Chapter 260 Lan Jiaoyun comes to visit
Xiao Wang lowered his head and asked cautiously, "Miss San, shall I go and knock on the door?"
Lan Jiaoyun waved her hand and said, "No need." Then she adjusted her mood, stepped onto the steps, walked forward, reached out and grasped the iron ring, and knocked on the door.
The door slowly opened after a while, and the little lantern poked its head out. Seeing Lan Jiaoyun, he was stunned for a moment, then reacted and called out, "Third Miss."
"Where are my elder sister and elder brother? I want to see them." After saying that, she wanted to rush in.
Little Lantern reached out to stop her, with a look of embarrassment on her face: "Third Miss, if you want to see the eldest young master and the eldest young lady, I need to go in and tell them."
Upon hearing this, Lan Jiaoyun frowned and a surge of anger rushed into her heart.
Then she thought about what her aunt had told her last night about the difficult situation in the Marquis's Mansion, and her father's instructions for her to speak in a more gentle tone. So, she forcibly suppressed her anger and put on a forced smile: "Okay."
Little Lantern's eyes widened, secretly surprised: Why is this Third Young Lady so easy to talk to today? It's like the sun is rising from the west. He glanced at Lan Jiaoyun in confusion, then closed the door and hurried off to pass on the message.
Lan Jiaoyun stood in front of the closed door, her face suddenly dark as water.
At this time, in the study, Lan Shenye was enduring the pain in his legs, however, his face was filled with joy. Yueyue told him that his legs were recovering, and in order to divert his attention, he could only stay in the study and read.
At this time, Little Lantern ran in hurriedly: "Master, the Third Miss is here and wants to see you and the First Miss."
Lan Shenye frowned slightly when he heard this and put down the book in his hand: "Where is Yueyue?"
Xiao Muzi beside him quickly replied: "Master, the eldest lady left the house half an hour ago and has not returned yet."
Lan Shenye pondered for a moment, "Let her in, Xiao Muzi, push me to the front yard."
The little lantern responded and turned to run outside.
Xiao Muzi pushed Lan Shenye to the front yard hall.
Lan Jiaoyun stepped into the mansion, and the scene before her brightened her eyes.
The mansion was filled with pavilions and towers arranged in an orderly manner, and with luxuriant flowers and trees, it was a truly breathtaking sight. She secretly marveled in her heart: How much silver would it take to buy this mansion?
Their mansion was in such a difficult situation that even the maids and servants around her had left. The only one left was her son, who was arranged to live with her aunt and take care of her.
Lan Jiaoyun was jealous to the point of madness. She arrived at the hall and soon a maid came up with tea and snacks.
Lan Jiaoyun took the pastry and started eating. She hadn't eaten such delicious pastries for a long time. Lan Jiaoyun couldn't help but have tears in her eyes.
At this time, Xiao Muzi slowly pushed Lan Shenye in a wheelchair. Although his face looked a little pale in the wheelchair, his eyes were bright.
Lan Jiaoyun looked at Lan Shenye and called out in a choked voice, "Brother..."
Lan Shenye saw her eyes were red, and his brows furrowed slightly. He asked softly, "What happened?"
Tears welled up in Lan Jiaoyun's eyes as she stammered, "I...I...wu...Brother, Yun'er hasn't...eaten such delicious pastries for a long time." As she spoke, tears rolled down her face like beads from a broken string, and her voice was full of grievance.
When Lan Shenye heard this, he couldn't help but feel relieved. He thought something earth-shattering had happened in the Marquis' Mansion.
He smiled gently and comforted her, "Don't cry. If you like this cake, I'll ask the kitchen to pack some more for you to take back."
Lan Jiaoyun stopped crying when she heard this. She looked at Lan Shenye with tears in her eyes and said pitifully, "Brother, you and sister should go back. You don't know that the mansion was bombed last night. The entire gate was blown to pieces and the wall collapsed. Now our mansion has no gate and people passing by are pointing and talking about it."
Lan Shenye frowned even more tightly when he heard this, and a sense of foreboding surged in his heart: "What's going on?"
Lan Jiaoyun shook her head, looking confused: "I don't know, but there was a loud bang at midnight last night, and it was already like that when we came out."
When Lan Shenye heard this, he couldn't help but think to himself, Yueyue said last night that she had something to do with the Regent, could this matter be related to Yueyue?
At this moment, Lan Jiaoyun said pitifully again: "Brother, how come we are all family? It was all my fault before. I was jealous that my elder sister was the legitimate daughter and I was the only illegitimate daughter in the mansion, so I said those nonsense to my elder sister.
"Brother, where's sister? I'll apologize to her. You can go back now. Grandma is old and in poor health. Father looks so haggard today. He's aged so quickly..." As she spoke, tears began to flow again.
Lan Shenye listened to Lan Jiaoyun's chattering and felt a little moved.
Xiao Muzi suddenly said, "Miss San, the eldest young master's legs need to be healed. It won't be too late to return after his legs have recovered."
"You can rest in peace in the mansion. The mansion doesn't have money to pay monthly wages. Most of the maids and servants have left now. There are not many people in the mansion, so it won't disturb you."
Lan Shenye sighed, "Xiao Muzi, go to the study and get the small box from the desk drawer."
"Young Master?" Didn't the Young Master say this morning that those were the silver notes that the Young Miss had exchanged for the gold ingots she had given him last time? Didn't the Young Master also say that he wanted to save up a dowry for the Young Miss?
Seeing that Xiao Muzi didn't move, Lan Shenye said again: "Go."
Xiao Muzi had no choice but to go. After a while, Xiao Muzi came in with a box.
Lan Shenye took the box from Xiao Muzi, took out five hundred taels of silver notes, and then closed the box. "Take these five hundred taels of silver notes first. When Yueyue comes back, I'll discuss the matter of returning with her."
"Brother?"
"Yueyue has gone out and hasn't come back yet. I'll discuss it with her when she comes back."
Lan Jiaoyun stood up and walked over, took the five hundred taels of silver from Lan Shenye's hand, and cursed in her heart: I only gave her five hundred taels, and you're just sending away a beggar, huh!
Lan Shenshen looked at Xiao Muzi at night and said, "Go ask the kitchen to make some more cakes and bring them back to Yun'er."
Xiao Muzi responded.
"Brother, where is my sister?"
Lan Shenye guessed that Yueyue had probably gone to the Regent's Palace, but he didn't show it on his face. He shook his head and said, "I don't know. Maybe she went shopping."
Lan Jiaoyun muttered in her heart: Are you kidding me? Shopping in such a sunny day? She didn't believe it.
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