Glory all the way

Chapter 296 Questioning
Lanzhou is adjacent to Lingnan. Although the local officials of the two states have personal relationships, no one dares to be sloppy when it comes to major matters such as borrowing or transferring troops. However, after the tragedy in Bangcheng, the governor of Lanzhou concealed the truth. After this incident, even the imperial court didn't know that such a sensational thing happened in Bangcheng.

In the end, instead of being punished, the local officials in Bengcheng were rewarded. If there is no article in this, no one will believe it.

For a while, Du Xuan and Bai Yingluo fell into deep thought.

After all, it happened many years ago, and now it seems that there are more involved. The two of them only rely on what they heard and saw, and it would be futile to find no other evidence. Bai Yingluo patted Du Xuan's hand , "Let's think about it in the long run. There is great strength in numbers. Now, with Brother Zhao, Ou Hao and Du Yuan, what happened back then will definitely come to light."

Du Xuan nodded in agreement.

In the afternoon, Mrs. Xue came.

Bai Yingluo asked about Bai Yinghuan's marriage straight to the point, and Xue Shi pursed her lips and said with a smile: "Yesterday, Mrs. Zhou came again and said that Mrs. Zhou also fell in love with Sister Huan on Tuesday. She has chosen a date and invited a matchmaker to come to propose marriage. I guess, I can make a small order before the Chinese New Year."

Seeing that a marriage was made, Bai Yingluo was also very happy, and couldn't help flattering Xue, "It's a blessing for the third brother and the seventh sister to have a aunt like the eldest aunt."

Xue Shi smiled but said nothing, but felt a little bitter in his heart.

There are endless incidents of dirty things in the rich and powerful families, and it is even more common for the mother-in-law to murder and suppress the concubines' children, but Mrs. Xue has never treated the few concubines under her knees badly.

But facing Bai Yingluo, no matter how much grievance and sadness Xue Shi felt in her heart, she would not tell her about it.

Xue Shi chatted with Bai Yingluo about Sister Ru with a smile, and asked Brother Yan whether he was eating a lot and how many hours he slept every day. Brother Yan came, Xue played with the little guy for a while, then got up and left.

The movement between Jing'an Hou's Mansion and Zhou Guogong's mansion gradually became more frequent. Within a few days, the Wang family who lived in Xueshi Lane found out about it from the woman in charge.

He slapped the table fiercely, and Wang scolded furiously: "It's really an unfamiliar white-eyed wolf. Back then, she was an orphan from the third room of Jing'an Hou's mansion, and the master even moved his mind to bring her to me. It's a good thing I didn't do this, otherwise, I'm afraid that there will be no bones left to be swallowed by her at this moment."

Naturally, what Wang was talking about was Bai Yingluo.

It is said that Mrs. Zhuangyuan took her cousin to Zhou Guogong's mansion to see Mrs. Zhou Zhou, and she fell in love with Mrs. Zhou. So after this marriage, Wang subconsciously felt that Bai Yingluo did it on purpose.

Before asking Bai Yingluo to take Liu Ruomei to Duke Zhou's mansion, Wang's idea was to let the wives of Duke Zhou's mansion meet Liu Ruomei. She believed that with Liu Tinghuai's current climbing speed and her daughter's With his good looks and talent, he can still get a good marriage.

But Mrs. Wang forgot that she was picky about her son-in-law, and she has long since lost her good reputation in the capital. Who would want to have such an in-law and let her son have such a mother-in-law?

But Liu Ruomei had her own opportunity to go to Zhou Guogong's mansion. When she learned about it afterwards, Wang was very happy, and she was also very angry that Bai Yingluo didn't want to take Liu Ruomei to Zhou Guogong's mansion again.

Now, Bai Yingluo's closest cousin did nothing to help, but facilitated the marriage between Bai Yinghuan and the young master of Zhou Guogong's mansion. Wang felt more and more that Bai Yingluo did it on purpose.

"mother……"

When Mrs. Wang was thinking to herself, the curtain of the room was lifted, and Liu Ruomei rushed in with tears in her eyes.

Pulling her mother's sleeve and weeping in a low voice, Liu Ruomei choked and said, "Mother, Cousin Luo must have done it on purpose. She remembered how I disrespected her when I was young, so she intentionally humiliated her daughter."

As she said that, Liu Ruo looked at Wang Shi with red eyes and said, "Mother, you have to decide for your daughter."

Seeing her daughter like this, Wang naturally felt very distressed, pulled the handkerchief to wipe her tears, Wang coaxed her softly, and sent her back to the boudoir before returning to the main room full of sorrow.

When Liu Tinghuai was pregnant, Wang anxiously called the servant girl to invite him to the main room, and urgently talked about it.

Hearing this, Liu Tinghuai not only did not blame Bai Yingluo, but looked at Wang with some complaints and said, "The marriage of children has been the order of parents since ancient times, and it was Sister Luo who led the way. Hou's Mansion and Duke Zhou's Mansion meet each other's eyes. I will take care of Mei'er's marriage. You didn't even say hello, but let Sister Luo take Meier to Zhou Guogong's mansion. It's too reckless. Turn around. If you spread the word, you might think that my tutor in the Liu Mansion is so unbearable."

Liu Tinghuai has been very busy since he became the Minister of Dali Temple. Naturally, he doesn't care much about the affairs of the inner house. What he doesn't know is that there are many bad rumors in the capital today, which are all caused by his wife in front of him. .

Wang's heart was full of misery, but she didn't dare to show it on her face, she just pretended to be wronged, and said pitifully: "If she really has an uncle like you in her heart, and a cousin like Meier, she has drawn this thread from it. It's us and Zhou Guogong's mansion who are negotiating marriage. Is it because she doesn't take our uncle and aunt seriously?"

"Sister Luo is not such a person..."

A pair of clear and admiring pure eyes appeared in front of her, Liu Tinghuai said in a deep voice, turned her head and glared at Wang Shi, and said: "I have my own opinion about Mei'er's marriage, and I will definitely not wrong her."

After all, thinking that there are still a few files to read, Liu Tinghuai stepped out of the room and went to the study.

As soon as Liu Tinghuai went out, Liu Ruomei arrived on the back. When she heard what her father said, Liu Ruomei cried more and more heartbroken.

Wang's eyes became more angry.

"Order to go down, prepare the chariots and horses, I'm going to Zhuangyuan Mansion."

Wang sternly ordered.

Knowing that this marriage is hopeless, but thinking about the man who looked at her with a gentle smile in her heart, Liu Ruo felt more and more wronged, and hurriedly went back to the house to change her clothes, and followed Mrs. Wang out in the carriage.

When the lady at the second door came to pass the pass, Bai Yingluo was about to order Liusu to prepare a meal.

She vaguely guessed what Wang Shi came here for, Bai Yingluo felt a little dark in her heart, but she didn't show it on her face, and she led her maid to welcome her out.

Arriving at the main room of Yixin Garden with an angry face, Mrs. Wang looked around at the maidservants in the room, then turned her head and said to Bai Yingluo, "Sister Luo, Auntie has something to say to you."

Knowing this in her heart, Bai Yingluo took a look at Chen Xiang, and Chen Xiang retreated with all the maids in the room.

Only Bai Yingluo, Wang Shi and Liu Ruomei were left in the room.

"If Auntie has anything to say, it's okay to speak up."

Bai Yingluo glanced at Liu Ruomei, who had a confident expression on her face, then Fang turned her head and said slowly to Wang.

"Sister Luo, you know how your uncle and I have treated you these years. In order not to let you be wronged, your uncle not only pays a large sum of money to the Jing'an Hou Mansion every year, but also prepares a lot of money for you. A dowry, I won’t say much about other things, but what about you, how did you repay us?”

Putting the big hat of unfilial piety on Bai Yingluo's head, Wang scolded with a face of resentment: "As for the marriage in Duke Zhou's mansion, if you think about your uncle and your cousin Ruomei in your heart, it won't be the same as now. It looks like this. Sister Luo, the Jing'an Hou Mansion is your relative, so isn't your uncle?"

"not to mention……"

Looking back at Liu Ruomei, Wang's tone of accusation against Bai Yingluo became more and more severe, "The young master of the second room of Zhou Guogong's mansion, Mei'er had met when Mei'er went to Zhou Guo's mansion last time, he fell in love with Mei'er at first sight, and he said that he would marry you. Asked his aunt to make the decision for him to marry his sister, if you are like this, have you ever thought about your cousin's feelings?"

Bai Yingluo, please pick Liu Mei, and turn to look at Liu Ruomei.

Liu Ruomei's pretty face was full of glow, but there were crystal tears in her eyes, and she looked like she was weeping sadly.

Bai Yingluo smiled instead of anger.

Looking at Wang with sparkling eyes, Bai Yingluo said with a smile: "Auntie, with all due respect, that young master Zhou is a concubine in the second room, and regardless of the achievements of the first room, the young master in the second room is a shrewd and capable young master." , with his status as a concubine, how can he be sure that Mrs. Zhou will make the decision for him?"

Seeing that Wang's face changed slightly, and Liu Ruomei looked at her with disbelief, Bai Yingluo continued: "Besides, the more established and honorable aristocratic family as Zhou Guogong's mansion is, the more rules are respected. Marriage matters , it is absolutely necessary to follow the wishes of the elders in the family, why did he allow him to have his own ideas?"

Thinking of Liu Tinghuai's sentence "the words of the matchmaker's order from the parents", Wang's heart couldn't stop sinking. At this moment, she felt that she was a little impatient, and she also overestimated her family status.

Bai Yingluo sneered in her heart, and when she looked at Liu Ruomei again, she became even more unhappy.

The time Liu Ruomei took Liu Ruomei to visit Sun Yantong at Duke Zhou's mansion, Liu Ruomei disappeared for a while on the way, but afterwards, no matter what Bai Yingluo asked, Liu Ruomei kept silent. Now it seems that she met the concubine from the second bedroom of Duke Zhou's mansion My young master, and they had a good chat.

Otherwise, how could he say such frivolous words as asking to marry Liu Ruomei?

It's ridiculous that Liu Ruomei believed it was true, and even the Wang family, relying only on her daughter's one-sided words, delusional to get involved with Duke Zhou's mansion and become in-laws.

Noticing Bai Yingluo's expression, Liu Ruomei probably guessed what was going on in her heart, her face became even more blushing because of embarrassment, "Cousin Luo, I know you don't like me, but you can't disregard your parents' respect for you because of me." Painful pet, as long as you are willing to put in a little effort, what is happening today will not happen."

"I contribute?"

Raising her voice suddenly, Bai Yingluo looked at Liu Ruomei and Wang Shi coldly and said, "If that day I knew that Cousin Mei had met the young master of Duke Zhou's mansion and he said such things, not only would I not be able to do anything, I will tell my uncle about this matter, and I will never let my cousin Mei appear in front of everyone in Zhou Guogong's mansion. Not only that, but I will also ask my uncle to come forward to discuss with the people in Zhou Guogong's mansion. The daughter of the Liu family can be rude and frivolous of."

Bai Yingluo's words were sonorous and forceful, and immediately, Mrs. Wang was stunned.

Half an hour later, the dejected Wang shi led the dejected Liu Ruomei out the door.

After a while, another carriage drove out at a gallop, heading straight for Jing'an Hou's Mansion.

(End of this chapter)