Chapter Eighty-Six: Returning Home (Second Watch)

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Meng Yuqing sent Meng Yuyan back to the Jin Palace.

On the carriage back to Zhou's mansion, Zhou Mi'er seemed to inadvertently ask An Ruolan's opinion of Meng Yuyan.

An Ruolan pondered for a while before replying: "Aunt Nine is actually not as cold as rumored, on the contrary, I think Aunt Nine is very easy to get along with, but I always feel that something is weird." She frowned and scratched her forehead.

Zhou Mi'er's heart jumped, and she smiled dryly: "Yes, I also think Aunt Nine is very good, as for what you said strangely, it may be because I haven't seen each other for a long time, so I'm too excited." โ€

After a pause, he smiled again: "Actually, I rarely see Aunt Jiu, I still remember that when I first met Aunt Jiu in my memory, she was also like this, gentle and eager, which caught me off guard." โ€

"Oh." An Ruolan bowed her head clearly, it seemed that she was too worried, and Aunt Nine was not just like this.

However, it can be seen that Aunt Jiu still cares about her mother, otherwise she would not care for her so kindly.

Thinking like this, her mind couldn't help but come alive, maybe she could try to get her mother and Aunt Nine back together?

Whether it is from the sad appearance of her mother after the death of Aunt Jiu in her previous life, or from the various expressions of Aunt Jiu today, the two sisters still care about each other, so why is she not an adult? Moreover, she also has selfish intentions, hoping that she can borrow the power of the Jin Wangfu in the future to help the Weiguo Mansion avoid the disaster.

Since she can live again, she naturally wants to try her best to avoid the tragedy of her previous life from happening again.

The more she thought about it, the more feasible she became, and she planned to find an opportunity to talk to her mother when she returned.

Zhou Mi'er didn't know what she was thinking, and seeing that she didn't delve into it anymore, she secretly breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, and asked instead, "What will you do later?" How are you going to join Ruojin? โ€

An Ruolan came back to her senses from her thoughts and said with a smile: "Sister cousin, don't worry, Sister Jin has arranged it, we will go back to Zhou's Mansion to change our clothes in a while, and go directly to Taibai Mansion to wait." โ€

"That's good." Zhou Mi'er nodded cautiously.

The two no longer spoke.

Back in Zhou's house, An Ruolan changed back into the clothes of the maid Xiangwan, and then went to Taibai Building with Zhou Mi'er, she made an appointment with An Ruojin, and met in Taibai Building around Shen Shi.

On the other side, after An Ruojin repeatedly begged Miss Zhao San of the Yongning Marquis Mansion to keep it secret for her, she and Xiang Wan, who was dressed as An Ruolan, took Bailing and another maid into the carriage of the Yongning Marquis Mansion. The coachman who sent them over earlier had already been sent back to the Wenxin Marquis Mansion by An Ruojin with an excuse, which was also to prevent the coachman from discovering the clues.

When the carriage arrived in front of the Taibai Building, An Ruojin asked the coachman of the Yongning Marquis Mansion to stop the carriage under the pretext of wanting to go in and sit. At first, the coachman insisted on waiting for them downstairs to come out, and then sent them back to the Wenxin Marquis's mansion, but after An Ruojin's eldest maid stuffed a silver ingot, he changed his mind and drove away.

After sending the coachman away, An Ruojin hurriedly led people into the Taibai Building.

Zhou Mi'er had already greeted the shopkeeper, and as soon as An Ruojin went to the counter to ask, a guy took her to the private room on the second floor, where the two parties converged.

"How? Nothing happened, right? As soon as she closed the door, An Ruojin pulled An Ruolan and asked non-stop, and said nervously: "I've been restless and worried today, I'm afraid that something will happen to you!" โ€

"I'm fine, it's fine." An Ruolan saw that she was really anxious, and hurriedly held her hand to comfort her.

"It's all back safely, you can relax." Zhou Mi'er also followed the persuasion, but remembering An Ruolan's loss in the Weiguo Mansion, she couldn't help but stare at An Ruolan secretly. An Ruolan smiled.

An Ruojin didn't notice the private communication between the two, and saw that An Ruolan was really nothing unusual, so she breathed a sigh of relief, pulled someone and said repeatedly: "It's okay, it's okay." โ€

However, as soon as the words came out, she found An Ruolan's scarred palm, and immediately exclaimed, broke her hand and asked, "What's wrong with your hand?!" โ€

"......" An Ruolan touched her nose stupidly, and her heart was still discovered.

In fact, after taking the medicine, the injuries on her body no longer hurt, if An Ruojin hadn't mentioned it, she would have almost forgotten it. Fortunately, the injuries on the knees and elbows were light, otherwise there would be a fuss. She was secretly glad.

After thinking about it, she said, "I didn't fall carelessly, I've already been drugged, it's okay." โ€

This is not a lie, she did accidentally fall, and when asked about it in the Weiguo Mansion, she also replied like this.

Zhou Mi'er hurriedly echoed twice, feeling sorry and guilty.

At that time, Sister Lan was sent back to the banquet hall, and she didn't even find out that Sister Lan had changed her clothes, let alone be injured, if Aunt Jiu hadn't found out later, I'm afraid she would have been blinded to the present. Not only did she not take good care of people, but she didn't even know that the other party was injured, and she was also completely derelict in her duties.

The more I thought about it, the more annoyed and guilty I felt, and Zhou Mi'er had the heart to hit the wall. However, in addition to being annoyed, she couldn't help but excuse herself, when she was so anxious that she was about to jump to her feet, and suddenly saw someone coming back, it was understandable that she was excited for a while, who let the person who sent Sister Lan back not say a word about the injury......

No, wait! Zhou Mi'er suddenly had a flash of inspiration in her mind.

Before Sister Lan returned to the banquet living room, she had obviously been re-dressed, since she had even changed her clothes, it was impossible for those who were serving her to freshen up and change clothes not to know that she was injured, so why didn't the person who sent Sister Lan back say anything?

The only possibility is that they deliberately concealed it!

Thinking like this, Zhou Mi'er was almost furious, okay, the guest was injured in his own house, and the Weiguo Mansion not only didn't give an explanation, but also directly treated it as if he didn't know, and this practice was too much to see!

Slammed the table hard, Zhou Mi'er shouted: "No, I must go to the Weiguo Mansion to ask for an explanation!" โ€

An Ruojin had already been appeased by An Ruolan, but she was frightened by Zhou Mi'er's sudden attack, and became nervous again, and asked in a panic: "What's wrong, what's wrong?" What to say? โ€

Zhou Mi'er said angrily: "Sister Lan was injured in the Weiguo Mansion, but the people in the Weiguo Mansion didn't even mention it, this matter can't be just like that!" โ€

"There are such things." Hearing this, An Ruojin frowned unhappily.

An Ruolan shook her head and persuaded: "Cousin, now that the times have changed, if we go back and ask for an explanation, I'm afraid we will end up talking." โ€

"Then can we only suffer this loss?" Zhou Mi'er slapped the table angrily, becoming more and more annoyed that she hadn't discovered the problem at that time. At that time, she and her mother paid attention to Aunt Jiu, and Aunt Jiu's attention was on Sister Lan, but it was good, no one thought of asking for an explanation.

"You didn't even give a warning!" Zhou Mi'er couldn't help but complain about An Ruolan.

An Ruolan's eyes flashed slightly, and he said unhurriedly: "Actually, you can't blame the Weiguo Mansion for this matter. โ€

Subsequently, she slightly modified the matter of meeting Wei Xing and Qin Yiqing, and told Zhou Mi'er and An Ruojin, and said: "I thought that Miss Biao was just living in Weiguo Mansion, if she exposed her mistakes in person, I was afraid that it would make her have a hard time in the future, so that in the spirit of thinking that more things are better than less things, I didn't deliberately mention it." โ€

Hearing this, Zhou Mi'er's brows tightened a little, and said, "What do you mean, every qiฤ“ is the meaning of that Miss Biao, and the Duchess of Weiguo doesn't know?" โ€

"It should be." An Ruolan bowed her head, and an imperceptible smile flashed in her eyes.

"But I don't think Miss Cousin made a mistake unintentionally, but deliberately did it." An Ruojin said thoughtfully. Her inference came from An Ruolan's description of Qin Yiqing's attitude towards the guard.

"Hmph," Zhou Mi'er snorted coldly, "Small-bellied chicken intestines, listening to Sister Lan's description, you know that she is shallow-eyed, she still thinks she can really hide it from Duchess Weiguo all the time?" She will feel good in the future. โ€

Yes, it is good to have her, An Ruolan curled the corners of her lips slightly.

Once they know what Qin Yiqing is doing today, although they will not embarrass Qin Yiqing, their impression of Qin Yiqing will definitely deteriorate, and Qin Yiqing will suffer by then.

In her previous life, she was blessed by Qin Yiqing, and her relationship with her in-laws was incompatible, how could she not return the favor in this life?

An Ruolan thinks that she knows a little bit about Qin Yiqing, this woman's mind is far less beautiful than her beautiful and docile appearance, this is the conclusion that she slowly figured out after Qin Yiqing became the concubine of the guard and made her suffer many times.

She knows very well that the reason why Qin Yiqing is doing this today is because she is narrow-minded and can't see that Wei Xing is good to others, and second, because she wants to maintain the reputation of Wei Guofu. This second point coincides with her, because she is happy to push the boat. Left and right she is a victim, if she doesn't mention it, others will only say that she knows the general situation, but Qin Yiqing doesn't mention it, so she can only be accused of being cautious.

And the reason why she didn't expose it at that time was to cut off Qin Yiqing's only way to retreat - the excuse was forgotten for a while. As for how to explain Qin Yiqing being exposed in the future, it is not for her to care, anyway, her purpose has been achieved.

The curvature of the corners of her mouth deepened uncontrollably, and An Ruolan's eyes were full of pride.

Today, I have seen the punishment and avenged the revenge of an arrow, which can be described as double happiness!

Seeing her sรจ little appearance, Zhou Mi'er and An Ruojin secretly exchanged a look, and secretly sighed that they were worried in vain, it turned out that people had already had an idea.

Knocking on An Ruolan's head with an itchy hand, Zhou Mi'er bared her teeth and said, "Look at your little appearance, ghost spirit, don't you go and change your clothes back!" โ€

After being beaten, An Ruolan was not angry, and after pulling the late screen, he began to change his clothes after he pulled the screen.

After changing their clothes, the three of them sat in Taibai Building for half an hour, first sharing what they had seen and heard today, and then they began to talk about it so as not to be exposed after returning home, and finally the three of them said goodbye and went back to their homes.

Taibai Mansion is not far from the Wenxin Marquis Mansion, after An Ruolan and Zhou Mi'er said goodbye, they walked back slowly, in order to prevent mistakes, the two of them said the same words again, and also knocked the maid brought out loudly, so that they should not talk too much. A few maids were full of answers.

When they returned to the house, the two went to greet the old lady first, and then separated, each going to say goodbye to their mother.

In Xinyue Garden, Meng was holding An Ruoxian and instructing her to practice calligraphy, when she heard the maid's announcement, she subconsciously let go of An Ruoxian and got up to greet the door.

An Ruolan flickered and flickered, and the knuckles of the fingers holding the pen turned white.

An Ruolan entered the door and saw Meng's family, and said with a smile: "Mother An." โ€

Meng Shi helped her up and pulled her into his arms, and asked softly, "It's considered to be back, why did you go for so long?" โ€

An Ruolan said with a smile: "When I passed by Taibai Building, I went in and sat for a while. โ€

Meng Shi pulled her inside, and asked with a smile: "How are you playing in the Yongning Marquis Mansion today?" โ€

"Sister Zhao San invited us to visit the garden, and we also kicked the shuttlecock together, I can't kick well." An Ruolan showed a little annoyance.

"It's okay, if you practice more in the future, you will play well." Meng comforted her.

An Ruolan nodded, saw An Ruoxian behind the small desk, and said with a smile: "Sister Xian practicing calligraphy? โ€

"Sister Lan." An Ruoxian called with a smile, she also figured it out, it was better to create a false harmony than to tear her face. Now that she knew that An Ruolan might be a reborn, she naturally had to improvise.

An Ruolan didn't have much thought about her kind face, but looked at the words she wrote, and said with a smile: "Sister Xian, is this practice hairpin flower Xiaokai?" I thought you would practice willow body, but my mother said that she and my father both liked willow body, and I am practicing willow body now. โ€

Her tone was casual, but it was not the case in An Ruoxian's ears.

Is An Ruolan showing that she cares about her mother?

She won't lose to her!

Pinching her fingers, An Ruoxian smiled: "Really? Then I'm going to learn willow too! Write it to your mother when you finish studying! โ€

Meng Shi was very moved when he heard this, but he still persuaded: "Your father said that hairpin flowers are more suitable for girls. โ€

"Really? Why didn't my father say it when I practiced calligraphy? An Ruolan pretended to be puzzled and asked, Meng Shi was slightly stunned, his smile was a little stiff, and said: "You are self-taught, and your father is afraid that he doesn't know, so he never mentioned it." โ€

"Oh." An Ruolan was half lost and half clear.

Seeing her like this, Meng Shi couldn't help but feel a little distressed, and was about to comfort her, but her sleeves were pulled, and the words that came to her mouth were immediately swallowed back into her stomach.

An Ruoxian smiled triumphantly, pulled Meng's sleeve, and said with a firm gaze: "Mother, Xian'er also wants to learn willow body, Xian'er can practice the two together!" โ€

Before Meng Shi could reply, An Ruolan preemptively praised her: "Sister Xian is so smart, but she is just learning two fonts at the same time, so it must be a no-brainer." After a pause, she smiled again: "That's right, my mother also likes Yan Ti and Xingcao, if Sister Xian has energy, she might as well learn both." โ€

Hearing these words, An Ruoxian almost spurted out a mouthful of blood.

She was actually pitted by An Ruolan!

She said that how could An Ruolan suddenly care about her practice calligraphy, it turned out that she was digging a pit, slut, despicable and shameless slut!

An Ruoxian was difficult to ride a tiger, and she even had the heart to kill, but she had to smile at An Ruolan.

An Ruolan smiled sincerely and happily.

On the other hand, as Zhou Mi'er said, Qin Yiqing's actions did not hide from the eyes of the Duchess of Weiguo, but after the Duchess of Weiguo learned about this, she did not immediately ask Qin Yiqing about her guilt, but waited for Qin Yiqing to ask her guilt with a glimmer of hope.

It's a pity that the wait was three days, and the Duchess of Weiguo finally couldn't bear it anymore, and directly ordered her mother-in-law to press Qin Yiqing in front of her.

Qin Yiqing, who was being suppressed, turned pale, and he didn't know what mistake he had made, so he could only sobbed lowly: "Auntie, Qing'er knows that she is wrong, please forgive ...... aunt"

She was also wise enough to know that she would confess her sins first in order to avoid further suffering.

Duchess Wei Guo sat on the kang, her face sank when she heard the words, and said, "Are you wrong? Tell me, what did you do wrong?! โ€

"I ...... I ......" Qin Yiqing naturally couldn't answer.

With a "snap", the dwarf on the side of the kang was smashed by the Duchess of Weiguo, and the Duchess of Weiguo said angrily: "Miss Zhou Fubiao was injured when she was found, do you know about this?" โ€

Qin Yiqing's heart jumped, but the panic in his heart disappeared mostly, and he replied in a low voice: "I, I know." โ€

"If you knew, why didn't you say it at the time?" Duchess Wei frowned, her momentum was terrifying.

Qin Yiqing swallowed his saliva and said weakly: "I was in a hurry and forgot ......"

"Forgot?" Duchess Wei Guo sneered twice, "You forgot about it in a hurry, and you haven't remembered it in the past few days?" โ€

"......" Qin Yiqing was speechless, thinking that the lies had been exposed, so she said bluntly: "Auntie, there were so many guests present at that time, and I deliberately concealed the matter for the sake of the reputation of the Weiguo Mansion, and the Miss Biao of the Zhou Mansion did not mention it, let alone pursue ......."

The latter words, under the cold gaze of the Duchess of Weiguo, gradually faded into silence.

"You mean, as long as others don't hold them accountable, you can treat the mistakes you have made as if they never happened? That's how I behave in the Patriotic Mansion? Duchess Wei narrowed her eyes dangerously.

"Qing'er didn't mean that......" Qin Yiqing couldn't help but tremble.

She really couldn't figure out why her aunt had such a big temper. That girl is just a distant cousin of the Zhou Mansion, she has no power and no power, so she is not worth caring about at all, even if she hides this matter, she will not come to the Zhou Mansion to find trouble for a cousin to defend the Mansion, what's wrong with her doing this?

What she didn't know was that what Duchess Wei Guo cared about was not her status, but her own principles of dealing with people.

Although she couldn't figure it out, Qin Yiqing knew that only by admitting her mistakes could she ask for forgiveness, and she was more worried about her aunt's impression of her worse than being punished.

Kneeling on the ground, Qin Yiqing silently wept and said, "Qing'er knows that she is wrong, and she asks her aunt to punish her." โ€

Duchess Wei Guo looked at her and did not speak.

At this time, there was a rush of footsteps outside the door, and soon, a slender young woman with heavy makeup and a slender figure rushed in with the tall and handsome Wei Guogong, followed by the silent guard.

Seeing Qin Yiqing kneeling on the ground, the woman cried, let go of Wei Guogong and pounced, hugged Qin Yiqing and cried: "My Qing'er, what mistake did you make, your aunt wants to treat you like this!" โ€

After howling, he pounced on Wei Guogong, hugged Wei Guogong's arm and wiped his tears while rubbing, and sobbed: "Brother-in-law, I know that our mother and daughter are sent under the fence and are not happy, but Qing'er is still young, if she makes any mistakes, you can punish me, don't hurt her an innocent child!" โ€

This is said as if the Duchess of Wei Guo is innocently picking on thorns.

Here, the young woman pestered Wei Guogong, leaning on him softly and crying, no matter how Wei Guogong avoided it, he didn't let go, on the other side, Qin Yiqing looked at Wei Xing sadly, and called aggrievedly: "Cousin......"

Seeing the behavior of the mother and daughter, Duchess Wei Guo was angry and rushed to the top of her head, and when she stepped forward, she pushed away the woman who was pestering Wei Guogong, raised her eyebrows and sneered: "Zhuang Mei, if you don't want to be widowed anymore, sister, I can help you choose a good home, as for your brother-in-law, don't think about it anymore!" โ€

The young woman, that is, the sister-in-law of the Duchess of Weiguo, Zhuang Mei's face was blue and white when she heard this, and then she howled again and cried: "Sister, if you want to drive our mother and daughter away, just say it, why do you wronged me so much? I have been innocent all my life, how can I allow you to slander me like this, I, I don't live! โ€

After all, he was going to hit the wall.

"Mother!" Qin Yiqing immediately pounced on the person and stopped him, and the mother and daughter hugged their heads and cried.

In this regard, the Duchess of Wei Guo scoffed. I don't know how many times this is, she is sure that Zhuang Mei will not really seek death, so she has no intention of stopping at all.

Wei Guogong never spoke, only his eyebrows were slightly furrowed, and he looked impatiently at the "heartbroken" Qin Yiqing's mother and daughter.

Wei Xing stood silently aside, and waited until Qin Yiqing's mother and daughter were almost crying before he asked, "Mother, what happened?" "He and his father were dragged directly by his aunt, and they didn't know what was going on.

Hearing this, Duchess Wei frowned again, and said, "I was also so busy that I didn't even notice it. โ€

She told Wei Guogong and Wei Xing of what Qin Yiqing had done, and said, "I have to go and make amends to Mrs. Zhou another day, this matter is our negligence." โ€

Wei Guogong wanted to nod and agree, but was preempted by Zhuang Mei.

"What kind of big deal should I be, just for an outsider, sister, you treat your niece like this?" Zhuang Mei complained and cried again.

Duchess Wei Guo didn't bother to pay attention to her at all, and said to Wei Guogong: "That child is also a well-behaved and knowledgeable person, if others don't say it, she won't bring it up to cause trouble, but let her be wronged, I'll go to find a few exquisite and rare plays, and send them to her when I visit Zhou's mansion." โ€

Wei Guogong nodded without objection.

Wei Xing pursed the corners of his lips and said, "That girl, I've seen it." โ€

"Oh?" Seeing that his son, who had always been silent, opened his mouth to mention outsiders, Wei Guogong raised his eyebrows with interest and said, "It seems that it is good to be able to let you speak." โ€

Thinking of those dark and tough eyes, Wei Xing curled the corners of his lips imperceptibly: "She's fine." โ€

Seeing this, Qin Yiqing almost crushed a mouthful of silver teeth. With such kindness, she actually made a wedding dress for someone else!

"Since even the torture boy said yes, then when you go to visit Zhou's mansion another day, bring Shao Yatou with you, I heard that Zhou Shangshu's daughter is smart and clever, and I want them to play together." Duke Wei said to Duchess Wei Guo.

"That's a good idea." Duchess Wei nodded happily.

Zhuang Mei pursed her lips disdainfully.

Duchess Wei Guo personally selected gifts for visiting the Zhou Mansion.

The Wenxin Marquis Mansion has been very lively these days. In the past few years, the imperial court and the clan school have been on vacation, and those who are on errands and studying in the house are now free, and the family gets together, which is much more lively and festive than on weekdays.

Since Mrs. Meng came to the Hou Mansion once, the old lady has gradually stopped doing things, and now for the New Year, she directly let Murong Zhang Luo go. The Murong family did not take a big deal, and obtained the consent of the old lady, invited other ladies to assist, and the five of them discussed the affairs of the Spring Festival.

Just when the elders were busy buying things and directing the maids to sweep the dust and paste the window paper, An Ruolan also got together with a group of sisters, giggling and laughing and cutting window flowers, cutting more than anyone else, and cutting beautifully.

The gentlemen in the house took over the work of writing Spring Festival couplets.