Concubine's three acres of pastoral garden

Chapter 174 Demolition of the house (1)
The third aunt saw that everyone had expressed their opinions, and she was the only one left, so she also said: "Yes, there is no need to be so worried about the madam, Yang Mengwan couldn't compete with the madam back then, but now she just returned home with her daughter's honor, so how dare she make a fuss?" It's tricky, and besides, my sister has children to help, Yang Mengwan is just pointing at it like a girl, I'm afraid it's too late to please Madam, otherwise, when Gong Liang is in charge in the future, she will suffer a lot."

Seeing that she couldn't say anything to them, Mrs. Zhu said: "Okay, the left and right masters have already made a decision, come back when you come back, you just need to have an idea in your mind."

After speaking, everyone dispersed, and she and her daughter Xiangjin also returned to their residence.

Lian Xiangjin walked into the room holding her mother's arm and said, "Mother, what is the origin of that woman and her daughter? Why is her daughter older than me?"

Zhu said: "This happened a long time ago. If it wasn't for her life-and-death riots back then, your father was angry and demoted her to a concubine and then retired from the mansion. Now you and your elder brother and sister are concubines. .”

Lian Xiangjin said: "Then why did my father lower her to be a concubine?"

Zhu said: "But you don't know that the original fifth aunt was not the current fifth aunt. Not long after your brother was born, your father married a woman surnamed Tang back. To win your father's favor, Yang Mengwan relied on her status as the main wife to always find trouble with that woman. Later, when your brother was four years old, your grandparents passed away, and the family was in chaos. Instead of helping your father share the burden, she took advantage of the chaos. Poisoned the pregnant Tang family, resulting in Tang family's tragic death. As a result, her personal maid couldn't stand her conscience and asked your father to report the matter. Your father wanted to hide Tang's death on the grounds that she was pregnant. The truth, I didn't send her to the court for justice, I just wanted to demote her to be a concubine, who knew that instead of pleading guilty and repenting, she slandered me. Fortunately, your father found out the whole reason and returned her mother's innocence, so Yang Mengwan felt ashamed Staying in the mansion, I asked your father for a letter of divorce and left the mansion. Alas, I thought she would never come back after she left, but who knew that the child she gave birth to back then did not die, and now she is showing off in public like this, forcing her to leave the mansion. It's really shameless for your father to give her the title of equal wife!"

After hearing this, Lian Xiangjin said angrily: "It's really shameless, such a woman, how can father let her into the house again, who knows who she will use tricks to!"

Mrs. Zhu sighed irritably: "Yes, but her daughter is of the blood of the Lian family after all, even for the sake of the Lian family's reputation, your father has to recognize it!"

Lian Xiangjin thought for a while, and said: "Come back when you come back. Anyway, this family is owned by mothers. It's impossible to deal with their mother and daughter, and my brother and I will help you to deal with them so that they can't stay in the mansion. , get out of the Lian family again!"

Mrs. Zhu patted her daughter's hand, approving very much in her heart, but said in her mouth: "You child is not careful, don't say such things casually, and others will think of us if they hear it."

Lian Xiangjin pursed her lips and said to herself, "Then just do it instead of talking about it."

On the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month of this year, a breaking news spread throughout the capital: Chen Xianglai, the female owner of Tianxiang Rice Shop, is the biological daughter of Lian Xiu, the head of the Lian family!Not only her own daughter, but also the daughter of Lian Xiu's former wife who was married to a matchmaker. If Lian Xiu hadn't divorced his wife back then, this female boss would have been Lian Xiu's legal daughter.

Once such news came out, it quickly spread throughout the capital, making people have another topic of conversation during the Spring Festival.

It was also on this day that Xianglai took Yang Mengwan's arm and walked into the magnificent gate of Lianfu with Huiling and the two maids she bought for Yang Mengwan.

Lian Xiu didn't come to pick them up in person, it was the chief steward of the Lian family's former mansion who came. In order to make Xianglai happy, Lian Xiu specially asked the chief steward to lead them to the main entrance.

Xianglai is quite satisfied with this point, and he didn't let himself go through the corner door secretly, which is considered to be a face for himself.

After the steward took them into the mansion, they walked through the many courtyards of the front mansion, and came to the hanging flower gate that separated the front and back houses, and said: "Madam, miss, people from the outer mansion are not allowed to enter the inner house, so the villain can only send you here. go in."

Xianglai looked at the empty door, there was no one there, the corners of her mouth twitched slightly, but she still politely said to the chief manager, "Thank you."

The big manager said repeatedly: "Don't dare, the villain has resigned."

After finishing speaking, he also stepped back and left, looking for Lianxie to save his life.

Xianglai helped Yang Mengwan into the hanging flower gate, Yang Mengwan looked at the empty yard and the corridors where no one was seen, and said with a cold face: "Hmph, there is no one here, obviously trying to give us a bad blow."

Xianglai smiled lightly and said: "Mother, why bother with these trivial matters, you will be upset if you don't see people you don't want to see, go, let's go in."

The group of people walked towards the courtyard for a while, and only then did a servant girl hurried over, came to the front and asked, bowed her body and said, "It's Mrs. Yang and Miss who have just returned to the mansion. The servant Caiqing has seen Madam and Miss. .”

Xianglai and Yang Mengwan looked at her coldly and said nothing.

Cai Qing said again: "My wife said she was unwell and couldn't pick her up in person, so let me take Mrs. Yang and Miss to the residence."

Yang Mengwan's complexion was even worse, at any rate Lian Xiu sent a steward to pick up the two of them, and when they entered the inner house, not only did they not even see the serious master, but a maid came to deal with the two of them and came late on purpose.

Xianglai knew that she and Yang Mengwan would not get any good looks when they entered the mansion, and she had expected this situation a long time ago, so she didn't think it was so strange. It will make those who watch in the dark more proud.

After Yang Mengwan understood, she didn't speak out to reprimand the girl, and said sweetly: "Well, that's fine, my mother just happens to see some people as an eyesore, since she doesn't know how to be interesting, she also obeys my mother's wishes, let's go, You take us to the residence to see."

Caiqing has no status in the mansion, and she doesn't know why Mrs. Zhu entrusted such an errand to herself, but she also felt that it was abnormal, and she was afraid that she would offend some master and cause trouble, so she had to be careful in the front lead the way.

Bypassing the exquisite houses covered in winter snow, turning around the rockery flower pavilion, Caiqing finally brought Xianglai's "mother and daughter" to a dilapidated small courtyard.

There are many houses in the Lian family, and the inner house is also in the form of a set of courtyards, and the large and small courtyards are connected together to form.And the courtyard where this maid brought Xianglai and Yang Mengwan is the most remote and dilapidated one in the back house.

In the process of walking here, Yang Mengwan's face became more and more gloomy. Xianglai didn't know but she could guess where Caiqing was taking her. When she came outside the courtyard, she said coldly: "It really is here, this is The residence that Zhu Lanting arranged for us?!"

Caiqing was a little panicked, and said: "Yes, yes, Madam said that the larger yards in the mansion are full, let Madam Yang and Miss stay here first, and then change to other yards later."

(End of this chapter)