Yijia Yishi

Chapter 25
At this moment, Mrs. Lu's Fushou lives inside, and the eldest wife He is serving tea for Mrs. Lu.

The old lady Lu was sitting on the mahogany consecrated Arhat's table, holding a cup of walnut and pine nut tea in her hand, she took it slowly, nodded slightly after a while and said: "Well, your tea making skills have improved recently."

Mrs. He is now Mrs. Lu's favorite daughter-in-law, and the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law is usually peaceful. Mrs. Lu will discuss things with her and ask her to help her make up her mind.

Mrs. He smiled slightly, raised her arm, picked up a piece of lotus cake from the food box on the carved table on the right hand side, and handed it to Mrs. Lu respectfully: "This is what my brother and wife brought to you today, you Try it, and say it was rewarded by the Queen Mother."

"Oh, since it's something from the palace, it tastes better than outside." Mrs. Lu took a bite of the lotus cake and said in a deep voice, "What do you think of today's matter?"

"Are you talking about the second younger sibling?" Mrs. He stretched his neck, without saying anything, just smiled slightly: "Didn't Fu'er plead guilty? You punished Fuer, which is also a good thing for the second younger sibling." I've confessed." After thinking for a while, he said, "Besides, that Fu'er was originally brought from the Wu family, who would have thought that she would murder her master. I can't blame you for being negligent in this matter, it really is Fu'er Cunningly."

The old lady Lu took another sip of the fragrant tea, without raising her eyelids, she said: "Now the Wu family is not as good as before, and there is no glory like Wu Zhengrong's time..." After a pause, she continued: "The An family is up now. "

Mrs. He nodded and said: "Yes, today I heard from my sister-in-law that Aunt An's elder brother, An Zhijin, is going to be promoted again, and this time he is promoted to the head of the Sixth Rank of Zhejiang Qingli Sizheng of the Ministry of Household Affairs. Although the promotion letter has not yet been issued , but the current Minister of the Ministry of Officials, Mr. Zhao, intends to support him. He praised him twice, saying that he will become a pillar in the future."

The old lady Lu concentrated for a moment, rubbed her eyebrows and said: "Our Lu family also has business in Zhejiang. Although An Zhijin was promoted to the seventh rank in the past two years, he is a member of the officialdom and can speak well outside. On weekdays, I also help us with errands. Today's matter... Although I know it in my heart, I haven't investigated it carefully, do you know my intentions?"

What a shrewd person He is, how could he not understand the truth of this.In the past, the Wu family had Wu Zhengrong and the support of the Huo family, Marquis of Dingbei, which was of great benefit to the Lu family, so the Wu family received preferential treatment everywhere.But the situation is different now, the Wu family is gradually going downhill, but the An family is starting to gain momentum. You can tell at a glance which one is more important in the future.

It is also expected that Mrs. Lu judged the situation.It's just pity for Mrs. Wu. I don't know how I will be crushed by Aunt An in the future!

He secretly rejoiced that her natal family was so powerful that she could live so comfortably.She is the only woman by the Eldest Master's side, and he has no worries about concubines.Her parents-in-law also valued her very much, and the children under her knees naturally had more honor and favor than other children.

"Daughter-in-law naturally understands all your painstaking efforts. You are also doing it for the good of the Lu family. Even if the siblings feel aggrieved in the future, she will definitely not blame you." He said in a steady voice, sitting still: "After all, she is now Lu. People of the Lu family should think of the Lu family in everything."

The old lady Lu was very satisfied when she heard that, with a pleasant smile on her face, she praised: "You are the most sensible, I didn't love you for nothing." After thinking about it, she whispered: "But you still have to go to Aunt An's side. Just go there and wake her up." She stared blankly, her tone became a little colder, and she said, "After all... I can't rub the sand in my eyes."

"Yes, daughter-in-law understands." Mrs. He smiled lightly, got up and added a bowl of tea to old lady Lu, but said in her heart, this old lady is really good at life, she didn't beat Aunt An by herself, but let her... …

Hmph, good people let her do it.

"Okay, you go, I'll just let Madam Qian take care of me here." The old lady Lu waved her hand, and leaned against the red pillow behind her with half-closed eyes.

He knelt down and Fang retreated.

It was very dark outside, and Madam Zhang was leading Yun'er and Jin'er to wait under the verandah. Seeing that Mrs. He had come out, the three rushed to greet her.

Yun'er and Jin'er held lanterns in their hands, Zhang Nanny smiled and said, "The old lady is taking a rest?"

He nodded, looked at Ting Xuezhai's position and pouted: "Let's go, go to Aunt An's place."

Nanny Zhang was taken aback for a moment, then smiled clearly, and ordered Yun'er and Jin'er to illuminate He Shi, and the four masters and servants went straight to Ting Xuezhai.

At this moment, Aunt An was standing quietly under the crimson partition, looking up at the stars in the sky and secretly thinking about today's affairs.

There are too many strange things today, Fu'er has been very careful, and the medicinal effect of the yellow vine is not enough to kill a cat. Wu's snowball is just a couple of bites, how could something happen?
Is the person behind this the old lady of the Wu family, or the Wu family?Or... is it Lu Shuyi?
Impossible, how could Lu Shuyi be so thoughtful?She's just a frizzy girl...

Although Fu'er went to the last moment and tried to recruit her, but she also saw the expression on the old lady Lu's face just now, and the old lady Lu must have doubts in her heart now...

This Fu'er is like a firecracker, it might explode at any moment, this person is definitely not allowed to stay...

Just as I was thinking, I heard the maids at the door calling: "Hello, Madam."

Aunt An was taken aback, what is she doing here at this time?After thinking about it for a while, he hurriedly raised his arm to stroke his temples, and greeted him with a smile.

Although Aunt An has the backing of her natal brother, she is a noble concubine and will always be a head shorter than Mrs. He, so when she sees Mrs. He, she is naturally very attentive.

But He's face was indifferent, and when he entered the room, he sat down next to each other, and said in a deep voice, "I have a few words to tell you."

Aunt An originally wanted to send someone to make tea, but when she heard this, she knew that Mrs. He didn't want to sit with her any longer, so she backed away from the left and right, sat on the peony carved cypress chair on one side, and said with a smile: I want to make you a pot of tea!"

"It's not necessary." He raised his eyelids slightly, and said lightly with the corners of his lips: "I came this time, but I suddenly thought of an interesting story, and I want to tell you, Auntie!"

When Aunt An heard that Mrs. He was going to tell a story, she couldn't figure out what she was going to do, so she could only laugh and said: "The story told by the eldest lady must be interesting, and I would like to hear the details."

He pulled out a red gold dotted emerald flower hairpin from his head and lightly fiddled with the candlelight on the Kang table, the candlelight flickered and suddenly brightened.Looking at the candlelight, she said slowly, "What I want to tell is a story about a man and a snake."

Man and snake?Aunt An's face suddenly turned pale, and she couldn't help pinching the handkerchief tightly.

However, Mrs. He didn't seem to see her, and just wanted to tell her story in a frustrating way: "It is said that during Song Ren's reign, there was only a mother and a child in a certain village in Shenze..."

Aunt An's hands were breaking out in cold sweat, and she knew that He was trying to tell the allusion about the lack of human heart.

It seems that Mrs. Lu has already noticed the matter of Huang Teng, and she has already suspected her.Now Mrs. He came to tell her this story just to beat her up and make her content, so as not to make trouble in the future.

After He finished speaking, when the last word fell from her mouth, she smiled lightly and said, "Aunt An, tell me how dissatisfied this person is. If he was satisfied, this snake would not swallow him alive He can still enjoy the splendor and wealth brought to him by the snake, don’t you think so?”

Aunt An smiled mischievously, but she complained endlessly in her heart.

"It can be seen that for this person, there should be a measure and measure in everything. If he is too arrogant and dissatisfied, he may not end well in the future." He touched the emerald bead bracelet on his wrist and said in a deep voice : "Aunt An, do you think this makes sense?"

Aunt An felt like she was sitting on pins and needles, as if she was suffering in a pan of oil, she still had to smile and said: "The eldest lady is right, that's exactly what it is."

Mrs. He knew that Aunt An was a smart person, and when talking to smart people, she never needed to say too much, just got it right.

She smiled slightly, got up and said: "You have finished listening to the story, Auntie should rest earlier, I still have something to do over there."

Just as He took two steps, he suddenly looked back at Aunt An and asked her, "Where is Miss Seven?"

Aunt An was taken aback, Mrs. He never asked about Lu Shufang, what happened today?Suddenly her mind flashed, could it be that Mrs. He had already heard about Lu Shufang's teasing at noon?

She tightened the handkerchief in her hand, and said in a calm voice: "Little girl likes to sleep, she should have rested earlier!"

He said "Oh", without any expression on his face, he just turned around and said, "In that case, let her rest more..."

Aunt An's face was ugly, she gritted her teeth, and could only send He away with her head bowed.

As soon as Mrs. He left, she immediately called Xing'er in, and said in a cold voice, "Go and find out who spread the news about Miss Seven and Miss Three's bickering."

(End of this chapter)