The subtle interaction between the couple fell into the eyes of everyone. Everyone had different reactions.
Mrs. Zheng smiled nonchalantly. She only took a concubine to pass on the heirs. She didn't expect that her son and daughter-in-law would be cold and distant after the concubine passed away. She was not the kind of evil mother-in-law who liked to stuff people into her son's room.
Ye Qingning and Cui Wan are not close and have no feelings about it.
Ye Qinglan is happy for Cui Wan. Fortunately, Ye Yuanwei is not the kind of scumbag who forgets the old person when he gets a new person. In fact, judging from Ye Yuanwei's recent behavior, he does have sincere feelings for Cui Wan.
Emotional.
Of course, it is impossible for a man who grew up in such an environment to protect his wife. Therefore, we cannot be too harsh on Ye Yuanwei.
Cui Jing also had a panoramic view of this scene, her long eyelashes fluttered, and then she lowered her eyelids.
Seeing that the time was almost up, Mrs. Zheng led a group of people to Changhe Hall to pay respects to Mrs. Jiang. Cui Jing was obviously a little nervous and awkward, and her right hand unconsciously clenched the handkerchief in her hand.
Although she had never met Mrs. Chang Yuanbo, Mr. He had specially warned her before she got married. This Mr. Jiang was not a good person. He had always wanted to bring his grandniece into the house. Now this
However, the position was taken by her. I also knew that Mr. Jiang had no good impression of her. I wonder if today's kowtow and tea ceremony would deliberately make things difficult for her...
Cui Wan caught sight of Cui Jing's slightly pale pretty face from the corner of her eye, and her heart softened suddenly, and she comforted her in a low voice: "Don't be afraid, you can just kowtow and serve tea in peace later. My mother-in-law is with me.
My husband is here, no one will bully you."
Cui Jing glanced at Cui Wan gratefully. Although the two had not seen each other for several years, they were cousins after all. Cui Wan's attitude towards her was quite kind.
When they arrived at Changhe Hall, Mrs. Jiang and her second daughter-in-law, Mrs. Li, were indeed there. As soon as Cui Jing followed everyone into the threshold of the main hall, everyone in the hall looked over. Two of them were particularly bright.
Sharp, of course it is Jiang.
Jiang has been in a bad mood these days.
The plan that she thought was foolproof failed, and she suffered another disastrous defeat in the contest between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. Naturally, Ms. Jiang was holding back her anger. But she couldn't show even half of it, and she had to pretend to be nonchalantly concerned about the preparations for the wedding banquet, not to mention getting too angry.
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Now, the newcomer Cui Jing is kneeling down in front of her, kowtowing and serving tea. It would be strange if she didn't show some courtesy to her elder brother.
Jiang didn't take the tea from Cui Jing's hand, but looked at Cui Jing carefully, and then praised with a smile: "Sure enough, she is so beautiful, she is even more fresh than when Cui came to visit. Yuan Wei is really
blessed."
Cui Wan smiled slightly.
Cui Jing's heart skipped a beat, and she responded hurriedly and meekly: "Thank you, old lady, for your compliments. My concubine is so beautiful. How can she be compared with the young mistress? Before the young mistress left the cabinet, she was the most outstanding one among the daughters of our Cui Mansion!"
Jiang glanced at Cui Wan with a half-smile, and said slowly: "No matter how good the appearance is, it is only secondary. When this woman gets married, the most important thing is to have children and inherit the children. Cui has only been married for five years.
After giving birth to Sister Qiao, Cui Mansion married you again. Don’t let Cui Mansion live up to its hard work. It’s better to spread the branches of our Changyuan Mansion earlier.”
Every sentence pierced Cui Wan's heart like a knife.
Cui Wan's face turned slightly pale and she lowered her head silently. Her heart ached slightly. Although she knew very well that Jiang was deliberately trying to sow a relationship between her and Cui Jing, she felt really uncomfortable after hearing these harsh words...
Ye Yuanwei frowned slightly, then relaxed his brows. Today was the first day after Cui Jing came to the house. Jiang was not happy, so it was inevitable to say a few words. It was better not to create any more trouble!
Cui Jing knelt there straight, holding the teacup high in her hand. Jiang turned a blind eye and said to Zheng with a smile: "You should pay more attention to this matter. Aren't there two wives beside Yuan Wei?"
Maid? There is also the new Aunt Cui. There should be some good news in the past two months."
Zheng suppressed the unhappiness in her heart and responded with a smile.
Cui Jing had been kneeling for a long time, and she only felt that her knees were sore and painful. That was fine, but what was even more uncomfortable was that her arms were kept raised so high, and she had to hold them steady to prevent the tea from spilling. The feeling was really indescribable.
But even if Mrs. Jiang didn't take the tea cup, she could only kneel stiffly.
Mr. Jiang deliberately made things difficult for the newcomers, thereby causing trouble for everyone in the eldest house. Everyone knew it.
Ye Qinglan glanced at Cui Jing, who had beads of sweat on her forehead, and couldn't help but feel a little sympathy in her heart, and her dislike for Jiang rose to another level.
Seeing that Mrs. Jiang still had no intention of serving the tea, Ye Yuanwei finally couldn't help but open his mouth: "Grandma, you'd better drink the tea that Aunt Cui served you!" Cui Jing has been kneeling for a long time, and if she continues to kneel like this, she will only
I'm afraid my knees will swell.
Jiang's eyes flashed, and he laughed and said: "Look at me, my memory gets worse as I get older. Such a delicate beauty knelt down to offer me tea, but I didn't even notice. After all, it was Yuan Wei who cherished her beauty.
, you know, remind me." He said and took the tea cup with a smile.
Jiang's every word contained puns, making it clear that he was causing trouble for Cui Wan.
Cui Wan simply lowered her head and pretended not to hear anything. She knew she shouldn't, but she couldn't help but feel sour and painful in her heart.
When Cui Jing heard the last sentence, her heart trembled with sweetness, and she couldn't help but glance at Ye Yuanwei secretly.
Ye Yuanwei stood next to his aggrieved wife, and in front of him knelt the beautiful bride. However, he did not enjoy the pleasure of hugging each other. Instead, he felt the urge to sigh. The blessing of being together is not that easy to enjoy...
Mrs. Jiang got out of her anger a little, and finally felt better. She asked Mother Lu to bring out the meeting gift. It was a pair of thick red gold bracelets.
Cui Jing thanked her and was finally able to stand up. She had been kneeling for too long and her legs were sore and numb. When she stood up, she almost stumbled and was rude. Ye Yuanwei stood closest and helped her with quick eyes and hands.
Cui Jing stood firm and smiled shyly at Ye Yuanwei.
Ye Yuanwei looked away lightly.
Cui Jing's heart sank, but she didn't dare to show any signs of strangeness, and silently retreated behind Cui Wan. It seemed that she would never speak aloud again.
Ye Qinglan took in all this scene and felt inexplicable feelings in her heart. Although Cui Wan was respectable and pitiful, Cui Jing was so innocent.
Cui Jing is in her prime of youth, and she is very beautiful. If she were to marry into an ordinary official's family and become a wife, there would be no problem. But now she has become Ye Yuanwei's concubine. Even if she is a noble concubine, she is just a concubine in the end.
That's all. You always look at people's faces and don't say anything. Even if you are really pregnant in the future, the child you give birth to will not be able to call you mother...
If Cui Jing had always stayed on her own terms, Cui Wan would not be able to tolerate her because of her kindness. But now, Cui Jing has clearly developed feelings for Ye Yuanwei. How could Cui Wan be willing to watch her husband's heart being stolen by another woman?
Walk.
It is conceivable that Qinfangyuan will not be too quiet in the future...
While they were chatting, the concierge's young man came in with a famous post and reported: "To inform you, old lady, Duke Dingguo's palace has sent someone to pick up the tenth lady."
What? Jiang glanced at Ye Qinglan calmly: "Oh? When did this happen? Why didn't I know about it before?"
Wow, I’m addicted to finding faults! It wasn’t enough to torment Cui Wan and Cui Jing just now, now I’m here to make things difficult for her again!
Ye Qinglan muttered secretly in her heart, but she put on a respectful smile and said, "Grandma, please listen to my explanation. I had no such plan, but yesterday Cousin Gu specially invited me to accompany cousin Xiyu. At that time, I was alone
Impulsively, I nodded and agreed. I wanted to report to my grandmother today, but I didn’t expect the carriage from Duke Dingguo’s mansion to arrive so early..."
"It's such a trivial matter, why bother reporting it to me?" Jiang said with a very frightening smile: "You just make your own decision."
Ye Qinglan gritted her teeth and knelt down cruelly: "Lan'er shouldn't have made her own decisions and asked grandma to punish her." Fortunately, the futon has not been removed yet, so she won't have to kneel on the cold wooden board.
Jiang was still a little hesitant to speak to everyone in the eldest room, but he was more direct to Ye Qinglan. He scolded coldly: "You are twelve years old this year, and you are no longer a child with unresolved matters. You should be more careful in what you say and do.
Proper. How can you meet a man in private and agree to his invitation? If word of this gets out, not only will your reputation be damaged, but also all your cousins will be implicated!"
Mrs. Jiang was already very dissatisfied with Ye Qinglan, and now that she had a rare chance of grabbing her pigtails, there was no reason not to get angry.
Ye Qinglan sighed secretly and did not defend herself, but just admitted her mistake.
At this time, the defense between men and women was indeed very tight. Let alone wanting to meet each other in private, even looking at each other a few times would be considered frivolous. Although she and Gu Xinian did not meet alone yesterday, at this time, they must not talk anymore.
Ye Qingning. Otherwise, it would be strange for Jiang not to take this opportunity to make a big fuss.
Ye Qinglan's low-brow admission of her mistake did not win Ms. Jiang's pity. On the contrary, Ms. Jiang turned serious and scolded her at length.
Ye Qinglan listened respectfully on the surface, but in her heart she couldn't help but think about how Jiang would react if she knew that she and Gu Xinian were alone in a room late at night. Her face would definitely be much more exciting than it is now...
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Ye Qingning's expression changed again and again. Just as he was about to step forward, he saw Zheng glaring over. The meaning of that look was very clear. Please be patient and calm. Aren't you looking for scolding for standing up like this?
Ye Qingning bit her lip and reluctantly retracted her extended right foot.
Jiang's scolding continued, but Ye Qinglan just knelt down and listened, not distinguishing a word, just lowering her head to admit her mistake.
Not to mention Ye Qingning, even Zheng felt that Jiang was a bit too much. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly votes. Your support is my biggest motivation.)
