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Chapter 82 - The ChamberMaids
" Yue Jie Er, don't worry, even if I'm sad, I still have you and your brother. I will definitely live long enough to see my Yue Jie Er married and happy for the rest of her life." Lin Shi assured solemnly, with a touch of sadness in her heart, Xin Ge Er's marriage ...... she was afraid she would never see it in her lifetime.
After calming down herself, Lin Shi once again warned Nangong Yue: "Yue Er, it's fine for you to say these words to your mother, but don't say them outside."
"Don't worry, Mother. I understand." Nangong Yue leaned her head on Lin Shi's soft shoulder and pouted,"Mother can also trust Yue Er, even if Yue Er is not a male, I will still be filial to mother and take care of brother! Yue Er will make mother and brother proud of me and honoured of me!" As she spoke, she glanced faintly out of the corner of her eye at a figure who had just left the door.
Halfway through their conversation, her father, Nangong Mu, appeared at the door, and although she had noticed this, she deliberately pretended not to know, just to see how her father would behave.
What will he do? Will he let down myself and my mother completely, as he did in his previous life, or will ......
Even if father did nothing, she had already figured out how to deal with that Hong Er and Cui Er!
After that, Nangong Xin came with the cuju, Nangong Yue played with him in the courtyard for a while, and had lunch together before returning to Mo Zhu courtyard.
Later that evening, Que Er brought her the news that her father, Nangong Mu, had personally gone to her grandmother and returned the two chambermaids to her.
Nangong Yue's heart was complicated. Father actually did this much!
Nangong Yue breathed a sigh of relief. Although Nangong Mu's move might have angered Su so that she could make things more difficult for Lin, at least she could now be sure that Nangong Mu had no intention of taking a concubine for the sake of an heir.
With a little more time to heal my brother, take care of my mother's health, and give birth to my siblings, many things will be solved.
Nangong Yue was touched in her heart and felt that she might have become really bull-headed after a series of blows in her previous life. Her father might not be as heartless as she thought ......
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The next morning, after everyone had paid their respects, Su Shi asked Lin Shi to stay and talk to her.
Nangong Yue knew in her heart that it should be for the matter of the heir, but it was not convenient to say anything, So she went with the others and left to go to the school at the Jingxing Residence.
"Mother ......" Lin Shi looked at Su Shi with a little apprehension, her heart already prepared to be embarrassed. The fact that her husband had returned the housemaid that her mother-in-law had given her must have angered her mother-in-law.
Su Shi looked at Lin Shi intently and was happy to see her anxious. Lin Shi was not one of her preferred daughters-in-law, but when her second son met her, he became obsessed with her and wanted to marry her. If it had been her, she would never have agreed to the marriage, but the Old Master was still alive at the time, and when the second son begged him, he agreed to it.
In her opinion, what's so good about this Lin Shi's, she comes from an ordinary background. In officials, a farmer, a businessman and a doctor, This doctor is even worse than a merchant! This is her face, her eyes are like autumn water, her face is like a peach blossom ......
If it weren't for this face, how could the Second son be so fond of Lin!
Really a foxy girl!
Su cursed in her heart, her face was even more gloomy, and her tone was unpleasant as soon as she spoke: "Lin Shi, yesterday Lao Second sent Hong Er and Cui Er back ......"
She spoke slowly, then her tone changed suddenly, in a hostile manner, "Did you instigate this?"
Not only was Su Shi's tone stern, but her eyes were also very sharp, and Lin Shi shrank back in fear as she said, "Mother, please understand, my daughter-in-law didn't!"
Seeing her like this, Su Shi waved her hand impatiently and said, "Yes or no, it's out of my hands. Lin Shi, I'll give you another deadline, within half a year, if you're not pregnant within half a year, it's useless even if the second son comes to return her!" The more she said, the more ruthless her attitude became, "By then, I will choose a girl from a good family and give the second son as a good concubine."
This good family can be different from the slave girl. The slave girl's contract of sale is firmly in the hands of the master. whether to fight or sell is something that the master opinion, there is nothing wrong, and even so much that let the mother go out leaving the son is also a common thing
But a concubine((Shiqi) is different, because she has been registered with the authorities. If anything happens, the parents can report the matter to the authorities. Generally speaking, in order to avoid disputes between the Di and Shu families, it was rare for them to have concubines.
Since Su Shi had even said "good concubine", it was obvious that she was not just talking about it, but was giving an ultimatum.
Lin Shi took a deep breath, her face slightly pale, there is still half a year deadline, half a year ......
Is this the ...... deadline ......
Lin Shi's breathing stuttered, then she gently closed her eyes, a trace of loss flashed in her eyes, and said meekly, "Yes, mother, my daughter-in-law understands."
"I'm tired, you go back." Su Shi pinched her brow and waved her hand, signalling that she could go back.
At this time, Nangong Yue and the other girls were having a lesson at the Jingxing Residence.
After a two-day break, Fang Ru began to revise her previous lessons as soon as the class started. Her lecture was on the female precepts and the content was naturally very boring, but the girls were in awe of her so they listened intently.
Only Su Qingping seemed preoccupied, seemingly haggard, with a dull gaze and a look of distraction.
Fang Ru was standing at the lecture table and could see everything in the classroom, of course she also saw Su Qingping's strange behaviour, she couldn't help but frown slightly, her already serious face looked more and more severe.
"Miss Su." Fang Ru called out.
Su Qingping stared straight ahead, her eyes unfocused, still sitting in a daze, not reacting at all.
Fang Ru simply walked up to Su Qingping's seat with a displeased face and said, "Miss Su, if you think my class is unpleasant to the ears, you can stop coming!"
Su Qingping still looked indifferent.
Fang Ru was furious: "Miss Su, from now on you don't have to come to class!"
"......" At this time, Su Qingping finally came back to her senses, just in time to hear Fang Ru's angry rebuke, she felt so aggrieved that she burst into tears and ran out of the courtyard of the Jingxing Residence. Liu Rong rushed to follow her.
Fang Ru quickly calmed down, she had been teaching boudoir in the house for many years and had seen all kinds of students, so how would she be in common knowledge with Su Qingping? She looked around at the girls and warned them, "If you don't want to learn, don't come in the future." After saying that, she began to lecture again.
Nangong Yue was laughing coldly in her heart. Looking at Su Qingping's depressed appearance, she must have already learned that Nangong Cheng is going to discuss marriage with the third girl of Gu Mansion. The third girl of the Gu family is the daughter of assistant minister in the Ministry of Works and the concubine sister(Shu mei) of the Marquess of Changping. If the marriage is successful, the Nangong House will have a relationship with the Yongping Marquis House and the Gu House.
Nangong Yue smiled playfully, if Su Shi knew about her niece's scandalous affair with her own concubine son, she didn't know how she would decide.
Is it better to choose the family's interests and let Fourth Uncle continue to climb the ladder with the Gu family, or is it better to fulfil Su Qingping's wish and marry Fourth Uncle?
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At the same time, Su Qingping ran all the way back to her house from the Jingxing Residence, and threw herself on the bed and cried.
"Damn it! How dare Fang Ru treat me like this! It's because she despises my Su family's decline!"
She pounded the blanket hard, one after another, and said hatefully, "It's really a dragon trapped in the beach and being played by shrimps, a tiger being bullied by dogs in a treeless plain! When I marry into the Nangong family, I will definitely make her look good ......"
She wanted to say something cruel, but then she suddenly thought of the rumour she heard yesterday that Zhao was going to help arrange a marriage for Nangong Cheng with the third girl from the Gu Mansion ......
When Liurong looked at her own girl's face, she probably knew what she was thinking, and she felt grieved for her: It was so easy for the girl and the Fourth Master to fall in love, but then there was the matter of the Fourth Master's marriage proposal with the third girl of the Gu Mansion. How can she not be sad?
The last time the First Furen introduced such a bad marriage, the Old Furen did not say anything which is why the girl is so anxious every day. I only hope that the Fourth Master is a reliable man and will not disappoint the girl's affection. Otherwise, what will the girl do in the future?
Although she thought so in her heart, she still comforted her master with her mouth: "Miss, don't be sad, the Fourth Master will definitely not fail you. Besides, there is still the old Furen, she will definitely make decisions for you ......"
Su Qingping's emotions finally stabilised under Liu Rong's comfort. She gritted her teeth with hatred, "I won't just give up and admit defeat! No matter how bad the Su family is, at least it was once a family, could it be that I am not even worthy of the Nangong family's concubine son?"
Liu Rong naturally agreed with a couple of words with a look of approval.
Su Qingping's face gradually became firm and she said to herself that her aunt must not know that Zhao Shi had introduced her to such a marriage! No! I have to think of a way, I can't just sit there and wait for death!
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After the class was over, Nangong Yue was worried about Lin Shi's condition and rushed to Lin Shi's Qingyun courtyard from the Jingxing Residence.
"Third Maiden has finished her lessons?" As soon as she entered the courtyard, Liu Mama immediately greeted her, seemingly in a good mood, "Old slave, greeting Third Maiden."
Nangong Yue was half relieved, looking at Liu Mama's appearance, it was obvious that her grandmother should not have made things difficult for her mother.
"Mama, excuse the ceremony." Nangong Yue hurriedly said, then pulled Liu Mama to the side and asked in a low voice, "Is my mother okay? Sister, do you know what the old lady said to my mother today ......"
Nangong Yue obviously meant what she said, Liu Mama then thought of what happened to Hong'er Cui'er before, and expected that Nangong Yue also knew a lot about it, so she said tentatively, "It seems that Third Maiden has also heard about it?"
"Mama, you don't have to hide anything from me, this House is so big, there is nothing that can be hidden." Nangong Yue said.
Liu Mama's smile faded and she sighed, "The old Furen left the second Furen to talk today, saying that she would not blame the second Furen for the matter of the concubine, but that if the second Furen could not conceive a child within six months, she would choose a good concubine for the second master."
Nangong Yue was not surprised by Su Shi's decision, in her previous life, this was how Su Qingping became her father's good concubine and was able to be corrected after her mother's death(concubine promoted to main wife) ...... What she cared about was the time Su Shi had given, six months, she had six months to change her mother's fate! Her mother's health was much better now, these six months should be enough for her to nurture her and conceive a child!
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