In fact, when Dong Qianmo just entered the house, Aunt Zong happened to be standing at the crescent moon table behind the screen, picking osmanthus stamens to make tea. I didn't want to be careful, and I heard Aunt Tang's words about asking the fourth lady for a fish tank clearly.

Although Aunt Zong was not a person who played right and wrong, she was disgusted with Aunt Tang's greed, so she told the old lady to listen to it, so that the old lady would have a number in her heart, so that she would not agree to it without knowing the reason.

This can be regarded as a lesson for Aunt Tang, if you are too dissatisfied, even the gods will be disgusted with you. She has already accounted for nine and a half points of the very benefits, and she should accept it when she sees it, and she is grateful to Dade.

Even the things that the old lady left for her granddaughter were also worried, and Aunt Tang's greed was not angry.

At this time, the old lady first beat Aunt Tang, and then counted Dong Qianmo: "You kid doesn't have a long heart, why do you commit a water ghost this year, you can't keep the fish tank, look at the partner and coax me alone!" ”

Dong Qianmo was surprised and said: "Could it be that the old ancestor has a good ear, and I let you know what I said to my aunt." ”

The old lady said: "Hmph, don't say that you said this on the bright side, even if you don't say it, the little Jiujiu in your heart, the old body is also clear - Tang Ru, you don't have to look at this unpleasant eye, look at that stumbling block." It's yours, the old body is well kept for you, and you don't need to stretch out your hand to a child in a hurry. ”

Aunt Tang's face was purple and red, almost dripping blood. She swept Dong Qianmo's side face hatefully, blaming Dong Qianmo for this incident.

Dong Qianmo was unconscious, and said softly: "The ancestor listened to me, in fact, it is not because my aunt wants it, but I don't like that fish tank very much, even if you don't move to Zhiluoju, please move back to Yiheyuan." ”

"Why is that?" The old lady was puzzled, "That's a treasure, it's worth a lot of money, and I can give you a dowry in the future." ”

"Because it's a treasure," Dong Qianmo said, "it caused the maids in the whole house to come to watch the wind and rain, and they chattered outside my window, and they didn't stop until the middle of the night, which made me very annoyed." I woke up this morning in a very bad spirit, and even my eyes were open. ”

"Is there such a thing?" The old lady said, "The old lady asked Mama Zhang to open the door for you." "Mama Zhang is the most vicious mama in the house.

"How can there be such a reason," Dong Qianmo said, "Is it possible that if I keep the fish tank for a day, I will bother Mama Zhang to be my door god for a day?" I don't know, I thought I was hiding some treasure, and one day it would be troublesome to recruit thieves. ”

"You really don't want the Shijing Fish Tank?" The old lady frowned, very puzzled, it was a gemstone of inestimable value.

Don't say that Aunt Tang is a rare treasure that the Song family, who is in charge of hundreds of thousands of family wealth, feels dazzling when she sees it.

A little girl's family, the age when she loves gem playthings the most, shouldn't she love like anything? How can it be pushed outwards instead? Is there a woman in this world who doesn't love gemstones?

"That's it," Dong Qianmo said, "The fish tank will be moved to my aunt's yard first, and then she will get the dowry jewelry of the palace, and I will pick up two sets of what I like." - What does my aunt think is good? ”

"Okay......" Aunt Tang nodded hesitantly.

Of course, the gems on the fish tank still have a surplus of hundreds of sets of jewelry. I didn't expect Dong Qianmo to be a fool, and I didn't know if I suffered a big loss.

"Alas," the old lady sighed, stretched out her hand and touched Dong Qianmo's forehead, "You stupid girl, let your aunt and third sister take advantage!" ”

"The affairs of the family, how can they divide each other." Dong Qianmo said gently.

The old lady, Aunt Tang and Dong Lianyue were all stunned, who in this family doesn't each have an abacus? It's okay to "not distinguish each other" emotionally, and the brothers still settle accounts.

"You kid is so stupid that he doesn't even understand the use of money," said the old lady with love and hatred, "and it seems that your share of the dowry has only been saved for you by the old man himself." At the moment, he instructed Aunt Zong, "You ask someone to carry the fish tank to my back garden, whoever wants to see it, who will come to see it, but you have to come and ask the old man for peace first." ”

"Yes, slave and maid will do it." Aunt Zong glanced at Aunt Tang and went out.

In the end, the thing still didn't fall into the hands of Aunt Tang.

Aunt Tang was depressed in her heart, and she suddenly parachuted a pregnant side lady into the house, young, beautiful, and lovely, as well as the old lady and the Taishi to take care of her, in case the new lady gave birth to her son again, and the Taishi would not let the Taishi hold it to the sky?

In the back house of Dong Mansion in the future, what hope does she have for Tang Ru?

She was very angry in her heart, Aunt Tang slipped into the garden, walked across the small bridge with a white stone railing, she stared at the gurgling water under the bridge, and suddenly had a gloomy thought:

If she falls from here, will anyone in this family care about her life or death? If the old man knew that she had the idea of suicide, would he raise her as a wife as promised back then?

As she thought so, she leaned forward with her whole body, and as if she was about to fall, one hand grabbed her arm from behind.

Aunt Tang turned around and saw Dong Qianmo's worried eyes, she immediately shook her hand, raised her chin and said, "I don't need you to pity me, I'm just unlucky for a while, one day when I give birth to a son, I will be beautiful again!" ”

Dong Qianmo was not annoyed by Aunt Tang's rudeness, but echoed: "It's good that Aunt can think like this, I originally wanted to persuade you like this." Now that you don't have Mama Ou by your side, I'm really afraid you won't be able to think about it. ”

Aunt Tang raised her chin proudly and said, "My immortal pendant is promising, and my son will be so promising, what can I not think of?" ”

Dong Qianmo sighed and said: "It's best for my aunt to think of it, even we juniors, when we heard that the old lady accepted lotus leaves as a niece and became a side lady when she entered the door, we were all surprised, and it was not worth it for my aunt." Who in the family doesn't say that because the aunt is the niece of the old lady, the old lady is particularly partial to the aunt and the third sister. ”

Aunt Tang burst into tears when she heard half of it, because Dong Qianmo's words just broke her heaviest heart.

In the name of the old lady's niece over the years, the Song family has been talking about this at every turn, implying that the old lady is partial to everything and spoils Aunt Tang frivolously and impetuously.

It's as if she, Tang Ru, has taken a big advantage, but really, has she been touched by half of the Dong family's benefits? No!

Twenty years have passed, what do the Dong family and Mrs. Dong owe her? A justified wife! And her dowry of 80,000 taels of silver!

The old lady is not a serious person, she is especially good to Lotus Leaf, and it is not because she misses Lotus Leaf's maternal grandfather, Yi's old lover back then! This is still old and disrespectful, and he is not ashamed!

The more Aunt Tang cried, the more sad she became, Dong Qianmo handed over the handkerchief and gently persuaded: "Auntie is crying like this, isn't it making the younger brother in her belly cry with you?" If you are born with a crying appearance every day, how can you get out of the picture? ”

Aunt Tang cried and said: "Fourth Miss, you don't understand, Aunt is such a straightforward temper, and she doesn't know how to be flexible, so that over the years, it has become more and more miserable, first your father was tired of me, and now the old lady is not facing me anymore, even a cheap maid like Lianye, when we meet again in the future, I have to turn around and salute her!" ”

Dong Qianmo said slowly: "Speaking of lotus leaves, I haven't paid attention to her before, but when I take a closer look today, I see that her expression is very cold, and she droops her eyelids at everyone." The old lady seems to like lotus leaves from the bottom of her heart, and she looks like her own granddaughter, which is really strange. ”

Aunt Tang snorted and cried, "What's so strange? When the old lady was a girl, she liked the old lady of the Ouyang family, but she failed to marry into the Ouyang family, but became the wife of the Dong family, and the old lady was very sad! Later, the other party also married a wife and had children, and the old lady fell seriously ill because of this! ”

Dong Qianmo said: "So that's the case, then it's no wonder." ”

Aunt Tang's crying paused, looked around vigilantly, and then told Dong Qianmo with a straight face: "You took this out of my mouth, you dare to spread it out, it reached the ears of the old lady, I have no good fruit to eat, and you don't think you can escape it!" ”

Dong Qianmo said empathetically: "Although I am young and ignorant, I also know that these are old things that cannot be turned over, for no reason, what am I doing with this." But there is a sentence that I want to persuade my aunt. ”

"What?" Aunt Tang glared at Dong Qianmo with two red eyes.

"It's about mothers."

"About Madame?" Aunt Tang frowned, looked left and right again, and made sure that no third person was passing by, before asking, "What's the matter?" ”

"My aunt knows that the old lady is usually a Buddha, except for eating, drinking, and playing happily, she doesn't ask about any family affairs, and leaves them all to her mother. And today I took care of one thing, and when I came up, I arranged for the lotus leaf to be the side lady, and waited for the lotus leaf to give birth in the future, and the old lady was happy, and it was not impossible to ask my father to carry the lotus leaf as a flat wife. At that time, Lotus Leaf will be able to sit on an equal footing with her mother, won't her mother feel threatened? But just now in the house, did my aunt see a hint of innocence on her face? ”

"Hmph, she can just pretend, now I don't know how scratching in my heart." Aunt Tang's words were full of happiness, and she didn't bother to hide it.

"But I don't think it's that simple, my mother is very scheming, and she never likes to sit still." Dong Qianmo shook his head.

"What do you mean by Miss Four?" Aunt Tang was puzzled.

"Alas," Dong Qianmo sighed, "When Mother Fang Cai was in the house, she first glanced at the lotus leaves, and then glanced in the direction of you, auntie, with a faint smile on her lips, which was gloomy and cold, and my heart trembled. I don't understand why, but I'm very worried about you, auntie, I hope I'm worried. ”

Aunt Tang was immediately frightened, her white and plump hand pressed her chest, and asked worriedly: "Fourth Miss is saying that she may be playing some bad idea?" ”

Dong Qianmo said: "I don't dare to talk nonsense, how old I am, how many things I know." Auntie, you and your mother have been together for more than 20 years, shouldn't you know your mother's words and deeds better than anyone else? ”

"Yes, yes, yes! How can I forget that woman has always liked to kill chickens with a knife, borrow oil to put on the fire, and finally blame others for all the mistakes! ”

Aunt Tang didn't know what she thought, she was so anxious that she spun around in place, and finally took Dong Qianmo's hand and said, "I'll take you to a place, you follow me well, don't walk around at will!" ”

Dong Qianmo struggled slightly, and asked in surprise: "Where is my aunt going to take me?" I'm going back to my room to embroider. ”

Aunt Tang didn't look back, and continued to drag Dong Qianmo away, "I don't care, you mentioned this matter first, you have to follow me to see what happened!" "Now that there is no Mama Ou, she doesn't believe anyone in this family, and she doesn't dare to walk into that place alone.

If you take a big risk to go there, you must pull a companion and a cushion.

Dong Qianmo was embarrassed: "Then please go slowly, your appearance is seen, and I thought you were going to drag me to the river in a hurry." ”

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There is a rockery in the garden of Dong's mansion, and there is a secret passage in the rockery, which is a private channel for Dong Taishi and some courtiers to communicate privately, which is not enough for outsiders.

The secret passage can not only reach many courtyards of the Dong Mansion, but also lead to the outside of the mansion and connect with the secret passages on other mansions. As for who can get to the house and how to go, only Master Dong, who has mastered the map, knows it clearly.

Aunt Tang is the concubine and cousin of Taishi Dong, and she also had a good time when she won the trust of Taishi, and was brought into the secret passage to participate in Taishi's meeting with some people.

There are other roads, Aunt Tang doesn't know very well, but there is one that leads directly to the Song family's Fushen Garden, Aunt Tang came a few times when she was young, and wanted to hear the secrets of the Song family, and then use it to deal with the Song family.

But it didn't take long for the Song family to throw a terrifying fake news to Aunt Tang as if he knew that someone was eavesdropping in the dark.

At that time, Aunt Tang went to the old lady and Mrs. Dong in a hurry, but she didn't ask for a benefit, but suffered a big loss, and was almost sent back to her parents' house.

Later, Aunt Tang never went in again.

Now along the old road in her memory, Aunt Tang took Dong Qianmo to the end of a road, broke an old and damp fire fold, and barely lit the oil lamp on the wall with a little spark.

"What is this place?" Dong Qianmo asked.

"Shhhh ”

"Can we hear the people up there?" Dong Qianmo asked in a low voice.

Aunt Tang pulled a wooden cup tied with a rope, and also gave Dong Qianmo one, and said sneakily, "Listen with this, but you can't talk to the cup with your mouth, otherwise you will have to transmit the sound." ”

Dong Qianmo nodded and took it.

After a while, there was a voice in the wooden cup, and the first sentence stunned the two people below-

"It's really hateful, they are also pregnant, Tang Ru and Lotus Ye can enjoy the best treatment, but I have to hide it, and I can't let anyone, including the master, know!"

Dong Qianmo and Aunt Tang exchanged puzzled looks, this was obviously Song's voice.

Song actually said that she was also pregnant with a child, and she kept it from everyone?