Su He's worry was not unreasonable, although logically speaking, if Mrs. Tao had promised to let Yan Niang give birth to the child before she died, the child's life would have been saved by Sheng Si Shui. But it is conceivable that the process of growing up will not be pleasant for this child.
Maybe if the child feels wronged, he blames his aunt for this unhappiness
After all, most people in the world are strict with others but lenient with themselves.
However, Qiu Yilan sneered after hearing this: "Do you really think that Sixteenth Sister wants to keep the child? Can't you see that this is the old lady who wants to keep the child!"
Su He said blankly: "But Mother Hu said..."
"If the old lady really doesn't want to keep that child, she should just kill her and tell Sister-in-law Sixteen just like she did to Luan yesterday!" Qiu Yilan sneered, "But now, although the old lady keeps saying that Brother Sixteen and Brother Ten Sixth Sister-in-law had no shortage of concubines, but she first sent Mother Hu to Sixteenth Sister-in-law to tell her that she did not intend to keep the child... After all, the child had not yet been born, so Sixteenth Sister-in-law was innocent if she didn't ask for this favor. Now that she is happy, how can she not be criticized in the future for being so narrow-minded that she would not even let go of her unborn child? How could someone as smart as Sister Sixteen be willing to give up such a big excuse just for a moment of anger? "
"So that's how it is!" Su He suddenly realized, "My maid felt that the way the Sixteenth Young Madam took revenge on Yang Yoshi back then was not like such a careless person!" He sighed, "It's better that the Sixteenth Young Madam is lucky. Usually he is framed by concubine Ji and the real culprit is found out on the same day! I don’t know when Mrs. Eight will be cleared of her grievances?”
Su He's principle is a modified version of Qiu Yilan's principle - people who are good to my princess are good people, and people who are not good to my princess are bad people! There is also a stranger...
Therefore, when Xiao Tao was blocking the situation before, Su He immediately stood firmly on her side!
Hearing this, Qiu Yilan glanced at her and said calmly: "It was more troublesome at first, but now it seems that it should be quick."
Su He asked in surprise: "Really?" Didn't Mother Hu say anything about Mrs. Eighth when she came over just now
"Yesterday something happened to the eighth sister-in-law, and today something happened to the sixteenth sister-in-law again - what a coincidence?" At this time, the master and the servant had already entered the inner room. Shen Shui, who was left behind, poured a mint drink. Qiu Yilan took it and sipped it, calling Chun Ran went to get the clothes he wore specially for cooking, and took advantage of this time to point out the maid, "And don't you think the two sisters-in-law have the same thing? They were all tricked by concubine Ji!"
"You mean?" Su He felt vaguely grasping something, but she couldn't say what she wanted to say for a while.
"Just watch, grandma will definitely refuse Sister Sixteen's plea!" Qiu Yilan said indifferently.
Not only Su He, Shen Shui was also confused: "Young madam, didn't you say that the old madam also wanted to keep the child in Yan Niang's belly?"
"Of course." Qiu Yilan looked at them with a faint smile, "But do you think, let alone the child in Yan Niang's belly, Brother Sixteen, is that important in the eyes of the old lady?"
Seeing that the maids still didn't respond, Qiu Yilan had no choice but to spread her words, "For the old lady, it doesn't matter whether the child in Yan Niang's belly is born or not. The important thing is that Yan Niang definitely hopes that the child will be born." ! Taking a step back, she just doesn’t think about this child and wants to live a few more months, right? But the old lady refused her when Sister Sixteen asked for mercy. If you think about it, this What will Yan Niang do?"
"...Pleading?" Shen Shui thought for a while and asked uncertainly.
But Su He had an idea flash in his mind: "Atonement for your sins?! After all, the Sixteenth Young Madam has already spoken, and the only difficulty is with the old Madam—"
"Then what method do you think she will use to atone for her sins?" Qiu Yilan glanced at her appreciatively and followed suit.
"You just said that there was only one day between the accident of the Sixteenth Young Madam and the Eighth Young Madam. What a coincidence! Could it be that Yanniang's atonement has something to do with the Eighth Young Madam?" Su He finally caught that vague feeling. , his thoughts were like lightning for a moment, and he quickly thought, "Yanniang is the first wife of the Sixteenth Young Master, and she was officially adopted as a concubine after the Sixteenth Young Master came through. It means she grew up in the Jiang family! She and the Eighth Young Master's concubine , maybe there is some connection, so you know some clues about how the eighth young lady was attacked by the people in the room?"
Shen Shui's heart skipped a beat when he heard this: "But the young madam said these two things happened so coincidental, didn't you?"
Sheng Sishui noticed something was wrong with the rose cake in the morning and found out the truth in the afternoon - compared to the little Tao family who interrogated until dark yesterday and called the Tao family here for almost a whole day today and still had no clue, Jiang The concubine's plot to murder the mistress in Yazhu's backyard was extremely clumsy!
Even if you think about it carefully, the reason why Yan Niang went to attack the mistress who was also pregnant because she was pregnant is very ridiculous: she was a concubine from a common marriage, and she got pregnant around the same time as the main wife. She could give birth safely. It’s time to breathe a sigh of relief. Do you still dare to compete with your real wife? Not to mention that the gallbladder powder in the rose cake is so obvious that even a person with no medical skills like Sheng Si Shui can detect it at the first bite...
In short, in this matter, the IQ of Yanniang, the murderer, is really...
"Let's wait and see." Qiu Yilan said lightly, "I think things will turn around for Sister-in-law Eight before tonight!"
Sure enough, before Jiang Yashuang came back, there was news in the old lady's yard that Yan Niang was guilty of giving birth to the child in her belly again, and revealed that she had witnessed Jiang Yadan's concubine Feng having a private relationship with her husband!
"Old Madam... She has great foresight!" After hearing the news, Qiu Yilan, who was busy in the kitchen, completely confirmed that the so-called murder of Sheng Shishui by Yan Niang was purely done by Mrs. Tao to exonerate little Tao. , although Yan Niang was born in the Jiang family, considering her age, the old lady had already entered the Jiang family when she was born! So it's not surprising that Mrs. Tao picked her up.
"Using Jiang Yazhu's concubine to expose Jiang Yadan's concubine not only circumvented the Tao family, but also achieved the goal of letting little Tao escape." Qiu Yilan analyzed Mrs. Tao's story while cooking. Intention, "The most subtle thing is that Yan Niang's exposure of Feng's business is not about other things, but her interactions with foreign men... Regardless of whether this is true or not, the old lady has been in business for so many years, and she can drive a pregnant Yan Niang to commit suicide. Sir, can't you find a confirmed adulterer as evidence?"
In particular, Jiang Yadan had numerous friends outside and was often away from home for three days - Feng couldn't help but go out alone. This was a ready-made reason! Even the bloodline of Jiang Jinghu, who died this time, was questioned. This not only undermined the credibility of Feng's testimony that she accused the young Tao of not being able to tolerate a concubine's children, but also weakened her sympathy for her son who had just died.
"In this way, in the future, on the grounds of preventing similar things from happening, we can logically request that the eighth sister-in-law be given the power to truly control the backyard!"
"Although Jiang Yadan is a licentious person, he may not be able to bear being cuckolded! I don't think I need to mention it to the old lady. In the future, she will take the initiative to ask the eighth sister-in-law to keep a stricter watch on the backyard!"
In short, Mrs. Tao threw out a promiscuous woman and cheated Sheng Shishui. Basically, she was able to keep the little Tao family without exposing the Tao family.
The only problem now is—
"How much does Jiang Yadan want that young girl from the An family to replace the eighth sister-in-law!?"
Qiu Yilan has no illusions about the integrity of this uncle. If Jiang Yadan is determined to change his wife, even if Mrs. Tao has found all the witnesses and evidence for him, he can still use the excuse of "Little Tao". If you don't take care of the backyard and have no children, divorce this wife!
So for little Tao, the result is not the same
"Now that the old lady has almost solved the situation set by the Tao family, I should ask He Shuijin to change my entrustment and let her put an end to An's wishful thinking." She thought for a while and decided to send it off after a while. People go to the third room.
However, after she finished cooking, she asked someone to take out the dishes containing the water and put them in the food box. Before she could take them out, He Shuijin came over first.
"Sister-in-law Fourteen, what news do you want to tell me?" Seeing this, Qiu Yilan asked Su He to deliver food to Sheng Shishui, while she stayed to entertain He Shuijin.
He Shuijin didn't beat around the bush and went straight to the point: "I have already arranged the things you asked me to do yesterday. It's just that Yan Niang exposed Feng's family just now. I think you don't need me to continue doing this, right?"
Qiu Yilan secretly praised her quick response and nodded: "Not bad, but there is a new thing for my sister-in-law to continue to worry about!"
"Are you talking about An Zhenshang, the youngest daughter of Taichang Cheng?" He Shuijin grew up with the Jiang family children. He knew Jiang Yadan's love history clearly. Hearing this, he immediately said, "That one It was indeed difficult to get along with her. It had been six or seven years since she was fourteen years old and she had been dating Bage. Although Bage had never been with anyone else, he still had to go to the village outside the city to spend a few days with her every month. This was his only One who can win over the mynas for such a long time!”
Qiu Yilan frowned: "That's exactly what happened - Nineteenth told me yesterday that Ba Ge really meant this!"
"This matter is really difficult to handle." He Shuijin pondered for a while and said, "You don't know that An Zhenshang - she let it go and was willing to be Bage's concubine for the rest of her life! Her natal family members are more admired than the other. She is vain and clean, and no one in her heart wants her to win over Ba Ge! It was her father and brother who arranged for An Zhenshang to fall in Ba Ge's eyes... So unless Ba Ge gives up such an idea, everyone in the An family will definitely work hard. Seize this opportunity! Of course, the most troublesome thing is that the Zhuangzi where An Zhenshang lives belongs to the An family in name, but in fact the manpower is arranged by Bage, so you can't hide it from Bage! "
"Ba Ge actually pays so much attention to her?" Qiu Yilan was surprised, and felt that the matter was even more difficult - this kind of mistress who completely disregarded her integrity and played Qiong Yao so well was simply the fighter and poacher among mistresses as the saying goes. The bulldozer - I originally thought that the crisis of the little Tao family would only be solved by solving the Tao family's trap, but now it seems that the Tao family is just a small group of minions, and the real leader is so strange that he is still half-hiding his face with his pipa!
"So in the final analysis, Jiang Yadan is really a scumbag!!!" Qiu Yilan cursed the uncle in her heart, "What should I do? I want to hack him to death more and more!"
He Shuijin said: "In short, there is only one way now."
Qiu Yilan asked unexpectedly: "What method?" She thought He Shuijin was helpless, but she didn't expect that she actually had a backup plan
"An Zhenshang lives in seclusion in the other courtyard sent by Bago to protect her. She doesn't leave the house, so it's difficult to attack." A sharp look flashed in He Shuijin's eyes, "But her family members are all in Beijing, and there is no one from Bago." Protect... No matter how shameless An Zhenshang is, human relations must be maintained. Even if she doesn't care, our Jiang family can't agree!"
She looked at Qiu Yilan and said, "An Zhenshang's parents are both here. If one of them dies, they are forbidden to marry during the three-year filial piety period... Even if she continues to win over Bage in private, she still often goes to her, but how can she be sure that Bage will be married again? Not renewing your relationship?”
Since he was not sure, An Zhenshang's only choice was to give up on this promotion - after all, with the current prominence of the Jiang family, even if Jiang Yadan had a reputation as a romantic, there would still be people vying to take over his daughter and granddaughter who are as beautiful as flowers. Throwing it into his arms, there are many officials' daughters who are qualified to give Jiang Yadan a second string!
Therefore, for An Zhenshang, instead of letting other people who are as beautiful, well-born, and intelligent as her take advantage during her three years of filial piety, it would be better for An Zhenshang to let the ordinary-looking, childless, and unpopular little Tao continue to work. She occupies the position of head wife! In this way, Xiao Tao's crisis will be solved naturally now. As for three years from now... let's wait and see if An Zhenshang's influence on Jiang Yadan will still be there!
Qiu Yilan looked at He Shuijin for a long time, until she saw that He Shuijin was a little unnatural, and then sighed: "I finally know why my sister-in-law took charge of the family's general ledger without even getting married!"
Such quick thinking and decisive killing - if this fourteenth sister-in-law were a man, wouldn't she be Tao Yinsong again? !