concubines are respected

Chapter 15
"Big sister is well." In front of the gate of Yulan Garden, Su Xian greeted Lin Zhilan and her group with a smile.

Recently, Suxian came to Yulan Garden to pay her respects every day on a regular basis, her attitude was extremely submissive, without any sign of overstepping.Although the eldest lady dislikes Suxian, she really can't find her fault. Looking at her low-browed appearance, it doesn't look like the fault of trying to get out of the mansion privately, and then tried to destroy the opal and pass it on to Lin Yinglu , and even easily made the person in charge, Mrs. Chen, hand over the case.

If it hadn't really happened, no one would believe that these incidents were all done by the seemingly docile Suxian.

Ling Zhilan stared coldly at the thin and frail Suxian in front of her, suppressing her hatred, she turned around and walked towards the garden in big strides.Lin Yinglu, who was following closely behind Lin Zhilan, cast a disdainful glance at Suxian, brushed past her, and gnashed her teeth softly, "Hmph, bastard, let's see how long you can survive!" Behind Zhilan, she entered Magnolia Garden.

Lin Ruxue has a docile temperament, and has always disliked fights between sisters. Seeing that the eldest sister and the third sister treated Su Xian coldly, there was a trace of unbearable in Shui Lingling's eyes. She stepped forward a few steps and was about to say something, but smelled Lin Yinglu urged sullenly, "Fourth sister, what are you dawdling about, why don't you go!"

"Hey, we're here, Third Sister." Lin Ruxue hurriedly responded, glanced at Suxian from the corner of her eye, and didn't dare to say anything, and hurriedly followed in.

Facing the contempt of the sisters, Suxian didn't care about it, with a faint smile on her face, Xiangcao stepped forward, gently held her arm, and said in a comforting voice, "Second Miss, you don't have to worry about it, Eldest Miss It's always been like this with Miss San."

"Hehe, these years, I naturally know how virtuous they are. How could I care about such a small matter with them? Forget it, follow me in to greet the eldest lady. If the time is delayed, wouldn't it be another matter?" Su Xian said in a soft voice, and walked slowly into the garden.

Xiang Cao smiled comfortingly, and gently led Su Xian into the inner garden.In the past few days back to Queyuan, when Cuiya mentioned Suxian's change, Vanilla was amazed, but there was a trace of doubt in her heart.At this time, one can see his calm and composed demeanor, the cowardice and humbleness of the past have long since ceased to exist.Only then did Vanilla truly feel that her master had indeed changed, and this change made Vanilla seem to see the dawn in the dark night.

In the main room of Yulan Court, the eldest lady is holding the powder glazed jade porcelain teacup with one hand, and the other hand is pointing at the orchid. She lifts the delicate porcelain cover and gently blows the tender tea buds floating on the tea soup. The green tea soup There were layers of ripples on the surface, pushing the tea leaves floating on the water towards the inner wall of the teacup, "Steward Lin came all the way from the capital, I'm really tired, I don't know when my old lady said when she will return home? "

The eldest lady took a sip of the mellow tea soup, put the lid on the cup casually, and asked the man in gray who was standing with his head bowed down in the hall with a smile on his face.

"Back to Da Furen, the old madam has lived in the mansion temporarily since she came to Beijing, but she has never been idle for a moment. Because of the master's condition, the old madam sent people to seek medical treatment everywhere, which really broke my heart. A while ago One day, I heard that in the Qinglong Temple in the western suburbs of the capital, there was a doctor with extremely high medical skills staying there temporarily. It's just that this person is very withdrawn and rarely meets strangers. The old lady sent someone to invite him three times. But the other party refused to even meet face to face. When the younger one was about to leave the house, he heard the old lady mention that he planned to go there in person, hoping to invite a doctor to come to see the master. According to the time, if the trip goes well, Perhaps in another ten and a half months, the old lady should return home."

The man in gray clothes is Lin Shi, the servant of the main family of the Lin family. All kinds of rare medicinal materials come.

The Lin family has quite a reputation in the capital. The two masters of the family not only hold important positions in the court, but also the eldest daughter of the old matriarch of the family, Lin Xiyuan, entered the palace as a concubine in the early years and was deeply loved by the emperor. The position of concubine.The Lin Family's family is extremely prominent in the capital, and their connections are extremely wide.This is also the reason why the old lady went to Beijing to ask her family to help her find a doctor and treat her son in spite of her old age.

"Hey, it's really embarrassing for the old lady. She was still busy in the capital for the master's illness when she was an octogenarian. I only blame my wife for being incompetent. Apart from doing my best to manage the affairs of the mansion and save the old lady from worrying about the future, I can't help much else." The eldest lady He put the teacup in his hand on the side table lightly, sighed softly with his eyebrows locked, "Steward Lin, I went back to the old lady for me, everything is fine at home, please don't worry about her old man, although the master's illness has not improved for the time being, but After tomorrow's birthday banquet, I'm feeling happy, so I think it will slow down a bit."

While speaking, the eldest lady raised her hand and caressed the thick pile of brocade clothes neatly stacked on the golden nanmu tray on the side table, with a smile on her face, she said to Lin Shi, "Just look at the clothes, I knew it was a tribute from the palace, and the old lady gave it to the girls in the mansion to use it on the old lady's birthday. It is really very thoughtful. After you go back, you must kowtow to the old lady for my wife. It’s the generous gift from the old lady.”

"Definitely, definitely." Lin Shi clasped his fists and bowed deeply, "The eldest lady understands etiquette very well, and the younger ones will definitely convey the meaning of the eldest lady."

After finishing speaking, Lin Shi paused for a moment, and said with a flattering smile, "Ma'am, you really have a good eye. These clothes are indeed made of unusual satin. They were a gift from the noble concubine Yuan in the palace. I heard that they are also tributes from Persia. Our old lady The Taijun specifically asked the old lady about the stature of the young ladies, and ordered Zhiniang to tailor them carefully. There are four sets of brocade clothes in total, please check and accept the old lady carefully, and the younger ones can go back and report to the old lady."

"Four sets?" As soon as Lin Shi finished speaking, Lin Yinglu couldn't help calling out, then cast a disdainful glance at Suxian, and murmured softly, "Is it possible that even that bitch has a share? "

Lin Shi is a member of the main family in the capital, and he doesn't know much about the affairs of the side branch mansion, so he naturally doesn't understand the injustice Suxian received in the mansion.And the old matriarch of the family only knew that there were four concubines and concubines in the Pangzhi mansion, and how could he know that Suxian had only used the false name of the second lady in the past few years, and was never allowed to show up at the banquets in the mansion.

At this time, Lin Shi saw Lin Yinglu muttering in a low voice, but due to the distance, he couldn't hear what he said clearly, but seeing the strange expression on her face, he hurriedly asked respectfully, "What is it? Ma'am, is there something wrong?" Where? Or is there a mistake in the number?"

The eldest lady glanced at Lin Yinglu with dissatisfaction, and secretly complained that she was too talkative. Although the mansion has treated Lin Suxian harshly these years, it is a matter of her own mansion. To the outside world, Lin Suxian is still the second lady of the mansion, so how can it be spread to her own family? She said, "Hehe, there is nothing wrong with it. The old lady is thoughtful, and the number of the four girls in the house is not wrong." Then, the lady turned her head and said to Madam Hu beside her, "Mama Hu , this will distribute the clothes to the girls, and it will also be convenient for Manager Lin to return to the old lady in the future."

Lin Yinglu was dissatisfied when she saw Da Furen's expression was worried, but under the signal from Third Auntie's eyes, she could only curl her lips resentfully, and kept quiet and said no more.

"Yes." Mama Hu immediately picked up the golden nanmu tray on the side case, and distributed the clothes one by one starting from Ling Zhilan.

The old lady is really generous. These brocade clothes are not only novel in style, but also made of golden silk from the Western Regions. The collar and cuffs are inlaid with several colorful beads. When the clothes are unfolded, they immediately reflect colorful luster, which is extremely dazzling .The eldest lady, who is used to seeing good things, couldn't help nodding her head in praise.

After distributing the clothes, seeing the girls holding them in their arms fondly, the eldest lady smiled with satisfaction. Although she was extremely displeased with Suxian getting such good things, but because of Lin Shi's presence, she had to show that she was very happy. With loving eyes, he looked at the girls in front of him.If an outsider sees her, how can they imagine how the eldest lady treats Suxian on a daily basis, only that this aunt is very virtuous, and she treats all aunts and concubines equally without any prejudice.

Lin Shi saw that the clothes were distributed to the young ladies smoothly, and after a short chat with the eldest lady, he bowed and retreated.

When Lin Shi left the room and there were no outsiders, the eldest lady's face gradually showed a cold expression, she looked at Suxian lightly and said, "Suxian, tomorrow is the master's birthday, although it is reasonable for you to attend the birthday banquet, but in the early years The fortune-teller has said beforehand, your fate is in conflict with the master, if you go to the table tomorrow and offend the master, making the master's condition worse, wouldn't it be a loss of the original intention of congratulating the master. From my mother's point of view, it is better for you to stay away tomorrow."

The lady's words made it clear that Su Xian would not be allowed to show up at the banquet tomorrow, Lin Zhilan pursed her lips and smiled, looking very relieved.Lin Yinglu also had a look of gloating, she was extremely dissatisfied with Suxian's getting the brocade clothes from the old matriarch, but when she saw the eldest lady proposed not to let Suxian attend the table, she also snickered in her heart.

"My mother's words are wrong. My daughter remembers that the fortune teller did mention that her daughter and her father's fate are in conflict with each other, and she should not have close contact with her father. But tomorrow is my father's birthday, and there are so many guests in the house. Even if my daughter attends, I can only look at it from afar." As far as the father is concerned, how can there be a close contact with the father, and there is no such thing as a collision. Besides, if the daughter of the father's birthday party is a child, but avoids it, it is not obvious that the daughter does not understand filial piety. These years, the daughter Growing up under the mother's training, if the daughter is not respectful of filial piety, it is a trivial matter to be criticized by the guests, but if others don't know the inside story and think that the mother is not good at disciplining, wouldn't it be more troublesome for the mother to teach others."

Suxian stared at the eldest lady with eyes full of enthusiasm, and continued to speak plausibly, "Therefore, tomorrow my daughter has to attend the birthday banquet no matter what, even if I bow to my father to celebrate his birthday from a distance, as long as I do enough courtesy, I believe And it won’t invite unnecessary chatter from others.”

Da Furen's complexion became extremely ugly, Suxian's words were convincing and reasonable, but if she wanted to refute them, she really couldn't find a grandiose reason.Since the master fell ill, in order to separate Suxian's father and daughter, the eldest lady secretly bought a fortune teller and used her life to contradict the master's reasons, so that Suxian moved away to live in Queyuan and never allowed Suxian to go to the master's room. Exploring illnesses.

On the other side, she said in front of the master that Suxian didn't think about filial piety, she was afraid of being overwhelmed by illness, so she didn't want to come to the room to wait for illness, and deliberately provoked it.In the first period of time, the master often talked about Suxian. After a long time, the master seemed to have accepted the name of Suxian as unfilial and stopped mentioning Suxian. It seems that the master has a lump in his heart.However, if Suxian's father and daughter meet at the birthday banquet tomorrow, and explain the reason behind it, wouldn't it untie the dark knot in the hearts of the father and daughter, and waste all these years of thinking.

Turning to thinking, Suxian claimed that tomorrow she only needs to look at each other from a distance, and will not get in close contact with the master, and the lady's mood eased a little.Tomorrow there will be a lot of guests in the mansion, and the master is very ill and drowsy all day long. It is unknown whether he will be able to step out of the room to accept congratulations from the guests tomorrow.Under the watchful eyes of everyone, what can Suxian do?

"It's hard for you to be filial, and I will allow you to sit in the table tomorrow." The eldest lady weighed her left and right for a while, and said flatly.

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