Marrying a powerful eunuch three times

Zhou Qiongyu was stunned for a moment. She never expected the surprise to come so soon.

When she heard the maid in the mansion say that her mother was going to adopt Zhou Wenyan, she felt uncomfortable and was afraid that her mother would treat her badly from then on.

Unexpectedly, his mother asked Aunt Ru to raise Zhou Wenyan.

And let her learn housekeeping.

I was overjoyed at the moment, "Thank you, mother. I will live up to your expectations and work hard to learn housekeeping."

"I know you have always been polite and sensible, and you are very close to the servants." Su Rutang took out a golden hairpin with rose branches from her head and inserted it into Zhou Qiongyu's bun.

Su Rutang's jewelry has always been very valuable.

"In the future, you will marry into a wealthy family and be in charge of the household. You should not be too kind to the servants, nor too harsh."

Zhou Qiongyu's mind was full of Su Rutang asking her to learn how to be a housekeeper.

She was so focused on performing that she didn't pay any attention.

The little face blushed and nodded, "Mother, I understand."

"Well, let's go."

After finishing speaking.

Su Rutang let her go back.

Just as I arrived at the gate of Chuitang Courtyard, Zhou Wenyan appeared from the corner.

The little guy held a crabapple flower in his hand and looked at Su Rutang happily. "Mother, this is what I saw when I went to Jiaomen. Look how beautiful the crabapple flower is."

Su Rutang glanced at him indifferently.

The words are still gentle:

"That's thoughtful. Qiu Ling brought Yan Ge'er to Aunt Ru."

"Mother." Zhou Wenyan's eyes were filled with tears. "Can I stay with you?"

He didn't want to live with a concubine, and didn't want to be a lowly bastard.

He wants to be a legitimate son.

Qiu Ling couldn't help but frown, "Brother Yan, the mansion has its own rules, and you are following Aunt Ru now.

She is your mother, how can you disdain her and come to your stepmother without permission?"

"Our Second Grandma promised Qing brothers that she would not adopt anyone else."

He agreed to what Qing said.

Zhou Wenyan's expression changed.

It turns out that the culprits were those bastards.

They are all my father's concubines' children, and they all have the same mother. Why can they be raised under the name of the legal mother, and let him be the aunt's child alone?

He was not reconciled.

Su Rutang seemed reluctant.

"Qiu Ling, take a hundred bucks and two snacks and send Yan back home."

She looked at Zhou Wenyan, wanting to say something but stopping herself, and finally sighed softly, "If you need anything in the future, just come to me."

Zhou Wenyan's heart was in a mess.

This is not what he wants.

He bit his back teeth and sobbed uncomfortably:

"Mother."

Su Rutang turned and entered Chuitang Courtyard.

There wasn't a trace of pity on his face, only the joy of letting his enemy join the game.

Qiu Ling pulled Zhou Wenyan's sleeve, suppressing her inner unhappiness, "Brother Yan, you have to understand our wife's difficulties."

"Brother Qing and the others... Oh, forget it. It's all fate if you talk too much."

Qiu Ling stopped talking.

Zhou Wenyan seemed to understand something. It turned out that it was not that his mother was unwilling to adopt him, but that he was controlled by Zhou Wenqing and his bastards.

Thinking of this, a sinister look appeared on his young face.

*

Su Rutang changed into casual clothes and took off the pearl hairpins on her head, leaving only two magnolia hairpins.

Chunxi took a towel soaked in hot water and washed her face.

"Ask Zhang Cai's family to come over." Su Rutang wiped his face with a handkerchief.

"I have already given the order. Mrs. Zhang is waiting outside."

Chunxi handed the handkerchief to the second-class maid.

Then he asked softly:

"Second Master is really going to take another concubine? Or is it the fifth daughter of the Ningguo Mansion?"

Su Rutang leaned back in his chair, his expression somewhat lazy. He said calmly, "Second Master drank and offended Miss Song, so of course he has to marry her."

"The Second Master is kind to others, but he is a little too unkind to the Second Mistress."

Chunxi felt sorry for what Su Rutang had suffered in the past few years.

Everyone said that Su Rutang was blessed to be able to marry into the Zhou family.

Little did they know that marrying into the family would bring nothing but a better reputation.

"Don't talk nonsense."

Su Rutang stopped Chunxi from speaking.

Xia An lifted the curtain, "Second Madam. Zhang Cai's family is here."

Zhang Caijia came in and bowed first, then looked up and listened to instructions.

"Mrs. Zhang Cai, send some maids to clean up the Lanxiang Courtyard. Ask Zhao Yun to plant some apricot and osmanthus flowers along the corner of the courtyard."

"I remember there is a soft smoke screen in the storeroom, which was given by Concubine Yun. Let's use it to replace the window screens in Lanxiang Courtyard."

Su Rutang just finished speaking.

Zhang Cai's family thought to themselves that this Concubine Song was truly extraordinary, as she had the Second Mistress decorate the yard with such care.

"This slave has taken note of it."

"I remember there was a coral tree in the storeroom, a blue-and-white porcelain vase with colorful flower and bird patterns, a nanmu chair, and a gold-threaded bed..."

A servant named Caiming was taking notes nearby.

Wait for Su Rutang to finish speaking.

Zhang Caijia asked hurriedly:

"Second Madam, are they all sent to Lanxiang Courtyard?"

"Yeah. Go ahead."

Su Rutang had been busy all morning and was exhausted. He asked Zhang Cai's family to leave and then asked Chunxi to set the table.

Chunxi and her maid quickly set the table for food.

Several maids were moving back and forth without making any sound.

On the table were eight Ru kiln porcelain plates, sixteen small saucers of various colors, and two jade soup cups.

The eight main dishes include tofu skin buns, stewed pork elbow with ham, pepper and salt duck tongue, crispy quail, seafood crab, fried wolfberry sprouts with oil and salt, pork belly stewed with fresh bamboo shoots, and toon fried egg.

Zhou Wenqing, Zhou Wenyi and Zhou Qiongyu came together. After paying their respects to Su Rutang, they sat down at the bottom.

Chunxi served a bowl of ginseng, wolfberry and pigeon soup and placed it in front of Su Rutang.

The maids of Qiong Yu and the other two began to serve them tiger-tail chicken soup.

Just as Su Rutang was about to drink his soup, he heard someone outside saying, "Second Master, you're back."

She put down her chopsticks calmly.

Seeing the enemy again.

What should I do if I suddenly want to scratch his face?

There is a knife above the word "忍".

When she was daydreaming.

Zhou Chengru was wearing a blue waisted robe with a gold thread pattern on the collar. He had a tall and elegant figure, a faint smile on his face, and a gentle and noble aura like jade.

He smiled lightly:

"Rutang. Are you feeling better?"

Su Rutang suppressed her nausea and said, "Husband, the children are hungry, let's eat first."

Zhou Chengru looked at the three children and hesitated for a moment.

"Whatever. Let's eat first."

Chunxi fetched some water and helped him wash his hands.

When he sat next to Su Rutang, a maid had already served him a bowl of chicken soup.

After Zhou Chengru picked up a tofu skin bun, the others started to eat.

Chunxi served the dishes for Su Rutang and asked Xia An to serve the dishes for Zhou Chengru.

The meal was eaten in silence.

No one spoke, and the behavior was light.

Su Rutang ate a few bites and then stopped eating. Children of aristocratic families eat in limited quantities. They eat without talking, and eat less even if there are many kinds of food.

When facing an enemy, I can't eat.

Wait until they finish eating.

The maid handed over a towel for washing hands.

Chunxi took the washbasin brought by the second-class maid and helped Su Rutang rinse his mouth.

Zhou Chengru wanted to say something to Su Rutang, but he saw the children sitting there steadily.

I couldn't help but frowned.

"Qiong Yu, take your brothers out to play. I'll talk to your mother."

Zhou Qiongyu winked at Zhou Wenyi.

Although Zhou Wenyi is the youngest among the three, he is very good at studying and is deeply loved by Zhou Chengru.

He was silent for a few breaths, then raised his eyes and said:

"Did father want to tell mother about Zhou Wenyan?"

"This is not something you should know." Zhou Chengru couldn't help but look cold. When the three children entered the mansion, they didn't know that they had a younger brother.

A sneer appeared on Su Rutang's lips.

"My husband, I don't agree with you. Qiong Yu and her two siblings are my children. If they don't agree with me raising Wen Yan, I will naturally think it over carefully."

She glanced at Zhou Chengru, and the two avoided each other's sight.

"I know my husband is a man of honor and would risk his life for his friends. But what's the difference between Aunt Ru raising Wen Yan and me raising Wen Yan?"

The difference is big.

The one under your name is the legitimate son, while the one under your aunt’s name is the illegitimate son.

If he fails to handle this matter well, how can he face his widowed sister-in-law who gave birth to his children?

That was his widowed sister-in-law whom he loved to the core.

Thinking about it, his heart was still filled with redness, and the complicated feelings made him unable to stop.

After a moment, Zhou Chengru said:

"I know you like quietness, and Wen Yan is a sensible child. He won't cause you any trouble."

Su Rutang sneered in his heart.

This child is not a threat to her mind, but to her skin and her life.

"If my husband insists, then I can only make a new choice."

Zhou Wenyi and the other two looked at each other.

He knelt down in fear and said, "Father, please take it back and let Aunt Ru raise Zhou Wenyan."

"Father. Mother has a lot of housework to do. There are at least 20 to 30 things to do every day.

These trivial matters have already made my mother work hard, why should I make her work harder and more worried?"