Chapter 1: The days of the third mistress are almost dark, the sunset is red, and the courtyard of Jinghaihou's house is also extremely lively. Today is Mrs. Jinghaihou's 40th birthday, and there are many guests coming and going.

Everyone in the Hou family was not careful in serving him, for fear of being blamed if something went wrong.

Jinghaihou is a legend in the southwest. He is respected throughout the Qi Dynasty. Without Jinghaihou, the southwest border would be unstable. Therefore, in the southwest, the Jinghaihou Mansion is quite intimidating.

, it is a place of great wealth and honor. To put it bluntly, the people in the southwest may not know who the emperor is, but they cannot help but know the Jinghai Hou Mansion.

Therefore, even Mrs. Hou's whole birthday was a lively event. There were endless officials and wives coming and going, and Mrs. Hou's three daughters-in-law all came to the battle. Speaking of it, Hou Jinghaihou also had a strong son-in-law.

The two sons all grew up immediately, the eldest son Wu Quan, the second son Wu Lian, and the third son Wu Zhen. The eldest son and the second son were both born to Mrs. Hou, and the third son Wu Zhen was born to Aunt Lan, the concubine of Marquis Jinghai.

It can be said that these three gentlemen all have beautiful eyebrows, especially the third prince, who is more handsome than any other woman and is even more famous in the southwest. I don’t know how many women in the boudoir are happy with him.

"The appearance of the third grandma is not worthy of the third master. The third master is a god like a human being. He is really ruined." A rather mean voice came from behind the rockery. This voice was very clear and full of boundless anger.

.

"What Sister Yuque said is that although the third master is not the legitimate son, he still has an official position in the court, and the third grandma is just the daughter of the prefect, which is really high. If the third grandma is a sensible person, she should not reject the eldest grandma.

I mean, now I'm afraid Sister Yuque will be Third Master's aunt." Another flattering voice said fawningly.

This jade bird is the eldest girl of Wu Quan's wife Ding. She is indeed quite pretty, and she is eager to be Wu Zhen's concubine. Here she finally persuaded Ding to relent.

, who would have expected that she would be rejected by the third grandma, Bao Lingshuang, so the jade bird was really in love with the third grandma, and would speak ill of her to everyone she met, and she did not know how to restrain herself even more.

They were talking lively over there. Across a rockery, a fair young woman with a slightly plump figure stood there quietly. This young woman was not very beautiful, but she had a gentle and carefree gentleness that made people look at her.

It's very comfortable.

The maid standing next to the young woman was so angry that she turned green and whispered: "Third Grandma, I went to tear that girl's mouth off. I have such shameless thoughts and dare to slander you behind your back."

Clear reputation."

Hearing this, Bao Lingshuang turned her head and looked at Chanjuan, the girl she had been close to since childhood, and pursed her lips and smiled, "Why are you angry? It's not worth it, let's go."

Listening to her girl's words, Chanjuan gritted her teeth and said, "Young lady, if you don't care about it, you may be arrogant in the future. You can't always be so good-natured. Others think you are easy to bully, and everyone wants to step on you."

One kick, you also have to think about the third master’s face, don’t you?”

Bao Lingshuang lowered her eyebrows and lowered her head, and then said after a long while: "Chanjuan, don't you know that I have the lowest background in this mansion, my eldest sister-in-law and my second sister-in-law are both direct descendants, but I am a commoner, and my father's official position is also the lowest.

Yes, who here can look up to us for no reason? It’s what I want to do, but I may not really be able to do it. I just hope that I don’t hold back the third master. It’s me who can marry the third master.

It is a blessing in this life that we can avoid causing trouble otherwise."

"You are always like this, swallowing any pain in your own belly. The third master is not inconsiderate, why do you have to wrong yourself like this." Chanjuan felt sad for her girl. She became someone else's daughter-in-law, just like being a slave in her mother's family.

It was different when I was a daughter. Although I had some high-pitched eyebrows when I was in my parents' house, it was nothing like the Jinghai Marquis Mansion, where everyone ate people without spitting out their bones.

The eldest grandma has a kind face, but she is the most ruthless in her actions. The second grandma has a sweet mouth and is capable of getting into trouble, which makes Mrs. Hou praise her every day. Only the third grandma does not attract Mrs. Hou's liking.

Come on, Third Master is Aunt Lan’s son, and Aunt Lan is Mr. Hou’s favorite woman. How could Mrs. Hou like Third Master and Third Grandma?

If things were better in the past, Mrs. Hou would always care about her face, but recently, as the uncle and the second master's official positions have risen step by step, even this harmony on the surface will be broken.

The third master was away from home, so how could he know the hard work of the third grandma? Thinking of this, Chanjuan sighed and felt uncomfortable in her heart.

When Bao Lingshuang heard Chanjuan mention her husband, the corner of her mouth curled up, "Of course my husband treats me very well."

After saying this, Bao Lingshuang walked around this road and turned another road and walked slowly. The two women who were talking here flashed out from behind the rockery. The woman in pink clothes stamped her feet, "I thought the third grandma

After hearing such words, there is always a fuss, but who would have thought that it would still be like this? Three sticks can't beat a fart, and the third master has been facing such a face all day long, and he doesn't know how to eat."

Another woman in green clothes, with a bit of enchantment in her eyebrows, glanced hard at Bao Lingshuang's back, gritted her teeth and said, "We'll see, one day I'll see how you can still be so calm."

This woman is none other than Chanjuan. She has been in love with Wu Zhen for a day or two, and she longs to go to Qiu Si Yuan to be her aunt. It was originally a great idea, but the third grandma has always been a soft-spoken person and never dared to go against the wishes of her superiors when doing things.

She thought that as long as the eldest grandma opened her mouth, it was not a sure thing that she would go to Qiu Siyuan to be the third master's aunt. Who knew that the third grandma was very determined in this matter, which made her secretly laughed at by many girls.

, so I became more and more at odds with my third grandma.

After seeing off the guests, it was already sunset. Bao Lingshuang returned to her Qiu Si Garden exhausted. After asking the girl to bring hot water to wash herself, she leaned on the soft couch with a book and read quietly.

Baoyue came in with red date and lotus seed soup. The dark red jujube soup lined in the snow-white porcelain cup was really beautiful. She gently placed it on the hollow carved chicken wing wood table in front of the soft couch, looked up at Bao Lingshuang and said: "

Third Grandma, please rest for a while. You’ve hurt your eyes from the exhaustion. You’ve been tired for a whole day and you should rest early. I heard that Third Master will be back in a few days. I feel bad for you when I see you like this.

Already."

Bao Lingshuang put down the book in her hand and smiled helplessly, "I only have such a few hobbies, and you are scolding me for it. Come on, I won't read anymore." After saying that, he sat upright, licked the broken hair around his ears, and then said

: "Who did you hear that Third Master is coming back soon? This time, Third Master returned to Beijing to report on his duties. Before leaving, he said that he might come back a little later. This news comes very strangely."

Bao Lingshuang frowned, took a sip of porridge, and then looked at Baoyue.

Baoyue squeezed out a sound from her nose, "Who else could it be? It's not that little bitch from Chunhui Garden. He longs to be the third master's concubine day and night. Today, this slave went to the big kitchen and met him.

She brought soup to the eldest lady and said this to the slave in a arrogant manner, showing off that she was well-informed."

Bao Lingshuang's brows furrowed even more tightly. Bao Yue felt particularly aggrieved, "Third Grandma, this is not going to work. Even a little girl dares to step on your head. It was better when Third Master was here.

Now that the third master is not here, those people are very proud. Now, no matter what the news about the third master is, Mrs. Hou must tell you first. You don't have to let the whole courtyard know about it with a little girl.

It makes people feel that Mrs. Hou doesn't want to see us in Qiu Siyuan, what's the best if this continues?"

Bao Lingshuang lost her appetite, "Take it down."

Baoyue knew that her words were a little harsh, but she really couldn't bear the tone. Their girl was good at everything, but her temper was really soft. Ever since she entered the house, she had suffered a lot from the eldest grandma and the second grandma.

, Aunt Lan doesn’t live in the mansion, she doesn’t even have a helper.

Speaking of which, Aunt Lan is really an enviable person. With such a great job as a concubine, it is no wonder that the girls in this house are racking their brains to climb up one by one. The Marquis is really considerate and considerate to Aunt Lan.

Not only did he buy a three-square-meter courtyard for Aunt Lan to live in, but he also allowed Aunt Lan to come only on the first and fifteenth day of every month to pay his respects to Mrs. Hou.

It's just a pity that the third grandma and the third grandma originally planned to live in Aunt Lan's yard with the third grandma. However, Mrs. Hou disagreed, saying that it was just that the concubine was pampered by the Marquis, and even the son and daughter-in-law were not.

Don’t you take your aunt into consideration?

In the end, the Marquis felt ashamed of Mrs. Hou, and had to let the Third Master and the Third Grandma live in the Hou Mansion to fulfill their filial piety. However, they were already quarreling people, so naturally there would be constant disputes when living together, and the Third Grandma had a lot of temper.

After suffering a loss, the third grandma acted like a normal person, but she made these slaves very anxious.

"This slave has something to say, but I don't know whether I should say it or not." Baoyue hesitated for a while, thinking of the words she heard in the yard today, she became increasingly uneasy.

Bao Lingshuang smiled and said, "Is there anything else you can't say to me? Tell me, your girl can still bear it."

Baoyue hesitated for a moment and then said: "Girl, I heard from the girl in Chunhui Garden that this time the Third Master will have to pass through Jinguan City on his way back to Beijing to report on his work. The people living in Jinguan City are not the Yao Yao whom the Third Master always misses.

The fifth girl in the family...oh, the current Princess Jin?"

Princess Jin? Bao Lingshuang's face turned gray for a moment, she lowered her head randomly, frowned, and scolded: "What nonsense are you talking about? Princess Jin is actually something that others can talk about at will? Third Master and Princess Jin have known each other since they were young, not just

Princess Jin has a good relationship with the Yao family, so please don’t say anything like this again."

Baoyue pursed her lips in grievance, "But... But the Third Master did receive a letter from Princess Jin, and went to Jingguan City without even waiting for Mrs. Hou's birthday..."
Chapter completed!