"What do you mean?" The old lady played with the tourmaline golden silk nanmu bracelet in her hand, paused for a moment, and asked.

The second lady thought that the old lady wanted to make decisions for her, and immediately came to the spirit, and said excitedly, "Naturally, I want her to hand over all those jewelry and confiscate them into the public school." ”

The second lady thought in her heart that if that batch of jewelry was really filled into the public middle school, it would be equivalent to half of the second room, and her shallow dowry would be a little thicker.

The old lady has been a family in the Guogong Mansion all her life, how can she not see the thoughts in the second lady's stomach, she suddenly turned cold, put her bracelet on the table, and said coldly, "Split up." ”

"Divide, split?" The second lady repeated it in a daze, and was stunned for a moment, she suddenly turned white, and said to the old lady, "Mother, this is ...... You and your father are here, how can you separate the family, this is not to let people poke the backbone of the eldest master and the second master. ”

"Haven't you been making a fuss?" The old lady glanced at the second lady coldly, and said loudly, "Ah Guan is my granddaughter, and Jing Duan's cousin, what I want to give her, what Jing Duan wants to give her, it's our own business." If you are convinced, it is best, if you are not convinced, I will give you two choices today, first, split the family, and second, you go back to your grandfather's house and find your grandmother and cousin to make trouble! ”

The second lady stood there with tears in her eyes and indignant, she didn't want to choose either of these two choices.

The person she married is the second master of the Guogong Mansion, if she doesn't split the family, others can still call her the second lady of the Qiao Guogong Mansion, and she is also the young lady of the Guogong Mansion, but if she separates the family, not to mention that she will not be so beautiful when she goes out in the future, even if she is a shallow marriage, it is not easy to say.

"What, have you figured out how to do it?" The old lady looked at the second lady coldly and asked.

The second lady gritted her teeth, and after thinking about it, she couldn't be stubborn in the end, and said with a smile, "The daughter-in-law still wants to serve by her mother's side for a few more years, so naturally she doesn't want to break up." ”

When the old lady heard her say this, she glanced at her and snorted lightly, "I don't want to split up, so I won't retreat." ”

"Yes, mother," said the second lady aggrievedly, and hurriedly bowed and retreated.

After the second lady left, the old lady slapped the table again, looked at the personal grandmother on the side, and said, "Over the years, the house has been harmonious, and the old family's temper is good. ”

Mama Xu smiled gently, "The second lady is from a small family, and she can't compare to the eldest lady, even if she is not happy in her heart, she will not say it." ”

The old lady snorted, her shrewd eyes flashed, and said, "The more red her eyes are, the more I won't give it to her, Fang Hui, you go to the private treasury in the east to have a look, and pick some good things to send to Ah Guan." ”

Mama Xu was a little unsure of what the old lady was talking about, so she bowed down and asked more.

The old lady thought for a while and said, "Just take the dowry I prepared for Danniang at the beginning, it was her mother's things, and now it should all be handed over to her." ”

"Yes, old lady." Mama Xu took the order and left.

After a while, Qingfeng Yuan was lively.

In the bedroom, Ye Guan didn't know what was going on, she frowned, put down the medicine book in her hand, and looked at Yun Mei, "What's going on outside?" ”

"Slave and maid go out and have a look." Yun Mei said, bowing and retreating.

After a while, she returned, and she was one more person.

Ye Guan recognized that it was Mama Xu beside the old lady, she picked her lips and nodded slightly at Mama Xu.

Mama Xu smiled, bowed down respectfully, and said, "The slave maid is sending you something on the order of the old lady," as she spoke, she took out a gilded gift slip from her wide sleeves and handed it to Ye Guan.

Ye Guan took the gift list, flipped through it with a faint expression, and asked, "Why did you suddenly send me so many things?" ”

Mama Xu explained, "These are the dowries that the old lady prepared for the third aunt and grandmother back then, and now that the third aunt and grandmother are gone, you are her only daughter, so naturally they have to be handed over to you." ”

"Oh." Ye Guan nodded, "I know, is there anything else?" ”

Mama Xu said with interest, "The errand assigned by the old lady has been completed, and the old slave will retire first." ”

"Sending off guests." Ye Guan instructed Yun Mei, Yun Mei answered, and walked out with Mama Xu......

This matter soon spread throughout the Qiao Guo Mansion.

In the west courtyard, when the second lady heard it, she almost vomited a mouthful of blood.

She shook her fan vigorously and said to her daughter beside her, "Qianqian, your grandmother is really confused, then Ye Pavilion is an outsider, she actually indulges her so much, she can't wait to hold the entire Qiao Guo Mansion in front of her!" ”

"Mother is cautious!" Qiao Qingqian looked at his mother with a little headache, and persuaded in a low voice, "Cousin Aguan's parents died, and her legs were broken by a traitor, it's pitiful enough, so don't worry about her anymore." ”

"But your dowry is only a little more than 20,000 taels, why did she take 50,000 taels and 50,000 taels!"

"Mother, a good woman doesn't fight for dowry clothes, no matter how much money she has, it is something outside her body, whether she will live well in the future, don't look at these." Qiao Qingqian gently persuaded the second lady.

The second lady was coaxed by her daughter, and finally had a little smile, she raised her hand, gently touched her daughter's black and smooth hair, and said, "You are right, as far as the cripple of Aguan is concerned, there are more gold, silver and jewelry, except for those widowers who want her money, who wants her!" My family is shallow, it is different, and I will definitely marry a wishful husband in the future, and my husband will raise my eyebrows, and I will be beautiful. ”

Qiao Qingqian shook her head helplessly, did she mean that?

However, the second lady guessed one thing correctly, and there was really a dowry of more than 100,000 taels in the hands of Tuye Pavilion.

Within a few days, Qiaoguo's Mansion was lively, and they all came to propose marriage for their sons.

Because of the signboard of Qiao Guogong's Mansion, the people who came to the door were not too outrageous, and they all came to make up for what was fragrant and smelly, but there was nothing particularly outstanding.

The old lady also started thinking after the matchmaker came to the door, she is already in her seventies, it is indeed impossible to take care of Ah Guan for a lifetime, Jing Duan will also marry in the future, if you want to make Ah Guan worry-free for a lifetime, she has to entrust her to a loyal family.

The old lady thought like this, and after saving up for about seven or eight days, she made a booklet of more than a dozen families with a particularly good family style and a very honest young man, and asked Panxia to send them to Qingfeng Garden.

Qingfeng Yuan, when Pan Xia delivered the booklet, Ye Guan was talking to Qiao Jingduan.

Qiao Jingduan understood what Pan Xia meant, hooked his lips, and gave her a look.

Pan Xia understood, and immediately walked towards Qiao Jingduan and presented the booklet.

Qiao Jingduan opened the booklet, quickly browsed it, smiled, and threw it to Ye Guan.

Ye Guan took the booklet in his hand and looked at Pan Xia, "You go back first, I have chosen to go to Nanqiu Courtyard to talk to my grandmother." ”

"Yes," Pan Xia agreed, "the slave will retreat first," and she walked out.

Watching Pan Xia leave, Ye Guan opened the booklet, and while reading it carefully, he asked Qiao Jingduan, "Is there a good-looking young man?" ”

Qiao Jingduan sneered and glanced at her, "You might as well go to bed and sleep, you have everything in your dreams." ”

"Nope!" A flash of disappointment flashed in Ye Guan's eyes, and he closed the booklet again with a lack of interest.

Qiao Jingduan raised his eyebrows, "Co-author, do you really want to find a young man to marry?" ”

"Can't you?" Ye Guan propped his chin and asked, "The male should get married, and the female should marry, I thought it should be." ”

Qiao Jingduan: "...... It should be. ”

"If it should be, then what do you mean by that?" Ye Guan asked with an unkind look.

Qiao Jingduan coughed lightly and explained, "I don't think those young men in the book are worthy of you." ”

"Really?" Ye Guan opened the booklet again, read a few pages, and nodded, "It's really a little unworthy." ”

After a pause, he whispered again, "It seems that I have to talk to my grandmother when I go back, and ask her to go back and pick a few more good-looking young men for me to choose." ”

The corners of Qiao Jingduan's mouth twitched slightly, "Have you forgotten that you still have a big revenge to avenge." ”

Hearing him mention this, the smile on Ye Guan's lips faded a little, she stared at Qiao Jingduan for a moment, and after a long time, her eyes were sharp and asked, "Cousin, you don't want me to marry?" It's hard to ......"

"Would you like to marry me?" Qiao Jingduan didn't wait for her to finish speaking, he got up from the couch, walked to her step by step, leaned down with her hand on the armrest of the wheelchair, looked at her, breathed intertwined, and said seriously, "Ah Guan, if I am willing to marry you, are you willing to marry me?" ”

Ye Guan was looked at by him like this, his face was not half shy, some were just disgusted, pursed his lips, and said, "Qiao Jingduan, although I call you cousin, don't forget, you are thirty years old this year, and you are eleven years older than me." I'm going to marry a young man, not an uncle, you're too old......"

You're too old!

You're so old!!

This sentence pierced Qiao Jingduan's heart like a sharp sword, and the expression on his face first froze, then smiled, and suddenly became dangerous.

"You say I'm old?" He pinched her chin, the cold scent of smoke on her face.

Ye Guan's heart was unwavering, sitting lazily in a wheelchair, and there was even a hint of a smile on his face, "Indeed." ”

Qiao Jingduan saw her reaction in his eyes, and a burst of displeasure suddenly surged in his heart.

He kept his face composed, his gaze moved down, falling on her full and ruddy lips, his Adam's apple rolling, and he was obviously in love, but he couldn't kiss it.

The two were in an ambiguous stalemate, when Yun Mei suddenly walked in from outside.

"Aunt ......" She only had time to spit out one word, and the next moment, the whole person was stunned, "Girl, you ......"

"Nothing!" Ye Guan pushed Qiao Jingduan away, controlled the wheelchair and rolled towards Yun Mei, and explained without blushing and heartbeat, "Just now my eyes got into the sand, and my cousin helped me blow it." ”

Yunmei: "......" I believe you are a ghost!

"By the way, you came in to find me? Or looking for him? Ye Guan asked again in a light tone.

It was also at this time that Yun Mei remembered what was going on, made a straight face, and said, "If you go back to the girl, it's like this, the eldest aunt and grandmother have come back from Huo Wangfu, and they are crying in Nanqiu Courtyard right now, saying that you are bullying Miss Huo Jiabiao outside and ruining her reputation......"

"Did my grandmother let me go?" Ye Guan interrupted Yun Mei and asked.

Yun Mei nodded, "Yes!" ”

"I see!" Ye Pavilion bowed his head, turned back and said to Qiao Jingduan, who had a blue face, "Push me to Nanqiu Courtyard." ”

Qiao Jingduan was dissatisfied because of what happened just now, and he didn't want to pay attention to her at all, but unfortunately, his steps were not controlled by him, and he walked straight towards Ye Pavilion.

In the South Autumn Courtyard.

The old lady was trying to appease the eldest aunt and grandmother, but the eldest aunt and grandmother couldn't listen to it at all, her face was gloomy, her eyes were full of anger, and she made up her mind to teach Danniang's daughter a hard lesson, so that she could know that she Qiao Yuniang was not easy to mess with, and her daughter was not something she could afford to provoke as a cripple under the fence.

The Ye Pavilion arrived half an hour later.

As soon as she came in, the aunt didn't think about it, grabbed a teacup and threw it at her.

No one expected such a show, seeing that the teacup with boiling water was about to smash into Ye Guan's face, at this time, Qiao Jingduan, who was behind Ye Guan, suddenly flicked his sleeves and pulled the teacup back.

So, the next moment, only to hear a scream, the whole aunt and grandmother jumped up, shouting, "Burn, burn me......"

"Why don't you go and get a cold handkerchief," the old lady sighed helplessly, ignoring Ye Guan and Qiao Jingduan, and only commanded Pan Xia.

Pan Xia received the order and hurriedly went to get a cold cloth over, and the eldest aunt and grandmother took the cold cloth and put it on her face for a while before she eased up.

She put down her veil, looked at Ye Guan with fierce eyes, and was about to make a difficulty, when the old lady coughed and said again, "Yu Niang, your clothes are wet, go and change them first, don't get caught in the cold." ”

The aunt gritted her teeth, muttered for a moment, and suddenly got up and walked to the cubicle.

As soon as she left with her front foot, the old lady beckoned to Ye Guan and Qiao Jingduan with her back foot, and said distressedly, "The tea didn't splash on the two of you just now, right?" ”

"Nope." Ye Pavilion said, Qiao Jingduan nodded.

The old lady breathed a sigh of relief, looked at Ye Guan again, and asked with a headache, "Did Pan Xia tell you why your grandmother came to you?" ”

Ye Guan," he said. ”

"And what do you have to explain?"

Ye Guan thought for a while and said, "On that day at Jinshui Bridge, I was telling the truth. ”

"Yunshang is really pregnant?" The old lady was startled, and there was a gloomy flash in her eyes.

Ye Guan nodded, paused, and said, "My cousin seems to have fallen into the lake when she was a teenager, so she suffered from the cold, which caused her to be extremely difficult to conceive, and this pregnancy is the first and probably the last. ”

That's why she said it at the time.

After hearing this, the old lady was still thinking about how to get this matter over, but the aunt and grandmother who had changed her clothes couldn't listen to it, she opened the curtain and walked out, looking at Ye Guan with a pair of hanging eyes, and sneered, "I thought you were here to admit your mistake to me, but I didn't expect that when the matter came, you would dare to slander your cousin, if I don't teach you a good lesson today, I will be a mother in vain!" ”

As she spoke, she strode forward and raised her hand to slap the Ye Pavilion.

In the face of her menacing, Ye Guan didn't even raise her eyelids, she knew that with Qiao Jingduan, no one could hurt her.

Sure enough, the next moment, the hand of the eldest aunt and grandmother was grabbed by Qiao Jingduan.

"Jing Duan, it's none of your business," although the eldest aunt and grandmother hated Ye Guan, but when they faced their nephew, they restrained a lot. Her husband died early, and the second room of Huo Wangfu inherited the lord, and Yunshang would have to rely on Qiao Jingduan's support in the future.

It's a pity that she gave Qiao Jingduan face, but Qiao Jingduan refused to give her face, only to see him look at his aunt and grandmother coldly, "Ah Guan's business is my business." ”

"You ......" The eldest aunt and grandmother were shocked, she didn't expect that in just over a month, the eldest grandson of the Qiao Guo Mansion would be so protective of the Ye Pavilion.

"I believe in Ah Guan's medical skills," Qiao Jingduan shook off his aunt and grandmother, ignoring her surprise, and continued, "If my aunt doesn't believe it, it's better to invite Cousin Yunshang over, and then invite a few more doctors from the Tai Hospital to come over and see what they say!" ”

"Please, please, don't you dare?" The aunt and grandmother glared and agreed.

A touch of deep meaning flashed in Qiao Jingduan's eyes, "If Cousin Yunshang is really pregnant, I hope she and my aunt can pour tea from Ah Guan and admit their mistakes and kneel down to apologize." ”

"Then what if Yunshang is not pregnant at all?" The aunt and grandmother asked rhetorically, looking confident, her daughter knew that the most simple thing was like a blank piece of paper.

"Then Ah Guan and I will pour tea to my aunt and cousin Yunshang and admit our mistakes!" Qiao Jingduan made the final decision.

The eldest aunt and grandmother looked at the maid beside her, "Go, go back to the house and ask the eldest lady to come over." ”

"Yes, ma'am!" The handmaid was commanded to leave.

Qiao Jingduan patted Ye Guan's shoulder soothingly, and then glanced at Pan Xia beside the old lady, "Take your grandmother's name card and invite Imperial Doctor Zhou to come." ”

Pan Xia understood, retreated, first arranged for someone to invite Imperial Doctor Zhou, and then found Qiu Feng and asked him to go to Huo Wang's Mansion with him, no matter what, he must bring Huo Yunsheng over......

With this arrangement, in just half an hour, Huo Yunshang was taken into the Warm Pavilion of the Southern Autumn Courtyard with a pale face.

As soon as she saw her aunt and grandmother, she burst into tears.

The eldest aunt and grandmother only thought that her daughter was wronged, she stepped forward with an arrow, hugged her daughter into her arms, and coaxed distressedly, "Good child, don't cry, don't cry, mother knows that you have been wronged, you can rest assured, mother will definitely make decisions for you, those who dare to slander you, mother will let her kneel in front of you to pour tea for you and admit her mistakes." ”

Huo Yunshang listened to the words of the eldest aunt and grandmother, but she trembled even more.

The aunt felt sorry for her daughter, and hugged her a little tighter at the moment.

Until Imperial Physician Zhou walked in from the outside.

"Xiaguan has seen the old lady, Mrs. Huo, Lord Qiao, Miss Biao!" After Imperial Physician Zhou stood still, he turned around and saluted.

The old lady was irritable in her heart, waved her hand and said, "Imperial Doctor Zhou doesn't need to be polite. ”

Imperial Physician Zhou smiled, glanced at Ye Pavilion more, and then asked, "I don't know if the old lady invited the lower officials over today, what are your orders?" ”

When the old lady heard Imperial Physician Zhou ask like this, she first glanced at Qiao Jingduan and Ye Guan, then at the eldest aunt and Huo Yunsheng, and then sighed and said, "I invited Imperial Physician Zhou over today to let you take my granddaughter's pulse and see what is wrong with her body." As she spoke, she secretly glanced at Huo Yunsheng.

Imperial Doctor Zhou understood, "Xiaguan will take the pulse of the Huo family's cousin." With that, he walked towards Huo Yunsheng.

Huo Yunshang was so scared that he refused to stretch out his hand.

Seeing her cowering like this, the eldest aunt and grandmother couldn't help but speak, "Yunshang, you are innocent, what are you afraid of, if you want to be afraid, Ye Guan is afraid, listen to your mother, stretch out your hand, and let Imperial Doctor Zhou return your innocence." ”

Yunshang was forced by her aunt and grandmother, and finally carefully stretched out a hand.

Imperial Physician Zhou frowned and stepped forward, put a white silk handkerchief on Huo Yunsheng's wrist, and began to check the pulse.

The entire Warm Pavilion was staring at Imperial Physician Zhou's expression, especially Huo Yunsheng.

Because of this, she clearly saw that Imperial Physician Zhou frowned as soon as he pinched her veins.

It took a while for his countenance to calm down.

"Are you alright?" Seeing that Imperial Physician Zhou had been working for almost a quarter of an hour, the old lady couldn't help but ask softly.

Imperial Physician Zhou nodded, he slowly let go of Huo Yunsheng's hand, withdrew the handkerchief, and said, "Back to the old lady's words, the lower officials already have a result in their hearts." ”

"Say it," said the old lady.

A look of embarrassment appeared on Imperial Physician Zhou's face, and he was a little afraid to speak.

In the end, it was Qiao Jingduan who opened his mouth and said that it was okay for him to say it, so he gave up his hand and said, "Back to the old lady's words, Miss Huo Wangfu's cousin has been pregnant for two months, and the pulse is extremely bad, according to the intention of the lower official, if she wants to keep this child, she will stay in bed for the first three months to recuperate, otherwise...... Miss Huo may never have the opportunity to be a mother in her life! ”

"Quack!" The eldest aunt didn't expect the long-awaited result to be like this, her face changed, she stood up and pointed at Imperial Doctor Zhou and scolded angrily, "Zhou Pingliang, you quack, you fart!" My daughter is an innocent daughter's family, how can she be pregnant! You quack must have taken the wrong pulse! ”

When Imperial Physician Zhou said this result, he had taken a great risk, but now that he was questioned, his face suddenly darkened, and he brushed his sleeves and said angrily, "If Mrs. Huo doesn't believe it, you can send a few more imperial doctors over to see if your daughter is really pregnant." ”

"Pass it on!" The aunt and grandmother said hysterically, she always believed in her heart that her daughter was innocent.

But she was confused, but the old lady was not confused, she waved her hand and motioned for Panxia to send Imperial Doctor Zhou out.

Imperial Physician Zhou also knew that this was someone else's business, so he packed up the medicine box and retreated outside.

The eldest aunt and grandmother saw that Imperial Doctor Zhou was leaving, and wanted to go up to pull people, but before she could catch up, the old lady suddenly patted the short table at hand and said, "Haven't you made enough trouble?" ”

"Mother," the eldest aunt and grandmother were startled by the old lady's angry appearance, and then her eyes turned red again, looked at the old lady, and said with a crying voice, "I don't believe it! I don't believe that my Yunshang would do such an unruly thing, please give her justice......"

"You ......" the old lady glared at her aunt and grandmother, and the word "stupid" came to her lips, but she still didn't say it.

She suddenly turned her gaze, looked at Huo Yunshang sharply, and said sharply, "Your mother doesn't know anything, that's why she has made things so far, Yunsheng, how long do you want to hide it, do you want your mother to invite the entire doctors in Shangjing to the Guogong Mansion?" ”

"I, I don't know...... Huo Yunsheng's body weakened, and she knelt on the ground subconsciously, her eyes were red, and she staggered, "Grandmother, I don't know anything, don't ask me ......"

"I don't ask who you ask!" The old lady said angrily, almost out of breath, and Mama Xu next to her saw this, and hurriedly stepped forward to wipe the old lady's back.