Chapter 88 Two people with two minds(1/3)
That night, Old Master Song rested in Old Mrs. Song's room, which made Old Mrs. Song suspicious in her dream. Before she could break her life, Old Master Song stopped resting in her room. It has been more than 20 years, what happened tonight?
"In a few days, the Empress Dowager will issue an imperial edict to let the ten cities around the capital give away their daughters." Old Master Song narrowed his eyes and leaned on the pillow, with a smug smile on his lips. The silver he sent to the palace was indeed not given in vain. After getting such good news, as long as he tried his best to plan, the Song family might become a relative of the descendant.
"But the third girl has already been engaged." The first thing Mrs. Song thinks of her favorite granddaughter.
Old Master Song frowned and said, "Send the seven girls into the palace as an alternative."
"Add to give away the seventh girl?" Old Mrs. Song was furious, "Why should I give away the seventh girl? If you want to give away the fiveth girl, you should give away the fiveth girl!"
"Send her in to have pastries?" Old Master Song asked sneeredly.
Old Mrs. Song gritted her teeth and said, "Then I'll send Liu Yatou."
An impatient look flashed across Old Master Song's face, and he exhaled a long sigh and said, "It's useless to send others to you except Qi Yat."
"Why is it useless? The sixth girl looks no worse than the seventh girl." Old Mrs. Song refused to let the third room get help again.
"Don't say that Liu Yatou is not as good as Qi Yatou, she is even more beautiful than Qi Yatou. She is neither a legitimate child nor a grandfather who is the prime minister." Old Master Song explained patiently to Old Mrs. Song.
The fat on the old lady Song's face shook uncontrollably, and she said with hatred: "It would be great if the third girl had not been engaged."
The blue veins on the forehead of Mr. Song jumped, "Don't always think about the third girl and the third girl. These children in the family call you grandmother, don't be too arrogant and favored. The seventh girl has two pure and lively eyes, which shows that she is a conscientious. Once she enters the palace, she will definitely take care of the Song family and shines the lintel. The fourth brother may be able to use her power to get a job."
Old Mrs. Song's eyes lit up and she said, "In this case, it would be better to send Ninth Girl to you than to send Seventh Girl."
Old Master Song turned over and got out of bed and picked up the clothes placed on the hanger. He was too lazy to talk nonsense to this stupid woman anymore.
"Old man, where are you going?" asked Old Mrs. Song.
"Don't let go of this matter, if you dare to say it, just take the divorce letter and get out of the Song family." Old Master Song coldly threw down the threatening words, put on his clothes, and pushed open the door.
This is the second time that Mr. Song said he wanted to divorce her for the third room. Mrs. Song was so angry that her face turned blue and her eyes were shining cold, and she pulled the brocade quilt hard.
Old Master Song went to the concubine Ma, who was Song Sui's biological mother. Old Master Song had not entered her room for more than ten years. Old Master Song suddenly came over, scaring her. She came over the side room in her middle clothes. She was so cold that her whole body was trembling, and her upper and lower teeth were trembling, "I wish you a blessing to the old master."
Old Master Song helped her up with a kind look, "Girl, you gave birth to a good son for me."
Madam Ma said humbly: "The Third Master is the old master's good son."
Old Master Song took the hand of Madam Ma and went to bed. He fell asleep quickly, but Madam Ma tossed and turned. Although she was treated by Madam Song and helped Madam Song seal Song Sui's concubine and made trouble for Ji Yun, she was not a scheming person. Otherwise, she would not have given birth to a son smoothly when she had two concubines in the mansion.
There must be a reason for something abnormal. Madam Ma can't sleep. She was guessing the meaning behind Mr. Song's words. The third master returned to Beijing to report his duties, but the old master did not come. Now Mr. Song is definitely not here for the third master's official position. What is his purpose?
In the early spring at night, the coldness was so cold that all the rest of the mansion, except for Mrs. Song and Ma's concubine, were asleep. Song Ruoxi's lips raised slightly while he was sleeping, and he was completely unaware of the danger approaching. Old Master Song wanted to join forces with the two families of Song Ji to placate her as the queen.
The next day, under the servitude of Mrs. Ma, Old Master Song dressed neatly and went out to court happily. As soon as Mrs. Song left, Old Master Song sent someone to call Mrs. Ma over.
When Ji Yun brought her three daughters to pay her respects, she saw the tea residue on her head and the water was scalded out of hot water on her face, and she knelt in the yard in a mess. This was the most common trick used by Mrs. Song to clean up her concubines. She liked to splash hot tea over her head and mindlessly.
Old Mrs. Song treated her concubines with cold and cruel methods. There were not ten or eight concubines who were tortured by her. There were more than ten or twenty concubines sold by her.
Xiao Jiang was taught by Mrs. Song. The concubines in the eldest house were more afraid of her than to see her. The life was slightly better than that of Mrs. Song Ruoyan and Mrs. Shen, who gave birth to Song Tao.
Ouyang and Ji Yun had never experienced a dispute over wives and concubines at their parents' home. After getting married, they followed Mrs. Song and learned a lot of ways to cure their concubines. However, they were kind-hearted and could not take ruthless actions. This is one of the reasons why their concubines can still be able to escape in their yard.
Wen had no concubine to deal with, and there were only two unfamiliar girls. It was not Song Shu who was not good at women, but because the Song family ruled that the legitimate son could not let the concubine's son be before he was born. The eldest son was Xiao Jiang who could not give birth to a son, so he had no choice but to let the concubine's son be born. This situation was the same as that of Mrs. Song. When Wen was thirty years old, Mrs. Song originally wanted to carry the concubine to Song Shu, but it was delayed due to the matter in the palace and was delayed to this day.
Although Madam Ma is Song Sui's biological mother, and at such an old age, she is still serving Mr. Song. Old Mrs. Song doesn't give her any respect at all, which is really too much! But Ji Yun can't say anything. It's natural that his wife disciplines his concubines. Others have no right to interfere, let alone that the father and wife are in charge of their father and concubines. He is so polite that his daughter-in-law is too polite. He glanced at Rong Qiao and walked in with his three daughters as usual.
Old Mrs. Song sat on the warm couch with a pale complexion, with tea stains and broken pieces of porcelain bowl remaining on the ground.
It's true that this is the same thing! The old lady's methods have been going on for decades.
Since the three concubines of the Song family grew up, Mr. Song asked several concubines with children to come to the main courtyard to pay their respects for their son's face. They didn't have to come here at ordinary times. Today is neither the first or the fifteenth day of the lunar month nor the fifteenth day of the lunar month. It is impossible for the concubine to come rashly to collide with the old lady.
So what is the reason why Mrs. Song punished Mrs. Ma?
Ji Yun would not ask this question, nor could she ask, and she brought her three daughters forward to pay tribute to her.
Old Mrs. Song didn't scream, holding a teacup, staring at Song Ruoxi with horror, just like a wild beast staring at her prey, hoping to bite her prey to death.
Wen Shi was frightened when she saw it. The old lady wouldn't plan to splash tea on Qi Yat-tou's face, right?
Old Mrs. Song really wanted to do this, but she didn't dare. The old man's threat of divorced his wife was still very deterrent, "Get up."
As soon as Ji Yun and his daughter sat down, Ouyang came. Old Mrs. Song made her stand up very readily. Ji Yun knew in her heart that Old Mrs. Song was targeting the third room, but she didn't know what the reason was.
Old Mrs. Song put the cup in her hand on the table and sang: "Don't think it's great to have a son, but I think I can climb onto my head. I'm just a slut. What can I do to be proud and unrestrained?"
Everyone stood up and lowered their eyebrows and looked down.
The concubine Ma knelt outside, and the lowly person in the old lady Song's mouth was obvious, referring to Song Sui. Ji Yun's lips raised slightly. It must be that Song Sui was promoted to the official position, which caused the old lady to get angry. However, the old lady did not say anything, and Ji Yun didn't make any clear statement, so she just pretended that she was farting.
"...Fox Meiyandao's incorrect minds have a look of poor life. Even if you climb up to a high branch and have great wealth, you are afraid you will have no luck to enjoy it." Old Mrs. Song sat on the warm couch and cursed, and the more you cursed, the more you became distorted. The more you cursed, the more you became, the more you made people wonder. The more you looked dignified, the more you looked, and the words like Fox Mei couldn't connect with her. Who was this old lady scolding?
No matter how smart the Ren Ouyang and Ji Yun were, they could not guess that Old Lady Song was scolding Song Ruoxi. However, Wen had already realized that he just didn't understand why the old lady cursed a granddaughter like this?
"Oh, this is the New Year, who is unhappy with the second sister-in-law!" A round middle-aged woman walked into the door. It was the seventh old lady.
Looking at the thin beads of sweat on the forehead of Mrs. Qi, Ji Yun cast a grateful look. Mrs. Qi exchanged glances with Ji Yun and nodded slightly.
"How can my brother and sister be willing to come here today?" Old Mrs. Song asked in a stiff tone.
"I'm idle at home, so I'll come to find my second sister-in-law to play cards." The seventh old lady walked to the upper position on the left with a smile and sat down.
Old Mrs. Song was not good at cursing in front of her sister-in-law, and squeezed out a ugly smile and said, "If you lose, don't refuse to admit it."
"Oh, my sister-in-law is getting more and more careful. Before I can play this card, I will just talk first. Okay, as long as my sister-in-law is good, I will give you as much as you win, and I will guarantee that no one will be bad. Will it be successful?" The seventh old lady smiled.
"Finish." Old Mrs. Song scolded all morning and didn't have the strength to scold again. She agreed to the seventh old lady, "Come on, put the table on, and I'll play cards with you seventh old lady and I'll be happy."
"Second sister-in-law, we are happy to play cards, and we can't let those people lose interest." Old Mrs. Seven looked outside the door.
Old Mrs. Song stared at Ji Yun. She knew who had moved the Seventh Old Mrs. Qi, and also knew that the Seventh Room had already been hooked up with the Ji family. Old Mrs. Qi was able to compile books in Han Shuku because of Ji Chengxuan. He coughed lightly, "Let her go back to her yard, the second and third girls stayed, you all go back to the room to rest."
Xiao Jiang took Song Ruoman and the second, third and fourth rooms to retreat together. Xiao Jiang ordered arrogantly: "Ma, you can leave."
"I'm a little bitch to thank the old lady, and thank the old lady." Ma's concubine kowtowed.
The maid who served Ma's concubine came forward to help her up and followed everyone out of the main courtyard gate. Ji Yun turned around and said, "Ma's concubine..."
"Mrs. It's cold, and this is the wind. Take the girls back to the yard and don't catch a cold." Ma's concubine gave Ji Yun a wink.
Ouyang sighed lightly and pulled Ji Yun's sleeve, "Sister-in-law, let's go!"
Ji Yun didn't have much to say, so she led her three daughters back to Zhuyin Courtyard, asked Song Ruochi and Song Ruojuan to go back to the yard by themselves, and took Song Ruoxi back to the main courtyard, "Xi'er, what do you think about today?"
"I used to hear that my father was going to be promoted. The old lady was unhappy and tortured the concubine and vented her anger. But later, I felt that the old lady was not targeting her father, and those words did not seem to be scolding the concubine. Her anger was strange." Song Ruoxi analyzed.
"It's quite strange." Ji Yun leaned back on the lead pillow, frowned, "What's the matter?"
"Mom, you can ask someone to go to Songheyuan to inquire about it secretly." Song Ruoxi blinked.
Ji Yun's eyes turned slightly, "Xi'er, do you know something?"
"What do you know?" Song Ruoxi looked at Ji Yun blankly.
Ji Yun twisted her little nose, "Little girl, she is still lying in front of her mother."
Song Ruoxi pondered for a moment and said, "I know Qinghe is my mother's person."
"When did you discover it? How did you discover it?" Ji Yun took advantage of the matter to teach her daughter again.
"When I was in Guangling Mansion, I found that Qinghe's behavior was strange, so I asked the silkworm girl to stare at her and found that she often secretly went to her mother's yard." Song Ruoxi said with his head down.
"Are you a little angry after knowing?"
Song Ruoxi pursed her lips, "Mom is for the sake of Xi'er's good."
"Xi'er, don't be angry with your mother." Ji Yun reached out to her, "Mom wants to give Xi'er the best protection. Mom can't bear to suffer a little bit of pain. You can use the people you give to you with confidence. If she makes you unhappy, you can also tell your mother directly and ask her to get the person away. However, Xi'er, Mom's protection for you is limited. In the future, many people will be put into your room. At that time, you have to find a way to send people out quietly. Some people can't even pass them, and you can only be careful in secret."
"Xi'er knows." Song Ruoxi knew that Ji Yun would not harm her, so she let Qinghe stay by her side. But if others were to be trapped in, they would probably have bad intentions. The things in the back house are complicated and troublesome, and it would be a headache to deal with them.
Ji Yun patted her back gently and asked, "Some of them were originally yours, but what if she was taken over and betrayed you, how would you deal with her?"
Song Ruoxi's eyes turned slightly, "I can kill you to warn you, or I can use her to deal with the person who sells her."
"My son is smart." Ji Yun praised, with a teasing smile on her face, "It's just that I'm worried that you are too soft-hearted, and I'm afraid that you won't kill one to warn a hundred, and you won't be able to kill one to warn a hundred."
Song Ruoxi sighed inwardly and said, "Mom, I will learn hard."
"Xi'er, in the back house, is kind-hearted and soft-hearted. Not only can she not protect herself, but she will also hurt the people around her." Ji Yunyu said earnestly.
Song Ruoxi nodded at the place where he was taught.
Ji Yun was teaching a girl in the room when she heard the sound of a maid paying respects to Wen from outside the door, and then she heard the maid report: "The third wife and the fourth wife are here."
"Please come in." Ji Yun's expression of surprise flashed across her face. Wen was concerned about Mrs. Song and did not dare to go privately with the other three rooms. She usually only occasionally asked a few words to help her. Today, she would definitely not go to the Three Treasures Hall without any trouble.
Wen brought his maid into the door, and the maid was holding a food box in her hand. Wen smiled and said, "My brother sent someone to deliver pastries from Babaolou in the morning. He thought that Xi'er must like to eat, so he sent some here."
The reason why Wen's visit was full of loopholes, but Ji Yun would not expose her, and smiled and said, "Xi'er, don't thank you Auntie Four."
Song Ruoxi bowed his knees and saluted, "Xi'er, thank you Aunt Fourth."
The maid gave him hot tea and pastries brought by Wen. Song Ruoxi ate one. It tasted great and was melted in the mouth and it was full of sweetness.
After eating two pieces, Song Ruoxi stood up and said, "Mom, you talk to Aunt Fourth, Xi'er is back first."
"Go!" Ji Yun smiled with satisfaction. Her daughter still had this little vision.
When Song Ruoxi left, Ji Yun left the maid and looked at Wen with a smile.
Wen's eyelids slightly drooped and said, "I have something to say to my third sister-in-law. If what I said is wrong, please don't blame my third sister-in-law."
To be continued...