Because of Ma Qiuling's incident, the atmosphere at the table became awkward. Feng Yuxian felt sorry for Jiang Miao. She knew that her cousin had always looked down on her, so she embarrassed Jiang Miao in public. She did not say thank you for the wonderful banquet, and even It made Jiang Miao and his wife feel bad.
"Nothing."
Jiang Miao noticed the low pressure on the young lady next to her. She held her hand under the table and comforted her silently. This had nothing to do with Feng Yuxian in the first place. Magistrate Ma was a well-rounded person, but it was a pity that the daughter he raised was a tricky and arrogant one.
Feng Yuxian forced a smile at her, feeling full of warmth in her heart. It was rare for her to meet a close friend, and she didn't want to break up with Jiang Miao because of her cousin's matter.
After dinner, Shen Yanqing and Jiang Miao left together. What they originally wanted to tell Ma Liangji about the flood was postponed for the time being. The long face of Ren next to them clearly stated that they were not welcome. Jiang Miao and Miao didn't want to be disliked by others, so they got up and left after eating.
"The majestic wife of the prefect is not as polite as the two juniors. I think you need to learn the rules with Qiu Ling!"
As soon as the guests left, Ma Liangji couldn't help but get angry. Feng Yutang was young and didn't notice the confrontation at the table before. He was the only one at the table who was eating happily. Now that he saw his uncle getting angry, he trembled and fell into Feng Yuxian's arms. Drilled and drilled.
"What did I do wrong? The carefully prepared meal was criticized by Mrs. Shen. Ling'er is right. She is a country bumpkin who doesn't know where she came from. She has eaten nothing good. I'm afraid it's because Ling'er didn't give her face, so she deliberately vented her anger. The Ma family. Yuxian has no parental upbringing. As my aunt, I have the right to teach you that our Ma family is not one of those merchants who cannot get on the stage, and not everyone can make friends. It is better to give some money to those who are poor. "
There was something strange in Ren's words. Feng Yuxian tightened her handkerchief and lowered her head without replying. She thought Jiang Miao was very good and cheerful, much better than the sisters from her uncle's family.
But now she is living under someone else's roof, and the Ren family is the elder, so she cannot disobey for the sake of filial piety.
"Okay, put away your sarcastic face. Yuxian has been studying in a private school since she was a child. She doesn't know much more than you do? Besides, what's wrong with the merchants? Which of the things you have is not sold to you by merchants?"
Ma Liangji listened to her talk becoming more and more out of tune. He was not willing to discipline his wife in front of the younger generation. Ren had been married to him for more than 20 years and had children. On the outside, she looked graceful and luxurious, but on the inside she still had the air of a small family.
"Uncle, don't blame aunt. Yuxian didn't think carefully about this matter."
When she first arrived, she didn't want to cause any rift between her uncle and aunt because of their siblings, so she spoke to persuade them.
However, Ren didn't appreciate it and wanted to be weird but was stopped by Ma Liangji.
"Today's banquet is not pleasant. My uncle asked someone to arrange another time. Then I can apologize to Shen Langjun and his wife. What do you think?"
Ma Liangji looks rather fierce, with a tuft of beard around his mouth. He talks to Feng Yuxian in a gentle voice, for fear of scaring the niece.
"No, uncle, Mr. Shen and Mrs. Shen are not careless people. I'll just tell them tomorrow."
Feng Yuxian knew that her uncle was doing it for their own good, but her aunt already had problems with her and Yutang, and her uncle's actions would only make her aunt even more angry.
As she expected, Mrs. Ren next to her pursed her lips tightly and looked at her and Yutang with a dark expression.
"I feel sorry for you. If you need anything, just ask your uncle. From now on, you will treat the Ma family as your own home. Do you hear me?"
"Well, Yuxian and Yutang thank uncle and aunt for taking them in."
"Okay, let's go back to the house and rest first. It's raining today. Please take your time on the road so as not to fall."
Ma Liangji was worried and gave a few more instructions. Feng Yuxian bowed and took Feng Yutang away. As soon as the two left, he began to scold Ren.
"Yu Xian Yutang is Wan Niang's only flesh and blood. You must take good care of them in the future. You must treat them the same as Jing Ming and Qiu Ling. You must not treat one favorably. Put away all your petty ideas. Yu Xian will not rob Qiu Ling. Limelight."
Ma Qiuling is about to get married, and Feng Yuxian is a bit prettier than her. Ren is worried that she will steal her daughter's husband, but she only keeps these worries in her heart. Ma Liangji has been sleeping with her for decades, how can she Xiao Jiujiu didn't understand her heart, her thoughts were revealed, and Ren's face was a little embarrassed.
"Qiu Ling is the daughter of the prefect, and those gentlemen are blind so they bypassed her and chose someone else. I'm just worried that Yuxian is weak and deceived by outsiders. Look at Mrs. Shen's sharp-tongued mouth. She is not easy to mess with." , if she has ulterior motives to seduce Yuxian, should I, the aunt, intervene?"
She looked down on Jiang Miao, and even pretended to be good for Feng Yuxian.
Ma Liangji had a good impression of the Shen couple and had an intuition that they were not such people. Just as he was about to continue to refute, the young man who went out to inquire about information came in.
"Sir, I have found out the identities of those two people."
Feng Yuxian's sister and brother were rescued. While Ma Liangji was grateful, he naturally wanted to find out their identities. He had been an official for decades and was used to being cautious, and he was afraid that someone would deliberately plot to get involved.
"explain."
"Mr. Shen's name is Shen Yanqing, and his wife's surname is Jiang Dan, who has a wonderful name. In addition to the Shen family and his wife, they were accompanied by six slaves. These slaves were so strict that they didn't find out anything else. I only vaguely heard that they were going to continue going south."
"Shen Yanqing, Jiang Miao..."
Ma Liangji muttered something. He always felt that he had heard these two names before. Ren next to him heard that they were just ordinary passers-by. He breathed a sigh of relief and at the same time secretly rejoiced.
"Let me just say that the two of them are poor people. I was probably saving Yuxian because of the Feng family's wealth. Fortunately, they knew each other and would leave soon. Otherwise, I would have to restrain her no matter how hard I tried to get Yuxian to complain. Let her come into contact with these unscrupulous people..."
"Shut up, you idiot! Do you know who these two are?"
Ma Liangji had now remembered the identities of Shen Yanqing and Jiang Miao. Seeing that Ren was still aggressive, he was so angry that he almost hit them.
"Who are they? Are they still relatives of the emperor?"
Ren was trembling after being scolded, but she still didn't believe that the two of them had any extraordinary identities. Otherwise, why didn't they tell them when they met? It must be because they couldn't take action.
"Shen Yanqing is the new Minister of Household Affairs who is only one rank below me. He has become a fifth-rank official at a young age. His wife is even more distinguished. She is the only daughter of the current eldest princess and the emperor's cousin Princess Rongning. , the Ma family has completely offended everyone this time!"
"What? Then Mrs. Shen is the princess?"
Ms. Ren screamed in surprise, her face full of disbelief, and she kept mumbling, "How can she be the princess..."
"Go and get some good things from the warehouse, and ask Qiu Ling to apologize to Mrs. Shen tomorrow!"
