Chapter 43: Xiangying
The air inside the house is still fresh and pleasant.
Aunt Zhao sniffed, but didn't smell anything, so she said, "It's probably because the concubine's nose is not good, and she didn't smell the fragrance." ”
Shen Fengxu smiled, so he avoided talking about it, but said again: "Mother seems to have sent a lot of things to my aunt before, and the things sent by my mother are all excellent, and Fengxu also wants to see them." ”
Although it was a little unreasonable, Aunt Zhao still turned around and ordered: "Go and bring the things sent by Madame." ”
The servant did what he was told.
After a while, the maid took out some scattered things from Aunt Zhao's bedroom, or hairpin earrings, or purse incense, which were dazzling and dizzying.
Although Aunt Zhao doesn't like the eldest lady, she is just a concubine in the end, so she naturally has to obey the eldest lady everywhere, even if she doesn't use these things, she has to put them away properly.
What's more, if it is an ordinary mundane thing, Aunt Zhao has been in Dongning Bo Mansion for many years, and it is not that she has never seen the world, but the things sent by the eldest lady are excellent, and Aunt Zhao naturally accepted them one by one.
"Sure enough, they are all good things, which shows that my mother really likes my aunt. Shen Fengxu blinked, picked up a piece of incense tassel from it at random, put it in his hand and played with it, and praised, "This incense tassel seems to be cut from cloud brocade soft satin, and it feels silky to the touch, which is very rare." ”
"The things that the eldest lady has rewarded are naturally good. ”
Shen Fengxu played with it for a while, then took it in his hand and sniffed it, and said thoughtfully: "This aroma should be what I just smelled." ”
As he spoke, he handed the incense to Aunt Zhao.
Aunt Zhao stretched out her hand to take it, and she also felt that the smell on this incense tassel was very unique, not like an ordinary thing, but she didn't know what kind of spice it was.
"Do any of you know what kind of incense this is?" Aunt Zhao turned around and called all the maids in the house, and said with a soft smile, "If you can distinguish it, you will naturally be rewarded." ”
So the servants stepped forward one after another to identify, but probably this incense was not very common, and several servants couldn't recognize it.
"This ......" the famous maid suddenly showed a look of embarrassment, "the maid seems to recognize ......"
"You recognize it and say, what is it like this?" Seeing this, Aunt Zhao frowned a little displeasurefully.
Shen Fengxu quietly put the things in his hand into his sleeve, his face was still calm, and said: "If you have something to say, even if you admit your mistake, my aunt will not blame you." ”
The maid hesitated for a moment, then suddenly knelt down and said, "The maid can't be sure, but the maid's cousin in the family used to be in the spice business, and the maid only knows a little about it, this incense ...... About musk. ”
As soon as the words fell, Aunt Zhao's face suddenly sank, and she threw the incense tassel in her hand on the table.
Shen Fengxu glanced at Aunt Zhao, still with a gentle smile on her face, and said, "Musk? I have also heard that musk is extremely precious, and its fragrance is strange and unique, which can be called the crown of all incense." ”
The maid also looked at Aunt Zhao's face, and timidly added: "It's just...... The maid heard that the long-term use of musk is harmful to the woman's texture, which can lead to infertility, and if musk is used during pregnancy, it is very likely to have a miscarriage. ”
Aunt Zhao's delicate face was dyed with a bit of gloom, but she only pursed her lips and didn't say a word.
"Don't talk nonsense, go down first. Shen Fengxu shook his head slightly, turned to look at Aunt Zhao, and said softly, "Auntie, don't be angry, it's probably because the people under the eldest lady are not sensible and actually sent this kind of thing." ”
Aunt Zhao's face showed resentment: "Where is the person under her who is not sensible, the eldest lady doesn't like the concubine, if it weren't for the six girls here today, I am afraid that the concubine will be harmed and I don't know it." ”
The eldest lady really doesn't like Aunt Zhao.
Or it should be said that the eldest lady doesn't like Shen Yanning to have other women around her, and she can't tolerate them to conceive children.
In fact, Shen Yanning was far more than two aunts by his side, there were five or six aunts in the house before, but each of them died inexplicably in the end, although it was an accident, it was inevitable that people would be suspicious.
"When the concubine first entered the house, there was still an Aunt Mo in the house, but less than a year after the concubine entered the house, Aunt Mo drowned, and that Aunt Liu was also pregnant, and finally died of dystocia, both mother and child. Aunt Zhao clenched her fingers slightly, and for a while she only felt a chill on her back, and her heart was full of anger, "Since she was straightened, no aunt in the house has been pregnant, but all pregnant aunts are already dead......"
Although the status of the concubine is meagre, the eldest lady still does not allow other concubine children in the house.
Shen Fengsu responded: "Yes, ......"
Jiang Rou also died at the hands of the eldest lady, in order to show her gentleness and virtuousness, and also to prevent others from suspecting, she personally took care of her and Shen Baitang, and was the virtuous and virtuous lady of the high-ranking master.
Over the years, the eldest lady has almost single-handedly covered the sky in Dongningbo's mansion, if it weren't for the several things that happened one after another before, which slightly shook the status of the eldest lady, I am afraid that to this day, Shen Fengxu will not be able to move an inch.
It's just that it doesn't hurt the muscles and bones after all.
She always has the support of Yi'anbo Mansion behind her, and because of Jiang Rou's death, Jiang Wan must maintain the relationship between the two families in Dongningbo Mansion as the eldest lady, so no matter what, the eldest lady is always the eldest lady.
"Today's events, the concubine will remember. Aunt Zhao bit her lip, and her eyes fell on the gold, silver, pearls and jade sent by the eldest lady, "It's just that the concubine knows that the eldest lady has the intention to harm the concubine, but there is nothing she can do, so she can only be careful to take precautions." ”
She is just a concubine next to Shen Yanning, how can she be compared to the eldest lady?
Even if she put these evidences in front of Shen Yanning, Shen Yanning would not deal with the eldest lady, at most she would reprimand two sentences, and the eldest lady only needed to blame the fault on the people around her at will, and doing so would only expose herself to a very dangerous situation.
Shen Fengxu smiled slightly, Aunt Zhao is not too stupid, at least she knows that this matter will not be changed and hyped up, so she reminded in a low voice: "People do not hurt the tiger, the tiger is harmful to people's hearts, although Aunt Zhao just wants to protect herself, but sometimes, she may not be able to save it......"
"The concubine doesn't understand. ”
Aunt Zhao has no one around her and no power, how can she compete with the eldest lady?
Shen Fengxu seemed to inadvertently pick up the incense tassel on the table and said, "It's a pity, there is this kind of incense in such a good incense tassel, I'm afraid it can't be used." ”
Hearing this, Aunt Zhao's heart moved, and she seemed to understand.
"I've been here for a long time. Shen Fengxu pursed his lips and stood up, "I won't bother my aunt." ”
Aunt Zhao also got up and said, "Girl, go slowly." ”