Chapter Eighteen Situation (Middle)

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  What does it mean for the big wife to let her make two handbags?

  These questions kept swirling in Ronghua's mind, and probably the whole thing wasn't as simple as it seemed on the surface.

  Mrs. Dai intentionally let Yanhua hear about the Wu Mu Hou Fu, wanting to probe her thoughts, but unexpectedly Yanhua had her heart set on marrying into the Yi Cheng Hou Fu and misunderstood Mrs. Dai's meaning, it wasn't until Mrs. Cai of Yi Cheng Hou arrived at the manor that this whole thing blew up...

  Hong Ge bumped into Yan Hua crying in the big wife's room, it must be that the big wife used her clever trick to win over Yan Hua, let's see if Yan Hua understands or not.

  Yan Hua listened attentively to Madame's arrangements, and Madame would definitely use Yan Hua. What she feared was that Yan Hua already had Zhao Xuanhuan in her heart. Moreover, with Fourth Madam interfering on the side, it wasn't easy for Madame to do things according to her own ideas and have everything go smoothly.

  Having experienced being married into the Hou Mansion, this time with the alliance by marriage, Madam will definitely find a more suitable person to go. One must know how to advance and retreat, understand the overall situation, and at critical moments, also know how to use tactics to plot for power, in order to fight for a place in the Hou Mansion.

  No wonder Mrs. Dai was so cautious.

  Unfortunately, skipping her and Renhua... There was originally a very suitable candidate in this mansion.

  "Anything else?"

  Mu Ge thought for a moment, "Nothing else. Miss, you still want me to ask about something, I'll go think of a way to ask."

  Ronghua smiled, "Can't be impatient now." No one can guess everything that the old lady thinks of at once. Moreover, the most unpredictable thing is human heart. Even if she guessed it right in the beginning, she may not be able to guess it later on. The only way is to get into her heart.

  So she can show you her heart.

  Chun Yao came back from outside, shivering and shrugging her shoulders. "It's not even the Winter Solstice yet, how can it be this cold? The wind outside seems like it could blow into people's bones."

  Before she had even opened the curtain and entered the inner room, Eighth Miss said: "Quickly come in and warm up."

  Chun Yao entered the house and saw Eighth Miss and Mu Jin sitting in the room with a hand warmer, both of their faces had a relaxed and comfortable expression.

  Chun Yao's nerves, which were originally tense at all times, also relaxed a lot due to a cup of warm tea and the warm stove that Miss Ba had handed over.

  Sipping tea and saying this, smiling slightly, listening to the "whirring" wind outside, suddenly showing a few points of comfort.

  The lady received some tea, sent over by the servant girl, saying that it was a rare and precious gift from the Hou Mansion, which was extremely difficult to get. It didn't seem like it would taste particularly good when brewed with hot water, but as soon as the water touched the tea leaves, they would unfurl like flowers.

  The old lady said: "Tea is scarce, Madam asked the young ladies to keep some, I just sent some to Sixth Miss and came over."

  Chun Yao took over the Yuyao Moon White Glaze Rich and Noble Flower Opening Dark Flower Tea Can, looked inside, and found that it was filled with tea leaves wrapped in Xuan paper, but now only a layer of tea leaves remained at the bottom. It seemed that Sixth Miss had kept some because she thought the tea leaves were novel.

  After the eldest lady got married, the sixth lady's temper gradually emerged. Whatever the madam gave to the ladies, it had to go through the sixth lady's hands first. The good things she would keep for herself, and only give the leftovers to the other ladies, which were often extremely bad.

  It's like this again.

  Chun Yao had only heard about this before, but today he personally experienced it and felt a little displeased with the sixth lady in his heart. Chun Yao handed the tea jar to Eighth Lady to look at.

  Miss Ba just took a glance.

  The old woman kept talking, "Madam said that although this thing doesn't look impressive, it's not ordinary when brewed. Miss will know once she tries it." She then looked at the maid in the house who was boiling water and that maid hurriedly came over to make tea.

  Ronghua smiled and said, "No hurry to look at it, are these tea leaves given to me or is there another lady?"

  The old woman smiled and replied, "Madam only instructed that it must be given to the sixth and eighth young ladies. If there's any leftover, then give it to the other young ladies. The sixth young lady has already kept some, now it's the eighth young lady's turn." Who doesn't like novel things? The old woman smiled and fawned on the eighth young lady, following her lead, "If you like it, miss, you can keep it all, that's fine too."

  "And what's more, this tea is a mixture of several kinds, and I found that the ones I had at Mrs. Darcy's and Miss Bennet's were not the same."

  Miss Ba smiled, her smile spreading to the corners of her mouth, faint but lingering. The old woman thought she had hit Miss Ba's thoughts, but who knew that Miss Ba ordered Mu Ge, "Take out three and brew them," then said to the old woman, "The rest will be taken back to Sixth Sister, I suppose there are other sisters' things inside, let's see how Sixth Sister distributes them."

  The woman was taken aback for a moment, her smile also frozen on her face, and it took half a day to react, taking the teapot and saying some polite words before leaving.

  After soaking in hot water for a while, the tea leaves in the teacup indeed unfolded.

  Three bowls of tea, brewed into three different appearances.

  The delicate green tea leaves unfolded, and three chrysanthemums floated up, reflecting the yellow-green color of the soup, as if adding flowers to brocade.

  Chun Yao's cup had only a few tender green buds standing upright in the tea bowl.

  The camellia's that cup is an ordinary tufted flower, and it isn't until it's fully open that you see the stamens' bright red color.

  "Indeed it's a good thing! I've never seen anything like it before, and I don't know what other forms it might take. Miss, you should keep more of them."

  Rong Hua just smiled slightly, picked up the teacup and took a sip, and indeed it was no different from ordinary flower tea. "It's just a novelty, just take a look at something new."

  Miss Ba's smile was faint, and Chun Yao couldn't help but feel a sense of longing. This kind of unbridled and unrestrained demeanor, which wasn't shaken by wealth or luxury, had an air of being unmoved by honor or shame, like a colorful cloud in the distant sky, untouchable and elusive.

  I don't know if it was this smile that infected her, but she also felt relaxed all over.

  Days by the side of the madam, every move must be careful, only then can one become the madam's considerate maid.

  She has been in the big wife's house since she was a child, and doesn't know how lucky she is. The sisters in the garden all say that people who come out of the big wife's house are superior to others, as long as they wholeheartedly serve the big wife, there will always be a good outcome.

  Qi Qi died because of her thin fate, Luo Ying and she were the closest, before Third Miss's distant marriage, Luo Ying came to beg Madam, could she not follow Third Miss and return to Madam's house instead? Even if Madam doesn't lack people by her side, there will always be a shortage of rough-handed maids outside.

  Her parents are in Beijing, she wants to stay and take care of them, Chunyao thought at that time, the old lady would definitely agree, but unexpectedly the old lady refused without even thinking about it.

  The coldness of the big wife made her secretly frightened, often wondering if she would end up like this in the future.

  As long as it is beneficial to the lady, no matter what it is, the lady can afford to give it up.

  Looking at the tea brewed today, only her cup has tender green tea leaves floating, with a somewhat melancholic meaning.

  Chun Yao drank tea with a preoccupied mind and continued to work on embroidery with Eighth Miss.

  The old lady took the tea jar back to Miss Liu's room, explained the reason, and Yanhua couldn't help but sneer, "What does she know, an outsider? Good things are wasted on her. Since she said so, it's good, you can give some of the remaining ones to other misses."

  The old woman took the orders and went out to deliver them to each of the young ladies, finally returning to report back to Madame. As she had always gotten along well with Sixth Miss and knew that Madame favored her, she couldn't help but put in a good word for Sixth Miss: "Sixth Miss kept some for herself, and the rest was given to the other young ladies; each of them received some, and they all think highly of you, Madame."

  The lady couldn't help but feel a little surprised, and a gentle smile appeared on her face. "Yan Hua did a good job with this."

  The old lady said it was true.

  The lady of the house smiled with relief, usually when there were good things in the mansion, she would send someone to deliver a share to Yan Hua, just in case she would be narrow-minded, having been used to seeing gold and silver by her side, even if she had a playful heart, she wouldn't mind too much.

  Her hard work has paid off, and Yanhua has indeed made progress now.

  The old woman finished speaking and walked into the courtyard, where she saw a man dressed as a scholar entering the mansion with a young servant following behind him. The young servant was carrying a red wooden medicine box with silver decorations on its edges.

  The old woman hastily retreated to the side, waiting for Director Cui's family to pass by. As she walked away, she couldn't help but wonder, "I haven't heard that anyone in this mansion is ill, so why would they suddenly invite a scholar over? And that scholar doesn't seem like an ordinary person either."

  Choi Ja-sa's servant led Mr. Yang into the inner quarters of the great lady and announced his arrival.

  The lady of the house hurried out to greet him, exchanged a few pleasantries with Mr. and only brought Dongui and Chen Mama, Cui's family led Mr. to another part of the garden.

  Arrived at the second lady's courtyard, Chū Xiǎo was already waiting outside. Seeing the madam, she immediately stepped forward.

  Before Xiao had a chance to speak, Madame Wang hastily asked, "Is everything ready?"

  "Let's just wait for the master to go in and take a look."

  The lady said: "Quickly, sir, please come in."

  The master and Mrs. Dai entered the inner room, in front of the bed of the second young lady, the sky blue bed curtain had already been lowered, Chao Xiao took the big pillow from the hand of the maid, stretched into the curtain to pull out the second young lady's hand, lifted her sleeve, revealing her wrist.

  The lady said respectfully: "Sir, please take a look, what kind of illness is our second sister suffering from? Can it be cured?"

  The master said: "Before coming, the old lady had already instructed that the second miss of your mansion has been suffering from a cold since childhood and fell ill. This illness is not just for one or two days."

  The lady hastily said, "Yes," and after a slight pause, "In the past, we've always looked for ordinary scholars, but they can't compare to you. You are... relied upon by noble people, and it's not easy to invite you on ordinary days. If it weren't for this coincidence... please take care of us."

  The gentleman spoke politely, "I and Brother Tao serve in the same dynasty, but we each have our own duties and can't see each other often. Today I'll do my best to help." As he spoke, he extended his hand to begin taking the pulse.

  The lady didn't dare to disturb, hastily retreated a few steps, took out a string of purple sandalwood Buddhist beads from her sleeve, and grasped them tightly in her hand. The others in the house didn't even dare to make a sound.

  Finally made it...

  Go back to sleep.

  Missing you, classmate.