The rules are weird, I bribed weird people in the copy

Chapter 216 Lin Mansion 11

Faced with the manager's cold attitude, Ding You felt uncomfortable, but at present he had no choice but to endure it.

Being able to stay in the Lin Mansion is already good. Although I failed to obtain the personal rules, at least I still have a chance to survive.

She would have to be more careful next time.

the other side,

The eldest lady was a little exhausted by Ding You's sudden betrayal.

He closed his eyes, rubbed his swollen forehead and said to Jingyue beside him: "Help me to rest for a while."

Jingyue paused.

The eldest lady noticed her movements and opened her eyes: "What's wrong?"

"Madam, do you still want to reward the girl in the main kitchen?"

The eldest lady then remembered Yun Chu, who had been delayed because of Ding You's matter.

"Forget about the jade bracelets. Go to the box and take out the gold-inlaid jade hairpin as a reward for her."

The water content of the pair of jade bracelets was originally good, but after this incident, it became very unlucky.

Jingyue responded, opened the dressing box where the jade bracelet was previously placed, and took out a gold-inlaid jade hairpin.

Just as she was about to close the box, she thought for a moment and picked up a few small, delicate beads.

Jingyue handed the hairpin and pearl flowers to Yunchu and said with a smile: "This hairpin is perfect for you. You can wear these small pearl flowers when you are not on duty."

Then her smile faded a little: "But I'd like to trouble you not to tell anyone about what happened today."

Yun Chu understood that the extra pearl flowers were a hush money for her. There was a thief in the eldest lady's room, and it was someone closest to her. If this matter were to be made public, the impact would be quite large.

Just when Yun Chu was about to agree, a silver bell-like laughter came from the yard outside the door.

"What's so mysterious that you can't tell anyone?"

Yunchu and Jingyue looked outside at the same time.

I saw a woman in a gorgeous dress coming towards me. Her dress was embroidered with delicate peony patterns, which swayed gently with her steps, as if blooming peonies were dancing.

Her hair was tied up high with a golden phoenix hairpin inserted in it, which sparkled in the sunlight, highlighting her dignity and flamboyance.

This is... Aunt Hua?

Although Yun Chu had never seen her before, from her clothes and accessories, he could almost guess that the flower phoenix in front of him was the arrogant and domineering Aunt Hua.

He came uninvited, so he must have known what was going on with the Madam.

It seems that the eldest lady has quite a few undercover agents, and the news of the incident reached Aunt Hua's ears as soon as it happened.

Aunt Hua walked up to the Madam with a smug smile on her face, sat down without asking, and glanced at Jingyue: "Jingyue, I heard that something happened to the Madam. I was so worried that I couldn't sit still, so I came here immediately."

There was obvious teasing and provocation in her words.

Jingyue's face darkened, but she didn't get angry. She just said calmly: "Madam Hua, you are joking. It's just a small matter."

Aunt Hua smiled softly and turned to look at the eldest lady, her eyes full of sarcasm: "Small matter? Sister, you are the mistress of the Lin Mansion. A thief in the room is not a small matter.

If this gets out, won't people laugh at our poor management of the Lin family?"

"If the master's business rivals knew about this, I don't know how they would ridicule him.

As women, we can’t help the master, but we can’t hinder him, don’t you think so, sister?”

As she spoke, she turned her gaze to Yun Chu, looked him up and down, and a hint of surprise flashed in her eyes.

She rolled her eyes and smiled coquettishly, "Why haven't you seen this little girl before?"

Yun Chu bowed and said, "In reply to Aunt Hua, I am a maid in the kitchen, and I am here to bring mung bean soup to Madam to cool her down."

"Mung bean soup? Why didn't anyone bring it to me? Are you looking down on a mere concubine like me?"

As she spoke, Aunt Hua pretended to be wronged: "It's a pity, the master wanted to marry me as the head lady, but my parents passed away suddenly, and I... Oh, forget it."

Jingyue couldn't bear to see Aunt Hua's behavior, so she stopped talking halfway through her words, and was implicitly accusing her wife of stealing her position as mistress.

But she didn't think about it. How could an orphan like her possibly become the first lady of the Lin family?

Even if her parents were still alive, it would be unlikely. Their family only started a small business to help the old lady.

Without the old lady's help, their family would be just ordinary people.

But her wife was different. In terms of status, her family was a scholarly family, and her father was a sixth-rank official.

The status of scholars, farmers, merchants and artisans can be seen at a glance. After all, her wife married a man of lower status.

Compared to Jingyue's indignation, the eldest lady was not angry at what Hua Yi Niang said.

"Little girl, pour a bowl of mung bean soup for Aunt Hua. It's sunny outside, and Aunt Hua must have sweated a lot on the way here."

She didn't take Aunt Hua's wishful thinking seriously.

As for her saying that the master wanted to marry her as his first wife, it was completely nonsense.

During the Qiqiao Festival, she fell in love with the master at first sight, and within a few days he came to ask for marriage.

If I didn't really like her, I would never marry a businessman.

Moreover, the master had confessed to her before the marriage that Hua Qiaoer's parents worked for the Lin family and died in an accident, and taking her as a concubine was just a necessary responsibility.

So no matter how she quarreled, the mistress of the Lin Mansion was still her, Liu Fujun, and not her, Hua Qiaoniang.

Besides, she has been sitting on the position of mistress for more than ten years. Even if Hua Qiaoniang has been unwilling for more than ten years, she still can't cause any trouble, right?

As long as she is around, Hua Qiao Niang can only be a concubine.

Yun Chu responded obediently, opened the food box, took out the mung bean soup and placed it on the small table next to Aunt Hua.

Aunt Hua was busy watching the eldest lady's joke, and only then did she realize that she was indeed sweating all over, sticky and disgusting.

However, no matter how uncomfortable she felt, she didn't want to drink what Liu Fujun was saying. Who knew if there was poison in it?

At this time, a maid came to ask for an audience, and the eldest lady nodded: "Let her in."

Soon a little girl came in, bowed to the Madam and said respectfully: "Master said that Yunchu in the kitchen made excellent mung bean soup today, so please reward each person in the kitchen with one tael of silver, and Yunchu with two taels of silver."

After listening, the eldest lady looked at Jingyue with a smile: "I said this girl's craftsmanship is excellent."

Then she looked at the maid below: "Okay, I understand, Jingyue."

Jingyue immediately stepped forward and handed the other party a purse, then took the initiative to walk her out the door. The maidservants around the master should not be neglected.

Aunt Hua, who was standing by, no longer disliked Yun Chu's mung bean soup.

She could also drink the mung bean soup cooked in the big kitchen, and the master said it was delicious. Only after tasting it did she and the master have common topics to talk about.

So Aunt Hua picked up the mung bean soup, and the moment she drank it her eyes lit up.

"No wonder the master said it tastes good, it is indeed quite good."

Seeing Aunt Hua drinking the mung bean soup, the eldest lady smiled slightly.

"Such fine craftsmanship is indeed rare. I was planning to reward this girl with a hairpin, but I didn't expect you to come so suddenly."

"Since Auntie also said it's delicious, what kind of treat are you going to give this girl?"