"How come?"
Xue Zhilan smiled bitterly and looked up. She saw Fengxian and Longyan walking far outside the pavilion. It was impossible for anyone to approach here, so she said solemnly: "I won't say any more nonsense. You know what the situation is between the two of us now. If we continue to fight, all that will be lost will be for the grandmother. My idea is that we should join forces first, and after we defeat the grandmother, we can decide who is better."
Xu Ranyun was stunned, then shook his head and said sadly: "At this point, what else can we do? Are you still not giving up? Don't you see that everyone in this mansion, from the old lady to the servants, is there anyone who doesn't truly respect and love her? What else do you want?"
"No matter how much you respect and love her, you still have to find a way. Don't forget, once her child is born, if it's a boy, your Ming'er and my Fan'er and Sen'er will have to stand aside. After working so hard for so many years, are you willing to let the grandmother take all the benefits? Are you confused by her attitude towards her brothers? Do you think she is really good to those brothers..."
"Of course I'm not that stupid." Xu Ranyun was immediately excited, but soon became impatient and said, "Forget it. At this point, what's the point of testing each other? If you have an idea, just say it quickly."
Xue Zhilan smiled and said, "I really don't have any ideas this time. But I heard that the Duke Ping and his wife from Niutou Mountain are coming back soon. The emperor pardoned the Duke Ping's hard labor, but did not restore his title of Duke. I talked to my grandmother the other day, and she said that she would go back to her parents' home to live for a while after her parents came back."
"So what?"
Xu Ranyun frowned, but heard Xue Zhilan say calmly: "What do you think? Do you really not know or are you pretending not to know? The Duke Ping and his wife are just commoners. Can they still live in the Duke's Mansion? Even if the master takes care of them, he can't break the rules. Letting them live in that deep mansion is just finding an ordinary three-story house to live in and hiring a few servants to serve them. How can the people around the eldest lady take care of her so well if she lives in such a place? Do you think it can be as strict as our mansion?"
"You...you're going to do something there? You're going to ruin...her life?"
Xu Ranyun took a deep breath, but saw Xue Zhilan lower her eyes and said lightly: "Is it impossible? We should always try our best. For so many years, everyone has been talking and laughing on the surface. But secretly, they have long been at loggerheads. Now she has all the love of the master. If the two of us don't get rid of her, will there be a place for us in this mansion?"
"How is this possible? How is this possible?"
Xu Ranyun was shocked by Xue Zhilan's bold and domineering words. After Su Nuannuan returned to the backyard, she was the one who charged into battle several times, and she was the one who suffered in the end. Now, even if she didn't say it, she was really afraid of Su Nuannuan. So when she heard Xue Zhilan's words, she didn't immediately think of the fisherman taking advantage. Instead, she didn't think Xue Zhilan would succeed at all. There was even a little advice in it that she didn't notice. It was probably because she was completely suppressed by Su Nuannuan these days, so she felt a little sad for Xue Zhilan who was going to the battlefield. In her heart, she didn't think Xue Zhilan had any chance of winning at all.
"What's impossible? I can't kill her, and I can't let her give birth to the baby. Even if the baby is born, I have to make her feel uneasy. Think about it, if she knew someone was trying to hurt her, would she still be able to remain calm and composed? Under such heavy pressure, I don't believe she can still pretend. As long as her true colors are revealed, how do you know that I won't hate her again? Do you think I'm really a fool who doesn't care about anything just for food?"
It must be said that Xue Zhilan knew Xu Ranyun very well and knew exactly how to impress him. As soon as she said this, she saw a glimmer in Xu Ranyun's eyes, and she knew that she had succeeded again.
Although he was feeling proud in his heart, his face became more serious. He said in a deep voice, "Just now I said that you were wrong to act crazy and stupid. I just felt that you were too reckless. How can you just throw away the pot when nothing has happened? We haven't lost yet. I don't believe that with our abilities, we can't force her to return to her original form of a savage woman. So I feel sorry for you. Now that I know that you have your own difficulties, this is really helpless. Fortunately, Aunt Jiang went to Chunfeng Garden. It's hard for anyone to avoid being angry. You are also impatient, so as long as you are careful in your words and deeds in the future, you can make up for it."
"I'm afraid it's difficult. You didn't see how angry Master was when he went to my room that day. From now on, I'm afraid I'm no different from the shrew that Grandma used to describe me as. My only wish now is to live a quiet life with Ming Ge'er."
Xu Ranyun wiped the non-existent sweat from her forehead with a handkerchief, and her face instantly regained its elegance and radiance, and even her words were accompanied by a smile. Who is Xue Zhilan? As soon as she saw her expression, she knew that although she was in high spirits, she was starting to think about sitting on the mountain and watching the tigers fight.
Yin sneered and said leisurely, "Don't say such things, and don't think about it for so many days. It's time for me to charge into the battle. I tell you, this matter cannot be done without either you or me. Otherwise, why do you think I came to you to persuade you? Do I want to fight with you after defeating the grandmother? The truth is that now I can only rely on you."
"I don't quite understand what you mean." Xu Ranyun frowned, thinking that Xue Zhilan was really annoying. She had to use others to do things, but she herself was clean. She couldn't be more insidious.
"What's there to not understand? Don't think I'm making it sound so easy, but murdering Grandma is not something that can be done overnight. Let's put it this way, if we can get rid of her right away when she returns to her parents' home, then we don't have to worry about it later. The only thing to worry about is that we will fail this time, or even fail twice or three times. At this time, you and I have to work together to trip up Grandma from time to time and stimulate her true nature. You don't have to think that I'm deceiving you, you can prepare secretly and see if I'm just telling you to do it this time. There's just one thing, if my idea doesn't work, you have to take over from behind, and we must make things happen one after another around Grandma, not giving her a chance to breathe, so that we can achieve the goal of exposing her true colors."
Xu Ranyun was silent for a long while after hearing this. Suddenly, Xue Zhilan sneered again, "In the past, you had Aunt Jiang and I had Aunt Jing. We could work together as a team. But what about now? The two of them have been won over by the eldest grandmother using various means. Only you and I are left alone. If we still can't unite, are we really going to watch that woman climb over our heads and live under her humiliation and sneers from now on?"
Xu Ranyun had already agreed with Xue Zhilan's words in his heart, but he didn't want to be led by her, so he said calmly: "That's not what I said. How do you know that she will definitely treat us badly in the future? Didn't Master also show his intention before? He said that if we feel that we have wasted our youth, he can find a way to send us out and live freely again."
"Haha! Then do you agree?" Xue Zhilan sneered. Seeing Xu Ranyun shaking his head, she smiled and said, "Yes, if you don't agree, I won't agree either. Why? Because our children are here. Although I am scheming and vicious, I can't bear to abandon my children to go out and have fun. Aren't you the same? But since I have said this, don't you understand what I mean? That is to say, we will have to be widows in the Anping Marquis's mansion in the future. Do you want to live like this? You are still dreaming, thinking that the woman will treat you well. Why don't you think about it? Who taught me to say this? She pretends to be compassionate, but in fact she doesn't give us a way out. Isn't this what she loved to do most in the past?"
At this point, Xu Ranyun was finally moved by Xue Zhilan and sighed, "What you said makes sense. In that case, let me see what you can do. You also know that since I'm no longer in charge of the family, I have fewer people to use."
Xue Zhilan smiled and said, "Okay, I know you won't believe me if I don't do something, so just wait and see. As for the manpower, it's better to trust the people who still listen to you at this moment. Don't you know that people's true nature can be seen in times of adversity? They used to flatter you when you were the housekeeper, how dare you give them such a deadly task? Aren't you afraid that they will sell you out?"
As the two talked, Xu Ranyun slowly felt that her mind seemed to become much clearer, as if a ray of sunshine suddenly shone into the gloomy sky: it turned out that she still had hope of overthrowing Su Nuannuan, and she still had the opportunity to fight for this family business for her son.
The two of them had a cordial conversation, and as the sun was getting higher, they left the garden together. Just as they reached the corner of the rockery, they heard a voice in front of them saying, "I thought the chrysanthemums in this garden must be in full bloom these two days. Sure enough, look, the whole garden is in full bloom. The manager who takes care of this garden is a good man, otherwise the garden would not be so clean and beautiful, with so many flowers."
Xue Zhilan and Xu Ranyun looked at each other, and Xue Zhilan laughed softly, "This is really a case of enemies meeting on a narrow road." After that, Xu Ranyun snorted coldly and said, "Bitch, she is now fawning on the eldest lady, and she is happy and happy, but it makes me lose face in the mansion."
After the words fell, Aunt Jing's voice rang out, "Grandma is still too lazy to move, otherwise she would love to appreciate chrysanthemums. Last year she was at Pushan Temple, but it was a pity that something happened that ruined her mood. Otherwise, she would have liked to stay there and enjoy the chrysanthemums for two or three days."
As they were talking, the two of them turned around the rockery and bumped head-on into Xu Ranyun and Xue Zhilan on this side.
Aunt Jing saw Xu Ranyun walking towards her with hatred in her eyes, and her heart trembled. She quickly dragged Aunt Jiang behind her. The next moment, she saw Xu Ranyun bump into Rong'er who was standing next to Aunt Jiang. Then the woman's face changed color and she said sternly: "Bitch, you dare to bump into me, don't you have eyes? Or do you do it on purpose?"
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