened in the house." The servant girl was originally going to call her Aunt Yang, but when she saw Granny Qu giving her a look, she understood and immediately changed her tune.

"Go in and talk."

Seeing the frightened expression on the servant woman's face, Mrs. Yang quickly strode in.

After Mrs. Qu entered, she turned around and lowered the door bolt, and asked impatiently: "Why are there so many people watching at the front door? What big thing happened in the house?"

"Are there any officials coming to look for someone? Is the master back?" Yang asked anxiously as he took off his curtain hat.

The maid glanced at Mrs. Qu, bowed to Mrs. Yang and replied, "The master is receiving the decree in the front hall. The person coming is not an official official, but seems to be the eunuch from the palace who announced the decree."

"I just heard what the lady in the tea room said. Madam will find out what the specific matter is when she goes to take a look." The servant girl didn't dare to go to the front hall because she had nothing to do. She only learned about what happened at the front door when she went to the tea room to get water.

Mrs. Yang handed the curtain hat in her hand to Mrs. Qu and walked quickly towards the front hall.

Walking out of the hanging flower door leading to the backyard, she vaguely heard the distinctive high-pitched voice of a eunuch.

She walked along the corridor to the window at the back of the hall, and heard the eunuch in the hall say: "Thank you, Master Jiang! Your Majesty wants you to be honest, and has not cut off your official position. He still keeps you as the head of the Household Department. This is the Emperor's fault." Grace is mighty.”

Chief!

Yang's feet softened and she squatted down.

The head of the household department is just a minor official of the sixth rank, mainly responsible for assisting the officials in the household department to do some chores.

There is a lot of work to do but a small salary. Some people stay in that position for a lifetime and never get promoted to the position of minister.

The powerful minister just let it go.

"Thank you Lord for your kindness, long live your emperor."

In the hall, Jiang Zhengming knelt down to receive the order.

Just as he took the bright yellow imperial edict in his hands, the eunuch who announced the edict said again: "Your Majesty is merciful and allows you to move out of the Shangshu Mansion within ten days."

Jiang Zhengming could not get up from the ground until the eunuch who announced the decree left.

Yang heard footsteps walking away in the hall. She put one hand on the ground and stood up with all her strength.

Then stumbled into the hall.

"Husband, Your Majesty, he..."

"Shut up! Thunder, rain and dew are all the emperor's favor." Jiang Zhengming was afraid that Yang would say something disrespectful and be overheard, so he scolded him angrily.

No matter how unwilling Jiang Zhengming was, he could not change the fact that he was demoted.

"We live well in this house, but what should we do if we are asked to move in ten days?" Yang said, covering her face and crying.

The housekeeper and the servant stepped forward to help Jiang Zhengming, who was kneeling on the ground.

After Jiang Zhengming got up, he sat down at the Eight Immortals table and sighed: "Officials below the third rank have to buy their own houses, so what's the use of crying?"

He said to the housekeeper: "Go to the accounting office and check the account books to see how much money is left in the warehouse. Once you have taken stock, go and buy a house as soon as possible. No matter how big or small it is, the best location is on the east side."

"Sir, we don't have to live in the east, the north is fine too."

When Mrs. Yang heard that she was buying a house in the east, she was so frightened that cold sweat ran down her back.

Jiang Zhengming never asked about the money from the father-in-law. Yang knew this well. The food and clothing expenses for her daughter and her were the same as those of a direct descendant. She occasionally had to secretly support her parents' family. The money from the father-in-law was only enough to buy a small courtyard for two people in the north. .

Jiang Zhengming knew that the principal was not qualified to attend the morning court. He was used to living in the east for so many years.

He ignored Yang's suggestion and insisted: "Do what I want, just look to the east."

"I'll go check it out now, and try to see the house tomorrow." The housekeeper took the order and left.

Seeing the housekeeper leaving, Mrs. Yang wiped away her tears and bravely said: "Husband, in order to maintain the dignity of the Shangshu Mansion these years, you have many servants and servants, as well as the concubine's room in your backyard. We need to spend money, but I’m afraid I don’t have enough money to buy a house.”

Jiang Zhengming was stunned. There was not enough money, which surprised him.

He figured he could buy a second yard.

"We'll wait until the housekeeper checks the account. If it's not much different, we can sell the village outside the city."

"Husband, that village has little output and cannot be sold for much money. It is not suitable for Jiao'er to show up in the capital now, so the land will be left for her to live in."

Ms. Yang was shocked. If Jiang Zhengming sold the village, her Jiaoer would really have nowhere to go.

Jiang Zhengming masturbated from the third grade to the sixth grade, and he was shocked beyond words.

He waved his hand, "That's all, let's take it one step at a time."

He stood up and gathered his energy and ordered the boy: "Get someone to take down the plaque outside the gate and destroy it."

For Jiang Zhengming, keeping the plaque was not an honor, but a shame.

The servant next to him bowed and said, "I'll go right away."

Outside the gate, some people knew that Jiang Jiaojiao was carried into the Wei family in a sedan chair.

Seeing the eunuch who announced the decree come out, they were curious about what decree he was here to convey, and they stretched their necks to watch but no one dared to ask.

Just as everyone began to disperse in twos and threes, the gate opened again, and several servants carrying bamboo ladders came out.

Everyone stopped to watch and saw the servants take down the plaque and close the gate again.

Then everyone started to discuss.

"Has Minister Jiang been demoted?" said a young man dressed as a servant.

"The concubine of his family became the concubine of the concubine of the prime minister's mansion, so she must have been implicated." A woman carried a bamboo basket in her hand, and a little girl dressed as a maid followed behind her. At first glance, she was a woman from someone's house who came out to buy things.

Someone said, "What a jinx, what a sin!"

"That's right. I heard that Miss Jiang and the bastard of the Wei family were doing something in the teahouse in Lihua Lane. Later, the teahouse was closed."

Before the woman finished speaking, the onlookers immediately became excited.

Someone approached and asked, "What does that mean?"

"What else could it be? It's just that thing. I heard it from the waiter in the teahouse. The two of them had a lot of fun in the private room." The woman said, covering her lips and laughing.