The Yun Mansion's doorman hurried into the courtyard and said with his head lowered, "Master, someone from the Prince's Mansion sent two baskets of things, saying they were for the Second Lady."
Master Yun frowned upon hearing this and looked at the servant unhappily: "According to the usual rules, I'll just give him some silver as a reward."
The servant trembled and said, "But...but the servants in the Prince's Mansion said that he must hand the things over to the Second Lady in person."
Hearing this, Master Yun looked threateningly at Yun Er Niang, who was curled up on the ground.
The voice was cold and stern: "Get up now and go back to your room! If you dare to say anything nonsense today, I will pull out your tongue and sell you out!"
Seeing Yun Erniang supporting herself and sitting on the ground, she lowered her head and did not respond to his words.
Master Yun shouted sternly, "Did you hear that?"
Yun Erniang raised her tear-stained eyes, bit her pale lips, and sobbed, "Master... I understand..."
Master Yun saw her broken appearance, which looked like a pitiful flower ravaged by a storm. Her charm was quite different from that of the other beautiful women in the backyard.
He felt inexplicably itchy in his heart and was about to speak.
But he was interrupted by Madam Yun's words.
"What are you still standing there for? Hurry up and help the Second Madam back to her room. If the people in the Prince's Mansion knew that the Second Madam had behaved inappropriately, it would be a disgrace to the family, but what would happen if they thought that all the ladies in the Yun Mansion behaved like this?"
When Master Yun heard this, he came back to his senses instantly.
Seeing that Yun Er Niang had been helped into the house, Master Yun did not stay any longer.
After all, the things that the prince sent in the past had to be put into the public account of the mansion, and these matters in the inner house have always been handled by Madam Yun.
After seeing Master Yun leave, Madam Yun ordered the doorman to go and bring in the servants from the Prince's Mansion.
After a while, a servant in a long gown came in with a bamboo basket covered with red silk in his hand.
"Please follow me, the second lady is waiting in the room."
The servant from the Prince's Mansion followed the servant from the Yun Mansion into the house.
The windows in the house were closed, making the already small room seem even darker and more cramped.
Yun Er Niang was lying on the bed, with the white curtain hanging down, making it impossible to see the expression of the person on the bed.
All I could hear was her soft, weak voice: "I'm so sorry, little brother. I've caught a cold, and I'm afraid I'll pass it on to you. Please go back and thank your master for her kindness on my behalf."
Her voice was trembling with sobs, and when you listened carefully, you could hear faint gasps.
The servant hesitated and said, "What about this thing?"
The maid in the room, dressed in gray-green, hurriedly said, "I am the Second Madam's personal maid. Just leave it to me."
When the servant heard this, he saw that Yun Erniang on the bed had no intention of refutation and just remained silent, so he took it as her agreement.
The servant carefully handed the bamboo basket in his hand to the maid in the room, and then said goodbye loudly.
Madam Yun saw the servant leave the courtyard gate, turn the corner and disappear.
Then he walked out from the second gate.
She walked into the house with her head held high, and seemed to feel that the dampness in the house was a bit too much, so she waved her hand in disgust.
He said sarcastically, "You do have some flirtatious skills. You went to a banquet today and actually hooked up with someone from the Prince's Mansion."
Yun Erniang coughed lightly a few times, causing the wound to ache. She took a deep breath and said weakly, "It's my Wu'er... My Wu'er still misses me."
"Bah! You slut, you're still thinking about establishing connections even now!" Madam Yun raised her hand and casually flipped over the red silk covering the bamboo basket.
His eyes suddenly lit up, and his gloomy and stormy mood suddenly turned into a clear sky.
"Is this a berry?" Mrs. Yun gently picked up a big red strawberry with her fingers and looked at it carefully with surprise in her eyes.
In the entire capital, only the Fourth Prince’s farm has berries. This is not something you can get just by having money and power.
Only a few people who are on good terms with the Fourth Prince, or nobles who have received the Fourth Prince's permission, are qualified to get a few.
Unexpectedly, the Prince’s Mansion actually sent a full basket directly!
This thoughtful gesture is much more precious than the ordinary items bought with money that were usually sent!
Mrs. Yun pinched a strawberry, took a bite out of curiosity, her eyes full of joy.
Her gaze fell on Yun Erniang's wooden bed with a curtain drawn, and her eyes suddenly turned into jealousy.
She sneered, "Are you worthy of eating the rare things in the Fourth Prince's manor?"
Madam Yun turned around and ordered the maid, "Carry all these into my room."
"Yes!" The maid responded respectfully, carefully holding the bamboo basket in both hands, and walked towards Madam Yun's main courtyard.
Madam Yun's anger and resentment had mostly subsided, so she didn't want to stay any longer.
A group of maids and old women followed Madam Yun and left.
Yun Erniang's back was numb with pain. She huddled in the corner of the bed, looking a little dazed.
The things just now must have been specially sent by Wu'er. This shows that Wu'er still cares about her mother.
I must find an opportunity to meet Wu'er again and let her beg the prince to get her out of Yun Mansion!
She really couldn't live like this...
Madam Yun returned to her room and told the maid to put the basket on the table.
He sent everyone else away, leaving only two trusted confidants to guard by his side.
She couldn't wait to open another bamboo basket covered with red silk.
His eyes lit up again.
The Prince's Mansion was surprisingly generous this time, and the gifts were no longer ordinary items. Each one seemed to have been carefully selected.
"This jade headpiece will be redesigned tomorrow and sent to the third young lady."
She picked up the pink purse again and found a silver colored stone glass mirror inside, and looked at it curiously.
"Wow! This glass portable mirror is so beautiful!" Yun Shutong came running in, her tone full of the cuteness of a girl.
Madam Yun turned her head to look at her, her brows slightly furrowed. "Why are you still shouting and being so rude?"
She casually shoved the glass mirror towards Yun Shutong and said, "Only girls like you guys would like something this pink and tender. Take it, but don't break it."
Yun Shutong smiled happily: "Thank you, mother. I will keep it!"
At this time, in Yunjing Courtyard.
Li Nian sat on the second floor with a gloomy look on his face, looking down at the garden scenery in the courtyard.
The news from the Yun residence said that Yun Erniang had caught a cold and couldn't see any guests. Li Nian always felt that this was a bit strange. She was fine at noon, so why did she suddenly become so ill in the afternoon that she couldn't even accept a gift and see any guests?
As for the Xiao Mansion, she specially slipped a note under the strawberry basket, but Sisi still hasn't sent her any news.
She lowered her brows and asked in her mind, "System, what's going on with Sisi now?"
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