Chapter 140 Regret
"Did your father's tenure as an official all these years have been in vain?" Old Lady Meng sighed, stroking Meng Luoyi's hair and saying, "Yier, your mother has always insisted on raising you personally and refused to let me interfere. So all these years, I could only teach you some principles of life indirectly. In life, you absolutely cannot be too snobbish. However, your mother still taught you the wrong way!"
"Grandma~~" Meng Luoyi pouted and said unwillingly, "Are you blaming your granddaughter? How could I be so snobbish? When you gave your set of glazed headdress to Yuan Ziyu, didn't I say anything?"
"Alas!" Old Lady Meng sighed helplessly, "That's what the girl from the Yuan family deserves. I've already told you that if anyone wins, I'll give the glazed headpiece as a prize. Have you forgotten?"
"Hmph!" Meng Luoyi pouted. "She refused to sell the jade spot to you. We didn't ask for it for nothing, but we wanted to pay her with real money, and she refused!"
"She had already given the jade spot away before, so she can't sell it to us. How can a person go back on his word?" Old Lady Meng said, "Yier, the most important thing for a person living in this world is honesty. Without honesty, how can one survive in this world? If your father had been untrustworthy, he wouldn't be in his current position."
"But, Dad is only the Prime Minister after all. How can he defeat the Imperial Concubine?" Meng Luoyi was still torn. She was angry that Yuan Ziyu had caused trouble for her family, and she was also worried that Imperial Concubine Liu would deal with them because of what happened today: "Besides..."
"Yier." Old Lady Meng interrupted Meng Luoyi and asked, "If one day you were bullied like this in someone else's home, would you just turn around and leave?"
"How is that possible? Of course I have to seek justice for myself!" Meng Luoyi said with wide eyes, "If I leave, wouldn't that mean I'm tacitly accepting what they said? Then won't I be drowned in all that spit in the future?"
"But if this makes others bear the consequences for you..."
"Grandma, my father is the prime minister. If I were bullied like this in someone else's house, would he forgive him?" Meng Luoyi said with his chin raised.
"But today, the girl from the Yuan family was bullied in our house!"
"That's different. The Yuan family is..."
"You mean to say that the Yuan family is ultimately a military family, a group of reckless men, and they are not worthy of letting the Meng family be involved in this, right?" Old Lady Meng frowned and asked.
"Isn't it?" Meng Luoyi pouted and said, "Our Meng family doesn't owe the Yuan family anything!"
"Yier, you're wrong!" Old Lady Meng said sternly, "Not only does our Meng family owe the Yuan family, but who in the entire Dali Dynasty dares to say that they don't owe the Yuan family?"
"Grandma, what are you talking about?" Meng Luoyi frowned.
"Yier, all of us in the Dali Dynasty owe the Yuan family a favor!" Old Lady Meng said to Meng Luoyi earnestly.
"Grandma, I don't understand!"
"I won't tell you much more. You just need to know that if it weren't for General Yuan, our Dali Dynasty would have perished!" Old Lady Meng said, "Under an overturned nest, no egg can remain intact. What good do you think will happen to us? How can you enjoy the comfort you enjoy today, born and raised in wealth?"
"Grandma, that's why you told Yuan Ziyu today that you can be a witness?" Meng Luoyi asked.
"Not only that!" Old Lady Meng said, "Yier, this person, you still have to distinguish right from wrong!"
"Yes, grandma, Yier understands!" Meng Luoyi curled her lips secretly, but said obediently on the surface.
"Forget it, I'm tired too, you can go back!" At this time, they had already arrived at Ci Nian Hall. Jasmine helped Old Madam Meng sit on the chaise longue, and placed a few feather-padded and soft cloud brocade cushions behind Old Madam Meng.
"Yes, grandma!" Meng Luoyi bowed to Old Lady Meng and left Ci Nian Hall.
After Meng Luoyi left, Old Lady Meng sighed and said to Jasmine, "Jasmine, tell me, did I do something wrong back then?"
"Old Madam, you didn't do anything wrong back then!" Jasmine said hurriedly, "Don't add unnecessary worries to yourself. The right thing to do is to focus on taking good care of your health."
"No!" Old Lady Meng shook her head and said, "I was wrong. I shouldn't have agreed to let the eldest daughter-in-law raise Yi'er herself out of guilt. I knew she was short-sighted and used to flattering the powerful and bullying the weak, so why did I let her raise Yi'er on her own? Now look what she has done to Yi'er."
At this point, Old Lady Meng couldn't help coughing twice. Jasmine hurriedly brought tea over: "Old Lady, drink some tea and relax!"
Old Lady Meng took a few sips of tea and sighed, "She's self-righteous, that's all, but she's completely emulated in this vain, flattering, and overbearing nature. She's made the daughter of the dignified Meng family worse than a beautiful girl, and even her mind is so narrow."
Jasmine sighed inwardly. Her own eldest daughter was just like that. Fortunately, she was in the Prime Minister's Mansion. If she were in another family, she would be looked down upon!
But she couldn't say this, so Jasmine gently patted Old Lady Meng's shoulders and said softly, "Old Lady, don't be angry. You should think about the eldest and second young masters. The master is very proud of them!"
Speaking of her two grandsons, Old Lady Meng's mood improved a little: "That's right, Qing'er and Xing'er are both good!"
Meng Weiqing and Meng Weixing are the two sons of Prime Minister Meng and the pride of the Meng family. Although they are young, they are well-educated and are preparing to take part in the imperial examination next year.
"Come to think of it, I don't know what Qing'er and Xing'er have been busy with lately!"
"Old Madam, have you forgotten?" Jasmine said with a smile, "The eldest son acquired a farm a few years ago, and now he and the second son are both studying there!"
"Oh, yes!" Old Lady Meng laughed and said, "I forgot!"
"Old lady, you've been busy all day, so take a rest!" Jasmine advised.
"Well, let's take a rest!"
At the same time, Liu Xueqing was crying in Concubine Liu's Yongfu Palace!
"Aunt!" Liu Xueqing cried tears all over her face, kneeling in front of Concubine Liu, "Aunt, please make the decision for Qing'er!"
When Concubine Liu saw Liu Xueqing coming to Yongfu Palace covered in wounds, she was shocked: "Qing'er, what happened to you? How did you end up like this?"
In order to let Concubine Liu give her justice, Liu Xueqing did not return to Liu Mansion after leaving Meng Mansion, but came to Yongfu Palace in such a dishevel.
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