Chapter 4 Is your brain burnt out?
The old lady couldn't bear to hear anyone say anything bad about Lu Xiang, so she glared at Yao with slightly angry eyes. However, she was also puzzled by Lu Xiang's attitude. After all, ever since Liu and her daughter came into the mansion, she, who never liked to be close to others, had become very close to Lu Mingzhu, and she kept praising Liu in front of her.
Lu Xiang looked at the old lady with a guilty look on her face and said, "Grandma, I was ignorant before. I have calmed down and thought carefully during the past few days of my illness. I cannot tarnish my father's reputation."
"Well? What do you mean?" asked the old lady.
Liu and Lu Mingzhu stared at Lu Xiang without blinking, pretending to be calm on the surface, but in their hearts they wished they could cut Lu Xiang into pieces.
Lu Xiang pursed her lips and said, "If nothing goes wrong, my father will be transferred back to Beijing next year. There will be so many eyes watching us. If word gets out that there is chaos in our backyard, it will probably cause trouble... So grandmother, can my granddaughter call her Aunt Liu?" After all, Liu had been just a concubine for so many years.
The old lady looked at Lu Xiang in surprise, thinking that her child was quite smart.
Her own son had brought her back and had not given Liu the status of concubine until today. The old lady had more or less guessed that he wanted her to be the principal wife. The third girl could understand that if a concubine suddenly came into the mansion without a name and was called concubine, political enemies would seize on her and make a fuss. If Liu was promoted to the principal wife, wouldn't that bring bad luck to herself?
So if her son didn't mention it, she would pretend she knew nothing.
"It's your father who didn't do a good job in this matter. Liu has been in the mansion for so long, she should be given a status. Otherwise, it would be against the rules to call her nameless and without any status." The old lady touched Lu Xiang's head and said.
The third girl has grown up! Today, she is obviously much closer to her grandmother, and the old lady is very pleased.
Lu Xiang rubbed the old lady's hand, feeling a little sad in his heart.
She was just a little closer to her grandmother, and she was spoiled by her grandmother like this. Before, she actually thought that her grandmother was cold, serious and difficult to get along with. She was simply blind.
Aunt Yao looked at the warm scene of the grandparents and grandchildren in front of her, her expression changing constantly as if she had seen a ghost.
She has been in the mansion for so many years that she can say that she knows the temperament of everyone in the mansion. The old lady is very good to her grandchildren, but she loves Lu Xiang the most. However, Lu Xiang has never been willing to get close to the old lady. What happened today?
And the words she just said and the look she gave seemed to see through her.
Aunt Yao winked at Liu, stood up and bowed to the old lady, saying, "Old lady, I have something else to do. I will take my leave now."
Liu followed up by saying, "I will also take my leave."
The old lady looked at Lu Xiang leaning against her side, feeling very happy, and waved her hand: "Go ahead."
She wants to have a good talk with her granddaughter, so please don't disturb her.
After leaving Fuyuan Hall, Aunt Yao and Liu walked side by side and asked in a low voice, "What's going on?"
Liu was righteous in her heart, and upon hearing this, she cursed angrily, "Who knows what the little bitch is up to today."
Aunt Yao glared at her and said, "You'd better restrain yourself. You've finally got into the mansion, don't let all your efforts go to waste. Doesn't she have a good relationship with Mingzhu?" As she said that, she looked at Lu Mingzhu.
"I don't know either." Lu Mingzhu frowned and said, "Did your brain get burned?"
Aunt Yao was speechless, you are the one who has burned your brain.
Didn’t you see that what she said to the old lady was very logical and she even knew how to please the old lady? She was obviously smarter than before.
"No matter what, Mingzhu, you should be more careful and don't act on impulse. Only by winning over Lu Xiang can you gain a foothold in the mansion more quickly. There will be plenty of opportunities to deal with her in the future." Aunt Yao advised.
Liu smiled and replied, "Sister is right. We have made note of it."
However, when Aunt Yao separated from her, Liu's face suddenly turned gloomy and her eyes were full of sinister intent.
"You are pointing fingers in front of me, don't you see who you are..." He has been unable to lay eggs for more than ten years in the mansion. He finally gave birth to a little son but the master didn't like him. What qualifications does he have to be so arrogant in front of her?
Lu Mingzhu took Liu's hand and sneered, "Aunt Yao is relying on her kindness to mother to manipulate her and use her for her own purposes."
"Rely on her? When I take the position of mistress, the first thing I will do is to drive them mother and son out of the house." She hasn't even given birth to a son, and the illegitimate sons in this house are all stumbling blocks for them mother and daughter.
Lu Mingzhu was elated when she thought about becoming the legitimate daughter of the Lu family, but soon she said with worry: "But mother, if Lu Xiang talks nonsense to the old lady, it will be very disadvantageous to us."
Liu patted her hand soothingly, "Don't worry, Lu Xiang is just a little girl, how can she become anything? You try harder to please her, but she will still listen to you. Besides, as long as your father's heart is with us, there will be no problem."
These words were spoken to Lu Mingzhu, and were also how Liu comforted herself in her heart.
She and the master are in perfect harmony and truly love each other, which is incomparable to any other woman in the mansion.
So, as soon as Lu Guping returned home in the evening, Liu started crying and complaining about her grievance.
How can this be tolerated?
How could he not stand up for his beloved woman when she was wronged?
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Lu Xiang accompanied the old lady for a whole day, and took a nap on the old lady's bed. Looking at her well-behaved and sweet-mouthed granddaughter, the old lady smiled all day long. When the old lady was happy, the whole Fuyuan Hall was filled with a joyful atmosphere. In the evening, Mother Wen personally cooked a few of her specialties.
"Come, eat more." Seeing that Lu Xiang liked to eat braised pork elbow, the old lady picked up some for her with her chopsticks.
Lu Xiang ate with great pleasure: "Thank you, Grandma."
In fact, she didn't like to eat greasy food. After all, she was the daughter of the prefect, the most noble status in Yangning City. Of course, the more exquisite and beautiful the food, the more noble she was. But in her previous life, when she was imprisoned by Xiao Muheng, she ate leftovers or rotten food.
After suffering such tragic treatment, how could Lu Xiang possibly let his stomach suffer again? Naturally, he would eat whatever was delicious and satisfy his appetite first.
Seeing that more than half of the large plate of braised pork elbows had been eaten, Mother Wen hurriedly stopped the old lady: "Old lady, the third young lady has just recovered from a serious illness. Eating too much is not good for her health."
The old lady was stunned: "Yes, yes, you are right." Then she turned to another dish and ate very little from beginning to end.
"Grandma, don't just focus on me, eat some too." Lu Xiang tore off a chicken leg with his bare hands and put it in the old lady's bowl. His bold behavior stunned Mother Wen.
Is this... still the third young lady she knows who never shows her teeth and behaves in a proper manner?
The old lady was only immersed in the joy of her granddaughter picking food for her and could not see anything else.
The atmosphere was warm and harmonious when Lu Youping rushed in angrily. He casually bowed to the old lady and said, "Mother." Then he glared at Lu Xiang and scolded her, "Xiangxiang, why are you disrespectful to Liu today? As a junior, do you really not take your elders seriously? Your father has always taught you to be virtuous and respectful, and to have the bearing and dignity that a legitimate daughter should have. But you are so rude and aggressive. If it gets out, outsiders will only say that I, Lu, don't know how to teach my daughter. Do you want to embarrass your father..."
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