When the lantern was in hand, Aunt Ying asked Shang Xiang to go out to see it a few times, but she didn't see Zhan Shaoting's figure, and she was a little disappointed, she thought that Zhan Shaoting could come over to see her, but the two lived in the same house, but they couldn't see each other.

Shang Xiang went out to pour water again, and opened in the direction of the second room, a few maids and women walked by, and the second master did not have a shadow, back to the house, Aunt Ying saw that Zhan Shaoting did not come, sat on the edge of the kang and lost her mind, Shang Xiang walked over and teased: "Auntie, tomorrow is the right day, the aunt can stay with the second master, not separated for a moment, why care about this time, the second master must be afraid that the lady will blame, so he dare not come." ”

Aunt Ying thought about it, too, there is only one night left, it is better not to make any mistakes, Ming is his concubine in a dignified manner, and some are kung fu intimacy.

This was talking to Shang Xiang, the door knocked softly, there were footsteps outside, Shang Xiang hurriedly opened the curtain inside to see who came so late.

When she entered the door, it was the second master's eldest maid, Qiushuang, who stepped forward with a smile, squatted and saluted, and said in a crisp voice, "The slave maid asks for peace for my aunt." ”

Aunt Ying was overjoyed, the old feeling came back, she was in the Bofu before, watching the second master spoil her,

The servant maid in the second room did not flatter her, took her as a serious master, looked at Qiushuang's flattering smile, and felt comfortable, the grievances of this year disappeared, took Qiushuang's hand, looked at her carefully, and praised in her mouth: "Qiushuang girl is more standard, it's rare that you think about me, I thought that the people in the second room of the house had forgotten me." ”

Qiushuang's hand was pulled by her, and she didn't pull it back, not without flattery, "Look at what my aunt said, I forgot who I am, and I don't dare to forget my aunt, my aunt is the tip of the second master's heart, and the second master doesn't leave his mouth all day long, and he doesn't talk about it a few times that day." ”

Qiushuang said it in her mouth, Aunt Ying took it seriously, and asked in surprise, "The second master really worries about me every day, and the second master now has a wife and a room, and it is still the same as before?" ”

Qiushuang's eyes rolled, she lowered her head and had bad thoughts in her heart, and when she raised her head, she looked aggrieved on her face, "The second master hasn't forgotten his aunt, even the slaves and maids are also thinking about his aunt, but the young lady is ......." "Let's say, I deliberately didn't say anything, and I was curious and wondered, "What's wrong with the young lady?" ”

Qiushuang was so aggrieved that she pulled her hand out of Aunt Ying's hand, took off the handkerchief under her armpit, and wiped her eyes, as if she had been greatly wronged but didn't dare to say it.

Aunt Ying is even more strange, it is said that Qiushuang is Zhan Shaoting's eldest girl, who else dares to offend her, that is, the young lady of the pioneer often looks at her face, flatters her and begs for a few kind words in front of the second master.

"The girl is crying, I can't bear it, what is the matter? The girl is angry, she has her own second master to call the shots, no matter what, the girl has followed the second master since she was a child, and she doesn't give a little face in front of the owner of this uncle's house, who dares to provoke the girl if she is not happy, tell me, can I help the girl? "Aunt Ying's words are also to win over her, she is not as good as in the past, the people under the second room need to be encircled, the first thing to be enveloped is the personal big girl around the second master, peony and autumn frost, although they are soft-spoken, but the master follows the premise, the second master can always think of himself, and he has given these two maids benefits in the house before, so that these two people are more dedicated to her than to the housemother.

Qiushuang rubbed her eyes vigorously, and the handkerchief was not wet, but she held her eyebrows, looking unhappy, "When my aunt returns home, someone will protect the slave and maid, and the new young lady will enter the door, and the slave and maid just inadvertently mentioned the aunt twice, and the young lady changed her face at that time, rewarded the slave and maid with an ear scraper, and asked the slave and maid while fighting, do you dare to mention the aunt in the future?" Also said ....... ”

Aunt Ying couldn't help but get angry when she heard her, "What else are you talking about?" Don't hide it, just say it. ”

Qiushuang looked at her face and deliberately hesitated, "And say, what kind of thing is Aunt Ying?" still dares to call her aunt, isn't it a woman who ruined the reputation of the Bofu and eloped with the second master, she is also worthy of being a shameless slut with the second master. ”

After Qiushuang finished speaking, she peeked at Aunt Ying's face flushed with anger, and her chest rose and fell.

still felt that it was not enough, and added, "If the aunt doesn't believe it, you can ask the people in the second room if the slave and maid were beaten because of this." ”

Shang Xiang looked at Qiushuang and asked, "Then the second master doesn't care?" Let his new wife beat you, you are the second master's person, hit your sister in the face, and lose the second master's face. ”

Qiushuang listened to Shang Xiang's words, and scolded secretly in her heart, just you girl has a lot of eyes, and she pulled the corners of her mouth, so aggrieved, "What else do you say?" The second master didn't dare to say a word, the new lady and aunt had been taught, not to mention the slave, it was the aunt's ....... Look at Aunt Ying's face, "Even if Aunt Ying hasn't been beaten by the new young lady, the second master dares to say anything, it's not that she doesn't dare to hide." ”

"It's too arrogant, in the end, a stepwife is more domineering than the original partner, even the second master's original wife has to give me three points." Aunt Ying remembered the shame of entering the mansion that time, and she was so angry.

Qiushuang saw that the goal was achieved, so she changed the topic again, "But I forgot to talk about the serious matter, the second master told the aunt, Ming'er served tea, the aunt dealt with it carefully, be a little low, don't make the young lady angry, in the future, the young lady will wait in front of her wholeheartedly, the young lady will give the second master face this time, and the second master doesn't want to make the young lady unhappy." ”

In fact, Zhan Shaoting originally wanted Qiushuang to tell Aunt Ying to be careful, her parents were present, don't cause trouble, after all, it was not easy to take her back home, and it took a lot of twists and turns.

But how to say the same thing, Qiushuang has learned this, and she has become a wife, and Aunt Ying will live by looking at the young lady's face in the future, and the second master will not be the master.

Qiushuang looked at Aunt Ying's face and changed color, and then quietly retreated.

After Qiushuang left, Aunt Ying sat on the kang and sulked, her face was not lustful, Shang Xiang slandered in her heart, but what do you want to do if you are not an aunt? It is said that the second master reminded you right, it is you who have a big heart and want to go to a high place, and that housewife can accommodate ambitious concubines.

Qiushuang went out, pouted and smiled ill-intentionedly, and spoke in front of Aunt Ying, this time the second room was lively.

Aunt Ying was so angry that she didn't close her eyes for half a night, she thought well, she went back to Bofu as before, everyone flattered her, but she came for a long time, and she didn't see anyone to see her, she must be afraid of the young lady or the young lady has something to say, and she didn't dare to get close to her, that woman is not favored by the second master, but she has a good background, and she is protected by her mother-in-law, that is, the second master doesn't dare to do anything with her, the second master doesn't say anything about herself, and she has to go to her to set up rules, like a room, how to swallow this breath, how to pull down the face, and escape for a while by being pregnant, Yes.......

Flipping over and over like a pancake, the rooster crowed, she was just stunned, the sky was already bright, Qiushuang rubbed her eyes and came in, "The master should get up, the master of the mansion is here today, the aunt is doing a good job, and the second master is happy." ”

After speaking, he rubbed his eyes and woke up himself, but he was frightened when he looked at the master, his aunt's lower eyelids were blue, her complexion was not good, and the whole person was shriveled and had no energy.

Shang Xiang couldn't tell the truth, serving Aunt Ying and dressing, "After a while, the slave maid will wash her face with cold water, and the aunt will be in good spirits." ”

"It's so cold this day, wash it with cold water, which tendon did you make the wrong one?" Aunt Ying was still angry yesterday, and she was not angry in the morning.

Shang Xiang knew that Lu Dao was angry about yesterday's incident, and he didn't dare to talk to her, so he waited for her to freshen up with warm water, and Aunt Ying looked at the bronze mirror, bluffed, her eyes were blue, her eyelids were swollen, her apricot eyes were blank, and she touched her cheeks, which were gray.

So he put a thick layer of powder on it, covering up the haggard face, and outlining the slightly faint eyebrows with charcoal, and looking at the dark green lips, he picked the rose paste with a fine silver hairpin, put it on the lips, and gently sipped it, and the face was bright in an instant, with a natural melon seed face, sharpened the chin, and showed a bit of charm.

Shen Wanzhen had breakfast, rinsed her mouth with green salt water, Qiao Shan brought a copper basin of water, squatted in front of the master, Wanzhen picked up a handful of water and sprinkled it on her face, cool and refreshing.

Shen Wanzhen didn't dress up much, with light makeup, a neat and gorgeous high bun, looking refreshing and clean, Zhan Shaoting didn't remind her, she also planned to leave early, so as not to wait for her in-laws to wait for nothing, so she was supported by Xiuju and Qiaoshan, followed by the maid and servant woman in the second room, and the group came to the flower hall.

As soon as I walked out of the boundary of the second room, I saw the third young lady Cao walking from the direction of the third room, and walked in the same direction, the inner flower hall, "Master, that's not the third young lady." Qiao Shan's sharp eyes were the first to see it, and she gently touched her elbow, and Shen Wanzhen also saw it, so it was not good to pretend not to see it.

Walking to the fork in the road, Cao Shi saw her stop from afar, and when she approached, Wanzhen walked a few steps, "The third brother and sister are early." ”

"Second sister-in-law early." The Cao family squatted down, the first master of the Cao family, the second Bernard concubine, most of them were lively to see, so they went early.

Shen Wanzhen knew that the Cao family had been in a low mood recently, and the third master and his wife were not very happy, and it was rare that there was something in the second room, but she was more concerned than her, and she saw that Cao's face was much better, and stared at Wanzhen's face.

Cao's didn't see any special emotions for Shen Wanzhen, and wondered in his heart, Shen's prefect's concubine had such a deep city mansion, and he could only look at his back, his own man was outsourcing a play, and he couldn't stand it.

These three young ladies were born in a scholarly family, and they were considered noble□s, and they couldn't hide their words.

When the woman's family came to a place where she loved to chew her tongue, she leaned close to Wanzhen and whispered in her ear, "My mother-in-law drove Aunt Ying out of the house at the beginning, and now she is taking her back, and she doesn't value her pregnancy with the Zhan family's species, but Aunt Ying has stayed in Zhuangzi for so long, who knows whose child she is pregnant with." ”

Shen Wanzhen smiled and said nothing, what does this Cao mean? is to mention that she holds this as an excuse not to let the concubine enter the door, the means are too clumsy, and the discerning person knows at a glance that she is deliberately making things difficult, she can't please her, and she is not making trouble, she will never use this method.

Cao Shi whispered to her again, "My mother-in-law is also a woman, and she doesn't stand in the position of a daughter-in-law. ”

"Uncle is not a Gu family, a decent person?" Shen Wanzhen is not good at talking.

Cao's pursed his lips and lowered his voice, "Second sister-in-law, you still don't know what to do, the year before last, the uncle took a fancy to the maid in the house, and the sister-in-law made a mistake and sent it away, the uncle immediately turned his face and rested in the concubine's house, but went to the room and hung the sister-in-law, the sister-in-law had no choice, and sent the maid to invite, the uncle spoke coldly, but ignored it, and the most helpless couldn't, the sister-in-law spent silver to buy a Peugeot maid and put it in the house, this time the uncle took a fancy to the second-class little girl in the house, and was fighting famine with the sister-in-law. ”

Shen Wanzhen has a good impression of Uncle Zhan Shaoxiang, he is stable and decent, but he didn't expect to do some things like stealing chickens and dogs behind his back, it seems that men are the same, three wives and four concubines, and the women in the house have their own difficulties.

Cao is also strange, gossiping about the other room, forgetting that her husband is ridiculous.

When the owners of each house arrived, Master Zhan and Mrs. Zhan took their seats, and everyone sat down in turn.

Immediately, Aunt Ying was picked out by the maid's mother-in-law, Aunt Ying was wearing a bright satin robe with water red and gold dark patterns today, her head was full of beads, her little face was painted red and white, she was very delicate, and the robe was tightly wrapped to show a petite and graceful figure.

Xi Niang sang, "Aunt Ying gave tea to the old lady." The maid and the maid hugged her and walked forward, someone had already put down the mattress, Shen Wanzhen tilted her head slightly, and glanced at the Qian woman standing next to her.

Aunt Ying toasted tea in turn, kowtowed to thank the reward, the next turn should be to give tea to the main Zhan Shaoting and his wife, Aunt Ying raised her head slightly, and the money came to the line, Shen Wanzhen and her face to face, Aunt Ying's eyes flashed a trace of pride, the maid put down the mattress, Aunt Ying knelt down, took the tea cup handed over by the next person, and said with a shy face, "The concubine gives tea to the master." ”

His hand trembled and raised, looking delicate and weak, Zhan Shaoting couldn't help but feel pity, and hurriedly took a drink.

The maid next to her stood beside her with a lacquer plate, took the empty cup, and handed over a cup of tea. ”

didn't call herself a concubine, her voice was small, she couldn't hear it clearly from a distance, everyone saw her body swaying, as if she was extremely tired, and she was about to fall down at any time, Zhan Shaoting looked at her worriedly, coughed with a heavy face, and reacted slowly to Shen Wanzhen, and was slightly dissatisfied.

Aunt Ying looked boldly and directly, her eyes did not dodge at all, and her eyebrows and eyes slanted Zhan Shaoting, this was a blatant provocation against Wanzhen, with obvious intentions, wanting to provoke Shen Wanzhen and make her lose her temper.

Shen Wanzhen was not in a hurry or impatient, she looked at her with a light smile, Zhan Shaoting was teased by Aunt Ying's eyebrows, she couldn't hold her breath, she took pity on the beauty, and turned her head to Shen Wanzhen and said, "Yingniang will give you tea." But there was a strange meaning in the words.

Wanzhen didn't care, but saw that Aunt Ying's face was colorful, at this time, Mrs. Qian was not noticed, and quietly flashed out from behind the curtain, and Wanzhen caught a glimpse of it.

Only then did he poke out his slender hand from the sleeves of the embroidered orchid pattern, and held the teacup with two fingers, behaving generously and decently, smiling skillfully, this smile, brilliant, as dazzling as the sun, makes people warm and comfortable.

soothedly brought the teacup to his lips, and just touched his thin lips, but he heard a voice from the hall, "Yingniang, my son, where are you?" This voice was old and sad and trembling.

Everyone was stunned, and their eyes couldn't help but look towards the door, and an old couple came up from the hall, probably dazzled by the snow outside, and stood for a moment, looking around blankly, not knowing where to go.

When the people saw it, they hurriedly scolded loudly, "Where did you come to ask for food?" Get out of here."

The eldest young lady Zhao reacted sensitively, hurriedly stood up, and shouted with a cold face: "It's the one who boldly put it in, and the food is coming to the Bofu, they are all dead people, what are you doing standing?" Blasting it out. ”

The slaves rushed forward, pushing and shoving out, "This is not the place where you came, don't leave quickly, you can't afford to annoy the master if you are late." ”

The old couple called in a trembling voice, "Yingniang, my son, where have you been?" They all said that you will get married today. ”

Fang was in the hall, the old man's voice was weak, there were many people in the house, most of them didn't hear clearly, at this moment, everyone heard that the two old people were calling Ying Niang, and everyone was watching Aunt Ying kneeling on the ground stupidly.

The 'pop' teacup slipped from Shen Wanzhen's hand to the bluestone floor tiles, and shattered, and everyone looked at Shen Wanzhen as if she was scared stupid, unconscious, holding her hand and not putting it down.

The old couple saw that they were pushed to the door by their subordinates, and when they heard this crisp sound, they looked at this room, and immediately the old woman seemed to be crazy and didn't know where to push everyone away, and rushed to Aunt Ying who was kneeling on the ground, and shouted loudly: "Son! I miss my mother. ”

The old man also pounced on this room, fell on Aunt Ying together, hugged Aunt Ying and cried, "Son! It's so hard to find my father! How do you say just go, where have you been in the past two years? ”

Everyone was silent, the hall was quiet, looking at this sad scene, Shen Wanzhen was not moved, don't look away, the hall cried, sad and sad, a happy event changed.

The old woman cried for a long time, looked around, and saw Zhan Shaoting sitting on it at a glance, stood up, rushed forward and grabbed Zhan Shaoting by the collar, shook her body and scolded: "It was you who kidnapped my daughter, it was you, you liar, I am just this one daughter, innocent, let you tarnish your reputation, you give me a good daughter?" ”

Zhan Shaoting was stupid before, but he was caught by this mother-in-law at this moment, and wanted to break her hand, but this mother-in-law had a lot of strength, and she didn't let go of her hand, crying and scolding, "Black-hearted swinger, you have to give my daughter an explanation, you have brought her to your house in the past two years, what is it?" ”

Mrs. Zhao Shao didn't look like she was making trouble, she really couldn't stand it, and hurriedly scolded her mother-in-law, "Let go, pull the masters, what kind of system will it become, there is something to say." ”

The servants didn't step forward, they all echoed and shouted a few times, "Let go, poor woman, presumptuous, dare to grab my master, don't you want to live?" ”

There was chaos in the hall, taking advantage of the chaos, Mrs. Qian shouted loudly in the crowd: "My grandfather is not giving an account to your daughter, marrying a concubine, and saluting, you are waiting for the old man to be confused, and it will ruin your daughter's good deeds." ”

When the mother-in-law heard this, she immediately stopped doing it, turned around and grabbed the Yingniang on the ground and asked, "Why did you elope to be his concubine, and your cousin's childhood sweetheart married you as a wife, but you didn't do it, it turned out that you came to be a concubine." ”

Say, sit on the ground, cry loudly, "Why am I so miserable, just raise you a girl and make someone small, put my old face there, what's so good about this man?" While crying, he pounded the ground with his hands, 'dong dong', the old man heard this, grabbed his daughter and asked, "This is true, you want to make this man small?" ”

Aunt Ying's face was full of tears at the moment, and she couldn't speak, so she could only nod.

Her father looked up to the sky and cried, "I ruined my daughter, what's the use of me still alive, my daughters are all small, my old face is put there, just for such a man, you abandon your father and mother......." "Count the daughter.

Shen Wanzhen saw Zhan Shaoting sitting there, helpless, there was no statute at all, it was originally a disgraceful thing he had done, abducting other people's daughters, if he sued the government, it would be a scandal.

Master Zhan and his wife were so angry that they almost turned their backs, Master Zhan pointed at his son, didn't say anything for a long time, coughed, hammered his hand on his knee, hung his head, and felt that the old face had nowhere to put it.

Shen Wanzhen got up, gathered her body and said respectfully to Master Zhan and Mrs. Zhan: "Father-in-law, it's better to rest in the back hall, and it's not too late to wait for the old man to agree to marry a daughter as a concubine another day." ”

Only then did Master Zhan react, stay here, listen to the humiliating words, so he angrily left his seat and went to the back hall, Mrs. Zhan looked at this room, sighed, and followed her master to the back hall.

Shen Wanzhen glanced at Aunt Ying who was sitting on the ground, at this moment, Aunt Ying was depressed, her wedding robe was also dirty and wrinkled, her face was blurred with snot and tears, ugly, she didn't look at Zhan Shaoting when she got up, and her brisk steps followed the old couple Zhan towards the back hall.

Shen Wanzhen turned to the back hall and glanced at Mrs. Qian, who understood and stayed to watch the changes, so that she could return to the young lady in time.