Madam Hou

Chapter 23

Yongning Hou Mansion, Jingxiang Courtyard.

Mrs. Chen sent away Bingyue, who came to deliver snacks to Mrs. Chen, Yinniang, and Pingniang, with a smile on her face. When Bingyue left the courtyard, she could no longer see her shadow. Madam Chen sighed to the empty gate: "This forest The eldest lady is really a good person, but it's a pity that she became a widow at a young age."

Although it's only been three days since he lived in Yongning Hou's Mansion, Mrs. Chen's affection for Mrs. Lin's Mrs. Dong is soaring.Although this Mrs. Dong is indifferent and doesn't like to go out usually, but since they came, she has been more considerate to them than Mrs. Lin Hou. She usually sends snacks and pastries, mosquito repellent purse handkerchiefs and the like from time to time. If they find a pot of beautiful flowers, Bingyue will also send them a pot.

Yin Niang was sitting on a pear wood chair, her hands were pressed under her thighs, and her eyes were looking at the ground.A pair of feet dangled in mid-air because they couldn't reach the ground.And Ping Niang is sitting on the chair on the other side, holding a piece of pastry in each hand, looking at the rose cake in her left hand for a while, and then at the plum blossom cake in her right hand, worrying about whether she should eat the rose cake first Well, let's eat the plum cake first.

When Yin Niang heard Mrs. Chen commenting on Mrs. Lin, she couldn't help but stop her shaking legs, raised her head and said to Mrs. Chen: "Mother, I think it's better for us to keep a little distance from Mrs. Lin in the future."

Mrs. Chen asked suspiciously, "Why?"

"The relationship between Mrs. Hou and Mrs. Hou is not very good. You didn't see that during dinner that night, after Mrs. Hou came in, Mrs. Hou has been a little unhappy."

Mrs. Chen thought for a while, and said: "I didn't feel it, you must be mistaken."

On both sides of the chair, Cai Zhu and Cai Ping stood with lowered eyebrows, seeming not interested in what Mrs. Chen and Yin Niang said.Caizhu and Caiping were envoys from Mrs. Lin Hou after Mrs. Chen and others came to Yongninghou's mansion, along with eight rough envoys and eight little maids, but these were all served in the outer room.Caizhu and Caitao are big servant girls, and they usually serve the daily life and food of Mrs. Chen, mother and daughter together with Qinghua, Qingteng and Qingmiao in the inner room.

Yinniang glanced at Caizhu and Caiping, and then said to Mrs. Chen: "Mother, you said Mrs. Lin obviously had a son. After Mrs. Lin passed away that day, why didn't Chengjue's son be her own son, but her second son?" younger brother?"

"Didn't you say that the fourth young master was posthumous? When Uncle Lin died, the fourth young master was not yet born, and he didn't know the gender. In order to inherit the title, it should be inherited by Uncle Lin's younger brother. This also makes sense."

"I heard that Uncle Lin died in June, Second Master Lin inherited the title in November, while Third Young Master and Fourth Young Master were both born in December, why did you say that Second Master Lin was not here just now? When he died, he had to wait until November to inherit the title. At that time, the child in Mrs. Lin's womb was about to be born. As long as there was another month in the evening, it would be the fourth young master who would inherit the title now, not Er Lin at all. What's the matter, grandpa?"

"You mean..." Mrs. Chen just wanted to speak, but when she thought that there were two maids sent by Mrs. Chen, she forcibly swallowed the words she was about to say.

Mrs. Chen is not stupid, but she lived in a relatively simple environment since she was a child. Later, she married Chen Dazhu because she had to rely on Mrs. Chen for food. At the beginning, Mrs. Chen didn't dare to keep maids and concubines.Later, Mr. Chen was awarded an official position by the same Jinshi, and he took in Aunt Dou.Although this aunt did put pressure on the childless Mrs. Chen to a certain extent, but Aunt Dou was born as a butcher, and her combat power was really limited, so she couldn't let Mrs. Chen exercise her house fighting skills. It's normal that his thinking can't keep up with the twists and turns in the backyard of the Houmen nobles.But after listening to Yinniang's reminder, he also noticed something abnormal.

Yin Niang knew that Mrs. Chen had noticed what she should pay attention to, so she lowered her head to look at her swaying legs again, her eyes were calm as if she hadn't said anything.

In Tangrong Courtyard.

Yuan Momo whispered in Mrs. Linhou's ears for a while, and when Yuan Memo finished speaking, Mrs. Linhou asked, "That girl Yinniang really said that?"

Yuan Meme nodded and said, "That's right, Cai Zhu passed it on personally, so could it be fake?"

Mrs. Lin Hou said: "He is a child who can look at eyes, so that's good, so that he won't know the situation when he gets married, and he won't know if he is calculated by others. But his temper is too loose and careless, and we have to let him I was taught that such words are said carelessly, and I don’t know how much to avoid the colorful screens.”

Yuan Meme smiled and said: "I'm afraid this is where Miss Chen Er is smart. She must know that Madam is in control of this house, and these words must not be spread outside. As for not avoiding the color Zhu Caiping, I'm afraid that the second lady deliberately let these two pass the words to your ears so that you can rest assured."

Mrs. Lin Hou has been groping and beating in the back house for more than ten years, and she can't see Yinniang's little tricks. It's just that human psychology is like this. Another matter.Hearing Yuan Momo speak for Yiniang, Mrs. Lin Hou said lightly: "What reassures me, it's true to show off her cleverness in front of me. She pretends to be smart. Compared with her sister, Mrs. Chen, she is worse than her." far."

Yuan Meme echoed: "Yes, you personally taught this Concubine Chen, so she is better than others. After you personally teach Miss Chen Er for a few years, Miss Chen Er will get better and better."

It is always pleasant to be praised by others, and Mrs. Lin Hou felt more comfortable when Yuan Momo said this.

Thinking of Yinniang, the prospective eldest daughter-in-law, Mrs. Lin Hou suddenly thought of her eldest son who had made great achievements abroad, and she couldn't help sighing in her heart: "I don't know how this child Feng Qi is doing in Fuzhou. He fought with General Su in Fujian. Wo, I don’t know if he was injured. This kid obviously went back to the capital last time, but he just learned from Father Yu’s passing through the door and didn’t enter. He went back after reporting the war to the emperor. have no idea."

After all, Yuan Momo grew up watching Lin Fengqi. Speaking of this excellent young master, Yuan Momo was also proud, and replied to Mrs. Lin Hou with a smile: "Madam, don't worry, our son was hit by martial arts at the age of 14." No. [-] scholar, his martial arts can't find an opponent in the entire Dayan, let alone those Japanese bandits in Fusang."

Speaking of this eldest son, Mrs. Lin Hou is also honored.At the age of eight, he worshiped under the command of General Su Yun, a famous navy general. At the age of 14, he won the champion of martial arts. At the age of 15, he followed General Su to fight against the Japanese in Fujian. As soon as he was eighteen, he was already a sixth-rank Lieutenant Zhaowu.Looking at the entire capital city, the son of that family is better than her son.

(End of this chapter)