Chapter Twenty-Six: Birthday Surprise
Mrs. Meng is an authentic Jiangnan woman, with a petite figure and delicate facial features, always with a gentle sense of innocence in her gestures, and she is about the same age as An's, even if she is also maintenance-oriented, An's looks more old-fashioned than her.
"Mrs. Meng, I really haven't seen you in a while." Ahn stepped forward and smiled.
Mrs. Meng had a gentle smile on her face, but her eyes quickly glanced at Su Jingwen, who was standing beside An and looked behind her absentmindedly, but at a glance, Mrs. Meng withdrew her gaze.
"Yes, Mrs. Su, some time ago, I heard that the old lady was coming back, so I have been preparing in the house, and I am not available."
"Mrs. Meng's filial piety to the old lady is clearer than anyone else, thinking of when Mrs. Meng was sick, Mrs. Meng, you waited in front of the bed for three days and three nights."
After a period of greetings and compliments, An personally greeted Mrs. Meng into the house.
As soon as he walked into the main hall and sat down, An secretly touched Su Jingwen, when she was outside the door just now, Su Jingwen should have saluted Mrs. Meng, but this child seemed to be obsessed, and he stood motionless!
Su Jingwen didn't see Meng Xiuwen and was a little lost, but she quickly stepped forward with a decent smile.
"Greetings to Mrs. Meng."
Su Jingwen was slightly blessed, this etiquette was very standard, and Mrs. Meng fell her eyes on her again.
"Today is the second miss's birthday, so you don't have to be so polite."
An Shi frowned secretly when she saw Mrs. Meng's not salty and indifferent attitude, she had mentioned to Mrs. Meng very vaguely about the marriage between the Su family and the Meng family before, although Mrs. Meng did not show her approval at that time, but she also had some intention to look at it, what does this attitude mean today?
Mrs. Meng casually said a few words to Su Jingwen, and let people take the birthday gift and move the topic away from Su Jingwen.
Su Jingwen is not stupid, she can't feel Mrs. Meng's cold attitude towards her, and her face is a little unbearable for a while.
Ahn secretly pinched her.
"You kid don't have to stay here with us, go and greet the young ladies who have come to celebrate your birthday."
"Yes."
Su Jingwen led the young ladies to the garden.
As soon as they arrived at the garden, there were three or two girls surrounding Su Jingwen.
"Sister Jingwen, you are so beautiful today." It was a little girl with a round face who spoke, the daughter of a county magistrate in Shunyang Mansion named Hu Le, who looked older than Su Jingwen.
"Look at what Sister Hu said, it seems that Sister Jingwen was not beautiful before." A little girl with a melon seed face answered, and glanced at Hu Le provocatively, their fathers were all Su Lun's subordinates, and after Su Lun arrived in Shunyang Mansion, she knew that Su Jingwen was a favored person, and she would be by her side in the past.
"You!"
"What's the noise, don't you bother!" Su Jingwen impatiently tore off the flowers in the garden and threw them on the ground, so frightened that the two of them hurriedly shut up.
"I heard that the sister above my sister was seriously ill and was sent to Zhuangzi to recuperate, so it's okay to save myself from hindering Jingwen's sister's eyes in the house." Hu Le knew that Su Jingwen hated Su Muge the most, and it was right to belittle Su Muge whenever she wanted.
Sure enough, as soon as she heard someone belittled Su Muge, Su Jingwen had a smug sneer on her face.
"Hmph, why did you go to Zhuangzi to recuperate, it's clear that you ran away with a wild man!"
When several people heard this, their eyes widened in surprise.
"What Sister Jingwen said is true?"
The official lady actually eloped with a man, and it would be light if she caught it and soaked it in the pig cage!
"What did I lie to you? Or is my mother so good that she wants to cover her up, otherwise where would she be sent to Zhuangzi to recuperate? ”
"God, this Miss Su's courage is inevitably too big!"
Standing at the entrance of the garden, An's face was extremely ugly, she wanted to raise a smile and pretend not to hear anything, but these people who came with her were not deaf, Su Jingwen's voice was not small, but they heard every word clearly!
Mrs. Meng, who was standing on the side, glanced at An Shi with a dark expression, An Shi could only pinch herself and gritted her teeth and choked up: "Really, it really makes all the ladies see the joke, this is a family ugly, no one would have thought that Mu Ge's child would do such a thing, she has been with her sister since she was a child, and she looks like a well-behaved ...... on weekdays."
In addition to Mrs. Meng, most of the people who came to visit the garden with An's were the wives of officials in Shunyang Mansion, and there were not many people who knew about the things in the capital back then, and they thought that Su Lun's concubine had a daughter, and only Mrs. Meng knew who An's was talking about.
"Mrs. Su relaxes, don't worry about those little mothers, in the end they are not serious masters, where can they be compared with Mrs. Su, looking at the second lady dignified and virtuous, you will know that Mrs. Su is very well educated."
"That's it."
Hearing these words, the smile on the corner of his mouth was almost unsuppressed.
Little lady, Zhao, did you hear that!
"Seeing that the day is getting bigger, why don't you go and sit in the house." Mrs. Meng suddenly spoke, and An thought that she was relieving the siege for herself, so she led the ladies away.
However, the matter of Su Muge's elopement with the man soon came from Su Mansion.
……
Mengfu's carriage slowly drove into the city gate.
After entering the city, the carriage did not go in the direction of Mengfu, but went all the way to the gate of Sufu.
When the carriage stopped, Ann and the others happened to be watching the play.
A maid in a blue dress hurriedly walked to Mrs. Meng's side and whispered, and when Mrs. Meng heard this, she raised her eyes in surprise and looked at Su Jingwen who was sitting next to An's.
Su Jingwen was immersed in the pleasure of Su Muge being belittled, and she didn't notice Mrs. Meng's eyes at all, until An Shi on the side saw the abnormality, and before she could ask, Mama Li had already arrived at her side.
"Master Meng and Mrs. Meng of the Meng Mansion have arrived!"
"What?"
The surprise on An's face was no less than that of Mrs. Meng, who looked at Su Jingwen just now, and she was afraid that she couldn't imagine that the birthday of a daughter of Zhizhou could alarm her husband and mother-in-law.
An Shi hurriedly stood up and pulled Su Jingwen, who was not moving. "Quick, go and greet you."
At this time, Mrs. Meng also stood up and went out with An Shi.
The ladies who stayed behind looked puzzled.
"What's going on? It was strange to see the faces of Mrs. Su and Mrs. Meng. ”
"I don't know, let's go and watch it, I'm afraid some plays haven't finished singing yet." A lady in yellow covered her lips and smiled.
Although they said this compliment to An's in the garden just now, just like An's said, the young lady in the house eloped with someone, which is a scandalous thing to cover to death, but this Miss Su Er actually said it in front of so many people, which can be seen in her upbringing.
Outside the gate, Mrs. Meng, Mrs. Meng, who looked deferential, and An took Su Jingwen to come forward to salute.
"Old lady, please."
Old Madam Meng nodded, but did not rush to leave, but glanced behind her.
"What about the child, what are you doing hiding behind the old woman?"
As soon as Mrs. Meng's words came out, everyone's eyes fell behind Mrs. Meng, and when she saw a slender figure walking out, An's eyes widened in disbelief!
Su Muge!
How could she be with Mrs. Meng!
"How are you! Su Muge, didn't you elope with someone? There is still a face to come back! Su Jingwen shouted directly.
Su Muge was wearing a smoke-blue skirt, looking at the style that had been popular in Shunyang Mansion for several years, and there was only one hosta with a poor color on her black sideburns, which was inferior to some big girls in the big family's mansion.
Su Muge didn't seem to receive any strange eyes at all, and walked to Mrs. Meng's side with a faint expression and gently held her hand.
Old Madam Meng smiled with satisfaction and looked at Su Jingwen.
"This is Miss Su Er, right?"
Old Madam Meng's expression was indifferent, which made Su Jingwen shrink in fear.
An had to suppress the doubts and anger in his heart and stepped forward. "Old lady, exactly."
Old Madam Meng nodded.
"What did she just say?"
"This ......"
Su Jingwen saw that An didn't speak, and when she saw Su Muge's tall appearance, she was angry!
"Old lady, this is my eldest sister, not long ago, she went back to Nancheng Mansion to see the name of a foreign family during the holiday, and eloped directly with a man! I didn't expect her to come back now, it won't be that she was abandoned, and she didn't want to come back when she had nowhere to go! ”
"Jingwen, what nonsense are you kidding!"
"Mother, my daughter is not wrong, what she did by herself, doesn't she dare to admit it?"
"Abandoned by a man and coming back with a face, it's really shameless, if it were me, I would have been hanged with a rope!"
"That's right, how can there be such a shameless person in this world."
"Nonsense!" Old Madam Meng's hoarse and angry voice quieted everyone down.
"Old Madam Meng, don't be deceived by her!" Su Jingwen still has to argue.
"This kid has been following my wife all the way, and I've never seen any man or not a man! It's you, slandering the sisters at home again and again, it's really chilling! ”
As soon as Mrs. Meng's words came out, An's face instantly turned pale with fright.
The Meng family is not to mention that it is in Shunyang Mansion, but it is also very important in the capital, if Su Jingwen does not agree with her sisters and slanders her sisters spread out, then she will not want to marry a good family in the future!
"Jingwen, what nonsense are you talking about, Miss is too tired today, why don't you help her in to rest!"
The maid behind Su Jingwen hurriedly stepped forward to help Su Jingwen, Su Jingwen wanted to say something, but seeing An's ugly face, she could only leave unwillingly.
"Old Madam Meng forgives me, that child was spoiled by me, and I will definitely punish her severely when I turn around." An Shi hurriedly stepped forward to confess, but when he looked at Su Muge, there was doubt in his eyes, which made many people see it.
"Mu Ge, where have you been these days, your father sent someone to escort you back to Nancheng Mansion, why did you run away halfway? Your father and I are dying. ”
An Shi is determined to pay attention to making Su Muge ruined and making her daughter ugly, how could she let her go!