Honglian was startled and said quickly, "How dare she? Where did grandma get the idea from?"
Su Nuannuan raised her eyebrows and said, "Huh! You're helping her now? Girls are really outgoing. Do you think I don't know? I went to Jiangnan before, but you didn't get married. You looked forward to my return, but you got pregnant. I have to keep you by my side and continue to serve you. The wedding date has to be postponed. Who can bear this? Do you think I won't know about those complaints unless you bring them to me?"
Honglian said in fear, "I really don't have any complaints, otherwise I would be the first to say something to them. Grandma, who told you this? Did some little hoof want to come in front of you to sow discord? Very good, I didn't know there were such smart people in Chunfeng Garden."
When he said the last sentence, his tone revealed a bit of murderous intent, but Su Nuannuan opened her watery eyes and laughed, "Okay, don't be angry, I guessed it. Since you said so, it must be true. Well, Mama Liu is not bad, she is patient and knows how to behave."
Honglian: …It seems that after becoming pregnant, grandma has become more and more naughty. Is this the legendary “true colors revealed”?
Although Su Mengnuan is an extravagant, cruel and vicious woman, Duke Pingguo, his wife, and his son and daughter-in-law have become much calmer and stronger now, perhaps because they have experienced a great disaster.
Duan Tingxuan originally bought a large house for them not far from the Anping Marquis's Mansion. It was a dilapidated Earl's Mansion. If it was renovated, it would be a magnificent mansion as long as it did not violate the rules. However, the family declined. In the end, they moved to a mansion more than ten miles away from the Anping Marquis's Mansion. Duan Tingxuan was unwilling to pay for it, which made the young Marquis very anxious. He wondered if his parents-in-law had any opinions about him, so they were so eager to draw a line. They were very enthusiastic when they were in Niutou Mountain.
Even Su Nuannuan couldn't understand this, because after returning to the Duke of Ping's mansion a few days later, when the family was chatting together, she asked Madam Liu: "Why don't you want to live in the house that our grandfather bought for our parents? Where did you get the money to buy a house?"
Madam Liu sighed and said, "You kid, don't you understand our painstaking efforts? Not only do we not want the house that Tingxuan bought, we also didn't go to the place that you sisters arranged for us. The reason is that our family is now ruined. It's already very good for me to return to the capital with your father, your brothers and sisters-in-law. If we just let our daughters help us with this and that, we can certainly live a comfortable life. But what about you? You are all married people. Even if you are loyal to your parents' family, you must never show it. And if we all rely on our in-laws for charity, we will lose even a little dignity and backbone. That's fine, but your status in your husband's family will plummet. So we discussed it. We just said that now our family has no power and can't be your support, but we must never hold you back again."
Even though Su Nuannuan didn't have much affection for her cheap parents, she couldn't help but be moved when she heard this: This is the pity of parents in the world. They would rather live a worse life than let their daughters lose their status in their husband's family to support them. Speaking of which, in this patriarchal era where filial piety is more important than anything else, I'm afraid not many parents would think this way.
Thinking of this, she was even more moved, so she said sincerely: "Dad and Mom, there is no need to do this. I don't know how other sisters are doing at home, but at least I have the final say in the Marquis' Mansion. Because you refused to accept our kindness, our master didn't sleep for two nights, and kept asking me if I had offended you in any way. Look, why bother? Since he gave it sincerely, Dad and Mom, just accept it."
Madam Liu and her two daughters-in-law all laughed, and Su Nuannuan's second sister-in-law said, "My little aunt was not happy in the Marquis' Mansion before, but now she finally sees the moon. We heard on the way back to Beijing that the prince of Anping Marquis' Mansion is a wife-protecting maniac. We just didn't believe it at the time, but now that I hear you say this, I know the rumors are true. Now that you have his child, I'm afraid he will praise you to the sky, right?"
Su Nuannuan smiled proudly and said, "That's right. Let alone now, even when I wasn't pregnant, he didn't dare to say a single wrong thing to me."
Before she finished speaking, she heard her elder brother laughing and saying, "Sister, take it easy. I heard that you were too wild and arrogant in the past, which made everyone in the mansion unhappy. Now you have finally restrained yourself and won your husband's heart back. You must not make the same mistake again."
The atmosphere in the room became quiet after hearing these words, and Duke Ping said, "Alright, you two can chat, we are going out to see if we can find something to do. Since Nuan Nuan insists on staying at home for a few more days, Madam, please add a few more dishes to the table."
Su Nuannuan smiled and said, "Don't worry, Daddy. When you come back, I will show you my cooking skills. Don't you know that I am famous for my cooking skills? Adding a few dishes is nothing. The Marquis' Mansion will send the ingredients over later. Hey! You don't have to rush to refuse. Those are for me to eat. It's none of your business."
Duke Ping knew that his daughter was trying to make his family's life better in this way. Since she was so sincere, it would be bad to go against her good intentions, so he nodded and said, "Okay, you discuss it with your mother. Your brothers and I will go out first." After that, they left the hall. Madam Liu took her daughter-in-law and Su Nuannuan back to the back room to talk freely.
After chatting for a while, Su Nuannuan's sister-in-law asked curiously, "When I was at home, I never heard that you could cook. How come you can cook all of a sudden? When we were at Niutou Mountain, I heard them say that the wife of the prince of Anping Marquis's mansion was the best cook in the world. My mother-in-law even cried. She thought that I was divorced and the young marquis married another woman."
Su Nuannuan had long expected to face such a question after returning home, and this question could not be avoided no matter what, so she discussed it with Duan Tingxuan several times and had a countermeasure. When she heard this question, she pretended to be mysterious and looked outside the door, so Honglian and Xiangyun understood and quietly left. She then pursed her lips, squeezed out two tears, and choked up, "My mother and sister-in-law know what I was like at home that day. Because of this, my grandfather and I turned against each other, and our grandfather got tired of me and imprisoned me in Meiyue Tower to fend for myself..."
At this point, Madam Liu sighed and shook her head, saying, "You are really spoiled by us, kid. You actually did such a thing. No wonder the prince... Alas!"
Su Nuannuan froze, and almost couldn't continue acting. She thought, is this what a mother would say? Mother, the one under house arrest is your daughter, okay? At this time, shouldn't you angrily scold the young marquis for favoring his concubine and killing his wife? Even if it was indeed your daughter who was wrong first, you shouldn't help the right instead of the relatives, right?
Thinking of this, she was choked up for a moment and couldn't speak. Suddenly, she heard her sister-in-law ask again, "What happened next? What happened next? Why did the young marquis suddenly change his attitude towards her?"
Good question.
Su Nuannuan cheered in her heart, then sniffed and wiped away her tears, and said seriously: "I am living in Meiyue Tower, it is really worse than death. I just think that it has come to this point, my parents are far away, I have no children by my side, and the only husband I can rely on is cruel and heartless, what is the point of me living? It is better to die early and put an end to it all. So I committed suicide, and my soul went to the netherworld..."
At this point, he pretended to look around in fear, and Mrs. Liu and her two daughters-in-law also became frightened. They lowered their voices and asked in surprise, "Are you really dead? Did you go to Fengdu City? Did you meet the King of Hell?"
Su Nuannuan nodded and whispered, "I went to Fengdu City, but somehow I didn't cross the Naihe Bridge or drink Mengpo Soup. My soul was out of control and I only went to the Eighteen Hells. I saw the tongue-pulling hell, the oil pot and the grinding wheel, and heard the screams of those ghosts who had done evil in their lifetime. At that time, I was scared to death. I thought that I had done evil in the world and I would not be able to escape these retributions. Unexpectedly, a ghost took me to the judge. The judge asked me if I knew my sins. I agreed in a panic and cried bitterly. At that time, I regretted it too late, but unexpectedly, the judge said that my life span was not over yet. It was originally a little ghost who took the wrong soul, and now he wants to let me go back to the world. But since I have this opportunity, he reminded me and asked me to do it right in the future. Help the poor and needy, and redeem my past sins. I didn’t know why I was so confused at that time, so I cried and said that I had no one to rely on in the world, let alone help the poor and needy, it was even difficult to support myself. The judge smiled and said it was okay, and ordered people to send me back. When I woke up, the first thing I saw was the braised pork on the table. I don’t know why, but a lot of cooking skills suddenly appeared in my mind. It’s funny that I originally thought that this was just a way for the judge to help me make a living, but I didn’t expect that it was with this that I actually won over our master, and then even the old ladies, masters and wives in the marquis’ mansion were won over by this skill. It’s really admirable. The judge is really a ghost and god. He knew that this skill could make me turn over a new leaf and start a new life.”
At this moment, the benefits of being an extra were reflected. Su Nuannuan told such nonsense in a leisurely manner. She acted out her fear on that day and her relief now vividly. Mrs. Liu and her two daughters-in-law were all stunned. It took them a long time to come back to their senses. The eldest sister-in-law Wang was surprised and said, "It is true that ghosts and gods are worth believing. Didn't my sister-in-law experience it herself? It shows that people should still do good deeds and accumulate virtues. It is not good to have a conscience."
The second daughter-in-law, Mrs. Hua, also nodded repeatedly, while Mrs. Liu put her hands together and chanted, "Buddha bless you, Buddha bless you, you can give my daughter a wake-up call and make her realize her mistakes and start a new life."
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