Chapter 4: Dismounting
Xiao Xiantang noticed that Mu Chonglan's performance was very wrong, but he couldn't tell what was wrong for a while, so that on the way to the two of them to ask for the appointment together, he looked at Mu Chonglan more than once, as if he was waiting for Mu Chonglan to ask him something, but Mu Chonglan didn't ask anything, he looked at his nose and nose all the way, and even when he arrived in front of the hall, he stretched out his hand to help her cross the threshold, but she didn't seem to see it.
Mu Chonglan is the daughter of the prefect and the eldest granddaughter-in-law of the Xiao family, so today's hall is full of people, each with their own careful thoughts, the most is to see the lively branches, they want to see how beautiful this No. 1 beauty in Qingzhou is, and then see how fierce the nine girls of the Mu family are who are out of the evil voice, after all, this is the master who even lifted the hijab.
However, they forgot that Mu Chonglan was also the daughter of the prefect, even if he was reckless, he always understood the etiquette that should be on the surface.
Mu Chonglan didn't have any baskets, and the old lady Xiao who was present was the most relieved, and even smiled a little more at Mu Chonglan, drank Mu Chonglan's respectful tea, and gave Mu Chonglan a pair of agate bracelets.
Xiao Xiantang's father was sick in bed, and it was inconvenient to come out to receive the ceremony, so Mu Chonglan first visited Xiao Xiantang's mother-in-law, Wen.
Wen's appearance is beautiful, his eyes are full of joy, but his movements seem a little restrained, and he can even be said to be submissive, and his hands are shaking when he stuffs the red envelope.
Mu Chonglan took the weighty red envelope, but her heart was panicked.
In her previous life, Xiao Xiantang accused her of killing the Wen family more than once, it was really a disaster, after all, she really loved Xiao Xiantang miserably at that time, this Wen family was her mother-in-law, she was too late to please her, how could she hurt her?
But no matter how she explained that she hadn't done it, Xiao Xiantang had to impose this kind of sin on her, so that she couldn't even explain.
After meeting the elders, Xiao Xiantang went out, not at all as a newlywed should be, but Mu Chonglan did not stop him as angry as in his previous life, but instead told him to pay attention to safety, and the virtuous faction provoked Xiao Xiantang to look at her again, and she just lowered her head and pretended not to see it.
Xiao Xiantang went out, Mrs. Xiao picked up the teacup and said nothing, and the lively branches all found an excuse to leave, and after a while, there were only a few people left in the whole hall.
"It's all yourself, I'm just leaving you here to talk about myself, sit down."
"Yes." Mu Chonglan sat down in response, the seat was moved from another place, and there was no upholstery, she subconsciously supported her waist after she sat down, and then looked up and saw the ambiguous smile of the second aunt opposite, so she had to smile bitterly.
She did have pain all over her body, but it wasn't what she thought, but the small room was always slept by a maid, and she didn't even have a bed, so how soft could the so-called soft couch be?
I think she was pampered since she was a child, and after marrying Xiao Xiantang, she suffered some sins in sexual affairs, and she never suffered a bad treatment in terms of food and clothing, that is, the golden hairpin she brought when she died was also the only two branches in Dasheng, and the other was on the head of the favorite concubine Yu Guifei in the palace.
How much envy has been provoked by such pampering, but if a person drinks water and knows it, that person is as light as smoke and as thin as a fog with her, and he has never given a smile, and he tied her in the backyard, but he was paired with the daughter of the grandfather's family.
After stabilizing his mind, Mu Chonglan quietly lifted his eyes and glanced at Tan Susu, who was standing behind Old Madam Xiao.
Not to mention, no matter how powerful this cousin is, she knows how to make people hurt with a pitiful appearance, no, her eyes turned red when she saw herself, as if she had bullied her.
"Chonglan, I heard that you are ranked ninth in the family?"
"Back to the old lady's words, counting the sisters with the same surname in the clan, it is true." There is indeed no biological one, and there is only one brother above.
"The prefect's step-room, the Liu family, also has some reputation."
"My mother does have some talent." Mu Chonglan smiled, he had been in poor health because of falling into the water when he was a child, although Liu's family was born in a small family, he knew medicine, it can be said that if he hadn't been taken care of by Liu's for so many years, he wouldn't have survived now.
It is precisely because of this that when her father proposed to marry the Liu family as her stepfamily, she did not object, and Su Yan, the daughter brought by the Liu family's widowhood, was also like a sister to her.
At this time, I have never seen Rebirth, and when I return to the door in three days, I will definitely get close.
Seeing that Mu Chonglan was not humble at all, Mrs. Xiao was not happy in her heart, but her face only sank slightly, the ancestors of the Mu family were generals who fought with the founding king, and only began to abandon martial arts and literature when Mu Chonglan's father was born, although Mu Chonglan's father was only a Qingzhou prefect at this time, but the Mu family had a big business, and the descendants were complex, and the foundation in the imperial court was not shallow.
Look at the Xiao family again, although the ancestors have also been champions, but it is already the period of the first emperor, all these years with a tea to confuse an imperial businessman, but Shinong industry and commerce, the last word business, although there is a little thin face, but a few days ago there was an accident, not many people stepped on the low and praised the high?
Therefore, Mrs. Xiao can be said to be holding back the fire in her belly at this time, and she always feels that the daughter of the Mu family is treating herself as a Bodhisattva, otherwise why do you have such an attitude?
Originally, I was a little hesitant to do this to offend the Mu family, but at this time, it seems that it is really as Su Su said, and it cannot be taken lightly.
"Since you married into our Xiao family, that is our Xiao family, everyone is their own person, and the old woman will not beat around the bush." When Mrs. Xiao said this, she picked up the teacup, moistened her throat, and then continued: "Before you got married, this Xiao family has always been in the hands of the old woman, a few days ago the old woman was ill, so she handed over the key to the treasury to Su Su, Su Su is your husband's cousin, raised by the old woman's side since childhood, these days she took the key, and the care is not bad, so the old woman discussed with several elders in the family, planning to let Su Su continue to take the key, and when you are familiar with the things in the house, and then hand over the key to you. ”
Mu Chonglan raised his eyebrows slightly when he heard this, although Xiao Xiantang is the eldest grandson of the Xiao family, and he is the eldest daughter-in-law of the Ming media, but he is also pressed by a mother-in-law, and the affairs of this family are said to have fallen on his own head, but he really crossed it, but this old lady Xiao is not her granddaughter-in-law, but her own granddaughter.
The so-called waiting for the day when she is familiar with the things in the house is just a pretext, just to use the name of her own family to deprive her of the power she should have.
It seems that the same thing happened in the previous life, but at that time, she was angry because Xiao Xiantang didn't stay overnight, and when she heard the news, she went back to her small courtyard early on the grounds that she was not feeling well, and when the dust settled, she realized it and ran to the old lady's yard to make a fuss.
Coincidentally, there were guests from the Xiao family at that time, and the entire Xiao family began to complain about her from that time on, and Xiao Xiantang saw that she couldn't support the wall with a piece of mud.
But what does it matter?