C18 There Was Trouble at the Dinner

After listening to the old mama's words, Meiniang's eyes turned red. Lianshuang was afraid to bring up Meiniang's sad past and did not continue to ask.

The courtyard was very spacious and there were many rooms. Lianshuang picked up a room towards the east. She liked the feeling of the sun rising every day through the window and hitting her face.

Meiniang wanted to be closer to Lianshuang so she chose the room next to Lianshuang.

Perhaps Yue Hong had already instructed that every room was cleaned clean and spotless and even the bedding was newly changed.

After simply tidying up the luggage, it was already sunset. The red sunset dyed the entire sky red, and the multicolored light sprinkled on the ground, as if a brilliant red carpet had been laid on it.

The delicate and beautiful peony in the flowerbed stood straight in the middle of the ten thousand flowers. The rays of the setting sun shone on its body, and the peony actually seemed to be drunk. The red flower petals seemed to be even more dazzling and moving.

At this time, a young maid slowly walked towards Lan Garden. When she reached the door, she shouted towards the inside, "Miss, little miss, it's time to have dinner in the dining hall."

Hearing that, Lianshuang retracted her gaze and gently closed the western window. Then, she walked out in small steps.

"Mother, it's dinner time." Lianshuang knocked on Meiniang's room next door and called out softly from the outside.

The door opened and Meiniang's sleepy eyes became hazy. These two days of running around, she was indeed tired. After tidying up her luggage, she fell asleep on the bed in a daze.

With the maidservant leading the way in front, they passed through the floral door and passed by an exquisitely carved wooden corridor which was the dining hall.

A group of maidservants were busy and orderly passing down the dishes. Before Yue Hong and Yue Xier came over, Lianshuang held Meiniang's hand and sat down on an empty chair by the side.

Not long after, there were footsteps and laughter coming from outside the door. Lianshuang and Meiniang stood up and went out to welcome them.

"Mother, slow down." Yue Hong supported the old man who thought he had silver hair and walked towards them. Behind him were Yue Xier and Mrs. Lin, as well as a line of well-behaved servant girls.

The old man wore a big purple cotton coat with flower marks on it and held a wooden tiger head walking stick in his hand. There was an exquisite jade hairpin in her bright hair bun, and her expression was serious. She always had a sense of distance between her and the old man, which made people not dare to approach her easily.

When Yue Hong helped the old mistress to the front of Meiniang and Lianshuang, Meiniang and Lianshuang gently took care of their luggage. Yue Hong immediately introduced to the old mistress with a smile, "Mother, this is the daughter who is wearing incense, Meiniang."

The incense was the name of Meiniang's late mother. The old mistress's sharp eyes looked at Meiniang from head to toe and nodded lightly. The emotions in her deep eyes were hard to predict.

When her gaze landed on Lianshuang, the old mistress paused for a moment and returned to her calm state in an instant. She looked at Yue Hong with some doubt and waited for an explanation.

"Oh, this is the goddaughter that Meiniang adopted. Her name is Lianshuang." Yue Hong understood and hurriedly explained. His words were very respectful.

In her previous life, Lianshuang had also met this old madam a few times. Although they did not have much interaction, she had a very deep impression of the old madam.

Usually, the old mistress spent most of her time paying respects to Buddha. She stayed in the temple hall and rarely asked about the matters in Yue Residence. However, this did not mean that she did not have any prestige in Yue Residence. On the contrary, her words didn't even dare to show the slightest bit of disobedience to Yue Hong. Not to mention Mrs. Lin and Yue Xier, the mother and daughter were standing in front of the old mistress. Everyone was respectful.

After listening to Yue Hong's explanation, the old mistress did not ask any more questions. Instead, she walked towards the dining table and waited for the old mistress to sit down before Yue Hong, Mrs. Lin and the rest sat down in an orderly manner.

The table was filled with delicious dishes, such as pearl white chicken, garlic duck, grape sea fish, soup jade lotus, and so on. Each of them was comparable to a royal banquet, and in front of the madame was a feast. Although it was some vegetables, it was as refreshing and delicious as the delicacies of the mountains and oceans.

After everyone sat down, a maidservant walked over in an orderly manner to prepare the dishes for the host.

Most of these servant girls knew the liking of the Masters, but Lianshuang and Meiniang had just arrived. The two servant girls who served them seemed to be more cautious and paid attention to their gazes at all times so that they could get along with them.

A sparkling and translucent Snow Mountain White Shrimp was picked into a bowl. Lianshuang's chopsticks paused and her brows unconsciously wrinkled, but she did not say anything. She just put the prawn aside and picked up other dishes to eat.

Yue Xier noticed Lianshuang's reaction and her eyes flashed. A trace of light flashed in her eyes for a moment.

"Shuang feels that the dishes are not to her liking?" When Yue Xier said this, everyone's attention was focused on Lianshuang.

A trace of impatience flashed across their eyes. Yue Xier did not even let her eat peacefully.

Lightly raising her head, she welcomed Yue Xier's mischievous gaze without any fear. Lianshuang softly said, "How could that be? Shuang has never seen such exquisite dishes since young. It was just that Shuang's fortune was thin and she was allergic to prawns."

Lianshuang's words were just right. She did not show any disrespect and did not make a fool of herself.

Hearing this, Yue Xier's expression changed subtly but quickly returned to normal.

"So that's how it is. Did you hear that? If you do not take good care of Miss Lianshuang in the future, you must be careful." Yue Xier pretended to give orders to the maidservants who were preparing the dishes. She seemed to be concerned about Lianshuang. In fact, she was deliberately playing around in front of Lianshuang and Meiniang. She was the master.

Lianshuang did not care about Yue Xier's public provocation. It was just that since the other party had made a move, it did not make sense for her to not return the favor.

After a moment of silence, Lianshuang raised her eyes again. Her eyes were filled with gratitude but there was a slight sadness, "Shuang is not very grateful that little aunt took care of us. In the future, Shuang and mother will have to rely on little aunt to take care of them."

Finishing, Lianshuang still held the chopsticks in her hands but her hands did not move. She just sat there and her expression was a little more restrained.

Other people might not be able to see the needle in Yue Xier's words but the old madam was a smart person.

She only saw her brows darken as she glanced at Yue Xier unhappily and said, "Let's eat well then."

Seeing Lianshuang's aggrieved appearance, Yue Xier was very satisfied but in the next second, the old mistress's words made the trace of joy in her heart disappear without a trace.

Carefully looking at the old madam, a trace of embarrassment flashed across her eyes and when she saw that the old madam's face was somewhat gloomy, she could only timidly agree and then bury her head into the meal and did not dare to say another word.

Lianshuang glanced at Yue Xier who had suffered a setback and was in a good mood, so she picked up the chopsticks and started eating again.

After dinner, the servant girl walked to the side of the table and changed into a clean table cloth. The old mistress did not move and everyone at the table did not get up.

"Grandma, today Xier will send you back." When they were at the table just now, Yue Xier knew that she had offended the old madam. Therefore, after dinner, she could not wait to put on an obedient and sensible look in front of the old mistress.