Chapter 482 Side Story: Winter Wheat and Yun Niang (Part 5)

Winter wheat was dumbfounded!

Has Aunt Xin gone mad?

How could she still be laughing at a time like this? Shouldn't she be sobbing uncontrollably and then complaining to the Empress Dowager in the palace?

Dongmai watched Aunt Xin smile at herself in the mirror for a while.

Then he put the small mirror away.

"It's alright! There's still a chance. I'm still young, and the Duke will understand my feelings." Aunt Xin immediately encouraged herself after putting the mirror away.

The winter wheat outside the yard...

You really have a lot of perseverance!

However, although Aunt Xin was very determined.

But Dongmai would never give Aunt Xin that chance.

Whenever Aunt Xin had any ideas, Dongmai would ruthlessly suppress them.

Over time, everyone in the capital knew that the beautiful concubine bestowed upon the Duke of Dingguo by the Empress Dowager could not win his favor.

On the contrary, the maid who came with the Duchess of Dingguo's dowry and later became Aunt Dong's maid was favored by the Duke of Dingguo.

Even when others said that Aunt Dong was too domineering, the Duke of Dingguo would say a few good words for Aunt Dong.

"Aunt Dong is naive and doesn't quite understand the rules of the outside world!"

When everyone met Aunt Dong by chance, they finally understood why the Duke of Dingguo used the word "charming and naive" to describe her.

He's fairly good-looking...

In the capital city, where beauties abound, the word "charming and innocent" is indeed fitting to describe her...

However, Dongmai later felt a bit sorry for Aunt Xin.

Miss has already given birth to five children, but this Concubine Xin has never found a chance to pull down the Duke's pants again.

Haha, that's really stupid...

Later on... Dongmai had no time to pay attention to Aunt Xin anymore.

Because the Duke has suddenly disappeared!

Dongmai wants to help her young mistress support the Duke of Dingguo's mansion.

We can't let the young lady be bullied...

Those three years were a bit tiring and tough, and I felt a bit lost about winter wheat.

Where on earth has the Duke gone? Why hasn't he come back?!

Don't you want your elderly mother, your beloved wife, and your children anymore?

Dongmai gritted her teeth and stayed with the young lady...

Finally, Dongmai saw hope, and the young lady, who had been stubbornly holding on, seemed to have suddenly changed her personality.

"He's here! We're living a good life."

Even without him, we will still live our lives well.

From this day forward, the Duke of Dingguo's mansion will live a life of integrity and honesty...

Dongmai accompanies the young lady in revitalizing the Duke of Dingguo's mansion, and it seems that everything is developing in a positive direction.

But when the young lady said she was going to the palace to ask the imperial family to return the salary owed to the mansion, Dongmai immediately thought of Aunt Xin, who lived in the most remote courtyard of the mansion.

"Miss, please also get back Aunt Xin's living expenses!"

The annual allowance of one thousand taels of silver has not been paid for three years.

If the imperial family doesn't give it to me, I'll have Aunt Xin embroider things to earn money.

"As you said, the manor doesn't support idlers." Dongmai reminded him softly.

The young lady agreed.

Dongmai was also waiting for news from the palace.

Actually, she felt a little sorry for Aunt Xin.

The Duke has been missing for three years, and Concubine Xin's presence in the mansion has become increasingly insignificant.

Everyone knows she is the Empress Dowager's person, so no one gets close to her.

Just provide them with good food and drink; as for anything else...

If the imperial family doesn't provide living expenses, Dongmai plans to suggest to her mistress that they release Aunt Xin.

If all else fails, we can have the Empress Dowager bring her back to the palace!

In any case, it's better than guarding that small courtyard in the Duke's mansion!

Who knew that when the young lady took her to see Aunt Xin, that fellow actually said he wouldn't go out.

She even said she could learn from me; whatever I knew, she wanted to learn too...

Dongmai got really angry when she heard that!

You can learn whatever you want! What makes you think you can?! You've learned it all, are you trying to compete with me for the young lady's favor?!

Dongmai realized that she seemed to have understood something.

This Aunt Xin is definitely the kind of person who pretends to be weak while actually being strong.

Haha, so her target wasn't the Duke, but her own young lady!

She wanted the young lady to treat her the way she treated herself!

Haha, dream on!

At that time, Dongmai refused Aunt Xin's request.

"I'm very busy! I'm busy taking care of Miss and also busy with all sorts of things in the manor."

"I don't have time to teach you! Impossible!"

"It's alright, I can learn from you when you're not busy! Really, it won't bother you." Aunt Xin's eyes were very sincere.

Her sincerity made Dongmai think that if the Duke of yesteryear had seen that look in his eyes, he probably would have stripped her of her last pair of pants...

They didn't take the winter wheat seriously.

But Aunt Xin took it seriously.

She really did follow Dongmai around every day with her embroidered items.

As soon as Dongmai stopped, she would come over.

In Dongmai's words, it's like a dog-skin plaster...

The winter wheat is very annoying.

Just when Dongmai was about to explode from being annoyed by Aunt Dong, Dongmai suddenly felt relieved.

Why?

Because she saw that Aunt Xin had embroidered the peony pattern as a mess...