The Precious Lady – Chapter 227

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第227章 身份
温婉抿唇,瞥一眼程允章,欲言又止。

程允章似乎看破温婉所求,“师妹想去大牢里探望温老爷子?”

温婉重重点头,随后又蹙眉,“这件事…若师兄觉得为难…我再想其他法子。”

程允章淡淡一笑,“师妹难得张一回口,我怎会觉得为难。等我回去想想办法。”

温婉自动翻译:等程允章回去找找关系。

温婉微微福身,“那就麻烦师兄。”

柳依依看着远去的程允章,又觉得这事儿还是玄之又玄,虽说程允章的三姐是那严知州的妾室,可妾室说话就管用吗?这可是判了斩刑的案子!
柳依依迟疑不定的问:“大姑娘,这事儿…是不是还得求求姚老爷子?”

温婉摇头,“义父一进城就和我们分开,显然就是去找人疏通关系。且等着吧,应该这两日我们便能去探监。”

柳依依没想到这层,“啊…不是说拜访旧友吗?”

温婉笑笑不语,又看着这狭小院子里挤着的十几个人,又招来正忙前忙后安置的冯水根,“水根哥,我放心不下酒坊的事情,明日你带着五个兄弟先回酒坊。眼瞅着下半年又要制酒,你带人去收些葡萄,无论如何,两边的事情都不能耽误。”

冯水根拿不定主意,“可马师傅不在…我一个人……”

“咱们的瑞果浆很有市场,煮酒大会时就有十几家小酒商下了订单。父亲如今身陷囹圄,还不知什么时候能出来,到处都是用钱的地方,咱不能坐吃山空,得源源不断的进财。你之前跟着马师傅做过一次,也算是制酒经验的大师傅,回去慢慢摸索着做。”

冯水根知道酒坊里大半伙计留在播州不叫事,梅小娘子不熟悉酒坊,独木难支,他留在平县确实更好。

更何况少东家说得对,眼下两边事情都不能耽搁。

于是他拱拱手,正色道:“少东家的意思我明白了。我明日便挑几个得力的伙计回平县去。少东家放心,我冯水根把话撂这儿,回去后一定用心钻研,制出和马师傅一样的好酒来!”

话音刚落,听见一阵婴儿的啼哭声,陈妈和红梅一人抱着一个孩子走近,“姑娘,小少爷和小小姐饿了——”

温婉涨奶涨得厉害,胸口疼痛难止,喂奶的时候眉尖皱成一团。

也没人告诉她…喂奶是个体力活啊!
柳依依便嘱咐陈妈:“明日你去找个奶娘来,要身家清白嘴巴严实的。咱家现在这情况…万不能要碎嘴巴子到处嚼舌根的人!”

温婉一手托着孩子屁股,一手搂着孩子的小脑袋,柔声哄孩子喂奶,她盘算着手里的银钱和这一路上遇到的事儿,“明日陈妈去找房子和找乳娘。石金泉那六百多两入账,咱手头暂时宽裕了些许。陈妈去找个治安好些的,我们一大家子老弱妇孺,不能再像路上那样着了别人的道。”

“石金泉?”柳依依愣住,很是吃惊,“你们遇到石金泉了?”

陈妈啐一口,“别提了,那狗东西伙同山贼在路上设下埋伏,想要咱大姑娘的命!还好姑爷从天而降……”

“陈妈闭嘴!”

温婉冷脸厉喝。

陈妈面色讪讪,登时如锯嘴的葫芦,无论柳依依怎么使眼色都不肯再说。

柳依依鲜少见温婉发这样大的火,心中难免惧怕。

怎能不怕?
温婉可是留在家里招婿的姑娘,以后不管是她柳依依养老,还是温静出嫁,都得靠着大姑娘!
更别提,大姑娘这通身的气度,平日里温声细语还好,可一旦沉下脸来,不知怎的,柳依依总觉得浑身起鸡皮疙瘩。

温婉冷着脸,怀中的昭昭似乎感应到母亲起伏的心绪,“哇”的一下嚎啕出声,红梅连忙垂着头上前来抱过孩子。

红梅低声哄了昭昭两句,昭昭这才打了个奶嗝后乖乖睡去。

温婉扶额,想着是时候把这些事摊开了和大家说明白,万一哪天露馅,于她、于温家都是灭顶之灾。

眼前这些人…和赵恒朝夕相处,可都见过赵恒的脸!
她重重的呼出一口浊气,随后才看向柳依依,“母亲,赵恒就是…魏峥。魏峥便是赵恒!”

柳依依瞳孔微缩,心头打鼓。

片刻,惊愕变成欢喜,“姑爷没死,这不是天大的好消息吗?为何姑娘愁眉不展?”

“姑娘,咱老爷有救了!”柳依依喜得将帕子攥得紧紧的,连日来的阴霾瞬间全部驱散,“魏大人权势滔天,怕是动动嘴皮子就能将老爷救出来!既然咱温家有魏大人这样的女婿,何愁珲哥儿没有好前程?何愁昭姐儿嫁不到好人家?”

温婉环顾四下,将众人的脸色收入眼中。

温婉轻轻叹气,问红梅和陈妈:“你二人…是不是也这样想?觉得我们攀上了权贵,以后万事不愁?”

陈妈和红梅均沉默。

大约是猜出温婉不喜和魏峥沾上关系。

“魏峥他失忆了。记不得在平县发生的所有事。”温婉的手指轻轻点了一下桌面,一下便将柳依依的目光吸引来。

那小娘子眼眸幽黑,深如寒潭,声音却平静,“而且当初我用什么手段骗的魏峥为婿,他忘记了,可你们应当清楚——”

三人脸色顿时一白。

当初温家族老逼得紧,姑娘可是半哄半骗让魏峥成了赘婿。

当时姑爷不愿做赘婿,姑娘甚至不惜编出一段母兄追杀的假身世,哄得姑爷团团转,姑爷这才松了口。

柳依依咬唇,或是不肯接受和这样的权贵女婿失之交臂,又或是一心想要通过魏峥来救温老爹,因此咬牙反驳:“可自他到了温家,咱一大家子对他可不薄!”

温婉轻轻笑了。

笑意却并不直达眼底。

“母亲,魏峥的姑母是当今皇后,父亲是国公,他更是少年封侯,这样的权贵…被咱们玩弄在手心,甚至成了温家的赘婿。这丑闻,就算魏峥不计较,皇后娘娘会不计较?”

陈妈和红梅浑身一凉。

他们先前光想着能攀上淮安候这高枝儿,却没想过攀上后还有没有命在。

“可是…”柳依依眸光颤动,贝齿轻咬,“你毕竟是他两个孩子的生母!他总不至于…总不至于恼羞成怒的杀了我们一家人吧?”

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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