Good morning Mr. Zhongtang

Chapter 10

Tong Wanrou took care of herself as quickly as possible, and followed Fu Heng out of the new house.

She came in with her head covered yesterday, so she didn't see what the yard looked like, and now she was in a hurry to greet her in-laws, but she only took a cursory glance, and felt that it was not as simple as she imagined. The rugged rockery looks nothing like ordinary things, and there are flowers and plants planted in the garden, some of which are also rare species. Although everything in the yard is not new, it is not old, which makes people look very comfortable. There is no sense of oppression under the splendor.

Following Fu Heng's side, Tong Wanrou tried her best to straighten herself and swayed her arms gently, even if the movement was regular, neither up nor down.

When they came to the main hall, Fu Heng asked the servant girl to pass the message when they were leaving the room, so when Tong Wanrou and the others entered the room, they saw that her parents-in-law had already sat down at the top.

Tong Wanrou thought that at this hour, at most, only her mother-in-law was still there, and her father-in-law had already gone to court, but when she entered, she saw both her parents-in-law and her mother-in-law were there. I offered tea to my parents-in-law with the gift of everyone, and then apologized, taking all the matter of today's greeting and late arrival to myself, not to mention the slightest complaint from my husband-in-law.

Li Shi and Li Rongbao are both people who have been there, how could they not know that young people's love on their wedding night is uncontrollable, Li Rongbao waved to her and told her to get up, Li Shi covered the corners of his lips with a handkerchief, and beckoned to her, Tong Wanrou walked over Afterwards, Mrs. Li kindly took her hand in my palm, and asked the nurse who was waiting on the side to bring a small tray covered with high-grade flannelette, with an ebony box on top.

After opening the box, it turned out to be a pair of emerald green jadeite bracelets, which were very valuable.

Mrs. Li took the bracelet out of the black box and put it on Tong Wanrou's wrists, looking at it again and again, her love for her was beyond words.

Li Rongbao had received his wife's tea, so he got up and called Fu Heng to the study. Tong Wanrou's eyes followed Fu Heng's back all the way until he couldn't see her. Seeing her like this, Li couldn't help smiling, and pulled her to sit down. , said kindly:
"Heng'er has rough hands and feet, and doesn't know how to serve others. You should take care of her."

Hearing what she said, Tong Wanrou lowered her head in embarrassment, knowing that when she put the jade bracelet on her earlier, she saw the bruise on her arm. Unexpectedly, the trace left by Ken letting go was seen by her mother-in-law early in the morning, which is really embarrassing.

Seeing that she was shy, Mrs. Li smiled again, and ordered breakfast to be served in front of her. Seeing the undisguised surprise on Tong Wanrou's face, Mrs. Li handed her the chopsticks and said:

"Eat quickly."

Tong Wanrou took the chopsticks, bit her lips uncomfortably at Li Shi, and then said: "Mother, how can you still have breakfast at this hour?"

Knowing that she was remembering the rules of her natal family, she couldn't help gently urging: "Eat quickly. You have to eat when you are hungry. What time is it?"

Tong Wanrou touched her already hungry and unconscious abdomen, an unspeakable goodwill rose in her heart, and she didn't want to go against Li Shi's kindness, so she simply indulged herself and started eating.

Seeing her eating happily, Li Shi also felt very good. While she was eating, she told her a little bit about the affairs in this mansion:
"From now on, we will be a family. We don't talk about two different families. There are some things that I, the mother-in-law, want to explain to you in advance. Is it possible?"

Tong Wanrou was eating, when she heard Li Shi had something to say, she hurriedly put down her chopsticks, straightened her sitting posture and said: "Mother-in-law teaches, daughter-in-law should listen."

Seeing that she was nervous, Mrs. Li didn't think it was funny, so she pointed to the bowls and chopsticks and asked her to continue eating, while she said casually:

"It's not teaching, it's just telling you about the situation in our courtyard."

Tong Wanrou was holding the bowl, not daring to eat or put it down, she looked at Li shi eagerly, Li shi couldn't laugh or cry when she looked at her, she just felt that this daughter-in-law was too honest, she must have been disciplined too much when she was in her mother's house Now, I am cautious everywhere, and I feel a little regretful in my heart. I knew that I would wait until she finished eating, but now she is not in the mood to let her continue eating.

Li Shi didn't want Tong Wanrou to be nervous for too long, so she decided to make a long story short.

"Our courtyard is a side courtyard of the Fucha Mansion. I am the side room. You already know this. The master has one main wife, two side rooms, and six concubines. The main wife is the Guerjia family and has three sons under his knees. The two daughters are both descendants of the concubine, and the other six sons in the mansion are all descendants of the concubine. Heng'er is the ninth and the youngest among the concubines. I am the master's concubine, and there is only one daughter and one son. The eldest daughter, Minglan, married a few years ago With the emperor who was still Prince Bao back then, he was Ge Ge, and his status was equivalent to that of a concubine. After Prince Bao inherited the throne, Ming Lan was named a virtuous person and entered the palace together."

Li Shi was talking here, Tong Wanrou was remembering, and suddenly remembered that on the paddock that day, an eunuch in the palace once brought her a few plates of exquisite snacks. Wondering why the nobleman in the palace would give her food, it turned out to be Fu Heng's own sister.

"I'm not telling you this for anything else, just to tell you that although we are in the eccentric house, we are not without status. Even if we don't talk about virtuous people, your father-in-law's favoritism for me alone is not here. In the Fucha mansion, no one dares to underestimate him."

Li continued to talk, Tong Wanrou nodded as she listened, in fact, she had seen earlier that her mother-in-law must be favored in front of her father-in-law, because, if the concubine of an ordinary family gets married, the father-in-law may not come out to accept the daughter-in-law the next day However, not only did her father-in-law come out to meet her this morning, but he still waited until then even knowing that she was getting up late. From this, it can be seen that her father-in-law and mother-in-law are indeed not as good as she imagined in this mansion. Being so neglected in the middle of the day, I couldn't help but feel a little relieved in my heart.

"You are a good girl. I used to think so, but since you agreed to Heng'er's marriage proposal regardless of your status, I am sure. I am very pleased that you can do this for Heng'er. From now on, you will definitely let Heng'er Treat you well and never let me down."

After Li Shi said this, before Tong Wanrou could open her mouth, a trace of embarrassment appeared on her face, and she said in a deep voice:

"Nowadays, it's only difficult for Da Furen."

Tong Wanrou knew that the eldest lady in Li's mouth was referring to the Guerjia family. Her mother and the Guerjia family had secretly arranged for her to marry Fu Xin, the sixth son of the Fucha Mansion, and now she was telling the truth. And after marrying Fu Heng, it is conceivable that Guerjia's hatred for her, that's why her mother-in-law is worried here, how to deal with the next greeting.

No matter how favored Li Shi is, the crime of disrespecting the mistress is still unacceptable. If the concubine married a daughter-in-law, she should be the first to take her to the main room to greet her. , is the person Guerjia first took a fancy to. Although he didn't tell the outside world, but the inside story is there, so all kinds of embarrassment came to the stage, and the result can be imagined.

She can suffer in front of the Guarjia family, even if she gets slapped a few times, it's okay, but when her daughter-in-law gets married, she can't be implicated by her to suffer this kind of grievance.

After thinking about it, Li finally made a decision.

Telling Tong Wanrou to wait in the living room, she changed her clothes before taking Tong Wanrou to the main courtyard.

"No matter what happens in a while, you just need to stand still and don't speak, and let me take care of it." Li Shi told Tong Wanrou worriedly while walking.

Tong Wanrou nodded, and replied meekly: "Yes."

Tong Wanrou straightened her steps and walked behind Li Shi, she was fascinated by the overly gorgeous back of her mother-in-law.

Although Li's charm still exists, most of her clothes are elegant and clean on weekdays, but she is wearing extremely luxurious clothes at the moment, not to mention that the clothes are full of gold embroidery thread, just the one on her waist The sash is also priceless, the multicolored raw silk is wrapped with moist pearls that are bigger than the thumbnails, such a pearl is extremely expensive, let alone a string around the waist up.

Tong Wanrou thought about the matter in her mind for a while, and then she understood the purpose of Li Shi's trip. She wanted to use herself as a shield to transfer all the hatred of her mistress, Guerjia Shi, to Li Shi. He wanted to use Guarjia's jealousy towards the concubine to further stimulate her so as to achieve the purpose of protecting her.

This kind of heart, if you don't think about it, you will be deeply moved after thinking about it.

Even her mother-in-law couldn't do this for her. This woman really didn't want her to suffer any grievances from the bottom of her heart.

Thinking of this, Tong Wanrou bent her lips in relief, and her heart was replaced by an emotion called "lucky". She was so glad that the person she married was Fu Heng, so lucky that Fu Heng had such an enlightened person, who For their children more than for their own mother.

(End of this chapter)