The Duchess Huang has been in charge of family affairs for many years, and Mama Yang assists from the side, so she is naturally resolute, but after two days, the people who should be punished have been punished cleanly, and according to the crime of "committing the following crimes", the servant women who made trouble were sent to Zhuangzi everywhere one by one, and no one dared to say a word of dissatisfaction, only Aunt Zhang cried and wiped her tears in Jinguiyuan, and searched for death and life for two days.

Wei Guogong couldn't bear it, threw down a paper cut the knot, and wanted to "break off the righteousness" with Aunt Zhang, Aunt Zhang woke up to the big thing, immediately stopped crying, packed up the fine soft silver money, and prepared to leave to Zhuangzi to "meditate", only tossing and turning to let people pass a message to Huang, begging her to be gracious, so that before leaving, she would see her son Su Ying.

The Huang family was tolerant and generous, and naturally could understand Aunt Zhang's motherly heart, and allowed Erlang to see him off, and even very kindly, let Mama Jiang still wait by Aunt Zhang's side.

Su Ying arrived at Jinguiyuan, as far as the eye could see, but seeing the flowers and plants withered, the cage was messy, and there were no flowers in the past, he couldn't help but feel sad and angry, broke free from Aunt Zhang's "mother's embrace", bit his teeth, and stomped on his brocade boots: "The son will go to ask his grandmother for mercy, even if the aunt should be punished, the son will go to Zhuangzi with the aunt......"

Before she finished speaking, Aunt Zhang blocked her son's righteous words with her palm: "Don't talk nonsense, if you stay in the Guogong Mansion, I will have the idea of coming back in the future." ”

Su Ying was sad and indignant: "My father is too ruthless, how can I watch my aunt ......?"

Isn't it? It's good that I have been with him for more than ten years, having children, and there is no merit and hard work, isn't it? Not only did he think of his own goodness, but he was also ruthless...... But Aunt Zhang didn't dare to add fuel to the fire, and cried and persuaded in a low voice: "Your father's pure filial piety does not dare to disobey Mrs. Tai, don't blame him." ”

Finally persuaded Su Ying to calm down, Aunt Zhang immediately earnestly advised: "Auntie is going, look at the situation, but I am afraid that I will not be able to come back in the last three years and five years...... You have to study hard, and in the spring exam next year, your father will not be able to count on it, maybe your uncle can find some way to help, and you can only discuss it with him...... Nothing else, the only thing I care about is your marriage. ”

"Madame looks at Kuanhe, but I know a little bit of her thoughts, the prince has Mrs. Tai's support, and the marriage will not be bad, but you, the concubine, Mrs. Tai is afraid that she will not care......"

"You can't let the Huang family handle it, you have to fight for it yourself, Houfu Yueniang often comes to visit the door, I look at it coldly, she is also willing to talk to you, although she is not the daughter of Jianning Hou, she is also the daughter of the concubine, if you can win Huang Sanye to be your father-in-law, you will not worry about the Duchess of Guo making things difficult for you in the future."

When Su Ying heard Yueniang's name, she couldn't help but twist a little: "But the son is a concubine...... I'm afraid that it will be difficult to enter the blue eyes of the third uncle of Houfu. ”

"What about the concubine? It's just an identity, your demeanor is not worse than the world's son, Yueniang is at the age of cardamom, the girl is pregnant with spring, you have more contact with her, often courteous, and may not be able to make her tempted, as long as the two love each other, and then privately make a lifelong alliance, for the reputation of Yueniang, the Huang family may not be unacceptable, don't look at the Huang family's majesty in the Su family, in the mother's family is just a concubine, as long as you become Huang Sanye's son-in-law, she will not dare to pinch you again. "Aunt Zhang thinks that her son is chic and dignified, and Yushu is in the wind, as long as she says a few good words and offers a few courtesies, it is not difficult to attract a girl to think about it, and she only teaches Su Ying how to win the favor of my fair lady, but completely leaves Banniang behind.

But said that Banniang, who has been living in Luqing Yuan for the past two days, does not think about tea and dinner, and is depressed, only with Yijing is willing to say two or three sentences, Yijing does not hide from her, and says that Aunt Zhang is going to leave for Zhuangzi on the outskirts of the city today, and looks at Banniang but has no intention of seeing off.

Although Aunt Zhang has not been a little kind to Banniang, but Banniang is very filial to her biological mother, and now that Aunt Zhang is leaving, Banniang is unwilling to send it, which makes Yijing a little confused.

Thinking of the panic and fear of Banniang that day, Yijing felt more and more that something was wrong.

After hesitating for a while, Yijing still gently said: "Auntie, I'm afraid it won't be easy to say goodbye in a short time, so the eighth sister should go to Jinguiyuan to say goodbye." ”

But seeing that Banniang's already pale face was even more shrouded in a layer of green frost, the hands holding the tea bowl trembled, and she almost didn't spill the tea, as if she wanted her to go to the tiger's den in Longtan, and she was so frightened that she burst into tears.

Only then did the eldest princess instruct, and Qiaohui, the eldest girl who was transferred to wait for Banniang, was very unbearable, took the tea bowl in Banniang's hand, and said with a smile: "Banniang is sick, if you don't want to go, don't go, the slave and maid will wait for a while to go to the aunt and say a word." ”

"It's not that I don't want to send my aunt, it's just that I have a headache...... It's really ...... I'm afraid that my aunt will still be annoyed with me......" Banniang explained pitifully, subconsciously biting the corner of her lip.

can't hide the panic and fear, but what is Banniang afraid of?

Yijing's doubts gradually became heavier, but she couldn't bear to persecute Banniang at this time, so she took her hand and persuaded: "Since my sister is unwell, it is better to recuperate, and my aunt will be sympathetic." ”

Seeing that Banniang was weakly helped away by Qiao Hui, Yi Jing called Qiu Yue, and the two avoided others and whispered in the house.

"How's it going to ask you about?" Yi Jing asked.

"Wu Niang is asking about Yinchai?" Qiu Yue nodded when she saw Yijing, and then lowered her voice and replied: "Yinchai was originally in the sewing room as an errand, and only transferred to Jinguiyuan five years ago, I heard that it was recommended by Mama Jiang, it can be seen that the relationship between the two is really good, it is said that the upper beam is not right and the lower beam is crooked, Aunt Zhang is so domineering, Yinchai is not a good person, since she has won Aunt Zhang's trust, she is also often beaten and scolded by the people below, and she is very arrogant." ”

"Her family is a tenant farmer in Lotus Town outside the city, and there was originally an elder brother, who died at the age of seven, and Lao Tzu Niang later died because of a cold, leaving only Yinchai alone and helpless, and there was really no way to sell herself as a slave, to say that it was also her luck, how many good women were sold to that dirty land, but she was picked into the Guogong Mansion." Qiu Yue added mysteriously: "Eight years ago, Yinchai and Xia Yun, the maids outside, were personally selected by Mama Song. ”

"Has Yinchai ever been in frequent contact with Mama Song?" Yijing's heart moved, and he asked in a tight voice.

Qiu Yue shook her head: "There must be some contacts, how many maids can't wait to get in touch with Mama Song, let alone a helpless person like Yinchai, but the slave maid inquired, but said that Mama Song doesn't care much about Yinchai, but that Mama Jiang has always taken care of Yinchai." ”

"Last time, you said that Mama Jiang was not a domestic slave of the Guogong Mansion?" Yi Jing thoughtfully: "Go and inquire again and ask Mama Jiang's life experience." ”

Qiu Yue smiled proudly: "The slave has already asked clearly." ”

The nurses of Langjun and the lady of the Guogong Mansion are basically chosen among the slaves and maids in the family, but there are also those who are invited outside - like Mama Jiang is like this.

The subordinates in the aristocratic mansion, if they are divided by the life contract, there are roughly two kinds of death contracts and living contracts, such as maids, most of them are signed death contracts, generations are slaves, and life and death are determined by people; But most of the nurses who entered the house halfway have husbands and children, and they are from innocent backgrounds, but because of their poor families or other reasons, they want to earn some silver and two subsidies, so they go to the noble house to help, and these people are naturally unwilling to sign the deed of sale, and when the contract expires in the future, they will still be free.

If Mama Jiang signed a living deed, and made a mistake this time, at most she would terminate the contract and confiscate the monthly silver, and she would not be degraded to go to Zhuangzi on an errand, since she was punished to Zhuangzi, it means that she must have signed a death deed.

Mama Jiang was originally Erlang's nurse, and later became Banniang's nurse, indicating that she had childbirth when Erlang and Banniang were born.

How can a man with a family and children be willing to sell himself into slavery?

Qiu Yue cleared her throat and said in detail about Jiang: "Her man originally ran a carpenter's workshop, although he was not very rich, and he was not short of food and clothing, but within a few years of marriage, he was obsessed with cockfighting and borrowed a butt of foreign debts. ”

"Originally, it was also a ten-year living deed, but by the time Banniang was born, Mama Jiang's man became even more addicted to gambling, not only paid off the debts of the shop, but also owed dozens of taels of money, so he had to abandon his newborn son, and sold it to Renyazi with his daughter, and ran away without a trace of oil on the soles of his feet."

Mama Jiang wanted to cry without tears, and was forced to pay a debt by the money in the seal, so she had to ask Aunt Zhang, so she changed the living deed to the deed of sale and became a domestic slave in the Guogong Mansion.

"What about Mama Jiang's children? Was it really just sold? The scenery smacked as she listened.

"It is said that Mama Jiang took a break, but there was no half of the whereabouts of the children, which is also pitiful, her son was not yet two years old." Qiu Yue also smacked her tongue: "The kid is okay, the daughter-in-law of the small family can't give birth, and she is willing to buy it back as a parent-child to raise her, but the little girl who is a few years old doesn't know what dirty place she was sold to." ”

But whenever there is such an encounter, how can a mother not be grief-stricken, but looking at Mama Jiang, she is not half melancholy and sentimental, and she doesn't say anything to ordinary maids, and even Ba Niang doesn't pay much attention to it, she really doesn't look like a person who has experienced such ups and downs, but she looks like she "lives and works in peace and contentment", and she lives a very nourishing life.

Yijing was puzzled, first pressed the table, and then asked how the winter rain was in the past two days.

"Sister Chundui let her live in the same room with Cherry, and the two of them were on the same shift, she didn't show any dissatisfaction, it seemed that she had nothing to do with Cherry, and the other maids were also very angry, and the slave and maid looked at it, and the most excited was Xia Yun, who was looking for Dongyu to talk when she was free, and she didn't know what to say."

In fact, as soon as the warbler left, as soon as the winter rain came, the maids in the green garden still had some guesses in private, and they all said that with the support of Mama Song, it would not be long before the winter rain would be promoted - not to mention anything else, the name given by the master can explain everything, except for those few, who can call it spring, summer, autumn, and winter?

But the law is in the front, since the winter rain is going to be promoted, there must be someone to leave.

Looking at the master's faith in Chundu, it can't be her, and the identity of Qiuyue and Qiushuang is almost the same as Dongyu, and it can't be, so there is only one Xia Yun left.

Therefore, in the past two days, the maids' gaze at Xia Yun has been very subtle.

Xia Yun was also anxious by these gazes, and only felt that there were thousands of ants possessed on her spine, which made her restless.

Dongyu wants to wait, she doesn't dare to have an opinion, but where should she go?

After thinking about it, I had to turn my heart sideways, and I often asked Dongyu - the second son of Song, who was rejected by Chundu, is still single? Thinking about it, Mama Song must be anxious, why don't you ask Mrs. Tai to help find a small jasper, isn't it better than the slaves and maids.

This is, of course, the opposite.

But Mao Sui's courage to recommend himself is always so bad, Xia Yun pulls the content of the winter rain, so that he can't break through in the end in his self-inflicted life.

Xia Yun is very anxious, and Winter Rain is very calm.

One sighed that he was lonely and helpless, and the other was full of sympathy and comfort, but he couldn't get to the point.

But Dongyu still found a vacancy and told Mama Song about Xia Yun's careful thoughts.

Mama Song sneered at Xia Yun, at that time she wanted to match her nephew and grandson to marry Chun Dui, firstly, to let her granddaughter be transferred to Wu Niang's side, and secondly, to marry Chun Dusk far away. Otherwise, Song Er's marriage will be difficult, and it's a big deal to find a merchant girl in Beijing, isn't it better than a slave maid? Xia Yun's departure and stay had no impact on her planning, a helpless maidservant, where is she worthy of being the wife of the children of the official eunuchs?

"How do you feel about the past two days?" Mama Song only asked about Dongyu.

"Naturally, it's better to be idle in the study of the prince, the third-class maid can't enter Wu Niang's house, and the work of serving tea and water, cleaning up and cleaning has to be done by the second-class maid, but it's not tired, that is, I make up for the lack of warbler sound, and the spring twilight makes me the same value as the cherry, living in one place, her face is very serious, and she doesn't like to talk to me, as if I offended her, which makes people uncomfortable." Dongyu has Mama Song and the chief steward's father to rely on, which maid does not treat her with a smile and flattery, but the cherry does not enter the oil and salt, and one day she has a coffin face, as if someone owes her silver, which makes Dongyu extremely uncomfortable, plus some old grievances, I feel more and more buried in my heart.

"You just go, you have to be restrained, you must not argue with others, let Chun Twilight pinch the handle." Mama Song advised.

"The granddaughter can save it, so she won't worry about cherries, what does she have, a widowed old lady, but she is just an errand in the flower house, no matter how she fights, can she get past me?" Having said that, I still can't wait to remove the thorn in my heart as soon as possible: "Grandmother, I see that Wu Niang relies on Chun Du very much, and there are two girls in Qiuyue and Qiushuang, and they are also very good in Luqing Garden, with them, I can't be close to Wu Niang at all, let alone win trust." ”

She doesn't want to be a second-class maid all the time, if so, it is better to stay in Songtao Yuan Qing Province.

Mama Song poked Dongyu's forehead with her fingers, although her expression was serious, her tone was very doting: "It's only been a few days, I can't stand it?" In the past, I told you to ignore it? The three of them and Wu Niang are small lovers, of course you can't get past them for a while, but don't worry, with me, I will definitely clear these stumbling blocks for you. ”

"The grandmother is relieved, and the granddaughter understands very well." Dongyu curled the corners of her lips: "Grandmother wants to pass the spring twilight first, right?" ”

"You think so?"

"The Qiushuang sisters have Mama Yang behind them, and if they want to send them away, they can be slowly figured out, compared to the old son of the spring twilight, although she is also in charge, but she is a house slave, and she is not reused, and it is easier to start, and when the spring twilight goes, the Qiushuang sisters are young after all, and there is no serious steward in the green garden, how can Mrs. Tai rest assured? At that time, my grandmother will have the opportunity to take charge of Lvqing Garden, and when my grandmother comes, she often reminds me, is it not easy to win the trust of Wu Niang? Dongyu smiled.

Mama Song is very satisfied with her granddaughter's analysis, and is even more proud of her own training, she has such a cautious mind at a young age, Wu Niang is just a pampered boudoir daughter, where can there be such a seven-trick exquisite heart as Dongyu? If you do your own calculations...... In the future, Wu Niang will go out of the cabinet, Dong Yu must be used as a dowry maid, with the eldest princess's love for Wu Niang, maybe she will marry into the royal family, counting, the six princes and the seven princes are only thirteen this year, so as not to marry a concubine at this time, wait for three or two years, Wu Niang happens to be at the age of the family, as long as Dong Yu gets Wu Niang's letter, it is naturally not difficult to make a concubine for the prince, if everything goes well, the adopted son will recover his identity in the future, and Dong Yu will have the qualification to be a side concubine.

Although Dongyu is still young, he can already see that his eyebrows and eyes are charming, and in a few years, he will be embarrassed to close the moon, and he has never relaxed his training on her, although it is not as talented as Wu Niang, but it is also knowledgeable and courteous, plus there is such a careful mind, it is not easy to compete for favor?

Whether it is the sixth prince or the seventh prince, the biological mother is a noble concubine, and she will be able to be crowned a prince in the future, as long as the winter rain is favored, it is the help of the adopted son, and when the eldest princess dies, the fifth mother will lose her backing, where can she still hold the winter rain?

Sooner or later......

All this wealth and glory belong to her single-handedly raised, his bloodline!

Thinking of this, Mama Song only felt her heart surging, and looking at Dongyu's gaze, she became more and more soft: "You are right, I do have this plan, but because of the previous incident, the princess has been wary of me, so I have to be cautious if I want to send the spring twilight." ”

"From the perspective of her granddaughter, although Xia Yun can't be trusted by Wu Niang, she is really not smart, but she wants to fly to the high branch to be a phoenix, such a person can be used." Dongyu said again.

Mama Song was even more satisfied, and patted Dongyu's hand with a smile: "Then you will deal with her, see how urgent she is, whether she can use it and how to use it, and whether she is really ready to break the boat." ”

Dongyu was affirmed in front of his grandmother, and his morale was immediately high, and after returning to Luqing Garden, he became more and more cautious and courteous, respectful and humble in front of Yijing, and treated a "colleague" with gentleness and courtesy, and even the rough maid and laborer in the yard were more or less taken care of by Dongyu. ”

Yijing silently watched Dongyu's actions in her eyes, ignored her, and let her continue to be virtuous and docile, hardworking and resentful.