There is a Wangfu wife at home

Chapter 531 The Secret of Hengyang Villa (Part [-])

Although the voices of several people were very low, they were still heard by the coachman. Li Jiaoniang had good ears and heard some of them.

Both of them looked at those people.

Especially the coachman, his expression was unkind.

Mrs. Tian, ​​Mrs. Sang, and Mrs. Ying didn't hear clearly, but seeing those women kept looking here, their expressions were strange, obviously, they were chewing their tongues indiscriminately.

The faces of the three of them immediately sank.

Yingniang picked up the curtain of the carriage first, and Mrs. Tian and Mrs. Sang supported Li Jiaoniang together and got into the carriage.

The coachman raised his whip, and the carriage drove away arrogantly.

There was a cloud of dust.

Those talking women, you look at me, I look at you.

One of them said, "Oh, why is that coachman so arrogant?"

"You guys are really brave. You dare to gossip about Mrs. Hengyang's affairs in front of Mrs. Hengyang's servants. This lady is not easy to mess with!" Another lady said in a low voice with a serious look on her face.

The person who spoke first asked curiously, "Why do you say that?"

The other people who didn't speak looked at this person together.

The man said, "Mrs. Hengyang has a higher seniority than the official family. It is said that the Duke of Hengyang once helped the official family to succeed to the throne. If it were not for the poor health of the Duke of Hengyang, he is now under one person and above ten thousand. The Duke of Hengyang."

"Oh, so there is another reason for this." The others were stunned.

The man added, "Although Mrs. Hengyang fell ill in bed and cannot serve as an official, Mrs. Hengyang is not an ordinary weak woman."

"..."

"She is well versed in history, economics and state affairs, and officials often go to ask her for advice on some difficult decision-making."

A few people suddenly said, "So that's the case."

The man sneered again, "Even the officials are in awe of her, all of you, how dare you talk about her topic in front of her servants?"

"..."

"If her servants recognize you, you have to be careful. If she reports to the official, maybe the official will find some excuse to punish your family."

The commentators, thinking of the coachman staring at them with unfriendly eyes just now, suddenly held their breath in fright.

Glancing at each other, they dispersed with their own maids and wives.

Walk like fleeing.

After everyone finished walking, the man said to himself, "It's strange, why did Mrs. Li look so much like Mrs. Hengyang just now?"

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The carriage left the hill where the Qingshan Temple was located, and went around a miscellaneous forest, and saw a big Zhuangzi lying quietly beside a pond in front of it.

Zhuangzimen is a tall white marble archway, and on the beams are written a few large characters in vermilion: Furong Villa.

At the gate of the villa, there are still two big stone lions lying down.

In ancient times, the hierarchy was strict, and the size of the gate of the house showed the status of the owner.

Li Jiaoniang has already learned the story of this Mrs. Hengyang from Mrs. Zhao Cong and Mrs. Zhao Guitian.

Mrs. Hengyang's status is equal to that of Empress Dowager Wei. Mrs. Hengyang once helped Emperor Gaozong ascend the throne, so Mrs. Hengyang has some prestige in the court.

Although she doesn't show her face much, once she does, no one dares to disrespect her. Even Queen Mother Wei is afraid of her.

Empress Dowager Wei was born in a poor family. She was a maid and a concubine. If she hadn't given birth to Emperor Gaozong, she would not have been a queen mother.

Mrs. Hengyang is from a famous family, and she is the daughter of the Chai family who has the gold medal for avoiding death.

He has read a lot of books since he was a child, and has been taught by a female master.

Of course she is not afraid of Queen Mother Wei.

Up to now, she has looked down on Empress Dowager Wei.

How could such a high status woman be interested in a peasant woman?Li Jiaoniang couldn't figure it out.

The carriage walked into the archway, and after walking half a mile forward, it arrived in front of Zhuangzi's gate.

On the lintel of the gate, there are four big vermilion lanterns with the words Hengyang and Furong Villa on them.

The gate was wide open, and the carriage drove straight in.

It was not until the main hall inside that the carriage stopped.

Li Jiaoniang got out of the carriage supported by Mrs. Tian.

Outside the car, there were already four servants in their thirties waiting there.

Seeing Li Jiaoniang, her eyes were shocked, but after a while, she greeted Li Jiaoniang with a smile on her face, "Miss Li, you have worked hard all the way."

"Where is madam now?" Yingniang, who picked up Li Jiaoniang, asked one of the servants. "

"In Yinghe Garden." The maid said.

Yinghe Garden?
Li Jiaoniang blinked, thinking of her family's old house in the imperial capital in her previous life.

In her previous life, the room she lived in was called Yinghe Garden.

At that time, she liked lotus very much, so her father in the previous life decorated her house into a quaint boudoir. On the lintel of the door of the room, there was a peach wood plaque, which said "Yinghe Garden".

"Okay, I got it." Yingniang nodded, then said to Li Jiaoniang, "Madam is in a garden in the back house, I'll take you to see her."

Li Jiaoniang said, "Okay."

Passing through the hibiscus trees, I came to a small garden.

There are three houses in the garden.

The garden is small and unique.

Li Jiaoniang, Mrs. Tian, ​​and Mrs. Sang followed Yingniang into the main hall in the garden.

Mrs. Hengyang is wearing homely clothes and ordering tea herself.

Seeing Li Jiaoniang coming, she nodded with a smile, "Here you come? Sit down first, I'm ordering tea, it will be ready soon, let's drink tea and chat." Then she called to the maid beside her, "Go and prepare some fruit snacks. "

The maid responded and went down.

Li Jiaoniang sat down in the guest seat.

Lady Tian and Lady Sang stood by her side to accompany her.

Hidden in Li Jiaoniang's skirt, the little gray curly ball hugging her calf stretched out its paw restlessly, scratching her calf.

Even though you're wearing pants, it's uncomfortable to be scratched by your paws through the cloth, right?
Li Jiaoniang wanted to throw this disobedient little thing away.

Zhao Cong came to the house for dinner last night and forgot to take this little guy away.

When she went out this morning, it depended on her.

Thinking that this guy was probably in the palace listening to everyone's polite talk, she got tired of listening to it, so she took it out of the city to relax.

Tell it not to cause trouble, if it is discovered by Mrs. Hengyang's people, it will be thrown away.

But it actually forgot!
Li Jiaoniang raised her right foot and kicked the little gray curly ball on her left calf, signaling it to be quiet.

But the little thing was disobedient, and got out of the skirt, and ran away.

Li Jiaoniang, "..."

Your uncle, if you cause trouble, let's see how my aunt will deal with you little thing!
Mrs. Hengyang is eccentric and not easy to get along with.

Li Jiaoniang looked left and right, and found that Mrs. Hengyang's two maids and Yingniang were watching Mrs. Hengyang order tea, and no one was looking at her.

And Mrs. Hengyang is concentrating on ordering tea, and has no time to be distracted.

Li Jiaoniang breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, no one noticed that the little gray curly ball ran away.

It takes a long time to order tea, roughly two minutes to order tea is enough.Delicate ones can last half an hour.

While Li Jiaoniang was waiting for Mrs. Hengyang's tea order, the little gray curly ball ran back again.

Li Jiaoniang: "..."

She was about to complain, to scold your uncle in her heart, when the little gray curly ball suddenly said in a trembling voice, "There are dead people, just like Jiaoniang, here are them."

Li Jiaoniang, "..." She immediately turned black, your uncle, can you say something auspicious for the Chinese New Year?You just died, just like you!

Wait, what did it say?
What do you mean, like her, a dead person?
What do you mean?
Li Jiaoniang took a deep breath, little gray curly ball, why did she suddenly say these words?

She understands the temper of this little beast very well.

It is ruled out that it will swear at others when it does not eat candy, or when it is abused. At other times, it will not tell lies.

But she didn't scold it just now. When she was in the carriage, she quietly threw some candies in the carriage, and it picked them up and ate them all.

He was in a good mood then, playing with the pearl buckles on her shoes.

So, it didn't lie.

But what does it mean that this dead person... is the same as her?
Could it be that there are some unspeakable secrets in this Hengyang Villa?

Discovered by this little thing by accident?
Li Jiaoniang's breathing involuntarily slowed down by half a beat.

Combined with Mrs. Hengyang's repeated attempts to recognize her as her adopted daughter, this Mrs. Hengyang must have a shocking secret!
Moreover, it is still related to her!

Now that she's been targeted, she can't escape unscathed.

If she doesn't investigate the matter clearly, she will suffer a loss and be calculated, and she doesn't know what's going on.

Li Jiaoniang decided to investigate clearly.

She glanced at the little gray curly ball and motioned for it to hide so that no one could see it.

The little guy understood her gesture, and as expected, his figure flashed and hid behind a cabinet.

It is less than a foot tall, thin and clever, and it hides silently, so no one can find it.

Li Jiaoniang breathed a sigh of relief.

After a while, the tea at Mrs. Hengyang's place was ready.

(End of this chapter)