I was reborn before the divorce

The maid from the kitchen brought breakfast over and arranged it skillfully and swiftly.

Shen Lingyi took a look. Chunniang saw it and said with a smile: "This time, the madam asked me to bring two cooks from Jinling with me."

Shen Lingyi was very hungry, and upon hearing this, he couldn't help but ask, "Do you have pickled cucumbers?"

Chunniang smiled slightly, helped her up, and said, "Yes, I pickled it when you came."

Shen Lingyi's appetite was aroused, and he said, "I'm just hungry right now."

Then the two of them went to eat. Shen Lingyi took a look at the dishes on the table. There were not only the ones that Xie Yun liked to eat, but also chopped pickled kohlrabi placed on thick sesame paste, thick round noodles at the bottom of the bowl, frangipani floating in the yellow wine, and a plate of tiger skin eggs.

It’s not that the chef in the west courtyard of the Xie family can’t cook Jiangnan and Beijing cuisine, but that Xie Yun loves to eat dry noodles and eggnog from their hometown.

I also like to eat Shen Lingyi's pickled cucumber, fried dough sticks and steamed buns, rice cakes, pan-fried dumplings, minced meat and egg custard, and fried soft-boiled eggs.

Just after everyone finished breakfast, a little maid from the west courtyard came outside and said, "Second Madam, Auntie asked if you are feeling better. Please go to Zhenyuan."

Shen Lingyi frowned subconsciously. Although there was a fire in the bedroom yesterday, he was not hurt at all.

She called a doctor, but he just said she was frightened. But she didn't want to go.

Chunniang understood and said to the little maid outside the door: "Second Madam has been frightened and needs to rest. I will go with you."

Chunniang went out. Shen Lingyi thought about it for a while and decided to wait for Xie Yun to come back in the evening and let him solve these problems.

She touched her belly and thought that if she was bullied by Zhao during her pregnancy, it would not be good for the baby in her belly.

Thinking of this, she became more determined to ask the child's father to come forward.

Chunniang had just followed the maid from Zhenyuan out when a personal maid from Aunt Shen in the East Courtyard also came.

The maid from the East Courtyard stopped outside the curtain and said, "Madam asked me to come and greet Second Madam. I heard that there was a fire in Chunjing Hall yesterday, which frightened Second Madam."

Shen Lingyi stood up, walked over and said, "Thank my aunt for me. Tell her that she is worried about me. I will go see her when I am better."

After saying this, the clever and sensible little maid handed over a heavy purse.

Xie Shen was his biological aunt. She married Mr. Xie Er at the age of 18. His mother, Mrs. Feng, revealed that the relationship between his aunt and Mr. Xie had always been unharmonious, but he didn't know the reason.

My aunt is forty-five years old this year. She likes quietness. I rarely see her go out, and I seldom go to her to pay my respects.

I sent someone to see me today, so I must show my goodwill and go back.

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Zhenyuan, flower hall.

When Zhao saw that only Chunniang came and her daughter-in-law, the daughter of the Shen family, was nowhere to be seen, she couldn't help feeling displeased.

Chunniang respectfully gave her the inside and explained why Shen Lingyi didn't come: "Aunt, please forgive me. Second Madam was frightened yesterday and was still a little absent-minded until this morning. Second Master said that she should have a good rest at home. I dare not disobey, so I came."

Zhao's face was grim. She stared at Chunniang for a long time before she said, "I have never met my mother-in-law, so I don't know how she raised her daughter. My husband took a concubine, but she actually set fire to threaten her husband's family."

Chunniang lowered her eyebrows and explained, "Aunt, this has nothing to do with Second Madam. We, the servants, didn't serve her well, which caused the lampstand to fall over and almost caused a disaster!"

Zhao said, "The lampstand fell down by itself. So, why did it fall down when it was doing fine?"

Chun Niang said, "I have examined it. It must be that the little maid was careless and did not place the lampstand firmly when she was dusting it. As a result, she almost caused a disaster yesterday."

This was a perfect explanation, and Zhao was at a loss for words. She could only say, "Tell her to come to me right away. I want to ask who taught her that her husband was only taking a concubine, and she was forcing her husband's family like this?"

Chunniang was not surprised or panicked, and explained calmly: "Aunt, it was the little maid who was not careful and did not put it firmly. It has been found out. Otherwise, I would have asked her to come to you and explain everything clearly."

This was the method she came up with to deal with Zhao, and the little maid also informed her about it.

Zhao's face was gloomy, and she continued, "I asked her to come, why didn't she come? She usually can't make mother-in-law happy, and now I want to fill the second brother with someone who understands my feelings, why can't she do it?"

"This... is because the Second Master himself is unwilling to take a concubine."

Chunniang lowered her eyes, and her confidence in her words seemed to lack strength for a moment.

"Humph. My wife is threatening to die when I ask her to take a concubine. My second brother is being forced to do so, so naturally he dares not disobey."

As she was speaking, a maid's voice came from the door, saying, "Aunt, the mistress wants to see you."

Hearing this, Zhao didn't move, leaned back on the pillow, and said, "I'm not going. Did she say she wanted to see me for something?"

Zhao had a bad relationship with Madam Shen and had not visited me much for a long time. Now that her son had become the Prime Minister, Zhao felt that she was in a stronger position and naturally did not take Madam Shen seriously anymore.

If you ask me to go now, I will definitely not go.

"The madam is here." The little maid bowed her head, bowed and left.

Mrs. Shen came and said, "I heard that there was a fire in Chunjingtang yesterday." But her eyes were looking at Chunniang who was standing in the hall and answering.

Chunniang bowed and said, "To answer Madam, because the little maid had just entered the mansion not long ago, she didn't place the lamp steadily when she was cleaning it. When Second Madam was going to bed yesterday evening, the lamp fell to the ground and caught fire."

Chunniang had heard a little bit about the Xie family's practice of favoring concubines over wives. After arriving at the Xie family, she knew even more about the Xie family's affairs.

After Second Master Xie left, Madam Shen probably didn't want to meet Second Master Xie's favorite concubine again, so she not only moved to a separate courtyard, but also exempted Zhao from the morning and evening visits a long time ago.

She came to Zhenyuan today, apparently to help Shen Lingyi. Chunniang was deeply moved.

"Is Yi'er hurt?" Mrs. Shen asked calmly, without any hint of surprise in her words.

Chunniang smiled slowly and said, "Madam, the Second Madam is unharmed. It's just that she was caught off guard by such a thing and was quite frightened. Now she is following the Second Master's instructions and resting in the house."

Mrs. Shen's expression relaxed a little and she said, "May our ancestors bless Yi'er and her first child, and she will be safe and sound and add a new member to our Xie family." After saying that, she glanced at Zhao.

Zhao said to herself, "It's strange. The lampstand didn't fall down either early or late. Why did it fall down just when we finally had someone to add to our second brother's room? This..."