Chapter 783 Xue (Part 3)
Ping'er heard Li Wan's call and stopped on the tree-lined path. She put the bamboo basket on her arm and leaned forward to ask, "What instructions do you have, Madam?"
"How dare I tell you that?"
Li Wan smiled and teased, "Let's not talk about how you are doing in this mansion. When you go to the Sun family in a few days, you will be half a master!"
Ping'er was used to joking with her, and seeing that she didn't seem to be talking about anything important, she pretended to frown and said angrily, "Madam, you are so mean! If you are fine, I will leave - a few carts of charcoal have just been unloaded in the yard in front, and I have to quickly collect the debts owed to various places so that I can pay them out as soon as possible."
Having said this, he pretended to leave.
"Why are you in such a hurry? I have something to tell you!"
Li Wan hurriedly pulled her back, looked around mysteriously for a few times, and then lowered her voice and said, "I went to the eldest wife's courtyard before, and from what she said, it seemed that she was quite dissatisfied with Aunt Xue."
"Dissatisfied with the concubine? What's the reason for this?"
Ping'er was a little confused. After all, Aunt Xue was Lady Wang's sister, and she had never had any dealings with Lady Xing.
"yes."
Li Wan looked helpless: "You also know what kind of temper this lady of our family has. Recently, she heard that my aunt got some good materials and offered them to people all over the world, but she missed herself..."
"What are you talking about!"
Before Li Wan could finish, Ping'er could not help but speak up: "The concubine has already said that the fabrics are for the younger generation to make clothes. Even the second wife didn't get them. How could she be provoked?"
"Shh~"
Li Wan made a gesture to keep quiet, but she didn't hold back her words: "If it were someone else, they wouldn't have such wild thoughts, but our eldest wife - when you go to Hengwu Garden later, you should mention this matter briefly and see what the rules are on your aunt's side."
At this point, she hurriedly added, "Don't mention me when the time comes. Otherwise, if the news leaks out, I'm afraid the first and second wives will start to talk about it again."
Ping'er also knew that Mrs. Xing and Mrs. Wang, the sisters-in-law, were not on good terms with each other, especially Mrs. Xing, who was petty and calculative.
Therefore, he did not doubt Li Wan's behavior of asking him to pass on a message but refusing to tell Aunt Xue directly.
Ping'er was a kind-hearted person, and she would be leaving Rongguo Mansion soon, so naturally she didn't have many taboos.
He nodded and said, "Don't worry, Grandma. I'll go to Hengwu Garden right away."
The two said goodbye to each other.
Seeing Ping'er hurried away, Suyun, who was following behind, came up and muttered anxiously, "Grandma, do you think this can be accomplished?"
"Whether it succeeds or not, let's prepare first."
As Li Wan spoke, she could not help but let out a long sigh. She had originally been a cautious person, and in the seven or eight years since her husband's death, she had not made a single wrong step.
I never thought that I would meet Sun Shaozong, and things would be out of control.
Now, in order to cover up the affair, his mind is full of calculations. When he thinks about it carefully, he suddenly feels a little regretful.
That's all.
When this matter is settled, I will spend my days with a secluded mind and no longer worry about the second son of the Sun family.
…
Not to mention what Li Wan felt.
But after Ping'er separated from her, she hurried all the way to Hengwu Garden.
At that time, Aunt Xue had just entrusted Baoqin to the care of her daughter, and was in her room, sighing over her niece's experience.
Suddenly, when he heard that Ping'er wanted to see him, he thought it was Wang Xifeng who sent her to pass on a message, so he just said "please" casually and didn't take it too seriously.
When Ping'er ignored Li Wan and brought up Mrs. Xing's resentment towards her over the distribution of leather materials, Aunt Xue was a little angry at first, but then she became dazed.
Although Mrs. Xing looked hateful, this incident seemed to have created an opportunity for his plan.
Could it be that...
Is this God's will?
In a trance, Aunt Xue didn't care about Mrs. Xing's right or wrong. She sent Ping'er out the door with a lot of thanks, and sat alone in the room for a long time. Finally, she gritted her teeth, took only a personal maid, and hurried to Mrs. Xing in the front yard.
In fact, Mrs. Xing was really wronged this time.
She has been accompanying Jia She in recent days, worrying about Shi Daizi's affairs. How could she have the time to think about these trivial matters?
But then again, Mrs. Xing is a very greedy person. If there is any benefit offered to her, she will just take it all. Why would she ask for the reason?
And it was impossible for Aunt Xue to question her face to face whether she was unhappy about this.
So one of them was confused and just accepted the gifts, while the other was distracted and couldn't say it clearly. The two of them chatted casually and were quite harmonious.
As it was getting dark, Aunt Xue was almost speechless when she finally received a report from a servant saying that Jia She and Jia Yucun had already returned to the mansion and were ordering people to set up a banquet in the flower hall and invite Sun Shaozong to join them.
Aunt Xue's heart trembled, thinking to herself that she had finally waited for something!
She immediately changed the topic and said with some worry, "I heard that there was a certain Shi Daizi who was making a lot of trouble recently. I vaguely remember that Wenlong [Xue Pan's pen name] also intervened in this matter. He won't...will he be involved?"
After all, she doesn't often lie, so she can't help stuttering when she speaks.
Fortunately, Madam Xing only thought that she was worried about her son's safety. In addition, she was also thinking about Shi Daizi, so she frowned and said, "It's hard to say now. Our master invited Sun Jia Erlang to a banquet today just to ask him to say a few good words to Uncle Zhao - after all, he has a reputation in front of the prince."
"I see."
Aunt Xue nodded, but then she looked a little restless. She looked through the window at the flower hall not far away and murmured, "I don't know... I don't know if Sun Jia's Erlang will agree."
Mrs. Xing was also very worried. Even though she had many faults, she was still like a couple to Jia She.
Seeing Aunt Xue like this, he couldn't help but be moved, and took the initiative to suggest: "There is a compartment in the flower hall, why don't we go over and listen?"
This is exactly what Aunt Xue is aiming for.
The two of them left the main room and went into the compartment first. They ordered people to prepare tea and snacks, waiting for the men to sit down and listen to what was said.
Not long after, Jia She, Jia Yucun and Sun Shaozong came together.
After the host and guest sat down outside and toasted each other for a few rounds, Jia She couldn't help but bring up business.
Hearing that Sun Shaozong seemed to be trying to shirk the responsibility, Jia Yucun, who was standing by, resolved the situation with a few words. He had to make a promise in person that he would try to negotiate with Zhao Guojiu.
Mrs. Xing could not help but praise: "After all, Jia Yucun is related to my master. He is willing to work hard at the critical moment."
However, Aunt Xue had long harbored a grudge against Jia Yucun.
Hearing Mrs. Xing praising Jia Yucun, she hurriedly said, "Sister-in-law, you must not be fooled by him. Wenlong's case was handled by Jia Yucun, but it ended up being an unsolved case. If it weren't for my relative's intervention, who knows how long it would have dragged on."
Mrs. Xing agreed verbally, but she disagreed in her heart - she was thinking to herself, what kind of status is your Xue family, how can it be compared with the Rongguo Mansion.
If Jia Yucun dares to fool the Xue family, does he dare to turn against the Rongguo Mansion?
After finishing the serious business, they started chatting about all sorts of things in the flower hall outside. However, since Jia She was the host, the tone was naturally not very high.
So within a few words, the words took on a vile tone.
Although Jia Yucun usually looks serious, he is very good at this. He told a few dirty jokes vividly, and the men in the hall burst into laughter, while the two women in the compartment covered their mouths with red faces.
"Pooh~"
Mrs. Xing spat and muttered quietly, "What about 'a poor family eating bran during the day and wrapping meat at night'? He was the one who came up with it."
Although he spat in his mouth, he was extremely envious in his heart, thinking that if he could live like this every day, it would be worth it to have to eat coarse food.
Of course, she was just thinking about what she lacked. If she really had to eat bran for a few days, Mrs. Xing would definitely miss the life of luxury again.
But she was just less favored recently. How could she compare to Aunt Xue who had to study alone for more than ten years?
Aunt Xue's face turned red when she suddenly heard so much dirty talk in the bed. She could also hear the faint panting sound from the other side of the wall.
She subconsciously tightened her cloak and cursed him, "He is a prefect, but he said such shameless and vulgar words."
Who knew that it was too early to say this, and the words that followed became increasingly vulgar, and even Sun Shaozong was forced to tell a few half-true and half-false stories.
I don't know how it happened, but there happened to be a story about a scholar who stayed overnight at a classmate's house and was seduced by his classmate's widowed mother.
Aunt Xue felt guilty and couldn't help but prick up her ears to listen to every detail...
