She has a slender waist and delicate bones, and is able to seduce the ascetic horse.

Chapter 116 Dilemma
"Why is the adoptive mother so angry? Is Jiaojiao right?"

Shen Jiaojiao looked up at Mrs. Meng's expression with some confusion on her pretty little face.

Mrs. Meng quickly put away her anger and said with a smile: "My foster mother is not angry, it's just that it's not good for you to let Yuan Li take a concubine."

"Why is it bad?" She tilted her head and looked at her adoptive mother with innocent eyes. "That's the person Yuan Li likes. There's nothing I can do about it."

As she spoke, she picked up the tea cup on the square table, held it in her hand, and warmed her cold hands.

"Don't you always teach me that I should regard my husband as my heaven? Earlier, when Wan'er and Yuan Li were together, you told me not to be jealous."

Mrs. Meng heard the dissatisfaction in her words and became more and more angry. She couldn't help but ask.

"Jiaojiao, do you have a problem with me?"

Shen Jiaojiao lowered her eyes and replied softly: "Jiaojiao doesn't dare."

It's 'don't dare', not 'don't have'.

In other words, she does feel resentful.

Seeing her like this, Mrs. Meng immediately sighed and advised her earnestly.

"Jiaojiao, why don't you understand your adoptive mother's heart? You and Wan'er are both my most precious daughters. The palms of your hands and the backs of your hands are all flesh. How could I be willing to hurt either of you?"

"It's just that Wan'er has suffered a lot outside and has just been brought back. Naturally, I have to be partial to her. Don't blame me..."

After saying that, he gave me a troubled look.

If these words were said in the past, Shen Jiaojiao might have softened her heart.

But after experiencing so many things and seeing her adoptive mother's partiality, she just felt indifferent when she heard the other party say this.

"My foster mother was joking, how could I blame you?"

She pursed her lips and smiled, assuming a generous and humble attitude.

"I understand my adoptive mother's thoughts very well. Wan'er has suffered so much outside, but I have enjoyed the life of a young lady in the Meng Mansion for so many years."

"It's too late for me to feel sorry for Wan'er. I only hope Wan'er can be happy, so how can I vent my anger on her?"

These words combined with her virtuous and courteous demeanor make people want to praise her when they see her.

Mrs. Meng was choked to the point of being speechless.

I really feel sorry for my sister, why did she target Meng Wan again and again yesterday?

These words are just superficial.

A silence enveloped them, slowly rising from between the two of them, and then slowly spreading around.

After a while, Mrs. Meng spoke first and broke the silence.

"Jiaojiao, Wan'er is very sad right now, why don't you stop raising your concubine first? Otherwise, I'm afraid she won't be able to bear it."

She looked embarrassed and said, "Foster mother, Yuan Li requested this. There is nothing I can do about it. I'll discuss it with Yuan Li later."

Seeing that she was not getting enough, Mrs. Meng was a little angry, and her face darkened instantly.

"You can't make the decision on such a trivial matter. Why did you dare to call Mr. Jiang yesterday?"

"That's the governor. If something goes wrong, Wan'er will be ruined by you for the rest of her life!"

Shen Jiaojiao didn't expect why her adoptive mother suddenly mentioned Mr. Jiang, and she didn't know how to explain it for a while.

"I was..."

"Forget it, let's put this aside, how did you get involved with Mr. Jiang?" Mrs. Meng suddenly interrupted her with a wave of her hand, and her original stern tone also softened a lot.

She was a little surprised and looked up.

The seriousness on the adoptive mother's face disappeared, as if those harsh reprimands just now were all her imagination.

Falling out faster than flipping through a book...

She felt bitter in her heart. Sure enough, in the eyes of her adoptive mother, power was the most important thing.

Previously, the adoptive mother could reprimand Meng Wan because Mrs. Jiang favored her. This time, seeing that Mr. Jiang was also friendly to her, the adoptive mother would be happier, right?
"I went to the government office to see the concubine of the Lin family and Mr. Jiang earlier. Maybe I took it on behalf of Miss Jiang, so Mr. Jiang must feel guilty." She casually found an excuse to deal with her adoptive mother.

Mrs. Meng listened and nodded, "That's true. You took it on your behalf, but the Jiang family didn't show any sign..."

Shen Jiaojiao didn't like hearing this and changed the subject, "Maybe it's because of Mrs. Jiang."

"Yes, yes." Mrs. Meng responded and glanced at her, "Fortunately, you look somewhat similar to the ladies of the Jiang family."

As he said that, he thought of the master from Yingyuan and Pavilion Master Murong again, and his prejudice against Shen Jiaojiao was much lessened.

No matter what, this adopted daughter can indeed bring benefits to the Meng family.

Mrs. Meng raised the corners of her lips and showed a kind smile, "Jiaojiao is so lucky. All she meets are noble people, so don't worry about Wan'er so much."

"Jiaojiao has never argued with my sister."

Shen Jiaojiao smiled lightly. Seeing that the atmosphere had eased, she looked outside.

"Aunt Zhou is still outside."

Mrs. Meng saw her little thoughts, but she still called outside.

Qingmai immediately brought Aunt Zhou in.

After entering the door, Aunt Zhou knelt down and saluted Mrs. Meng, "This slave has met Madam."

Even though she was about to be promoted as a concubine in two days, Aunt Zhou still called herself a slave and had a humble attitude.

Mrs. Meng turned her head away and didn't want to pay attention.

Shen Jiaojiao stood up, stepped forward and helped Aunt Zhou up, "Get up, my foster mother is so kind-hearted that I don't want you to kneel on this cold ground."

"Slave, thank you, Madam, and thank you, Miss."

She covered her lips and smiled, "Look, you are still a 'slave'? Yuan Li said that I will welcome you in tomorrow, but I will have to change my words in the future."

"So fast?" Aunt Zhou and Mrs. Meng said in unison.

As soon as she finished speaking, Mrs. Meng glared at Aunt Zhou so hard that she quickly lowered her head in fear.

"Jiaojiao, this date..."

Mrs. Meng wanted to say something else, but was interrupted by Shen Jiaojiao waving her hand.

"Yuan Li asked me to welcome Aunt Zhou into the house within three days. I thought that Yuan Li would take a break tomorrow, which would be a good day."

The implication is that she has just set a date.

Mrs. Meng frowned, obviously a little unhappy.

At this time, Qingmao walked in quickly, whispered something in Mrs. Meng's ear, and glanced at Shen Jiaojiao.

Her intuition told her that this matter had something to do with her.

Sure enough, Mrs. Meng took the invitation from Qingba, opened it and took a look, and her gloomy face suddenly broke into a smile.

She glanced at the invitation and had a vague guess in her mind.

The adoptive mother's attitude changed so quickly, the invitation would only be from the Jiang family or Murong Zi.

In fact, she had never figured it out. The Meng family was already one of the top families in Lin'an. Why did her adoptive mother always want to cling to power?
"Jiaojiao, come quickly." Mrs. Meng waved to her.

She had no choice but to put aside her thoughts for the time being and walked over with small steps.

"Look, Mrs. Jiang invites you to the banquet." With that, Mrs. Meng thrust the invitation into her hand.

She opened it and saw that it was indeed an invitation letter, and she was the only one invited. The other female members of the Meng family did not mention it.

Seeing that the date of the banquet was six days later, she suddenly remembered Meng Hui's words about leaving for five days and coming back six days later...

and many more!

What does she want from her adopted brother?
What does this have to do with my sworn brother? !

Shen Jiaojiao's face turned red, and she hurriedly put her indifferent and handsome face behind her head, not daring to think deeply.