C24

"Third Miss, this is great. With the madame protecting you, no one will dare to bully you anymore." She smiled, squinting as she held the box.

Thinking about the first day they lived here, Madam Zheng got someone to send over twenty taels of silver. She said it was the monthly allowance for this month and let the Third Miss spend it first.

No matter how angry he was, Mo Li did not directly criticize the Madame Zheng. Zheng Qingluo was quite pleased with this point. Mo Li's greatest advantage was not only her intelligence, but also her ability to distinguish what was important and what was not.

Mo Ju looked at his fingers with some lingering fear. He hadn't done any work along the way, and his fingers had already been healed. It was just that the pain was still there.

"It's all in the past, Inky. Let's look ahead." Mo Li helped Zheng Qingluo to the bed and sat her down. Then he turned around and walked over to Mo Ju and took her hand.

"With Third Miss here, we won't feel wronged. No one else will protect us like Third Miss did. So, those things are over. Let's start again."

Zheng Qingluo smiled as she looked at the two girls who had accompanied her since childhood. Even though they had suffered so much, they still stood firmly by her side. Such feelings were something even the girls at Hou Mansion couldn't do.

"The two of you, stop trying to stir up trouble. These good days are here, but people are actually being hypocritical." Mothers, who was carrying hot water, interrupted the two girls. Although they could not forget their roots, they could not always remember their past lives.

"Mothers, why are you carrying the water yourself? Where are the two girls?" He quickly took the water and placed it on a stool by the counter. He dipped a wet cloth in it and went to wipe Third Miss's face.

"They are in the outer room. I only brought the water that Mo Liu brought into the inner room. It's not tiring."

The two girls that Madam Zheng had given to him, Zheng Qingluo had given him a new name. Because of the relationship between Mo Li and Mo Ju, they had settled down together, one was called Mo Yu and the other was called Mo Fu.

It was just that because he didn't have a deep understanding of them yet, he didn't dare to rashly let them get close to him to wait on him. Thus, when Mothers saw that Mo Li and Mo Ju weren't in the outer room, he took the water himself and slept with Zheng Qingluo.

"Qingluo, your aunt Zhang sent a message today asking to see you. I agreed on your behalf. When you just came back, she sent a message. I said you just came back. You had to rest for two days, so I sent it back."

"I can't stop her from coming again today. After all, she's your mother's family, so we should get closer. We'll meet later."

Although she said that it was for Qingluo's sake, that she would at least have a few more people who would love her when she saw her family, Old Lady Zheng was also selfish. No matter how useless Zheng Mingrui was, he was still her own son.

Now that's family had come to visit Qing Luo, it would be a good thing if they could get closer to her. After all, their entire family was in a high position, and the great event of the third stage of the main branch had already been promoted from the first rank Supervisor Academy to the right-hand overseer.

As for Jiang Huairen, the eldest son of Imperial Censor Jiang, she was currently a third-grade temple official. As long as the two families were not enemies and there was Zheng Qingluo between them, it was not certain that she would be able to help her son again in the near future. After all, Qingluo was Ming Rui's biological daughter.

"Since Grandmother said I can see it, then I'll see it. I'll listen to Grandmother." Zheng Qingluo complied obediently, but she didn't have any intention of getting close to him.

In her mind, when her mother's parents threw her into the Zheng Mansion, regardless of whether she had asked for it or not for dozens of years, the closer they were, the more they would lose their blood. Now that they were able to see her, it was just a formality.

"Be good."

Old Madam Zheng affectionately patted Zheng Qingluo's shoulder. This granddaughter of hers was indeed in pain. She seemed to be quiet and didn't like to talk, but in reality, she knew what was going on inside her heart.

Although she kept a low profile on purpose, her eyes could not hide anything from others. It was a pity that she did not have the bearing of a big miss, it definitely had something to do with the life in Weir Prefecture.

Although Madam Zheng was anxious, she knew that she couldn't be impatient. She had to take her time, but she didn't know that Blue River wasn't willing to hide anymore. She was slowly showing her power.

"Qingluo, although Grandmother has always wanted to do this for your own good, Grandmother can't replace you. You have to have your own thoughts. If Grandmother's decision is correct, you can do as Grandmother wishes."

"But if Grandmother's decision is wrong, you have to voice your dissent, express your thoughts, and you can't go easy on me. You have to tell me that my decision is wrong, or that you don't like it."

"We are grandfathers, we can't say anything out loud, it doesn't matter even if we say something wrong. If you don't say anything, I won't know what you are thinking. Grandmother wants to be close to you, do you understand?"

Madam Zheng spoke sincerely. When Zheng Qingluo heard this, it made her feel like she was being protected by her elders. It made her think of the Madam Hou in the house of the Marquis.

It turned out that those who wanted to pity you wanted to do their best to make you happy. However, for some people, no matter how bitter their lives were, they would still ignore them.

It wasn't time yet, there was already a wife who came in to report that it was Third Young Miss's aunt, Madame Jiang's Zhang Shi. She was so anxious, Zheng Qingluo was actually a little surprised.

They went to two gates to welcome their aunt, Madame Jiang Zhang, and first accompanied her to Cixi Hall. After seeing Madam Zheng, they exchanged a few words, causing Madam Zheng to allow Zheng Qingluo to accompany Madame Jiang's Zhang family back to her own Plum Blossom Pavilion.

After all, they were family, they had good words to say. Who would have thought that the moment they entered the main hall, Madame Jiang Zhang would grab Zheng Qingluo's hand. Tears immediately flowed from her eyes and she didn't say anything for a long time.

Then, Zheng Qingluo signaled to Lime with the corner of her eyes, and she went back to the house with the rest of the people from the and Mrs. Zhang, leaving the room together. "My sisters, please come with me to the west room to rest, have some snacks and some tea."

Having Moyu wait at the door, she instructed Mo Yu to bring the hot water to make the tea while she led the servants of Madame Jiang's Zhang clan to the west room. Seeing that there were no outsiders in the room, Zheng Qingluo held onto Madame Jiang Zhang's hand.

"Aunt!"

What was he so excited about? Zheng Qingluo was a little confused. Logically speaking, Madame Jiang Zhang should not be so excited, after all, the Jiang family had never cared about her before.

"Qingluo —"

With just a soft call, tears finally flowed down her cheeks. In her blurry vision, Qingluo's frail body made tears flow even more violently.

He helped Madame Jiang's Zhang clan members to sit on the stool by the round table, then took the kernels to wipe her tears. It was because she saw him that caused her to cry, no matter what she did or if she was truly upset, he couldn't lose his sense of propriety as a junior.

Seeing Mrs. Zhang crying so bitterly, Zheng Qingluo tried to persuade her husband, while her eyes were a little red. It was because of the pain her previous self had suffered, and also because of the grievance of losing her previous self's loved ones.

"Qingluo, at least you're okay."

Finally, the Madame Jiang stopped crying. She used the kernels to wipe her hands and firmly held Zheng Qingluo's hand, as if she was afraid that she would suddenly disappear.

"Qingluo, I went to the Weir Prefecture to see you three times, but they didn't let me see you. They said that you made a mistake and that you were grounded, and that you shouldn't see them.

"If you don't discipline her properly, it will be too late even if you regret it when she grows up. You don't know the etiquette and rules, which good person can afford to do it, so don't forget about your life."

"I find it strange. Such a young child, and she's even a girl, so what did she do to make him feel that it's worth it for him to be grounded for? She even went to ban him three times, how could that be such a coincidence?"

"I heard later that during these nine years, other than the first three years, you were able to leave the courtyard occasionally. For the next six years, you stayed in the courtyard and didn't come out. How was that even a foot-ban? It was a complete ban."

After saying this, Madame Jiang's Lady Zhang started crying again. She was extremely pained in her heart, just that the young lady's surname was Zheng, no matter how strong her family was, it would still be better than the other party's real father.

"Have you been to Weir Prefecture before?" Zheng Qingluo hadn't expected this at all. This was something she hadn't even dreamed of. She thought she had been abandoned, but in the end it made people think about her like this. It was like she misunderstood Madam Zheng.