Chapter 246, Pass the Buck
Main courtyard.
Mrs. Li woke up in the afternoon. Pingtong and Pingxiao did not dare to hide what happened in Shuangxinyuan and reported it one by one.
After hearing this, Madam Li took a deep breath, closed her eyes and calmed down for a long time before opening them again: "Where is the eldest girl?"
Ping Tong: "It seems that the eldest lady has been asking Miss Zhou to help make some masks these days. Miss Zhou just came to deliver something. The eldest lady should be talking to Miss Zhou in Daohuaxuan. Madam, do you want me to call the eldest lady over?"
Mrs. Li shook her head: "No, let her do her thing."
Not long after he finished speaking, greetings were heard in the yard.
Ping Xiao stretched his head to look out the window, then immediately turned back to look at Madam Li and said with a smile, "It was the eldest daughter. It must be that the eldest daughter and Madam are connected by heart. As soon as you woke up, the eldest daughter felt it, and now she's here."
Hearing this, Mrs. Li smiled, and then saw the door curtain being opened and her daughter walked in quickly.
"mother!"
Seeing Madam Li wake up and sit on the bed, Daohua's face lit up with joy. She walked quickly to the bedside and said, "Mother, are you awake?"
Madam Li took Daohua's hand and saw the weariness between her brows. She looked distressed and blamed herself: "It's all my fault. You fell ill at this time, and all the family affairs fell on your frail shoulders. You must be exhausted these days, right?"
As he spoke, his eyes flashed.
It was her responsibility to handle Lin's affairs, and she shouldn't let her daughter stand in her way.
Daohua sat on the edge of the bed and disagreed, "Mom is fine. She's sick because of her motherly love for her son. No one wants this to happen. Sharing your worries is your responsibility. I'm not tired, but I just want you to get better soon."
Madam Li nodded and agreed, "Okay, mother will definitely get better soon." She paused and said, "I heard you asked two maids to guard Shuangxinyuan?"
Daohua nodded and snorted coldly, "If it weren't for Concubine Liu living there, I would have wanted to lock up Shuangxin Courtyard to prevent Concubine Lin from running around and disturbing the peace of the entire mansion."
Madam Li tapped Daohua's forehead and shook her head, saying, "You're being reckless. Let me ask you, if you let the maid guard the door to Shuangxin Courtyard, how did you let your father in?"
Daohua's eyes widened immediately. "Mrs. Lin and her family cursed you and your two brothers. Even after all this, father still wants to go in and see Mrs. Lin? Then he'll just have to live with his concubines from now on!"
Seeing that her daughter didn't understand what she meant, Madam Li was a little hesitant. She hesitated several times before she said vaguely, "Since your father has forbidden Aunt Lin's foot, he won't slap himself in the face. What I mean is that now that I'm sick, your father must have a place to sleep at night, right?"
Daohua was silent for a few seconds, then a look of realization appeared on her face. She sneered, "Then he'll just sleep in the study. He's almost forty years old now, and he won't die of suffocation if he doesn't have that thing."
When these words were spoken, Madam Li and Ping Tong and Ping Xiao behind her were all stunned.
After a long pause, Mrs. Li finally came to her senses and slapped Daohua on the forehead: "You little girl, what are you talking about!"
Daohua quickly covered her forehead and looked at Mrs. Li with an accusing look.
Madam Li wanted to say something more, but seeing her daughter rubbing her forehead, looking aggrieved, she swallowed the words back and said harshly, "When I get better, I will go to your yard and collect those storybooks in your study."
Daohua wanted to say something, but seeing that Mrs. Li was ready to attack her if she dared to say anything, she knew the situation and kept her mouth shut.
Just keep it, she has seen it anyway, she can just buy a new one later. She has money and is so willful!
Daohua glanced at Madam Li and saw that she was in good spirits after her lecture and no longer looked as sick as before. After thinking for a moment, she explained, "Mother, I guarded Shuangxinyuan mainly for the sake of peace in the mansion."
"You and Grandmother are both ill, and Father has to go to the government office. He can't handle the affairs in the backyard. Aunt Lin is stirring up trouble at this time. She has ulterior motives. If we don't suppress her, who knows what she will do next?"
"As for those like Mrs. Ren, my brother and the others are just trapped in Xingyun Mansion, yet they dare to harbor disloyalty. What's the point of having such people here?"
"I know, Mother might think I'm too harsh, but if you're unfaithful once, you can be unfaithful a second time. I punished them severely this time and humiliated them. Maybe they'll change their ways, but it's also possible that they'll harbor resentment."
"In this case, for the sake of future peace and tranquility, I must nip all potential dangers in the bud and never give them the chance to strike back."
Either don’t do it, or if you have done it, do it to the end.
She would not look down on anyone. Although servants had few human rights, this did not hinder their ability to stir up trouble.
Mrs. Li was stunned by the fierce look in her daughter's eyes and the sonorous tone of her voice.
Before she knew it, her daughter had developed the ability to stand on her own, and her decisiveness in dealing with situations was even better than hers!
Daohua didn't notice Madam Li's expression and continued, "When Madam Zhou was teaching Housekeeper Jingwan, she said something that I think is very true. As masters, we can be kind to our servants, but we must never lose our dignity and let them dare to be disrespectful."
"This incident wasn't big, but it wasn't small either. However, in just a few days, it's caused a lot of discussion throughout the entire mansion. It's simply because we were too gentle before."
"Mrs. Ren and the others deserved their bad luck. They ran into us and became the chicken to scare the monkeys. We can use this opportunity to establish some rules in the mansion."
Daohua tugged at Madam Li's hand as she spoke, "Mother, the mansion has calmed down. I've already told Madam Fang to keep an eye on the gate, and I've asked Sisters Pingtong and Pingxiao to keep an eye on all the affairs of the mansion. I plan to go to Xingyun Mansion in person in a couple of days to bring my brother and the others back."
Upon hearing this, Madam Li sat up straight, tightly grasped Daohua's hand, and said excitedly, "No, your three brothers are already trapped over there. Do you still want to go over there?"
"You are the only one left by my side now. If something happens to me, will you let me live?"
Because she was too excited, Mrs. Li started coughing violently.
Seeing this, Daohua quickly stood up, patted Madam Li on the back, and said soothingly, "Mother, don't get excited. Just listen to what I have to say."
Madam Li said, "No matter how much you say, I won't agree to your going. Just give up on this idea."
Daohua was helpless: "But my elder brother and the others are in Xingyun Mansion." She reached out and hugged Madam Li's shoulders, "Mother, I am afraid of death and will not joke with my own life."
Mrs. Li gradually calmed down, but still looked rejecting.
Daohua could only whisper, "Mom, you know I've been reading medical books all these years."
Madam Li said angrily, "You are just a half-baked person, so stop talking about this."
The rice flowers were silent.
Okay, let’s not talk about this.
"Mom, Xiao Yeyang is also in Xingyun Mansion. If I go there, if... if the plague over there is really out of control, given my friendship with him, I can persuade him to agree to bring my three brothers out."
After these words were spoken, Mrs. Li's expression was no longer so firm.
Her son and daughter are both the apple of her eye. If anything happens to either of them, it will cost her life. But if her daughter can really save her son, should she let her daughter take the risk?
Mrs. Li was hesitant. Seeing that Daohua still wanted to persuade her, she was afraid that she could not help herself, so she pushed Daohua away and then cowardly pushed the problem to the old lady.
"Go ask your grandmother. If she agrees, come and talk to me."
After hearing this, Daohua was silent for a moment, then nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go tell my grandmother now." Anyway, if she wanted to go to Xingyun Mansion, she would definitely have to take care of things with her grandmother and mother.
Looking at Daohua's departing figure, Madam Li felt a little guilty. She looked at Pingtong and Pingxiao and said, "Am I too unfilial? If there is any problem, she will ask me to go to the old lady."
Ping Xiao didn't know how to answer and looked at Ping Tong.
Ping Tong pondered for a moment and said with a smile, "The old lady is the pillar of the Yan family. It's only right for Madam to ask her for advice."
Mrs. Li nodded, as if she had found a reason to comfort herself. "Yes, you're right. The old lady has eaten more salt than I have eaten rice. Naturally, she will be more considerate than me when asking her for advice."
Songheyuan.
As soon as Daohua opened her mouth, she was kicked out by Old Lady Yan.
Helpless, Daohua had to stand outside the window and explain the reason in detail.
After talking for a long time, it was only when she talked about how she could get her three brothers out of the city that Old Lady Yan finally softened her stance.
"Go ask your mother. You are her daughter. If she agrees to let you go, then come and ask me."
Hearing this, Daohua raised her eyebrows, her eyes rolled, and a shrewd gleam flashed across her face: "Grandma, wait a minute, I'll go ask my mother right away, she will definitely agree."
After everyone left the yard, Old Lady Yan looked at Mother Sun with a guilty look on her face: "Was it a bit wrong for me to do this? As the saying goes, both the palm and the back of the hand are made of flesh. Letting Li make the decision is too difficult for her!"
Grandma Sun hesitated for a moment and said, "Old lady, no one knows a daughter better than her mother. Madam is definitely aware of the eldest daughter's temperament and will consider her opinion as appropriate."
The old lady nodded and sighed: "What kind of thing is this? God bless the descendants of the Yan family and let them grow up safely."
(End of this chapter)
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