Chapter Twenty-Three: The Birth Mother
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The yard is quite large, but it is very quiet.
There are not too many slaves and maids, and they are quietly busy with their own work.
"May I ask if you are ......" Inside, a maid from Yuyin Academy stared at Jing Ci, quite puzzled. She hadn't seen this person, if it was a certain concubine of Ah Lang, but she was so young that she didn't look like it.
"Bold slave maid, even Siniang doesn't know." Fang Nian spoke sharply.
"Siniang?" The maid looked puzzled, she only knew that there were three mothers in the Yang Mansion, when did a fourth mother appear?
"Si Niang, it's Si Niang...... Another older woman hurriedly trotted over when she heard this, this person was about thirty years old, with her hair combed in a bun, dressed in a plain dress, and looked at Jing Ci carefully, and her excitement was overflowing, "You...... Do you remember the slave? The slave is Ah Yuan...... Your Aunt Ah Yuan......"
"Aunt Ayuan......" she muttered, shaking her head. She still has no impression of what her biological mother looks like, let alone this Aunt Ayuan.
"It's okay, it's okay, Siniang was still young when she left home, and it's normal not to remember the slave." Ah Yuan smiled with relief, rubbing his hands together.
"Bastard slave, even Siniang doesn't recognize it." Ah Yuan turned his head and rebuked the maid.
The maid's shoulders were already shaking, and she was yelled at by Ah Yuan, and knelt down with a plop, "The slave should be damned, there are no eyes, please punish Siniang ......"
"Wan Niang is inside, and the slave and maid will go to pass it on to Si Niang." Ah Yuan smiled and turned around and walked quickly to the main house.
"Get up, you haven't seen me, it's none of your business." Jing Ci turned around and lowered his head to the maid who was kneeling on the ground.
The maid hesitated for a moment before she got up tremblingly, "Xie Siniang." ā
Jing Ci couldn't help laughing, are the rules of the Yang Mansion really so strict? Or are the maids too cautious?
"Fourth lady, please in the house." It was not Ah Yuan who came out, but an immature maid.
Stepping into the house, a woman sat on the upper seat, nearly forty years old, with few beads on her hair, only a hosta, fair skin, and a slight coldness between her eyebrows, which was also soft and peaceful.
Is that the biological mother she hasn't seen in ten years? It was as beautiful as she imagined.
"Jing Ci to meet my mother." Jing words make a big salute.
Wang Wan looked at her daughter who kowtowed to her with her eyes, and sighed slightly in her heart, when she left the house, she was still the year of the general horn, and she was so old in a blink of an eye......
"You are already a member of the Wang family, what are you doing when you come back?" Wang Wan's tone was quite light.
Jing Ci was speechless for a while.
She didn't expect her to ask such questions, as if she were wrong.
"Jing Ci...... I heard that my mother has returned, and I came to see you......"
"The mother of the Yang Mansion has been dead for many years, and there is no 'mother' here." Wang Wan raised her glass to drink tea, her face expressionless.
The words are staggering.
For a moment, "Ah, Ah Niang......" She raised her head and looked at the beautiful woman in front of her with confusion, "These ten years...... How are you doing? ā
"I don't need you to bother, but you have to do it yourself."
"Jing Zi knows."
For a moment, neither of them was speechless.
After a pause, Jing Ci pursed his lips and smiled slightly: "Jing Ci is always thinking about A-Niang's appearance......"
"I'm tired, stand down." Wang Wan interrupted mercilessly,
Jing Ci was stunned and slowed down, "Yes......" The loss gradually surfaced in his eyes.
Ah Yuan on the side sighed softly, why is this trouble, master.
Jing Ci blessed his body, turned around and walked out of the house. Puzzled, stunned, and full of mixed feelings, she never expected that it would be such a scene. She thought that her aunt would be a bright woman, and when she saw the cheerful aunt of Ah Yuan, she was even more sure of her imagination, but she never thought that it would be like this......
In fact...... On the way back from Tanzhou, she had expectations for the so-called biological parents, but she didn't expect that her father was like this, and her mother was like this.
Exiting the Yuyin Academy, Jing Ci was at a loss.
Since she was a child, what she saw was that Aunt Xiao greeted Xiao Ping and Xiao An and loved her in every way. At that time, she wondered if she could wear the clothes made by her own hands and snuggle up in her soft arms when she was sick.
"Why doesn't A-Niang want to see me?" Jing Ci muttered with blank eyes.
Fang Nian was a little flustered, and immediately forced a smile, "Mother doesn't think her son is ugly, how can there be a mother in the world who doesn't like children, don't think so much." ā
"But it's just ......"
"The slave forgot it," Fang Nian hurriedly grabbed the words, "The maid only returned home today, the boat and car are tiring, extremely tired, and it is normal to be in no mood to catch up, alas, the slave and maid are really damned, and they didn't think ......about it."
"Don't take responsibility for yourself." Jing Ci knew what she meant.
Fang Nian looked at the master's decadent appearance, and was also a little sad, Wan Niangzi was originally a cold and subjective person, she didn't expect her to be so indifferent to her own daughter.
All the way, I couldn't keep my soul, and when I returned to the courtyard, Jing Ci lay down directly.
I slept for most of the hour, but my whole body became more and more tired.
After washing, the young girl presented several plates of delicate fruits and snacks that had been prepared in the kitchen one by one, such as steamed pears with honey, white fungus jujube soup, Huanghua cake, and cranberry cake.
Jing Ci waved his hand.
Seeing this, Fang Nian had an idea and proposed, "Fourth lady, today is the ninth day of the new year, how about you go out for a walk?" ā
Out?
The light in Jing Ci's eyes flashed instantly.
"The ninth day of September is a good day to climb, and the suburbs are the best place to go, and the scenery of the city is very beautiful." Fang Nian continued to agitate.
Come to think of it, I have been to Yangfu for so many days, and I have not been out of the door, and I have not seen the ten miles of prosperity in Chang'an.
"It's cool in autumn now, and it's troublesome to go out in winter."
"That's very good." Jing Ci finalizes the itinerary.
"Slave and maid, go and prepare the carriage." The young girl immediately said.
"Why bother," Jing Ci stopped, "take three men's clothes and ask the groom to lead three horses." "What's the point of sitting in a carriage.
"It's too ostentatious for the three to travel on horseback. If the four ladies really don't want to take the carriage, in order to avoid trouble, please let the slave and maid accompany the four ladies out of the house. "The young girl asked seriously, and it was right.
"Hey, hey!" Fang Nian was not happy, and complained: "Why are you alone to accompany the fourth lady, or I will follow the fourth lady for a longer time than you!" ā
"Now that the identity of the fourth lady has not been disclosed, you are too frizzy to accompany the fourth lady out." The young girl is very direct.
This made Fang Nian displeased, thinking that the young girl had only served in the Guan Courtyard for a few years, and she dared to speak so arrogantly, "If I can't bear the heavy responsibility, why did the eldest lady send me to Tanzhou, why didn't she send you if you were so good?" I think you're jealous. ā
The young girl's face did not change, and she said without hurry: "I am talking about things, I have been with the eldest lady for a few years, and I know more people than you, so I naturally know how to deal with the situation better than you. "She doesn't mind Fang Nian being angry with her or misunderstanding her.
"Heh, you don't take chicken feathers as arrows," Fang Nian sneered, "At this time, I said that I have been with the eldest lady for a few years, why didn't you keep silent when the fourth lady was punished that day?" Why don't you plead for mercy with such a big face? Don't think I don't know what you're doing in the courtyard......"
"That's it!" Jing Zi interrupted.