C15 (1/2)
”To Mother's.” When the Prince Li and the others left, they might even go back to the courtship. If he wasn't there, then wouldn't that mean that the old lady's call for him was Nie Run lying?
courtship was already holding onto the lamp. When the old lady heard that Nie Mo had come, she laughed, ”Isn't there a guest?”
Nie Mo frowned, ”It's hard to bear to drink too much, I came over to ask for a bowl of Mother's soup.”
When Nie Mo entered the courtyard, everyone could smell the smell of the alcohol. With enough scheming, they went to the Kitchen and ordered the old granny to make the sobering wine soup.
Not long after Nie Mo finished speaking, someone brought over a bowl of hot soup.
Nie Mo drank the soup and sat on the chair to talk with the old lady.
The Countess was also happy to chat with her son. ”I heard from Qin Si that you have been out less in the past six months. If he didn't tell me, I would have realized that you were at home more often!” ”But what's going on outside?” the madame asked warmly.
”No, it's time for the fall, it's always better to read more books. The examiners will not participate in the literary meet. ” It means that the Arts Council will not be of much help to you in the autumn.
The madame actually believed him. ”It's like this. In the past years, there have been many famous parties. It's not like there haven't been those who have been taken down …”
After a while, he continued, ”Did Qin Si say anything unpleasant? I think he was very brash when he first came, but when he came back, he kept on making amends. ” After the old lady finished, she raised her head and sized up Nie Mo's expression.
Nie Mo lowered her eyes, the light in her eyes flickered, ”Yes, he doesn't listen, mother doesn't need to bother with him, he himself is so beautiful, and yet he thinks that others are as filthy as him.” His tone was neither high nor low, but it was extremely vicious.
”He only said that he said the wrong thing and it made you angry, so you kept apologizing. I had thought that since you two were young, your occasional words of disagreement were not worth it to be so brazen, not to mention that this is our family, so I spoke up for him …”
Nie Mo tilted his head, looking at the green, shiny peony beside him, and said without hurry, ”I also know why he said that, but it's just to test it out for his sister, to think of a way to pinch me.”
”It's just a little girl. Since mother is worried about the Qin family, she might as well kick them both out. I don't need the girl anymore, find me two more clever servants. Without any servants, find a few safe wives.” His tone was tiresome and was filled with dejection. It was impossible to tell how nervous he was for the two girls.
The Old Mistress glanced at the pomegranate worriedly. Today, the Senior Servant Cheng had passed away, and the Old Mistress did not have any capable helpers, so she was worried by her son's words.
”Look at Qin Yu Ling's face, mother is also anxious. If Qin Yu Ling were to enter the door in the future, doesn't that mean that our entire family will follow her? ”I'm already 20 years old, unlike my big brother who has an early marriage …”
The old mistress jumped in fright and hurriedly said, ”You're drunk, keep your mouth shut. If your father heard, it would be easy to beat you up.”
The girls in the room were also shocked, and pomegranate hurriedly gave everyone a look to get them to leave.
Yue Ji hesitated for a moment before biting her lip and suddenly said, ”Why is Second Elder calling this servant 'servant' not worth it? Today, this servant is going to see her. Why is Second Elder so busy with internal affairs?”
After Yue Ji finished speaking, she looked at Nie Mo anxiously, and seeing that Nie Mo was not angry, she heaved a sigh of relief. Only then did the old lady remember to continue, ”That's right, Ru Yun is being mischievous, why is he being so honest?”
Nie Mo pretended to be impatient, ”A little stupid, but there are also benefits from that. If you don't want to cause trouble, tell her to stay in the house and not come out. She was so scared that she crawled under the table and covered himself with a spiderweb.”
Nie Mo was not sure if he knew that the Prince Li had entered the litchi garden, but he decided to make a definition of the Prince Li, so that no one could link it with the Prince Li.
As expected, the madame knew something. She nodded and smiled, ”He is a real child, you are too careful.” I'll reward her again tomorrow. ”
When Ru Yun saw that the Prince Li had gone to the back, he turned around and told the little girls in the garden.
Although the Old Mistress did not control the Inner Palace, there were many eyes and ears, and there were many who came to flatter her. After knowing that the Prince Li was over, she naturally had to find out what was going on.
Otherwise, would the moon be so busy changing people's clothes?!
The rules of aristocratic families were always passed on to the eldest son, and the eldest son had an innate advantage.
Nie Run was an Elementary Scholar who was sixteen years old. Three years later, he would not even be able to raise him up to nineteen, and then three years later, he would have reached the age of twenty-two.
However, Nie Mo had become an Elementary Scholar at the age of fourteen. His essay, as well as his teacher, had read it and told Elder Nie that he was an Elementary Scholar.
When Elder Nie heard it, he wasn't happy. On the contrary, he didn't allow Nie Mo to participate in the Autumn Festival for a few years, and thus, with a single delay, he turned twenty years old.
Second son's limelight had overshadowed eldest son's, so Elder Nie wasn't happy about it. Although he liked Nie Mo, he looked at him like a family elder and decided that he had to be the eldest son first.
Nie Mo was suppressed, not only was the coronation ceremony delayed until he was twenty, he was not allowed to even take part in the Spring Festival, much less learn.
courtship quietened down.