Chapter 65: Right and Wrong (Part 2)

  Before long, all the relatives from the Fu family had left, and only Old Mrs. Fu and Eldest Mrs. Fu were left in the house.

  The old lady took a sip of tea and her throat relaxed slightly, then she opened her mouth: "If it weren't for my mother today, I'm afraid the matter with Yaohua wouldn't have been settled."

  Only when they gain some benefits from her will they truly welcome her with a smile.

  The old lady continued: "Everyone in the clan knows that Yao Hua's illness has been cured, and it will soon spread outside. Moreover, Yao Hua has a good reputation outside, so the next step is to form an alliance with the Wu Mu Hou Mansion..."

  Although she was also good to Yaohua, she still sneered in her heart. Although she saw that Yaohua was not feeling well today and hurriedly coaxed her into sitting down. What kind of people were those present? Wouldn't they be able to see through it? It's just that on the surface, they didn't point it out, but if they really got serious about it, wouldn't the Hou Mansion know?

  Xiao Yanhua's illness had indeed slowly improved, and when the Hou Mansion asked about it, they would naturally have to spend a lot of effort explaining, now just hoping that the Hou Mansion wouldn't grasp onto this point and not let go.

  The old lady's face didn't show any joy or anger, she just said: "Er Ya's illness still needs to be treated urgently, this morning you shouldn't have let Er Ya eat so many rice balls, her body is originally weak, how can it withstand these."

  This is where she was wrong, Yao Hua's body wasn't feeling well, but she still forced herself to finish that bowl of rice balls. Afterwards, thinking about it, she felt heartache too. The elder madam awkwardly said: "I was also in a hurry."

  Many things go wrong because of impatience. The old lady said calmly, "Today's matter will be settled like this. In the future, if the Hou Mansion invites the young ladies to visit... wait until the Hou Mansion looks at it again and raises another issue, then don't mention this marriage again."

  Seizing on a slight mistake and not letting go, Mrs. Lian's face didn't look very good, but she was afraid that Old Lady would say something else, so she hastily nodded in agreement.

  Back in her own room, Madame asked Chen Mama to come over and asked, "How was it?"

  Madam Chen smiled repeatedly, "Miss Eighth is kind and intelligent. A few young ladies wanted to leave early, so they sent their maids over, saying they were unwell and asking for their family's carriage to come first. However, there was still an elder from another branch of the clan who hadn't left yet, so that wouldn't do. It was Miss Eighth who had spoken up earlier, but she didn't directly refuse those young ladies. Instead, she invited them to sit in a nearby room and had their maids serve them hot tea. Only when the carriages arrived did she send the young ladies off."

  The old lady nodded in satisfaction, "This is good, it doesn't offend anyone and gets things done properly. Some people just like to argue for the sake of arguing, but they don't necessarily get any benefits." Then she sneered coldly, "Those few young ladies who were clamoring to leave first, are they from the third old lady's branch? The second old lady hasn't left yet, and they're already clamoring to leave. In recent years, although the third old lady's branch is not bad, it's still not better than our master's."

  "Master Chen said: 'The position of the clan head has been unshakeable for many years, even if there are people in the clan who have other ideas, they can only envy from the side.'"

  The big wife suddenly remembered, "I heard that Yan Hua ran away today?"

  Madam Chen lit another lantern and personally removed the hairpin from Madame's head, "It was said by Wei laopo who was sent to accompany Sixth Miss that fortunately she just went out for a walk and then returned to her room." After a pause, she continued: "Wei laopo also said that it was Eighth Miss who persuaded Sixth Miss to return. Sixth Miss didn't get angry after returning, she did some needlework, read a book, and then slept."

  The big wife raised an eyebrow, "Before letting you go talk to Yan Hua, wasn't it also useless? I don't know what Rong Hua said that could actually persuade Yan Hua."

  "Misses are all about the same age, maybe they can listen to what I say, unlike me an old woman, who looks annoying."

  "Old Lady Chen joked, making the big madam laugh. 'Since Ronghua is willing to listen to Yanhua's words, it saves you trouble. I'll tell Ronghua tomorrow to visit Yanhua more often.'"

  Mrs. Chen agreed.

  Mrs. Dai was still frightened, with Third Madame glaring at her from across the way, and she herself had almost lost face because of a concubine, while Yanhua also didn't let people be at ease, fortunately Ronghua stopped Yanhua, otherwise who knows what kind of joke they would have been laughed at.

  The old lady said: "Go and call Chū Xiǎo over, I'll ask her what's going on."

  Mrs. Chen hurriedly asked someone to call Xiao Chao.

  It wasn't long before Xiao walked into the house and started chatting. The mistress held a hand warmer and sat on the soft couch, while Xiaoyu held a large lacquer tray beside her to serve tea. Spring fragrance handed over the teacup, the mistress took a sip of tea, and Spring fragrance took back the teacup.

  The second young lady was startled awake several times last night and spoke some nonsense in her sleep, it sounded like she was thinking about the fifth young lady again.

  The old lady's face suddenly fell, "Evil spirits lingering." She also said to Xiao, "From now on, if there's anything going on with the second young lady, come and tell me immediately. I'll let you take good care of the second young lady, not just serving tea and water on ordinary days. If you can't do well, come and tell me early, and I'll naturally help you find another place to go."

  Chi Xiao hastily lowered her head and admitted her mistake.

  The lady of the house waved her hand and let Xiao Chao withdraw.

  Mrs. Chen had already spread out the bedding, and Madame lay down. "Miss Wu's courtyard has also been empty for some time now, find a chance to clean it up and see what use it can be put to. Leaving it there is always an eyesore, and it doesn't let Yao Hua have any peace either." After finishing speaking, Madame slowly fell asleep, and Mrs. Chen carefully tidied up the bedding again, lowered the two layers of bed curtains before leaving.

  ……

  Ronghua hasn't rested yet on this side.

  Jinxiu said: "Luli told me a lot about the Wu Mu Hou Fu."

  The Grand Madam wants to form an alliance with the Wu Mu Marquis's household, and naturally, those in the clan will pay attention once they catch wind of it.

  Luli said, "This time, Wu Mou Hou clearly made a contribution to the pacification of the rebellion, but not only was he not rewarded, but he was also reprimanded. On the other hand, Wu Mou Hou's younger brother received the task of eliminating the remaining rebels and it is said that he will soon return triumphantly."

  Annihilate the remnants? As for those who have lost their ability to resist and are fleeing in disarray, anyone can win with ease! This is an undeserved achievement.

  Luli said: "Outside, everyone is spreading rumors that the grandmother of Wu Mu Hou and Shuo Gongzhu likes not the eldest grandson Wu Mu Hou, but..."

  Isn't this obvious? The emperor is both benevolent and strict, on the surface, Duke Wu Mu suffered a loss, but in reality, he was compensated in another way. The eldest son of the main house was reprimanded, while the second house ultimately benefited. If it's really like the rumors say, that Old Lady Xue favors the second house, then how many complicated relationships are there?

  What other changes will arise in the future?

  Rong Hua furrowed her brow, but she still couldn't see clearly how this road would turn out.

  Mugwort spread out the bed, Ronghua lay down and slowly closed her eyes. Her choice, it's unknown whether it was right or wrong.

  ……

  At dawn, when the sky was just brightening, a rough servant girl carried a bucket of water to the well and lowered it down. However, after half a day, she still couldn't hear the sound of the water falling. She shook the rope tied to the wooden bucket for half a day before feeling that something was amiss. Only then did she lean forward to look down.

  After staring for half a day, her face suddenly turned pale and she let out a loud shriek.

  Didn't sleep well last night, so sleepy, going to bed.