571 Leaving in Anger (2)
Looking at the exquisite pastries on the table, Shen Yijia grinned. “Alright.”
She tried a piece of each type and gave Mo Yuan a piece if she felt that it was delicious.
Seeing that the two of them liked to eat, Yuan Yuwan felt an inexplicable sense of accomplishment. She personally poured two cups of tea and pushed them over. “Mo Yuan, sit down and eat too.”
She knew that the Song family did not have so many rules, and she did not want to restrain them here.
Mo Yuan glanced at Shen Yijia. Seeing that she did not object, she sat down expressionlessly.
When Shen Yijia was almost done eating, Yuan Yuwan said, “You Bai told you, right? Ruoshui accompanied her mother-in-law to Mindong a few days ago and isn’t in the residence.”
“Yes, I did.” Shen Yijia poured a cup of tea and finished it in one gulp. She held her chin and looked at Yuan Yuwan. “Then will you be bored in the residence? Why don’t you stay at my house for a while?”
Yuan Yuwan couldn’t help but laugh. “I’m in charge of the family now. How can I stay at your house?”
She glanced at Shen Yijia and suddenly turned to instruct the two maidservants behind her, “Aren’t there snacks in the small kitchen? Send some to the Magnolia Courtyard and Qingzhi Garden.”
The two maidservants should leave.
After that, she sent You Bai to pack some snacks for Shen Yijia. Only the three of them were left in the waterside pavilion.
“Why are you here today?” Yuan Yuwan asked.
Shen Yijia scratched her head. “Did I make it so obvious?”
Yuan Yuwan sized her up seriously and chuckled. “You’re just short of writing ‘I have something to say’ on my face.”
“Alright.”
Anyway, she was here for this.
Then, Shen Yijia told him about her and Song Jingchen’s suspicions about Feng Manman and Chen Duo’er. She didn’t hide the fact that Song Jingchen had looked for General Xiao.
Yuan Yuwan suddenly understood. “No wonder.”
Shen Yijia asked, “No wonder what?”
“No wonder Father-in-law agreed to let Miss Feng enter the family so easily,” Yuan Yuwan said with a smile.
At first, she felt that it was not surprising that General Xiao would agree to take in a noble concubine. It was only when Mrs. Qiao came to her a few times and said that General Xiao had suffered so much for Feng Manman that she felt that something was wrong.
She felt that she didn’t have the power to make General Xiao put down his grudge against Feng Manman.
Now it made sense.
It was rare for Shen Yijia to be serious. She said solemnly, “You have the right to manage the household now. I’m afraid Feng Manman will think that you’re in the way and attack you, so you have to be careful of her. You can’t eat anything she touches.”
As for the speculation that General Xiao had deliberately angered Madam Xiao into leaving, she didn’t say anything. It was impossible for Yuan Yuwan not to have thought of what she could think of.
As it turned out, she had indeed thought of it. She said, “The two maidservants I sent to deliver snacks just now were sent to me by Father-in-law.”
“Huh?” Shen Yijia did not notice the two of them just now and did not understand why she said that.
“Those two maidservants are skilled,” Mo Yuan interrupted.
Yuan Yuwan smiled and nodded. She didn’t say anything else.
Shen Yijia heaved a sigh of relief. It seemed that General Xiao had made arrangements.
Thinking of the Heart Devouring Poison, Shen Yijia asked, “Can you call Feng Manman over for a while?”
Yuan Yuwan did not ask her why. She picked up her teacup and took a sip. She said meaningfully, “She’ll come over later.”
Not long after she finished speaking, the two maidservants sent by Yuan Yuwan to deliver snacks returned. One of them was followed by Feng Manman, who was wearing a veil.
She was here to thank her and reciprocate with a gift. Mrs. Qiao did not come, but she asked the maidservant to bring back a gift, a jar of tea leaves.
Yuan Yuwan asked the maidservant to put away the tea leaves and looked at Feng Manman. “Why are you here again?”
Shen Yijia raised her eyebrows. It seemed that Feng Manman often came to the Splendid Courtyard.
Feng Manman bowed to the two of them and gave the maidservant beside her a look. The maidservant placed the box in her hand on the stone table and opened it. Inside was an expensive white jade hairpin.
Feng Manman tucked her hair behind her ear in embarrassment and said sweetly, “I like the snacks Young Madam gave me, but I only know some unpresentable culinary skills. I don’t dare to show them off, so I can only offer this jade hairpin in return. I hope Young Madam doesn’t mind.”
Borrowing flowers to present to the Buddha?
Whose flowers did she borrow? Xiao Qirui’s?
‘Are you sure you’re not showing off?’
Shen Yijia rolled her eyes. Without waiting for Yuan Yuwan to speak, she picked up the jade hairpin and played with it a few times. She smiled and said, “Sister Yuwan, this jade hairpin suits you very well. Come, I’ll put it on for you.”