Chapter 224
Chapter 224
Xiao Du stepped forward and slapped Xiao Cang on the head, causing his hairpin to fall to the ground.
"That's your fourth cousin's wife! She has no manners at all, and she keeps ordering people around. Go back and kneel for two hours!" He turned around and apologized to Song Guanzhou and Pei An, but Pei An quickly stopped him and said, "Okay, cousin, forgive her."
He turned around and looked at Guan Zhou who was standing behind him, with only half of his face showing.
What can I do?
This is not a worry at home!
Wang Qionglan smiled and said, "Okay, now that the knot between you two has been untied, Guanzhou, come with us to the West Garden to see the lotus. It is said that a flower bloomed there yesterday."
Song Guanzhou: One...what are you looking at?
Pei An refused on her behalf, "Two sisters-in-law, sisters, we won't go to watch the boats today. She is still preparing to go to the palace to celebrate her birthday. When the whole pond is open another day, I will pay for it and invite you sisters-in-law to come and watch the lotus again. How do you think?"
"Okay, I'll make you pay for it then."
Pei An sent everyone away, and Mei Qingyu and Pei Shuyu left with the crowd. She no longer dared to look up at this gentle man like jade, especially in front of the fairy standing behind her. She hated her own mediocrity.
After leaving Shaohua Garden, Pei Shuyu breathed a sigh of relief.
Xiao Yinhui seemed to see that the two of them were a little unhappy, so she came up and took Pei Shuyu's arm, "Sister, why are you sighing? Are you unhappy with being with Fourth Cousin's wife?"
Pei Shuyu pulled away from her unhappily, "Fourth sister-in-law is beautiful and kind-hearted, how can I not like her? But you always mention my fourth sister-in-law every day, and your words are full of contempt, why is that?"
Xiao Yinhui had an innocent look on her face, with smiling eyes, "I see. I thought you felt bored at Shaohua Garden, and that you finally got some fresh air by coming out."
Pei Shuyu stared at Xiao Yinhui coldly. Xiao Yinhui patted her chest with her small hand and asked, "Is my sister angry with me?"
"Don't dare."
After saying that, he pulled Mei Qingyu, left Xiao Yinhui, and walked forward.
After finally arriving at the River Viewing Corridor in the West Garden, Mei Qingyu was about to whisper a few words of comfort when Pei Qiuyu, who had been walking in front with the sisters-in-law Wang Qionglan, fell behind and unknowingly found himself walking shoulder to shoulder with them.
Mei Qingyu swallowed the words of comfort she was about to say.
"Sister Shuyu, can we talk for a moment?"
Although Pei Qiuyu was born out of wedlock and Aunt Li was a dispensable person in the mansion, she was the only girl waiting to get married in the mansion.
In terms of momentum, she would deliberately overwhelm Pei Shuyu.
As for Pei Shuyu's illegitimate sisters, she didn't take them seriously at all.
Pei Shuyu didn't want to pay attention to it, but the midday sun made people dizzy. If it weren't for the clouds that were getting lower and lower in the distance, people would have mistaken it as a sunny day.
"If you want to say something, please just say it here. There's no one around anyway."
Mei Qingyu smiled faintly, "Yesterday I asked the fifth sister of the Xiao family about the matter of the hairpin flower. Now that she is here, I might as well go and take another look. The two sisters, please speak slowly."
After saying that, he turned around and left calmly.
Pei Qiuyu was left feeling a little impatient, "Is Sister Mei going to get married in front of Second Aunt?" The implication was that the stay as a guest was too long, as if she was staying in the Pei family and would not leave.
"Don't worry about these, Sister Qiuyu. I don't know what you want to talk to me about today. You are so mysterious that even Sister Mei has to avoid you."
Pei Qiuyu smiled faintly.
Pei Shuyu was led to the Lotus Viewing Pavilion, which was much higher than the viewing corridor and was exposed to the wind. Wang Qionglan and others disliked the cold wind and sent the maids and servants to fold up the small Camellia Pavilion at the end of the corridor early.
The wind can bring in coolness without hurting anyone, and it also avoids the scorching sun.
"Tell me, what do you want to see me for?"
Pei Qiuyu pursed her lips and smiled faintly, feeling indescribably strange. She turned around and looked at Pei Shuyu. The two of them didn't seem like cousins who grew up together, but rather like strangers.
"Sister Shuyu, you really want to marry that blind man!"
Pei Shuyu's face was slightly hot, but she immediately refuted, "Where did sister Qiuyu hear the rumor? I am at home, playing with my sisters. Marriage is not something we, as children, should worry about. Everything is decided by our parents."
"Ah!"
Pei Qiuyu took out a handkerchief and gently wiped the sweat from her ears. "If you can really convince Second Uncle and Second Aunt to agree to this marriage, I will congratulate Sister on living with that blind man until old age."
"Sister Qiuyu is well-educated. The Fifth Young Master is your cousin from your uncle's family after all. It is not reasonable for you to look down on him like that."
"Hey! My cousin hasn't even entered the Xiao family yet, and you're already feeling sorry for your husband?"
These words made Pei Shuyu's expression instantly turn cold. Although she was young and did not have much experience, she still tried hard to restrain her emotions that were about to burst out.
"The Duke's family has never raised their daughters in such a rude and disrespectful way. If Sister Qiuyu thinks that what she said is reasonable, why don't we go and talk to Second Sister-in-law."
Pei Shuyu looked at her cousin with a half-smile, as if she had caught someone else's handle and succeeded.
Pei Qiuyu treated Xiao Yinxiu like a mouse seeing a cat, and was so arrogant towards the fifth young master of the Xiao family. I'm afraid that if Xiao Yinxiu yawned, Pei Qiuyu would be in trouble.
"You and I are sisters, why do we have to harm each other?"
Pei Shuyu looked at her coldly, "Even if we take a step back, you rejected this marriage yourself."
"But I never thought that you would shamelessly pick it up right after I rejected it."
"——Pei Qiuyu, you are talking nonsense!"
Pei Qiuyu was not afraid at all, and greeted him with a sneer, "You are not afraid to tell you the truth, I advise you to give up this idea, Xiao Cang can't marry me, but he doesn't like you either! You went to Nuanfeng Garden to pay respects in the wind and rain, and were intimate with the three cousins of the Xiao family, and let Xiao Yinhui tease you every day. You are well-mannered and can tolerate it, but I can't stand it!"
She was very sad and Aunt Li cried three times a day.
Ever since Xiao Yinxiu heard with her own ears that she hated Xiao Cang and looked down on Xiao Cang, no one in the Xiao family mentioned this marriage again. She boldly asked her fourth brother privately, but he just smiled faintly and said, "Since you don't like it, there is no reason for Cang to force it. Father and uncle have given up on this idea, so don't worry."
It was originally a done deal, but Pei Qiuyu made a big fuss.
Xiao Yinxiu didn't keep her mouth shut and wrote a letter to the Xiao family. When the Xiao family came to visit, no one mentioned the marriage again.
Pei Shuyu had a stern face and was about to leave when she said, "Sister Qiuyu, my marriage is entirely decided by my parents. If sister Qiuyu can't stand me, my cousin Mei and I will never visit you again in the future."
After saying that, he left resolutely.
When he arrived at the viewing corridor, he found Mei Qingyu, whispered a few words to her, and then dragged Mei Qingyu, who was full of confusion, and hurriedly said goodbye to Wang Qionglan and her group.
"Mother sent someone to tell my sister and I to go back early. My two sisters-in-law, my sisters, Shuyu will take her leave first."
He spoke urgently, as if he had something important to say.
As soon as he turned his back, Pei Shuyu burst into tears, which made Mei Qingyu anxious, "But Pei Qiuyu bullied you?"
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