Chapter 26 Good news spreads far and wide
Zhuzhi lowered his head in shame and said in a muffled voice: "Girl, go ahead and scold me."
As soon as the words were spoken, the cheerful atmosphere in the room immediately dissipated.
San Genzhu exchanged glances and was about to speak up for her, but Song Yanxi suddenly smiled.
"Miss, just punish me." Zhuzhi felt even more guilty, thinking that she was laughing out of anger.
The girl finally asked her to do something, but after half a month, she still hadn't found any clues.
Song Yanxi smiled and asked, "Why should I punish you? Are you dissatisfied with me and so deliberately slack off, or are you just pretending to obey and not doing it?"
The bamboo branches were shaking like rattles, and it made me almost cry.
Ever since she received the order, she even worried about eating and sleeping. She usually didn't even leave Lingxi Pavilion, for fear that she would not be there when the people below delivered the letter.
She has been with the girl since she was a child, and the girl treats them like sisters. Even if she dies, she will never betray her master.
Before she could continue imagining things, Zhu Yu couldn't hold it anymore and reminded her, "The girl is teasing you on purpose."
Zhuzhi looked up when he heard this, his eyes revealing confusion.
Song Yanxi couldn't help but pinch her cheek and said, "My housekeeper gets up early and goes to bed late every day, keeping everything in the courtyard in perfect order. I can't even praise you enough, so how could I bear to punish you?"
"Girl..." Zhuzhi was really about to cry this time.
Zhu Yu leaned forward, his eyes lighting up.
The other two bamboos looked at each other and silently looked at Song Yanxi, their nervous pursed lips and clenched fists betraying their anticipation.
No one doesn't like compliments from others, and Song Yanxi is no exception.
It's just that she had lived too conventionally before. In order to become a qualified "lady of a noble family" in the eyes of the world, she tried hard to suppress her nature. She even dared to study the medical skills she had always loved only in the dead of night.
After living her life again, she finally understood what she really needed to care about.
The so-called rules left by our ancestors and what others consider to be decent are all bullshit!
After patiently explaining the advantages of the four bamboos equally, Song Yanxi looked at them and said seriously, "As long as I'm here, no one will dare to hurt a hair on your head again."
The four bamboos' eyes turned red at the same time.
Although they didn't know what Song Yanxi had experienced, they could clearly feel the changes in their girl over the past period of time.
While I feel relieved, I can't help but feel heartbroken.
When he thought that all this was caused by the Lin family, Si Genzhu silently added something to his mind.
In the future, these will be settled one by one.
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Because she was in a good mood, Song Yanxi had a rare appetite and asked the kitchen to make a few more of her favorite dishes.
There were more than ten meat dishes, such as Eight Treasure Gourd Duck, Crystal Pork Knuckle, Scallion Chicken, etc., plus various vegetables, fruits and snacks, filling up the entire table.
This was the situation that Zhou saw when she came to look for her with a haggard face.
The smile on her face froze, and she said, "I came at an untimely moment. Sister-in-law, please eat first, and don't worry about me."
Song Yanxi called her and said with a smile: "Sister-in-law, you've come just in time. I was just saying that I would ask Zhuzhi to go to Dengyun Courtyard to invite brother and sister-in-law over so that we can have a meal together as a family and have a good chat."
As she spoke, her face showed more guilt. "It's all because of my poor health that I can't be by my mother-in-law's side. I'm afraid my sister-in-law will have to work hard these days."
"Look at you, you're still so polite. We're family, so why are we talking so differently? Besides, serving my mother-in-law is my job."
When Zhou finished speaking, she could hardly maintain the smile on her face, and she couldn't help feeling aggrieved.
As a woman in the harem, how could she not know that Song Yanxi's offer to treat the couple to dinner was just a polite remark.
Who would send someone to invite someone only after the food is served?
Looking at the table full of dishes that were even more sumptuous than the family banquet, Zhou felt increasingly uncomfortable.
Now there are more than a hundred mouths to feed in the mansion, and they all depend on her for meals. Even the old lady's courtyard only sends three dishes and one soup at noon.
Before she came here, she had just been labeled as "harsh to her mother-in-law" by her mother-in-law.
"Madam." Zhuzhi brought a pair of bowls and chopsticks.
Zhou came back to her senses and smiled at Song Yanxi with an embarrassment on her face.
Understanding her intention, Song Yanxi looked at Zhuzhi and ordered, "Go and get the banknotes I left in the drawer of your dressing table."
"Miss, these five hundred taels are for Madam..."
Song Yanxi frowned and broke the bamboo branch, her unpainted face filled with anger. "Right now, the General's Mansion is in need of money and personnel. I'm weak and can't help, so forget it. But are you so reluctant to even give this little money?"
His righteous words make people feel ashamed.
But for some reason, Zhou felt that something was wrong.
Before she could think deeply, Song Yanxi's eyes were slightly red, and she said guiltily: "Sister-in-law, I was confused that day. I only wanted to fulfill the general's last wish and end the troubles of the world early and follow him.
I have let you and my mother-in-law down, so feel free to hit me and scold me."
Zhou's face looked a little ugly, she had already tasted the flavor.
The General's Mansion is having such a hard time now, isn't it all because of her, his sister-in-law?
She generously donated all her huge fortune, and now she is only giving out a mere five hundred taels of silver, yet she acts so righteously.
Song Yanxi wiped the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief and lowered her eyelids in grievance, "It's all my fault for being too timid. When I saw His Majesty in front of the palace, my legs were trembling with fear. I was so scared that I didn't even dare to raise my head. I couldn't even say a single important word.
Otherwise, I would never have watched helplessly as the general used all his military achievements to ask His Majesty to grant him a marriage with Princess Shihan."
"Second uncle is crazy!" Zhou stood up suddenly, and her wide sleeves swept away the dishes and chopsticks beside her.
The general's mansion is almost unable to make ends meet. What's wrong with Lin Tingfeng? In order to marry a woman, he offended both the Yongchuan Marquis' Mansion and the Yan family. Not only that, he even went to the emperor to ask for a marriage.
Isn’t he afraid that the emperor will be furious and chop off the heads of everyone in the general’s mansion in a fit of rage?
Song Yanxi's face turned pale, and there was a hint of fear in her eyes as she thought of something. She said, "Sister-in-law, listen to my advice. Just pretend you didn't hear anything today and that you've never come to my place."
"What do you mean? Speak clearly." Zhou's face was still full of anger.
They disregarded the lives of others, secretly sold the farmland and land in the mansion, and donated them all. Not only did their reputation spread far and wide, and they were praised by major families in the capital, but they were also granted the title of princess and enjoyed fiefdoms.
The other one obtained a marriage from the emperor through his military merits. He not only won the beauty, but also married into the Duke Jingguo's family. He was truly in high spirits.
Only she not only had to use her own dowry to subsidize the mess in General Gu's mansion, but also had to serve her mother-in-law who was ill but had plenty of energy to torment her.
As for the husband who always talks about filial piety, he doesn't care about anything except going to Fushou Hall in the morning and evening.
When they met and talked for a few words, he also felt that she was not virtuous and considerate enough, and could not please her mother-in-law.
Did this couple do it on purpose?
Apart from this, Zhou could not think of any other possibility.
Song Yanxi looked at her, biting her lower lip lightly, and said with embarrassment: "Sister-in-law, don't ask. It's not good for you to know too much about this matter."
Zhou's face darkened completely, and she said in a cold voice, "Just keep talking. What happened today won't reach anyone else's ears."
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