Mrs. Qin covered her heart and her eyes were red: "Lan Ruo, your mother died early. I raised you from a young age. Ask yourself, I have never deducted even a cent from you like those vicious stepmothers outside, let alone scolded you a word.
Can you admit it?"
Ming Lanruo looked at her and nodded lightly: "Yes, I admit it."
With tears in her eyes, Ms. Qin pressed her further: "Everyone in the family sees it. Even when you are naughty, your father wants to beat you and scold you. How often do I not stop you?"
Ming Lanruo said nothing, just lowered her eyes and looked at her fingertips quietly.
Mrs. Qin said in a trembling voice: "I taught Yueying not to fight with you since she was a child. You may have things in the house, but she may not have them. You always come first, and she blames me for being partial. But what about you? Do you remember me?"
good?"
Nanny Wang, who was next to Ms. Qin, couldn't help but interject: "Miss, Madam is a relative of yours. She is so kind to you, but the second lady was imprisoned in the east palace and lost her child because of you.
I can’t even save my life…”
"Ming Yueying was imprisoned in the East Palace because of me?" Ming Lanruo suddenly interrupted Grandma Wang and looked at her calmly.
When Grandma Wang caught her gaze, she suddenly felt guilty and murmured: "Isn't this..."
"Obviously she wanted to harm me and deliberately fell into the water and had a miscarriage, causing His Majesty to lose his legitimate grandson. In anger, she was banned from the East Palace!" Ming Lanruo interrupted her again coldly.
Ming Yueying doesn't have a prince in her heart, and she doesn't care about the child in her belly.
Mrs. Qin raised her voice and said angrily: "That child Yueying is just confused for a moment. It's only my fault that I have always asked her to give in to you since she was a child. She feels resentful and resentful..."
"Yes, she is resentful, because she clearly belongs to someone, but because you had to marry into the East Palace, it caused her sweetheart to die in the battlefield." Ming Lanruo said coldly again.
Mrs. Qin froze and looked at Ming Lanruo in disbelief.
This girl knows this!
Ming Lanruo sighed: "Growing up, my aunt told me to do whatever I wanted. Dad wanted to discipline me, but you also stopped me. I used to think you were the most beloved person in the world, until I made a big mistake and let me down.
Only after realizing my father's expectations did I understand what it means - to kill with admiration."
As long as her father was at home, he would personally educate her and let her learn a lot.
But he is a man after all. He has to go to court and the Hanlin Academy to be busy, so he has too little time at home.
As the head mistress of the Duke's mansion, Mrs. Qin has been deliberately pampering her to be arrogant and ignorant of others.
Mr. Qin's face became paler and paler, and he shouted angrily: "You are trying to incriminate yourself, so why bother? Is it wrong for me to pamper you?"
Ming Lanruo looked at her and said calmly: "But aunt, you punish Yueying when she makes mistakes. You discipline her very strictly and strive to make her a model of a lady."
In this capital city, she herself is famous for her beauty and arrogance, but Ming Yueying has gained the reputation of a talented woman for her poetry and paintings.
Beauty is valuable only when it is combined with wisdom. For a woman who has beauty but no brains, her beauty will only become a knife that kills a woman's life.
Just like she caused many tragic disasters in her previous life and killed so many people.
Ming Lanruo looked at Mr. Qin who looked dazed and pale: "You wanted your second sister to stand out over me, but she thought I forced her to marry into the East Palace and indirectly killed Major General Mu, so she was full of hatred, but this
It was all because of your greed, aunt, that you harmed her."
The Mu family is the mother family of the Queen Mother, and is actually on par with the Duke's family, but the Tan family is not satisfied.
Ms. Qin's body was swaying, and she had to be supported by Grandma Wang to prevent her from collapsing.
She choked and looked at Ming Lanruo: "Lanruo, it doesn't matter if you misunderstand me, but Yueying is your only sister. I am just a daughter. Please save her, please save her, okay!"
After she finished speaking, she immediately knelt down and couldn't stop sobbing.
Even Grandma Wang knelt down and cried, trying to hug Ming Lanruo's thigh: "Miss, Madam is your mother, please save her and the Second Miss!"
The surrounding servants couldn't help but cast dissatisfied glances at Ming Lanruo, feeling that this young lady had no regard for human relations and no family affection!
Ming Lanruo had the sharp eyesight and quick hands to turn aside and nimbly avoid the hand grabbed by Grandma Wang, which was full of tears and snot.
"Don't touch me!" There was a cold look on her eyebrows.
The momentary pressure shocked Grandma Wang, and her hands froze in mid-air.
Ming Lanruo looked at Mrs. Qin coldly: "Kneel down at every turn, with tears in your eyes, and force someone with a soft knife. This is the behavior of a concubine who is not on the stage, and it is not the behavior of the mistress of the Duke's mansion."
Qin was stunned, she was born in a small family.
If it weren't for Ming Lanruo's mother Xiao Guanyin, it would not have been her turn for Ming Guogong to marry again.
He also repeatedly asked her to read more collections of classics and history, and not to teach her daughters to be petty. She was most inferior to her own background and horizons.
Ming Lanruo's words were like stabbing her heart with a soft knife.
Mrs. Qin's face turned green and white, and she reluctantly held Grandma Wang's hand to stand up.
She suppressed her anger, bit her lip and said coldly: "Ming Lanruo, if I had followed the example of the mistress of the house, you would not have thought of taking away Chunming, Jing and the two slaves today. You are Princess Mourning, and there is nothing in the sale contract.
The seal of the Grand Duke!"
Ming Lanruo sighed softly: "Aunt, I don't want to pretend to be a loving mother anymore. If it were my second sister here, you would have sent her to her hands long ago, right?"
All the servants were stunned, and the look in their eyes at Mrs. Qin also changed.
After all, she is not the step-wife's biological daughter. No wonder the eldest lady doesn't get close to her.
Ming Lanruo lowered her eyes and sipped her tea: "I took the deed of sale just for the sake of my father, to give you a step up, but it seems that my aunt misunderstood something."
After saying that, she glanced outside the door: "Xiao Xi'er, you have brought everyone here, why don't you come in?"
Mrs. Qin and Grandma Wang looked at the door inexplicably.
Sure enough, a cute little head poked out of the door.
Xiao Xi opened the door with a smile: "Mom, this is my first time coming to my grandpa's house. It's not easy to find someone!"
Only then did Mrs. Qin realize that Xiao Xi had slipped out of the door at some point.
Two young girls in smart attire and carrying baggage followed Xiao Xi in.
One has two short blades on his waist, and the other has a long sword tied to his waist. The temples of both of them are slightly bulging, which is a characteristic of masters in the inner circle.
As soon as the two of them saw Ming Lanruo, they knelt down on one knee and clasped their fists: "Miss, Chunming, Jinghe is late, so I will leave the house with the lady!"
Mrs. Qin couldn't help but change her expression when she saw that they no longer wore the clothes of the maids of the Duke's Mansion.
She specially asked people to watch Chunming and Jinghe so as not to let them know the news about Minglan Ruolai!
Xiao Xi smiled at her and made a face: "Sorry, grandma, I'm the best at hiding and looking for people!"
Ms. Qin was so angry that Xiao Xi looked embarrassed. She turned and looked at Chunming and Jinghe fiercely: "Are you crazy? Private slaves escaped from the mansion and according to the law they will be beaten to death with sticks. Take them!"
Under the look of Grandma Wang, several servants following the Qin family were about to rush towards Chun Mingjinghe with sticks in hand.
Jing He suddenly turned his wrist and swept his legs with a whirlwind, knocking several servants to the ground.
There were just a few crunching sounds of broken bones, and several tall servants screamed in pain: "Ahhh... my leg!"
They studied under the former commander-in-chief of the 800,000-strong border army, and learned the skills of killing the enemy. Their kicking skills were so ruthless that they directly kicked the opponent's leg.
Chunming looked at Mr. Qin expressionlessly: "Madam, do you want to let everyone from the whole family come together again to try?!"
The two sisters were originally the maidservants that Xiao Guanyin personally selected from Commander Xiao's mansion and were carefully trained.
The reason why I have been behaving in the Duke's Mansion is because Ming Lanruo is here.
At this moment, how could they care about the orders of Qin, the duchess of the country?
Mrs. Qin's face was extremely embarrassed. She had been the mistress of the Duke's Mansion for more than ten years. How could she endure being contradicted by her slaves? She was so angry that she started to fight.
"You... you are unreasonable! If anyone comes, report it to the official immediately!"
But the housekeeper hurried in and whispered: "Madam, no, the Duke has told you to take good care of the eldest lady."
Mr. Qin's face turned livid: "How dare you stop me...!"
Ming Lanruo said calmly: "Aunt, this Duke's Mansion belongs to my father. He will be angry when he comes back and finds out that you have done these stupid things."
After saying that, she didn't care about Qin's embarrassed expression, took Xiao Xi and walked out.
Chunming, Jinghe and Shi Shiran followed.
Xiao Xi bent her big eyes and waved her hand towards Mrs. Qin: "Thank you for the gold bracelet. Next time I come to play, please prepare a bigger one!"
Grandma Wang was so angry that she couldn't help scolding: "If you raise an unfamiliar white-eyed wolf, you will be born a little bastard!"
Mr. Qin watched tremblingly as Ming Lanruo and his party left in a swaggering manner and fell down on their chairs.
She closed her eyes, gritted her teeth and murmured: "Okay, very good, no one takes me seriously, no one thinks I'm inferior to Xiao Guanyin, but she, Xiao Guanyin, gave birth to a shameless little bitch, what's wrong with me?"
Just treat it like a treasure?"
Grandma Wang stepped forward: "Madam, you don't have to go with those..."
"Pa!" Mrs. Qin suddenly slapped Grandma Wang hard on the face, causing her face to bleed.
Grandma Wang suddenly fell to the ground, trembling with fear.
Ms. Qin opened her eyes and looked at her coldly: "Do I need you to teach me how to do things? Do you even look down on me, an old naughty slave like you?"
Grandma Wang immediately crawled over on her knees: "Of course not, madam, spare your life!"
Mr. Qin said calmly: "I will reply to the Queen's people tonight. I will fully cooperate with whatever the Queen asks me to do."
She originally didn't want to have anything to do with the queen. After all, the prince and the King of Qin were mortal enemies!
But her daughter will never be oppressed by Xiao Guanyin and her daughter all her life!
Never!
…
"Mom, I don't like that aunt." Xiao Xi licked the candied haws in her hand and muttered.
Ming Lanruo touched his kitten's soft, fluffy hair and said, "If you don't like it, just don't like it. My Xiaoxi is really smart today."
He followed her instructions and found Chunming and Jinghe, and did a great job.
"Miss, Madam has a kind face and a cruel heart. Although she has been concerned about the Duke and has not dared to be disrespectful to you these years, she is secretly sensitive and jealous. She has forced the two aunts into the village. Many servants said something wrong.
If you say anything, you will be severely punished, and she will not give up."
Jing He whispered beside Ming Lanruo.
She was exaggerating. Over the years, Mr. Qin had completely replaced all the people who had been left by the late Madam in the Duke's Mansion.
She and Chunming stayed until now because the Duke remembered them and they were good at martial arts so they could not be bullied. However, since the young lady has not been here for the past few years, she can only do menial work.
Ming Lanruo bent her eyes and smiled smartly and coldly: "If Ms. Qin keeps her integrity and guards the Duke's Mansion for her father, I won't do anything to her, but if she is stupid and colludes with outsiders..."
She dusted her fingers: "Then I won't tolerate her anymore. Let us in the house keep an eye on the people around her. They have been in contact with someone outside recently. If they are caught, they will be sent to me."
Jing He and Chun Ming looked at each other and responded with red eyes and smiles: "Yes!"
In the past five years, they have made the young lady suffer so much, and they have failed to live up to Madam's instructions!
Finally, they can accompany the eldest lady again, and no one will bully her or hurt her!
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