Chapter 26 Aunt Hong and the Fourth Miss
"What's wrong with my mother's hand? It's green and purple, is my father hitting you?" Bai Heran looked at Ye's hands and almost laughed out loud. When she held Ye's hand yesterday, she used half a piece of internal force. The bruise didn't seem to be very serious, but if she wanted to heal completely, she would have to spend more than three months.
Ye's face changed again and again. Although he tried his best to hide it, the eyes that stared at Bai Heran undoubtedly revealed the hatred in her heart.
However, Ye is not a brainless woman like Bai Huayan. She is this age and is a royal relative. She has never seen any storms. Although Bai Heran successfully aroused her anger, she was able to gradually calm down and soon showed a motherly smile again.
"A Ran is the most joking thing. I have a deep affection with your father and wife, and I have done my best to manage the house. What did he beat me? This hand..." She was a little embarrassed, "A Ran, my mother said, don't think too much. In fact, this hand was like this after you held it in the front yard yesterday. A Ran's hand is too strong."
Bai Heran was stunned, "It was me who held it? I was a little excited at the time, but I had not eaten or slept for two days and two nights. I had to hold on to stand up straight. Even if I was excited, I would not be able to use such great strength!"
The old lady sat on her head and listened to the conversation between the two people below, she couldn't help but groan and said, "Ye, how old is Aran? She is not a strong man who practices martial arts. She can hurt your hand like this with just a snatch?"
The old lady was in a very bad mood today, especially when she saw her second wife, Ye, she was even more unhappy.
Yesterday, Madam Li talked about the pot of flowers with her. She thought about it all night and the more she thought about it, the more she realized that her throat disease actually started after the pot of flowers. The pot of flowers was brought by Ye, and was given by Bai Haochen, the eldest son of the Bai family.
First, he was ridiculed by his stepdaughter, and then he was teased by his mother-in-law. No matter how good he is in cultivation, he is almost unable to bear it.
At this moment, a full of arrogance suddenly came from outside the main hall - "Don't the second wife be careful in her words and actions and do not let people find fault? Why did she make such a mistake today? You are so dirty, you are really not very clever."
The original owner's memory flashed through his mind again, and Bai Heran remembered that this was a special existence in the Bai Mansion, the concubine Bai Xingyan married when Chunyu Lan was still alive, the Hong family.
She turned around and before she could see Hongshi, a chubby little boy suddenly rushed over and hugged her thighs: "Second sister, you are back! Xuan'er misses you so much!" After that, she rubbed her chubby little face on her skirt twice.
"Xuan'er." She remembered again that her aunt Hong gave birth to a son five years ago, and the old lady decided to be named Bai Haoxuan. Speaking of which, this is Bai Xingyan's only son with blood, and is considered the only seed of the Bai family.
"Does the second sister still remember Xuan'er?" The child raised his head and looked expectant.
Bai Heran nodded, "Remember." But he was not too close. In the past life, the Bai family, from the yellow children to the dirt, were almost buried in the neck. None of them had ulterior motives. You just gave them a smile, and they could slap you in the blink of an eye. Those memories were deeply rooted in her heart and they could not forget them.
"Xuan'er is coming back soon. I don't like you much. Don't put your face on my cold butt." Another voice rose, then reached out with one hand and pulled Bai Haoxuan over.
She looked up and saw a little girl in a red dress, looking eleven or twelve years old, with delicate appearance, her big eyes flashing, revealing her unhidden intelligence.
Because it has snowed these days, the little girl wore a cloak on her red skirt, which was also red. The circle of the hat was pure white martened hair, which set off her little face, making her look smart and cute.
But the little girl was also very rich while dressing smartly. She wore eight rings on her ten fingers, three jade hairpins on her head, and a forehead ornament made of ruby hanging between her forehead. Even the dress was made of real gold as a fallen foot, not to mention the five or six bracelets on her wrist.
Bai Heran was stunned. This girl really... she hasn't changed at all since she was a child!
"What are you looking at? I don't know you!" The girl in the red dress spoke more arrogantly than the concubine Hong. "I heard that you came back yesterday and had a fuss. It seems that she has become a little excited in the past few years after leaving the capital. I don't know whether it is true or false."
"Bai Zhenzhen, I've been missing for many years." Bai Heran smiled. Although this girl was not good at speaking, and although the original owner did not like this fourth sister very much, now that her soul has changed, she thinks this little girl is very good.
The original owner had been ill for many years, and anyone in the house, including his servants, could step on a few steps. At that time, Bai Zhenzhen, who loved to wear red clothes, dared to slap people with a whip. After slapping, the slave who bullied people began to curse the original owner, scolding her for being unscrupulous, and telling her that she would get up if she wanted not to be bullied. She was almost gone, so what else are you afraid of?
Unfortunately, the original owner was an A Dou who couldn't raise him and did not dare to resist at all until he died.
"Miss Second is back, I haven't greeted her yet!" Aunt Hong, who was the first to speak, walked forward now. She was almost thirty years old, but she looked like a girl in her seventeens and eighteen years old. Her eyebrows and eyes looked very similar to Bai Zhenzhen, and her dress was very similar to Bai Zhenzhen. In addition to wearing a pink dress, the gold and jade jewelry on her body was even better than Bai Zhenzhen.
She bowed to Bai Heran in a regular manner, and then she took off six bracelets from her wrist without hesitation, three jades and three golds. The golds were all inlaid with gems, and their colors were all the best.
"Miss Second Miss returns home, I have nothing to do with. I will treat these as gifts to welcome the second Miss back home. I hope the second Miss does not dislike it." After saying that, he glanced at Ye again and sneered, "As soon as he entered the yard, I heard that the second Miss had crushed our mistress's hand. Second Madam, your hand is made of mud? Oh, too, you are delicate and expensive, so it hurts when you hold it. We are different from concubines. We have thick skin and thick flesh, so rub it at will."
The fourth lady Bai Zhenzhen is particularly good at cooperating with her aunt. As soon as Hong finished speaking, she continued to ask: "I wonder if my mother is ready to welcome her second sister back home? You are the mistress, and the things you took on cannot be worse than my aunt."
The mother and daughter have always been happy to do something that can make Ye unhappy.
The reason why they were so brave was not entirely because the Hong family was very favored by Bai Xingyan, but because the Hong family was in business. Although she was a concubine, she gradually became valued by her family after marrying into the Duke of Wenguo's mansion.
The Hong family is very rich, and the Hong family's legitimate daughter married the largest royal merchant family in Dongqin. The two parties joined forces, and the business became bigger and bigger, and the wealth was accumulated. In addition, the Hong family was very good at pleaseing Bai Xingyan. Under her encouragement, Bai Xingyan helped the Hong family a lot, so the Hong family's attention to this concubine's daughter increased year by year, and real money and silver were also sent to Duke Wenguo's mansion one by one.
Bai Xingyan pampered Hong's family, on the one hand because Hong's family is really good-looking, and on the other hand, it is mostly for the money.
Sometimes having money is really the biggest reliance. Although the Ye family was a royal relative, and even a grandfather was an old general of Dong Qin, the Ye family was particularly poor in financial management. They had to pay a capital of one million taels of silver in the end. After a while, the Ye family also stopped doing business and became a royal relative honestly.
So even though Ye could not tolerate Hong's family, and no matter how jealous Hong's family had shared her husband's favor, she could not do anything to Hong's family. After all, she was in charge of the princess. It was hard to cook without rice. Without the money of the Hong family, the Bai family, which is also not good at managing finances, could not live such a wealthy life now.
Faced with the competition between Hongshi and Bai Zhenzhen, Ye had to figure out what good things she had on her body. But Hongshi had six bracelets at the first time, and how could she take out so many in a while?
After a while, Ye's face became so angry that he was so angry that he had been married to the Duke of Wenguo's Mansion for so many years, but he had never suffered such a run.
And all of this is ultimately due to Bai Heran.
"Okay, not now, just make up for it later." The old lady spoke again. Today's old lady was not polite to Ye because she knew about the Panhua. This was a magical last-minute attack, which made Ye want to rely on this gift even if she could not lose it.
But Bai Zhenzhen added: "But mother, don't give gifts from the public! My aunt gave her the supplement from her parents. If we didn't touch a penny, our mother would set an example for the female family in the house."
This was like slapping Ye in the face. Ye was even more dignified and decent. In the contradiction between these two things, he almost suffocated himself to death.
But the old lady no longer paid attention to her. After everyone found a seat to sit down, she began to talk about the serious matters.
This serious matter is related to Bai Heran. The old lady looked at her lovingly, but after a while, she sighed again and said helplessly: "Your father entered the palace yesterday. The emperor did not forgive or did not say unforgive the matter between A Ran and the Tenth Prince. She only gave one sentence..." She said, and looked at Bai Heran again, "The emperor said, look at the performance of Miss Bai."
As soon as these words came out, Bai Heran himself was a little confused.
Look at her performance? It means she is really not doing real-time affairs and accepting the imperial edict?
Yes, the emperor always wants to save face. He rushed his son to arrange a marriage for his son, but she refused. How could he keep his old face?
When Ye heard this, he became energetic. He swept away the haze just now and felt that it was time to show his mistress's majesty.
So she stood up, took out the noble style of being the mistress of the house, and said to Bai Heran: "Yesterday, A Ran, you said that your children's marriage is to follow the orders of their parents. Last night, I had discussed it with your father. Both my father and I agreed with this marriage. Look, the parents' orders are now there, and the matchmaker, since it is a marriage personally given by the emperor, it is a holy mediator. This marriage can be accomplished."
"Oh?" Bai Heran raised his head from the teacup and looked at Ye with a smile, "You have discussed it, that can only be said that the father's will be the one who has the fate. As for the mother's fate... Unfortunately, I also asked my mother last night, but she disagreed."
Chapter completed!