Chapter 135 In-laws
After Meng Jiao and the wedding ceremony, the engagement between the Meng family and the Shen family was really on the agenda.
"The third lady said that Shen Shuai had already sent someone to come to ask for a marriage proposal. Those silk, satin, jewelry, etc., were seen and said they were like money-free."
"I have heard of it, and now everyone in the capital knows it. The young lady of the Meng family is deeply loved by Shen Shuai. Before she entered the door, she had already sent more than half of the things to her parents' home!"
Meng Jiao’s marriage is about to be decided, and these maids who have been with Meng Jiao are also happy.
Cui Xiu was still as childish as she occasionally. When she started to joking with Cui Jin, Meng Jiao still couldn't resist it. It was Madam Lin who had to come forward to stop these two whining girls.
After finally letting two girls go, Madam Lin frowned and lowered her voice and talked to Meng Jiao.
"I have heard something, but the little lady doesn't worry. Isn't it really not sure?"
"My grandma just said that, but is it about Brother Yun Chan?"
What Madam Lin wants to say is really about Chen Yunchan, and it is extremely bad news.
But it turned out that Chen Yunchan returned to Beijing to report his duties. After returning from victory in the war, the emperor held a banquet in the palace. The empress dowager also came over for some reason, but this was not a big deal. What's important is that the empress dowager called her niece Yunlian into the palace and praised her niece during the meal.
The emperor understood the meaning of the empress dowager, but because the mother and daughter were in love, it was hard to say anything. Chen Yunchan didn't care about the empress dowager's face. Due to several previous storms, he was already dissatisfied with the empress dowager.
"Shis Shen left the seat in the middle and should have parted in disagreement. At worst, Shen Shuai made apology the next day, and it would be fined or confinement. Who knew that after Shen Shuai left the seat, the lady from the Yun family also went out together."
Yunlian went out, Chen Yunchan didn't know that if Yunlian hadn't made a sound, Chen Yunchan wouldn't care about this girl at all.
Chen Yunchan was not the kind of person who was dragging the water. He refused Yunlian's intention righteously and wanted to leave, but he was not prepared for Yunlian to pounce on him. Chen Yunchan subconsciously avoided him. Yunlian happened to be in the air and fell straight towards Yuhu.
"It is said that the place is remote and there are no people coming and going. Shen Shuai had no choice but to rescue the people and go to the Queen Mother's place together."
Chen Yunchan acted helplessly, but unexpectedly the empress dowager was left in the palace. She called it a blessing to wait for Yun Lian to wake up and thank him in person, but in fact she had her own considerations.
Chen Yunchan was waiting impatiently in the Empress Dowager's Palace. Yunlian woke up in the middle of the journey, but Chen Yunchan fell asleep for some reason. Today, the palace was full of Chen Yunchan and Yunlian who had already gone to Wushan Yunyu together.
"Is the news coming from the palace reliable?"
"The letter sent by the Imperial Concubine should be fine."
Concubine An sent someone to deliver the letter, which must be the real thing.
Meng Jiao naturally didn't believe that Chen Yunchan would like Yunlian, but judging from the current situation, her general must have been trapped in the palace by rumors.
Meng Jiao said nothing for a long time. Madam Lin mistakenly thought she was angry. After thinking for a few moments, she chose to comfort her.
"Don't be angry with the little lady, Shen Shuai must not be that kind of person."
"Mum is so worried. I don't doubt Brother Yun Chan. If I doubt it, I doubt it early. Don't wait until today. I'm just thinking. You just said that Brother Yun Chan fell asleep in the Empress Dowager's place without realizing it. This is full of doubts."
After Meng Jiao said this, Madam Lin also discovered the key point.
Who is Chen Yunchan? He is the general who guards the battlefield. He is sleepy and even if he dozed off, he can still wake up.
It must not be so easy that people can take advantage of the situation.
"According to the words of the young lady, if so... it can only be that the Queen Mother has tampered with it."
Meng Jiao sneered. She really didn't understand why the empress dowager was so persistent in stuffing Chen Yunchan's niece. If Chen Yunchan had no intention of a woman, she would never have any ideas about her.
The empress dowager did this, and in addition to deepening Chen Yunchan’s dissatisfaction with her, Meng Jiao could not see any use at the moment.
"Has the news been spread now? Or is it only circulated in the palace?"
"The meaning of the Imperial Concubine seems to be only circulating in the palace now. However, you know, little lady, there are right and wrong in places where there are people. This matter is very disgraceful, but it just corresponds to people's desire to gossip, so it should be... it has been slowly circulating."
There are people in the places where there are right and wrong. The palace is full of talk, and this is wrong and will only spread faster.
"Madam, let's go and prepare, let's go to the palace."
It is naturally not difficult for Meng Jiao to enter the palace.
However, this time, Concubine An did not have the joy of greeting Meng Jiao into the palace as before, and she was full of heartache now.
Her Gillian had just arrived at the scene and was about to get engaged to the boy of the Shen family, but the boy actually did such a disgraceful thing, which really made her angry.
Regardless of whether it is voluntary or not, this has happened, and Concubine An can't overcome the hurdle in her heart.
Meng Jiao came under Ruizhang's stage and saw Concubine An's frown brows.
"Aunt An looks like this, but I feel embarrassed to show my sorrow."
Meng Jiao said a joke, and Guifei An recovered from her senses and welcomed Meng Jiao into the palace with joy and heartache.
"You girl, your fiancé, have been messed with by others, and you are still in the mood to joke here."
"The matter is not yet final, why did Aunt An get angry first?"
Meng Jiao did not care about Concubine An's words, but her rhetorical question made Concubine An's heart suspicious.
Meng Jiao means, is there any turning point in this matter?
"Giao, what I mean is that there is a turning point in this matter? But the news has been transmitted from the Empress Dowager, and several little maids saw the situation when they went in to serve. How could there be an explanation from the other person?"
"I don't know if Aunt An knows it. The news I heard was that Brother Yun Chan was sleeping in the middle of the way. There was no exact situation that could be proved. It was just the situation that the little maid went in to serve him this morning. Aunt An felt that the matter in the middle was not worth our suspicion?"
Meng Jiao's words almost made Concubine An enlightened.
Indeed, Chen Yunchan fell asleep, so whether anything happened between them was just a one-sided word from those little maids.
Furthermore, to take a step back, even if what they saw was that Chen Yunchan and Yunlian fell asleep together, then no one would prove whether Chen Yunchan had touched Yunlian.
Chapter completed!