After returning home from the Lan family, Jiang Jing fell ill.
Song Wan asked Heng Wu to deliver medicine and food several times. After asking the doctor and finding out that it was no problem, she never took care of it again. She always had to think about some things by herself.
After a few days of Lin Jiayue's life, Song Wan found out what the thin piece of paper she had given to the women in each hospital was for.
"I heard that five or six people have been sold, and a few others have been expelled from the house."
Heng Zhi frowned, with a worried look on her face: "Miss, there has never been a precedent of selling servants in the Hou family in a hundred years, and now Aunt Lin has created some kind of rotation system, which has made many people not know what to do. , listening to Granny Liang’s words, chaos has already begun, but the masters of each courtyard don’t know it yet.”
"Selling servants?"
Song Wan frowned and spoke with confusion.
A family like the Song and Jiang Erfu, a family of calligraphers and calligraphers, would never sell out their servants who had served generations of masters in the government unless their ancestral foundation had been exhausted.
"Does Madam know about Lin Jiayue's actions?"
"I probably don't know."
Heng Zhi said: "Madam gave her the tooth tag, and now that she is holding it, the servants will not disobey her. And selling servants does not happen in a day. The thin paper that Aunt Lin gave her before, It is used to evaluate people's merits and demerits, and servants who are rated as inferior will be sold."
"Those women in charge have many differences, and now they are all going crazy to exclude dissidents."
"Everyone down here is in danger, and those in charge are busy arranging their own manpower. Chaos occurs frequently. It is not convenient for Aunt Lin to go west on weekdays, so she can only be coaxed by those women."
"I heard from Si'er in the laundry room that the lowest-level rough servants, women and little girls, are now getting very bad. They don't dare to cause trouble in public, but secretly they do all kinds of dirty things."
Song Wan lowered his eyes, frowning in thought.
The aristocratic family never sells its servants, which indeed shows its generosity and generous family tradition, but more importantly, these people cannot and cannot be touched.
Even if a hairpin comes from a prosperous country, there must be some secret things that cannot be told to others. If an official's family is involved, there will be inspections from the imperial court and enemies from below, so we should not act rashly. And although Concubine Jiang's temperament could not be called domineering, the word "arrogant" is not enough to describe her. I don't know how many concubines were offended by such a temperament.
And there are even five princes in front of him as targets...
If someone with a bad intention takes the servants of the Hou Mansion and makes up some hollow airs and shady anecdotes, it will really be a big disaster.
In just a short moment, Song Wan thought a lot.
After a moment, she murmured: "I thought she would stir up some trouble, but I didn't expect that she would always pull out the fire and get the most critical points again and again."
"Miss, if Aunt Lin continues to be crazy like this, she will definitely hurt you."
Song Wan said: "From the day I married into the Hou Mansion, whether I wanted to or not, I had to live and die with the Hou Mansion. I am honored by the Marquis Mansion, and I am harmed by the Marquis Mansion. How can I not be implicated?"
"And when I handed over the power of running the family to Lin Jiayue, I thought that this day would come, but I didn't expect that it would come so quickly and it would catch people off guard."
Clenching his chin in annoyance, Song Wan frowned, thinking about what to do next.
She had originally thought of some countermeasures, but Lin Jiayue's unexpected move was truly breathtaking.
If she were not the wife of the Hou family, she would have to applaud and applaud her.
"No, nothing can be done."
Song Wan said with a hint of disgust in his tone: "Hengzhi, you will let the wind go out tomorrow and publicize the reason why Lord Marquis stayed at the Jinxiang uncle's house for half a month, and the fact that Madam gave the tooth plaque to Aunt Lin, giving her full authority to manage the family. go out."
"Also, I would like to say that the old lady is seriously ill and has not recovered. I feel uneasy and have decided to move into the small Buddhist hall to fast for half a month from today to pray for the old lady."
"Hengwu, go and clean up the Long Xiangzhai. You will move in with me tonight. As for the main courtyard of Lanting..."
"Seal it up and ignore it."
If she can't afford to provoke him, she can still afford to hide.
Lin Jiayue made the mistake first, and Jiang Mu gave her the toothpaste last. She stayed in a corner and ignored everything when the Hou Mansion dealt with it. The world would only say that she couldn't bear the humiliation and lived in despair. Although it sounds a bit cowardly, those people will still be tolerant if they chew on their tongues, so as not to damage the reputation of the Song family daughter.
She no longer cares about her reputation as long as she doesn't drag down her father, brother, aunt, and sisters in the clan.
After Song Wan finished speaking, he hurriedly asked Aunt Zhao, Heng Wu and others to move into Luanxiangzhai. After entering, he confessed that he saw no one in the house.
In the next few days, I was really at ease copying Buddhist scriptures and praying for the Buddha's blessing for the old lady.
Aunt Zhou came to beg Song Wan many times but no one was found. She had no choice but to go to Lin Jiayue to find out what Mr. Chen was like.
Lin Jiayue guaranteed that Mr. Chen was a gentle gentleman, not an idle son. Although Aunt Zhou was still worried, she had no choice but to agree to the marriage.
When Song Wan heard the news, he just sighed and ignored it. If Jiang Jing strengthened himself in the future, he might not be able to live a good life.
She hid in Longxiangzhai for more than ten days, and Mrs. Jiang's waking hours became less and less. Jiang's mother was worried that her servants could not take good care of her, so she stayed in Fuhe Hall in plain clothes every day, for fear that something might happen to her.
Nowadays, one of the three generations of mistresses is seriously ill, one is looking after the sick all day long, and the other is hiding from the world. The entire Hou Mansion has really become Lin Jiayue's world. She was so busy every day that her servants kept going, and she sold everything, but in just half a month, she lost nearly a hundred people.
Song Wan was bored and reading the "Tan Sutra", while Heng Zhi was helping her make tea and grind ink. The cicadas chirping outside the window were quite interesting.
Vanilla hurried in with a bowl of iced lily and snow lotus soup. As soon as she put it down, she said anxiously: "Miss, the house is completely in chaos."
"The servants who were sold out yesterday were actually Grandma You's granddaughter."
Song Wan didn't remember who this Aunt You was for a moment, so he asked casually.
Xianghua lowered her voice and said: "Aunt You was originally a dowry in the old lady's room. I heard from the servants that the old Marquis was infected with smallpox when he was young. It was Aunt You who carried the old Marquis to the village in the suburbs and stayed there by herself. I took care of him for twenty-seven days."
"It's just a pity that the old Marquis recovered, but Grandma You contracted the disease. In order not to bring the disease back to the Marquis' mansion, she burned herself and the village with a fire after sending the old Marquis out of the village."
"The old lady thought about the kindness of Aunt You, so she valued the son she left behind. Aunt You's son grew up with the old Marquis and served him all his life. Later, he and his wife went to the old Marquis. The couple left the border and never came back."
"Momma You's son only has a stupid girl. That girl is not very bright and is a stupid person."
"But these years, the old lady has been raising her, and she has given silly sister a job as a fish watcher in the big kitchen. Every day, she only feeds the fresh fish that are not killed in the house. Who would have thought that she is in such a mess now? Someone actually got into this job of feeding and counting fish, and actually persuaded Aunt Lin to sell the silly girl out..."
