Chapter 28: Underestimating Imperial Power
"Your maternal family will take you in."
Meng Mingyue, who had been silent, spoke up.
"The head of the Lin family is my uncle now. With him here, it should be no problem for me to stay at the Lin family temporarily."
After Meng Mingyue finished speaking, she turned to Xu Shaozhang and said:
"Put me down right here."
Xu Shaozhang hesitated, "Mingyue..."
"Can you protect me if you don't stop?"
Meng Mingyue looked at Xu Shaozhang with clear eyes.
Xu Shaozhang lowered his head, looking ashamed.
"I don't blame you."
Meng Mingyue spoke softly.
"Your abilities are limited, and you are not the one who can make the decisions in the Xu family."
As for the Prince of Qi's Mansion where she was going, it was an even bigger place for Xu Shaozhang.
All this does not mean that Xu Shaozhang is incompetent.
But he is too young now. With time, Xu Shaozhang may be able to achieve something.
"Second sister."
Meng Mingshu held her back.
Meng Mingyue shook her head at her and covered Meng Mingshu's hand with her palm:
"We all know that I can only be sent here. If I leave the territory of this state, the people following the Meng family will come to arrest me."
Lord Meng expelled everyone except her from the family tree, and the meaning was very clear.
I'm just going to the Prince of Qi's mansion to be a lowly concubine, so my reputation doesn't matter.
As long as she is pretty, that's enough.
So she still has value, and Meng Yuan naturally won't let her go.
The reason why she was not kept here on purpose was because Father Meng knew it very well.
She didn't dare not go back to the Meng Mansion.
Meng Yuan could drive them out of the house, but if they were not driven out, they could not leave on their own initiative.
"Rather than being caught, I'd rather go back on my own."
Meng Mingshu and the others knew what Meng Mingyue said.
Meng Mingshu spoke seriously:
"Second sister, just wait for me for a few more days, just a few more days."
Meng Mingyue nodded: "Okay."
"I was always worried about you before, but now it seems I was worrying too much. They say a prodigal son who returns is worth more than gold, and you are like that now..."
"When I'm not around, my eldest sister is weak, so I'll leave this family to you. Take good care of them and Tuan'er."
Meng Mingshu nodded: "I will."
Meng Mingshu felt happy about her second sister's words.
In both lives, she wanted to gain Meng Mingyue's approval, but unfortunately her second sister died early in her previous life.
She couldn't close her eyes until her death, worried that she would do something wrong.
Now Meng Mingyue finally no longer regards her as a nuisance.
"When you go to your grandparents' house, don't tell anyone about Tuan'er's father's identity."
Meng Mingyue continued to instruct.
"good."
Meng Mingshu knew that her second sister and the Xu family should have the same concerns.
Unless Xiao Yan appeared in front of them, they would never dare to believe it completely.
“Things are accomplished through in-depth analysis. Don’t have too high expectations before the results are out.
We family members won’t be affected, but my grandparents are still a level away.”
"If you give them delusional thoughts ahead of time, and they fail to achieve their goals later, there's no guarantee they won't resent you."
Meng Mingshu sighed:
"I understand, don't worry, sister."
Meng Mingyue was relieved to see that Meng Mingshu was becoming more and more able to understand what people said.
She couldn't help but reach out and touch Meng Mingshu's face, and pinched it gently:
"Go ahead, I'll wait for you to come pick me up with your husband.
If you really ask me to go to Prince Qi's mansion and become that old man's concubine, I will..."
Before Meng Mingyue could finish her words, Meng Mingshu couldn't help but smile and rubbed her hand with her face:
"What do you want to do to me, Second Sister?"
"I'll pinch your face."
Meng Mingshu smiled and said, "I won't give you this opportunity."
Meng Mingyue got off the carriage and stood there waving at Meng Mingshu and the others:
"Go ahead. I'll go back to the Meng family to look after my mother's belongings. These things belong to us sisters."
As Meng Mingshu and her companions' carriage became smaller and smaller in their sight, Meng Mingyue felt more at ease.
Before, she was in the Meng family, living a life of luxury and wealth, and was the daughter of the prefect.
But she always felt that her family was in danger and would be taken advantage of by Meng's father if they were not careful.
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As they approached the Lin family, Meng Mingyu became more and more nervous.
"Eldest sister?"
Meng Mingyu said:
"If my grandparents are unwilling to take me in, then you don't have to worry about me."
After all, my mother is a daughter of the Lin family, so the Lin family should not ignore it.
The other two sisters were not married either, and only she was divorced by the Han family.
In today's world, if a woman divorces and returns home, she will be disapproved by her parents' family, let alone a woman like her who has received a divorce letter.
It's only natural for her maternal grandparents to dislike her.
Lin spoke to comfort her:
"Even before I got married, your uncle treated me very well. Don't worry, Yu'er."
Meng Mingshu also nodded.
From their interactions in the previous life, Meng Mingshu knew that her maternal grandparents were not bad people.
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However, as soon as they arrived at the Lin family, Meng Mingshu and her group were treated coldly.
"Madam has instructed that we can only come in through the side door."
The gatekeeper looked them up and down, with contempt in her eyes.
"Which lady gave the order?"
Meng Mingshu asked.
The disdain on this woman's face was even more obvious:
“Since she is the eldest lady, everyone in the mansion is managed by her.
I received the news that you were coming, and the Madam specifically instructed me to do so."
"Times are different now, and I should know my place."
Meng Mingshu suddenly understood something at this moment.
Perhaps her second sister didn't let her mention Tuan'er's father's affairs because she wanted her to see people's hearts clearly.
There are sincere people in my grandparents' family, but there are also those who are insincere.
But before this, Meng Mingshu had always had a good impression of everyone in her maternal family.
Because in her previous life, each of them was too kind to her.
In her previous life, she missed Tuan'er and cried inconsolably.
Her aunt hugged her with heartache, and was even sadder than she was.
My aunt said that if possible, she would like to exchange her own life for Tuan'er's.
Meng Mingshu was so sad that she had no appetite, so her aunt patiently fed her one spoonful at a time.
There was even one time when she caught a cold and had a fever, and when she woke up she found her aunt wiping her feet...
Meng Mingshu quickly retracted her feet, but her aunt held her feet in her arms.
Her face was full of love, and she said that she loved her like her own daughter.
Not to mention wiping her feet, she would be willing to wash her feet every day.
After the eldest aunt wiped her feet, the second and third aunts also began to rush to do similar things for her.
Meng Mingshu felt very awkward and didn't want her elders to serve her.
But several aunts said that they felt sorry for her and did not feel humbled.
They all spoke sincerely and wanted to give her their hearts.
Her aunts didn't listen to what she said, so Meng Mingshu had to go to Xiao Yan.
I don’t know what he said, but my aunts finally stopped doing such things.
But he changed his way to be nice to her.
Thinking of her previous life, Meng Mingshu felt mixed emotions.
She didn't say anything, but just endured it:
"It's a side door, but take us to meet grandma first."
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Before Meng Mingshu and the others entered the inner room, Old Madam Lin came out tremblingly, being supported by someone.
"It's good that you're back, it's good that you're back..."
The old lady's cloudy eyes turned red, and she looked at Lin with heartache.
Lin's eyes also turned red:
"I'm an unfilial daughter. Even at my age, I still make my mother worry about me..."
Madam Lin shook her head and held her hand:
"This is all fate. My son has a bad fate... How can I blame you..."
Madam Lin sighed, hiding her worries:
"Let's not talk about these things anymore. As long as I'm here, the Lin family can just stay here peacefully..."
As soon as Mrs. Lin finished speaking, she heard a sneer.
"That's easy for the old lady to say."
It was my aunt who spoke.
"My aunt and your granddaughter were both divorced by their husbands.
They have already become the laughing stock of the entire Chongzhou Prefecture..."
“Not only that, your granddaughter even attempted to murder her husband.
Such abandoned and vicious women are avoided by everyone nowadays, but you want to take them in?
"Have you ever thought about the reputation of the girls in your family? Have you ever thought about the brothers in your family?"
Madam Lin put down her teacup heavily:
"If we drive them away, will that restore our reputation and stop outsiders from talking about us?"
"You should understand that the matter is irreversible. It's good enough to save the person now."
The aunt sneered even more:
"The old lady really loves her daughter, so please just keep her here.
I think it won’t be long before your granddaughter becomes your granddaughter-in-law..."
This is nothing less than an insult.
This is equivalent to saying that Meng Mingshu and her sisters would seduce the cousins in the mansion...
Madam Lin's face darkened.
"If your mind is confused, go back and rest first, and don't talk nonsense."
Madam Lin continued to speak sarcastically to Madam Lin:
"There are others who are old and confused. Women who can be divorced by their husbands are rare in ancient and modern times. What can't they do..."
After the aunt finished speaking, she glanced at Meng Mingshu and the others, with undisguised contempt in her eyes.
Meng Mingshu sighed inwardly.
In her previous life, she had the impression that her aunt was gentle, polite, dignified and elegant.
But the man now spoke harshly, without any trace of the gentleness of his previous life.
The only difference between the two lives is her identity.
Now the reputation of both mother and daughter is ruined.
From the perspective of outsiders, their lives are ruined and they have no future.
But in her previous life, she was the queen who ruled the country.
Ultimately it’s all about power, which is a good thing.
A little bit of power can make things difficult for others, or even decide life or death.
Many people fight for a little power and end up with bloodshed and family destruction.
Not to mention the supreme imperial power...
She underestimated what Xiao Yan gave her in her previous life.
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