Confrontation
"Just in time, I also have something to see the old Furen! Bai Lu, come with me!" When Lin shi trying to suppress her anger and was about to get up she heard her daughter's delicate voice from behind: "Mother, Yue'er will also go with you!"
“Yue jie’er." Lin shi
turned around and saw that the young girl did not know when she lifted the
thick curtain and walked in. At the moment, she was wearing a pomegranate red
embroidered gold jacket and a brown skirt. Because of the serious illness her face is still very pale. The white and tender cheek is only as thin as the palm,
which makes the dark and secluded pupils especially clear and dark.
Lin shi couldn't help say softly: "Yue jie’er, you're
still ill, the most important thing is to take a good rest!"
"Mother, let Yue'er also come. Yue'er was also there
at that time. If Grandma asked, Yue'er could help explain it." Nangong
Yue said again.
Lin shi
thought about it and agreed.
Led by Donger, Nangong Yue, Lin
Shi and Bai Lu come to Rongantang and turn from the main hall to the
East Room.
Although the light in the East room is a little worse than
that in the main hall, it is spacious and bright. It's not magnificent inside.
There are two rows of flower tables on both sides. The furniture feels old, but
it's well-maintained. There are various vases on the flower table, among which
the flowers are very fresh.
On the not so new red sandalwood mullions Luohan couch sitting an old woman in gray hair. She was dressed in a dark red jacket designed with hidden flowers for good fortune and longevity. Her hair was meticulously combed in a bun at the back of her head and wears a white jade hairpin on her bun. A pair of sharp eyes, deposited through the years of heavy and vicissitudes, more stern and shrewd. She was already in her early fifties, but the years obviously favored her without . Instead of being old-fashioned, she was elegant and dignified, with a trace of pride at edges of her mouth.
Although the Nangong family has lost the glory of the
past dynasty, this pride has always hung in the corner of Su shi's mouth.
The Nangong family is one of the four major families in the
country. Since the former dynasty, every generation has a descendants in ministry officials. In the past 300 years of former dynasty history, the Nangong family has repeatedly
been married to the Royal family. It has produced three chief assistants, four
frontier officials, five officials of rank three or above, and countless
others.
Thirty years ago, the former emperor Murong Jie was brought down by the Great General Han Jiu, who had joined forces with foreign barbarians to overthrow the former dynasty. Later Han Jiu ascended to the throne as Emperor.
After the collapse of the previous dynasty, the former patriarch of the Nangong family, Nangong Hao, was unwilling to submit to the new Emperor and went into hiding.
However, Nangong family was once a powerful officials ministers and an
example for Southern scholars. Therefore after the death of former Emperor Han
Jiu, the new Emperor Han Longyun in order to consolidate his throne and show
his goodwill to the worldly scholars decreed that the new patriarch of
Nangong family, Nangong Qin should serve as Third rank Imperial sensor official. However, the New Emperor had always been very scrupulous about the Nangong family. He wanted to use
them, but also worried that they were concerned about the previous dynasty,
which was not good for him, so he gave Nangong Qin such an official position
which is not high and not low.
Nangong Qin originally wanted to
inherit his deceased father's legacy of seclusion, but he could not
resist his mother Su shi. Finally, under the leadership of Su shi,
their family returns back to the capital Wangdu.
And this is the beginning of all tragedies!
Grandmother ... Nangong Yue looked at Su shi deeply,
her eyes very complicated. Her grandmother had never loved her and her feelings
of admiration for her also had worn away in one disappointment after another. In this
life, I will never expect anything more.
"Greetings to my Grandmother (Mother)!" Nangong
Yue and Lin Shi greeted Su shi together.
Nangong Yue stood up straight at the same time her eyes
flashes and quickly glance the East room in a circle. On the right-hand side
of Grandmother Su Shi, there stand a married woman. She was in her early thirties,
wearing a dark crimson star pattern dress and appears to be graceful and generous.
She is the wife of Eldest Uncle Nangong Qin, the eldest aunt of Nangong
Yue--Zhao Shi.
On the left side of the Grandmother Su shi stand a
seven or eight year old girl. She looks very lovely. Her face is white and
tender. She is as perfect as carved jade. She is very charming, especially her
big black eyes, which are bright and soulful like a gemstone refined and perfect.
“Second aunt, cousin Yue!" The little girl looked at
them pitifully, unable to conceal her timidity in her sweet voice.
"Cousin Xiao!" Nangong Yue raised her eyes to appraise her and smiled meaningfully.
Now she is no longer the original simple and stupid girl. In
her previous life, when she was in the highest glory, she had become the most honored woman in the world; when she fell to the bottom, she suffered in the cold
palace for eight years… Flattery, despising , contempt, trample, what she has not seen. In the face of her enemies in the past and this life, although she
wanted to shred others to pieces in her heart, she did not show any abnormality
on the surface.
Su shi coughed and asked, "Lin shi,
I just heard that Xin Ge'er has fell into the water. Is he okay? Did you call a doctor to see him?"
Lin shi replied respectfully: "Mother, I have already asked Doctor Wang to come and see him. Although it is no longer a serious problem, he still needs to take medicine and recuperate for a few days." After a pause, she said, "Mother, Xin Ge'er fell into the water..."
However, Su Shi suddenly interrupted her:
"Xin Ge’er fell into the water matter, I have already heard from
Xiao Jie’er . When two children were playing, Xin Ge’er unfortunately
fell into the water."
Listening to Su Shi's tone obviously wanted to help
her granddaughter Bai muxiao. And want to make Nangong Xin fall into the water
as a simple accident.
This is really unbearable! Nangong Yue was about to say something, but she heard Lin shi's already indignantly words: "Mother, how can you listen to Xiao Jie’er one-sided words? It is clear that she pushed Xin Ge'er into the water!" Then she turned sideways and pointed to Bai Lu behind her and said, "This Bai Lu is a maid who prunes plants in the garden. She saw it with her own eyes at that time."
Where has Bai Lu seen such a big scene? She shivers all over
her body, hardly speaking into a sentence: "sla...slave really.. really
saw... "
"Grandmother, Second aunt, Xiao'er didn't mean
it." Bai muxiao's eyes suddenly were filled with tears, and she cried
bitterly."Xiao'er just wants to look at the cat doll made up by cousin Xin,
but cousin Xin insists on taking it back. Xiao'er just wants cousin Xin to show
Xiao'er another look...woo.. Xiao'er just pushed it gently. Cousin Xin was
wobbled by a stone and fell down... "
Nangong Yue listened coldly and really want to rush up and slap her.
"Xiao Jie’er, don't cry." Su shi held Bai muxiao in her arms with a cherished face, but to Lin shi she had dark face: "Lin shi, Xiao Jie’er already said that it was just an accident, what else you want? Now Xin Ge’er is alright. Why do you still hold on it! Although Xiao Jie’er is at fault, can't you be kind to her as her Di Aunt!" She stared at Lin Shi and Nangong Yue with a solemn face. Her deep eyes were majestic and sharp, as if the air had condensed wherever her gaze fell, almost making people not dare to look directly at her.
