There was another dead silence, spreading like water.

There were not a few people in the room, but none of them could express their opinions, and they were all frozen. Strangely, the four people at the table are still playing cards one by one and one with me, like marionettes.

It's just that their minds have long been out of the table, and among them, the old lady has the most ugly face. It is said that when I heard that there was going to be a grandson in the family again, I should be happy, why did I stretch my face like this?

Dong Qianmo was puzzled, after all, she didn't know much about the sophistication of this family, and she didn't know if that lotus leaf was just an ordinary maid in Yiheyuan, or whether she was a special person with some background.

On Song's face, there was still a smile on the face of the Song family when he heard that Dong Taishi was asking for lotus leaves, but no matter how he looked at it, he was a little crazy.

A smile lasted for a quarter of an hour, but no new smile was added, and it was strange that it was not stiff.

Dong Qianmo tilted her head slightly and looked at Aunt Tang on the other side of the room, her expression was called a thunderbolt on a sunny day, and it was called a grief-stricken one. I saw her apricot eyes wide open, staring directly at a white maid standing at the door, that was called an angry gnashing of teeth, that called an enemy was very red when he saw each other.

It seems that this maid is a lotus leaf.

Dong Qianmo looked at the past, and saw that this lotus leaf was born like snow, Tingting was jade, and he was not a few years older than Dong Xuanying, and he was indeed quite beautiful, and he was more temperamental than the ordinary maids. If you change your clothes and say that she is a daughter, some people will believe it.

Although Taishi Dong is a well-known gentleman, he is an example of a hundred officials, and he is never confused by women. His eye for picking women is quite powerful, and he can pull such a crane out of the grass.

The whole room didn't speak, so Mrs. Dong had to cough low and explain the ins and outs.

He explained to the old lady alone, "Niang Mo is angry with her son, in fact, this is the case, a few months ago, when the lotus leaf was serving in front, he let the master of the household department Shangshuwei, who was drinking in the house, fall in love. Master Wei opened his mouth to ask me for it, but I had no reason to refuse, so I gave the lotus leaf to Lord Wei on the spot, planning to explain the matter to my mother afterwards. ”

"Oh?" The old lady's complexion immediately softened a lot, and she raised her eyebrows and asked, "Since it was given to Wei Mansion, why did the lotus leaf come back?" Is it a bad service and let people send it back? ”

"Wei Shangshu opened this mouth himself, even if he is not satisfied, there is no reason to return people again." Mrs. Dong said, "Not two days after that incident, the housekeeper of the Wei Mansion came to the door and sent the lotus leaves back, explaining that Mrs. Wei didn't like such a handmaid very much and refused to leave her in the mansion. ”

The old lady was dissatisfied at the moment: "The old girl who grew up with one hand, why is her temperament bad!" ”

Mrs. Dong said: "Mother is right, but the other party sent people back, and we have to take it back." Who wants the lotus leaf to be angry, and to seek death and life for this matter, her son saw that she was pitiful, so he ......"

The old lady understood at the moment, although she was still not very happy, but she also nodded, and said in a deep voice: "Even so, it is not a matter to keep it quietly hidden, choose a good day to open your face, and the old man has also explained to the father and mother who died in the lotus leaf." ”

Mrs. Dong said: "What my mother said is that this matter was mishandled by her son. ”

The old lady nodded here and agreed, and Mrs. Dong didn't stop any longer, and said that she was busy with things ahead, so she dusted off the corners of her robe and got up to say goodbye.

But there were two disgruntled women in the room, and their eyes were full of resentment.

The dominoes couldn't be touched, and the old lady sighed and said: "Lotus Ye, since you are a person with a body, don't be an errand in Yihe Garden from today onwards, go back to raise it first, and then talk to you when you turn around." ”

Lianye stepped forward to worship the old lady, with two tears in her eyes, and the expression on her face was extremely cold.

Just as Lianye was about to exit the door, Aunt Tang finally couldn't help but open her mouth and asked, "Just let her in like this?" It's not sure if the child in her womb is Wei Shangshu's or our master's. It's not bad to ask clearly, how can you agree to her entering the door? ”

Hearing this, Lianye covered her face and screamed, turned around and ran away.

The old lady frowned and reprimanded Aunt Tang: "What happened to Lianye is already unfortunate, and you still say such things to stimulate her, how can this make her embarrassed?" ”

Dong Qianmo's eyes were thoughtful, it seemed that the lotus leaf was really not an ordinary maid, and there was an obvious meaning of protection in listening to the old lady's words.

Aunt Tang lowered her head and muttered in a low voice, "Don't you have such a question in your heart?" I'm just going to help you ask. ”

Dong Qianmo smiled and persuaded: "Auntie, don't worry, what the situation is, my father and Lianye himself are clear, since my father has recognized this son, it means that nine times out of ten it is true." Recently, our family has been a real happy event, and in a few months, our sister will have two younger brothers in a row. ”

When the old lady heard this, she pondered for a while, and she also became happy, and clapped her hands and said, "Not bad, not bad!" Happy events come in pairs, and the Dong family has added two dings in a row, which is the manifestation of the Bodhisattva and sends us blessings. In the evening, a banquet was held in the front hall, and all the close relatives and family friends who walked around were invited to celebrate together-the third daughter-in-law, you go and prepare. ”

The Song family didn't have a trace of displeasure, raised his handkerchief to cover his mouth, and giggled: "The ancestor thought about it thoroughly, and the concubine didn't even think of it." As soon as I heard that Sister Lianye was pregnant, she was so happy that she was a concubine, but she didn't expect that she should invite relatives and friends to celebrate this matter. ”

Seeing that the Song family was so virtuous and reasonable, the old lady said with satisfaction: "Then you have to worry a lot about this matter, the old man originally planned to keep the lotus leaves for two years, and then find a good family for her among the younger generation of children, but unexpectedly such a thing happened." She should be a member of our Dong family, and she will never be able to leave the Dong Mansion for the rest of her life! ”

The Song family is invisible, and he can't see anything. Aunt Tang on the opposite side tilted her nose angrily, and a very beautiful face distorted.

After a pause, the old lady thought about it for a while, and said: "Lotus Ye's life is hard, and her parents entrusted her to the old man to raise her before she suffered. And she was originally from a big family, and she was young, so she was really wronged when she entered as a concubine...... In this way, the old man accepted her as a niece, even if she was married from the Tang family, it would be nice to say it to outsiders. ”

Song said: "It's too reasonable, otherwise it will be spread and spread, and it will become that the Taishi occupies the maid of the old lady in the house, how ugly it is." ”

The old lady received support and remembered again: "Since it is a noble concubine married by the Tang family, then simply give her the title of 'side wife', anyway, if she gives birth to a child in a few months, she will also be raised." ”

Song was stunned for a moment, and his smile was a little uncontrollable. However, compared with Aunt Tang over there, Song's forbearance skills can be called remarkable.

"Since it's the old man marrying the side lady, it will take two days to prepare for the banquet before it can be held," Song said with a stiff face, "Otherwise, if you miss any one of your relatives, you won't be able to inform us, so don't you blame us for our poor etiquette in the coming day." ”

"You can do it." The old lady said kindly, "The third daughter-in-law, you are a virtuous person, I can rest assured that you will do things." ”

"Rest assured, the concubine will definitely handle this matter properly."

After sitting and talking for a while, Song got up to say goodbye, and said to Dong Qianmo: "Xiaosi, you come with your mother, there is no Mama Wang recently, and I can't even pick out anyone who writes invitations there, so you can help your mother." ”

Dong Qianmo was flattered and said: "My mother asked me to write a post, and I was overjoyed, but the injury on my hand was not healed, and I can't hold the pen until now." ”

The old lady said: "Don't let the children do these things, go to the study in the front yard and ask the housekeeper for two people, those who have passed the Xiucai exam, it is more than enough to write posts." ”

Song Shi hurriedly smiled: "Yes, how did I forget that Xiao Si's hand was injured." Xiaosi, you go back with me, and ask two good doctors to take a closer look at your hands, it's not good to be like this, it's not a long reason. ”

Dong Qianmo said: "My daughter only saw the imperial doctor in the palace yesterday, and she was eating a newly prescribed prescription. Let the mother worry, it is the daughter who is not filial. ”

The Song family was worried about the fact that Shan Yutang would not return to the palace, and originally wanted to call Dong Qianmo to no one and ask alone, but he couldn't even find two reasons.

So I had to ask in front of the old lady: "I just heard you say that as soon as you entered the palace, you and Xuanying separated, what's going on?" Why didn't Xuanying come back with you? ”

Dong Qianmo said: "This matter is a long story, but it is always a good thing, I don't know the specifics, it is better to wait for the exact news from the palace, and then I will tell my mother in detail." ”

The Song family tilted his ears and listened to Dong Qianmo say this, but he didn't catch any useful information, and he was so anxious that he couldn't do it.

The old lady was also curious, and asked, "What the hell is going on?" ”

Song nodded heavily, staring at Dong Qianmo's face to see what news she was talking about.

Dong Qianmo smiled, straightened out the broken hair around his ears, and said crisply: "Ancestor rest assured, the second sister is very good in the palace, and she is very liked by the Queen Mother." But why she didn't leave the palace, I can't say, after all, I entered the palace as a cousin and maid, and I didn't have the opportunity to meet the queen mother. I also heard about the second sister from several palace maids. ”

Song didn't believe it and decided that Dong Qianmo was lying.

Last night, Mama Gu was lying on the window and listening, and she could clearly hear that Dong Qianmo claimed that she was about to fly on the branches and become a phoenix.

Song asked, "Then what did you see and hear in the palace?" From the beginning, tell my mother. ”

Dong Qianmo said: "This is not something that can be explained in three or two sentences, it is better to wait for my mother to finish the banquet and invite guests, and then Qianmo will tell it in detail." ”

The old lady said, "Then so be it." Turned to ask Dong Qianmo, "I just heard you talk about the popular game in the palace, what is it called, and what kind of gameplay is it?" ”

Dong Qianmo immediately replied with a smile: "I guess that you will be interested in the ancestor, so I especially remember the way to play, and even bring a deck of cards." ”

"Oh?"

The old lady was interested, took the palace card handed by Dong Qianmo, and dragged it in the palm of her hand to look at it carefully. There are more than 30 cards in total, which are made of thin white wood chips, on which are painted with all kinds of beauties, wearing colorful palace costumes, which are very beautiful at a glance.

The old lady frowned and smiled: "It's good-looking, but the words are too small to see clearly, and the cards are small and thin, so it's not easy to catch." Is this game fun? ”

Dong Qianmo said: "The ancestor doesn't know, there is a reason for this, even if those palace maids and eunuchs are not on duty, the palace rules do not allow them to gamble. Of course, a few pennies are not gambling at all. This card is made a little smaller, one is easy to carry, and the other is easy to hide, and then take it out to play for a while at leisure. As for whether it's fun or not, it's very interesting to see it so popular in the palace. ”

Song stood beside him, very angry in his heart.

Regarding the old lady's question, Dong Qianmo had ten answers. She asked twice, but Dong Qianmo pushed back and stopped, which made people feel uncomfortable.

What happened to Shan Yutang in the palace, why can't he say it in a few words, why does Dong Qianmo seem to be deliberately avoiding it?

Don't...... Is Monoyutang's words and deeds not cautious enough, so that people can see the flaws and be detained in the palace?