The smoke from the morning was everywhere. Ming Lan held up her chopsticks and looked at the table full of delicacies. For the first time, she knew what it meant to taste the same taste. She thought that instead of suffering from indigestion, it would be better to eat less./Reading a novel together xs. Put down her chopsticks,
Ming Lan walked around the room, clumsily and slowly holding her big belly, as restless as a fat cat with an iron nail stuck in its flesh pad.
Mother Cui looked dazzled, and finally couldn't help but push Minglan on the couch, and said with a straight face: "The world is so big, how big is it to have a baby? Madam, please take a good rest, if it doesn't work, let's hide in the village.
Let’s see which one finds it.”
Minglan was stunned for a moment, and after thinking about it, she suddenly realized that she had a great idea. Then she took Wenpo and a few people and hid quietly in the hot spring villa. When the old witch and the Yu family found her, she was probably
The birth was over. Thinking of the beauty of this, Minglan felt relaxed, and went to bed honestly according to Cui's mother's wishes. For those who didn't sleep well at night, their naps always tasted particularly good. What's even more wonderful is that as soon as she opened her eyes, she felt like she was sleeping.
Behind the glazed bead curtain, I saw Grandma Chang sitting at the table in the hall talking softly to Mother Cui.
"Aunt Chang, why are you here? How is Brother Nian?" Thinking of little Chang Nian who is still raising her arms, Minglan felt guilty and raised her hand to ask Mother Cui to dress herself. Aunt Chang looked solemn as she spoke.
But it was very dark humor, "What did you say, madam? My wife is not an elixir. I can take it as medicine in my life, and I can't live without her for a while." Cui's mother suddenly laughed.
Newly changed into dry and clean summer clothes, Minglan stepped back and asked Xiaotao and Danju to watch the door. Cui's mother sat in the middle position. She was the only one left in the room, and then she whispered: "Madam, what do you mean?
Danju just told my wife."
Minglan suppressed her anxiety and had to confess first: "It's not that I'm ignorant and like to inquire, but now people are knocking on my door, but the Yu family has some affection for me. I don't want to hit the mouse and drop the bottle, so I have no choice but to do it."
I just opened my mouth..."
Grandma Chang's hands were wrinkled and old, and they were firmly covering Minglan's small hands. She whispered: "Doesn't my wife know what kind of person Madam is? After all these days, Madam has not even asked a word.
Let’s live the past of the Marquis.”
In fact, she had felt sad. If Minglan asked about Mannia, she said she wouldn't tell her. Gu Tingye didn't give any sign, so she told her without permission, but she was afraid that Minglan would be displeased if she didn't tell her. Fortunately, Minglan never asked more questions.
, making her feel relieved and respectful.
"The matter about Mrs. Yu earlier..." Grandma Chang pondered, Minglan clenched her palms tightly, feeling that her heart was trembling, "I really don't know. How come Mrs. Yu is missing? The Marquis didn't even say a word
mentioned."
A stone fell from Minglan's heart, and her big eyes couldn't hide her disappointment: "Master Hou didn't even tell my mother?"
Aunt Chang slowly raised her head, with a solemn look on her face, and said: "...At that time, Brother Ye had a falling out with Mr. Hou. He couldn't hold his breath and left as soon as he wanted to. I couldn't persuade him to stop him. But it was just a short time ago.
In the month of August, he came back from the south in a hurry. I asked him what was wrong, but he refused to tell me. Not many days later, the Hou Mansion raised a cloud and said that Mr. Yu had died of illness. "
So fast? Minglan was puzzled for a while and asked softly: "What was the state of the Marquis at that time?" Aunt Chang shook her head slowly and said: "I can't tell, something is wrong." Minglan encouraged her hard: "Nanny, just think about it.
What, but it doesn’t matter.”
Aunt Chang nodded and recalled carefully: "Originally, I thought that Brother Ye returned so urgently because he got a letter from the Hou Mansion and rushed back because Mr. Yu was seriously ill, but it didn't look like it later. I
Because I was worried that Brother Ye would be bullied, I often asked people to go outside the Hou Mansion to hear the news. Mrs. Yu was so ill, but the Hou Mansion never hired an imperial doctor, so my wife became suspicious at that time."
Minglan greatly admired Aunt Chang. She held her hand and encouraged her to continue talking with her eyes.
"There is one more thing." Grandma Chang spoke even slower, "I remember that on the second day after brother Ye came back, he was drunk and refused to go home, so he came to my wife's house. I helped him sleep, and his teeth
He bit tightly and didn't say a word. At that time, my wife was surprised. How could a wife who was sick and about to die, and a man still drink like this? Although my brother has a bit of a temper, he is not that heartless bastard.
No matter how bad the Yu family is, they are just a couple, and my brother will not be like this..."
"Maybe the Marquis felt guilty and got drunk," Ming Lan speculated sourly.
Aunt Chang's old eyes looked more and more like an inverted triangle, and she continued to shake her head: "It doesn't look like that. I know my brother's nature. He is not just a person who talks nice. If he really feels that he can't live up to others, he will definitely mean it."
He looked like he was full of grievances and anger and couldn't express his anger. He was so angry that he drank to drown his sorrows."
This comment touched Minglan's heart. Gu Tingye was a real person and liked to use practical actions to express his views on grievances. Because Duan Chengqian was kind to him, he left his pregnant wife to fish for his younger brother. And because
She felt sorry for Yu Yanran and caused her to marry away from Yunnan, so she quietly worked for the Duan family for three years. When Minglan found out, she ordered her not to tell the truth. Until Minglan took Yanran's
After writing several letters stating that Yanran was really, really doing well, he considered interfering less with the market economy of the southwest tea industry.
Therefore, if he is really guilty of Yu Yanhong, according to his behavior pattern, he should stay by the bedside day and night to comfort the patient, or rob two top doctors with weapons, or even go to the palace to steal some thousand-year-old ginseng.
, are relatively reliable.
"The Yu family passed away later, and Brother Ye didn't even wait for the funeral before he left again. He has been gone for several years." Thinking of the past, Aunt Chang sighed, "It took a total of ten days, but only Yu
A few days after his death, Brother Ye said something about how he was blind and misunderstood Mannia, and he never said anything more after that."
Logically speaking, the death of his wife is a serious matter, let alone his newlywed, and his death is so sudden. What normal widower wouldn't want to find someone to say a few words to? I'm afraid even Changbai would have composed a few more five-character poems.
I lament that the married couple are not destined to be together.
"Then, as grandma wants..." Minglan's eyes lit up when she heard this.
Grandma Chang lowered her head and thought over and over again.
It wasn't that she hadn't been suspicious at first. She had also made insinuations twice, saying, "Young and young, you will get sick just when you say you are sick, and you will be gone if you say you are not." However, Gu Tingye always avoided talking about it. However, he still made himself see something fishy.
, Although Gu Tingye didn't show it on his face, she could detect Gu Tingye's avoidance with boredom in his actions, words and deeds. She didn't want to mention it, as if it was best not to have this matter at all. And Gu Tingye's character was not one of escaping.
people.
"The death of Mr. Yu must have nothing to do with Brother Ye." Aunt Chang spat out word by word with a solemn expression, "Not only was it irrelevant, but Mr. Yu must have made a big mistake." As for the Gu family.
Whether it was related or not, she didn't dare to make a conclusion.
Minglan took a deep breath and felt a little relaxed. With the benefit of hindsight, she actually felt the same way.
In this case, the reaction of the Yu family can be justified. They felt guilty, so they did not investigate and care about Yu Yanhong's death, and they did not dare to ask Gu Tingye to continue marrying the Yu family's daughter to fill the house, and they did not dare to show off the in-laws'
They often come and go. Before this morning, the behavior of Gu and Yu's family was consistent with this inference. But what gave Mrs. Yu the courage to come to pick a fight?!
Minglan was very confused and thought hard again and again. Suddenly, a light flashed in her mind. There was a quarrel this morning. When Mrs. Yu mentioned Gu Tingye, her eyes flickered unnaturally, and Minglan remembered it inexplicably.
"...Then before and after Mrs. Yu's death, did the Marquis have any dealings with the Yu family?" Minglan suddenly asked.
Aunt Chang was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly said: "It shouldn't have happened. My brother was very upset. He didn't even go through the funeral, so he left again in a hurry."
Like a crack, tearing open the dark night that had been chaotic for a long time, the doubts in his heart finally found the most reasonable explanation. Minglan exhaled a breath of turbidity with force and relief, stood up slowly, held her back and walked a few steps, suddenly
Look back and smile.
"Let's not care about how the Yu family's sister died. Anyway, she should have brought it upon herself and the Yu family should be ashamed. This is something that is difficult to say out loud, so there are very few people who know about it. In the Gu family, only about
The old Marquis, Mrs. Yu, and the Marquis know that in the Yu family, only Mr. Yu and Mrs. Yu know about it. The rest of the Yu family were in Dengzhou at that time and should not know about it."
"Then why Mrs. Yu dares to..." Grandma Chang was confused for a while. How could people who have done bad things these days have the courage?
"Because someone interfered with it."
Minglan stood in the middle and smiled slightly, "All along, the eldest wife of the Yu family has always believed that she was in the wrong. She swallowed her bitterness and dared not speak out, let alone cause trouble. But there was a man who came to the door recently and said to Mrs. Yu
, Lord Marquis didn’t know about what happened at the beginning.”
Grandma Chang's narrowed eyes suddenly opened, her expression shocked.
"The Marquis knew that he knew about it, we also knew that the Marquis knew about it, and the Madam even knew that the Marquis knew about it, but the Yu family didn't know about it. When the incident happened, both families were caught off guard. The subsequent funeral and the aftermath will definitely be...
Let Mrs. Tai handle it." Minglan carefully considered the situation at that time, and the more she thought about it, the more reasonable it became. "When the accident happened, the Yu family was ashamed and ashamed, and they would not dare to ask in detail."
Grandma Chang gradually grasped the key point. Following Minglan's thoughts, she slowly continued: "However, someone recently told the Yu family that Brother Ye actually doesn't know about this matter. If he covers it up well, he may not be able to be vague.
past."
As for who that person is, they both know it well.
Minglan slowly sat down in front of Aunt Chang and said with a smile: "Not only that, the man also promised various benefits. Mr. Yu's official career is not going well, but Mr. Yu Ge's days are numbered. If he can adopt Yiyi under the name of the Yu family, then
The child will definitely recognize the Yu family as his maternal ancestors, and there may be opportunities to help him in the future." But the rest of the Yu family doesn't know all this.
"...Isn't this a scam?" After a while, Grandma Chang came back to her senses, "You can deceive someone for a while, but you can't deceive them forever. When I come back, won't everyone be a gangster?"
"The Yu family is just a chess piece." Minglan's smile was a little cold, "Once I let go, I let them go outside and make noise, saying that they had the Gu family's consent, and the ceremony would be held later, so hurry up first
In order to celebrate Mr. Yu Ge, the Yu family held several tables of drinks and asked Brother Chang to pay their respects. It was a done deal, and the unlucky ones were the Yu family and the Marquis."
At that time, Gu Tingye's embarrassment can be imagined. Not only will his youthful frivolity be brought up again and humiliated, but there will also be a problem of inheritance. Unless he is determined to get rid of the child, there will be endless troubles.
As for Mr. and Mrs. Yu, just like Aunt Kang, once they have finished using them, how can anyone care about their life or death?
Grandma Chang took a breath of cold air and lost her voice: "What a vicious plan!"
She was stunned for a while, and was about to ask Minglan how to deal with it, but she saw her head raised in confusion, so she couldn't help but ask Minglan.
"Aunt Gong probably knows about this." Minglan raised her head and pondered.
At the beginning, all the people who came to the Yu family as dowries had already been kicked out, sold, or returned to the Yu family. Only the red silk was left. She had been with the Yu family since she was a child, so she should know it clearly. By now, Minglan
Only then did she finally understand why Gu Tingye was so disgusted with such a female president whom I felt pity for; it was always unpleasant to be in front of someone who knew his own secrets that were not known to everyone.
"She must have been planning this for a long time. It's just empty words. I guess sister Yanran's father is not so gullible. She still needs a witness." Minglan's thoughts ran away and she murmured, "That formation and the four
When the five and two rooms were separated, Aunt Gong always liked to run over there. I had too many things to do at that time and was too lazy to take care of her. Now that I think about it, that person must have taken an opportunity to take Aunt Gong out at that time. Let her prove it to Mr. Hou.
It’s true that he didn’t know it, so Master Yu dared to be bold enough to do something like this!”
No wonder the old witch chose this moment to launch her attack. No wonder Gong Hongxiao was so honest after that. She thought she had calmed people down by showing off her domineering attitude.
Grandma Chang gritted her teeth when she heard this: "This bitch! This bitch!" She was scolding two people separately, "Madam, we can't control the others, let's tie up this bitch named Gong first!"
Minglan smiled bitterly: "I've done everything I wanted to do, why should I tie her up? Well, it's okay, it's not too late to make up for it." Then he called Cui's mother in a loud voice, and in a low voice ordered someone to take care of Hong Hao.
, Cui’s mother left in response.
"Madam, what should we do now?" Grandma Chang was really panicked this time.
On the contrary, Minglan calmed down. The first fear in the world is not knowing. Now that she has some confidence, she is not afraid anymore. She smiled and said: "What else can we do? Let's fight tooth for tooth. Let's also use deception."
Grandma Chang understood what she meant and asked in surprise: "What if the Yu family doesn't fall into the shell? And what if we all think wrong?"
Minglan tilted her head and thought for a while, spreading her hands: "I have called the escort team. If nothing can be done, I will take Xinruan with me, grandma will take the elder brother, and we will take refuge in the hot spring resort in the mountains. It is easy to defend there.
It’s difficult to attack, let’s see who can hit it?!”
Grandma Chang was speechless, staring and venting her anger.
Minglan sighed, she couldn't help it anymore, it would be safer to give birth in the house. After all, she had been preparing for several months, and all the necessary items and personnel were ready. When she got to the mountain, she was short of something, so she had to go there urgently.
I'm afraid it will be too late to find an imperial doctor.
…
After a good sleep, she stretched out and got up, grabbed two bowls of rice in succession, Minglan wiped her mouth and waited with high spirits all morning, until lunch time, no one came to check in.
I had no choice but to take a nap again. When I opened my eyes again, I was not surprised to hear the announcement from the green branches mixed with the crunching of teeth: "There is someone from the Yu family again, and they are still in the small flower hall!"
Minglan felt quite excited that she had been thirsty for a long time. She waved her hand very domineeringly: "Change clothes and meet the guests." In fact, what she wanted to shout more was "Close the door and let the dogs out."
Seeing Mrs. Yu again, Minglan had enough time to look at her from head to toe. What kind of courage and shame did she have to come to her door to make trouble like this? Mrs. Yu made her feel numb all over, but she could still turn around.
The imposing Diao Shaoyan came over and said majestically: "What should I say? You shouldn't."
It looked like a gangster negotiating attitude; Minglan looked around and said with a smile: "I thought I could meet Mrs. Yu today."
Mrs. Yu Si's face looked a little tired: "My mother was going to come, but she was not well, so it was difficult for us to persuade her to stop."
"Fourth aunt is extremely filial, so I can't worry about you." Minglan smiled very gently, and then turned to the Madam Yu who was watching the show and Mrs. Yu who was like a cockfighter, "If the old Madam listens to us, maybe we can
Lying down."
Mrs. Yu looked stern: "What do you mean?"
"It's not interesting, I just want to say, if I insist on refusing, what will happen to my aunt?" Minglan said slowly.
Mrs. Yu got angry, sneered, and said loudly: "My poor child died less than a year after marrying into your Gu family. At least give me an explanation! If you feel that I am not worthy enough, I will
Then invite my mother-in-law and the elderly people nearby to come!"
Seeing the tense atmosphere, Mrs. Yu Si hurriedly said: "Minglan, don't worry, isn't this for my father-in-law? I'm just going through the motions to express joy and make the old man happy."
"Oh, my poor daughter, it's a pity that you died in the Gu family a long time ago, without even a person to hold the earthen pot..." The feeling came over, and Mrs. Yu actually started to cry, but unfortunately she had no tears. ( ·~ )
"Auntie, don't cry now. Listen to what I have to say." Minglan quickly waved her hands and said, "Yesterday after you left, someone happened to come to see me. She was a nun whom the Marquis had trusted since childhood. She was outside.
For several years, this nanny also took care of her."
Minglan said with a smile, and was satisfied to see that Mrs. Yu stopped pretending to cry. She listened in confusion and continued, "When grandma saw that my face was full of lawsuits, she asked me why, and I told her about the adoption.
Aunt Yu was so shocked that she just slapped the table and yelled, "This is unreasonable, you are so shameless." Aunt Yu, do you know why this is?"
Mrs. Yu's face gradually changed, and she instinctively looked at Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Yu. She smiled at her and signaled with her eyes. Mrs. Yu turned around and glared at Minglan forcefully: "I really don't know!"
It’s so hard to miss the Yellow River! Minglan sneered in her heart and started to place bets, but her face became more and more gentle: “After hearing what grandma said, I still don’t believe it. Sister Yanran is so gentle and kind, how could sister Yanhong be like this?
!”
Mrs. Yu's face started to turn blue, and she bit her lip hard to hold on.
"So, I brought Aunt Gong here for questioning. Speaking of which, she is also from the Yu family. Has Auntie seen her recently?" Minglan said this lightly and carefully observed Mrs. Yu's expression.
Seeing that she had obviously stopped breathing, Minglan smiled and continued, "She told me many things. Only then did I understand why the Marquis never wanted to mention Sister Yanhong."
Mrs. Yu couldn't hold it any longer and began to shake. Mrs. Yu was confused and just looked at her sister-in-law in a daze. At this time, the lady sitting over there suddenly chuckled and said: "
Hung Hom is not a talkative person, could it be that someone scared her and beat her?"
Minglan didn't even turn her head, and stared at Mrs. Yu with a smile: "I heard that Aunt Gong grew up in front of you, and you know her nature best. She is a smart person, and she knows that this is the case in the house.
The rest is nothing more than a promise for her future. If anyone can promise her, I will double it. What do you think she will do?"
Mrs. Yu's breathing became heavier, and she looked at the Madam again at a loss. This time, even the Madam's expression changed. She only knew that Gong Hongxiao had been under guard since last night. It would be difficult to spread the news to the outside world. What's going on inside?
She doesn't know either.
"The Gong family is still here. I promise her mother and daughter a reunion, enough money for a lifetime, a good family, a farm, and then we can recruit a son-in-law and give birth to a son. What's not better than that? Auntie, what do you think?"
Minglan deliberately lowered her voice, her tone was soft and gentle, and approached Mrs. Yu, deliberately slowing down her breathing. Mrs. Yu swallowed a breath of air with difficulty, looked at Minglan, her face was full of surprise, and even her own voice was trembling.
Liao You didn't know himself: "...you, you mean, Lord Marquis...he has long..."
"My mother-in-law!" the lady shouted loudly, and she stood up.
Mrs. Yu was stunned and stopped talking.
Minglan snorted with disdain: "These days, I originally felt that it was a bit bad that the Marquis ignored the Yu family. Now that I know the details, please tell me..." She
His face suddenly turned cold, and his face was full of sarcasm, "Huh! If you can still ask Sister Yanhong to lie in the Gu family's tomb, receiving incense and offerings from the Gu family's grandchildren, you have done your best to benevolent and have saved the dignity of the two families!"
It’s a pity that people’s hearts are not enough and they come to humiliate them. Is it because the Gu family is easy to bully?!”
Mrs. Yu's fingertips seemed to be pale, and she was shaky as she sat there. Mrs. Yu's fourth wife also gradually heard some clues. Looking at today's situation, it turned out that her niece had made a big mistake in the Gu family. It was probably a scandal. She thought of her own family.
He actually dared to come to the house to make trouble. Didn't he offend Gu Hou so much?! She suddenly broke out in a cold sweat and looked at Minglan in a panic.
Minglan turned around and sat towards her, and said softly: "Fourth Aunt, I guess you don't know either."
Mrs. Yu Fourth nodded repeatedly and said bitterly, "Because my father-in-law's illness is getting serious, your fourth uncle and I just came from Dengzhou in the past two months. How did we know?"
Minglan turned her eyes slightly and pointedly said: "Fourth Aunt, you are a sensible person, don't do stupid things like your aunt, let someone act as a gunman, and cause great trouble to the Yu family."
Mrs. Yu Si followed Minglan's eyes, glanced at the wife, and then at her exhausted sister-in-law. After thinking for a moment, her heart gradually became brighter, and she understood five or six things.
Minglan squinted at Mrs. Yu and spoke clearly: "The matter of adoption is extremely difficult to obey. If Aunt Yu still refuses to let go, please use some means. I am heavy now. I will go to Mrs. Yu personally when Mr. Hou comes back."
I want to go to the house and talk to Mr. Yu and the rest of the family about what happened to Sister Yanhong and make it clear!"
Mrs. Yu groaned and half fainted, not knowing whether it was true or not.
Mrs. Yu Si took a deep breath, knowing that this fact was a big joke. The sooner the day ended, the better. She immediately helped her sister-in-law and said, "Minglan, my family has been rude and rude in the past two days. Let's go back right now."
If the Marquis is angry..." She herself found it difficult to speak, so she could only look at Minglan deeply, "I hope you will remember your old feelings and bear with me."
Minglan sighed and said kindly: "Fourth Aunt, not to mention the affection between sister Yanran and I, it is the affection that you treat me, and the affection between the old lady and my grandmother."
Mrs. Yu Si breathed a sigh of relief and quickly called the maid to help support Mrs. Yu. Without saying a word to Mrs. Yu, she bowed her head and left in a hurry.
"If Mrs. Tai has no other instruction, I will take a rest." Minglan watched them leave and slowly stood up.
"Wait a minute."
Mrs. Tai witnessed the whole process and secretly sighed that she had finally met her opponent. The plan that was originally planned to be delayed for many days was ruined in advance. Fortunately, she was well prepared.
Minglan slowly turned around, raised her eyebrows and said, "Do you have any other advice, Madam?"
The madam didn't say anything, she just raised her hand and waved to the maid next to her.
The three-fold purple bamboo curtain on the side was gently rolled up, and a pair of mothers came in with their heads lowered, standing respectfully in the middle, blessing Minglan and the wife. The girl's crisp voice sounded like a drumbeat on the stage.
Sing harmony.
"Manniang has met the Madam and Madam."
Minglan slowly sat down again and waited leisurely, but the red oranges and green branches beside her were about to make her eyes burn.
The wife smiled confidently and continued to speak in her calm tone: "Since the Yu family is no longer fighting about the adoption, I won't say much. However," she pointed at Brother Chang, "
After all, this child is the Marquis's flesh and blood, and it is not appropriate to always live outside, so..."
"So, as my legitimate mother, I should be lenient and take this child into the house to recognize his ancestor and return to the clan, right?" Minglan couldn't bear it anymore. There was a dull pain in her abdomen, and the feeling of falling suddenly became obvious.
, she directly cut off the old witch's words and finished for her, "Brother Chang, didn't you come into the house without being called by the Marquis? Oh, it was the Marquis who was confused for a moment and couldn't pull him off. I, the mistress, should be a virtuous and virtuous person.
For this reason, I need to persuade the Marquis well, right or wrong?"
Listening to these sarcasm, the wife's face seemed to twitch a few times. Minglan looked amused and continued, "Also, if Brother Chang enters the house, Mannia cannot be left behind. Stay.
Removing the mother is too unnatural and contrary to human rights. How can we separate the flesh and blood of the mother who depend on each other for life? Therefore, Mannia should also enter the house, right?"
When Xiang's mother saw that her master was being robbed one after another, she shouted in a deep voice, "Please be careful, Madam, where is the courtesy of respecting the elders?" Minglan smiled shamelessly: "It was just out of respect, because I was afraid that the elders would be tired, so I had to speak for her.
I already told you not." She was angry with her mother, and the madam had a sullen face. At her age, it was hard for her to quarrel with her daughter-in-law, it was too much.
"There's only one thing that Minglan really doesn't understand," Minglan said with a smile. "At the beginning, the old Marquis refused to let Mannia in. We can't not take his words seriously just because the old Marquis passed away.
ah."
The Madam's face was expressionless, and she seemed to be angry: "What the old Marquis means is that Mannia cannot be asked to come to the house before the wife of the principal wife enters, so as not to disgrace her in-laws. Yanhong is also young, impetuous, and not
She is willing to accommodate her, otherwise she would have been asked to come in."
Minglan was very impressed and didn't hold back on her words. She smiled and said, "Yesterday in front of the Yu family, you praised Sister Yanhong like a flower. Now you've become 'unwilling to tolerate others'."
?You’ve told me everything, I’ve really experienced it.”
The madam was furious and wanted to be scolded. Minglan smiled playfully and quickly raised her hands to stop her, "It's not my fault. I was wrong. I didn't hold back what I said. You are famous for your good temper. I don't think you will care about it like a junior."
!" The madam's breath rose and fell for several rounds, then she suppressed it. Suddenly she remembered that Minglan had taken away her lines. What should she say next?
Minglan saw the change in her face and said with a smile: "Since we want to call their mother in, why not let me ask a few questions."
The madam held back her anger and nodded.
Minglan looked down at Mannia, only to see that Mannia was also looking at her. She was quite surprised, as if she was offended by what she had just done. Seeing her contemptuous expression, she was probably thinking, How could such an uneducated girl coax Gu Tingye? Minglan wanted to confess for herself. In fact, she was usually a gentle, courteous and thrifty young man.
"Madam," Mannia had lowered her head, her voice as mournful as the orchids in the empty valley, echoing in the house, "Manniang was born in a humble family, and she didn't dare to have any extravagant hopes. She is a pitiful child, incompetent and without a father. Madam, please take pity on me and give me This is the only way for our mother to survive!" After saying that, he knelt down, kowtowed repeatedly, and pulled Brother Chang to kneel down too.
After running around for many years, her appearance has long lost its luster, and only her good voice remains.
Minglan looked around and realized that there were really few spectators around. It was a pity for such a big-name actor. Mannia was just showing off her flirtatious looks this time. She was not moved at all. Instead, her stomach began to feel light. Mild throbbing pain.
"That year when I met Madam in Dengzhou, Mannia was ignorant of Mount Tai and bumped into Madam. Please don't blame Madam!" She kowtowed more energetically, "That day I heard that Madam stood up for the eldest daughter of the Yu family. Who would have known that Madam would do it in the future? I will return to the Gu family..." The implication is that Ming Lan behaves inappropriately and does not match his words and deeds.
Minglan was not angry at all, she just said calmly: "I am not as smart as you. I only listen to my elders when it comes to marriage. My elders asked me to marry, so I got married. Who knew there were so many caress. The girl thinks highly of me."
Mannia choked and stopped crying for a moment.
"Listen to what you say, you have a good voice." Minglan said suddenly. Mannia didn't expect such a meaningless sentence. She was stunned for a moment, and choked up quickly, "My family has a hard life, and I have been living in various places since I was a child. To make a living."
"It seems that your singing skills and figure are both excellent, but it's a pity that you can't perform on stage because of your daughter's body." Minglan didn't listen to her performance and just smiled and said, "I heard that your favorite song is "The Legend of Liuyunqiao"? That's it. Later, I joined the Marquis, and after I had no worries about food and clothing, I still often sang this song at home? I broke it down into parts, especially the part where "The man chasing the beautiful woman on a snowy night, and the glass girl weeping blood expresses her heart", Yu Wu When you were a human, you sang it word for word over and over again."
Mannia was completely stunned, and her palms felt slightly cold. This was something hidden deep in her heart.
"We are all women, please tell me the truth." Minglan said with a smile on her face and a familiar tone, "Do you envy Mrs. Liuli?" Mannia opened her mouth, not knowing how to reply.
Minglan answered for her and smiled at the dowager, "I'm talking nonsense. I'm envious. Otherwise, why would she still sing this song day and night after she got rid of her lowly status? She was afraid that people wouldn't know what she was doing. "
Mannia's face turned pale and she bit her lower lip fiercely.
Mao's art of war says that if you want to fight your own war, you can't let the enemy lead you. If the enemy wants to fight on the plains, you force him to fight in the mountains. If the enemy wants to fight head-on, you use guerrilla warfare to disturb the enemy. So Mannia thought. When she talked about her pitiful life experience, Minglan talked about her artistic pursuits. If Mannia wanted to talk about something, she avoided the topic.
"Scholar Gao gave up all his splendor and splendor, gave up the expectations of his mentor and parents, betrayed all his family members, and married Madam Liuli. I really envy me and other mediocre women." Minglan looked at Mannia playfully, "It doesn't matter what you do. Like those who covet comfort and ease, and travel thousands of miles to follow the Marquis, you are a person with great ambitions. Could it be..." She smiled, "Could it be that you want to imitate Mrs. Liuli and call the Marquis regardless of the world's prejudices? Ming Yuan is marrying you ?”
"No!" Even though Mannia had been thinking about it day and night, she rejected it intuitively. She was about to say, 'My little girl is from a humble background, how dare you have such an idea?', but she was interrupted by Minglan, who only listened to her joke.
He said, "You have to be careful. If you say the same thing too often, be careful when Bodhisattva hears it and he will take it seriously."
Mannia bit her lip and was speechless. The lady on the side was stunned when she heard this. She wanted to help, but she didn't know where to interrupt.
"That's nothing." Minglan endured the soreness in her belly and said half-jokingly, "It's a good thing for people to be motivated. If you don't enter the Marquis's mansion, you don't want to live in peace and quiet. As long as the Marquis is this person, you can see that
If you have the wisdom to know people, you will know that the Marquis is the thorn in the bag, and he will be able to break it out one day, far better than those dogs who look down on others!"
As he spoke, he glanced at the Madam, intentionally or unintentionally, which made her fall to the ground with anger.
Mannia stopped talking and restrained her pitiful look. She only stared at Minglan with a dull look.
"But here we are, you still haven't become the second Madam Liuli." Minglan was not afraid of her gaze, and the angrier the better, she just said, "You have exhausted all your abilities and still have no status. Not only can you not enter, Lian'er
They can’t even recognize their ancestors and return to their clan!”
"You——!" An angry and aggrieved sound came out of Mannia's throat.
"Do you know why this is?" Minglan asked.
Mannia stared at Minglan with angry eyes, like a dormant female beast, ready to pounce.
"Let me tell you." Minglan stopped laughing and looked serious, "Your biggest mistake is that you don't understand that if you really like someone, you should think about him."
"The Marquis admires his father very much in his heart, and no matter how cruel he says, he still wants to be in harmony with his father. If Mrs. Liuli were you, she would have left the Marquis long ago and would never let their father continue to quarrel because of you. The Marquis wants to
Marry a virtuous lady. If Mrs. Liuli were you, she would have turned around and left long ago. She would not have hindered the future of the Marquis. Instead, like you, you went to Dengzhou to disturb the marriage. The Marquis wants his children to be safe and prosperous.
If Mrs. Liuli were you, she would raise her children well and make them independent and strong adults, instead of abandoning her young daughter and dragging her three or four-year-old son away to the end of the world. Let me ask you, Brother Chang now
How many words do you know and how many books do you read?”
Minglan's tone was calm, but every word was like a needle pricking her.
Mannia was breathing heavily. Her half-life planning was all in vain. How could she not hate her, but she couldn't say a word between her teeth. She had admired Mrs. Liuli since she was a child and wanted to imitate her everywhere; she could explain that Lan was rich and noble.
Born, she could stand and talk without pain in her back, but Madam Liuli's situation at that time was only more difficult than her own.
"From the beginning to the end, you only think about yourself. Regardless of whether the Marquis wants it or not, and what happens to your children, you only act according to your own thoughts. How do you deserve to be compared with Mrs. Liuli?!" Minglan deliberately revealed
With a look of disdain, he said, "With all your persistence, I have already helped countless poor people, the old, the weak, and the poor, and established a family business of my own!"
She was a magical woman, and I won’t go into detail about her various talents. Every time she read the notes about Madam Liuli, Minglan felt like she was reading "The Arabian Nights" and couldn't help but seriously suspect that this was a myth that was added to by future generations.
.In fact, when she lived to the extent of Mrs. Liuli, it was no longer important whether she had a life-long love for that great scholar. To paraphrase a political class, she found her own value in life and lived a very happy life.
Mannia's eyes were red, her fingers almost dug holes in the carpet, and she stared at Minglan with hatred.
"Of course." Minglan added at the end, her tone gentle again, even showing a hint of pity, "The most important thing is that the Marquis has never loved you as much as Academician Gao loves Madam Liuli. That's all.
Already..."
This sentence became the last straw that broke Mannia's mind; at that moment, Mannia had no idea what she was doing, and she just wanted to pounce on her like crazy, but the maids brought by Dan Ju held them down.
The little boy next to her was frightened and shivering. Mannia was still cursing in a low voice, "You bitch..."
Minglan turned to look at Mrs. Tai and said coolly: "Are you still asking her to come in?" Mrs. Tai looked on in shock. Her lips moved a few times but she didn't speak. Minglan turned her head again and saw that Mannia was gradually getting older.
After taking a deep breath, Minglan said: "Let her go."
Mannia raised her head indifferently, her face stained with tears. This time Minglan believed she was not faking it.
Minglan looked at the thin little boy, feeling sad in her heart, and suddenly said softly: "If you still have a heart, you should make good plans for this child. Don't let him suffer like the adults. I heard that he has been in poor health.
Ask yourself, when a man wants a wife, he needs to be taught by her husband. If you can’t even raise a child well, how can any man respect and admire her?"
Mannia lowered her head and panted heavily, sounding like a female animal roaring.
The third wave of soreness hit, and Minglan felt that she was not feeling well anymore, so she stood up tremblingly, with a look of pain on her face. Danjue panicked and kept asking, Minglan whispered in her ear: "This
It hurts so bad, I’m probably going to give birth.”
Dan Ju suppressed her panic and said loudly: "Here comes someone, bring the chariot over here." The maid next to her immediately responded and went out to call for someone, while Dan Ju supported Ming Lan and walked over carefully. Ming Lan held back a breath and said, "It's okay.
, I can walk." Her physical condition is very good and she is not so fragile. Even in modern society, if you want to give birth, you have to take a car to the hospital first.
Seeing Minglan's appearance, Mrs. Tai became slightly suspicious. She didn't know if it was the reappearance of yesterday's crying wolf plot or if it was actually the day of delivery. She exchanged glances with Xiang's mother, still hesitating.
Mannia, who was on the ground, gritted her teeth, and suddenly became ruthless. She grabbed Er next to her, hugged her, and seemed to rush towards the pillar next to Minglan, as if she wanted to hit her head, and shouted
: "If we, my mother and I, are not allowed to live, then we will both die!"
Everyone in the room panicked, Danju and Lvzhi both blocked Minglan, but Xiaotao was still smart and agile, using all his strength to rush diagonally and bump into Mannia, knocking her to the ground.
"Come here! Take this person with ulterior motives into custody!" Xiang's mother said first.
Minglan glanced at her. At this time, she had a stomach attack. She had no time to care about it, so she had to go back first. However, she basically won a complete victory today, which was still very pleasant. As for Mannia and Brother Chang, they shouldn't
Let her handle it and wait for Gu Tingye.
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As soon as she returned to the house, Cui's mother had prepared everything, and the two stable women were waiting nervously. However, Minglan's consciousness became blurred, as if she was lying on a cloud, enduring a wave of labor pains. In all conscience, this
The feeling was very strange. It didn't seem to hurt much, but the soreness below the waist and abdomen was so sore that she almost wanted to cry. How could it be so sore? It was so sore that it hurt!
I don't know how many hours passed, but my clothes were soaked with sweat, and even my eyelashes seemed to be wet. The sky outside turned dark, and the voices in my ears were still shouting loudly. The women headed by Cui's mother were like cheerleaders, nothing more than "
"Breathe", "Endure the pain", "Save your energy and don't shout", "Try harder", "It'll be fine", etc. over and over again, just like a broken old tape recorder cassette.
Lights were lit in the room, and the stars were like the night sky, which matched the already full eyes of Venus. The pain accumulated to the critical point, and when Minglan felt that she was about to die, there was a sudden burst of crazy shouting outside,
Huh? It doesn’t look like your own cheerleading team.
She mustered up enough to leave and opened her eyes to see, only to see a strange red reflection outside the window for a long time.
"The water is gone! The water is gone!" People outside shouted in confusion.
Minglan suddenly woke up. After cursing the big bastard and the little bastard, she wanted to shout: That old witch kept these hands! It's best if you can make yourself angry to death. If you don't, then ask Zhu Rong to show off your power! Tingcan
, Aunt Kang, the Yu family, and Mannia, it turns out that they are all smoke, and they have prepared ruthless moves! It’s a pity that I am defending against the east and the west, but I am still missing a move.
She is just a court secretary, not an expert in house fighting. She has worked diligently and conscientiously over the years, but she is still not good enough?! Alas, now she can only count on the escort team led by Tu Er to be able to do the job.
She was probably too angry, and a burst of strength came from nowhere. Minglan gritted her teeth and held her breath with all her strength. Suddenly, there was a damp heat between the mattresses, and the almost crazy pain seemed to find an outlet, and it rushed towards her with claws and teeth bared.
But all the miracles in the world arrive at this moment, fiercely announcing the arrival of life.
The loud sound of gongs and drums, the sound of walking, and the noise outside could not cover up Wen Po's almost changed scream.
"——It's out! It's out! It's a brother, a big fat boy!"
In the red clouds of the sky, at the scene of a man-made and malicious fire, the little bastard who had tortured her for more than half a year finally came out.
Minglan's last thought before she lost consciousness was - quickly look at his hands and feet to see if they have ten toes or ten fingers!
The author has something to say:
I've started working, I can't update it every day like before, please forgive me.
Everyone has various opinions about Aunt Kang, but I only have one sentence.
You are unlucky, you are pitiful, we all sympathize with you, but it would be bad if you pass all your misfortune on to innocent people.
Regarding Minglan, many readers think she is too useless.
At this point in writing this book, Minglan’s character has basically been revealed. What kind of person do you think she is?
Yao Yiyi was born in a good family and grew up in an environment of loving father and mother. She studied and worked just like ordinary people. Such a girl has never experienced great hardships or thorns, but she still has a warm and soft heart in the deepest part of her heart.
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In addition, her major is law, so she will instinctively stand on the side of the law, not the side of the crime.
It is difficult for a person like this to take the initiative to harm others in order to protect herself.
The Count of Monte Cristo also transformed into an avenging angel after suffering huge injuries. So far, Minglan has not suffered any major sins.
For Minglan, self-defense and active attack are two different things. Without real evidence, no matter how bad the wife is, it is just a presumption of crime and does not constitute a crime. What can Minglan do, fish for law enforcement? Her skills
not enough.
In short, don't think too much of Minglan. She is an ordinary woman like us. In ancient times, she also worked very hard and studied seriously. She would make mistakes and be merciful. She was not a natural master of house fighting.