Do you know: I am Yuan Wenshao

Chapter 250 Gu Tingye takes the blame

Minglan was stunned when she heard this, and was very moved in her heart.

Although Mrs. Sheng did not say that it was Gu Tingye who did it, she thought about it carefully and felt that Gu Tingye was the most suspicious person in this matter.

And Gu Tingye did this obviously to vent his anger for her.

"Grandma, what would happen if he really did this?" Minglan asked.

Old Mrs. Sheng sighed inwardly and said: "The meaning of Mrs. Wang's words just now was that she did not want to make the matter a big deal, but if there is no news about the Kang Wang family tomorrow, the Wang family will definitely not give up. Mrs. Wang has If he really goes to the official to complain, and if it is really Gu Tingye who did it, he will definitely be in a lot of trouble."

Any circle has its own rules. For example, among the wealthy Bianjing families, there are many conflicts.

However, there is an unwritten rule among the wealthy families in Bianjing, that is, they cannot do anything like secret assassination.

If there is a real conflict, we can target it from all aspects, but methods like assassination cannot be used, and the officials will not allow this to happen.

Although kidnapping is not considered an assassination, it is still a very despicable method and is also an act that is not allowed within the unspoken rules.

It was already a taboo when King Yong sent people to kidnap Rong Feiyan, but at that time King Yong was the governor of Kaifeng and the future crown prince. Even the late emperor didn't do anything to him, so others naturally didn't dare to say anything.

But Gu Tingye is different. Once it is proven that he did it, he will definitely be attacked by a group of people.

Otherwise, if one of them offends Gu Tingye and Gu Tingye sends someone to kidnap their wife and daughter, who wouldn't be afraid?

By then, even if Gu Tingye is a popular figure in front of the officials, he will not be able to protect him.

"Then remind him quickly." Minglan said urgently.

"Why are you so anxious, girl? It's just a guess now, and I'm not sure. And this kind of thing can't be said openly." Old Mrs. Sheng shook her head, pondered for a while and said: "In this way, I will ask Chang Lin to Call him back and ask him to go to your eldest brother-in-law's house. Your eldest brother-in-law is on good terms with Gu Tingye, so it's convenient for your eldest brother-in-law to talk to him."

Minglan calmed down after hearing this. This was indeed the safest way.

Old Mrs. Sheng gave instructions to Fang's mother, asking her to send someone to call Sheng Changlin back. Suddenly she remembered what happened before and asked, "Girl Ming, you seemed to have something to say to me before?"

Minglan felt a little tangled in her heart. She hesitated and said, "Grandma, this is just my guess. Don't get excited after hearing this."

"I've never seen any big winds or waves, just say so." Old Mrs. Sheng said with a smile.

Although she said this, Mrs. Sheng knew Minglan's character. With her character, it would definitely not be a trivial matter for her to say this.

"Grandma, a few days ago I accidentally bumped into the fifth sister talking to my father's student in the garden. When they saw me, they were very panicked. Afterwards, the fifth sister came to me specifically and told me not to talk nonsense. I didn't I thought too much that they just bumped into each other accidentally. The fifth sister was worried about affecting her reputation, so she warned me like this. However, in the past half month, the fifth sister has been pestering me to teach her how to embroider knee pads. The more I thought about it, the more something was wrong with this thing. It’s not used normally, and the weather is slowly getting warmer now, so why would Fifth Sister embroider this?”

"So I had a guess in my mind. In order to verify it, my granddaughter deliberately deceived the fifth sister."

Old Mrs. Sheng looked at Minglan who had stopped and said calmly: "Girl Ru Yatou has fallen in love with that Wen Yanjing?"

"Yeah!" Minglan nodded.

Mrs. Sheng was silent for a while and asked: "Is it just a crush, or do they already have an affair?"

If you just have a crush on him, it's okay. If you have an affair, it will be troublesome.

Now that Mo Lan's matter has just been settled and she is not married yet, if something like this happens again, if Mo Lan's matter is also involved, the Sheng family will become a joke in Bianjing.

"My granddaughter doesn't know either. I tested her a few times and the fifth sister became a little wary. I didn't dare to test her again. But judging from the look on the fifth sister's face, the two of them should be in love." Minglan said.

Mrs. Sheng's breathing quickened a bit when she heard this. What kind of congeniality, to put it more broadly, is that the man is in love and the concubine is in love.

To put it bluntly, the two have had an affair.

"Grandma, don't worry."

Minglan calmed down Mrs. Sheng and said, "Although the fifth sister is usually carefree, she is not ignorant. At most, she only has a few words with Wen Yanjing in private, and she doesn't dare to do anything. There is something transgressive. That Wen Yanjing is a person who has read the books of sages and understands the importance of things, so he will definitely not dare to mess around."

"Do you know the seriousness?" Mrs. Sheng snorted coldly: "If he really knew the seriousness, he would not have private contact with Ru Lan. Your father has a good eye for people, but he only sees the future and misses the people. Taste."

If it weren't for Minglan to say bad things about Sheng Hong, she would have said that Wen Yanjing and Sheng Hong were the same.

As a person who reads books about sages, how could I not know how much impact this has on the reputation of my daughter's family?

Even if you really express your love, you should come to propose marriage instead of having secret contact in private.

Don't say that it's wrong to not be a good family member, because you are afraid that the Sheng family will not agree. This is not a reason for private contact at all.

"Grandma, the most important thing now is to think about what to do. My granddaughter didn't want to say anything, but she was afraid of being seen and spread," Minglan said.

Mrs. Sheng took a deep breath and said: "If Wen Yanjing can win your father's respect and accept him as a student, Enke has a high chance of passing the exam this time. But even if he wins the Jinshi, the eldest lady will not accept him as a student." Wouldn’t agree.”

Minglan nodded. She naturally understood Mrs. Wang's character.

With the current status of the Sheng family, even if they wanted to marry Ru Lan to a Jinshi, they would choose someone with a better family background. Even if a civilian scholar like Wen Yanjing got the Jinshi, Mrs. Wang would not look down on her at all.

This is why she told the old lady.

Minglan estimated that if Wen Yanjing passed the imperial examination, he would definitely come to the Sheng family to propose marriage. When Mrs. Wang objected, the matter between him and Ru Lan would no longer be able to be concealed.

Even if Ru Lan didn't do anything flirting with Wen Yanjing, she would have to suffer a lot just to meet in private.

Although Ru Lan had bullied her a lot in the past, Ru Lan inherited Mrs. Wang's advantages. Apart from her somewhat domineering personality, she also had a good heart.

Minglan didn't want to see her punished. She told the old lady that she also wanted her help to give her advice.

"Speaking of which, your father was originally planning to marry Mo Lan to him. If Mo Lan does this, the marriage between the two will definitely not work out. In this respect, our Sheng family has suffered a loss from him. And marrying high and marrying low is a mistake. Best, I have no objection to marrying Ru Lan to him. But now that he has done such a thing, it shows that his character is not very good, and I can't get involved in Ru Lan's marriage. I can't control it," said Mrs. Sheng.

Although there are several children in the Sheng family, the ones she cares about most are Hualan, Minglan and Changbai.

The feelings for others are not that deep, but not being deep does not mean that there is no emotion.

If the two of them didn't have any personal contact and Ru Lan fell in love with Wen Yanjing, she would help him to some extent.

However, Wen Yanjing's private contact with Ru Lan made her feel that Wen Yanjing's purpose of contacting Ru Lan was not simple. You must know that Wen Yanjing has only been in the Sheng family for a few months, and he is about to take the imperial examination.

Even if he really fell in love with Ru Lan and was interested in Ru Lan, he could wait until after the imperial examination to come and propose marriage, but he would have better not have any contact with Ru Lan before that.

But Wen Yanjing did not, which made Mrs. Sheng very disgusted with Wen Yanjing and had no intention of helping.

Seeing that Mrs. Sheng didn't help, Minglan sighed inwardly and said to herself: "Fifth sister, I have tried my best."

……

On the other side, Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Wang came out of Shou'an Hall and quickly asked about their sister.

Mrs. Wang's visit to the Sheng family this time was not only to test Mrs. Sheng, but also to seek help from Mrs. Wang.

Faced with Mrs. Wang's inquiry, she did not hide anything and told her about Aunt Kang's disappearance and her suspicions.

"No way, I've seen Gu Tingye too. He is a young man from a noble family and is now an important official. How could he do such a thing?" Mrs. Wang said in disbelief.

"I heard that Gu Tingye was kicked out by the Gu family and lived outside. He met a lot of people from the grass and green forests. Now, many of his personal guards are people from the grass and green forests. If you have too much contact with these people, it is inevitable that you will be tainted by some people. Habit. Except for Gu Tingye, no one your sister has offended is so bold."

"Only you can save your sister now." Mrs. Wang grabbed Mrs. Wang's arm and said.

"Me?" Mrs. Wang was stunned and said, "Mom, I'm also worried about my sister's disappearance. Although Gu Tingye will soon become my son-in-law, Minglan was not raised by me, and she doesn't have a deep relationship with me. Now There is no basis for it. If I tell him about it, he may not admit it."

"I didn't ask you to find him. Your eldest son-in-law has a very good relationship with Gu Tingye. If you ask him to come forward, Gu Tingye will give him face no matter what." Mrs. Wang said.

Mrs. Wang was right. Her eldest son-in-law has always been filial and Shi Chang sent some things to the Sheng family. If he was asked to come forward, there would be no problem.

"Don't worry, mother. You can wait for me at home. I will go to Mr. Hua Lan to talk about this now."

"No, I don't know how anxious Brother Jin is. I was blind at the time and married your sister to the Kang family. I know you are angry at me for letting Brother You go to Yuan'er. But There's nothing I can do about it, the palms and backs of my hands are full of flesh. Your eldest brother-in-law is unreliable, and your sister is having a hard time. Now that the Sheng family is prosperous, the girl Rulan is marrying into the earl family of the Hou Mansion. You must not hate your sister for this. Please help her more in the future." Mrs. Wang said.

"Don't worry, mother, I know."

Madam Wang did have a grudge against what happened before, but because she was brought up by her uncle, Madam Wang longed for family affection. After hearing these words from her mother, and thinking about the bad things that happened to the Kang family, Madam Wang felt deeply towards Kang. My aunt couldn’t hate her anymore.

"Then I'll be relieved." Mrs. Wang patted Mrs. Wang's hand happily.

Mrs. Wang saw off Mrs. Wang and hurried to Yuan Wenshao's side in a carriage.

……

Yuan Wenshao was discussing with Hualan about moving. The house he had been given as a reward had been repaired. Hualan was very satisfied after going to see it and asked him to choose a few auspicious days.

"Maybe it will be the third day of May. The fourth sister will get married in a few days, and Enke will be married in a few days. And there will be a banquet then, so I have two months to prepare it well." Yuan Wenshao said.

"Yes." Hua Lan thought about it carefully, nodded in agreement, and said, "Who should I ask the officials to come back to draw up a list so that I can arrange seats."

Setting up a banquet is not an easy matter. If you fail to invite someone, you will definitely offend someone.

Moreover, many families have conflicts, and they have to be arranged far away from each other. Otherwise, if they drink too much wine, fights will occur at the banquet, and the host family will be embarrassed.

"Well, I will explain to Mr. Ning later." Yuan Wenshao said.

"Master, Madam, Madam's mother is here."

At this moment, a maid came in to report.

"My mother is here?" Hua Lan stood up in surprise.

Yuan Wenshao's face looked a little strange. He was about to have lunch now, and even his mother-in-law didn't come at this time.

Could it be that he guessed that Aunt Kang was kidnapped by someone else, so he came to investigate?

When Mrs. Wang arrived, Yuan Wenshao and Hua Lan naturally went to greet her. As soon as they arrived at the middle courtyard, they saw Mrs. Wang being brought in by her servants.

After seeing the ceremony, the two welcomed Mrs. Wang into the hall and ordered the servants to serve tea.

"Mom, have you eaten? The food at home is almost ready, why don't you eat some here," Hua Lan said.

"Don't be in a hurry to eat. Mom needs to ask Erlang for something urgent this time." Mrs. Wang said and glanced at the maid standing in the room.

Yuan Wenshao understood, sent everyone away, and asked, "I wonder what my mother-in-law's instructions are?"

Mrs. Wang told what happened, but she didn't notice that Yuan Wenshao's expression became weirder the more she talked about it.

Yuan Wenshao never expected that Mrs. Wang would think that Gu Tingye did this.

So Gu Tingye took the blame for him?

But no matter what he said, he was helping his future wife vent her anger, so it was not a loss for him to take the blame.

I just don’t know what Mrs. Wang’s expression will be like when she finds out that he is the one who kidnapped Aunt Kang.

"Mom, how could my aunt do such a thing? You actually want the officials to help intercede. I think we should just ignore her." Hua Lan said angrily after hearing this.

"Hua'er, no matter how bad she is, she is still your aunt." Mrs. Wang said: "Besides, your grandmother is old, what if she comes in a hurry?"

"Mom, my aunt asked people to spread rumors, but she brought me in. Haven't you heard what people said about me before?" Hua Lan said.

"Of course Mom knows, but now she has learned a lesson. If you don't let him go, your aunt's reputation will be ruined."

Mrs. Wang naturally knew that Hua Lan was also brought in by Aunt Kang's rumors.

When rumors were flying all over the sky a few days ago, she scolded those who spread the rumors. Unexpectedly, it was her sister who instigated the crime.

"Mother-in-law, I can help ask about this matter, but it is completely baseless and I can't guarantee whether Gu Tingye will admit it. And he may not have done it." Yuan Wenshao said.

"You should go and ask first. My mother said that as long as the person comes back, this matter will not be pursued. If it gets bigger, it will be bad for everyone." Mrs. Wang said.

(End of this chapter)