Unfortunately, the maids are anxious while the master is not. Xiangyun has no other good ideas except to tell Honglian, Cong'er, Hua'er and others about this matter to help grandma brainstorm. Among the maids, only Honglian is capable of great use. Xing'er is also okay. Cong'er and Hua'er looked smart when they first came, but after a few months, they have been subtly influenced by grandma and become standard foodies. Their brains are almost as good as tofu pudding. They are reliable in doing things, but don't expect them to give advice and think.
In the middle of winter, ice cream was made very quickly. Su Nuannuan first filled a small bowl for herself, and then let the "exhausted" maids help themselves. Cong Erhua, who was forced by Xiangyun to sit there and "think" for a long time, suddenly jumped up and ran to the kitchen, almost making Xiangyun vomit blood in anger, but Honglian also stood up, stretched and said: "Well, if you want to think of a solution, you still have to comfort your stomach first. If your stomach is not disturbing you, your brain will work better."
Even Honglian has fallen. Xiangyun thought weakly, but then she pulled herself together: Since everyone has become a foodie under the leadership of grandpa and grandma, I must also adapt to the local customs. Grandma once said that people are jealous of those who are too high, and people are jealous of those who are too clean. She must not be the fool who is sober while everyone else is drunk.
A few people were eating happily when Aunt Jing came over. Her eyes lit up when she saw the ice cream and she said to Honglian quickly, "Give me some too. I've been feeling hot since I woke up this morning, probably because of the charcoal stove."
As she spoke, she went into the house to talk to Su Nuannuan. After a while, Honglian brought a bowl of ice cream, and the two of them ate while discussing some things. When it came to the storm that Xu Ranyun had caused in the mansion, Aunt Jing said, "Don't say that Grandma has no peace, even I have. Several people came to complain. I understand what Grandma Yun is thinking, but what she did is actually of no help, but will only arouse public anger. I sat with the Madam for a while the other day, and from the Madam's tone, it seemed that someone had reported everything to her. The Madam was also a little dissatisfied."
Su Nuannuan said worriedly, "To be fair, I have no right to care whether she has a seizure or not, and I don't care. The problem is that when she has a seizure, the old lady has been thinking about me. She has been asking me to come over in various ways these days, and she has been using my title as the prince's wife to make things clear. She said that I should take on this obligation and responsibility, and I am still barely able to cope with it. But you also know the old lady's ability. I estimate that I will surrender before the New Year. When that day comes, I may have to adopt your grandfather's method. I will manage the family on the surface, and you will be busy in secret."
Aunt Jing smiled and said, "Okay, when the time comes, my sister needs me. I will do my best. In fact, being a housekeeper is also very interesting. It's not just because everyone respects you because of this power. It's because you get pleasure from arranging some trivial matters in an orderly manner. It's like when we play Pai Gow, how to arrange the order of playing cards to be satisfied in the end? In addition, there will be some unexpected things from time to time. When you solve them, the sense of satisfaction is also very..."
"That's why I said you were born to be a housekeeper." Su Nuannuan stretched out a hand, interrupting Aunt Jing's words, and said with a smile: "I'm different from you. I just like to sit back and enjoy the fruits of my labor, and don't like to worry about anything. Being able to eat and cook quietly is the greatest happiness for me. If my food can be appreciated by others, it would be an unexpected happiness. Forget it, let it go. Anyway, with an Aunt Jing who is such a capable housekeeper, I don't have to be afraid."
The two were eating ice cream and talking when they suddenly heard the maid outside greet Duan Tingxuan. They were very surprised. Then they saw Duan Tingxuan walk in. Su Nuannuan stood up and said, "It's not even noon yet, why are you back?"
Before she could finish her words, she saw that her husband's face was not very happy, and she knew that Duan Tingxuan must have encountered something unpleasant outside.
Aunt Jing also noticed it, so she stood up and said goodbye. After she left, Su Nuannuan asked the maid to serve a bowl of ice cream, and saw Duan Tingxuan taking it and eating it voraciously. She hurriedly said, "Eat slowly. How can you eat ice cream like this in the middle of winter? Be careful not to eat too much and too fast, or you'll get an upset stomach." As she spoke, she gestured for the maids to leave.
Duan Tingxuan ignored her and continued to eat. His uncharacteristic behavior frightened even the big cat Zhaocai so much that he curled up in his nest and dared not approach. After he finally finished eating, Su Nuannuan took the empty bowl and asked in confusion, "What happened? I've never seen you like this before."
"Ever since I got the news after court today, I've been feeling angry and it almost burned me. Fortunately, I have this bowl of ice cream, otherwise I don't know how to relieve it." Duan Tingxuan spread out his arms and legs in the chair and finally said the first words after entering the room.
"What happened? Did something go wrong in the palace or with the Crown Prince?" Su Nuannuan saw Duan Tingxuan was about to get the teacup again, so she pressed his hand and said, "Don't drink tea after eating ice cream, otherwise the cold and hot will cause stomach upset."
Duan Tingxuan nodded. Su Nuannuan saw that he understood and was about to pull her hand back, but he grabbed it. Although the force was quite strong, Su Nuannuan did not break free, but looked at her husband solemnly. She saw that the little marquis, who was always high-spirited and unrestrained, slowly had red eyes. Her heart suddenly sank, and she asked anxiously: "What happened? Who is in trouble?"
"Lord Long...is dead."
Duan Tingxuan took a deep breath and said just five words, as if they were squeezed out from between his teeth. He couldn't even finish them in one breath, which showed how heavy a blow this news had been to him.
"Lord Long?"
Su Nuannuan tried desperately to recall and felt that she had some impression of this name, but she couldn't remember it at all. After a while, she suddenly remembered it and couldn't help but said in surprise: "Lord Long? I remember that Siping seemed to report that he came to see you for an urgent matter. It was a few months ago, right? I remember it was still Xia Ri at that time, but I haven't heard you mention him since then. How come you... left?"
Duan Tingxuan didn't say anything. From his clenched fists and gnashing teeth, Su Nuannuan could roughly guess that Lord Long's death was not simple, so she whispered, "Was he... killed by someone?"
Duan Tingxuan nodded heavily, and then said word by word: "Half a year ago, Lord Long was appointed as the Censor of Jiangnan Province and went to Hangzhou to take up his post. Today, after I left the court, I received news that he was robbed and killed by a group of bandits while on a private visit in disguise."
"Ah!" Su Nuannuan screamed, and it took her a while to calm down. She said in a deep voice: "If it was just a simple robbery, you wouldn't be so angry. There must be something else going on, right?"
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