concubines are respected

Chapter 34 Yixiang Pavilion

Magnolia Court

The eldest lady sat quietly in the head of the main house with a gloomy expression. Although she didn't say anything, the air-conditioning all over her body told others that she was in a bad mood at the moment.

Xi Lian carefully placed the freshly brewed hot tea on the side table, and said softly, "Ma'am, this servant specially brewed a cup of Biluochun for you, take a sip to moisten your throat."

The eldest lady glanced sideways, but didn't respond, but shouted to Mama Hu who was standing beside her, "Mother Hu, tell me yourself, how many years have you been serving me?"

Mother Hu shook her body slightly, looked up at the eldest lady, immediately lowered her head in panic, and said in a low voice, "Eldest lady, this old servant has served you for nearly twenty years."

Before the words fell, the eldest lady quickly grabbed the khaki envelope beside her, slammed it on the ground, and scolded angrily, "You are right, you have been with me for nearly twenty years. , is an old man in the mansion, but why is he so careless in handling things today! Even this kind of trivial matter can't be done properly, and someone has transferred the package!"

"Madam, please be angry, this old slave deserves to die, this old slave deserves to die!" Madam Hu was furious, and Mother Hu knelt on the ground with a thud, her hands were bowed left and right, and she slapped her wrinkled face alternately, and the house swayed crisply. With the sound of a fan scratching, Xi Lian, who was waiting by the door, turned pale in shock. Madam Hu is a celebrity next to Da Furen. How could she have been punished like this? What happened today? She actually made Da Furen so angry. Could it be that she What big mistake did you make?

"What's the use of death, even if you die now, you can't change the facts." The eldest lady frowned and shouted bitterly, "Once the marriage certificate came out, the old lady not only recognized Lin Suxian's identity as the daughter of the dead girl, but also ordered the old lady On the day of the life sacrifice, the name of Zhang Qirou, the lowly maidservant, was added to the column of the master's wife's house on the genealogy, and even the tombstone of that lowly maidservant had to be cast. This, this lowly maidservant, will not let people live in peace after death "The more the lady spoke, the more angry she became, and she even opened her mouth to gasp for breath.

How could she tolerate all this, Mrs. Zhang was born as a lowly maidservant, and it was already a great blessing to seduce the master into the mansion as a concubine, but now that she is dead, she even got the status of an equal wife.The humble name was grandly listed on the genealogy, and it was written side by side with his own surname.This is not exalting Mrs. Zhang, it is clearly humiliating herself!

Seeing that the madam was blue with anger and had trouble breathing, she seemed to be suffering from an old problem of asthma, she immediately knelt down a few steps in shock, and said in a surprised voice, "Miss, you have to take pity on your own body to be the best!" Xilian, bring the medicine quickly, bring the medicine quickly!"

Hearing the movement, Xi Lian was quite frightened, strode into the room, fetched a dark green porcelain bottle that hadn't been used for a long time, quickly poured two small green pills from it, and fed it into the doctor's mouth, "Master, hurry up!" Take a sip of tea and swallow it down. Madam, are you better?"

After tossing and tossing for a while, the eldest lady leaned back on the back of the chair, and finally regained her strength, her complexion was obviously flushed with abnormal redness, but her breathing became much smoother.

Mother Hu burst into tears in horror, since Suxian's mother Zhang passed away, Da Furen never suffered from asthma again.But today, due to her own negligence, the eldest lady fell ill again. For such a mistake, let alone the eldest lady is angry, even she herself is unwilling to forgive herself.

In fact, Hu's mother is very safe in her daily affairs, but today is extremely unlucky. Not long after she came out of the Yamen, she met her nephew Qiangzi who was not up to date.On that day, Qiangzi got her instruction to misbehave with Suxian, in order to achieve the purpose of forcing Suxian to escape from the house privately.Unexpectedly, she was hit on the head by Vanilla from the back, not only failed to please the eldest lady, but instead lay on the bed for more than a month.Afterwards, Qiangzi tried several times to enter Lin's mansion to ask her for money to cure his head injury, but because of the order of the eldest lady, the concierge blocked him out of the mansion.

Accidentally met on the street today, Qiangzi would not let Mama Hu go, and kept pestering him for a long time, insisting on Mama Hu handing over the money to settle the matter.Hu's mother couldn't resist him, so she had to give him a few pieces of silver in a hurry, and left as if fleeing with the file.Unexpectedly, just after walking not far away, he was knocked on his back by a ten-year-old child because he was in a hurry, and the papers were scattered all over the floor.He hurriedly picked up the papers, and heard that damned Qiangzi shouting from behind him again. He dared to think that the money was low, so he rushed up again.

Hu's mother was anxious, worried that she would miss the important matter of the eldest lady, so she immediately ran towards Lin's mansion with the wind under her feet.Everything happened so suddenly, she was distracted by the thick-skinned nephew's disturbance, so naturally she didn't notice, the envelope had already been shunned by the ten-year-old child.

The eldest lady regained her breath, looked coldly at Mother Hu who was beside her with a face full of guilt, her heart was so depressed that she turned her head to the side resentfully and ignored it.Although Hu's mother has been loyal to her side all these years, but today's mistake not only ruined the painstaking planning for many years, but also watched Suxian, that lowly girl, rise to a high position.Originally, Suxian's marriage contract with Annan Hou's mansion made her feel like a stab in her throat, but now she has won the position of prostitute again.Where does this leave her beloved daughter Lin Zhilan who is regarded as a jewel?In terms of marriage, she has already lost a bit, and now even her status has no advantage at all, how can she swallow this breath!

"Ma'am, don't worry. Although that girl Suxian has temporarily gained power, she will have to wait three years before she can marry into the Marquis of Annan's residence. As for the status of the prostitute, it is only a false title to the outside world. In fact, she is still living in your hands, Mrs. Madam. Three years is not a short period of time, I believe we will have a way to cure her!" Mama Hu has served by Mrs. Madam's side for many years, and what Madam Hu is thinking at this time, she naturally Clearly.

"Ah!" The lady let out a long breath, moved her body and sat upright, and said in a low voice, "It can only be like this until now, and I don't know what kind of soup that bitch Zhang gave the master back then, so that the The master is too sick to stay on the couch, and still remembers to give her a position!"

Hu's mother stopped talking. The old master's behavior was indeed puzzling. For a mere lowly maid, he not only redeemed her, but also almost fell out with the old lady, and even welcomed him into Lin's mansion as a noble concubine.Moreover, after the Zhang family gave birth to Lin Suxian, the master loved her more than any other heir of the Lin family.Although Mrs. Zhang is somewhat pretty, but the master is not a greedy person, so it is really unreasonable to do so.

Kneeling for a long time, Hu's mother's knees were numb, and her face showed a painful expression.

"Get up, if you hadn't been with me for so many years, I would have sent you out of the house!" The lady said stiffly, got up and walked to the inner room. The arm is close to serve.

Mama Hu thanked the lady from the back for leaving, and then stood up with difficulty by supporting the seat beside her, rubbing her numb knees with her hands, and looked sideways towards the direction of Sparrow Garden, her eyes widened. hate.

雀苑

"Xiangcao, you are really clever. It's a good thing you went with Mama Hu, otherwise the grievance of our second lady would be great." The news of Suxian's promotion to the status of a prostitute has spread throughout the Lin family like wings. corner of.Cuiya served Suxian some thirst-quenching fruit, while happily talking to Xiangcao.

"What I'm talking about is that vanilla should be the first to contribute to today's matter. It doesn't matter if I'm a daughter-in-law or not, but my mother has been wronged for so many years. Although she is gone now, she has a decent reputation anyway, which saves me Others talk about my mother's status as a concubine. Finally, my mother's name can be recorded in the genealogy, and I will be able to offer incense to my mother when I worship ancestors in the future." Su Xian said with a comforting smile , round eyes smiling like a crescent moon.

"It's just the second lady, I don't understand why the old lady promised you not to live in Queyuan, but to live in Yixiang Pavilion, the former residence of the second lady, but you declined?" Cui Ya asked puzzled, Then he turned around and looked around the Bird Garden. Although these days, the three masters and servants took care of the Bird Garden in an orderly manner, and the bird garden no longer saw the dilapidated appearance of the past, but after all, it was not a suitable place for a daughter-in-law to live.Wouldn't it be better if we could move to the Yixiang Pavilion where the second lady used to be.

Suxian smiled, raised her feet to the window, looked at the birds foraging on the ground in the yard, her eyes were full of nostalgia, "Isn't it good here? Although it is a bit simple, it is better than tranquility. Although living in the main courtyard is beautiful, it is a place of right and wrong. Now, overnight, I have transformed from a humble concubine daughter to a concubine daughter of the Lin family. It’s better to just stay here and steal a life and live comfortably.”

"Second Miss's words are reasonable." Xiang Cao echoed, "Although Second Miss declined to live in Yixiang Pavilion, after all, it was the second lady's former residence, and the old lady has ordered someone to take care of Yixiang Pavilion Come out and send a message, Second Miss can live there at any time, the garden is already under Second Miss's name, Second Miss can live wherever she likes, she can do whatever she likes."

"En, um. The old lady is really thoughtful." Cui Ya thought of the suffering that Suxian had suffered in these years, and now she finally made it through, her voice choked up and her eyes turned red.

"Hehe, there's nothing to cry about when I'm happy." Suxian turned around and looked at Cui Ya with a smile and said, "It's still early, go get some scented wax, and follow me to Yixiang Pavilion to pay homage to my mother. Tell her the good news personally, so that mother can rest in peace under the Nine Springs."

"Oh, I'll get it now, servant girl." Cuiya knew that Suxian didn't like anyone crying now, she immediately wiped her eyes, responded happily, and strode away to the side room.

When the master and servant came to Yixiang Pavilion, the long-lost intimacy came to them, and the warm scenes in the yard appeared in Suxian's mind.Back then in the study, my father taught Suxian to paint with a brush, and my mother rubbed ink close to her body with a smile. Life was simple and fulfilling.It has been three years since her mother passed away. In these three years, Suxian has never had the chance to step into the Yixiang Pavilion.Today, I can finally come back to pay respects to my mother in a fair manner, and step into the familiar main hall again, Suxian seems to have returned to the past.

At this moment, the sound of objects being moved came from the bedroom, "Who?" Xiang Cao shouted vigilantly, now that the second lady is the master of Yixiang Pavilion, who dares to come to move objects in private.

After hearing the shouting, two servants came out of the bedroom, and when they saw Suxian, they immediately said respectfully, "Back to the second lady, the servants were originally on business in the front yard, and today they got orders from Butler Lin to come here to take care of Yixiang." Court."

Suxian walked out from the main hall slowly, and said to the two young servants, "Since it is to take care of it, it is easy to take care of it, why do you have to move things. Don't move anything in the mother's room, just wipe it clean." Dust is."

"But." One of the young men scratched the back of his head, and said with some embarrassment, "But in the second lady's bedroom, other items are fine, but the nanmu box in the west corner is a bit rotten, the slave pondered. , if you recruit snakes, insects, rats and ants, wouldn't it scare the second lady."

"How can a good nanmu box be so easy to rot?" Suxian was a little surprised. She remembered that when her mother came in, because she didn't have a dowry from her natal family, her father specially ordered someone to use the best golden nanmu to make a box. When the dowry of her natal family was carried into the mansion, she earned a lot of face for her mother.

When my mother was alive, she especially loved the big nanmu box, and the golden nanmu is the top grade of wood. Its wood is stable, not warped or cracked, and durable. No external force, nor any damage.Where does the saying of being dead now come from?
"The slave is also strange. But the bottom of the box is indeed rotten." The boy replied cautiously.Now the identity of the second lady is different from the past, she is not only the first lady of the mansion, but also the wife of the future young master Annan, and her identity is not inferior to the eldest lady Lin Zhilan.

"Even if it's rotten, you can't move it, you just need to clean it up." Su Xian ordered solemnly.

The two servants bowed and stepped back.

"Second miss, why does this servant feel a little strange, the second lady's bedroom is facing the sun, and there is no moisture, how can it be a good nanmu box." Xiang Cao whispered in her ear.

"No hurry, follow me to have a look later." Suxian raised her hand to stop Xiangcao from talking, and said in a deep voice.

　Recently, it has been raining heavily, and the lightning and thunder have frightened everyone.What's even worse is that the electricity still stops from time to time.The progress of the codeword is much slower, which is really depressing.Please comfort me, folks.

　　
　
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