Chapter 12

Yuan Jin followed the way the man pointed to and saw Yuanzhu sitting at the door in a depressed mood, and her anxious nanny.

When the nanny saw Yuan Jin appear, her eyes lit up: "Fourth Lady!"

Yuanzhu heard the sound and realized that Yuan Jin was back. She immediately ran over and hugged her, hugging her tightly. Yuan Jin was a little surprised and touched her head: "What's wrong with Yuan Zhu?"

Yuanzhu hugged her and burst into tears.

The nanny said, "My wife thought it was because of her, and she was sad. Where did you go? We found that you were missing. We looked back and looked for you, but we couldn't find it all the way!"

"I'm fine, I'm just taking the wrong path." Yuan Jin also felt strange. According to the fact that Chongshan Temple is in full bloom, even in a remote place, there should be many people walking, but there was not a single person there.

"The old lady is very anxious and is waiting for you inside. You should go in and talk to the old lady quickly." said the nanny.

Yuan Jin entered the house. Unexpectedly, as soon as he entered the house, he saw Xue Wenyu sitting down with the old lady. He was actually struggling with clothes, but was pressed tightly by two servants and could not move.

When Yuanzhu saw Wen Yu like this, she was so scared that she immediately hid behind Yuan Jin.

"What's wrong?" Yuan Jin was a little surprised, "What are you doing when you press Wen Yu, Wen Yu?"

The nanny said, "The Fourth Young Master heard that the Sixth Lady lost you, so he was going to beat the Sixth Lady and go to find you. We can only control him like this."

He was always silent and had little reaction to the outside world. He actually heard that she was lost.

Yuan Jin touched his head and said softly: "Wen Yu, sister is fine. You just wanted to hit Sister Six?"

Yuanzhu sobbed from behind and said in a low voice: "It's all my fault..."

Xue Wenyu glanced at her coldly, and reluctantly calmed down under Yuan Jin's comfort. He pursed his lips and said, "She said, I lost you..."

"Sister isn't here? It's okay. Sister Six didn't mean it. Can you apologize to her?" Yuan Jin advised Wen Yu.

But Xue Wenyu refused to apologize, and he didn't say anything other than that.

"Forget it, just come back." Old Mrs. Xue seemed too tired today, so Mrs. Dingguo left first. They had been here for a long time because they had not waited for Yuan Jin. They didn't want to care about Xue Wenyu anymore. They just asked Yuan Jin what happened. Since there was nothing big, they asked the servants to get in a carriage and prepare to go back.

Yuan Jin and Wen Yu got into a carriage, but he couldn't let go because he kept holding Yuan Jin's hand.

"Wen Yu, are you getting better?" Yuan Jin asked him.

Wen Yu closed her lips twice before speaking: "I just wanted to go find you, but they didn't allow me to go."

Wen Yu is not a normal person, so naturally he would not let him find him. Yuan Jin said, "Don't be anxious next time. After you go back, you should go and apologize to Sister Six?"

When he mentioned this, Xue Wenyu stopped answering.

He is also very stubborn when he becomes stubborn, and no one can do anything to him.

Yuan Jin could only touch his head.

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After Xue Yuanzhen and others returned to Xue's mansion, they immediately got off the carriage and went straight to their respective yards.

The reason is nothing else. The fact that the choice of a prince was only related to his own brothers, even if he could not marry as a lady of the Duke of Dingguo, it didn't have much to do with him. After all, it was just a name. Can he really be more noble than a lady of a noble family?

But now it’s different. The old lady Gu in the capital actually intends to marry Duke Ding. If anyone is selected, then the future will be Mrs. Wei Yonghou, and this honorable person is not worse than Duke Ding’s Mansion!

It is already very good for an official woman like them to marry a new Jinshi. How can you not cherish such an opportunity now?

The two sisters of the second wife of the Xue family were quarreled because Xue Yuantao was selected and who would lead to be the lady of the Dingguo Duke's Mansion.

Shen's head hurts when he hears it. Finally, when the two sisters are about to take action, he shouts and stops them: "Okay, why are you fighting in the nest now? If your brother can't be chosen, no one will have a chance!"

Xue Yuntao was peeling pine nuts and nodding, "I think you don't worry, second sister, brother, if I become the prince, your sister will marry the Marquis' Mansion again. Can't you protect you from your lifetime of glory and wealth? What's more, can you compare with Xue Yuanzhen, and the eldest sister may be a little more likely."

Shen nodded repeatedly. Although she was not smart after giving birth to two daughters, her son, although he was just like studying on weekdays, could he say a little bit when it came to his scheming.

Xue Yuanyu pouted, and her brother and mother had always liked her sister a little. But she knew that what was in her hands was true. Who knew that at that time, they would still care about their lives and death. So she said angrily: "You all said humble words to your sister. I think I am not as good as an outsider!"

"Nothing." Shen said to her, "What an outsider, you and your brothers and sisters should not be disconnected! If your brothers and sisters have a bright future, how can you not bring you with you!"

Xue Yuanyu was scolded by her mother, and she thought about the draw she drew today, and she was in a bad mood. Shen was about to continue to persuade her, but the old lady sent a girl over there. She wanted to invite you to the main hall to talk and bring the children of each family together.

Shen took a deep breath, stopped talking, and asked his two daughters to change their clean clothes and go to the main hall together.

Four candlesticks were lit in the main hall, making the hall shiny.

Yuan Jin was called over just after eating some chicken noodles. Now she was hungry. But Old Lady Xue sat in the first seat and didn't speak. The surroundings were bright. Yuan Jin felt that the old lady lighted so many candles to see the expressions of the people in the room clearly. Zhou, who was forced to calm down, Shen, Jiang, who had a expressionless face, and Cui, who was yawning around her, so that the old lady could understand everyone's thoughts.

After scanning everyone, Old Mrs. Xue put down her tea and said, "I'll go to the next day. Something happened to our mansion. It's really awkward to say!"

Several people in the rooms looked at each other, not knowing what the old lady meant.

Seeing them like this, Old Mrs. Xue slapped the handrail with her palm and was furious: "You guys from the second house, why did you trip up Yunxi for no reason!"

As expected, he wanted to talk about Xue Yuntao's incident. Yuan Jin was not surprised. When she saw the expression of Old Mrs. Xue, she knew that there would definitely be a storm waiting for Xue Yuntao when she came back.

When Xue Yuntao heard about him, he immediately knelt down: "Grandmother clearly observed that this fact was because my servant was accidentally. I was also heartbroken for my sixth brother. I had already punished the servant severely. I would be sent to my third aunt tomorrow and let the third aunt deal with it!"

Xue Yuntao reacted quickly. While instantly pushing away her responsibilities, she handed over the question of "How to deal with the servant" to Jiang. After all, Yunxi was not injured, and Jiang could not be too cruel to this servant. When Yuan Jin heard this, he felt that Xue Yuntao's eloquence was much better than his two sisters. She looked at Jiang again, and Jiang refused to say anything. She might be so angry that she was waiting to see what the old lady would do.

Old Mrs. Xue sneered and said, "You think I am so confused and use these words to fool me? You are so brotherly incompetent that outsiders will only laugh at our mansion for no rules! Originally, the old lady intended us, but if she hated our family today, you would know that you have implicated the whole family!"

Xue Yuntao admitted his mistake again and again: "It's really not that my grandson did it on purpose. How could my grandson be so stupid? I have always loved my sixth brother, but I can't bear to treat him like this... If my grandmother doesn't believe me, I can only apologize to my sixth brother and give him some supplements. But I can't do anything else!"

Old Mrs. Xue was still angry.

Their family was originally very sure, but now it made the old lady feel resentful. When she saw that scene, she probably wanted to tear Xue Yuntao his heart to death!

"You will get the penalty of ten sticks tomorrow morning, and then come to your door to apologize to your sixth brother!" said the old lady Xue, pointing at Xue Yuntao and said sternly, "But if you commit it again in the future, I will ask for family law and beat you half to death! Don't you go out and lose face of the Xue family!"

Xue Yuntao immediately responded.

"I must apologize to my sixth brother for a long time! Even if I didn't mean it, I was frightened by my sixth brother!" Although Xue Yuntao admitted his mistake, he refused to admit it because he was intentional.

When Yuan Jin heard this, he looked up at the old lady.

The old lady seemed to be angry with thunder, but the thunder was loud and the rain was small, so she didn't really punish Xue Yuntao at all.

There is only one possibility... Xue Yuntao was still selected in the end. No matter how well Mrs. Xue defended her grandson, or what Mrs. Dingguo thought, Xue Yuntao was still selected. Since the old lady seemed angry but didn't take any serious action, it proved that she had not implicated others yet, and Xue Yunhai should have also been selected.

Sure enough, the old lady then calmed down: "You should be glad you are lucky! Fortunately, the old lady and I explained the reason, but she did not mind. She did not implicate our family. She was satisfied with Yun Hai and Yuntao's response, and felt that Wen Yu was also a talent. But..." She said with a little apology, "Yunxi is afraid that it can't be."

Speaking of this, the eldest and second houses were ecstatic, but Jiang clenched his fists in his sleeves: "Mom, what should I do if my son suffers?"

"Don't be angry, I will be punished tomorrow and apologize to my sixth brother!" Xue Yuntao said immediately, "Fortunately, my sixth brother was not hurt, otherwise I would have felt guilty for the rest of my life!"

As soon as he said this, Zhou immediately advised: "Don't be too angry, brother and sister. The child is not hurt anyway. I think Yun Tao is sincere in admitting his mistake, so let it go."

Shen took a step closer and took Jiang's hand: "Your brother and sister are so strange, but I'm still blamed for being incompetent! If you are still angry, just scold me!"

Jiang's chest was so angry that his chest was fluctuating, but he couldn't say a word.

The child was indeed not hurt, and she could not use this. Moreover, the people in both rooms were persuading her, and the old lady scolded Xue Yuntao openly. If she cares about it again, she would only seem to be petty. What's more, if she had an excessive attack, if any of these two people were chosen as the prince tomorrow, she would probably be unable to take care of her!

But how could she swallow this?

When it comes to talking about it on weekdays, everyone is a legitimate child. She is also close to her two sisters-in-law and has never blushed. Now she knows what a cold relationship is!

The old lady drank tea and said, "Let's go to this matter for now, and I have more important things to say."

All the rooms stopped talking and immediately listened.

The old lady said, "Although our family has three candidates, there are two other families, namely Wei Heng and Wei Xiang of the Wei family."

When Zhou heard that it was the Wei family, he immediately became cautious: "Has the Wei family also been selected?"

It’s not that Zhou’s family is nervous. The Wei family is really not an ordinary family. The old man from the original Wei family is a brother of a legitimate and illegitimate wife with the late old man. After the two had a dispute over their family property, the old man from the illegitimate wife became famous and found a family. He even changed his surname and was called Wei.

Shen murmured: "Now that the Wei family has grown stronger, and the relationship between the two families has eased a lot. If they are selected, wouldn't they be closer than us!"

Old Mrs. Xue sighed: "No matter whether it is close or alien, Wei Heng has the reputation of a juren. The old lady also likes him very much. Besides, Wei Heng also has his uncle, Lord Pei, who is the commander of the Jinyiwei. With such a powerful backer, the Duke Ding Mansion will always take some care of it. If the old lady hadn't had a displeasure with Mrs. Wei back then, she would have had a grudge until now, and it would have been our turn!"

After the old lady said this, the big and second house immediately became cautious.

Yuan Jin stood aside and listened expressionlessly. Pei Ziqing was the one she trained. Based on her understanding of Pei Ziqing, he would never care about anything that had nothing to do with him, unless he had other purposes.

But she naturally doesn't know whether Pei Ziqing has a purpose or not.

Pei Ziqing is a general and minister, and she is very meticulous in her mind. Most people can't guess what he wants to do. If she knew, how could she not understand why Pei Ziqing betrayed her?

"So you must not make such a mistake today. Yun Hai and Yun Tao will show full momentum in the future. Wen Yu," the old lady looked at the fourth room, and the scolding just now scared Cui's sleepiness. Now she was listening to her with big eyes and listening to her, "Fourth wife, you should arrange more people to serve Wen Yu, and find him a gentleman to continue teaching him to study. He has a very talented person, and the old lady of Dingguo also praised him, but don't bury him!"

Cui had no expectations for Xue Wenyu's selection. She couldn't react now. She was stunned now. Xue Wenyu was extremely talented. What was the old lady saying? Isn't he a fool?

The other two rooms were naturally curious and turned their eyes to Yuan Jin and Xue Wenyu standing behind Cui. Although Xue Yuanjin was not old, he could not see the depth at all. Not to mention Xue Wenyu, he seemed to have not heard Mrs. Xue throughout the whole process, and he did not even react to the selection. It was not that he could not see the depth at all, but that he did not have the depth at all.

"Okay, let's go back and rest today." Old Mrs. Xue was so tired that she let her go after saying this. "I'll tell you tomorrow how to choose the prince of Duke Ding's Mansion."

After hearing about the Wei family, the eldest and second houses have calmed down a lot. This wealth that is so scattered is not so easy to get! There must be many people rushing to grab it.

As for the fool in the fourth room, he has to ask for a good job.

The old lady never talked about Yunxi again.

After Jiang came out of the main hall, his face kept looking ugly.

After sitting down at home, she angrily said, "It's really too much!"

The girl Suxi comforted her: "Madam, don't be angry. It's a good thing for our young master to not enter. The young master is still young, so I'm afraid he can't defend against these ulterior motives."

"A child is such a young man, and he can do it too!" Jiang sneered, "Our old lady is also a move to the point of view. This time it was clearly Xue Yuntao's intention. It was just because he was selected, so he asked him to bring me some things to apologize. I'm sorry! My Jiang family can't lack that little thing for him!"

Su Xi patted her back and said, "It's all my sister-in-law, and the young master didn't really hurt her. You can't turn against her second wife because of this..."

But Mrs. Jiang said: "But I won't just forget about Mrs. Shen."

Su Xi was a little confused when she heard this: "Aren't our young master already spiraled? What are you going to do?"

Jiang took the tea from another girl, took a sip and said coldly: "If they are not kind, I will be unrighteous. If they make Yunxi not elected, I will make their son not elected either!" He put down the teacup and said, "You go to the fourth room with me tomorrow."

Su Xi thought for a while before she understood what Jiang said, and said in surprise: "Do you want to help... But the fourth wife is a concubine, and the fourth master has a low position, and the selected concubine is still a concubine's son. How can you fight for the eldest young master and the others?"

Jiang snorted coldly: "Anyway, I always have to choose one, even if I get a cheaper room, I don't want to get a cheaper room!"

Her second wife is now very hated.
Chapter completed!