Chapter 14: Likes and Dislikes
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Mother Lu waited outside Yishun Hall, waited for the carriage to stop, and personally helped Chu Weilin get out of the car.
"Why is Mom here?" Chu Weilin touched Lu's mother's hand, "But it's cold?" ”
Mother Lu was flattered and hurriedly shook her head: "The slave is not cold. ”
Chu Weilin said with a smile: "I'll go talk to my grandmother for a while, and my mother and Baolian will hide from the wind in Baoxia for a while, and then go back with me." ”
In the main room, Mrs. Zhang closed her eyes and recuperated, and Holly knelt on the edge of the soft couch, and the beauty in her hand was gently beaten. The curtain was raised, Chu Weichen took the lead in coming in, and Holly stopped his movements and got up to salute.
Old Mrs. Zhang slowly opened her eyes and looked at several granddaughters.
Chu Lunxin came back to Chang's house to see her, and from her daughter's mouth, Mrs. Zhang heard about Xia Shuren, and couldn't help but look at Chu Weilin a few more times at this moment.
Chu Weilin stood respectfully, her eyebrows lowered, these days seem to be much more clever and well-behaved than before, Old Lady Zhang squinted and looked at it for a long time, and couldn't help but see the appearance of the Jiang family in front of her.
It's really getting more and more like the dead Jiang family.
Old Mrs. Zhang looked away, unwilling to look at her disliked face anymore, and the pride that Chu Weilin had born from being praised by Xia Shuren also dissipated most of it, and said lukewarmly: "How is the purse embroidered?" ”
"The purse is embroidered, and I will send it over tomorrow to ask my grandmother for guidance."
Mrs. Zhang was noncommittal, waved her hand, and let them all disperse.
Chu Weilin saw that Old Lady Zhang was not bored, and she retreated.
Baolian stood under the porch, holding a lake-green satin cloak in her hand, and when she saw Chu Weilin coming out, she hurriedly stepped forward to tie it for her.
Mother Lu, who was talking to the mother-in-law in the small room of Baoxia, heard the sound, and also got up and came out, and when she raised her eyes, she saw Chu Weiai saluting slowly and then asked the maids to escort her away, and saw Chu Weichen pouting at Chu Weilin with a smile, and left with the mother-in-law sent by the Li family to welcome her.
Mother Lu had doubts, but this Yishun Hall was not a place to speak, so she and Baolian helped Chu Weilin back to Qinghui Garden.
Bao Jin held the lamp, and Chu Weilin sat in the east room, carefully recalling the change in Mrs. Zhang's expression.
If she was not mistaken, when she first entered the house, Mrs. Zhang's love was good, and she seemed to be a little happy, but for some reason, she suddenly became cold again, and she looked disgusted.
At that moment, what did Mrs. Zhang think?
Mother Lu sent Bao Hibiscus to guard the door, and asked Bao Lian to guard the middle room, standing by the soft couch by herself, and asked in a low voice, "Girl, is the old lady embarrassed you?" ”
"It's not embarrassing." Chu Weilin also had something to say to Lu's mother, so she asked her to move the pestle and sit down.
Mother Lu thought about Chu Weichen's expression when she left, it was obviously a look of schadenfreude, and she would only be like this when Chu Weilin was unlucky.
"Girl, the slave maid was sitting at Mother Zhao's place just now, listening to her, and when Mrs. Fifth Aunt came to greet her, she praised the girl, and the old lady was quite happy to hear it." When Lu's mother said this, she also had some doubts.
Although Mrs. Zhang's temper has become more and more moody over the years, it shouldn't have changed so quickly, after Chu Lunxin went back, no one else talked to Mrs. Zhang, and the maid and mother-in-law beside her, Mother Lu would not rashly say Chu Weilin's rights and wrongs, and it was impossible to make Mrs. Zhang dislike her own girl.
To say that Chu Weilin still couldn't figure it out after thinking about it, Mother Lu looked at Chu Weilin's face carefully by candlelight for a while, and suddenly her heart moved, and she woke up a little.
Old Lady Zhang didn't like the Jiang family, that was something that the entire Chu family knew.
The Jiang family's family affair is not only the meaning of the third old lady Chu Zhengfu, but also the deceased ancestor himself. Mrs. Zhang knows the rules of etiquette for being a daughter-in-law, but deep down she inevitably complains about her mother-in-law's interference in her son's marriage.
Thinking of this, Mother Lu couldn't help sighing, this hatred of the house and Wu must have embarrassed Chu Weilin for the sake of the Jiang family, but she really didn't know how to tell Chu Weilin these words, in case Chu Weilin resented Mrs. Zhang and completely ruined the relationship between her ancestors and grandchildren, wouldn't it be Chu Weilin who suffered?
After all, the Jiang family is gone, and Chu Weilin's future is all in the hands of Mrs. Zhang, a bad one, harming the girl, and also affecting Chu Weicong, who is still favored.
"The old lady is old, and it is inevitable that there will be times when she is not in good spirits, and today is the same, I heard that she has been waiting until it is so late, and she will have to wait for a few girls to come back before she can feel at ease." Mother Lu smiled and comforted Chu Weilin.
Chu Weilin bowed slightly, she wanted to understand what Chu Weiwan mentioned more than Mrs. Zhang's dislike for her.
What is the origin of the noble concubine that my grandfather once had? Where did it go now?
"Mom has heard that my grandfather originally had a noble concubine, surnamed Gui." Chu Weilin suppressed her voice and said to Lu's mother in her ear.
Mother Lu frowned and shook her head: "I've never heard of it." Where did the girl hear that? ”
"The third sister said." Chu Weilin explained, "She heard people mention it when she was in the old mansion of the old capital. ”
Mother Lu was silent for a long time, and said slowly: "If there really is, it is also in the old capital." ”
It has been more than 30 years since the Chu family entered Beijing with the first emperor, and Lu's mother has followed the Jiang family into the Chu family for 15 years.
"Will the old man in Yishun Hall know anything?"
Mother Lu's back was cold, and she asked Chu Weilin in a low voice: "Why did the girl inquire about those things?" If there really is this Aunt Gui that we don't know, the old lady must be shut. The girl still didn't inquire, lest she offend the old lady's taboo. ”
Chu Weilin shook her head and disagreed: "If you don't understand, you will be taboo." Just be careful and ask. ”
Lu's mother still felt that it was inappropriate, hesitated in her heart, and stopped talking.
Chu Weilin had already opened her mouth and summoned Baolian in.
Baolian picked up the curtain, and when she saw the dull atmosphere in the room, she couldn't help but be stunned: "The girl called me?" ”
"Come here with your ears." Chu Weilin beckoned to Baolian, and waited for her to bend down before she whispered the matter, "You go and inquire." ”
Baolian's face turned from red to white, and finally looked at Chu Weilin with some incredulity, and said crampedly: "Girl, seriously? ”
Chu Weilin nodded emphatically.
Pauline looked at Mother Lu in embarrassment.
Mother Lu looked at Baolian, then at Chu Weilin, and saw that her girl was stubborn, so she gritted her teeth and nodded: "Be careful." It's okay to slow down, it's okay if you can't ask, but don't show the news. ”
Pauline rolled her eyes and answered.
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