Chapter 123: Family Affairs
After arriving at the main courtyard, she still saluted Tang Yinglan and the others as before.
I thought that I would be provoked by a few people, but I didn't expect it to be abnormally calm, and even Guan Mingyue and Mrs. Guan, who were not used to seeing themselves, did not deliberately stumble.
"Xue Shen, you're here. Today I asked the cook to make some pastries to see if they suit your appetite. Duan Ying'an stepped forward and grabbed her hand with a smile on her face, and the intimacy in her words and demeanor made people shudder.
Luo Xueshen withdrew her hand a little awkwardly, the corners of her mouth pulled slightly, and she said in a detached tone: "I don't like pastries." ”
Hearing this, Duan Ying'an's hand holding the pastry froze in mid-air, and her smile stopped for a moment. But fortunately, she quickly reacted, and hurriedly asked the girl to bring the plate down, "Since you don't like to eat, then don't eat it." It's also my mother-in-law's bad, you've been married for so long, and you don't know what you like to eat or not. ”
Although Duan Yingan deliberately created a scene of harmony and friendship, the disgust that flashed in her eyes was caught by Luo Xue Shen, but Luo Xue Shen didn't know why.
While pondering, Duan Yingan suddenly shouted, and then knelt on the ground and grabbed the corner of her skirt tightly, "Just let me be a mother-in-law, please let Mingyue go." She did offend you, but she didn't have a heart, and now that such a thing has happened, how can you let her suffer wrongs in vain? No matter how much you hate her, you can't take her life as a child's play! ”
"You ......" Luo Xueshen looked at Duan Ying'an, who was crying and wiping her tears, and before she could help her up, Guan Mingyue knelt on the ground again, kowtowing to her vigorously, her hair was messy, and the pear blossoms brought rain, as if she had really made the two of them suffer a great grievance.
It was too late to say that it was too fast, just when the three of them were deadlocked, a gentle voice suddenly sounded outside the door, Luo Xueshen looked up, and saw a noble lady wearing a lotus-colored robe and holding a round-handled bamboo bone fan walking in their direction.
Seeing this, Duan Yingan cried even more bitterly, while Tang Yinglan reprimanded them a few times with a fake scolding, telling them not to lose the face of the Guan family in front of outsiders, and then hurriedly got up to greet them.
Luo Xueshen was guessing the identity of the person who came, and after Liu Quan called her Mrs. Cao, she instantly understood the reason why Duan Yingan and Guan Mingyue acted like this.
At present, there is only one person with a head and a face in the capital surnamed Cao - the newly appointed secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Cao Zhengyi, presumably this is her wife, and Duan Yinglang deliberately sold miserably at this moment, just to use the mouth of this Mrs. Cao to pour all the dirty water on herself! This trick is indeed vicious, but she will not let them do anything wrong.
So Luo Xueshen took advantage of the fact that Mrs. Cao had not yet come to the front, and hurriedly retreated, narrowing the distance between him and Duan Yingan and Guan Mingyue. When she saw Mrs. Cao glancing at her suspiciously, Luo Xueshen deliberately raised her voice and said, "Mother-in-law, what are you doing, Mingyue has done such a rebellious thing by herself, and it is useless for you to kneel to me!" Now the emperor has decided to arrest the real murderer of the princess, this matter is tried by Dali Temple, and I can't help it!"
After she finished speaking, she tried her best to squeeze out a few tears from her eyes, and her voice became choked, "When the sixth master was critically ill before, grandmother and mother-in-law ignored us, and even said some sour words to stimulate people, but now that something happened to this bright moon, she thought of us." You also know that the sixth master is not like in the past, he has long been away from the court, and he is powerless about this matter, but if you don't understand, forget it, and force each other with filial piety. Where is there such a thing in the earth! ”
As soon as these words came out, Tang Yinglan's whole face turned red, and Mrs. Cao, who was talking to her, was also stunned, and looked at several people with complicated eyes.
Tang Yinglan hurriedly reprimanded Luo Xueshen, gave Liu's mother another look, and asked her to help Duan Yingan and Guan Mingyue up, "Xueshen girl, there are distinguished guests here today, what are you talking nonsense there?" I care a lot about you on weekdays, but don't talk nonsense with your eyes open! ”
Then she hurriedly smiled at Mrs. Cao, "Let you see the smile, this girl has always been a good bicker, they are playing around, I don't know how harmonious it is on weekdays." ”
"Yes, grandmother, we are so harmonious that you never treat me as an outsider and force me to talk back to Guan Mingyue. Obviously, she poisoned and murdered the princess, and the people on the Dali Temple side have also found out, so you just wait for them to arrest people. Don't say that I don't care about family affection, when it was the most difficult time for me and the sixth master, you didn't fall into the ground. ”
Mrs. Cao took in the words of the two of them, and also felt that the atmosphere was becoming more and more tense, and couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, "Old Madam Guan, it seems that it is not the right time for me to come today, you better deal with the housework first, and I will come to visit the house another day." ”
After handing the greeting to the old lady, she prepared to leave.
But how could the old lady let go of such a good opportunity to make friends, although this Cao Zhengyi is a new official and businessman, but he is highly valued by the emperor, if he can make friends with him, he must also rely on him to pave the way for Guan Yilang's career, and there is no harm.
So she hurriedly stepped forward to intercept Mrs. Cao and explained: "This girl doesn't know if she took the wrong medicine today, and she talks like a cannon fight." She fell her head a few days ago, and after waking up, she started talking nonsense, and none of us paid attention to her, so don't you care, let's go into the house and talk about it? ”
Mrs. Cao just wanted to open her mouth to speak, but Luo Xueshen suddenly leaned down and knelt on the ground, and said with a crying voice: "Grandmother." How can you say that about me, don't you know if I have broken my brain? I ......"
Halfway through the words, Luo Xueshen couldn't cry, this aggrieved appearance made Mrs. Cao on the side a little moved, and stared at her with a frown for a long time, "Anyway, the old lady still let this child get up, it's strange to look pitiful." ”
Tang Yinglan suppressed the sullen breath in her heart, and glanced at Luo Xue Shen coldly, "Mrs. Cao, don't be deceived by her pretentious appearance, you haven't seen her bully us on weekdays, old ......"
"Old lady doesn't need to say much, I shouldn't bother today, you better take care of family affairs." Mrs. Cao pursed her lips and smiled politely, then beckoned to the girl behind her, and was helped out of the door.
Tang Yinglan looked at the lotus-colored figure, and suddenly became angry.
As soon as the door lock fell, the smile on her face instantly condensed into ice, and she turned around and glared fiercely at Luo Xueshen, who had already gotten up, "I didn't expect you to have such a good means, and now that outsiders have seen our jokes, are you satisfied?" ”
Guan Mingyue saw that Tang Yinglan had a lesson Luo Xueshen's posture, and hurriedly fanned the flames on the side, "Grandmother, I see that she just doesn't want us to have a good time with the Guan family!" Since she got married, has anything good happened to our Guan family? You said she was a broom star before, and I couldn't have seen her closer. ”