Chapter 230: Apologizing and being expelled
As soon as she went out to the warm pavilion outside, Mei'er stopped Lin An and said anxiously, "Madam Lin, what did Miss Miss mean just now?"
No matter how smart she is, she can't guess what medicine is sold in Rong Jingqiu's gourd?
Lin An shook his head, "Miss Mei'er, don't ask, I'm as confused as you now. In short, we will do whatever the girl told me."
She simply didn't think about things that she couldn't understand. In short, she still believed in the girl she raised.
Seeing Lin An leave with a heavy face, except for Lin Lan'er running to chase her mother, the others surrounded Mei'er, and Zhu'er took the lead and said, "Sister Mei'er, will we alienate Hongshang and Lusweaver in the future?"
When Juer heard this, she also looked at Mei'er. She was not so flexible and could only follow the tall man.
Mei'er pondered for a moment and said, "It's better to stay away, but don't do it too much and make people suspicious."
It seems that my girl is looking for reasons to help these two people out, but she doesn't want them to know too much, so they are alienated without a trace.
As for Youzhu, the maid who came from the fifth girl's yard, she felt that she didn't have to be too careful. Instead, she could sneak out and use it, confusing Hongshang and Lu Xiu. After all, these two people were originally from the Ninth Prince, so no wonder the girl was guarding against them now.
After her girl was given a marriage to the ninth prince, Youzhu felt that her popularity in this yard suddenly improved a lot. Perhaps low-key behavior is really useful. Not only Mei'er, but also Lin Lan'er was kind to her and took her with everything she did. Others also liked to talk to her for help. The smiles on her face gradually increased. After so long, she finally integrated into this circle.
On the contrary, Hongshang and Lu Xiu felt that the atmosphere in the yard was a bit strange, but they couldn't say that there was no stranger. If you say that you were excluded, it didn't look like you, because both Mei'er and Lin Lan'er still like to talk to them, and the other people's faces remained the same. If you say that you were not excluded, they felt that they had less work and seemed much more leisurely.
These changes are very subtle, and both of them choose to hold back. After all, it is useless to ask. Once you ask, you will smile and laugh. You can't find any useful information.
Rong Jingqiu took all this in her eyes, but she remained silent. Now, it would be better to think of ways to arrange everyone than to care about their thoughts.
So she asked Lin An and said straight to the point, "Woman, please ask Mei'er and the others if you are interested? If you have any, report to me and I will make the decision for them."
Is this going to get married?
Lin An didn't know what to react for a moment, and after a while, he asked carefully, "Miss, what's going to happen? Why are you going to chase people out? But what's wrong with them? Girl, you said, "I'll teach them a lesson now..."
"Don't think too much about the wet nurse, there is nothing," Rong Jingqiu said hurriedly, "Let me just say it. Mei'er and others are about the same age as me. The girl's youth is only so many years old. If she misses the flower season, it will be difficult to find a good person in the future. How can I feel at ease?"
When Lin An heard this, he felt relieved, so he smiled and said, "It's not too late for the girl to marry. Then maybe there will be more choices. After the ninth prince is separated from his residence in the future, there will be people around her who can make things easy, right?" He paused slightly, "Besides, the marriage is issued, and the wedding date should not be far away. No matter how long will it be, they will get married next year. If it is delayed for another year, which one of Mei'er and the others can't afford it?"
Which mansion's maid is not a mansion who is around twenty years old? Besides, the oldest among so many people is Mei'er, who is only seventeen years old, and can serve the girl in person for at least two or three years.
Rong Jingqiu had the same idea at first, but now the change is obviously much faster than her plan. No matter whether she wants it or not, she and Zhao Yu are now bound together again. How can she bear to kill Mei'er and the others? It's better to get married earlier and she feel at ease sooner.
"That's true, wet nurse, can't keep them from getting married, right?" Rong Jingqiu said calmly, "As for my marriage, I don't need to use people. To promote some people, Mei'er and the others grew up together, and I also hope that they can all get married and start a career."
Lin An frowned, "Have you reported this to your wife by the girl?"
When she heard her husband move Rong Jin out, she smiled and said, "How can you bother your mother with these things? She is still busy with the marriage of her sixth sister and has to take care of the family affairs. These are enough for her to work hard, so these things don't have to worry about their mother. Besides, what they think is better."
When Lin An saw Rong Jingqiu talking about this, he nodded and agreed to ask.
Next, all the maids around Rong Jingqiu were asked privately by Lin Anshi, and they asked if they had any sweethearts. This made the maid who was asked confused and blushed. How did this make people answer? Because of shyness, Xiu'anshi's work was not going smoothly.
After Rong Jingqiu handed over this matter to Lin An, she temporarily left the matter and began to take stock of her wealth. In addition to her mother and the jewels that Ji Tian in the Hou Mansion dared not move, she secretly found an excuse to ask someone to find them out and act as her. She had to keep the money. If she really wanted to run away, this was her greatest support.
However, she didn't have the big maid around her to do these things, but instead found a second-class maid named Zhang Xiaohua whom she had looked for when she was pretending to be sick in the village.
Although Zhang Xiaohua is just an inconspicuous maid in this Dongqian Courtyard, her life here is many times better than before. Every month, she can save some money and ask someone to send it back to her relatives in the village. The relatives also ask someone to bring a message to her, let her do it well, and to repay the third girl. After all, it was the third girl who gave her another life.
So when Rong Jingqiu saw her privately, she couldn't hide the excitement on her face. This was her chance.
Rong Jingqiu saw that she was standing in a little restrained manner, so she pointed to the opposite position and "Sit."
"Girl, I'll stand there. I'll tell you..."
Rong Jingqiu still pointed to the position and said, "Sit down and talk."
Zhang Xiaohua then sat down with the courage and heard Rong Jingqiu ask her what she was reading now? She smiled and said, "I am just learning to recognize a few words, how dare I say I have read any books? It's a blessing that my sisters are merciful and stingy to teach me, otherwise I will still not read a big word." After a pause, I was still a little happy and shy and said, "I just finished reading the "Three Character Classic".
She knew that this was a book that only a child could read, and she felt a little embarrassed on her face.
Rong Jingqiu always knew that she was learning to recognize words, but she didn't pay much attention to her. Unexpectedly, Zhang Xiaohua made rapid progress in just a few months.
Just read, she has to be a literate person to do a good job and is not easy to be deceived.
So she said directly, "I will hand over one of my errands to you, but this errand cannot be praised, and even Madam Lin cannot mention it. She can only report to me privately. Maybe you can do it well?"
Zhang Xiaohua knew that this time the girl wanted to see her was her chance. Unexpectedly, the girl had to give her a task on her back, so she expressed excitedly, "Don't worry, girl, I will definitely do it properly."
Rong Jingqiu raised her hand and pressed it lightly, "Don't be excited, anyway, remember to keep it confidential."
So she took out a small box of jewelry and opened it in front of Zhang Xiaohua, "I want you to get rid of these jewelry within a month. Remember to go quietly and don't make people suspicious."
Zhang Xiaohua has never seen so many gold, silver and jewelry, as well as those exquisite pearl hairpins, and you can tell at a glance that she is not ordinary. But after a while, she withdrew her gaze and when she looked at Rong Jingqiu, she promised, "I will definitely not disappoint the girl."
Rong Jingqiu nodded and signaled her to put away the small box before letting her out.
When Zhang Xiaohua went out, she looked at her face and said hello as usual when she saw someone, but no one knew that she was so nervous. She carried this small box of jewelry on her body, and she felt like she was walking in the downtown area with a brick in her arms. She was worried and was also uncomfortable, for fear that people would see the clues.
Fortunately, she performed well before. Now she lives in the room where she lives is a family. Another second-class maid is a child and has a good relationship with her. The time they worked on the job was staggered. Now that she went back, there was naturally no one in the room. She looked around like a thief, but she didn't see anyone walking around, so she closed the door and found a place where she could hide money in private, and then put the box of jewelry in place, which made her feel much more at ease.
Then he patted his dress and appeared in front of everyone as if nothing had happened.
The incident of Rong Jingqiu meeting Zhang Xiaohua in private was not very eye-catching, and even Lin An did not ask questions in suspicion, let alone Mei'er and others.
Lin An always felt something was wrong with Rong Jingqiu, so he privately talked about this with Rong Jinshi.
Rong Jinshi frowned and hurriedly pointed to a seat for Lin Anshi to sit down, "Does Qiuya want to change someone to serve?"
"The girl is a long-lasting person and will not let the people around her leave easily. Now she looks like she is making arrangements..." She didn't dare to say the word "casualty", after all, this is very disrespectful.
However, Rong Jinshi quickly realized the two words she didn't say. It seemed that her daughter was quite dissatisfied with the marriage. No, she should be unopinionable.
After thinking for a while, she said, "Since she told me that, you should do as you want, and I will talk to her again."
Seeing Rong Jin say this, Lin An stopped talking. At present, the only one who can correct the girl’s mentality is the only one who can correct her mindset.
Rong Jingqiu was called to the main courtyard by Rong Jinshi, but she didn't think much about it, just because Rong Jinshi missed her. After all, she has been busy arranging people and property around her these days, and the frequency of coming to the main courtyard has decreased a lot.
But when she came here, she met her fourth aunt, Rong Li, and her sister-in-law Li He.
After looking at the generous gifts on the table, she understood that Li He was here to apologize. As she was given a marriage to Zhao Yu by the saint, how could Li He sit still after hearing this? After all, she had a big lyrics before, thinking about letting her marry into the Li family, but now this idea is probably not left at all.
However, Mrs. Lee's apology, Rong Jin did not accept it at all. He didn't even say anything to her, and directly said to his sister-in-law, "Fourth brother and sister-in-law, if you want to call me second sister-in-law, then take all these back, otherwise you don't come to my door."
Rong Li was stunned. She didn't expect the matter to be so serious. Rong Jin rarely looked so cold to her. She said embarrassedly, "Second sister-in-law, don't, my mother's sister-in-law is really wrong. I've scolded her so much..."
"Yes, my sister-in-law, that time, it was all my fault. I had a heart that shouldn't have. Whose third girl is so painful?"
The reason why Rong Jinshi could tolerate Li He was shaking in front of him was to give Rong Li's face. Now seeing Rong Li's heart is still focused on her sister-in-law, she was so angry that she directly ordered the maid around her, "Take everything out. My Rong family is not short of this stuff, and you also have the fourth brother and sister. Please come back."
Rong Li knew that Rong Jin was angry. Her face turned red and green, and she couldn't say anything embarrassing. She immediately had no shame to stand here. Seeing that her parents' sister-in-law wanted to talk again, she quickly pulled her up and handed it to the maid behind her. She asked someone to block Li He's mouth with a veil, and then saluted Rong Jin, "Second sister-in-law, it's because I'm not thinking well. Next time, no, I won't let my parents' sister-in-law appear in front of her sister-in-law in the future."
Li He opened his eyes wide and looked at his aunt. What was she saying? Was she shameful? She immediately glared at Rong Li fiercely. It turns out that the water splashed by her married daughter would not fight for the benefit of her parents' family? It was not necessarily possible to promote the position of elder brother, and it was of course useless.
When Rong Li saw her sister-in-law turn the tables, she almost fainted. Who caused the disaster? Was it her? If she had discussed it with her, it would not be the case.
I was afraid that this sister-in-law of my mother's family would be even more angry, so I would really not be able to deal with the fourth room at that time. She also had children and daughters, and she would have to ask for a second room in the future, so I immediately took my sister-in-law away.
As soon as she turned around, she saw Rong Jingqiu coming in. She looked a little embarrassed and hurried forward and said, "Girl Qiu is here."
"I've met Aunt Fourth." Rong Jingqiu still bowed to her.
In the past, Rong Li received Rong Jingqiu's courtesy very calmly. Now that she sees her, she is about to be the princess, she hurriedly supports her, "We are all a family, why do we need so much courtesy? This kind of red tape saves energy, don't be dissatisfied."
Rong Jingqiu smiled and said, "Aunt Fourth is an elder, so it's time for me to give a tribute."
"You." Rong Li patted Rong Jingqiu's arm affectionately, "At this time, I will come to find your mother and daughter. I will not disturb you, my mother and daughter when I have free time, so I will come to play with your fifth sister."
"I understand." Rong Jingqiu smiled and sent Rong Li away. She didn't even look at Li He, and turned around and went back to talk to her mother.
Li He also looked back at her back frequently, but unfortunately she was pinned by the old lady beside her sister-in-law, otherwise she would definitely have a few words to Rong Jingqiu. Rong Jinshi was not easy to talk to. Rong Jingqiu was a junior, so she would definitely sell her elder to face.
Rong Li glanced at the blame in her sister-in-law's eyes, and her anger rose. Did she not even see Rong Jingqiu ignore her? If it weren't for her sake, who would have paid attention to her? How could she blame her if she offended everyone? I really can't reason with her.
Then she said to the mothers, "Just ask my uncle's wife to go back directly, and bring these gifts with you." She was not as shallow as she was attracted to such a little thing.
After saying that, she turned around and left.
Li He was really stunned this time. Is this aunt annoyed her? She was panicked now. Although she looked down on her son-in-law and could not support her, she would be reincarnated. With the support of the Marquis' Mansion, she could not make any benefits? She has not been able to support her family in the past few years. Her husband was promoted to the sixth rank official and her son-in-law had a contribution.
She wanted to go after Rong Li to explain, but these mothers refused to let her go and threw her out of the back door of Dingyuan Marquis' Mansion. Before she could stand firm, all the gifts she brought were thrown on her body. She screamed sorrowful that she hurriedly picked them up. This cost her a lot of money.
When she finished her work and knocked on the door, the door was already closed. She was so angry that she cursed. Not long after, the servant she brought was driven out. She shouted with a very bad expression, "What are you looking at? Why don't you take the things?"
Then he chased a maid to call a public carriage. He couldn't hide his annoyance. He didn't know how to explain to his husband when he went back.
On the other side, Rong Jinshi, no matter how Rong Li treated her sister-in-law, pulled her daughter to her side and sat down. When asked about her diet and daily life, was she not well served by the servants?
Rong Jingqiu didn't think so at first, but later she heard something was wrong, so she recalled that it must be that the wet nurse Lin An said something in front of her mother, otherwise her mother wouldn't have asked her about this.
After Rong Jingqiu figured it out, she smiled and took out the words to Lin An and said it again, and finally emphasized, "I just can't bear to be able to get married when they get older. Where did my mother think about it?"
Seeing that his daughter was talking lightly, it didn't seem like something was wrong, Rong Jin felt relieved, "Let's do this, some nephews in charge of the house are also at the age of marriage. I have someone to organize a list for you for my mother, and they all choose decent and capable ones. You can see which one is worthy and give it to me. It will never delay their flowering period, and you have an explanation to them." After saying that, he sighed, "I know that you don't want to marry the ninth prince, but the imperial edict is given, and even if my parents oppose it, it's useless. No one can wear a hat that resists the edict. Qiu Yatou, you have to understand the difficulties of your parents."
When Rong Jingqiu heard this, she knew that her mother was still suspicious. In order to dispel her suspicion, she promised, "Mom, I am not a person who doesn't know the importance of it. Don't worry, even if this marriage is not my wish, I will not escape, let alone do stupid things."
Chapter completed!