When Chungui came out of the Hesitant Garden, he was watching Lan Ting walk this way.

He didn't follow anyone around him, and came from the rain alone with an oil-paper umbrella, because the pace seemed to be a little hurried, so that the corners of the loose and green clothes fluttered in the cold wind, and the posture of the pine-shaped crane bone attracted Chungui to stand in the rain and watch it slightly, and for a while he didn't feel the cold like a yin needle chasing her straight to her body, and for a while the gloomy mood was also relieved, and for a while he even felt that today's light rain was timely.

I didn't even bother with the question of "why did Uncle Zhao come here at this hour" in surprise.

"What's wrong? But there are people who are causing trouble? Lan Ting saw Chungui's stunned appearance, and immediately frowned.

Qingping had already taken a few steps back, so the oil-paper umbrella in Lan Ting's hand stretched forward, a small world in the cold rain, the two were opposed, the woman slightly tilted her cheeks, the man's eyebrows were lowered, and the maid behind her quietly looked at it and felt pleasing to the eye, and hurriedly stopped looking at it quietly, as if even if it was just these quiet eyes, they were afraid of disturbing the two people who were looking at each other in the rain.

"It's a little unsmooth, but the second aunt is routinely picky, and I'm familiar with it now, so don't worry." When Chun Gui said these words, he remembered to care about Lan Ting's intentions: "Why did you come here at this hour, didn't you say that you would save this trip if it rained today, and let me greet the old lady on your behalf?" ”

The old lady also regarded Lan Ting, the eldest grandson, as a treasure, and in the rain and snow, she would send a servant woman to come over to the garden to explain, not to let Lan Ting go to the morning province in the morning, and she went back to Lan Ting to insist on the past, but she was so tired that the spring return was complained by the old lady, and accused her of not knowing how to advise, in order to avoid implicating the spring return, Lan Ting did not insist on greeting the morning province in the wind and snow, it stands to reason that she should not appear here at this time.

Chun Gui didn't wait for him to answer, so he guessed: "Didn't you see that I was delayed longer than usual today, and I was afraid that I would be troubled again, so I came to the rescue?" ”

Lan Ting didn't say yes or no, only smiled slightly at the corner of his lips.

Chungui's eyebrows also bent: "Although I am no longer afraid of being picked on and made difficult, I also understand the undesirable intentions. ”

"It's not good to stand for a long time in the rain, let's go back first." In fact, it was because of that smile that swept past the tip of his heart like a wind feather, which really made him itch in his heart, but this was outside the hesitant garden, no matter how unruly Lan Ting was, it was not easy to behave frivolously, he was not afraid that he would be slandered, he was worried

Lian Chungui was blamed by the elders.

"Okay, I've wanted to go back for a long time." Spring returns to the innocent and pure Wan'er.

Lan Ting couldn't help but glance at the women beside him again, making sure that the purpose of their rush back should be different.

"Who made things difficult for you today, and the second aunt?" He asked while he was on the road.

Chun Gui didn't plan to hide it for Mrs. Peng, so he briefly talked about the dispute just now, focusing on his own thoughts: "The second aunt has the intention to say that Don't arrange for Herou to go to the study to live temporarily, and the implication is that Don't treat Herou as an ordinary maidservant anymore, and just wait for the appointment to be able to set a name, but I heard that I didn't plan to accept Herou as a concubine that day, I really believed it, so I immediately corrected the second aunt's statement and saved the trouble in the future." ”

"That's exactly how it should be." Lan Ting expressed his praise: "Actually, I don't accept a concubine, who is a concubine, how can the second aunt really care, she stares at this matter is nothing more than to provoke the contradictions between us, so that you will be blamed by your grandmother again, whether it is grandmother or second aunt in the future, as long as you mention the matter of harmony, you will push it on me, let me deal with them." ”

"The second aunt's truth is nothing more than that the elders dare not resign, although I don't think so, but we must also avoid vulgar public opinion that will slander and unfilial piety, so don't be careful." Chun Gui didn't think about persuading him to take a concubine because he wanted to preserve his reputation, but just reminded Lan Ting to get ready.

"What elders, how old was I when my mother died? The real age of the sloppy is a hairy boy who has just started to change his teeth in market slang, and at that time his mother even chose a concubine room for me? What a joke. Lan Ting shook his head, and his tone became even deeper: "Besides, my mother won't care about these things for me." ”

Lan Ting seemed to have changed her mood in the spring, and Lan Ting didn't say anything more: "Don't worry, my grandmother is here, she won't force me to be embarrassed for these trivial things, as for the second aunt, I have both parents above me, and it is impossible for her aunt to interfere in my private affairs, even if she wants to ruin my reputation, my grandmother will stop me for a while." ”

How do you say "stop for a while"? Chun Gui felt puzzled in his heart again, and pondered Lan Ting's words, as if he thought that sooner or later, the old lady would take out the elder shelf to force him to do things against his will, and even when Aunt Peng was not good for the eldest grandson, her old man would stand by and watch?

If Lan Ting really thinks so,

Will it be too cold and heartless to see the family? At least in Chungui's view, the old lady still does love Uncle Zhao's eldest grandson, and there may be other reasons for her obedience, but she will not ignore blood and family affection for the sake of those utilitarian things.

Chungui was a little worried that Lan Ting was too repressive of himself, but this was not a good time to persuade at this time, so he just pretended not to notice anything: "Don't worry, I'm afraid that the second aunt won't have trouble me for a while." ”

He also said that the second master suddenly appeared and proposed to invite guests and friends in order to take a concubine: "Actually, this is the first time I have seen the second aunt have such a big fire, and I won't mention it in front of the old lady, even for me, the second aunt is picky and harsh, and she still takes into account her own manners, but today she is really angry." ”

"I also blame the second uncle, the ordinary family is full of benevolence and morality, and everyone is a righteous gentleman, but in fact, there is a problem of indulging in wine, in addition to Aunt Xiao, he has also accepted two good concubines over the years, not to mention, but in the officialdom, there are colleagues in the peak to give concubines to the second uncle is also not refused, and the beautiful name is called 'human relations'. The second aunt was not really poisoned into a piece of wood by the internal training girl, I am afraid that this breath has been held for a long time, and today I can't bear it. "Although Lan Ting is the head of the family, and he also knows the lustful vice of the second uncle, but it is normal for this man in the world to take concubines, and the officials are allowed by the law and encouraged by etiquette, even if Zhao Taishi is alive, there is no way to stop his son from taking concubines, let alone Lan Ting.

"No matter how angry the second aunt is, there is no way to stop this, the second uncle is in turn more angry than the second aunt, and in front of that Meng Niang, he scolded the second aunt for being jealous, and even the grandmother only blamed the second aunt, according to the second uncle to accept a noble concubine, saying that even if Meng Niang is a kabuki, she is not as good as a woman in the Qinglou Goulan, and she is raised in the Wei Mansion and is considered innocent."

As a result, Mrs. Peng could not resist the pressure of her mother-in-law and husband, and finally had to compromise, and Second Uncle Zhao even said that for the sake of seeing her finally be interesting, he would no longer pursue the crime of jealousy and disrespect.

Chungui didn't feel the schadenfreude, she was not sympathetic to Mrs. Peng, but she sympathized with all the women in the world who could only succumb to the etiquette and were powerless to fight a little, including even Meng Niang.

For some reason, Chun Gui just felt that she didn't want to be this concubine at all, and today the second master and Mrs. Peng were out of harmony for her husband and wife, but she kept acting like an outsider.

"You said that the Meng clan was given by the Duke of Wei?" Chun Gui suddenly listened to Lan Ting's question again.