Lady Zhao

Chapter 91

"Mr. Leng... What kind of relative?" The woman looked at Zhao Wenwan blankly. She knew about Mr. Leng of the Duke's Mansion. What are you doing, before you can think about this mess, you can hear a clanging sound in the room, and the old man hurriedly yelled and ran back.

After a while, there was a high-pitched scolding from the old woman, one bite after another, accompanied by the sound of things falling to the ground, very mixed.

Seeing that Zhao Wenwan had no intention of leaving, Baochan poked his head into the door. If Zhao Wenwan hadn't pulled his hand quickly, he would have almost been hit on the head by the washing board flying out. After reacting with his round eyes, he immediately stared at the culprit.

"Mother, just tell me where you hid the money you got back. Yun'er told me all about it, and what she kept privately can be redeemed as long as I take out another 20 taels. Then you will It's worth it to have an extra daughter-in-law to take care of you!" The man who was chased and beaten out of the house saw that he was in his twenties, and he looked like a wanderer in the market, talking to his wife with a hippie smile, coaxing.

"I'll tell you that you've given up on this thought. Even if I die, I won't want a daughter-in-law from a brothel. The money has to be given to your father for medicine, and I won't give you a dime." The old woman was tired of throwing it away. Yes, he said with his hips akimbo and panting heavily, gnashing his teeth.

"He's very old, he's paralyzed by a stroke, and he needs to be taken care of by you. The money is like a bottomless pit. Why don't you give it to me!" The son also lost his temper, sticking his neck out and saying, "I don't see him in a good light." I think about you more often, it’s not the same as losing all your money in a brothel, and only thinking of you when you are disabled!"

After the man finished speaking, he was greeted by the woman and threw a bunch of sundries.

Zhao Wenwan stood at the door and watched the flying dogs and dogs jumping inside, called Bao Chan and Jin Ling back to the carriage, and when the carriage had traveled three or four miles, he suddenly stopped the driver, and stopped at the side of the road at the fork.

"Miss, what's the matter?" Baochan followed, lifting a corner of the curtain to ask.

"Wait for someone." Zhao Wenwan lifted the curtain of the carriage and fixed it behind the hook, looking at a place and said in a low tone.

About an hour before a stick of incense sticks, there is indeed a black spot approaching from a distance, the man is kicking the stones under his feet, cursing and swearing, there is nothing clean, he suddenly looks up and looks at the stop in front of him. The carriage paused for a moment, as if it looked familiar, it had just stopped at the door of his house, and it looked like he was looking for someone, so he took a second look.

"Little brother, is it convenient for you to say a few words?" In the carriage, Zhao Wenwan waited for someone to come, and called out to stop him.

The man pointed to himself, seeing that the other party was dressed in a noble style, and the carriage was very dignified, he showed a different face and approached him, "What's the matter, my lord?"

"I want to ask my little brother about something."

The man's monkey eyes lit up when he heard the words, and he grinned and said, "My lord, you are asking the right person. There is no one in the ten villages that I, Niu San'er, don't know about. I'm busy, look..." As he spoke, he made a gesture of counting money.

Zhao Wenwan was not surprised either, and pointed to Baochan with his eyes, and the latter reluctantly took out a money bag, holding his breath and shaking it in front of the idiot, "Here, answer my son's question honestly. , this money is enough for you to redeem Yun'er and Liu'er!"

"Cheng Chengcheng, young master, just ask, I will tell you everything!" Niu San'er stared straight at the money bag and said flatteringly.

"Your father was disabled by someone, why and by whom?"

Niu San'er didn't expect that the other party was asking about his own family, so he was stunned for a while, and looked at Zhao Wenwan suspiciously.Baochan didn't like the look in this person's eyes the most. He looked at it as if he had malicious intentions. He immediately took the money bag and said in a confident manner, "If you want to know something, young master, please say it quickly. If you don't want to say it, you can also Don't waste our son's time."

After all, I have to take back the money bag.

"Oh, don't mind." Seeing that Baochan was about to take it back, the man quickly changed his face, and he lost all curiosity, "I said, there's nothing wrong with that!"

Zhao Wenwan gave Bao Chan an approving look, and then she fell back on the man, with a deep smile on her lips.

Zhao Wenwan went out early in the morning, and when he returned, it was already sunset, Zhao Yuanli just came back from the palace, and the siblings met at the gate of the mansion.

"Brother." Zhao Wenwan felt guilty for no reason because of Zhao Yuanli's sizing up.

Zhao Yuanli stared at the marks on her face that seemed to have been smeared. It looked familiar, and when he turned his mind, he thought of the man in the palace, "What are you doing?"

"... went out to play." In front of Zhao Yuanli, Zhao Wenwan didn't want to use the set of rhetoric to fool Mrs. Ye, and said that the eldest brother would not believe it, so she pretended to be playful.

Zhao Yuanli looked at the two maids dressed as servants behind her, raised his eyebrows and said, "It seems that there is one more thing that the sixth prince has to worry about." He has to devote energy to take care of his younger sister. .

"..." What's the matter with Gu Jingxing, but Zhao Wenwan, who can't say anything, really can't refute it.

Zhao Yuanli, who made Zhao Wenwan make jokes every time, consciously won a victory, and entered the mansion happily, not seeing a trace of pensiveness across the faces of the people behind him.

At dusk, every house and garden slowly put out the candles and prepared to fall asleep, but only one place was brightly lit, and when you listen carefully, it is accompanied by faint crying, which makes people stand on end.

"Oh, Grandma Sanfang is crying again." One of the women on duty under the Chuihuamen put her cloth handkerchief on the steps and sat down.

"No, the third master is most afraid of the third grandma's crying, and he always rushes to comfort others when he comes back. It's just that what the third grandma has done this time is too much. The third master has not stepped into this garden in the past two months." The mother-in-law was also on duty with a younger maid, who only waited on the third grandma when she got up at night. It was like listening to Xu's ghost crying every day, and now she didn't feel afraid.

While chatting and chatting, the two listened to the sound of footsteps outside the garden, hurriedly straightened their bodies, not daring to be reckless, and after a while, they saw a woman under Li Guanshi walking in with a food box.

The little maid glanced at the food box and was a little surprised. At this time, it must be the third master who brought the midnight snack to the third grandma?
"Here, Aunt Rong specially ordered the cook to make a supper for the third grandma. You can take it in." The woman who came handed the things to Mother Chen, then yawned under cover, and turned around impatiently. up.

The mother-in-law and the maid who were carrying the food box looked at each other, both a little puzzled by Aunt Rong's intentions, wouldn't it add fuel to the fire at this time to send supper, but thinking that she used to be a gardener and raised her identity again, then After thinking about it, the old woman went in with her bag and knocked on Xu's door.

"Third Grandma, Aunt Rong..." As soon as the three words were written, there was the sound of something hitting the door, splashing ink spots on the window, and finally falling to the ground with a shattering sound.

The mother-in-law was so startled that she took a step back and almost lost her balance. She was about to leave when Xu said in a dark voice, "What's the matter with Aunt Rong?"

"It is said that the cook made supper." The mother-in-law replied outside, but there was no movement inside for a while.After all, he is an old man in the garden, and thinking of Aunt Rong's old love, he hesitated and opened the lid of the food box, and added, "It's the crystal cake that the third grandma likes to eat, it looks like a bunch of red flowers." , it's so exquisite!"

Suddenly there was the ear-piercing sound of the table legs moving and rubbing against the ground, and the next moment, the door of the third room was opened from the inside. Xu's face was tear-stained, with a haggard look, and he glanced at the old woman, saying nothing. He didn't say he took the food box and closed the door again.

"..." Seeing that the third grandma was willing to accept her, the mother-in-law breathed a sigh of relief, and went back to the door of Chuihua to wait.

Seeing the man coming back, the little servant girl leaned closer and lowered her voice, "Third Grandma lost her temper again, it's been heard from far away."

The mother-in-law nodded, "According to me, Aunt Rong has been with the third grandma for a long time, she is considerate, and she is showing her affection to the third grandma."

"Show favor? The third grandma treats her like that..."

"What do you know about the little girl, the family background of the third grandma...what are you talking about with you, anyway, just watch, no matter whether Aunt Rong's birth is a boy or a girl, the third grandma's status will not change at all." Said with emotion.

In the room, Mrs. Xu opened the food box with a serious face, looked at the red flower-shaped crystal cake inside for a while, and finally reached out to take it, frowned when the box was empty, and then touched the plate again Underneath, as soon as he raised his hand, he saw the note stuck underneath, the corner of his mouth was slightly pulled, and his smile looked quite cold against the candlelight.

On the spread note, there were only a few words, and it looked messy. After reading it, Mrs. Xu lit a corner with a candle, and then threw it on the ground. The wind that leaked in through the cracks extinguished the last ray of fire, leaving only a small piece of paper that was burnt to ashes, and the word "timing" could be vaguely seen, and it was thoroughly burned.

In the early morning of the next day, Zhao Wenwan met Mrs. Leng on his way to Mingxu Garden to say hello to the old lady. His eyes darkened for a moment, and he quickly closed his eyes. He didn't show much emotion, and only asked a few words about his fourth uncle's recent situation.Leng smiled lightly and said that she has been in Jiangbei to take care of business for less than half a month, and she is afraid that she will be back in the next few days. When Zhao Wenwan nodded, she heard that Leng said thoughtfully that she had asked Zhao Hongshi to give a few He and each room brought gifts.

Mrs. Ye heard it from the side, and snorted coldly in her heart, these four families are really good at buying people's hearts because of how much money they have, but the secretly scoffing emotion didn't show on the surface, and at the end he politely echoed, "I'm really bothering my brother and sister , now my brothers and sisters in the house and outside the house are more considerate than me, which makes me, the duke and wife of the country, very ashamed."

Mrs. Leng could hear the dissatisfaction in Mrs. Ye's tone, smiled meaninglessly, and without saying a word, pulled Zhao Wenwan to ask about the purse embroidered that day. After choosing the pattern, I went to Xiangzhu Garden to embroider with Zhao Wenwan, who was also planning to embroider one.

Zhao Wenwan pursed her lips and nodded, and saw the latter hugging her arm affectionately. Zhao Wenwan looked down at the lotus root arms and couldn't help feeling that Zhao Wenxi was really good at acting. Compared to how she treated Zhao Wenxi at that time, Zhao Wenxi is now More than anything.It's just that everyone knows well that with Gu Jingxing separated, how could such a sisterly affectionate behavior give Zhao Wenwan goosebumps.

Everyone greeted Mrs. Zhao as usual, and came out one after another. Before they stepped out of the courtyard, they saw Mama Sun walking slowly out of the small courtyard. After saluting the masters, she said with a respectful smile: "Ma'am , Aunt Rong is missing some things, I need your next approval note to make the house purchase everything."

Hearing this, Mrs. Ye nodded her head as a signal, and said calmly: "Follow me to the garden and talk about it in detail." As the mistress of the Duke's Mansion, it is natural to be concerned about these things.

"Yes." Mother Sun replied and followed Ye Shi.

As soon as he entered Shao Nian Yuan, Ye's airs loosened, dismissed the maids around him, and first gave Sun Mama a hard look, "Didn't I say that there is nothing important, don't come to me! After Zhao's mother was killed by that little bitch, there are not many usable ones left around me, what should I do if someone finds out!"

Mama Sun leaned down to listen, and seeing that Mrs. Ye stopped talking, she said: "This old slave knows Madam's worries, and if there is no important matter, I will not disturb Madam, so I came to find Madam in front of everyone. It is easier for a sneaky old slave to come to your Shaonian Garden to attract suspicion, and now that he is using the name of Aunt Rong, no one will think of it."

Mrs. Ye hummed, and did not forget to praise, "You did a good job before." Mrs. Ye was at a disadvantage because of Zhao Yuanjin's incident at that time. It was Sun's mother who came up with the idea to let Aunt Rong's miscarriage lead to a disturbance to Xu's family. On him, coupled with Mrs. Xu secretly fueling the flames, using Mrs. Xu's hatred for Zhao Wenwan to deal with him, it can be said to kill two birds with one stone.

Sure enough, Aunt Rong had a miscarriage, and the third wife, Mrs. Xu, had a happy pulse. Several things in a row successfully suppressed Mrs. Ye's little mistakes, and she regained power in the Duke's Mansion. Just waiting for the opportunity to "drop the child", Zhao Wenwan will definitely not find out the clues, but she wants to plan ahead in a fit of rage, so that she and Sun's mother are caught off guard, so that the cheap girl can turn things around and save the day.

However, no matter how the situation develops, the fire cannot be burned on himself.

A smug smile flashed across Ye's face, and after Mama Sun humbly expressed that Mrs. Wei was right, she asked, "Well, why are you here today?"

Mama Sun smiled like a human being, "Is Madam worrying about Fourth Grandma recently?"

"Hmph." Ye Shi had already entered the room, sat on the soft couch, and let out a mocking snort from his nose. "The old lady is also confused, how can I be happy if I insist on letting Sifang get involved?"

There was a hint of hatred in Ye's voice.

Now some courageous servants say that the fourth grandma is generous and manages the family well. It would be great if she were the wife of the Duke's Mansion!Ye Shi has already punished some people severely after she found out, and some people still can't stop talking about it. If this continues, the real power of the mistress of her government will be emptied by Sifang.

Mother Sun hurriedly persuaded: "Madam said in private that the old lady is fine, but don't show your emotions. No matter how capable the fourth grandma is, you are now the wife of the Duke's Mansion."

After hearing this, Mrs. Ye felt a little more at ease, and Mother Sun continued: "This old servant is here today to tell you a secret about Grandma Fourth that I just heard?"

"Secret?" Ye's eyes rolled, "Let's hear it?"

Mama Sun whispered in Ye Shi's ear with a mysterious smile on her face. The more she listened, the expression in Ye Shi's eyes became brighter, and finally she let out a sneer, and the frown on her face just spread out, and she was sure again. , "What you heard is reliable?"

"It's absolutely reliable. It's a distant relative of Lao Nu who used to be on duty in the Leng Mansion. It won't be bad. Madam just send someone to investigate again to make sure."

Ye's eyes turned cold, and he gritted his teeth and said to himself: "Let's just wait and see how that good daughter-in-law of Sifang can be a good person this time!"

It's just that one day later, when everyone paid their respects in the morning, Mrs. Ye was the first to arrive. As the eldest daughter-in-law, it should be so. After paying her respects, she said with a smile: "Mother, seeing that Aunt Rong is about to give birth at full term, I specially We found an experienced mother to ration Aunt Rong, so that she and Mama Sun can take care of her, do you want my mother to palm me?"

The old lady smiled and said, "You have a heart, this mother is a steady one? Have you checked out the details of the family?"

The corner of Ye's mouth curled slightly, and he continued: "Mother, don't worry, I have already cross-examined her clearly. This Mama Jia is very capable. She is very good at delivering babies and taking care of pregnant women. After all, this person has some connections with our family!"

Mrs. Zhao raised her eyebrows, and gave a "hmm" in confusion.

"Your fourth daughter-in-law was the one who delivered the baby. At that time, Mrs. Leng went to the temple on the mountain to fulfill her wish, and her amniotic fluid broke in the temple. It was Mama Jia who delivered the babies by herself. With her taking care of Aunt Rong, it would be impossible. Poor."

Mrs. Zhao also felt that she was destined, so she immediately called someone to tell her to come in. The mother-in-law followed the maid and entered the room. She looked about 50 or [-] years old, dressed decently, and looked like a dignified person. Why is the sentence not at Leng's house?

Mother Jia replied that her son had come to the capital for development in recent months, so she came with him. The old lady asked him a few more words, and nodded with satisfaction. Mrs. Ye knew that meant it was available.

Not long after, people lifted the curtain and came in to say hello. As soon as Mrs. Leng came in, she met Jia's mother's eyes. Jia's mother suddenly became a little excited, and shouted in a trembling voice, "Miss is really you? I couldn't believe it when I heard that you married into the Duke's mansion."

Leng's originally smiling face immediately changed, and when he looked closely, he seemed to have lost all color. He was stunned and said, "Mother Jia?"

Everyone didn't know the reason, why the two looked like they hadn't seen each other for a long time.Seeing everyone's puzzled looks, Mrs. Leng explained, "After my mother passed away, I had only one daughter, and my father married another one. After I got married, I voluntarily went to the temple to pray for her. Staying in the Taoist temple is enough It has been a few years, the relationship with the family... plus the Leng family has many children now, I am afraid that I will not be remembered." The Leng family was thus forgotten and thrown in the temple.

So later when the Leng family married Zhao Hongshi, the Leng family didn't know about it, nor did the Zhao Guogong's government. It's grown up, but it's rare for her to cherish each other and love her dearly. Now she can be counted as having the best of all hardships.

The old lady immediately understood the meaning, and looked at Leng Shi and felt a little sour in her eyes, because Zhao Hongshi had reminded her before that she didn't want the old lady to ask about Leng Shi, so she simply didn't ask. One person said, I am afraid that she only picked up the finished one and told it, her daughter-in-law must have suffered a lot of grievances.Actually speaking, the Leng family and Zhao Wenwan are somewhat alike. Their mother lost their early years and their father remarried, but the Leng family is not as lucky as Zhao Wenwan to have a good grandmother to protect them.

Mother Jia let out a sigh, as if acquiescing to Leng's argument.

The old lady was even more distressed, and she called Leng Shi to her front, comforting her, "The past is over, now you are the daughter-in-law of the fourth child, we are a man of the Duke's mansion. No one has wronged you."

"Old lady, it is a blessing for my daughter-in-law to marry the fourth master..." Leng's eyes were foggy, and he couldn't continue speaking with a choked voice.

At the side, Mrs. Ye secretly observed Leng's expression, and only said in her heart, heh, let her be cared for by the old lady for a few days, and when the matter comes out, see how she still has the face to stay in the Duke's mansion.

(End of this chapter)