Master Su San still had many questions to ask Su Yao.
For example, what happened in the palace, who he met, and what Concubine Pang said when she awarded these things. However, it was too obvious that Old Madam Su wanted to drive him away, so he had to retreat angrily with Madam Su San.
As soon as he returned to his room and sent the children away, Master Su San was very dissatisfied and yelled at Mrs. Su San who was about to undress him: "What were you doing just now? The child just came out of the palace, and as a mother, how come you didn't say a word of greeting? Those who know you would say you are mother and daughter, and those who don't know would think you are strangers."
Mr. Su San has been very dissatisfied with Mrs. Su San recently because of Su An's affairs. He has been staying in the concubines' rooms for several days in a row. Mrs. Su San has to worry about her son and her husband, and she is already exhausted.
Now that Master Su San mentioned Su Yao's matter, she felt even more aggrieved.
Is it because she doesn't want to be close to Su Yao? She wants to be a good mother, but Su Yao must behave like a daughter. Which unmarried girl would be like this with Su Yao
She is cold and apathetic, and looks as if a dead pool of water no matter what happens. Who can stand her
"Am I the mother or is she the mother?" Mrs. Su San was so angry that she threw Master Su San's clothes aside and simply stopped serving him. She sat on the chair and sneered: "I advise you not to bother with this. You want to mend the relationship now, but she has already regarded you as a stranger."
What's the point of being nice to her? It's like throwing meat buns at a dog, and there's no return.
Master Su San looked at her impatiently, not wanting to explain to her anymore, and just left with a flick of his sleeves.
Mrs. Su San's hands were still frozen in mid-air. She turned pale with embarrassment in front of her confidants.
Green Algae and the others wished they were blind and deaf, and stood there in fear, not daring to even breathe.
The room fell into a long silence until Mrs. Su San suddenly swept the decorations and tea sets on the table to the ground with a rustling sound, and the whole room seemed to come alive again.
The green algae guys huddled aside, not daring to say a word. They looked at each other with terrified expressions.
Fortunately, before they could be scolded, someone outside came in with a message saying that the Gao family wanted to see them for something.
On New Year's Eve, the adult masters in the mansion had to stay up all night, so the lights in the mansion were kept on all night. The keys to the mansion were not locked today, so the Gao family was able to pass the message in smoothly.
Mrs. Su San stroked her hair, suppressed the inexplicable irritation in her heart, and ordered with gritted teeth: "Let her in!"
Lu Zao wanted to put his hands together and pray for the Gao family. He hurried out to invite the Gao family in, and said in a low voice: "Madam is not in a good mood, sister-in-law, please be careful with your words."
Gao Jia knew what was going on. She nodded and followed him in. After a while, she saw the mess on the floor. She hurriedly smiled and said "ouch", and asked Lu Zao to take a few girls to clean up the debris on the floor. After the girls left, she stepped forward with a smile on her face: "What's wrong with Madam? Why are you so angry? It's New Year's Day. Can't you talk to the master about anything?"
She lowered her voice and said, "Aren't you giving those people a bargain?"
It would be fine if we didn't talk about this, but talking about Mrs. Su San made me even more angry.
She didn't know if it was because of bad luck recently, but she was simply plagued by bad luck. Nothing good had happened since Su Yao came back.
"Stop talking about this!" Mrs. Su San ran out of patience: "You came in so late, is there any news over there?"
When it came to business, Gao Jia realized that Mrs. Su San was getting impatient, so she said hurriedly, "Madam, I sent the letter as Miss San said, and today someone really came to my house and gave me this thing..."
As she spoke, she pulled a dice out of her sleeve and turned it around in confusion: "When you say give it to the third lady, the third lady will understand."
Mrs. Su San took the dice and held it in her palm, but she couldn't see anything wrong with it. It was just an ordinary dice. Su Xingxuan had gone to so much trouble to negotiate with her to send a letter just to get this dice
She held the dice in her palm and squeezed it. Although she was confused, she put it away and stood up.
Gao Jia saw that she was going out, and immediately took her coat from the fumigation basket and said, "Madam, it's cold outside, put on your coat first..." Then he followed her closely, "Speaking of which, Madam, what exactly does the third young lady want to do? And the third young master..."
Mrs. Su San was also very upset. She knew that Su Xingxuan would definitely not do anything to benefit the Su family, and it was very likely that she wanted to harm Su Yao. But even if she had a disabled son, in her heart he was more important than Su Yao, the daughter she had never been close to.
She shook her head, and walked forward with a gloomy face.
The lights were still on in Su Xingxuan's yard, but compared with previous years, her yard was extremely deserted. There was not even a hint of the New Year atmosphere. Even the old woman guarding the gate was dozing off.
Mrs. Su San rushed into the yard, and without waiting for the Gao family to knock on the door, she reached out and pushed the door open with a bang, then looked around the room coldly.
Su Xingxuan was sitting at the round table, reading a book. When she heard the noise, she raised her head and looked at Mrs. Su San for a moment.
On this day last year, they were still sitting together, laughing and talking about the loving mother and filial daughter, but now, the look in their eyes when they look at each other is filled with indifference and alienation.
After staring at each other for a moment, Su Xingxuan was the first to look away, and rolled up the book in her hand with a smile: "Third Madam, you are very busy. I wonder what's the important matter that you come here so late?"
Mrs. Su San took a breath and walked in. After the Gao family understood and closed the door, she said sullenly, "I have done what you said, and the other party returned this thing."
As she spoke, she took out the dice and observed Su Xingxuan's expression.
Seeing that Su Xingxuan was also bewildered, she suddenly became angry again. When Su Xingxuan reached out her hand, she immediately retracted her hand, looked at Su Xingxuan coldly and asked her: "You said that there is a way to make the old lady agree to cancel this marriage, and An'er will not resent us. How do I know if you can really do it?"
Su Xingxuan looked at the dice in her hand with deep eyes. Seeing that Mrs. Su San clenched the dice again, she smiled subtly: "Don't worry, Mrs. Su San. Whether we can do it depends on tomorrow. Tomorrow is the first day of the new year."
Mrs. Su San was even more confused and uncertain: "What about the first day of the new year?"