Chapter 198 Decoction and Rock Sugar
However, even though she was back in her own courtyard, Wang Xifeng was still very excited! Today, she was very powerful. Now all those people were detained in the woodshed, waiting to be sold tomorrow.
"These evil-hearted people have seized hundreds of thousands of taels of silver!" Wang Xifeng said with shining eyes, "Adding the share from the Lai family, the public treasury is now full of silver."
"Grandma, please rest soon!" Ping'er rolled her eyes at her, changed her clothes, and asked someone to prepare hot water for washing.
"It's already past midnight. Grandma was busy all night on the first day after returning. If Third Master knew about this, would he let her off easily? Has grandma forgotten what Third Master said when she returned?"
"You little bitch!" Sister Feng glared at Ping'er, "Whose maid are you anyway? Even if that Buffalo Grass knew about it, what would it matter? Can he do anything to the Second Mistress?"
"Is there anything we can do? Madam, don't you know better than me?" Ping'er said with a snort.
Although Wang Xifeng still pretended to be stubborn, she thought about it and felt that she was really being controlled by that Bison Cao, and it was the kind that was difficult to resist.
So, while bickering with Ping'er, she followed Ping'er obediently to bathe and wash...
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Wang Xifeng woke up early the next morning. She was still worried about what happened in the front yard, and the silver and things she had confiscated yesterday also had to be registered and put into the warehouse. Naturally, she couldn't sleep peacefully.
"Is Second Madam here?" a voice came from the courtyard.
After a while, Feng'er led Qingwen in!
"Greetings, Second Madam. This is the medicine that my master asked the imperial physician to prepare early in the morning. He asked me to bring it to you!" Qingwen took out the warm medicine from the food box.
Wang Xifeng's face turned bitter, "Thank you for your hard work, little girl. Go back and thank your master for me!"
"Second Madam, Master has instructed that if no one is watching, Second Madam will refuse to eat, so let me watch Second Madam eat! Also, our Master will come over to greet the old lady later. If Second Madam doesn't eat early, our Master said he will come and feed her the medicine himself!"
Thinking of the scene where Jia Cong fed her medicine before, Wang Xifeng blushed, then she picked up the medicine bowl and drank it directly.
"This buffalo guy always bullies me, the Second Madam!" Wang Xifeng muttered.
Seeing Wang Xifeng drink the medicine, Qingwen took out a plate of crystal clear rock sugar from under the food box, "Master said that Second Madam doesn't like to drink medicine because she is afraid of the bitterness, so I took the rock sugar given by the Empress to let Second Madam suppress the taste of the medicine!"
After saying this, Qingwen bowed and left.
Wang Xifeng stared at the plate of rock sugar and her face turned red with embarrassment. Was she treating herself like a child?
"Who is afraid of hardship?" Wang Xifeng snorted.
However, when she saw Ping'er cleaning up the room and going to the hall, she picked up a piece with her slender fingers and put it directly into her mouth. Instantly, a sweet taste reached her heart!
"Second Madam is not afraid of hardship. She just wants to try the difference between the candy prepared here and the ones she usually eats!" After finding an excuse for herself, Wang Xifeng stood up triumphantly and walked outside.
Jia Cong came out of Keqing's courtyard early in the morning, went back to the main courtyard to do some boxing, and then took Xiao Que'er and Xiangling to the West Mansion.
When I entered Lady Jia's courtyard, I happened to see Yuanyang in the courtyard!
"The Third Master is here!" There was surprise in Yuanyang's eyes!
Jia Cong stepped forward and held Yuanyang's hand. The little maids on the side all watched with a smile. The old lady had already said that Yuanyang would follow the third master in the future, so these little maids were also happy to watch this sister's funny things.
"Is the old lady awake yet?"
Yuanyang blushed but did not struggle, letting Jia Cong lead her. "The old lady just ate something, and the second wife was also in the room, talking to the old lady about the servants."
"Master Bao is here too. The second master has been forcing him to study for a while. Someone was supposed to urge him to go to the clan school today, but Master Bao lied that he had a headache and was afraid that the second master would come looking for him, so he hid here with the old lady. The second master has gone to work just now, so I think Master Bao will go to play with the girls in a while."
Jia Cong nodded and said, "I acted like a fool yesterday. Was the old lady angry?"
Seeing that the maids were far away, Yuanyang whispered, "The old lady was angry at first, but she was no longer angry when the second sister-in-law came back. In addition, the old nanny who was brought in by the Shi family yesterday has also arrived. The old lady is very happy. It is said that the old nanny was her childhood playmate!"
"That's good. If the old lady wants to hit me with her cane to vent her anger, Sister Yuanyang has to help stop her. Otherwise, if Third Master really hurts her, won't Sister be heartbroken?"
Yuanyang glanced at Jia Cong secretly, "The old lady will never hit the Third Master!"
"Hahaha!" Yuanyang's shy yet admiring look made Jia Cong feel very happy.
"It's the Third Master, why don't you come in?" Perhaps she heard the noise outside, so Amber came out and saw Jia Cong holding Yuanyang's hand. She immediately smiled and said, "It's me who ruined my sister's good fortune. I should be punished, I should be punished!"
Yuanyang pulled his hand back forcefully and dared not speak to Amber.
"Why isn't there a maid with the Third Master? Where are Qingwen and the others?"
"Qingwen didn't come over. Xiao Que'er took Xiangling to go play with Fourth Sister!"
"No wonder they say that the Third Master is considerate of his servants, it's true!" Amber said as she led Jia Cong forward. Jia Cong laughed and said, "That's wrong. I guess from now on, the people in these two mansions will say that the Third Master is cruel and ruthless."
That's right. After Jia Cong's actions, more than a dozen servants from the two mansions were beaten to death. More than half of them, about 300 to 200 people, were sold directly after being beaten. Most of the rest were also punished. Now, it was a good thing for the servants in the mansion not to tremble when they saw Jia Cong.
"Grandson greets the old ancestor!"
In the main hall , apart from a few serving maids, the old lady was sitting high up, Baoyu was imprisoned in the old lady's arms, Wang Xifeng was standing aside, and there was also an old nanny who was not young at all, who was probably from the Shi family.
"You monkey just caused a big scene in Heaven, and you dare to come here!" said the old lady in feigned anger.
"Aren't you afraid that our ancestor will put the Five Finger Mountain under his grandson, so you rush here early in the morning to pay your respects to him?" Jia Cong said with a smile.
"Hmph! Look at me, my grandson. He's always making trouble in Heaven or causing chaos in the sea. He never stops!"
The old nanny bowed to Jia Cong, and then smiled at the old lady, "You have a grandson who is a first-class marquis, and he can dress up and entertain you. Isn't that your blessing? Now, among our old relatives, who doesn't envy your two grandchildren? If you are still not satisfied, how can you survive in other mansions full of playboys?"
Upon hearing this, Grandmother Jia burst into laughter.
