"Mother, this matter..." Ning knelt down in grievance and wanted to explain, but Mrs. Yu interrupted her rudely.
"You still want to defend yourself? You have brought trouble to Xueer again."
"Mother... mother, how is Xue'er?" Ning's heart trembled and she asked hurriedly.
"The good deeds you have done have damaged Xue'er's reputation. With you as a mother, how long will Xue'er have to suffer from it!" Mrs. Yu slammed the crutch in her hand.
"Mom, where is Xue'er?" Ning was startled and hurriedly turned back to look for her.
"Xue'er got sick because of what happened to you. As a mother, you don't clean up your own affairs, so you still have to ask Xue'er to help you. Now people outside are saying that Xue'er... you... you are really useless.
." Mrs. Yu said with a gloomy face. During the few days that Ning was imprisoned, the rumors outside became more and more unpleasant.
"Mother, this was done by a servant..." Ning became excited.
"It doesn't matter whether the servants did it or not. What matters is that your affairs have affected Xue'er." Mrs. Yu angrily wanted to hit Ning with her cane.
The eldest granddaughter's matter was settled before her eyes, but now there is no news because of Ning's matter. Needless to say, something happened. The eldest granddaughter washed her face in tears, and Mrs. Yu became more and more anxious.
"Mom, it's really not me who is responsible for this. People have been arrested in the Yamen." Ms. Ning took a breath and said quickly. Manager Ning took the blame for her. This was something she had arranged early on.
I made the arrangements early because I was afraid something might happen.
On the day Ning was taken away, Manager Ning went to the Yamen and surrendered. The efficiency of the Yamen was really low, otherwise why would he wait until today to release her.
Ning spent the days in the cell waiting like years.
"Several elders of the Yu clan came over and asked for your divorce." Mrs. Yu looked at Ning with a gloomy look.
"Wha...what?" Ning's body softened and she almost fell down, her eyes were red with anxiety, "Mother...you...you wouldn't do this."
"For Xue'er's sake, I will not divorce you, but from now on, you will be Zhongyang's wife...that is, his concubine." Mrs. Yu Tai said the last two words slowly.
"Mother...why...why?" Ning's eyes fell anxiously. She thought countless times in the cell about how she would repay the Xuanping Hou Mansion after she came out, and how she would kill Yu Ruiwen's two daughters.
The death was so filthy, but she didn't expect that she would be informed of such a thing just after she came out.
"If you don't agree, Marquis Xuanping will not let go of our family, and may even expose Xue'er's affairs. He will hurt an adopted daughter at most, but Xue'er cannot be hurt." Mrs. Yu said with cold eyes.
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Ning was startled for a moment, then nodded vigorously, with a twisted look on her face: "Yu Ruiwen is really a good calculator. He used his adopted daughter to destroy my legitimate daughter. He... is really bullying me."
"It's my fault that you are greedy for such a small amount of money. You don't know how to mess up the affairs of the Xuanping Hou Mansion." Mrs. Yu cursed bitterly.
"Mom, this is all my cousin's intention. She asked me to do this, and she agreed to share some of it with me." The more Ning thought about it, the more aggrieved she became. The cause of this matter was Qian, so why did it fall on her now?
.
"So what? She is the wife of Marquis Xuanping, and with Marquis Xuanping supporting you, who do you think you are? From now on, she will only be an equal wife. With Zhongyang's status, what kind of equal wife will you marry? Even if you say you are an equal wife in front of others, in the genealogy
She only has the status of a concubine." Mrs. Yu said coldly, her eyes almost burning.
Could it be possible that her granddaughter, the eldest granddaughter she had placed her hope in, was so destroyed in Ning's hands?
"Mother..." Mrs. Ning wanted to say something else, but Mrs. Yu was no longer in the mood to listen anymore and waved her hand: "From now on, you can have a good rest in your own yard. From now on, the only serious lady in the house is Mrs. Liu.
All affairs in the house must be arranged by Mr. Liu."
This is a situation where power has been taken away from her. How can Ning be willing to do so? Just as she was about to finish speaking, she saw Mrs. Yu’s gloomy face. She knew that it was useless to say anything. She could only stand up with grievances and wiped her tears. She had to find something for this matter.
The daughter discussed that with her eldest daughter here, she would have a backbone, and she would definitely find a way.
In Yaoshui Pavilion, Yu Xijiao put down the pen in her hand and said a few simple words. Apart from greetings, she only had her signature. There was no hint of brother-sister affection in it.
This is a reply to Yu Xianyi. Just like when Yu Xianyi wrote a letter, he only included a casual sentence about Yu Xijiao, and the focus was on Qian and her daughter. Yu Xijiao's reply was also as simple as this.
"Girl, Mrs. Ning has returned home." Nanny Xu came in sweating profusely. She had been staring at Zhengyuan Hou Mansion these past few days, and when she found out that Mrs. Ning had returned home, she hurriedly reported to Yu Xijiao.
"Calculating the time, it's time to come back." Yu Xijiao smiled slightly, with a coldness on her lips, and looked in the direction of Zhengyuan Hou Mansion. A blow of this degree was not fatal to Ning.
As early as after her rebirth, she discovered that some of Ning's things could not be calculated based on common sense. Not only was he cautious, but he also took every step very steadily. Someone was giving guidance behind this, but she didn't know who it was.
Pull out the radish and bring out the roots…
"Will Zhengyuan Hou Mansion treat the eldest girl and want to harm the eldest girl?" Nanny Xu was still worried.
"It's okay. There are so many rumors outside. They have too much time to take care of themselves now. What they want to do most is not to deal with the eldest sister, but how to reverse the crisis." Yu Xijiao smiled, and the corners of her lips curled up silently. Some of the rumors outside were caused by her specially.
Stirring, but she was not the only one stirring up these rumors.
Yu Lanxue wants to enter the palace and achieve a high position with her good reputation, but her current reputation and status may not be enough.
After hearing what Yu Xijiao said, Nanny Xu breathed a sigh of relief and retreated to deal with the affairs of Yaoshui Pavilion.
"Girl, will the eldest girl over there think of other ways?" Mingyue reached out and pointed towards the Zhengyuan Marquis Mansion and asked thoughtfully, "I see that the eldest girl is a very thoughtful person.
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"Yes!" Yu Xijiao affirmed and put down the embroidery picture in her hand. This was prepared for the lotus appreciation banquet. The empress ordered all the daughters of the participating aristocratic families to prepare an embroidery. Yu Xijiao thought about it and
I drew an embroidery picture of lotus leaves. The embroidery was not big. The master and the servants embroidered it together, and they worked very quickly.
"What does the girl think she will do?" Seeing her girl's confident look, Mingyue asked curiously.
"Now there is no way to solve her current predicament, it just depends on how she chooses." Yu Xijiao raised her eyes mockingly, what would Yu Lanxue choose? In fact, there is no need to guess too much, with Yu Lanxue
She is a person who knows how to use tricks. Now is the time when she has to enter the palace. At this time, no one can stop her from becoming a successful person.
On the other hand, whatever can be used, she will use it.
The lotus appreciation feast is just around the corner, which is not a good opportunity.
"Mingyue, bring me the sticker for the lotus appreciation feast." Yu Xijiao ordered.
Mingyue went in in response, and after a while she carefully took out the stickers. The stickers issued by the palace were gold-trimmed and magnificent, and looked different from ordinary stickers.
When I opened it, a picture of a field of lotus leaves popped up on the paper. Just looking at it made me feel all the worries in my heart go away.
Yu Xijiao stretched out her hand and gently wiped the right corner of the post. As the faint gold powder on it receded, she could vaguely see three words.
"Girl, is something wrong?" Mingyue asked in surprise.
Yu Xijiao let go of her hand, and the two maids came over and saw clearly that there were three words "Zhengyuanhou" on it. They looked at each other in surprise. They didn't know that the gold powder in the right corner actually had the name of the mansion printed on it.
of.
Yu Xijiao took the wet handkerchief sent by Qingyue and wiped her hands, and said calmly: "The number of notes sent by the palace is fixed, especially the ones sent by the Queen, each one has a mark on it.
, No matter which house or palace they are in, they all correspond one by one. If there is no entanglement, just forget it. If there is any entanglement, take this as evidence."
Madams from big aristocratic families usually know about this kind of thing, but not necessarily from small aristocratic families, especially someone like Yu Xijiao who just came from Jiangnan. Without explaining it to her, she had no way of knowing about it.
"Girl, are you afraid that the eldest girl over there will make a fuss about the post? Didn't the Zhengyuan Marquis Mansion have any good intentions when it gave the girl the post?" Mingyue understood immediately and looked at the three people in astonishment.
word, asked.
"It didn't happen before, but now... maybe it will happen!" Yu Xijiao smiled and waved, "At that time, Ning and Yu Lanxue may not have had this idea, but now... this is when Yu Lanxue enters the palace.
The best way.”
Speaking of which, when thinking of Yu Yuxi, the hurdle of Prince Duan falling in love at first sight can actually be applied to Yu Lanxue.
"Girl, what should we do? We don't need this post?" Qingyue looked at the post and said uneasily, "If the big girl over there makes trouble in front of the palace gate and the girl takes her post, it will be the girl who loses it.
face."
"Of course I want to enter the palace, and as for Yu Lanxue... I should also follow me into the palace." Yu Xijiao's expression remained unchanged, "Mingyue, go to your grandmother's place, explain this matter to her, and ask her to ask for permission.
I want a copy of the notice for entering the palace."
"Okay, I'll go there right away." Mingyue understood immediately, clapped her hands and said happily, bowed to Yu Xijiao and left.
"Girl, will the eldest princess come to the palace and ask for a copy of the post?" Qingyue said uneasily.
"There is no shortage of these stickers. There is no need for my grandmother to go to the palace to ask for it from the Empress. I just need to explain it to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and I can get one directly from the Ministry of Internal Affairs. After all, if I had been there at that time, the Queen Mother would also have sent me a sticker.
." Yu Xijiao said nonchalantly, her grandmother only needs to send someone to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to explain it and register it on the record.
"That's good." Qingyue breathed a sigh of relief and pointed at the note on the desk, "Girl, what should I do now?"
"Keep it first!" Yu Xijiao said meaningfully. The lotus appreciation banquet was coming soon. She laid out the chess pieces first and then watched how Yu Lanxue would move.
"Girl, the second lady sent someone over." While the master and servant were talking, they suddenly heard a woman's voice coming from outside. Was it Yu Yuxi's person?
Yu Xijiao smiled, she was still thinking about how to act, could it be coming now?