He Danggui explained to her patiently, “Once they eat something bad, even if they just have diarrhea for one or two days, it will be very difficult for our family to explain to other big families. After all, those Misses and Childes are treasures of their own families. Even when they sneeze or lose some hairs, their elders would be sad for they couldn’t replace them to suffer the pain. If they catch any disease in East Yard, even though everyone knows that it is an accident, no one will forgive us! Mammy Tang, do you remember that half a year ago, the Second Sister came back to her grandpa’s family, Sun’s Family, for a few days but got a headache after catching a cold because she fell into the water while boating on the lake. Although Sun’s Family is Second Aunt’s natal family, and Second Aunt has a good relation with them, she still got mad about this and aggressively came to Ms. Wang who is in charge of Sun’s Family to ask for an explanation.”
Mammy Tang nodded and sa
Mammy Tang was blue in the face, “How absurd! Those servants even dare to bully the Master! Third Miss, they only bullied you since you are a child. But didn’t they scruple Madam Luo when they did that to you? Third Miss, why didn’t you tell Madam Luo about these situations? She would side with you!”He Danggui bowed her head and sighed, “I fell down and was full of grievances at that time, so I wanted to go to Grandma to complain. But Second Sister and Fourth Sister were on their way to see Grandma as well. And I accidently annoyed Second Sister. Knowing I could not get away with my guilt, I did not dare to see Grandma.”Mammy Tang shook her head and sighed, “Second Miss is a very good-tempered person. How did you provoke her?”He Danggui said bitterly, “I saw from a distance that they were led by maids with lanterns, and they were also heading for Fu Shou Yard. Their new clothes were dazzling under the light of the lanterns. I looked up and d
Mammy Tang had been the closest maid of Madam Luo since she was 12 years old. When she was 19 years old, she came into Luo’s Family together with Madam Luo who was at the age of 15. She never married in her life and was loyal to Luo’s Family. The rule that servants should keep distance with masters was very essential for her. She hated the servants who betrayed their masters, so she never bitched about people of Luo’s Family.Fourth Miss, Luo Baishao, was the biological granddaughter of Madam Luo. Mammy Tang wouldn’t bitch about her in general. Although He Danggui said that Fourth Miss sprinkled itching powder on her chest “negligently”, Mammy Tang wouldn’t judge whether it was right or wrong. Mammy Tang recognized that Fourth Miss had made a mistake since that was a handful of poison but not soil. It was impossible for a person to walk on the road with poisons, and then sprinkled the poison on others by mistake. However, to protect Fourth Miss’s reputation from being d
He Danggui was shocked. She rubbed her handkerchief and bit her lower lip for a long time. Then she hesitated and said, “No one of Luo’s Family tells me about this. I dare not deceive you, Mammy Tang. I saw that in my dream. But I wish it was just a dream!”“In a dream? It’s impossible!” Mammy Tang wondered.He Danggui nodded and said, “I can’t believe it even when I’m dreaming. I feel that I’m confused and can’t take it seriously. So, I didn’t dare to mention my nightmare of last night to you at first. But I couldn’t help asking about my nephews to prove that the immortal in my dream was wrong...”“Nightmare?” Mammy Tang gained the key words. She asked, squinting at He Danggui, “What kind of nightmare?”He Danggui paused and said, “Danggui isn’t timid, but I dare not say these words, for fear of offending my Elder Cousin and his wife. Please don’t tell others that it’s me who tells you the words. Otherwise, others may think that I
He Danggui wiped tears and shook her head, “Well, I don’t know. I just heard Su Mei Yard belonged to the first wife of Third Uncle. After she passed away, Third Uncle planned to lock it. Because it would be Second Brother’s study when he grows up. However, the whole family of Third Uncle went to the north for business, so Su Mei Yard was empty. I don’t know when Second Sister settled into Su Mei Yard. I just heard from my maids that almost 10 maids and mammies coming from West Lateral court went to Su Mei Yard to work. And they also said Second Sister is fond of the flowers in Su Mei Yard, so she begged Second Aunt for the key of the Yard.”Mammy Tang said nothing but signed, “Alas, Second Miss is doted on by her mother! But I believe Second Mistress Luo can distinctly keep separate between public and private. She knows it fairly well that what she can touch and what she can’t. It’s impossible for her to settle into Su Mei Yard without saying a word to the Third Brunch.
Liao Zhiyuan was leaning against the window frame with astonishment, looking at Gao Jue, who was “more annoying than usual”. He didn’t understand his grumpy look of “someone owes me 10,000 liang silver”. But, but, it seemed that he really owed him 100 liang silver for wine last time... Liao Zhiyuan rolled his lynx-like eyes and glanced at Gao Jue guiltily. “Oh, no. Is he here to ask for money? Gao, we are friends that could almost be sworn to live or die together. We don’t have to make the account so clear, do we?” He thought.Before Liao Zhiyuan could come up with any result, the empty wine jar in Gao Jue’s hand flied past and grazed Liao Zhiyuan’s auricle closely, finally landing on the top of the last pile of debris in the yard.Liao Zhiyuan rubbed his painful auricle and shouted angrily, “Fuck! Did the donkey kick your head? Does it take that much effort to throw a wine jar? Do you have so much Zhenqi that you got nowhere to use it?” Then he thought, “E
Liao Zhiyuan thought it over and enjoined uneasily, “Gao, my sister is clever and lively. Although she doesn’t know Kungfu, she has a lot of spooky ideas, speaks strangely and behaves very differently from all women. I can’t tell you her situation clearly in a few words. But after you find her, you must seal her Daxue acupoint and mute acupoint first. She won’t be able to escape in this way! Sometimes she will talk nonsense. Don’t believe a word of hers; sometimes she will say that she is not my sister. Don’t buy that, either. I saw her born with my own eyes, and she is my sib sister indeed!”Gao Jue frowned and reluctantly nodded. He thought, “What a troublesome woman. Given this situation, I’ll bring a burlap, and then knock her out and put her in it when I find her.”Liao Zhiyuan continued, “My sister is 16-year-old. So, when you…hold her into the carriage, you must be careful… The only way you can hold her to the carriage is on her arms, like this.” Lia
Gao Jue lay there. His eyes were half closed, but there were constant snores under his nose. Liao Zhiyuan didn’t know whether he was asleep or awake.“So what? People who lied to you were your father and father-in-law, so you couldn’t hack them. The woman who married you was passionately devoted to you over the years, and you watched her growing up like a sister. You couldn’t hit or scold her. Moreover, Lord Ling said clearly that everything was his arrangement, and his second daughter just obeyed him. He wanted you to be kind to her.”Liao Zhiyuan stretched on the wide couch, and his whole body spread-eagled. He squeezed Gao Jue to the end of the couch, and the laughter came from deep inside his chest, “And Lord Ling also said what he did is for your own good, because you were a man of love and loyalty. If you had known the death of your fiancée before marriage, you wouldn’t have married any other women, perhaps you would have stubbornly mourned for his el
Lu Jiangbei also looked back at Gao Jue, telling him firmly, “I went back to Yingtian Prefecture of the capital yesterday, and went to Changye Tower to find the informant who provided information. It had been confirmed that the news is true. Gao Jue, do you remember what we have learned from the subordinates who pried into information in the Taoist temple? He said He Danggui’s mother, Luo Chuanxiong, was the legitimate daughter of Luo’s Mansion in Yangzhou City, but Ms. He’s father, He Fu, was just a man of a depressed family in Yangzhou City. This year he just made an Eighth-Grade Guarding Commander of the Capital. The year they got married, everyone thought it was inconceivable, even suspected some possibilities like that ‘The two elope first and then get married’, ‘the man board first and then buy the ticket’ or ‘the woman looks ugly or has unmentionable disease’, and these made Master Duan very angry.”Gao Jue loosened Lu Jiangbei’s plain brocade collar and recalled