Because of Mrs. Tao's order, she asked Su He to go back to her room to report Mrs. Xin Fubing's answer, while she led the others who were holding the rewards into the courtyard filled with passing water.
At this time, little Mrs. Tao was already greeting her. When he saw her coming, he smiled and said, "Just now, my servants said they would go to your yard to announce the good news, but you were not there. But did you hear the good news from your grandmother?" His eyes flickered behind her and held the hand in his hand. The servant of the thing couldn't help but be surprised, "How can you pack up the gifts with such skill? I thought my hands and feet were fast enough!"
"How can I have such fast hands and feet?" Qiu Yilan smiled and glanced at Sheng Shishui who was pressed on the couch, "It's all because of my grandmother's consideration for Sister-in-law Sixteen. Well, I happened to be looking for my grandmother, so I gave it to her. Did some legwork!"
"I said so!" Little Tao suddenly realized.
At this time, Sheng Si Shui thanked Qiu Yilan for her hard work and asked someone to pick up the things.
"It's not hard work, it's just a few steps away, and I have to come even if you don't bring something for grandma, right?" Qiu Yilan asked curiously, "How many months has it been?"
"How many more months?" Little Mrs. Tao couldn't help but smile when she heard this question that was pretending to be expert but clearly childish, "Look, the sixteen brothers and sisters look the same as usual. Naturally, they are still young."
Sheng Shishui's cheeks were slightly red and he said with a smile: "It's been less than two months... My menstruation is usually not very accurate, but this time..."
Before he finished speaking, his face turned redder and he simply stopped talking.
Qiu Yilan was about to tease her a few words, but someone came to report from outside: "The Sixth Young Madam, the Seventh Young Madam and the Fourteenth Young Madam are here."
"Please come quickly!" Sheng Shishui said hurriedly, getting up to greet him.
Little Mrs. Tao hurriedly supported her: "Be careful!" Seeing the gentle look on the eighth sister-in-law's face, Qiu Yilan couldn't help but curl her lips.
After leaving the door, little Tao asked Sheng Shishui to walk slowly again.
So before they walked out of the hanging flower gate for a long time, the three of the Shi family came in first.
Seeing Sheng Piao Shui surrounded by stars like a moon, they were surprised and said: "Why did you come out to greet him in person? Come in and sit down!"
A group of people gathered around Sheng Gieshui and entered the house. After the guests and hosts were seated, the sisters-in-law naturally couldn't help but greet each other with concern. Both Shi and Zhang had given birth, and they also imparted some experience as people who had experienced it... In the middle of the conversation, the big room said My sister-in-law from the sixth room also came.
However, only Xiao Dou and Xiao Zhuang came to the big room.
Regarding Miao, they all said: "She has been suffering from cold for the past two days. She was afraid that her sixteen siblings would be affected by the illness, so she did not dare to come. She only asked us to bring congratulatory gifts."
It’s okay for everyone to listen to this. Everyone here knows the real situation anyway—Jiang Yadan was persuaded to leave the big room that day, and he went straight to the Miao family to “ask for justice” for his wife. Then the Miao family suffered: Jiang Yadan was The things that Yadan broke when he had an attack, and the compensation he had to collect after selling half of his family's business were all trivial matters. The key point was that Jiang Yadan made such a fuss. Everyone knew that the Miao family had a arrogant daughter who would do anything for no reason. Not to mention slapping his sister-in-law in public, the one who was beaten was the legitimate daughter of the Tao family, a famous family in this dynasty, and was recognized as virtuous and gentle by both the government and the public!
Even though Jiang Yadan has a bad reputation, Xiao Tao's virtuous reputation is there. This time, his blackmail and extortion did not bring him any infamy, but regained some impression points... For example, Queen Jiang openly said: "In the past, I always thought that Dan'er was ignorant, but now it seems that he still understands the principle of husband and wife becoming one."
When the queen's words come out, the future of the Miao family is uncertain!
Therefore, the Miao family was so angry that they would have driven Miao out of the house if not for Dou's persuasion!
Now it can be said that Mrs. Miao has lost her face both inside and outside. She still has the nerve to come out. She even resolutely rejected Qin Guogong’s order for Qiu Yilan and his wife to hold a banquet for her as an apology... Especially today’s happy event is for the fourth room. She also knew that Xiao Tao, who was beaten by her, and Qiu Yilan, who beat her, would definitely be there. Now that she's coming, won't she become even more embarrassed
"Nineteen brothers and sisters." While the sisters-in-law were chatting around Sheng Si Shui, Mi Yinyin suddenly walked up to Qiu Yilan, pulled her sleeves, pulled her to the corner and asked, "Who is Cousin Xin?" where are you?"
"Yes, what's wrong?" Qiu Yilan looked at her complicated expression and guessed her intention in asking
Mi Yinyin bit her red lips lightly with her teeth, and then asked after a moment: "Are you trying to persuade her? What did she say?"
"I just received the good news from my sixteenth sister-in-law, and I haven't figured out how to tell her when I get back." Although Qiu Yilan was not as close to Mi Yinyin as she was to Xin Fuling, there was no grudge between them. She just knew that Jiang Yalan once had an unrequited love for Xin Fubing, but now Xin Fubing was in a pitiful situation. Mi Yinyin chased her and asked this question, which made her feel a little annoying and deliberately asked, "Why does the thirteenth sister-in-law also want to be with me?" Go and convince her?"
Mi Yinyin noticed her displeasure, pursed her lips and said, "No, my mother heard that Cousin Xin was at your place when I came here, and asked me to ask. After all, the fifth aunt and the fifth uncle are not in Beijing now. We are worried about her too."
"Miss Ou has been with her every step of the way these past two days." Qiu Yilan heard that her words were insincere and answered indifferently.
Sensing her displeasure, Mi Yinyin frowned, thought for a while, and whispered: "Do you think we are targeting her? But this is too unfair to us, and it was not the intention of the superiors... "
"Sister-in-law Thirteen, you are overthinking. I don't think anything." Qiu Yilan interrupted her unceremoniously, "As for what you meant, I don't know very well. You can look it up later." Cousin Xin, just tell me in person, you don’t have to tell me!”
"What are you two hiding here?" The two sisters were in an awkward atmosphere, and He Shuijin happened to come over and smiled, "Can you tell me what you are whispering?"
"You're being stingy, Sixteenth Sister has a bonsai of azalea here, but why don't we have one there?" Qiu Yilan joked as if nothing had happened.
He Shuijin followed her gaze and saw that it was indeed a pot of vigorous cuckoos. He couldn't help but laugh: "This is really an injustice! This is obviously the dowry of the sixteenth younger brother and sister. Where did the family share it?"
He laughed and scolded Qiu Yilan, "If it was just a bonsai that was given to my family, would I still be ignorant of you?"
"You're just kidding! My dear sister-in-law, you love me so much, how could you forget me if you have such good things?" Qiu Yilan begged for mercy with a smile.
While they were joking, Mi Yinyin took the opportunity to walk away.
Seeing this situation, He Shuijin lowered his voice: "Did she come over to ask you about cousin Xin?"
"Otherwise, what else could it be?" Qiu Yilan did not hide her displeasure, "Cousin Xin never snatched Brother Thirteen from her from the beginning to the end. How could she treat Cousin Xin like a thief? I don't want to think about Xin. My cousin is feeling so miserable right now, and she looks like she’s worried that Cousin Xin won’t get married for a day... By the way, Cousin Xin agreed to the marriage. Just now she asked me to see my grandmother, but I forgot to send someone to tell you. ”
"Oh? That's good - but don't say anything about Sister-in-law Thirteen!" He Shuijin shook his head when he heard this and said softly, "She is not worried about Cousin Xin when she comes to ask you about this now. -Except for the sisters-in-law who have been here for a long time, you probably won’t be too stressed now, after all, you’ve only been here for a month, but the thirteenth sister-in-law and me are not too stressed.”
Qiu Yilan was startled, Jian He Shuijin looked at Sheng Shishui in the crowd, suddenly, after thinking about it, he took what Mrs. Tao said before: "Children are all fate, and what is supposed to come will always come..."
"That's what I say, but you also know that it is proper for a daughter-in-law to spread her wings!" He Shuijin sighed, "If you have a father and a half-daughter, you have to be embarrassed to speak in front of your elders! The day for me, Thirteenth Sister-in-law, and Sixteenth Brother and Sister to come in is very close. Now Sixteenth Brother and Sister have spread the good news first, but we..."
Qiu Yilan finally understood why she was only slightly surprised just now, and Mrs. Tao was about to comfort her - being a daughter-in-law these days, the pressure of having children is really not as high as usual.
Even people like He Shuijin, who managed accounts without ever having a job, were worried because Sheng Shishui was the first to get pregnant!
"It's okay for others to say this, you?" Qiu Yilan wanted to lighten the atmosphere, so she deliberately smiled and said, "Aren't you decent enough in front of your elders?"
He Shuijin smiled on his face: "Our parents are kind and have always treated us with respect." But he smiled bitterly in his heart: If it was so good, I would have plotted against you before you came here, and secretly tried every means to please my grandmother. With the Queen
... Mr. He has been picking on her more and more in private recently, and the issue of heirs, which hurts his wife the most, has been discussed several times in public or private.
He Shuijin knew the reason for this - she had been busy arranging the marriage between Jiang Yashuang and Qiu Yilan since the beginning of the year, and someone who didn't think much of Jiang Yaheng actually asked him to hide his beauty in a golden house outside. Naturally, He Shuijin couldn't tolerate it, but She also followed the rules and informed Heshi first and asked Heshi to make a decision.
Originally, Heshi was also very angry. He called Jiang Yaheng to him and cursed him. He ordered him to send the outer room away immediately and apologize to He Shuijin.
In the end, Jiang Yaheng did everything as he was told, because he was also sincere towards He Shuijin, but he was used to following his brothers since he was a child, and he couldn't change his merciful behavior for a while. In addition, he has always been a little afraid of He Shuijin, so after this happened, he felt that he couldn't hold his head up in front of his wife, so he behaved in various ways...
He Shuijin was comforted by her husband's actions, but He couldn't stand it. The exact words passed down by people around her are: "Fourteen looked like he had no bones when he saw Shui Jin, and he didn't know how much he had suffered from Shui Jin in private? He was such a noble son of the Jiang Banchao family. It’s really embarrassing for me to be so afraid of my wife! I know Shui Jin has many ideas, but this idea can’t be used only on my husband, right?”
When He Shuijin heard these words, he almost exploded with anger: It was you who couldn't manage the accounts and went back to your parents' house to cry. As your niece, I gave you advice and help you out of trouble. After that, you took a fancy to me and signed a letter of appointment. I hired your son, and after that, I started to take care of everything for your Jiang family... As a niece and a daughter-in-law, how can I be sorry for you? !
He even kissed his aunt! A mother-in-law who is not an aunt or nephew is not necessarily so difficult to take care of!
Therefore, He Shuijin decisively formulated a countermeasure, which was to deal with He Shi in both positive and negative ways. Anyway, He Shi had to rely on her to manage the Jiang family. Without making a big mistake, it was impossible to punish her severely! Privately, while trying to please Mrs. Tao and her daughter, he was also trying to win over the four families... He was preparing to sideline this aunt and truly be the master of the family!
After all, she needed to take care of the general ledger of the Duke of Qin's palace. She could not leave the capital, even if she wanted to persuade her husband to go abroad to avoid conflicts between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.
"So I can only build my own power as soon as possible and directly surpass my aunt!" He Shuijin lowered his eyes and hid the stern look in his eyes. Only today did he hear the news from the people around He, and He kept it secret from her. I was very dissatisfied with the act of sending "Fragrant Soul Resentment" to Mrs. Tao, and even planned to personally arrange two beautiful concubines for Jiang Yaheng as a warning and a warning.
"Because my grandmother is a stepmother, she rarely interferes with the third and fourth wives of my first wife. No matter how much I please her, I can't expect her to clearly interfere with my aunt's attitude towards me..." He Shuijin narrowed his eyes and said calmly. Looking at Qiu Yilan, "It's the Nineteenth sibling. The Fourth Uncle has a special status in the family. The Nineteenth she married is deeply loved by her grandfather... If I can win her over for my use, not to mention influencing the Nineteenth and even the Nineteenth through her." My fourth uncle and my grandfather—she just stood up for Cousin Xin, and if used just right, it would be enough to solve a lot of my problems!"
Thinking of this, she became more determined to win over Qiu Yilan, "Anyway, my aunt is unkind to me, and I am also unjust! She also wants me to be a cow and a horse, and she also wants your son to listen to you in everything and have concubines beat me in groups. Face—How can such a good thing happen in this world? You were a waste because you were incompetent in accounting, so you have no reason to be jealous of me!”