The next day, Dingwu Marquis Mansion.

Because the New Year is approaching, Tao returned to the Hou Mansion from Yang Zonghai's private residence, and the abbot had big and small things before the New Year.

Something happened to the housekeeper Gui Mama who served in the outer courtyard of the Hou Mansion, the old mother was seriously ill and there was no one around to serve her, Gui Mama had been thinking about it in her heart, and she took a two-month leave to Tao, and after leaving off the trivial matters in the house, she went back to her hometown to serve the old mother.

As soon as Mama Gui left, there was a lack of a housekeeper mother in the Hou Mansion, and after Tao asked Mrs. Feng for instructions, he temporarily promoted his henchman Xiang to his mother to be the housekeeper of the house, taking care of the big and small things in the inner and outer courtyards.

At the back of the daylily hall where Dow lives, a conservatory is made of Western glass from Java, and the camellia and roses cultivated by Dow himself are planted in it.

Seeing that the weather was clear, Tao changed into the clothes of a gardener, led a few maids who were waiting below, and went into the greenhouse to prune the camellia.

Tao turned his head and glanced at his mother, seeing that she looked preoccupied, thinking that she would not be very happy when she came forward to take care of the housekeeper these days, so she secretly ordered the maid to block her, so she asked.

"What's wrong? looks preoccupied, is that Feng Shuiling blocking you? Or are those little maids down there disobeying your discipline?"

was asked by Tao like this, Xiang was surprised by his mother at first, and then calmed down before he said.

"Madam, Aunt Feng is busy dealing with those little hooves in Hou Ye's study these days, where can she take care of me? Those little maids at the bottom, although a few of them are not convinced, but there is still a housekeeper on their heads, so they can't make trouble for me here. ”

"And what were you thinking? Thinking about it?" Dow took the pruning shears in his hand and cut off all the dead branches and leaves on the camellia.

Xiang Mom glanced up at Tao, and then said lightly.

"Madam, the old slave is thinking about the marriage of the eldest girl. Mrs. also knows that the eldest girl doesn't like the second son of the Dingyang Liu family at all, and it was the old lady who crossed you and helped the eldest girl choose the Dingyang Liu family. The eldest girl doesn't have the second son of the Liu family in her heart, even if she gets married, her husband and wife life will not be happy. ”

Listening to this to his mother, Dow seemed to notice something. Xiang's mother has always known the proportions, and knows that she doesn't like others to ask her about her decision, but now that she has said this call, there must be someone behind her who is instructing her.

As for that person, Dow doesn't have to think about it, and he knows who it is. In addition to his own daughter, who still has such a great ability to instruct his mother to come and talk to her about this.

"Mother Xiang, you have always been silent and silent, these things were all instructed by the eldest girl to come to me and talk to me, right?" Tao said, put the pruning shears in his hand in the bamboo basket carried by the maids, and sat on the bamboo wooden chair that the maids had already set up, ready to listen to what Xiang Mother wanted to say next.

Xiang Mother listened to Tao's words, and her body shivered involuntarily, and then she knelt on the ground and kowtowed heavily to Tao, before saying, "Yes, madam." These words were indeed instructed by the eldest girl herself, and asked the old slave to speak with you.

You know, ma'am. The eldest girl grew up with the cousin of the Tao family since she was a child, and now the eldest girl has installed the cousin of the Tao family in her heart.

Now the old lady has crossed you and helped the eldest girl to be the second son of the Liu family in Dingyang, although the eldest girl said that she was unwilling, but she could not go against the old lady's will, and the wife only pretended to be a brother in her heart, so she told the old slave to come and talk to the wife. ”

Don't tell my mother, Dow knows more or less.

Over the years, she has loved Brother Zhiming alone, and left her biological daughter behind.

Although the girl didn't tell her or mess with her, Tao also knew in his heart that he owed her after all.

Now that Mrs. Feng has crossed her and decided the marriage of the Liu family in Dingyang for her daughter, her daughter has already pretended to be someone else in her heart, so she naturally does not want to. It's just that this matter is what Old Madam Feng meant, she didn't want to disobey Old Madam Feng, and she didn't dare to come over and tell her, so she could only tell her mother about this.

The old lady made the decision for her to decide the marriage of the Liu family in Dingyang, in fact, it was also for her good. The eldest wife of the Liu family in Dingyang has known me since childhood, and the second son of the Liu family is a child with a good character and a very motivated child. ”

When Tao and Xiang were talking to their mother, the maids who were waiting in the conservatory all retreated alertly and stayed outside the conservatory.

Xiang's mother thought that Tao also thought that the Liu family in Dingyang was good, and she wanted to marry the eldest girl to the Liu family in Dingyang, so she hurriedly persuaded her.

"Madam, no matter how good the Liu family is in Dingyang, no matter how good the second son of the Liu family is, how well will the eldest wife of the Liu family get along with you.

But the eldest girl didn't have the second son of the Liu family in her heart, and she pretended to be someone else in her heart. Even if she is married, the eldest girl has suffered in the past, can the wife think about it for the eldest girl when she thinks about the second brother. ”

Jiang Huarong didn't pretend to be the second son of the Liu family in his heart, even if they forced her to marry, and the two of them got married, the life of the husband and wife would not be happy.

Rather than letting his daughter marry and suffer in the past, it is better to take advantage of the fact that the Liu family has not yet come to hire and postpone this marriage early.

But this marriage was agreed between the old lady and the Liu family, if you want to call someone to go to the Liu family to withdraw from the marriage, you have to invite the old lady to come forward, and let the old lady come forward and call someone to withdraw from the marriage.

Even if she Tao is now Mrs. Dingwuhou and the marriage is decided by the old lady, even if she goes to the Liu family in person to withdraw from the marriage, the Liu family is unwilling, and she can't do it.

"Mother Xiang, Hua Rong is also my biological daughter, how could I not plan for her? Hua Rong's marriage was agreed upon by the old lady and the Liu family, even if I wanted to withdraw from Hua Rong's marriage, I had to invite the old lady to come forward.

But since the old lady decided the marriage for Hua Rong, she didn't want to withdraw from the marriage. ”

Xiang's mother also knows Tao's concerns, although the wife is the eldest girl's biological child, but the eldest girl was raised in the old lady's house in her early years, and now the old lady is the eldest girl's marriage, even the wife, and she can't find a reason.

And the wife and the old lady have not been on good terms for many years, and even the morning and dusk provinces have not been done for many years, thinking that the old lady is unwilling to listen to the persuasion of the wife, for the sake of the eldest girl's future, she went to Dingyang Liu's house to withdraw from the marriage.

At this time, the voice of the maid suddenly came from outside the house, "Madam, the spring rain girl in the old lady's courtyard is here." The spring rain girl said that the old lady ordered a table of vegetarian dishes from Lianxinzhai today, and there was vegetarian chicken and vegetarian fish, and she wanted to invite her wife to come over and try it! ”

Tao took off the coarse cloth gloves she was wearing, threw them in the bamboo basket beside her, and brought a pot of rose dew from the little maid to help her clean her face and hands.

After washing his hands, Dow hugged his mother and went to the ear room next door to change his clothes.

Tao is now wearing a gardener's clothes, if he wears this clothes to see Mrs. Feng, I am afraid that I will give those maids another opportunity to gossip.

Xiang Mother took out the eight-treasure cloud pattern Hangzhou silk gown that Tao was accustomed to wearing, waited for Tao to wear it, and combed a round bun for Tao, put a few red gold and jade hairpins on the hairpin to fix the bun, and took a few jade hairpins, put them next to Tao's bun, compared them for a long time, and finally put them in the hand jewelry box.

After watching Xiang's mother put the hosta that had been compared for a long time into the jewelry box, Tao said.

"It's just to see the old lady, and it's not to attend any banquet, so you don't have to dress up so grandly. If the old lady saw me like this, she might have found some words in her heart to come to me. ”

"Madam, the old slave heard Chunyu say that the old lady also invited Aunt Feng over today. Then Aunt Feng is always dressed up with heavy makeup, and people who don't know still think that she is the wife in charge of the house? It's a pity that the identity is just an aunt. ”

Saying to his mother, he took out the pair of jasper hairpins that he had just put in the jewelry box and gently put them on Tao's bun.

"Aunt Feng is the niece of the old lady, and since the old lady invited me over for fasting, how could she not invite her? Besides, no matter how heavy she dresses up, it's just to deal with the young and beautiful maids in the Hou Ye's room, so I don't need to look for her unhappiness. ”

Tao was worried about Jiang Huarong's marriage, and she didn't have the time to deal with Aunt Feng.

"The old lady called me over, presumably for Hua Rong's marriage, Hua Rong is a person who can't hide things, presumably she has someone else's thing in her heart, and the old lady already knows." Dow finished speaking, and picked up his mother.

The spring rain outside the door of the house had been waiting impatiently for a long time, and after seeing Tao Shi carrying his mother out of the house, he clapped his hands and said.

"My wife! You told the slave to wait! Fortunately, the old lady thought that her wife came late, so she ordered someone to serve the food later, otherwise the wife would have passed and there would be some leftovers of cold rice, what else would the wife eat?"

Because Chunyu is Mrs. Feng's maid who is serving closely, Tao doesn't need to say much. After she said a few more words, she let her lead the way and look at the small Buddha hall in the garden the day after tomorrow.