It was already evening when Jiang Yingli came out of Qiu Muyun's house, she hurried back to the Hou Mansion, didn't have dinner, and went directly into the bed.

Looking at the red marks on her chest, Jiang Yingli covered her face in shame, recalling the scenes in the room, and her ears were red and hot.

This autumn Muyun! Why is it so annoying!

Jiang Yingli sighed in annoyance, turned over, and wrapped herself in the quilt.

Although Qiu Muyun deceived himself and his methods were obscene, it is undeniable that Jiang Yingli is not disgusted by everything Qiu Muyun has done, and even likes it a little.

It's as if he has invisibly returned to the days when the two were in love in the past.

The next day, Jiang Yingli deliberately wore a high-necked horse coat in order to cover the red marks on his neck, and as soon as he finished washing, the old lady sent someone to call Jiang Yingliang to the hall.

Sitting in the hall, in addition to the old lady, there was also Mrs. Hou.

What's going on here?

Jiang Yingli felt that something was wrong, but he still saluted the two obediently.

"See the old lady, mother."

"Hurry up, hurry up." The old lady still looks like that.

Jiang Yingli secretly glanced at Mrs. Hou, who was not as indifferent as before, and slightly hooked the corners of her mouth, which was considered a response.

Although Mrs. Hou's reaction was extremely subtle, Jiang Yingli was still very happy to see it.

"Old lady, I don't know why you called Yingli to come?" Jiang Yingli walked to Mrs. Hou and sat down, and asked softly.

The old lady's eyes narrowed, and she laughed: "Alas, I came to you today just to let you pick a few concubines for Master Hou." ”

As soon as she heard the words, Mrs. Hou's expression became stiff.

Jiang Yingli also thought that she had misheard, and looked at the old lady in disbelief and asked, "Old lady, didn't you just take a few concubines for Master Hou?" Why do you have to pay for it? ”

"Hey, don't I want to take advantage of the good health of the Hou Ye to have a few more children, I'm also old, and I want to enjoy a few more years of family fun." Speaking of the child, the solemn expression on the old lady's face was a little more loving, and even the wrinkles seemed to be a little more accommodating.

"That's ......" Jiang Yingli smiled awkwardly, then kept silent and fell silent.

The old lady thoughtfully fiddled with the teacup in her hand, and then added: "I want to find a few caring people for Master Hou, but one person can't always look at it, so I asked you to come over together and give me advice." ”

The old lady waved her hand, and the maid beside her handed Jiang Yingli and Mrs. Hou a lot of picture scrolls.

"This is ......" Jiang Yingli opened the scrolls suspiciously, and found that there was a portrait of a woman on each scroll.

"Yingli, you are the eldest daughter of the merchant, and the one next to you is the youngest daughter of the shopkeeper Li...... These are all women I have carefully selected who have not yet come out of the cabinet, which one do you think? Come up with ideas for me. ”

The old lady ignored Madame's stiff expression and looked at Jiang Yingli very happily.

On the one hand, there was an old lady who was talking eloquently, and on the other hand, Mrs. Hou was in a complicated mood, Jiang Yingli only felt in a dilemma, and she didn't know what to do.

Mrs. Hou knew that the old lady didn't have a good heart to call her, but she didn't expect the old lady to slap her in the face in public and have a few more children? Isn't accepting a concubine just laughing at himself for not being able to give birth to a child?

Mrs. Hou's face was very bad, and her hands on the table were clenched, and she couldn't bear it.

"Mrs. Hou, don't stay still, come up with ideas for me, you are also the wife of this family!" The old lady seemed to deliberately stimulate Mrs. Hou, and pointed out, especially the three words Mrs. Hou, which were emphasized.

Mrs. Hou was already holding back, but she was suddenly stimulated, she didn't plan to give the old lady face, she wanted to get up and leave directly, but the hand on the table was suddenly held by Jiang Yingliang.

Her faintly red eyes softened instantly, and she looked at Jiang Yingli with some astonishment.

Jiang Yingli looked at Mrs. Hou encouragingly, and said meaningfully: "What the old lady said is right, mother, you are the wife of the Hou Mansion, not only to take care of the Hou Ye, but also to take care of the upper and lower levels of the house, if you are the only one to worry about, you must not be tired, it is better to recruit some people to come in and serve you and the Hou Ye, isn't it much more worry-free?" ”

As soon as these words came out, Mrs. was also half sober, yes, Jiang Yingli was right, she was the wife of Hou Ye, and it was she who was buried in the same cave with Hou Ye, not those warblers and Yanyan.

Those people are just concubines after all, so what can they do?

She knows in her heart that Hou Ye is good to her, and Hou Ye's love for herself is deep-rooted, these are enough, these are enough!

Mrs. Hou's heart was much better than before, and she didn't want the old lady to see the joke, so she cheered up, and then smiled absently, and took those portraits one by one.

"This is not good, with a sideways face, it must be a restless person...... This is not good, it is too thin, if you really give birth to a child, it will be difficult to give birth! ”

Looking at Mrs. Hou's generous comments, the old lady still felt a little unacceptable, she was used to seeing Mrs. Hou being oppressed by herself, and calling her this time was just to humiliate her, her reaction was beyond her expectations......

The old lady lowered her head and tasted the tea in her hand thoughtfully.

"Don't worry, you choose ...... slowly," Old Madam Hou added with a hypocritical smile.

"This is good, look at this." Mrs. Hou handed the scroll in her hand to Jiang Yingliang.

Jiang Yingli smiled, and continued: "I don't have any experience here, as long as you think it's good, that's fine, after all, in the future, these concubines will all come to serve you and Lord Hou." ”

After half a day of screening, Mrs. Hou and Jiang Yingli finally confirmed several women.

During dinner, Mrs. Hou began to praise Mrs. Hou in front of Master Hou.

"Master, it's not me who said, Mrs. Hou is really virtuous, and you are blessed to marry her."

Master Hou rarely heard Mrs. Hou praise his wife, but today he felt a little incredible, put down the dishes and chopsticks, and asked curiously, "How do you say this?" ”

"Today I asked Mrs. Hou and Yingli to pick a concubine for you, Mrs. Hou is really not a stingy person, for the sake of the Hou Mansion to spread the branches, she and Yingli chose an afternoon, but she was tired! Sir, you have to reward Mrs. Hou well! The old lady chuckled and glanced meaningfully at Mrs. Hou.

As soon as these words came out, Mrs. Hou's whole body stiffened, and even Master Hou was stunned for a long time.

"Is it the concubine you chose for me?" Master Hou looked at Mrs. Hou calmly with calm eyes.

Mrs. Hou didn't expect Mrs. Hou to say this at dinner, so she looked at Mr. Hou in a bit of a panic and explained, "Master...... I ......"

But Master Hou didn't want to listen to Mrs. Hou's explanation, he shook his hand, threw the dishes and chopsticks on the table, and said to the old lady: "Mother, I'm full, go back to the study first." ”

Then, before Mrs. Hou could say a word, Mr. Hou left without looking back......

"Alas, sir, what's the matter?" Old Madam Hou asked contrivedly, then smiled absently and continued to eat.

Looking at Master Hou's resolute back, Mrs. Hou was in a trance, she knew that Master Hou was angry......

Jiang Yingli looked at all this in a daze, she knew that the old lady was deliberately provoking today, and it seemed that her grievances with Mrs. Hou would only get deeper and deeper in the future.