The Precious Lady – Chapter 435

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第435章 全套
温婉笑她,“就你爱操心。小心变老姑娘。”

主仆两并肩走向成衣铺。

街上人烟萧瑟,远远地温婉在一家书社门口瞧见了雷泽广。

雷泽广似乎想要前来搭话,但最终又踌躇抽身,只冲温婉点头示意。

温婉无意瞥见红梅的脸色,心里发笑,暗道这两人倒是沉得住气。

天知道,就在她眼皮子底下,这两个人…雷泽广土味霸总眉目传情,红梅同学关闭雷达直得可怕,好几次温婉差点没忍住扯破这层窗户纸。

不过如今瞧着雷泽广那娇羞扭身的样子,温婉暗道红梅调教人的手段高明。

看把我们土味二世祖霸总给整成小娇妻了。

红梅不停瞅她,“姑娘在乐什么?”

温婉裹紧身上的大氅,“我吃多了。”

“什么吃多了。”

“狗粮。”

红梅蹙眉:暗道姑娘又开始说那些稀奇古怪的话了。

到了成衣铺,没瞧见春姨娘,只有她一贴身丫鬟:“温掌柜,今日不凑巧,刚好大房的人也在店内。我家姨娘的马车在前面巷子右拐。”

那丫鬟又拉住红梅,“红梅姑娘,主子们说话,我们远处望风便可。哪儿有凑上前去偷听的道理?”

红梅独当一面多时,闻言不动声色的抽手,丝毫不将这丫头放在眼里,“我在哪里望风,那也得我家姑娘开口,还轮不到你来说教。”

那丫鬟一愣,见红梅继续跟着温婉,连忙上前做亲热状,“姐姐,对不起,我年轻,嘴上没深没浅,不是故意要惹姐姐不快。”

红梅瞧着这丫头,心生警觉,“怎么以前没见过你?”

“我是刚到春姨娘身边的,我叫喜鹊。”

红梅心中生疑,暗道新来的丫鬟…这么快就成了春姨娘心腹?

红梅正泛疑,冷不丁从天而降一个麻袋将她装在其中,眼前一黑,呛在地上。

天旋地转之间,红梅隐约从麻袋缝隙中看到温婉上了春姨娘的马车。

双眼阖上瞬间,红梅心里只有一个念头。

要救姑娘!

要找姑爷救姑娘!
温婉再睁眼时,双手被反剪在背后勒住,整个人被塞在一个大水缸里,头顶有盖,她蜷缩其中半点无法伸展。

马车晃晃悠悠,青石板上“咯噔”一下,温婉不能视物,可察觉眼下还是白日。

她一上马车便被人打晕,甚至来不及看见下手的人是谁。

马车上除了春姨娘,应当还有一名身强力壮的男子。

“咯噔咯噔”。

车轮碾过地板,溅起水花,她听到有路边行人骂了两句。

这是出城的路!

南城方向!

上次送别贡酒使团的时候,这段路就被积水损毁,马车经过时异常颠簸。

来不及想春姨娘为何突然反水,温婉眼皮沉沉,头晕脑胀,清醒片刻又昏睡过去。

温婉再度睁眼便看见坐在正对面的春姨娘。

手依然被反剪束缚,无法动弹。

温婉咬破舌头,腥甜涌出,理智回归。

他们已经出了城,春姨娘靠着马车墙壁在闭目养神,很显然是在等人。

马车停在一处官道上,外面还有两个身强力壮一脸凶悍的男子守卫。

温婉心中确信,春姨娘反水了。

至于为何而反——

春姨娘缓缓睁眼,眼神无波无喜,“温掌柜,对不住了,受人之托忠人之事。”

齿间鲜血腥甜充满口腔,温婉确信这迷药效用已经消退,她一面观察环境,一面斟酌拖延,“我家丫头呢?”

“活着。”

温婉心中稍定。

红梅活着,能推出两个信息。一则春姨娘没有发现杀害六郎的凶手和她有关,否则反应不会如此平淡。二则红梅很快会去搬救兵,她需要保存体力和春姨娘周旋。

她双手反剪捆住,只能往衣袖里摸。

嗯,连匕首都被春姨娘摸走。

也就意味着,此次背后之人清楚她的用刀习惯。

是熟人。

温婉面上的痛苦恰到好处,“我还以为我和姨娘是同一战线的队友,从前你我合作这般顺畅,我和姨娘之间也无冤仇,为何姨娘突然要捆了我?若是姨娘遇见了什么难处,大可以说出来,我责无旁贷。”

她期期艾艾的劝着:“春姨娘,你可别做傻事!如今温元两家已经休战,你此刻被人撺掇着做出头鸟,定然会被元家厌弃。得不偿失!”

春姨娘扭头看向她。

已是初冬,外面寒意凌冽,春姨娘她汤婆子不离身,脸上竟是异样的柔和,“温娘子不必套我的话,我可以给你个明白。”

“多谢你送来调理方子,我已怀孕月余。”

温婉脸色微变。

“我这个年纪,还能怀上这一胎,是上天垂怜。也是托温掌柜的福。”

温婉冷笑,“春姨娘就是这样报答我?将我送给贾氏?”

春姨娘浅浅一笑,果然是做了母亲的人,看着肌肤比往日更细滑,整个人从骨子里透着一种温柔和平静,“贾氏犯下这样大的错处,可元家还是不肯休妻,只是将她关起来。你说,老爷和她…已经相看两生厌,何必非要凑在一块?”

“贾氏知晓我怀孕后,便同我做了个交易。”

“只要我把你交到她手里,她便和老爷和离,让出大娘子的位置给我。”

春姨娘摸着腹部,脸上泛起慈爱的圣光,“这样,我的孩子再不是庶出。”

温婉别过头去,人往后车壁靠去。

春姨娘偏头看着她,“如我所说,温小娘子,对不住了。”

“这是我和贾氏之间的恩怨。你既然怀孕了,那就该离开这战场。不用觉得对不住我,你对得起你自己就好。”春姨娘表情僵住,似拿不准温婉到底是嘲讽还是其他,不过那些都不重要了。

重要的是,没有了贾氏和温婉,她和孩子以后会过得很好很好。

可温婉继续攻心,小娘子发髻散乱,眼睛直勾勾的盯着她,像是雪地里修行千年的女妖怪,有种摄人心魄的压迫感。

“你答应了贾氏,我不恨你。城内定有人寻我,还请你告知。让家人知道何处收尸。”

小娘子看着憔悴且苍白,蜷缩在角落里,春姨娘想到她那两个孩子,想到贾氏对温婉的不死不休,又想到贾氏虽在和离书上签字,但难保其中有变故,若是一回城就坐实贾氏伤害温婉之事,那这个三房大娘子的位置才能真正落到她身上。

这一回,春姨娘重重点头。

小娘子脸上绽出虚弱又乖巧的笑容,“多谢你。”

温婉心里盘算着时间,红梅第一时间就会去督抚院搬救兵,就算魏峥不在,组织红楼和雷家酒坊的人手,昨天也应该将整个城内翻了一遍。

按理来说,今天该带人出城来找。

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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