Chapter 804: Aunt Xue is ill in Hengwu Garden
Rongguo Mansion, Hengwu Garden.
The maid, Nanny Zhang, came into the inner room with a bowl of freshly cooked medicine. She was about to go to Aunt Xue's bedside when Li Wan, who was standing beside her, stood up and said, "Let me do it."
After Aunt Xue caught a cold these two days, Li Wan served her even more attentively than Xue Baochai, and the servants had long been accustomed to it.
Therefore, Nanny Zhang did not exchange many pleasantries with her. She just said a few words of humility and handed over the small casserole.
Li Wan put it on the coffee table beside the bed, stirred it with a spoon, scooped some and blew it to warm it. She was about to feed it to Aunt Xue, but Aunt Xue suddenly turned over and faced inside.
Seeing this, Li Wan glanced out of the corner of her eye and confirmed that Nanny Zhang had already gone to the outer room. Then she lowered her voice and advised: "Even if it's a big deal, Auntie shouldn't ruin her body..."
Before she could finish her words, Aunt Xue turned around abruptly, stared at Li Wan with shame and anger, and asked, "Am I the one who humiliated myself, or are you the ones who humiliated me?"
Li Wan was speechless because of her blockage. She lowered her head and sighed softly, then put the spoon back into the casserole and stirred it slowly.
For a moment, the whole room fell silent, leaving only the sound of the soup .
Aunt Xue was a gentle person after all. She had just burst into anger, but when she saw Li Wan lowering her head and keeping silent, she softened unconsciously.
He wanted to say something to make amends, but he couldn't find any reason to comfort Li Wan.
Finally, the body that had been raised up slowly lay down, her eyes slightly closed, without a trace of joy or anger on her face, but the fierce ups and downs under the brocade quilt revealed her inner unrest.
Ding~
After an especially crisp crash, Li Wan finally spoke again: "I say I advise you to live freely, but in the final analysis, I am afraid that the news will leak out and ruin the future of our children and grandchildren. Since it is out of selfishness, Auntie can beat and scold you, but you must take care of yourself. If you really fall ill now, who will Baochai rely on?"
Hearing her mention her daughter, Aunt Xue suddenly became angry again and subconsciously tried to stand up, but the rising anger made her sick body even weaker.
Then he gasped for a few times, and could only lie on his back and said angrily: "It would be fine if we didn't mention Baochai, but did you know that my sister was still thinking about bringing Baochai up with... with that guy the other day!"
Your own mother-in-law wants to match Xue Baochai and Sun Shaozong?
Li Wan was stunned when she heard this, and subconsciously wanted to ask about the "golden marriage", but she was a smart girl after all, and she understood Mrs. Wang's thoughts in an instant.
But at the moment she sighed for Lin Daiyu - she didn't think that there would be any good outcome for Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu after Baochai withdrew.
On the contrary, judging by my mother-in-law's personality, I'm afraid she will have to look for "strong support" for her precious son.
As he was thinking about it, he couldn't help but speak a little slower. When he wanted to speak again, he heard hurried footsteps outside.
Li Wan had no choice but to shut her mouth and pretend to stir the medicine.
Who knew that when the person walked in, he found out that it was his personal maid Suyun.
Li Wan felt relieved, but when she saw Su Yun was frightened, she immediately scolded her, "What are you doing impatient, aren't you afraid of scaring the concubine?"
If it were in the past, Suyun would have been extremely respectful to Aunt Xue, but now that they were comrades-in-arms who had fought in the same field, she was much less wary.
So he chuckled, bowed loosely and said, "Don't blame me, Madam. I heard something strange and came to report it in a hurry. As a result, I forgot the etiquette for a moment."
Aunt Xue just thought that she was dragged into this situation by Li Wan, so instead of hating her for the same reason, she felt a sense of sympathy for her.
But in front of Li Wan, she was unwilling to reveal her true feelings, so she just shook her head slightly without saying any extra words.
Li Wan also felt that the atmosphere was awkward. Besides, it was not appropriate to continue the previous topic at this moment, so she took the opportunity to say, "What's the matter? Look at you running in the middle of winter and sweating all over."
"I heard that..."
Su Yun first deliberately dragged out the words to create a sense of mystery, and then gloated, "I heard that the Second Madam embezzled money from the public account and secretly did business in the south, earning more than 100,000 taels of silver!"
As soon as these words came out, Li Wan and Aunt Xue both frowned, and then asked in unison: "Who said that?!"
Suyun replied, "Last night when we were playing dominoes, Laiwang's wife complained - I heard that in a few days, the silver will be transported to the capital - Laiwang has been in the south for the past few years, saying that he was in charge of the clan's land and sacrifices, but he actually did such a big thing!"
After hearing what she said with such detail, the suspicion on Li Wan and Aunt Xue's faces grew even stronger.
Although Aunt Xue usually doesn't care about other things, she knows the value of hundreds of thousands of taels of silver. Her niece is not good at business, so how could she earn so much money in such a short time?
Li Wan has always been obsessed with the identity of a housekeeper, so she cares more about the public accounts than others.
According to her understanding, since the deficit was checked three years ago, there might be a discrepancy of a hundred or so taels of silver in the public account, but it is absolutely impossible to embezzle capital that could earn more than 100,000 taels of silver.
However, it is indeed a bit strange that Lai Wang has been living in Jiangnan for the past two years.
As I was thinking about it, I suddenly heard a burst of footsteps outside.
This time it was Mrs. Wang who came.
Li Wan and her servants hurriedly stood up to greet them, but Mrs. Wang did not say much to them. She came to Aunt Xue's bed with a smile and complained, "You told me to wear more clothes on weekdays. What's wrong? Did you catch a cold?"
As she spoke, she turned her head and a maid immediately brought over a gold-painted mahogany box. Madam Wang took the opportunity to open it and pointed at the contents, saying, "You are lucky. This is old mountain ginseng that Goryeo has just paid tribute to. Thanks to the queen, the palace has given us a few ginsengs. They are just right for you to replenish your body."
When Aunt Xue heard that it was a tribute from the palace, she declined it repeatedly.
Mrs. Wang ignored her and had the old mountain ginseng placed on the table. She waved her hand and said, "Okay, let's talk about some personal matters. You can go down first."
Li Wan took the lead and bowed in response, then led the old women and maids out of the door and closed the door herself.
At the moment when he turned around and closed the door, he vaguely heard Mrs. Wang say from inside: "Have you thought carefully about what I said that day? I heard that the second son of the Sun family..."
The rest of the words could no longer be heard as the door closed.
But Li Wan already knew the purpose of her mother-in-law's visit .
It seems that she is very concerned about arranging this marriage.
Come to think of it, even if I think Xue Baochai is not worthy of Baoyu, she is my niece after all, and I still hope that she can marry into a good family.
However, Aunt Xue would never agree to this marriage now.
If I get pushed into a corner and accidentally let something slip...
Li Wan's heart tightened and she immediately started thinking about how to settle the matter so that her mother-in-law wouldn't find out.
