Chapter 10: The Battle for Favor
(A minor fix at the end of the previous chapter, does not affect the reading ^^~)
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"Go and get someone to set up another table, just set it up next door. The eldest took the brothers back first, and the eldest daughter-in-law, the fifth daughter-in-law and the sisters stayed for the time being. โ
This is what the old lady means to keep the meal.
Old lady Ren has never asked about such trivial things on weekdays. So after listening to the old lady's instructions, the eldest lord took his sons and nephews to retreat, and the eldest lady bowed down to answer and went to lead the maids to set the table.
Lin hurriedly stopped the eldest lady and said with a smile: "Sister-in-law, don't be busy, let's go." โ
The eldest lady glanced at the old lady and saw that she didn't say anything, so she nodded and smiled at the Lin family: "I'm tired of the five brothers and sisters." โ
Lin glanced at the eldest lady and said angrily: "Sister-in-law, what are these words, it seems that I don't do any work on weekdays." Today, this unprecedented diligence is a time, and I have to thank you this time, you are burying me in front of the juniors, right? โ
Her voice was crisp and articulate, and the meaning of her words sounded a little prickly, but when it came out of her mouth, it seemed like a joke between close people.
"Don't be like this monkey, she has always been black and white, you just let her go." Mrs. Ren spoke.
The eldest lady smiled and stood back behind the old lady.
When Lin heard this, he smiled as if he had been praised, and turned away.
Ren Yaoqi followed the Lin family and the others for a while, and waited for the old man Ren and the old lady to finish breakfast, and the eldest lady also came over before eating together.
Eighth Miss Ren Yaoyu was a little unaware, and picked up a crystal steamed dumpling on her plate with chopsticks, but she refused to eat it, and secretly went to Mrs. Fifth several times to take a look.
The fifth wife ate slowly, and praised the delicious winter bamboo shoots with the eldest wife.
If the most favored girls in the Ren family are Ren Yaohua and Ren Yaoyin, then the most face-saving daughter-in-law in front of Mrs. Ren is the fifth wife, Lin, and even the eldest wife in charge has to stand aside.
Not only because the Lin family is married to Mrs. Ren's youngest son, but also because Lin's grandmother is Mrs. Ren's aunt.
Mrs. Ren's aunt married into the Lin family, the largest grain merchant in Yanbei, and after Mrs. Lin's death, the head of the Lin family was the eldest son of Mrs. Ren's aunt, that is, Lin's father.
Lin and Ren Shimao, the fifth master of the Ren family, are childhood sweethearts, and they have been engaged since childhood, and they have been married for more than ten years and have a son and a daughter. Although the fifth master will follow the old lady in the second room in the capital for three or four months every year, the relationship between the husband and wife has always been harmonious.
It's just that although the Lin family has a face, the old lady Ren is mediocre with Ren Yaoyu, the daughter born to the Lin family, and Ren Yaoyu is far less favored than Ren Yaohua and Ren Yaoyin in front of the old lady Ren.
Before Ren Yaohua didn't go to Zhuangzi, the Dongnuan Pavilion in Ronghua Garden could be regarded as Ren Yaohua's boudoir alone, and even Ren Yaoyin, the fourth lady from the eldest lady, did not live here.
After Ren Yaohua left, Ren Yaoyin and Ren Yaoyu moved in one after another, taking Ren Yaohua's place in front of Mrs. Ren.
Ren Yaoqi vaguely remembered that soon after Ren Yaohua came back, Ren Yaoyu was driven out of Ronghua Courtyard by Ren Yaohua's design, but Ren Yaohua himself did not take advantage.
The last to replace Ren Yaoyu was their ninth sister Ren Yaoying.
However, Ren Yaohua completely offended the fifth wife Lin because of this incident, which made the Lin family, who was already a little disagreeable with their mother's Li family, more and more unpleasant to their mother and daughter, so that Ren Yaohua completely fell out of favor with Mrs. Ren later, and finally got such an unfortunate marriage.
Ren Yaohua's ending is indispensable to the Lin family's adding firewood to the fire behind the scenes, fueling the flames.
It's just that Ren Yaoqi was still sick at this time in the previous life, and he didn't witness how Ren Yaohua designed Ren Yaoyu.
Ren Yaoqi thought of the two Ren Yaoyu's maids kneeling outside...... Could it be that the time when that happened was today?
Thinking of this, Ren Yaoqi glanced at Ren Yaohua.
Ren Yaohua was holding a delicate pastel Fushan Shouhai bowl, drinking lotus seed longan porridge in small sips. Because the two of them happened to be sitting opposite each other, Ren Yaohua was seen by Ren Yaohua, who just looked up, when he looked over.
When Ren Yaohua saw Ren Yaoqi frowning and suddenly looked at her, she couldn't help frowning and glared back.
Ren Yaoyin, who was beside Ren Yaoqi, noticed Ren Yaohua's gaze, and couldn't help but turn her head to look at Ren Yaoqi.
Ren Yaochi opened his eyes and lowered his head to eat. Ren Yaoyin knew that the two sisters had always been at odds, thinking that they were making something awkward again, so she smiled and threw it away.
When the eldest lady and the fifth lady put down their chopsticks one after another, everyone also stopped.
At this time, Jin Lian, the eldest girl beside Mrs. Ren, came over and said that Mrs. Ren asked the ladies and ladies to go to the Ming Hall after breakfast.
Everyone didn't dare to delay, they were waited by the maids to rinse their mouths, and after cleaning their hands, they followed the eldest lady to the Ming Hall.
The bright hall of the main room of Ronghua Garden is very spacious, and Mrs. Ren is sitting on the big rosewood carved arhat bed in the north drinking tea, and she has not seen the figure of Mr. Ren, so she must have gone out.
The Ren family is now a big family, and the head of the Ren family is naturally not a light burden.
After the salute, everyone sat down according to their generations.
Old lady Ren put down the tea bowl in her hand, swept her eyes down, and finally settled on Ren Yaoyu's body: "Yu'er, come here." โ
Ren Yaoyu looked at Mrs. Ren, but Mrs. Ren's face that seemed to be smiling even when she wasn't smiling really made her distinguish anything, she got up slowly, but her eyes kept looking at the Lin family who was sitting opposite.
Although Lin was still whispering to the eldest grandmother, he received his daughter's call for help as soon as possible, so he secretly glanced at her, signaling her not to be afraid, to go over quickly.
Ren Yaoyu relieved her heart, walked a few steps forward slowly, and stopped in front of Mrs. Ren.
Old Lady Ren's voice was quite gentle: "The two maids kneeling outside are serving by your side?" โ
Ren Yaoyu glanced at her mother and nodded.
"Do you know why they were punished for kneeling?"
Ren Yaoyu subconsciously wanted to look at the Lin family again, but the old lady Ren suddenly slapped the sandalwood dwarf on the Luohan bed and said, "I'm asking you!" Where do you look? โ
Ren Yaoyu was so frightened that she almost cried. She is usually lively, but she doesn't know what to do, when she sees her grandfather and grandmother, it's like a mouse seeing a cat, and she doesn't like to talk in front of an old lady. She has been taught many times by her mother Lin, but she has never been able to change it.
"Mother, Yaoyu, it is precisely because she doesn't know what the two maids in Ludao have committed and have been punished for kneeling, so she is afraid to sneak back to Pujia Courtyard. She's always been timid, don't be angry with her for not being on the stage. Lin felt sorry for his daughter and was busy playing a round for her.
Old Lady Ren's face was slightly gloomy: "It's just that you spoiled it!" โ
Lin himself was not afraid of being scolded, and hurriedly smiled: "My daughter-in-law knows that she is wrong, why don't you send her to you and ask you to help discipline her?" You teach your children well, who in Yunyang City doesn't know about my cousin Shijia now? Every time the daughter-in-law returned to her parents' house, the grandmother and mother had to lecture the daughter-in-law more than the cousin. Speaking of the worst, Lin was also wronged.
The cousin in Lin's mouth is Ren Shijia, the youngest daughter of Mrs. Ren, who is married to the only son of Lin's cousin.
Old Lady Ren's face softened slightly: "Since that's the case, you shouldn't feel distressed on the side when I teach her a lesson." โ
Lin Shi hurriedly said: "Where is the daughter-in-law distressed by this girl, isn't the daughter-in-law distressed by you!" โ
Old Lady Ren snorted lightly, and then turned her head to look at Ren Yaoyu: "Early this morning, someone saw those two maids of yours sneakily wrapping a bag of things out of the yard. โ
Ren Yaoyu was about to look at the Lin family, but she couldn't help it, and stammered: "Grandmother, I'...... I don't know how to ...... "I forgot everything her mother taught her before."
Lin glanced at Ren Yaoyu very firmly, and had to stand up again and said, "Mother, who saw it?" Can you call her in and ask for clarification? On this winter morning, it's normal to look away in black paint, or maybe the two maids just took Yu'er's change of clothes and went out? โ
Ren Yaoqi, who had been listening silently, suddenly remembered that after she recovered from her illness, although no one in Ronghua Academy or even the entire Ren family dared to talk more about Ren Yaoyu being kicked out of Ronghua Academy, she had heard something from Mama Zhu, and that matter should be directly related to Ren Yaoyu's rejection by Mrs. Ren. Thank you for the fan sent by the Arabic plastic bag ~ also thank you for the enigmayanxi that has been silently supporting someone ~ ^^ ~'