Phoenix Indus

Chapter 28

This Jin Yuyu went out for a drink, never came back, and didn't say a word.Mrs. Liu was afraid that he would come back drunk, so she didn't dare to sleep. She just changed into homely clothes, took off her make-up, and leaned on the kang couch in Xinuang Pavilion, drinking tea one after another.

The three concubines are all Jiao Didi's daughters, how could they bear the cold winter months, kneeling on the cold ground in the courtyard, within less than a quarter of an hour, their bodies were trembling and their legs were sore.All of them had red eyes, held back their tears, sobbed and begged Madam Zheng, "Good mother, please help me in and beg grandma, please forgive the concubines, the concubines really didn't seduce the master and go out of business. .”

Madam Zheng sat on the porch, crossed her legs, and snorted coldly: "Three aunts and grandmas, listen to my mother-in-law's advice and be quiet. Now that grandma is in a fit of anger, I can persuade you wherever it is my mother-in-law." The aunts and grandmas should be aggrieved, kneel here. After kneeling for half an hour, the mother-in-law will go in and beg grandma to let the aunts go back to rest."

After hearing this, the three of them felt unwilling, but they didn't dare to make trouble in the main room.After all, Jin Yuyu is not at home at the moment, if they make a fuss, no one can save them, and Liu Shi will only punish them even worse.So he could only continue to kneel and suffer from the cold, cursing Liu Shi secretly in his heart.

Madam Zheng was punctual, and sure enough, after half an hour, she walked into the main room and persuaded Liu Shi with a smile: "Grandma, it's getting late, let them go back and rest."

After hearing this, Mrs. Liu sneered and said, "My good mother, since when did your old man think about them so much? If you feel sorry for them, then you can go to Xikuayuan to take care of them in the future. I don't dare to bother my mother here."

Grandma Zheng watched Liu's growth since she was a child, so she naturally knew her left-handedness. Although she felt wronged, she didn't get angry, and she just tried to persuade her: "Grandma, they have been kneeling outside for half an hour. It's cold and windy, so the lesson is heavy. Besides, it's the Chinese New Year, and it's almost the Chinese New Year. If they really get sick from the cold, it's hard for the old lady and the wife to explain. Grandpa is going out to drink again now. If he comes back drunk and sees them kneeling in the yard, he will quarrel with grandma again. At that time, if things get serious, the old lady and the wife will blame them, and let them The second room watched the joke."

After listening to these words, Mrs. Liu felt that it made sense, and cursed in her heart, "It's cheap for you", and said coldly: "Just do what mother said, let them all get up, and go back to Xikuayuan to rest. Tell them , those who are born in this new year, please be more honest. If there is any joke that makes the master and I lose face, don't blame me for sending them to Zhuangzi to learn the rules. "

Madam Zheng agreed, and persuaded: "Grandma, go to bed earlier, it's getting late, and it's not a big deal for grandma to wait like this. If the master comes back, there will be maids to serve him, it's really impossible , and red plums, purple orchids, and green bamboos. Grandma should go to bed in peace, there will be trouble tomorrow."

After hearing this, Mrs. Liu nodded, got up and got off the kang couch, washed, changed clothes, and fell asleep in the inner room under the attendant service of Madam Zheng and the maids.

Madam Zheng left the maids to watch the night in Xinuange, then led the other maids out of the main room, closed the door of the main room, and sent the maids to sleep.Then I learned Liu's words from the three concubines, and asked them to get up and go back to Xikua courtyard to rest.When the door of the west courtyard was closed, Madam Zheng let out a bitter sigh, dragged her tired body, and went back to the house to rest.

That night Jin Yuyu went straight past the fourth watch, and Fang came back drunk.Under Mother Zheng's order, Lu Zhu, who was waiting for Jin Yuyu's return, hurriedly helped Jin Yuyu into her room.After waiting for washing and changing clothes, and persuading him to drink two bowls of hangover soup, Fang Fu waited on Jin Yuyu to sleep.

After kneeling in the cold wind for more than half an hour, the three concubines all became hot after one night. Seeing this, Madam Zheng was worried and hurried back to the Liu family.

While dressing her makeup, Mrs. Liu cursed a few words, and asked Madam Zheng to invite a doctor to treat the three of them.After dressing up and changing clothes by myself, I took the maids to the dew courtyard to serve Mrs. Liu for breakfast, and then went to serve Jin Taijun together.

Because Jin Yuyu was at the wine table the night before, he had already accepted a friend's invitation, and made an appointment to play at his friend's village at noon.So when I got up, I learned that the three concubines were sick, so I didn't go to Xikuayuan to see them. I just sent Hongmei to pass on a message to let them recover from illness and so on.After eating in a hurry, I changed my clothes for going out, and took the servants with me, and rode out to the appointment in a hurry.

Let's say that Liu Linglan went to the inner room to rest after lunch.Before going to bed, I told Nanny Feng to go to the Fengyuan to have a look. If Mrs. Liu wakes up after a short rest, come back and tell her that she has something to tell Mrs. Liu.

The head mistress of the Jin Mansion in the capital city is Madam Liu, only Taijun Jin, Madam Liu, and the Liu family have the final say, even Madam Su can't make the decision, let alone the newlywed Jun Xueqi?
Liu Linglan had endured the grievances in her heart for a long time, but now she couldn't bear it anymore, and urgently wanted to cry to Mrs. Liu.

In less than an hour, Nanny Feng quickly walked into the inner room, woke Liu Linglan, and said: "Grandma, grandma has taken a nap, let my mother-in-law invite grandma to go to the courtyard to talk."

After hearing this, Liu Linglan hurriedly got up and got off the bed. After washing and dressing up briefly, she took Mother Feng out of the ice courtyard and went to the wind courtyard.

Grandma Liu was sitting in the East Nuan Pavilion in the main room of the ice courtyard. After listening to Liu Linglan's crying, she said with a smile: "It has been a principle since ancient times that the children of concubines should be raised by the main family. You should have expected it a long time ago. Why do you feel wronged? Not to mention the third aunt, even I will not let the concubine raise the concubine's children. No matter how hard you feel, you can only bear it. Even if you cry to your mother-in-law, your mother-in-law will not help you You snatched Degoer back.

"You are usually shrewd, why can't you think of something useful at this moment? Brother Dee is now the only young master of the second room. As long as the third aunt can't give birth to a son, then the one who will inherit the second room will be Dee. At that time, even if The third aunt taught De Geer a lot, and it can’t change the fact that you are De Geer’s biological mother. This saying goes well, ‘Mother is more expensive than a child’, and your life depends on De Geer. You have Instead of fighting against the third aunt, it is better to work hard on the matter of the heir, so as to win a good future for De Geer."

Liu Linglan heard Liu Shi's words, her heart moved, she became flustered, and said in a trembling voice: "Sister, this heir is a big deal, I dare not make a move. If it is found out, I will die without a place to die .”

Mrs. Liu lightly tapped Liu Linglan's forehead, and said with a smile, "You are a worthless person who is afraid of this and that, and you are not yet destined to be married, so what are you using to argue with Third Aunt?"

Liu Linglan also knew that she didn't live up to expectations, so she lowered her head in disappointment, and after a while, she raised her head in disbelief and said, "What's wrong with Jun Xueqi? It's just that her natal family has a good background, and she is young and beautiful."

Mrs. Liu reminded: "Don't forget, she is also the niece of the second aunt, and the cousin of the third brother. With these two layers of relationship, even if she doesn't have a good family background, even if she is not young and beautiful, she is still more beautiful than her. You have confidence."

After hearing this, Liu Linglan felt wronged in her heart, but now she is even more resentful.But thinking of the things hidden in my heart, I became happy again, and said with a sneer: "Although I can't beat her, it doesn't mean that others can't beat her. She hasn't had a long comfortable life. I want to see if she can really fight her." have the last laugh.”

After hearing this, Mrs. Liu was puzzled, she didn't understand what Liu Linglan said, she knew that Mother Zheng and Mother Feng were guarding outside the main room, and no one else would come in, so she quietly asked what was going on.

Liu Linglan knew that in the Jin family, the only ones she could rely on were Mrs. Liu and the Liu family, so she didn't hide it anymore, and quietly told the Liu family what was hidden in her heart.

It turned out that when Jin Yuxuan and Liu Linglan traveled to Jianghe, they stayed at the inn opened by the Jin family in Jianghe.One night, Jin Yuxuan took the two servants who accompanied him to an appointment with a business friend, and went to the business friend's Zhuangzi outside the city to play and talk about business matters.When returning home in the middle of the night, he ran into bandits outside the city. Jin Yuxuan and the two servants were both drunk, and they were not very strong during the fight, and they were injured one after another.It happened that a carriage carrying coal passed by, and the two young men who drove it jumped off the carriage to help Jin Yuxuan resist the bandits.In the end, all the bandits died, but one of the two young men died and the other was seriously injured.

Later, Jin Yuxuan transported the seriously injured man and the corpse of another man back to Jianghe. While sending the seriously injured man to the best hospital in Jianghe for treatment, he sent the other man's corpse back to them according to the address the seriously injured man said. At home, they took out money to take care of his funeral.

The two men were originally brothers, the eldest was seriously injured, and the second was dead.The parents of the family died early, and there was only one younger sister named Zhang Lanyue, who was fourteen years old.On weekdays, the Zhang family brothers make a living by transporting coal, rice, vegetables and coolies, while Zhang Lanyue does some needlework and washes clothes in exchange for money to supplement the family.

Within three days, Brother Zhang, who was seriously injured, also left.Before dying, Zhang Lanyue, who was helpless, was entrusted to Jin Yuxuan to take care of her.The grace of saving lives is greater than heaven, so Jin Yuxuan naturally did not refuse. What is the proof to Big Brother Zhang that he will take good care of Zhang Lanyue, and in the future, he will find a good husband's family for her, prepare a generous dowry for her, and let her get married in a good way .

After Jin Yuxuan finished taking care of Jianghe's business, he handed Zhang Lanyue over to Liu Linglan's brother and sister-in-law to take care of him, while he led everyone to continue to take care of the business elsewhere.After several months, they finally finished cooking, and when they were about to rush back to Yongning, they received a letter from Jiang He, saying that Zhang Lanyue was seriously ill and asked Jin Yuxuan to take care of it.After Jin Yuxuan got the letter, he didn't dare to delay, and hurried to Jianghe.Unexpectedly, Zhang Lanyue was seriously ill and was treated for a few days. Although she improved, she never recovered.Jin Yuxuan was afraid of delaying his return to the capital for the New Year, so he sent Liu Linglan back to Yongning first, and sent a letter to Master Jin and Mrs. Su, while he stayed in Jianghe and continued to ask the doctor to treat Zhang Lanyue.

Liu raised her eyebrows, picked up the tea, drank a couple of sips, and said with a sneer, "This is really lively, well, there is another sister who is a savior. In your opinion, the third brother treats that woman very interestingly." ?”

Liu Linglan shook her head and snorted coldly: "My sister doesn't know our master's temper, our master is not the kind of person who loses his soul after seeing a woman. However, although the flowing water is ruthless, the falling flowers are not unintentional. Although that Zhang Lanyue came from a poor background and was young, he was scheming. Our master is a young hero, and Zhang Lanyue is just at the age of spring, how could he easily let go of the opportunity to fly on a branch and become a phoenix?"

Mrs. Liu agreed with a smile and said: "No, it's too late for this disease."

Liu Linglan continued: "In my opinion, there are nine out of ten chances that our master will take her back to Yongning and take care of her until he finds a good marriage for her and marry her off. If this Lanyue enters the Jin family, Jun Xueqi But there will be no good days. At that time, I will have to take a good look at the jokes of her grandma."

Mrs. Liu frowned and said, "Don't gloat too much, if this Lanyue doesn't stop, and she really gets into the third uncle's bed, you will have another contender for favor."

After hearing this, Liu Linglan snorted coldly and said, "With or without Zhang Lanyue, I will not be favored. Instead of seeing Jun Xueqi being favored alone, it is better to watch her lively and make me happy. So I After I came back, I kept it a secret, so that Jun Xueqi would not be prepared. After the new year, when we return to Yongning, Jun Xueqi's life will be interesting."

(End of this chapter)