Yi Ning touched her head and asked: "Jia Jia, do you know how to take care of it?"
Wei Jia looked at her curiously with eyes wide open.
Mrs. Xu's face darkened when she saw this. She said displeasedly, "Jia Jia, you are a legitimate daughter. How can you treat these things as toys?" As she spoke, she was about to ask the maid who served Wei Jia, "Who took the young lady to catch it?"
Her words made everyone feel uncomfortable.
Xu was humiliated by Yi Ning that day and has never liked Yi Ning since then.
Girls in the boudoir should stay in the boudoir. How could she come out to be the housekeeper and be so ruthless to her elders?
Originally, she had assumed that her marriage was unsuitable, which was why Old Lady Wei avoided discussing it. However, the arranged marriage was with Luo Shenyuan, the newly appointed Minister of Works, a renowned top scholar in the imperial examinations. The betrothal gift shocked the old lady.
She was surprised at the time, but later realized that Luo Shenyuan was Yining's sworn brother, and their marriage had been arranged since childhood. Only then did she understand a little. If it weren't for this relationship, why would he marry a motherless concubine's daughter of unknown origin?
Yi Ning lowered her head and drank tea, pretending not to hear what Xu said.
She argued with Xu about this, which meant she was not magnanimous enough.
Xu's maid threw the katydid cage out, and Wei Jia, having the cage taken away from her, burst into tears.
At this moment, two maids suddenly came in through the curtain. Without even reporting anything, they lowered their heads and whispered to Old Madam Wei.
When Mrs. Wei heard what they said, her expression immediately changed.
Yining raised her head.
She hadn't seen these two girls much before. They were probably the maids that Old Lady Wei had assigned to her family. They had come so hastily to report something, so it must be something important. She immediately asked, "Grandmother?"
Old Madam Wei dismissed her attendants, her face darkening. "...Something happened at Shansong Pavilion. Come with me." She paused, "Now!"
Shansong Pavilion was Wei Yi's residence. When he wasn't at the Wucheng Military Command, he'd rest there. It was once the place where Old Master Wei spent his retirement, nestled among pine trees halfway up the mountain. In winter, the place was shrouded in mist, creating a ethereal, fairy-like scene. In summer, it offered a cool, sheltered escape from the heat, its greenery blanketing the air. Old Madam Wei had given this place to Wei Yi out of kindness.
What could happen at Shansongguan?
Yi Ning held Old Lady Wei's hand and walked out of Jing'an Residence. She found that Xu had already left. It should be the maid beside Wei Yi who came to call her over.
Old Madam Wei finally told Yi Ning what had happened. She had assigned a maid named Lu Gan to work at Shansong Pavilion, but Wei Yi had excused herself by saying she already had a maid and didn't want her to serve. Of course, Lu Gan hadn't said anything. It was only today, when she went to Shansong Pavilion to change her bedding, that she noticed Wei Yi looked uneasy. After he left, Lu Gan quietly went into the inner room and saw Zhao Mingzhu hiding in the gauze cupboard.
Lu Gan was the older maid who had served Old Madam Wei. She immediately knew the situation was serious! She asked the younger maid to watch while she rushed over to tell Old Madam Wei.
Old Madam Wei was furious and anxious upon hearing this. First, Zhao Mingzhu's actions were ridiculous. Second, Yi Ning's wedding was imminent, and the day after tomorrow they would begin setting up the stove and preparing for the wedding banquet. The Wei family's guests would also be arriving one after another, and any mishap at this time would embarrass the Duke of Ying's family.
Yining had long known that Zhao Mingzhu was courageous, otherwise she wouldn't have been able to act so arrogantly in the Duke of Ying's Mansion and the Ningyuan Marquis' Mansion in her previous life, but she didn't know that she was so courageous!
Old Madam Wei brought Yi Ning into the Shansong Pavilion and immediately rushed into the green gauze cabinet. She saw Zhao Mingzhu, restrained by a maid, wearing a light yellow gauze dress, looking up at her with a stubborn yet somewhat pitiful expression. She could even vaguely see her royal blue Lu Chou bellyband embroidered with waterweed patterns. A sliver of her snow-white neck...
Old Mrs. Wei was furious, thinking about how this little girl had grown up beside her, how innocent and lovely she was. This irritated her more than anything else, and she raised her hand and slapped Zhao Mingzhu in the face: "Are you really up to the task? I'm about to arrange a marriage for you, why are you humiliating yourself like this? Do you like him that much?"
Zhao Mingzhu was stunned and it took her a long time to cry.
Mrs. Wei's mind went blank. After all, she had cherished Mingzhu for so many years. In fact, if anything happened to Mingzhu, the shock and emotional turmoil she would suffer would be far greater than Yining's. This was the affection accumulated over the years, something Yining could never compare to.
Yi Ning was the calmest one. She told Zhenzhu to immediately clear out the maids and servants from Shansong Hall and send the maid who had just witnessed the incident to the main hall to wait. Then she said to Old Madam Wei, "Grandma, please don't be so angry. We need to prioritize things..."
Mrs. Wei only realized what was happening after Yi Ning reminded her. She immediately had two maids pull Zhao Mingzhu up: "Look at her... She's innocent!" Zhao Mingzhu cried and said yes, asking Mrs. Wei to stop looking. Mrs. Wei no longer trusted her. However, the maids held her legs down, and then the curtains were lowered...
This was really humiliating for a woman, so Yining turned her head away.
Old Madam Wei had already sent someone to look for Wei Yi. Therefore, before Wei Yi even reached the Wucheng Bingmasi, he was stopped by Old Madam Wei's men.
When he turned around and returned to the entrance of Shansong Hall, Xu was waiting for him at the door.
Her expression was also very ugly: "Let me ask you, are you in contact with that Zhao Mingzhu?"
As soon as Wei Yi heard this, he knew that the truth had been exposed, and his heart started beating like a drum.
His mother was very strict, and the maids around him were all honest and obedient. They were not allowed to touch him, let alone become his concubines. As a result, he was curious about the affairs of men and women. After he had some feelings for Mingzhu, he asked Mingzhu to come to him... but he would never dare to do anything!
They are just young boys and girls. They become bolder because of the absurd stimulation and forget the rules.
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