Yang was surprised and asked, "Didn't you say this morning that we should keep our distance so as not to be treated as a nobody?"
Aunt Jiang smiled and said, "I just went to say thank you. Why should I be afraid of being treated badly? This is just a courtesy. I will naturally keep my distance from you in the future."
Yang sighed and said, "What do you mean by keeping a distance? You don't keep a distance from those you should keep a distance from, but you keep a distance from those you shouldn't keep a distance from. Alas! You have become so strange now. I don't know what to say to you."
"Don't worry, sister. I have my own ideas." Aunt Jiang smiled bitterly, thinking to herself, "How can you understand the entanglement and fear in my heart?" Alas! It is indeed rare to be confused. How many smart people will have so much fear just because they see through some things? The old people said that seeing through the world is frightening and frightening, which is absolutely true.
But these words could not be said to anyone. In the afternoon, Aunt Jiang thought that Su Nuannuan was taking a nap and would wake up by now, so she dressed up lightly and went to Chunfeng Garden. When she arrived at the courtyard, she saw Duan Tingxuan and Su Nuannuan playing with the mynah bird in the cage under the corridor. Seeing her coming, Su Nuannuan smiled and greeted her, "It's sunny, why are you here?"
Aunt Jiang bowed straight and politely, not even glancing at Duan Tingxuan. After going through so many things, she had already seen through her master's mind, so the thought of hoping for favor had almost faded. Now she just wanted to stay with her son and live a peaceful life in this big house with no worries about food and clothing. Unfortunately, even this wish was probably just a luxury.
"Okay, you guys go inside and talk, I'll go to the study..." Duan Tingxuan didn't want to get involved in the women's conversation, and was about to withdraw when he heard Siping's voice outside saying, "Master, the prince is here, and he's in the master's study. The master wants you to go over quickly."
"Oh my god." Duan Tingxuan slapped his forehead and muttered softly, "Didn't we ask the Second Prince to tell him that Buddha Jumps Over the Wall will be made tomorrow? Why did he come here in person? Does he still look like the crown prince?"
As he spoke, he hurried away. Aunt Jiang laughed and said, "Grandma's cooking skills are really amazing. Even the prince came here in person just to taste the Buddha Jumps Over the Wall. I'm afraid that except for the Queen, the Queen Mother and Grandma, there is no other woman in the world who can have such influence on His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."
"The prince has lost a few pounds of weight. He is still thinking about Buddha Jumps Over the Wall. I really don't know what to say to him." Su Nuannuan patted the bird food on her hand and went into the house with Aunt Jiang. When Aunt Jiang thanked her for the local specialties and kelp, she smiled and said, "What's the big deal? Everyone has it. Would I go beyond you? Don't say that I like Chuan Ge'er very much. Even if I don't like him, there is reason and human feelings here."
As she was talking, she asked Honglian to fetch the purse from the drawer in the inner room. She took the purse, opened it, took out ten pearls, and handed them to Aunt Jiang, saying, "I got these by accident in Liaodong. There are more than 200 pearls in total. I gave them to the old lady and gave them to others. I don't have much left. You came here with sincerity today. Anyone who sees it will get a share. I'm too lazy to try to gain connections with others."
Ten pearls were nothing, but Aunt Jiang had good eyesight. She was surprised after just one look and said, "This is not an ordinary pearl. It looks more like the Dongzhu from the Wusuli River. The Hepu pearls are not as round and large as this one. How could this be? It's too precious."
Su Nuannuan smiled and said, "Don't talk like you've never seen the world. This is Dongzhu, for sure. But in terms of value, it's slightly inferior to Hepuzhu. You can pair it with other beads to make a bead string, or just make it into a bracelet, or a ring or earrings. It's up to you."
"Then I would like to thank you, Grandma." Aunt Jiang quickly stood up and thanked her again. After they talked for a while, she lowered her head and pondered. Su Nuannuan was puzzled when she saw her like this, so she smiled and said, "Why? You came here specially, do you have something to say?"
"It's nothing. I just heard a story a few days ago, and it made me feel sad. I thought about it for a long time. If it happened to me, I really don't know how to deal with it. Grandma is always smart and has ideas, so I want to ask you for advice."
"Oh?" Su Nuannuan became interested. She thought this was interesting. What could have stumped this woman who was willing to give up everything when she was in a desperate situation? The most important thing was: why did she come to me for advice? Why didn't she ask her grandmother Yun? Ten Dongzhu wouldn't make her turn against me, right?
As she was thinking, she heard Aunt Jiang say sadly, "There was a girl who followed her master to marry into a wealthy family, and later she was taken in by their master as his concubine..."
This was clearly Aunt Jiang's own account. Su Nuannuan was initially puzzled as to why she said this, but as she listened, her expression gradually became solemn. When she heard that a grandmother had actually plotted to harm this woman's child, although it had failed, the woman fell into distress, not knowing what to do. Her hands clenched involuntarily.
The grandmother that Aunt Jiang was talking about was not referring to herself. Could it be that she had found the murderer who killed Chuan Ge'er? And the murderer was Xu Ranyun and Xue Zhilan?
Thinking of this, Su Nuannuan felt her breathing quicken. She took two deep breaths and said in a deep voice, "What is there to be confused about? According to what you said, that gentleman is a good person. Why don't you go to him to make the decision?"
"There is no evidence. Everything is just the woman's own speculation. She has made a mistake once before. And time has passed. If she brings it up, I'm afraid no one will believe her. Instead, they will accuse her of stirring up trouble."
Aunt Jiang sighed. She was really regretting it now. If she hadn't been so blinded by her own evil intentions that day and hadn't run to Old Madam Fang and risked everything to frame Su Nuannuan, she wouldn't have ended up in this dilemma today.
"So what is this woman going to do in the future?"
No evidence, these four words really made Su Nuannuan helpless. Xu Ranyun was not an ordinary concubine. She knew that she was vicious, and she could be sold or driven out even without evidence. She was the daughter of the Earl's Mansion. No matter how vicious she did, as long as there was no evidence, she could not be dealt with casually. Just like Su Nuannuan's predecessor did so many bad things, but because no one was caught, no one could do anything to her. In the end, she was driven to Meiyue Tower after the fall of the Duke of Pingguo's Mansion.
Aunt Jiang smiled bitterly and said, "She just doesn't know what to do. She wants to risk her life, but she also feels sorry for the child. If she dies, who will take care of the child? She wants to swallow her anger, but she is afraid that this will not end well. It's okay for her to not end well, but she is afraid that the child will also be implicated. I have thought about it for a long time and found that if such a thing happened to me, I would be helpless. Grandma is very wise. I wonder if you have any ideas?"
Su Nuannuan fully understood the conflict and struggle in Aunt Jiang's heart, but she really didn't have any good ideas for this kind of thing. Even if she told Duan Tingxuan, it would be useless without evidence, and it would only add to his distress.
Yin thought about it and said softly, "In that case, we'll just have to stay away from him. We must not think of destroying both of us. As she worries, it doesn't matter if she dies, but who will take care of the child? Fortunately, this is a wealthy noble family. If we can't afford to offend him, can we avoid him? As long as we stay away from him, he will be out of reach and won't have the intention to harm them."
Aunt Jiang sighed, feeling somewhat disappointed, thinking to herself, "Is it true that the Grandmother is helpless?" But then she thought again: Who else can do something about this? Even if the master believes what she said, can he do something? Even an honest official cannot judge family affairs. The Grandmother is willing to say the following words, which is very kind to her. After all, she has hurt others in the past. This is only the Grandmother. If it were someone else, she would be happy to see you in trouble, and she would be gloating and venting her anger. How could she be willing to say these words out of kindness?
Yin was stunned for a while, and then heard Su Nuannuan say: "If that woman feels it is difficult to say this, it is better to entrust it to someone else, whether it is the madam or the old lady, and ask her to go over to keep you company, isn't that good?" The madam and the old lady here refer to herself. Who made Aunt Jiang directly make Xu Ranyun her legal wife in the story?
In fact, Duan Maochuan could also be allowed to come to Chunfengyuan. However, firstly, Su Nuannuan did not want to take care of someone else's child for a long time, even though she liked Duan Maochuan; secondly, it was also necessary to eliminate Aunt Jiang's suspicion so that the other party would not think that he was going to take her child away.
"If we can really keep our distance, then that's the only solution." Aunt Jiang sighed, then stood up and said with a smile: "Look at me, I've been busy talking and disturbing grandma for half a day. Now it's time to go back."
Su Nuannuan nodded and told Honglian to send her out. After a while, Honglian came back and asked her, "Grandma, why did Aunt Jiang come here so suddenly? How come I didn't know when she became so close to you?"
"She has a very difficult matter and came to me for advice." Su Nuannuan shook her head and sighed, then told Honglian about it. Honglian's eyes widened, and then she said angrily: "According to Aunt Jiang, the mastermind behind all this is actually Grandma Lan? Oh my God, it's unbelievable. Grandma Lan is usually weak and kind. Who would have thought that she could be so scheming and vicious? This is really a case of judging a person by his appearance but not his heart."
After pausing here, he continued in a deep voice, "But all this is just Aunt Jiang's conjecture, and it can't be taken for granted. Grandma's idea of letting her move out is rash. I know what you think. Chunfeng Garden is a big place, so it's not a big deal to take them in. Besides, she is old and ugly, and it's impossible for me to be interested in her. But grandma, as the saying goes, you can't have the intention to harm others, but you must be on guard against others. How do you know that she is really willing to join you? What if she was bewitched by Grandma Yun and came here to use the self-torture trick to be a spy? I don't believe it. Grandma Yun did such a thorough job, how could she know about it? And Grandma Lan, that's really unimaginable. How could she guess that Grandma Lan was the one behind the scenes? What if she wanted to move here to sow discord and stir up trouble? She has been with Grandma Yun for more than ten years and is loyal to her. How can she turn against her so easily?"
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