Chapter 32 (2/2)

Mu Shuiqing immediately became well behaved. She coldly harrumphed once and stopped talking. In contrast, Liu Hanyun, who had originally been looking at Ji Man indifferently, unexpectedly had a trace of a smile in her eyes after hearing her words.

The marquis’s residence’s entrance was very magnificent. It had a plaque that had been bestowed by the emperor and a pair of formidable stone lions. With everyone standing at the entrance in a line, it was truly a great scene.

Ji Man was at the very end of the line. From far away, she saw a s.p.a.cious carriage slowly coming here. There were four guards on horses before the carriage and two servant girls sitting on the shaft of the carriage. Behind the carriage, there were numerous servants. This grandiose procession showed the considerable status of old madame.

Marquis

old madame.

Marquis Moyu’s mother was the imperial court’s only first rank lady. She had married Marquis Pingnan in her youth, but he had sacrificed his life for the country. The emperor had felt very grateful, so he bestowed her the t.i.tle of first rank lady and allowed her to enter the palace whenever she wanted.

She should have been addressed as Marchioness Pingnan, but old madame had felt heartbroken about her husband’s death, so she had people address her as Old Madame. She didn’t want to be reminded of Marquis Pingnan by hearing that t.i.tle. After the death of her husband, she stayed at Marquis Moyu’s residence and would occasionally have interaction with the palace, but she never asked about governmental affairs again.

Ji Man remembered that old madame was n.o.ble Consort Nie’s best friend. The two of them had grown up together and had an extremely good relations.h.i.+p. This was why old madame had always s.h.i.+elded her while she lived in Marquis Moyu’s residence. It was only when old madame was away that these people had an opportunity to bully her.

The carriage stopped in front of the entrance. The guards at the front went to the sides and the two servant girls jumped down from the carriage to bring over a stool and carefully supported old madame as she came out of the carriage.

Seeing this, Wen Wan

this, Wen Wan hurriedly went forward to lend an arm to support her. However, old madame, who had pa.s.sed her fortieth birthday at the beginning of this year, had a truly terrifying imposingness. When Wen Wan slightly raised her eyes, her hand ended up freezing in midair.

“This daughter-in law greets Old Madame.” Wen Wan straightforwardly kneeled down. The concubines behind her could only follow her action and kneel down too.

Old madame’s clothes were simple and unadorned, but she was wearing a stately, golden hairpin. She cast a sidelong glance at the person in front of her, then she indifferently said, “You may rise, Sangyu.”

Just as Wen Wan was about to let out a sigh of relief after hearing the first three words, her heart plummeted after hearing the last word. She didn’t even dare to raise her head.

Gritting her teeth, Wen Wan didn’t stand. She saluted old madame again, “This daughter-in-law, Wen Wan, greets Old Madame.”

Old madame was silent for a long time. She looked at person kneeling on the ground and asked, “Who’s Wen Wan?”

As Ji Man silently kneeled in the back, she thought that this old madame was really good at pretending. They were all kneeling so close to her. How could she possibly not be able to tell who was who? She was deliberately asking this question to embarra.s.s Wen Wan.