The elder Beigong was stunned for only a moment, and then asked his confidants to send the concubine, mother and child to Zhuangzi in the south overnight. He only told the outside world that the child died at birth.
From then on, Mr. Beigong was convinced that he had a hidden disease and could not give birth to a healthy child. In order to keep this secret, he no longer dared to let his wife and concubines get pregnant. A lot of musk kernels were added to the daily spices in each house.
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After drinking the tea served by the new wife, each room was given a greeting gift. Mrs. Beigong prepared a pair of jade bracelets of average quality, which were not packed in boxes. The maid carried them on a tray, for fear that others would not know that she gave them to her.
It's like a jade bracelet.
Mingruo smiled and thanked her, and asked the autumn water to be put away.
The second wife of Beigong also gave a pair of bracelets, but they were made of suet jade, with a fine and oily texture. At first glance, they were more expensive than the pair given by the first lady of Beigong. The three and four bedrooms were all owned by the concubine of the old lady of Beigong.
It’s a big deal, but the things delivered are not bad either.
In such a comparison, the jade bracelet given by Mrs. Beigong, my mother-in-law, was outclassed.
Mrs. Beigong only thought that her daughter-in-law did not grow up in Zhongzhou and had not seen anything good, so she chose a pair of bracelets of average quality. She thought that the other three families were not too interested in the Helian family, who was raised in the west boundary.
My daughter, I didn’t expect that everyone brought good things and came out to make her face.
Mrs. Beigong's second wife had a smile on her lips. Everyone knew that Mrs. Beigong was partial to Beigong Langyue. Even if she looked down on 'Helian Yaohua' who grew up in the western border, she still wanted to do well in front of the old lady. Only.
Her sister-in-law is not from a high family background and her eyesight is shallow.
Mrs. Beigong was originally dissatisfied with her eldest daughter-in-law. If her eldest son had not insisted on marrying her back then, the Zhao family would have been out of the scope of their marriage based on their family status, even among the lowest-ranking families in Yunling City.
Girls who come from a small family have poor social and political vision and would like to move everything from Beigong's family to her parents' house. This is why Mrs. Beigong has been in charge of the family herself over the years and has not left it to her eldest daughter-in-law.
Everyone present could see that Mrs. Beigong looked unhappy.
The second wife of Beigong came out to smooth things over: "What kind of meeting gift has my mother prepared for Yaohua? Come and bring it out to open our eyes."
Mrs. Beigong prepared an emerald statue of Avalokitesvara and a golden pearl head and face, which you can tell at a glance are of great value.
When Mrs. Beigong saw this, she felt ashamed and angry. She thought that when she came in, the old lady only gave her a set of emerald hair and face, and she had never given such a generous greeting gift.
Ming Ruo didn't show much expression when she saw this, she just said thank you respectfully. Mrs. Beigong suspected that her daughter-in-law had never seen the world and couldn't tell the difference between high and low things.
Ming Ruo was used to seeing big scenes, and these things were not worth mentioning in front of cheap dads, cheap masters, or the Supreme Emperor, who all delivered things in boxes.
Mingruo is very suitable for Mrs. Beigong's eyes. She is delicate but not charming, gorgeous but not vulgar, and has the demeanor of a noble lady. Looking at her unfazed behavior, she becomes even more satisfied.
"Okay, let's have breakfast." Mrs. Beigong said.
The second wife of Beigong stepped forward to support the old lady of Beigong: "I asked the small kitchen to make steamed lamb with milk. It steamed for two hours. It is very soft and rotten. Mother will eat more later."
"Okay." Mrs. Beigong smiled and nodded.
Mingruo and "Young Master Beigong" followed Mr. Beigong and his wife and walked together to the flower hall where they were dining.
The Beigong family usually eats in each room in their own courtyard, and sends one or two fresh or nutritious foods to the old lady every day as a sign of filial piety. Only during holidays or when there is a new child, they will be used together.
meal.
There were two large round tables in the flower hall, and men and women sat separately.
Mrs. Beigong loves her eldest grandson very much, and the 'eldest young master Beigong' always sits next to Mrs. Beigong.
Beigong Langyue has a withdrawn personality. Usually when everyone eats together, he only eats the dish in front of him. If someone else takes the dish in front of him, he will not eat again.
Everyone knows this habit, so every time we have a meal together, Grandma Wei will choose a delicious stew and put it in front of the eldest young master. Others also make a convention not to pick up the dish in front of him.
This kind of information can be easily collected. But today, Si Haochen was in a bit of a dilemma. Aunt Wei put a bowl of stewed mutton in front of the 'eldest young master'...
Ming Ruo felt that Si Haochen was a little pitiful. He didn't like stewed mutton the most. After all, she was a new wife, so it was normal for her not to understand the 'rules'.
Ming Ruo sandwiched fried Yong Tau Fu and stir-fried shrimps and put them into Si Haochen's bowl.
Aunt Wei was about to say that the eldest young master would not eat the food served by others and would not even eat this bowl of rice again. She also winked at the little girl waiting next to her and asked for another bowl of rice.
I saw the weird 'eldest young master' not only ate the dishes served by the young lady, but also eating them deliciously.
The performance of 'Beigong Langyue' surprised everyone, but Mrs. Beigong found it interesting and said with a smile: "Yaohua, give Langyue some bamboo shoots."
Ming Ruo was speechless. Mrs. Beigong loved teasing people too much. Information said that Beigong Langyue didn't like eating bamboo shoots and radishes, and would not touch any dish containing these two ingredients.
Ming Ruo followed her instructions and added a chopstick to her husband, thinking about what Si Haochen would do.
The 'Master Beigong' didn't refuse, but he didn't eat it as happily as before. He chewed a bamboo shoot in his mouth for a long time. Anyone with a discerning eye could tell at a glance - he didn't like eating this.
"Oh, how pitiful you are." Mrs. Beigong only thought her grandson wouldn't eat it, but she didn't expect it to be like this. "Yaohua, hurry up and take out all the bamboo shoots. Lang Yue doesn't like eating them."
"Okay." Mingruo did as Mrs. Beigong said, feeling in her heart that Oscar owed Si Haochen a statuette.
Mrs. Beigong thought for a moment and said, "Yaohua doesn't have to come to me every day to say hello. Just take good care of Lang Yue."
"My granddaughter-in-law has taken note of it." Ming Ruo was having a headache over this matter. Mrs. Beigong had to go to the old lady to serve her every day.
Logically speaking, she had to serve her mother-in-law first, and then the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law went to serve the old lady together.
Looking at Mrs. Beigong's performance today, she is trying her best to give herself a show of strength. However, her husband is a fool and cannot support her.
With Mrs. Beigong’s words, she doesn’t have to go to Mrs. Beigong to set rules. Happy!
Mrs. Beigong's hand holding the chopsticks was so hard that her knuckles turned white. It took many years for a daughter-in-law to become a mother-in-law. She had a daughter-in-law to give her orders, but the old lady protected her so tightly.
Everyone spent the breakfast with their own thoughts, and Mingruo returned to Qingqiuyuan with a bunch of gifts and her stupid husband.
As soon as he entered the courtyard, he heard Xia Sheng say: "The young master has not asked for any paintings lately... Come back in a few days..."
