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Chapter 691: Because I was raised by the old lady [Thank you! Thank you again! I owe you 37k more]

Hearing this, the old lady smiled and nodded.

"Grandma, please drink some soothing medicine first."

Minglan said as she picked up the porcelain bowl of the tranquilizing decoction again.

The smile on the old lady's face disappeared immediately.

The old lady closed her eyes and drank the decoction, frowning at the bitterness.

After rinsing her mouth with clean water, the old lady wiped the corners of her mouth with a handkerchief while looking at Minglan who had put down the porcelain bowl and came back.

Seeing the way the old lady looked at her, Minglan smiled and said, "Grandma, why are you looking at your granddaughter like that?"

The old lady smiled with relief and said, "Time flies! When I first came to the capital, you were only this tall."

The old lady stretched out her hand to measure and continued, "It seems like just a blink of an eye, you have grown so big! You will be a marriageable girl in two days!"

Minglan smiled and helped the old lady onto the bed.

The old lady looked at her granddaughter and said, "After you reach the age of marriage, we can discuss marriage!"

Minglan stood beside the bed, pursing her lips shyly, "Grandma, my granddaughter is still young, and the marriages of my fourth and fifth sisters are still uncertain. I am not in a hurry."

The old lady smiled and said, "Even if you are not in a hurry, you still have to start looking!"

As he was speaking, Mother Cui came in and took out the porcelain bowl and tray.

Minglan smiled and lowered the bed curtain, then crawled in, passed the old lady who was lying on the bed and sat on the inside of the bed.

"Your grandfather was a top scholar in the imperial examination, and your father's career is going pretty smoothly, as he is in the Ministry of Personnel."

"Outside, your stepmother's family background is also quite acceptable."

"Your elder sister is the second lady of the Marquis's Mansion. The sisters-in-law are very harmonious and have a good reputation in the capital!"

"Our family has such conditions. You three sisters plus Pinlan can look up to us if you want to find a future husband."

The old lady said while lying on the pillow.

Minglan crawled into bed and moved closer to the old lady.

The old lady felt Minglan's movement and raised her head, giving Minglan a small portion of her pillow.

Minglan rested her head next to the old lady and said with a smile, "Grandma, you forgot two words."

"Huh? Two?" the old lady asked with a smile.

"Yes! You are the daughter of a marquis, so it is proper for you to use your nephews and nieces! This is one of the reasons."

"Well! What about the second one?" asked the old lady, looking at the top of the curtain.

"Secondly, my two elder brothers have done well in the imperial examinations and have both passed the exams as Juren! Maybe they will both pass the exams as Jinshi next year!"

"Well!" The old lady smiled and said, "Ming'er, what you said makes sense!"

After saying that, the old lady turned her head to look at her granddaughter beside her and said, "Then grandma thought of another one."

"Grandma, please say." Minglan pulled her hand out of the quilt.

The old lady, whose eyelids were twitching, smiled and said, "It seems that our Qilang is not stupid. He passed the county examination at a young age. Maybe you sisters will also benefit from it."

Minglan moved her head and said, "Grandma is right."

"Oh-"

The old lady yawned, forced herself not to close her eyes, glanced at Minglan beside her, and said, "Ming'er, you and those noble ladies at Jinming Lake today."

The old lady stopped talking halfway through her sentence.

Minglan, who was lying next to her, asked in confusion, "Grandma, what happened to those sisters?"

The half-asleep old lady woke up after hearing the voice and said, "Well, which of those girls do you think is better?"

"Oh!" Minglan rolled her eyes and said, "Sister Zhang is an upright and outspoken person. Grandmother, why are you asking this?"

Minglan stopped talking. Her grandmother was asking this, of course she was not asking on behalf of her second brother Changbai!
Even if Changbai passed the imperial examination and became a Jinshi, his grandmother and father would look for a family that could help him in his career.

The third brother, Changfeng, is not only a bastard, but also born to Lin Xiaoniang, so grandmother would not worry about this for him.

In addition, my eldest brother-in-law and my second brother Gu are both married!

Xu Zaijing, the only unmarried cousin, has been getting along very well with my grandmother since he went to Yangzhou. It is natural for my grandmother to worry about his marriage.
"Sister Chai has a very good family background. She is the gentle and kind Miss Feiyan. She is..."

"call--"

The old lady next to him was snoring softly, obviously having fallen into a deep sleep.

"Empress Rong." Minglan said softly.

Lifting her head and moving it to her pillow, Minglan took a deep breath, her palms outside the quilt caressing the cool and smooth quilt, and she said to herself, "They are all good, and they are all good matches!"

Minglan knew that her fifth sister, Rulan, might still have a chance, but she and her fourth sister would not be able to win.
"No, Fourth Sister likes Young Master Qi Heng." Minglan thought to herself.

Thinking about what Xiaotao had told her before, the servant Buwei's explanation, and the look Qi Heng gave her at Jinming Lake Garden today, Minglan sighed a little depressed.

"Annoying!" Minglan shouted in her heart!
Young Master Qi Heng is really fooling around.

"Not overestimating one's own abilities" is a bit too much, it seems that one does not know how prominent one's identity and family background are!

What is the identity of Qi Heng’s father?
Qi Yiqiu is a Duke of the first rank of the Zhou Dynasty!
What is the identity of Qi Heng’s mother?
She is the adopted daughter of the current emperor and empress,
She is the nominal sister of the future emperor Zhao Fang.

She is also the half-sister of the future Marquis of Xiangyang!

She is also the headmistress of a first-rank Duke's mansion.

Princess Pingning and Duke Qi have such noble status and illustrious family backgrounds, yet the couple only has one son, Qi Heng!
If Qi Heng was a playboy who was idle, did not work, indulged in pleasure and had no ambition to make progress, perhaps the girls of the Sheng family would still have a chance.

But Qi Heng was completely the opposite. He became a juren at a young age.

Minglan knew that for a nobleman like Qi Heng, the Qi family would never allow him to marry a concubine and become the mistress of the Duke's Mansion!

To know,
Over the years, Minglan has not only been loved and taught by Old Madam Sheng, but also has a living biological mother, Wei Shuyi, and a studious and sensible younger brother.

Because her eldest sister Hualan married into a marquis's mansion, and she herself was an excellent pitcher and a great polo player, when she went out with her stepmother and sisters, the number of noble ladies she interacted with was among the most prestigious in the capital.

Although it cannot be said that Minglan grew up in a honeypot, she was not short of people who loved and liked her.

Minglan will naturally not be like before, lacking love and being cautious!
Moreover, Minglan would not, just because of Qi Heng's love and stubbornness, be like a moth to a flame and disregard her reputation to follow him.

At this time, Minglan is very self-aware, and her attitude towards Qi Heng is very similar to Yao Yiyi's feeling towards Qi Heng in the original novel: annoying!
Treat Qi Heng as a trouble! Big trouble!
As for those words that Qi Heng asked Buwei to say and those questions that Qi Heng asked, if even a little bit of it was leaked out, Minglan would not be able to explain it clearly even if she had ten mouths!

Others don't think that the young master Qi Heng would pursue Minglan. They just think that Minglan is shameless and sticks to Qi Heng.

Thinking about this, Minglan fell asleep in a daze.

The end of Yinshi (before 5 a.m.)
"Hey, who's there?"

The old lady's voice came from behind the bed curtains.

"Madam, this servant is Cuiwei."

As the voices were speaking, Cuiwei came over holding a candle.

Putting the candle on the table, Cuiwei lifted the bed curtain with one hand and handed a bowl of warm water to the old lady.

After taking a sip of water and looking at the still dark window, the old lady whispered, "What time is it?"

"It's almost the morning hour." Cuiwei said softly.

"Hmm!" The old lady took another sip of water and handed the bowl back.

"Go away!"

"Are you annoying?"

Inside the bed, Minglan, who was still in her sleep, muttered a few words.

Hearing these two sentences, the old lady and Cuiwei were stunned at first, then smiled at each other.

Gently waving her hand, the old lady whispered, "Let her sleep a little longer!"

As he said this, he prepared to get out of bed with Cuiwei's help.

A quarter of an hour later,
Minglan reached out to hug someone, but found nothing and woke up.

I don’t know if she was still dreaming before waking up, but there was a look of loss and melancholy in Minglan’s eyes.

"Girl, get up quickly! Breakfast is ready!" Mother Cui said with a smile.

Looking at Xiao Tao, who was holding a basin of water behind Mother Cui, Minglan nodded: "Oh!"

Soon, Minglan, who had finished washing and dressing, sat at the table with the old lady.

Before he started eating, the old lady asked with a smile, "Ming'er, did you have a dream last night?"

Minglan, who still had many memories of the dream in her mind, stared in surprise and asked, "Ah? Grandmother, how did you know?"

"Because you were talking in your sleep!" said the old lady with a smile.

Cui, who was standing by the side, smiled.

Xiao Tao looked at her girl with some curiosity.

"Dream, sleep talking? Grandma, what did your granddaughter talk in her sleep?" Minglan asked tentatively.

The old lady smiled with an ambiguous tone, picked up the chopsticks and said, "Let's eat."

"Oh!" Minglan glanced at the old lady, picked up the chopsticks and started eating.

3:30 AM (15 minutes to 6:00)

It's still a little chilly in the morning.

Minglan put on her cloak and walked towards the school with Xiaotao.

Seeing Minglan's worried look, Xiaotao asked, "Miss, what's wrong with you?"

Minglan sighed and said, "I wonder what I said in my sleep last night! Maybe my grandmother heard me and misunderstood me!"

Xiao Tao thought for a moment and said, "Well, how about you tell me what you dreamed about? Let's go back to Shou'an Hall and I'll go and ask around."

Xiao Tao knew a lot about Qi Heng. Minglan pondered for a moment and said, "Okay. Last night I dreamed that I, your daughter, got married after I came of age!"

"Oh!" Xiao Tao nodded: "Which young master is it?"

Minglan thought about it, shook her head and said, "I only remember the wedding ceremony, I didn't see the person in my dream clearly!"

"Oh!"

"Then, life was going well, but the young master suddenly appeared and bullied the husband in my dream by relying on his family background."

"Ah?" Xiao Tao was a little surprised: "Then girl, does the official in your dream have a high position?"

Minglan thought about it, frowned and looked at Xiaotao, and said, "Is this the point?"

"Oh! No, please continue, girl." Xiao Tao said with a smile.

Minglan nodded: "Yes! The official position should not be high! In the dream, there was a person who should be the mother-in-law, who wanted to divorce the wife!"

"As a result, the young master suddenly appeared and said that he didn't despise me and wanted to take me to the Duke's Mansion as a concubine!"

"When I heard this, I wanted to kick him away!"

Xiao Tao's eyes were full of admiration for her girl's dream, and she asked, "And then?"

Minglan shook her head: "That's all. I kicked him away, just like a polo ball!"

"Your dream is really interesting!" Xiao Tao said with a smile, "Then when we return to Shou'an Hall, I will prick up my ears and ask around! I can ask Sisters Cuiwei and Danju in a roundabout way."

"Ok!"

Minglan nodded.

In fact, Minglan’s dream did not end here, but she was too embarrassed to tell the rest.

The sky is bright,

The morning sun rises,

In the school,
Minglan stood at the door, bowed to Xu Zaijing and others, and walked towards her seat.

Qi Heng, who was standing in front of Chang Feng, looked over at Minglan who was approaching and his eyes unconsciously looked over there.

Seeing that Minglan didn't even look at him, Qi Heng suddenly felt a little disappointed.

While the scholar was not here, Chang Feng nodded to Ming Lan and said with a smile to Xu Zai Jing and Gu Ting Ye: "Brothers, it's a pity that you didn't see Sun Zhigao's cowardly look at Jinming Lake yesterday!"

Seeing Xu Zaijing and the other man in high spirits, Chang Feng continued, "When Sun Zhigao saw me and Brother Changwu, and the presence of Prince Tan, he looked so proud and arrogant!"

"When the brother-in-law of the Yu family and his men stood in front of Mr. Sun, Prince Tan knew the whole story and started to scold him. Sun Zhigao immediately pissed himself!"

"Look, I may not be able to be a staff member in the palace anymore!"

Xu Zaijing smiled and nodded. He really didn't expect that Mr. Sun, who was sent away, would actually return to Bianliang one day.

It's a pity that he was recruited by Prince Tan. If he was in Prince Jing's mansion, with his greedy, lustful, and cowardly appearance, he might have lost all his fame and honor.

"At that time, Brother Shen also brought a few people to Brother-in-law Yu to show his support. I really didn't expect it!" Chang Feng shook his head and said.

Changbai in front looked back at Changfeng.

Chang Feng scratched his cheek a little embarrassedly and didn't continue talking.

Gu Tingye thought Changbai was enforcing "classroom discipline", but Xu Zaijing looked at Changfeng and felt that there was something else.

When looking at Chang Feng, Xu Zaijing and Minglan looked at each other, smiled, and nodded, "Sixth sister, have you decided to invite guests for the Cold Food Festival?"

Minglan nodded quickly: "It's settled! Grandmother drafted it herself!"

Xu Zaijing said, "That's good."

When Qi Heng heard the conversation, he looked at Minglan with some unclear meaning in his eyes.

Rulan smiled and turned around and said, "Sixth sister, the guests who may come by then may not be as many as when your sister and I came of age, but they must be much better than someone!"

Molan, who was at the front, turned around in shame and glared at Rulan who was speaking.

Rulan tilted her head and pursed her lips, with an expression that said, "What can you do to me?", "Fourth sister, I didn't say anything about you!"

"You!" Molan glared at Rulan, and when she saw Qi Heng looking at her, she forced a smile.

"cough!"

The sound of Zhuang Xuejiu coughing was heard outside the school.

Seeing the scholar coming in with his hands behind his back, everyone fell silent.

The Cold Food Festival is coming soon.

In Bianjing,
Regardless of their social status, most girls will come of age on this day.

Jiying Lane,
Let's not talk about the bustle of the main hall in the front yard of the Sheng family.
The backyard is now outside Anzhaiyuan.
Mother Cui, along with several little maids including Caihuan, Jiuer, Xiaotao, Danju, etc., walked into the courtyard through the moon gate, each holding a gift box.

"Young lady, a guest is coming." the maid Qiu Jiang shouted.

Soon, Wei Shuyi, who heard the message, appeared at the door with a look of surprise.

"What are you doing?" Wei Shuyi asked everyone.

Mother Cui bowed and said with a smile, "Young lady, the old lady and the eldest lady want you to keep these gifts from Sixth Miss!"

"Oh!" Wei Shuyi smiled and bowed his head: "Thank you, old lady and madam."

"You're welcome, little girl!"

Soon, Mother Cui and her maid put the things away, bowed, and left the yard.

Qiu Jiang, who was sorting the gifts with Wei Shuyi, said, "This is from Sister Xiaodie! This is from Miss Ming's aunt! Wow, little girl, look at this!"

Wei Shuyi turned around and saw that it was a jade plate of extremely fine quality. One glance at it revealed that it was very expensive. It was lying quietly in an exquisite gift box.

"This, this is too precious. Which family would give this as a gift?" Wei Shuyi asked in surprise.

Before Wei Shuyi could recover from the shock, Qiu Jiang said again: "Girl, I see this purse, it seems to be embroidered by you!"

"what?"

Wei Shuyi's craftsmanship was priced well in Beijing, and she knew that the price was very high, as the ingredients were very good.

Anyone who can afford to buy the purse-wrapped things she embroidered must be either rich or noble.

"My dear, this coming-of-age ceremony for the Sixth Miss is more appropriate than that for the Fourth Miss."

Qiu Jiang didn't finish his words, but when he saw Wei Shuyi's eyes, he quickly shut his mouth.

"The reason why the Sixth Miss can be like this is because she was raised by the old lady, do you know that?!" Wei Shuyi said solemnly.

"This slave knows!"

(End of this chapter)