Chun Guizheng personally carried out the task assigned by Lan Ting, that is, to plan the garden according to her aesthetic layout, but such as planting trees and landscaping was not in a hurry, so she had to rearrange the existing utensils, such as the pot of lotus specially ordered by Lan Ting, which should be removed from the bald stone facing the window immediately, and Chun Gui let Xigu hold it, she took a turn in the garden, and finally decided to put it in a gazebo.

Before the explanation was complete, Mother Song's whirlwind was swept up, so Chun Gui also heard the bad news that she seemed to be about to become infamous in the Taishi Mansion.

"The old slave doesn't know the grievances in the heart of the grandmother, thinking about how our master treated his wife in the past, and he can't complain that the grandmother will compare the master with the uncle, but there are not many people like the master in this world, and the door of grandma's marriage is extraordinary, how can she resist how many concubines are in the house?" Mother Song didn't care about the hot sweat on her head, and she couldn't hold back her dry mouth, for fear that Chungui would not listen to the advice, and said her words like a cannon battle: "In the past, whether it was Mrs. Zhu or the second lady, and even when the old man was ordained, she took the initiative to accept a room of good concubines, in contrast, Herou was born as a slave and maid, and she couldn't pose a threat to the eldest grandmother, so why should the eldest grandmother be reckless with Cao's mother because of this." ”

Chungui listened to Mother Song's words, and glared at Ju Xi, who followed closely: "Eyeless girl, don't you bring your mother a bowl of tea to quench your thirst?" He smiled and handed his fan to Mei Jealous, asking her to fan Song's mother cold, seeing that Qingping seemed to have something to say, Chungui was happy to encourage: "I also want to hear Qingping's opinion." ”

"Mother Song's words are indeed reasonable, although the Taishi Mansion is a scholarly family and an official eunuch family, and the family style has always forbidden children to indulge in wine, but there are also partial concubines under the main room as usual, which is a common practice, and there is no precept to indulge in wine. Only the slave maid felt strange in her heart, Mo said that such a family as the Taishi Mansion was like a lord's family, as long as she paid a little attention to reputation, she would not propose to take a concubine when the bride had not had a concubine for a long time, and it was even more impossible to condone the steward servant to interfere with the internal affairs of the master's family, even if Mother Cao was not a slave of the Taishi Mansion, but the Zhu family was also a scholarly family, it was impossible for her not to understand these etiquette, so she acted today with ulterior motives. ”

Chungui praised Qingping's analysis very much, and then expressed her thoughts to Song's mother: "Mother Cao used to be Mrs. Zhu's companion, and later became the uncle's nurse, which shows that she has won Mrs. Zhu's trust, she must be."

Loyal to Mrs. Zhu. Mrs. Zhu was framed, although it was not Mrs. Shen's mastermind, but Mrs. Shen profited from it, Cao's mother should be dissatisfied with Mrs. Shen, and the old lady and the second lady were in the middle to provoke, Cao's mother will be more and more wary of Mrs. Shen's stepmother will be unfavorable to the uncle, in her opinion, the uncle was calculated by Mrs. Shen to ruin a good relationship with the Jin State Mansion, I must be in the same camp as Mrs. Shen, she just made such a scene today, it is nothing more than to give me a dismount, and by the way, plant a rebellious and jealous infamy on my head. ”

"Since the eldest grandmother has insight into Cao's mother's intentions, why did she do this?" Mother Song was even more anxious: "Mother Cao is nothing more than for the sake of the uncle, and she has misinterpreted the grandmother, why can't the grandmother endure this moment and treat each other with sincerity, and after a long time, Mother Cao will naturally change her opinion." ”

"She's a scheming person, unless I change into a high-ranking family to support her strength, I'm afraid I can't change her opinion." Chungui smiled.

Mother Song sighed: "This is not the time to be angry. ”

"I'm not angry." Chungui saw Ju Xi come over with warm tea, and hurriedly asked Mother Song to quench her thirst, she said slowly: "If Mother Cao is really thinking about the uncle, she will definitely discuss with the uncle first, and the uncle will never agree to her to act like this, right?" Obviously, as soon as we returned to the Taishi's Mansion that day, the uncle called her over, saying that in the future, all the affairs in this courtyard would be subject to my arrangement, where is this like disagreeing with me as a wife? But Cao's mother was still unconvinced, and she couldn't wait to carry out her plan while the uncle was preparing for the exam, she was a servant woman, but she picked up the uncle's idea, she had a little bit of the duty of a servant? It's not a mental malpractice. ”

"But after all, she is the uncle's nurse......"

"Then there is no privilege to dictate before the Lord's house." Chungui raised his eyebrows: "Mom, don't believe the rhetoric of the house of etiquette, the more the house of etiquette is more intolerant of evil slaves and bullying the master, the nursing mother is wholeheartedly for the young master's plan, the young master should indeed be respectful, but there is no requirement for the nursing mother to be obedient and filial." ”

Ju Xi quickly answered: "That's it, today I see that Cao's mother is so arrogant, I can't wait to come forward and scold her, who is bullying who has no knowledge?" Our family is not as prestigious as the Taishifu, but it is not possible to be bullied, she wants to be respected by the grandmother, so she must first show her loyalty to the grandmother. ”

Mother Song puffed out her eyes

glared at him shyly, but he didn't insist on letting Chungui back down in front of Cao's mother.

"Let's talk about concubines, I also know that I can't always ask my father for the uncle, I think Mrs. Zhu chose Herou to wait by the uncle's side, maybe it was to prepare for the meaning of having sex, but I can't be forced by Cao's mother and Herou to agree to this matter, I have to discuss it with the uncle first."

"Uncle must be reluctant." This time, even Mei jealousy interjected: "Otherwise, why didn't the uncle say a word to grandma?" There are also people who privately talk that the uncle acquiesced in leaving Herou to this age, but the uncle clearly said that in the past, he even rarely returned to the garden, and where would he get the marriage of the maidservant girl in the heart, in my opinion, it must be Cao's mother who made her own opinion, and left Herou until now without a match. ”

"Whether he is reluctant or not, this matter can only be delayed until after the autumn season, and even if I don't say it at that time, there will always be people in the Taishi Mansion who have so many mouths to spread the word to his ears." Chungui didn't look a little worried: "I remember what my mother said, I know my situation, so I won't argue with my uncle over the matter of taking a concubine." ”

"Those slanderous words out there......"

"It's okay, just let them chew their tongues, Taishifu is a house of etiquette, and I won't blame the daughter-in-law who is marrying Ming Media because of the gossip of the people below, and I don't have to rely on the snort of the servants, what do they think?" Chungui saw that the sweat on Song's mother's face finally subsided, and persuaded her to drink a cup of tea: "Mother Cao thinks she is scheming, but she has made a mistake from the root, and the slander of the servants and maids can't destroy me, but she will lift a stone and shoot her feet." ”

"I'm just worried that Uncle will also listen to those instigations."

"Uncle is not so confused." But the spring return no longer explains.

Cao's mother didn't even know that Lan Ting had no intention of listening to the old lady's manipulation to accept the marriage of the Jin State Mansion, and she still firmly believed that Lan Ting was calculated by Mrs. Shen, so it can be seen that Lan Ting, the nurse, is not as trustworthy as Mrs. Zhu at all, so what's the use of her playing with her lips and tongue in front of Lan Ting?

Thought that a few words of slander from the next person could scare her away?

Chun Gui's eyes looked at the pot of lotus, and then instructed: "There is a flower stand here, the appearance is simple and simple, I remember that I also have an embroidered painting, on which is the vista of the lotus, and I also found it, so I hung the embroidery painting here." ”

She reached out and gestured into the bamboo curtain between the two beams and columns, and her mind completely turned back to "business".