C23 (1/2)

The mother and son duo pondered for a quarter of an hour before the old lady called for the Senior Servant Cheng.

Nie Mo thought about it for a long time, but still didn't know who Mu Xiang was.

It was only when the old mistress asked that he realized that his mother had planted people in his eldest brother's courtyard!

The older the better, the more careful he had to be.

Aunt Zhou had long looked at the big uncle's jade pendant, but the big uncle never gave it to her. When the jade pendant disappeared, Aunt Zhou found out from First Lady that the big uncle gave the second master's girl the jade pendant, so she ordered Xiao Rou to ask Ru Yun.

Who would know that with such courage, how would they come up with a scheme that was born out of nothing?

After hearing what Yun Che had said, Aunt Zhou was Nie Run's woman. She didn't think that Nie Run would give up the jade pendant because of him, but that he might have taken a fancy to her …

After sending away the wood incense, Nie Mo suddenly laughed, ”Mother, how about saving me? Otherwise, this girl will come back to take my life if she becomes a wronged ghost.”

”Old madam, this uncle has come to pay his respects …” It was the voice of the Senior Servant Cheng. After she finished speaking, she paused and waited for the Old Granny's instructions.

Nie Mo then said, ”I told Nie Jiang to stand guard at the door and bring Big Brother over.”

Although he did not say the rest, the madame did understand. His second son was afraid that his elder brother would return to his own yard first and come help his wife after listening to his wife's words.

”Send him in.”

The madame's voice sounded as if it had aged by several years. It was true that her youngest son had been fooling around with her, but it was also true that her youngest son was of no help in this inner chamber.

For example, although the Two Old Wives and the Three Old Wives both had more than one son, they were not as distinct from each other as they were in the main house.

To put it bluntly, because Nie Mo was intelligent since young, he could be said to have been suppressed and brought up. It was already rare for him to have thoughts of rebelling at such an age.

Nie Mo's heart was also in pain. He stood up and said softly, ”Mother, don't be angry. It's because your son is unfilial …”

The madame waved her hand. ”I have a lot of things to do and am not muddle-headed. I won't blame you.” Wait until your big brother comes in, then go call your eldest sister-in-law and hear what she has to say. ”

Nie Run laughed when he saw Nie Mo, ”You're not studying properly, you ran over to Mom's place to act like a spoiled child.” He saw Nie Mo as a child.

Nie Mo ignored him.

He was now like a hedgehog. Whoever talked to him about it, he would stab. He was only willing to show his tender belly in front of anyone else. It wasn't that rare for him to be alive.

Nie Run looked at Nie Mo and saw the sarcastic smile on his face. He only lowered his head and looked at the tea cup.

Nie Run had worked hard at the yamen for the whole day, and when he returned home, he did not feel any warmth nor affection towards them. His heart was even more tired, and he had to concentrate on reading: ”Could it be that I've already made an appointment to come to Mother's place to get food?”

When First Lady saw that Nie Mo was also there, he was startled for a moment. ”Isn't Second Brother studying at the front? ”I didn't think that Second Brother would also …”

The old mistress' voice cut off her words. ”Speak, what do you have to say?”

First Lady looked at her husband quickly, as if she had just discovered him. Naturally, she did not see anything, and tried to sound him out, ”Mother's face is not good, but how could my daughter-in-law be bad? Did she make you angry?”

In the past, when she said such things, the madame would always make things more reasonable. But today, the madame only said, ”Come over at this hour and naturally have something to say. Just say it.”

First Lady's heart skipped a beat, he bowed and said, ”Your daughter-in-law came here today to see you off as well … I also have to apologize to second brother. ”

The matriarch remained silent. Her eldest daughter-in-law usually did things in a straightforward manner, and although there were some things that made her look down on them, she was different. Sometimes, she would just close her eyes and let them pass.

If he had not shamed her in the beginning, she might have been able to cover up the matter of the two beauties with a few words, and her second son did not have a concubine either. He could only be considered as two jealous girls.

However, he wasn't without selfish motives. If he remained calm and allowed his eldest son's wife to cover it up like this, then his second son would have a heart full of resentment. That was why he gave his eldest daughter-in-law a signal with a dark face.

”What did you do to make Mother angry?” After Nie Run arrived, Nie Mo then stood up and comforted the First Lady with a gentle voice.

First Lady straightened her body and changed into a smile, ”It's like this, today I saw a wife from the garden come over to report that the two girls from litchi garden are extremely jealous, one of them scalded the other, so I called for someone to come and ask her about it.

”I didn't want that girl to call me 'I don't know the rules' or 'I don't know the rules'. It's all my fault. The rules were pretty good on the surface, but I didn't expect the real situation to be so outrageous …”

The Old Madam truly did not expect that the First Lady would still remain so frivolous, but she could not wait any longer. If Nie Mo was not angered, his brothers would definitely be defeated here.

”Let me ask you, how do you plan on dealing with those two girls?”