"I was about to tell you about this, but I didn't think I'd mention it first! It's warm in the north, and I'm afraid the farmland on the manor is going to be overturned by now. I have to go and take a look. " Mu Rousang thought that when the order was passed down, Yang Juan Er would have to rest.
Yang Zixuan stretched his body and pulled her into his embrace. With a gentle stroke of his large hand, he pulled out the hairpin on her head. Her hair fell down her head like a waterfall, fine and smooth like black satin.
"I will arrange someone to send you over, Xiao Tong will go with you this time."
Mu Rousang raised her head and looked at him seriously, then said: "That won't do, of the servants in the house, only Xiao Tong has to be used, this time I'll bring Chun Yi, Chun Jing, along with Xia Chan and Xia Hua, and leave the rest to stay with Aunt in the courtyard, I won't bring any of them."
However, Yang Zixuan did not quite agree, and said: "Sons are all children of this side, it would be best if you do not bring them, it is just that why do you only have four maids with you, if there is something you need help with, furthermore, Xiao Tong will be running errands for you."
Mu Rousang lowered her head and laughed, then replied: "You might have forgotten, but my two villas were managed by Fu An and Fu Rong, who were married with me!"
It was only then that Yang Zixuan remembered, and he continued, "You don't need to go and pay respects tomorrow morning, I already told mother that you had matters to attend to at the wedding, so I sent people over to invite you over to take a look! As for the Fourth Sister, you don't need to bother about them. "
The two of them did not know that after Ying Er went back with the ingredients anxiously, Yang Juan Er saw the ingredients in her hands and immediately liked them a lot. He smiled and asked: "Did Sister-in-law buy me some new ingredients?"
Ying Er quickly went about his business. Yang Juan Er did not question her about what happened earlier, and only flipped open the material to compare, and asked the other girls: "You guys say, it's good that I'm from the Sister-in-law. The material used to make spring coats is just right."
Li Er smiled at the side: "Young lady, it's just nice that we're going out for a few days. At that time, I'll have an appointment with all of you to go to the outskirts of the city for a spring ride."
Mentioning this matter, Yang Juan Er was somewhat unhappy, and said: "Forget about it, last year, all of them were married. Even the unmarried young lady was betrothed to them at the beginning of this year, so the number of people who can play together is getting fewer and fewer."
"Yo, what's a lot less?"
Ever since Huang Lian had asked for a sum of silver from Su Waner, she had also secretly coaxed Yang Zizhi to take out some silver from him. She had also added more silver herself, so that he could help her add more fertile land to her small marriage manor.
"Cousin, come in!" Yang Juan Er ignored his displeasure and invited her into the house.
Huang Lian looked around the room first, and when she saw that the Aunt Liu was no longer with her, she walked in and asked: "Where is your upbringing aunt? Every single day, you stare at people with your dead fish eyes, causing people's hair to stand on end. "
Yang Juan Er knew that she did not like the Aunt Liu, so he stood up and pulled her back to the table to sit down. He then asked the little girl to make hot tea, and served dessert before saying: "Aunt Liu was sent by my mother to be invited to go.
Huang Lian could tell at a glance that she had one or two high grade brocades and they were all given to her to curry favor with the Madam Hou.
"Sister, you're so lucky! Even this top-class Shijin was only able to find a piece of it so easily. This material is extremely suitable for you."
Yang Juan Er was overjoyed to hear this, and replied: "I think so too, tomorrow I'll call someone to make the spring coat."
"When did you go shopping again?" Huang Lian asked curiously.
Yang Juan Er put down the materials in his hands and said: "I never went shopping, I was forced by my aunt to learn how to do this everyday, I never did well enough, even if it was just by a meter, my aunt wanted me to practice again, don't mention it, I trained until my waist became stiff. Oh right, this material is a gift from my Sister-in-law, look good!"
Seeing her happy look, Huang Lian's anger grew even greater. She had been tricked several times by Mu Rousang, he had to teach her a lesson this time.
"Fourth Sister, you really are an idiot. She treated you like that before and did not help you get along with Young Master Mu. You even braised yourself in a jar while laughing!"
Yang Juan Er thought for a while and said: "This cannot be blamed on the Sister-in-law, it was because I was too busy previously and went to the Crown Prince's Concubine Cousin when she was still alive and doted on me so much. Now that she is gone, I feel a little sad in the end and naturally don't have that kind of intention.
Huang Lian said unhappily, "Hmph, you did think it through. Why didn't you think of me like this when you called me Sister-in-law and Sister-in-law? It was all for nothing that I dug my heart out and dug my lungs out for you."
"Cousin, why are you so angry again? How could I not know how good you are!" Yang Juan Er felt baffled.
Huang Lian Er became alarmed and said: "Hmph, I do not believe that she is truly good to you, but, you do not listen to my advice, if you do not believe me, let's gamble, today Ying Er went to do this, did he tell her?"
Seeing Yang Juan Er shake his head, he knew that Ying Er did not have the chance to speak, and coldly laughed: "See if she will avoid you tomorrow!"
"Weren't you busy a few days ago?" Presumably, the Sister-in-law will be home tomorrow. " He then recalled that Mu Jinzhi had already traveled south on a boat, and was instead annoyed by the Princess Jing'an by his side. At the same time, he was worried that everything would go smoothly, what if he met a water thief who blocked his way?
The more Yang Juan Er liked Mu Jinzhi, the more Huang Lian felt proud of her. Since Mu Rousang avoided her like this, he was even more unwilling to help Yang Juan Er.
"Alright, you just wait and see whether we'll bet or not. If you lose, then you have to give me that red ruby phoenix tail hairpin!"
Yang Juan Er pondered, there was no reason for Mu Rousang to avoid her, so he smiled: "If you want to gamble, then so be it, if you lose, then you have to give me the rouge you bought from that pretty face pavilion!"
Thus, the two made a bet. Huang Lian said: "I told you a long time ago that your Sister-in-law is not a good person, if you don't believe me, don't cry to me just because you touched a pile of dust!"
Yang Juan Er thought for a moment, then said: "Before, I did not feel that the Sister-in-law was a good place, but now that you have seen it, I have not told her about it yet. Furthermore, she would often send people to give me some snacks I love to eat, and some small stuff, and now that I have sent some ingredients, I am not that heartless person, so I can easily differentiate between them."
How could she allow Yang Juan Er to fall towards Mu Rousang's direction? She then smiled and said: "Yes, yes, yes, just a small favor from me is enough to stop you!"
Yang Juan Er happily touched the material and retorted: "Cousin sister, it can't be that you can't taste the sour grapes, it's not like Third Brother didn't marry you back then, it's not his fault, of course it's not your fault, oh no, it's really messy, forget it, I know you did this on your behalf, it's for my own good, but I have never mentioned it to Sister-in-law before, how could she know what I'm thinking!"
Huang Lian'er did not want Yang Juan Er's thoughts to change so quickly, and stood there in a daze, not knowing how to reply. But Huang Lian had forgotten, that Yang Juan Er had never spoken of this matter to Mu Rousang face to face before, so no matter how impatient she was, in Yang Juan Er's eyes, Mu Rousang was merely not someone to be idle.
"Alright, believe your Sister-in-law. There will be a day when you cry."
Huang Lian was infuriated, and she left on her own.
Ying Er worriedly asked: "Miss, do you think Young Master Mu is really …"
Yang Juan Er said sweetly: "He protected me like that, so naturally, I'm the one who protects him. Furthermore, what kind of thing do I, Yang Juan Er, want, isn't that easy?"
If Aunt Liu knew what she was thinking, she would definitely be furious.
At this time, she did not know that Aunt Liu was chatting with Madam Hou.
The Madam Hou very politely invited the Aunt Liu to sit down, then he said slowly: "Aunt, you have been in the mansion for quite a while, although it wasn't long before the Crown Princess left, sigh, did you hear that you weren't the only one in the palace that came out?"
A cold light flashed in Aunt Liu's eyes. She then quickly disappeared from the depths of her eyes and replied in a serious tone: "Madam Hou is talking about Aunt Liu, this servant has heard others mention it before."
Madam Hou continued: "I heard that you are of the same rank as me, but I sent some people to check. Your age is not related to Aunt Liu, you have always been an ordinary palace maid in the palace, and it was only mentioned after you went to the Eastern Palace."
"Yes sir!" The Aunt Liu retracted the hatred in her heart. In the palace, the two of them had been on two sides, but King Jin's mother was weaker, so she lost in the end, and the aunt that brought her into Ning Concubine Hall was killed in the end. Aunt Liu later found out that it was the Aunt Liu who informed the imperial concubine that she was serving at that time, and since she found out that Ning Fei's body wasn't good, she took the opportunity to get rid of the other party.
"However, Madam should know that back then, I was just an ordinary palace maid and naturally knew of Liu Chang Zai, but he did not."
Madam Hou was not satisfied with her answer, she looked at her face carefully. Aunt Liu's brick face did not have a single trace of expression, no matter how she looked at it, she could not find any clues.
"I thought you two knew each other, but even so, when you have free time later on, you can walk around with her a bit, and also teach Juan Er. Aunt Liu is a capable person, and the master she serves is not simple."
"As for the young lady, this servant will definitely give her some pointers." It was clear that the Aunt Liu did not want to get involved in this battle at the Hou Mansion.
Madam Hou could not find anything to say, so she called for someone to bring a high quality brocade for Aunt Liu, and asked her to leave.
After Aunt Liu left, she finally spoke out: "Madam!"
The Madam Hou waved her hand and said, "I know what you are trying to say, but I never thought that this Aunt Liu would be so calm. With her by Juan Er's side, I can finally be at ease."