boudoir

Chapter 408
When Mrs. Mu came the next day, Liuli also showed her the booklet of gift money.Before this, Liuli hadn't revealed a word to her.

After reading the item added later, Mu Shi was startled at first, but then his face turned pale.

"The third master is also Madam's biological son, and I am also Madam's direct daughter-in-law, and she can do it!" Mu's eyes turned red, and tears began to fall. "What good is it for me to lose face and face her? Could it be that for her own sake, even her son and daughter-in-law can be ignored?"

Liuli didn't persuade her, let her sit in the room, and went to the porch for a walk by herself.Mrs. Mu is a typical lady who is protected too well. It is impossible to imagine that there is a mother who treats her own son and daughter-in-law like this in this world.But after all, she wanted to grow up in this environment, and, in order to stabilize this sister-in-law relationship in the future, she had to make Mrs. Mu face these cruel facts.

Otherwise, when Mei's scandal is exposed soon, will Mu be able to accept it?
Rui'er came in and saw that Mu Shi was still sitting silently, so she made a new bowl of tea for her and said, "Third Mistress, drink tea."

Mrs. Mu nodded, but held onto the handkerchief again and remained silent.

Rui'er smiled and said: "Third Mistress, don't blame our princess for being like this. After all, our prince and Mrs. Mei are separated by one floor. There are some things that our prince and concubine don't talk about, but I think the third mistress has heard about it. If the princess doesn't Irrelevant people, I think you can persuade you. But it happens to be separated by this layer—don’t blame me for talking too much. When Madam married the old prince, the Tai Madam in Qi’s mansion was already old, and Madam entered the door. In charge of the family, the old prince is away all year round. The second master, the third master, and the eldest girl were brought up by nurses since they were young. It is the second master who is closer to his wife, and it is also the relationship that was established in Beijing in the past few years. Mei After all, the foundation of the mansion is not as good as that of the Qi mansion, so Madam is naturally reluctant to let go of the power, and the third grandma knows very well why she did this."

Mrs. Mu was silent, nodded and said: "I know, I just can't figure it out, she is already a grandmother, what is she still holding on to this power for? Don't everyone just want to pray for the family? She can still save money for the rest of her life. Is it possible not to let go of this power?"

Rui'er smiled and said: "The third master and the third mistress are deeply in love, so of course I feel that this power should be released as soon as possible, but between the madam and the old prince—" She stopped talking at this point, and then said: "It's a servant girl. It's overstepping the rules, these things should not be said by slaves. Why don't the third grandma have a cup of tea?"

She stretched her hand towards the teacup, and silently backed away.

When Liuli came in again, Mu Shi was still silent, but the resentment was no longer on his face, but a pensive one.

"Sister-in-law is back." Seeing the shadow at the door, she stood up and said to Liuli.

Liu Li sat down and said: "Lai Wu sent two baskets of fresh lotus seeds just now, and I had someone stew the soup, Yun Hao won't come back at noon, you can eat with me."

If Liuli gave birth to a daughter in the future, she would never lock her in the palace to prevent her from seeing all the ugliness in the world. The love of parents and the superior environment can indeed give people an infinite sense of security, but the nature of this world is not Pure and safe, sometimes too well protected will make people lose their basic defense ability.Liuli wants them to distinguish what is dirty and ugly at a glance, and then cherish the pure and beautiful even more. Without comparison, the world is in chaos.

Liuli felt that she was teaching her daughter in advance, so she missed Guo Xia a little bit.Guo Xia is her lifelong mentor, and the first person who made her realize that there are pure and beautiful emotions in this world.She sent a letter to Guo Xia.

Of course, she didn't forget the spark she cast on King Dingbei.

The mansion has been very quiet these past few days, but the calm does not mean that nothing happened.Mrs. Mei still manages the general affairs of the mansion every day, handing over accounts with the stewards of various shops and farms, and still meddling in some internal affairs of the mansion.But now that Liuli has handed over most of the matters to the Mu family, basically there will be no conflicts with the Mei family.Occasionally, Mrs. Mu would silently resist, and Li Fu would help from the side, Mrs. Mei's anger turned to anger, but she didn't take advantage of it.

The days went by like this, it seemed that it couldn't be more normal, but Liuli knew that King Dingbei had been late returning to the mansion these days, and the servants around him had become more active in the mansion.

Mei also vaguely sensed something different, but the current stability made her not think too deeply, she just asked Xiangying: "What is the lord up to lately?"

Xiangying said: "I don't know."

She also felt a little uneasy in her heart. Recently, the mansion has been too peaceful and normal. It's unbelievable how normal it is.If there is something unusual to say, it is that King Dingbei has not gone to Chaoqing Hall to see Brother Shen for several days in a row. This is indeed abnormal for King Dingbei who loves his eldest grandson very much.

She felt that the calmness at the moment was a bit like the rain was about to come.

Mrs. Mei seemed to be thinking about it with her, she said: "How is Brother Shen these days?"

Xiangying said: "Today I saw catching crickets in the back garden. I got a little tanned, but taller."

Mei said: "Is it possible that the old master has offended the prince?"

Xiangying's heart tightened. She hadn't heard any news about these things, so she really couldn't answer them.

Mei Shi sighed and fell silent.

By the time of Haishi, King Dingbei still hadn't come back, so Mrs. Mei had to rest first.

Xiangying covered the mosquito net for her, went around to the next door to see Qi Hanzhi who was sleeping soundly, and then tiptoed out of the room again.

Although Qi Hanzhi was taken by Mei's side in the name of personally raising her, she was actually not good at disciplining children, so Xiangying took care of all the big and small matters of Qi Hanzhi.This child is also very cute, she looks at it, and she has some real feelings. Every day before going to bed, she always takes a look for herself.

The biggest regret in her life was not being able to give birth to a son and a half daughter - of course, even if she gave birth, Mrs. Mei would not let them have a bright future.It is enough to have one Qi Yunhao, the Mei family will not tolerate another woman to bear a son for Prince Dingbei.As herself, after seeing how the Mei family tortured the young Qi Yunhao, she couldn't bear to let her child suffer such harsh treatment.Therefore, as soon as she was cruel, it became a lifetime regret.

But the older she gets, the more she wants to have a child by her side. Whenever she sees Little Dulu walking around the house, she can't help but stop and stare at her for a long time. Later, when Ruyi came to her door with Qi Hanzhi in her arms, she would Finally, he couldn't help persuading Mei to keep the child.

The child stays in the upper room, one can show her love for the second room, and win over Qi Yunjing's heart. In the situation where the third room and the couple have all turned to the long room, it is for Mei's family to win Qi Yunjing's heart. is absolutely necessary.Furthermore, having Qi Hanzhi by her side can also sweep away a bit of loneliness.After weighing it up, Mei agreed.

Therefore, Xiangying has been very happy these few days, as if she finally has something to look forward to in her life.

She went out and walked to her own room in the west back hall, the corners of her lips raised softly.

Because she is still a girl in the house, she still lives in the same yard with the servants.When King Dingbei asked her to serve him in bed, she served him in his room.And those times were few. At that time, Mei Shi gave birth to Qi Yunjing, and he asked her to serve him a few times. Later, Mei Shi gave birth to confinement, and he never let her get close to him again.

After so many years, she is still serving him and her, and calls herself a slave in front of them. King Dingbei looks at her no differently from other people. He is probably used to it, but she has already Habit.

She pushed open the door of the back hall, and walked along the east corridor to her door as usual.There was a light on in her room, but she remembered that she didn't turn on the light before going out.

Maybe it was Mammy Chen's granddaughter, Shan'er. Shan'er was only eight years old, she watched her grow up, and often came to her room to beg for snacks.

She smiled softly and opened the door.

Seeing the person sitting at the table, she was startled suddenly, with a smile on her cheeks, like a flower printed on Goryeo paper.

"My lord!"

Soon, she came back to her senses and prostrated herself on the ground.

King Dingbei's thoughts were still on her gentle smile when she first entered the door.After staring at the top of her head for a long time, he said: "Get up."

Xiangying stood up, retreated under the window, clasped her hands, and completely lost the previous happiness.

In my impression, he had never been in her room before, and even being alone like this was as far away as a previous life.

"My lord, what are your orders?"

She has passed the age of dreaming, and knows that he must not come for those things that have been dusted.

"sit down."

King Dingbei pointed to the Wufu Muduner in front of him.

Xiangying hesitated for a while, and sat down next to the edge of the wooden pier.

King Dingbei supported the teacup on the table, stared at the half-closed door for a long time, and said, "Have you ever exchanged private letters between Madam, the deposed prince, and Empress Xiaohui?"

Xiangying's eyes were dazzled, and she stood up again holding the table.

Why did he suddenly ask this?The Mei family and Empress Xiaohui's mother and son only passed one reply letter, that is, before the night of Lu Zhao's incident, she only knew that she had sent a letter to the palace, but she didn't know why?And the reason why she knew the inside story later was that Mei Shi was awakened by the nightmare afterwards, and she only found out.It's been almost two years, Empress Xiaohui and the abandoned prince are both dead, why did he ask this again?
Her face looked as if it had been painted white, and her knuckles gripping the edge of the table were also blue-white due to excessive force.

"Slaves, servants don't know—"

"In the yard behind my study, she opened the door secretly. As far as I know, the key is only in her hands."

Before she could finish speaking, King Dingbei had already opened his mouth first, staring at her and speaking slowly.

Xiangying's face turned even paler. What he said must be true. Although she had only been in love with him for a few months, she knew him too well. Say vague words, let alone draw unexamined conclusions.Mrs. Mei opened the door behind his study, but she didn't know it.

(End of this chapter)