Chapter 183 Minglan Sending the Mirror
"I will investigate this matter myself. If Mo'er really meant what she said, I will not let her off lightly," Sheng Hong said.
Madam Wang wanted to say something else, but Mother Liu beside her quickly pulled her and shook her head slightly.
"Okay, let's leave it like this for now. You take Mo'er to Linqi Pavilion to apply medicine for her, and let her stay in Linqi Pavilion for the next few days to recuperate." Sheng Hong said.
“Yes!”
Lin Xiaoniang gave Sheng Hong a very aggrieved look, and she and Xue Niang helped Mo Lan away.
This is where she is better than Mrs. Wang.
Now it is unclear who is right and who is wrong. If she continues to make trouble, Sheng Hong will only be disgusted.
But regardless of right or wrong in this matter, it may be their mother and daughter who suffer.
Mrs. Wang took advantage and was aggressive. She suffered a loss, but she did not cry or make trouble and was very obedient.
One is upset and the other is happy, the difference is naturally clear at a glance.
Sheng Hong felt even more distressed when he saw the look in Lin Xiaoniang's eyes before leaving, and the fact that Mo Lan kept crying out in pain while being helped out.
"I'm going to pay my respects to my mother." After saying this, Sheng Hong stood up and walked out.
As soon as Sheng Hong left, Ru Lan said anxiously: "Mom, what should we do now?"
"Don't be anxious first." Mrs. Wang pulled her daughter to sit down and comforted her. Said: "Didn't your father say that there is another one in Minglan, they are all the same, and His Highness the Crown Prince can't tell. Your father has gone over to leave for you now."
Mrs. Wang comforted her daughter, looked at Liu's mother, and asked: "Why did you stop me just now? The officials said they would investigate, but in the end it would definitely be nothing."
This kind of conciliatory method Sheng Hong often used it, but when she asked her about it after a while, Sheng Hong would say that as a eldest lady, she was not generous at all.
"Madam, I can't explain this kind of thing clearly. What can I do if the fourth girl bites her to death and refuses to admit it? Besides, the fourth girl has been beaten like that. You can't beat someone to death just because of this. Right?" Mother Liu said.
"It's easy to beat her to death." Madam Wang said through gritted teeth.
"The eldest lady also knows that this is impossible." Liu's mother shook her head and said: "Although there is one over there with the sixth lady, can the eldest lady get it? This matter depends on the master. Just do it. If it offends the Lord, what should I do if the Lord lets it go?"
"It's an advantage for them!" Mrs. Wang refused.
"Madam, the fifth girl's affairs are the most important. As long as the fifth girl is favored in the East Palace in the future, even the Lord will no longer favor Lin Xiaoniang." Liu's mother reminded.
"That's what you said." Mrs. Wang nodded.
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“Mother!” Sheng Hong saluted.
Minglan quickly stood up, blessed Fu, and moved her position.
"Yes."
Old Mrs. Sheng nodded slightly and said, "You are tired from being on duty for a whole day. Go back and change into your official uniform and have a rest."
" My son is not tired." Sheng Hong came to sit down next to Mrs. Sheng, looked at Minglan and said, "You and your fifth sister went to the East Palace for a day. Go back to your room and rest while I talk to your grandmother."
“Yes!”
Minglan blessed the two of them, asked Xiaotao to take the wooden box with the mirror, and left.
"Mother, Ru Lan and Ming Lan went to the East Palace today. His Highness the Prince gave two mirrors of unknown material. Ru Lan accidentally broke the one."
Sheng Hong looked at it carefully. After looking at Old Mrs. Sheng's face, she continued: "After all, it was a reward from His Highness the Crown Prince. The girl's family will use it for daily dressing. In the future, if Ru Lan enters the East Palace, it will be difficult to explain if His Highness asks. My son thought that Minglan also had one, so why not give her one to Rulan? "Rulan is going to the East Palace, shouldn't Minglan use it?" Mrs. Sheng asked, looking at Sheng Hong.
“Minglan she…”
"Minglan is just a dowry after all. The prince may not care, right?"
Old Mrs. Sheng directly said what Sheng Hong wanted to say.
Sheng Hong could hear the anger in Mrs. Sheng's tone, but she still nodded her head.
"You also know that Minglan is just a dowry, and she is also your daughter. It is already unfair enough for the entire Sheng family to give Rulan a dowry. You have to give the mirror to Rulan. If His Highness the Crown Prince asks Minglan in the future, Where did the mirror that Lan gave her go? How did Ming Lan answer? "
"Although girl Ming is a dowry, she will still have a chance to get a status in the future. If His Royal Highness is unhappy because of this, should she be allowed to do so? Will you live your whole life without a name or status in the palace?”
"Have you ever thought about this?" Mrs. Sheng asked, patting her legs.
"My son has naturally thought about it, but Rulan is the concubine after all. If Rulan is disliked, Minglan will not be easy." Sheng Hong explained.
"Ha." Old Mrs. Sheng sneered: "This matter is essentially a small matter. You can meet His Highness yourself and explain it to His Highness. Or you can send a letter to Brother Bai and let him know. Write a letter to explain the situation to His Royal Highness. How can His Highness be angry about this? "
"There are obviously ways, but you don't use them. It's just because you are worried that His Highness will have a grudge against the Sheng family and affect you. He Bai'er's future. Even if this possibility is very small, you are not willing to take the risk, right?"
Sheng Hong's face turned red after being questioned by Mrs. Sheng a series of times.
Mrs. Sheng was right. Zhao Xing would most likely not care if he or Sheng Changbai spoke.
But what if?
So he was unwilling to take risks and chose the safest method.
"I tell you, there is no way I can agree to this."
After Mrs. Sheng finished speaking, she left Sheng Hong behind, got up and walked inside.
"Old madam, please calm down." Mother Fang followed Mrs. Sheng into the bedroom and comforted her: "If you are so angry that you lose your health, Miss Six will have no one to protect you."
"I I'm just so angry that I never think of Minglan when anything good happens. I think of her whenever anything else happens. I feel sorry for her," Mrs. Sheng said, pounding her chest.
"My slave knows that this is why you have to take care of yourself. Otherwise, if the sixth girl is bullied in the future, who will protect her?" said Fang's mother.
"I can still protect her at home. What if I go to the East Palace in the future?" Mrs. Sheng shook her head. Fang's mother sighed silently after hearing this.
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Lin Qige
“Mom, please be gentle, it hurts.”
Mo Lan lay on the bed, and Lin Xiaoniang sat beside the bed, applying it to her with her own hands medicine.
"Do you know it hurts now? If your father hadn't come back early, I would have been beaten by Wang Ruofu." Lin Xiaoniang said angrily.
"Mom, didn't you tell me to make Ru Lan more angry?" Mo Lan said.
"I asked you to irritate her more, but you should also give me a break before doing this. If you had planned better, would you have received this beating? Fortunately, I went early and was only injured. Skin and flesh, if the bones are injured and left disabled, who will you marry in the future?" Lin Xiaoniang said.
Ru Lan’s temperament is almost exactly the same as Mrs. Wang’s.
However, after being trained by Mrs. Sheng over the years, my temper has calmed down a bit, and I look much calmer.
So she instructed Melanduo to anger Rulan more.
As long as Rulan's temper remains the same as before, she will suffer a lot when she enters the East Palace.
As long as Ru Lan is not favored, let’s see if Mrs. Wang can still be so arrogant.
"Mom, that's a good opportunity. She usually keeps people in the house and guards me like a thief, so there's no chance." Mo Lan retorted.
"Can this kind of thing be rushed? If there is only one person, and you do this, I will let others publicize it, and His Royal Highness will definitely be angry. But Minglan also has it, what's the use? He will be beaten for nothing." Lin Xiaoniang said.
"Mom, we can still publicize it. As long as His Highness the Crown Prince asks and they can't bring out two mirrors, His Highness will naturally believe it." Mo Lan said excitedly.
"It's useless." Lin Xiaoniang shook her head and said: "Minglan is just a dowry, even she has it. Do you think it will be something precious? Even if His Highness the Crown Prince knows, he will not be angry about it."
"Mom, you have to think of a way." Mo Lan said anxiously: "I am not willing to think about having to salute Ru Lan when I see her in the future."
Ru Lan will enter the house in the future After Donggong was canonized, even Sheng Hong had to salute when he returned to his parents' home.
Even if she gets married in the future, she can't escape.
After all, if Ru Lan comes back, even if she doesn't want to come back, her husband's family will urge her to come back.
She couldn't say that she had a bad relationship with Ru Lan.
"If you don't give in, will I give in?" Lin Xiaoniang said coldly.
She even thought about poisoning Minglan, so that the dowry candidate would be Mo Lan.
Although it is only a dowry, with the methods she taught Mo Lan, plus the fact that Mo Lan is as beautiful as Lan, is proficient in poetry, and knows how to please men, she will definitely have a place in the East Palace.
However, the food Minglan eats is all cooked in the kitchen of Shouantang, even if it is moved out now, it will be the same.
The reason is that the kitchen at Shou'an Hall is close.
Shou'antang was run by Mrs. Sheng so tightly that she couldn't find a chance at all.
"Be more honest these days. It will be quite some time before Rulan is admitted to the East Palace. I will think of a solution." Lin Xiaoniang said.
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Although Ru Lan was comforted by her mother, she was still depressed. She didn’t eat dinner at night and sulked while holding the mirror.
While Magpie was persuading, a maid came in and saluted: "Girl, Miss Six is here."
"Why is Sister Six here so late?" Ru Lan was a little confused and said, "Let her in." Come on.”
“Yes!”
The maid responded and walked out after a while, leading Minglan in.
“Fifth sister.”
Minglan held the wooden box and came to sit next to Rulan with a smile: "I heard that your mirror broke, so I sent mine to you."
"Sixth sister, you ..." Ru Lan was stunned when she looked at the wooden box handed over in front of her.
"Fifth sister, the mirror was a gift from His Highness the Crown Prince. If His Highness knew it, he would probably be angry. I am just your maid, and His Highness the Crown Prince will not ask." Minglan said with a smile.
"Sixth sister, thank you." Rulan took the wooden box and put it on the table, stretched out her arms and hugged Minglan, and said apologetically: "You are my sister. The word "married maid" was because I was not sensible before. Don't take it to heart."
"I'm just kidding, why did Fifth Sister take it seriously?" Minglan said with a smile.
"Okay, you're teasing me again." Rulan let go of Minglan and stretched out her hand to tickle her.
“Fifth sister, I was wrong.”
Minglan dodged and begged for mercy.
The two sisters quarreled for a while, chatted for a while, and then Minglan left.
The next morning, when Ru Lan went to pay her respects to Mrs. Wang, she told Mrs. Wang about the incident.
Mrs. Wang pulled Minglan to praise her and told Mrs. Sheng about this when she went to pay her respects.
After hearing this, Mrs. Sheng glanced at Minglan and said nothing.
Just waiting for Mrs. Wang and others to leave, Minglan stayed behind.
(End of this chapter)