"Do you have a grudge against me?" the old lady said with a serious face.
"There used to be, but now..." After saying this, Xie Wu smiled softly and looked at the old lady with a calmer look in her eyes, "I respect you."
"Respect?" The old lady's eyes narrowed.
"Yes, I only have respect for you now." Xie Wu looked at the old lady calmly and repeated what she just said.
"What do you mean?" The old lady's eyes gradually became sharp.
Xie Wu smiled lightly. She met the old lady's gaze without flinching and said in a clear voice, "Grandma, you never cared about how I missed you before. Since you didn't care before, you don't need to care anymore now."
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"Girl." Seeing the atmosphere in the room becoming more and more solemn, Nanny Zhu couldn't help but call Xie Wu again.
But Xie Wu seemed not to have heard anything. She continued, "Now I will no longer feel resentful because of your neglect and poor treatment. I still respect you as the old lady of the Hou Mansion, and I will also remember that I
As the legitimate daughter of the Hou Mansion, it is our responsibility to be our ancestors and grandchildren...what we have been like in the past, we must be like in the future!"
After saying that, Xie Wu lowered her eyes and bowed to the old lady again, and then, without waiting for her to react, she led the maid and walked out of the house without looking back.
Until Xie Wu's figure disappeared from the door, the old lady still clutched the lapel of her clothes tightly without letting go, and stared at the empty door for a long time without taking it back.
"Old Madam, Miss, she just said something out of anger. Don't take it to heart." Seeing the old Madam purse her lips and her face turned a little pale, Aunt Zhu frowned and stepped forward to comfort her.
"Bi Hen, did you hear just now? She said, she said, she respects me as the old lady of the Hou Mansion... What does she mean?" The old lady raised her head with difficulty and looked at Nanny Zhu.
"Old lady..."
"What do you mean, how it was in the past? How it will be in the future? Is she trying to draw a clear line with me?" The old lady held Nanny Zhu's hand, her eyes suddenly became sharp, she gritted her teeth and said fiercely, "Still,
She feels that after Brother Zheng comes back, she will have a backer, so she can no longer take me as a grandmother seriously!"
Xie Wu left the Ronghua Courtyard, and before she had walked a few steps, she saw Jiang Yingxue wearing a lavender coat and skirt standing in the corner of the corridor, looking at her with a smile.
"Big girl." Seeing Xie Wu stop, she smiled and walked up to Xie Wu and said hello.
"Cousin." Xie Wu smiled and blessed her.
"I haven't seen you girl for a while. How are you doing, girl?" Jiang Yingxue said with a smile.
Xie Wu raised her eyebrows slightly, and the corners of her mouth also rippled, "My cousin lives in Ronghuayuan. Don't you know what happened last night?"
"I..." Jiang Yingxue was speechless when asked by Xie Wu.
Although she lived in Ronghuayuan, the maids and women in Ronghuayuan were very tight-lipped. Moreover, she was worried that if she made too much noise, she would offend the old lady, so she only dared to let Ping'er spy in private.
After hearing Jade's words, she didn't expect that Jade, who was always easy to talk, couldn't keep silent about what happened last night. When Ping'er opened her mouth, she immediately blocked her words.
Thinking of this, she couldn't help but remember that she had been in the Hou Mansion for so long. No matter whether she went to Chao'an Temple to offer incense on the first day of the first lunar month or took a boat trip on the Jinshui River to enjoy the lanterns during the Lantern Festival, no one in the Hou Mansion asked her to go with her.
On that day, my aunt who was married to Duke Dingguo returned to her parents' home to pay New Year greetings, but no one asked her to go to the flower hall to have a meal with her.
It was as if the people in the Hou Mansion had forgotten that there was a cousin like her.
"Big girl, please don't laugh at me..." A hint of embarrassment and uneasiness gradually appeared on Jiang Yingxue's snow-white face. She opened her watery almond eyes, just like the small white flower that was teetering on the tip of a branch.
Ruo Shengyi looks pitiful.
If Xie Wu were a man, he might feel a lot of pity in his heart when he saw such a charming beauty.
Unfortunately……
Xie Wu is not a man.
In fact, her heart is colder and harder than that of ordinary men.
"My cousin is waiting here specially to ask me if I'm okay? If that's the case, I'm fine. Thank you for your concern, cousin." Xie Wu pursed her lips and smiled. After that, she lowered her head and blessed Jiang Yingxue.
, looking like he was about to resign and leave.
"No, I'm not..." Seeing that Xie Wu was about to leave, Jiang Yingxue became anxious and hurriedly stretched out her hand to help Xie Wu up.
Seeing the curve of Xie Wu's lips that looked like a smile but not a smile, Jiang Yingxue felt both angry and ashamed.
She was her elder after all. She knew exactly why she was waiting here, but she pretended to be confused and forced herself to ask her...
"If my cousin feels uncomfortable speaking..."
"No, I just heard that the second cousin sister-in-law is 'sick'?" Jiang Yingxue asked Xie Wu tentatively.
Xie Wu's slender eyebrows slightly raised slightly, she smiled softly and said, "Second Aunt, she is indeed 'sick'."
Last night I happily went on a cruise to enjoy the lanterns, but I felt sick early this morning and couldn't get out of bed. In addition, there was so much commotion in Ronghua Courtyard last night. Why did Yang's 'illness' come on so strangely?
Could it be that it has something to do with Xie Wu...
Such a thought suddenly flashed through Jiang Yingxue's mind.
"But, my aunt is so good, why did she suddenly ask about my second aunt?" Xie Wu's clear voice suddenly sounded again.
Looking at Xie Wu's twinkling and deep phoenix eyes, Jiang Yingxue suddenly felt a little fearful in her heart.
But now that she has come here, if she hadn't asked the previous question, she would have been unwilling to do so. What's more, Xie Wu had promised her this in the first place.
"Girl, you still remember what you promised me a few years ago!" Jiang Yingxue pursed her lips and looked at Xie Wu.
Xie Wu curved her mouth, and a faint smile overflowed from the corner of her mouth. She looked at Jiang Yingxue with an arched eyebrow and said, "Of course I remember it, but my cousin suddenly asked me this. Could it be that she has someone in mind?"
Perhaps Xie Wu's words were too straightforward, and a rare blush appeared on Jiang Yingxue's snow-white face, "I, I..."
"Is there anything else that my cousin can't say in front of me?" Xie Wu continued with a faint smile.
Jiang Yingxue blushed even harder.
This kind of thing is a bit difficult to talk about, not to mention that the other person is still a junior who is much younger than her and has not even reached the hairpin level. No matter how thick-skinned Jiang Yingxue is, at this moment, she can't help but be embarrassed and can't open her mouth.
"Look at how my cousin looks like... the person you like is not in the Marquis' Mansion, right?" At this point, the corners of Xie Wu's lips suddenly curved, and her slender phoenix eyes looked at Jiang Yingxue with a bit of teasing.
She said seriously and half jokingly, "The person my cousin aunt likes can't be my second uncle!"
"It's nothing! Miss, please don't misunderstand me. How could I...your second uncle is the one who got married!" Jiang Yingxue hurriedly denied, pressing her chest.
At this moment, her face felt as if it had been burned by fire, and her chest was beating "bang bang" because of Xie Wu's words.
To be fair, her two cousins are both good-looking.
However, the eldest cousin Xie Zheng is obviously more handsome and taller than the second cousin Xie Feng. Moreover, the eldest cousin not only has a higher official position than the second cousin, but he is also the eldest son of the Wu'an Hou Mansion.
As for my second cousin, he will inherit the entire Wu'an Marquis Mansion in the future.
Rather than saying that she saw Xie Feng, it would be better to say that she fell in love with Xie Zheng.
It's a pity that both Xie Zheng and Xie Feng have already married and had children. Even if she could force herself to be a concubine, she saw that her eldest cousin was very avoidant of her. Even if she could find a way to get close,
He, but there is Xie Wu beside him...
After weighing the pros and cons, she still felt that it was better not to touch Xie Zheng.
Xie Wu curled her lips and looked at Jiang Yingxue, but she said nothing.
Looking at the curve of Xie Wu's lips that looked like a smile but not a smile, Jiang Yingxue felt a little guilty for no reason, but when she thought of the purpose of her trip, she finally gritted her teeth and pretended to look guilty and embarrassed.
Xie Wu said softly, "Awu, actually, my cousin once asked me if I would like to stay in the Hou Mansion..."
The cousin in Jiang Yingxue's mouth was naturally referring to the old lady.
Xie Wu raised her eyebrows and smiled, still looking at Jiang Yingxue with a smile, but did not answer her words.
Jiang Yingxue couldn't help but frown.
Didn't Xie Wu understand what she meant?
Just when Jiang Yingxue was confused, Xie Wu suddenly smiled. She lowered her head and turned the jade bracelet on her wrist, followed by a clear voice, "So, my cousin wants me to let 'aunt'
Change this title to 'aunt'?"
"Of course not!" Recognizing the coldness in Xie Wu's words, she hurriedly shook her head.
"Then what does my cousin mean by saying this?" Xie Wu raised her eyebrows and continued to look at Jiang Yingxue.
"I, I want to tell you that although my cousin had this plan, I did not agree..." At this point, Jiang Yingxue's eyes suddenly filled with mist, "Ah Wu, although I came to the Hou Mansion at the same time...
It's short, but I also see that your father and mother have a very good relationship. I don't want to get involved with them, and I don't want you to be in trouble in the middle."
Looking at Jiang Yingxue, who was crying sincerely, Xie Wu slightly raised the corners of her lips and lowered her long eyelashes to cover up the flash of contempt and disdain in her eyes.
"Cousin, are you thinking too much..."
"Ah Wu..."
"Perhaps my great-grandmother had this plan, but I think you should know that my father has long rejected my grandmother's proposal. As for the difficulty you mentioned... cousin, do you think too highly of yourself?" Xie Wu raised her eyes and looked up.
Jiang Yingxue chuckled.
"Ah Wu, you, why did you say that..." Jiang Yingxue was stunned for a moment.
She didn't understand why Xie Wu suddenly fell out with her?
"Just now, my cousin called me "big girl", and now she calls me "Awu". I'm a little uncomfortable with these titles." Xie Wu ignored Jiang Yingxue's surprise and continued to smile with her lips curled up.
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"Ah Wu, what's wrong with you? But what did I say that offended you just now?" Jiang Yingxue said in a voice that immediately filled her eyes with tears.
The tears in her eyes were about to fall, showing her indescribable weakness and indescribable pity.
It's a pity that Xie Wu in front of her is not a compassionate person.
"Cousin, let's open the skylight and speak frankly! You know why you came to the Marquis Mansion, and I know it too! You can't control my father's ideas, but my promise to you still stands. I will
Let my mother pay attention to whether there is a suitable marriage for you. However, before that, please clean up all the troubles behind you! Otherwise, if there is a dispute, our Marquis Mansion cannot afford to lose face.
!" Xie Wu put away the smile on her face and her tone became sharp.
If the previous words only made Jiang Yingxue shocked by Xie Wu's ruthless betrayal, the following words were like a thunder, shocking her mind. She staggered back several steps, if Ping'er hadn't been quick to catch her.
She was afraid that she would fall to the ground immediately.
"Girl." Ping'er called Jiang Yingxue worriedly, and the fear on her face was no less than Jiang Yingxue's.
"Ah, Ah Wu, what are you talking about? I, why don't I understand something?" With Ping'er's support, Jiang Yingxue managed to stay calm and looked at Xie Wu while trying her best to look calm.
Xie Wu curled her lips, glanced at Jiang Yingxue with disdain, and then said to her in a cold voice, "Looking at my cousin's guilty look, I see that my grandmother probably doesn't know that you are running away from Jinzhong."
Come to the Hou Mansion!"
Hearing what Xie Wu said, Jiang Yingxue breathed a sigh of relief. She let go of Ping'er's hand, stood up and said to Xie Wu with a smile, "Awu, you really misunderstood. I have already explained to my cousin about escaping from marriage.
If you don’t believe it, you can ask your cousin.”
"Have you explained the matter of escaping from marriage? Did you know that you had a secret relationship with someone, and when you saw that the other person was disabled after the marriage, you broke the marriage and ran away?" Xie Wu raised her eyebrows and asked again.
Jiang Yingxue's knees suddenly softened, and then she fell to the ground with a pale face.
Xie Wu raised her eyebrows and glanced at her condescendingly, and said, "My cousin wants to use the Marquis's residence to climb high and find a good marriage. I can understand that and I can make it happen, but you yourself... have to be worthy of it!"