Chapter 57: Retreat (II)
Since Shen Miaolan's private meeting with Li Yujin and the Li family was burned again, everyone knows in their hearts that this family affair will not be concluded. It's just that in the end, it is the fault of the Hou Mansion, and this future life is a tight one, and the old lady has always hoped that Mother Li can get better and marry off her third granddaughter after the draft.
Looking at the handsome young man kneeling at her feet, the old lady felt sorry for a while. motioned to Cui's mother to step forward and help the person up. comforted Li Yujin a few words, and instructed the people of the Hou Mansion to contribute money and efforts to handle the affairs of Li's mother.
Li Yujin politely refused, "Thank you for the bother, the old lady bothered, my mother was a folk woman, and she didn't achieve fame in her later life, so she couldn't afford such a grand funeral." ”
His voice was cold, and although his attitude was combed, he was not arrogant. Wrapped in a plain white robe, it looks more and more cold and elegant. In the end, he hated the Hou Mansion in his heart. The old lady sighed and said nothing. When he saw that he was about to take his leave, he sent him out.
Miao Lan woke up for a long time and finally regained some strength. The third lady coaxed her to take a lot of medicine, rested for a while, and then let her go to the old lady to say goodbye.
As soon as I entered the courtyard of Rongshoutang, I met Li Yujin who was going out. Shen Miaolan didn't expect a strange young man to come out of the old lady's yard at this time, and she was stunned at first. Li Yujin knew that she had collided with her daughter, nodded politely, turned sideways, and gave in to Miaolan.
He was very handsome, and he was so gentle and polite, Miaolan couldn't help but take a second look. Although he was curious about his identity, he still returned the salute in a proper manner and walked forward first.
Shen Miaolan asked the lark beside her curiously, "I don't know who it is, why did you appear in my grandmother's yard at this time, are you a relative of our Hou Mansion?"
The corner of the lark's mouth twitched, girl, if you look at other people's good looks, just ask, what are you doing like this. She's not Yunying, I really don't know who it is. The lark shook his head, "I don't know. ”
Shen Miaolan pursed her lips, the lark is good at everything, but sometimes it's too boring. Such a beauty, she is really blind.
Li Yujin, who walked out over there, heard the girl who had just led the way call the five girls of Miaolan, and knew in her heart that it was Shen Miaolan, who had been implicated by herself. It is said that the girl from the Marquis of Ningyuan Mansion was born well, and when I saw Shen Miaolan today, she really lived up to her reputation. I don't know what the third girl who promised to marry me is like, if she is so beautiful, she really responds to the word femme fatale.
Miao Lan was just curious for a moment, and when she stepped into the old lady's house, she left Li Yujin's matter behind. The old lady was very surprised when she saw Miao Lan enter the door. "Sister Miao'er is all right?"
Shen Miaolan saluted the old lady, "Thanks to my grandmother, my granddaughter is fine." According to my mother, my grandmother was very anxious in the past few days of her illness. As soon as the granddaughter woke up, she asked her grandmother to say goodbye, and even the grandmother bothered, but it was the granddaughter. ”
The old lady asked Shen Miaolan to sit beside her, and saw that although she was much thinner, her complexion was good. In a good mood, he smiled and said, "You stupid boy, what do you say that even your grandmother is good, you are all good, it is my blessing as a grandmother." As he spoke, he asked Miao Lan what she was unwell with and if she wanted to eat something.
The grandfather and grandson chatted very happily, and no one mentioned the poisoning.
Not long after, Shen Jiaolan, whom the old lady had called and invited, also arrived.
At this time, it was already afternoon, and the old lady suddenly sent someone to call Shen Jiaolan to Rongshoutang, and she already felt strange. As soon as I entered the door, I saw Miao Lan and the old lady sitting head to head, solving the nine links together, and I felt my eyebrows skip a beat. The old lady wouldn't also think that she had harmed Shen Miaolan and came to Xingshi to ask for guilt.
Then she really can't steal chickens and rice.
Guerlain hid a little apprehension in her heart, stepped forward to greet the old lady, and said to Miao Lan, "How is my sister?"
Shen Miaolan has experienced life and death, whether the poison is under Shen Jiaolan or not, she has not cheated herself in the end. I didn't bother to pretend to have any sisterhood with her, so I just said lightly, "I'm tired of the third sister, my sister is already well." ”
Shen Jiaolan is the most sensitive, Miaolan's cold attitude makes her very uncomfortable, and she knows that the old lady wants to support Miaolan and punish herself. For a while, my mind turned a thousand times, and I quickly thought of countermeasures.
The three girls were dismissed, no matter what the reason was, it was a very humiliating thing. In the end, it was her own granddaughter, and the old lady still saved her some face. Before Miao Lan consciously asked to leave, she didn't say a word.
As soon as Miaolan left, the old lady's face sank, "Three girls, the descendant surnamed Li, her mother died yesterday." He is to keep filial piety for three years. ”
When Shen Jiaolan heard this, the hand holding the tea bowl suddenly paused, and she looked up at the old lady with a blank look. There was a bit of helplessness and panic in the blankness, and naturally there was a trace of excitement. Didn't Aunt Bai, who they had been planning for so long and sacrificed, just to get rid of this undignified marriage?
It's just that the old lady said this, what does it mean? Shen Jiaolan said with a little grievance and apprehension, "Does grandmother want her granddaughter to quit?"
The old lady didn't directly say that Li Yujin came to withdraw from her family, in order to test Shen Jiaolan. Sure enough, as soon as she was introduced, Shen Jiaolan told the truth. Regardless of her grievances and apprehensions, in front of the old lady who has read countless people, her acting skills are still shallow.
The old lady sighed in her heart, and became more and more disappointed. But his face was not revealed, and he asked, "It's better to wait for three years to quit your family, and it's not your grandmother who says it alone, but your father has to decide." It's just that my grandmother was worried, and in three years, you will be eighteen years old. If there is any change in it, I am afraid that it will delay you, so I will ask you what you mean. Whether to defend or retreat. ”
Shen Jiaolan is naturally willing to withdraw from her family, but she can't say this, which makes people look down on her. She lowered her eyes and looked docile, "The granddaughter is at the mercy of her grandmother, her father, and her mother. ”
"Okay, Jiao'er is a sensible girl, and your father will not hurt you in vain. According to my grandmother's wishes, this family affair cannot be withdrawn. ”
As soon as the old lady's voice fell, Shen Jiaolan's face instantly turned white. This old woman was too ruthless, and even asked her to guard it? Shen Jiaolan pulled the handkerchief in her hand fiercely, lest she lose her temper. I heard the old lady say slowly, "The draft will be held in another month, if you will quit because the man has lost his mother for three years, it will affect the reputation of the girls in the Marquis Mansion of Ningyuan." When the time comes, my sisters, I'm afraid there will be no good place to go. ”
What an eccentric old witch, the granddaughter of her relatives is a noble daughter, and if she wants to marry the prince and grandson, should her concubine be trampled in the mud and go to match a poor bastard with a dead father and mother? It's so unfair!
Shen Jiaolan roared in her heart, but her face was deferential, "What grandmother said is that granddaughters can't affect the girls of the Hou Mansion. ”