Since there was a glass room, Jiang Rui was upstairs for the rest of the time except for three meals a day and rest at night.
For several days, Huo Changyao didn't have to ask when he came back, the servant would report to him that his wife was on the third floor.
He was a little helpless, seeing that Xiao Qi liked it so much, and there was some joy in his heart.
As the end of the year approached, the Huo Mansion gradually became busy, and there were more people coming and going. They either came to see Huo Changyao, or went to the back to pay New Year's greetings to the old lady Wang.
Since the last time I had an argument with Huo Changyao about the child, the Wang family hadn't seen him for a while. Even Jiang Rui went to say hello.
Jiang Rui didn't care at all, she was only going through the motions anyway. If Wang wanted to see her, she went inside and said a few words.
On the other hand, Huo Changyao, after hearing the servants talk about her treatment at the Wang family, apologized to her privately, and said that in the future, he won't have to say hello so often.
Most of the people who came to pay New Year's greetings to the Wang family were wives and young ladies from other mansions. Sometimes Jiang Rui looked down through the glass on the third floor, going back and forth throughout the day, and could see several groups of people.
Compared with previous years, among these people this year, there are significantly more young girls, all of them are young, bright and beautiful, adding a lot of color to the winter garden of Huo Mansion.
It's not that Jiang Rui hasn't seen the world before. From this posture, she knows that Wang's previous silence was not giving up, but secretly accumulating energy.
She is really going to marry a concubine for Huo Changyao, and she is picking a candidate now.
Jiang Rui was lying on a chair, and the bamboo lounge chair was swaying.
I don't know how Huo Changyao will feel when he finds out about his beauty
Suddenly there was another movement in the flower room. Jiang Rui sat up and glanced at it, only to see a child running over at some point. Looking at his clothes, it should be a young master from another family. At this time, he was standing in front of a camellia. to pick.
She got up and walked over, "What are you doing?"
The child was startled, and then Yang started his head and said arrogantly, "Hey, pick that flower for me!"
Jiang Rui had never seen such a rude child before. She folded her arms and looked down at him, "Whose child are you?"
"You don't care who I am, I want that flower, hurry up and pick it up for me, or my aunt will deduct your wages!"
Seemingly a relative of the Wang family, Jiang Rui chuckled and said slowly, "I can't do it if you want me to give you the flowers. This pot of camellia is called Yupan Jinhua, a new variety that has just been cultivated. In order to make it bloom now, the flower The craftsman has spent a lot of time, and the cost will be dozens of dollars. Well, I'll give you a cheaper price. If you pay twenty dollars, I'll give you the whole pot of flowers."
"Who are you scaring? A pot of broken flowers costs twenty dollars, young master, I want to pick them!" The child pushed Jiang Rui and was about to pull the petals.
Jiang Rui stretched out a hand and pressed her head against his head. The seemingly light and ingenious movements made it difficult for the child to move an inch. She could only stretch her hands like a turtle. Jiang Rui's clothes did not touch.
He flushed with anger and shouted.
The movement attracted a few people downstairs. The Jiang Rui at the front had never seen it before, and it seemed that she was the nurse of the child. As soon as she came, she kept calling the little ancestor, pulling the child behind her, and kept asking who it was. bullied him.
The little boy was freed and wanted to beat Jiang Rui again, but was stopped by the servants of Huo Mansion.
The wet nurse glanced at Jiang Rui, her face was not very good, "What's the matter, such a big Huo mansion, let an adult bully the child?"
Jiang Rui thought it was a bit interesting, raised her eyebrows to look at the two of them, and said to Li Ma, imitating her tone: "What's the matter, all kinds of people dare to be a guest at the Huo Mansion, don't tell me all the current guests are so new. Come on, hit the host?"
"Who knows, did the wife get hurt?" Li Ma asked her.
Seeing the child staring at her angrily, Jiang Rui tilted her chin deliberately contemptuously, "Just such a brat, come one for one, two for one pair."
After hearing her words, the nanny was obviously angry, but at this time, knowing his identity from Ma Li's words, she didn't dare to say anything more, but her face was a little uneven.
The little boy couldn't stand the anger, and immediately shouted: "You are the Mrs. Huo who can't have children?! You wait for me, my aunt wants to make my sister Huo Dashuai's aunt, and when she has a child, You're going to be kicked out!"
Jiang Rui's face was still expressionless, but Li Ma's face sank, and she and another servant held the child in one hand and almost carried him downstairs.
The boy shouted like a pig.
"What are you doing? What are you doing! Put down my young master!" The nurse stomped her feet in a hurry behind her.
Seeing that she was about to follow her trot, Jiang Rui stopped her and said with a yin and yang in her throat: "Take good care of your young master, and let me meet you next time, but I can't guarantee what will happen."
The nanny was obviously frightened. Looking at Jiang Rui's eyes, it was like looking at some sinister poisonous woman. She hurried downstairs, tripped under her feet, and almost rolled down.
Jiang Rui looked straight from the back.
It didn't take long for Lin Ma from Wang's place to come to the front, saying that Wang's had something to tell her and asked her to go to the back.
Jiang Rui swayed slowly on the reclining chair, turned her head to look at her, and said lightly, "I can't even give birth to a child, how can I have the face to see my mother? Lin Ma should go back."
Seeing this, Ma Lin had to retreat. Although she belonged to the Wang family, she could see clearly that the real owner of the Huo Mansion had to be a handsome man, and his wife was a treasure in the palm of his hand. She didn't want to see the old lady. How dare the servants say anything.
Shortly after Lin Ma returned, Li Ma quietly came to tell her that Wang was angry.
Get angry, get angry.
In the past, Jiang Rui was polite to her. First, Wang Shi was also polite to her. Second, Pan Susu's temperament was like this. Now that the Wang family is obviously rude to her, Jiang Rui is too lazy to pretend to be aggrieved and seeking perfection. Besides, this matter in front of her is obviously not something that can be solved by seeking perfection, it will only make people make further progress.
When Huo Changyao came back at night, Jiang Rui said directly to him, "I made Nyonya angry today."
Huo Changyao had heard what happened today, patted her head, and said, "It has nothing to do with you, don't take it to heart. Since mother is angry, you don't have to say hello after a while, so as not to make her even more angry. ."
He said this because he was afraid that the Wang family would be angry, but in fact he was clearly defending Jiang Rui, fearing that she would be reprimanded by the Wang family when she came to the back.
Jiang Rui smiled, pushed his hand away, and said angrily, "Big brother, don't touch my head all the time, your hairstyle will be messed up for you."
Huo Changyao slightly hooked the corner of his mouth: "Did you get hurt today?"
Jiang Rui dragged her tone: "The injury is not hurt, but the brother's future brother-in-law is too fierce, so I don't know what the future sister-in-law will be like."
Huo Changyao's complexion became clear, and he said solemnly, "What sister-in-law and brother-in-law, do you believe this?"
"It's not what I said," Jiang Rui pouted. "Today the child shouted so loudly that everyone in the mansion knew. Mother is going to let the child's sister be your concubine."
Before Huo Changyao could speak, she squinted at him again, with a teasing tone, "I just broke my fingers and figured it out, according to the seniority, the child's sister has to be called the eldest brother, but she was born by the concubine, and her bloodline is down. There's no connection, so it shouldn't matter."
Huo Changyao frowned upon hearing this, seeing her seemingly indifferent expression, and feeling distressed for a while, "Big brother knows that I have wronged you, I will clarify this matter with my mother."
Huo Changyao couldn't understand, let alone agree with Wang's actions. At first, she was almost begging for retribution, forcing Xiaoqi to marry him. Two people who were brothers and sisters made up abruptly as a husband and wife. Want him to marry his concubine? And let people ruin Xiao Qi's reputation like that.
It can be said that the happiness of Xiaoqi's life has been ruined by him, Huo Changyao. In any case, he should respect her and love her in this life. What's more, he has pity and love for her now, and has already produced more than brother and sister. Feelings, there is no room for others in the eyes.
He couldn't live up to Xiao Qi, but he couldn't blame Mrs. Wang either, because she was his mother, and everything she did was in the name of being good for him.
Jiang Rui looked up at him, she could feel his distress.
When faced with such a dilemma, did he ever think about forcing her to make them a real couple and asking her to give birth to a child for him? Or, have you ever been moved by Wang's proposal
Even now, he is still willing to be nice to her as a brother, won't he get bored
"But eldest brother, you always need a child," she said suddenly.
Huo Changyao raised his eyebrows and pinched her cheek, "You are young, and your thinking is old-fashioned. Who said that if you want a child, you have to be biological. Are you and the sixth child different from me and the second child? Just adopt a few. If it doesn't work, the second child will always have a child. If we adopt one to our name, the old man in the clan has nothing to say. Your little head doesn't have to think about this kind of thing."
Jiang Rui observed his expression and seemed to be examining something. After a while, she lowered her eyes and said softly, "Don't lie to me."
Huo Changyao's answer was that he pinched her again. After pinching it, he felt that the pinching was heavy, and he stroked her lightly with the back of his hand.
"Dare to question the words of the elder brother, you should be punished."
Huo Changyao really went to discuss this matter with Wang.
Because Jiang Rui bullied the little guest who came to the door, and did not come to see her to apologize, she was still angry, and when she saw him, her face was not a face, and her nose was not a nose.
"What are you doing here? You are so big now that I can't use one by one. What are you doing here to see my old woman?"
"Mother, Xiao Qi did nothing wrong in the afternoon." Huo Changyao said.
Just as Wang Shi was about to refute the reprimand, Huo Changyao said, "That child yelled and said that Xiaoqi was infertile, mother, whose mouth did such words come from?"
Wang Shi closed her mouth and her face was a bit unnatural, but she quickly straightened her back and said angrily, "Are you questioning me? I didn't say it, you said it yourself. The two won't have children, it's not that they can't have children or something!"
"It turns out that if you don't have children, you just can't have children," Huo Changyao nodded calmly, "Tomorrow I will let someone release the news, it's not that Xiao Qi can't have children, it's that I can't have children."
"You—" Wang shi's eyes widened, and it took a while before he cried out: "I think you are crazy! One Pan Susu will fascinate you, and go all out to build what kind of glass house, look what she looks like. Now! You don't even listen to me now, do you still see me as a mother? No, you can't go on like this, you have to marry another one, and the incense of our Huo family can't be broken on her!"
Huo Changyao frowned slightly, "I want to build the glass house, why should I involve Xiao Qi? You don't need to mention the child, I won't agree. If you want grandchildren, I will adopt two after the new year. "
Wang Shi said angrily, "What kind of Huo family grandson is the adopted one?"
Huo Changyao said: "Then you can wait a few years, when the second child gets married, and his child is also the grandson of the Huo family."
"That's the grandson of that woman Liu Piao Piao, what does it have to do with our Huo family! Chang Yao, you're trying to kill your mother, you and your dead ghost father have the same virtue, and you don't want any face for the sake of a woman. !" Wang Shi beat his chest and feet in anger.
Huo Changyao lowered his eyes and let her curse for a while, and finally said: "These things have nothing to do with Xiaoqi, you asked her to give me a happy birthday, after all, she is the victim, I hope my mother will stop taking anger on her, I will another day. See you again."
Wang Shi smashed the teacup on him, "Go, go!"
Huo Mansion was already attracting attention, but there has been such a big news recently. Many people were discussing it in private, and Huo Changlin also heard about it, so he took a chance to find Huo Changyao.
"Has something happened at home these two days?" he asked politely.
Huo Changyao said, "Second child, when you get married and have children in the future, you can adopt one to me and put your name on it."
Huo Changlin was startled and said tentatively, "Brother, you and Xiao Qi are still young, why did you suddenly say this?"
"Mother, she..." Huo Changyao frowned and told about Wang's recent actions.
"Huh?" Huo Changlin was puzzled and said, "Big brother, don't you like Xiao Qi, why don't you have one with her? In this way, the wife has nothing to say, and she can't make trouble if she wants to."
"Who said I like Xiao Qi?" Huo Changyao was not at ease.
Huo Changlin looked at his face and smiled wickedly: "Big brother is so obvious, brother, I'm not blind, just look at it and see."
Huo Changyao hummed as if nothing had happened, and said, "I have some undeserved thoughts about Xiao Qi, but Xiao Qi has always regarded me as her brother, how can I bully her?"
"How did the eldest brother know that Xiao Qizhi regards you as his elder brother and asked her?" Huo Changlin asked.
"How can I ask this kind of thing? If Xiao Qi had no intention of me, after I asked her, she agreed because she didn't dare to refuse. How is this different from persecution?"
Huo Changlin sighed with emotion. On the one hand, he felt that his eldest brother was pedantic, on the other hand, he couldn't help but admire him.
If it wasn't for him to be upright and upright, how could he take so much care of the younger brother from his concubine? His textile factory was so easy to set up, not because others saw him as Huo Dashuai's younger brother. Without Huo Changyao, what would he be Huo Changlin
However, he felt that Xiao Qi didn't mean anything to Big Brother, but Big Brother didn't say anything, so he couldn't let a girl take the initiative to express her feelings, right
Huo Changlin couldn't help but suggest: "I don't mean to ask you directly, sometimes you can give a hint in your words. Big brother, don't always think it's too frivolous and frivolous.
"You're also Xiao Qi's brother, so you said something like that?" Huo Changyao said.
Huo Changlin saw his disapproval, but his expression was a little thoughtful. He knew that he had listened to what he said, and he couldn't help but joke: "How dare you be her brother, now you can't be called a sister-in-law?"
"No big or small." Huo Changyao shook his head.
I don't know what Wang's thoughts are now. In the past two days, there have been fewer young girls visiting the mansion.
The weather was just right, Jiang Rui buried her head in the winter vacation paper in the flower room, Li Ma came up to tell her that a Miss Zhao was looking for her.
"Miss Zhao?" Jiang Rui rummaged in her mind, but she didn't have an impression.
Li Ma reminded: "It's the old lady's nephew and granddaughter."
Jiang Rui rolled her eyes: "Is that the little girl's sister a few days ago, the Miss Zhao who said she wanted to be my eldest brother's concubine?"
"It's her, but the Zhao family passed it on by themselves. Our commander doesn't mean that." Sister Li hurriedly added.
Jiang Rui stood up and walked out: "Go, let's go to a meeting."
Li Ma looked helpless. When the wife of the main house of other people saw someone who coveted her husband coming, she would only be on guard. It was not like their wife was so interested, it was like watching a play.
In the living room of Huo Mansion, Zhao Zhenzhu was sitting on the sofa.
The servant served her tea and then backed off, neither cold nor warm, looking well-behaved, and revealing a kind of restraint of a big mansion in his bones.
Zhao Zhenzhu lowered her eyes and looked at the steaming tea cup in front of her. She always knew that the Zhao family and the Huo family couldn't be compared, but only after seeing each other did she realize how big the gap was.
The old lady of the Zhao family and the old lady of the Huo family are sisters. It can be said that the Zhao family relied on the nepotism of the Huo family to have their current wealth, but the young master raised by this kind of family is actually more powerful than the Huo family. It came out to be arrogant and domineering.
Zhao Zhenzhu knew that her younger brother bumped into Huo Dashuai's too big and made a rude remark. She was sent by her wife to apologize today, but why she came and not someone else, this is another plan of the Zhao family.
After all, the Wang family is old, and the old lady of the Zhao family is also old. When the two of them pass away, the relationship between the Zhao family and the Huo family will only get further and further apart. If you want to maintain it, there is nothing more effective than tying a crony. quick
Zhao Zhenzhu's mother is the concubine of the Zhao family. She has no other advantages, just a good face, and she just inherited the advantages of her mother. The wife of the main house of the Zhao family took a fancy to this, and kept her by her side since she was a child, teaching her how to follow her. Like her mother, she hooked up with other people's men and became someone else's concubine.
There was a series of footsteps on the stairs, Zhao Zhenzhu tilted his head slightly, and when he saw the person, he couldn't hide his surprise.
She had met this Mrs. Huo earlier. At that time, the other party was only the adopted daughter of the Huo family. Although her appearance was good, it was by no means unforgettable. Maybe because she was adopted, she lost a bit of confidence. , it doesn't seem to have any temperament at all.
Zhao Zhenzhu knew her own capital very well. Before coming today, she was also very confident, because no matter what aspect, she was better than the so-called Mrs. Huo, but now she is not sure.
The people who went up and down the stairs had bright eyebrows, red lips and white teeth. The most conspicuous thing was the skin that was as white as milk, as if it was made of snow. Her figure is also very graceful, wearing a new-style cheongsam, a wool coat casually draped over her shoulders, and approaching step by step, she only feels careless and lazy.
By the time she walked in front of her, Zhao Zhenzhu had changed from being confident at the beginning to being restrained and cramped.
Li Ma was very relieved to see it on the side, so she had to let these people see the style of their wives, and see if they dared to come to the door with a cat or a dog.
Jiang Rui sat down on the sofa and took the initiative to greet her, "Miss Zhao good afternoon."
"It's fine, madam." Zhao Zhenzhu smiled prudently, and said clearly, "Zhuzhu is here today because of the entrustment of our wife, to make amends on behalf of the younger brother, the child is ignorant, and the wife is a large number, so I won't be with him. General calculation, right?"
If she only said the first half of the sentence, Jiang Rui nodded and passed, and she had to add that she would not care about him. It seemed that as long as she cares about it, it is her fault.
Jiang Rui said lightly, "Children are ignorant, just give it a fight. You really don't need to care too much."
Zhao Zhenzhu was stunned for a moment, then smiled stiffly: "My wife is joking."
"I tell jokes according to who I am. I never joke with people I don't know well." Jiang Rui said solemnly.
Zhao Zhenzhu pursed her lips, a little embarrassed on her face. She blamed her brother for being arrogant and causing trouble, so she wanted to come to accompany Smiley, and also blamed Jiang Rui for keeping her from coming down the stage.
But looking at Jiang Rui's attitude, she had some other thoughts in her heart. Why did Mrs. Huo target her so much? Is it just because of those two words from my brother? Or... My aunt has already mentioned her affairs to Huo Dashuai, and Huo Dashuai is moved and wants to marry her as his aunt, so this arouses the jealousy of this Mrs. Huo
Thinking of this possibility, Zhao Zhenzhu's chest jumped a little faster, and his face slowly became a little flushed.
Jiang Rui was sitting on a plate, watching her suddenly become shy, quite speechless. But when she thought about what might be the reason for her shyness, she was not very happy.
She suddenly asked, "Do you want to be Huo Changyao's concubine?"
Zhao Zhenzhu's face turned red and white, but she only lowered her head and didn't make a sound, which was the default.
Jiang Rui said truthfully: "You should go find someone else, he won't agree."
Zhao Zhenzhu suddenly raised his head, bit his lip and looked at her. Seeing that her expression was indifferent, she didn't look at herself at all, and suddenly a bit of jealousy surged in her heart.
Not long ago, her status was not much higher than her own. If she hadn't married Huo Dashuai, why would she look down on her like this
"Pearl dares to ask, is this the wife's meaning, or the commander's meaning?" she asked.
"What's the difference?" Jiang Rui asked back.
"As far as I know, my wife and Dashuai are still just a couple in name, right?"
Huo Changyao and Jiang Rui were separated from the old lady at first, but now it is almost like saying it, so there is no need to hide it anymore. It is no longer a secret in Huo's mansion. Since Zhao Zhenzhu wants to marry in, he will naturally bother to inquire. However, Jiang Rui was not surprised and nodded: "Not bad."
Zhao Zhenzhu's face showed a bit of lust: "Since the wife and the commander are not real husband and wife, how can we know what the commander thinks, and how can we represent the meaning of the commander?"
"How?" Jiang Rui repeated, turned to look at her, and said with a bit of indifference: "Don't you know, whether it's a sister or a wife, Huo Changyao is mine."
Zhao Zhenzhu was stunned for a moment, but when he saw the person by the door, the expression on his face instantly changed to that of me, and he was about to cry.
Jiang Rui also looked at the door and saw Huo Changyao standing there for some time.
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