The Third Lady's Piano

The third lady took another sip of hot tea and said, "I didn't expect that this zither master has an extremely strange temperament. The maid I sent to have been driven back without even stepping into the threshold."

"Is there such a thing?"

The old lady felt very curious when she felt her body owed, "Do you know why she rushed out?"

"Yes." said the third lady, "the reason given by the piano master was that we were not sincere and she did not want to hand over the good piano to a common man for nothing."

"Why do you want to call Mother Liu again?"

The old lady's eyes flashed, and she was a little suspicious, "Call Mama Liu, will the piano player agree?"

"As this, it was just a coincidence. I thought about it but couldn't understand it. Later, I accidentally heard that the piano master was from Xia Pi, so I remembered that this was not Liu's hometown?

I went to tell Sister Wei that I would borrow Mother Liu to go out with me and help me with something. Sister Wei was also a good-natured. Without saying a word, she didn't even ask what I was doing, so she sent Mother Liu to Liu to Liushu Hutong with me...

Unexpectedly, when Mother Liu left, things were done! I got this good piano and prepared to go to Qiangwei Garden to thank Sister Wei, but I heard that Mrs. Qiao from Honglu Temple was coming, and Sister Wei was meeting guests at the old lady. I was afraid that I would disturb you, so I never came."

"Oh..." The old lady breathed a sigh of relief, looking a little surprised.

The third lady looked at Xu and Yuan again, smiled and said, "It seems that I was at the right time. My sister-in-law and the second sister-in-law are there. Yes, Sister Yu is there too. It is rare that there are all so complete. Is there anything good to hide from me?"

Zhao Chengyu's face was not red and swollen, so he deliberately lowered his head.

The third lady looked straight past, pretending not to see it, and said to the old lady: "Everyone said that Weijie is a good-natured, right? Yesterday I got her a basket of fresh vegetables and said that she wanted me and my sisters to eat hotpot. This child is really a honest person. I haven't had time to thank her yet!"

Zhao Xiwei's thoughts were shocked and he had already reacted.

The third lady is here to save herself.

Mother Liu used to be a servant in her room. If she was driven out of the mansion like this, she would probably feel even more uncomfortable than herself.

Zhao Xiwei followed her words and replied, "Why do you have to be so polite to Aunt Third? You gave me a basket of fresh winter bamboo shoots last time, and I didn't have time to come to thank you."

The old lady smiled and shook the hands of the two of them and said, "All family, thank you or not. If the juniors in the family can be as kind as you two, I can wake up in a laugh in my dream!"

Zhao Chengyu's face turned pale in an instant.

The third lady came too suddenly, and the news brought even more suddenly. Xu Yunjiao and the second lady had their own thoughts and had no intention of saying anything for a while.

The third lady was unaware of the awkward atmosphere and only held Zhao Xiwei's hand and began to ask about her well-being.

"The wound on the legs has healed", "Eat less mutton for hair", "The red and delicious snow in your garden" and other daily but warm words were spoken from her mouth, and they were soft and very pleasant.

Zhao Xiwei was as quiet and calm as ever. This kind of demeanor with mountains and valleys in his heart made a proud smile appear on the old lady's face, as if she saw Zhao Ziyi's appearance when she was young.

The guilt in my heart became deeper: I was so confused as to what I did, my grandmother!

She wanted to compensate Zhao Xiwei, so she said, "I have a set of chess pieces with mutton fat jade here. I was given to you from the mansion of Zhongbo, so I don't need to keep it for me, the old lady. You two like it. I'll ask Baozhu to deliver it to you tomorrow."

The third wife and Zhao Xiwei quickly stood up and saluted: "Thank you, old lady."

The third lady looked at the old lady's expression and knew that the temperature was almost the same. She seemed to remember something, and said, "Old lady, I just passed by the moon gate in the garden and heard some women gossiping behind the wall, saying that Sister Yu and Sister Wei were having a fight?"

"I felt a little sad, thinking that I was going to discuss marriage soon. If this was spread, it would be a loss-making matter! Now it seems that I am completely worried. The two sisters are not doing well with the old lady!"

The old lady's temples thumped and almost gritted her teeth, saying, "If you continue to say this, anyone who still talks about the tongue will sell it will never come back!"

The third lady nodded and said yes.

At this time, a little girl reported under the corridor: "Three Lady, the big kitchen is here to deliver snacks."

Madam Zhou hurried out to pick her up.

When I came in, I held a black lacquer carved food box in my hand. When I took off the lid, the fragrance of osmanthus came to my nose.

The third lady took the small green glaze bowl and handed it to the old lady, and said with a kneel: "This is the osmanthus lotus root soup made by Jiang Niangzi in the kitchen. It has a pure Jiangnan flavor. Just treat it as the daughter-in-law borrowed flowers to offer Buddha and respected you."

The old lady smiled and said, "It's hard for you to have this filial piety."

After taking a bite, I couldn't help but praise, "This is Nice Niangzi. The sour bamboo shoot soup I made last time was also delicious, and it was better than the original chef."

When talking about the cook, the third lady naturally answered the conversation: "That's not the case. The original mother Ding made no mistake, and she was kicked out after angering the prime minister. Later, I heard the girls say that mother Ding has a daughter who is working in our mansion, and she is Sister Yu'er's personal maid. What's the name... Forgot?"

As he said that, he glanced at the side inadvertently, pointed at the maid behind Zhao Chengyu, and suddenly realized, "Here, it's her."

The smile on the old lady's face suddenly froze.

He looked at Zhao Chengyu with a gloomy face.

She remembered that Madam Zhou mentioned that Madam Ding was driven out of the mansion because she gave Weijie leftovers.

She also thought that these slaves were slandering the high and low, and it turned out that they were instigated by their master?

Thinking about it again, no wonder Sister Yu was trying to hold Sister Wei but refused to let go. It turned out to be for this!

OK, what a lady from a family!

Why didn’t I realize that I was a person who likes to cause trouble?

What's wrong with Sister Wei'er's return home? She just tried her best to hurt her!

If she fails once, she will not repent, but will become more severe and will destroy her innocence!

The old lady's face turned from white to green, and then from green to purple. Her hands holding the spoon were so angry that they began to shake slightly.

The third lady knew that the task was completed, so she said goodbye to the old lady: "Old lady, it's getting late, and my daughter-in-law is still thinking about the guqin, so she takes it off first."

The old lady's anger had reached its peak and she had no intention of talking to them anymore. She just nodded with a gloomy face to show that she knew and let her take her back.

(End of this chapter)
Chapter completed!