Chapter 151: The Thoughts of Wang Ruo and Madam Wu

Today, Zhang Guifen and Zheng Xiao met each other.

Although the Duchess of England came along, she was Zhang Guifen, who gave birth very late in life. There was a big age gap between her and Madam Zheng, so it was hard for them to have any topics to talk about.

It just so happened that the virtuous and polite Hualan played with Zhang Guifen, so the Duke of England planned to ask Hualan to accompany them.

The three people in front were talking harmoniously, and Yang Wenyuan followed silently.

It was still early, so the Duke of England did not take Hualan to meet Madam Zheng and Zheng Xiao, but instead they returned to their own tents first.

They planned to wait until everyone was present, and then Madam Wu would return to the main tent, and then they would go together to say hello and meet Madam Zheng.

Entered his own tent.

Yang Ruijin immediately changed her quiet attitude and went to the nearby tent to play with the Sheng family's friends.

She and Zhang Guifen didn't get along very well. After all, Zhang Guifen had been practicing stick dance since she was a child, and although Yang Ruijin was born in the Yang family, she had no interest in women practicing martial arts.

They have different interests and were all spoiled by their families, so they are unwilling to accommodate each other and cannot play together.

Yang Ruijin went there with great interest.

But when he turned his head, he saw that the tent was empty and he went back disappointed.

"What's wrong? Minglan, Rulan and the others didn't come?" Yang Wenyuan asked curiously.

For a big occasion like the polo match, it doesn't make sense for my mother-in-law, Wang Ruofu, to arrive later than me.

"No!" Yang Ruijin replied sullenly with a frown on his face.

Ever since her cousin Yang Wenyuan got married, Rong Feiyan seldom took the initiative to look for her, and Yang Ruijin also put her focus on Minglan and Rulan.

Now that I learned that the two of them didn't come, I didn't know where they went for a while.

Yang Wenyuan nodded.

"Maybe something happened at home? Just wait a moment."

……

at the same time.

Jiying Lane.

The neighborhood where the Sheng family lives.

Wang Ruofu stood at the door of her house with her children, looking forward to the street not far away.

"What's going on? Didn't my sister say she would come home early to be with me today? I even specifically told Hua'er that she didn't have to wait for me, so why hasn't she arrived yet?"

Wang Ruofu looked anxious and looked at the street entrance with concern.

Today is the day of the polo match.

Most of the participants were the wives of high-ranking officials and nobles. If my group were to be the last to appear at the right time, it would probably cause a lot of criticism and unhappiness.

Right beside her, Rulan also complained to Minglan in a low voice:

"My aunt really doesn't treat my family as 'outsiders'. It's fine on normal days, but today, thanks to my family's influence, she even had the nerve to make us wait for a while."

Rulan didn't have a good impression of Wang Ruoyu when she first met her.

People like Rulan, who are straightforward, honest and arrogant, hate people who like to put on airs the most.

Not to mention that Wang Ruoyu always has to act like an elder and speak to others in a lecturing tone.

After that, Wang Ruo went back and forth with the Sheng family, and Rulan met her several more times. After she had a general understanding of her aunt's style of doing things, it was even more difficult for her to have even the slightest bit of good impression of her, and she even felt a little disgusted.

Especially when she accidentally heard her sister Hualan say that this aunt had "borrowed" some money from her mother, she was even more furious.

So after not seeing each other for so many years, your aunt comes to ask for money now that I'm back in Bian Jing?

How can this be true in the world!
Rulan was not the type to hide her temper, so her rejection and disgust towards Wang Ruoyu were almost written on the surface. Even in front of Wang Ruofu, Rulan dared to say a few words to her.

When Molan heard this, the two sisters had a rare tacit understanding of sharing a common hatred of the enemy.

Originally, Molan was very happy about Wang Ruoyu's frequent visits to her house, causing trouble for Ruolan and fooling Wang Ruofu, but she didn't expect that the old woman would still be so arrogant until today.

You are interrupting the important business of the fourth daughter of the Sheng family!

I'm very happy that you can cause trouble for Rulan and Wang Ruofu, but I don't like the way you do things!
You can't tell the primary from the secondary. What status is your Kang family in now?

You can't even compare to my Sheng family, and you still think that the old masters of your Wang family and Kang family are still alive?

But Molan is not Wang Ruofu’s “leaky little cotton jacket”.

If she dared to directly complain about Wang Ruoyu and criticize the elders, she might be thrown out of her home by Wang Ruofu and have to kneel in the ancestral hall all night.

Therefore, Molan could only curl her lips and sneer in a low voice.

Minglan glanced at Molan when she heard that.

After the two looked at each other, Minglan nodded silently, turned her head back to Rulan, and continued to listen to her fifth sister's complaints.

Seeing this, Molandai frowned and felt a little annoyed for some reason.

After the eldest sister Hualan married into the Yang family of Pingyang Marquis's Mansion, the status of the families that the daughters of the Sheng family married into would naturally be improved.

But the three girls in the Sheng family are all of similar age.

So if we really want to talk about it, no matter what kind of marriage it is, the three girls have a chance.

Among the three, Molan was the only one who realized it belatedly.

It seems like I am the one who is lagging behind!
Rulan has the title of the legitimate daughter in front, and Hualan, the eldest lady of the Marquis' Mansion, is supporting her from behind. No matter from which perspective, she has an advantage over herself.

And what about Minglan?

This sixth sister, who always follows Rulan around and is respectful to Molan, has always been inconspicuous at home and has never been taken seriously by Molan.

Her only competitor is Rulan, who is the legitimate daughter and of similar age.

But as the three of them got closer to the age of coming of age, Minglan's performance seemed to become more and more outstanding.

Grandma Kong performed better than me in class.

He was raised by the old lady since he was young.

With the old lady's reputation as the only daughter of the Yongyi Marquis's Mansion, she sounded better than herself, who had been raised in her mother's room since childhood.

There is a difference in perception even before the person meets.

Not to mention that relying on the old lady's relationship, Minglan, the "sycophant", can often find Hualan to talk, calling her "big sister" affectionately. Maybe when the time comes, Hualan will also help her with her marriage.

Even if Minglan herself didn't say it, given how much the old lady doted on Minglan, there was a chance that she would ask Hualan for help.

As for herself, there is definitely not the slightest bit of that. Molan does have some self-awareness.

Now that she is almost of marriageable age, Molan suddenly realizes what she missed when her family wanted to raise a girl under her grandmother's lap.

Otherwise, everything Minglan has now would probably be hers, right?
No wonder my mother insisted on sending me to Shou'an Hall. I sighed for a long time after my failure.

When my father saw that the situation was not going well, he wanted me and Minglan to go to Shou'an Hall together, but I stupidly refused.

Molan felt even more upset when she thought about this.

Even the look he gave Minglan had a lot more meaning. Instead of reflecting on yourself, it is better to blame others!
All of this obviously belongs to me, but you, Sheng Minglan, took it all away!

The more she thought about it, the more Molan felt a sense of crisis.

If a family from a wealthy family came to visit, Ruolan had Hualan and Wang Ruofu, Minglan had the old lady and about half of Hualan, what would I have?
Father Sheng Hong? Or mother?
Even if my father dotes on me, he will definitely not be too biased in this matter.

As a concubine, I have no say at all.

After thinking about it, Molan found Minglan more and more annoying.

At this moment, the carriage from the Kang family finally arrived.

In the carriage, Wang Ruoyu opened the curtain and walked down with his two daughters.

Wang Ruoyu did not feel guilty about delaying at all, and continued to introduce as usual:

"Sister, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting. Let me introduce you first. This is my eldest daughter, Yuner, and this is my younger sister Yuaner. Yuner, Yuaner, this is the sister from my natal family that I always tell you about. Come and call me aunt."

"Good morning, auntie!" The two daughters of the Kang family bowed to Wang Ruofu.

Kang Yuner is older than Minglan and the others, and should be at the age of coming of age. She has a gentle appearance and appears virtuous and calm.

Kang Yuaner is similar to Minglan and her facial features are similar to her mother Wang Ruoyu.

If it were in the past, Wang Ruofu would naturally speak politely and ask her two nieces carefully.

But Wang Ruoyu arrived so late today and was a little late in time, so he simply recognized their faces and asked Ruolan and the other two to greet each other.

Then he hurriedly called Wang Ruoyu to prepare to set off.

Seeing that Wang Ruoyu was still unhurried, Wang Ruofu couldn't help but say:

"Sister, hurry up. If you don't go now, I'm afraid our two families will be the last to appear!"

If he was really one of the last few to arrive, I'm afraid that starting tomorrow the joke about him being "of humble origin but showing off so much" would spread throughout Bianjing.

For Wang Ruofu, who loves her reputation very much, this is more painful than killing her!
"No hurries!"

Wang Ruoyu snorted softly and replied:

"This is perfect. It will also allow the ladies in Bianjing City to get to know our Wang sisters again."

He deliberately asked Wang Ruofu to wait for him and came so late. It was naturally all done on purpose by Wang Ruofu.

Ever since the death of the two old masters, Wang Ruoyu lost the qualification to set foot in the inner circle of high-ranking officials in Bianliang.

Now he is finally going to re-enter the circle of high-level ladies, although it is with the help of his younger sister, but in Wang Ruoyu's view: what is mine is mine, what belongs to the Wang family is mine, and what belongs to his younger sister is naturally mine as well.

Rounding it off, it means that I, Wang Ruoyu, am back again!
This must be the finale to announce it to everyone!

Wang Ruofu didn't quite understand what Wang Ruoyu meant.

In the past, Wang Ruofu was often proud of her identity as the daughter of the Wang family. However, as her brother Wang Yan had little success in his official career, her master Sheng Hong became an official in Beijing, and Hua Lan became the lady of the marquis's mansion, Wang Ruofu no longer mentioned her identity as the daughter of the Wang family.

The most he could say was, "My father deserves to be enshrined in the Imperial Ancestral Temple!"

So when Wang Ruofu heard the phrase “reacquaintance”, she felt somewhat puzzled.

My daughter married into the Marquis's mansion and became the eldest lady. As her mother, I naturally need to get to know myself in a new way.

But sister, you...

Do you have a story too?
……

Not long after, the Sheng family's carriage arrived at Jinming Lake.

When Wang Ruofu and others got off the carriage, Madam Wu's personal maid had already noticed this side.

This was not the first time that the Sheng family's carriage had come. The Kang family's carriage had also been here many years ago, so the maids all recognized them.

Although he was a little surprised as to why the two families got together, he still reported quietly to the inside as usual.

Then he planned to go forward and greet him directly.

For families like this who did not send their visiting cards in person, Mrs. Wu usually did not have the time to meet them, and would instead have her personal maid bring the person in directly.

In other words, there is no need for people without visiting cards to be received by Madam Wu. After all, she is the mistress of the Earl's Mansion, not the manager of an ordinary polo club.

Even the starting time of the polo match is when all the people with business cards arrive, and there is no fixed time.

This is also the reason why Wang Ruofu was in a hurry to set off.

After all, what she held in her hand was the Yang family's business card, which meant they were officially invited.

If the polo match is delayed because they don't arrive, it might be criticized and give people a bad reputation of being a bully.

Inside the tent.

When Mrs. Wu heard that the Sheng family had arrived, she thought for a moment, then stood up, lifted the curtain, and walked out in person.

"You continue to watch here. I will go and receive the Sheng family."

After saying this, Madam Wu left in the surprised eyes of her personal maid who had followed her for decades, and went towards the group of people from the Sheng family.

There are many reasons why Madam Wu values ​​the Sheng family and came to welcome them personally:

Madam Wu was right beside them, so she naturally saw the affection between Hualan and the Duke of England's wife just now.

This made Mrs. Wu very envious.

After all, although the Duchess of England had attended her polo clubs many times, due to the large age gap between them, they had basically only exchanged pleasantries verbally, and were far from being as genuine and enthusiastic as she was towards Hua Lan.

Mrs. Wu therefore paid a lot of attention to the Sheng family.

It’s not only because she was born as the only daughter of Old Lady Sheng in the Yongyi Marquis’s Mansion, but also because their family raised a good daughter, Hualan.

If a family could raise a girl like Hualan, then the other daughters in the family must be no bad either.

It just so happened that his son Liang Han had reached the age to get married, and the Sheng family's daughters were about to reach marriage age, making them an even better match.

Mrs. Wu even had some hope in her heart.

Is the daughter of the Sheng family a lucky charm for her husband?

Yang Wenyuan was originally a frivolous person who liked to play around with his son Liang Han, but since he started planning their marriage, he immediately started to study hard.

Now I have to take part in next year’s spring examination!

If Liang Han also married the daughter of the Sheng family...

Of course, Mrs. Wu knew Liang Han’s temper.

So she didn't have any dream of Liang Han passing the imperial examination in one go, nor did she expect Liang Han to turn over a new leaf like Yang Wenyuan. She only hoped that he could marry a good girl who could manage the household, so that Liang Han could settle down. That would be a great blessing.

Wang Ruofu and Wang Ruoyu, along with the other girls in their family, gathered together and saw Madam Wu coming forward.

Wang Ruoyu's eyes lit up immediately, and he was about to step forward and talk to Madam Wu, whom he hadn't seen for a long time. But he changed his mind, coughed lightly and proudly, and stood still, waiting for Madam Wu to take the initiative to start the conversation.

Mrs. Wu approached with a smile on her face, but when she saw Wang Ruoyu's appearance clearly, her joy was immediately reduced a lot.

Why are the Kang family here too?
　My family came to visit this week, so I took a day off. I will start updating as normal today.

　　Will make up for the previous ones.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)