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"Elder sister, what did you say?"

I feigned ignorance as I asked Eldest Miss Jiang.

She pushed me forward with a smile and pointed to her sister. "I'll be serious with you! When this idiot marries, you have to give me two bottles as well! "

"Definitely!"

I quickly smiled and nodded in agreement.

"It's getting late, I'll send you over!"

Big Miss Jiang asked me with a smile.

"Look at you! It really is' When a wife marries into a house, the matchmaker throws the wall.' As soon as I've answered your question, I'll send you off! "

Eldest Miss Jiang pursed her lips into a smile without a single word.

It looks like big miss Jiang also found out that the Jiang family was asking to marry me, and reneged on her promise during class.

After following Miss Jiang back to the main courtyard, I found my grandmother sitting in the main hall, talking to the fourth wife of the Xu family. Her expression was somewhat unsightly, and when she saw me enter, she cleared her throat and stood up to leave.

Madame Jiang looked a little unhappy as she stood up to see us out.

"Follow me!"

Grandmother told me, her face livid.

"Yes sir!"

I hurriedly bowed my head and obediently replied. After hurriedly bowing goodbye to Madame Jiang, I climbed into my grandmother's carriage with the help of Mother Du.

I cast a grateful look at her, but her mouth drooped as she looked at me with concern.

Apart from the fact that the marriage was over, I couldn't think of anything that could make my grandmother so angry.

"Mommy, please go and squeeze with Mommy Song!"

I winked at my mother, signaling her not to worry about me.

Mama Du knew that I already knew her good intentions. She smiled and walked to the back of the car.

Perhaps it was because even the coachman outside could feel his grandmother's displeasure, so he was exceptionally careful on the road. The already smooth road seemed a bit more stable.

Seeing my grandmother cough softly, I hurriedly poured some hot tea and handed it to her.

Grandmother's face relaxed even more.

I thanked him and decided to reward the coachman with a few sticks of money and some wine.

"Have you done something inappropriate to spread outside these days?"

The moment she opened her mouth, her grandmother's voice suddenly became stern.

Grandmother, are you suspecting that my actions at home will only cause the Jiang family to regret if it spread outside and ruined their reputation?

I was very suspicious that my grandmother would come to this party today. I had never seen my grandmother so concerned about the Jiang family, not even in those days when Madame Jiang hinted so blatantly that my grandmother was unmoved. The old lady in front of me was not someone who would change her mind just because of a word or two from me. However, today was only a banquet hosted by a junior. Since his grandmother was still able to abandon the matter of her family and come to attend, it clearly showed that her heart was involved in some important matter.

The thing that could make grandma worry the most was probably what would happen to her family in the future, right? On the one hand, Grandmother still had to rely on my housekeeper. On the other hand, Grandmother didn't want me to occupy this position for too long. However, the steward would have to switch hands as time passed. He would have to replace all the important positions in the house with his own. As time went by, his grandmother would only be left with the old lady's shell. As long as I respect her on the surface, she will find it hard to find my fault. By then, I will already be seated, and she won't be able to do anything to me. Since ancient times, it was easy for Buddha to send me away. Furthermore, I was a soft persimmon that was easily picked up by others. It would probably be difficult for her to take back her rights smoothly.

There just so happens to be a way out of Grandmother's predicament, which is to arrange a marriage for me.

I'm twelve now, three years away. It was a custom in White City. If one's parents couldn't bear to part with their family, it was normal for a girl to leave behind seventeen years before marrying. At that time, his eldest brother would already be fifteen years old, the age at which he would start a family. As the saying goes, as long as I marry a wife, I will naturally take over the position as the housekeeper in my hands and get a dowry of one or two thousand taels of silver. Then, I will naturally hand over the position as the housekeeper.

As a daughter-in-law, who wouldn't be trembling with fear and respect? Not to mention a grandchild's wife, who wouldn't send their grandma to heaven?

It was a pity that her grandmother's thoughts had all gone down the drain.

This time, it was all part of her plan, and the current situation was merciless!

"As you know, my family has been busy these few days, so Sun Daughter doesn't have the spirit to go out and be a guest."

I pretended to feel wronged as I replied, but my tone was neither soft nor hard.

Grandmother seemed to have understood my words and hinted that the reason why I wasn't revealing anything about the family's scandal was because my clan head had a way of doing things. On the contrary, I could also … He could not help but calm down a bit.

Exactly!

A family should speak in such a friendly manner!

I smiled mockingly as I poured myself a cup of tea and drank it.

"Do you know that the Jiang Clan was once interested in you?"

When people were angry, their eyebrows would go up, their brows would furrow, their nostrils would dilate, and their mouths would tighten. However, their grandmother had to do the opposite. It made them feel as strange as they could get.

I stifled a laugh.

"Granddaughter actually doesn't know about this!"

Grandmother was so angry by me that she couldn't help but cough a few times.

Since then, the two of them didn't talk anymore and returned home.

When I got out of the car, I helped my grandmother out with a gallant smile. The old man didn't want me to serve him, so he jumped out of the car and almost fell off.

I secretly sighed in my heart. In the heart of this grandmother of mine, my grandson's daughter is probably extremely evil!

In that case, I don't even want to play the game.

Not far away, I followed my grandmother back to the courtyard, handing her over to Aunt Wang. I completed my mission and brought Lu Ke and Mother Song back.

He went out in the morning and wore a pearl hairpin in order to keep his face straight. I don't have much hair, and my hair is very thin. At this moment, my scalp is hurting from the fall.

"Miss!" Lan Bing was standing at the door, welcoming me happily. The moment he saw me enter, he immediately pulled me into the room.

"All of you can leave now!"

I couldn't help but be surprised.

Lan Ling had never stepped past me to command the servants in my house.

What did this girl know to even forget about etiquette?

"Miss, guess what I know!"

I sat in front of the mirror and took off my head of the cumbersome jewelry, and I could see her radiant face in the mirror.

I smiled but didn't reply. I was just waiting to kill her.

As expected, the servant girl could not hold back her silence and spoke first:

"Aunt Wang is actually the daughter of the Qin family!"

It really was like a clap of thunder. I was startled by those words and pulled down my hair in panic. After a while, I finally reacted to the pain.

It's not that I didn't think about it, but it's just that it's really scary to hear someone say it so suddenly.

Grandmother and father had similar facial features, but on the other hand, Aunt Wang did not resemble her at all. Not only did he not resemble his grandmother, he also resembled Princess Honghua. How could such a coincidence exist in this world?

But if his mother was a daughter of the Qin family, why didn't she acknowledge her own mother and just become a foster daughter? And why would Grandmother risk the whole family extermination to bring a foster daughter back to her own home to be fostered?

I simply stopped dressing and listened to Lan Lan.

"Ever since Madam Xiao Yue, her reputation has continued to grow day in and day out, and even a few doctors have failed to treat her. "Since Madam is in a bad mood, she scolded the entire Yang family every day, clamoring that she wanted to see Master."

Lan Ling smiled with the cunning look of a young girl.

"Master somehow found out about this matter. Originally, he was angry when he heard that he was talking to Shopkeeper Du in the outer room. He rushed over to the Madam's courtyard and had a huge argument with her."

I don't know why?

It was most likely because of this girl in front of him.

I did not expose her and continued to listen to her:

"It's all thanks to you having your cards on me. The old lady went to dinner with you again, and now I have all the family matters. Hong Chang and I were worried that Master and Madam might have said something in their argument that would cause the people to rush them to the front courtyard.

It seems that Hong Chang had also heard these words.

"Madam only started off arguing with Master, but Master got impatient in the end and asked Madam what she wanted to do. Madam said that the three children could stay with Aunt Mo. When the master said she was delusional, she cried out: "You have kept her child under your knee for more than ten years, and I won't say anything!" Do you think she's that easy to fool? She's only because the child is still in your hands and she doesn't have her own contract! Let me tell you, ten years ago, I already knew that you could not be trusted. "If you force me, I'll take it to the mansion and ask them whether they can control their daughter after she was treated like this for twenty years." Hong Chang and I were afraid, so we immediately rushed in. Madam was leaning on the bed pillar with a purple and red face, her neck had a red blush on it, the moment Master saw us enter, he fiercely glared at us, kicked the door and left. "

Looking at the radiant Lan Yu, I couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat for her.

Thanks to what her mother had said, otherwise her father would not have allowed them to live.

Yet, this fool was still happily telling me about it!

Should I praise her for her fearlessness or scold her for her crudeness?

He was clearly on the verge of death, yet he still didn't know?

In Lan Li's opinion, her mother wanted to threaten her father with a written contract.

A document that proved that Aunt Wang was the Qin family's daughter.

I immediately realized that it must be the Young Kindred of the Kindred Church.

Just based on a written contract, how could he prove the identity of a child?

The Children's Hall will indicate the child's origin, age, accent and … Physical characteristics!

In other words, it was very likely that the identification would be something like a birthmark. If one's age and accent matched up, then it would be sufficient to meet the requirements.

I remembered that Shopkeeper Xiao had once said that none of Grandmother's sisters gave birth to children.

If Aunt Wang was Grandmother's adopted daughter, would her father also …?

"Did you tell that Hong Chang not to mention it again?"

I still take the things off my head in the mirror.

Lan Li nodded her head repeatedly, and came to help me.

"Send her a message. Tell her that if she wants to live, then don't speak carelessly. Tell her that you only had diarrhea and she accompanied you to the latrine."

Lan Ling was surprised. She didn't expect that I would place so much importance on this matter. She hurriedly went out to make the arrangements.

The green bandit took her place.

"Miss, should we go take a look at Madam?"

Green Cock used a comb to help me get through slowly.

"No need!" I shook my head. "It's better to be quiet than to move at this moment."

"Why isn't your brother back yet?"

I took a pair of light pumpkin earplugs from the box and put them on my ears.

"We're expected to arrive tomorrow!"

The green bandit always talked about his brother with a smile.

"He went out for two months. Tell your mother to tell him to come see me the day after tomorrow!"

Lu Kui hurriedly bowed to express his gratitude.

After changing into some ordinary clothes and putting on a simple calligraphy, I went to listen to Zhu Xuan looking at the family rules. He was writing on the bed, not even lighting a lamp, and it was sunset, and the room was dark.

"Why don't you light a lamp for Young Master!"

One of the maidservants was grinding ink while the other was cutting paper. Both of them were standing by his side, thus, they didn't see me enter.

"Elder sister!"

He put down his pen to meet me.

The two maidservants bowed to me, one to make tea, the other to light a lamp.

I couldn't help but sigh. In the end, he was still young and couldn't do anything well. But I'm afraid I can't get Lan Lan or the Green Cock out of his yard.

It was a good thing that Sister Ji was quite sharp. She was just waiting for her to grow a little bit older before she called for her in the family room.

"What kind of words?"

I smiled and took his hand to look at his handwriting.

In the end, what was on the table wasn't a letter, but a bill from the pawnshop.

This child was actually learning how to write a debit!

No wonder there was a huge abacus on the desk!

"Where did you get this?"

My face darkened, and even his hands relaxed.

Ying'er, who was at the side, swayed. If it weren't for Wen Lian's support, she probably would have collapsed to the ground.

"I asked the outer court's Big Brother Qingfeng to get this for me!"

Qing Feng was a servant that worked beside his father in the study.

Even though he was only half a child, he did not blush at all when he told a lie.

As soon as he left the house, Lan Lingyun closed the doors. How could he possibly connect with the cool breeze in the outer court? When I first came in, I even asked my mother who was guarding the courtyard. She didn't go out even after accompanying me for a whole day. What's more, Qing Feng was only fourteen years old. It was enough to just run around and buy things. How could he get a ticket to a pawnshop?

Even though this child's personality was pure and kind, under Aunt Mo's long time of neglect, he had developed a bad habit!

If he wanted to correct all of them, he would probably have to put in a lot of effort.

"When did you send Qing Feng?"

I held the ticket in my hand and looked at it carefully.

It was a ticket to Linglong Residence, opened at home. It was clearly written on it. As long as it was stamped, it would become a real monthly job.

In the past, she seemed to have heard Lan Li say that Ying'er had a childhood cousin who was an apprentice in Linglong Court. The two of them had been engaged since they were young.

However, he was still in the inner chamber in front of this servant. It would be better to keep his hands and feet clean and not interact much with him.

I took this opportunity to beat up the people in the room. Don't think that you can fool them just because they are young!