"Quickly call the doctor."
Jiang's mother was so frightened that she panicked. Song Wan pulled her away and pointed a few rough ladies to pick up Mrs. Jiang and carry her to the Liyuan wing.
After the doctor gave the old lady an acupuncture, Mrs. Jiang suddenly woke up.
"Let Aunt Lin go back...back to Xiuyan Pavilion."
Jiang's mother had tears in her eyes and nodded hurriedly: "Don't worry, my wife will let her go back to Xiuyan Pavilion."
Feeling relieved, Mrs. Jiang left the pearls and emeralds around her and sent Jiang's mother and Song Wan away, telling them not to worry about her and to focus on the big banquet in the mansion. Jiang's mother and Song pulled out of the wing. Both of them looked a little nervous, but they were thinking about completely different things.
"Wan'er..."
Song Huanshen said: "Mother, please speak."
Jiang's mother looked embarrassed: "Aunt Lin... what should we do?"
Song Wan lowered his eyes and said nothing for a moment.
"Please speak."
Song Wan said: "Mother, does she know why grandma asked Aunt Lin to return to Xiuyan Pavilion?"
"I know, the old lady has always loved you and can't bear you being wronged. But right now it's a major matter in the Hou's Mansion. Mother believes that compared with the future of the Hou's Mansion, you won't care about this little grievance...right?"
Jiang's mother looked at Song Wan carefully, feeling a little anxious.
She had been in charge of the account books in the Marquis's residence, and she knew very well how much money was in the account. And now that Jiang Xingjian has returned home, the man's expenses for traveling and taking care of things are even huge. The original expenses of the mansion have not decreased. On the contrary, since Jiang Xingjian came back, more money has been sent to Tongdongchang in the palace.
After all, the Hou Mansion still wanted to find a real job for Jiang Xingjian.
She was so anxious that she couldn't sleep. She also filled in all her dowry, but it was a drop in the bucket and not worth mentioning.
If the gap in the Hou Mansion hadn't been so big, she wouldn't have promoted Lin Jiayue, who she didn't like.
Jiang's mother sighed faintly: "Mother, it's not that you don't understand your difficulties, but you don't understand the situation in the Hou Mansion. Now that Lin Jiayue has a way to make money, we can only be happy and there is no reason to hold back."
Song Wan lowered his head and swallowed the words in his mouth.
After a while, at Mother Jiang's urging, she said in a low voice: "It's hard to make the final decision on Aunt Lin's affairs. It's up to mother to decide what to do."
"Isn't that why I asked you because it's hard to make up your mind?"
"Then it depends on what mother thinks is more important."
Whether Jiang Xingjian's reputation and the family tradition of the Hou Mansion were more important, or whether the short-term monetary income in front of her was more important, she couldn't make a decision, so she could only let Jiang's mother make the choice.
"You're right, I'll ask Aunt Lin to make some preparations. Everything will continue as usual."
Jiang's mother patted Song Wan's hand and left in a hurry.
In Jiang's mother's mind, she couldn't imagine that it was that far away. In her eyes, Song Wan's temporary loss of dignity and Lin Jiayue's categorical guarantee that a large sum of money would be received today was the latter. As for Mrs. Jiang, Mother Jiang has already made a decision.
When the old lady knows that today's harvest is equivalent to Zhuangzi's harvest in five or even ten years, she will calm down her anger.
“……”
Song Wan looked at Jiang Mu's leaving figure and was stunned for a while.
"Miss, we have a visitor."
Heng Zhi leaned into Song Wan's ear and whispered, and Song Wan went to the Chuihua Gate to welcome the female family members of the other house.
When Mrs. Sun came over with her daughter, she saw Song Wan and Mrs. Lan chatting happily, and standing next to her was a simple-dressed lady whom she had never seen before.
Mrs. Sun stepped forward to say hello, and Song Wan introduced the three of them with a smile.
Mrs. Lan and Mrs. Bai also brought their daughters. These little girls are very gentle.
"There is a stage in Haitang Garden, why don't we go and have a look together?"
Mrs. Bai smiled and said, "Well, I haven't listened to a play in a while. I wonder how many plays I have sung today?"
The Bai family was no better than Sun Lan's second mansion. She knew whose blessing she had relied on to be able to step into the Hou's mansion. Moreover, Mrs. Bai was also mellow and intelligent. As soon as Fang came, she gave an overview of what she knew about Song Fu.
Song Wanzheng didn't know how to thank her. Hearing this, he hurriedly said: "I should be singing "Parasite Grass" at this moment. If Mrs. Bai likes it, I can click on it later."
The group of people walked to Begonia Garden chatting and laughing. As soon as they entered the garden, they saw Lin Jiayue holding a set of rouge and gouache, approaching the female family members in rich clothes one by one, talking nonstop.
Mrs. Sun was a little curious when she saw this, and asked with a smile: "Whose daughter-in-law is that? She looks very lively."
Because of what Lin Jiayue was wearing, everyone thought she was the head lady of which room in the Hou's Mansion. Although one or two of them were impatient and felt that there were no rules in the Hou's Mansion, they never said anything.
But those who knew the Hou Mansion knew that except for Jiang Yan, the other young men in the Hou Mansion were not yet old enough to marry, and had never heard that Jiang Yan was married, so they muttered to their colleagues and asked about Lin. Jiayue’s identity.
But after asking around, everyone didn't know whose wife this person was. Now when they heard Mrs. Sun asking Song Wan, everyone's ears pricked up.
Song Wan looked at Lin Jiayue who was selling rouge and gouache with great joy, his face turned red, and he felt a little embarrassed.
She has lived for eighteen years, but she has never heard of any family acting like this. Even a family with a merchant background, who has read a few books and read the Book of Rites and understands shame, will not be so rude to guests.
After a while, Song Wan said, "It's Aunt Lin in the house."
“……”
Jiang Xingjian brought a girl back from abroad and caused unrest in the house because of her. Everyone in Beijing knew about it. Now after listening to Song Wan's words, he suddenly understood Lin Jiayue's identity.
When the mistress of the old-fashioned family saw that the Hou Mansion had let a concubine come out to cause mischief, her face immediately turned very dark.
Then there was the one who carefully observed Lin Jiayue's clothes and arrogant words and deeds, and frequently looked at Song Wan with pity and affection.
Song Wan didn't even raise his head after speaking, and just greeted all the ladies as usual.
Lin Jiayue saw that she had been busy for a long time and no one paid attention to her. Now when Song Wan arrived, everyone gathered around her, and her hands were shaking with anger.
As if they couldn't see her, everyone took their seats one by one and listened to the play happily.
As soon as the play came to an end, Eunuch Chang, the eunuch in charge of Yanqing Palace, came to convey Concubine Jiang's oral instructions. He first praised Song Wan generously, and then gave many good things one after another. Song Wan took it with a smile, thanked Eunuch Chang again, and then returned to the crowd.
Concubine Jiang's favor to her was not to praise Song Wan, but to let Sun Lan's second house know that there was the fifth prince Shen Qianshu behind the Hou's house. Song Wan knew it well, so he just collected those things.
The rest of the ladies knew more or less what the incident was about, and they simply said a few compliments and ignored it. Only Lin Jiayue felt so sad when she saw this scene.
