During the day of the Lantern Festival, Qiu Yilan took He's mother and daughter into the palace.
As usual, we go to Taishi Hall first.
But Qiu Yilan, who had always had an unimpeded passage here, was blocked: "Although the Queen Mother is much better than the previous few days, her mood is still not so smooth! It's okay for the Nineteenth Young Madam to go in alone, the Fourth Young Madam and the two When Miss Sun arrives, I'm afraid she will remind you of the past, which will be detrimental to your health, so... "
After Ms. Lin said so, Qiu Yilan had no choice but to take He's mother and daughter to pay homage outside the Taishi Palace, ask her to convey her condolences and apologize, and then leave.
Arrival at Beique Hall was not smooth either—although Xin Fubing was grounded, he was in good health and did not need to worry about being stimulated after meeting He and his daughter. The problem is... this time the emperor is here again.
And he can't leave for the time being, because: "His Royal Highness the eldest prince has been coughing since yesterday. His Majesty and the Queen are very worried. They called the imperial doctor in the middle of the night, and they have been watching over them until now. His Majesty also said that tonight's Lantern Festival I might as well not go to the banquet - I really don’t dare to disturb you!”
With no choice, the four of them had no choice but to go home.
Mother He and her daughter were naturally quite worried: "Have you, the Queen Mother and the Empress, annoyed your wives and daughters?"
"Fourth sister-in-law and two nieces, don't worry. Both Lady Lin and Palace Beique are telling the truth. It's really an unlucky thing today and it was definitely not intentional." Qiu Yilan felt that the Queen Mother and the Empress were not so petty. , comforted, "Anyway, we have a long time to come. Let's go there in two days when it's convenient for the two ladies."
After returning to the Duke's Mansion, Qiu Yilan walked them back to the courtyard - and when they got to the door, they happened to meet Jin coming.
I don’t know if she has been suppressed by Penglai Yue and watched the grown-up bastard being rejected by her father. She looked very bad. After they had seen each other, Qiu Yilan was about to leave, but she stopped her and shouted: "Nineteen." Brothers and sisters, please stay!”
"What are your orders from the fifth sister-in-law?" Qiu Yilan stopped and asked. The two of them had no friendship or contact. I wonder why Jin asked her to stop her
"I don't know if the nineteen siblings have ever given a monthly prescription to Man'er?" Jin seemed a little hesitant, but still asked.
Qiu Yilan felt baffled: "No, the monthly routine has always been issued by the fourteenth sister-in-law. How could I overstep her authority?"
Mr. He was also surprised: "Fifth brother and sister, isn't Man'er's monthly payment wrong?"
"Maybe someone from outside gave it to him?" Jin frowned and said vaguely, "I just feel that his expenses have been a lot higher recently. According to his monthly salary, it is not enough. I don't know where it came from... I just asked him. He refused to say it!"
"Many of the children in the clan school are not our Jiang family's children. Maybe they gave it to us, right?" He didn't really believe it when he said this. Jiang Jingman is not the only one of the Jiang family's children in the clan academy. When it comes to Jiang Yayun All my disciples, except Jiang Jingxu, are in there. Who would leave those people alone to please the second and fifth bedrooms? These two bedrooms don’t even have official status now. Although they live in the Duke’s mansion, they can’t be seen easily. The sick Duke of Qin is not powerful at all, he just has the status of a descendant of the Jiang family!
Once the Duke of Qin becomes ill, they will not be kicked out immediately, but they also know that they will not be able to live in the Duke's mansion forever.
This is why He pays special attention to New Year's Eve - both the Kui County man and the Marquis of Jibei have passed away, and the Duke of Qin seems to be about the same. Without the elder generation, the next generation heads of the Jiang family have no relationship with the second and fifth families. Relying only on blood ties, don't think about putting on any show of compensation based on the compensatory mentality of Qin Guogong and Jibei Marquis like when the Kui County man was still alive!
Jin had the same idea, but in front of Qiu Yilan, she pursed her lips and said, "It should be so."
Qiu Yilan felt that this matter had nothing to do with her, so she remained silent. When she saw that they had no other words to say, she left.
After she left, Mrs. He asked Jiang Huiyan and Jiang Huili to go back to their room, and invited Mr. Jin to come in and sit down. Then she asked softly: "If it's just that the expenses exceed the monthly limit, I don't think you will care." You came here specifically to ask me, and just now you stopped the nineteen brothers and sisters to ask... What happened? "
"Man'er spent more than 800 gold in the past two or three days. Where do you think he got the money?" Jin took a deep breath and said.
He was shocked: "Why are there so many?!"
If Jiang Yazhao and Jiang Yawan used more than 800 gold, even if it was used in one day, they would not be surprised because they have long been used to it. But Jiang Jingman - let’s not say that he has never squandered like this before, but where did he get the money
As a concubine, and with a brother-in-law before him, when Jiang Jingman was in Kui County, he couldn't even get his monthly salary. Even if he didn't spend a penny, whether he could save ten gold a year was a question!
Even after arriving in Beijing, firstly, the Jin family's own son is dead and there are no grandchildren. In the future, he may have to rely on him to support him in old age, and he will not dare to deduct his monthly salary; secondly, as the head of the Shuijin family, he hates spending money and falling behind. It's so disrespectful and I won't give her such a chance. But even so, it is impossible for him to save 800 gold in these few months!
He couldn't help but ask: "Could it be a false report?"
"The boy next to him said it himself. I also visited several shops and asked people to find out. The prices I told the boy were not very different." Jin's face was ugly, "I could still think of him as a husband before. It was given to him in private. After all, you also know that your husband has always been generous. When Zhan'er was here..." When he said this, his heart hurt, and he was silent for a moment before continuing, "I have no scruples about spending, and my husband doesn't care. "
"but now… "
Ever since Penglai Yue was pushed by Jiang Jingman and caused a miscarriage, Jiang Yawan had become disgusted with this bastard. If it weren't for Jiang Yayun's repeated mediation, Jiang Yawan wouldn't even want to keep him in the capital.
In this case, how could Jiang Yawan give him money in private
So Jin couldn't figure out where Jiang Jingman came from and spent his money like this: "We've been here in Beijing for a few days, and the prices are pretty good. Eight hundred gold is not a small number even in Beijing. If it's for work, How could Man'er do what he wanted at this price? In fact, when I asked Nineteenth Brother and Sister, I knew it was impossible. Even if Nineteenth Brother and Sister gave him some money privately, they would probably let him buy pens, ink, and snacks. How much? Fourth sister-in-law, do you think this money is..."
With eyes full of worry and obvious fear, he looked in the direction of the big room!
He's face suddenly turned ugly, and after a while, he murmured: "But... it doesn't make sense? It was just a coincidence last time, and no one could have imagined that... Now let's come to the capital. What else can I say?”
Suddenly he looked at Jin, "You... what about Penglai Yue's miscarriage?"
"It's not me!" Jin said hurriedly, "That bitch is so smart as hell, how can I harm her? It would be great if I don't get harmed by her!"
"... Or you can observe him for another two days to see what he wants to do?" He thought for a while and then said, "I will also tell Mu'er to pay attention to him later!"
... While their sisters-in-law were worried, Qiu Yilan was busy arranging the apprenticeship banquet three days later: "Have you prepared all the fresh fruits? If it's not enough, hurry up and discuss with Sister-in-law Fourteen and ask her to help get some!"
"The pair of blue and white beauty gourds in the main hall are a bit too plain. It would be better to replace them with the pair of coral red vases with golden peaches and plums to suit the occasion!"
"Place a plum bonsai in the middle, choose red plums, it will look lively!"
"Change the tea set, the one with multicolored bean green glaze!"
"Has the tea been ordered?"
When he had time, he still had to appease the two little ancestors: "Good boy An'er, you see there is nothing fun here, but the snowman your uncle nineteen took you to build two days ago was so fun and interesting! Now let Mulian and Mulan Can they take you to build another one?"
"Lang'er, don't you want to play with your brother anymore? Look, your fourteenth brother has gone to build a snowman. What are you doing for your mother? Be obedient - boys have to play with boys. Let go of your mother's skirt. Ju, let’s go play with your fourteenth brother!”
After a lot of coaxing and lying, the two boys were sent out, but something went wrong with the daughter again—Mother Zhou hurried over to report: "Miss Twenty-Three Sun is vomiting milk again!"
"How could this happen!?" Qiu Yilan suddenly became calm, threw the matter into Mu Jin's hands, and ran towards her daughter's room.
"Didn't I tell you not to let her lie down when feeding? You have to let her lean?!" Although it is common for babies to spit up milk in the first three months, it is not considered a disease, but it is painful to see their own flesh and blood. Qiu Yilan still couldn't help but get angry, "And let her burp after feeding her - did you listen?!"
The two wet nurses explained tremblingly: "The maids have always done this, but today Miss Sun has been unable to burp. After burping for a while, she just...vomited!"
"Go and ask the doctor!" Qiu Yilan said with a gloomy face, picking up her daughter and coaxing her, "Let's see what's going on!?"
Jiang Huiying's request for a doctor frightened Jiang Yashuang, who was discussing matters with Jiang Tianqi in the third room, back: "What's wrong with Ying'er? Why do you want to ask for a doctor?"
"She vomited milk again today, and I was worried, so I asked her to go." Since the doctor assured her that it was nothing serious, Qiu Yilan breathed a sigh of relief, "Fortunately, it's okay!"
When Jiang Yashuang heard this, she felt relieved and wiped away a cold sweat: "As long as it's okay! Just as long as it's okay!"
After saying it twice, I asked, "How can a good person vomit milk? Doesn't it mean that if you pay attention to your posture when breastfeeding, and pat it on your shoulder after feeding, you won't vomit?"
"The doctor said it may not be effective every time. After all, the child is young." Qiu Yilan sighed.
The two of them talked a few words about their daughter's situation, and unexpectedly a burst of screams from children rang out in the corridor. Jiang Jingkun and Jiang Jinglang rushed in, one behind the other, and hugged Jiang Yashuang's legs: "Uncle, uncle." , let’s build a house! Snowmen are not fun!”
"Don't play in the snow. Father will take us to ride horses and ride horses!"
Jiang Yashuang twitched the corner of her mouth, bent down and touched the faces of the two children: "Be gentle, your sister is not feeling well!"
"Then take your sister to build a snow house! My sister will definitely like it, and she will be fine once she likes it!"
"Horse riding! Riding horses is fun, and my sister can only get better after riding a horse!"
...Ignoring her husband's look for help, Qiu Yilan stepped back, stepped back, and stepped back again, quietly picked up her daughter on the couch, wrapped her in her fur coat, and fled through the back door: "I'll take my daughter, you take your nephew and Son...well, that's fair!"