Bondage

Seeing Song Wan's still tepid, neither angry nor jealous, Lin Jiayue held back her anger.

She turned around and took Huai Su's hand, smiled and said hello to his wife, then came over, and left Lan Courtyard.

Heng Wu frowned and said, "Why did Huai Su hang out with her? Doesn't she know who that little whore is?"

Song Wan stretched out his hand and touched the tip of Heng Wu's nose: "How many times have I told her, don't call her like that, what does it look like for people to hear?"

Heng Wu was aggrieved and begged for mercy, but Heng Zhi also frowned: "Miss, Huai Su came out of the old lady's room, and she used to be generous and thoughtful in doing things, so she shouldn't be together with Aunt Lin, but now the two of them are getting along very well." It looks really weird."

"What's so strange about this? If you're not good enough, you'll lose, and you'll just suffer from it."

"What do you mean miss?"

Song Wan said with a smile: "Just now I saw Huai Su's expression of embarrassment, presumably he was forced to be so close to Lin Jiayue."

"Lin Jiayue's mind is easy to guess, she just wanted to use Madam Huai Su to isolate me, to prove that my being favored by the family caused my jealousy, or she didn't trust Huai Su to surrender, so she did this on purpose."

"As for Huai Su being tricked by Lin Jiayue, she must have made a plan first, but she was not skilled enough and instead was restrained."

Putting the red impatiens into the small rattan bowl, Song Wan smoothly picked out the light color.

Heng Zhi pursed her lips and said with a little annoyance: "Miss used to treat her well, so what is she trying to do with Aunt Lin?"

Heng Wu snorted coldly: "It will never be a good thing."

Song Wan raised his head, thought for a while, and said, "People are greedy, and this kind of thinking is the most difficult to guess, but there is no need to be on guard at all times. If this defense is superficial, it will fall into Lin Jiayue's trick."

"Then shall we still treat Huai Su as usual?"

Song Wan smiled and shook her head: "It's impossible."

"You don't need to be careful, but you have to keep in mind today's events. If you feel that something is wrong with her someday, even if you can't tell what the problem is, you have to think about it carefully in your heart."

"Remember to trust others more than you trust yourself, and don't take chances when guarding against others."

After picking out the applicable impatiens, Song Wan scooped up a scoop of mountain spring water to wash the petals, picked them one by one and put them in a stone mortar to crush.

When Lin Jiayue came back, she saw four or five people gathered around the stone table in the courtyard, their nails being dyed.

Seeing the clumsy tool and rough technique, she couldn't help laughing.

She doesn't want this kind of thing for nothing.

"Grandma is still busy?"

Put the white and slender palms into the porcelain basin and wash them carefully, Song Wan took the soft towel from the green bamboo and dried them carefully.

Seeing her slow but elegant movements, Lin Jiayue bit her lip unwillingly.

"Aunt Lin come in with me."

Lin Jiayue stepped into the main courtyard of Lan Ting once again by asking Qian Bi to hold the cage that represented the support from the Hou Mansion.

She took the power away from Song Wan with her own hands. She thought that she would see the other party's jealousy, unwillingness, or even a painful gaffe, but she didn't expect that Song Wan would still be gentle.

"Tianquan water is brewed with maple dew tea... please use it."

Heng Zhi brought the teacup to Lin Jiayue, and then withdrew.

"What do you want to ask?"

"Will you tell me if I ask you?"

Song Wan smiled, and lightly tasted the yellow-glazed flower-mouthed teacup.

Lin Jiayue's hands under the table were tightly clenched by this upright look of disdain to do such despicable things.

It wasn't until the handkerchief in his hand was ripped that it eased the emotions in his heart.

After pondering for a moment, Lin Jiayue followed Song Wan's example and picked up the teacup and took a sip.

"Good tea."

Song Wan pursed her lips: "The water is fine."

Lin Jiayue imitated her imitation patiently, and said to him slowly, "What water?"

"Water from the spring of heaven."

"What is Tianquan?"

Song Wandao: "The water from rain and snow is called Tianquan. The water quality of Tianquan is clear and light, and it is more suitable for maple dew tea."

"..."

After a few or two sentences, Lin Jiayue couldn't continue the conversation, and after holding back for a long time, she said quietly: "Madam gave me the gift of the house."

Song Wan nodded: "I know."

The other party's indifferent appearance made Lin Jiayue feel as if she had been punched into the cotton with a punch, and the joy in her heart that defeated her was like being poured down by a pot of cold water, and there was no longer any ripple.

"What don't you understand? Just ask."

Lin Jiayue gritted her teeth and was speechless for a moment.

She didn't understand anything, and naturally she didn't understand anything.

Although Jiang Man asked her to manage the Hou Mansion together with Song Wan, Lin Jiayue did not intervene.She had never been in contact with these things before, and she was a little overwhelmed by the sudden decision to hand it over to her.

But she didn't want to ask Song Wan, let alone show timidity in front of her.

"Have all the pairs of cards in the house been settled?"

Song Wan raised her eyes, just hearing this sentence, she knew that Lin Jiayue was completely incapable of managing the family.She frowned, but listened to the other party without waiting to speak: "The tea is delicious, excuse me, I can ask the woman in charge of the outer court about these trivial matters."

After finishing speaking, Lin Jiayue quickly left with Qian Bi.

She went back to the Xiuyan Pavilion as if she had escaped, and she lay down on the Quchi Arhat bed with blank eyes.

After a long time, Lin Jiayue opened the box that represented the status of the mistress of the Hou Mansion, and took out all the contents.

After staying in the room for three days and two nights, she could barely understand the current situation of the Hou Mansion.

"Crazy, really crazy."

Qian Bi said, "What is Auntie talking about?"

Lin Jiayue sneered: "Do you know how many masters there are in the Hou's Mansion? The east and west mansions, all the concubines and offspring together are just over a hundred, but do you know how many servants there are in the Hou's Mansion?"

"There are 31 people in the big kitchen of the mansion, 15 people in the waiter who are responsible for pouring tea and decocting medicine for the guests who come to the mansion, and 17 people in the concierge who are responsible for welcoming and guiding guests into the hospital. There are 16 people."

"The outer court manages the daily expenses of the Marquis Mansion. There are 28 people who organize the monthly records of each court, buy things and handle affairs, and check the rewards. There are seven people who are responsible for looking after the family temple and sorting out the sacrificial vessels."

"There are 16 people in the changing room in charge of night watch, 13 people in Jixiangyuan, and 72 people in all warehouses, such as the messy clothes warehouse."

"There are 11 people in the pen and ink room, eight people in the ceremonial room, and eight people in the stall room that keeps the old archives of the Hou Mansion..."

"There are nine people in the large and small study rooms in the outer courtyard for the men to rest and do business. There are 18 people who are responsible for guarding the house furnishings, sweeping and other sprinkler rooms, and 15 people who manage the greenhouses and cellar gardens and other gardeners."

"That's all, there are 16 people who are responsible for feeding raptors, such as tiger handles, pigeon handles, fish handles, and various handles."

"Did you know that there is an entire theater troupe in the Hou's mansion, and all the food, drinking, clothing and props of the Liyuan opera actors are provided by the Hou's mansion. What's more crazy, there is something in the mansion..."

Lin Jiayue found an account book and flipped through it for a while: "Pingcui Temple!"

"In the Hou's mansion, there are more than a dozen nuns who chant scriptures, recite Buddhism and do rituals!"

"These are still small numbers. For example, in the courtyard of the old lady, wife and Lord Hou, there are four first-class maids, second-class maids, third-class maids, and rough envoys, all of which are doubled."

"There are countless people in the inner courtyard who are in charge of clothes and hairpin rings, combing hair and dressing, washing, sweeping, and changing..."

Lin Jiayue looked solemn: "There are 730 male servants in the outer courtyard alone."

"There are a total of [-] maids and women in each house in the inner courtyard, not to mention the Zhuangtou shopkeeper outside the mansion."

"Master who just passed a hundred, there are 530 servants in the mansion alone, do you think Jiang Xingjian is crazy?"

"With so many people, it's strange that the Marquis Mansion can't make ends meet."

Lin Jiayue's face turned livid: "Even if I open another hundred shops, I'm afraid I won't be able to support so many people!"