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Chapter 100 Promise
He looked at Dong Yuan like this twice, which made Dong Yuan very surprised, and he didn't know where he was showing such deep eyes.

Before she could think clearly in her mind, Sheng Xiuyi said: "Let's go, please go to mother."

When they arrived at the gate of Yuanyang Pavilion, they were stopped by Mrs. Sheng's mother, Mrs. Kang, who whispered to their husband and wife: "Master Hou is inside, please be safe today."

Dong Yuan said: "Mom please greet us."

Mother Kang said yes.

After leaving Yuanyang Pavilion, Sheng Xiuyi asked Dong Yuan: "When you were here, what did father and mother say?"

Dong Yuan thought for a while, and told Sheng Xiuyi what he heard outside the curtain: "Father said that the aunts would call death if they disturbed Mother. Mother said, if you are afraid of her being wronged, you should remember what you said to her at the beginning. "

In fact, she really wanted to know if Marquis Sheng Chang had promised Mrs. Sheng not to take a concubine, so he told Sheng Xiuyi what she had heard.

Sure enough, Sheng Xiuyi paused, then looked back at Qiangwei who was following them.

Qiangwei tactfully fell behind a few steps.

Sheng Xiuyi asked Dong Yuan, "What else did Mother say?"

Dong Yuan shook his head: "My aunt hugged my mother's leg and cried, and my mother cried too hard. Shizi, did father tell mother not to take concubines back then?"

Sheng Xiuyi suddenly glanced at her again, the eyes were a little colder than the deep ones just now.

He said: "Let's go back." Then he walked forward quickly, and when he reached the fork in the road, he went to the outer courtyard without saying hello to Dong Yuan.

Just now he clearly wanted to tell Dong Yuan some inside information, but at this moment...
Dong Yuan thought carefully about his words, which sentence he said was wrong.If it's not right to ask about Sheng Changhou and Mrs. Sheng's past, then why the two times in Jingsheyuan just now?
Watching his back gradually disappear among the pavilions, Dong Yuan didn't move his feet for a while.

Qiangwei stepped forward and called grandma in a low voice, and then she came back to her senses and sighed softly.

After a day of tossing around, Dong Yuan returned to the Jingsheyuan at night, looked at the delicious round-grained rice, and actually ate two bowls in one sitting.Feeling sleepy after eating, Sheng Xiuyi slept with four aunts from last night until the [-]th of this month, she didn't need to wait for him, she went to bed early.

At Yinzheng the next day, Dong Yuan woke up and called Qiangwei, who was on duty at night, to help her dress and freshen up.

While brushing her hair, Qiangwei whispered, "Grandma."

Hearing her tone, Dong Yuan knew what she was going to say, and suddenly his scalp went numb, and he said with a smile: "If it's about Aunt Fan's room, you don't have to tell me. In the future, what about Aunt Fan's room, I will I don’t even want to know.” Then he stuck out his tongue in the mirror, “You told me those things yesterday, I feel uncomfortable all day.”

Knowing that you are not happy, but you have to pretend to be okay, it is better not to know.

Dong Yuan knew everything about Auntie's room, and Mrs. Sheng knew everything about Dong Yuan's room.

too frightening.

Although it is said that in this era, intercourse is the responsibility of the heirs, but it is scary to be known to others several times a night.

In the past, Dong Yuan didn't feel it, because no one told her about other people, but now.
She guessed that there would be shadows from Mrs. Sheng in the future.

Qiangwei seemed to be infected by Dong Yuan's last mischievous action, so she couldn't help but also laughed.

After breakfast, I went to pay my respects to Mrs. Sheng.

Madam Sheng's eyes were still a little swollen, when she saw Dong Yuan approaching, she managed to hold up a smile and talk to Dong Yuan.

It can be seen that she cried a lot yesterday.

"Mother, are you alright?" Dong Yuan took her hand and asked, "You were originally weak, but now you look bad."

Mrs. Sheng sighed, put away her disguise, and said to Dong Yuan sincerely: "Mr. Lin is too ignorant, she made such a fuss yesterday, you saw it, mother was restless all night."

Dong Yuan smiled: "Mother, in our family, the daughter-in-law won't go around talking about it."

Mrs. Sheng also laughed: "Mother knows."

Then he called out to Mother Kang and Xiang Ru, who was serving in the house: "Go outside and wait, the second mistress and young masters and ladies are here to say hello, stop them all, I'll talk to Ah Yuan."

Mother Kang and Xiangru said yes, and took all the maids who were serving in the house down.

Seeing that there was no one in the house, Mrs. Sheng said to Dong Yuan: "Aunt Lin was sent to the Zhuangzi by Lord Hou. Why bother, they have been in the mansion for ten years, Ah Yuan, no one and a half daughter to defend themselves, If you say send them away, send them away. I don’t like them, and there are some people in your room, so I understand mother. We women don’t tell lies, so let’s talk about the two Lin’s. I just don’t like them when they get married halfway. But seeing Aunt Lin's end like this makes me very annoyed."

He looked like he wanted to confide in Dong Yuan.

Listen to the past stories of father-in-law and mother-in-law.
Dong Yuan would rather hear it from Sheng Xiuyi.

Her mother-in-law told her herself that she was suddenly stressed.

But I can't reveal half of it.

Dong Yuan comforted Mrs. Sheng: "Mom, Mother Kang and I also listened to what Dad said yesterday. Auntie Lin was restless and played tricks in front of Dad. It's good to send her to live in Zhuangzi for a while, so she can reflect on it." , you must not bear it, and you did not harm her."

Mrs. Sheng sighed: "Why don't I know?" After a pause, she continued, "Your father promised me not to take concubines back then. Later, I also persuaded him a few times and chose a few concubines for him who were outstanding in appearance and good in conduct. Fang, he doesn’t even want it. Ten years ago, when he served as the inspector of Shaanxi, he brought the twin sisters back.”

After speaking, Mrs. Sheng's expression darkened, and it was difficult for her to say the following words.

Dong Yuan understood.

Ten years ago, Mrs. Sheng was 36 or [-] years old. She was old and frail, and she could no longer bring happiness to Sheng Changhou like a beautiful wife.

Originally she swore she would not take concubines, but in the end she brought back two beautiful twins aged fourteen and five.

During those days, Mrs. Sheng had a hard time, right?

Dong Yuan suddenly thought of himself.Needless to say, young couples love each other, but when the woman is in her thirties, the man is in his 40s, and the outside world keeps sending beautiful concubines to his door. How can he resist?

She is in her 30s, so Sheng Xiuyi is almost [-], right?
Dong Yuan's father was in his 40s, and his boss still gave him a concubine.

In the absence of laws to guarantee the exclusiveness of marriage, only by keeping one's own heart can one keep the mainstream marriage of this era.

Dong Yuan smiled, held Mrs. Sheng's hand, and listened to her in silence.

Mrs. Sheng took a breath, and said: "Master Hou told me that the Lin sisters were given to him by King Zhenxi, and he could not refuse. He said that he would not let their sisters have children."

If Sheng Changhou doesn't like it, there are many ways to refuse, especially after returning to Shengjing, there are even more ways.

His compulsion is so deceitful.He still wanted the twin sisters.

Not letting them have children is considered a kind of compensation for Mrs. Sheng's promise?
This kind of compensation is only what Sheng Changhou wants, not what Mrs. Sheng wants, right?

Fortunately, what Mrs. Sheng told Dong Yuan was only what Dong Yuan would know sooner or later, there was no hidden secret, Dong Yuan was relieved.

She is not a person who likes to know other people's secrets very much.

Helping people keep secrets is also hard work.

"Ah Yuan, look, I was soft-hearted at the time." Madam Sheng smiled, "Now that I think about it, it's not easy for me, but is it easy for them? No matter what, I always have a few children by my side, but they don't care about anything. No, I live in the Sheng family tremblingly."

Dong Yuan just listened with a smile.

The two aunts of the Lin family have no children, and they were born by Marquis Sheng Chang.

What about the others, the second master Sheng Xiuhai has no heirs, so who are they?

"When you get old, you don't take things from the past so seriously." Mrs. Sheng said, "Yesterday Auntie Lin cried, which made me think a lot about the past, so I cried with her."

Dong Yuan just joked: "How old are you? You are still so energetic."

Madam Sheng laughed.

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law talked for a long time between them.Madam Sheng felt very uncomfortable, talking to Dong Yuan relieved a lot.

Dong Yuan felt that the fate was very strange.Everyone says that the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law is difficult, but she and Mrs. Sheng seem to have become close after a short time together
At least Madam Sheng told her what she said just now.

While talking, the topic changed from the two aunts to the maid in Dong Yuan's room.

"Your two dowry maids are envoys to Brother Yi. In a few days, my mother will add a few maids here, and then I will buy four young maids for you." Mrs. Sheng laughed, "You pick up two maids from the second-class maids. A first-class one, and two second-class ones from the rough envoy maids. The newly bought maids will be rough envoys."

Dong Yuan said yes.

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law talked for most of the morning, and Mrs. Sheng was a little tired, so Dong Yuan returned to Jingsheyuan.

But she was always thinking about the reason why Sheng Changhou said he didn't want to take concubines back then.

Looking at Sheng Changhou's temperament, he shouldn't be the kind of person who would flirt with Mrs. Sheng.He said he would not take a concubine, so something must have happened, right?
"You go and ask, did Hou Ye ever have an aunt before?" Dong Yuan said to Qiangwei.

Rose turned around and left.

She came back after shopping for about an hour, and said to Dong Yuan: "Grandma, I can't find out. The current servants of the Sheng family bought them when they came to the capital. The servants who used to be in Huizhou's hometown, except Mama Kang who is next to Mrs. , and the rest were not brought."

Dong Yuan paused, then asked in surprise, "Not one?"

Sheng Xiuyi said that he came to the capital when he was eight years old. He said that his family was also a wealthy family in Huizhou, so naturally there were a few maids and wives who were used to being around.Except for Mrs. Sheng's dowry, Mother Kang, nothing else was brought up.

What should the Sheng family have happened in Huizhou?
It should be something that you don't want outsiders to know.

"Except Mama Kang." Qiangwei added.

Dong Yuan nodded and let her go.

In the afternoon, Dong Yuan called Mother Luo, Ju Xiang, and Ju Hong to help, Qiang Wei and Zi Wei stood by and made summer clothes for Sheng Xiuyi.And Sheng Xiuyi didn't go back to Jingsheyuan all day, had dinner in the outer courtyard, and went directly to Xue Jiangwan's room.

Today is Xue Jiangwan's turn.

(End of this chapter)