Jiao Luan

Chapter 3 Mother and daughter are like strangers

The woman grabbed the teacup on the high table at hand and threw it over.

The porcelain cup with red plums on a white background fell to pieces at Cheng Wei's feet, the tea wetted the corners of her skirt, and the plain skirt was stained with tea stains, which was particularly conspicuous.

Cheng Yao suddenly changed color: "Sanmei, is the tea hot? Isn't it hot?"

Cheng Wei shook his head: "It's not hot, the tea is warm."

The 13-year-old girl is just like a young lotus, but this little girl whose face has not yet faded, looks extraordinarily calm in the face of the sudden teacup and her mother's anger.

She just looked at the woman, her pair of red phoenix eyes were extraordinarily quiet: "What's wrong with mother?"

The woman had already got up from the beauty couch, her face was full of clouds, she approached Cheng Wei with a few steps, the ups and downs of her chest showed her suppressed emotions: "Cheng Wei, what's the matter?"

She stretched out her hand and pulled her daughter, and brought her to the diorama: "Look at how you smeared your face? Don't you give up and want to lose someone again?"

"Mother?" Cheng Wei's eyes widened slightly, apparently not expecting that her mother's fury had something to do with her makeup today.

At her age, of course there are those who don't like to wear makeup, such as the second sister.

But the second sister's skin is flawless, beautiful and natural, and has the capital of "clear water comes out of hibiscus", and most girls have more or less blemishes on their faces, otherwise the "Qiaotiancheng" gouache shop, which is known for its high prices, will not This fragrance powder is specially launched for girls.

Mother has always been indifferent to her, since the joke at the birthday party, she has reprimanded her more than the indifference.But she never thought that when a person dislikes another person, it is wrong to put on makeup,

"You are so young, how can you think so much, dare to talk nonsense to your eldest cousin at the birthday party! Do you know what your eldest aunt said to me in a twists and turns when she saw me? That one This word is like a loud slap to my face!"

The woman talked on the phone, and Cheng Wei was dumbfounded. Her throat was dry, her mouth opened, and she asked unconsciously, "What did the eldest aunt say?"

Cheng Wei's maternal ancestral family is the hereditary first-class Duke of Wei.At the beginning when the Rong family competed for the world, there were countless ministers of the dragon, and only eight people were granted the first-class dukedom. In the current dynasty, only two of the eight dukes were left, and one of them It is the Han family in Duke Wei's mansion, and Cheng Wei's eldest aunt, Tao Shi, is the current wife of Duke Wei.

In Cheng Wei's memory, this eldest aunt was weak and Qianqian, she never spoke loudly to her, and every time she went there, she always greeted her with a smile and asked for warmth.When Cheng Weiwei secretly thought rebelliously, it would be great if her mother was like her aunt and her grandmother was like her grandmother.

Therefore, it is really hard for her to imagine what the eldest aunt said to make her mother so angry.

"Are you ashamed to ask what he said?" Han felt his blood welling up, and became even more angry, "Of course I'm afraid that you'll overpower your cousin and affect his studies! If you're sensible, that's fine. He didn't know how to make a face for me, and he wanted to get close to me a few times later, so I couldn't even say a word after hearing those words!"

Gao Pan?Cheng Wei blinked and finally understood what her mother was talking about.

It turned out that when she confided her feelings to cousin Zhi, did she fall into the eyes of others as a high climber?
But, thinking of this, Cheng Wei became even more confused.

Her eldest sister is the princess, and her second brother worships Mr. Gu, a famous scholar, as his teacher. He is both civil and military, and is highly valued by his mentor.

And Mr. Gu has another identity, he is the husband-in-law of the current emperor's younger sister, Princess Dezhao.She often went to the palace to see her eldest sister, who had told her long ago that in the royal family, Princess Dezhao was almost the most important person in the emperor's family besides Prince Jing.

Cheng Wei has lived for thirteen years, and she didn't even think about these conditions, and in the past, she never thought about it.

In her opinion, her grandmother was kind to her, her grandfather was kind to her, her uncle and aunt were kind, and her cousin was kind.Since she was a child, she often went to live in her grandfather's house, and she liked it more. If she married Cousin Zhi, she would be able to be with all the people who were good to her and whom she also liked.

What does this have to do with "Gao Pan"?
Seeing Cheng Wei's bewildered expression, Han could no longer control her emotions, and pointed at the mirror by pulling her wrist: "Nie Zhan, are you putting on makeup and powder, are you thinking of pestering your big cousin again? Even if you don't want face, I will This mother needs more, wash it for me quickly!"

Mrs. Han is also tall and slender, the Duke of Wei's family is a family of martial arts, she learned boxing and kicking when she was young, and when she was in a rage, her hands are naturally quite strong, when she pulled, Cheng Wei felt a sharp pain in her wrist, There was also a crisp sound, the bracelet on the wrist bumped against the corner of the dressing table.

At this time, Cheng Yao fell to her knees with a plop, kowtowed and pleaded for Cheng Wei: "Mother, please calm down, it's all my fault, I did the makeup for the third sister, if you want to punish, punish Yao'er!"

She fell to the ground and kowtowed, Cheng Wei subconsciously struggled and shouted: "Mother, it's none of the second sister's business, I made it myself—"

"Third sister, don't talk back to your mother." Cheng Yao raised her head, her forehead was already blue, she hurriedly pulled the corner of Cheng Wei's skirt, looked around, then bit her lip slightly, summoned up her courage and said to Han, "Mother, Yao'er and Third Sister are ignorant and have offended you. You should teach me a lesson. It's just... let the servants go down first."

Han's hand paused slightly.

It was only then that Cheng Wei noticed that there were two maids and a woman in the room, both of whom served her mother on weekdays.

Her face turned red, this kind of embarrassment was almost comparable to the day when those little bastards suddenly appeared on the day when she showed her love to cousin Zhi.

She finally couldn't help but talk back: "I'm not shameless, mother, you forgot, that day was the Huachao Festival, mother, didn't you also fall in love with your father at the Huachao Festival—"

Before she finished speaking, a loud slap landed on her cheek, which stunned everyone in the room, including Cheng Wei.

Speaking of which, the mother and daughter have always been born separately, but this is the first time that Mrs. Han hit her.

And after Han hit her daughter, she couldn't care about the slight guilt that flashed past her heart, she trembled with anger, and said sharply: "What are you going out for? No one has to go out, you have to let her know that if you make a mistake, how can you return it?" Have face! Xue Lan, Shuang Lan, fetch water and serve the third girl to clean her face!"

Both Xue Lan and Shuang Lan are the big servant girls of the Han family. Hearing this, they looked at each other and hurried out. After a while, they turned back from the anteroom, one carrying a washbasin, the other a soft towel and other things.

The two stepped forward, Xue Lan was about to pick up the soft towel to wet it, but Han directly grabbed the soft towel, soaked it in water and wiped it on Cheng Wei's face.

Cheng Wei had just been beaten, her face was in burning pain, she was suddenly covered with a wet and hot soft towel, she couldn't help but struggled to avoid it, Han Shi increased her strength and said in a hateful voice: "You still dare to hide, are you reluctant to part with this fake towel?" face, huh?"

The powder on the face turned into a powder soup, some of it flowed into the eyes, Cheng Wei couldn't open his eyes immediately, the irritated eyes, teardrops fell in strings, mixed with the powder and flowed into the corner of the mouth, the taste was sweet and greasy Bitter, oddly disgusting.

Cheng Wei tightly closed her eyes and thought, in this life, she will never touch rouge and gouache again!
"Madam, the third girl seems to have water in her eyes. I'm afraid the pain is severe. Let the old woman wash her." The old woman who had been standing in the room finally couldn't help but speak.

Mrs. Han stopped unconsciously, and Cheng Yao hurriedly took the opportunity to intercede: "Yes, mother, we have to go to the Duke's Mansion later, if grandma sees Sanmei like this, she will be worried."

Hearing Cheng Yao's mention of going to the Duke of Wei's mansion, the fading anger in Han's heart rose again. He tightened his hands, and suddenly saw Cheng Wei's distressed face and the expression of enduring the pain. She waved her hand and signaled to the woman: "Mother Gui, you can take the third girl to the Nuan Pavilion for cleaning."

"Yes."

Mother Gui helped Cheng Wei go to Nuan Pavilion, Cheng Yao quickly followed, but was stopped by Han: "Yaoer, you stay, I have something to tell you."

Passing the threshold, Mother Gui said, "Miss San, be careful where you step."

Cheng Wei was so painful that she couldn't open her eyes, she nodded slightly.

When Gui's mother saw her, she couldn't help but sighed in her heart. There are really not many mothers and girls who are divided into this way.

She couldn't help but turn her head back, just as she saw Han's face saying something calmly, Cheng Yao stood with her hands down, with a respectful expression, and nodded repeatedly.

Tsk tsk, I didn't know this, I thought the second girl was the wife's first daughter.

This thought slipped through Mama Gui's mind, seeing Cheng Wei who was in a state of embarrassment, she felt a little sympathy for some reason, while helping her to go forward, she recalled the reason for the cold relationship between the mother and daughter.

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