Chapter 18 Transition

Hou Mansion, Dongyuan.

The woman is swinging the beauty fan leisurely, reclining on the soft couch of the imperial concubine, her long flowing fairy skirt is scattered on the floor, and the brilliance under the light is particularly eye-catching.

In the courtyard, the musicians are playing the music, and the graceful dancer is twisting her slender waist, her long sleeves are fluttering in the air, like a butterfly about to spread her wings and fly away.

The maid in the white skirt knelt aside and beat her legs gently, while the other maid in the blue skirt put the peeled grapes into the woman's mouth and said in a low voice, "Girl, if Mrs. Hou doesn't call that Nanny Pang, she will not be able to disobey the Lord."Mother's order."

"We just want a medicine dregs, and we don't want her to harm the Wen family, so why bother?"

Zheng Ruyu spat out the grape seed from the side of her head, and snorted slightly, "I've met that nurse before, she's a woman who talks nonsense, she probably got some benefit from Wen's, so she hesitated."

"White sparrow." The round fan in her hand patted the shoulder of the maidservant in a white skirt beside her, and she said lazily, "When it's night, you take my golden jade hairpin and go look for her again. This mother Pang needs to prescribe the right medicine."It is."

"Girl..." The maid in white skirt raised her eyes and hesitated, "Could it be that the eldest son is protecting the Wen family?"

"Impossible." The woman's fox eyes flashed a look of contempt, and her face was sure.

Yao Xuanci's heart is like a hard stone, sober and rational is terrifying.

They were childhood sweethearts for more than ten years, and she never warmed up her heart after chasing after the cold and asking for warmth. The Wen family just married in the Hou's mansion for a little over a year, so how can it compare to her hard work these years.

But it was she who exhausted all her thoughts and saw that the man finally bowed his head and let go of his promise to come to the door to propose marriage, but let others get a big deal.

The moment Zheng Ruyu learned that the emperor bestowed the marriage, she almost gritted her silver teeth, wishing she could chop Wen's alive!

The elder sister comforted her, saying that Yao Xuanci was cold-hearted, and she couldn't get what she asked for, and Wen's would never get it.

But Mrs. Wen was the wife he married back in eight palanquins. She was an intimate pillow person before his death, able to bear children for him, and could sleep with Yao Xuanci in the coffin after death.

What is she, Zheng Ruyu, worth!

The more Zheng Ruyu thought about it, the more the fire of jealousy in his heart surged up, and the beauty fan in his hand vented his anger and fell out.

She is the majestic daughter of the Duke's Mansion, arrogant and reckless, and everyone hugs her around.

But now living in the Hou's mansion, not only can't disturb others, but also have to avoid Wen's like a mouse crossing the street.

Wen's, Wen's, all because of Wen's!

There was no sound at all when the fan fell to the ground, but Qu Yin was so frightened that she disappeared in an instant.

Those dancers also shuddered due to the shadow of the past few days, and knelt down one after another, unable to restrain their expressions of fear, "Please calm down, Second Miss."

Zheng Ruyu was already feeling uncomfortable, but suddenly became more angry, and even smashed out the teacup on the coffee table.

"Did I tell you to stop?"

With a crackling sound, the porcelain cup was smashed to pieces.

The old lady who had just entered the courtyard hurriedly walked into the house when she heard this movement.

Everyone in the room was silent, afraid that the master's eyes would fall on them, the old mother waved her hand, signaling the dancer and musician to leave.

She stepped forward and reminded, "Miss, please keep your voice down, the white crow sent by Shizi Yao is still guarding here."

Because of this sentence, Zheng Ruyu suppressed his anger.

Kicking away the maid in a white skirt who was kneeling at the end of the couch and not daring to raise her head, she stepped on the ground with her bare feet with a sullen face.

"Yao Xuanci is still in Dali Temple?"

She knew that he was busy with a case file, and it was even because of that case that she was able to live in Huai'an Hou Mansion.

"Isn't this old slave here to report to you?"

The old mother lowered her voice, "Mr. Wen left the mansion after lunch, and Mr. Yao just came back."

Zheng Ruyu's fox eyes lit up when she heard the words, and then she gritted her teeth unwillingly.

Only when Wen's family leaves, can she go looking for Yao Xuanci openly.

Sooner or later, she will take back what belongs to her.

"Why do you have the time to come to my yard?"

Mrs. Hou saw the moon-white figure appearing in the courtyard, and after being surprised, she quickly stood up from the main seat and greeted her with a warm smile.

"I heard that you have been busy with a big case recently, but are you done?"

Yao Xuanci looked at the mother and daughter who had stepped out of the wing room, standing at the screen wall without moving, with a cold look on his face, just a casual glance, and he took in the scene of the front yard.

The last time stepped into the main courtyard was on the first day of the Lunar New Year when paid New Year's greetings to Wen's, and left after sitting down for a cup of tea.

My mother has passed away due to illness for fifteen years, and this courtyard is far from the peaceful and quiet main courtyard in my memory, which is like a paradise.

In the first month of her marriage, Mrs. Qin had someone dig up the thick acacia tree in the corner of the front yard, and cut off the flowers and plants planted by her mother herself.

The Qin family said that the Hou Mansion has been settled for a hundred years, and there are too many flowers and plants in the main courtyard, which are too bright and eye-catching, making it look unsteady.

But every time she came to Hou Mansion to look for her mother, she praised her mother for taking care of the main courtyard beautifully, and she also wanted such a bright and beautiful courtyard.

At that time, Xiao Xuanci was not as tall as his sister-in-law, who was standing at the gate of the courtyard, and he stood by her side. He didn't understand why my sister's eyes suddenly turned red when she saw the swing that had been dismantled.

Seven months later, Qin gave birth to her first daughter prematurely, also her sister Jiji. On that day, Nanny Pang said that the baby girl was crying so loudly that she didn't look like a premature baby at all.

Afterwards, the father asked the sister-in-law to move out of the yard where she lived, saying that he wanted to let the newborn sister take care of Qin.

The sister-in-law was unwilling to give up, and had a big fight with her father. Xiao Xuan was at a loss for what to say, and didn't understand what was so controversial about a yard, which made her so angry that she didn't even come out of the yard.

He didn't understand, Qin kept saying that her mother was like her own sister, why no one was allowed to mention her after she got married.

I also don't understand why my father frowned subconsciously when he saw their siblings so tenderly and lovingly towards his mother.

He realized something then, but failed to grasp it.

The sister-in-law didn't see anyone until the nine-year-old Xiao Xuanci was teased and forced to drink by the sons who were a few years older than him at the Qin family's first daughter's hundred-day banquet.

He was so drunk that he couldn't stand still, and finally stumbled and fell into the lake. Only then did his sister appear in front of people after a long absence.

Xiao Xuanci began to know at that time that the Qin family was eating away at the traces of her mother bit by bit, and even wanted to give birth to a son to replace him.

Since then, my sister-in-law is as sharp as a sword, protecting him in front of him.

Until the first daughter of the Qin family was five years old, Yuanbang asked for peace and entered the imperial city to ask the emperor to marry her. The palms and backs of her hands were full of flesh, and the emperor was reluctant to let her daughter suffer in the cold north.

No one expected that the Marquis of Huai'an would take the initiative to ask for orders at this time to relieve the emperor's worries.

The son of heaven canonized the eldest daughter as the princess, and married the princess in the northern cold land.

The sword standing in front of Xiao Xuanci went away.

Thus, that young boy who had just grown up became that sharp and ruthless sword.

He hid the blood-stained sword blade behind his back, sat firmly on the throne of the eldest son, and became a handsome gentleman praised by everyone in the imperial city.

"Why did Xuanci stand there?"

Mrs. Hou had already come to him, her posture was dignified yet gentle, there were a few fine lines at the corners of her eyes when she smiled.

"Come in and have a sip of tea. Your father just got Shuangjian tea from the emperor. It's very rare."

At this time, Miss Yao, who was following Madam Hou, gave a salute and said crisply, "Brother is well."

Yao Xuanci glanced at her indifferently.

At that time, the immature five-year-old girl was about to grow up, ten years was too long, and he could hardly remember the voices and faces of his sister-in-law and mother.

The cold gaze made Miss Yao a little uneasy, she subconsciously hid behind Mrs. Hou.

Yao Xuanci looked away lightly, put his hands behind his back, "No, I just came to talk to you,"

He said in a deep voice, "Wen Shi has been pregnant for more than a month, let the people in the house look at her, and don't run into her."

Madam Hou's pupils shrank suddenly.

Isn't the Wen family infertile?!

Fortunately, she reacted quickly, concealed the shock in her eyes, and took a step forward with a look of surprise, "This is a happy event!"

Madam Hou said calmly, "I also called the government doctor to ask about it before, why didn't he mention it?"

As soon as she approached, the young man frowned, and stepped back half a step to distance herself from her, showing a look of alienation and disgust.

"At the beginning, the fetus was unstable, and I was afraid that it would disturb the child."

Mrs. Hou was gnashed her teeth by his expression, and she still couldn't reveal half of it.

She secretly clenched the handkerchief tightly, regretting it countless times in her heart.

When regretting marrying that girl far away, you should be more cruel, find a chance to kill the young man back then, and then find an obedient one from among the bastards to be promoted to the position of the son.

Otherwise, she wouldn't have had her minions broken off by the blood, and she would have stayed in this small courtyard aggrieved.

Suddenly, Mrs. Hou remembered that she had punished Wen's family to kneel in the ancestral hall on the grounds that it was difficult for her to bear children, and planned to send some dancers to Qingyu Yuan, her heart trembled.

Then Wen's had better keep his mouth shut, don't think that a mother is more expensive than a child, and gossip in front of Yao Xuanci!

She didn't show it on her face, she just smiled and echoed, "Wen's body is indeed weak, and she should take good care of it."

"Several old nuns in my courtyard watched Yao'er and Ping'er grow up, and they picked the one that was pleasing to the eye, and went to take care of Wen's."

"This is the grandson of our Marquis of Huai'an."

Mrs. Hou had a bright smile on her face, and even Miss Yao felt strange looking at it.

What did Xindao's mother do to Wen's so caring, the man in my brother's heart lives in Dongyuan.

"Aunt Qin's people, it's enough to keep it for myself." Yao Xuanci looked at her calmly, with a slightly cold tone.

"I heard that my aunt loves the Wen family and often teaches her about the family rules in person. I don't know how my aunt can teach her?"

Mrs. Hou's face turned pale, and the second girl Yao heard her brother's questioning meaning, and couldn't help but said, "Is this brother blaming mother for not being disciplined?"

Her mother is the mistress of the Hou Mansion, even if it is a step-wife, a brother-in-law shouldn't have one aunt at a time, as if he is ordering the father's concubine, let alone questioning the mother's teaching of the daughter-in-law.

"Obviously it's my sister-in-law who goes in from one ear to the other and goes out from the right. My mother tried to persuade me many times, but she didn't listen. How could my brother blame us?"

That Wen family was born in a small family, and at the banquet, he was as quiet as a mute, knowing how to eat and drink without moving, showing a petty air.

Mrs. Hou hurriedly tugged on Miss Yao's sleeve to signal her to shut up, but the girl got excited and took a step forward.

"She has been married into our Marquis's Mansion for more than a year, and she doesn't understand the slightest bit of propriety. How can this be done?"

"Yao'er!" Mrs. Hou gave her a hard look, and hurriedly looked at Yao Xuanci's face.

"Children are full of nonsense, one-sided words, don't take the declaration to heart."

"Wen's is just a little stupid."

The youth's deep phoenix eyes narrowed slightly, and his tone was unpredictable, "She doesn't know how to measure?"

That cat is docile and well-behaved, adding a lot of vitality to Qing Yu Yuan, it is obviously very sensible and peaceful.

Her dark eyes lightly fell on Mrs. Hou's body, implying a hint of hostility, "It turns out that Aunt Qin still has time to teach others to know the word of propriety."

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