Chapter 138 Making Up
The early morning sunlight shines through the layers of leaves, into the house, and scatters golden fragments on the ground.
Shen Wan stood there, letting Shanhu and Yinchuan help her change clothes. When she thought of something, she ordered, "Give me the almanac."
Shanhu asked, "Miss, are you going out today?"
But you don’t need to check the almanac before going out.
Chen Wan put on her dress and sat in front of the dressing table. Yinchuan took out the almanac and she looked through it while Shanhu helped her with her makeup.
Chen Wan remembered that in her previous life, news came from the border during these few days, but she really couldn't remember the specific day.
After finishing dressing, Shen Wan said casually, the little maid brought the food into the room, Shen Wan sat down to eat breakfast, and then went to pay her respects to the old lady.
After staying for a quarter of an hour, when Shen Wan was about to leave, a little maid ran in and said happily, "The old lady is very happy! The fourth lady saved Prince Cheng and was recommended by Duke Song. The emperor promoted the second master to a higher rank."
The old lady was delighted to hear the news that the second master had been promoted.
The second wife was happy, but not that happy. After all, the second master was demoted two levels, and even if he was promoted one level, his original official position was not restored.
Furthermore, Duke Song recommended the Second Master not because Shen Ti saved Prince Cheng, but because Queen Song wanted her to know that helping her would bring real benefits. In the mouth of this maid, all the credit went to Shen Ti.
The old lady was delighted and immediately instructed Yun, "Ti'er marrying Prince Cheng and the Second Master's promotion are two great joyous events for the Duke's Mansion. Reward everyone in the Duke's Mansion with one month's salary, along with the reward you gave Yu'er for the title of Princess last time."
Because she urged Yun to pay the monthly allowance and was eventually blamed, the old lady took the opportunity to make amends.
But Yun disagreed. "The fourth lady is only marrying the prince as a concubine, and the second master has been demoted two ranks and promoted one rank. These are not really auspicious events. Besides, the reward was only given this month. There is no precedent for rewarding twice in a month in the mansion. If the old lady must reward, it must be next month."
The old lady was too selfish and allowed the second house to become corrupt. Yun no longer respected the old lady as much as before and listened to her in everything.
The Second Madam said, "Giving out bonuses twice a month is a bit much, but the Old Madam is happy. Does the eldest sister-in-law have to dampen her spirits?"
Yun said, "I am still in charge of the household expenses. I have the final say on when to pay the monthly allowance and how much to pay. After Wan'er gets married, if my second brother and sister-in-law don't mind the hard work, they can help me manage the household expenses so that I can have a rest."
Yun had an expression that said no room for negotiation.
The second wife said, "No one is like the eldest sister-in-law who threatens others with not taking care of the family."
Yun said, "You said I'm the housekeeper, but I have to interfere with everything and do everything according to your wishes. If I really don't care about it, it will become a threat to you. This is the first time I've heard that not caring about the family is a threat."
If it were another family, and the mistress of the house quit, a bunch of people would rush to take over. How could she be threatened?
The second lady had nothing to refute. The old lady was unhappy, but she didn't say anything.
The third lady changed the subject, and the matter was left unresolved after no one mentioned it again.
Yesterday, Yun received an invitation. Since she was busy, she asked the Fourth Lady to handle the gift delivery. The Fourth Lady was quite happy to do so. As they were discussing the matter, a maid came trotting in and said, "Madam, the date for the Fourth Lady's wedding has been set..."
"Which day?" asked the second lady.
"Eighteen next month."
Yun heaved a sigh of relief.
The Second Madam frowned, "Why that day? Who set it?"
The maid replied, "It was calculated by the Imperial Astronomical Observatory and finalized by the Emperor."
Um.
After the morning court session, Chen Ji went to the Imperial Study to find the Emperor and reported to him the two auspicious dates that Empress Song had chosen for Duke Dingguo's residence. These dates were different from the ones Yun had calculated. Marriage was a major event and must be handled with caution.
Shen Ji asked the emperor to find two more imperial astronomers to calculate it carefully. If only those two days were auspicious, he would choose another date for Wan'er to marry so as not to compete with Prince Cheng's marriage to a concubine.
In short, he would not let Shen Wan and Shen Ti get married one day.
The emperor has always liked Chen Wan, otherwise he would not have made Chen Yu a princess just because of Chen Wan's "surprise", nor would he have given her the Luqiqin. The emperor also values Xie Jingyu very much and has high hopes for him, thinking that Xie Jingyu will definitely surpass him in the future.
The emperor listened to Shen Ji's suggestion and found two imperial astronomers to use the birth dates of Prince Cheng and Shen Ti to calculate an auspicious day.
The two imperial astronomers were so terrified that they would not dare to lie in front of the emperor even if they had the courage. Besides, they did not dare to offend Queen Song, nor did they dare to offend Shen Ji and King Jingbei.
For these two people, it would be as easy as crushing an ant to death.
You can only show your real ability and let it go.
The next auspicious day is three days from now, and the next one is the eighteenth of next month.
Three days was definitely not enough time, so the emperor said directly, "Let's set it for the 18th of next month."
Chen Ji said, "I wonder which master of the Imperial Astronomical Observatory did the calculation yesterday. The discrepancy was so huge."
The emperor looked at the two ministers. They must know who Queen Song summoned yesterday.
When the emperor asked, the two dared not deny the truth. There was such a big discrepancy between their statements. Either they were not capable enough, or they were just following Queen Song's wishes. No matter which one, they could no longer stay in the Imperial Observatory. The emperor demoted them directly.
When the news reached Fengluan Palace, Queen Song was furious. She didn't expect that Shen Ji would fight with her to the end for a day, and even used the emperor to demote the Imperial Observatory that helped her. In the future, if she had something to ask the Imperial Observatory, she was afraid that no one would dare to help her.
The emperor set the wedding date, and Queen Song couldn't change it. Chen Wan was in a very good mood. Her father was not good at handling the affairs of the mansion and was bound by family affection, but as long as he left the Dingguo Mansion, nothing could stump him.
Chen Wan finished reading the last few pages of the book in her hand, and remembered that she had not yet embroidered the purse she promised to give to Xie Jingyu, so she asked Shanhu to get the embroidery basket and started embroidering the purse for Xie Jingyu.
Shen Wan sat on the small couch, embroidering a purse, concentrating on it. Shanhu went out to pour tea for Shen Wan. When she came back, she was holding a food box and said, "Miss, the Yun family made your favorite cakes and sent them over."
Shen Wan asked, “Where are the Yun family members?”
Ever since the things sent to Duke Dingguo's Mansion were drugged and embezzled, all the things sent by the Yun family were delivered to Chen Wan.
Shanhu said, "The maid from the Yun family was supposed to be sent to Qingyi Garden. When she was entering the second gate, she was accidentally bumped into and sprained her ankle. Steward Li sent someone to bring her here."
Manager Li is Shen Ji's confidant, so there is no need to worry about the people he sent.
Shanhu put the food box down and prepared to take it out for Shen Wan to eat. Just as her hand touched the food box, a little maid came in and said, "Sister Shanhu, the embroidery room has sent someone to get the silk..."
"I see."
Coral went to get the key and opened the warehouse door.
When Coral was about to go out, there was a knock on the window. Coral turned around and saw a man jumping in through the window.
Shanhu was afraid that the maid would come in again, so she hurried out and closed the door. No one knew where Yinchuan's maid had gone. After she left, there was no one to guard the door for the girl.
Seeing Xie Jingyu climb over the wall and enter her boudoir with ease, Shen Wan lost her temper and even felt a little guilty, "The purse is not embroidered yet..."
Someone wanted a purse, and she agreed, but she couldn't finish embroidering it after so many days, which was really unacceptable.
But she didn't expect that he would come to her for the purse and come to get it in person.
So what?
Shen Wan was glad that she was already embroidering, otherwise this bastard would definitely be angry.
Xie Jingyu said, "I'm not here to take the purse."
Shen Wan said "Ah", "Then what are you doing here?"
"Why can't you come if there's nothing wrong?" Xie Jingyu said.
“…”
Should he listen to what he is saying?
This is her boudoir, not a vegetable market, a place where she can go shopping when she has nothing to do.
Shen Wan just looked at Xie Jingyu. She didn't believe that he was so free that she didn't come to him for no reason.
Xie Jingyu looked annoyed by her look. He didn't know why he came to see her. He had been restless since breakfast and would always feel uneasy if he didn't come.
Xie Jingyu walked towards Chen Wan, his eyes fell on the food box, his brows slightly furrowed, and Chen Wan said, "The Yun family made the cakes I like. They just arrived. Do you want to try them?"
Shen Wan put down the embroidery frame in her hand and went to open the food box.
The food box was only opened a corner, and then Xie Jingyu pulled her hard and she fell from the small couch into his arms.
Shen Wanren was stunned and furious, “What are you doing?”
Xie Jingyu's face was cold, and Shen Wan saw something was wrong. She followed Xie Jingyu's gaze and saw an extremely poisonous snake sliding along the small couch to the ground where she had just sat.
Almost the moment she saw the snake, Shen Wan jumped into Xie Jingyu's arms, her face pale and she was about to cry with fear.
"Get rid of it! Get rid of it!"
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