Lady Wan Guan

Chapter 13 Accompany me to act
Mr. Song Yao thought for a moment and said, "Butler Zhong, please remind me that if someone is arranged in the inner court, she cannot control everything."

"What a coincidence, today the eldest lady asked the servant to recommend a candidate to lead the inner court. The servant recommended Aunt Liu. Aunt Liu is an old man in the house and she and the slave are from the same hometown. She is the most suitable. The slave will be here soon. Go and tell her."

Just as he was talking, Qing'e came to ask for instructions, saying that the eldest lady was not feeling well and wanted to call Doctor Wu.

"Wasn't she fine just now?" Grandma Cui wondered.

Qing'e said: "Madam is just holding on. Last night, Madam was busy until midnight for the birthday party and kept coughing. Madam also said that she regretted taking over the housekeeper's job because she was afraid that her body wouldn't be able to hold on..."

Mrs. Song Yao glanced at Grandma Cui and said, "Go and invite her yourself."

Aunt Cui understood and nodded.

Aunt Cui went to invite Doctor Wu and came back to find Aunt Liu.

Aunt Liu was instructing the maids to clean up the garden, leaving no dead ends.

She is very motivated now and wants to repay the eldest lady for her support.

She was not surprised that Aunt Cui came to see her.

The two went to a quiet place to talk.

"The eldest lady wants to ask for my opinion on the appointment of the general manager of the inner courtyard. I think you and Grandma Wang are both qualified, so let me first ask you what you think. Do you want to be the general manager of the inner courtyard?"

Grandma Liu is very familiar with this technique.

In the past, if there was any good errand in the house, Aunt Cui would do this. She would hold a big cake and ask you if you wanted to eat it, and then watch your performance.

The so-called performance is filial piety.

If the eldest lady hadn't told her in advance, she would have spent all her money to fight for the general manager of the inner courtyard.

Aunt Liu nodded like a chicken pecking at rice, her eyes gleaming: "I think so, of course I do."

Aunt Cui coughed twice and stopped talking. She just looked at Aunt Liu quietly.

Aunt Liu understands that she is waiting for her to bribe him!

But do you really want to pay for it?

The eldest lady said she would make an announcement within a few days, but she was not the manager of the inner courtyard until the announcement was made.What if Aunt Cui is offended, and Aunt Cui goes to Madam to turn a deaf ear to her, and something unexpected happens?
Forget it, it’s better not to offend this villain.

Aunt Liu took off her money bag with pain. There was probably more than two taels of silver in it, and she gave it all to Aunt Cui.

He said with a smile: "I only have this much left in my hand. I hope that grandma can say a few kind words to the lady for me."

Aunt Cui weighed the money bag and frowned. It was too little.

Unfortunately, she had already recommended Nanny Liu to the eldest lady, and now it was too late to regret it.

"You still need to answer me for one thing."

Aunt Liu smiled flatteringly: "Don't mention one thing, I deserve a hundred."

Aunt Cui was very satisfied with her attitude: "After you become the manager of the inner courtyard, don't forget who is the master of this house. Whatever the eldest lady asks you to do, you must come with me in every detail. Report, understand?"

Aunt Liu nodded like a chicken pecking at rice: "I understand."

"In this family, the eldest lady will not be here for a long time. You also know that she is not in good health. After the birthday party, the madam will take back the power of running the family. As for you, the general manager of the inner courtyard, if you behave well, I can let you Keep going."

"Yes, yes, I will definitely perform well." Aunt Liu said sincerely.

But she had other plans in mind: after the eldest lady successfully held the birthday banquet, the eldest lady's status in the mansion would be different. Even if the eldest lady was no longer the head of the family, she would secretly work for the eldest lady, and the eldest lady would not treat her badly. She, didn’t the eldest lady say that?Even if she doesn't become a householder, I still give her twelve taels per month!In the future, when my wife gets older, won't she still be in charge?

In the evening, the cooked medicine was brought from the kitchen. Jiang Wanning took a sip and was slightly stunned.

This medicine is loaded with ingredients!

And the portions are larger than before.

At this dose, I'm afraid she won't survive the end of the year.

Jiang Wan Ning put down the medicine bowl: "This medicine is too bitter." Qing'e advised: "Good medicine is bitter. Madam, drink it while it's warm, otherwise it will become more bitter when it is cold."

Jiang Wan Ning frowned: "Go get some candied fruits."

Qing'e went to get the candied fruit, and Jiang Wanning took the opportunity to pour the medicine out of the window, and then pretended to be drinking the medicine.

It was pouring rain outside the window, and the concoction was quickly washed away by the rain, leaving no trace behind.

Qing'e fetched the candied fruit, and Jiang Wanning put down the medicine bowl. His facial features wrinkled up and he said vaguely: "Give me the candied fruit quickly."

Qing'e smiled and said: "Why are you so afraid of pain now? In the past, I didn't frown even if the medicine was more bitter than this."

Jiang Wan Ning took the candied fruit in her mouth and stroked her heart to calm down: "I used to have a bland mouth. Everything I ate had no taste, and bitter medicine didn't taste bitter. Now I can taste it, so I can't drink it."

How could the original owner not be afraid of suffering?It's just that the original owner wanted to get better too much, but what he drank was all poison.

"Qing'e, go and ask Dr. Wu if you can make the medicine into pills and swallow it. I really can't drink this medicine."

Qing'e said: "I will go talk tomorrow."

Qing'e removed the medicine bowl, and Jiang Wanning looked at the dense rain outside the window. The cold and damp air hit her face, and a layer of small pimples appeared on her skin.

The chill in my heart turned into frost in my eyes.

She didn't want to make things too extreme. As long as they stopped, she was willing to use gentler methods.

Now it seems that there is no need for this.

You can still live if you do evil in the sky, but you can't live if you do it yourself.

There is a price to pay for harming others.

The next day, Wen Liu prepared all the fabrics the Song family wanted and delivered them in person.

Jiang Wanning asked Aunt Wang to count the fabrics, and also ordered people to deliver Madam's and Wu Niang's materials respectively. As for Aunt Wei's portion, she had to deliver it herself.

Jiang Wan Ning took Qing'e to Chunhui Hall to meet Wen Liu.

Entering Chunhui Hall, Jiang Wanning immediately darkened her face when she saw Wen Liuqian sitting with no one serving him a cup of tea.

"Who is waiting here?"

A maid stood up and said, "Madam, I'm a slave."

"Mr. Wen worked so hard to deliver goods to the government, but no one even served him tea. How should I punish you for being so negligent and disrespectful?"

The maid was not afraid of her: "Back to Madam, Shichiro asked the slave to go to the kitchen to get some snacks to take to the school. The slave just came back and didn't have time to serve tea."

Jiang Wanning sneered: "Qi Lang is surrounded by servants and maids, why do you need to ask you to run errands? You don't keep your duty and go to Qi Lang to please the coward. Who can you hide your thoughts from? ?”

The maid cried out to Qu Lai: "Madam, I have wronged you. I really didn't come to Qi Lang on purpose. I... I happened to be passing by."

"Qi Lang went to the school. He couldn't get here by any road, and he still dared to quibble. Fortunately, you did it in front of me. If my wife knew that your mind was impure, she would have betrayed you immediately. Now, you go to the court. I will kneel down for two hours, and I will never let you off lightly if I do it next time."

Qing'e wanted to speak several times, but held back.

The maidservant cried and went to the court to kneel down as punishment.

Jiang Wanning said: "Qing'e, go make tea."

Qing'e hesitated for a moment and then left.

Wen Liu was very relieved to see that the young lady was already acting like a mistress of the house.

"A Ning..."

"Uncle Wen, perform a play with me later."

Wen Liu was surprised, what kind of show was he playing?

(End of this chapter)