Chapter 11 Tell grandma who it is, and she will skin him alive!
After Cui Si sent Cui Yi away, she did not rush home. Instead, she asked the coachman to drive the carriage around the city.
Before the rise of the Cui family, Xianyang City was just a small county. Later, the Cui family became more and more prosperous, and a world-famous scholar emerged. They also founded the Xianyang Academy, and countless students from all over the world came to study there.
Gradually, Xianyang County became Xianyang City.
In the past ten years, the imperial court became increasingly corrupt, and uprisings sprang up everywhere, causing chaos throughout the country. Xianyang City, under the protection of the Cui family, was relatively stable, and became a place of refuge for many people.
The streets are bustling with cars and people coming and going, it seems like a scene of prosperity.
When a carriage engraved with the Cui family emblem passed by, the carriages gave way and pedestrians got out of the way.
The carriage circled the city for a long time before heading east.
The area east of Xianyang City is occupied by the Cui family. There is Wende Lane where the Cui family members live, and there is Shilifang where the staff and guest officials live.
When Cui Si returned to her own residence, Mingde Residence, she was stopped by a man as soon as she got off the carriage.
"A'si."
The man was about 18 years old, wearing a moon-white cross-collared, wide-sleeved robe, and a hairband of the same color. He had a handsome face with beautiful eyebrows and eyes, and a clear spirit. He was gentle and elegant, with a dignified appearance.
When Cui Si saw the person coming, her expression changed slightly: "What are you doing here?"
"A'si, I heard the Cui family is planning a marriage alliance with the Yan family and wants to marry their daughter to the King of Northern Yan. Is that true?" the man said anxiously. "As soon as I got the news, I rushed all the way back. I even killed a horse on the way... A'si, you don't want to marry the King of Northern Yan, do you?"
"What does it have to do with you?"
"Of course it's related. You and I are engaged!" The man looked at Cui Si's face with a bad expression, "Ah Si, you won't marry someone else, will you?"
"What engagement?" Cui Si looked up at him with a hint of annoyance. "It's just a joke between adults when we were young. You're not taking it seriously, are you, Song Zhi? Or, uncle?"
Song Zhi was so shocked by the name "uncle" that his face turned pale and his lips trembled, unable to speak.
Cui Si glanced at him, raised her foot, walked past him and went inside.
Speaking of Song Zhi, he was her fiancé when they were young.
Song Zhi's mother and Cui Si's mother had been close friends since childhood. Later, they got married. Cui Si's mother married into the Cui family in Xianyang City, and Song Zhi's mother married into the Song family in Pingzhou City.
Because the distance was not far and they had some exchanges during the holidays, the adults decided to arrange the marriage between Song Zhi and Cui Si. Later, the Song family suffered a disaster and moved to Xianyang City to avoid it. The two families became closer and closer.
If it weren't for later... Cui Si lost her mother, and the Song family asked the eldest sister of the Song family to come and accompany Cui Si, and as she accompanied her, she became Cui Si's stepmother, and this marriage might have had a future.
Song Rou, the eldest sister of the Song family, is Song Zhi's biological elder sister. In the third year after Cui Si lost her mother, she married Cui's father, Mr. Cui Er, as his second wife. She also gave birth to a son for Mr. Cui Er a few years ago. In terms of seniority, Cui Si had to follow the youngest brother in the family and call Song Zhi "uncle".
However, this marriage had already been cancelled when Song Rou married into the Cui family.
Cui Si disliked the Song siblings in her previous life, and she has not changed in this life.
Song Rou took advantage of the opportunity to take care of her and hooked up with her father and became her stepmother. Whenever she thought of this, she felt so disgusted that she couldn't eat.
Song Zhi might have feelings for her, so what?
She didn't want to eat disgusting food.
Cui Si started walking towards the mansion. After just a few steps, she saw Aunt Deng, who was beside the old lady, coming to greet her: "Someone from the clan has come. They are all in the main house. The old lady wants Sixth Lady to come over."
Cui Si was not surprised: "I'll go right away."
Aunt Deng was worried: "Why is Sixth Lady so impulsive? If the clan blames us, it will be very difficult to end. What about Fifth Master?"
"have no idea."
"That's fine. It's best if Wu Langjun isn't here. Let him hide outside for a while and come back after the storm has passed."
Cui Si followed Deng Gu to the main courtyard.
At that time, in the main hall of the main courtyard, Old Lady Xu was sitting in the main seat.
She was nearly sixty years old, with many wrinkles on her fair face and half of her hair gray. She was wearing a black dress embroidered with golden chrysanthemums, which made her look serious and cold.
When a pair of eyes stares at you, the oppression is extremely strong.
Below the main seat, sitting on the right is Song Rou, who is wearing a red dress with her hair in a high bun. On the left are two uncles from the clan, and a maid is standing beside them.
Cui Si recognized the person. She was the aunt who served Mrs. Cui, and she called her Aunt Qiufang.
"Greetings to my grandmother, to my mother, and to my uncles." Cui Si stepped forward and paid her respects, neither humble nor arrogant, with measured steps and appropriate manner.
"I'm back." Old Madam Xu paused as she fanned her golden chrysanthemum silk fan and raised her eyelids. "Did you have fun playing outside?"
Upon hearing this, Cui Si immediately wiped her tears, took a few steps forward, knelt in front of Old Madam Xu, grabbed her clothes and cried, "Grandma, I'm unhappy. I've been wronged. Grandma, please help me!"
It's so funny. Cui Yun has a biological mother, so does that mean she doesn't have a biological grandmother?
It’s unbelievable that Cui Yun dared to say that she should be a concubine.
Do you really think she is a poor little thing with no parents and no elders who can be bullied by others?
"Oh, oh, why are you crying?" Old Mrs. Xu quickly took a handkerchief to wipe her tears, and said with a distressed look on her face, "My dear grandson, please stop crying. Your crying hurts me. Who bullied you? I will help you."
"Who is it? Tell grandma who it is. Grandma will skin him alive!"
Old Mrs. Xu is the daughter-in-law of Lord Wende.
When Duke Wende's son got married, Duke Wende had already become famous throughout the world. Cui was as prosperous as the morning sun, so it was natural that the marriage would be a good one.
Among these three daughters-in-law, the eldest is the legitimate daughter of a minister, the third is a wealthy girl from a royal merchant family, and the second daughter-in-law, Mrs. Xu, is the legitimate daughter of a military general.
When she was little, she was a girl who loved to wield guns and sticks, and she had a very fierce temper.
This also led to the feud between the second and third wives, two sisters-in-law.
The old lady from the third room always disliked old lady Xu for being arrogant and naughty, and old lady Xu disliked the old lady from the third room for her smell of money, and she only remembered how much her hairpin and Baochai cost every day.
The two old ladies had been quarreling since they were young and had not yet reconciled, which led to Cui Si and Cui Yao continuing to quarrel according to their ancestors' will.
At this moment, Old Lady Xu was furious, and the two uncles from the clan were trembling with fear, and they regretted entering this door.
Aunt Qiufang, who was beside Madam Cui, wasn't afraid of her. She snorted coldly, "Second Old Madam, why are you so angry? Who bullied whom is another matter. Many people heard it at the martial arts arena today. It was the Sixth Lady who asked the Fifth Young Master to break the Second Young Master's legs. Right now, the Second Young Master is lying at home."
"The doctor also said that this broken bone won't heal for two or three months. If the Second Old Lady doesn't give the eldest house an explanation, our Madam will never give up!"
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