The Precious Lady – Chapter 177

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第177章 送礼
“难不成……”温维明脸色转阴,“他连失去记忆也是假的?”

温婉心里一紧。

想起他口风自然而然的流出对那虚构嫡母和兄弟的厌恶,温婉心中稍定,“应该不是。他对自己富户庶子的身份从未怀疑。失去记忆应该是真的。”

一席话让温维明脸色缓和,若赵恒当真连失去记忆都是假的,那这小子…还真是阴得吓人。

温维明这心七上八下,“屠二哥,再辛苦你去寿安一趟,查查这小子的真实身份。他既失去记忆前口口声声说自己是农家子,后成为了镖师,那寿安那边必定有他留下的踪迹。虽说人是假的,可咱总得心里有底。”

温婉却蹙眉,“如今木已成舟,做都做了,晓得他的身份也是徒增烦恼。”

而且温婉有预感。

只怕寿安赵恒这个身份…查无此人!
温维明反驳:“上次匆忙招婿,只凭路引便认定他的身份,仓促之间也没有时间核实。如今他人虽然被送走,但难保哪天回来跟咱们抢孩子!咱们得知己知彼!”

温婉狠狠拧眉,抢孩子?他敢?!

哪知屠二爷却道:“回来的时候我经过寿安,顺便查了姑爷的身份。”

父女两殷切的望向他。

“那边确实有个叫赵恒的。脸上确实也没有印记……”

父女两来不及高兴,屠二爷顿了一下,斟酌着又说,“只不过据说这个赵恒已经离家五年,杳无音信。没听说入了哪个镖局。”

完了。

成无头官司了。

或许赵恒这个人是真是存在的,但他镖师的身份却是编造的。

又或许,他从头到尾都是假的。

如今赵恒已经被她送走,真相无法得知。

“你方才说…那小子从头到尾没说过一句话?据屠二哥判断,他心中可怨恨我温家?可流露出要报复温家的意图?”

“这……”屠二爷可拿不准,姑爷那眼睛阴得吓人,平日里不说话就够吓人了,更何况是将他送走?

一路上屠二爷小心防备,生怕被这煞神抹了脖子。

“我…姑爷心里藏得住事,我看不出他的心思。”

温婉问:“我让你转告他的话你可跟他说清楚了?”

屠二爷点头,“哦,他就最后问了一句,姑娘是厌了他还是怕了他?”

静默片刻,温婉唇角拉出讥讽的弧度,“反正是我弃了他,他心中焉能不恨?”

更何况赵恒心眼如针睚眦必报。

当初她哄骗他说嫡母和兄弟对他不好,他就能一口答应做赘婿,甚至不惜改为妻姓,只为膈应那位嫡母。

如今知晓被她玩弄感情,只怕是…一路上都在思索怎么收拾她!
温维明脸色惨白,心中惴惴不安,“若他回来报复怎么办?”

温婉冷笑一声,“那就兵来将挡,水来土掩!看谁道法更高!”

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温家刚办了丧事,温婉又怀孕,自然不好四处走动。

一个月后,姚老爷子、姚夫人还有程允章上门。

两家一合计,认亲的事情就在温府办。

温婉按照认亲的流程,先是焚香祭祖,将此事告知祖父祖母。姚老爷子和夫人为她准备了一套全新的衣物,寓意新生。又给温婉肚子中的孩子准备了一副银筷银碗,象征家中添丁进口。

温婉则为义父义母准备了两双新鞋。

义母还命人打了一副翡翠手镯、耳环、璎珞,“你如今热孝,戴金太过招摇。翡翠颜色低调,又衬你的肤色。等你出了一年孝期,为娘再给让工匠给你制一副纯金的头面。”

随后便是敬茶磕头。

温婉怀着身孕,磕头却是一点不含糊,她为两位长辈捧上茶,又乖巧的改口:“父亲、母亲,请喝茶。”

温维明坐在一侧,捋着短须,一脸笑意。

内心盘算着就算自己百年之后,也不担心温婉。

毕竟姚老先生在,占一个“义父”的名义,总是要看顾温婉母子几分的。

更不必提,姚老爷子虽不在朝堂,可他那两个儿子都已出仕,长子官至五品,幼子前年刚考了进士,如今正外放到某个南方县城做县令。

姚老夫人眉开眼笑,连忙扶起她,“叫了这声娘,以后你便是我家的丫头了。你头上还有两个哥哥,听说咱家添丁进口,也高兴得很。连夜让人送来了给你和孩子的礼物,东西都堆放在院子里,你且去看看。”

“哎哟,两位公子也真是太客气了。”

温老爹说着客气话,温婉却已经走到院子里,果然见院子角落堆得高高的,有笔墨纸砚、书本、银锁、布料、甚至连生产时能用到的人参鹿茸等都准备好。

温婉心中一热,感慨两位兄长的心意,只觉得心意太重她怕无法偿还。

她只能微微屈身,冲两位行礼,“两位兄长送的礼物贵重不说,且十分贴心,可见花了十分心思。父亲母亲,待会我手书一封信,还请帮我寄给两位哥哥。”

“你那字可见不得人。”姚老爷子乐呵呵的捋着胡须,这大喜日子还不忘对温婉进行人身攻击,“你那二哥嘴毒得厉害,你若写信过去,当心他笑话你十年。”

温婉:啊?

不是说家里没有女儿,她还以为两个兄长多少化身宠妹狂魔,不曾想二哥竟然是揪女生辫子的小学生。

温婉不高兴,瞪着姚世真,堂而皇之的索要礼物,“义父,母亲都送了礼物给我,您的呢?”

她又看一眼旁边看热闹的程允章,“师兄,还有你的礼物呢?”

“早给你准备好了。都是你喜欢的。”姚世真说完,转身进去拿东西。

几人跟着走进去,期间程允章给她摸了个红封,里头沉甸甸的,温婉用手指反复拈搓,确认里面的厚度,随后眼睛满足的眯起。

程允章瞧狐狸师妹得意的样子,不由笑道:“如何?我这份礼物选得是否合师妹的心意?”

一个多月前,温家凑足银钱还清鑫隆钱庄的债务,温婉捉襟见肘,只能裁撤温家一半的下人,如今偌大宅院就只有六七个仆人,难免冷清。

程允章送银子,虽然俗气,但是有用啊!

(本章完)

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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