Chapter 861: Managing the Household
The second lady said angrily, "Ask the concierge? It was dark then, how could he see anything clearly?"Hong Qingyi was getting angry: "Yan Yan'er is not even Yan Jun's concubine, she has no status and no position. In the middle of the night, they called all the masters in the mansion here just for her? Do we still need to follow the etiquette of our Yan family?"
The Third Madam also said softly: "What the eldest sister-in-law said is very true. Who among us is not of higher status than her?"
The second wife wanted to give birth to the eldest grandson, but she was so shameless as to do so.
It's just bleeding, it doesn't mean you will have a miscarriage immediately.
Madam Yan stamped her cane: "I'm still here!"
The voice is cold and powerful.
"I am still the head of the Yan family. I asked you to come over, and who would disobey me?" She shouted angrily, "Even if Yan'er has no status, she is still raised by me."
After the old lady said this, she looked at Hong Qingyi and the third lady with a stern look.
The third lady fell silent immediately.
Hong Qingyi was very dissatisfied and her chest heaved violently.
Yan Cheng patted her arm and turned his head to signal Di Feng to go and ask someone to come.
Di Feng nodded in understanding, but before he even stepped out of the main hall of the West Garden, the old Duke had already arrived.
"Old woman, I see that you are too old to manage the household affairs. Please hand over such a difficult task immediately."
He spoke slowly and his voice was as loud as a bell.
Madam Yan choked: "Old man, you?"
"What do you mean by you, and what do you mean by me?" The old Duke put one hand behind his back. "It's just a small matter, but it has disturbed everyone in the mansion. Isn't it annoying?"
He was still thinking about eating the barbecue made by his granddaughter tomorrow.
Madam Yan didn't dare to get angry in front of her husband, so she lowered her voice a lot: "Old man, we are talking about Yan'er's bleeding, what do you mean by middle-class feeding?"
"I understand that it's hard for you to be the head of the household and how tiring it is to manage the household." The old Duke said, looking at Hong Qingyi, "Eldest daughter-in-law, starting tomorrow, you will be in charge of the household of the Duke's Mansion. Come to the East Garden early tomorrow morning to get the keys to the accounting office and the warehouse."
Hong Qingyi nodded: "Yes, father."
"Yes." The old Duke nodded, glanced at Yan Funing quietly, then looked around and said loudly: "From tomorrow on, the head lady of our Duke's Mansion will be the Duke's wife. Ah, listen carefully."
"Yes." Everyone responded.
There were voices of joy, voices of displeasure, and even voices of dissatisfaction.
The old Duke should hear what he heard and pretend not to hear what he didn’t want to hear.
Old Madam Yan's expression turned extremely ugly.
She used her identity as the mistress of the house to call all the masters of the mansion to help Yan'er find the murderer, but she didn't expect that she would lose her right to be the mistress of the house.
Once she loses her power, and she has no biological children, she will have to depend on the eldest wife for her future in the Duke's Mansion.
Unable to accept it for the moment, he hurriedly stood up and pulled the old Duke's sleeve.
The old Duke brushed her hand away calmly and smiled at Yan Funing again: "Girl, you are so cold wearing so little. Ci Yi, why don't you warm your wife's hands quickly? I see her hands are red."
Fu Ciyi quickly held Yan Funing's two small hands in his palms and warmed them as if no one was around.
This scene made Yan Ruwei and Yan Dairou jealous.
The old Duke's eyes brightened up as he looked at her: "Okay, I'll go back to sleep."
After the old Duke left, the second wife hurriedly asked Old Madam Yan: "Mother, things must be dealt with."
Madam Yan glanced at Yan Funing, and at this moment she didn't dare to speak harshly anymore: "You said the doorman can testify, so he can definitely testify?"
"The doorman can naturally testify. At worst, the maid next to Yan Yan'er can also testify. Of course, the maid is Yan Yan'er's person, so she has to use some tricks to get her to tell the truth." Yan Funing said.
Fu Ciyi, who had been silent the whole time, spoke up: "This matter is easy to handle. The Dali Temple is the best at investigating cases. Let them try it."
After this was said, no one in the second house dared to doubt Yan Fu Ning. Second Master Yan said softly, "No, no, it's just a family matter, why do we need to send the Dali Temple?" Then he shouted at his wife, "You are such a fool, you can't doubt Master Fu and Fu Ning."
You didn't say anything just now, but now you're doing this.
Yan Funing complained in her heart, and then said: "I think Yan Yan'er met someone else."
Yan Bojian said, "In my opinion, if someone really committed a crime, the people from the West Garden would be the most likely suspects. Living in the same garden, it would be easy for them to do something. We have to walk a long way to get here from the South Garden."
"Yes, we walked a long way to get here from Beiyuan." Yan Wu also spoke.
"What should we do today? Second Aunt, please think about it carefully." Yan Funing looked around in the crowd, "Why can't I see Fourth Brother and his wife?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Yan Jun and his wife appeared at the door of the main hall.
One had scratches on his face, and the other had messy hair.
Yan Xinghe spoke lazily: "Could it be caused by a fight between husband and wife? After all, this is the second house's family affair, so please don't make the whole mansion restless."
Only then did Mr. Yan and his wife notice their son and daughter-in-law, and their expressions immediately turned very ugly.
"Which one of you two has seen Yan'er?" asked the Second Lady.
Yan Jun and his wife didn't say anything.
The Second Madam still had something she didn't understand, and was about to speak when the court doctor and the maid came to report.
The palace doctor bowed and said, "Second Master, Second Madam, Miss Yan'er's pulse is now more stable."
The old woman also came to report: "The bleeding has improved a lot."
"We still have to take good care of him." The Second Madam said, and smiled at the others, "This is all we can do for today."
After apologizing and making excuses, he asked Old Madam Yan and the people from the first and third rooms to leave the West Garden.
When only the people from the second house were left in the main hall, the second wife pointed at her daughter-in-law's nose and yelled, "Did you do anything?"
"Mom, what can I do?" the Fourth Young Master's wife retorted.
"You are jealous that she is pregnant with Jun's child, but your belly is still not moving."
For a moment, the sounds of scolding and scolding started again.
The old woman quietly returned to Yan Yan'er's courtyard.
Yan Yan'er was eating snacks contentedly, not looking like a woman who had seen red at all.
"How is it? Are you scolding the Fourth Young Master's wife? Who dared to act so arrogantly towards me?"
"Replying to Miss Yan'er, the Second Madam is indeed angry, and the Fourth Young Master's Madam is listening to her lecture right now."
"This is the best way, so she won't harm my child in the future."
Yan Yan'er rubbed her belly proudly.
Tonight's action showed that her grandmother still loved her, and she called everyone in the house over. In this way, people from the first and third rooms would not do anything to her in the future.
It seems that today's show of force was effective.
Best of all, she could replace the Fourth Young Master's wife.
The old woman asked, "Miss Yan'er, should I tell the old lady that you didn't have any bleeding tonight?"
"Needless to say, what if my grandmother doesn't love me anymore?"
"Old slave, I understand."
The old woman withdrew.
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The next day, Fu Ciyi, Yan Xinghe and Yan Bojian went out to work early in the morning.
At noon, a barbecue oven was set up in the Nanyuan dining hall.
The fragrant barbecued meat was placed on top one by one, surrounded by a lot of vegetables and mushrooms.
