Chapter 167: The Nightmare of Yanfu 3
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Because of the urgency that followed Chu Yanlan out, Long Jinyu forgot to add a coat for herself. The cool breeze swept across her face, brushing the shredded hair in the girl's ear, and she raised her hand to cut her hair.
Taking in the girl's movements, Chu Yanlan's clear spring eyes were half-narrowed. Her hands clenched tightly until her nails sank deep into the flesh and a tingling sensation came from her palms, which made her sober up.
The pink lips moved, and Chu Yanlan spoke with obvious impatience in his tone.
"Cousin-in-law, please, don't let grandma wait for a long time-" With a shallow smile, Chu Yanlan stepped out of the way, and a feminine light flashed under her eyes.
With her gesture, Long Jinyu's eyes lifted slightly. What catches your eye is the two majestic characters of 'Yan Mansion'.
Looking at the hanging flower gate, Long Jinyu was no stranger. The first time she came, it was Yan Beiquan who brought her here, and she remembered the past scenes as if they were yesterday.
In order to marry him, that man coerced and seduced him more than once, and even threatened the Long family. Thinking that he took him to see Mrs. Yan for the first time and confirm the marriage, remembering that he was in his Tianbeixuan, and remembering the birthday banquet of Mrs. Yan, he ignored his grandmother's threat and resolutely left with himself, Long Jinyu had a trace of unknown emotions flashing in his heart, bitter and sweet, mixed tastes.
"Cousin-in-law, doesn't you recognize the door?" It wasn't until Chu Yanlan's aggressive voice urged again that the girl's complicated thoughts at this time were broken.
Retracting her gaze, Long Jinyu nodded slightly, and walked in. No matter what awaits her today, there is no turning back.
Be brave, nothing to worry about. She said to herself in her heart, and her ears seemed to ring the words that the man had said to her in person, and her heart was inexplicably relieved.
He once said: With me, there is nothing to be afraid of.
He is the famous Fourth Master Yan, the dignified Beihua Overseer, the commander of the twelve provinces of Beijiang, and her husband. With his promise, she doesn't need to be afraid of anything, and if she comes, she will be safe!
As if knowing in advance that she was coming, Uncle Hong, the housekeeper of the Yan Mansion, immediately greeted her from inside the gate.
Seeing the girl, Uncle Hong first smiled kindly, and then when he saw Chu Yanlan, that smile disappeared instantly.
"Uncle Hong, I invited my cousin-in-law that my grandmother asked me to invite, you go and say something!" Uncle Hong moved his lips and wanted to say something, but Chu Yanlan noticed it and took the first step to stop it.
Listening to her words, Uncle Hong nodded reluctantly. After turning around, he turned back and looked deeply at the innocent girl who was brought in, and said in a slightly hoarse voice as if deliberately lowered: "Madam, you shouldn't come......" His voice was very low, only he and the girl could hear clearly.
His eyebrows tightened, and Long Jinyu saw that Chu Yanlan had been watching, and understood that Uncle Hong was afraid of being heard, so he only hooked his lips slightly. Seeing the housekeeper Uncle Hong carrying the dark brown robe on his body, his words were twisted repeatedly in his heart. Shouldn't you come?
What will happen? There is no answer to all the questions, so Long Jinyu can only bite the bullet and find the answer by herself!
"Let's go!" the butler took the first step to report to Old Madam Yan. The two girls followed behind and did not speak, Long Jinyu nodded, and walked with Chu Yanlan on the corridor paved with blue bricks in Yanfu, thinking about each class.
Stepping into the gate and passing through the corridor, you will see the main hall of the Yan Mansion.
The main hall of the old mansion of Yanfu, the ancient and strict layout, the decoration is elegant, and the first to go to the eye is the picture of the longevity of the pine crane hanging on the gable behind the main hall.
Although Yan Mansion is an outdated imperial relative, but under the influence of deep-rooted feudal thoughts, for the so-called identity and face, every picture scroll and furnishing of Yan Mansion is a first-class item and is priceless.
Just this pair of pine crane longevity hall, Long Jinyu, a layman, can see that it must be from the hand of that painting master. Immediately below the middle hall, there is a sandalwood bar table, on which are placed the east bottle and the west mirror, and in the middle is also a good double butterfly play and dance love flower celadon plate fired by the south kiln.
In front of the table, there is a carved solid wood table of eight immortals, and each side is carved with flowers, birds, fish and insects. On each side is a Taishi chair, and the back of the chair is inlaid with a piece of marble with a delicate pattern.
Old Madam Yan sat on one of the chairs, and her not very kind face was even heavier and colder after seeing Long Jinyu walking in.
"Grandma...... I'm back!" Before stepping into the main hall, Chu Yanlan raised a pure smile and trotted to the old man.
Faced with this granddaughter's coquettishness, Mrs. Yan was not angry, she took her hand amiably, and there was a rare knowing smile on her wrinkled old face.
"Grandma, I invited my cousin-in-law, what reward do you want to give Lan Lan?" The eyes were clear, Chu Yanlan's face was harmless, and there was still a little bit of scheming and arrogance just now.
Seeing this, Long Jinyu finally understood, it turned out that this so-called innocence was just pretentious! She smiled coldly in her heart, she didn't care about the intimacy of the two grandparents.
They came here because they threatened themselves with their families, and she had no intention of getting involved in other things. It's just that sometimes it's not that you don't cause trouble, and others don't mess with you. The withered and wrinkled hands held Chu Yanlan's delicate jade hands, and Old Madam Yan looked at Long Jinyu from beginning to end. From the moment she stepped into the main hall, those little eyes never left the girl. Different from the eyes of his granddaughter, when the old man saw this granddaughter-in-law, the softness and kindness in his eyes were immediately replaced by cold hatred.
"Grandma......" Out of politeness, Long Jinyu hesitated a few times, but still called softly.
"Cousin, what are you talking about? Grandma is old and her ears are not good. You understand that you should be louder. Chu Yanlan spoke, as a matter of course. A sly and smug light flashed in his eyes, and he looked at the girl burningly.
In line with not wanting to cause more trouble, Long Jinyu knew that she did it on purpose, but she didn't say anything. Just nodded, and continued: "... Grandmother... Granddaughter-in-law has come to greet you!" she said, leaning over.
However, before she could lean down, the old lady's cold voice sounded without any temperature. "Don't dare to be-" Alienated and indifferent, I can't hear a trace of family affection. This is Yan Beiquan's grandmother, I have only met her a few times, and I am a little cold about her attitude. What's more, Yan Beiquan is her grandson, and for so many years, a man has not only managed the entire Northern Army, but also supported the entire Yan family, but in exchange for only looking down on him. How much heartache will he have? Long Jinyu not only thought of how uncomfortable Yan Beiquan would be in the face of the old lady's face, but that man never liked to express it!
"Don't lie to me, do you know why I want you to come?" she spoke, her tone low and cold, and the eyes of the girl were even colder.
Long Jinyu's lips moved slightly, she looked up with a smile, met her cloudy eyes without sheering, and said bluntly: "Jinyu doesn't know-" She didn't know, so let Chu Yanlan bring herself here. Who could have imagined what kind of medicine they sold in their gourds!
"Nagging at home-" Very ordinary four words, coming out of Mrs. Yan's mouth, Long Jinyu really didn't dare to believe it. Don't talk about yourself, even Yan Beiquan has never been taken into her eyes, how can you talk about family life?
Pursed her lips, the girl didn't ask her what she was homely, she could treat Yan Beiquan and herself as family.
just followed her words and said, "That's not a coincidence, the fourth master hasn't come back yet." Long Jinyu mentioned Yan Beiquan, and Old Madam Yan's face instantly sank.
With a cold snort, she leaned forward while sitting on the Taishi's chair, and said coldly with disdain in her eyes: "It's because of his absence that I can invite you here." Otherwise, do you think Yan Beiquan will let you step into the Yan Mansion again?" Thinking about the meaning of her words, but before she could understand it, the old lady's words sounded again.
"He hasn't set foot in the house for so long since he left with you last time. It's as if the family owes him, and he doesn't dare to come to see me, an old woman—"
The low voice was full of words, and when the old man said that Yan Beiquan didn't come to see him, there was a touch of sadness in his cloudy eyes.
Why did Yan Beiquan leave resolutely with herself last time, wasn't it because she forced Yan Beiquan to divorce herself and marry the daughter of the Jiang family, Jiang Mengya?
However, her wishful thinking was wrong, Long Jinyu thought that she was not the reincarnation of a Bodhisattva, and she would not sympathize with those who hurt herself again and again and hurt the people she cared about! Thinking of this, how did the old lady pretend to be pitiful, she remained silent, and watched coldly how the old man would act in this scene next.
"Pity me for raising him so big, such an unfilial descendant, what's the use of me?" The old lady still kept saying that Yan Beiquan was not, as if in her heart, this grandson was useless.
"Why did the old lady raise the fourth master, you know it in your own heart-" Unable to listen to his slander of Yan Beiquan, Long Jinyu spoke softly. Although the tone is not hurried, not impatient or impatient, the words are clear.
"What do you want to say?" Unexpectedly, the girl dared to speak to herself like this, and the old lady was slightly stunned.
Her eyes are clear and clear, like the stars in the night. There was no trace of fear and helplessness on the girl's face, the corners of her lips rose slightly, and Long Jinyu asked rhetorically: "It doesn't matter what I mean, the important thing is that the old lady called Jinyu here today, it must not be as simple as nagging." Old lady, if you have something to say, let's talk about it directly!"
Instead of playing dumb riddles with them, it's better to get straight to the point.
"Okay—worthy of the woman Yan Beiquan fancies—" The girl was straightforward, and Mrs. Yan agreed loudly. With a long sigh, she continued: "You are refreshing, I will also get straight to the point, come here-" Seeing her waving her hand, the maid standing aside immediately took a few steps forward and handed a thick envelope to Long Jinyu.
Not knowing what was inside, Long Jinyu was puzzled and didn't take it right away.
"Take it!" Seeing that she didn't answer for a long time, the old man spoke, and his proud momentum did not give others room to refute.
No matter how domineering she was, Long Jinyu didn't reach out to pick it up. Instead, he glanced at the envelope, raised his eyes to look at the old man sitting on the Taishi's chair, and asked, "What is this?" There was no writing on the envelope, and Long Jinyu guessed that it was not a letter.
"Silver ticket, enough silver ticket for you to eat and drink for a lifetime-" When she said the word silver ticket, she bit the word more and was very arrogant.
Sure enough, the girl guessed correctly. It's money, and she won't give herself money for no reason, so there must be conditions in it.
Don't talk to her, Long Jinyu hooked her lips coldly, and her clear eyes flowed between the envelope and the old lady.
Suddenly, the girl sneered and said, "Old lady, this is the red envelope of the granddaughter-in-law?"
"Red envelope? ridiculous—" I don't know if she is really stupid or pretending to be stupid, the old lady was so angry that she shouted.
"Isn't it?, then I don't dare to ask for it, it's useless-" No matter what her purpose was, Long Jinyu would not accept this envelope full of silver tickets, and wanted to use money to buy her obedience, but unfortunately she was not a person who saw money!
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