concubines are respected

Chapter 24 Each has a plan
"Mother, is the jade ring really something that only the son of the Lin family can embrace?" In the eldest lady's room, Lin Zhilan looked at the icy-faced eldest lady and asked cautiously.

"Hmph! Although the old lady didn't say it clearly, that object has always been owned by the direct line of the Lin family. It's just unexpected that Lin Shujian also got one when he came to Beijing with the old lady. I don't know that the old lady What do you mean by this move?" Da furen said angrily, thinking of San Yiniang's complacent expression just now, her teeth itched with hatred.

"Mother don't need to be angry. I think the second younger brother's visit to Beijing this time made the old lady very happy. The old lady gave one as a reward when she was happy. It shouldn't be anything else. Besides, the third aunt and the old lady are not the same. How could the old matriarch treat her differently if there is not much interaction?" Seeing that her mother was in a bad mood, Lin Zhilan quickly comforted her in a soft voice.

"Although that bitch Li Qiaojuan doesn't have much contact with the old lady, she is the niece of the old lady's natal family. I think the old lady wanted to raise her as a wife. And the old lady and the old lady have the same friendship. Sister, who knows if the old matriarch did this on purpose because the old lady said it on the sidelines." The eldest lady is very suspicious, and she has always said that a son is precious according to her mother, but now the old matriarch rewards a coin that only the direct descendants can give. Some jade rings were given to Lin Shujian. God knows if there is a mother who is more expensive than a child. Looking for an opportunity in the future, the meaning of elevating his status is in it.

"Ah, then, what should I do then?" Lin Zhilan was also a little anxious. If the third aunt was really raised as an equal wife, the identities of Lin Yinglu and Lin Ruxue would be descendants in the future. Wouldn't she be the only daughter of the Lin family? Was divided into autumn colors.And the mother's status as the head of the house will definitely be threatened by the third aunt who is related to the old lady.Although according to the laws of the Da'an Dynasty, Ping's wife is still short of the first wife, but if the head of the family gives up some to Ping's wife, it is reasonable in reason. In this way, the power of the family in the hands of the mother will not be divided. three points.Calculating from left to right, the ones who suffer the most are the big houses.

"Don't worry, after your sisters left yesterday, the old lady asked me to talk to Li Qiaojuan, and she revealed some good news." The eldest lady smiled coldly, looked at the more beautiful daughter in front of her, and raised her hand to pull her to her side Sitting down, she said softly, "If you are worthy of a noble family in the future, no matter how Li Qiaojuan dances around, she won't be able to shake her mother's position in the mansion."

Lin Zhilan's face was ashamed when she heard the words, a blush appeared on her cheeks, and she said softly, "Mother, why are you talking about Lan'er's marriage? Lan'er won't marry, Lan'er will always be with you Mother's side."

"You're talking nonsense again. It's the law of nature that a female university should marry. Now that there is an excellent marriage in front of you, how can you be willful?" The eldest lady said softly.

Smoothly brushing a strand of black hair from Lin Zhilan's ear to the tip of her ear, she said in a low voice, "My mother heard rumors in the early years that when your father was in the capital, he and Lord Annan joked about their marriage after drinking. It's just that these years, Your father didn't say a word about this matter, and your mother is not sure whether it is true or not.

Today the old lady returned home, and it has been confirmed that the marriage is not a rumor, but a firm fact.Moreover, the old lady even said that the Marquis of Annan will soon send someone to the mansion to propose marriage.

Considering for my mother, you are the only legitimate daughter of the Lin Mansion, and you must be the one who will marry into the Annan Hou Mansion.If in the future the son inherits the position of Marquis and becomes Lord Marquis, you will naturally rise to become Mrs. Marquis, and it is not impossible for the emperor to confer a rank.In this way, the mother's position in the mansion will be solid, and she will be afraid that Li Qiaojuan will fail! "

"Senior Marquis Annan?" Lin Zhilan lowered her head and murmured softly, the very handsome figure at the birthday banquet that day suddenly appeared in her mind, she couldn't help but feel like a deer bumping, her cheeks were as hot as fire, she cuddled coquettishly beside the eldest lady, She said shyly, "Daughter, but follow mother's orders."

"Hahaha!" The eldest lady smiled happily, and then embraced Lin Zhilan affectionately, her eyes full of longing.

Qiaoqingju, the house of the third aunt.

"Propose marriage?" As soon as the third aunt finished telling the news brought back by the old lady, Lin Yinglu's face was full of joy, and she stepped forward eagerly and said to the third aunt, "Aunt, the Marquis of Annan came to propose marriage. really?"

"What the old lady said herself, there can be no falsehood." Third Yiniang said with a smile.

At this time, Lin Ruxue, who was sitting by the side and was learning how to make beads, said without raising her head, "Third Sister, why are you so happy about Marquis Annan's marriage proposal? What kind of family is Marquis Annan?" Mansion, the person she is marrying must be the eldest sister who is the daughter-in-law, so what does it have to do with our third wife?"

Lin Ruxue's words undoubtedly splashed cold water on her head, Lin Yinglu couldn't help showing a look of frustration, she turned her head and gave Lin Ruxue a hard look, and shouted angrily, "You will die if you don't talk, just stay on the sidelines, I don't even want to talk to you !"

Lin Ruxue twitched her lips, turned around dissatisfied and ignored Lin Yinglu, and simply turned her back to her and stopped talking to her.In her mind, the third sister has always been restless, always high-spirited, and now she has made it clear that it is not practical, but she just wants to get involved. As a concubine, one must have self-knowledge, know how to obey the destiny, and strive to be the best in everything. , the last one who suffers is ultimately himself.

Regarding Lin Ruxue's statement, the third aunt strongly disagreed, "If the old matriarch hadn't rewarded the Jianer with the jade ring, I wouldn't have thought too much about it. But now it's different, the old matriarch actually gave away the talents of his direct descendants. The jade ring he owned was given to Jian'er, which must be implying that one day Jian'er will have the status of his son. Who is the old lady? She is not an ordinary person. If you want to compare with Zhen'er, she is the most favored today. Concubine Yuan's mother-in-law, and now the Holy Majesty's mother-in-law. She is also a first-rank madam who has been conferred by the Holy Majesty himself.

Who dares to violate her meaning.Jian'er is my own son, if the old matriarch dotes on him and intends to raise him as a son-in-law, he will definitely promote my mother-in-law to a wife-in-law first, and you will become the daughter-in-law of the Lin family as a matter of course. In this way, we There is no reason not to fight.Besides, the old lady also said just now that the master and the Marquis of Annan agreed to marry each other back then, but they didn't mention which girl to enter the Marquis's mansion, so it shows that all the girls in the mansion have a chance.Our third room has the support of the old lady, so it is not without chance. "

The third aunt made such an analysis for a while, Lin Yinglu suddenly regained her spirits, and said with a smile like a flower, "What aunt said is that if the old lady really has such meaning, we will not be slighted in the future, and the daughter and the elder sister are equal. With her identity, she no longer needs to act according to her face."

Lin Ruxue, who was indifferent by nature, stopped talking to Lin Yinglu, and just concentrated on her beads, as if she didn't care much about her possibility of being promoted to the status of a prostitute.

The third aunt didn't pay attention to Lin Ruxue, her temperament had always been like this, but the temperament of the third daughter Lin Yinglu was more to her liking, so the honor of marrying naturally fell on Lin Yinglu.

"Qiu Ju, go and see if the second young master woke up from his afternoon nap. If he wakes up, serve the stewed crucian carp soup." The mother and daughter chatted for a while, and only then did they think of Lin Shujian.

"Back to Third Aunt, Luo's mother just came to reply, this afternoon the Second Young Master didn't take a nap, after lunch, he rushed to the Que Garden, saying that he was going to play with the sparrows. The servant saw that you were talking with the Third Miss Serious business, I dare not interrupt." Qiu Ju bowed and replied.

Luo's mother is Lin Shujian's nanny, and she has only been in the mansion for two years.Lin Shujian's former nanny was seriously ill, and San Yiniang was worried about getting sick, so she promised some money to let her go back to her hometown, and then invited Mama Luo to take care of her in the house.But Lin Shujian was not brought up by Luo's mother after all, so he was not close to her, and often played alone, and did not allow Luo's mother to follow him.Today, I must have left Mother Luo aside again, and went to Queyuan under the care of the servant.

"Going to the Sparrow Garden again?" The third aunt scolded dissatisfiedly, "Now the second young master has a different status, we must not let his temperament go to that lowly place anymore. What does the nanny Luo mother eat? Not good Second Young Master, why don't you throw him out, so as not to feed a worthless waste!"

"Yes, yes, I'm going to pass on the words of the third aunt." Seeing that the third aunt got angry, Qiu Ju didn't dare to say more, and immediately followed her words, turned around and retreated.

At this time, Lin Shujian's excited voice came from outside the room, "Auntie, Jianer is back." As soon as the voice fell, the bamboo curtain at the door of the room opened, and a round red face poked in, followed by a short and fat body flashing flexibly. He came in, raised his hand and wiped the sweat off his forehead carelessly, and said loudly, "Auntie, you don't know, there are many birds in the second sister's yard, and I saw an emerald green bird just now, second sister And teach her to speak, it's so fun!"

"Look at you sweating profusely. You just stay in the room on a hot day and go all the way to do something like that." Seeing Aiko, Third Auntie's anger disappeared half of her. Hastily took out the silk from his bosom, wiped the little gray stains on Shujian's face, raised his hand and patted his neckline, and complained slightly, "Don't go to that lowly place again, look at your lapel, It's all dust."

Lin Shujian hurriedly buried his head and kept patting the sporadic gray stains on the neckline, smiling silly.

At this time, mother Luo, the nanny, entered the room with a bowl of stewed soup full of fear. She presumably had just heard the news of Third Auntie’s anger from Qiu Ju, and her expression was very cautious, “Second Young Master, it’s time to drink soup.” The soft-shelled turtle soup stewed in the kitchen today has been left to dry for some time, so it is just right to drink it lukewarm."

"Turtle turtle soup, didn't I order crucian carp soup to be stewed?" Third Aunt looked at the snow-white soup in the bowl and asked casually.

"Back to Third Aunt, the old slave originally went to pick up the crucian carp from Mama Chen in the dining room in the front yard as you ordered, but Mama Chen said that the crucian carp is not fresh enough today, so she had chopped a soft-shelled turtle for the second young master in advance. The old slave That’s when I brought the soft-shelled turtle back.” Mother Luo reported truthfully that the value of the soft-shelled turtle was much higher than that of the crucian carp, and Third Aunt would definitely not embarrass herself because of this.

Third Auntie smiled, "Mama Chen knows current affairs, and knows that my family's Jianer is no better than before, so she knows to present good things to honor." Then, she said softly to Shujian, "Jianer, drink it while it's hot, if it's cold There will be a fishy smell."

"No, I don't want to drink it. I drank a lot of millet porridge at the second sister's just now, and the side dishes that the second sister made cold are also delicious. In comparison, this soup is white and tasteless, so Jianer doesn't want to drink it!" Shujian Lin willfully Turning her head, she cast a disdainful glance at the soft-shelled turtle soup in Mother Luo's hand.

"No, now that you are growing up, it's always good to drink more soup." The third aunt said seriously, "My aunt hasn't told you yet, it's fine if you go to the Bird Garden without permission, how can you eat her food?" The cheap food, if you are so self-willed again, you will not be allowed to go to Bird Garden in the future!"

Seeing that the third aunt refused to let him go to the bird garden, Lin Shujian dared to refute. He immediately picked up the soup obediently, drank a few mouthfuls, but wrinkled his face and said, "Auntie, Jianer really can't drink it anymore."

"Forget it, give the rest to the nanny." San Yiniang looked helplessly at the half bowl of soup left, and said to the nanny.The nanny thanked her for her blessing, and retreated with the bowl in her hand.

In the hot summer season, the sky is always darker and darker. After the time of unitary, the sky gradually darkened. Suxian, Vanilla, and Cui Ya had dinner, and just closed the door of the bird garden and entered the room to rest. There was a knock on the door, although the ding ding dong dong was extremely rapid, the birds returning to their nests in the startled garden fluttered for a while.

"Who is outside the door?" Vanilla shouted angrily.

"Quickly open the door! The eldest lady told the second young lady to go to the main courtyard immediately for questioning. If it is late, the eldest lady will blame you, and you can't afford to delay!" There was a loud reply from the servant in the eldest lady's yard outside the gate, look at the movement The visitor is not good.

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