Eat the whole family? I emptied the storehouse of the Marquis' Mansion and married the crippled

"Madam Gu, can you tell me why the old marquis and the old lady dislike my daughter so much?"

"If it is really my daughter's fault, she should give up the idea and stay in the backyard honestly, and not offend the old lady."

Nanny Gu held the heavy silver in her hand and thought for a while before she said, "It's not really a secret, it's just that it's been so long and the old people in the mansion are gone, so no one has told anyone about it."

Nanny Gu put the silver in her arms, looked around to see if there was anyone around, and continued, "When the Marquis was young, he was also a famous young talent in the capital. I don't know how many girls he charmed."

"Afterwards, the Marquis got married, and he had seven or eight concubines in the backyard, many of whom were daughters of officials."

"The aunt is of high status, so the old lady naturally doesn't like it. The two of them often quarreled over things in the backyard. Over time, their relationship gradually became worse and worse."

When Mrs. Gu mentioned the old marquis when he was young, the smile on her face became more intense, which shows that the old marquis was truly extraordinary when he was young.

"Then the Marquis simply moved to the military camp and didn't return to the Marquis' Mansion for several months. Later, the old lady's only legitimate daughter, Miss Qi, got chickenpox and was very ill. The old lady sent someone to ask for the old Marquis."

"As a result, on the day when the old marquis came back, he brought back Aunt Xia and Sixth Master from outside. Not long after the old marquis came back, Miss Qi died."

"In less than a year, Aunt Xia also died of chickenpox, and the old marquis adopted the Sixth Master under the name of the old lady."

Luzhu was stunned when she heard this. The old marquis was really a bastard when he was young.

If she were Old Madam Ye, she would probably be angry to death.

And that Aunt Xia, what a coincidence, she also died of chickenpox.

"Has Madam Ye always been harsh towards Master Liu?"

"That's not the case. The Sixth Master was very smart since he was young and never offended the old lady. He passed the imperial examination when he was a teenager and later became a Jinshi. He left the Marquis' Mansion early to seek his own way."

Lu Zhu told Ye Jintang everything she had heard from Mrs. Gu.

"There must have been something else going on back then, otherwise how could the old lady have allowed my father to be registered under her name? She doesn't lack sons."

Ye Jintang sat on the Luohan bed with a fluffy fox fur blanket on his legs and a hand warmer in his arms.

She put down the medical book in her hand and continued, "It was really not easy for my father to live to adulthood under the care of the old lady."

Luzhu didn't understand all these twists and turns, and she agreed to whatever Ye Jintang said.

"Miss, Mrs. Gu is just a gatekeeper. She can't explain the income of the mansion clearly. But she did tell me quietly that when the mansion was renovated thirty years ago, four secret rooms were dug in the mansion."

It's self-explanatory what the darkroom is used for.

Ye Jintang asked excitedly, "Where is the dark room?"

"It's right below the current warehouse. Mrs. Gu knew about this because her husband helped build the darkroom during the renovation."

Ye Jintang was ecstatic and thought to himself, thirty years have passed, and he still doesn't know if this dark room is full.

"Okay, don't ask about this anymore, so as not to alert the enemy."

"Yes, Mrs. Gu took so much money from me, and she only said these two items were really cheap for me."

Luzhu muttered angrily.

"Go get me a scripture. I have nothing to do this afternoon, so I can copy a few pages."

"Do you really want to copy such a thick scripture? Even if you cut your hands, you still can't finish it. It's better for me to help you copy it, it will be faster."

"I'm going to burn the scriptures I copied for my parents. If you do it for me, it would seem that I'm not sincere. Go and get the scriptures. I can copy them very quickly."

Ye Jintang was not used to using brushes, so she asked Zhou Cong to go to the street to buy many brushes for her. In the end, she chose the Wusi brush.

The so-called black silk pen, also known as lead pencil, is very similar to the current pencil, but it is not cylindrical but flat. Nowadays, few people use it, and most of them are painters.

In order to make them easier to use, she specially asked Zhou Cong to help her customize some black-silk pens that looked like pencils. They were just delivered today, so she had a good chance to try them out.

The characters written by Ye Jintang with the black silk brush are easier to control in size than those written with a brush, and the writing speed is also faster. It doesn't take much effort to copy a lot of scriptures.

Lu Zhu, who was serving at the side, watched Ye Jintang quickly write line after line of beautiful hairpin-shaped regular script on the white paper. She widened her eyes in surprise, with a look of disbelief on her face.

She had seen Mrs. Wen write before, and her writing was much slower than Ye Jintang's.

Lu Zhu didn't dare to disturb Ye Jintang from copying scriptures, so she quietly stuffed the heated hot water bottle under the blanket beside Ye Jintang's legs.

I had just put the hot water bottle away. Xuetuan, who had been sleeping next to it, stretched himself, meowed in a baby voice, then lay down next to the hot water bottle and continued to sleep.

Luzhu poked Xuetuan, signaling it to stop barking and not disturb Ye Jintang who was copying scriptures.

I don't know when, tiny snowflakes started floating outside the window again.

Beijing really loves snow in winter, and it comes every few days.

Ye Jintang was busy copying scriptures when he heard voices coming from outside.

"Meet Miss Ran."

"Well, Sixth Sister is in the house."

"Yes, please come in, young lady."

The door curtain was lifted, and Ye Yanran entered the room with her personal maid Su Shu.

There was a thin layer of snow on Ye Yanran's cloak. She untied the cloak and walked into the inner room with a smile on her face.

"What is Sixth Sister busy with?"

"It turns out that my eldest sister is here. Please sit here."

"My grandmother asked me to copy scriptures for my parents. I have just started copying."

Ye Jintang put down his pen and spread out the scriptures he had copied for Ye Yanran to see.

"Why does Sixth Sister like to use the Wusi pen? This pen holder looks very rough and must be uncomfortable to use."

"It's okay. I like writing with a black brush."

Ye Jintang asked Luzhu to pack up her things and brought over the osmanthus tea that she had recently loved drinking.

Ye Yanran sat down and looked around the room unobtrusively as she entered.

From the furniture to the things used by Ye Jintang, he looked at them all one by one.

She thought that as she expected, Ye Jintang must have some money, otherwise he would not have replaced all the furniture in Feicui Garden.

Look at the fox fur blanket that Ye Jintang covered his legs with. Both the workmanship and the materials used are excellent.

Ye Yanran secretly felt lucky that she came to take another look, otherwise she would have been deceived by Ye Jintang.

Looking at the teacup Ye Jintang used, it seemed that the Wen family had indeed given Ye Jintang a lot of silver notes.

"Sixth sister, my cousin brought me some very good snacks this morning. I'm bringing some to you so you can try something new."

As soon as Ye Yanran stretched out her hand, Su Shu put the food box in her hand on the small table.

"There are few flowers in winter, so the ladies in the harem can only spend time on rouge, powder, snacks and tea."

As she spoke, Ye Yanran opened a food box and took out a box of white round cake-shaped snacks.

"This is called Baiyuxiang Cake. The outer skin is made of glutinous rice, and the inside is filled with various flower petals as fillings."

Then she opened the food box on the bottom layer, which contained snacks in three colors: red, yellow, and green. Each snack was shaped like a flower.

"This is called Sanpin Fresh Flower Pastry. The dough is made with fruit juice and flower juice. It tastes very soft. It is filled with eight-treasure nuts and various candied fruits."

"Try whichever you like, and come to me whenever you want to eat it. The most famous dim sum shop in the capital is owned by my grandfather."

Looking at the two boxes of snacks, Ye Jintang had a question mark in her mind. She didn't believe that Ye Yanran would suddenly be so kind as to come and bring her snacks.