The cannon fodder original wife's bad story

Pei An walked towards Shaohua Garden without hesitation.

Today, seeing that Song Guanzhou had improved a lot, Sun Lin simply said goodbye and left the house. After the maids and servants in Shaohua Garden were driven away, the house looked empty.

Lianhua came out of the main room and was about to go to the kitchen to get some hot water. When she saw Pei An, she immediately came over to greet him. Pei An stopped and asked, "Madam, have you rested yet?"

"I just woke up not long ago. I feel much better and am reading a book now."

Pei An lifted up his robe and entered the main room. On the kang bed under the window, Song Guanzhou, wearing a blue robe and with black hair, was leaning against a soft pillow and reading a book.

When she saw him lift the curtain and come in, there was some displeasure in her eyes, but it disappeared in a flash.

"It looks like a good day today. Have you had dinner yet?"

These conversations made Song Guanzhou so embarrassed that his toes could hardly dig into the floor. He lowered his eyes and shook his head slightly.

"Then ask the maid to bring my food over so we can eat together."

——Aren’t you afraid of not being able to swallow the food?

Song Guanzhou did not comment, his face facing the book in his hand.

Pei An didn't get a single word in response to his two sentences. He sighed in his heart, this woman is really hot-tempered. Just as he was about to say a few more words of consolation, He Hua's voice came from outside, "Aunt Fang——"

Madam Fang was graceful, wearing a fur-lined gown, with a simple and elegant hairdo. She did not like gold hairpins, but only jade hairpins. She leaned over and asked He Hua, "Has your young mistress gotten up?" He Hua glanced inside and said honestly, "The fourth young master and the fourth young mistress are talking. Please let me go in and report."

Jinzhu, who was standing beside Aunt Fang, was about to give her some instructions when Pei An came out and said, "Aunt Fang, please come in."

Now, the Duke has only such a concubine serving him, and Pei Jian likes her quite a lot. Everyone in the mansion also gives her some face.

"I meet the Fourth Young Master. The Duke sent me here to deliver some things. I hope you will forgive me for disturbing you." Aunt Fang bowed and explained the reason before she followed Pei An into the room with Jinzhu.

When he met Song Guanzhou, he was very humble and was not at all rude because Song Guanzhou had done those inappropriate things.

"The Fourth Young Master's wife is in better spirits than yesterday. This is really a happy thing."

So this is what concubines in ancient times looked like. Song Guanzhou looked up and down at Aunt Fang, and finally his eyes fell on her young and soft face. She was not stunningly beautiful, but very gentle and lovely, especially her rosy and white face, which was like a fairy peach in summer, tempting people to want to take a bite.

"Thank you Aunt Fang for visiting me a few times."

Aunt Fang sat half-sideways on the drum stool, her slender figure graceful and gentle. She looked at Song Guanzhou with joy in her eyes, "The Fourth Young Master's wife is too polite. It happens that the Fourth Young Master is here too." Upon hearing this, Jinzhu, who was standing by, presented a flat rectangular lacquer box with both hands.

"This is Wenxi Villa in the suburbs of Beijing. The master said that although the house is not big, it is close to the mountains and water, and has hot springs. It is suitable for the fourth young lady to recuperate. So he simply gave me the land deed and the house deed to deliver it."

After saying that, he took it from Jinzhu's hand and presented it to Pei An with both hands.

Pei An opened it and took out a few thin yellow papers. He flipped through them and handed them to Song Guanzhou. "Father loves you. When you get better, I will go with you to kowtow to him and thank you."

Song Guanzhou was stunned for a moment, "Just keep it. Aunt Laofang, tell my father that I am grateful to him for forgiving his stupidity. When my injuries are better and I can walk more easily, I will go to thank him in person." What house deed or land deed? She was tied to Pei An now, so it was not appropriate for her to take them.

What's more, life and property are more important.

Pei An laughed, "Auntie Fang sent it to you, so you should keep it. Father named you, and the name on the contract has been changed. I will have to rely on you in the future to go to the hot spring manor to have fun."

It turned out to be the case.

Song Guanzhou lowered his eyes and said, "It's so valuable, I'll leave it with you. There are only two maids busy in my yard now, you can give it to me when you have someone to serve me." Of course, if you don't want to give it, I won't take it.

Aunt Fang smiled.

"The Fourth Young Master and the Young Madam are deeply in love, so there is no need to refuse this gift. However, I am shamelessly asking for a favor from the Fourth Young Madam. I must take you to this farm together during the summer solstice and autumnal equinox in the future, so that I can also broaden my horizons."

Song Guanzhou naturally agreed.

Aunt Fang was only half a master, and had always been the best at observing people's words and expressions. Now that she saw that the couple had experienced an even greater rift between them, it was not in a position to say more or keep them any longer. She expressed concern for Song Guanzhou's health for a few words and then politely took her leave.

After the master and servant left Shaohua Garden, Jin Zhu whispered, "The rumors are true. There is a rift between the Fourth Young Master's wife and the Fourth Young Master."

"Alas, my life was almost lost. Between life and death, what does the love between husband and wife mean?"

Aunt Fang was walking on the bluestone path. The spring breeze was blowing, bringing a chill. Jinzhu sighed, "I heard that the old lady had murderous intentions."

"shut up."

Aunt Fang stopped and yelled at Jinzhu harshly.

Jinzhu quickly shut up and lowered her voice, "The old lady didn't like the fourth young master's wife in the first place. In the past, the Duke tried to stop her, but the fourth young master was soft-hearted. This time, after Shangyuan made a scene, the old lady naturally refused to forgive her."

"Don't say that. I know it, but you and I are now in front of the master, away from those right and wrongs, so don't get involved in it again."

Jinzhu nodded hurriedly.

"Of course I know, I'm just telling you, Auntie, that it's hard to guard against the attacks in this mansion—"

"Okay, Jinzhu."

Seventeen or eighteen-year-old Jinzhu's eyes were filled with tears, "Why don't I go and beg the master again? I heard that Doctor Zhou in Hui'an Hall is the best at the remedy of making a fortune. Let him take a look. Maybe I can have a child." Regardless of the gender, the Duke is getting older day by day, and Aunt Fang, who is in her prime, is alone. It would be better for her to have a child than to live alone for the rest of her life.

"That's all."

Aunt Fang gently grasped Jinzhu who was supporting her, "My body has been damaged by the medicine, otherwise how could I stand out in front of the master."

Jinzhu wiped her tears and said aggrievedly, "Second Master has children one after another, but Master can't have one."

"The Third Young Master is so smart, but he is still a genius, isn't he?"

Aunt Fang looked towards the Jianshuifang in the distance, tears welling up in her eyes. "That kind of person didn't fight or compete, but ended up like that. I'm not going to risk giving birth to a child, but he'll die in front of me in ten or twenty years. If that's the case... it's better not to have a child."

Having said that, I can't help it anymore.

Sleeve took out the robe and started sobbing.

The master and servant stood under the locust tree at the corner of the wall, unable to move forward for a moment.

Jin Zhu felt even more miserable. "The Fourth Young Master's wife has no family and is not favored by the Fourth Young Master. She has been acting recklessly in the past two years because she has no children. She is young and newly married, but has been treated coldly by the Fourth Young Master for half a year. How many others can compare to the Fourth Young Master's appearance and talent? She has been tortured like this. I see her black and blue fingernails. If the Fourth Young Master's wife had a family and Scholar Song was still alive, she would not have suffered this."

The once lively Fourth Young Master's wife now looks like a wilted flower.

She leaned on the soft pillow with a cold face. The house in the suburbs of Beijing was so valuable, but it was like nothing in front of the Fourth Young Master's wife who came with no dowry.

Aunt Fang and Jinzhu are like sisters, so how could she not know what Jinzhu said...

"Never mind. Live one day at a time."

In this mansion, it is good enough to be alive, how can I dream of other things——

The master and servant supported each other and walked up the path around the mountain. When they were about to enter the Duke's courtyard, Yingzhi came over with a little girl and called out from a distance, "Madam Fang, please stay."

When Jinzhu heard this, she shuddered.

The master and servant had no choice but to greet each other with a smile, "Miss Yingzhi, are you here to visit the master?"

Yingzhi sent the little maid to walk forward on her own, "Aunt Fang, Jinzhu, the old lady is a little depressed. I'll ask the little maids to pick some new buds of peach branches and knead them into the dough tomorrow to make some dough to relieve her mood."

in this way.

Aunt Fang pointed to Zhengxian Pavilion and said, "There are three or five peach trees behind the master's study. The south wind has caused some buds to sprout in the past two days. I'd like to pick some and send them over tomorrow."

"What are you talking about, Aunt Fang? The flowers and plants in the master's garden are kept for your enjoyment." Yingzhi naturally did not dare to agree, but instead gave instructions, "Tomorrow is the twenty-first day of the first lunar month. The old lady likes Aunt Fang's small calligraphy the most. The first lunar month will be over at the end of the month. The old lady asked Aunt Fang to copy the Infinite Life Sutra and the Diamond Sutra ten times for the gods and Buddhas."

Aunt Fang sighed slightly, "The old lady doesn't mind my handwriting, I will definitely live up to your trust."

Yingzhi looked at the soft and gullible Aunt Fang and said, "Then I'll trouble you, Aunt Fang. I'll come to get it in the morning in three days."

Jinzhu was so surprised that she lost her voice. "Sister Yingzhi, it's only three days. Even if I work day and night, I'm afraid I can't copy it ten times—"

"Aunt Fang is very talented, Miss Jinzhu, please don't underestimate her."

Yingzhi bowed and chased after the little girl in the twilight. Jinzhu was left stamping her feet in anger, "How dare the old lady... How dare she!" How could one live with such humiliation? For two or three days, she was either copying scriptures or doing needlework. She almost went blind from embroidery, but the old lady still refused to let her go.

Aunt Fang laughed bitterly, "If I really had a child, it would be even more difficult than it is now."

Jinzhu helped Aunt Fang into Zhengxian Courtyard, "Why don't we report this to the master and let him know how she treats you in private."

"Do not--"

Aunt Fang shook her head slightly, "How does the Fourth Young Master's wife compare to me?"

Jin Zhu was stunned, "This..."

"Is she from a better family than me, has a better appearance, and is married to the old lady's own son? The old lady wants her life, doesn't the master know?"

Jinzhu was puzzled, "Master...knows?"

"Of course I know. The Fourth Young Master's wife is very lucky. Although the Fourth Young Master doesn't like her, he doesn't take human life lightly. The Master thought that he gave up such a valuable house just to comfort the Fourth Young Master's wife." Aunt Fang's eyes were tearful. "A lowly concubine like me, the mistress can just beat and scold me, or even drive me out. The Master just scolded the mistress for being jealous."

The old lady was of bad character and cruel in her actions.

so what?

She gave birth to the eldest son of the Duke's Mansion, and also gave birth to the fourth son, a successful Jinshi.

The Fourth Young Master's wife was not even in her eyes, so how could she dare to disobey her now? Besides, the Duke preferred harmony between his wife and concubine, so I must not disobey my mistress.

Hearing this, Jinzhu couldn't help wiping away tears again, "I just went to see the fourth young master's wife, and I still feel sorry for her. Now I think about you and me..."

"That's all."

"In this mansion, the old lady has treated me much better."

Compared to Aunt Qin and her son, at least they saved their lives.