King Jin froze, but soon regained his composure. He stretched out his hand and patted Concubine Liang's slender back, comforting him softly, "Concubine Mother, it's not your fault that I'm going there by myself, besides, I didn't come back safely. Yet."
As early as when King Jin was fostered under the name of Concubine Liang, he and the second prince called Concubine Liang the mother concubine.
Hearing King Jin's consolation, Concubine Liang managed to put away her tears, "Ayi is right, I am the one who is doing the trick, come on, you all sit down, I will order the dishes to be served, and the concubine mother will cook the dishes for today Do it, you two will eat more in a while."
The palace lady quickly set up the dining table, and the three "mother and son" sat around the table. According to the rules in the palace, it is not appropriate to talk during meals.
This meal was eaten quietly, Concubine Liang didn't eat much by herself, she only cared about serving food for the crown prince and King Jin.
After the meal, Concubine Liang asked the maid next to her to bring out a brand new robe.
She pulled King Jin to her face, and said with a smile: "Come on, try it, see if it fits, it was made for you years ago, but you haven't come back for the New Year, so you have kept it until now."
The King of Jin was bearing Concubine Liang's care as usual.
The prince said sourly from the side: "Fourth brother, you don't know, you are the only one who owns the robe made by the concubine mother, and I don't even have one."
Concubine Liang immediately slapped the crown prince on the shoulder, "What are you talking about! You have already married, and you want a new robe for your crown princess to make for you. Ayi is still a widow. Of course, I am a mother concubine. I prefer Ayi."
It was nearly midnight before King Jin returned to Prince Jin's mansion.
The confidant behind him held a brand new robe and asked, "Your Highness, hand this robe to the nanny to put away?"
King Jin's voice suddenly became cold, "It's burning!"
The servant was startled, and immediately responded, and then asked someone to find a brazier, and threw the robe brought back from Concubine Liang into the brazier.
King Jin stood by the bed, there was no light in the room, and the silvery moonlight came in from the window, falling on King Jin.
When he was about to leave, his mind echoed the exhortations that Concubine Liang whispered in his ear.
"Ayi, your second brother is not as capable as you, you should help your second brother more in the future."
Ah! help him
Chu Lian was drinking honey water in the yard when Xi Yan hurried in with a smile on his face.
Chu Lian glanced at her, "What? Good thing?"
Xiyan nodded like a chicken eating rice, "Third Grandma, I heard that Guilinju is going to close."
Chu Lian almost spit out the honey water that was in his mouth.
What? This is too fast!
"what happened?"
Even if Guilinju lost her team, it shouldn't be closed so soon. Guilinju had lost money like that before, but they never said they would close.
Xi Yan leaned closer and said, "I heard that he was reprimanded by a letter written by a senior member of the Jingzhong family."
Pfft... Chu Lian suddenly realized, no wonder she received a letter from Mrs. Yang two days ago, in which she asked about Gui Linju.
Thinking about it, when Guilinju opened its doors, the main consumers were the upper class people in Shengjing City. Those who are truly noble are not enough to look at in front of them, and it will be a matter of time before Guilinju closes its doors.
Xiyan took out another letter from her sleeve pocket and handed it to Chu Lian, "Third Grandma, the letter from the northern border is from the Qin government."
Chu Lian opened the letter and read it immediately.
After reading it, she said with a smile: "Jian City is over, Manager Qin and the others are already on their way back to Beijing."
Everything went well, Xi Yan also laughed.
The atmosphere in Songtao Garden was harmonious, with constant laughter and laughter, but it was gloomy in Qingwei Hall.
The old matriarch slapped the letters in his hand on the table and said angrily, "How unreasonable! How dare these people be so bold!"
The eldest aunt, He Ying, wiped away tears, "Mother, don't be angry, it's because your daughter is useless and can't find a good cook, so she was called Gui Linju and was condemned."
On the side, Nanny Liu patted the old matriarch's back and looked at the aunt and grandma disapprovingly.
"Okay, stop crying, it's not all your fault, San Lang's daughter-in-law has transferred all the original people away, what can you do!"
The eldest aunt wiped her tears and nodded aggrievedly, "Mom, what should we do, the family still needs money! We can't ask others to borrow it!"
Originally, there were not many shops and silver in the public house, but after being in the hands of the old matriarch, Mu Xiang and He Ying plundered some more. Now the income is not much, and the silver is really not enough.
The old matriarch frowned tightly, she didn't expect that at such an advanced age, she would end up worrying about these yellow and white things that would not be brought by life or would not be taken away by death.
Seeing that the old matriarch's complexion was not good, Pan Nianzhen, who was sitting next to her mother, whispered, "Grandmother, I heard that my aunt's health is much better. Now I can get out of bed and walk around normally, and manage the affairs in the yard!"
After Pan Nianzhen's reminder, He Ying immediately reacted.
She glanced at her daughter approvingly, "Mother, what Nian Zhen said is right, you are getting old, and it's time for you to enjoy your life, so it's your turn to take care of the family's worries. My sister-in-law was not in good health before. There is no way, now that sister-in-law is in good health, shouldn't she be the head of the house?"
The old matriarch's health is not as good as before, and she really can't manage the affairs of the mansion anymore. After listening to her daughter's suggestion, she also feels that it is reasonable. She really doesn't want to take care of such a mess, so she simply handed it over to her daughter-in-law.
The daughter-in-law has been idle for so many years, it's time to be a housekeeper.
The great aunt had wishful thinking in her heart, thinking about how to make more money when she handed over the public account to Mrs. Jing Anbo.
At that time, the account books will be handed over to the sister-in-law, and she will clean up the mess, but she will not care about her own business.
He Ying was thinking about it when she suddenly heard the old lady ask, "Sister Ying, how is Nian Zhen's marriage going?"
Ever since she was a child, Mrs. He has been trying to show Pan Nianzhen people. The wives who usually get along with her also provide some candidates, but they are not very willing to talk to their daughters and granddaughters.
In fact, she was not very satisfied after hearing it. Most of them were from the families of petty officials, or from poor families. If they were rich, they were just lowly merchants.
However, the old lady didn't think about Pan Nianzhen's own identity either.
Apart from her uncle's house in the Jing'an Mansion, she has nothing else at all. Her mother is still a widow who defected to her natal family, and her reputation in the capital was not good when she was young.
It was not easy to find these innocent people for her.
In fact, He Ying looked down on these people because she had already taken a fancy to He Erlang.
She glanced at her mother secretly, and said angrily on purpose: "These people simply look down on our mother and daughter, look at what kind of family they are talking about, sister Zhen has been with me since she was a child, how can I marry her casually?" , let her go to her husband’s house and continue to suffer.”