The wind is gentle and the fun is endless

Behind the eldest aunt was a young woman, and behind the woman were two older maids, one of whom was holding a baby in her arms, and behind them were two young maids. These people were wearing the same servants' clothing, which was very elegant, and it was obvious that they came from a wealthy family.

Since they were already so close, and in front of so many outsiders, Huanhuan took three or five steps forward politely, bowed and greeted her.

The eldest aunt's face turned pale. She just tilted her head to glance at Huanhuan, said nothing, and continued walking forward.

It was slow and calm, as if he had already guessed it would be like this, so he just stood there quietly.

After the eldest aunt and her group walked away, Jiang Liwan came over, looked at the eldest aunt and her group gradually going away, and said to Huanhuan: "I heard you call the one walking in the front the eldest aunt? She is the wife of Duke Dingguo who has the most troubles and is the most domineering?"

Huanhuan was about to say something, but Jiang Liwan looked back at Huanhuan, then continued to look in the direction of the group, and said as if talking to herself: "Don't ask me how I know this, my family has investigated Xu Qu, so we naturally know this kind of person."

Huanhuan didn't say anything after hearing that. Jiang Liwan completely withdrew her gaze at this time, looked at Huanhuan, curled her lips and said to herself: "After seeing you today, it's true that your reputation is well-deserved. Fortunately, I didn't marry into the Xu family back then."

Suddenly, Jiang Liwan smiled mysteriously and said to Huanhuan, "Let's go and watch the fun!" Huanhuan couldn't help but refuse, so she took Huanhuan's hand and chased in the direction of her aunt and her group.

Jiang Liwan was jogging slowly, but when she saw her aunt and her group of people, she was afraid of being discovered, so she slowed down. After walking a few steps, she was afraid of losing them, so she quickened her pace again. Until finally she saw her aunt and her group enter the apricot garden, and then close the gate with a "bang".

Jiang Liwan saw them close the door, and her spirits suddenly disappeared. She didn't pull them and ran away slowly, muttering, "It's boring, really boring!"

Huanhuan was not a martial artist, and after being dragged along so fast and slow, she was already out of breath. She asked breathlessly, "Why are you chasing them?"

Jiang Liwan seemed to be reminded of something when she heard this. She giggled and said, "I saw that the clothes of those servants were different from those of the servants in your house. I'm afraid they are not from your house, right?"

Huanhuan replied, "No." She then said, "Let me tell you, I have a cousin who is very close to the Duke's Mansion. She just told me an interesting story about the Duke's Mansion a while ago..." Just when she said this, she clapped her hands again and said to herself, "No, I can't miss this good opportunity to watch a show." Then, without saying anything, she pulled Huanhuan out of the gate of Xingyuan, and gestured to her maid and Xiaoyu who were far away and had not caught up with her, asking them not to come over.

Jiang Liwan didn't dare to push too hard, so she just gently pushed the door of the apricot garden, but it didn't budge. She then slowly walked around the wall of the apricot garden, and unexpectedly found a sturdy camphor tree growing close to the wall on the southwest outer wall of the yard. The tree was very lush, and half of its branches and leaves extended into the garden.

Jiang Liwan climbed up the tree in a few steps, then waved to Huanhuan, signaling Huanhuan to come up as well. Huanhuan shook her head, whispered "I can't go up", and stood still. Jiang Liwan just stretched out her arms, posing as if she wanted to pull Huanhuan up, and kept making expressions to urge Huanhuan. Seeing how persistent she was, Huanhuan had no choice but to grab her hand and climb up the tree. Then, she led Huanhuan to sit on the courtyard wall under the cover of the leaves, stepping on the branches. Then, Jiang Liwan made a "hush" gesture, excitedly signaling Huanhuan to observe the situation in the yard.

Slowly through the gaps between the leaves, I saw my aunt standing not far from the courtyard gate, and the five people in servants' clothes were kneeling on the ground in the formation they had just formed outside.

The eldest aunt's excited and high-pitched voice came over intermittently with the breeze: "I treat you like my own daughter... I teach you everything I know... and you actually..."

The maid who was kneeling on the ground and closest to the eldest aunt raised her head and said something to her excitedly. Because they were too far away, only fragments of her words could be heard: "... How can they not let him go after twenty-six or twenty-seven... He is a duke, what can a maid like me do..." After saying that, she lowered her head to wipe away her tears.

The expression of the eldest aunt gradually changed from furious to cold, but her voice still contained a lot of resentment: "Why doesn't he come?... You wish..."

Then the maid said something else, and finally the eldest aunt simply yelled, "Get out of here!" Then she flicked her sleeves and walked towards the main house. After entering the house, she slammed the door shut, leaving the five maids still kneeling in the wind.

The baby in the arms of the older maid was probably awakened by the noise and started crying loudly. The maid who had just spoken to the eldest aunt immediately stood up and walked over to hold the baby and comfort her. The other maids also stood up, and then they surrounded the maid who had just spoken, shielding her from the wind and letting her feed the baby. After feeding, the five of them opened the door and left the apricot garden.

This series of events was confusing to everyone, but Jiang Liwan was so happy that she couldn't even straighten her back.

The two of them came down from the tree and called the maid to go back to Xinyuan. On the way, Jiang Liwan couldn't wait to ask Huanhuan: "Do you want to know what I'm laughing at?"

"Of course I did! I'm just wondering." With so many strange things happening, Huanhuan was completely clueless.

Jiang Liwan was also a straightforward person who didn't keep things a secret, and said, "Let me tell you, the maid who was feeding the baby just now should be Hongwen, the personal maid of the wife of Duke Dingguo in the Duke's Mansion."

He asked slowly, "How did you know?"

Jiang Liwan said, "My cousin said that the Duke's wife's personal maid Hongwen and Duke Dingguo just gave birth to a son not long ago."

This was really shocking. Huan Xu was so shocked that she stuttered: "Is this really true? I just heard my aunt say that she especially trusted the maid who fed her. But just because she just gave birth to a child and is trusted, we can't conclude that it was the maid Hong Wen, right?"

Jiang Liwan said, "Didn't you hear her say she won't let her go until she's twenty-six or twenty-seven? This is the same thing my cousin told me. The head maid Hongwen is especially trusted because she's capable, but because she's too capable, the Duke's wife is reluctant to release her, and she's still not married until she's twenty-six or twenty-seven."

Slowly said: "That's really not right."

Jiang Liwan also said, "Isn't it! I don't know if it was for revenge or something else, but the Duke's wife didn't know when she started having an affair with Duke Dingguo. It wasn't until she became pregnant and couldn't hide it anymore that the Duke's wife found out."

He said in surprise: "That's true. My aunt is so proud and arrogant that she won't tolerate even a grain of sand in her eyes. She must feel extremely humiliated."

Jiang Liwan curled her lips and said, "So, I heard that she got so angry after she found out that she fell ill. I heard that she was ill for several months."

Huanhuan seemed to be thinking about something, and said, "No wonder, she said she was sick, so she didn't even attend our wedding."

Jiang Liwan said excitedly, "The Duke's wife must have been really angry. She refused to agree to the Duke's taking Hongwen as a concubine, and she also forbade anyone to spread the news. She was probably waiting to drive Hongwen away as soon as the child was born. The two sides were arguing until the child was born, and it was a boy. Duke Dingguo had a wife and many concubines, but they all gave birth to daughters, not sons. He didn't want to pass the title to his nephew, so he was very happy when he finally gave birth to a son, and insisted on taking Hongwen as a concubine. The Duke's wife refused to agree to it, and after a big quarrel with Duke Dingguo, she ran away from home and returned to her parents' home."

He nodded slowly and said, "My aunt did come back suddenly, and I heard that the Duke's Mansion couldn't do without her. In the past, when she came back, she would be taken back by the Duke within ten days. But this time, she has been back for more than a month, which means it has been nearly two months."

Jiang Liwan smacked her lips and said, "Tsk tsk, it seems that the Duke is determined this time. He hasn't come for such a long time, and it was Hongwen who came. I heard that Hongwen was the one who took care of the household during her absence. The Duke's Mansion can no longer do without her."

He sighed slowly, "According to what you said, she was the one who suppressed the other person and prevented him from leaving. Unexpectedly, she cultivated a replacement and rival for herself."

"That's right. You really brought this upon yourself." Jiang Liwan sighed again, and then she suddenly said, "Hey, judging from her attitude towards you just now, you must have been bullied by her a lot, right? If she dares to bully you again in the future, you can use this incident to shut her up and let her mind her own business first! How is it? Was my visit very useful this time?"

After hearing this, Huan Huan laughed and said, "It's useful. You are really my honored guest!" After that, he naturally took Jiang Liwan's arm, and the two of them went back to Xinyuan with the maid, talking and laughing all the way.