concubines are respected

Chapter 23

Seeing this, the eldest lady quickly raised a deep smile on her face, took a step forward, gave a deep blessing to the carriage in front of her, and said respectfully, "Welcome the old lady back to the house!" Congratulations.

Sitting in the front row of the carriage, wearing a gray satin embroidered gown, the capable mother-in-law jumped out of the carriage very swiftly, placed the red lacquered horse stool on the lower steps of the sedan chair, raised her hand to open the brocade curtain, and looked at the slow-moving inside of the sedan chair. He said, "Old lady, be careful."

"Hahaha!" The hearty laughter came from inside the sedan chair, "I'm finally home. The lameness on the road almost broke the bones of my old woman." Wearing red coral and passion lotus hairpins, wearing a sapphire blue double-breasted brocade gown, the woman in her late sixties, supported by her mother-in-law, stepped steadily on the horse stool and stepped down from the sedan chair.

Inside the sedan chair, Lin Qiu'er, a close maid, hugged a six-year-old boy with a plump face and a sweet sleep, and stepped off the horse stool with some difficulty. This boy was naturally Lin Shujian, the son of the third aunt.

"The old lady is tired, my wife has prepared iced orange green lotus soup and seasonal fruits in the main hall." The eldest lady stepped forward respectfully, gently took the old lady's elbow, and said softly.

"Hehe, Qinru is still thoughtful." The old lady spoke, looking at the crowd of people in front of her, their cheeks flushed by the sun, and beads of sweat dripping from their foreheads, she said with great regret, " Go in quickly, in this scorching hot day, wait under the sun, if you get heatstroke, wouldn't it be my old lady's fault."

As she said that, the old lady walked towards the gate, and the third aunt who was standing beside her strode forward, looked at her sweet son sleeping in Qiu'er's arms with loving eyes, and tried her best to hold back her hands and kissed her. Instead of being impulsive, she raised her hand to lightly support the other arm of the old lady, and said with a light smile, "Old lady, you have been away for two or three months, Qiaojuan really misses it very much."

The old lady continued to walk slowly and at the same time said to the third aunt, "Look at your sweet mouth, who knows whether you miss me, my old lady, or Jianer." The smile was obviously intended to joke with Third Aunt Niang, and the expression she spoke was a little more intimate than when she was facing the eldest lady.

"Old lady, from what you said, what Qiaojuan cares about is naturally your old man. Jianer is favored by the old lady. It is his blessing to have the opportunity to go to the capital to see the world. Qiaojuan will be worried if she is too happy. But the old man My dear, I heard that you are looking for medical treatment for the body of the master, and Qiaojuan really misses it." The third aunt said with a smile on her face, but she looked at her son from time to time sweep away.

The old lady and her party walked towards the main hall, the old lady and the third aunt were talking and laughing affectionately, but left the eldest lady aside.Da Furen's expression was extremely calm from the beginning to the end, but the two rows of silver teeth were almost gnawed into pieces.The third aunt is the niece of the old lady's natal family, and it is reasonable for the two to meet each other very intimately.But Third Concubine, as a concubine, is just a servant in serious terms, how can she call Lin Shujian's nickname one by one, even if she is her own mother, she should call Second Young Master according to the etiquette.But seeing the old lady by her side, San Yiniang gained power again and returned to the arrogant and indulgent attitude of the day.

From this, the eldest lady thought that when the third aunt gave birth to Lin Shujian, she wanted to be the equal wife, and the eldest lady almost nodded in agreement. If she hadn't insisted repeatedly, the third aunt would have been promoted to an equal wife, and she had a long history with the old lady , the mansion will definitely not have its own foothold.Looking at the two people who kept chatting and laughing in front of her, the smile on the lady's face became stiffer, and a chill appeared in her eyes.

"Come on, don't be so good to me, go and see Jian'er." Then, the old lady turned her head and said to Lin Qiuer who was following behind, "Let Third Auntie hug Second Young Master, you have been hugging him all the way. Second Young Master, even thinking about it makes my hands sore."

Lin Qiuer is the daughter of the housekeeper Lin Ke. She has been serving the old lady by her side since she was a child, and she has won the old lady's favor.Along the way, Lin Qiuer's arms were almost numb. At this time, the old lady ordered Lin Qiuer to immediately step forward and hand Lin Shujian, who was in her arms, into the hands of the third aunt.

Everyone entered the main hall, the old lady sat down, the eldest lady and the third aunt also sat next to the red sandalwood fairy in the side seat, Lin Shujian also woke up from sleep after switching from Qiu'er's hand to the third aunt's arms.He raised his head and saw that he was lying in his mother's arms, smiled openly, rubbed his eyes sleepily, rubbed his arms coquettishly, and snuggled up lazily with his arms around Third Aunt's neck.

Lin Zhilan and other sisters stood in the center of the main hall and bowed deeply to the old lady, "Meet the old lady."

The old lady took a sip of the iced orange and green lotus soup that the lady had prepared earlier, and looked at Lin Zhilan with a smile, "Good boy, I haven't seen you for a few months and I've grown a lot taller, and I've grown even more beautiful."

"The old lady was joking. I haven't seen you for a long time. Lan'er misses you. How are you in the capital? It's cold in the capital. Do you have the habit of living?" Lin Zhilan was praised by the old lady, and she stepped forward and squatted at the old lady's feet , muttered softly while lying on her knees.

The old lady fondled Lin Zhilan's smooth and slippery black hair, and said softly, "I'm used to it, of course I'm used to it. The climate in the capital is pleasant, so it's a good place for self-cultivation." While speaking, she raised her head and waved to Lin Yinglu and Lin Ruxue , "What are you two girls still staring at, come here and let me take a closer look."

Lin Yinglu and Lin Ruxue immediately rushed to the old lady's side like colorful butterflies, cuddling one on the left and the other on the right.Among the sisters, Su Xian's clothes are the most plain. As for the brocade clothes worn by her father at the birthday banquet, Su Xian didn't like too bright colors. A thin light blue snow silk gown looks extremely simple.Standing in the forefront of the servants, at first glance, it is a bit easy to confuse them.

Seeing the sisters stepping forward to talk to the old lady one after another, but being ignored by the old lady like a transparent person, the faces of the eldest lady and the third aunt showed gloating smiles.

"Suxian has met the old lady." Suxian didn't take it seriously, and said with an extremely dignified blessing.Because of the humble status of her mother, the old lady has always had a bad face towards herself. It was expected that she would treat her like this at this time.

"." The old lady looked up and saw Suxian standing in the hall blessing the ceremony, as if she just saw it, she said in surprise, "Oh? Suxian is here too, so don't be too polite." After saying that, ignore it Suxian continued joking with Lin Zhilan and the others, and then ordered Mother-in-law to fetch the presents brought back from the capital, one for each person, but Suxian was the only one who didn't have a share.

At this time, Lin Shujian, who was sitting in the arms of the third aunt, had regained consciousness a lot. Seeing the old lady handing out gifts, he broke away from the arms of the third aunt in reluctance. That share?"

The old lady smiled, looked at the tiger-headed Ai Sun, and said amusedly, "You child, this trip to Beijing, did you get too many gifts from the old lady of the family? The grandmother gave the elder sister who has not left the house. Bring some presents, and you'll be jealous."

Lin Shujian scratched the back of his head, and after thinking about it, there was some truth, but looking back at Suxian who was quietly standing aside, he said somewhat disobediently, "But the second sister didn't come to Beijing, why didn't she have a gift?"

As the so-called Tongyan Wuji, Lin Shujian's question made the old lady feel a little embarrassed, she was slightly taken aback and forced a smile, "What Jianer said is that Suxian's share is naturally indispensable, Mother Yue." Said Then, the old lady glanced at Yue's mother and motioned her to get another one.

Without waiting for Yue's mother to make a move, Lin Shujian has already jumped to Suxian's side, took Suxian's hand and said softly, "Second sister, do you know who Jianer misses the most when he went to the capital this time?"

Suxian looked at the innocent and lovely Lin Shujian, smiled and shook her head.

"Jianer misses you the most these days, Second Sister!" Lin Shujian said this, and Third Auntie's face suddenly darkened a lot.I thought the son would say that he missed his own mother the most, but at this time in front of everyone, he said it was Suxian, the child didn't know what was wrong.

Suxian was stunned and quickly realized.Although Lin Shujian was born to the third aunt, perhaps because of his young age, he has not acquired the bad habits of the third aunt. The child is active and loves the birds in the bird garden. When he was in the mansion before, he She often came to the bird garden to play with the birds under the service of her personal servant, and got along very happily with Suxian, and she could be regarded as the only person in Lin's mansion who was close to her.At this time, what he said was a third of the truth.

"Hehe, Jianer misses the birds in the second sister's garden?" Suxian asked with a smile.

"Yes, yes, Jianer is very concerned." While speaking, Lin Shujian took off a green jade ring with five-colored tassels from his waist and handed it to Suxian, blinking his big eyes like stars, and continued Said, "Second sister, this is a gift from the old lady of the capital city to Jianer. The colorful tassels hanging on the bottom are colorful, but it looks like a girl's thing. Jianer gave it to the second sister to play, and the second sister will definitely look good. .”

The third aunt heard that the old lady of the family had rewarded Lin Shujian with something, but she didn't care what it was when she was holding him just now, and in a blink of an eye, he gave the thing to Lin Suxian as a gift, and immediately stretched her neck to look around, because From a distance, one can only vaguely see what looks like a jade ring, which is not real.

Suxian didn't pick it up, the jade ring in front of her was transparent and crisp, and the colored tassel silk hanging underneath was even more unusual brocade silk, one could tell that it was an unusual ornament.Shujian is ignorant, so how could he accept it rashly, so he gave it away as a gift.

The old lady obviously also heard the conversation between Shujian and Suxian, and raised her voice to take over the words, "Jianer, you are on good terms with the second sister, and giving her a gift is originally just a trivial matter, but this jade ring was given by the old lady, but It is not easy to change hands, it must be cleaned up properly." Although the old lady's voice was not loud, her tone changed from the soft and joyful tone just now, and instead revealed a hint of majesty.

Shujian stuck out his powdery tongue, looked at Suxian apologetically, and said in a low voice, "This is Second Sister."

Suxian chuckled indifferently, quickly took the jade ring from Shujian's hand, tied it around his waist carefully, and said softly, "What the old lady said is that this is the old lady's wish. Jianer must not give it away lightly, but must be collected carefully."

Lin Yinglu had sharp eyes, stepped forward to take a closer look at the jade ring hanging from Shujian's waist, and said in surprise, "Auntie, come and see, this jade ring of the second brother is not an ordinary thing, Yinglu remembers that the elder brother also has one. And The year before last, the eldest cousin, the third cousin, and the fourth cousin of the capital family came to visit the mansion. The eldest cousin also had the same one, but the third and fourth cousins ​​did not. Unexpectedly, our second brother also got one now. pieces."

It would be hard for others to understand these words, but the people of Fanlin's mansion were extremely transparent after hearing them.

Eldest brother Lin Shujie is the eldest son of the family, and the eldest cousin of the Beijing family that Lin Yinglu is talking about is also the eldest son of the family, but the third and fourth cousins ​​are concubines, but there is no such thing.In this way, it shows that this jade ring is only worthy to be owned by Lin's son-in-law, but now Lin Shujian, who is a son-in-law, has received such a generous reward. Is this what the old lady is implying?
The third aunt was overwhelmed with surprise, she stepped forward to caress Yuhuan carefully, pulled Shujian and bowed deeply to the outside of the hall, and murmured in a low voice, "Qiaojuan thanks the old lady for her great love." As she spoke, she touched the book Jian reminded, "Hurry up, kowtow quickly." Lin Shujian followed San Yiniang's order with a blank face, and kowtowed three times in a row.

The old lady smiled and said nothing, but the old lady's face was so ugly that she almost squeezed out water.

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