The Duke’s wife is beautiful but has a dark heart

Aunt Xiuyun personally carried the flower basket to Tan's house.

"aunt!"

Mr. Tan was leaning on the soft armrest, thinking about something.

Looking at Xiuyun's silhouette with her aging eyes, she couldn't help but feel a little sad. I don’t know why, but she has started to think about the past more recently...

Xiuyun gently bent her knees: "Aunt, the rose season is at its end. Can I cut some branches for you and put them in a vase?"

"Okay!" Mrs. Tan smiled.

A girl took the vase and placed it on the small table.

Aunt Xiuyun trimmed the flower branches into long and short lengths, and inserted them into the vase one by one at different heights according to their colors.

Seeing her standing on the large silk carpet, her clothes were plain but lustrous and luxurious, and she was doing her work calmly, the whole scene was so pleasing to the eye. The slanted adobe wall and thatched roof appeared in my mind. It rains outside and it rains inside the house too... puddles form on the uneven ground...

Mr. Tan shook his head and got rid of distracting thoughts: I got here today just by myself!
The feeling of pride comes spontaneously.

"Do you like it?!" Aunt Xiuyun finished inserting the bottle and turned it around the small table to admire it.

Mrs. Tan nodded: "It looks good! Just in time, I have something to tell you! Come and sit down, you all can go out!"

The girls went out and Aunt Xiuyun sat next to Mr. Tan.

Mrs. Tan turned her eyes away. After many years, every time she saw this face, she still needed to calm down for a while.

"Aunt?" Aunt Xiuyun became a little nervous when she saw that she seemed to be thinking deeply.

"The wife Qi Hua married is very good. Although the child is a daughter this time. But they are still young. Let's wait and see in two or three years. If there is no son by then, consider taking a concubine with him."

"Yes. Everything is subject to aunt's arrangement."

"About the kitten... I don't know if Youyi has told you, but Mrs. Cui refuses!" Mrs. Tan had a look of disgust on her face. She didn't pretend like that in front of Aunt Xiuyun.

"The elder didn't say it directly, but judging from his expression, he probably didn't talk about it." Xiuyun is not a greedy person. She didn't have to fight about many things, her aunt had already thought of them for her.

Only this matter made her feel a little worried...

Mrs. Wang was married by her aunt who put a lot of effort into marrying her. But even if Qi Hua marries someone inferior to Wang, he can accept it.

But Xiaomao's identity as a concubine would greatly affect her marriage.

"Auntie, can't Mr. Marquis think of something to do?"

"Not even the Marquis can force her to do this kind of thing. What's more, how long will we two go with you? How can she not hate Cui for forcing her to do it for you? Once we leave, she will If you fall out and become ruthless, what will happen to you?"

Aunt Xiuyun lowered her head.

"You might say, there is still Youyi! But what can a grown man do about this back house? No one can suppress you, so you will always be in the hands of Mr. Cui!"

"It doesn't matter what happens to Xiuyun. As long as the kitten can marry well." Xiuyun insisted in a rare way.

"You are confused! If you are not good, neither Qi Hua nor Xiaomao will be fine!"

Aunt Xiuyun's eyes turned red.

"You only have a son, Qi Hua, so I didn't let him go to the army. He is in charge of the capital's industry, he has a small official position, and he can live a life of fine clothes and fine food! Although Xiaomao's background is not easy to change, but As long as you have a backer, it may not be too bad. So, now I have something to tell you..."

"Please give me your orders!"

"The Marquis is coming back and is ready to retire. He wants You Duan to take over his title."

Although Aunt Xiuyun didn't know much, she understood what this meant and was a little surprised.

"I agree with the Marquis's decision! One is upright. I have accompanied the Marquis through hardships for so many years and deserved all the credit for his hard work. Qi Jiajun is also convinced... He deserves it!

Another one, if Youduan is Mr. Hou, then Ms. Liu is Mrs. Hou. If she completely suppresses Ms. Cui, she will not be so crazy! "Tanshi said coldly.

Xiuyun's eyes lit up.

"I have arranged your affairs. Even if I am gone one day, your life will not be affected."

"Auntie, don't say that..." Xiuyun burst into tears.

She has a bad memory and cannot really remember what happened when she was a child, but the poverty and uneasiness are deeply engraved in her bones. "Birth, old age, illness and death are normal human beings, and my aunt has long since accepted them. Although the life I can give you now is not perfect, I can still feel comfort when she closes her eyes."

Xiuyun wiped her tears and nodded.

"Okay, don't cry. It's not easy to do this. The title of the family, bypassing Youyi, the eldest son, is not nice to others. I don't know if he can live with it in his heart. Xiuyun, you have to help Help aunt!"

Xiuyun wiped her tears and said, "What do you want Xiuyun to do?"

"Persuasion is appropriate!" Mrs. Tan's face was serious, "Let him think it through, let him not fight, let him be willing! As for how to do it... you have been with him for so many years, I guess you will find a way!"

Xiuyun blinked her beautiful eyes and said, "Xiuyun, go back and think about it."

"Well, aunt believes in you. Aunt feels sorry for Youyi and doesn't want to make him feel uncomfortable. Otherwise, the Marquis has made a decision and cannot change it. Others can only gossip. Who in the world is not gossiped about?"

Tan's expression was arrogant.

"Now our family is full of wealth and prosperity, but in fact, there are a lot of things happening privately. It's just that some of the fights are not brought to light. It's not easy for my aunt!"

Xiuyun nodded quickly: "The elder often mentions my aunt's difficulties. He said that you have done so much for him, and he is grateful."

"He is a conscientious person. It's just that his wife... is too scheming. Look at the daughter-in-law she found. Mrs. Zhang is unwavering, and she is very accurate. The gentle words of Xiao Wu's family... are beautiful. She’s so awesome, she’s smiling and charming one moment, and then she’s sullen! I don’t even know how to deal with her! I really feel like I’m getting old!”

"Aunt... As long as they can't get the title, no matter how powerful they are, they have to listen to the Marquis!" Xiuyun also became stern.

"That's what I had in mind!"

……

When Master Qing entered Wen Yu's room, Xiao Ji and Yan Zhu had already told them about their encounter with Qi Yue.

Wen Yu's face was extremely ugly, and he pulled Yan Zhu, "Zhu Zhu is not scared, is he?!"

"It's okay! He didn't say anything, but he had an unpleasant feeling about him."

"He has been on the battlefield in the northwest, so he has a lot of evil aura. Besides, he is really annoying. Zhuzhu, don't be angry. Turn around, I'll tell Qi Wu to take care of him!"

"Yes!" Yan Zhuren said simply and happily.

"Xiaoji, you did well! Go down and rest!"

Master Qing came in, and Wen Yu called her: "Master Qing is here, come and sit down."

When he looked up, he saw that Master Qing had something wrong with his expression. Wen Yu was startled, thinking that Master Qing had also encountered that bitch: "What's wrong with you?"

Master Qing sat down and said softly: "I saw someone on the road and it seemed like I knew you before. When I asked, I said it was Aunt Xiuyun at home."

Wen Yu breathed a sigh of relief, "That's my father-in-law's aunt. She gave birth to a son and a daughter. The son's name is Qi Hua, and the daughter's name is Xiaomao. A few days ago, a small banquet was held in the mansion, which was the 100-day banquet of Qi Hua's daughter."

Master Qing asked cautiously: "Look at that aunt's elegant description, but I don't know where it comes from?"

"I heard that she is a relative of Mrs. Hou, and she has been with her since she was a child." Wen Yu smiled, and seeing that the girls were not in the room, she gossiped, "I heard that Aunt Xiuyun and my father-in-law were childhood sweethearts, and my father-in-law once wanted to marry her. It's her! It's a pity that it was disrupted by the Queen's marriage..."

After listening to this, Master Qing thought silently: If this is the experience, then she must have nothing to do with the Bai family.

The main branch of the Bai family, apart from the eldest brother, they are all younger sisters, and she is the youngest.

Although the eldest brother has a lot of beauties outside. There are many concubines at home.

But he made it clear and made it clear that no concubine would be born.

Master Qing turned his head and looked out... There was an eldest sister and two brothers above Yibai. Two brothers died in that family disaster. His eldest sister was older than him, and in order to save Yibai, she endured humiliation and lived an ignoble life...

Therefore, this person cannot be Yibai's sister.

Maybe I miss my old friend too much...

Wen Yu asked: "Master Qing, what is this?"

"Oh, this is the next step, in the store..."

Master Qing took back Shener and got down to business.