The daily life of a concubine's daughter

During the New Year's Day, the mistress fell ill, and the Duke Zhenguo's mansion was in chaos for a while.

Although all the lower-level matters have been arranged, the higher-level matters, such as ancestor worship and welcoming guests, must be managed by a female host.

In Tangdi Courtyard, Zheng took medicine and had breakfast and then lay down, but she didn't dare to sleep. She endured for an hour, her eyes were red with fever, but there was still no movement from Fu Nanjun.

The second and third rooms will be separated in the future, and they can ignore the dignity of the Duke's Mansion, but as the Duke's wife, she cannot ignore it.

No matter how strong-willed one is, one cannot make any mistakes at this critical juncture. Therefore, one hopes that Fu Nanjun will take the initiative to take over the work of the head of the family.

She was sure that Fu Nanjun would come, so that she could show off while managing the household chores and reduce her prestige as a mother-in-law.

For the sake of the dignity of the whole mansion, she gritted her teeth and endured it, hoping to find a way to deal with her after she recovered from her illness.

But I never expected that Fu Nanjun would not come.

At this moment, she looked at the desolation in front of the bed and suddenly tears fell from her eyes, feeling even more miserable.

The eldest son Shi Mingwu came to see her early in the morning and then went out with the Duke to give gifts.

The second son was bedridden.

The three sons are recovering from their injuries.

The youngest daughter is bedridden.

Zheng's face was very thin, showing a somewhat decadent and old look. Although she was surrounded by luxury, she still gave people a feeling of being shabby and dejected.

Nanny Jin felt sad, and hurriedly found a handkerchief to wipe her tears, and gently advised: "Madam, don't panic. I will go and ask the eldest lady to come over. If she refuses, the young master will not agree."

Zheng beat her chest in anger and said bitterly, "We wanted to divorce each other before. If Mingwu got angry, it would be just what she wanted! Now that I'm sick, she's probably even more proud and thinks she has cured me.

How could I have done anything wrong to her in the past? Why did she have to humiliate me like this and stand by and watch coldly? I worked so hard for the Duke's Mansion. Wouldn't the Duke's Mansion belong to her and Mingwu in the future? She really has a dark and cruel heart!

I've been so busy for this family that I'm exhausted, just like a donkey working on a millstone. No one has ever been grateful to me, and I'm afraid they all resent me in secret. Don't ask for anything, just let it be. Anyway, I'm not the only one who's embarrassed."

Nanny Jin said, "Madam, please don't say angry words. If you get angry with the people inside, you will be laughed at by the people outside. It's not worth it. If you delay the master's business, it will be your fault. Why bother?"

Madam, please take a nap. I will go to the house to call her. How dare she, a daughter-in-law, not come? After all, she is the granddaughter of the Grand Tutor. She dare not be so ignorant. "

Zheng had no other choice but to nod with tears in her eyes.

Unexpectedly, Nanny Jin came to Handan Courtyard and invited again and again, which could be said to be three visits to the thatched cottage.

If it were Liu Bei, he would have even invited Zhuge Liang to come out of seclusion, but Nanny Jin didn't even get to meet Fu Nanjun.

Nanny Han said ashamedly, "Please be understanding, Madam. Our grandmother has been ill for a long time. She has not been feeling well for a few days. In the past two days, she has had her period. Her hands and feet are cold. When I touched her forehead in the morning, it was a little hot.

I am feeling even less energetic today and haven't even gotten up yet. How can I dare take the food? I am afraid that I might make a mistake while I am distracted, which would bring bad luck to the new year, which would not be good.

There is more than one grandma in the mansion. The third wife, the third grandma, the fourth grandma, who is not better than the grandma? Sister, please spare our grandma. "

Nanny Jin felt a bitter taste in her mouth.

How can the sister-in-law, the third wife, or the nephew's wife from another room be as useful as your own daughter-in-law?

If the power of household expenses falls into the hands of the second and third wives, not only will they owe favors to others, but they will also run into trouble when they try to take it back.

Or maybe they dismissed the eldest wife's confidant and replaced him with their own people, and they were afraid that replacing them would damage the harmony and offend people.

It would be different if Fu Nanjun took over. She was easy to use in the past, and the interests of the grandmother and the wife are the same, so there is no need to dismiss the wife's people. It would be natural for the mother-in-law to take power from her daughter-in-law.

Nanny Jin talked her heart out but in the end she was unable to meet Fu Nanjun and had to leave in embarrassment.

She walked slowly back to Tangdi Courtyard, and seeing Zheng Shi, who couldn't sleep and was waiting for her anxiously, she made up her mind and replied hesitantly:

"Grandma is ill and can't get up today. Madam, please make plans early. Grandma is not the only one who can be entrusted with the affairs of the mansion."

After hearing this, Zheng felt as if she was about to breathe her last. She murmured, "Next year, when the seventh son gets married, we will immediately hold a wedding and marry the fourth son of Ge into our family. During the New Year, I will urge the master to ask for marriage from the Ge family..."

Coincidentally, Rong, Shi Yao, Tao Ziyi, Gong Xuan and other female relatives came to visit the patient.

Shi Yao just came here to join in the fun.

The younger generation came in, bowed across the screen, said a few words of concern, and then left to have tea outside to avoid catching a cold.

Shan Rong stayed to talk.

Nanny Jin looked at her as if she were her own mother and served her diligently, calling on the maids to serve tea and fruit. She also personally brought a round stool covered with a thick brocade mattress and invited Rong to sit at the head of the bed.

Rong said angrily, "Why didn't you let anyone know that your sister-in-law was ill? If we hadn't gone to pay our respects to the old lady and she had specifically told us about it, we would probably still be in the dark.

The old lady wanted to come too, but we stopped her because it was cold. Sister-in-law, just take care of yourself and recover. Everyone in the mansion cares about you."

Zheng had been struggling for half a day, her back sweating. She had no choice but to hold on because she couldn't let go of the pile of things in the mansion. By this time, she was exhausted and dizzy.

She knew that the lady didn't come because she was afraid of catching her cold, but Rong's words were so nice that she didn't care.

If she doesn't want to come, then she won't come. It would be fine if her daughter-in-law laughed at her, but if her mother-in-law also laughed at her, she wouldn't be able to see anyone for the whole year.

"Sister, you came at the perfect time. I was just looking for someone to entrust all the affairs of the mansion to..."

Of course, Rong will not take over easily.

The lady ordered her to come because she had heard that there was no movement in the Handan Courtyard. She specifically called them to pay their respects and then asked them to come to the Tangdi Courtyard to give Zheng a way out and hand over the household supplies smoothly.

The two sisters-in-law pushed each other around, and finally Rong took over the household management temporarily, and asked Tao Ziyi, Gong Xuan, Qi Wan and Wang Fan to assist.

In Zheng's eyes, after Rong took power from her, her smile was radiant and she had quite the authority of a mistress of the house, which was in stark contrast to her own listless appearance.

Then he looked at the respectful and solemn second wife's wives Tao Ziyi and Qi Wan, then at Rong's daughters-in-law Gong Xuan and Wang Fan, and finally thought of those two troublesome things in his own family. He was unable to breathe and fainted as soon as he closed his eyes.

"Madam! Madam!" Gong Xuan rushed to the bed, worried.

Rong's smile faded a little and he lowered his eyes slightly.

Here the daughter-in-law is closer to her elder sister-in-law than to her, calling her Madam all the time, as if she is addressing her.

The sister-in-law was sick, but she didn't tell anyone, not even Gong Xuan. The daughter-in-law was probably just being overly sentimental.