Liangyue Farm Gate

Chapter 594 Plum Garden
Bi Liu stood by Madam Shen's side, waiting for Madam Shen's orders.

Mrs. Shen frowned, and glanced at Li Xin, seeing that she lowered her face and couldn't see her expression clearly, she thought for a while and said to Bi Liu: "Tell Fourth Mrs. that I have guests here, so there's no need to please."

"Yes."

Bi Liu responded and went out to spread the word, Mrs. Shen didn't mention the Fourth Wife's matter, instead she talked about Shen's workshop with Li Xin.

Li Xin had already planned an excuse to come to Mrs. Shen today before she came here, and she had prepared the paper for Mrs. Shen, otherwise, as Mrs. Shen said, she would go to the Three Treasure Hall for nothing, and she came here The purpose is somewhat intriguing.

While Mrs. Shen was talking, Bi Liu opened the curtain and came in again, with a puzzled face on her face, she said to Mrs. Shen in a low voice: "The fourth wife insists on coming in to greet Madam."

Madam Shen's face suddenly became ugly.

The first time Bi Liu said that the fourth wife came to pay her respects, Mrs. Shen would feel that she had some face.After all, Li Xin was an outsider, and her daughter-in-law came to pay her respects, which naturally raised her status, and she was happy to see it succeed.But since she has already pushed, the fourth wife still insists on coming, which is to save her face - she clearly said that there are guests here, and she still wants to say hello to the guests, because she wants to leave the guests with "Madam Shen" Is it the image of a vicious mother-in-law who has a lot of rules and insists on serving her daughter-in-law?

It's no wonder Mrs. Shen is not annoyed.

"Let her go back. If she is still pregnant with a child, who is to blame if she stumbles?" Mrs. Shen said coldly: "Let the maids and women around her take good care of them, so you don't have to pay her respects in the future!"

Bi Liu was startled, she had been serving Mrs. Shen for a while, so she naturally knew that Mrs. Shen was angry.

Hastily responded, without her passing it on, presumably the fourth wife outside could vaguely hear what Madam said.

Li Xin took a sip of tea, but wisely kept silent.

There was a little commotion outside, but it calmed down after a while.Mrs. Shen forced the corners of her lips to smile, and said, "I'll show you a joke..."

"No, no, no..."

Li Xin hurriedly said: "Madam is sympathetic to my daughter-in-law, and she spared my daughter-in-law's greetings. This is Madam's mercy."

Madam Shen smiled and said, "You still sound comfortable when you speak."

Li Xin smiled and stroked her stomach with her hands.

Only then did Mrs. Shen shift her gaze to Li Xin's belly, noticing that her belly was round and slightly protruding, she was surprised, and then said with a smile: "Are you...pregnant?"

Li Xin nodded, a little shyly: "Yes, it has been several months."

"Okay, okay!" Mrs. Shen was very happy for Li Xin. She said yes but frowned again, and lightly scolded: "If you are pregnant with a child, you should stay at home. Why do you come to the town on a bumpy road? Just for me Send this list, find someone to give it to me or find someone to tell me, I will send someone to get it. You child..."

Mrs. Shen gave Li Xin a disapproving look, but Li Xin was really touched.

Maybe Mrs. Shen didn't have those precautions towards her from the beginning?Mrs. Shen has always been on good terms with her, perhaps because Mrs. Shen is grateful to her for saving his grandson, and later on she really likes her from the bottom of her heart because of the many contacts...

Mrs. Shen patted Li Xin's hand, and told her carefully what to pay attention to when she was pregnant. She talked about everything in detail, and when she was excited, she called Bi Liu and the others to come in and let Li Xin prepare to deliver her. Gifts for little dolls.

Li Xin quickly waved his hands and smiled, "Ma'am, I haven't even blown my stomach yet."

Mrs. Shen said: "So you need to prepare early, this day passes quickly, and you will be a mother soon, how can you prepare in time?"

Regardless of Li Xin's refusal, Mrs. Shen asked Bi Liu to make a detailed list, and then asked a few maids and daughters-in-law to prepare.

Li Xin looked helplessly at Mrs. Shen's busy work, but was stopped by Mrs. Shen when she wanted to interrupt.When Mrs. Shen finally came back, Li Xin breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Madam's behavior... It seems that I came here to ask for a reward..."

Mrs. Shen laughed immediately: "Reward, you must reward. How much benefit you have brought to our family is nothing compared to these."

Li Xin gave a wry smile, only feeling terrified in his heart.

Mrs. Shen is so kind to her, and Mrs. Shen's fourth... Mrs. Shen is probably still in the dark about An Xuan's matter.

Mrs. Shen left Li Xin for lunch, and the whole morning plus noon passed like this.In the afternoon, Mrs. Shen was going to take a nap, so she asked Bi Tao to go down and ask someone to prepare a wing for Li Xin. Li Xin agreed to come down, and when Mrs. Shen fell asleep, she went to find Bi Liu, saying that she couldn't sleep and wanted to go out for a walk. .

"Exactly, there is a plum garden in the mansion, Mrs. Guan should go to enjoy the plum blossoms?" Bi Liu said with a smile: "It's not far from here, the scenery is pretty good."

Bi Tao also laughed: "That's right, there is no snow this year, but the scenery is not inferior to the scenery of plums in the snow. The red and white plums are very pleasing."

Li Xin smiled and said, "Then thank you two girls for leading the way."

Bi Tao stayed behind to guard Mrs. Shen, and Bi Liu asked another little maid to accompany her to take Li Xin to the plum garden to enjoy the plum blossoms.

Li Xin was thinking about how to get rid of Bi Liu and go to see Mrs. Fourth Shen. After all, it was agreed, so he was in a trance along the way.

"Here we are." Bi Liu smiled and said, "Madam Guan, this plum garden is not bad."

Qiongzhi is crystal clear, and the white plums and red plums are covered with a little frost, which looks really strong.A faint plum fragrance wafted over, although Li Xin had something on his mind, but he was also very immersed in this fragrance.There are not many plum trees in the plum garden, but as Bitao said, they are white and red, very pleasing, and make people feel refreshed after seeing them.

Bi Liu broke off a plum branch and handed it to Li Xin, blinking and smiling: "Ma'am, take a branch back and let Sister Bi Tao put it in a white jade vase, it must look good."

Li Xin nodded with a smile.

Bi Liu was about to say something, but her expression paused for a moment, then she quickly walked around Li Xin and took a step forward, squatting down to give a blessing: "Fourth wife."

Li Xin was taken aback, and turned around holding the plum branch. The person in front of her was none other than Fourth Shen's wife, An Xuan.

Today she was wearing a light yellow lily slanted jacket, a pleated skirt of the same color underneath, and a large cloak lined with rabbit fur. The fur is exquisitely embroidered, as if it is embroidered with the pattern of "Xi Shang Mei Shao".

Compared with what I saw in Yuanguang Temple last time, this Fourth Mrs. Shen is radiant and extravagant.

It's really... three days away from Shishi, and we should treat each other with admiration.

Mrs. Shen Si smiled lightly, and after Bi Liu blessed her, she said softly: "Miss Bi Liu, why bother to be so polite, you are the big servant girl by Madam's side, sometimes words are more useful than me, but don't It broke me."

The voice is very soft, but it is not like Mu Chunfeng to people's ears, but it is a bit harsh.

But Bi Liu's complexion didn't change a bit, she just said yes in a low voice, then retreated to Li Xin's side, and said, "Fourth Madam, this is Mrs. Guan who came to visit the house today. Mrs. Guan, this It's the fourth wife in our house."

Li Xin nodded lightly.

Fourth Mrs. Shen also nodded meaningfully, and said, "Mrs. Guan... I've heard of it. Isn't the women's fragrance workshop in our family, which is making money every day, the opportunity brought by Mrs. Guan?"

Bi Liu said in a low voice: "Yes, Madam often said that Madam Guan is Madam's lucky star."

After a pause, Bi Liu said: "Don't bother the fourth wife to enjoy the plum blossoms, Mrs. Guan has also been here for a while, this servant please invite Mrs. Guan back."

"Don't be in a hurry." Fourth Mrs. Shen smiled: "It's rare for Madam Guan to come and talk to me for a while? I don't have any sister-in-law in this mansion, and no one talks to me on weekdays."

The Fourth Mrs. Shen didn't recognize her at all, and while she was talking, she came forward and gently took Li Xin's arm, looking familiar.

Even though Bi Liu was always calm, she couldn't help being surprised, opened her eyes slightly, and said after a while: "Fourth Madam, I'm afraid Madam is about to wake up from her afternoon nap..."

The implication is that she and Mrs. Guan must leave.

Fourth Mrs. Shen acted as if nothing happened, and said: "Oh, since that's the case, you should hurry back and serve. With me here, Mrs. Guan will not be greeted. Go."

Bi Liu paused, and wanted to say something, but Fourth Shen's wife exclaimed: "Oh, Mrs. Guan, it's not very appropriate to see the plum scene outside here, let's go inside to see it."

As he spoke, he couldn't help but drag Li Xin inside.Xiaobi jumped, and hurriedly followed, protecting Li Xin on the other side, lest Li Xin accidentally trip over.

Li Xin was very annoyed, but in front of Bi Liu and so many servants of the Shen family, she didn't want to argue with Mrs. Fourth Shen, so she could only bite the bullet and be dragged by her, subconsciously bent her knees, move down.

Bi Liu exclaimed: "Fourth wife, please slow down! You and Mrs. Guan are both pregnant..."

These words successfully made Fourth Shen's wife stop.

"Bi Liu, why don't you go back?" Fourth Mrs. Shen turned her head and said, "Go back quickly and wait for Madam to get up and freshen up. I will take care of you here."

Bi Liu had no choice but to bow her knees and salute, then hurried back to the main courtyard, trying to ask Mrs. Shen for advice.

As soon as Bi Liu led the people away, Fourth Shen's wife turned cold, and said coldly: "Go outside and watch, I'll have a private conversation with Mrs. Guan."

The servant girl next to Mrs. Shen's fourth retreated quickly, but Xiao Bi stood straight behind Li Xin, not planning to go out.

Fourth Mrs. Shen said with a half-smile, "Where did Mrs. Guan buy the maid, so there are no rules?"

Li Xin was no longer polite to her, and responded with a smile: "I think my maid is very disciplined. The master didn't speak, and she stood still. Isn't this a normal thing?"

Fourth Mrs. Shen laughed, put her hands on her belly, and said in a low voice to Li Xin: "Mrs. Guan is sure... you want to catch up with me in the presence of your servant girl?"

Li Xin also laughed, and also whispered back to her: "It's not me who should be worried."

If you want to reminisce about the past, the person you really need to be afraid of is probably you, An Xuan.

Fourth Mrs. Shen's complexion changed, but she smiled again, looked at Li Xin with a very mysterious smile, and said in a low voice: "Madam Guan is not afraid that certain things will bring... a disaster to the Guan family... ?”

The words were ambiguous, but the chill in them gave Li Xin goosebumps.

She stared at An Xuan for a moment, then said in a deep voice: "Xiao Bi, step back."

(End of this chapter)