"Miss, the Marquis is here."
Heng Zhi frowned and reported, Song Wan put down the book and patted his forehead, quite annoyed.
She pursed her lips and murmured: "I knew I couldn't escape."
I don't know why Jiang Xingjian didn't ask clearly when she came over at noon, so now she has to drink the Guadi water and suffer the annoying taste again.
When Jiang Xingjian entered the room, she saw that Song Wan's face was paler than before. She was leaning on the back of an azure-colored yangzi, with her eyebrows twisted tightly and looking extremely uncomfortable.
"Have you seen the doctor?"
Song Wan nodded but said nothing.
When Jiang Xingjian saw this, he was very worried and asked Heng Zhi to come to the doctor.
"No need, Bairi's doctor just saw her, there's nothing serious wrong with her."
Song Wan stood up and Heng Zhi came over to help him.
"Master Hou, why are you here?"
"I'm looking for you for something."
Looking down at the list of sold servants in his hand, Jiang Xingjian suddenly felt a little embarrassed to speak.
"It doesn't matter if you say it first."
Song Wan stretched out his hand to invite Jiang Xingjian to sit down and poured two cups of hot tea.
Jiang Xingjian's face turned pale as he pushed the list in front of Song Wan: "These are the servants who were sold in the mansion. I have asked people to find their whereabouts, but there should be some rumors outside the mansion..."
"And today Mr. Sun and Mrs. Sun came to the mansion and arranged the marriage between the two mansions."
Song Wan frowned, then quickly recovered.
She spent a lot of money on her marriage to the Sun family, and she didn't want to see it end up like this.
"Is there any way you can prevent the Hou Mansion from being implicated?"
Song Wan lowered his eyes, hiding the emotions in his eyes.
Jiang Xingjian only thought that she was thinking about countermeasures, but he didn't expect that she sat for a while, and when she looked up again, her face was frighteningly white, and she looked like she was clearly enduring pain. Cold sweat broke out on the girl's forehead, but she still managed to calm down and picked up the list and read it carefully.
"That's all, your health is important. You should rest first. I will figure out the matters in the house myself."
Taking the list from Song Wan's hand, Jiang Xingjian looked worried: "Go to the room to rest first."
Song Wan didn't show any force, got up with difficulty and walked back to the room.
Xia Tian was always wearing light clothes. When she turned around, Jiang Jian found that the shirt on her back was soaked through by cold sweat and stuck to her skin.
Jiang Xingjian pursed her lips and followed after hesitation.
"I'll ask the doctor to check your pulse."
Heng Zhi said: "The doctor from the government has been coming to check grandma's pulse every day in the past few days. He didn't find out what the problem was. He just told her to rest and rest. Don't worry about it."
"A few days ago, there were three doctors in the house who came in shifts. It was so hard that grandma had to change her clothes many times a day. I saw that she was actually heavier than they were before."
"If the Marquis took pity on my grandma, it would be better if he didn't torment her less."
Heng Wu said coldly from the side: "How can we avoid trouble? The house is in such a mess, and the young lady has to crawl out to clean up the mess for others."
The two of them chattered and made insinuations for a long time. Jiang Xingjian's face was stiff and she could only say "Have a good rest" and left Lan Courtyard.
As soon as he left, Song Wan curled up and nestled into the quilt.
"Miss, I'll drink some soup for you to warm yourself up."
After holding Mrs. Tang in his arms, Song Wan felt a little relieved.
"Young lady is the mistress of the Hou Mansion. You can't escape from managing the family for a while. You can't always hurt yourself like this."
Song Wan closed his eyes and sighed softly: "There are rumors outside that the Song Mansion will definitely take action. I want to see what father... will do."
She has extravagant hopes in her heart. Although she knows it will not be easy, she still yearns for it.
Hengzhihengwu could also see some of her thoughts, and couldn't help but feel sad, so she served her more carefully.
Because Song Wan was still ill, Jiang Xingjian had to deal with the chaos in the Hou Mansion by himself. He was on duty during the day, and had to learn to manage the back house like a woman during off duty, which was too much for him. Fortunately, Huai Su was still able to help him share the burden. Seeing that Huai Su handled the matter fairly well and was familiar with the housekeeper, he slowly let her go.
Lin Jiayue was very dissatisfied with this, but now Jiang Xingjian avoided her everywhere, leaving her angry and unable to do anything.
"Auntie, Mrs. Chen would like to see you."
"What is she here for?"
Qian Bi shook her head and expressed ignorance. Lin Jiayue had no choice but to welcome the guests, but she was shocked by what Mrs. Chen said as soon as she saw her.
Lin Jiayue looked shocked when she heard this: "Ten thousand taels of dowry?"
"Yes, who in Beijing today doesn't know that the third lady of the Hou family likes to read some evil books and miscellaneous books in her boudoir on weekdays? Which family would dare to marry such an unruly and unruly woman?"
"What kind of miscellaneous books and evil books?"
Lin Jiayue looked puzzled.
Mrs. Chen sneered and said: "The rumors outside... are not rumors at all. Aren't they the servants sold by the Hou Mansion themselves? Some servants said that the third girl in the Hou Mansion likes to read some miscellaneous books when she is young, and even more often. I recited it in a low voice in the house. My temperament has changed at such a young age, and I, the Chen family, are still willing to propose marriage to such a girl who has no idea of chastity. I have suffered a great grievance."
"But since our two families have already exchanged Geng Tie, I just think that I have suffered a loss. But this dowry is less than ten thousand taels, so let's not talk about it."
Lin Jiayue pursed her lips, and only now did she understand why Song Wan and Jiang Xingjian both said that servants could not be sold.
only……
"Are you threatening me?"
"What Aunt Lin said is so unpleasant. The girls in the Marquis Mansion don't know the rules. How can it be our fault?"
Lin Jiayue narrowed her eyes and said disdainfully: "I would like to know, what kind of evil books are worth ten thousand taels of silver?"
Mrs. Chen gave her a sideways glance: "Xu's "The Legend of Yingying" and "The Peony Pavilion", where did I know?"
"I think you are so obsessed with money that you threaten me with something like this? You should go out and talk to see if anyone is willing to talk to you. As for the marriage between the Hou family and the Chen family, do you want to get married? I also want to see if the girls in the Hou Mansion will not be able to get married without your Chen family!"
"Okay, okay."
Mrs. Chen was almost overcome with anger.
She stood up suddenly, her narrow eyes full of calculation: "Don't say I didn't tell you today, if this girl's family's reputation becomes bad, there is only one way to go. Do you understand?"
"The girl from my Hou family will not marry your Chen family even if she comes from a bad family."
Lin Jiayue sneered and turned around to leave, feeling that Mrs. Chen was really crazy.
Just watching The Story of Yingying and The Peony Pavilion is enough to make you lose your virginity. Who will laugh out loud if you tell me that?
Having been scolded by Jiang Xingjian, Mrs. Chen was already furious, but Mrs. Chen came to threaten her again. If she didn't want to cause any more trouble, she would have poured hot tea all over Mrs. Chen's face.
Previously, she had strongly promoted the Chen family and decided to marry Jiang Jing. Now that Mrs. Chen suddenly betrayed her, she really couldn't help but add fuel to the fire at this juncture. And she was sure that the other party was just coming to the Hou Mansion to add insult to injury, so she didn't tell anyone about it.
Unexpectedly, the Chen family turned around and arrogantly came to cancel the engagement. The reason they used was that the third lady of the Hou family was unchaste and did not study the "Biography of Lienu" and "Nvxi Shu" in the boudoir, which actually seemed immoral. s things.
