Sir, can you marry me?

Chapter 183

"The humble official followed Mrs. Chun secretly, and stopped her in a secluded place to ask the wife about her diet. She said that the old lady asked for barley porridge by name almost every day this month, and gave a copy to the fourth young lady every morning; the old lady gave She has very old and high-grade wild ginseng, and she asks to cook a bowl of ginseng soup every night for the fourth young lady to nourish her body." Nan Fei said.

Ling Yuxuan snorted heavily, his handsome face was as cold as ice, and his deep eyes were gloomy and furious.

"Sister-in-law Chun said that barley is cold in nature, clears water and moistens dampness, and invigorates the spleen and lungs. Although it is suitable for all ages, pregnant women should be cautious about eating it. She guessed the old lady's intentions, but she is just a servant and dare not talk nonsense."

Nan Fei continued, "The recent menus in the kitchen are all ordered by the old lady. She saw some ingredients that pregnant women should not eat repeatedly. Since the master of the house and the stewards all eat it, apart from her doubts, the chef who cooks the dishes also I didn't pay attention." He had threatened Mrs. Chun, believing that Mrs. Chun would not dare to say anything about her being stopped by him for questioning.

Except for ginseng and barley porridge, my mother did not leave any other complaints behind.The mother can say that she only knows the benefits of barley porridge but not the disadvantages, and even directly shifts the responsibility to Mrs. Chun, who cooks the porridge.And ginseng... others will only think that the mother-in-law loves her daughter-in-law too much, and she is willing to let her eat such expensive old wild ginseng

With a cold face, Ling Yuxuan waved Nan Fei out.His mother's intentions were too sinister, but as a son of man, he was not absolutely sure that he would not turn against her, and even if he turned against her, for the sake of the face of the prime minister's mansion, this matter could not be spread.

Right now, he only needs to clean up the Fushouyuan where he lives, and kick out all the servants who might deliver news to his mother, so as to ensure the safety of Wen Qing and his possible children in the prime minister's mansion.

patience!
Ling Yuxuan told himself so.All good filial piety comes first. Since ancient times, the word "filial piety" has crushed people to death. He must be patient. He must not let his family become the topic of others' gossip, and he cannot let Wen Qing bear the reputation of being an unfilial daughter-in-law because of him.

On the evening of the third day, Ling Yuxuan told Xiao Wenqing that Mrs. Chun suddenly resigned, saying that she was going back to her hometown to take care of her grandson for her daughter-in-law, and now the chefs in the kitchen were in charge of making the tonics for the owners.

"Why did Mrs. Chun leave suddenly?" Xiao Wenqing asked, "Did she want to leave by herself?" The mother-in-law was in charge of the back house of the prime minister's mansion, and she seemed to know every move of the back house owners.Suddenly there were three more chefs in the kitchen. It was impossible for the original chef not to worry about being robbed of his job, and the kitchen steward would not fail to report to the prime minister's wife.Sister-in-law Chun was only ordered to make various tonics, did she need to abscond in fear of crime?

"I'm not sure. Maybe my mother was worried about using her and let her go; maybe she was worried that the inner house battle would affect her, so she ran away." Ling Yuxuan said calmly, this is a housework of the prime minister's house, and there are no serious consequences , he will not send anyone to monitor Mrs. Chun.

"Hmm." Xiao Wenqing nodded and said, "She specializes in making food supplements for the master and understands the taboos of food supplements. You suddenly hired three chefs and you no longer need her to make soup for me. She must understand the reason."

It's better for Sister-in-law Chun to stay away from right and wrong.If she continued to stay in the prime minister's mansion, she might become the prime minister's wife's scapegoat.Yuxuan is the heir carefully cultivated by the prime minister, and also a military attache who is highly valued by the emperor, and his actions are definitely not all the brilliance she sees.If something happened to her because of food supplements, he would not be able to publicly blame his mother, and he might severely punish Mrs. Chun, the little cook.

A married woman, the wife and mother of a courtier, also has an extraordinary status.The royal family's fierce ceremony, auspicious ceremony, and Jiali ceremony, all foreign wives above the fifth rank need to participate, and it is a common ceremony to visit the empress dowager on the first and fifteenth day of every month.

On September 26th, the sky was overcast, and Xiao Wenqing greeted the prime minister's wife. During the conversation, the prime minister's wife said that it had been almost a month since Xiao Wenqing had been named a third-rank lady, and from the first day of October, she had to fulfill her duty as a married woman—going to the palace to pay homage.

"Wen Qing, if a foreign-born woman loses etiquette in the palace, it will cause embarrassment at the slightest, and even hurt her husband and son-in-law." The prime minister's wife said solemnly, "Now I will explain the court where the foreign-born woman enters the palace to meet the queen and meets concubines of all ranks." Etiquette, you have to keep in mind that you can't make a wrong step." After finishing speaking, she began to explain seriously, and Aunt Cao personally demonstrated with the support of her.This is a big deal, she dare not be careless.

Xiao Wenqing knew the importance of ordering a wife to pay homage, so she didn't dare to be careless. She carefully memorized every word and every movement her mother-in-law said, and then repeatedly practiced walking, turning around, kneeling, kowtow, standing up, and walking in front of her mother-in-law. ...Fushen...Get up and make your etiquette as correct as possible.

"Wenqing, don't forget to practice after you go back. Within four days, you must practice the court etiquette I taught you without any mistakes, and you must be able to salute proficiently even if you are distracted. September Thirty, you put on the diadem crown and court dress of the court lady and perform a full set of etiquette to me. If your etiquette is not good, I can only ask the empress to postpone your court visit."

The prime minister's wife sternly exhorted.If it weren't for the fact that the prime minister's mansion already had two court wives who could teach the new daughter-in-law palace etiquette, the palace would even send a female officer from the Shangyi Bureau to teach them, and the newly-appointed wife would only be allowed to enter the palace to meet the empress after she had mastered court etiquette.

"Yes, mother-in-law." Xiao Wenqing said respectfully, knelt down and kowtowed twenty or thirty times in a row and got up, she felt a little sore in her waist, and her abdomen slumped faintly.It seems that since she stopped being a maid, her body has been spoiled and she is not used to kneeling down.

(End of this chapter)