Li Jinnian stood quietly beside the golden silk nanmu bed with his hands behind his back, and the old lady Li looked peaceful on the bed, looking like she was asleep.

After a while, the wooden butler cautiously walked in with a small porcelain vase.

"Master, the medicine is here."

Li Jinnian didn't make a sound, still squinting his eyes, and looked at the old man who had been with him for nearly forty years on the bed with an inexplicable cold look.

If she wasn't the maid of the Snow Princess;

If she is her own biological mother;

If she could tell herself the truth about "Red Fish" earlier;

……

The corners of Li Jinnian's mouth hooked a wry smile, where did you get so many ifs, maybe all this is fate, and it can't be changed?

No, it's not fate, at least it's not mine, my life won't be like that.

Thinking of this, Li Jinnian suddenly clenched his hands tightly, the green tendons on the back of his hands came out hideously, and the killing intent in his eyes gradually floated.

The wooden butler hung his head slightly, and the corner of his eye accidentally caught a glimpse of the ruthless killing intent in his master's eyes, and the hand holding the porcelain bottle couldn't help but tremble a little.

After a moment, Li Jinnian pursed his lips, and the killing intent in his eyes slowly receded, and then he said softly,

"Feed it."

The wooden housekeeper "chuckled" in his heart, glanced at his master, and said secretly, lying on the bed is the old lady who has raised you for nearly forty years, even if she is not your mother, but after all, the grace of nurturing is greater than the sky, how can you bear to be so ruthless?

But after all, the wooden butler's slightly sluggish body finally stepped forward, opened the old lady's mouth tremblingly, and then stuffed a pill into it.

"Call the third lady here, and then order the kitchen to stew a bowl of bird's nest soup."

Doesn't the master love to see the third lady the most? Why did you call her here alone? And for the first time, he ordered to bring a bowl of bird's nest soup? What kind of play is this?

The wooden butler glanced suspiciously at the old lady on the bed, and suddenly felt a little relieved in his heart, his master was still kind-hearted after all.

After a while, Mo Jing followed the wood butler Si Siran to the courtyard where Old Madam Li used to live.

"Third Miss, please, the old man and the old lady are in the house."

Mo Jing looked at the wooden butler a little nervously, she didn't understand, why did Li Jinnian just ask her to come over to visit the old lady alone? It stands to reason that her half-sisters and sisters are not more familiar with the old lady than her?

People have to bow their heads under the eaves. Although Mo Jing was willing in her heart, she was helpless, so she had to take a deep breath, calm her nervousness, and then walked into the room with a timid expression.

"Qing'er, come and see your grandmother."

Li Jinnian's voice was very calm, so calm that Mo Jing thought that the person lying on the bed was just a stranger who had nothing to do with him.

Mo Jing's back stiffened slightly, and her feet slowly walked towards the side of the bed like a machine. This was the first time Mo Jing had seen the old lady in her memory, and it didn't seem to be much different from the appearance of the old man in her likeness.

"Grandmother, she-"

Mo Jing frowned slightly and looked at the old lady's peaceful face, wondering whether the old lady was asleep or had died?

"Your grandmother, she—finally asleep."

Li Jinnian didn't wait for Mo Jing to ask, and directly continued the conversation.

Finally asleep? Li Jinnian's five words Mo Jing didn't fail to hear another layer of meaning, but she suddenly spit out coldly from her mouth, which still startled her. Mo Jing dodged and cast her gaze on the old lady's peaceful and kind face again, she suddenly felt that her chest was pounding suddenly, and a dull and stagnant feeling made her feel shaky.

Li Jinnian also seemed to notice her inappropriateness, and said lightly:

"Let your grandmother sleep well, let's go out."

Mo Jing nodded stiffly and followed Li Jinnian to the outer room.

At this time, the wooden butler walked in with a bowl of hot bird's nest soup.

Li Jinnian took the bird's nest soup from the wooden butler and handed it to Mo Jingdao,

"This is the bird's nest soup that my father specially instructed the kitchen to make for you, drink it while it's hot."

Mo Jing's heart moved inexplicably, after all, she was a father and daughter, and her blood was thicker than water. Although she hadn't seen her for ten years, what she didn't expect was that Li Jinnian still had her daughter in her heart.

After eating the bird's nest soup, Li Jinnian didn't say anything more, so he instructed the wooden housekeeper to send Mo Jing back.

Looking at Mo Jing's distant back, Li Jinnian's gloomy eyes crossed a sharp edge.

In Zhou's bedroom.

"Master, do you still want to buy the dowry of the third lady?"

Zhou said and rubbed his soft body into Li Jinnian's arms, Li Jinnian opened it gently without a trace, and then closed his eyes and turned out.

Although Zhou was angry when he saw this, he didn't dare to show it, so he had to grit his silver teeth hatefully and scolded Aunt Huang and them all in his heart.

"Since Old Man Ji said no, let him be."

Li Jinnian's eyes showed Ji Zhongwei's old face full of meat, and he couldn't help but subconsciously "hum".

Zhou Shi heard Li Jinnian's dissatisfied snort, and put his body on his side again, but he didn't dare to get too close after all.

Regarding Li Qing'er's marriage, on the one hand, the Zhou family wished that she would get out of the house as soon as possible, but on the other hand, she was reluctant to pay her the dowry money. It is this paradoxical pain that makes Zhou's past few days miserable. But she never expected that someone from the General's Mansion would say that she didn't want any of the third lady's dowry, as long as two subordinates entered the mansion with her, which made Zhou instantly feel that God still loved her very much.

But having said that, Zhou's heart became uneasy again, who is our master? That is the official level of the Ministry of Rites, which is not comparable to ordinary poor people. The matter of marrying a daughter and not giving a dowry is about to be spread, and the noble ladies in those circles are not allowed to laugh at her, laughing at her Shangshu Mansion is so poor that she can't even pay a concubine's dowry money, and laughs at her, who is a housewife, is so ruthless that she even has to deduct a meager dowry money from a concubine. In the future, how can she still look up in front of those women and ladies, and her Yun'er must not be looked down upon by those young ladies who are also outstanding, and maybe even those sons and sisters will look down on her, not to mention the favor of Prince Ming.

No, absolutely not, even if you give a bunch of rags, you have to give it.

Thinking of this, Zhou softened his back and said:

"But master, wouldn't it be a little inappropriate to do this, and it will be true!"

"Since this is said by Old Man Ji, let everyone know that this is the meaning of their General's Mansion."

Li Jinnian snorted angrily, and at the end, he said to himself:

"That's fine, by the way, let the emperor know what kind of pro he gave to our Shangshu Mansion?"

The husband and wife had their own concerns, and they fell silent for a while.

After so many years of husband and wife, how could Zhou not know that as long as she encountered people and things related to the General's Mansion, her master would always be inexplicably anxious, and in private she had secretly asked the wooden butler if her master had any holiday with General Ji Zhongwei, but the wooden butler always avoided saying it, which made Zhou's heart even more itchy to know. This time, the emperor suddenly gave marriage to two families, I really don't know if the emperor did this unintentionally or intentionally, Zhou meditated for a long time and didn't come up with an ugly person. I simply didn't think about it anymore, but I just remembered in my heart that I would publicize the fact that the General's Mansion would not want the third lady's dowry tomorrow.