Chapter 181 Mo Lan gets into trouble
“Yeah~”
Ru Lan opened the box, and what she saw was her face.
It’s not that she was scared by her own appearance. As a woman, she would look in the mirror every day when she was dressing up.
It’s just that the bronze mirror at home is not so clear.
In addition, she didn't expect that there would be a mirror inside, so she was naturally shocked at first glance.
"Fifth sister, what's wrong with you?"
Minglan sat across from Rulan holding a wooden box. She didn't see what was in Rulan's box. When she heard that Rulan He exclaimed and asked quickly.
“Sixth sister, look!”
Ru Lan came to her senses and excitedly took out the mirror from the wooden box.
The mirror is framed with fine mahogany and is only about the size of two adult hands.
Ru Lan took it out, looked at Minglan and said, "Look how clear this bronze mirror is."
Minglan was stunned when she looked at herself in the mirror.
“I heard that the bronze mirrors in the palace reflect every detail, and whatever the eyes see is reflected in the mirror. I didn’t expect it to be true.” Ru Lan said excitedly.
"Fifth sister, this shouldn't be a bronze mirror. Didn't Eunuch Liu remind you that this mirror is fragile. And I heard from Sister Yanran that there are only a few of the bronze mirrors that Fifth Sister mentioned in the palace. Your Highness can't give it to us," Minglan said.
"That's right." Ru Lan came back to her senses and urged: "This mirror is light in your hand. Even if the outer frame is made of wood, it shouldn't be so light. Take a look, what's in your wooden box? Isn’t it also a mirror?”
Hearing this, Minglan opened the wooden box and found that it was indeed the same mirror as Rulan’s.
"No matter what, this mirror must be very precious. What else can I say when I go back to see Mo Lan!" Ru Lan said proudly.
Usually at home, she would call her Fourth Sister Mo Lan.
After all, there is order in the order of elders and younger ones. If Sheng Hong knew his name directly, he would be scolded.
After the Chinese New Year this year, she and Minglan moved out of Shou'antang.
Minglan lives in the small courtyard next to Shou'an Hall, while she lives in the courtyard next to Wei Ruixuan.
At that time, Mo Lan was still living in Linqige.
Later, because of Sheng Changfeng’s incident, Lin Xiaoniang was banned, and Sheng Hong also asked Mo Lan to move out of Lin Qige.
Although the Sheng family residence is not small, there are also many people there. Several concubines each occupy a small courtyard, and the two brothers also have separate courtyards.
The remaining empty courtyards are the small courtyard of Shou'an Hall and the courtyard next to Wei Ruixuan.
The courtyard at Shouan Hall was small, so Sheng Hong let Mo Lan and Ru Lan live in the same courtyard.
At first, Mo Lan was quite honest, but after Lin Xiaoniang was lifted from the ground a few months ago, Mo Lan returned to her usual self, often trying to bully Ru Lan.
Before, Mo Lan had ridiculed Ru Lan, saying that the prince would never like her because of her temperament, and that she would definitely be miserable when she entered the palace in the future.
In Ru Lan's opinion, Zhao Xing could give her such a precious thing because he loved her.
After looking back, Mo Lan had anything else to say.
She became happy when she thought of Mo Lan's deflated appearance.
Minglan felt that this mirror might be precious, but it might not be that precious.
In the East Palace today, from the expressions on Yu Yanran and Sheng Shulan's faces, she could tell that they had a good time in the East Palace, and the prince also liked them very much.
Since the crown prince gave them mirrors, they must have mirrors from Yu Yanran and the others, including the future crown prince and the queens and concubines in the palace.
This proves that this thing can be produced in large quantities.
But seeing Ru Lan’s happy look, she still didn’t reveal it.
Back at Sheng's house, the two sisters entered the corner door of the backyard and separated.
The yards where the two live are some distance apart and not together.
Ru Lan returned to the yard with a cheerful expression, and Mo Lan walked out of the room when she heard the noise.
"Did the fourth sister come to greet me when I came back?" Rulan said with a smile.
Mo Lan looked at the cloth held in the hands of several maids behind Ru Lan and some wooden boxes containing unknown items, and finally her eyes rested on the wooden box held in Ru Lan's hand.
Ru Lan saw Mo Lan looking at the wooden box in her hand and said proudly: "Your Highness has rewarded me with many things today, and one of them is a rare treasure. Do you want to see it, fourth sister?"
Mo Lan knew that Ru Lan wanted to show off to her, but she still wanted to see what the rare treasure Ru Lan was talking about was.
But she did not speak directly, otherwise it would be embarrassing if Ru Lan refused.
"Fourth sister, if you want to see it, come with me."
After that, she took the maid into her house.
"Girl!" the maid left behind saluted.
"Well, nothing was lost in the house, right?"
Ru Lan also raised her voice when she spoke, just to let Mo Lan hear it.
"Don't worry, girl, I don't dare to blink. You will never lose anything." The maid also knew her master's grudges and replied loudly.
“It’s possible, some people are very capable.”
Ru Lan turned her head and glanced at Mo Lan, who was standing there, and went in with her maid. room.
“Girl, let’s go.”
Yun Zai reminded Mo Lan when he saw Mo Lan’s ugly face.
Mo Lan held the handkerchief tightly in her sleeves, relaxed after hearing the words, and said calmly: "Why don't we go? Since the fifth sister invited me to see the rare treasures, I naturally want to see them."
After that, he walked directly to Rulan's room.
Ru Lan entered the room, sat down on the soft couch, took out a mirror, and looked left and right in the mirror. Seeing Mo Lan come in, Ru Lan put down the mirror and said with a smile: "Fourth sister came to take a look at the mirror His Royal Highness gave me. This picture is very clear. I was scared at first."
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Mo Lan heard the words and stepped forward. Ru Lan handed the mirror over very generously and said proudly: "Be careful, this thing cannot withstand being dropped. It is a gift from His Highness the Crown Prince. If it breaks, You can’t afford it.”
When Mo Lan was a child, when he saw something good from her, he would cry to his father and her things would end up in Mo Lan's hands.
This mirror was a gift from His Highness the Crown Prince, and it was impossible for my father to give it to Mo Lan.
She just wanted to see the look on Mo Lan’s face that she wanted but couldn’t get.
Ru Lan was so proud that she didn't notice that Mo Lan's eyes flashed slightly when he heard her words.
Mo Lan stretched out her hand, but when Ru Lan let go, her hand retracted.
"Bang!"
The mirror wrapped in a wooden frame fell to the ground.
“Ah!”
Ru Lan exclaimed and quickly picked up the fallen mirror.
The back and frame of the mirror are wrapped in a wooden frame, which has a certain buffer. It did not fall apart, but there was still a crack in the middle.
Ru Lan looked at the cracks on the mirror and glared at Mo Lan: "Fourth sister, why did you deliberately break my mirror?"
Mo Lan seemed to be frightened and froze there, and only came back to consciousness after hearing this. , explained in a panic: "I...I didn't, you let go before I caught it."
"You are still making excuses. I saw you let go after you caught it. You did it on purpose." "Yes!" Ru Lan shouted.
“I really don’t.” Mo Lan shook his head repeatedly.
“What’s wrong?”
At this moment, Madam Wang and Mama Liu walked in.
After Mrs. Wang learned that her daughter was back, she thought Ru Lan would go and tell her what happened in the East Palace today.
After waiting for a while, Rulan didn't come, so she came over by herself.
As soon as he entered the yard, he heard Rulan's exclamations and angry scoldings, and he quickly quickened his pace.
“Mother!”
Rulan's eyes turned red when she saw her mother, she stepped forward and hugged her mother, and started crying aggrievedly.
She liked that mirror very much. Now that it broke, she was naturally sad.
Madam Wang glared at Mo Lan fiercely and comforted her daughter: "Okay, stop crying. Tell your mother what grievance you have suffered, and she will vent your anger."
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Ru Lan let go of her mother and cried and told what happened.
Without Mrs. Wang's instructions, Mother Liu stepped forward and took the mirror over and handed it to Mrs. Wang.
Madam Wang took the mirror with an ugly face. When she saw her clear appearance in the mirror, she turned to look at Mo Lan and gritted her teeth and said: "You are so brave! This is a gift from His Highness the Crown Prince. , How dare you break it! Come on, hold her down!”
“Madam, it wasn’t me, it was the fifth sister who let go before I could catch her,” Mo Lan explained hurriedly. road.
She just did that, and she was thinking about how to avoid punishment, but she didn't expect Mrs. Wang to come over.
“Shut up!” Mrs. Wang shouted: “Could it be that Ru Lan deliberately broke the things His Highness the Crown Prince gave him?”
"Hold her down and beat her hard!"
Madam Wang was furious. No matter how Mo Lan tried to argue, she directly ordered people to hold Mo Lan down and beat her with a ruler.
For a while, Mo Lan's shrill cries rang out in the small courtyard.
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After Minglan and Rulan separated, they took the maid directly to Shou'an Hall.
Zhao Xing gave a lot of fabrics, jewelry and snacks, and Ru Lan distributed them directly in the car, picked some she liked, and took away about two-thirds.
Minglan gave her share to Mrs. Sheng.
Old Mrs. Sheng was not interested in this and took Minglan to ask about some situations in the East Palace today.
“The fact that His Highness can prepare one for you alone shows that he still values you, so I can rest assured.”
After listening to Minglan’s story, Old Mrs. Sheng looked at I looked in the mirror and felt relieved.
After all, Minglan was just a dowry, and Zhao Xing gave the same thing to both of them, which showed that they were treated equally.
"Grandma, let me use this mirror for you." Minglan said.
"I am old, what do I need this for? And His Highness the Crown Prince gave this to you, and you and Rulan will have to take it with you when you and Ru Lan enter the East Palace in the future. Your Highness may not think of it, but if If you really think about it but don't see it, what will your Highness think?" Mrs. Sheng shook her head.
"Then grandma should eat more snacks. My granddaughter tasted them and they tasted very good. I specially asked for some flavors that grandma likes." Minglan said with a smile.
She didn't argue with Ru Lan about the fabrics and jewelry, she just chose them as she pleased.
As for the snacks, she took the initiative to order some that suited Mrs. Sheng's taste.
"Haha, I used to eat the snacks in the palace."
When her father was still alive, he was very important and followed his mother to the palace.
He was also very popular with the Queen Mother, and he and Aunt Kong met at that time.
She has eaten all the dishes and snacks in the palace and doesn’t think there is anything strange about them.
However, she was very happy that Minglan had such filial piety.
The grandfather and grandson were talking when Fang’s mother walked in.
(End of this chapter)