"what happened?"
Jiang Yan frowned and asked, and said softly: "I heard from the mother-in-law in the mansion that the girl brought back by the uncle caused a quarrel in Xiuyan Pavilion."
"Go find a maid in Jiang Xing's room and find a way to take a look."
Su Mian responded and went to Lan Courtyard.
Many maids and women in the Lan Courtyard were gathered in front of the Xiuyan Pavilion. It turned out that Lin Jiayue knew that Huai Su had also been taken as a concubine, and her status was one level higher than hers, so she started making a fuss.
"Is this how the Hou Mansion treats its savior? I married a widow out of nowhere, and now you find a servant to slap me in the face?"
"What Aunt Lin said is interesting. Where do you get the dignity from?"
The speaker was the wife of Qi Shun, the steward of the Attendance Office. She was originally assigned by Mrs. Jiang to be Lin Jiayue's tutor, and she was quite happy.
It was inevitable that Jiang Xingjian would seize the title, and the fact that he could bring Lin Jiayue back despite the pressure from the two governments showed that this girl was extremely favored. A noble girl like Song Wan must be accompanied by someone from the Song family when she gets married. It would be difficult for them to become the mistress' confidant. I originally thought that if I didn't, I would establish a good relationship with Lin Jiayue so that she could benefit from it in the future, but I didn't know that this person turned out to be a fool.
"If you are a girl from a small family, if she is innocent, we can give her a little respect and give her a high look. But who are you? The rough servants in our house all know how to avoid male relatives, but you are such a petty one. Losing your innocence at such a young age really brings shame to your ancestors."
"You fart, when did I lose my innocence?"
Lin Jiayue was so angry that tears rolled down her cheeks.
These days, both the master and the servants in the house look down upon her, and they can't hide their contempt in their eyes. They don't say that she is having an affair with Jiang Xingjian, but that she is involved in adultery. I don't want to hear such ugly words. How long, God knows, she and Jiang Xingjian never even kissed.
"Ancestor Huangtian, how else do you want to throw it away? This girl hangs out with the men without a matchmaker or a retainer, how else do you want to throw it away?"
"What kind of fooling around? When did I start hanging out with him?"
As soon as she said this, all the women in the room and the little maids who were watching the fun all curled their lips, and even one secretly covered their lips and sneered.
Lin Jiayue panicked, and then she understood what the problem was.
Thinking about the words she had heard most these days about no matchmaker, no employment, no name, etc., Lin Jiayue suddenly realized that what she regarded as ordinary interactions was, in the eyes of these people, a loss of innocence and involvement in prostitution.
The female relatives of these high-ranking families in the prince's mansion would probably be called promiscuous and lose their virginity even if they meet and talk to a man.
Lin Jiayue felt a buzz in her head, and a sense of dizziness almost made her unable to stand.
When Jiang Xingjian went to the wet nurse, Grandma Li came out to smooth things over: "Okay, what's the point of making such a fuss? Just leave me to do whatever I need to do."
After driving away the spectators, she stepped forward and looked Lin Jiayue up and down.
"Although my aunt made a big mistake, you are still a member of the Hou family. You can make up for your mistakes by learning the rules well and serving the uncle and grandma well in the future."
"Asking me to serve others? Just dream."
She is a well-educated person, and you want her to be a lowly child?
Lin Jiayue had no intention of being obedient. Just as she was about to refute, she was pinched around the waist by Granny Li and gave her a hard squeeze. She had never experienced such an insult before, and the severe pain in her waist made her unable to hold back her anger any longer.
Unable to hold back her anger, Lin Jiayue rolled up her sleeves and slapped Grandma Li with her backhand.
Heng Wu was secretly lying behind the rockery in Xiuyan Pavilion to watch the excitement, and his jaw almost dropped when he saw this scene.
She covered her mouth and looked at Nanny Li, then at Lin Jiayue who suddenly tiptoed back to the main courtyard of Lanting.
"Miss, miss..."
"Why are you so frizzy? Grandma is taking a break at noon."
Heng Wu raised a finger to his lips and pulled Heng Zhi quietly into the brocade gauze curtain where Song Wan was resting for lunch.
"Miss, are you asleep?"
Song Wan lifted up the pomegranate red flower curtain and said softly: "I haven't fallen asleep yet, what's the matter?"
Seeing her getting up, Heng Zhi knelt down to help her change into the thick-soled soft shoes for indoor wear, and found a begonia-colored smoked gauze jacket for her to put on. Song Wan smiled and opened the jadeite gold-embroidered trousers on the dressing table. From the comb box, he picked out a lotus pattern crescent comb and a round-head comb and handed them to her.
Hengzhi picked up a small piece of osmanthus oil, put it on the palm of her hand and rubbed it gently. Soon the room was filled with a light floral aroma.
Song Wan saw Heng Wu panting and asked her to take a sip of tea.
Breathing steadily, Heng Wu said: "Miss, Aunt Lin is amazing, she was like this just now..."
Raising his arms, Heng Wu followed Lin Jiayue's example and showed it to Song Wan: "I slapped it on Nanny Li's cheek with a loud bang. It was such a big slap that the servant was so frightened that she ran back quickly."
"ah?"
Heng Zhi was so shocked that she dropped the comb in her hand, and even Song Wan was stunned for a moment.
This incident is really so shocking that people can’t find words to describe it.
"Except for those rough ladies in the house, the last time I heard of someone slapping someone in the mouth was more than ten years ago, when the third concubine in our house was hired by an actress who beat the little girl in the house out of spite and jealousy."
"I originally thought that Aunt Lin's background was not obvious, but now I think it's very unbearable."
Song Wan also frowned, wondering how Jiang Xingjian was related to Lin Jiayue.
A wealthy and courteous family like the Hou Mansion and the Song Mansion, regardless of whether they were male or female, would never do such a thing. Reputation is the most important thing for a family of officials. Since the ancestors founded the clan, the most taboo thing for every family is the appearance of those evildoers who commit suicide and commit suicide.
As a master, no matter how dirty he is in his heart, he has no reason to criticize his subordinates in front of others and openly slap others in the face.
The noble daughter of a noble family who has been living in the back house for a long time always treats her servants with kindness and power, and never does anything wrong. No matter how bad the family's ancestral precepts are, there will always be one that treats people leniently and gently.
If there is a domineering person in the same house, the entire family of daughters will be implicated.
This fact is rare today.
Moreover, Grandma Li's status is very different. Let's not say that she is Jiang's mother as a dowry, but she is Jiang Xingjian's wet nurse. This kind of nurturing plus half-motherly friendship means that she has to restrain her temper when she meets Jiang Xingjian. Talk and act, let alone take action.
Even if the Marquis were alive, he would not dare to take such a big arrogance.
Song Wan and Heng Wu Heng Zhi looked at each other, not knowing what to say.
After a while, Song Wan said: "That Aunt Lin is acting out of line. Don't get involved. If there is any noise in the Xiuyan Pavilion today, don't come near her."
Huai Su lives in Xiuyan Pavilion. If she has any problems, she will talk to Jiang Xingjian.
The relationship between her and Jiang Xingjian was already weak. If Lin Jiayue could no longer maintain this superficial relationship, it would probably embarrass the Jiang and Song Dynasties even more.
The master and servant were talking in the room, and Lu Zhu walked in quietly after asking.
Luzhu said: "Madam sent a dozen maids and women to Xiuyan Pavilion."
Song Wan pursed his lips, secretly thinking that Lin Jiayue might have to suffer a lot.
