Second-hand lady

Chapter 10

After lunch, everyone left separately.

The eldest daughter-in-law Qin and Miss Si of Zhen Guogong's mansion helped Zhen Guogong's wife to walk slowly back to the upper room. Everyone was speechless along the way. Follow behind the master.

After entering the side hall of the upper room, Mrs. Qin helped her mother-in-law to sit up, and the maid served exquisite refreshments, then blessed her body and went down.

Mrs. Zhen Guogong took a sip of the tea brought by the eldest daughter-in-law, and looked up at her daughter who was sitting not far away with an unhappy face. Elongated, the graceful manners of some women can be vaguely seen, the appearance is tender, delicate and lovely, but there is no definiteness.

Mrs. Zhen Guogong sighed. Although this daughter is the only daughter-in-law of Zhen Guogong's mansion, she has a dignified status, but it is a daughter's family after all. If she is going to marry and become a daughter-in-law in the future, she can't compare to her son.Moreover, her daughter's gentle temperament is quite lively, and she is very happy and angry. If she is not careful, she will be used as a gun without knowing it.Originally, because of her status as the daughter of the Duke of Zhenguo, everyone gave her more face, but if she continues like this for a long time, she will definitely suffer a big loss in the future.

"Mother, what's the matter with you?" Qin asked with a smile, "But you got tired early this morning?"

Knowing what she meant, Mrs. Zhen Guogong just said indifferently: "Today is the day when Brother Liang and his daughter-in-law meet, how can it be called tired? I just look at Wanwan like this, it really makes me worry."

Qin took a look, covered her mouth with a smile and said, "Mother's words are wrong. We Wanwan are the legitimate daughters of the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion. No matter what she looks like, she is justified."

When the gentle girl heard the two talking about herself, she couldn't help but be happy, and immediately came over, hugged an arm of Mrs. Zhen Guogong's wife, and said coquettishly: "Mother, what's wrong with me like this?"

Mrs. Zhen Guogong stroked her hair, and said: "It's my fault. I thought that brother Yiliang would never return to this mansion because of his disposition and temper, so I relaxed the restraint on Wan'er. I want her to live a more comfortable life, who knows..."

Wen Wan couldn't understand why a good mother said such things, but Qin was always a shrewd person, and she was used to serving Mrs. Zhen Guogong's wife, so she knew what she meant, and said hesitantly: "Mother means, third brother Is it wrong to marry the third sibling?"

Mrs. Zhen Guogong was noncommittal, but said: "Although the master has been fighting with Brother Liang for more than ten years, but are they father and son? Where did the overnight feud come from? The most important thing in Master's heart is Brother Liang. Wanwan, you three Brother has always been extremely precious, he values ​​his daughter-in-law, even if you don't care about it in your heart, don't show it in the future."

Hearing this, Qin also understood her mother-in-law's worry.Isn't that right, when this sister-in-law from the first line was born, Wen Liang had already left home to venture outside, making her the highest-born girl in the house all of a sudden. The Zhen Guogong seldom disrespected her, which made her almost become the little overlord in the mansion. Although she was a girl, she acted more arrogantly than her elder brothers.

However, although Wen Wan is a bit arrogant, she is a girl's family after all, and she won't do anything to provoke criticism if Mrs. Zhen Guo is holding her back.But she seemed to like her half-brother Wen Liang quite a bit, and she had a lot of complaints about the background of Wen Liang's wife. Ever since the imperial decree came down, she was also suffocating.

Wen Wan curled her lips and said nonchalantly: "Mother, if it wasn't for the Xia family who saved the third brother's life in Tongcheng, the third brother would not have married her to repay his kindness."

Qin's heart skipped a beat.

Mrs. Zhen Guogong's wife shook her head: "If Brother Liang just married her to repay her kindness, according to her status, Brother Liang can completely allow her to be a concubine. But Brother Liang allowed her to be his main wife, which shows how much he attaches importance to her. You two, from now on, be smart about Brother Liang's daughter-in-law."

Qin shi responded, pouted her lips gently, with an unhappy expression on her face, obviously not paying attention to what mother's words said.

Mrs. Zhen Guogong sighed: "Aside from Brother Liang himself, the Xia family is backed by King Su. No matter what, we have to give her a little bit. Don't think that King Su will only marry her because of Brother Liang. The Xia clan adopted her as a righteous sister. When the dowry entered the door last month, you also saw the team making the dowry go around the imperial city. Not to mention, the number drawn up in the dowry list alone is enough to surprise people. Back then, the dowry brought by a good brother and his mother when he married into the Duke of Zhen's mansion was even richer."

Hearing this, Qin Shi was taken aback, her eyes revealed envy.

Wen Wan didn't understand this concept as deeply as Qin's, but she was a little entangled with her mother's attitude, she was not stupid, her mother had said so much, just to analyze the situation for her, so that she would not just mess with Xia's for a moment.But Wen Wan felt that how could a man as glorious as San Ge be matched with such a woman with low status and low appearance?Thinking about it makes my heart feel sorry for the third brother.

Although Wen Wan didn't meet Wen Liang very often, because of Wen Liang's reputation when she was young, which of the noble ladies in Beijing would envy her for having an unparalleled elder brother who is both talented and beautiful.Every time there is a gathering between the wives and ladies, those noble ladies enthusiastically surround her, just to get closer to her, so as to leave a good impression, and then let her say a few nice words in front of the third brother, so as to get a little relation.Naturally, she knew what those noble girls were up to, and she was quite self-conscious about choosing a sister-in-law for her elder brother. She was picky about those noble girls in her heart, and she wanted to choose a famous noble girl who was both talented and good-tempered to be her sister-in-law for the third brother.

For so many years, even though we haven't met many times, Wen Wan really puts the third brother Wen Liang in her heart, especially when she sees the third brother himself, Wen Wan has long been fascinated by his talent and flawless perfection. Impressed by his appearance, he respects and loves him in his heart, and treats him as the most important elder brother.

So, how could she accept such a woman of inferior background and insignificant talent as her third sister-in-law?

Seeing that her daughter responded, but her eyes showed dissatisfaction, Mrs. Zhen Guogong didn't want to push her too hard for a while, she only blamed herself for marrying in for so many years, but only gave birth to a daughter?

Because the new daughter-in-law came in, Mrs. Zhenguo began to fall into worry because she had nothing to do in these years, and it was difficult to confide the pain in her heart.

But soon, she didn't need to worry about these anymore, there were other things for her to worry about.

In the evening, Duke Zhen went into the house to rest. His wife was taking off his clothes while talking about some things in the mansion. Duke Zhen listened casually with his eyelids closed.

After the couple washed and lay on the bed, Mrs. Zhen Guogong was about to close her eyes and go to sleep when she suddenly heard her husband's voice. When she heard the content clearly, Mrs. Zhen Guogong woke up with a jolt, and all the drowsiness was gone. all clean.

"From now on, you and the third daughter-in-law will have a good time, remind her, don't let her follow the bad example of Princess Su!"

If the husband's words are spread, even if he is a prestigious veteran in the court, it is estimated that King Su would dare to chill him.Mrs. Zhen Guogong was silent for a while, and said tactfully: "Master, what you said is not appropriate, the third daughter-in-law has just married, if there are any deficiencies, the concubine will naturally mention her, don't worry. "

Old Zhen Guogong didn't hear his wife's reminder at this time, he just felt that today's wife was a little slow, he groaned for a while, and said cheekily: "San'er has finally married a wife, although I am not satisfied with the status of this daughter-in-law. , but... oh, don't let her learn from Princess Su, cough cough cough...you can see what happens then, if the third daughter-in-law has such a sign, you can go and beat her, don't teach the third son to let her go. She grasped it, a man is born to stand upright, how can he be deceived by a woman..."

"..."

Mrs. Zhen Guogong's wife looked away silently: Master, for your third son, have you even stripped off this old face and stepped on it?

(End of this chapter)