Madam Hou

Chapter 44

After Yun Momo left, Qing Hua opened up her chatter box, and then couldn't hold it back anymore. She kept talking about all the things that happened these days that she thought her young lady had been wronged.

"It's not Mrs. Hou, and it wasn't our young lady who rushed to marry their son back then. They came to our house to propose marriage because they saw that our young lady was favored in the palace. Now it seems that the young lady only has children in the palace. The princess, the eldest lady has not fallen out of favor yet, just make things difficult for our lady."

While talking, thinking of the grievances suffered by her master, Qing Hua couldn't help crying: "A few days ago our young lady went to pay her respects to Mrs. Hou, if she didn't want to see young lady, let us come back first, but she just said to let young lady stay outside Wait a minute, it's still snowing today, and the wind blows like it's bone-piercing. As a result, the lady waited outside for two hours, and finally someone sent a message to tell the lady to go back. The lady is beautiful and precious, Unlike my thick-skinned one, I just caught the cold. On the way back, I heard the Qingwu girl who was serving by the son's side gossiping with the servants, saying that Mrs. Lin Hou didn't want this relative anymore, but she didn't. Well, I have ruined my reputation by retiring, so I deliberately tormented the young lady like this, so that the young lady couldn’t stand it and retired on her own initiative. Can the young lady be sad when she hears this, but after she came back, she caught a cold and developed a fever. After the young lady fell ill, We want to decoct the medicine, but the people in the big kitchen again and again shirk and say that we need to decoct Mrs. Hou’s medicine first, so that we can get the decoction from the stove very late. In this way, the time to drink the medicine is delayed every time, miss His illness is even worse, and Miss's fever has not completely subsided."

Sister Yun likes Yinniang. For her, she never doubts what the person she likes says. After listening to Qinghua's words, she doesn't doubt the authenticity of what she said. I saw Mrs. Lin Hou smiling all over her face. I thought she was a kind person, but I didn't expect her to be a wicked mother-in-law. I will tell the other wives after I go back, so that people can see her true colors."

Yin Niang hurriedly sat up, took Sister Yun's hand and said, "Don't worry, Mrs. Hou is already dissatisfied with me. If you add this incident now, your impression of me will be even worse. You have to spread the word." Now, other people will think that I have provoked bad words, and then I will be even more shameless. After all, she is my future mother-in-law. Although it is not justified now, I should learn the way of being a daughter-in-law in advance, which is also considered A benefit."

"You are stupid, Yiniang, the more you behave like this, the more Mrs. Lin will torment you."

"Then what can I do, it's my fate after all. If people think that I have made a bad tongue, it is not my fault but also becomes my fault."

Unable to speak out about Mrs. Lin Hou's evil deeds, and unable to directly resist Mrs. Lin Hou, Sister Yun didn't think of a good way for a while, looking at Yin Niang's pale face, she said pitifully: "Yin Niang, you are so pitiful. "

When Yin Niang heard this, her face became more and more sad.It was also said that after Sister Yun went back that day, although she promised Yinniang not to tell these things to outsiders, but Xiao Yang was her mother, not an outsider, so she added personal feelings to Yinniang's affairs Under the circumstances, I told Xiao Yang once, and then sighed, "Yin Niang is so pitiful!".After listening to Xiao Yang, she lowered her head and pondered for a while, then sighed: "Mrs. Lin Hou is also a shrewd person, but she still has a bit of the petty air of a merchant's family passed down from her ancestors." Then these words Even rumors about her making things difficult for her prospective daughter-in-law spread, and for a while, Mrs. Linhou's good reputation, not to mention ruined, would be greatly reduced.Of course, these are things for later.

Seeing that Sister Yun cared so much about her, Yinniang felt a little guilty for using her so little.Thinking of that day at Yingyuetai in the Marquis of Weibei, Miss Qin's family of Dongchangbo looked at Sister Yun and the young prince of the Wang family with a lonely expression. In order to make up for the guilt, she kindly reminded Sister Yun: " I heard that you and the elder sister of the Qin family and the young master of the Wang family played together, so sister Qin and the young master of the Wang family also have a good relationship? That time when I saw the son of the Wang family dirty his face, elder sister Qin directly My own handkerchief wiped the prince's face."

If others heard this, they should have understood what it meant.But Sister Yun, who has a rough nerve, listened to her reminder, and she was very proud to say: "That is, when I was young, Sister Nuan and I exchanged handkerchiefs, and later I recognized Brother Qing, so I gave Brother Qing a handkerchief." Also introduce to Sister Nuan, the three of us have played together since we were young, and we are best friends."

What is there to be proud of? Be careful of being poached.Yinniang reminded again: "The elder sister of the Qin family will participate in the draft next year, and now it's not easy to get along with outsiders. Let the elder sister of the Qin family see the prince less in the future."

Sister Yun thought that Yinniang was Nuan's sister who cared about her, and felt that it would be bad for her to enter the palace if she saw a foreigner.So he took what Yinniang said to heart, and decided that after going back, he must warn Brother Qing not to see Sister Nuan again, so as not to tarnish her reputation, and tell Sister Nuan that it is better not to see other men in the future.

After Sister Yun left, Yinniang winked at Qinghua in the room and told her to go out and close the door.

In the end, there were only Yinniang and Caizhu left in the room. Yinniang looked at Caizhu standing in front of her and said nothing.The room was clearly surrounded by braziers, and the charcoal fire was still on, so it should be warm and cozy, but Caizhu felt like the cold wind was biting her whole body.And Miss Yin's eyes, they are so young, why are they so piercing.Ms. Yin and Ms. Yan don't look much alike. When looking at people with these eyes, they are exactly the same.

Cai Zhu felt as if her whole body was shaking, and she managed to muster up the courage to say to Yin Niang: "Yin, Miss Yin, it's nothing, I'll go down first..."

Before he bent over to salute, a crisp voice came from the front: "Sister Caizhu, what are you going to do after going down? Are you going to report to Mrs. Hou what I said to Sister Yun today?"

Caizhu knelt down straight and begged for mercy: "Miss, please forgive me."

Those who are slaves and servants are the most miserable. Mrs. Lin Hou is the mistress of the Hou Mansion. She sent her to serve Miss Chen and monitor her every word and deed by the way. She is a slave, but she can still refuse. no.But the spy's work has been discovered, right? If the Second Miss Chen wants to dispose of her, she will just use the name of poor service or theft, and Mrs. Linhou will tear herself apart with her prospective daughter-in-law for a maid? She is simply a cannon fodder ready to be sacrificed at any time.In the past, when the relationship between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law was good, everyone lived in peace, but now they are fighting each other, and she is caught in the middle, ready to be cannon fodder at any time.

Yin Niang lifted the quilt from the bed and walked down, lifted a stool by herself and placed it in front of Caizhu to sit down. After sitting down, she felt that she was not imposing enough, so she straightened her waist and tucked in her stomach and sat upright, cleared her throat twice pretending to be deep Asked: "I heard that you served my sister before?"

"Yes."

"Madam Hou also told you to monitor my sister before?"

"...Yes, but the concubine Chen never paid much attention to the servant girl. The empress prefers painted pottery. What the servant girl told Madam was nothing more than unimportant things in terms of basic necessities of life."

"That's what I told you."

Caizhu kowtowed again: "Miss, please forgive me."

The way to control people is to give both kindness and power, and Yinniang learned this when she learned how to take care of the house with Mrs. Lin Hou.Now that prestige has been applied, it is time to extend grace.Yinniang stood up from the stool, went to Caizhu and helped her up, the expression on her face softened, and she said to Caizhu: "Sister Caizhu, get up quickly, actually I know that sister has no other choice, you alone My servant, how could I not listen to Madam. And I know that these days, my sister has also covered up some things for me in front of Madam." For example, when Lin Fengqi took her to Chen's house in the middle of the night, how could it be possible for Caizhu who was on duty that night? I didn't notice it, but I just turned a blind eye and closed my eyes with an attitude of not being offended by either side.

After being frightened for so long, Caizhu suddenly burst into tears when she said such heart-warming and understanding words, and almost forgot that it was the 13-year-old boy in front of her that scared her so much that she almost hit the wall and committed suicide.

Yinniang held Caizhu's hand again, and asked sincerely, "Sister Caizhu, if I say I need you and let you stand by my side, would you be willing?"

Cai Zhu was stunned, standing by Miss Yin's side?Then she didn't directly betray Mrs. Lin Hou, then she would only die faster.Caizhu looked at her hand that was held in the other small hand, and couldn't help but gently pulled it out to get it out.

Yinniang tightened her grip on the hand that was about to slide out, her originally crystal eyes dimmed, and she looked at Cai Zhu with disappointment, as if the originally bright stars suddenly dimmed because of her, making Cai Zhu feel guilty suddenly.Yin Niang asked disappointedly: "Is my sister unwilling? Are you really unwilling to help me?"

Caizhu didn't know how to refuse for a while, and said falteringly: "Husband, after all, madam is the mistress of the Hou's mansion, so as a servant, in the future..."

Yin Niang interrupted her: "Then sister, do you still want to be like before, to please both sides and not offend both sides? You know, it is easier to offend both sides without offending both sides, and today my sister talked to me alone for so long, if I Then deliberately spread a few secret things about the Hou Mansion, saying that you told me, according to Madam's suspicious nature, even if she doesn't fully believe me, then she won't trust my sister anymore."

"But……."

"Please don't worry, sister. I will protect my sister well. I won't make it difficult for my sister. My sister grew up in the mansion. There are channels to inquire about news in the mansion. I just need my sister to be my mother." ears will do."

"..."

Can she still say no.Caizhu looked at Yinniang who was looking at her sincerely in front of her, and sighed in her heart: Anyway, stretching out the head is a knife, and shrinking the head is also a knife, so let's just obey.Judging by Master Shi's attitude, Miss Yin will definitely marry in in the future. As long as the future Madam Hou's confidant girl can live until then, she will always have a good future.

(End of this chapter)