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Chapter 101 The old lady’s warning (please subscribe)

"Daughter...daughter..."

Mo Lan's face turned pale, but she didn't know how to explain it.

"Master." Lin Xiaoniang knelt down quickly and said, "Even if Mo'er is wrong, it's because the lady is unfair."

"When my daughter gets older, there are always people coming to see me. However, the eldest lady only calls her legitimate daughter to come, but not Mo'er and Minglan. Mo'er has no choice but to sneak over." Lin Xiaoniang said while crying. .

Mrs. Wang looked surprised and said: "Who said Mrs. Wu is here to see our daughter? She is here to send an invitation to the polo club. I didn't even call her Ru'er."

Although she did not intend to call them Mo Lan and Ming Lan at first.

But Mrs. Wu didn't mention the three girls from the Sheng family, so she naturally had no excuse to call her daughter over.

But of course she won't say it.

"What?" Lin Xiaoniang's face turned pale when she heard this.

She knew it was caused by unequal information.

In the past, in Yangzhou, Sheng Hong doted on her, and everyone in the house naturally wanted to curry favor with her.

Except for the news in the Old Lady's Courtyard, she couldn't find out anything about the other homes.

But because of Wei Xiaoniang's death, many servants were dealt with.

After arriving in Bianjing, although Sheng Hong still doted on her, he was afraid of being caught, so he was still moderate.

The newly bought servants in Bianjing naturally listen to the eldest lady in charge, so she only knows that Madam Wu is here, but does not know the specific situation.

I don’t know that Mrs. Wang didn’t call Ru Lan at all, otherwise she wouldn’t have let Mo Lan do this.

"Okay, so it turns out you were the one instigating it. Is this how you usually teach your daughter?"

Sheng Hong wanted to punish Mo Lan because he didn't dare to refute the old lady's face, and he still didn't believe that Mo Lan would do such a thing.

In his opinion, among his daughters, Mo Lan is the one who understands etiquette the most.

But what Lin Xiaoniang just said not only broke his illusion, but also admitted that she was the instigator behind this incident.

Therefore, the look she looked at Lin Xiaoniang was full of disbelief.

Once this kind of thing spreads, Mo Lan's reputation will be damaged, and it will be difficult to discuss marriage in the future.

Lin Xiaoniang actually abused her daughter like this.

If Yuan Wenshao knew what Sheng Hong was thinking, he would definitely say, "You don't even want to think about your affair with Lin Xiaoniang."

"That's enough!" the old lady said with a cold face: "Although Rulan and Minglan are not mainly responsible for this matter, they can definitely report it to their parents and should not follow it. In the end, they are also at fault. The two of them Go to the ancestral hall and be punished by kneeling for half a day."

Then he looked at Mo Lan and Lin Xiaoniang and said, "As for Lin Xiaoniang and her daughter, you can handle it as you please."

After saying that, he stood up and said, "I'm hungry. Hua Lan, you and your wife, take Sister Wen and follow me back to Shou'an Hall to have dinner with me."

"Yes, grandmother."

Yuan Wenshao and Hua Lan responded, bowed to Sheng Hong and Mrs. Wang, and followed the old lady out of the front hall.

Back at Shou'an Hall, Hua Lan saw her grandmother's expression was not good, so she comforted her: "Grandma, don't be angry."

"Alas." The old lady sighed and said, "I'm not angry, I'm worried about Chang Feng and Mo Lan. Your father let the children of the concubine be raised by their biological mothers. I thought it was a good thing, so I didn't say anything. It didn't work out. I think Lin Xiaoniang actually taught Mo Lan to do such a thing, just in case..."

The old lady was worried that Lin Xiaoniang would also pass her ideas on how to seduce men to Mo Lan.

Mo Lan and Lin Xiaoniang were different back then.

Lin Xiaoniang is a member of the prisoner's family, while Mo Lan is a young lady from the Sheng family.

If something happens, the entire Sheng family will be humiliated.

But she felt uncomfortable saying this in front of Yuan Wenshao, so she stopped.

"Stop talking and make Erlang laugh," the old lady said.

"Whatever grandma said, it was all within the family, and she said it was funny but not funny. Besides, every family has its own scriptures that are difficult to recite. Other families are not much better than ours, but they have not been spread. Grandma also As I said, Mrs. Wu is not a talkative person, as long as she explains her affairs well to the servants in the family, the outside world will not know about it," Yuan Wenshao said.

There are countless Lord Bianjing families, and not all of them have good family traditions.

Why is the father-in-law thinking about his daughter-in-law's maid, and the father thinking about his son's concubine?

He has heard of this kind of thing often, but this kind of scandal will be covered up as much as possible, and there is no evidence.

Things like today are nothing at all in serious calculation.

When many families look at each other, they will ask their daughters to hide behind the screen and take a look.

It's just that it wasn't discovered.

Originally, they planned to stay at Sheng's house until evening before going back, because if something like this happened, he wouldn't be able to stay much longer.

After eating and chatting with the old lady for a while, he took Hualan and his daughter to say goodbye and went back.

When saying goodbye to Sheng Hong and Mrs. Wang, Sheng Hong felt that what happened today was a bit embarrassing in front of his son-in-law, so he didn't hold back.

But later when she came to Sheng's house again, Hualan heard from Wang that Sheng Hong got angry this time and asked Dongrong to beat Lin Xiaoniang twenty times.

Dongrong was one of Sheng Hong's long-term followers and the most loyal. He felt that Sheng Hong was really angry and showed no mercy. He beat Xiaoniang Lin for more than half a month and was unable to get out of bed.

If Mo Lan hadn't been studying, he would have been suspected if he had been beaten.

In addition, Mo Lan is still in the boudoir, and she is worried that if she is broken, Mo Lan will not be able to escape.

This incident also made Mrs. Wang happy for a long time.

Sheng Family Ancestral Hall
It stands to reason that since Sheng Hong is the second wife, the most he can do is open a small ancestral hall at home to worship his parents and grandfather.

But because the old lady of the second house was the top student in high school, Sheng Hong passed the Jinshi examination again, bringing glory to the Sheng family.

In addition, Sheng Hong was an official away from home and had no time to go home to worship his ancestors. Therefore, Sheng Wei of Dafang granted Sheng Hong permission to build an ancestral hall at home.

At this time, Rulan and Minglan were kneeling in the ancestral hall. Rulan became more and more angry as she thought about it, and said, "Why didn't you tell me when dad asked you before?"

"Fifth sister, haven't you seen that my father has believed what the fourth sister said? What's the difference between telling or not? On the contrary, it will make father angry and the punishment will be heavier." Minglan said.

"Then you have to say that you are being slandered for nothing." Rulan was very dissatisfied with Minglan's attitude.

Minglan shook her head. Rulan and Molan had one mother who was a eldest lady, and the other mother was a concubine.

Although she was raised by her grandmother, as she grew older, she could feel that her grandmother was in an awkward situation in this family, and she did not want to cause any trouble to her grandmother.

"Fifth sister, don't be angry. Fourth sister will definitely end up miserable this time." Minglan consoled her.

Although Ru Lan usually yelled at her, she didn't hate Ru Lan.

Most people who don't understand Rulan's character won't like her, but Minglan understands Rulan's character very well.

Careless and without any scheming.

It may not be very pleasant to get along with this kind of person, but she doesn't worry that the other person will harm her.

Rulan smiled happily when she heard this and said: "Haha, she will definitely be beaten by her father. I will tell Brother Yuanruo when she goes to school tomorrow. Let's see how she can face Brother Yuanruo in the future."

"Fifth sister, you must not do this. Fourth sister is also the daughter of the Sheng family. If she is embarrassed, the Sheng family will also be embarrassed. The two of us will also be affected." Minglan said quickly.

Ru Lan was not scheming, but she was not a fool either. When Ming Lan said this, she knew the seriousness of the matter and said with a pity look on her face: "Oh, I can't laugh at her about this matter. It doesn't seem to be that happy anymore."

"Normally, in private, you can still use this matter to anger the fourth sister." Minglan said in a sinister way.

"Yes." Rulan's eyes lit up and she said, "But now I want to know how dad punished her." "Magpie."

"Girl, what are your orders?" The magpie waiting outside heard the words and came in.

"Go and find out how dad punished my fourth sister." Rulan said with a smile.

"Girl, I heard that the master took Lin Xiaoniang and the fourth girl back to Linqi Pavilion. He got very angry there and even had Lin Xiaoniang beaten." Magpie said.

"Where is my fourth sister? How many blows did she receive?" Ru Lan asked.

"I heard that the fourth girl was not beaten. The master banned Lin Xiaoniang's feet. He also ordered the yard next to Linqi Pavilion to be cleaned up and asked the fourth girl to move there. During this period, she was not allowed to enter Linqi Pavilion and was fined five times. Ten times the female rule." Magpie said.

"What? The punishment is so light." Ru Lan was a little dissatisfied.

But Ming Lan probably knew why Sheng Hong didn't hit Mo Lan, not even on the palm of his hand.

Young Master Qi is here today. If Mo Lan gets slapped or slapped, she won't be able to go to school tomorrow.

The young father-in-law will be able to guess a little bit by then, which will be bad for Mo Lan's reputation.

The best way is to pretend it didn't happen. Changbai will talk to Young Master Qi again, and the matter will be over.

"Fifth sister, if you write fifty times, you have to have hundreds of thousands of words, which is enough for the fourth sister to copy for a long time. And dad has not allowed her to see Lin Xiaoniang. This punishment is not light." Minglan said with a smile.

Rulan was already open-minded. After Minglan's persuasion, her mood improved. She felt hungry and asked the magpie to get some food.

The two of them knelt in the ancestral hall until evening, and then left the ancestral hall after receiving permission.

As soon as they came out of the ancestral hall, Mother Liu sent by Mrs. Wang and Mother Fang sent by the old lady each welcomed the girl back.

"grandmother."

Entering the hall and seeing her grandmother with a bad look on her face, Minglan quickly saluted.

"Do you know you are wrong?" the old lady asked with a cold face.

"My granddaughter realizes her mistake." Minglan admitted her mistake.

"What's wrong?"

"My granddaughter shouldn't have followed me in."

The old lady's expression softened and she said, "As long as you know you are wrong, you can hide as far away from this kind of thing in the future, do you understand?"

"My granddaughter will remember my grandmother's teachings," Minglan said.

"Does it hurt to kneel down? Sit down quickly and have a rest. We will eat soon." The old lady said distressedly.

"Old lady, don't worry. The sixth girl is very clever. No one is watching, and they don't keep kneeling all the time." Fang's mother said with a smile.

She asked these questions on the way.

"Thank you, grandma." Minglan smiled.

"Fortunately, Sister Wen is here today, otherwise you would have suffered a lot." The old lady said angrily.

If it weren't for Sister Wen's presence, it would be hard for her to intervene when everyone insists on their own opinions.

Given Sheng Hong's love for Lin Xiaoniang and Mo Lan, Ru Lan and Ming Lan must be the ones who suffer.

"I know that my grandmother punished my fifth sister and me to kneel in the ancestral hall to protect us. I won't let my grandmother worry in the future." Minglan went behind the old lady to please her and squeezed her shoulders.

She also figured it out when she was at the ancestral hall. After all, she and Ru Lan were also at fault. If the old lady hadn't punished them to go to the ancestral hall, Sheng Hong would definitely have punished them.

Sheng Hong was angry at that time, and he would definitely not be relieved.

"You can understand how Ru Lan, that girl, might scold me," the old lady said.

"The fifth sister is just here to find out why the fourth sister was punished. How can she blame grandma?" Minglan said with a smile.

"That's exactly what that girl is like." The old lady also smiled when she heard this.

At this moment, Chang Lin walked in. He bowed politely to the old lady, then looked at Ru Lan and asked with concern, "Sister, are you okay?"

"What can I do? Have you finished all your homework?" Minglan asked.

Chang Lin is not studying in a private school at home, so his days of sleep are different.

"Okay, you write like that yourself, and you come to take care of Chang Lin's studies. Chang Lin is smart and sensible, and he won't come here until he has finished his homework." The old lady smiled.

She is very satisfied with the child Chang Lin. Although he is not as young and mature as Chang Bai, he is also very sensible.

I never let anyone worry about my studies. When I come back every day, I come to say hello first and then go back to my room to do my homework.

If you don’t finish your homework, you won’t even eat.

"Grandma." Minglan stomped her feet in annoyance.

"Okay, okay, I won't say anything anymore. Mom, let's pass on the food." The old lady said.

The old lady used to be very simple. Since Minglan and Changlin lived in Shou'antang, although she is still simple, her food has improved a lot.

The three of them ate together and sat down to chat.

The servant came to report, and Sheng Hong came.

The old lady put away her smile and let Sheng Hong in.

"The son has met his mother." Sheng Hong saluted.

"Sit down." The old lady waved her hand.

In front of the children, the old lady still saved face for Sheng Hong.

"I've met my father (second uncle)," Minglan and Changlin said in salute.

When Chang Lin saluted, he looked at Sheng Hong with a very steady look.

He already knew that Sheng Hong was his biological father. Normally, when his adoptive father had passed away, there was no need to change his mind about his biological father.

But after he knew some things that happened back then, he hated Sheng Hong very much. Except for calling Sheng Hong father for two years at the beginning, he changed his name to second uncle after he became sensible.

Sheng Hong didn't have any feelings for his son, and since he had adopted him, he didn't care even more.

However, in front of the old lady, he still acted like a loving father and asked a few questions about Chang Lin's studies.

However, Chang Lin ignored him and just said a few words casually.

Sheng Hong felt bored and didn't want to get angry. He forced a smile and said to the old lady: "Is mother satisfied with the outcome of today's matter?"

"You are the head of the family, so whatever you think is fine. I didn't want to interfere today, but Hua Lan's husband is still here, so I can only meddle in his own business." The old lady said calmly.

"Whatever the mother said, the son still needs the mother's constant encouragement, so how can he be meddling in other people's business?" Sheng Hong said.

"In that case, I will say a few more words. It has been so many years since Lin Xiaoniang's incident, and I don't want to say more. But those two children are good. You were worried that the children would be wronged if they were not with their biological mothers. It is a good thing to let your concubine raise your own children. But look at what Lin Xiaoniang teaches?" the old lady said.

"What mother said is that her son has had someone clean up the yard next to Lin Qi Pavilion and asked Mo Lan to move there. Lin Xiaoniang has also been restrained. In the future, her son will take some time to teach." Sheng Hong said.

"Well, that's the best. I'm afraid you'll become soft-hearted again and you'll be released in a few days." The old lady said calmly.

"Don't worry, mother, your son knows the importance. If Lin Xiaoniang does something so degrading to the family tradition, his son will never be soft-hearted." Sheng Hong assured.

The old lady nodded noncommittally. She didn't believe what Sheng Hong said, but she didn't want to say more.

Sheng Hong chatted with him for a while, then excused himself and left.

(End of this chapter)