Chapter 241: It's Hard for the Young Master (Part 1)
The second wife took the small copper hand stove handed over by the girl, turned around and sat down, and said to Suyun: "I think Miss Cao is the one who is going to enter the palace. Let these two children get acquainted with her, and then give them to
When our eldest concubines and concubines go to the palace to see the empress in the future, we will take them there, and Miss Cao will have to take care of them at least once."
"Madam, the empress and the crown prince are sisters..."
"Everything in the world is unpredictable. Besides, the empress is a noble person. There is nothing that the empress cannot see. Miss Cao will also remind the imperial concubine a few words because of the old relationship."
The second wife said, and asked the eldest girl to prepare some gifts for the second master's confidant, and asked him to go and walk around with Father Lu's house and Fan's house.
"From now on, if there are any imperfections in the good books, the sisters will be angry. Xiuyun and Shiliu, for my sake, can also persuade me in front of the empress."
Suyun was amazed, after all, it was her own mother who could think so thoughtfully about the second young lady.
"The aunt of the Su Cai family has not been seen recently?"
"She was sick, so she had to ask Bao Gai to do some cooking from time to time. Fortunately, my Xiaoliu has been to Nanhe Baihu Station in the past few days. I only need to wait for the official document from the Ministry of War to arrive, and then I will officially take the handprint."
The second wife's legitimate children all have a promising future, and she is filled with joy when she mentions them. Even the seventh lady, who is a concubine, is even more tender and loving.
Seeing this, Su Yun didn't dare to say anything about what was on her mind. In the past few days, the Sixth Young Master came to her from time to time, wanting to meet Cao Xiwan, and repeatedly gave her gifts of jewelry and gold beads to re-gift. Su Yun felt it was inappropriate.
, advised the Sixth Young Master: "Send Sanxi to her home?"
"She has no one at home, and she doesn't accept anything from Sanxi either. She has changed the rules."
When Su Yun heard that Cao Xiwan refused to accept the offer, she thought for a moment and said, "If there is anything going on in the yamen, Mr. Six, just come and ask Xiaowan in an open and honest manner."
"She doesn't accept gifts, so I'm afraid she doesn't want to see her either."
"My excuses are great. Brother Six, don't worry. Firstly, my aunt is here, and secondly, I am also here. There is nothing to ask. Xiao Wan will not make excuses for my sake."
Suyun expected that there might be some trouble in Nanhe Baihusuo.
Song Weiren didn't dare to go to Mr. Hou and ask. Mr. Hou must say, if you can't do this yourself, what can your family expect from you?
On this evening, Cao spent some time chatting with the old lady, and learned some old things about various mansions that were not included in Jin Yi's secret files. She retired with satisfaction.
She loved hearing this the most. After a while, she went out for a walk, saw the snow, and then came back to Yongxi Hall.
"How are you, your aunt?" the old lady asked.
"It's good, but it's not as strong as the old lady." She turned around with a smile and presented the tea from the little girl's hand, "Old lady, try it, the new tea made by Fan Guanshi is filial, which is rare this season."
It snowed today. The old lady was wearing a gold-woven velvet dress, a bun in her silver hair, and a brocade forehead protector all made of Liu Ying's needlework. She took the tea and smiled: "You went to someone else's house to search for things again? It's a pity that he had no choice but to
This sip of tea is hidden and not given to anyone, so that you can see it. You come to ask for my favors, but I have nothing to reward you."
"If an old lady with such knowledge is willing to talk to me, I can't help but ask for it. You don't know that Manager Fan stole it from his in-laws' house. It was Liu Ying who brought it to his father when he came back from Suzhou.
, their relatives were so jealous that they stole it and ran away. Supervisor Zhou was crying every day."
The old lady laughed heartily: "...it's a pity for you kid. Something happened to you when you were a child. You have an awkward temperament."
Cao Xiwan smiled, she knew what the old lady was talking about.
Most of the Xunfus were founding heroes and military officers, but the Marquis liked to read, so she knew a few words.
Since ancient times, loyal ministers come from the family of filial sons. It is also said that the righteousness between husband and wife is the principle of monarch and minister.
The husband is the king and the wife is the minister.
She was at odds with her parents, and was an unfilial daughter. She lacked the righteousness between a monarch and a minister, let alone a husband and wife, towards the Marquis.
Cao Xiwan knew what she was doing. I'm afraid the old lady didn't know the rules even when it came to being a concubine. In the past, the old lady turned a blind eye because her surname was Cao and her father was from the uncle's house.
Dignity, now that I have my wife Lou Shuluan, I can't compete with him.
The old lady was taking a nap, and she went out for a walk as usual with an umbrella. She stepped on all the snow on the road to Aunt Zhou.
She came over every once in a while to have lunch. When she arrived, Suyun was watching in front of the courtyard gate.
She quickly walked over with an umbrella and said, "Why are you standing here when it's so cold?"
"There is good food today, but it doesn't taste good after being warm for a long time. I'm afraid you might be late."
"Good food? Have you tried it?"
"It's early. I'll wait for you."
The kang was heated by charcoal, and my aunt and grandma always took medicine, and the food was just the same. Cao Xiwan ate the good food brought by the second master and second wife in filial piety.
She sat down outside the east room, stood on the foot stove, cooked rice with king mushroom soup, and ate a plate of fried quail that her aunt had specially left for her.
Suyun held dishes for her and talked about trivial matters in the house: "I heard that my wife had gone through many choices, but she still liked Xiliu and wanted her to be the concubine of the Marquis. After all, she is her sister."
He added, "The second wife is short of manpower. Aunt Su has been ill for a long time. If your cousin really wants to come into the house, there is room in the second room. Maybe she can become a second-class girl in a while.
Wait here. But you have to sign a deed of sale. This is not a small thing, you want her to know it. Although the second wife is nice, things in the world are unpredictable. You can't help but be a slave."
Cao Xiwan nodded without saying much. Suyun knew she was in trouble.
Liu Ying's husband came back, and Xiao Wan felt that it was inconvenient for her cousin to stay at Zhou's house any longer. She helped take the child with her for another year and a half, and it was better to plan a way out as soon as possible.
Ting Niang was hesitant and told Cao Xiwan her inner plan. It turned out that it was her mother who came to speak softly. She cried and said that she would not force her daughter and let her go home. Ting Niang had been beaten at home since she was a child, and she heard that she was soft.
It was inevitable that she would be soft-hearted. Thinking that now she knew many people in the Hou Mansion, she had not yet thought about climbing to a high branch or being a aunt. She only thought about having the two families, Zhou Da and Guanshi.
With her acquaintance here, she would not suffer much if she became a slave in the prince's mansion.
Cao Xiwan had no other good way out for her at the moment and was hesitant.
Suyun warned: "Don't be too meddlesome. We are mother and daughter. You just wait for her to make her own decision. Whether it is entering the house or anything else, let her find someone to handle such a big thing. Whatever happens in the future,
If there's anything wrong with it, it's all your fault."
She smiled: "I know. I'm not stupid."
"I'm afraid you are too crazy."
Cao Xiwan pursed her lips and smiled at her: "I know you love me. I will respect you from now on."
Suyun smiled and scolded: "You have learned to be so glib, no wonder the old lady can't live without you for a day. I heard that you were there, and when she saw the Marquis, she walked away and walked back to the room. You are also better!"
"I'm not that good, so he thought I was wrong! Besides, the old lady kept me because she was afraid that I would want to be a concubine. I couldn't do it so that everyone in the house could see it. I will be a popular figure in front of the concubine of the East Palace in the future.
.I come here every day to get delicious food.”
She started laughing all of a sudden, and when she finished eating, she went to the inner room, sat by the kang and talked to her aunt, with a thread basket in her arms helping Suyun twist the thread.
Suyun was asking the little girl to clear the table outside, when suddenly the thick purple brocade curtain in front of the door was lifted.
Light snow flew in, and a handsome man's face was half exposed. It was Song Weiren, the sixth young master, who walked in. He looked into the room and then left.
The soft snow was falling, and he heard voices inside.
Su Yun opened the curtain and came out. There was particularly heavy snowfall in the courtyard, with pines and cypresses on the snowy eaves. He was covered in a thick black brocade fur coat, which made him look tall and somewhat heroic. He raised his finger on the corridor to indicate that he was leaving.
He called Suyun and asked Suyun with a wink.
She nodded slightly. He felt relieved, knowing that it was indeed Cao Xiwan who was in the inner room.
"Tell her before I can go in again?"
Su Yun nodded with a smile and whispered: "She won't eat you. What are you afraid of?"
Song Weiren smiled bitterly: "Aren't I just talking about etiquette?"
"In the past, when she and Liu Ying came, you rushed in with a whoosh. Now you are more particular about this." Su Yun laughed and said,
Finally, I couldn't bear it, and I was afraid that he would get cold while standing on the porch, so I had no choice but to lift the curtain myself and go in again.