Wang Momo was anxious, "But, madam..."
"I'm fine, I'll figure it out."
Nanny Wang had no choice but to shut her mouth unwillingly.
In the next few days, when Chu Lian went to Mrs. Jing'an to say hello, she always felt that Mrs. Jing'an was getting weirder every day.
What was so strange about it, Chu Lian couldn't tell.
In the small study today, Chu Lian was drawing jewelry designs for Zhenbaoxuan with a charcoal pencil.
While painting, Xi Yan suddenly stopped, and Xi Yan, who was waiting by the side, heard the movement, put down her needle and thread and asked, "Third Grandma, what's the matter?"
Chu Lian put down the thin charcoal pencil in her hand, and sighed, "I think about it, why do I feel that Niang's yard is strange."
Xi Yan blinked her eyes wide and waited for her to continue.
"Don't you think that many furnishings in the mother's room have been changed?"
After Chu Lian's reminder, Xi Yan also frowned and recalled.
In the past, there was a pair of cloisonne vases with hundreds of flowers on the main table of Mrs. Jing'an's main room flower hall, and there were a few gorgeous peacock feathers in the vases.
The pair of cloisonné vases, their master and servant, also said when they chatted that they were a pair of very rare vases. Nanny Gui privately said that it might have been handed down from the previous dynasty, and that it might be worth several thousand taels of silver. Wen Lan was taken aback, they had never seen such an expensive vase.
Mrs. Jing'an's dowry was very rich back then. Her natal family was a wealthy family in the south of the Yangtze River. It had been passed down for hundreds of years and was quite famous in the previous dynasty. It was only in the Taiping period that it gradually declined. Time did not treat her badly.
Mrs. Jing'an's dowry was also ranked first among the wives of the aristocratic family in Shengjing City.
It's a pity that she has been in poor health since then, and she has spent a lot of money in seeing a doctor and taking expensive medicines for more than ten years.
But a skinny camel is bigger than a horse, so Mrs. Jing'an still has a few things in the bottom of the box.
Even if the pair of red jadeite bracelets given to Chu Lian and Zou Shi were the same, so were the pair of cloisonne hundred-flower rich and noble bottles.
"The pair of vases have been changed!" Xi Yan reacted and said in surprise.
Chu Lian nodded. In fact, not only the pair of vases, but also some decorations in the room have been changed. Although the changed things are not that bad, they are indeed not as good as the previous ones.
If she hadn't been drawing patterns here today, thinking of the patterns on those artworks seen in modern times, she would not have thought of those vases.
"But isn't that pair of vases Madam's favorite?" Xi Yan asked suspiciously.
Wang Momo in Mrs. Jing'an's courtyard also said before that the pair of cloisonné vases had been placed in the flower hall for nearly thirty years!
It is said that Jing Anbo and Mrs. Jing Anbo placed it on the second day of their marriage. Mrs. Jing Anbo cherished this pair of vases and often wiped the dust on them herself.
Since you cherish it so much and like it so much, why shouldn't you change it at this time
Chu Lian couldn't think of the reason for a while, so she told Xi Yan, "Go and find out, what happened in your mother's yard these days?"
Xi Yan let out an "ah" and went out.
In fact, Chu Lian had a vague guess in her heart, but she was still not sure, she shook her head, and waited for Xi Yan to come back to confirm, if it was what she thought, she and He Changdi, as juniors, couldn't ignore it.
In the past few days, her mother-in-law, Mrs. Jing Anbo, has obviously become much more haggard than before. Even Miracle Doctor Miao has come to her specially to ask her to comfort Mrs. Jing Anbo to pay attention to her health, and not to waste his medical skills and precious money. Seek good medicine.
Xi Yan didn't come back until evening, and secretly told Chu Lian the news she found out.
When Chu Lian heard it, it was as she had guessed that the pair of cloisonné vases had been pawned. Although Mrs. Jing Anbo kept it secret, it was impossible that no clues were left behind.
Chu Lian guessed that most of the money that was used as a vase was invested in the public account of Jing'anbo Mansion.
While waiting for He Changdi to come back for dinner, Chu Lian was thinking about how to tell him about this matter. Then he heard more and more reports saying that He Sanlang had dinner with his colleagues from the Ministry of War and the Military Selection Department tonight. Eldest brother He Changdi Chang Qi and his second brother He Changjue were both there, and they might not be able to come back until later.
When Chu Lian knew about it, she asked Nanny Gui and the others to prepare a meal, and she had eaten earlier to prepare for a rest.
Chu Lian got the news here, and Mrs. He got the news over there. The Mrs. He also specially told the servants in the front yard to take good care of the grandchildren who came back late.
After the meal, He Ying pulled her daughter into the room and whispered something in her ear.
After finishing speaking, Pan Nianzhen's whole face flushed instantly, she nervously stirred the handkerchief in her hand, and said timidly: "Mother... this... is this really okay?"
He Ying slapped her daughter on the back, "What's wrong, if you don't use this method, you will never even think about staying in the uncle's house for the rest of your life, do you really want to marry those poor people who want money, money, power, and power?" ? And help them take care of their difficult mother-in-law?"
Pan Nianzhen shook her head quickly, "No... I don't want to."
"If you don't want to, just do what mother told you. If the matter fails, mother will have her own way to hide it from others. If the matter is accomplished, can your grandmother prevent you from marrying into the uncle's house?"
At this moment, Pan Nianzhen plucked up her courage, bit her lips, and finally nodded to her mother, "Okay, mother, my daughter will obey you in everything."
"By the way, this is my good daughter. It is not in vain that my mother has taught you for so many years."
At the end of Haishi that night, the three He family brothers came back together.
Because it was too late, He Erlang didn't go back to Dragon and Tiger Guard, he just followed his elder brother and third younger brother back to the mansion in a carriage.
As soon as the three brothers entered the mansion, the second housekeeper in the front yard greeted them with a servant.
Tonight, not only the three He Changqi brothers drank too much, but also Chang Sui who was beside them was given another banquet to drink.
Laiyue Kangshou and other close-fitting Chang Sui had been helped to rest in the wing room in the front yard.
Because he was entrusted by Mrs. He earlier, the second butler did not dare to slack off in the slightest.
Of the three brothers, only He Changdi was still a little sober. If it wasn't for him, maybe they wouldn't be able to come back tonight and would have to stay outside.
Diagonally opposite the restaurant where they were socializing was Wangxianlou, the most famous flower building in Shengjing City.
Because of his personality, He Changdi doesn't like to drink alcohol. His alcohol capacity is average. Even if he controls it, his head still hurts.
Among the three, the elder brother He Changqi was the most drunk, Erlang He Changjue could still talk, but the way he spoke, one could tell he was insane from alcohol!
He Changdi stretched out his hands to rub his temples, frowned, and commanded the housekeeper in a deep voice, "Just help the elder brother and the second elder brother to rest in the big study in the front yard. It's so late, don't disturb grandma and mother."
He Changqi was directly carried by a strong servant to lie down in the wing of the study.
However, He Changjue was drunk and sat in the study, refusing to go in to rest, and even pulled He Changdi to prevent him from leaving.
"Hey... third brother, don't go! Let's have a few more drinks. Second brother hasn't had such a good drink with you for a long time."