Chapter 141 Rules
Shen Wan was frightened during the day, so she lit some calming incense before going to bed at night and didn't have a nightmare, but she didn't. The Second Madam and Shen Wu woke up several times in the middle of the night.
Especially Chen Wu, she was so scared that she didn't dare to sleep alone, so she asked three maids to sleep on the floor with her.
The next day, I went to Shou'an Hall to pay my respects, but the Second Madam was ill in bed and didn't go, and neither did Chen Wu.
When Shen Wan went to pay her respects, the old lady's face was cold and she said, "I heard from the maid that you didn't eat the cakes sent by the Yun family yesterday, but buried them?"
I have to say that the old lady is well-informed. Even the Yun family doesn't know about this, but the old lady knows everything.
Yun looked at Shen Wan in surprise, “What’s wrong with the cake?”
Shen Wan said, "It's nothing. I just sneezed accidentally while eating the cake. I threw it away because it was not easy to eat. I didn't expect that these little things would reach my grandmother's ears..."
The old lady stared at Shen Wan, trying to find some clues from Shen Wan's face, but found nothing.
The old lady also suspected that the fright of the Second Lady and Shen Wu was the work of Shen Wan, but she couldn't figure out how Shen Wan did it.
If Shen Ji sent someone to secretly protect Shen Wan, you should know that someone hid a poisonous snake in the food box and Shen Wan was almost bitten to death. He would not be so calm. Could it be that he was the Prince of Jingbei's man?
But there was no one else in Chen Wan's boudoir at that time...
The old lady couldn't figure it out, and the beads in her hand moved slower and slower.
Shuixian, the maidservant of the Second Madam, came in and bowed to the old lady. "The Second Madam is seriously ill and may not recover for half a month. And the Fourth Miss is getting married soon. The Second Madam asked the old lady to find someone to help the Fourth Miss prepare her dowry..."
The old lady looked at Yun and said, "Please help Ti'er prepare."
When it comes to hard work that may require paying, the first person the old lady thinks of is definitely Yun.
Chen Wan's dowry was bought from the Yun family shop, and the price was all paid for it. If the Yun family really took over the task of preparing Chen Ti's dowry, the Yun family would be the one who suffered.
The Yun family loves Chen Wan and is willing to bear this loss, but not everyone can take advantage of the Yun family.
Yun said, "Wan'er is getting married soon, and I'm so busy that I don't have time to prepare a dowry for the fourth young lady. If the second sister-in-law can't do it, you can let the fourth and third sister-in-law take over."
The fourth lady decisively refused, and the third lady also shook her head.
Yun said, "Then let Aunt Mei handle it. The Fourth Young Lady is her biological daughter, and she will care more about it than anyone else."
The old lady frowned, "How can a concubine be asked to buy the dowry for Prince Cheng's concubine?"
Yun said, "No matter how noble the Fourth Young Lady's status becomes in the future, it won't change the fact that she's the daughter of Concubine Mei. Because of Concubine Mei's status, the Old Madam insisted that I prepare a dowry for the Fourth Young Lady. I can only say that I don't have time before Wan'er's wedding, and I'll prepare it after. If I'm short on time and can't prepare everything properly, please don't blame me."
It's not just a possibility that we might be unprepared, it's a certainty that we will be unprepared.
But she said it out loud: if the old lady still insisted, don't blame her for messing things up.
Yun's attitude was firm, and the old lady was on the verge of anger. She didn't know when the once easy-to-control Yun became so tough.
The old lady glanced at the fourth lady and said, "You will take care of preparing Ti'er's dowry."
No room for rejection.
The Fourth Madam did not refuse. Because of Qu Yan's matter, her relationship with the Second Madam was no longer the same as before. Shen Ti had a Taoist priest to tell fortunes, and now she had become Prince Cheng's concubine, so she had to do her a favor.
After the matter was settled, another maid came in and reported, "Madam, the Queen has sent someone into the palace."
"Please come in."
The maid left and someone came in soon after.
The person who came was Nanny Wu, the second-class housekeeper beside Empress Song. She was deeply trusted by Empress Song, but no one knew why the Emperor sent Nanny Wu to Duke Dingguo's Mansion.
Not only Nanny Wu came, but also a palace maid. Nanny Wu came forward to pay her respects to the old lady. The old lady said, "Please stand up quickly. I wonder why the Empress asked you two to come to my Dingguo Mansion...?"
Nanny Wu was serious and stern. The young palace maids would take a detour when they saw her. She was quite majestic.
Nanny Wu said, "The fourth young lady in the mansion is already the prince's wife. She should have married within two weeks. The emperor has set the wedding date for the eighteenth of next month. The empress dared not complain and ordered me to come to the Duke's mansion to take care of the fourth young lady and teach her some palace rules."
The old lady smiled and said, "I was just looking for someone to teach Ti'er and the other girls in the mansion some etiquette, but I didn't expect the Queen to send Nanny Wu here."
Nanny Wu glanced at Chen Wan and said, "If the other girls in the mansion want to learn, I can teach them as well."
This person was not here to teach Shen Ti the rules, he was clearly here for her.
Shen Wan didn't say that she didn't need to learn, so the old lady said, "I'll have to trouble Madam Wu."
The old lady asked Madam Sun to send Nanny Wu and the palace maid to the South Courtyard. As for learning the etiquette, they had to wait until Nanny Wu was settled in.
After Nanny Wu left, Shen Wan and Yun left Shou'an Hall. After they left, Yun asked, "Is there something wrong with the cakes sent by the Yun family?"
Chen Wan was raised by her, and Yun knew very well that Chen Wan would cover her mouth when she sneezed, so it was impossible for her to dirty the cakes. In addition, she asked her to send away a few servants yesterday, and one of them was the one who bumped into the Yun family's maid.
When Yun asked about the cakes, Shen Wan didn't hide it from her and said truthfully, "Someone hid a poisonous snake in the food box. I asked for it yesterday. If the Prince of Jingbei hadn't come to me to get the purse and caught me, my daughter would have been bitten by the snake..."
Yun's expression changed drastically, "Venomous snake?!"
Shen Wan nodded, "Golden Ring Snake, extremely poisonous."
Yun said, "Such a big thing, why didn't you tell your mother and your father..."
Chen Wan said, "Mother, don't you know what's going on in the mansion? If we make a big fuss, in the end, only a few servants will die. They might even bite us back. From now on, the Yun family won't dare to send anything to the mansion anymore. The Prince of Jingbei has already helped my daughter vent her anger."
Yun knew that the poisonous snake that almost scared the Second Madam and Shen Wu to death was the work of Xie Jingyu.
Yun was so angry that she was shaking all over and tears came out. Her daughter was plotted against in the Duke Dingguo's Mansion, and it was the Prince of Jingbei who saved her life. In just two months, the Prince of Jingbei saved her daughter several times.
Shen Wan said, "Mother, please persuade father to separate the Duke's Mansion as soon as possible."
The Yun family hoped more than anyone else that the Dingguo Mansion could be split up. Although Shen Ji had also mentioned the idea of splitting up, the Yun family did not dare to really hold on to any hope.
It is not that easy to split the family. As long as the parents are around, if they don't split the family, they can suppress Chen Ji halfway. What's more, the old lady married into the Duke Dingguo's Mansion to take care of Shen Ji. If Shen Ji really wants to split the family, the Wang family will send people to dissuade him.
But it is not easy to divide, but it has to be divided. The second branch usually takes advantage, and she and Shen Ji can turn a blind eye. Now it is Shen Wan's life that is on the line, not to mention that this family scandal has been thrown in front of the Prince of Jingbei. If such a second branch is still left in the mansion, I am afraid that they will look down on the Dingguo Mansion.
Yun said, "Mother will persuade your father, but there must be a solid reason to divide the family——"
"There will be."
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