The Zhongyong Hou Mansion is a home that has accumulated good fortune for more than a hundred years. Except for big days, some servants will be sent home to reunite with their families during festivals. Today is the Dragon Boat Festival, and there are not many servants waiting in front of the master.
Song Wanru had something on her mind and was restless when she got up in the morning. Aunt Dong helped her comb her favorite flying bun, inserted six gold hairpins inlaid with gems, looked up and down, and said with a smile: " The young lady is so beautiful, she looks a bit like my late aunt!"
Song Wanru smiled shyly and leaned on Aunt Dong coquettishly, "Mom treats me as her own daughter, her own child. She likes her as much as she likes." She straightened a hairpin on her temples and said, "My mother is a heavenly being. Her beauty, her beauty that captivates the whole country, there is no other woman in the world who can compare with her."
Aunt Dong nodded in agreement, "Your aunt is the most beautiful woman I have ever seen. She is qualified to be a concubine in the palace."
Song Wanru smiled and said nothing, didn't her mother just enter the palace and become Emperor Qiantai's favorite concubine?
Fan Xing knocked on the door and entered the house, whispering: "Madam, mother, the silver bell is really here."
Song Wanru and Aunt Dong looked at each other, laughed, and waved Fan Xing out.
"Mom, please give today's pear soup to my good mother-in-law! Do your filial piety for me." Song Wanru said softly.
Aunt Dong pressed her hands against each other a few times, making a cracking sound in the joints. She said with a sinister smile: "Don't worry, Miss! I will definitely fulfill my mission."
Song Wanru had been living outside the palace until she was twelve years old. After she was born, Prince Xian sent a female guard who had just lost her child to be her nanny to take personal care of her. This person was Aunt Dong.
Aunt Dong slowly walked towards Xuanzangyuan carrying the mahogany carved food box, stopped at the door, and waited for about a quarter of an hour when she heard a sharp female voice, "Old madam, you have agreed to make me the second master." My concubine, how can you keep your word? I won’t go to Zhuangzi. I want to listen to Xuexuan! I want to serve the second master! I want to serve the second master!"
Aunt Dong straightened her clothes, flicked away the non-existent dust on her body, held back a smile and pushed the door open into the yard.
The yard was a mess. At the door of the main house, four or five maids and women escorted a thin woman in coarse clothes out. The woman was very strong. She shouted and waved her hands, trying to go back into the house.
Lu Guiju stood at the door and directed, "Hold Yin Ling's hand, gag her, and send her to the execution room."
Aunt Dong asked anxiously: "Sister Lu, who is so bold as to make trouble in the old lady's yard?"
Mother Lu said with a cold face: "This madman is Yin Ling who used to listen to Xuexuan. His brain is no longer bright. For some reason, he secretly came back and wanted to be the second master's concubine. What a wishful thinking."
Aunt Dong said worriedly: "Sister Lu, please be careful and send a few more people. The madman is very strong. Don't let her go to other courtyards and harass the ladies and ladies!" Crossing the threshold, "I'll go and help the old lady." Come out as soon as you deliver the pear soup."
Aunt Dong carried the food box and walked into the house. She flicked her right hand in the direction of Lu's mother. Mother Lu felt a strong surge and couldn't stand. She hit her head heavily on the door and touched the sore spot with her hand. It was wet. When I took it off and looked at it, I saw blood on it.
Aunt Dong turned around and shouted, "Mama Lu is injured and bleeding. Someone come and bandage her."
When the old lady got up early this morning, someone reported that Yin Ling, who used to serve the second master, wanted to see her. Because the second grandson used to like Yin Ling very much, he also wanted to make her his concubine. A few days ago, I heard from Gui Ju that Cai Wei was young and now he is serving her. He wanted to see his precious grandson, so he still asked her to go back and serve Gu Jingzhi. Unexpectedly, when he saw her, he found that Yin Ling was not in his right mind, like a madman, so he kicked her out. Yin Ling yelled and struggled. She said nothing and didn't leave. The old lady had been coughing before, but now she was angry and frightened. Her mood was up and down and she was out of breath. Xia Chan was massaging her chest to help her breathe.
Hearing that Lu Guiju was injured, the old lady's heart tightened, and she gasped to Xia Chan: "Quick, go and see Guiju!"
Xia Chan was worried about the old lady and helped her lie down on the bed. She ran out in panic and met Aunt Dong coming with a food box. Ruyiyuan had been sending pear soup over the past few days, so she knew that the food box contained The snow pear soup that relieves coughs and reduces phlegm hurriedly said to her: "Mother Dong, I'll be back as soon as I go. You can be my errand for a while."
Mother Dong nodded and said: "Go! I'll wait for the old lady to drink soup!" She smiled at her retreating back and walked into the house with light steps.
Half of the maids and ladies in Xuanzangyuan went home to visit their relatives on vacation today. Yin Ling came to make trouble, and the others went to stop her. Only Xia Chan was left in front of the old lady. Mother Dong looked around, except for the woman lying on the bed. The old lady, with no one else around, put the food box on the table, walked quickly to the bed and said with a smile: "Old lady, our lady asked the old slave to serve you."
The old lady closed her eyes and said with great effort: "Well, I don't need you to serve me, just step back!"
Aunt Dong raised the corners of her mouth, reached out and picked up the pillow next to her, pressed the old lady's mouth and nose tightly, and whispered: "Old beggar, that's not up to you!" The old lady stretched out her hand to remove her face. After struggling with the pillow for a few times, he slowly lowered his hand.
Aunt Dong tidied up the bedding and saw nothing wrong. She quickly returned to the table and shouted loudly: "Old madam, old madam, you are still coughing today. I will serve you some pear soup."
Open the food box, put the lid on the table, take out the pear soup, carry it to the bedside, put the bowl on the table in front of the bed, and said: "Old lady, get up and drink the pear soup!"
Suddenly shouted: "Someone is coming! Someone is coming! Madam, she..., Madam, wake up, wake up!"
The shouts exploded like thunder in Xuanzangyuan. The maids and ladies no longer paid attention to Yin Ling and Mother Lu, and all rushed to the old lady's house in panic.
Aunt Dong sat on the ground with a pale face, pointed at the bed and said: "Quick, go and see, what's wrong with the old lady?"
Mother Lu's forehead was bleeding, and she covered it with her sleeves. She walked to the bed and shouted, "Miss, wake up, Miss!" She reached out and touched the old lady's forehead, which was still warm, and put it down to her nostrils. He couldn't feel the breath coming out. He was so scared that he sat on the ground and cried: "Xia Chan, go and call the old master, call the second master over! The old lady..., the old lady is dead!"
