Chapter 14 The Old Lady
"Of course you have to wait."
Aunt Zhang saw that when she said this, her posture was clear and her voice was gentle, just like a bluestone standing by the lake and river under a clear rain.
Not flowers, not beautiful jade, not any form used in the world to beautify women or force women to do anything.
Long lasting, firm and unshakable.
Ever since she walked into this exquisite and cold old house, her attitude had not changed in any way.
What it was like before I came here is what it is like now.
As if their making things difficult was just a joke.
Inexplicably, I feel that my style is inferior.
Grandma Zhang felt very uncomfortable, so she sneered: "That girl has to wait a long time. Although it is a destiny of fate that you have a serious illness, but after all, it is your big fault that you have not fulfilled your filial piety in front of the old lady for many years."
Already."
Shaoyao Shen felt that these words were powerful. Firstly, they pointed out evil diseases. For anyone, words about evil diseases can arouse a lot of disgust, and the reputation will be lost if word spread. Secondly, it is unfilial.
Of course, it would be extremely humiliating for a servant to speak like this to a young master.
Either he could bear it and swallowed it alive.
Either break out, then the old lady will have reason to teach her a lesson.
This is what Grandma Zhang planned.
Just wait for Xie Mingjin's reaction, and then...
"That makes sense."
Ming Jin said this, and then asked: "How about I kneel down?"
Aunt Zhang: “???”
The other nuns nearby were also surprised and looked at each other. Aunt Zhang thought that Xie Mingjin was trying to retreat, but she saw that Xie Mingjin was really about to kneel down.
Nanny Zhang panicked immediately, stepped away and said in a sharp voice: "Girl, be careful, I don't dare."
She dodged, and the other nuns dodged faster, avoiding each other for fear of being kneeled in front of her.
Ming Jin just made a move, seemed surprised to see them like this, and said helplessly: "Grandma, don't panic, in order to go home, I took a lot of tonics sent by my grandmother along the way, and I feel much more energetic.
, I won’t die here just by kneeling down.”
The nuns didn't speak. Aunt Zhang twitched the corner of her mouth and was about to explain. Ming Jin suddenly understood, tapped her wrist, held the embroidered handkerchief, and sighed in a low voice: "Ah, I forgot, the rules of the family are the most important, even if my father
She hates me and is far away in the capital, but my grandmother is the current ancestor of my Xie family. She sits in the place where my Xie family originated. She should maintain the family style and the rules should not be ignored. The mothers around her will naturally abide by her.
Teaching, how could you let me kneel down for no reason when I am disrespectful to my elders? Unless my grandmother wakes up and feels that I am unfilial and wants to punish me..."
After saying that, she raised her eyes, which were quiet and moving, yet deep and cold.
"I'd better stand here and wait for a few hours."
She thought clearly about herself, and seemed to see through them. Originally, they wanted to use rules to check and balance her, but she directly used the Xie family's rules to counter-pressure, which made the nuns throw a tantrum.
If we talk about the rules, if the Xie family Zixi breaks the rules, they will be punished at best, but if servants like them break the rules, it will be miserable.
Some people may say, isn’t this what she wants to kneel down on?
Yes, she said she wanted to kneel, but they were the ones who called people here beforehand and asked them to be filial in the name of being unfilial. They first said that the old lady was taking a nap, but did not express their opinions or show up. As a result, the servants had to be serious first.
The master is following the rules, but the other party is still in poor health, if there is any good or bad...
The nuns shuddered.
How can you control the other party?
No matter how serious it is.
The difference in status - they are always slaves, while the other is always the master.
Grandma Zhang was anxious, and suddenly she met Xie Mingjin's eyes, which were clear and clear, with a moderately elegant smile, but they were like a deep well with no bottom.
You won't know how deep the water is unless you fall in.
In the stalemate, the door suddenly opened, and an old woman with white hair and a haggard face who had taken care of herself very neatly came out. But what was a little strange was that she was dressed simply, unlike this exquisite old house.
There are some differences.
"The old lady is awake. Send Miss Jin in."
Her voice is also very hoarse and rough, which is not pleasant to hear, but the strange thing is that she has a very important status, and the other nuns obviously listen to her.
Ming Jin glanced at this old nanny and found that she was no stranger to her, because she had been staying with her grandmother in the capital in her early years, and she vaguely heard that she was a personal dowry maid.
Her surname is Qu, and everyone calls her Aunt Qu.
There was no need to kneel or stand. Shaoyao felt relieved, but she still remembered her identity. When she walked past, she exchanged a vague look with Aunt Zhang, and Aunt Qu also pointed out that she had a humble status and was helpless.
Yan saw the old lady and left her outside.
"Girl..." Shaoyao deliberately showed a worried look, Mingjin patted the back of her hand and went in alone.
As soon as they entered, Shaoyao was taken away by Granny Zhang. When she left Mingjin's place, the latter said to her face to face: "She does trust you quite a bit."
The words were sarcastic.
"I have been following her for many years, and I have never let anyone know." Shaoyao carefully controlled the proud look on her face so that the other party could see it.
Nanny Zhang frowned and hummed: "What about today's incident? Why didn't you get any news? Are you happy to see that we suffered a loss?"
Her eyes looked dangerous, and Shaoyao said in panic: "Shaoyao doesn't dare. I really don't know about her, and she hasn't said anything about her. But I have also asked her if she is prepared and whether she will deal with the old lady."
Nanny Zhang narrowed her eyes, "What did she say?"
"She didn't say anything, she just smiled."
"Laugh? How to laugh?"
Shaoyao thinks this is really a difficult request.
"That's probably it." She tried her best to make her girl smile lightly and calmly, but also with a smile that was a bit scattered and contemptuous.
When Grandma Zhang saw it, she was silent for a while and then said disgustedly: "Your face is so different from hers. I can't see anything. I just think ugly people tend to do mischief."
Peony: "...."
With a beauty that can be recognized by her enemies, her girl is indeed a fairy-like figure.
But it has nothing to do with her! She is quite pretty!
It’s really hard to be a traitor, so hard!
"That's what Nanny Zhang said."
"But this also shows that she was prepared. You should have sent us a message, but you didn't."
Aunt Zhang was deliberately trying to find fault, because she had suffered a loss before and was embarrassed, so she felt depressed and resentful. She couldn't criticize Xie Mingjin, so she could only pick a soft persimmon.
Shaoyao naturally understood, but he couldn't refute, he could only struggle a little while enduring it, "Mommy is right, I was reckless. At first I thought it was a trivial matter, but I couldn't see anything. Secondly, I felt that I couldn't
I’ll report everything to you, if it’s just a trivial matter and she becomes aware of my identity, wouldn’t that ruin the plan?”
How should I put it? It makes perfect sense.
Aunt Zhang had picked her to be the traitor before, which meant that she had a strong liking for him, but she always wanted to say one thing to Shaoyao - you are not as important as you think.
"The fact that you think so means that it can be of great use. I will continue to pay attention to you, and you will continue to work hard..."
Aunt Zhang went against her will and said hypocritically.
"Thank you, Aunt Zhang, for your guidance." Shaoyao smiled sweetly.
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Inside the house, there are incense burners in front of the screens on both sides of the left side. The incense is lingering in the air. This kind of incense is expensive. In fact, the original fragrance is not strong, but if it is smoked too much, the smell will become stronger after accumulation.
Xie Mingjin has never been interested in incense. In the past, whether it was the capital or a small land in the countryside, she always liked to open the windows wide and let the wind in and out.
Therefore, she was very uncomfortable with such a fragrance, but she did not show any signs of it. Her posture and expression were normal before and after entering the house, and she calmly met the eyes of Mrs. Xie's family.
"Granddaughter Mingjin, send my greetings to my grandmother."
The old lady was gloomy, always looking at her with a critical and harsh look. Now she looked Ming Jin up and down, turned the beads in her hand, her eyelids moved slightly, "Am I so blessed to receive your greetings?"
"My true daughter is so majestic and majestic."
She didn't even maintain the surface politeness, because as a grandmother, she naturally stood in an advantageous position, and it was too easy to admonish a junior.
So she was too lazy to waste time.
However, Ming Jin was a little surprised, because her grandmother upheld the authority of the direct line the most, despised concubines, and naturally regarded the direct line as the most respected. Even if she hated her and her mother, she would not criticize the direct line, because she herself was a supporter of this rule.
.
But I said it today.
Unless you are telling others.
Xie Mingjin narrowed his eyes slightly, restrained his eyes, and said: "It has nothing to do with the direct lineage. As long as the children of the Xie family, no matter the direct descendants, uphold the family tradition and have their own style, the prosperity of the family tradition depends entirely on the Xie family's ancestors who have led the Xie family from generation to generation.
Everyone is trying their best to maintain it, but my granddaughter is just taking advantage of the elders' protection."
The old lady's eyes flashed, but she was not moved by her words, let alone fooled. Everyone could do it, but she couldn't control her in this aspect.
The rest is fine.
"I just woke up and heard that you were about to kneel down and wait for me to wake up. I was very moved. I thought about how you used to be young, frivolous and ignorant. As a grandmother, it was my fault that I failed to teach you well. Now you are here
Zhuangzi has been reflecting on it for several years, but he has made some progress, and your father's good intentions are not in vain."
When he was as young as a flower, he was exiled to a remote villa by his biological father and kept in custody for four years. No one could take such a situation lightly.
The old lady used filial piety to suppress Ming Jin, Ming Jin used the Xie family rules to suppress the old lady, and the old lady used the relationship between father and daughter to hurt her.
Chapter completed!