Jiang Chuhui glanced at Old Madam Jiang, then stood up and left.
As she left, the other servants in the room also withdrew.
"Don't blame your older sister, it was me who made her drag you to see Shaojie!" Old Madam Jiang's expression was gloomy, her tone hoarse, and her face showed an unusual weariness. "It's only been a little over a month since you fell off the rockery, but it feels like an eternity to me..."
Jiang Segu stepped forward and knelt down beside Old Madam Jiang, holding one of her hands. "It is your unfilial granddaughter who has caused Grandmother so much worry and trouble every day!"
Grandma Jiang raised her other hand and touched her hair. "Grandma knows you are a bright and good child. Grandma doesn't want to force you to do anything. But Grandma wants to ask you, why did you suddenly become disgusted with your cousin Liang?"
Jiang Segu lowered her head and remained silent for a moment. "Grandmother, Azi doesn't dislike Cousin Liang. It's just that Azi is older now and knows the difference between boys and girls. All those things in the past were just Azi's immaturity when she was young!"
"Grandmother remembers when Shaojie was first brought into the manor, he was withdrawn and wouldn't talk to anyone! Later, you stayed by his side every day, trying to talk to him, making him happy, and you were always the first to stand up for him when someone bullied him. That's how he gradually became more cheerful..."
Later, as you grew older, you saw him going to the academy to study every day, and you started clamoring to go too! Every day, you went together, and everyone said you looked like a golden boy and jade girl before a Bodhisattva...
Later, Shaojie entered the Imperial Academy, but you, as a woman, could not enter the Imperial Academy, so you stopped going to the academy! Instead, you went to the Imperial Academy every day to deliver this and that.
"I don't know who you heard it from, but the Yan family's daughter has taken a liking to Shaojie, so you went to your grandmother and begged her to marry you off to your cousin Liang..."
Madam Jiang's voice was deep and resonant, easily drawing people into memories.
But in all of Madam Jiang's memories, there was only her devotion to Liang Shaojie!
Jiang Segu's dark eyes darkened. "Those are just children's innocent words, don't take them seriously! Grandmother, even if I never marry, I will never marry Cousin Liang!"
She spoke with absolute certainty.
There is absolutely no room for negotiation on this matter!
Madam Jiang was slightly startled, then sighed and said, "I heard about your cousin Liang pinching you from Zhou Mama, and I scolded him! He knows he was wrong, and he's mentioned moving out to me a few times..."
Jiang Segu's eyes flickered.
Liang Shaojie would never actually move out!
He said this because he was certain that his grandmother would not let him move out, so as to make his pitiful situation seem more apparent.
"Did Grandmother agree?"
As Jiang Segu had expected, Old Madam Jiang did not agree.
"If it were before, at least he could find a place to stay at the Imperial Academy after moving out. But now, where can he go all by himself?"
At this point, Old Madam Jiang suddenly grasped Jiang Segu's hand tightly, "Azi, do you know why Shaojie went blind?"
Madam Jiang's gentle gaze suddenly turned sharp and intimidating.
Jiang Segu suppressed the turmoil in his heart and feigned ignorance, "I don't know..."
Seeing that her expression was normal, Old Madam Jiang softened her gaze. "It's because of you! Because you offended the Song family. The Song family doesn't dare to touch the Marquis of Changping's mansion on the surface, but they can easily touch your cousin!"
Jiang Segu raised her eyes to look at Old Madam Jiang, "Azi knows that Grandmother feels sorry for Cousin Liang who lost his parents at a young age and was born into the heartless Liang family. That's why Azi is so good to Cousin Liang!"
If Cousin Liang's eyes are truly as Grandmother said, Azi can ask his mother to buy him a house in the capital and give him a shop to make a living, so that he won't have to worry about making a living for the rest of his life.
But that's all there is to it!
"Anything else, Azi cannot and will not do; I hope Grandmother will forgive Azi's willfulness!"
After saying this, he kowtowed to Madam Jiang and did not get up again.
Old Madam Jiang seemed tired, her back slumped weakly against the back of the chair.
After a long silence, she finally said, "Enough, enough, in the end you are not meant to be! Go, Grandmother is tired!"
Jiang Segu kowtowed to Madam Jiang again before leaving the house.
As soon as she stepped out of the house, she breathed a long sigh of relief.
But the feeling of suffocation in my heart didn't ease much.
Qiaohe came forward and, seeing that she looked unwell, asked, "Miss, are we still going out of the manor today?"
"out!"
If she doesn't leave the manor, Liang Shaojie will definitely bother her!
It was still early before noon, so she decided to go to Qing Si Fang first!
Jiang Segu wandered around Qing Si Fang several times, looking at many hairpins and earrings, before finally choosing a sandalwood maple hairpin and a pair of very simple pearl earrings.
Upon seeing this, Qiaohe blurted out, "Miss, who did you buy this for?"
If it were for the Third Madam, the sandalwood maple hairpin would be a bit too old-fashioned; but if it were for the Old Madam, the pearl earrings would seem rather unreliable.
You'll find out soon enough!
Qiaohe was puzzled. Besides Third Grandmother, the Old Madam, and the Old Madam of the Yin family in Baoding, who else could make the young lady go to such lengths?
When Qiaohe saw her own daughter subtly trying to please someone even more rigid than Madam Hou, she had the illusion that she was in a dream!
"...I know you don't lack these material possessions, but this is my token of my affection. Besides, with your discerning eye, you can tell that these hairpins and earrings are really worthless. Please don't think I'm trying to bribe you with these two items. To do that would be to belittle yourself!"
Qiaohe's eyes widened!
Is this too light?
The hairpin body is made of fine old sandalwood, and the hairpin head is composed of frost-covered maple leaves.
A thumb-sized pearl was ground into a thin slice to make frost flowers, and the scraps of fine jade were used to make maple leaves.
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