In the hall, Ning Zhongjian and Ning Yuyan were sitting on the upper seats, while the second master Ning Zhongqin and the second wife were sitting below them respectively.
The four of them didn't know what interesting things they were chatting about. When Ning Yujin entered, they were laughing happily.
But Aunt Zhao was standing aside with her head bowed, unable to interrupt even if she wanted to, with an awkward smile on her face.
Ning Yujin walked forward and saluted several people side by side.
When Ning Yuyan saw her coming, her smile became a little thicker, and she quickly waved her over: "Come on, let me see how beautiful our third sister is now."
This sounds...why is it so awkward?
Ning Yujin twitched the corner of her mouth and walked over with her head lowered.
Ning Yuyan immediately held her hand affectionately, and picked an jade bracelet for her to wear on her hand: "Third sister, you should eat more on weekdays. Seeing that you are so thin, sister must
Distressed."
Eat more?! Xiangyue is worried that she won’t be able to feed her anymore.
And when Ning Yuyan said this, she looked like she was a pig that was being fattened and taken out to be slaughtered. Now she was worried that she would not gain weight.
Ning Yujin laughed, but before she had time to speak, the second wife next to her spoke up: "Oh, the third lady is so lucky. To have such a good sister as my empress, no one else can do it in eight lifetimes. Like my dream girl.
, but I don’t have this life!”
Ning Yuyan pursed her lips and smiled gracefully, and looked at the second wife: "What is the second aunt saying? Sister Meng is also my sister. When have I ever treated her badly?"
"Yes, yes," the second wife said hurriedly, "it was the second aunt who said it was wrong. Meng Yatou has the empress as her sister, which is also a blessing she cultivated in her previous life."
Ning Yuyan smiled, then turned around and said to Ning Yujin: "Third sister, please sit down too, just to talk to me for a while."
"yes."
Ning Yujin glanced at everyone calmly, walked to the seat below the second wife and sat down.
Since the eldest lady is still "sick", Aunt Li naturally has to take care of her.
As children, Ning Yuning and Ning Yuyi naturally have to go and take care of the sick.
This year's Dragon Boat Festival, after experiencing the major turmoil in which Princess Ning Yuning's wish failed, seemed unusually deserted and calm.
Ning Yuyan fiddled with the teacup slowly, lowered her head and took a sip of tea, but immediately spit it out and threw the teacup on the table.
"What happened to the maids at home? I haven't been here for a few days, and you don't even know what flavor of tea I drink?"
This rebuke came out of the blue, and the originally harmonious atmosphere suddenly turned to ice for some unknown reason, and everyone fell silent for a moment.
The maids in charge of tea immediately came out quickly and with a plop knelt down to Ning Yuyan, crying for her father and mother and begging for mercy.
Ning Yuyan did not deal with them, but turned around and asked Ning Zhongjian: "Since mother is ill, who is taking care of all the affairs in the family now?"
Ning Zhongjian glanced at Aunt Zhao, who immediately took a step forward and said, "I'm talking about you, I'm a slave."
Ning Yuyan's eyebrows immediately frowned: "You? Then when these maids came out just now, why didn't you stand up?"
The overwhelming advantage of status gave Aunt Zhao no chance to breathe. However, Ning Zhongjian said for her at this time: "She has just taken over the affairs of the mansion, so it is human nature to be confused."
Aunt Zhao secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but Ning Yuyan raised her lips and smiled: "Father, you have not considered this matter enough. You have given the entire Ningbo Mansion to an aunt to take care of. Are you not afraid to tell it and make people laugh?
Like the incident of pouring the wrong tea just now, just forget it when you meet me. If other distinguished guests come over and make this mistake again, wouldn't that be a slap in the face?"
Ning Zhongjian was embarrassed for a while, and his voice suddenly became softer: "This, your mother approves of letting Mannia take charge of the house."
"You are the head of the family, and your mother must agree with your decision." Ning Yuyan said earnestly, "But you have to realize that your mother is the main wife, and she is the second-rank imperial concubine granted by the late emperor.
When it comes to going to the Queen Mother, Aunt Zhao is just a concubine and will never be able to reach the level of elegance."
Ning Yuyan didn't want to save any face for Aunt Zhao, and every word she spoke was thorny and merciless.
Aunt Zhao stood alone with her head lowered, her whole body was shaking, but she bit her lower lip tightly and did not dare to say a word.
Ning Zhongjian was also blocked by Ning Yuyan and was completely stunned.
For him, who is in charge and who makes the decision is just a back-office matter, and he has no interest in knowing or getting involved.
However, Ning Yuyan took the matter to the level of the Queen Mother.
Who doesn't know that His Royal Highness Prince Xing is the grandson of the Queen Mother Yin, and Ning Yuyan is the concubine of Prince Xing's Mansion?
Having said such words, are you forcing him to clarify his attitude?
Ning Zhongjian frowned and looked at Aunt Zhao. After all, she still couldn't bear it: "Manniang didn't make any big mistakes. On the contrary, she has been busy these days, dealing with various matters in the house.
Credit also comes with hard work..."
"Really?" Ning Yuyan stretched out her hand gracefully and picked up a piece of snack, "Is this how she keeps busy and handles all the matters in the house?"
Ning Zhongjian didn't know why, but the second wife below shouted sharply: "Ah, isn't this the dim sum from the Yuancheng shop? I remember that every year the eldest lady makes people buy the dim sum from the Ximen shop."
The prices of dim sum at these two places are obviously not of the same level, they differ many times.
Aunt Zhao's eyes were rolling around and her face was a little flustered: "This... this slave is also a housekeeper for the first time. She is not very familiar with these things, so she made the wrong purchase..."
"Did you buy the wrong thing?" The second wife was confused for a moment, and then said in a dignified manner, "Whatever I need to buy, I will naturally have last year's list as a comparison. There are servants in the family who are responsible for the purchase, and several housekeepers are responsible for assisting.
In this case, will I still make the wrong purchase?”
This sentence simply choked Aunt Zhao to the point where she couldn't even speak. She smiled sheepishly, covered her lips and said, "Oh, I'm the one who talks too much. I talk too much."
Ning Yuyan raised her eyes, looked at Aunt Zhao and said, "What the second aunt said is right. Some people even think about a few boxes of snacks. What they are planning to do is really hard to think about."
It was just a matter of a few boxes of snacks, and Aunt Zhao was immediately pushed to the top of the wave.
She felt weak and panicked, fearing that Ning Yuyan would pursue the matter further.
She was covering up layer by layer for what was to come, and was completely exhausted by tearing down one wall to make up for the other.
Ning Yujin sat aside and watched all this quietly.
She knew that Ning Yuyan was going to make a big move.