Chapter 42: The Yellow Sparrow Follows
Ever since she knew that Su Yuemei had given the old lady an idea to take a concubine for her brother, Aunt Sheng asked Qing Lian to pay attention to the situation on the old lady's side at all times. Qing Lian is a clever person, she bought off Wu Qi, the little girl in the old lady's courtyard, Wu Qi saw Su Yuemei sitting in the old lady's study and didn't leave for a long time, so she sneaked out and told Qing Lian about it, so Qing Lian hurriedly ran in from outside, and said while running: "Auntie, the eldest lady is here again, and she is sitting in the old lady's study at the moment." ”
Aunt Sheng was wiping the piano in her hand, and when she heard the news, she paused, then stood up and took out a piece of broken silver from her arms and put it in Qing Zhuan's hand, and instructed: "You give this to Wu Qi, and let him write down the conversation between the old lady and Su Yuemei word for word." ”
"Got it." Qing Lian held the broken silver in the palm of his hand and ran out again. In the remote corner of the small building in the middle of the lake, Qing Lian handed the broken silver to Wu Qi and said in a low voice: "This is your aunt's reward for you, and you will write down the conversation between the old lady and the eldest lady later." Do a good job, and your benefits are indispensable. ”
Wu Qi kicked the broken silver into his arms, and then slipped back to the old lady's Fushou Courtyard along the remote path.
"Wu Qi, why did you go, you didn't come back for so long." There was also a small servant at the gatekeeper, Jiang Fu said impatiently.
"Pee, pee, pee." Wu Qi said embarrassedly.
"You can't delay the shift like this in the future, I'm going to sleep." Jiang Fu, who was on the evening shift, finally waited for Wu Qi, so he stretched his waist and walked to the next room.
Wu Qi waited until Jiang Fu was far away and sneaked to the door of the study to take a look, and saw that Su Yuemei was still waiting inside, so he relieved himself and returned to his post at the door.
Near lunchtime, Su Yushi returned to the Imperial History Mansion with a tired face, and as soon as he entered the door, he heard that Su Yuemei was back, so he quickened his pace and walked towards the study. Waiting for Su Yushi to enter the door, Wu Qi hurriedly brought in a companion who said that he had a stomachache and wanted to go to the thatched house and ran away.
"Father." Su Yuemei stood up when she saw Su Yushi coming in.
"Sit, sit. What's important today? As soon as Su Yushi heard that Su Yuemei had been waiting all morning, he knew that there was something urgent, so he didn't hesitate to ask directly.
"Father, I came here today to ask for your help." Su Yuemei said.
"If our father and daughter can't help or not, you just say it." Su Yushi pretended to be angry and glared at Su Yuemei.
Su Yuemei covered her mouth and smiled when she saw this, and then she stopped beating around the bush and said directly: "Father, I am thinking about personally lifting my aunt to my husband." ”
Su Yushi asked in some surprise: "Could it be that Mei'er, you also heard those rumors?" ”
Su Yuemei was puzzled by Su Yushi's second master, shook her head and asked suspiciously, "What rumors?" ”
Su Yushi said angrily: "The tea shops and restaurants in Beijing are all spreading the smell of your body, and they are talking about it. I don't know who passed it out for some reason, and I can't even find out. ”
"What! I see. Su Yuemei leaned back in the chair weakly.
"Mei'er, what's wrong with you? You have to hold on, or those people will get their way. Su Yushi persuaded anxiously.
"Father, yesterday I took ginseng soup to the master's study, but I was stopped by the guards at the door and was not allowed to enter. The lord didn't treat me like this before, it seems that the lord must have listened to the gossip outside. Su Yuemei said sadly.
"What! How dare he do this to you! No, I'm going to go to him for a theory. With such a wolf heart and dog lungs, did you read all those sage books into the dog's stomach? The more he listened, the more angry he became, and Su Yushi stood up.
Seeing this, Su Yuemei hurriedly stepped forward to stop her, and then said with tears in her eyes: "Father, what do you have to do with him, he is a cold person, it is my daughter I was blind before, and I have nothing to do with others." ”
Su Yushi said indignantly: "Is it over? If you are separated from him, I can't support a daughter in a palace? I want the world to see how wolf-hearted he Yu Rongxuan is! I think back then, if it wasn't for my support, he wouldn't even think about his position as a scholar. ”
"Father, I will not be separated. I have a pair of children, what will they do if I leave? Su Yuemei said with tears in her eyes.
"Alas!" Su Yushi slapped the table heavily, and the weakness in his heart made him feel a little older. All kinds of remorse welled up in his heart, and then he said hatefully: "In that case, you don't have to find him any aunt." ”
"Father, daughter wants to ease the tense relationship between herself, her husband and the old lady." Su Yuemei said, "Since this matter has been rumored, I have to bring a few aunts in for my husband, so that I can block the mouths of outsiders, which is also good for Hao'er's upcoming imperial examination." ”
Although Su Yushi was unwilling, he was helpless, after all, this was the best way, so he asked, "Then do you have a fancy for which one?" ”
Su Yuemei shook her head and said, "Not yet." The daughter thought of finding it from her father's lower part. In this way, the daughter is also easy to handle. ”
Su Yushi nodded and said, "I'll keep an eye on it." Now that it's like this, you don't have to be sad. If there's any news, I'll have someone come and let you know. ”
"Thank you, father." Su Yuemei nodded.
"I'll have lunch today and go back. I'll ask you to make more of your favorite food. You see you've been haggard all this time. Alas. Saying that, Su Yushi walked out. Wu Qi, who was listening to the corner of the wall, heard this and hurriedly slipped away.
After a while, Wu Qi made a long story short and told Qing Lian about the conversation between Su Yushi and Su Yuemei, and then hurriedly went back to stand guard. After Qing Lian learned the content of the conversation, he did not delay and immediately entered Aunt Sheng's inner room.
"Auntie, there's news." Qing Lian leaned close to Aunt Sheng's ear and said, "The eldest lady wants to give her husband an aunt to ease the tense relationship between her and her husband's family. ”
"Then she wants the old lady to find her?" Aunt Sheng asked.
Qing Lian nodded and said, "I want to find a few from the lower part of the imperial history." It's easy to handle. ”
"That's right." Aunt Sheng pondered. After a while, Aunt Sheng said, "Qingzhuan, I haven't gone out shopping for a long time, hurry up and change my clothes." ”
Qing Lian was stunned for a moment, and then began to quickly find a set of water blue long skirts for Aunt Sheng to change into, and found a light gauze shirt to drape outside. Just as Qing Lian was going to insert the few golden steps into Aunt Sheng's bun, she was blocked by Aunt Sheng with one hand, and then took a few hostas from the makeup and inserted them into the bun crosswise, and the whole person looked a little out of the world.
"Auntie, where are we going?" After getting into the carriage, Qing Zhuan asked.
"Let's go to the Blessings." Aunt Sheng said.
"Hey, isn't this the opposite side of Shenggefang?" Qing Lian was puzzled.
"I'll wait in the private room later, and you go to the Shengge Workshop to invite Aunt Yan to me." Aunt Sheng said.
Qing Lian nodded.
After a while, the carriage slowly stopped at Quan Fu Ji, and Qing Lian accompanied Aunt Sheng into the private room inside and walked out of the small door of Quan Fu Ji.
Qing Lian came out of the Shengge Workshop with Aunt Sheng, so she naturally knew where Aunt Yan was at this time, so she soon found Aunt Yan in this Shengge Workshop. Qing Lian stepped forward and saluted respectfully, and then said, "Aunt Yan, my aunt is waiting for you on the opposite side." ”
Aunt Yan didn't say a word, and immediately followed Qing Lian out of the Shengge Workshop and went straight to Quanfuji.
Aunt Yan was thrilled to see her daughter. In fact, Aunt Sheng is the illegitimate daughter of Aunt Yan and Wang Fugui, a wealthy businessman in Beijing. Later, Aunt Yan also gave birth to a daughter to Wang Fugui, who was later Aunt Sheng, but Wang Fugui had a powerful wife in the family, and of course Aunt Yan knew that there would be no peaceful life when she went in to be an aunt, and she refused to marry Wang Fugui. But Wang Fugui was reluctant to separate from Aunt Yan, so after ransomed Aunt Yan, he opened a Shengge workshop for Aunt Yan in Beijing. On the surface, this Shengge Workshop is Wang Fugui's, but in fact, Aunt Yan is the boss.
Aunt Yan raised Aunt Sheng as a serious lady in the backyard, and the reason why she married Su Yueyun was because once Su Yueyun strayed into the backyard and fell in love at first sight after seeing Aunt Sheng. Aunt Yan is also very satisfied with this family business, and since marrying her daughter into the Imperial History Mansion, Wang Fugui has been even more fond of Aunt Yan.
Aunt Yan looked at her daughter, who was becoming more and more peugeot, and knew in her heart that her daughter was doing well in the Imperial History Mansion, and she was even more happy in her heart. So he stepped forward and sat down and asked, "Ning Wei, is there anything important?" ”
Aunt Sheng took Aunt Yan's hand and said, "Mother, the old lady was talking about the heir in front of the eldest lady, so the eldest lady gave the old lady an idea to take a concubine for her husband." ”
"What! How can a married daughter take care of her mother's family every day, aren't the two aunts you have before her looking for them? No wonder you get strange diseases, it's all retribution. Aunt Yan said angrily.
"Mother, today I heard from the people in the house that the eldest lady came to the house to find the old lady today, saying that she wanted to carry a few aunts for Yushangshu, hoping to find them from the old lady's lower family. The daughter is wondering if her mother can find a way to put our people in. At that time, Yanhuan was fat and thin, and Yanyan was still angry with her. Aunt Sheng said.
Aunt Yan thought for a moment and said, "It's not that there is no way. You know that most of the women in our Shengge Workshop are not selling their bodies, but they are actually the families of the criminals. There will definitely be people who have something to do with Su Yushi. I'll look for it when I get back, and I'll have news for you. You also always pay attention to which daughters Su Yushi will find, and we can also take a look from there. ”
Aunt Sheng's eyes lit up and said, "Yes, in case those girls' families have sweethearts, we can still do a good deed to fulfill them." ”
Aunt Yan smiled and patted Aunt Sheng's head and said, "These are all secondary, even if those women get married, I can find a way to stuff people into Shangshu Mansion again." The key is that you have to give birth to a son and a half daughter to Yueyun quickly. In this way, you will truly gain a foothold in the Imperial History Mansion. ”