Summer in Yanjing is always extra hot.

Zhiyun leaned on her rocking chair, stroking a piece of jade pendant with a pattern engraved with a mandarin duck pattern, which was Ling Mu's piece of mandarin duck jade.

Bi Tao went to help her redeem the jade pendant half a month ago, and she has been in her hands since she came back, and she didn't go to see Ling Mu again, but after that meeting, she let him know Qingqiu's whereabouts according to the agreement.

After Ling Mu learned the whereabouts of his fiancée, he only felt that the suffering he had suffered all the way was worth it, but when he thought of his fiancée being tortured in that kind of place, he felt heartache. Somewhere in his heart began to crumble, and a new seedling seemed to grow from it, and he secretly made a decision, and he quickly replied to Zhiyun. Speaking of what he should have said.

After reading the letter, Zhiyun put it under the candle flame and burned it, and the flames devoured the paper, leaving a ground of ashes.

She hasn't found a chance to go out of the house again to see Qingqiu in Zuimenglou recently, so she can only rely on Bi Tao to inquire about the news from the outside world.

Everyone in the big room was staring at Aunt Fang's womb, and even in the hot summer, a carpet was laid in her yard, and the corners and corners were wrapped in cloth, for fear that she would bump into it.

And Aunt Fang also relied on the piece of meat in her stomach to become more and more majestic. What kind of food and accommodation are not as good as the official wives outside? I'm afraid it's more extravagant than some officials and wives.

Xia Rou is also because of this, the expenses in the house are all tight on Aunt Fang, even if she wants to say it, Xia Qing doesn't care, and he also allows Aunt Fang to be powerful. I only pity Xia Rou, who needs to stare at the account book every day and worry.

Zhiyun comforted Xia Rou and said, "Sister, don't worry, let her be proud for a few more days." She whispered a few more words.

Xia Rou was puzzled: "Is this really possible?" ”

"Sister, just do what I say."

Xia Rou knew that Zhiyun now had her own thoughts, so she listened to it if she had her own thoughts in her heart.

On this day, Zhiyun chatted with Mrs. Xia in Rongxitang, Mrs. Xia had a problem with leg pain, and it was easy to make a mistake when it rained, as the saying goes, the old man's leg is to report the weather, the weather is very hot these days, but Mrs. Xia faintly felt that her leg hurt badly, and it was about to rain.

Zhiyun massaged a few acupuncture points on Mrs. Xia's legs, and Mrs. Xia suddenly felt a lot better, so she asked, "Where did you learn this craft?" ”

Zhiyun replied with a smile: "I read a few medical books at random when I had nothing to do, and there are also some similar symptoms to my grandmother, so I wanted to try them." ”

Mrs. Xia was happy to bloom, and praised Zhiyun for growing up and loving to read, in the past, these books were not touched at all, but now they have grown a lot.

It's time for lunch. Mrs. Xia left Zhiyun to eat together.

But as soon as it was served, Mrs. Xia's face was not very good-looking.

She looked at Qiu Niang, and Qiu Niang also hesitated.

A hint of sneer flashed in Zhiyun's eyes. She pretended to scold the person who delivered the food: "Xia Fu didn't pay you for your wages?" How can you snub the old lady so much? ”

The mother-in-law who delivered the food was so frightened that she knelt down. "The slave doesn't dare, no one can snub the old lady if she neglects it."

"In the past, this Rongxi Hall was full of five meats, two vegetables and one soup, as well as a cup of snow swallows. Now that this snow swallow is gone, why are there only two meat and two vegetables left? Zhiyun asked.

The mother-in-law kowtowed again and again, "Second Miss doesn't know, this Xueyan is prepared on weekdays, but it is not available today...... As for the dish...... "She replied hesitantly.

"Grandmother, my sister is now a housekeeper, these individuals must be bullying my sister to talk, look at her can't even say a word, I don't know if she is filling her own pockets!" Zhiyun said with added vinegar.

"It's better to recruit it truthfully!" Old Madam Xia's tone was dull, obviously in a bad mood.

"Old lady, how dare you shorten this Rong Xitang in the kitchen on weekdays, it's just that this Aunt Fang is pregnant now, and she has to eat a cup of bird's nest three meals a day, and today it was taken away by Aunt Fang first, so there is no ...... There is also a shortage of money to buy recently, and the slaves and maids can only stay here first, and the other courtyards are not the same as before. The woman explained with a handful of snot and tears.

"Aunt Fang is pregnant now, who in the whole house doesn't know how to take good care of her, and she usually doesn't talk about Lanxiang Pavilion and Yunshuiju, but she can't be so snub to Rong Xitang's side!" Zhiyun said sharply, as if he was really angry for Old Madam Xia.

Old Madam Xia's eyes narrowed: "Yun'er, you said that there is a shortage of your yard on weekdays, but is it true?" ”

Zhiyun was stunned for a moment, and made a frightened look of leaking his mouth, "No, don't listen to Wanyun's nonsense, it's all for the sake of training people." She explained.

Old Madam Xia snorted coldly.

Stand up and stride out the door. Walking in the direction of Lanxiang Pavilion, Lanxiang Pavilion and Rongxi Hall are not far apart, Mrs. Xia arrived at Lanxiang Pavilion, and went directly to Xia Rou's house, at this time Xia Rou was also eating, and when she saw Mrs. Xia coming, she called a sentence: "Grandmother." ”

Old Madam Xia looked at her dining table, her face froze, and then she drank: "My dignified daughter of the Xia family, what do you eat?" ”

There is only one meat and one vegetable on the dinner table, as well as a plate of side dishes and a bowl of rice, although it is already very good in ordinary people, but this is the Xia family, and the maid of a high-ranking family is also this specification, as a young lady, how can she suffer this kind of grievance?

Xia Rou stepped forward to give Mrs. Xia a good breath: "Grandmother, you are not angry, granddaughter is also the first time to be in charge, only to know that firewood, rice, oil and salt are expensive, and it is not easy to be in charge, now that Aunt Fang has a body again, she needs to pay extra attention, and her granddaughter is nothing." ”

Old Madam Xia didn't speak, and went straight to Aunt Fang's Rufang Courtyard again.

The people who followed behind didn't dare to make a sound, Xia Rou looked at Zhiyun, and the two glanced at each other and laughed in their hearts.

Mrs. Xia didn't let people report, she only asked the maid not to make a sound, she stood outside the door and heard what was being said inside.

"Mother, since you became pregnant, the eldest sister has sent all the good things to you, and she must be very afraid of the younger brother in your womb." Xia Sisi said proudly, picked up the bird's nest on the table and ate it in small bites.

And Aunt Fang touched her lower abdomen and said: "I am the treasure of the master in my womb, so they naturally have to take care of it more, otherwise they can't afford to take this responsibility if there is a mistake." ”

Old Madam Xia's face was pale, she didn't need to go in to see it, she knew exactly what was going on inside. Turned around and left Rufangyuan.

On the way, Zhiyun and Xia Rou followed behind without making a sound. Old Madam Xia stopped and looked back at Xia Rou: "Rou'er, you are too good at talking, and you don't have to worry about Aunt Fang all the time in the future, just follow the rules when you come, just one cup of bird's nest a day." Otherwise, you will not be able to suppress the people below. ”

Xia Rou nodded and said, "Yes." ”

Zhiyun looked at Mrs. Xia and smiled, Aunt Fang is right to have Xia Qing's support, but the majesty of the old lady does not allow others to provoke, she asked Xia Rou to send all the delicious and fun to Rufang Courtyard, in order to make Mrs. Xia feel that her interests have been violated, in fact, Mrs. Xia is the same person as Xia Qing in her bones, they are all selfish, although they say that they treat Aunt Fang and the child in her womb well, but it is also under the condition of not harming their own interests, but if they themselves are not good, they will think, Aunt Fang is just a concubine, and the concubine is also a concubine.

At first, I may be happy because Xia Mansion has not added Ding for a long time, but if it is too arrogant, it will only make people think that Xia Qing is only in the prime of life anyway, and marrying a successor can also be passed on to the next generation, and the concubine is naturally not as important as the concubine.

Although this move is not too clever, it obviously has the effect of meeting Zhiyun's expectations.

After a few more days, Aunt Fang also found out how the meals were different from the previous days, and the daily bird's nest was shortened to one cup per day. ”

Xia Sisi went to Rufang Courtyard angrily and cried.

At the beginning, she only said that the old man must have specially instructed her, so Xia Rou didn't dare to treat her harshly, it was very good, the fabric and food were sent to her yard, and her temper became bigger and bigger after she had a body, and she only thought that Xia Rou was just a little girl who had not left the cabinet, and she couldn't fight her, and now that she is in charge of the house, she must be good at eating and drinking for her, and she doesn't dare to treat her harshly, but it has changed in the past few days, she thinks that Xia Rou must be relying on the old lady's support, but her reliance is Xia Qing, she just needs to coax Xia Qing well.

Aunt Fang was also angry, but she didn't dare to be angry, for the sake of the fetus in her womb. After a few words of comfort, Xia Sisi let her go back to her yard.

At night, Aunt Fang blew the wind on the pillow, complained that the food was not as good as before, and shed two tears in time to say that she was even more panicked after she became pregnant, Xia Qing patted her back and comforted her, saying that Xia Rou's first housekeeper may have something inconsiderate, and wait for him to talk about it tomorrow. This made Aunt Fang stop crying.

When Xia Qing went to ask Mrs. Xia for peace the next day, Xia Rou happened to be there, so she told Aunt Fang about the matter in Aunt Fang's yard.

He has never cared about the affairs of the backyard, and he doesn't know the inside story, but as soon as he talked about it, Xia Rou cried aggrievedly, and Mrs. Xia also changed her angry look.

"Boss, you are becoming more and more indistinguishable now, I know that you love Aunt Fang, but don't forget her identity, she is in the yard I ordered to go down, Rou'er did nothing bad before, but there are all good things to Aunt Fang, and now you still blame her." Old Madam Xia knocked her crutch on the ground.

Xia Qing didn't dare to refute Old Madam Xia, and she just didn't say anything about it just now. When I was about to leave Rongxi Hall after the salute. Old Madam Xia's voice came again.

"Boss, I let you see the young lady of the Lin family a few days ago, how did you think about it?"

Xia Qing only felt a headache, he had not renewed the strings for many years after Shu's death, Mrs. Xia had always been worried about this matter, but he hated the feeling of being controlled by others, even his mother was not good, Shu was the wife she chose for him, he didn't like it, and now he was going to stuff him with something Lin, he only felt bored. didn't answer Mrs. Xia's words, threw up her sleeves and left.

Mrs. Xia was so angry that she only blamed Aunt Fang for the fault, blaming her for being charming and confusing, and coaxing the boss into not wanting to marry again, why, did she want the boss to help her be the main room?

It's just wishful thinking, even if the boss agrees, she won't agree!