This summer is hot, and several elderly government officials and ladies have died of illness in Beijing.
However, Song Wan was still very sad when he received the news that the eldest daughter-in-law of Jinxiang died suddenly.
The eldest daughter-in-law of the Jinxiang uncle was only five or six years older than her. Before she left the imperial court, she had gone to the Song Mansion to deliver lanterns to her. Although they were not familiar with each other, they still had some friendship.
So after receiving the news, Song Wan hurriedly asked his mother-in-law to prepare a road memorial and other matters to express condolences.
"Grandma is busy? Is there anyone Yue'er can help with?"
Lin Jiayue walked in with a smile carrying a plate of mixed fruits and ice cream. After placing the things in front of Song Wan, she smiled and said: "A few days ago, I was busy saying goodbye to my third sister. Although there is no Lan in this family, The family is rich, but he comes from a serious official family, and his family status is much higher than that of the Lan family."
"I wonder which mansion Aunt Lin mentioned for the third sister?"
Song Wan didn't even raise his head and asked Lin Jiayue casually.
Jiang Jing's marriage to the Lan family fell through, and she refused to find a husband for Jiang Jing, so the matter fell on Jiang's mother. But Jiang's mother is still ill, and she has to help the government hide from Mrs. Jiang that Jiang Xingjian went to the Shanglin Garden Supervisor. How can she still have time to take care of a concubine?
After hearing that Song Wan didn't care, she left the matter to Lin Jiayue.
Although Jiang's mother didn't want to see her, ever since Song Wan contradicted her in Jiangxiangyuan that day, she felt a little angry in her heart. Now I want to promote an aunt, but I also want to beat Song Wan and let her know who has the final say in this house.
Although Jiang Xingjian was dissatisfied with Lin Jiayue's intervention in handling the matter, how could he, a foreigner, take care of Jiang Jing's marriage? In desperation, she could only tell Lin Jiayue to be careful in everything she did, and to ask Song Wan more about anything she didn't understand.
It was this sentence that made Lin Jiayue respond for a long time.
But she failed to handle the first few things well, and felt that she was in the wrong, so she could only accept it.
But when she was in front of Song Wan, she couldn't lower her head.
"He is from Master Chen, a bachelor of Zhanshi Mansion. His son is only three years older than the third sister. At this age, he is of the same family and the third sister. What do you think?"
Chen family...
Song Wan frowned upon hearing this.
The Chen family is quite famous in Shangjing. The family tradition is good and they have always followed the path of the chief minister, which is originally good.
But when it comes to Mr. Chen’s generation, it’s hard to say.
Mr. Chen and Song Wan were not familiar with each other, but Mrs. Chen knew a thing or two about it.
One year on Song's mother's birthday, Mrs. Chen went to the Song Mansion as a guest and took away a set of gold Ruyi ornaments from the mansion. The gold Ruyi is not big but the workmanship is extremely exquisite. It is said that the Su family's uncle collected it from Ryukyu at a high price. Originally, I just wanted to use Mother Song's birthday to create a scene and show the guests something, but I didn't want the guests to disperse and the things to be lost.
After a long time, her uncle found it in a pawn shop in Shangjing. After asking someone for many days, he found out that Mrs. Chen had pawned it.
After all, without personally catching the thief and taking away the stolen goods, the Song Mansion could only suffer the loss of being dumb.
The reason why Song Wan remembers it for so long is because Song's mother couldn't pay back the money at that time and cried for more than half a month. In the end, her father took out the money from the father-in-law to make up for it.
Mrs. Chen was greedy. Later, Mother Song’s investigation revealed that she had a habit of being opportunistic. Not only was she dirty, but she also gathered a group of people to loan money in Beijing. Although she did it secretly, there is no airtight wall in the world. No matter how well-informed she is, Have heard.
In such a family, ordinary people would have no time to hide, but Lin Jiayue didn't know how to get involved.
Putting down his pen, Song Wan said, "Have you found out about the Chen family's character?"
"certainly."
Lin Jiayue curled her lips and smiled brightly: "Mrs. Chen is a distinguished guest of Huanyanzhai. She is a cheerful and cheerful person. We felt like old friends when we first met. My third sister will not be treated badly when she marries the Chen family."
"If you are worried, you can wait to see Mrs. Chen in person when she comes to the house. I have made an appointment with her to come to the house to enjoy the flowers the next day."
"I just don't know if you can get used to looking at such free and easy people. After all, you... Su Xi is pretentious."
With one foot on the small hoe, Lin Jiayue half-leaned on the doorpost and looked at Song Wan with a smile.
For some reason, she just didn't like the condescending and pretentious demeanor of the other party.
Song Wan was perfect, but this perfection made her disgusted.
She is also very dignified, so dignified that every step she takes is the same, as precise as measured.
She never loses her composure, and Lin Jiayue has never seen Song Wan lose control of his emotions. She was expressionless as her husband, who had been widowed for six years, brought back his beloved. She was very affectionate with Jiang Xingjian, and she was expressionless.
Even when Jiang's mother, Jiang Xingjian, ignored her and insulted her, she was still as unresponsive as a piece of wood.
This false and silent dignity, this arrogant posture that everyone thought was the beauty of everyone, only made her feel sick.
Just like her calm words of "You have to find out clearly" can easily arouse people's anger.
This posture made people feel uncomfortable as if Lin Jiayue was born shorter than Song Wan.
"You just need to find out more."
Lin Jiayue chuckled: "I thought you would say something bad about the Chen Mansion. After all, you categorically said that you would no longer look after your husband's family for the sake of the third sister, making it seem as if the Hou Mansion cannot function without you."
Song Wan raised his eyes and frowned slightly when he saw Lin Jiayue's unruly demeanor.
When Song Wan lowered his head and saw the memorial he had written for the eldest daughter-in-law of Jinxiang uncle, an idea suddenly came to his mind.
She ignored Lin Jiayue and continued to go about her own business, not paying any attention to Lin Jiayue's provocation. But the more this happened, the angrier Lin Jiayue became, biting her lip and secretly getting angry.
After Song Wan finished writing, Fang Zhi took up the edict, dried it, folded it and put it into a white envelope.
"Send these two posts to the ceremony room, and then give Mrs. Liang the items needed for the road ceremony, and let the boss arrange them according to this."
"You want me to run errands?"
Song Wan pinched the post in his hand and said with a faint smile: "You seem to have never understood the facts."
"No matter whether you have Concubine Jiang or Master Hou behind you, you can only act domineering and arrogant in front of the servants of the Hou family."
"After you leave the gate of the Marquis' Mansion, you will always be the slutty concubine who has no right to have sex with others before having sex with others."
"Today you can propose marriage to your third sister, not because of your outstanding talent, but simply because I can't bear to deal with it. What can you be proud of?"
"Regardless of birthdays or birthdays, greetings from other provinces can only be sent to me, and I will respond to them on behalf of the Marquis. But you are not even qualified to take a look, let alone participate in these things."
"It seems to be a beautiful place, but in fact it's just an illusion. It's really sad that you spend all your time trying to put money on your face and make up your dream."
Song Wan's tone was gentle and calm, and there was no hint of anger on her part. That calmness and indifference seemed to be stating a trivial matter, but it was enough to make Lin Jiayue defeated.
That's it, no matter how she behaves in front of Song Wan, she will end up looking like a clown.
The blood on her face instantly faded to the soles of her feet. Lin Jiayue felt a cold feeling on her back, as if someone had poured cold water on her. She was so cold that she screamed all over, wanting to overturn the table in front of her and tear off the calm mask on Song Wan's face. .
But she can't. The more she loses control and goes crazy, the more she will look like a joke.
Suppressing the rage in her chest, Lin Jiayue smiled and took the name card from Song Wan's hand: "Okay, I'll give it to you."
Seeing her turn around and leave, Song Wan said to Heng Zhi beside him: "Find someone to keep an eye on the ceremony room to see when Lin Jiayue will deliver the obituary. Is there anyone else among them? And on which day the road festival will be held. , In addition, Tantan’s instructions for preparing mourning clothes in the road memorial items sent by Tantan.”
