Chapter 826: The Most Ordinary Yard Is Getting Noisy!
Even if the second aunt is not here now, it is not Shao Jie'er's turn to boss around in the second room. The eldest brother is getting married soon, and the second room will have an aunt to support the door. Shao Jie'er is nothing but a low-class concubine.
Except for Shao Jie'er, all the people in Duke Xingguo's mansion are legitimate daughters, so how can anyone like Shao Jie'er?
"The second uncle doesn't have any other daughters now, and the eldest sister is not here now. For the sake of the second uncle, the second sister has gained more respect. Even my grandmother has become kinder to the second sister, not to mention us!" Shao Wanru answered extremely calmly. He said, not paying much attention to Shao Jie'er's affairs.
"That's what I said, but she looks like this...it's really..." Shao Caihuan was a little angry, took a deep breath before she could bear it, shook her head and said, "Forget it, let's not talk about her anymore. I just get angry, I don’t know what’s wrong with me, and I talk nonsense.”
Shao Wanru glanced sideways at Shao Caihuan's face and smiled slightly. Does this mean that she doesn't know the specific details of the marriage that Shao Jie'er said, or does it mean that she is dissatisfied with the marriage?
Prince Qing's side wife seemed like a good match to Shao Jie'er, but not necessarily to Shao Caihuan. Although Shao Caihuan was hurting her face now, she didn't know what would happen in the future, and she was quite old.
But if there were other possibilities, she would definitely not choose Chu Qing! But why did she tell herself this?
The watery eyes flickered twice, hiding the suspicion in her eyes, and when she raised her head, only a faint smile remained, which was a bit cold and distant. Not only did she have no friendship with Shao Caihuan, but Shao Caihuan also helped Shao Yanru in plotting when they were in the palace. He tried to kill himself, but in the end he ended up bringing about his own consequences.
Now it's probably because he doesn't know his true feelings that he behaves so affectionately towards himself!
Shao Wanru has always been wary of people who have framed him, and he doesn't think two people can talk about such private things in such an intimate way now.
"Fifth sister, let's go take a look at the eldest brother's yard. Although it is newly renovated, it is still very good. It is not worse than other yards in our house. My eldest sister-in-law will definitely be satisfied with it when she enters the house in the future!"
Shao Caihuan said again, reaching out and pulling Shao Wanru's embroidery shed, which caused the thread in Shao Wanru's hand to loosen.
"Fifth sister, I'm sorry, I'll help you stretch it again later!" Seeing that he had done something wrong, Shao Caihuan said with humility and put down his hand.
Shao Wanru shook his head and put down the embroidery booth he just picked up, "Third sister, you're welcome, it's okay!"
Shao Caihuan had helped her a lot in the past two days, so how could she really ask her to help again because of this little thing.
"Fifth sister, we really don't want to go take a look? Just take a look. You will marry into Prince Chen's Mansion in the future, and it will be inconvenient for you to come back for a look!" Shao Caihuan sighed, remembering what he saw before King Chen felt something strange in his heart.
When the betrothal gift was delivered a few days ago, Chu Liuchen personally delivered it. Originally, Chu Liuchen did not need to deliver it personally. The Ministry of Rites would send someone to deliver it. However, it happened that Chu Liuchen was fine that day, so he followed the Ministry of Rites. The officials arrived at Duke Xingguo's Mansion together. Although it was a formality, the atmosphere in the entire Duke Xingguo's Mansion immediately changed.
Although there were people who were envious of Shao Wanru for marrying into the royal family before, they said that he was a sick man who didn't know how long he would live. Many people talked about it in private, but after seeing Chu Liuchen, everyone was just envious. , as handsome as the handsome young master who walked out of the painting. Many people feel that it is not a loss to marry such a person even if he does not have royal status.
And from what we can see, although King Chen looks a little weaker, he is not to the point of dying of illness. No matter how you look at it, he is still alive and well, and it is not a big deal!
Therefore, Shao Wanru has indeed climbed onto a high branch!
"Let's go!" Shao Wanru said helplessly. If she kept talking like this, she wouldn't be able to do anything but say anything. Instead, she would get a headache from being annoyed. She never knew that Shao Caihuan could be so annoying.
After hearing what Shao Wanru said, Shao Caihuan immediately became happy. The two of them tidied up a little and walked to Shao Huaan's new house together.
There were many maids and mothers-in-law going in that direction along the way. They were pressed for time and were busy decorating Shao Huaan's new house.
Shao Wanru didn't know the specific courtyard where the new house was located, but Shao Caihuan knew it. The two of them came all the way. When they saw the courtyard, Shao Wanru's eyebrows frowned slightly.
There were some differences between this courtyard and the one she imagined. She thought that although it was not as good as her Piaoyun Courtyard, it should at least be better than other courtyards. But the courtyard she saw now was actually very ordinary, which was really surprising.
In the courtyard of Duke Xingguo's mansion, Piaoyun Courtyard became Shao Wanru's courtyard because of its special situation. It is the best courtyard in the entire mansion. As for the courtyards where the other wives and the Jiang family live are also excellent, The courtyard in front of me is not even as big as Jiang's courtyard, and its location is also very average.
"Why... looks like this?" Shao Caihuan also looked surprised. She had been here before, but had long forgotten the specific appearance of this courtyard. When she saw it, she couldn't help but mutter to herself.
Then he turned to a woman on the side and asked the maid to come over and ask.
"Is this the new house that the eldest son is going to decorate?" Shao Caihuan asked.
After meeting the two young ladies, the mother-in-law nodded with a smile: "This is the eldest young master's new house. It is still being decorated. The second young lady is inside to help with the arrangements."
"Are there no other empty courtyards in the house?" Shao Caihuan asked the question in his mind. Such a courtyard is really not worthy of Shao Hua'an's status as the eldest son. It is too ordinary and looks similar to Shao Caihuan's courtyard.
The third bedroom in the Xingguo Palace was originally much weaker than the second bedroom, so when it came to choosing a yard, I certainly didn’t pick a good one.
"This slave doesn't know... If Third Miss wants to know, just ask Second Miss. She is in charge of this matter. I heard that Second Miss helped pick it out!"
The mother-in-law couldn't help herself. She, a servant, really didn't know about this kind of thing. Although they, the servants, also felt that the courtyard was too small and unseemly, the masters in the house believed that , they just do it.
"Come on, let's go in and take a look!" Shao Caihuan said to Shao Wanru after seeing that he couldn't ask anything, so he asked his mother-in-law to go and do her work.
Shao Wanru nodded and followed Shao Caihuan into the yard.
The yard was even more lively. A large group of maids and women were moving a large wardrobe in carefully. Shao Jie'er loudly ordered them in the direction of moving it in the corridor. It seemed that they were very busy.
Seeing them coming in, the maid and mother-in-law who were free hurriedly saluted them, but Shao Jie'er seemed not to see them, and didn't even glance over, continuing to instruct the maid and mother-in-law to work together to move the wardrobe.
"Second sister, I heard that you helped me pick my eldest brother's yard. Aren't you afraid that my eldest brother will be angry when you pick such a yard?" Shao Caihuan walked over and said slowly in a bad tone. Shao Wanru followed her and looked at He glanced at the women and maids moving things and said nothing.
"So the third sister and the fifth sister are here. Look at how busy I am, I really didn't notice the two sisters coming." Shao Jie'er said, "If the two sisters were not busy, they would also help me think of ideas." , how can we make this wardrobe easier to put in and less likely to be bumped into."
These words sounded like the two of them were asking for advice. In fact, they completely ignored Shao Caihuan's words. Shao Caihuan's face changed in anger. She was the legitimate daughter of the third wife, and she had always looked down upon Shao Jie'er, who had been following Shao Yanru. Now she actually How could I not be angry when she ignored him directly.
"Second sister, don't be too busy moving things. Does your brother know that you chose this yard? Do your grandmother and second uncle know?"
"Why don't you know? Of course the eldest brother, second uncle and grandmother all know about it, and they all feel quite satisfied. The third sister seems to be dissatisfied!"
Shao Jie'er glanced at Shao Caihuan, her eyes a little mocking, as if she didn't take Shao Caihuan seriously.
"Still satisfied? The second sister won't forget that the eldest brother is the eldest son of the house, right?" Shao Caihuan snorted coldly and his face darkened.
"So what?" Shao Jie'er seemed not to understand the meaning of Shao Caihuan's words.
Shao Wanru sat down under the corridor on one side and watched the two sisters quarreling calmly. The corner of his lips curled up slightly. It seemed that this matter was not as simple as what he saw on the surface. If he borrowed a hundred more courage from Shao Jie'er, They didn't dare to deliberately mess with Shao Huaan, so they were really satisfied?
This is naturally impossible!
She wanted to see what kind of medicine they bought in the gourd!
"Second sister's words are really frivolous. The eldest brother is not only the legitimate son, but also the eldest son. The status of the eldest son is always the most noble. When second sister said this, she never thought about her own identity!" Shao Caihuan said coldly. The meaning here is that Shao Jie'er is a concubine.
Neither direct nor long.
Shao Jie'er was angry, her face was livid with anger, she put down the fan in her hand, and said in a cold voice: "What do you mean, third sister? Do you think I made a bad choice?"
"Second sister, there are many better courtyards in our house than this one, right? Isn't there a more suitable one among the empty courtyards? Do you want to choose such a courtyard to be your eldest brother?" Shao Caihuan was also annoyed, She couldn't bear the tone of being accused by a concubine whom she looked down upon.
In particular, I remembered what Shao Jie'er said arrogantly in front of her mother before, which made her feel inferior to her.
"What nonsense are you talking about!" Shao Jie'er frowned and muttered indifferently, "There is nowhere else in this mansion that is more suitable. It would be great to choose a courtyard like this!"
"I'm talking nonsense, aren't there a few good yards over there? What's going on? Are you planning to stay and use it yourself! Let's go, let's go find grandma, and we must explain clearly why you chose such a one for your eldest brother. It's small and narrow!" Shao Caihuan was very angry and came over to pull Shao Jie'er away.