Chapter 15: First Meeting Guan Yucheng at the Guan Mansion 1
Xian Ziqian thought to herself: Guan Yupeng didn't look like a talkative person, so why did the news of her running wild on the street reach her mother's ears so quickly? Following the previous rules, she didn't dare to talk back or ask.
I asked, but just stood in front of my mother with my head bowed and listened to my mother's anger.
Xian Zi Ai seemed to be in a good mood. She glanced at her mother and said with a smile: "Mom, you are really harsh on Zi Daan. It must have been raining too hard at that time. Zi Daan couldn't find a shelter for a while so she ran in the rain. The housekeeper also
I just heard Mr. Guan say that he met Zi Daan on the street and was walking in a hurry in the rain with no shelter. Even if he ran a few steps, it would be okay. The Guan family would never guess how our Xian family is doing or how our daughter is doing just because of this trivial matter.
Mr. Guan is still waiting in the front hall, you have to let your daughter change into clean clothes before she can see him."
"Zi Ai, you are the most sensible and the most easy-going." Mrs. Xian immediately happily said to her eldest daughter, then turned to Xiaochun and told Xiaochun, "Xiao Chun, go and prepare hot water for Zi Ai so that she can freshen up and dress me up."
A few days ago, I found some custom-made clothes for Zi Ai in the shop and put them into her clothes. Our Zi Ai was born to be a girl who wants to wear beautiful clothes."
Xiaochun immediately took Xian Zi'ai's girl Qin Yun to prepare hot water and clothes for Xian Zi'ai. Xian Zi'ai stood in front of her mother, not knowing whether to withdraw or continue to stand and let her mother remember her and continue to scold her.
Qin Yun returned and asked Xian Zi Ai to take a bath and change clothes. Mrs. Xian watched Xian Zi Ai leave with a happy face. She turned around and saw Xian Zi Ai who was still standing there without daring to move. She probably asked Xian Zi Ai to speak more happily just now, and her tone was not as harsh as before.
, but full of sarcasm, "Xian Ziqian, mother knows that you hate your sister because your sister is prettier and more likable than you. You also like Guan Yupeng, right? So you deliberately run on the street to attract his attention? It's not that mother looks down on you.
, you just have to fill in the house, and after your sister’s marriage is completed, mother will ask your father to find someone for you among the officials in Beijing who have lost their wives.”
Xian Ziqian bit her lip and said softly: "My daughter still hopes to serve her mother. My daughter does not want to get married."
Mrs. Xian glanced at Xian Zidian. She was wearing a light blue dress. Her hair was still wet and tied up with a wooden hairpin. She was slightly thinner than her eldest daughter, although she didn't look as attractive as her eldest daughter.
I like it, but it’s not like I can’t do anything. I think back then, I was once the most beautiful woman in the capital. How could the daughter I gave birth to be ugly? It’s just that... this girl is really too tough, "Forget it, I am now
I don’t have the energy to think about your affairs, but getting married is a matter of time, and I will ask your father to look out for a better one for you. I have nothing to do with you here, go back.”
Xian Ziqian breathed a sigh of relief, not daring to say anything more, and left the room.
Xian Ziai changed her clothes and was accompanied by Qin Yun and her mother to the front hall. Xian Boteng was not there, and the housekeeper happened to be chatting with Guan Yupeng over tea. The housekeeper did not dare to sit down, and stood to the side with a slight bow and spoke. Although the Xian family is a wealthy family in the capital,
Household, but the Guan family is an official in the court, not to mention he is just the housekeeper of the Xian family and a slave.
"Hello, Mrs. Xian." When Guan Yupeng saw the three people walking in, he immediately stood up and hugged his fists politely.
Mrs. Xian immediately smiled and said, "I've kept you waiting for a long time. Zi Ai went out to her father's house to pick out gifts for the royal family. She encountered heavy rain on the way and came back a little late. Plus, it took some time to bathe and change clothes. Sit down quickly, you are not an outsider.
There is no need to be so formal, we will be a family from now on. Zi Ai, you also sit down. When the rain outside subsides a little, you and Yu Peng go to Guan Mansion to sit down and say hello to Mrs. Guan on my behalf."