Chapter 373: Kowtow
The cold wind was howling, and there was silence in the Yanguo Mansion.
"You said that the fourth young master of the Wenxin Marquis Mansion is looking for me?" Yan Hao put down the half-read book in his hand and asked with a frown.
His attendant stood with his hands down and said respectfully: "That's what I said, there are also the prince and the wife of the prince of the Wenxin Mansion, as well as the fifth master of An, they said that they came to ask to see the old lady, but they refused to explain the intention, this wind and snow are at night, I don't know why." β
Yan Hao's brows furrowed even tighter, and he pondered: "Tomorrow is the birthday of the county lord, they don't recuperate and prepare for the ceremony, why do they come here?" β
Could it be that tomorrow's etiquette is different?
Thinking of Zhengbin, who had not heard from him for a long time, and then thinking that the An family was looking for his grandmother, he suddenly had a guess in his heart.
After a pause, he still stood up and said, "Come with me and have a look." β
He didn't want to care about the affairs of the Marquis Wenxin's mansion, but An Wenyan was a friend he appreciated and talked about, and he couldn't ignore it, not to mention, he was ...... to An Ruolan
With a heart full of melancholy, Yan Hao took the scarlet scarlet big coat handed by the attendant and went to the flower hall behind the main hall.
The charcoal pot in the flower hall has been re-burned, and the maid quietly retreated after serving hot tea, and there are only four people in the hall.
After standing in the wind and snow for a while, the four of them were already cold in their hands and feet, and after drinking hot tea at this moment, their bodies were finally warmer.
After a while, Yan Hao came, and bowed his hand and said, "I don't know if the distinguished guests are visiting, and I have missed the welcome, please forgive me." β
is elegant, humble and polite, Yan Hao deserves the name of a noble son.
Everyone hurriedly got up to return the salute, and An Shiting said: "Uninvited, it should be us to make amends." β
Yan Hao smiled and said, "Please take a seat." β
And they sat down and spoke.
Yan Hao said: "I don't know what happened when the two adults came to visit late at night? β
The An family has nothing to do with the Yan family, Yan Hao naturally calls An Shiting and An Shiyan adults.
An Shiting glanced at the maid standing at the door, and his face hesitated.
Yan Hao understood and dismissed his subordinates.
An Shiting said: "I can't hide it, I disturbed late at night, I wanted to invite Mrs. Yan to be the guest of honor for the little girl tomorrow." He was ashamed.
Yan Hao was stunned, as he thought, he looked at An Wenyan with a dissatisfied face.
An Wenyan hung his head in shame.
His lips were pursed, and Yan Hao said: "If the Marquis of Wenxin Mansion really sincerely invited his grandmother to be a guest, why did he delay coming until this time?" Forgive you for not being able to do anything about it, please go back to a few of them. β
Despite his annoyance, he maintained his proper demeanor and made a gesture of please.
This was an expected answer, Murong looked at her husband anxiously, and didn't care about anything else, explaining: "Actually, ......"
"Auntie, let me tell you." Ahn interrupted.
"This ......," Murong hesitated.
An Wenyan gave her a reassuring look, looked up at Yan Hao's indifferent and cold eyes, and said sincerely: "Brother Yan, I also know that this is a reluctant invitation, but we really have no choice, and please Brother Yan for the sake of you and me, help accommodate one or two, let me wait to see the old lady, and be grateful." β
Yan Hao's heart moved slightly, although he and An Wenyan had not known each other for a long time, he definitely trusted An Wenyan's character, and if he was not forced to come, An Wenyan would not have come to the door for help.
Moreover, at the beginning, he approached An Wenyan with a purpose, and he always felt guilty about it, although he sincerely intersected with An Wenyan later.
After hesitating for a while, Yan Hao said: "Brother Wen Yan, if you want me to help you, you have to tell me the truth, I don't believe that the Marquis Wenxin Mansion is such a rude family, why did you come to invite Zhengbin until now?" β
"......" An Wenyan looked at An Shiting hesitantly, and when he saw An Shiting nodding, he sighed: "Don't hide it from Brother Yan, in fact, three days ago, the Mansion had posted to invite the old lady of Yongning Hou to pay a ceremony for Ruolan, but the Yongning Hou Mansion has not heard back, and we have no news until today, but there is still no news, and we have no choice but to visit late at night, and we want to ask Mrs. Yan to be the guest of honor for the housemate and the ceremony." β
"I see." Yan Hao nodded clearly.
"We also know that this is insincere, but we really have no choice, if we can't invite Zhengbin, Lan'er and she will probably become the laughing stock of Quan Shengjing tomorrow." Murong couldn't help wiping away her tears, and An Shiting sighed and patted her shoulder.
Hearing this, Yan Hao's heart trembled slightly, and he couldn't bear it when he thought of the elegant and dusty woman.
She deserves nothing in her life.
Without any further hesitation, he said: "I can help you with this favor, but you must know that grandmother has always loved her sister-in-law, and ......" He glanced at An Shiyan, and then said: "I'm afraid that grandmother doesn't want to see you." β
Rao is like this, the four members of the An family are already very grateful, An Shiyan said: "As long as Mrs. Yan is willing to meet us and listen to our request, even if I am asked to kowtow and confess, I will do it!" β
Yan Hao nodded and said, "Then I'll go and ask my grandmother to be accommodating, you guys wait a minute." β
Xiang An Wenyan nodded slightly, and ordered his subordinates to serve him, and Yan Hao hurriedly went to the backyard.
After Yan Hao left, An Shiting and the four of them could be said to be restless, and looked out of the door from time to time.
At this moment, the passage of time is unusually slow.
Yan Hao passed the second gate, and rushed directly to Mrs. Yan's courtyard, and when he heard that his grandmother was talking to his sister-in-law in the warm pavilion, he secretly said that it was not good, but he still went in hard.
If it is said that he is also suffering in the house, otherwise he will be punished for the crime of recklessness and rudeness.
Seeing Yan Hao, Mrs. Yan looked very happy, beckoned him again and again, and asked him to sit beside him, Yan Hao resigned, and asked An to stand aside.
Seeing his hurried expression, Yan Li asked, "Why did Uncle come?" You seem to be in a hurry. β
Yan Hao glanced at her hesitantly, and then said in a low voice: "Actually, a friend of mine came to visit and wanted to come to say goodbye to my grandmother." β
"Oh? What friend came over at this time, and it was windy and snowy outside. Old Madam Yan was surprised.
This question stumped Yan Hao, he originally wanted to fool his grandmother to agree first, and then ask for peace when he brought someone over, but now he failed to succeed.
In the end, he couldn't be fooled, Yan Hao had no choice but to tell the truth, and said: "It's Uncle An and his wife from the Wenxin Marquis Mansion, as well as An Wuye and my friend An Wenyan." β
Sure enough, as soon as she heard the Wenxin Marquis Mansion, Old Madam Yan's face suddenly fell.
"Why did they come to see me, I don't have such a big face." Mrs. Yan said directly.
Originally, at first, there was no contact, but later the daughter-in-law of the An family beat her favorite granddaughter-in-law for no reason, and Mrs. Yan naturally did not want to see the An family.
Although he had long expected this to be the case, Yan Hao still felt helpless, so he could only say good things: "Grandmother, just meet them, they have something urgent to ask each other, and An Wuye also said that he is willing to ask his sister-in-law for the matter of the year." β
"Two years ago, the An family should have come to ask for sin, but they didn't come until now, or because they had something to ask for, could it be that he was willing to ask my Yan family to help him do things?" Old Madam Yan snorted coldly, and her attitude did not soften at all.
"Grandmother!" Yan Hao whispered anxiously, and knelt directly in front of Old Madam Yan, pleading: "Grandmother, you can help them, otherwise the county lord of Chenshuang will not be able to invite the guests, and she will be ridiculed by the world!" β
Hearing this, Yan Li's eyes, who were silent, flashed.
Old Mrs. Yan was willing to let her little grandson suffer, she wanted to pull him up, and said hurriedly: "It's cold, you don't like the ground is cold, what if you catch a cold, you get up quickly!" β
Yan Hao refused to get up, and said stubbornly: "Unless grandmother agrees to help." β
"You!" Old Madam Yan gasped angrily, shook her hand, and said with hatred: "For that An Ruolan, you don't even listen to your grandmother's words, do you?!" Everyone else is already someone else's fiancΓ©e, what are you still doing to work for others! Kneel if you want, I don't care! β
After saying that, he turned around and didn't really look at Yan Hao.
Yan Hao silently lowered his head and said, "Grandmother, even if it's not for the Chenshuang County Lord, Wen Yan is a good friend, he is in trouble, how can I not help?" β
Mrs. Yan didn't move.
Yan Li saw that the grandfather and grandson were really energetic, and they couldn't sit still anymore, first, they were worried that their grandmother was angry, and secondly, they were also worried that their husband's precious brother was caught in the cold.
He mediated and persuaded him: "Grandmother, my uncle has always been righteous, and he naturally can't stand by when his friends are in trouble, so you can be compassionate, meet the An family, listen to what they have to say, and then say whether to help or not to help?" β
Hearing this, Yan Hao looked at Yan Li gratefully.
Old Madam Yan still refused to nod, and said coldly: "I don't see you, I want to see you." β
She is on a par with her little grandson.
In the final analysis, she can't be angry, her little grandson is such an excellent person, but the girl of the An family ruthlessly failed him, how can she not be angry? is also distressed that the little grandson is infatuated with the wrong payment.
If only the granddaughter-in-law was beaten, it would be forgotten, but it involved her most painful little grandson, how could she not nod.
It is said that old children and old children, the old man's temper is twisted, he is more screwed than anyone else, and he is unreasonable.
Yan Li had no choice but to give Yan Hao a helpless look.
Yan Hao didn't feel lost, but he still didn't stand up.
Old Madam Yan glanced at him secretly, and when she saw that he was still kneeling, her heart was painful and angry, but she still refused to nod.
During the stalemate, a report suddenly came from outside: "Old lady, King Jin asks to see." β
Old Madam Yan was taken aback, "Why is even King Jin here?" β
Yan Li said: "The county lord of Chenshuang is the niece of the princess of Jin, and I heard that the queen mother and the king of Jin also love the county lord of Chenshuang, and I want to come to the king of Jin for the matter of the lord of Chenshuang and Lu." β
There was a little envy in his tone.
Also, what other girl in Shengjing City can compare to the county lord of Chenshuang?
Although she was taken out, she was loved by the Queen Mother and the Emperor, and the whole family was like a jewel, even the princess may not be better off than her, who can not envy her?
As An Sanye said, no one dares not to sell King Jin's face, even the honorable Yan Guofu can't turn him away.
Glancing at Yan Hao angrily, Old Madam Yan said, "Since the King of Jin is here, let's invite the people from the An family to come over." β
Yan Hao immediately smiled and said gratefully: "Thank you, grandmother! β
Old Madam Yan turned her face and snorted, "I'm just listening to what they have to say, and the rest is another story." If you don't get up yet, if I want to ask you, can't you? β
Yan Hao hurriedly stood up with Xiaoxiao, beat her back again, and pinched her shoulders again.
Old Madam Yan sighed secretly, "I don't know who I picked up, the whole seed of infatuation." β
Yan Li covered his lips and smiled: "I look like a grandfather, and my grandfather is always the same to my grandmother." β
Hearing this, Mrs. Yan finally smiled a little.
On the other side, hearing that Old Madam Yan was willing to meet, An Shiting and the others were relieved, but they knew that now was not the time to relax.
On the way to Old Madam Yan's courtyard, An Shiyan said to King Jin in shame: "Thanks to Brother Xu's timely arrival, otherwise we would have to go in vain." β
Yan Hao had been gone for so long and had not heard from him, and they had already guessed that it was Mrs. Yan who did not want to see each other.
King Jin exhaled, looked at the snowflakes outside the verandah, and said with difficulty: "I can only do such a thing for Lan'er." β
An Shiyan's heart moved slightly and fell silent.
The group soon arrived at the main courtyard where Mrs. Yan lived, Yan Hao was already waiting in front of the courtyard gate, and when he saw everyone coming, he stepped forward and saluted everyone to enter the door.
Old Madam Yan asked Yan Li to avoid it, and moved to the hall where the guests were entertained alone, and as soon as the King of Jin entered the door, she got up and saluted: "The old body greets His Royal Highness the King of Jin." β
"Old Madam Yan, please get up!" King Jin hurriedly supported her and saluted back: "I took the liberty to come here and ask the old lady to forgive me." β
An Shiting and others also saluted: "I've seen Mrs. Yan." β
Old Madam Yan bowed indifferently to everyone and said, "Everyone, please take a seat." β
The crowd took their seats.
Old Madam Yan got straight to the point and said: "The old body already knows your intentions, and the old body can agree, but the old body has one condition." Her piercing gaze looked straight at An Shiyan.
Everyone's hearts jumped, and they already guessed what she meant.
An Shiyan said without hesitation: "Old Madam Yan, please speak." β
Old Madam Yan was surprised by his simplicity, so she stopped beating around the bush and said: "Back then, the Meng family was cruel to my granddaughter-in-law, but after that, he didn't even apologize for half a sentence, this is not only an insult to my granddaughter-in-law, but also an insult to my Yan family, I don't know what Fifth Master An thinks about this?" β
Sure enough, it's for this.
An Shiyan said secretly.
Flicking his sleeves and standing up, he bowed and said, "This is the fault of my husband and wife, An Shiyan is willing to make amends to Mrs. Yan." β
After that, without waiting for everyone to react, he knelt down with a puff and kowtowed three times.
The kowtow was thick and powerful, just as he was determined to love his daughter.
Old Mrs. Yan was the first person in his life to let him kneel and kowtow voluntarily in addition to his parents and kings.
Not to mention King Jin and the others, Mrs. Yan was also taken aback.
Although Mrs. Yan wanted to embarrass An Shiyan, she was not mean to this point, and for a while, she couldn't help but be moved by his beloved daughter's heart.
Sighing, Mrs. Yan sighed with emotion: "I am your elder, and I can afford your gift, you get up, I just promise." β
An Shiyan immediately turned her sadness into joy, and said gratefully: "Thank you Old Madam Yan for your magnanimity. β
Old Madam Yan sighed with a smile and was puzzled: "Since you love your daughter so much, why did you take her out of the country back then?" β
Hearing this, An Shiyan smiled dumbly.
The Murong clan replied on his behalf: "So that Old Madam Yan knows that it is not the fifth uncle who is reluctant to succeed Lan'er, but the fifth aunt insists on doing so, and the fifth uncle has no choice but to do so." β
Old Madam Yan shook her head in a daze, shook her head again and again and sighed to An Shiyan: "If you had the determination to kowtow today, you may not have lost your daughter." However, from this point of view, Meng Shi is indeed delirious. β
An Shiyan's smile became more and more bitter.
King Jin was distracted, he was the one no one could compare.
Coming out of the Yanguo Mansion, everyone's mood was not as heavy as when they came. R1152