The Precious Lady – Chapter 427

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第427章 又争又抢
这是要将所有错处都推到贾如珍身上?
可已没有选择。

元老夫人眼皮直跳,这样千钧一发的情况之下竟然只想着整件事温婉是否知情?
还是说,这场鸿门宴本身就是为了去除贾氏?
刘大监发话,元家不敢不从。

刘大监虽说只是个不入流的六品小官,可到底行走御前,时常得见天颜,又负责天水府一带贡品选拔,这份权利…甚至让严守礼亲自接待,他们元家又能如何?

元老夫人暗骂贾氏一手好牌打得稀烂,既然抓住瑞果浆没有用酒曲的漏洞,就该一击即中。

可贾氏性子急,竟然不等她出手就先行告密!

不仅没弄死温婉,反倒将自己一军。

元老夫人只能赔笑,“是,刘大人说得是,其实我们也是见她可怜,我家五郎人聪明又能干,他死得凄惨,我那弟妹整日以泪洗面已经不成人形,难免容易钻死胡同。我回去定然好好管教弟妹,再不让她纠缠温小娘子。”

温婉连忙笑着对刘大监说道:“刘大人,今日民妇可算是沾了您的光。若非这封告密信,我还得整日被这贾氏追着骂杀人凶手。多亏了您,以后再也不用受这份委屈了!您可真是我的贵人!”

刘大监被温婉这番马屁拍得满脸堆笑,“温小娘子可真是个妙人!什么贵人不贵人的,你我都是缘分!”

元老夫人心中坠坠,本想最后挑拨一下,不曾想温婉这丫头十分警觉,最后竟然又将事情落回到约束贾氏是因为刘大监,而不是她温婉这一点上。

宴席已毕,元老夫人便立刻找准时机,“刘大人,您舟车劳顿,我已经在城内最好的客栈里留了几间天字号的房间,那地方离府衙也近,到时候考核也方便。”

元以贞也连忙做了个请的姿势:“刘大人,我送您。”

温婉却插科打诨:“尊老爱幼嘛,元老夫人,您也让让我这个后辈如何?”

她又看着使团,“从前诸位大人来播州,都是元家招待,今儿个怎么着也让我做一回东。再者,客栈有什么住头,我给诸位大人安排了惊喜。”

温婉见所有人都好奇张望过来,她邪魅一笑,“我定了两处别院,紧挨着西城码头,推开门便能看见播州的护城河。到了晚上,两侧河畔莺歌燕舞脂粉飘香,播州城里的姑娘们都该出来了,您可别说,播州的风水养人,姑娘们也是细皮嫩肉——”

元老夫人惊愕的望来。

随后双眼微缩。

不知廉耻!
一个女人竟然张口闭口就是青楼!
为了留住采风使团,竟然不惜用这般腌臜手段。

若是温婉得知元老夫人内心OS,必定大吼:商务一条龙咋了!她还请女客户去过白马会所点少爷呢!

虽然她当时强装镇定,并猥琐的摸了一把对方的八块腹肌就落荒而逃——

那柳大人红着脸一本正经的拒绝:“那不成!花街柳巷如何去得?我家夫人知道了还得了?”

温婉笑道:“柳大人此言差矣!咱就是喝喝小酒儿,听听小曲儿,跟姑娘们谈天说地,放松放松心情的事儿,您夫人一定会理解的。”

柳大人逐渐心动:“当真?”

“千真万确!”

至于您回家被夫人砍成薯片,那也不关她的事儿!
刘大监瞧见柳大人意动的模样,笑得合不拢嘴,“好,既然温掌柜做了安排,就请前面带路吧。”

元家姐弟几人便在酒楼门口目送温婉和采风使团一行人离开。

上了马车后,元以贞抓起桌上茶杯狠狠往地上一呛,“欺人太甚!这温婉都骑到我们头上了!再这样下去,咱御酒的招牌定然被温家酒坊抢走!大姐,你想想办法啊!”

元老二却更关心那封告密信,“大姐,那告密信到底是谁写的?我瞅那上面写得一板一眼,甚至连咱曲院的出入库记录都有,肯定是咱自己人干的!若真是老三媳妇坏事……”

马车内只有姐弟几人,元老二说话便百无顾忌,“五郎那件事…官府既然已经判了,咱就得认。再说我瞧着…分明是五郎平日里在外头做事没有顾忌,不晓得遭了哪个仇家的迫害,他自己多行不义必自毙,关温掌柜什么事,关我们什么事?”

“反倒是这贾氏!从前她纠缠温婉,没闹出什么大事,便也罢了!如今竟然闹到使团跟前,这不是断我们整个元家的路吗?!”

“索性……”元老二咬咬牙,“索性让老三休了她!”

元以贞不说话,但脸色明显赞同。

“这个蠢妇,既然动手,就得干脆利落!写封告密信不痛不痒,她是想收拾温婉还是收拾我们元家?”

元老夫人倚靠在车窗边,她素手掀开车帘看着外面的车水马龙,表情却很平静。

“酿制瑞果浆竟然不需要酒曲。”

元老夫人一句话,可另两人却不明白。

“这女娃…当真棘手。”

她放下车帘,马车内昏暗光线落在元老夫人脸上,她整个人看起来分外阴暗,“今日我算见识了这丫头的厉害。”

“从前我不信她是杀害五郎的凶手。”

“如今…我信了。”

另两人急道:“大姐你在说什么?难不成你也跟贾氏一样魔怔了?”

元老夫人笑笑,不置可否。

她跟这两个蠢出生天的王八羔子弟弟有什么可说的?

温婉送采风使团到了某处别院,随后等雷掌柜陪同采风使团去码头那边游玩后才回到家中,席间她喝了两杯酒,双颊红红,一回来就抱着两小只又亲又咬,把昭昭逗得咯咯直笑。

便宜爹生怕温婉喝多了耍酒疯,两只眼睛直愣愣的盯着温婉,“你轻点!别勒着我大孙子!”

珲哥儿一双眼睛滴溜溜转,似乎不喜温婉身上的酒气,很倔强的一直努力挣脱老母亲的怀抱,温婉笑着打他的屁股,“臭小子还敢嫌弃你老娘?”

她又看一眼便宜爹,“爹,给两个孩子起个名字吧。”

温维明和一旁的柳依依眉心一跳。

他们一直“昭昭”“珲哥儿”的叫习惯了,寻常家孩子也是一两岁才起正式的名字,温婉却突然提起……

这是打定主意要让两个孩子姓温了?

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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