Marquis Dingyuan was also very troubled by Xie Nanfeng's rudeness, but what could he do? A teenage boy, who was indignant about the death of his elder sister, came to his brother-in-law's house to make trouble. Did he have to beat the boy to death
Therefore, he could only persuade Qin: "Even if it is an ordinary family, if the girl quarrels with her husband at her husband's house, her family will call all the aunts and uncles to come to the door. If the girl is depressed and commits suicide, her family will tear down the house of her husband's family. In comparison, the general's mansion has given us enough face. As Nanjia's mother-in-law, what's the harm in letting them say a few words to vent their anger? You only lose a little face, and they lose a relative. What's more, Nanjia fought hard to give you a good grandson."
Having said that, what else does Qin have to complain about? Since her husband doesn't support her, she can only swallow her anger.
Madam Cao also advised her, "Your Majesty's words make sense. Who wouldn't feel sad when a child they have raised for more than ten years is gone? The reason why the General's Mansion is upset is that they believed the nurse's words and thought that someone deliberately killed the Crown Prince's wife. Now there is no evidence, so they can't help but feel resentful. Madam, please be more tolerant and raise the little prince well. When the child can run and talk, send him to his maternal grandfather's house more often. His hard-hearted heart will melt. By then, won't the resentment be naturally resolved?"
Qin thought about it and decided to focus on the child and let everything else go. Didn't the Marquis say that she couldn't teach the child? Then she would educate the child well and make him a useful person, who would also be her support in the future.
This is not to say that the son is unreliable. The key point is that the son is not liked by his father, nor by the old lady, and she always feels ashamed in front of those two people.
If she teaches her grandson well and pleases the Marquis and the old lady, then she can be proud of herself, right
Speaking of children, Qin couldn't help but think of her niece Wanru.
She promised the old lady that she would send the person back after the 79th day of mourning. Now many days have passed, and if she delays any further, the old lady might blame her again.
Wanru has been good friends with Ping'er since childhood, and Ping'er also wanted Wanru to be her daughter-in-law. However, the Marquis did not like Wanru and refused to agree, which gave Xie Nanjia an opportunity to take advantage of the situation.
Now that Wanru has finally seen hope again, how can she have the heart to send that person away
Ping'er is a passionate person and is easily influenced by the words of her husband. If Wanru leaves, and some other woman takes advantage of the situation and occupies the place in Ping'er's heart, wouldn't Wanru's hopes be dashed
Qin thought about it and felt that she couldn't just follow the old lady's wishes. She had to find a way to keep Wanru in the mansion.
She herself had a headache and couldn't walk, so she called Qin Wanru over to discuss a good plan with her.
Qin Wanru was also racking her brains over how to stay in the Marquis' Mansion.
She knew that her cousin was a playboy and had many affairs, but she just liked him and had never wavered in her love for him over the years. She didn't want to marry anyone else except her cousin.
Besides, when a girl marries, she doesn't just look at the man, but also the family background and whether the mistress of the house is easy to get along with. Her family has been getting worse and worse since her grandfather resigned as prime minister, and now it is just a nice empty shell. Marquis Dingyuan is highly valued by the emperor and is an important official of the country. He is in his prime. Her aunt is the mistress of the marquis's mansion. If she marries into the family, she doesn't have to worry about the relationship between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, nor does she have to worry about having no one to support her. She can get whatever she wants. She can't find such a good in-law family in the whole capital.
Anyway, no matter what, she was determined to marry into the Marquis's Mansion, even if it meant losing her face and getting married with a baby.
However, this trick is a desperate measure and should not be used unless it is absolutely necessary. After all, a girl's reputation is still very precious.
When Yunyan came to call her, she already had a plan in her mind. She went to the child's room and said a few words to the wet nurse, then took her maid Yunying and followed Yunyan.
Like Yunyan, Yunying was originally a maidservant of Qin's family, and was later given to Qin Wanru to serve.
Qin was lying on the bed with a scarf wrapped around her head and her face was pale. When she saw her niece come in, she waved weakly and asked her to sit beside the bed.
While the aunt and niece were talking in private, Madam Cao took the servants out, leaving Yunyan and Yunying guarding outside the door.
Qin held her niece's hand and sighed, "Aunt is such a coward as a marquis' wife, controlled by others in every way. I can't make the decision to keep you in the mansion for a while. When I think of you leaving, I feel so sad."
Qin Wanru's eyes turned red as she consoled him, "Don't be sad, aunt. Wanru knows your difficulties. Fortunately, you still have two younger sisters to take care of you. Even if Wanru leaves, aunt won't be lonely."
Qin sighed, "Your two sisters are still young, and the tutor that the Marquis hired for them is very strict. They can't finish their homework every day, so how can they have time to accompany me?"
Speaking of tutors, actually, when Marquis Dingyuan hired a tutor for his daughters, he planned to let Qin Wanru attend the lessons as well. However, she only had Zhao Jingping in her mind, and if she went to class, she would not see Zhao Jingping all day long. So, she found all kinds of excuses to miss classes after just a few days.
Qin has always been soft-hearted when it comes to disciplining her children. She is not the daughter of Marquis Dingyuan, so Marquis Dingyuan naturally would not take care of her as he would his own children. Over time, he didn't want to care about her anymore and just let her do what she wanted.
Fortunately, she had a teacher in the Prime Minister's Mansion since she was young. Although her academic performance was not particularly outstanding, she was more than capable of reciting romantic poems with Zhao Jingping.
Zhao Jingping himself was also a half-full person, and the two of them were of similar level and had similar tastes.
Qin Wanru felt uncomfortable thinking that she would not be able to see her cousin again. While comforting Qin Shi softly, she listened carefully to the noise outside the door.
After a while, the maid from her courtyard came as expected and told Yunyan through the door that the little boy had woken up and was crying and looking for his cousin. The wet nurse couldn't comfort him and he vomited all the milk he had been drinking.
Qin heard it in the room, and regardless of her headache, she shouted for the maid to come in and answer.
The maid came in and repeated what she had just said, and then said, "The little boy never leaves cousin's hand. Except when he is feeding, he cries when someone touches him. Every time he wakes up and opens his eyes, he looks for cousin. If he can't see cousin, he will cry non-stop."
After hearing this, Qin urged Qin Wanru to go back quickly.
Qin Wanru followed the maid and left in a hurry.
After she left, Madam Cao came in to serve. Qin leaned against the pillow and was absent-minded for a while. Suddenly, her eyes lit up and she said to Madam Cao, "Madam, I have an idea."
Madam Cao hurriedly asked what the idea was. Qin whispered it to her, and Madam Cao clapped her hands and cheered: "Madam, this is a really good idea."
Qin's headache was gone, and she smiled and said, "Since Madam thinks it's feasible, let's do it."
After Xie Nanjia narrowly escaped danger, gossip spread among the servants in the mansion for several days.
When the news reached the west wing, Zhao Jingyu had only one comment after hearing it: Diao Nu is cunning!
Wei Jun found it strange. Ever since Xie Nanfeng caused a big fuss in Shiwei Garden last time, the Second Young Master was suddenly not so anxious to have Xiu'er come to the west wing to serve him. He only asked him to send someone to secretly keep an eye on Xiu'er and report Xiu'er's movements to him every day, and nothing else.
Sometimes he really couldn't understand what the Second Young Master was thinking, but as a subordinate, he couldn't presume to guess what his master meant. All he could do was obey unconditionally.
Actually, it’s a good thing this way. The Second Young Master is a man who wants to do great things, and he shouldn’t focus too much energy on women.
Although the Second Young Master's yard is full of beauties, in fact none of them has an intimate relationship with him. He is just overly particular about beautiful things and does not allow anyone who is not beautiful to be around him.
Xiu'er was really a surprise to him.
The second young master had been to Hongou Manor twice in total, and met Xiu'er both times. Perhaps this was the destined fate between the two.
The Second Young Master had lived a very lonely life during the ten years he had spent in the Marquis' Mansion. It was good to have such a fate, but he did not want this fate to eventually become a shackle for the Second Young Master and block his progress.
Xie Nanjia didn't take Zhao Jingyu to heart. She found Hualou, but it was in such a miserable state now. Therefore, what she needed to do urgently was to find a good place for it.
But now she is just a fire-making girl. If she wants to accomplish this, she still has to plan slowly.
The first step was for her to figure out whether Hua Lou was willing or was forced.
So, in the next few days, she kept looking for opportunities to get close to Hualou.
The place where night incense was processed in the Dingyuan Marquis Mansion had a particularly elegant name called Qingqu Garden. It was located in the most remote corner of the mansion. Every day before dawn, the servants in charge of collecting night incense would go to various masters' places to collect all the chamber pots and transport them outside the mansion for processing. After returning, the chamber pots would be sent to Qingqu Garden, where the little maids would clean and fumigate them, and then send them back to various places after dark.
Xie Nanjia was busy during the day, so she could only go out for a walk quietly before the keys were handed down after dark, when all the masters had gone to bed and no one needed a hot bath.
Even so, it would be very troublesome if she was caught by the night patrol, so for several days she was unable to reach Qingqu Garden smoothly.
As her current job was too inconvenient, she thought about changing to a relatively less busy job first.
That day, when she was about to go look for Aunt Cai, the maid in charge of purchasing took the opportunity to chat in the kitchen while delivering the food. She said that the mistress had sent her cousin back to the Prime Minister's Mansion today, but before she reached the street corner of the Prime Minister's Mansion, she was called back by the servants.
The people in the kitchen were very surprised and asked her why.
The old woman smiled and said, "I heard that the young master was crying and making a fuss to find his cousin. No one could comfort him. He cried so hard that he vomited bile. We had no choice but to invite his cousin back."
After hearing this, everyone was speechless, looked at each other and smiled, understanding each other tacitly.
Xie Nanjia sneered in his heart. This was a really good excuse. It seemed that Qin Wanru had done everything she could to stay in the Marquis' Mansion.
But even if she planned everything, she might not be able to get what she wanted. How could she just sit back and watch someone use her son as a shield
Qin Wanru, don't be so proud too soon!
(End of this chapter)