The Road to Doting Wife

Chapter 75
A young maid in Tsing Yi hurried through the corridor and slowed down her pace when she reached the gate of Weifang Garden. Seeing that they were from her own courtyard, the two gatekeepers did not get up, and continued to sit beside the warm wall to bask in the sun.

The little maid ignored the two of them and went in directly.

Looking at the girl's back, the thin-faced woman whispered, "I've been running several times since morning."

The short woman pursed her lips and spat out the skin of the melon seeds into the palm of her hand, "Hou's mansion has lived in peace for so many years, and now that the uncle is back, I'm afraid it will be lively. These little maids around Madam finally have something to do, but I don't know if it's a blessing or a curse."

The thin-faced woman smiled and gloated: "Anyway, it's not our turn anyway. By the way, I heard that the eldest grandma is a very beautiful woman, and she can't compare with the madam."

The short woman continued to eat melon seeds, and said intermittently: "If she is not beautiful, can she be admired by the uncle? It's a pity that she is submissive, as if the uncle told her to take three steps to the east, she dare not take two steps. Temperament, if you can keep a man by your side when you are just married, after a year or two, the uncle will definitely get tired of it."

There are plenty of beauties in the capital, which house's mistress only cares about her face?The face inside is enough, but as a result, Lord Hou didn't come here at all.Some rich people like beauties when they see one and fall in love with the other, while some don't look at faces at all, they have to match their eyes.

The thin-faced woman rubbed her hands, leaned against her, grabbed a few melon seeds and said, "That's not necessarily the case, maybe the uncle is a long-term lover like Lord Hou?"

The two women whispered, and the little maid who had just entered the upper room was talking in a low voice: "Chen Guanshi in the grandfather's courtyard went out, and not long after he came back, a carriage was prepared over there, the uncle rode a horse, and the grandmother I got into the carriage with Mrs. Rong, and it sounds like I'm going to the Marquis of Yongchang."

Mrs. Qin snorted, picked up the snow-white poodle in her arms, and said softly, "I went to meet my relatives when I came back, and he will please people. Seeing that he looks like a dog, I thought he was so powerful. I didn't think he was a fool, and he really could do it by leading his adoptive mother to meet his aunt's aunt."

Ziying sat on the brocade bench in front of the couch and beat her legs, thought for a while and said: "Mrs. Guo has always been at odds with Lord Hou, and she doesn't care about the old man. The old man may have expected it, so he brought his adoptive mother over. Didn’t it mean that Mrs. Rong looks like that one, the uncle respects his adoptive mother, which means that he has that in his heart, maybe Mrs. Guo will change her mind?”

Qin raised her brows and asked the little girl: "Have you seen Mrs. Rong's face?"

The little maid shook her head: "I'm wearing a veiled hat, and I didn't dare to get too close."

Playing tricks, a woman, what is there to cover up?

Qin's face showed disdain, and asked again: "Where is Lord Hou?"

"Master Hou went out early in the morning, and I don't know where he went." The little maid lowered her voice and gave Qin Shi a worried look.In the whole Hou Mansion, apart from Weifang Garden and Hou Mansion Garden, there are not many places where they can go freely, such as Xinlan Garden where Mrs. Yuan lived in the main courtyard of Lord Hou, and Wangzhuxuan where Grandpa lived. , They couldn't get in at all, and wanted to inquire about the news, but the doorkeeper lady flew over with a wink, and blocked everything back.At first, he was brave enough to ask, but he was brought up in front of Mr. Zhao, who was next to Master Hou, and sold it directly.

Qin's family also thought of Xinlan Garden, which was the place she wanted to go but had never been able to enter. Zhao Yunting looked at it like a treasure, and I don't know what reason Zhao Chen used to let him relax this time.Thinking of this, the joy that Zhao Yunting spoke for her in the morning disappeared.Qin waved her hands irritably, Ziying understood, took out a piece of broken silver from her purse, rewarded the little maid, and signaled her to go down.

It was quiet outside again, looking at the master who closed her eyes, Ziying whispered: "Madam, don't worry, it won't affect anything when the uncle comes back. It is impossible for the Holy One to reward the position of the son that was deprived by the late emperor himself, Hou. The master only has the third master as his son, even if he feels a little uncomfortable now, he will still invite the third master to be his son in two years. The madam can just wait at ease, and when the third master becomes a family, the madam will have the final say on the rest? "

Lord Hou has always disliked his wife, and now his wife can only rely on the third master, as long as his wife does not make mistakes and behaves well and does not offend Lord Hou Nilin again, no matter how displeased Lord Hou is, it will do nothing.The wife's status is preserved, and these servant girls who are close to her will have good fruit to eat.

Waiting at ease?

Qin let go of the pet dog in her hand, turned sideways, and slowly opened her eyes.

Zhao Chen came back to snatch the position of son, if Han'er is well, of course it will not be Zhao Chen's position, if something happens to Han'er, only Zhao Chen is left in the Marquis Mansion, and Zhao Yunting is in front of the Holy Majesty again The celebrity, after persisting for a few times, the Holy Majesty agreed.

For the current plan, she can only tie Zhao Yunting's heart as soon as possible, make him care more about Han'er's safety, and prevent Zhao Chen from being framed.Outside, her father was guarding the northwest, although he had military power, he couldn't solve her immediate worries. It would be great if he could find another backer to help her deter Zhao Chen and even Zhao Yunting.

It's a pity that with Zhao Yunting's current status, it's hard to find a backer who can frighten him...

Qin looked at the window and became dazed.

Take your time, as long as she has the heart, there will always be a chance.

Outside the gate of Yongchang Hou's Mansion, Guo Baozhu led the personal servant girl who had been waiting for a long time, Mrs. Guo didn't come out, and only asked the nurse in charge to accompany the girl out to pick up people.

He didn't wait for the Zhao family's carriage, but saw his own carriage turning around.

"It's the second lady." The nurse in charge stood beside Guo Baozhu and whispered.

Guo Baozhu concentrated on looking at the entrance of the alley, as if he didn't hear it.

The carriage stopped slowly, and Xu, the second wife of the Guo family, got out of the carriage, followed by a girl who was about the same age as Guo Baozhu, with slender eyebrows and an oval face, and a plain skirt with light makeup, which complemented the plum blossom embroidered on her cloak.The two sisters looked at each other, Guo Baoyan smiled slightly, walked over and asked, "What is my sister doing standing at the door?"

In fact, the difference between the two is only three months.

Guo Baozhu didn't like this cousin.

There is no other reason, but because Guo Baoyan likes plum blossoms just like his mother, and most of the jewelry is carved into plum blossoms. He even behaves like his mother, except that he likes to smile more than his mother.In the past, when the Guo family hosted banquets or the female family members went out together as guests, others joked that she and Guo Baoyan had hugged each other wrongly when they were born.

For this reason, Guo Baozhu restrained her temper deliberately for a while, and tried her best to act like a lady, but after a few days she couldn't hold on anymore and felt uncomfortable.Guo Baozhu was extremely wronged, and coupled with the fact that she was young at that time, she couldn't help but ran to her mother crying and asked if she really had the wrong hug with Guo Baoyan.

Mrs. Guo only asked her to observe Xu by herself to see if there were any similarities between the two.

Guo Baozhu stared at Mrs. Xu seriously for a few days.Mrs. Xu was bitter and mean-spirited, and many women were polite to her on the surface, but when Mrs. Xu turned around, they satirized them behind their backs. It is said that even her sister-in-law, Mrs. Hui'anhou, didn't like this sister-in-law.

Guo Baozhu wondered if Guo Baoyan also disliked her biological mother, so she followed her mother in every way.

At this time Guo Baoyan asked, Guo Baozhu didn't want to explain to her, so he said casually: "Nothing, the sun is good today, I'm here to bask in the sun, sister and second aunt go back to the house."

Guo Baoyan nodded: "Well, then you can go in after a while. The new year is approaching, and there are shopkeepers in every prefecture to give out new year's goods. There are people coming and going on the street, so it's not good for people to see. By the way, my sister, my aunt gave it away. I have a box of beaded flowers in a new form sent by Jiangnan, you can pick two from me later?"

Hou Hui'an only took a vacant position in Guanglu Temple, but he himself was very shrewd, and the business of several shops in his family was particularly prosperous.Mrs. Hui'an Hou is a prominent family in the south of the Yangtze River. Although there are no high-ranking officials in the family, the family is well-off. I heard that the dowry shop together has thousands of taels of income every year. This couple can be said to be extremely rich.

The things from the Hui'an Hou Mansion must be good things, but unfortunately Guo Baozhu is not rare, her father loves her, and if she wants anything, she won't go to other people's houses to pick things up.

After dealing with it casually, Guo Baozhu lost the intention to continue talking to her, and turned his gaze to the alley again.

When Mrs. Xu saw it, her mind moved, she winked at her daughter, and said with a smile, "What is Baozhu looking at? Are there any sisters coming to play today?"

Guo Baozhu quietly rolled his eyes, and just about to send him off casually, a carriage suddenly turned around at the entrance of the alley ahead, and as the carriage turned into the alley, the man riding a horse next to the carriage also came into view.I saw him wearing a jade crown on his head, wearing a sky-blue brocade robe after rain, and sitting on a horse with black boots on his feet, looking even more graceful in the cold wind.When he gets close, with long eyebrows, phoenix eyes, face like a crown, jade lips like red paint, he is a rare handsome man!
Guo Baozhu's eyes widened, and she pointed at the man on the horse: "Brother, are you brother?" Even if she forgot her childhood memories, and had never even seen this brother, just seeing that his face resembled Yanping Hou, It was enough to make her sure.

Zhao Chen reined in the reins, looked at the little girl standing alone in front of the door with a smile, "Baozhu?"

With this sound, Guo Baozhu almost jumped up excitedly, ran down happily, stopped in front of the man who had just rolled over and dismounted, looked up and down unscrupulously, and couldn't help laughing, "Brother, you, how do you grow up?" You are taller than my brother, you are obviously younger than him, and you, you are also better-looking than my brother! Great, someone finally compares him! Ah, I just want to talk to you, sister-in-law Well, let her come down and take a look!"

She smiled sincerely and shouted affectionately, exactly like the chattering little girl in memory, Zhao Chen felt confident.If only he came back by himself, he wouldn't care too much about whether his relatives treat him well or badly, but he has a wife, and he still hopes that his wife has a reasonable partner. At present, Guo Baozhu should be counted as one.

He didn't look at the mother and daughter who were staring at them, turned around and walked to the carriage, raised the curtain and said, "Mother, Ah Ju, get out of the carriage, the orb is here."

Ah Ju was a little nervous, while Ning patted her hand, Ah Ju nodded, and leaned out of the carriage with her head down.

(End of this chapter)