Rebirth as Hou Menfu

Chapter 35

Two days later, Yingxiu received the purse from Aunt Wei. The workmanship was more refined, and it was indeed much more beautiful than the one given to Aunt Kong. Yingxiu put the purse on the tea tray, and Qingbi took it with her. Xiaohong walked in.

Xiaohong respectfully greeted Yingxiu, "Miss."

"Xiaohong, how long have you been in Shen's residence?"

"Miss Hui, it has been ten years since Xiaohong came to Shen's residence at the age of seven."

"That can be regarded as an old man in Shen's residence." Yingxiu sat lazily on the armchair, stretching out her hand from time to time to fiddle with a small pot of plants that Baoqin brought into the house.

"Speaking of which, you and Ziyan in our courtyard are fellow villagers. I heard that you have suffered a lot of droughts and your harvests are not good, so many families will sell their daughters to the city, right?" Yingxiu Fu Standing up on the chair, looking up at Xiaohong, at this age it is reasonable to marry her, even if she is not released from the Shen residence, she should be married to a servant in the residence.

"Miss Ziyan lives farther away from our home." Xiaohong lowered her head and clasped her hands in front of her body, holding her tightly.

"Do you know why I called you here today?"

"I don't know." Xiaohong suddenly knelt down, shrugged her shoulders slightly, Yingxiu sighed and asked Qingbi to help her up, "You don't have to be afraid, I called you here today, but I want to ask you something .”

Fear flashed in Xiao Hong's eyes, and she bit her lip tightly.

"When you entered the mansion, you worked in your mother's yard. Later, you were allocated to Aunt Kong, and you served for five years. Aunt Kong was not favored, and she didn't have the heart to fight. You are in the Xianghe courtyard. Even though she is a big maid, she is no better than a third-class maid in the madam's yard, isn't she?"

Yingxiu's voice came into her ears softly, "There are only a few maidservants in the Xianghe Courtyard. Aunt Kong is a master without airs, so you guys are a little looser. By the way, your brother is about to marry a wife." wrong?"

"I also heard from Zi Yan that the drought in your hometown has been severe these days, and some fields have no crops. Let alone saving money to marry a wife, even food and clothing are not easy, and many people have starved to death. Have you ever come to the Shen residence to look for you?"

"Brother, he came, but..."

"It's just that you are too shy to help your elder brother so much." Yingxiu continued her words, "If you can go back to your mother's office and stay for another two years, your brother might be able to marry a wife."

"Miss Mingjian, this servant is loyal to Aunt Kong and has no second thoughts." Xiaohong looked up at Yingxiu and said eagerly, "Brother, he has already gone to the city to find a carpenter's apprentice."

"Did you know that Aunt Kong was almost killed?" Yingxiu looked at her with a smile on her face. Seeing her froze, she continued, "You also knew about the sweet-scented osmanthus cake last time."

"My maid thought that the sweet-scented osmanthus cake was just accidental." Xiao Hong lowered her head and replied tremblingly.

"Do you think or doubt? You brought this sweet-scented osmanthus cake yourself from the kitchen. If Auntie Kong eats more, you will be responsible for someone's death!" Yingxiu suddenly raised her voice and looked at the cake. She, "Do you know the truth about the loss of everything?"

"The maidservant definitely didn't harm Aunt Kong." Xiaohong knelt down with a puff, this time Yingxiu didn't ask Qingbi to help her up, "I know you didn't intend to harm her, but do you know who did it?"

Xiaohong hesitated for a moment, then shook her head, "I don't know."

"In the few years since you came to Shen's residence, your mother gave birth to a pair of younger brothers and sisters. The younger sister should be six or seven years old. If your elder brother's marriage fails this time, your parents will definitely sell her as well. The money is enough for your brother to marry a wife." Yingxiu knew that Xiaohong did not harm Aunt Kong, but if no one in the Xianghe courtyard was loyal to her, even if the child was born, a negligence might cause problems .

It doesn't matter whether she is selfish or unwilling, since she has already done it, she will try her best to help Aunt Kong. When Xiaohong heard her say that, she panicked, "Miss, Min'er is only six years old, and she is just a child." , don’t know anything, and can’t serve people well.”

She is already a slave, and it is enough for her to bear the days of being ordered and bullied by others, so why bother to bring in a family member, "I can arrange an errand for your brother, but you have to do me a favor too. "

Yingxiu saw that what she said was almost done, she finally let go, threatening to resist one day sooner or later, it is better to obey the thing that worries her most, and lure it with profit, so that it will last forever, "I can help you arrange an errand at Qiao's house, Didn't you say that you are loyal to Aunt Kong, so from now on, you will only be loyal to her, take good care of her and the child in her belly, and don't allow any mistakes, you can do it?"

Xiaohong nodded hastily, and Yingxiu then softened her tone, "Aunt Kong is a very easy-going person, as the big maid of Xiangheyuan, you have to be imposing when you should, your master is cowardly, you can't Follow cowardly."

Xiaohong raised her head with hope in her eyes. Being trusted by her master is also her recognition. Whether it is Aunt Kong or the eldest lady, she has already given her a lot of favors. Xiaohong is a smart person, and Yingxiu doesn't need to say much to understand it. After Xiaohong went out, Yingxiu took up a pen and wrote a letter to Jinze, and asked Qingbi to send it over.

I still have to find something to do for her beloved mother. If she is too leisurely, she will pay more attention to her marriage...

It's cold in the capital. Autumn just passed for a while. After sleeping overnight and opening the window, the wind blows in and it's as severe as early winter. Yingxiu couldn't help shivering. It's only November. In a few days, Aunt Kong will give birth.

Instruct Ziyan to take care of some charcoal fires in Xiangheyuan, so don't cause a cold at this juncture.

And in that Prince Ding's mansion, Qi Haoming has been living there for some days, and there is a four-year-old little boy lying on his body. He quickly lowered his head and pretended to sleep there.

Qi Haoming smiled and watched him having fun there alone, and didn't point it out, holding a book in one hand and reading.

The door of the room suddenly opened, Princess Ding Mu Ranzheng came in with a maid, saw her son still lying on Qi Haoming's lap, and called out, "Mo'er, come here soon, don't be here with your uncle Haoming!" Lie on your lap."

Su Mo, who was called Mo'er, reluctantly walked up to Princess Ding with his calves, and said in a childlike voice, "Mo'er was careful not to hurt Uncle Ming, right?" Qi Haoming put down Shuche watched him grow up and looked at himself with big round eyes, and said with a smile, "Fourth sister-in-law, it's okay, he just lay down for a while."

"What for a while, I don't understand him, he must have fallen asleep." Mu Ranzheng poked his forehead lightly, "Have you finished your homework today? Your father will check when he comes back! "

Su Mo shrank back, a little scared, and took another look at Qi Haoming, and quickly ran to the door, "Uncle Ming, I will come to you after I finish writing!" After speaking, he disappeared.

"Mo'er's personality is good, like a sister-in-law." Mu Ranzheng took the bowl from the maidservant and handed it to him with a smile, "It's not bad, he'll be good when my husband comes back. It’s even better, let him learn to write with you.”

When Qi Haoming came to Dingwang Mansion, he would drink the medicine prepared by those two doctors every day. According to Nabuda, detoxification is easy and difficult to recuperate. His body has been eroded for so many years. It may not be good if you go, it is better to carry out the two together, although it is slower, but the side effects afterward are much smaller.

"Your fourth brother was here yesterday and I didn't ask. You asked me to make another pair of these sleeves. Then who did you give these sleeves to?" Mu Ranzheng took the medicine he drank and handed it to the maid. If she was asked to go out, there were only the two of them left in the room. Mu Ranzheng was a woman with a very delicate mind. From what she knew about Qi Haoming, she had never seen such a thoughtful thing.

Qi Haoming saw her quite clearly, with a rare shyness on his face, "I don't know if she likes it or not."

"She will naturally like you if you put your heart into it. If she doesn't understand your intentions, then such a wife will be divorced even if she marries her."

"Would you mind telling my sister-in-law, which family is the girl from?" Seeing that he was a little embarrassed, Mu Ranzheng continued to ask with a smile.

"It's the daughter of Shen Heye, deputy envoy of the General Administration Department."

"Master Shen?" Mu Ranzheng thought for a while, "You mean his eldest daughter, Shen Yingxiu, the girl who said she wanted to tell Mr. Jiang?"

Qi Haoming nodded, and Mu Ranzheng didn't say anything else. She had heard about the eldest lady of the Shen family. At the beginning, the marriage of the Jiang family made the two families feel a little embarrassed. In other words, it is said that the eldest lady of the Shen family looked down on the figure of the third son of Jiang, and even his grandfather, the senior scholar Qiao, was there to support him, and his temperament was extremely domineering.

But if he really had such a temper, how could Qi Haoming like it? Mu Ranzheng had never seen Shen Yingxiu, so he would never believe that Qi Haoming's vision was wrong.

Waiting for Su Kun to check his son's homework and return home at night, Mu Ranzheng mentioned the matter to him, and Su Kun suddenly became a little anxious, "Which girl, does she have a good reputation? Is she a savage temper? Will you take care of people?"

Mu Ranzheng smiled and pulled him to sit down, "Look at your temperament, what's the rush, I've never met that Miss Shen, but since my brother likes it, I think her character is not bad."

"How can I not worry, which woman in the Hou's mansion is simple, and she will marry into a Zhuge family in the future. If he likes an inexperienced one, let alone support, it will add to the chaos!" If you like it, Dongshi can be regarded as Xishi, and you can't tell good from bad at all.

"You have to trust his vision. Miss Shen's mother died since she was a child, so she will inevitably be excluded. The rumors are so unbelievable." Mu Ranzheng found it funny when she saw her husband's reaction, knowing that he was also Feeling guilty for Qi Haoming's falling into the water back then, he stroked his chest to comfort him.

"What kind of look, he really likes it, how can I care about the fat, thin, round and flat, look at the concubine newly recruited by the mansion, the old boy even told me that she is a talented woman, Yong Zhi A vulgar fan!"

"Then what is your vision?" Su Kun was thinking about all kinds of possibilities in his mind, and this sentence came softly by his ear, and his whole body trembled. Su Kun turned around flatteringly, looked at her and said, " My eyesight is naturally good, and I can tell you right away, lady, you are the best lady in the world!"

"Then you have to trust Brother's vision." Mu Ranzheng smiled. The world would never have imagined that this man who killed countless people on the battlefield would have such a lovely side in front of him.

Su Kun thought for a while and was still a little worried, "No, I am me, he is him, how can it be the same!"

"Then how about this? A banquet will be held in the mansion some other day, and the ladies from various families will be invited, and by the way, the young lady of the Shen family will also be invited."

(End of this chapter)