Changsheng: Peak at the Beginning

A few days before Wang Ruofu was scheduled to leave, Old Lady Sheng from Shou'an Hall noticed that Wei Ruixuan had not packed his luggage, so she asked the housekeeper nearby. When she heard that Sheng Hong had persuaded Wang Ruofu to postpone his trip, her expression did not change at all, but her eyes became much deeper.

Mother Fang looked at Old Lady Sheng with concern and said carefully, "If the Madam doesn't go out and the guy from Linqi Pavilion doesn't do anything, what should we do?"

Old Madam Sheng let out a long breath, "That depends on what Wei himself thinks..."

Mother Fang thought about it and agreed. Anyway, it was Wei who leaked the news first, so the old lady just had to wait for Wei to send someone over.

The clever Minglan had already discovered that her mother had actually asked Xiaodie to secretly take out the share of their yard and sell it to send the money to the Wei family!

Minglan couldn't tell how she felt. She just felt like she had wronged her father and misjudged her mother. She murmured, "Mother, it turns out that Miss Lin and Miss Da didn't deduct our share..."

Wei Xiaoniang prided herself on being noble, and she sent her share back to her parents' home because she thought she couldn't use it all anyway, and now that the money was in her hands, she could use it however she wanted.

Now, she couldn't help but blush when she heard Minglan say this. No matter how she comforted and deceived herself, she could not hide the fact that she was using the Sheng family's things to support her mother's family.

Wei Xiaoniang took a deep breath and explained to Minglan, "Ming'er, Lin Xiaoniang and the eldest lady deducted our courtyard's share, but later they made up for it. Now I just thought that there were things that I couldn't use up, so I asked your sister Xiaodie to sell them for money."

Minglan instinctively didn't want to delve further into the matter, but she heard Wei Xiaoniang ask her, "Ming'er, do you want to live in the old lady's yard?"

Minglan didn't understand why the conversation suddenly turned into this, but she was avoiding spending time with Wei Xiaoniang at this time, so she nodded hastily, "The old lady even asked Fang Mama to bring butterfly cakes for Xiaotao and me."

Wei Xiaoniang felt comforted in her heart, and a loving smile appeared on her face. She continued, "Your sister Hualan is about to get married, and your grandmother will have no one to accompany her. It would be great if you could go to Shou'an Hall to accompany the old lady tomorrow."

Although Minglan avoided Wei Xiaoniang at the moment, she had never thought of leaving her mother. She understood what Wei Xiaoniang meant and immediately became anxious: "I don't want to go to Shou'an Hall, I don't want to leave my mother!"

Wei Xiaoniang didn't expect Minglan to be so excited all of a sudden, and she even retorted, but thinking that Minglan was still just a child, she quickly explained: "Ming'er, your sister Hualan is naturally needless to say. She was raised by the whole family and has been arranged to marry in the Earl's Mansion in the capital. The fourth girl is also your father's treasure, and with the love of Lin Xiaoniang, her future prospects are not bad."

"Your fifth sister is the eldest lady's second daughter. Even though she is not overly cared for by the old lady and your father, the eldest lady will definitely consider her wholeheartedly. Besides, your sister Hualan can help her."

"You are the only one in this family. Your father treats you normally, and I am a person of no ability and not favored. I cannot give you any future, so you should go and accompany your grandmother."

Wei Xiaoniang's words were undoubtedly an attempt to entrust her son to Minglan. Minglan also realized that something was not right and rejected Wei Xiaoniang's proposal again. No matter what Wei Xiaoniang said, she refused to give in. The mother and daughter were in a stalemate until Wei Xiaoniang suddenly felt a sharp pain in her stomach and she almost slipped to the ground.

Wei Xiaoniang's painful look scared Minglan, but at least she remembered to look for someone, so she ran out and found Xiaodie. When Xiaodie entered the room and saw that Wei Xiaoniang's body was wet, she realized that she was about to give birth, so she hurriedly found someone to send a message to Weiruixuan to call for help.

Wang Ruofu was furious when she received the news. She still hated that she couldn't go back to visit her uncles and aunts because of Wei Xiaoniang's childbirth, so when she walked to Wei Xiaoniang's yard, she was still full of resentment. Especially when she heard the midwife say that Wei Xiaoniang had a difficult delivery and might be in danger of her life, she couldn't help but snorted coldly: "What's wrong with her? She's a starving ghost who's reincarnated! She didn't know the taboos after giving birth to a baby!"

Mother Liu couldn't stop herself from wanting to take the baby, so she stepped forward and said to the midwife, "Please use all your strength to help my daughter give birth. The benefits are self-evident. We will also ask the doctor for help right away!"

As she spoke, Madam Liu stuffed a silver coin into the midwife's hand. The midwife smiled happily as soon as she received it. She turned to Wang Ruofu and said with a smile: "Madam, you are so virtuous and generous. I will do my best!"

Wang Ruofu also knew that she had said the wrong thing, so she quickly forced a smile and urged the midwife to try again, while Mother Liu asked someone to invite a familiar doctor.

There was quite a commotion at Wei Xiaoniang's place. Wang Ruofu's imposing manner when she entered the room frightened Minglan and made her stop crying, but her wailing had already alarmed Lin Qige.

Lin Qinshuang chuckled and glanced in the direction of Wei Xiaoniang's yard, not intending to move at all. "That Wei Xiaoniang is really a character. She is so cruel to herself that she is willing to use her life to pave the way for Minglan and the baby in her belly."

Zhou Xuenniang sighed and pretended to be sorry, "It's a pity that Wei Xiaoniang is too stubborn. She thinks that if she loses her child, the main courtyard or Shou'an Hall will adopt her. She doesn't think that the Sixth Miss's marriage is in the hands of the master, and the master will most likely listen to you, Xiaoniang."

Lin Qinshuang seemed to have thought of something, and smiled more meaningfully: "The old lady always talks about friendship all her life, I just want to see what kind of family she can find for Minglan in the future!"

Molan was sitting in front of the window looking at the account book. Although Lin Qinshuang declined the job of housekeeper, in fact, Wang Ruofu had no control over Linqi Pavilion, Shou'an Hall, or Changfeng's yard.

The expenses of Linqi Pavilion have always been high, and Molan can learn a lot from it.

Molan heard everything Lin Qinshuang and Zhou Xuenniang said, but she just listened to them and didn't take them to heart. She didn't care whether Wei Xiaoniang took the initiative to raise the baby in her belly and wanted to commit suicide during the delivery, or wanted to take the baby with her. But Minglan had already decided to send her to Shou'an Hall for education.

She was actually a little confused. Why didn't Wei Xiaoniang think about living? Since she couldn't accept being a concubine, why was she bought back by Wang Ruofu?

Since you are not satisfied with being a concubine, you can just ask to return home. Why do you have to gamble your life on an unpredictable future?

Molan never thought that she was any different from Hualan and Rulan until one day she noticed Wei Xiaoniang and came back to ask Lin Qinshuang about the difference between concubines. When she realized that Lin Qinshuang was seen by the world as a lowly concubine whose indenture was controlled by others and could be sold at any time, she understood why Lin Qinshuang always took the initiative to tease Wang Ruofu and wanted to occupy Sheng Hong so tyrannically.

Because she was deeply disturbed.

So even though she knew very well that Sheng Hong was sometimes unreliable, she had to confirm her position in Sheng Hong's mind over and over again.