Chapter 203 Aunt's Housekeeper
Chen Danxia held the letter in his right hand and his chin in his left hand. Xu Lang used the pretext of seeking famous doctors out of Beijing for the Supreme Emperor, but this excuse was probably not hidden from the intentional ones. In order to stop Wei Changjue, Zheng Ronghe and Cheng Jue, those who sent assassins to assassinate them on the road, how could it be so easy for Xu Lang to return to Beijing? For safety, Xu Lang would not reveal his whereabouts casually. But now he wrote a letter so clearly, telling her the date of return to Beijing. If it weren't for her to pick him up, what would it be for?
Chen Danxia's mind changed rapidly. Xu Lang did it on purpose. He planned to use his body as bait to attract those people. Although Chen Danxia was worried about Xu Lang's danger, he was unable to stop him and was worried about the arrival of the sixth day of the lunar calendar.
That night, the noble concubine Lu died in Yangning Palace, ending her life fighting for power and profit at the age of fifty-two. As the prescribed rules, the emperor stopped court for three days, and all preparations were carried out in accordance with the Queen's laws. Lu was the queen for more than ten or twenty years. During her lifetime, the emperor did not give her the honor of the queen. After her death, the emperor was so kind that the emperor gave her the glory she deserved.
The harem became busy, and all households also became busy. Officials and wives of third rank and above and their destiny were going to the palace to worship. According to etiquette, Lu's coffin was sent to the imperial tomb forty-nine days after the spirit was stopped. When sent to the tomb, all the destiny women had to follow. Tao was a destiny with a third rank and had to go out early and come back late every day. This was the only thing at home to Yuan Qingyin, who was thriving for six months.
Mrs. Tao was afraid of being tired of her daughter-in-law, so she called Chen Danxia over and told her: "Mom wants to go to the palace to accompany her for sacrifice. Your sister-in-law is pregnant and has many inconveniences in her behavior. Do you know how much you help her in the family?
"Don't worry, mom, I will be with my sister-in-law." Chen Danxia replied obediently.
After instructing Chen Danxia, Tao called Chen Dan again, "My girl, you have already gotten married. You will not be able to wait long to get married. You are married as a concubine. In the future, you will be divided into a family. From tomorrow on, you will learn about the housekeeper's business with your sister-in-law."
"Thank you for your grace." Chen Dan politely said. It is really a rare grace to be able to learn the housekeeper with your wife before getting married.
Tao took Chen Dan away, went to the Chouyuan, and told Yuan Qingyin about her intentions and ideas. Yuan Qingyin was not a petty person. She married in the Shen family for a few months. How did Tao treat her? She knew in her heart. She was pregnant for several months. Not only did her mother-in-law not get in, but she also called Shen Bomi over and told her not to flirt with her, and not to make her sad. How could she be so kind of mother-in-law? What's more, she had a good relationship with Chen Danxia in her boudoir, and she wanted Chen Danxia to accompany her.
Yuan Qingyin smiled and said, "Mother, with your words, the third sister can't be lazy. I was just worried about how to promise the benefits to the third sister and coax her to help me. Now there is no need to worry."
"That girl is getting lazy." Tao was happy to see the sister-in-law getting along well.
At the beginning of the next day, Tao took the big makeup and went to the palace with Chen Muke. Yuan Qingyin got up at Chen Shichu to wash and ordered the maid to invite two sisters-in-law to come and have breakfast together. When Chen Dan came to his sisters, the sister-in-law and sister-in-law quietly finished their breakfast and went to the courtyard where Tao was usually the director.
The inside and outside housekeepers and the managers from all over the house were waiting in the yard respectfully. The third house of the Shen family had only been moved to this house for a year. Although there were some old servants in the mansion, they did not have the kind of slaves in the family. At the beginning of the separation, the Tao family politely rejected the "good intention" of Lin, and only took away the people sent by the Tao family, and then bought them twice. Now there are more than 170 servants on the list of the Shen family's servants.
Dong Qixiu wanted to instigate others to make trouble for Yuan Qingyin, so that she could not manage the affairs of the family well and seize power. However, the servants did not listen to her. She was just a concubine. The current mistress in the mansion was Tao, and the next mistress was Yuan Qingyin. In addition, there was a third girl whom the wife loved the most. Who would be so stupid as to be with her concubine? The servants responded properly and did not dare to make any mistakes at all.
In the evening, Tao came back from the palace, Yuan Qingyin went to pay her respects, and told her the important matters of the day. After hearing this, Tao smiled with satisfaction, "Good boy, I know you are a good person."
Yuan Qingyin said modestly: "My mother has set the rules, the accounts are clear, and the two sisters are also effective. I will follow the old rules and do things. If there is still a mistake, it is time to fight."
A few days passed peacefully and peacefully. On the sixth day of the October 19th, in the early morning, the sky was drizzling with snow particles, the north wind was howling, and it was chilly. It was the beginning of autumn at the end of July this year, and it was cold early. Tao was rich and doting his daughter. It opened the kang in mid-September, and there was a large copper furnace in the house, which was as warm as spring.
"My eyelids keep twitching." Chen Danxia frowned, holding the brocade quilt.
"Does the girl have a left eye twitching or a right eye twitching?" Shiqin asked while pulling the curtain.
"Right eye twitch." Chen Danxia pressed his right eye, "Is it the left eye twitch wealth, or the right eye twitch wealth?"
"The left eye twitches, the right eye twitches wealth." Shiqin said with a smile.
"Is that true? How do I remember that the left eye twitches and the right eye twitches and disasters?" Chen Danxia questioned.
"Miss I remember wrongly. If the girl doesn't believe in me, I'll ask Mom Fu later." Shiqin said with a smile.
Chen Danxia heard her say this, and did not worry about this problem anymore. She got out of bed with her shoes and cleaned her mouth. She led four little maids in with four sets of clothes. Chen Danxia chose the set of bright red embroidered light green folded branches magnolia cotton round collar robe and water-red cotton long skirt. "It's raining, and I can't get used to wooden clogs, so I come with those little sheepskin boots."
Chen Danxia changed into clothes and shoes, and put her head in hand. The Funny brought a small bowl of sheep milk yam soup to give Chen Danxia a belly.
"Mom Fu, is it a stoke in the left eye or a stoke in the right eye?" Chen Danxia asked. Shiqin stood behind her and silently told Fu's wife that Chen Danxia's right eyelid was twitching.
The Fu Ma Zi understood and smiled and said, "The left eye twitches and the right eye twitches and wealth."
Chen Danxia lowered his head and ate the yam soup with sheep milk. The woman Fu cut a small piece of red paper with scissors, "Girl, put this on her eyelids."
"Why?" Chen Danxia asked.
"You have to stick red paper with eyelids, just like this." Mrs. Fu smiled.
Chen Danxia let her put the red paper on her eyelids, and after eating the sheep milk yam soup, she rested in the room for a while, put on a cloak with big red feather gauze on the rabbit's hair, took the hand warmer handed over by Jinshu, and went out to the Chouyuan.
Halfway through, he met Shen Baiyu. He held an umbrella in his left hand and three wintersweets in his right hand. "Sister, what's wrong with your eyes?"
Chen Danxia closed his eyes and said, "My eyelids are twitching, and Mother Fu helped me paste a piece of red paper on it."
"Oh, if you feel really uncomfortable, please come in and show you." Shen Baiyu said with concern.
"I'm not feeling uncomfortable, don't ask Dr. Hao. Brother, where are you going in a hurry?" Chen Danxia asked.
"Sister, I'll give you this branch." Shen Baiyu picked up the branch of wintersweet and handed it to Chen Danxia.
Chen Danxia's eyes fluttered and he asked with a smile: "If you have three branches, just give me one branch, and the other two branches, who are you going to give to?"
Shen Baiyu's face turned slightly red, "Sister, don't ask questions clearly."
Chen Danxia laughed in silence and said, "Okay, okay, I won't ask, brother, go quickly."
The brother and sister separated, Chen Danxia asked the little maid to take the wintersweet back to Zhiyuan, and she went to the Chouyuan; after breakfast with Yuan Qingyin, Chen Dan went to the small courtyard where the matter was discussed.
"The weather has become colder these days, and can the winter clothes go down?" Yuan Qingyin asked.
"If you go back to Grandma, the winter clothes have already gone down yesterday." The manager on the needle and thread reported.
Yuan Qingyin asked about the pharmacy's addition of medicinal materials. The pharmacy manager reported: "Jirentang sent Angelica, Hewu, Coix seed, licorice and white peony yesterday afternoon. The little one has already calculated it clearly and put it in the Baizi Cabinet."
"Okay." Yuan Qingyin nodded with a smile.
After dealing with all the matter, the sister-in-law and sister-in-law stood up and left. Yuan Qingyin walked in front with her big belly, and the sisters Chen Danhui and Shen Danxia followed behind with hand warmers.
"Help, big grandma, help!" Accompanied by a shrill voice, Aunt Kang rushed over with her head disheveled.
Yuan Qingyin subconsciously retreated backwards and was staggered by her skirt. Chen Danhui and Shen Danxia were shocked and threw the hand warmer in their hands to the side and reached out to help her. Fortunately, Chen Danxia supported her, but although Yuan Qingyin was not as tall as Chen Danxia, she was much more plump due to pregnancy. Chen Danxia could not help her at all. If Chun'e Chunjiao hadn't reacted in time and supported them, her sister-in-law and sister-in-law would have the danger of falling to sit on the ground.
"Auntie Kang, why are you running around?" Chen Danxia asked angrily. If Yuan Qingyin had not been supported just now, Yuan Qingyin would fall to the ground and would have a miscarriage; a six-month-old baby would not be able to survive in this era.
Aunt Kang held it on the door frame and gasped, holding a piece of paper in her hand, and she burst into tears and said, "Help, help."
"Aunt Kang, why are you calling for help without thinking?" Chen Dan asked with an ugly face. Baoqin and Kang lived in the same yard. Aunt Kang's actions were suspected of saying that Baoqin bullied her.
Chen Danxia held Yuan Qingyin's arm and said, "Sister-in-law, go to the chair first."
Yuan Qingyin sat on the chair, patted her chest with lingering fear, touched her bulging belly, and asked, "Auntie Kang, what happened? It made you so rude."
"Grandma, Miss Eight, Miss Eight...Grandma, please save Miss Eight." Aunt Kang knelt in front of Yuan Qingyin crying, and presented the piece of paper he was holding with trembling hands.
Just as Yuan Qingyin was about to reach out to pick up the piece of paper, Chen Danxia said first: "Auntie Kang, are you crazy? Sister Eighth sister died of illness a few years ago. Where can you ask her sister-in-law to save people?"
Yuan Qingyin was shocked and took her hand back.
Aunt Kang cried, "Miss Eight is not dead. She is in Prince Anping's Mansion. She wrote me and she asked me for help. She did not harm the child in Mrs. Liu's belly. Big grandma, please save Miss Eight."
"Sister-in-law, Aunt Kang remembers that his daughter is sick, so it's better to send her back to the yard to recuperate." Chen Danxia immediately said. Not to mention that Chen Dantiao is dead in the Shen family, the Shen family can't afford to deal with what Aunt Kang said.
"Come on, help Aunt Kang return to her room and ask the doctor to come in to see her. Take good care of her aunt and don't let her get sick." As a daughter-in-law, Yuan Qingyin is not very good at dealing with her father and concubine. Moreover, this matter also involves the old affairs of the Shen family. All she can do is to send the person in the house and wait for Chen Muke and Tao to come back.
Aunt Kang struggled and shouted, "I'm not sick, I'm not sick, I won't go back to the yard, Miss Eight is not dead, she is in Anping..." The paper in her hand fell to the ground, Mo Shu stepped forward and picked up the paper and handed it to Chen Danxia.
"Clog her mouth and don't let her bite her tongue." Chen Danxia said loudly. The Dali woman who dragged Aunt Kang out hurriedly took out a sweat towel and stuffed it into her mouth, blocking all her screams.
Aunt Kang was forcibly dragged away, and the sister-in-law and the other two sighed. At the same time, Xu Lang and his group entered the city from the East City Gate and reached the entrance of Zhuque Street. A group of masked men in black jumped out of the second floor of the shop next to them, holding big swords in their hands. Ten men in gray jumped out of the carriage behind Xu Lang and others.
Someone in the black shouted: "I've been trapped."
It was too late to realize that it was too late to fall into the trap. The man in gray had waved the knife in his hand and slashed over. The moment the two sides fought, the person who was hiding from the rain on the side of the road ran away in fear. The spacious Zhuque Street became a battlefield for killing. Xu Lang drew his sword out of the sheath, and the sword blade was like frost, stabbed towards the person coming. The sword energy broke through the air and made a sharp roar. The long sword stabbed into the throat of a man in black, and simply stroked to the right, and blood spurted out...
Xu Lang and others only took a quarter of an hour to kill the men in black and capture them. They quickly packed up the ground and immediately left Zhuque Street. The heavy rain washed away the remaining blood on the road. Soon, Zhuque Street returned to its previous tranquility, as if the killing just now was not alive.
Chen Danxia didn't know what happened on the street yet, and her eyelids didn't twitch, so she took off the red paper sticking to her eyelids.
In the evening, Tao returned to the mansion first. Yuan Qingyin, Chen Danhui and Shen Danxia led their servants to wait for the second gate. Tao got out of the car and saw Yuan Qingyin also, "Why are you here? It just stopped raining and the road was slipping. You should be in the room and have good care."
"I have been resting in the room these days. I'm really resting, so I want to come out and walk around." Yuan Qingyin smiled, "My grandma also said that it's good to walk more this month."
Dow said nothing.
The four of them returned to Ruoshuiyuan in a sedan chair. Chen Danxia told Tao about the incident that Aunt Kang had caused and how they dealt with it.
Dow smiled and said, "It's handled very well, so let her recuperate in the yard."
Half an hour later, Chen Muke came back, got off the carriage and saw Tao, with a flash of impatientness in his eyes, "Why are you here?"
"If you have something to tell the master," said Dow, lowering his eyelids.
"What's the matter?" Chen Muke asked with a frown.
"There is something about Miss Eight." Tao smiled faintly.
"What do you mean by someone who has long been dead?" Chen Muke asked unhappily.
"Aunt Kang received a letter from the dead and made a big fuss at home." Tao took out the wrinkled paper from his pocket and handed it to Chen Muke.
Chapter completed!