Stepmother's Adoption Letter

Chapter 340 The relationship between the two families is like this again (4)
The concierge said again, "It's Mrs. Qi Guogong who brought her girl and said they came to celebrate your birthday."

The old lady muttered unhappily: "I have never sent invitations to anyone outside, why did she come to the door by herself?"

"Everyone is here, so there's no reason not to disappear." Yuan Lu asked the concierge to let them in, and asked Qing Jiang beside her to fetch them.

The old lady curled her lips, "At this hour, shouldn't we have dinner in our house before leaving?"

Yuan Lu couldn't help laughing and said, "Could it be that our house is still short of this meal? Everyone who comes is a guest, so just use it."

The old lady also murmured in her heart, wasn't Mrs. Qi Guogong a very good lady before, and she still called her "old sister" for many years.How to get older, but not interested.

She didn't know, but Yuan Lu probably guessed it.This is Mrs. Qi Guogong bringing Qiu Xiu to increase her favorability, and at the same time to destroy her prestige.The last time they sent people to give gifts, Yuan Lu was kicked out, and they were tied to the stone lion at the door, waiting for their family to come and get them.

This matter spread, although people all over the capital were talking about her notoriety of being domineering and savage.But it also made everyone in the capital die to see the jokes of Duke Qi's mansion.

Hearing that they were coming, Gao Fei sensibly hid behind the screen.

Soon, Qing Jiang led Mrs. Qi Guogong and Qiu Xiu in.

Qiu Xiu followed behind his aunt, obediently, like a cat.

But Yuan Lu still had a fresh memory of the time she used a sedan chair to block their way on the road outside the city. Would a truly obedient person do such a thing?
Although the old lady was not happy to be disturbed, she still had a smile on Mrs. Qi Guogong.

As soon as Mrs. Qi Guogong came in, she asked someone to release the gift, and said to the old lady: "A long time ago, someone prepared a congratulatory gift and sent it to you. We have known each other for so many years, and there is no year that we don't give it to you. But this year it is said to be a gift." Don't come in, even those who gave gifts were beaten out. I feel uneasy here, I didn't sleep well last night, no, I came here early." Saying that, he went to see Yuan Lu, As if accusing her of her faults.

"Didn't bring it in?" The old lady turned to look at Yuan Lu.

Yuan Lu laughed and said: "It's not that they didn't send it in, it's because Mrs. Qi Guogong is too polite. This month alone, after the Duke came back, their house sent things to them four or five times. Before your birthday, they also sent things once. Yes. When I came back a few days ago, I told the concierge that we are not allowed to accept other people’s things, so as to save people in Beijing to think that our family has already depended on others. The previous concierge conveyed the message What I said, but the people in Duke Qi's mansion refused to leave, and started a commotion outside our mansion. Just when I came back, I wanted to talk and let it go. Sigh..." She hesitated to speak, and sighed.

The old lady asked, "What happened then?"

Yuan Lu said: "It was me who was reckless, but I was really angry at the time. I think Mrs. Qi Guogong also had good intentions, but I don't know where to pick out an old lady who speaks out loud, saying that she has status in their house. Your seniority is about the same as yours, so I should call you an old sister."

... You, a servant who sent someone to give gifts, dare to say such a thing, and the old lady is very uncomfortable hearing it.

(End of this chapter)