Rongguo Mansion, Hengwu Garden.
The maid, Mammy Zhang, went into the room with a cup of the medicinal soup that had just been boiled. She was about to lean in front of Aunt Xue's bed when Li Wan stood up and said, "Let me go."
After Aunt Xue caught the cold in the past two days, Li Wan was more attentive than Xue Baochai, and the servants were already used to it.
Therefore, Mammy Zhang didn't show any courtesy to her, she just humbly gave in and handed over the small casserole.
Li Wan put it on the coffee table next to the bed, first stirred it with a spoon, and then scooped some to warm it, just as she was about to feed it to Aunt Xue, she never thought that Aunt Xue suddenly turned around and turned her face toward in.
Seeing this, Li Wan glanced out of the corner of his eye to confirm that the mammy had gone outside, and then pressed his throat to persuade: "Even if there is a big thing, my aunt shouldn't trample on her own body..."
Before she could finish her sentence, Aunt Xue suddenly turned around and stared at Li Wan angrily and asked, "Is it wrong for me, or are you wrong for me?"
Li Wan was silenced by her, lowered his head and sighed, put the spoon back in the casserole, and stirred slowly.
For a while, the whole room fell silent, and only the soup spoon stumped on the casserole, making a crisp ding-dong sound.
After all, Aunt Xue had a gentle temperament, and her anger broke out just now, but when she saw Li Wan bowing her head and being speechless, she subconsciously softened.
Deliberately opened his mouth to find two more words, but he really couldn't find the reason why he wanted to console Li Wan.
In the end, the body that stood up slowly lay down, her eyes were slightly closed, and there was no trace of joy or anger on her face, but the fierce ups and downs under the quilt showed her inner restlessness.
Ding~
After an extraordinarily clear crash, Li Wan finally spoke again: "I said that I was persuading you to live a free life, but in the final analysis, I was afraid of leaking the news and missed the future of my children and grandchildren - since it was out of selfishness, my aunt wanted to fight, You are free to scold, but you must take care of yourself, if you are really ill at this time, who will Baochai rely on?"
Hearing her mentioning her daughter, Aunt Xue suddenly became angry again, and subconsciously wanted to stand up, but the anger surged up, making her sick body more and more weak.
So he took a few heavy breaths, and had to lie on his back and say hatefully, "If you don't mention Baochai, you can pay it back. Did you know that my sister was still thinking about matching Baochai with... and that person the day before yesterday!"
My mother-in-law wants to match Xue Baochai and Sun Shaozong
Li Wan couldn't help but be stunned when she heard it, and subconsciously wanted to ask about the 'golden and jade marriage'.
At the moment, she sighed for Lin Daiyu first - she didn't think that after Baochai quit, Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu would have any good results.
On the contrary, according to her mother-in-law's heart, she is afraid that she will have to find 'strong aid' for her precious son again.
Thinking about it in my heart, it was inevitable that my mouth was half a beat, but when I wanted to speak again, there were hurried footsteps outside.
Li Wan had to shut his mouth first, and then pretended to stir up the soup.
Unexpectedly, the man walked in and took a look, but it was actually his personal maid, Suyun.
Li Wan's heart was relieved at the moment, and when she saw Su Yun's panic, she immediately reprimanded: "What the hell are you doing, girl? You are not afraid of scaring your concubine!"
If it were in the past, Su Yun was respectful to Aunt Xue, but now she is a comrade-in-arms who has carried the same gun, and her fears will be less than half.
Therefore, he smiled and gave a sloppy salute: "Don't be surprised, auntie, I heard a rare thing and was in a hurry to report it, but I forgot the etiquette for a while."
Aunt Xue only thought that she was also dragged into the water by Li Wan, so instead of hating the house and Wu, she had a sense of pity for each other.
But in front of Li Wan, she didn't want to reveal her true intentions, so she just shook her head gently without any extra words.
Li Wan also felt that the atmosphere was stiff. Besides, it was not suitable to continue talking about the topic just now, so he followed the flow and instructed: "What's so rare? Look at you running out of white sweat in the winter."
"I heard… "
Su Yun first deliberately prolonged the sound to create a sense of mystery, and then said gloatingly: "I heard that the second grandmother embezzled the money from the public account and secretly did business in the south, earning a full 100,000 taels of silver. !"
As soon as these words came out, Li Wan and Aunt Xue both frowned, and then asked in unison, "Who said this?!"
Suyun replied: "Last night, when the dominoes were played, Laiwang's daughter-in-law said that she was bald - I heard that in a few days, the silver of the white flowers will be transported into the capital - for the past few years, Wang has been in the south, saying Who cares about the sacrifices of the clan, but actually did such a big thing!"
Hearing what she said about having noses and eyes, the suspicions on Li Wan and Aunt Xue's faces became even more pronounced.
Even though Aunt Xue said that she was a no-brainer on weekdays, she also knew the amount of 100,000 taels of silver—that niece of her own family was not a businessman, so how did she earn so much money in such a short period of time
And Li Wan has always been thinking about the identity of the housekeeper's wife, so he is more concerned about the public accounts than others.
According to her understanding, since the deficit was checked three years ago, if there is a difference of 100 taels of silver in this public account, there may be some, but if it is said that the capital that can earn hundreds of thousands of taels is borrowed, it is absolutely nothing. possible.
However, it is indeed a bit strange that Laiwang has been stationed in Jiangnan for the past two years.
While thinking about it, I suddenly heard the sound of footsteps outside.
This time, it was Mrs. Wang.
Li Wan's master and servants were busy getting up to greet them, but Mrs. Wang didn't say anything to the two of them. She leaned over to Aunt Xue's bed with a smile, and scolded: "I said to wear more clothes on weekdays, what's wrong, it's really dyed Is it cold?"
As she said that, she looked back and immediately a maidservant brought a lacquered mahogany box, Madam Wang took advantage of the situation and opened it, pointing to the inside and saying, "It's also your luck, the old ginseng that the Goryeo country just paid tribute to, to Niangniang. The blessing of the palace, the palace will reward us with a few, just to use it to make up for your body."
Aunt Xue heard that it was a tribute from the palace, so she refused repeatedly.
But Mrs. Wang ignored it, and asked someone to put the old ginseng on the table, then waved her hand: "Okay, our sisters have something to say to themselves, you go down first."
Li Wan took the lead and bowed in response, led a kind of old-fashioned maid out of the door, and closed the door in person.
At the moment when I turned around and closed the door, I vaguely heard Mrs. Wang say, "Have you thought about what I said that day? I heard that the second Sun family..."
The words behind, with the door closed, can no longer be heard
.
But Li Wan already knew the intention of her mother-in-law.
It seemed that she was very interested in bridging the marriage.
Thinking about it, even if Xue Baochai is not worthy of 'Baoyu', she is a niece who has grown up with her since she was a child, and she always hopes that she can marry a good family.
But now Aunt Xue, I am afraid it is impossible to agree to this marriage.
If this is forced, and I accidentally reveal it...
Li Wan's heart was tense, and now he hurriedly used his brain, thinking about how to settle the matter, so as not to be seen by his mother-in-law.