The old lady of the long room asked, but the meaning of her words could not be more certain.

The third old lady is not a stupid person, how can she not hear it?

She stood up, the corners of her mouth twitching, as if she wanted to argue, but she didn't know where to start. She stared at the old lady in the long room where the old god was with a cold face, and looked at it again and again. The two are concubines, but just in terms of age, they look like mother and daughter. The third old lady looked at it, and became more and more annoyed, and the resentment in her heart could hardly be stopped.

"What sister-in-law means, I don't understand." She looked away, suppressing her resentment and feigning ignorance.

Without waiting for the old lady of the long room to speak, she walked to the table in small steps, raised her hand and lifted the hollow lid on the back of the gilded duck incense burner on the table. The incense cake in the furnace is old, has lost its original aroma, and smells dry and tasteless. She glanced at it and raised her voice to call people: "Chunping, take out the box of incense." ”

When the old lady of the long room heard this, she frowned, and said with a little displeasure: "What are you pretending to be confused with me!" ”

The third old lady's figure was stagnant, but when she turned around, her face was as usual, and she had a smile on her lips, and the old lady in the long room was stunned. She moved slowly, sat down at the table, and said to the old lady in the long room a few steps away: "Sister-in-law said I was pretending to be confused? What kind of fool am I pretending to be? Jin'er is the wife of Lao Liuming, and it is right to live in Yuming Courtyard, why should she give way? ”

"Stubborn!" The old lady of the long room saw her smiling and smiling, as if she didn't put herself in her eyes, and couldn't help but reprimand softly.

As soon as the words fell, Chunping, the big girl in a green shirt, came in steadily, holding a silver box with gilt lotus petals wrapped around branches in her hand.

She lightly put her things down in the hands of the third old lady, and then retreated steadily and quietly.

The third old lady was well-maintained, and her white fingers stretched out towards the silver box, and she smiled at the old lady of the long room: "Sister-in-law praises me like this, I can't afford it." ”

"You ......" The old lady of the long room had little contact with her, and when she saw her like this, she immediately became annoyed when she had always said everything in the long room.

However, the third old lady just chuckled and opened the lid. Then he skillfully removed the mica compartment in the incense burner, lifted the incense pan and stirred the soft frost ash in the belly of the incense burner. She looked at the old lady in the long room, her hands kept moving, and she said: "My sister-in-law used to endure the pain of passing the sixth child to the third room, and I am grateful." But sister-in-law, now he is the son of Sanfang. The Chen family is no longer good, but sister-in-law, is it just because of this that you want to make Jin'er a concubine? Isn't that ridiculous? Speaking of which, where is the Xie family's face going? ”

As she spoke, she had carefully poked more than a dozen holes in the snow-like incense ash. The small pieces of charcoal buried in the ashes loomed, and in a moment, the dim light of the fire came back to light, and the warmth of the thin and faint incense overflowed. She put down the chopsticks and put the mica back up.

"Chen Jin is not a concubine?" The old lady of the long room frowned tightly, staring at her action of fiddling with the incense burner with displeasure, "If you want to mess around, I'm not afraid of you." In the past, Chen Jin was the master of your entry, and I didn't know it. And at that time, the sixth child was outside, and he did not bow to her parents in heaven and earth, and did the gift of Zhou Gong, only in this way, can she be regarded as a wife? As she spoke, her voice became stronger, "I am also tired, and I have no intention of arguing with you." If you are obedient, you will simply answer my words. You can also ask Chen Jin to be a noble concubine, otherwise, you know it yourself! ”

The words have come to this, almost threatening.

The smile on the corner of the third old lady's mouth became wider, her white fingers fell into the open silver box, and her two fingers picked up a fragrant pill.

"What a concubine!" As she spoke, she threw the incense pill onto the mica sheet, and the sweet aroma suddenly became rich. The lid of the furnace was covered, and the flat beak of the golden duck immediately bubbled out. Wisps of wisps, if there are nothing, endless.

The three old ladies have nothing to do, so they like to spice up.

The old lady of the long room also knew about this, but when she saw it with her own eyes today, she only felt full of disgust.

The woman sitting at the table was no more than thirty years old, with black hair, high temples, and a fair complexion. And herself, no matter how well she is maintained, she can't resist the spots that grow day by day. She knew she was getting old.

Thinking like this, the old lady of the long room got up angrily, and threw down the sentence "You promise, it doesn't matter if you don't agree, I just came today to inform you", and she was about to throw off her sleeves and leave.

But at the moment when he raised his feet, he heard the third old lady say: "Sister-in-law is in a hurry, I didn't say I wouldn't agree." ”

The old lady in the long room stiffened, and she couldn't come back to her senses.

She looked sideways at the third old lady, but saw that she was holding a plain snow-white handkerchief with no flowers in her hand, and was gently wiping the tip of her nose and forehead. In this way, did you say yes? ”

"Do I promise or not, don't I have to say yes?" The third old lady shook her head and sighed, "The Chen family is useless, and I can't keep Jin'er." ”

The old lady of the long room couldn't help but sneer: "You don't have to feel sorry for yourself, this matter is for the sake of the sixth child, but if you treat him sincerely, you should plan to get up for him." ”

The third old lady was weak, and suddenly lowered her eyes and burst into tears, which frightened the old lady of the long room, endured the impatience and surprise in her heart, and approached to comfort her.

It's close, and the aroma lingers in the nose.

She racked her brains and comforted the third old lady for a long time.

When the moon was on the top, the incense pills in the incense burner only left an aftertaste, and the old lady of the long house could be regarded as leaving Shou'an Hall.

In Shou'an Hall, the three old ladies suddenly collected their tears, and with a condensed face, they asked Chunping to go to find Aunt Lin at night.

Chunping was surprised: "Aunt Lin? ”

Aunt Lin is stable, rarely walks around, and has always been inconspicuous.

"Just go." The third old lady glanced at the golden duck incense burner that had no heat, and her voice was cold.

Chunping hurriedly retreated.

After a while, Aunt Lin hurried over.

It was late at night, and she went to bed early, but now her eyes were hazy and her eyes were empty.

The third old lady only glanced at it, and then said dissatisfiedly: "How did you become like this?" She hadn't seen Xie Yuanmao, a concubine who had been alone in the empty room for many years, and she only had a graceful figure left in her memory, but when she saw the young woman under the loose spring shirt, she felt that it was not like the one she remembered.

Aunt Lin knelt down in fear, her sleepiness disappeared, and she asked cautiously, "Does the old lady have something to tell her concubine?" ”

"Chunping, take one of the sachets I prepared a few days ago and give it to Aunt Lin." The third old lady ignored her and ordered Chunping to come. When Chunping handed the silver ball sachet to Aunt Lin, she looked at Aunt Lin and said, "You are not young, and sooner or later you should have a son by your side." As long as you do things well this time, I will allow you to give birth to a son as soon as possible, and it is not impossible to abolish your slavery in the future. ”

Aunt Lin raised her head in a panic, her face full of disbelief, "Please also ask the old lady to make it clear!" ”