In the spring before the first wife's return to the hall

Chapter 16

After Lianxiang went out, Jin'er got up and took a look, and then went to the east door first: it should be the bedroom, she wanted to see the makeup box.

After entering, it is divided into two rooms, inside and outside. The outside room is a green gauze cabinet, and the inside is a serious bedroom. The things inside are a bit old, but they are all clean.

In the past, I touched the tents and quilts, and they were extremely dry; Jin Jingyi really cared about it, and didn't just do superficial cleaning.

When he said that he was waiting for his first wife to return, it was obviously not against his will; if the bedding was often hung to dry, he was really waiting for his wife to return, and he really believed that his wife would come back.

Tears fell on the quilt, and soon disappeared.

Jin'er wiped her tears with her sleeve, then suddenly smiled and shook her head: "You're going to scold me again when you see it, it's just that you don't have a long memory, alas."

She took out the veil and dabbed it lightly around her eyes, then sat down in front of the dressing table; the person in the bronze mirror was a little blurry, so the smile on her lips was slightly sad.

Open the makeup box on the dressing table, take it out, and see three hairpins lined up on the top, and five pearl flowers on the bottom; open the box on the other side, and the rouge and gouache are all new.

However, there are a few small boxes next to the box. You don't need to open them to know that they are fat and gouache: it is what Jiner used five years ago.

Jin Jing kept the old stuff, was he thinking about it?I still asked someone to prepare a new one, just thinking that if my wife came back, there would be no usable things.

A man who is so careful in such trivial matters can only be said to have put his utmost care on the mistress of these things.

Jin'er looked at these things, stroked them one by one, and finally closed her eyes and said softly, "I'm sorry."

At this moment, Lian Xiang raised her voice: "Ma'am, a guest has arrived."

Jin'er hurriedly restored the makeup box, tidied herself up, and then walked out calmly: "Who is it? We just came back, how could there be any guests?"

"It's really you?!" There was a person standing in the hall, with bright eyes and bright teeth, he was such a beauty.

Jin'er looked at her: "What's the matter?" She didn't ask who you are.

The beauty sized her up again: "You really have to come back!" Then she coughed as if to cover up her gaffe: "Don't say that Mrs. Jin Jiatai hasn't acknowledged your identity yet, even if you are the wife of Jin's mansion, you will see me like this!" The county head should also salute."

Jin'er is really obedient: "Master."

The beauty was even more surprised: "Do what you are told to do? Are you out of your mind?" Looking at Jin'er again: "It is that Mu Jin'er is not wrong, ha, he changed his temper because of suffering outside. ?”

Jin'er looked at her indifferently: "If I have nothing to do, I won't accompany you. I still have something to go out."

The beauty snorted, "It's been five years." She turned around and left, leaving behind an inexplicable sentence, which seemed to be sentimental, but there was no sense of sentimentality in her tone.

Lian Xiang looked at Jin Er, but Jin Er glared at her: "Look at what I do, you should know what to do; I don't know her."

Lianxiang was helpless: "She seems to know Madam."

Jin'er didn't even raise her eyelids: "That's her business. So I want to know who she is, um, it would be best if I can know whether it's an enemy or a friend, you understand?"

Lian Xiang nodded and went out again, but before Jin'er sat down in the bedroom, Lian Xiang rushed in again: "Whoever is here is another Mrs. Jin."

Jin'er raised her head: "Her?" She was really surprised, she didn't expect Tan Qiuyin to come to her so soon.

Lianxiang stared at Jin'er nervously, her palms were sweating a little: she didn't expect another Mrs. Jin to hit the door.

Seeing her appearance, Jin'er's heart was moved, she beckoned her to come over and bent down, and whispered in her ear: "You know now, the prosperity and wealth in the mansion are just for looking good, if someone wants your life, that is Very simple."

"Especially a girl like you." She glanced at Jin'er: "I will protect you, but you also need to know what loyalty is; otherwise, you will understand."

After she finished speaking, she stood up and went to the hall, and sat down on the main seat. Seeing that there was no movement outside the door, Tan Qiuyin sighed inwardly, "Tan Qiuyin is very patient: "Why don't you invite Madam Tan to come in?"

Jin'er's voice was neither high nor low, I believe if Tan Qiuyin was outside the door, she would definitely be able to hear it.

Only then did Lianxiang nod her head in agreement, and walked over to open the curtain, there was indeed Tan Qiuyin and her girl playing the piano standing outside the door; Lianxiang bent her knees: "Please."

She didn't call Tan Qiuyin as his wife, because she was Jin'er's girl, and in her mind, the lady of the Jin family was naturally her master.

Tan Qiuyin stepped in and ignored Lianxiang, and bowed to salute: "Mrs. Mu, I came here rashly, please don't blame me." Nongqin, the girl behind her, took a look at Lianxiang.

Jin'er stood up and bowed to return the salute: "Mrs. Tan is polite. Please sit down." She was very polite to Tan Qiuyin, because the visitor was a guest.

Tan Qiuyin was not polite at all, and instead of taking the guest seat, she took another first seat at Jin'er's table: Jin'er sat on the left, and she sat on the right.

"Mrs. Mu, don't be polite to me. You are a guest from afar, so don't be too restrained." She opened her mouth to point out the master.

Jin'er smiled slightly: "The host and the guest don't need you and me to fight - Mrs. Tan must not have come here to say these two words, right?" If Tan Qiuyin didn't come, how could there be a host and guest dispute? , Tan Qiuyin wouldn't be so boring.

Tan Qiuyin smiled back: "Madam is indeed Linglong's heart." She glanced at Nongqin behind her and did not speak; Nongqin bowed to her master and Jin'er before leaving the room.

Jin'er understood that she wanted to talk to her in private, so she glanced at Lianxiang without thinking; now of course Lianxiang knew that it was her time to quit, so she bowed out as well.

And after she exited, she closed the door, and at the same time stood in front of the porch steps and looked at Nongqin: I don't listen to what is said in the room, and you don't want to eavesdrop on what is said in the room.

Nongqin didn't open her mouth, she didn't bother to talk to Lianxiang, she sat next to the beauty on the porch and stared at Lianxiang without blinking: I will stare at you too, don't try to eavesdrop.

Tan Qiuyin and Jin'er in the room seemed to be in harmony, with obvious smiles on their faces, and soft voices when they spoke, but every sentence did not make people happy.

Tan Qiuyin looked at Jin'er: "What do you want?"

Jin'er looked back at Tan Qiuyin: "Then what do you think I want?"

Tan Qiuyin's eyes turned slightly cold: "Don't hit these dumb fans again. If you come back after five years away, the simple picture is just a word of money."

She took out a stack of bank notes from her sleeve, and took out a brocade bag: "These are 150 taels of silver notes, which is the largest amount I can take out now, enough for you to make a living. "

"And these are all my head and jewelry, you can get more than two thousand taels if you pawn them; you can buy a house, you can buy a few maids."

"As long as you promise to take it, you will leave. I will send you 100 taels of silver every six months until I am a hundred years later." She stared into Jin'er's eyes: "I will never lie in the slightest when I talk about it. .”

Jin'er looked at the money on the table and couldn't help sighing: "What a huge sum of money." Then she flicked her dress, looked up at Tan Qiuyin: "Mrs. Tan is so scheming."

"If I agree, I will go to the government the next day, right? First of all, if I agree, it means that I am looking for money, and if I can leave for a few thousand taels of silver, of course it cannot be the wife of the Jin family."

"Because I still have children here, how could I ignore my children for this small amount of money? Such sufficient reasons can prove that I am a liar."

She shook her head: "Secondly, even if Mrs. Tan and Mrs. Tai have no such plan, after I took the money, I fell into your hands."

"It's okay to talk about silver. Is your head jewelry so easy to collect? Forgive me for guessing with a villain's heart. Well, no matter whether I am these heads or not, as long as I am not obedient, then I will be stealing." A thief of the Jin family's property."

"What's waiting for me is exile for thousands of miles. Alas, the silver is good but it's too hot to touch. How can I take it? I can only ask Mrs. Tan to take it back."

Jin'er looked into Tan Qiuyin's eyes: "I just don't know if you came up with this idea, or Mrs. Tai's? It's not enough to drive me out of the house."

Tan Qiuyin's expression did not change, she smiled and said, "Madam Mu is really too villainous." When she said this, she sighed: "It doesn't matter if you are true or not, but I am so innocent."

"I am also married by a famous matchmaker, and I am also the jewel in the palm of the Tan family. Of course, I will be the mistress when I marry into the Jin family. Otherwise, how could my parents wrong me; and our Tan family can't afford to lose this person, and neither can I." this person."

"When I married into the Jin family, I devoted myself to serving my mother-in-law and taking care of my husband. As long as it was my job, I would do it myself--even if I asked God, I would be able to ask. What did I do wrong?!"

Jin'er was silent for a while: "Madam Tan, I also did nothing wrong, I can only say it was fate..."

Tan Qiuyin interrupted her: "Don't say it's fate, the matter is in front of you; I'm innocent, no matter what happened to the Jin Mansion in the past, it has nothing to do with me, right?"

"If I marry, I can only be a member of the Jin family, and if I die, I can only be a ghost of the Jin family." She took a long breath: "I don't have so many ideas, I just want to keep my family."

She looked at Jin'er and pushed the banknotes and jewelry: "Madam Mu, it's been five years, the world has changed, and the world has changed, so please be my concubine. Concubine, I am really innocent."

"These are just my concubine's thoughts, and I have no other intentions to compensate you. I just hope that Madam Mu can help me and the Jin family."

After she finished speaking, she stood up and bowed solemnly to Jin'er.

(End of this chapter)