"etc."
Shen Qingluan said lazily: "Go and invite the uncle."
Jun Yuan was impatient: "Why!"
Shen Qingluan looked at him leisurely: "You learned poetry, calligraphy and painting at the Shen family. But you must know how well you learned it. Let me see, can you distinguish between good and bad?"
Her tone was not contemptuous, but very calm, as if she was discussing knowledge with Jun Yuan as naturally as possible, but it made Jun Yuan feel ashamed.
Du Mianmian reluctantly wanted to speak, but was shocked by Shen Qingluan's flirtatious look. She was embarrassed, ashamed and angry, and reluctantly shut up.
That's all, just put up with her for a while. When the uncle comes, she will know that a woman like her who doesn't understand the style will always be a loser in this back house!
Soon, Jun Hongbai came to Hanguangyuan.
Shen Qingluan looked at the half-empty tea bowl in his hand and chuckled with unknown meaning.
In the past, when people around her called Jun Hongbai, it was as if they were calling her "Tianhuang Guizhou", and they had to be urged and invited before they came late.
I didn't expect that today would come so quickly.
She glanced at Du Mianmian and Jun Yuan who were sitting down, secretly thinking that the stupid dog was indeed circling around shit.
"Qingluan."
Jun Hongbai came to her side, his eyes were gentle, and his tone was filled with unexplainable guilt, "Why don't you want me to pick you up when you return to the Marquis Mansion?"
Shen Qingluan smiled and said, "I don't think you want to see my father. I don't want my father to be angry."
She put down the teacup in her hand and said slowly: "After all, the Shen family is poor and not as rich as the Du family, so they really can't afford ginseng and Ganoderma."
Jun Hongbai felt his face being scratched hard by a rough iron block, which made his face twitch in pain.
Is the Shen family poor?
These words were simply pointing at Jun Hongbai's nose and scolding him for being incompetent. He couldn't even collect the best medicinal materials that the Yue family wanted.
The scene where he was teased by Xue Yin last time suddenly popped into his mind. He raised his eyes and took a fierce look at Du Mianmian.
Even he himself didn't realize that in the past, he always blamed Shen Qingluan for expressing his anger for others. Now, the person he was angered against had quietly changed his name at some point.
Shen Qingluan raised her eyes and glanced at him.
Before she could say anything, Du Mianmian couldn't sit still for the first time. She stood up and said with tears in her eyes: "Madam, what I said is very embarrassing. If I had known that Madam's natal family was in this situation, the Du family would have helped me with any good ginseng or good medicine." "
She winked at Yuan'er, who withdrew knowingly and quickly came back with a plate.
Shen Qingluan had a lot of time to watch her singing.
Du Mianmian took the wooden plate with his own hands and said sincerely: "If one family does not talk about two families, the Jun family and the Du family, that is an indelible bond that breaks the bones and connects the tendons."
She cast a pitiful and shy look at Jun Hongbai.
Speaking of which, the change from common wife to concubine caught her off guard at the beginning, so she kept losing her composure and lost control under Shen Qingluan's offensive.
now……
Du Mianmian was confident that as long as she captured Jun Hongbai's heart, even if Shen Qingluan had the status of a head wife and a noble family background, he could still only be her stepping stone.
Waves of medicinal fragrance spread in the room, and Jun Hongbai nodded with satisfaction, "I will bring these medicinal materials to my father-in-law next time I return to the Shen family. It is finally the common wish of the Jun family and the Du family."
Shen Qingluan raised his eyes to look at the things in the tray, paused, and then looked at Jun Hongbai.
That weird look made Jun Hongbai's face freeze inch by inch.
"What's wrong?"
Even he himself didn't realize that there was a hint of anxiety and ingratiation in his voice.
Shen Qingluan sneered.
"I'm just curious. Aunt Du gave the inferior fake medicine to my father. After all, the Du family is stingy and wants to gain a reputation for generosity with this gift.
Or was it the uncle's instruction to give the Shen family a blow in order to avenge my father's verbal offense to the uncle? "
After saying this, Jun Hongbai and Du Mianmian's expressions changed drastically!
"Shen Qingluan, you are talking nonsense!"
"Du Mianmian, you are so brave!"
Two people, two voices, speaking in unison, but the content is in conflict with each other.
When Du Mianmian heard this, tears immediately flowed out without saying hello.
"Uncle also believed what Shen Qingluan said?"
She also painted the plum blossoms that Du Wenniang loved most on weekdays, and it was a woman she had just fallen in love with. Jun Hongbai's heart immediately turned away.
He hesitated and did not speak.
Du Mianmian stepped forward with tears in her eyes, "These medicines were specially prepared for me by my father and mother as a dowry. The Du family only has two daughters, my sister and I, and my sister died young. My father and mother poured all their affection into me and hated me. You can’t give me the best.
They are my blood relatives, how could they use fake medicine to treat me harshly like Madam said! "
Her voice was soft and soft, but the words she spoke were not without viciousness.
Only blood relatives would not be treated harshly. She was obviously talking about herself, but in fact she was reminding Jun Hongbai that she, Du Mianmian, was Jun Qian and Jun Yuan's biological aunt.
Although Shen Qingluan has the title of wife, how can she really plan for two children if she is not related by blood.
She had known that the two children were Jun Hongbai's Achilles' heel, but after mentioning it in such an insidious way, Jun Hongbai calmed down and there was a storm brewing in his eyes.
"Madam, there must be some misunderstanding."
Jun Hongbai's voice was low: "You and I mentioned my father-in-law's body casually just now. How could Mianmian not predict it beforehand and prepare fake medicines here waiting to harm my father-in-law?"
Although he was speaking for Du Mianmian, his tone was gentle and humble as never before.
For a moment, all the servants and maids in the yard raised their heads in surprise, their eyes secretly moving back and forth between Jun Hongbai and Shen Qingluan.
This is something that has never happened before. In the past, how often did the uncle and his wife not shout at each other?
The last time he came back from the Shen family, the uncle was scolding his wife in the street in front of the house, but now...
Could it be that Madam really got it right?
Do you just like to be treated roughly?
Shen Qingluan raised his hand, brushed his wide sleeves over his knees, and turned his head and said, "Master, are you saying that I deliberately slandered Aunt Du?"
"Of course not, I told you, it's just a misunderstanding."
Even so, his eyes clearly showed his trust in Du Mianmian.
Du Mianmian sobbed louder.
Shen Qingluan tilted his head in disgust and pointed at a little girl wearing a bun in the room, "Come and see if these herbs are real or fake?"
The maid was stunned for a moment and pointed to her nose in surprise, "Is the lady calling the slave?"
Shen Qingluan nodded casually, then turned to Jun Hongbai and said, "This maid was originally responsible for cleaning the house in the old lady's courtyard. She sent her out these days because she liked the quiet life.
No work has been assigned yet. He was not from Hanguangyuan before and will never be in the future. I think my words are biased, so I would rather listen to what others have to say. "
Jun Hongbai twitched his face.
Shen Qingluan now doesn't even have any face left for him.
He had already said that he wanted to put things to rest, but Shen Qingluan still held on to him like this.
What's more, the Du family would never use fake medicine to get rid of Du Mianmian. She thought that because she was the legitimate daughter of the Shen family, she could force everyone to confuse right and wrong?
It was probably because of his tolerance for her that she became more and more upset.
Although he felt a little guilty towards Shen Qingluan, in his heart, he always believed that he was the one with the upper hand, and he could never bear Shen Qingluan's pampering.
Jun Hongbai said with a straight face, "If Madam asks you to watch it, just watch it. Just tell the truth. With me here, no one can confuse right and wrong."
With the last few words, his tone became more serious. The little maid Feng Ye shrank her neck and walked to Yuan'er who was holding the tray tremblingly.
She looked too shabby, and Yuan'er moved back in disgust.
What kind of stupid trick did Mrs. Andao do to let such a little girl who has never seen the world come forward? She has never even seen ginseng and radish. How can she tell whether the medicinal materials are real or fake, good or bad?
Maple Leaf sensed her disgust and stopped in his tracks knowingly, only leaning his neck to look at her hand.
After just one glance, she shivered and said, "If I tell you, this medicinal material is indeed fake."
"You're talking nonsense!" Du Mianmian was furious, "Have you ever seen ginseng, a little girl with no hair on her head? How dare you talk nonsense here, looking at someone as a backer, how dare you deceive even the uncle?"
Feng Ye was so frightened that he knelt down, his face turned pale and he couldn't say a word in defense, and he looked even more guilty.
Jun Hongbai also glared at Shen Qingluan with a livid face.
How dare she fool herself like this.
Shen Qingluan almost laughed angrily at these two stupid bastards. She couldn't bear it and stood up, "Maple Leaf, get up. Why did you say this medicine is fake? Tell me your reasons clearly."
Maple Leaf almost burst into tears, "I didn't deceive the master, I didn't dare. It's just that when I was serving at Fushou Hall, the old lady once said that there are often fake and imitated medicinal materials like ginseng on the market, and it's hard for ordinary people to tell the difference.
The old lady taught the maids that if they encountered ginseng, just look at the beards of ginseng. If they were brown and rolled up, they were imitated by people in the drugstore soaked in potion. The second young master also knows this. Second young master, please help me to speak. "
Jun Yuan was unexpectedly called out. He recalled for a moment and subconsciously said, "My great-grandmother did say that."
There was silence in the room, and many people stretched their necks to look at the tray.
Heh, the three ginseng sticks on top are just like Maple Leaf said, their whiskers are brown and curly and ugly.
It turned out to be fake!
Du Mianmian clutched the handkerchief tightly, her face full of excitement.
What she had just said with certainty that the Du family cared about her deeply and would never fool her with fake medicine turned into slaps as big as cattails, which made her nose and face swollen and she was speechless.
Shen Qingluan's eyes shot towards her coldly, "Aunt Du, do you think the old lady is slandering you, or the second young master is lying?"
Du Mianmian's cheek felt hot and stinging.
He wanted to open his mouth to argue, but was speechless.
She dared to challenge Shen Qingluan, but she didn't dare to criticize the old lady, let alone Jun Yuan.
"Aunt Du, I'm asking you something. Master Du and Mrs. Du love you so much, haven't they taught your mistress how to ask questions and how to answer concubines?"
These words did not retain any emotion, and bloodyly opened the fig leaf that Du Mianmian had covered for himself: "Oh, yes, if you really love your daughter, how can you be willing to let her be a concubine?"
The maids in the room were all stunned.
Yes, Aunt Du kept saying how good the Du family was to her, but if she really loved her, why would she send her daughter to be a concubine?
From this point of view, those words of love may be 70% or 80% false.
But seeing as the Du family sent Aunt Du as their concubine, how could they really put precious ginseng on their concubine's daughter?
Aunt Du really lied so much that she even believed it herself.
Everyone's eyes passed through Du Mianmian's body as if they were real.
Du Mianmian felt as if she had been stripped naked in the ice and snow in front of everyone, and was being pointed and humiliated by the servants, but she had no power to fight back.
Why!
She clearly felt that her fate should not be like this!
