The Precious Lady – Chapter 175

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第175章 水泥封心
温维明心中激荡,抬眸看向说话那人,“女儿,你可有把握斗倒那元五郎?”

温婉淡淡一笑,“听程允章说,元六郎相比这位元五郎,可算是草包一个。元五郎…十分难缠。”

一时之间,两人皆陷入沉默。

一个元六郎已经叫温家摇摇欲坠,再来个凶悍的元五郎,他温家如何经受得住?
温维明想打退堂鼓。

可瞅一眼嘴上说着“难缠”,可眼睛却跃跃欲试的女儿,他终究偃旗息鼓。

元五郎不好对付,难道他这黑心眼的姑娘就好对付了?
到时候指不定谁遭罪呢!

忽然,门“哐当”一声被人豪迈踹开。

柳姨娘踏入门内,柳叶眉狠狠拧起,“怕什么!若元五郎敢来,我就让我娘家兄弟捆了他!”

温婉压住唇边笑,“姨娘刚不是说不听不看吗?”

柳依依抠抠头,瞪温婉一眼。

咋能说不听就不听?说不看就不看?
温维明宠姑娘,鲜少在两个姑娘跟前沉脸。刚才柳姨娘一看温维明那脸色,就知道家中有大事发生。

话倒是放得豪迈,可心里实在百爪挠心,因此柳姨娘悄悄折返躲外面偷听了个全须全尾!
温维明叹气,“打打杀杀解决不了问题。”

温婉道:“父亲说得对,程家那贡酒出了问题,到处找替代酒坊,指定是瞄准了咱们家。”

“不对啊——”柳姨娘眨巴眼,一脸迷惑的看向温婉,“大姑娘你是姚老先生的义女,程允章是姚老先生的学生,你两师兄师妹,说是一家人也不为过。这不看僧面看佛面,元家为何还要苦苦相逼?他们就不怕惹怒了姚老先生?”

温婉闻言眼睛“唰”的一下亮了。

不是,她和温老爹合计半天,怎么就没想过打人情牌?

是啊,她如今非比寻常,不说山鸡变成了凤凰,一只小天鹅总是有的吧?
她和程允章就是异父异母的亲生兄妹啊!
这一家人…再巧取豪夺…不合适吧?

温维明显然也愣住了,今日认亲之事匆忙,两人还没有从身份认知中转变过来,是以完全没想到这一层。

这回可真是…大水冲了龙王庙,自家人打自家人!

温婉连忙向温老爹投去一瞥,“爹,那咱们多请文曲星吃几回饭,关系套近乎些?”

温老爹却想得更多,“不然再托人送些礼物去播州程家,挑明两家的关系,元老夫人纵横商场数十年,程允章又是她的独子,看在你和姚老先生这层关系上,她定能约束元家三房!”

妙啊!

妙啊!

酒坊危机这…就解决了?
温婉笑着对柳姨娘说道:“姨娘,多谢有你,你这一条计谋当真是釜底抽薪!”

柳姨娘有些懵,“这咋就扯到计谋上了?不是人之常情吗?”

不过瞧着父女两都高兴,柳姨娘也自觉干了件好事,只不过瞧大姑娘那神情,全然不像是刚死了男人。

柳姨娘转瞬一想,这样更好。

反正姑爷和大姑娘就相处就几个月,说不定感情没那么好。既感情一般,姑爷死了倒也不伤心。等过个一两月,她再提重新招赘之事。

大姑娘还年轻,可不能守寡。

寻常男儿死了老婆,一年后就能续弦。虽说大姑娘是个女儿家,可温家将她当香火养,咋就不能再招赘了?

嗯,这回不同上一次,可得精挑细选,选个大姑娘喜欢的。

等几个月后姑娘生了孩子,再慢慢的寻个体贴的男儿,如何不能将日子过起来?

次日,赵恒出棺。

棺材里只有几件赵恒生前的衣裳,几个身强力壮的温家族人将其从温家宅院抬出,落到温家祖坟处。

温婉是女子,又怀着身孕,实在不好前往祠堂和祖坟,便由温老爹代为将赵恒落土为安。

温婉和几个妇人只能将赵恒棺材送到城外,便止步不前。

回到空落落的宅院,温婉撇下几人,独自去了后院的演武场。

她一步一步走得很慢,前两日吊唁的人多,温婉只能将后院腾扫出来大摆酒席,练武场被拆卸一空,赵恒平常惯用的兵器全都收走入库,空荡荡的后院…不过一日,便再也没有赵恒留下的痕迹。

就仿佛…这个人从来没有出现过她的生命力。

从前种种,黄粱一梦。

从此以后。

无人与我立黄昏,无人问我粥可温;
无人与我捻熄灯,无人共我书半生;
无人陪我夜已深,无人与我把酒分;
无人解我心头梦,无人愁我独行路。

她喜欢赵恒吗?未必。

她只是贪恋他的肉体,喜欢他不吵不闹的做她手里的洋娃娃,喜欢他乖巧的听自己摆布。

可如果这洋娃娃有了自我意识,并开始脱离她的掌控,那么她只能毫不留情的弃之!

不听话的花瓶赘婿,要来作甚?
小娘子的脸色逐渐坚毅。

她不后悔,若重来一遍,她依旧如此!
红梅在门外候着,见自家姑娘脸色不佳,也不敢说话。

温婉取下腰间的香囊,那是一开始屠二爷把赵恒捡回来的时候,她从赵恒腰间取下做身份确认之用,阴差阳错之下,赵恒凭借这香囊将她认作妻子,她顺水推舟哄骗他成了温家的女婿。

如今赵恒已经离开,再留着这香囊…叫人厌烦。

她将香囊递给红梅,脸色凄凄,“收起来吧。睹物思人,叫人怪伤心的。”

红梅应一声,又听温婉吩咐,“让人把宅子里里外外都收拾一番,姑爷的东西全都收起来放库房去。”

唉。

姑娘这是伤心得…连姑爷的东西都不能瞧见了!
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赵恒的丧事一过,温家这场闹剧正式落下帷幕。

温婉怀孕,几个人都苦口婆心的劝她修生养息,温老爹终于被大孙子鸡起来了,主动掌管起酒坊的一摊子事,而柳姨娘则做起了温宅大掌事,日子似乎和温婉刚穿越来时一样。

只不过她肚子里多了个孩子。

温老爹和柳姨娘也没了婚姻这层关系。

酒坊的员工们得了温老爹的授命,鲜少有来打扰温婉养胎,只不过温婉闲不住,操心酒坊那边开发葡萄酒的进度,赵恒的后事办完没两天,她便偷摸叫来了马昌顺。

马昌顺也挂念葡萄酒的事儿,早就想和温婉暗通曲款,温婉一招呼,他就立刻用水囊悄悄装了葡萄酒来请温婉试喝。

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The Precious Lady

The Precious Lady

万金娘子
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The text is as follows: "【The Merchant Lady vs. The Cunning Power Lord】 It is said that the Wen family in Ping County has a fortune made of gold and jewels, even the bowls for eating are made of gold. Unfortunately, Old Master Wen has difficulty producing heirs, with only two daughters. With Old Master Wen gravely ill, the Wen family is about to be stripped bare by relatives. The newly arrived Wen Wan is quite anxious. She desperately needs a well-behaved and docile son-in-law—just as Wei Zheng, the Marquis of Huai'an, who was sent to Jiangnan to investigate a case, is ambushed and left in critical condition, he is knocked unconscious and urgently delivered to Wen Wan’s bed. The amnesiac Wei Zheng becomes the Wen family's son-in-law Zhao Heng. His hand that once wielded a sword turns into one that cooks soup. Finally, Wen Wan diagnoses a pregnancy and without hesitation throws the drugged Wei Zheng into the snow-capped mountains five hundred miles away, leaving him to fend for himself. Meanwhile, she dons a white flower on her head and black gauze on her arm, throwing a banquet to bid farewell to her "suddenly deceased" husband. When the citizens of Ping County mention the merchant lady, they all sigh: This young woman is suffering! Her man is dead, leaving her to live with her old father and two children. Don’t let her wealth fool you; she must be in immense pain. Wen Wan wipes her tears with a handkerchief, repeatedly agreeing, fearing others might see her secretly delighted heart. Later, as the Wen family's fortunes attract envy, Wen Wan is thrown into prison. The one handling the case is none other than the renowned Marquis of Huai'an. The Wen family exhausts all their wealth in efforts, but the case makes no progress. In the prison, a cold-eyed man in a blue shirt asks her, “Merchant Wen, I’ve heard that you once vowed to remain faithful to your deceased husband for life?” Wen Wan trembles: Brother, I was being honest, please let me go."

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