Chapter 124: Yesterday's Oath (Part 1)

  The old lady's heart skipped a beat, and she hastily asked again: "What seal? What is written on it?" She also thought that Wu Yatou really had several seals, and the materials used were given by Tao Zhengan.

  That little fellow said: "These slaves don't know, can only wait for Master to come out of Shuntian Mansion, and then..."

  The lady suddenly felt a loud metallic ringing in her head, "Has the old master not come out of Shuntian Mansion yet?"

  "No."

  Just found out she had a miscarriage, her heart was filled with hatred towards him, Tao Zheng'an had ruined her life.

  She had been hoping to get pregnant again, who knew heaven would give her another chance. Before she could even be happy, he kicked it down with one foot. In her youth, she suffered humiliation, in old age, the official beside her was

  Not even a biological son is left. What kind of sin has she committed to end up like this?

  Afterwards, Tao Zhengan went to her bedside and spoke softly, but she only wanted to pounce over and take a big bite out of his neck, biting him until he was bruised and bloody, so that he would also know what pain felt like.

  But now something has happened at home, and the matter of the fifth young lady from that year was suddenly exposed. She didn't go to see if the corpse was really Tao Ronghua's or not, but in her heart, she had already vaguely sensed it, "accidentally" dug up

  It was Tao Ronghua who came.

  The calamity that had been worrying her most in her heart was finally...

  Bì Jìng was a husband and wife for one day, but after a hundred days of affection, when the real moment arrived. The resentment in her heart these past few days had faded, and she began to worry about Táo Zhèng ān's safety instead.

  The old lady said to the little servant, "You'd better hurry back, and if there's any news, report back to the mansion immediately." The little servant responded accordingly.

  Xiao Xiao Chui came out of Da Tai Tai's room, and Ya Qin entered saying: "The second young lady has arrived." Da Tai Tai, who was worried about Zhong Zhong, didn't have much thought and only said: "Let Yao Hua come in."

  Yao Hua wore a light blue summer shirt, with only a faint layer of powder on her face. Due to her frail body, her footsteps were exceptionally light, and she walked in from afar, ethereal and elegant like a cloud emerging from the horizon, dyeing everything around her with a soft glow.

  There is a shapeless drop of water, saying indescribable elegance, gentleness and subtlety.

  Yao Hua entered Ruan's room, and Ya Qin moved the brocade machine to the side of Madame's bed.

  Yao Hua sat down gently and took a look at Mrs. Li's expression, then picked up the blue silk handkerchief to wipe her eyes.

  Ya Qin led the other maids in the house out.

  "Yao Hua spoke up, 'I've heard it all before. Mother needs to take care of her own body. There are always solutions outside, but mother's health is something that can't be exchanged for anything.'"

  Just looking at Yao Hua's red eyes, I know that today is not the first time she has cried. Letting Yao Hua marry Gu Yan for now, I haven't seen her cry a few times either.

  The old lady reluctantly went to comfort her daughter, "You also need to take care of yourself, you've always been in poor health and often cry. You're still young, there's a long way to go in the future."

  Yao Hua's eyes welled up with tears again upon hearing this.

  The mother and daughter couldn't help but comfort each other.

  Ya Tou brought over the well-cooked medicine and Ya Hua picked up the medicine bowl, first tasting the temperature before giving it to Madame.

  "Mother's medicine must be taken on time, and Father will take care of things outside." She paused for a moment, then handed the empty bowl to the maid to withdraw. "And as for Father and Mother, they are very fond of Fifth Sister in the mansion..."

  Both above and below can testify, if it weren't for Mother listening to that Lang Zhong's words, Fifth Sister's illness couldn't be cured

  The coffin must be buried in a desolate and empty land to be good, and mother will not bury the fifth sister near the chaotic burial mound.

  The lady's heart skipped a beat.

  That year, she indeed invited a doctor to treat Wu Yaotou's illness. After burying her in the Luozanggang, not many people knew about it. If according to Yao Hua's words, she was buried near the Luomanggang, who could investigate clearly how Wu Yaotou died?

  At that time, because there was no big funeral, Yao Hua asked her about it, and she used this reason to deceive Yao Hua. Today, through Yao Hua's mention of it, even if it is said in a more indirect way, it is not unreasonable. Mrs. Dai looked at Yao Hua, only to see

  Hua furrowed her brow, "Mother forgot, when Fifth Sister was ill, I asked the doctor who came to see her, and the doctor said that for any serious illness, it is necessary to use strong medicine to treat it. However, Fifth Sister's body at that time could not withstand medication."

  Later I looked up medical books and found that so-called "folk remedies" are all toxic, could it be that when the doctor was prescribing medicine at the time, he used something...

  The old lady was taken aback for a moment, "Right, how could I have forgotten this?" She immediately regained her spirit, "I'll send someone to find the doctor who treated your fifth sister right away."

  The old lady patted Yuhua's hand, "You've been suffering for these days, after a while, when the family is stable, I'll talk to your father again, and we must find you a good marriage."

  Yao Hua's face turned pale upon hearing this, "Mother, don't worry about me anymore. I just want to be by Father and Mother's side forever."

  Mrs. Dai knew that Gu Ying's affair had a significant impact on Yao Hua, so she comforted her, "Your sister isn't helping you with the matchmaking? Maybe..."

  Yao Hua bowed her head and said: "Mother, don't think so much, you need to rest well to recover."

  The lady suddenly remembered, "Do you remember how many seals your fifth sister had?" Yohua thought for a moment. My sister did have some, they were all shown to me after they were made, never hidden from me."

  The old lady said: "Nowadays, people in Shuntian Prefecture say that a seal was found next to the corpse, which belongs to your fifth sister."

  Yao Hua was startled, after Rong Hua's death she had gone to Rong Hua's house and seen those seals, the ones Rong Hua used every day, and hadn't felt that any were missing, unless it was one that Zong Hua had just had made.

  It's been said for a long time that it was going to be given to someone, could it be...

  The old lady said, "Those who are used as prints are all good materials. Although there are many Tao surname families in the capital, few can get this kind of material. Among these families, only our family has no daughter of that age."

  Yao Hua was taken aback for a moment, then said: "Even if the seal is really from Fifth Sister, it's unknown where it might have been stolen and taken away, this piece of evidence can't be relied upon."

  The lady nodded and felt much relieved in her heart.

  Yao Hua spoke for a while longer before leaving the main wife's quarters and walking to the pavilion, where she sat alone for a moment. Thinking about the seal and who Rong Hua was most likely to give it to, her heart skipped a beat - could he have found out?

  What if he really finds out?

  Yao Hua stood up and hurried back to the house with a handkerchief in her hand, thinking carefully.

  The time to enter the palace is strictly limited, from the entrance of the palace gate, there are only two hours to come out from inside. Ronghua followed the old lady to pay respects to the Empress Dowager and the Imperial Noble Consort, the procedure was not complicated,

  He performed the grand ceremony with great propriety.

  The Empress Dowager granted her a seat, and Ronghua sat beside her, responding to questions. Occasionally, she dared to look directly at the Empress Dowager and the Imperial Noble Consort, also making it convenient for them to scrutinize her.

  No matter who is in power, they like to see the people below them behave obediently and occasionally take out words to test, and the people below must pretend not to know, otherwise they will be accused of guessing and catering. Clever people

  She can only make a slight show at the right time, and cannot go beyond the two words "obedient". Rong Hua carefully guards the rules of propriety, every step is taken with caution.

  The Empress Dowager's face was full of kindness, and she immediately ordered someone to bring the fruit for her to eat. "Young people all like those strange things, today there are tribute foods from outside, you also try some."

  Kung Hua hurried forward to thank him.

  The Empress Dowager smiled slightly, "Ai Zong and He Guo Gongzhu have been deeply affectionate since childhood, so you don't need to be too formal here."

  Ronghua still bowed politely, but with a hint of a shy smile on his face.

  The imperial noble consort asked: "Can you paint?"

  "It's just superficial knowledge."

  The imperial noble consort smiled and said: "How fortunate, I have a peony painting that is not yet finished, let the wife of Duke Wu Mu fill in the rest for me to take a look."

  Rong Hua hastily stood up and modestly said a few words.

  The imperial noble consort ordered someone to bring the painting over, and Ronghua was invited to a nearby room to paint. The old lady, the empress dowager, and the imperial noble consort remained seated together chatting.

  Ronghua deliberately carved the painting exquisitely, and only came out of the house when the time was almost up. The Empress looked at the painting, which was very similar to Cai's wife's eyes, and her eyes lit up slightly, praising Ronghua, "Wu

  "Mrs. Mu is a good painting."

  Ronghua hastily and humbly saluted, "Your Majesty has already drawn the outline, I just colored it in." Ronghua sat down, and both the Empress Dowager and the Imperial Noble Consort bestowed gifts upon her. Only then did the old lady lead Ronghua away.

  Before leaving, Huang Guifei kindly pulled up Ronghua's hand and smiled: "As soon as I saw that painting, I felt that you and Princess Honghui had some similarities. Today, after seeing you, I realized that your temperament is also similar. In the future, you must

  "Often come to the palace for a visit."

  Rong Hua nodded and thanked him again.

  Following the old lady out of the crimson palace, Hongyan finally let out a long sigh of relief.

  The old lady smiled and said, "Your painting is indeed good. I didn't know earlier that there was no one in our mansion who could paint so well. The gifts we gave to others were all painted by someone else on our behalf."

  With you in the future, where would I still need to invite a gentleman over?

  Rong Hua smiled slightly, "As long as the old lady doesn't despise me, that's good."

  The old lady said, "I loved playing with these when I was young, and many people came to ask me for them, especially those from our family. They often came to my wife to ask for danqing to eat, but they didn't think about my age."

  "Alas, where did they get so much energy? I won't mention those people, just talking about the ones outside who are around my age, you can't avoid them either."

  Ronghua naturally understood the meaning of these words. It was just that the relationship between Dafang and Lao Furen was placed there.

  Inside, this morning Mrs. Xue found her and it was the same conversation as before, when she returned from the palace she still had to explain carefully to Mrs. Xue.

  Even if it's not relying on the old lady's intention, it's better to guard against the second house. Even if you put on a closed-door self-defense posture, will you dispel others' covetous thoughts?

  The second house values most is the title inherited from the first house.

  How many times has the title changed hands halfway? Even if she had confidence in Xue Mingrui, she knew that the emperor's will was hard to predict, and many things would be unexpected. She couldn't be unprepared, so how could she lose now with the current situation of the main house?

  Nobility is a dead end, even if you hide your light and bide your time, you must leave some leeway for yourself. Xue Mingrui doesn't understand this, and Madame Xue also doesn't know how to strive for it, she also doesn't have a reliable maternal family, many things still need to be grasped.

  It will have a good result in the future.

  What will happen with Ronghua knowing about the seal?