Chapter 74: No match for a dead person

Chen Qingyin took Hu Mianmian out of the carriage and entered Ning Guanzhou's outer courtyard.

The yard is neither big nor small, with only one entrance and one exit.

However, it is decorated very delicately, is small and full of warmth everywhere.

Chen Qingyin was stunned from the moment she entered the room.

She once said that she wanted to plant wisteria all over her home and date trees in the winter.

She also likes to hang a bell under the corridor.

All wood paint should be made of mahogany, and it would be better to have more viewing pools and rockery.

Ning Guanzhou's outer courtyard was built exactly according to her ideas.

Because it is winter, the wisteria flowers have not yet bloomed, but you can see that the vines are wrapped with rice paper.

Chen Qingyin stopped, looked up at the flower vine, and was slightly distracted.

Hu Mianmian pointed at the flower vine curiously and asked, "Why is it wrapped in paper?"

Seeing this, Feng Wu explained, "This is what the gardener meant. He heard that if you wrap the flower roots with paper in the winter, you won't have to worry about them freezing, and they'll bloom more beautifully next summer."

After he finished speaking, Feng Wu looked at Chen Qingyin calmly.

"This is what the Lord meant. The Lord hired a special gardener to take care of all the flowers in the mansion."

Chen Qingyin remained silent after listening to this, but she felt uncontrollably moved in her heart.

Feng Wu directly took Chen Qingyin and Hu Mianmian to the South Courtyard where the mistress lived.

Before Chen Qingyin could object, Feng Wu said skillfully, "I'm really sorry, Miss Chen, because this mansion has been vacant for a long time, and other courtyards are temporarily piled with debris and can't be cleaned up. I can only inconvenience you and the young lady to live here."

Chen Qingyin felt that she was a guest and it was difficult for her to make any requests.

Fortunately, Ning Guanzhou would not come over, otherwise, it would be embarrassing for her to live in the mistress's yard.

"Thank you." She nodded to Feng Wu.

There were several servants in the mansion who were responsible for cleaning. Feng Wu brought them all over and introduced them to Chen Qingyin.

Afterwards, Feng Wu arranged all the affairs, and when it was getting dark, he said goodbye to Chen Qingyin.

"Miss Chen, if you need anything, you can ask the housekeeper for it."

When Chen Qingyin returned to the room, Linlang had already made the bed.

Hu Mianmian rolled back and forth on the wide bunk bed.

The little guy had a cute pink face and smiled: "Mom, I like it here!"

The luck here smells good, much better than the dark and oppressive feeling of the Hu Mansion!

Chen Qingyin smiled and stroked her cheek: "Okay, stop playing, it's time to go to bed."

The hot stove creates a warm atmosphere.

On the other hand, inside the Chen Mansion, it was far from being so warm.

Ever since Chen Qingyin left in anger with her daughter, Prime Minister Chen has not spoken a word.

He locked himself in the ancestral hall, sat on a chair, and looked at the tablet of Chen Qingyin's biological mother without saying a word.

At dinner time, the servants came to call him to have dinner, but he refused.

Seeing that it was getting late, Tang Yinqiu came to find Prime Minister Chen with a lantern.

As soon as I pushed open the door of the ancestral hall, I saw Prime Minister Chen sitting sideways on a chair, holding the tablet of his first wife in his arms.

He muttered to himself, distractedly saying: "Suhua, my daughter has grown up now. She doesn't say it, but she always resents me in her heart. I regret remarrying, but there is no medicine for regret in the world."

Tang Yinqiu's movement to push the door froze, and the look in his eyes trembled.

Prime Minister Chen didn't notice her and just let out a long sigh.

Tang Yinqiu felt humiliated, so she quietly closed the door and left with the nanny and servants.

When she returned to the room, the dowry nanny saw that she was in a bad mood and advised her: "Madam, you don't have to worry about it. No matter what, the original wife is already dead. Now you are the mistress of the Chen family."

Tang Yinqiu's eyes were filled with hatred: "Just because she is a dead person, I will never be able to compare to her. Tell me, how can I compare myself with a dead person?"

As she spoke, her voice was filled with pain: "In the master's heart, I am always a concubine, and the original wife is his wife."

"When he married me, it was also to have a mistress in the mansion to take care of his three young children. The master is not a lustful person. For so many years, there has not been a concubine in the mansion."

"In fact, I know all this in my heart. If the original wife hadn't died, I would never have had the chance to marry into the family. But I come from a famous family after all, and I love him wholeheartedly. For so many years, I have devoted my heart to him, but why has he never taken a closer look at my efforts?"

Tang Yinqiu leaned over the table, tears streaming down her face.

The dowry nanny advised: "Madam, crying at night will hurt your eyes. The master has seen your efforts. The two young masters love and respect you very much. Doesn't this prove something?"

"Before the third young lady came back, the family was happy. But as soon as the third young lady came back, the eldest and second young masters refused to stay at home and went back to work. Even the old master was unhappy."

Tang Yinqiu raised her head, her tearful eyes filled with disgust.

"You're right. It's all Chen Qingyin's fault. She didn't marry well outside. That was her own choice. Why did she have to go back to her parents' home?"

The dowry nanny nodded and said, "Madam, you are right to think so. You still have to remind the Hu family. Otherwise, if the third young lady really gets divorced and she returns to the mansion, I am afraid that it will make the master more and more alienated from you."

Tang Yinqiu rolled his eyes.

"Send someone to check where Chen Qingyin is now."

"yes."

The dowry nanny went out, and in the candlelight, a spark burst out with a pop.

There was a hint of cruelty in Tang Yinqiu's eyes.

Chen Qingyin wants to go home? Regrets marrying Hu Yunshen?

She would not give Chen Qingyin a chance to regret, and she would rather die in the Hu family.

After all, a daughter who is married off is like water spilled out!

The night is already deep.

But Chen Qingyin couldn't sleep.

Looking at Hu Mianmian who was sleeping in a spread-eagle position in the quilt, she smiled and put the little guy's hands and feet back into the quilt.

Suddenly, Chen Qingyin saw a figure walking by the door, and she immediately stood up and put on her clothes.

Light the candle and push open the door.

Could it be a patrolling servant?

However, when the door opened, the person standing in the yard was Ning Guanzhou.

He seemed to have been standing there for a while, and his cloak was covered with frost and dew.

Ning Guanzhou seemed not to have expected Chen Qingyin to open the door, and he was slightly stunned.

The two looked at each other, and he said in a deep voice, "I came back to get something, and I went to the wrong yard..."

Chen Qingyin pursed her lips and interrupted his explanation: "I knew that you said you wouldn't come, but you actually would come."

Ning Guanzhou: ...

Why did she make him sound like a pervert?

Chen Qingyin was thinking that when they both lived in Chen's house, he liked to come to her in the middle of the night.

Sometimes he would bring a roast chicken, and sometimes he would bring two jars of fine wine.

Ning Guanzhou was very ambitious and was busy studying hard both day and night.

He is only at his most relaxed when he is with Chen Qingyin.

Chen Qingyin took two steps out and closed the door behind her.

The light illuminated her bright eyes.

"Do you have time for us to chat?"

She took the initiative to invite him, so Ning Guanzhou stopped talking about leaving. He turned around and said in a deep voice, "Okay."