Chapter 103 Aunt Zhou's first scene in the mansion
On the way to the west wing with Zhou Yao, Dan Gui did not forget to introduce Zhou Yao to the situation of Ting Fengyue.
"Aunt Zhou, although the west wing is a little off, there is a moon door there. It is more private and independent, and it is closer to the study..."
"Is this... arranged by the princess?" Zhou Yao asked tentatively.
"Yes." Dangui nodded, "The princess sincerely hopes that Aunt Zhou can help the consort revive his memory."
She is not taking care of the princess personally, so how can she know what the princess is thinking? She is just picking out nice things to say to Zhou Yao.
After all, she is also an aunt.
Although my aunt's status is only a little higher than that of girls like them, she has given birth to a son to the uncle after all.
In the deep courtyard, the son is a talisman.
Otherwise, how come the princess, who is not allowed to take concubines by her husband according to the clan rules, still accepts her into the house?
Didn’t his son play a role?
"By the way," Zhou Yao asked, "You told me so many things, but I still don't know your name?"
"My servant Dangui is a second-class girl in the mansion. If anything happens to Aunt Zhou in the future, just give me your orders."
"Dangui, I look at you very much like my sister from my hometown, but we have been separated since childhood."
"I always feel a sense of intimacy toward you as if I were seeing a sister. My sister used to like jade bracelets and jade hairpins the most, but at that time, my family was poor and could not afford these things..."
Zhou Yao put the child on the bed, then took off the jade bracelet from her wrist, "I want to give this to you, just as I fulfilled my sister's wish."
"This is……"
When Dangui saw that the bracelet was crystal clear and moist, she knew it was worth a lot.
She hurriedly refused, "Aunt Zhou, this is too valuable and I cannot accept it."
"I said, how about you just think that I fulfilled my sister's wish that I couldn't satisfy at that time?"
Zhou Yao insisted on putting the bracelet on Dangui's hand, and then praised, "Look, it really looks better when you are young!"
Seeing that the shiny bracelet made her wrist whiter, Dangui couldn't help but smile.
"Thank you so much, Aunt Zhou!"
"If you want, you can call me sister instead of aunt..."
When it comes to winning people's hearts, Zhou Yao has always been successful.
After all, she is a prostitute in a brothel. No matter how decent a man is, she can control him in the palm of her hand, let alone a little girl who is inexperienced in the world.
Although her money was stolen from her at the inn, she was already short of money, but even so, she was never stingy when it came to spending it on people and sophistication.
With Dangui having such a good thing in hand, how could she not try her best to help herself?
What she can get from Dangui in the future will definitely be more valuable than this jade bracelet.
"By the way, Aunt Zhou," Dangui looked over happily, "Mother Wen just sent someone here and said she had found a nanny for the young master and she would send someone over later..."
"Nanny?" Zhou Yao didn't expect that the old lady would help him find a wet nurse.
But she immediately laughed at herself, saying that the old lady was not helping her, but just caring about her grandson.
She didn't focus on this, but continued to talk to Dangui.
Through insinuations, she began to understand the current situation of the Chen family that had been missing recently.
Slowly, she brought the topic to Biyu.
When she learned that Biyu had climbed onto Chen Shaoan's bed openly and openly on the day Chen Shaoan returned home, Zhou Yao almost cut off her fingernails.
Zhou Yao, you are really capable. I haven’t seen you for two months, and yet you actually succeeded.
However, if you think that climbing into bed counts as success, you are totally wrong.
After Dangui left, she sat by the bed and looked at the child lying on the bed, waving his hands and kicking his feet, her face no longer showing the loving energy it had just now.
After staying in a brothel for a long time, she saw through human feelings and became ruthless herself.
She still disliked her biological son who would drag her into the Duke's palace and give it to others, let alone this purchased child.
Although the child's features and eyes were similar to hers, she had no blood connection with him at all, and naturally had no motherly love for him.
Even if the child stretched out his arms to her countless times while lying on the bed, she didn't want to hold the child for a moment longer.
However, when Wen's mother came in with her wet nurse, she quickly picked up the child.
The nanny's surname was Xue Hongmei, she was also a child of the same family, and she was not much older than Zhou Yao.
Not long after she gave birth to her daughter, her milk supply was abundant.
When the young master met Nanny Xue for the first time, he lay in her arms and was very affectionate. Mother Wen nodded with satisfaction.
"Hongmei, it seems that the young master likes you very much. Then you can stay with Aunt Zhou and help her take good care of the young master. Do you understand?"
"Don't worry, Mama Wen, Hongmei will take good care of the young master!"
Mother Wen sent someone over without stopping, and immediately went back to report to the old lady.
Seeing that Zhou Yao had a nanny, she no longer missed her child or cared about it. She was happy and pure.
"Nanny, take the child to the next room. I'm tired and want to have a good rest."
"Okay Aunt Zhou!"
Xue Hongmei left with her children, but Zhou Yao did not rest. Instead, she took the opportunity to go to the study room separated by a wall.
This was the first time she entered Chen Shaoan's study. Half of the wall was filled with ancient books, and the combination of the aroma of books and incense gave her a comfortable and natural feeling.
While Zhou Yao was relaxing in this situation, he suddenly caught a glimpse of the bed behind the bookshelf.
Seeing this bed, she thought of Chen Shaoan and Biyu having a rough time on it, and suddenly she felt that the smell of the study was particularly unpleasant.
Stomping her feet angrily, she looked around for what she was looking for.
Soon, she discovered the seven-stringed guqin hanging on the wall.
She remembered that Chen Shaoan had repeatedly said in his letters that when they first met, he bought a guqin at a high price as a token of their love.
However, due to various reasons, he had carved the characters on the guqin, but he had not yet sent it out. He kept it in his study.
Sure enough, when she got close to the guqin, she really saw the word "Yao Qin" on it.
It can be seen that the owner's care is very good, and this guqin has been well preserved.
She reached out to take off the guqin, hugged the guqin and quickly left the study that made her unhappy.
Since it was given to her as a token of love, she would naturally take it away.
Back in the west chamber, Zhou Yao put the piano on the table.
Since she left the brothel, she has never touched the guqin again, and she doesn't know if she has a baby.
Not daring to let anyone hear her practicing secretly, she found her child's swaddling clothes and put them under the strings, and then silently practiced her fingering...
Until dark.
When Zhou Yao observed the girl at the door of the room, the servant helped the drunken Chen Shaoan into the study, and she took away the swaddling clothes that were placed under the strings.
This time, she fiddled with the strings smoothly...