At this time, a boy ran in panting.
"Ma'am, it's not good."
Ms. Jiang frowned and scolded sternly: "What's wrong? Do you know how to speak properly? Didn't I ask you to get the account book?"
Could it be that the general sent someone to take away the account book?
It shouldn’t be! She had obviously been fooled that day.
The boy wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "When the villain left, the account book had already been taken away."
"Do you know who took it?"
The waiter shook his head and said, "I heard from the shopkeeper that it was an unknown person. He said that the lady asked him to pick it up."
He asked me to pick it up. Could it be someone from my younger brother's side?
This is not the first time that the brothers have taken the account book. It seems that they are overthinking it, and the general will not care about these things.
"Okay, you go and do your work first!" Mrs. Jiang waved the boy to leave.
Still a little worried, he decided to test Jin Tingan to see if he had taken the account book.
She ordered the maid to take a plate of snacks and go to Jin Tingan's yard.
Jin Tingan happened to come back from Concubine Xian, and when he saw her walking towards him with a smile, her expression became a little colder.
"General, I will bring you some snacks." Mrs. Jiang waved her hand to the maid to bring the snacks.
He took it and walked into the house minding his own business.
"Do you have anything else?" Jin Tingan walked to the chair and sat down.
Mrs. Jiang glanced at him secretly and said softly: "General, he has been away fighting for many years. Now he comes back and wants to see the shop's account book?"
Jin Ting'an thought that Mrs. Jiang came here to talk about having sex, but unexpectedly she came to test the account book.
He glanced at Mr. Jiang indifferently and said, "It's enough for you to take care of the shop. You don't need to look at it."
Seeing that his expression didn't look like he was faking it, Ms. Jiang was completely relieved.
"Thank you, General, for trusting me," Mrs. Jiang looked at Jin Ting'an's room, "I think the general's room is too simple, why not..."
Before he finished speaking, he was directly interrupted by Jin Tingan. Mrs. Jiang shut her mouth angrily, got up and left.
…
Concubine Xian was not idle either. Aunt Zhang and Huarui were sorting out the account books, while she ordered people to move all the flowers that had been moved out of the house to the yard.
Mrs. Jiang looked puzzled as her servants moved flowers and put them in her yard.
"Who asked you to move the flowers here?"
"Concubine Xian asked me to move it. The concubine said that since it is a flower viewing, the more flowers, the better. I believe other ladies will like it."
Mrs. Jiang didn't dare to say anything more after hearing this, so she had to let her servants move the flowers to the yard.
After dinner in the evening, Mrs. Jiang went back to the yard by herself, waiting for tomorrow's arrival.
Perhaps because of the change of place, Yu Yiluo didn't sleep well. Thinking of what her mother had asked her to do yesterday, she steeled herself to drink milk.
Mom can't do that for no reason, there will be something good to watch later!
After packing up Yu Yiluo, Concubine Xian specially changed her into a set of thicker clothes.
Luo'er likes to join in the fun, and he will definitely be unhappy if he doesn't take her with him.
"Your Majesty, the account books have been sorted out." Huarui handed the account books that she had stayed up late to sort out to Concubine Xian.
Concubine Xian smiled and took the account book and asked the two of them to rest.
"No, my dear, I'm fine."
Mrs. Jiang was restless at first, so she had to follow the empress and protect the empress and the little princess.
…
In Jiang's courtyard.
The ladies who came to attend the flower-viewing banquet arrived one after another.
Ms. Jiang was wearing gorgeous clothes, with a smile on her face and chatting with the ladies who came.
"Everyone, please go inside."
Everyone was smiling, but in their hearts they looked down on Mrs. Jiang.
How could a corrupt official's daughter deserve to sit with them if she wasn't in General Bashang's mansion?
Mrs. Li and Li Qian were the last to arrive. When they entered the courtyard, Li Qian began to look for Concubine Xian.
Last time at the little princess's full moon party, Concubine Xian wore a hairpin from her shop, which made her shop's business a lot better.
So she wanted to thank her empress and asked her mother to bring her here.
"Mrs. Li," seeing Mrs. Li come in, the ladies drinking tea hurriedly stood up to say hello.
Prime Minister Li has a high official position and respects this lady enough, so naturally they dare not treat her lightly.
Mrs. Li greeted them one by one before taking Li Qian to sit down.
"I heard that Mr. Cai passed the exam. Mrs. Li and Miss Li are really lucky."
The other lady sneered when she heard this, "Now you praise others for their good fortune, but that's not what you said at the beginning."
It didn't take much for Mrs. Li to know that although the emperor encouraged people to do business, many people still looked down on businessmen, and they might have accused her of treating concubines harshly and betrothing them to the Cai family.
"Mrs. Li, don't listen to her nonsense."
Seeing that the two were about to quarrel, Ms. Jiang quickly smoothed things over.
"Since you are here to enjoy the flowers today, please stop saying a few words and come and see the flowers in my yard."
After all, Ms. Jiang was the host, so the two stopped arguing and turned their attention to the various flowers.
"The flowers in the General's Mansion are beautiful, but why did Mrs. Jiang put the dried ones out for me to watch?"
Mrs. Jiang pinched her handkerchief and saw that Concubine Xian had not arrived yet, so she narrowed her eyes and said, "This is Concubine Xian's wish, and I just follow her orders."
We are all smart people, Jiang's words are just short of saying that Concubine Xian is bullying others.
[Hey, now I’m starting to secretly say that my mother is bullying others. 】
"It is indeed what I mean." Concubine Xian walked in with Yu Yiluo in her arms.
Mrs. Jiang did not expect that Concubine Xian would come at such a coincidence.
But what she said was the truth, and she couldn't do anything to herself.
"See Concubine Xian."
Everyone put down the tea in their hands and leaned forward to salute.
Concubine Xian randomly picked an empty seat and sat down, "Please get up quickly, I'm here uninvited, so I won't disturb everyone's enjoyment!"
"What did the empress say? It's too late for us to be happy that you can come, so why bother?"
Others followed suit.
"That's good," Concubine Xian smiled, "Ms. Jiang is particularly attentive to the flower viewing banquet. She is not afraid of the flowers being frozen, and even specially moved the flowers to the boudoir where I lived before."
She paused for a moment before continuing: "But I suddenly came back yesterday, and I had no choice but to move all the flowers out of the room. Is it because of me that these flowers withered?"
[Hahaha, mother, are you using magic to defeat magic? Who doesn’t know what to mean? 】
Mrs. Jiang's face turned blue and white. On the surface, Concubine Xian seemed to be speaking for her, but in fact she told these people everything she had done, and she acted as if she didn't care about her.
It's really annoying.
"Your Majesty," Mrs. Li said softly, "Actually, these flowers are not afraid of the cold, and the weather has been good recently. They will grow better if they see the sun."
Concubine Xian nodded, "I see, I thought I had misremembered how to grow these flowers. However, Mrs. Jiang personally manages the General's Mansion, so misremembering is inevitable."
"I have heard that your empress is kind and kind, and it turns out that she is so kind when I see you today."
Mrs. Jiang made it clear that she was just watching Concubine Xian enter the palace, and deliberately caused trouble in her house. As a result, Concubine Xian not only ignored her, but also spoke for Mrs. Jiang.
