"Auntie, there will be a recovery banquet tomorrow. Madam is so busy that she won't have time to take care of you. You might as well take this opportunity to run away."
"If you really let Madam bring this matter to Old Madam, I'm afraid you will be tortured to death in Zhuangzi."
Xiang Zhu panicked and cried with fear. If this matter was exposed, she would not be able to escape.
Running away with Shen Shuli is the best choice.
Shen Shuli was also panicking. She pretended to be calm and asked, "What else did you hear?"
"My servant only overheard this. Madam Ming'er will go to the lotus pond in the backyard to pick lotus leaves in person. The house is short of manpower and they are busy with the banquet, so tomorrow is the best time to escape."
Shen Shuli's black eyes lit up. The water in the lotus pond in the backyard was very deep!
An Qien often takes the maids and servants there to pick lotus leaves. Tomorrow, there are not enough people in the house, is it just her?
This is an opportunity!
After Shen Shuli thought thoughtfully for a while, he rushed to Zhu and waved, and put his ear towards Zhu.
Shen Shuli whispered her plan into her ear.
Xiang Zhu was shocked when he heard this, and almost fell to the ground because his legs were weak and he couldn't stand still.
"Aunt...this..."
She didn't have the courage, and An Qi'en was not kind to servants like them.
Shen Shuli looked like he was sure of victory: "Are you waiting for her to expose us? This is our only way out. You know my status in the heart of the prince. Although I am a concubine, this is a good place for the prince's family. Shit, why don’t you, the prince, stick to me first? Do you still want me to tell you clearly who will be the master of the Hou Mansion in the future?”
Xiang Zhu was troubled and painful in her heart. In order to protect herself, she could only become a grasshopper on a rope with Shen Shuli.
She stood aside silently, watching Shen Shuli proudly pick up the tea cup and drink tea.
Shen Shuli has been waiting for this day for too long! It’s true that the Emperor and Heaven pay off.
It was finally her turn to be the mistress of the Hou Mansion!
Xiang Zhu thought of something and suddenly asked: "Auntie, where is the fourth aunt?"
"Don't worry, once this big trouble is solved, won't it be easy to deal with her as a brothel bitch?"
Shen Shuli seemed to see that she was living the life she wanted, and the smile on her face was so impatient and happy...
She spent the whole night looking forward to lightening up.
It's finally dawn!
Early in the morning, the Hou Mansion was decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations, and everyone in the house was very busy.
An Qi'en first asked the housekeeper to check, and then the wine table was arranged and people stared at the dining room. The mansion also invited a stage. The Marquis' mansion was very lively.
Mrs. Qiao and Mrs. Liu dressed up carefully, arranged tea and snacks in the inner courtyard, and waited to entertain the female family members of dignitaries.
Mrs. Qiao asked Mrs. Wu to send a message to An Qien, telling Mrs. Liu to go to An Hetang when she came.
An Qien agreed: "If you please, Mrs. Wu can tell my grandmother that Madam Liu is here, and I will take her to see Madam Liu."
Satisfied, Mother Wu went back to deliver the message.
An Qi'en was about to go somewhere else to take a look when suddenly a servant came over to report: "Madam, someone from An's residence has arrived. They have already arrived at the second door."
So early?
An Qien hurried to greet her, with Qingbi and Bai Lu following behind her.
When she was approaching the second gate, she was startled, why was Lu Bochu here?
He was seriously injured, but looking at him with his head held high and his handsome face looking content, he seemed to be recovering.
For such a serious injury, others said it would take at least half a month, but at most a month, but he actually recovered so quickly?
An Qi'en was quite surprised. She stepped forward to greet her parents calmly and gracefully.
An Zhengyuan, Jiang family, An Shian are all here.
"Father, mother." She first saluted her parents, then stood up and looked at An Shi'an and Lu Bochu.
"Brother, brother Bochu."
An Shi'an was very happy to see her, but since she was the only mistress in the palace to welcome her family, he felt uncomfortable in his heart.
Lu Bochu nodded slightly to greet her.
"Why are you the only one?"
Jiang also felt that the people in the Hou family were incompetent and ignorant of etiquette: "So, where is my uncle?"
"Going back to mother, the Crown Prince's friends happened to be here, and the Crown Prince is receiving his friends."
An Zhengyuan put his hands behind his waist, sighed and said with no apparent emotion: "This uncle, this uncle..."
His tone seemed dissatisfied, but he didn't show it.
An Qi'en made a gesture of walking in without being disrespectful: "Father, mother, two brothers, please go over and have a cup of tea and rest."
An Zhengyuan took the lead to go inside, and An Qien arranged for them to drink tea in the main hall.
An's family was the first one to come, and it was Jiang who had been urging her to come over very early in the morning. Last year, An Qi'en went back to her parents' house and mentioned the matter of reconciliation once. Jiang persuaded her to endure it, but she actually took it to heart.
He usually told An Zhengyuan about the difficult life in the Hou Mansion, but An Zhengyuan always scolded Jiang for taking into account the overall situation and not allowing An Qi'en to have any thoughts of reconciliation.
Today, Mr. Jiang will let him, a father, see what a miserable life his daughter is living.
An Zhengyuan sat on one side with Jiang, and An Shian sat on the other side with Lu Bochu.
The waiter with green blue and white dew brings tea and water.
Jiang took a sip of tea and asked deliberately: "What? Your mother-in-law still doesn't know someone is coming from the Hou Mansion? Is it because the maids in your house don't understand the rules, or does your mother-in-law not take An Mansion seriously?" "
An Qien replied humbly: "My mother-in-law is here, my dear little sister, and she talks to her in her own yard."
Mrs. Jiang: "This Marquis Mansion really values love and righteousness. Friends and friends pay great attention to it. The mistress's natal family has no time to greet guests."
An Zhengyuan also complained in his heart: "It seems that they don't take you, the mistress of the Hou family, seriously!"
An Qi'en smiled lightly: "Father, mother, please calm down. The maid has already gone to report. Mother-in-law and the prince will be here in a moment."
An Zhengyuan said with a stern face: "Qien, don't be afraid. I have plenty of ways to make him treat you well."
An Qien: "..."
She doesn't need it at all.
"Father is worried." She turned her head and changed the subject to look at Lu Bochu: "Brother Bochu is feeling better?"
"Okay, the prescription you prescribed is easy to use and has saved me a lot of suffering." Lu Bochu's tone was gentle and magnetic, which was very pleasant to the ear.
"That's good. I've just recovered, but brother Bochu still has to avoid drinking today." An Qien reminded him warmly.
"I will. I've been bored these days, so I came here with Brother Shi An to join in the fun."
He was wondering why this man, Tingtuo Heli, had been doing nothing for more than a year, so he just took this opportunity to come over and have a look.
An Qien smiled slightly, and at this moment Qiao Jianghong came. He walked up to An Zhengyuan and bowed in front of Jiang with a bright face.
"My father-in-law, mother-in-law."
"My son-in-law is late. I hope my father-in-law and mother-in-law don't blame me. It was just because I couldn't get away that I didn't go to greet him. My son-in-law apologizes to my father-in-law and my mother-in-law."
