Jiao Meng was clear, and her figure quickly disappeared into the dark night.
Inside the house, Han Yan peeled an orange leisurely, pulled off a piece and put it into her mouth. The slightly astringent taste made her squint her eyes.
Mother Chen endured it for a long time, and then said: "Young lady told Aunt Mei, do you want Aunt Mei to enter the palace?" Then she couldn't help but frowned: "That Aunt Mei is not easy, the girl is trying to drive away the wolf. Come and attract the tiger? How to do it?"
Han Yan yawned: "Then Aunt Mei wants to win over me. She won't do anything to me now. But Mrs. Zhou is too thoughtful and cannot let her enter the palace this time. Mom, wait and see, Aunt Mei will not let Zhou Anyone who enters the palace will definitely create obstacles for her. If Aunt Zhou can't go, my father will not let Aunt Mei, a low-status Hu Ji, enter the palace and degrade herself. At most, Aunt Wan will accompany her. "
Mother Chen wanted to say something else, but Han Yan was already eating oranges and said vaguely: "We just watch the show."
But the next day, something happened that Han Yan didn't expect, which disrupted the whole situation.
When she got up early in the morning, Han Yan went to greet Zhuang Shiyang. Now that she was recovering from her illness, if she didn't go to greet her, it would be untrue. Besides, she still needs to maintain a seemingly loving and filial relationship with Zhuang Shiyang.
Han Yan came to the dining hall of the main house and saw Zhuang Hanming sitting on one side. Zhuang Shiyang was leaning against Zhuang Yushan. Next to Zhuang Yushan was the beautifully dressed Zhou. Zhuang Qin, Aunt Wan and Aunt Mei were all sitting on the other side of the table. . Han Yan sneered in his heart, this man's seat is really clear, does it indirectly indicate his status in the mansion
But she didn't say anything, and just politely gave Zhuang Shiyang a gift: "Greetings to father."
Mrs. Zhou immediately chuckled and said: "Fourth Miss, please come to the table. I love Fourth Miss very much and have been waiting for a long time."
What these words meant was that she was accusing Han Yan of being too lazy to get up so late and letting the elders wait, or that she didn't know how to apologize even though she was pretending to be the fourth lady.
Han Yan looked at Zhou in confusion and said, "Daddy has arrived so early? It's strange, Yan'er woke up at the right time. Ji Lan, you girl, you didn't know to call me Miss at the wrong time, you should be punished!"
Ji Lan understood and immediately said, "Miss, the time is correct."
Han Yan breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "But I scared Yan'er. It turns out that my father got up early, and Yan'er feels ashamed."
Her words were innocent and lively, with a completely childish attitude, but she didn't want to hear them in other people's ears, but they had a different taste. Just because Aunt Zhou had asked the master to come to pay her respects early this morning, half an hour earlier than before. However, Han Yan was left out of this list, thinking that after everyone arrived, Han Yan would be known as lazy and unfilial. Unexpectedly, Han Yan took away the responsibility with just a few words.
She was indeed right, she came to pay her respects according to the hour. Aunt Mei and the others glared at Ms. Zhou fiercely, feeling that it was really disgusting for her to act like the principal wife.
Zhuang Hanming was worried at first when he didn't see Han Yan, but later he became even more angry when he saw Zhou talking. It wasn't until Han Yan resolved the conflict that he put his heart back into his stomach.
Zhou's face changed, and Zhuang Shiyang looked vaguely impatient. He quickly forced a smile and said: "Yes, now that you have said goodbye, let's eat."
When they sat down at the dining table, everyone had their own thoughts.
A plate of pastries was served on the table today, but it caught everyone's attention. The pastry was made into the shape of a little bunny, with a hint of bluish color on the snow-white dough. The two jewel-like red eyes were made of plum blossoms and were inlaid with beautiful colors. Seeing that everyone was interested, Aunt Mei said: "This is a new dish made by the chef. It is filled with sweet-scented osmanthus. I went to the kitchen to see it yesterday and tasted it. It tastes really good."
The people at the table are naturally from the north and don't like those sweet things, except for Zhou's mother and daughter, who are from the south. So the plate of little rabbit cakes was placed in front of Zhuang Yushan.
Han Yan glanced at Aunt Mei and saw a slight look on her face, and couldn't help being surprised. However, she thought that in the public eye, nothing would happen, so she just said that she was overthinking it.
Zhuang Yushan loved it very much: "This rabbit is so cute!" She tilted her head, picked one and put it in Zhuang Shiyang's bowl: "Father, eat it."
Zhuang Shiyang naturally felt the effect and said with a wide smile, "Daddy doesn't like sweets, so Yu'er has a bite."
Han Yan lowered her head in disgust. Of the four children in the room, Zhuang Yushan was probably the only one who recognized his daughter as Zhuang Shiyang. While she was thinking about it, a snow-white rabbit had been put into the Hanyan bowl. When she looked up, Mrs. Zhou smiled at her very gently: "Girls all like beautiful pastries. Fourth Miss, please try it too."
Han Yan had a bad appetite. After a few mouthfuls of chicken porridge, he couldn't eat anymore. Seeing that there was a huge thing in the bowl, and thinking that it was still stained with Zhou's saliva, he felt even more disgusting. He just wished he could eat it. The contents of the bowl fell onto Zhou's face.
Han Yan looked at Zhuang Qin and found that she was eating the food in the bowl silently, and no one was picking up the food for her. She couldn't help but sigh in her heart. Zhuang Hanming winked at her, and Han Yan smiled.
Before he could pull away the curve of his mouth, he heard a scream, and with a "bang", Zhuang Yushan fell from the stool: "It hurts! My stomach hurts!"
Han Yan was stunned, but Zhuang Shiyang had already picked her up: "What's wrong with Yu'er? Why does she have a sudden stomachache?"
Zhou ran to Zhuang Yushan and burst into tears: "Master, go and get the doctor." She turned around and looked at Zhuang Yushan and cried: "My poor Yu'er was fine just now, how could this happen?" I have a sudden abdominal pain. Could it be that I have eaten something bad?"
Zhuang Shiyang was startled when he heard this, and glanced at the dining table with a gloomy look, finally fixating on the pot of white rabbit cakes on the table.
Han Yan also didn't expect such a thing. He subconsciously looked at Aunt Mei, but saw that Aunt Mei opened her mouth wide and looked shocked. But she calmed down immediately, and only the tight knot of the veil betrayed her nervousness.
With this look, he was clearly at a loss. If it was really Aunt Mei who did it, why would she look like this? Han Yan was suspicious in her heart and turned around to look at Zhou's mother and daughter. She saw Zhuang Yushan's pale face, eyes tightly closed, and his left hand quietly tugged at the corner of Zhou's clothes. Zhou's face was still full of tears, Han Yan could see clearly, and the corner of her mouth raised.
Han Yan was shocked, but she also knew that Aunt Mei had fallen into Zhou's trap. She thought that this aunt was smart, but she didn't expect that she was still inferior to Zhou in chess. Obviously, Mrs. Zhou already knows about Aunt Mei's plan and will take advantage of it. Now I'm afraid Aunt Mei is in trouble.
"Go and call the pastry cook!" Zhuang Shiyang was already furious. He comforted Zhuang Yushan in his arms with one hand while staring at everyone in the room suspiciously.
Han Yan couldn't help but feel a pain in her heart when she saw the disappointment on Zhuang Hanming's face. After suffering so much in her previous life, she had given up hope on this father, but Brother Ming was an eleven-year-old child after all. To him, his father was God, and he respected him, but he ended up being disliked. status. Doubts, sadness, and disappointment all came naturally. I don't know if I can bear it.
(End of chapter)