Bondage

It's just that when he walked back to Lan Courtyard from Fuhe Hall, Song Wan felt exhausted all over his body, and as soon as he returned to his own courtyard, he took off his coat and sat on the beauty couch.

The words Mother Jiang hit her kept replaying in her mind, and every time she thought of a word, Song Wan felt a sharp pain in her heart.

"Miss, are you alright?"

"nothing."

Song Wan took the round fan handed over by Mother Zhao, and fanned it lightly.

I don't know if it was because of the shortness of breath during the day or the scorching sun outside, but at night Song Wan actually felt hot.

"Doctor Ding, what happened to our grandma?"

Mother Zhao held Song Wan's hand out of the curtain, and carefully put it back into the quilt. Seeing that Dr. Ding was tidying up her pulse pillow, she stepped forward and asked in a low voice.

"Grandma's upset and strong fever is a disease of yang evil. It will be cured when the heat dissipates. After the old man grabs a few medicines, the disease will be cured."

Heng Zhi Heng Wu felt relieved after hearing this, and Lu Zhu followed the doctor to the pharmacy.

Song Wan was burning so badly that Mammy Zhao was very distressed when she saw this.She stayed up all night, busy helping Song Wan wipe sweat, change clothes, and feed medicine to reduce fever.After Song Wan's fever subsided, Mother Zhao thanked the gods and Buddhas with tears in her eyes.

"Miss, why did you suddenly become ill? This night, I feel so sorry for my old lady."

"It's Wan'er's fault that I made Mammy worry."

Song Wan's voice was hoarse, and a soft smile appeared on his face.

Although she was ill, she felt much more relaxed.

Let the servant girl take care of her to bathe and change clothes, and after washing, Song Wan went to the study.

"Miss is still ill, why don't you rest for a few more days?"

Song Wan shook his head: "My husband is going to host a grand banquet in the Marquis's mansion, so the list and the invitation must be drawn up first."

After writing for more than half a day, Song Wan handed the written name post to Hengzhi and asked her to send it to the ceremony room in the mansion.

The ritual room is in charge of the sacrificial etiquette in the mansion.

They are in charge of ordinary master's birthdays and ancestors' death days, or sending and posting gifts with various governments on weekdays.Today the list is sent down, and tomorrow the invitations will be sent to the invited mistresses of each government.Such a big banquet as Jiang Xingjian Xijue must be held separately by the male and female relatives of the inner and outer courts, so Song Wan alone must be too busy.

"These three are invited in my name."

Heng Zhi opened it and took a look. She could understand the wife of the Sun family and the mistress of the Lan family, but Mrs. Wai Lang Bai, a member of the official staff, made her a little confused.

"Brother went to the Ministry of Officials, and now he is just a deputy envoy who has not yet entered the ranks. This Lord Bai is his top leader."

At the mention of Song Fu's name, Heng Zhi blushed quietly, nodded in a daze, and walked out with the roster made.

Seeing this, Mother Zhao felt rather uncomfortable.

Her young lady has a pure and arrogant personality, if she was in the past, she would never have done such a thing of convenience in the Marquis's house and seeking personal gain for her young master.Now that I have done it, I am afraid that I am completely disappointed with the Hou Mansion, and I am impatient to maintain the favor.

Zhao Nanny wanted to persuade her, but she couldn't utter a word after opening and closing her lips.

For Jiang Xingjian's Grand Banquet, Song Wan was in charge of the invitation list and the cuisine, and then ignored the rest. There are old rules in these big banquets. As long as the woman in charge is arranged to do her job well, she can do nothing. .

After preparing everything and reporting to Mrs. Jiang and Mother Jiang, Song Wan never asked again, even when she heard that Mother Jiang had handed over part of the power to manage the banquet to Lin Jiayue, she didn't say anything.

But later, occasionally a mother-in-law came to report, vaguely saying that Lin Jiayue had changed the government regulations again. Song Wan only asked if Madam knew about it. Completely delegate power, let the mothers-in-law follow Lin Jiayue's instructions.

"Miss, aren't you afraid that the little whore will make trouble?"

As soon as the woman in charge left, Mother Zhao couldn't sit still and tried to persuade her earnestly: "You let that little whore take care of it. If something really went wrong that day, wouldn't Miss's reputation be ruined for the rest of her life?"

Song Wan held the book and smiled lightly: "You went to Jiangxiang Courtyard with me yesterday, can you see Madam's attitude?"

It's hot recently, Mrs. Jiang has been sick all day long, she has no appetite and is very tired. Except for Song Wan and Jiang Xingjian who can occasionally see each other once or twice, the old lady skips morning and evening classes for everyone else.Mother Jiang was in charge of all the affairs in the mansion, Song Wan couldn't bother the old lady with chores, so he could only tell Mother Jiang.

Lin Jiayue's Huanyan Zhai had a lot of business right after it opened, and the considerable income made Jiang's mother and Jiang Xingjian double their confidence in her, and they also had confidence in her hosting a big banquet.

Song Wan just mentioned that the old rules are not easy to change, but was pushed back by Jiang's mother's boring stereotypes.

"It's useless for me to say anything now. If I say it more deeply, I will be narrow-minded. I only know that I will be jealous and look down on the Hou's mansion."

"cough."

As soon as Song Wan finished speaking, he saw Jiang Xingjian standing in the room with a delicate expression.Mother Zhao looked at Xiangcao angrily. Just as Xiangcao was about to reply, Jiang Xing said simply: "I didn't let her pass it on..."

He didn't expect Song Wan to mention him and Lin Jiayue in the room.

Song Wan raised her eyes lazily, without the slightest embarrassment of being knocked out of her private conversation.

Her plain appearance made Jiang Xingjian a little awkward, as if she was redundant.

"Concubine Jiang gave you something, and I brought it here for you."

Putting the wooden box in his hand on the table, Jiang Xingjian sat down.

During this period of time, he intentionally distanced himself from Song Wan and hadn't been to Lan Courtyard for a long time. He thought Song Wan would complain, but he didn't think that she didn't care at all.

"If you feel that Jiayue has done something wrong, you can say no. After all, you are the concubine of the Hou Fu..."

"Let a concubine be in charge of Zhongfu, and the ancestors' rules, ethics, and etiquette of the Hou Mansion have been left behind. What can I say?"

Song Wan put down the "Wenshi Tongyi" in his hand and said indifferently: "People who value self-respect, if the Marquis Mansion doesn't respect itself, how can you expect others to force it?"

"I'm tired, husband, come back."

But as soon as he sat down, he was ordered to evict the guest, and Jiang Xingjian's face was embarrassing, but he had no face to refute.From the moment he decided to give up on Song Wan, he couldn't stand up straight in front of her anymore, and he didn't have the face to say a serious word.

After all, he failed her.

Jiang Xingjian pursed his lips, hesitated for a moment and left Lan Courtyard.

"Miss, this old slave thinks that I have a lady in my heart, and now Concubine Jiang is giving me a great gift, I think it is to ease the relationship with you."

"If Master Hou finds his way back after going astray, Miss, you should listen to Madam's advice and relax a bit..."

Song Wan glanced at the nanmu box on the table, and said indifferently: "There is no need to ease the relationship, but I am satisfied with the fact that I told the marriage between the Sun family and the Lan family for the second master and the third younger sister."

If she is done well, send away one or two playthings to let her continue to plan for the Hou Mansion. If she is useless, even if she enters the palace like before, don't even think about seeing her.

In the end, Concubine Jiang just used her as an errand to order her servants. In Concubine Jiang's mind, she was not as good as a low-ranking female official in Yanqing Palace.

Picking up the nanmu box, Song Wan didn't even open it and handed it to Mother Zhao: "Put it away."