si-mexico Chapter 58 Don’t you want to?
Chapter 58 Don’t you want to?
"lady."
Shen Ruoyan took off her hair accessories but had not yet fallen asleep.
Chunxi took a cloth bag from the visitor, opened it and saw that it was filled with incense ash mixed with soil.
"Madam, look..."
She held it in both hands. Shen Ruoyan only glanced at it from a distance and said, "Give it to Doctor Xu and ask him to check if there is anything wrong with it."
The boudoir is the farthest place from the outside world. However, you must not be deaf or blind. If you think that sitting firmly in the position of mistress means staying in the house, waiting for servants to serve you, and making decisions out of thin air...
Then, death is not far away!
"Send two more people to Madam Liu recently. Don't relax and keep an eye on Madam Fang. As for the old lady's yard, send more people to see what Nanny Xue is doing these days. Just leave one person at Zhuhong's place."
This mansion may seem simple, but Shen Ruoyan never takes it lightly.
Not only does she have spies everywhere in the backyard, but she also has people everywhere in the outer courtyard. No matter what kind of disturbance there is in the mansion, she can get the news first to avoid being in a passive situation.
The next day, Shen Ruoyan invited Doctor Xu to come to her house on the pretext of having a headache.
"how?"
After giving the thing to Doctor Xu, he smelled it with a serious expression, then rubbed it with his fingers, which made the people around him curious.
What on earth is this?
"Madam, this fragrance can invigorate people's spirits, but if you inhale too much, your life may be in danger." Doctor Xu said it vaguely, but considering that the Marquis has been staying at Liulu's place recently, who can't see that there is something strange?
"Madam, Aunt Liu must be trying to win favor by doing this. I just didn't expect that she would resort to such an unpresentable method."
Qiu Ye was a little disdainful. It was normal for the women in the backyard to compete for favor. Who didn't want to live a better life?
However, they are a marquis's mansion after all. Even if they are an ordinary family, such unconventional practices would be looked down upon.
"The forest is big and there are all kinds of birds. If a person does not care for himself, he will be punished by heaven and earth. She is also trying to survive." Shen Ruoyan sighed and asked someone to put the things away.
When she was selecting people from Qingsongyuan, she saw that Liulu was not a person who would settle down. However, her sister was steady, and it was a good idea for the two sisters to support each other.
However, Liu Lu was still anxious after all.
Fang Rou's favor made her feel extremely unbalanced. In order to win favor, she did not hesitate to take such a risky move.
However, a man's favor and freshness are only temporary. In Shen Ruoyan's opinion, Liu Lu's vision should not be so short-sighted.
An idea flashed through her mind. Shen Ruoyan looked at the incense ash that had already merged into the soil and laughed, "It's not easy for Aunt Liu either. As the mistress, I should help her out. Chunxi, Xiaoyue is young and can't do things very reliably. You can help her clean up."
Chunxi nodded in agreement and walked out quickly.
Qiu Ye watched her leave, somewhat puzzled, "Madam, why should we help Aunt Liu?"
It's fine that the lady herself doesn't want the Marquis's favor, but the Marquis's actions in the past few years have indeed hurt the lady's heart. But in the back house, the mistress and the concubine have always been incompatible. Now that Liu Yi Niang's handle has been discovered, why not tell the Marquis directly and punish her?
"Qiu Ye, you have to understand that women don't have to be enemies. Even if they both marry the same man."
When she was in the harem, Shen Ruoyan understood a truth.
Sometimes, fighting each other to the death may only result in mutual losses.
The best winner is the one who sits on the mountain and watches the tigers fight.
"It's a good thing that Madam Liu wants to compete for my favor. With her around, Madam Fang won't jump in front of me." Shen Ruoyan's gaze passed over her, as if she was looking at a very distant place. It seemed that there was what she really wanted.
Qiu Ye seemed to understand, but she felt that compared to the mistress who was heartbroken because the Marquis looked at other women more, the current mistress was more respectable and likable.
So she nodded and said, "I will obey my mistress."
She was just a maid, so it didn't matter whether she understood or not. She would just do whatever her mistress asked her to do!
Liu Lu caught a cold, but not only did Lu Jing not lose interest in her, but he also sympathized with her. Although he did not stay there overnight, he would take some time every day to visit Liu Lu.
When Fang Rou heard the news, she felt nothing.
When her son left, her heart seemed to have left with him.
What does it matter which woman Lu Jing is with?
He would be like this sooner or later, right? But she had foolishly believed that she was the exception in Lu Jing's heart.
But it turned out that she was so wrong!
"Aunt, the Marquis hasn't come for several days. If this continues, I'm afraid it won't be long before the Marquis forgets about you!" Xiao Tao said anxiously.
She was assigned to serve Fang Rou. Fang Rou was favored before, and people from other courtyards said that she was lucky to be able to rise to high levels by following Aunt Fang.
But now, those people who envied her in the past are laughing at her behind her back!
Having lost the favor of the Marquis, Aunt Fang is nothing in this mansion!
"Just forget it. It will be a relief if you forget it." Fang Rou's heart was as dead as a pool of water. She no longer had any expectations for Lu Jing.
Seeing her decadent appearance, Xiao Tao became even more anxious.
Wherever they were assigned, they would stay there to serve unless their masters didn't want them! If Fang Rou didn't fight for it, then what would the servants do?
After all, the aunt is still half the master. No matter how arrogant those servants are, they dare not bully her openly.
But these servants have to endure cold stares and have no way to seek justice.
"Auntie, you can't think like that! Even if the Marquis hurts your heart, he is still the Marquis, the master of this Marquisate. If Auntie doesn't want love, does that mean she doesn't want to live either?"
Xiao Tao, an outsider, saw Fang Rou's feelings for Lu Jing.
So Fang Rou's disheartened state, in her opinion, was just self-pity after falling out of favor.
That's the Marquis! The real master of the Marquis's Mansion! It's normal to have three wives and four concubines. Can we still expect him to be devoted to the other concubine?
Xiao Tao felt that Aunt Fang cared too much about whether the Marquis loved her or not, and was a bit stubborn.
It’s just right that I’ve fallen out of favor now. Isn’t it great to just fight for favor?
But Fang Rou didn't understand, and laughed at herself, "Life? What hope do I have for living?"
Her own son was sent away, the man she loved was with someone else, and everything in this house, although seemingly hers, actually did not belong to her.
A word or an instruction from others can take it all away.
Fang Rou was tired. If her son wasn’t still alive, she would have wanted to die!
How can I still have the thought of competing for favor?
"Aunt, is there really nothing you want in your heart? Nothing you want, and nothing you want to do?" Xiao Tao was anxious. If she wasn't so ugly, she would have wanted to go into battle for Fang Rou!
"Even if I don't do it for myself, think about your family, your brothers and sisters. Don't I want to fight for them and let them live a good life?"
Fang Rou's calm eyes suddenly moved——
"my family?"