She participated in the imperial concubine selection and was assigned to serve Consort Hui.
Adapting to the new environment amidst confusion, and encountering the first palace intrigue.
Geng Youran descended the mountain while thinking about what Abbot Yuanyi had just said.
Seeing her daughter's absent-mindedness, Madam Geng felt that Abbot Yuan Yi had said something particularly important. However, not wanting to upset her daughter, she didn't ask.
After getting off the carriage in silence, Geng Youran asked her mother, Madam Geng, for a day's leave. After receiving permission, she went back to her room to rest.
She needs to think carefully about what the host left her, and she also needs to consider her future path.
Meanwhile, Geng Dejin went to his wife's house to rest that evening. He was a little angry when he heard that his daughter had been staying in the house since returning from the temple and had not gone out.
"Who told you to bring her there? She's so young, it's the time for her to have wild thoughts. If she affects the talent show or offends the Emperor, our whole family will be doomed."
Mrs. Geng was furious when she heard her husband talking about the talent show all the time, completely disregarding the quality of their daughter.
"Do you care about no one but Bai Shi and her son now? Since your daughter woke up, have you even uttered a single word of concern for her?"
"What do you know, you woman?"
"Yes, I don't understand. But let me tell you, as long as I'm here, Bai Shi can forget about being the mistress of the Geng family. Don't forget how you got your position as the steward!"
"you!"
Geng Dejin lost face and, unable to argue with Madam Geng, simply turned and left.
Seeing the master slam the door and leave, the maidservant beside Madam Geng came over to comfort him:
"Madam, why are you doing this? Master has come to your room once in a while, why are you getting angry over that Bai woman?"
“If she hadn’t forced the master to hire some kind of miracle doctor for her three years ago, my son wouldn’t have fallen off a cliff while trying to bring that doctor back. This time, You Ran’s illness was also caused by her willful insistence on going to the lake to admire the flowers, which resulted in You Ran falling into the water while trying to save her.”
"Madam, please don't blame me for being nosy. Master has entrusted Bai's son to you to raise and has also hired a nanny from the palace for Miss. You should look to the future."
"Hmph. He wants to use my daughter to pave his way, and he even wants me to raise that bastard's son for him. Don't even think about it!"
Before she got married, Madam Geng was also a young lady from a wealthy family, and she knew Bai Shi's little schemes all along.
He offered his son to her, ostensibly as atonement, but in reality, he just wanted to pave the way for her son's future. She wasn't stupid, and of course, she wouldn't waste this opportunity.
"Tomorrow, tell the young master's teacher that the young lady in the manor is not feeling well and ask him to give the young master an afternoon off so that he can go see his sister."
Madam Geng was clever. Ever since Madam Bai gave her her son, she had been using this opportunity to get You Ran close to the son and to raise him herself, all so that one day Madam Bai would taste the bitterness of losing her own son.
And this son certainly did not disappoint Madam Geng.
Not only was he filial from a young age, but he also despised Geng Dejin's behavior of spoiling his wife at the expense of her.
The next day, Geng Youran, accompanied by her head maid Caiwei, came to pay her respects to Madam Geng.
"Daughter greets her mother."
Looking at her beautiful daughter, Mrs. Geng was very satisfied.
She took her daughter's hand, led her to the couch in the side room, and sat down, asking with concern:
"Are you feeling any better? The maid said you didn't eat anything all day yesterday, and I was so worried about you."
"Your daughter is unfilial and has caused your mother worry. Yesterday, your daughter was just thinking about what Master Yuanyi said and was a little lost in thought."
When Madam Geng saw that her daughter had brought up the topic of Abbot Yuanyi, she hurriedly asked:
"What exactly did the host say to you yesterday that made you so troubled?"
The host gave me two pieces of advice.
Then Geng Youran gave her mother a look, and Madam Geng immediately understood.
She raised her voice and said, "Miss and I have something to discuss. You may all leave now."
Only after hearing the door close did Geng Youran tell her mother the two sentences Yuan Yi had said.
After hearing her daughter relay the two sentences from the host, Mrs. Geng felt she understood the situation.
It was obvious that her daughter was blessed. Unlike Geng Dejin, who was always thinking about the wealth and glory her daughter would enjoy after being favored, she only wanted her daughter to be safe and sound.
Right now, there's no escaping the talent show. Maybe the host's idea is that once his daughter is eliminated, he can find her a good husband.
But Geng Youran didn't think that way.
Although she never imagined she was destined to be the female lead, she was never one to drift with the tide. She believed that she could leave as soon as she arrived, and perhaps by going to the palace, she could find a way to escape.
Perhaps her body in the modern world is just unconscious, not dead, but she just doesn't know it.
The mother and daughter each had their own thoughts, but their earnest preparation for the talent show was the same.
From then on, Geng Youran took her nanny's teachings even more seriously. Her etiquette training was increased from two hours to three hours, and she spent another hour and a half learning the basic rules of the palace.
In addition, Madam Geng also let her daughter read some books, which contained not only the three obediences and four virtues for women, but also some simple poems and songs.
Although some people say "a woman's virtue lies in her lack of talent," Madam Geng does not think so.
Mrs. Geng believes that couples need to have things they can talk about to make their relationship last. Although she doesn't know who her daughter will marry in the future, it's never a bad thing to learn more.
Three months passed in the blink of an eye, and soon it was time for the talent show.
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