Do you know the long song of laughter?

Chapter 452: Liu's Mother's Persuasion
In the afternoon, when Li An returned home, Minglan complained to him about Queen Kang's visit to their house.

Li An was also stunned when he found out, but after thinking about it carefully, it was normal for Wang Kang to come to his house given her personality.

Minglan's angry look was actually somewhat cute, and Ang Lee laughed.

"Everyone is so annoyed, but the official is still smiling."

Minglan was fixing Li An's collar. Seeing Li An smiling, she slapped him in dissatisfaction.

"I'm wrong, isn't it?"

Li An grabbed Minglan's hand, hugged her and said, "Since you said that today, she probably won't come again in the future."

"Sir, please let go. Xiaotao and the others are still here." Minglan struggled.

"Did you hear that? The lady said you are getting in the way here." Li An said with a smile.

"Yes, slave, please leave!"

Xiaotao and Danju bowed and walked out with a smile.

"My lord, what nonsense are you talking about? Xiaotao and the others are laughing at me." Minglan said coquettishly.

"It's okay, you can deal with them later." Li An said with a smile.

Minglan rolled her eyes at him when she heard that. But since there was no one in the room, she was not so shy anymore. She leaned obediently in Li An's arms and said, "Sir, you don't know how shameless that Kang Wangshi is. Grandmother said she was not allowed to enter the Sheng family, but she went in secretly anyway. Grandmother thought that she was the eldest lady's biological sister after all, so she turned a blind eye. But she even instigated the eldest lady to lend money with her. You see, she will come again next time."

"If you're annoyed with her, just don't see her. I'll tell the doorman not to let her in next time she comes." Li An said.

Minglan said helplessly, "It's not that simple. With her temper, if we don't let her in, she will definitely make a scene at the door. If people passing by see her, we don't know what will happen. It won't be good for your reputation either."

As the saying goes, a shameless person is invincible, and the Kang Wang family is one of them.

There's really nothing you can do when you meet someone like this. Although she doesn't want to admit it, in the eyes of others, Kang Wangshi is the elder.

"It's okay, I don't care about these. If she wants to make a fuss, let her make a fuss. The more timid you are when dealing with this kind of person, the more she will become more aggressive." Li An said.

"Forget it, I'd better stay away. The servants I bought will be delivered tomorrow. After I settle them down, I will go to inspect the farm the day after tomorrow. Spring plowing is coming soon, and I have to go and check out the two farms rewarded by the government." Minglan said.

"Those two farms were previously imperial farms, so there must be something fishy going on. Go and inspect them. If you find anything, don't make it public. Come back and tell me and I'll handle it." Li An warned.

The imperial farms were managed by eunuchs from the palace, and the people in charge of the farms were all their relatives.

It is impossible to say that there is no trick involved.

"Okay, I understand." Minglan nodded.

……

The next morning, after Li An left, Minglan waited at home for the human trafficker to send servants over.

After waiting for about half an hour, the human traffickers brought in thirty servants, ten men and twenty women.

Minglan asked Mother Cui to go and answer the inquiries while she started chatting with the trafficker.

If the house was not changed, these would be enough. Now that the government has rewarded a house, this number of people is definitely not enough.

When the human trafficker heard that Minglan wanted to buy someone else, he was so happy that his mouth blossomed.

Not long after, Mother Cui came in and nodded slightly to Minglan.

Seeing this, Minglan asked Danju to take out the silver note, pay the money, and send the human trafficker away.

"Madam, the servants sent here are all from the vicinity of Bian Jing, so there will be no problem." Mother Cui said.

"That's good. Mama Cui will have to work hard to train and arrange their tasks during this period of time," Minglan said.

When buying a servant, one must buy one near Bian Jing, so that the servant can occasionally get leave to go home to visit his parents and will not defect.

"It's not hard. This is what an old woman should do." Mother Cui said with a smile.

"When I inspect the farm tomorrow, I may ask Mother Cui's two sons to take care of it," Minglan said.

Mother Cui and her family were given to Minglan as dowry by Old Lady Sheng.

Her husband and children were in charge of the farm that Old Lady Sheng had given to Minglan.

After taking over the imperial estate that was awarded as a reward, one must definitely send someone trustworthy to manage it.

After chatting for a while, Minglan asked Mother Cui to go downstairs to arrange the servants.

As soon as Mother Cui left, the doorman came in and reported that Madam Wang had arrived.

Minglan was startled when she heard that, then she took Danju and Xiaotao out to greet them.

As soon as I reached the door, Mrs. Wang walked in.

"Madam." Minglan bowed and said with a smile, "Why didn't you inform me in advance that you were coming so that I could welcome you in advance."

"I was just passing by and came to see you. After all, you've become the head of the family right after you got married. If you do something wrong, people will blame me, your stepmother, for not teaching you well." Madam Wang said.

Minglan's face froze when she heard this. When she heard the news that Madam Wang was coming, she guessed that maybe Wang Shi was offended by her yesterday and went to find Madam Wang.

Judging from Madam Wang's tone, she was not wrong.

"Please come in, madam." Minglan said with a smile.

"Yeah." Madam Wang nodded and walked inside.

"Madam, do you want to send someone back to tell the old lady?" Danju whispered.

"No, I can't always ask my grandmother for help in everything. Let me see what the lady says first." Minglan shook her head.

After arriving at the main hall and sitting down, the servants brought tea.

Madam Wang took a sip from the cup, put it down, and said, "Why do the people serving tea and water look so familiar to me? Are they the ones you brought with you as part of your dowry?"

"Well, almost all the original servants in the family have been taken back by my mother-in-law and others. There is only one maidservant beside the master, who has been promised to his permanent servant, and is now busy embroidering the dowry." Minglan said with a smile.

"I'm not saying anything bad about you, but your husband is now a sixth-rank official after all. There are not enough servants at home, so you should add more. Otherwise, when guests come to visit, they will laugh at you." Madam Wang said.

"What the madam said is right. I have already added some. The human traffickers just sent over thirty servants today, and Madam Cui is training them now." Minglan said with a smile.

"Well, that's right."

Madam Wang nodded and said, "From what I heard from you just now, your husband doesn't even have a maid in his room? How can this be possible? When you are not feeling well, there must be someone to serve him, right? As the principal wife, you can't be so jealous. Now that you are newly married, your husband thinks everything is new and new. He will get bored after a while."

"What the eldest lady said is true. I've made note of it. Last time, Fifth Sister complained to me that her mother-in-law was putting people in Fifth Sister-in-law's room. Next time I see her, I will definitely persuade her. This is all for her mother-in-law's sake. It's a pity that my mother-in-law is not here, so there's no one to give her advice or help." Minglan smiled. "What do you mean?"

Madam Wang's face darkened when she heard this. Minglan was implicitly mocking her.

"I don't understand what you mean, Madam. Didn't you say that as the principal wife I should be magnanimous?" Minglan pretended to be confused.

"you…"

Mrs. Wang took a deep breath, but didn't know how to react.

"Sixth Miss, the eldest lady means that there should be two maids. Otherwise, when you are not feeling well, you will have to go to the concubine's room." Mother Liu tried to smooth things over.

This phenomenon is very common. Generally, when the wife is not feeling well, if the husband comes to her room to rest, the maid will be asked to sleep with her. This is to tie the husband's heart and prevent him from going to the concubine's room.

"I misunderstood what the lady meant. I apologize to you." Minglan said with a smile.

"That's fine." Madam Wang waved her hand with a dark face and said, "Your husband doesn't even have a concubine, so it's definitely not okay. Instead of waiting for him to marry someone who doesn't get along with you, you might as well take the initiative to marry someone who is close to you. My sister's family has several concubines who have reached the age of marriage but have not yet married. You two are cousins, so I'll talk to my sister and ask her to send one over."

Minglan sneered in her heart when she heard this, but pretended to be touched on the surface and said, "Madam, you are thinking about me wholeheartedly. I am so touched. Madam, have you sent one to the eldest sister and the fifth sister as well? Otherwise, the next time I see the eldest sister and the fifth sister, they will be jealous of me."

Madam Wang's face froze, and she said, "I have also made arrangements with them. Does this mean you agree?"

"Of course. Madam is doing this for my own good. How could I not agree?" Minglan said.

"Then I..."

"only…"

Madam Wang was just about to ask her sister to send the person over when she heard Minglan say with embarrassment: "It's just that I can't make the decision on this matter."

"Are you kidding me? Men are responsible for the outside affairs and women are responsible for the inside affairs. As the mistress of the house, don't you have to discuss with the master before taking a concubine for him?" Madam Wang said coldly.

"Of course, there is no need to discuss it with the master, but we need to discuss it with his other wife." Minglan said.

"Another lady?" Madam Wang was stunned and for a moment she had no idea what Minglan was thinking.

Minglan's eyes were red, and she lowered her head and said, "Madam, you don't know that the emperor wants to give the Princess of Anyang to you as your co-wife. Although I am the principal wife, she is the Princess of Anyang. If I take a concubine for you without her consent, my life will be miserable in the future."

"Are you serious? How could the emperor promise the county lady to be your husband's concubine?" Madam Wang said in disbelief.

"This concerns the county princess' reputation, how dare I say anything nonsense." Minglan sobbed.

Although Madam Wang still found it a little hard to believe, as Minglan said, she had to believe it because no one dared to talk about such a thing.

"Why don't you wait for the county lady to come in, and then the lady can talk to her?" Minglan said.

"I just thought that your husband has no concubine, so I wanted to take one in to compete for your favor. Now that His Majesty has granted the marriage, let it be." Madam Wang said.

Although Princess Anyang was originally just a palace maid, she has now been conferred the title of Princess and is said to be very much loved by the Empress Dowager. It would be troublesome if she sent a concubine and made the Princess unhappy.

"No, madam. I've thought about it carefully. If the county lord comes in, my life will be difficult. I really need a helper. You should send someone over. It would be better if you send a few more." Minglan said.

Mrs. Wang didn't dare to agree, so she found an excuse and left.

When Minglan was seeing Madam Wang off, she begged her to send someone with her along the way.

This made Madam Wang's steps even faster.

"Okay, you don't have to see me off. I'm leaving first. I'll come to see you again when I have time." After saying this, Mrs. Wang got on the carriage.

"Madam, please think about what I said when you get back."

Minglan stood on tiptoe and shouted, and vaguely seemed to hear Madam Wang urging the driver to hurry up.

"Madam, you used the Princess Anyang to scare the lady away, but what if the lady comes to her senses and really sends someone here?" Danju said worriedly.

"No." Minglan smiled and said, "Although the eldest lady sometimes looks careless and often makes mistakes, she can be very cautious sometimes. My eldest sister was wronged in the Yuan family, and she was very angry, but did you see her go to the Yuan family to make trouble? She is now afraid that I will fight with the county lady and implicate the Sheng family, so why would she send me helpers?"

"Madam, now that the county lord has come in, will your son-in-law no longer like you?" Xiao Tao said.

Minglan was stunned when she heard this. She pinched Xiaotao's face with a wry smile and said, "Silly Xiaotao, what are you thinking about?"

"Didn't you say this yourself, Madam? And I think it makes a lot of sense." Xiao Tao said.

"I was just lying to the madam." Minglan said with a smile.

"Madam, I think what you said before might really happen. Why don't you tell the old lady and let her help you make a decision?" Danju said.

She and Xiao Tao followed Minglan every day, so they naturally knew that the emperor wanted to marry Princess Anyang to Li An as his co-wife.

However, Minglan told them not to tell Mother Cui, and Mother Cui still doesn't know about it.

Otherwise, Mrs. Sheng would have known about it the last time I went back to the Sheng family.

"No, the county chief of Anyang is a smart one, so he will naturally keep his distance from me. If she is short-sighted, she can only act rampant for a while as long as the master and I are of the same mind." Minglan said with a smile.

She was indeed a little worried before, but after hearing a piece of news these two days, she was completely relieved.

The Queen Mother liked Princess Anyang very much, and Princess Anyang would go to talk to the Queen Mother every day.

The relationship between the Empress Dowager and the Emperor is similar to that between Sheng Hong and Old Lady Sheng, or even worse.

After all, although Sheng Hong is not the son of Old Madam Sheng, he is the son of Old Master Sheng.

After Sheng Hong got married, Mrs. Sheng immediately handed over the housekeeping power.

The reason why she handed it over was, firstly, related to Old Lady Sheng's personality. Secondly, Old Lady Sheng knew that she was not Sheng Hong's biological mother. If she was still in charge of the family after Sheng Hong got married, Sheng Hong and Madam Wang would definitely feel uncomfortable even though they dared not say anything.

If this is the case for families like the Sheng family, what about the royal family?

Although Minglan didn't know much about the situation in the court, she knew that if this continued, there would be a rift between the emperor and the empress dowager.

Princess Anyang was only granted the title of princess because of her merit in delivering the blood edict, and she is also close to the empress dowager. If the emperor comes to power in the future, Princess Anyang will inevitably be disliked by him.

Even if Princess Anyang is difficult to get along with, as long as Li An and she are of one mind, Princess Anyang will not be a threat when the emperor takes power in the future.

However, Minglan did not tell Danju and the others about this.

……

"Tell me, is that girl Minglan lying to me? If what she said is true, why was there no news before?" Madam Wang said.

"Madam, no matter whether it is true or not, the Sixth Miss is still a member of the Sheng family and has a deep relationship with the Eldest Miss and the others. Why do you have to force her in and create a rift with her?" Mother Liu said.

(End of this chapter)