Chapter 147
"Girl, this is what the old lady asked to give to every girl in the three mansions."
Zhao’s mother brought over a box of crabapple hairpins and two sets of clothes.
Xiruo took the things and asked, "Is it the same style? Did the second lady give it to you?"
Zhao's mother said, "It's the same. The second lady has already given it to me."
Xiruo said with a cold face: "The elders and younger ones are in order. Mom, you will send the eldest daughter here first."
Zhao's mother opened her mouth, paused, and then said: "...Yes."
Before leaving, she also asked: "My wife said, let the girls wear them when they go to Ci'en Temple to pray. The begonia flowers will suit the occasion."
"knew."
Xiruo brought the clothes and jewelry in for Lin Yunwan to try on. Fits perfectly.
She changed her clothes and went to Aunt Fan's class. Aunt Fan asked them to trace the flowers in the flower market from memory.
Aunt Fan stared at them in the wing room for a while, then went out to get some fresh air.
Lin Yunjiao raised her head and spoke to Lin Yunwan: "Where were you when we went to the flower market? Why didn't I see you?"
Lin Yunwan ignored her.
Lin Yunjiao frowned and said, "Lin Yunwan, are you deaf?"
Xiruo heard it from outside and walked in: "Second Miss, you don't even call me Miss, how do you know who you are talking to?"
Lin Yunjiao said angrily: "It's your turn to be taught by a maid..."
Aunt Fan was looking this way in the yard.
Lin Yunjiao glared at Xiruo, and reluctantly said to Lin Yunwan: "Sister, you'd better tell me where you went, or I'm going to complain to my parents, saying that you..."
Lin Yunwan put down her pen and said calmly: "I'm going to see the flowers."
"How else could I trace these flowers?"
She spread out the several patterns she had traced on the table.
Lin Yunjiao took a look and closed her mouth.
Aunt Fan came in and asked with a smile: "Have you finished tracing it?"
Lin Yunjiao pursed her lips, and Lin Yunwan said, "Mommy, the tracing is done."
Aunt Fan accepted Lin Yunwan's red drawing and said with a smile: "The girl's drawing is very good and she has made great progress. It is completely different from when you first drew red here."
She looked at several pictures in succession and nodded to one of them.
Aunt Fan then said, "I'm going to Ci'en Temple tomorrow. I have something to do when I go back to the old lady. Please go back first after you finish tracing."
Lin Yunwan stood up and said goodbye.
Lin Yunjiao watched her walk away, feeling a little anxious. You can leave after you finish tracing. Why didn’t you tell me earlier? She must walk in front of Lin Yunwan!
Aunt Fan knew that Lin Yunjiao was anxious, so she said to her, "Second Miss, please calm down and don't be impatient. If you can't draw well, you have to start over again. Why bother."
“If you don’t seek to achieve success in one step, your efforts cannot be in vain.”
Lin Yunjiao secretly gritted her teeth, tracing and tracing, and her heart calmed down.
That girl from the country can draw it well, so can she!
When she finally left, Lin Yunjiao was still holding her breath.
"If it weren't for my glory, why would Aunt Fan teach her Lin Yunwan! She can trace it faster than me."
The maid didn't dare to say anything.
Lin Yunjiao said again: "Did you see the flowers she painted just now? Did she not paint them as well as I did?"
The maid hesitated: "...Yes."
Lin Yunjiao frowned and asked, "How come you can't speak anymore? If you see it, you see it. If you don't see it, you don't see it."
"This slave didn't see it."
Lin Yunjiao hummed: "Next time, open your eyes wider!"
"……yes."
Lin Yunjiao went to greet Mrs. Zheng, but unexpectedly Lin Yunwan came out.
"Why are you here?"
Lin Yunwan said: "Greetings, Madam."
"Dad is back?"
Lin Yunwan said softly: "The master is annoyed, you'd better not go in."
"Do you think you can be like me?"
Lin Yunjiao smiled and went in.
Lin Yunwan also left with a smile.
Xiruo whispered: "...I can't find Lingxiang, and the master is getting angry! The second lady also had bad luck in the past."
The same goes for biological daughters.
Sure enough, not long after they left, Lin Yunjiao was also kicked out.
Lin Huabin and Zheng were arguing inside.
Originally, the two of them were not arguing. Zheng was anxious, and Lin Huabin was worried that it would affect the old lady's birthday. The couple's voices started to get louder as they talked to each other.
Lin Huabin frowned in the room and sighed: "Ling Xiang is just a maid, where can she hide?"
The people he sent out and the people sent out by the prefect looked for it, but they couldn't find it.
Mrs. Zheng was very panicked: "Master, do you think you have offended someone... You deliberately chose the time when the old lady is celebrating her birthday to cause trouble."
Lin Huabin frowned and said, "Who will I offend?"
As long as no one provokes him, he has always been kind and righteous, and has never offended anyone outside.
Mrs. Zheng twisted her handkerchief and said, "You are good, but you can't stand the petty minds of people outside. Don't you think so?"
Lin Huabin sneered: "If Ling Xiang dares to make false accusations, it will be useless if anyone asks her to complain."
"You know what you do yourself."
He had seen the paper Ling Xiang handed over with his own eyes!
Zheng stood up and said, "What did I do! She is just talking nonsense!"
"It better be this way."
Lin Huabin rolled up his sleeves and went out, and then ordered his confidants to continue looking for people.
I went to Lin Mansion to go to Ci'en Temple, but I still haven't found Ling Xiang.
Lin Huabin personally ordered the nursing home at home to protect the old lady when she went out. He ordered the nursing director: "...if you see a suspicious woman, stop her immediately."
She was also worried that Lingxiang had slipped into Ci'en Temple, and ordered: "When you enter the temple, surround the place where the old lady stays, and not even a fly can fly in."
The head nurse had a square face and was very silent. He nodded and followed the master's instructions step by step.
The Lin family's carriages drove towards Ci'en Temple one by one, and the Yamen went out to help clear the way.
Many ladies and gentlemen from Xilin Mansion also came, and the carriage also stopped outside Ci'en Temple.
"Girl, we're here."
Xiruo helped Lin Yunwan get out of the carriage. It was very lively outside. A porridge shed had been set up. The mothers who were in charge of the house of the eldest master of Donglin Mansion, together with their wives and maids, were serving porridge to passers-by.
Lin Yunwan took a look and said, "The ladies in the old man's house are very skilled. It seems that the house often does things like giving out porridge. The old lady is a philanthropic person."
Xiruo said: "When I came here, I heard the servants from Donglin praising our old lady. It didn't sound like polite words. The old lady is a really good person."
The two people were talking in low voices, and the young wives and girls from Donglin and Xilin mansions all got out of the carriages and stood outside Ci'en Temple.
Xiruo said in surprise: "There are many people in the two mansions..."
At a rough count, there can be upwards of thirty.
Lin Yunwan said: "There are really many people in Xilin Mansion."
The clothes are all very noble, and the style of the ladies obviously outweighs the Zheng family.
Xiruo whispered: "In this kind of situation, it is no longer easy for me to pretend to be deaf and dumb."
