After leaving Rong'an Hall, the two sisters parted ways. Nangong Yue and Yimei didn't go back to Black Bamboo Garden directly, but planned to go to Lin's Qianyun Court first. She knew that mother might still be worried about herself at this time.
Walking on the long veranda, Nangong Yue remembered what happened at Duke Enguo's mansion today. She has laid enough bait today, and believes that Mrs. En Guogong will let the servant girl continue to massage her, and when she finds that her headache is relieved and tastes the sweetness, she will definitely believe that she has the strength to treat the fifth prince. Everything will fall apart.
As long as the fifth prince can survive, as the queen's son, with the strong backing of the queen and Duke Enguo's mansion, most of the throne will fall on the fifth prince's head in the future.
As long as Han Lingfu can't become the emperor, the tragedy of the Nangong family in the previous life will never happen again!
Thinking of this, Nangong Yue couldn't help curling her lips coldly, thinking: Han Lingfu, with Nangong Yue here, you are destined to miss the throne!
Nangong Yue was preoccupied, but she didn't know that Nangong Cheng suddenly stopped in the back, turned around and looked at her going back, her thoughts were a little complicated: on the way back home, she was still worried that Sister Yue was hiding her clumsiness at the flower viewing party She would be punished by her grandmother, but what she didn't expect was that, with just four words, Sister Yue solved the matter.
Is this really the sister Yue she knew
She lowered her eyes halfway, feeling a little uncomfortable in her heart. She has to work harder, she must not be compared to sister Yue!
Afterwards, Nangong Yue went to Lin's Qianyun Courtyard, answered a series of questions from her mother and elder brother, and accompanied them to finish their dinner before returning to Black Bamboo Courtyard.
As soon as she entered her room, Nangong Yue called Que'er to ask, "What happened in the mansion today?"
"Just about to tell the girl." Que'er hurriedly reported, "The eldest lady is out of the house, and it is said that she is visiting Mrs. Changping Hou Shizi."
Mrs. Changping Hou Shizi!
Nangong Yue raised her eyebrows and suddenly remembered something. In her previous life, her fourth uncle Nangong Cheng married the third girl of the Gu family, and the third girl of the Gu family was the concubine sister of Mrs. Changping Hou Shizi.
Thinking of this, Nangong Yue thought of a certain possibility. In the previous life, because the fourth uncle wanted to marry the third girl of the Gu family, he abandoned Su Qingping, so that Su Qingping finally turned her attention to her father, Nangong Mu
Nangong Yue gritted her teeth secretly, and said in her heart: In this life, Su Qingping will never want to repeat the old tricks and become her father's successor!
Nangong Yue waved to Que'er, and whispered something in her ear, asking her to find a way to tell Su Qingping that the eldest lady was visiting her fourth uncle.
Although Que'er didn't understand Nangong Yue's intentions, she still nodded, "Yes, Miss San."
After she was alone in the room, Nangong Yue finally took out the note that the young boy Si Tuo Yimei had passed on. This note was indeed written in official language...
After Nangong Yue looked at the ten lines at a glance, her eyes flickered for a while, her expression was unclear...
She put the note on the candle, and the white paper turned into ashes in the blink of an eye, floating in the air...
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Early the next morning, although Mrs. Su told her not to go to pay her respects, Nangong Yue went anyway, but deliberately arrived at Rong'an Hall about a stick of incense late, and staggered the time with the other sisters.
As soon as he entered the courtyard gate, he saw Dong'er and a little maid standing guard outside the corridor.
Nangong Yue slowed down and asked politely, "Sister Dong'er, is grandma here?"
"Third Miss." Dong'er bowed and said softly, "The old lady is talking to the second lady, please ask the third lady to wait here."
What would make grandma need to talk to mother alone? Nangong Yue's heart raised slightly, and she couldn't help worrying about mother, secretly wondering if something else happened? She didn't show it on her face, she was calm and composed nodded.
Nangong Yue waited quietly for a while, and saw Lin came out of Su's house with a calm expression, and behind her were two pretty maids, both about sixteen or seventeen years old, one plump and tall, the other slender Petite, can be said to be young and beautiful, each with its own characteristics.
"Mother." Nangong Yue hastily greeted her.
"Sister Yue!" As soon as Lin saw Nangong Yue, a smile appeared on her face, and she said softly, "I'm here to pay your respects to your grandmother, go in quickly."
"Yes, mother." Nangong Yue nodded meekly. Although she really wanted to know what grandma said to her mother, but this is really not a place to talk, so she had to go in first.
After Nangong Yue greeted Mrs. Su, as soon as she left Rong'an Hall, she hurriedly went to Mrs. Lin's Qianyun Courtyard.
On the way, Yimei talked about the news she had just inquired about in Rong'an Hall: "Third girl, those two maids originally belonged to the old lady's yard, one was called Hong'er, the other was called Cui'er...it was given by the old lady to the second maid. The master is a housekeeper." Saying this, Yimei's face was flushed, and in her capacity, she shouldn't have said these things, especially to her unmarried master.
Hong'er, Tweety?!
Nangong Yue curled her lips ironically. It seems that her good grandmother wished her father would snuggle up to the "red" and lean on the "green" to enjoy the blessings of everyone! It's just that mother...
Nangong Yue frowned slightly, remembering that her mother had a very calm expression just now, was this calm just an illusion made by her mother, or did she really accept this cruel fact
With this doubt in mind, Nangong Yue came to Qianyunyuan. As soon as she entered the courtyard, she saw Madam Liu standing on the porch, talking to Hong'er and Cui'er. When she saw Nangong Yue coming, she quickly dropped them and came over.
"Third Miss, you are here to find the Second Madam and the Second Young Master." Nanny Liu looked at Nangong Yue kindly, wanting to guide her, "The Second Madam and the Second Young Master are in the main room."
Nangong Yue nodded, "Nurse Liu, you don't need to greet me, I'll just go in by myself." Saying that, she left Yimei in the corridor and entered the main room by herself.
In the room, Nangong Xin was sitting at a desk by the window, holding a Jiulianhuan skillfully untied and put it on, put it on and unfastened it again, that familiar movement seemed to have been done countless times... and Lin's Sitting on a black lacquered arhat bed with three dimensions, a cloisonné enamel incense box is placed on the small table beside her. Holding the embroidery shed in her hand, she was in a daze, obviously absent-minded.
Seeing this, Nangong Yue couldn't help feeling sour in her heart. It seemed that the mother's heart was not as calm as she appeared on the surface.
Lin's heart was indeed not at peace. For so many years, she hadn't been able to conceive another child. She had already known in her heart that the old lady was very dissatisfied with her. It's just that she has been avoiding this problem all this time, but now she has to face it directly!
This time it was just a room, but next time it might be a concubine room.
Although she knew it in her heart, she was filled with bitterness when she thought of sharing her husband with other women and watching other women bear children for her husband. But what can I do? Who told me that my body has not been recuperated for a long time, and I have not been able to conceive and have children.
"Mother." A soft voice suddenly entered Lin's ears.
Lin came back to her senses and saw her daughter looking at her worriedly. She immediately smiled, "Sister Yue is here, why didn't you go to the boudoir school today?"
"Sister!" Nangong Xin put down the Nine Rings in her hand, stood up suddenly, and looked at Nangong Yue's eyes that were shining.
"Mother forgot." Nangong Yue affectionately sat beside her, holding Lin's arm, and said coquettishly, "I told you yesterday that today's boudoir school is on vacation."
Lin put down the embroidery shed in her hand, and patted her head lightly, "Look at my memory, I forgot about it."
"Sister, let's go play!" Nangong Xin reluctantly moved to the other side of Nangong Yue and took her little hand.
"Okay." Nangong Yue said with a smile, "Brother, I want to play Cuju, you can get it."
"Good!" Nangong Xin ran away excitedly when she heard that her sister was willing to play with her.
After sending her brother away, Nangong Yue looked at Lin's seriously, and persuaded: "Mother, Yue'er knows that Mother is feeling uncomfortable, but I still hope that you will take care of your body for Yue'er's sake."
Lin looked at Nangong Yue in a daze, and sighed lightly: "You know..." Then he sighed with a face of surprise, "Yes, how long can this kind of thing be kept secret?"
While she was speaking, her eyes were stained with moisture, and Su's stern words seemed to be still in her ears: "...People say that there are three ways to be unfilial, and having no offspring is the biggest. You and the second child have been married for more than ten years. But the children are weak, you two are ignorant, and I, as a mother, can't watch you foolish. Now I have found two housemaids for the second child, both of whom were former servants by my side. It's not bad, you can take it home..."
What Su said was reasonable, but how could Lin object, so he could only bring those two maids back.
"Mother..." Nangong Yue yelled again when she saw that Lin was in a daze, with deep worry in her eyes.
Lin came back to her senses, looked at her daughter, and hurriedly warned with a serious face: "Sister Yue, this is a matter for adults, you must not mention it to others, let alone interfere!" She was very determined, and Lin was deeply afraid that she would do something inappropriate--as a daughter's housekeeper who embarrasses her father, it is always unpleasant to spread the word and damage her boudoir's reputation.
"Mother, I understand." Nangong Yue nodded again and again, she naturally understood Lin's meaning, "But please give me a guarantee, mother." But in her heart, she planned to obey the law, and it would be fine if the two couples kept their own. , but if she dared to play any tricks, she naturally had ways to deal with them.
Lin couldn't help laughing: "Okay, sister Yue, what guarantee do you want?"
"Mother!" Nangong Yue looked at Lin's face seriously, her big and bright eyes did not flicker, "I hope mother will promise me that even if my father accepts the house and aunt, he will give birth to a concubine in the future." Concubine, you have to take care of your body for Yue'er and brother!" As she spoke, she grabbed Lin's hands with a little eagerness, and for the first time a crack appeared on her perfectly disguised appearance.
Lin looked at her daughter in disbelief, feeling a little ashamed, maybe it was because she was too weak and made her young daughter worry about her all the time.