Chapter XXVIII
A few people accompanied the old lady to talk and laugh for a while, and before they knew it, it was time for the old lady to go to the Buddha hall on weekdays, so everyone present got up one after another, ready to say goodbye and leave.
"Is my father going to see my aunt with Mengqi today?" The second lady, Mengqi, saw that Master Lin had never mentioned to the old lady that she was allowed to see her aunt, so she had to ask hard. The old lady suddenly frowned: "You just lifted the grounding, and you want to go to the third aunt?" "Second Miss Mengqi has always been well-behaved and pleasing in Master Lin's heart, although she is occasionally a little willful, but after all, she is still a child, and it is understandable. But at this time, the second lady suddenly brought up such a thing, and at this moment, Master Lin felt that she was too disproportionate. In the Xile House, which had a harmonious atmosphere, because of the words of the second lady Mengqi, the audience suddenly cooled down.
"Mother, yesterday the doctor said that Mengqi has a depression in her heart and needs to walk more and go with her heart. Therefore, the son has allowed her to visit the third aunt. "Master Lin also knows that he is reckless, he has done the affairs of the inner courtyard several times, and he has not given face to the wife who is in charge of the middle feed in the house, punished the second lady for grounding, and is not allowed to visit the third aunt is an order given by the old lady, and now Master Lin has not asked the old lady in advance, so he directly withdrew the punishment, and where is the old lady's face?
"Since you've agreed, let's do it." After all, he is his own son, and in front of his subordinates, he still has to give him enough face. With that, the old lady held the lotus seed hand and walked out of the door.
The second lady, Mengqi, knew that she had upset her father, and she didn't dare to invite him to visit the third aunt with her. After waiting for everyone to leave, he walked towards the courtyard of the third aunt.
"Third aunt, second lady is here." Qingcao, the eldest girl beside the third aunt, saw the second lady coming in this direction early, and immediately entered the door to report to the third aunt.
"Did the master come with the second lady?" The third aunt asked happily.
"When I went back to the third aunt, I only saw the second lady from a distance, but I never saw the master." Qingcao lowered her head and replied timidly. Only the maids around the third aunt know that the third aunt in front of the master on weekdays is polite, interesting and obedient. The real third aunt, as long as she encounters something unpleasant, she will hold the master's shelf, beat and scold her subordinates, I am afraid that the second lady's conduct is learned in this way.
Sure enough, the third aunt was lying on the bed and heard that the second lady was coming, with a smile on her face, and when she heard that Master Lin had never come together, she immediately threw the pillow on the bed to the grass. Qingcao immediately knelt down, trembling all over: "Aunt forgive sins, aunt forgive sins......"
"Go, when the second lady comes, let her come directly, you go to the door for me to guard, don't let others approach. If someone comes, come in immediately, and if it's too late, you should know what to do. The third aunt said to the grass kneeling on the ground.
Qingcao immediately got up and retreated, and the third aunt lay on the bed and looked at a belt beside the bed, thinking thoughtfully.
"Auntie, Mengqi is here." The second lady walked into the bedroom and found her aunt lying motionless on the bed.
The arrival of the second lady interrupted the third aunt's train of thought, and the third aunt immediately looked back at the second lady Mengqi with a smile on her face. "Child, come over here and let my aunt see it." As he spoke, his hand touched the face of the second lady who came up: "Auntie hasn't seen you for two months, look at you, you have lost weight." ”
"Isn't my aunt's injury healed yet? Isn't it that Mrs. won't ask a doctor for you to take a look? The second lady asked worriedly.
"Mrs. didn't dare to do this, but I also came out of the old lady's house, and besides, the master treated me so favorably, how could she compare." When the third aunt talked about Master Lin, she had a satisfied and happy expression on her face. Immediately, I remembered that Master Lin had never come over together, looked at the second lady and asked, "Why didn't the master come with you, didn't what I asked the doctor to say?" ”
"Thanks to my aunt for secretly letting the maids around me go to the Rejuvenation Hall to get money, and asking me to pretend to be sick, otherwise I would definitely not be able to get out of the courtyard today. Last night, my father was going to come with me to see my aunt, but today I went to say goodbye to the old lady, but my father never mentioned it, so I asked, and then my father's face began to become not very good, so Mengqi did not mention it again. The second lady knew that she hadn't done what her aunt had done, and she couldn't help but feel a little sad.
Yesterday afternoon, the third aunt thought about it for a long, long time, and felt that she couldn't sit still like this, if the second miss Mengqi really couldn't see her for half a year, then wouldn't she even be able to get married to the second miss, after all, the second miss is sixteen years old, and there is a possibility of getting married anytime and anywhere. She has no son in her life, the second miss is all her hope, if even the second miss ignores her, even if she dies in this deep mansion compound one day, no one will care. Immediately, the girl who bought the big kitchen delivered the message to the second miss and asked the second miss to pretend to be sick. He also instructed Qingcao, on the grounds that his mother was seriously ill, to go out of the house and go to the Huichun Hall to find a person in charge, and instructed him to push the second lady's illness to the depression in his heart. For so many years, she knew that the master had always been obsessed with the dead Cai, so every time she went to bed, she obediently drank the soup sent by the little maid, and it was because she knew the master that she was invincible for so many years.
"I haven't seen your father since I was punished." As he spoke, he took the second lady's hand and slowly sat up from the bed. "I thought that after listening to the doctor's words, your father would follow your wishes and come with you to my aunt's place. My aunt's injury is almost healed, and she is lying on her stomach, just to get the master's pity. He picked up the belt next to the bed and touched it gently: "I also prepared a belt made for him by myself, who knew that he didn't care about the love for so many years, so ruthless." As she spoke, the third aunt came from sorrow.
"Auntie, don't be sad, I'll go and ask my father to come and see my aunt." The second lady saw her biological mother's crying expression, so she wanted to go out to find Master Lin.
The third aunt took the second lady's hand, wiped her tears, and said, "Silly child, it is already a blessing for my aunt to have a caring daughter like you." My aunt only hopes that you can marry a good family, and remember to come back and be filial to your aunt in the future, and your aunt will be satisfied. ”
"So what do we do after that? Today I went to the old lady, and the old lady was lukewarm to me, and now my whole heart is on Mengyu's sick seedling. As she spoke, the second lady remembered the scene when she entered the door today, when the old lady held the third lady in her arms, and said angrily.
"The third young lady is blessed, such a body was also raised by her. It's okay, the old lady spoils her, but it's because she has no mother since she was a child, pitiful. But how long can the old lady jump? Is it possible to protect her for the rest of her life? This family is not for your father to call the shots. From this day on, you must make a good impression in front of your father, and as for that stinky girl, the master will definitely not look at her. The third aunt smiled gloomily, she knew that the old man had always hated the third lady in his heart, and Cai's family went because she gave birth to the third lady.
"However, today I see that my father's attitude towards her is not as cold as before, and he even laughs with her." The second lady remembered today's unusual master, and suddenly frowned.
"Could it be that in the past two months, what has happened that I don't know?" The third aunt couldn't figure out why the old man suddenly became kind to the third lady, and suddenly had a plan, and said: "Don't be afraid, no matter what happens, she will punish you, and you must get it back." Remember, after you get out of your aunt's place, you will go to the courtyard of the third lady. Then let Yin Zi take this belt and send it to the study, at this time, the master must be in the study. Let Yin Zi be clever and tell the master that this was embroidered in the two months that you were punished, and let the master know that you are apologizing to the third lady in the courtyard. ”
"Apologize, why should I apologize to her, what I said is the truth." The second lady thought that her aunt would give her some good ideas, but when she heard that she was asked to apologize, she suddenly became excited.
The third aunt comforted the second lady and said, "Apologizing is just a temporary measure, and my aunt will never wronged you." After today's apology, you ......"