Chapter 130 Some rules are not meant to be broken
Just as Shen Heng and the others were about to leave, a deep male voice came from the room: "What happened outside?"
Xia Shima paused and looked towards the side room in confusion. Why did this voice sound so similar to the voice in her memory?
"Sister-in-law, let's go." Shen Heng had only heard the voice of the eldest brother of the Xie family once, and that was just an ordinary young man's voice. The official language was popular in the Great Cong Dynasty for hundreds of years, and some people spoke the official language with a local accent. In the imperial capital, almost everyone spoke fluent official language, so she couldn't tell whether it was the eldest brother of the Xie family. She knew that the only person who could stay in the wing room was Yu's husband.
Xia nodded, and her eyes occasionally looked towards the other room.
The soundproofing in that room was not very good. Although it was difficult to make out what Yu and the man were saying, she could still hear it.
When walking out of the round door, Xia turned around and looked at the room again.
"Sister-in-law, we still have to go to the temple to burn incense. If we don't go, more and more people will come and we won't be able to squeeze in." Chen Heng was afraid that the man would suddenly come out. Now that nothing was known, she couldn't let her sister-in-law meet him. If her sister-in-law acted impulsively, it would be difficult to deal with.
"Yes. Let's burn incense first." Xia felt that she was overthinking, so she hurried to the Manjushri Bodhisattva Hall to burn incense.
Just as Chen Heng said, more and more people came to burn incense, and Xia soon forgot what had just happened.
Chen Heng was the first one to offer incense. When she squeezed out of the crowd, she saw her eldest sister-in-law and Mei'er still kowtowing devoutly, looking like they were asking for something.
Nanny Feng just came to join in the fun. She was tired from walking and sat down on a stone under the shade of a tree to rest. She was over a century old and got tired easily.
"It's November now, and it's going to snow. There are a lot of people here today, and the sun is shining brightly, so everyone is sweating a lot." Aunt Feng said with a smile when she saw Shen Heng wiping her sweat.
"Yes. Ma'am, are you thirsty? I just saw the monk outside dispensing water. Could I get you a wooden spoon?"
"No, if you are thirsty, drink some water. If you are not thirsty, sit down and rest for a while." Nanny Feng pointed to the stone beside her.
"I'm not thirsty either." Chen Heng sat down to rest. She was not used to having so many people drink from the same wooden spoon.
Madam Shen was considerate. Madam Feng saw this and said with a smile, "Madam Shen is kind to me, so I just say a few more words."
"Madam Feng, please speak."
Nanny Feng glanced at Xia and Mei'er, who were still burning incense inside. "Mei'er is just a servant. You didn't ask her to sign a contract to sell herself. Madam Xia even asked her to call you sister-in-law. That's because you're kind and treat her as a family member. But a family with rulers as rulers and ministers as ministers, fathers as fathers and sons as sons, without rules, will be in chaos. You must grasp the basic rules, and then treat them well in the future, and there will be no chaos."
Shen Heng thought about it and nodded: "Mammy said yes."
"Let me be frank, Madam Xia is indeed virtuous in managing the household, and she is easily persuaded. In the future, when Mr. Xie becomes successful, this family will still depend on Madam Shen to take care of it." When they were in Nanming County, the girl she raised was good friends with the eldest sister of the Shen family. The eldest sister of the Shen family would tell her everything, and Madam Feng felt quite sympathetic towards the second Miss Shen.
After getting to know her, she discovered that although Madam Shen was not well-liked in her family, her personality was not as unpresentable as she had imagined. Instead, she was quite strange. She was polite and well-mannered, but she was eccentric in her attitude towards people and things.
Earlier at the Meng family, when she was still with the young lady, she noticed that whether this Lady Shen was talking to the young lady from Prince Ning's Mansion or Mei'er, in her eyes, there seemed to be no distinction between master and servant, and they were all equally polite and courteous. This would not be a problem in ordinary families in the countryside, but among the powerful, there were many cases of servants causing trouble, and it might even implicate the master's family.
Seeing that Madam Shen was listening attentively, Nanny Feng was pleased: "Although there are masters and servants who are not relatives, they are better than relatives. However, no matter how close they are, the master is the master and the servant is the servant. Even siblings should follow the rules of brotherly love and respect, let alone master and servant. Mr. Xie will achieve great things one day. Madam Shen will be in charge of the household affairs and will pay close attention to everything. Why not start with Mei'er?"
Let's not talk about what will happen in the future. Thinking about what Nanny said carefully, it is true. There is no order without rules. Only with reverence can one know how to behave. Shen Heng knows that some of her habits and thoughts are very different from here. Some subconscious thoughts really cannot be changed all at once.
Chen Heng said, "Madam's words were like a revelation to me." In fact, she was more or less aware of Mei'er's affairs.
Aunt Feng smiled and said, "Madam Shen is a smart person."
"Madam, please remind me of the things I did wrong." Chen Heng knew that although she tried hard to integrate after coming to the Dacong, she still had too many ideas of her own. There was nothing wrong with that. She could only keep those ways of doing things that were helpful to her.
"I hope Madam Shen doesn't mind my nagging." Madam Feng liked this teachable child even more.
At noon, Aunt Feng treated us to a hearty meal at a stall selling crepe wontons outside the temple.
Afterwards, the family returned to the city in an ox cart.
While talking and laughing, they entered the alley.
At this moment, the eldest sister-in-law exclaimed, "Why is there a carriage here?"
Everyone looked over and saw, as expected, a carriage from a wealthy family was parked at the gate of Nanny Feng's house. Four guards, three maids, and an old Nanny were waiting beside the carriage. When the old Nanny saw them, she said happily, "Nanny Feng, Princess, Nanny Feng is back."
Nanny Feng was a little bit unbelievable and quickly got off the ox cart.
Seeing this, Chen Heng and Xia Shi helped her get out of the car.
Princess Ning got off the carriage and was not surprised to see Shen Heng beside Nanny Feng. She just glanced at her. She had already checked Shen Heng before, but she didn't expect Nanny Feng to live next door to the Xie family.
"This old servant greets the princess." Nanny Feng knelt down in front of Princess Ning with sobs.
"Please come in. Didn't I exempt you from the kneeling ceremony earlier?" Princess Ning personally helped the old man up.
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