The second bedroom of the Lu family, Qingyuan Hall.

Yuan looked at the two dark-faced peasant father and son in white-washed Tsing Yi standing in the hall, and listened to the angrily speaking of the middle-aged man about 35-[-].

The middle-aged man said his name was Geng Shi, and he was a villager in Qingxi Village at the foot of Qixia Mountain. The young man of sixteen or seventeen standing beside him was his son Ahu.

Ahu once made an engagement with Jing Lan before the second lady of the Lu family returned to the Lu family.

But when Jing Lan returned to the Lu family as the second eldest daughter of the Lu family, her adoptive parents asked the Geng family to withdraw the marriage, but the Geng family was unwilling, and his son suffered a serious illness because of this.

After recovering from their illness, the two father and son went to Lu's house in Jinling City to seek Jing Lan's explanation.

Geng Shi said that he heard from the guard at the gate of the Lu family that Yuan was Jing Lan's grandmother, so he told her about these things and asked her to handle the matter fairly.

To be honest, Yuan Shi was quite surprised by what Geng Shi said.

First, she didn't know that Jinglan had entered Shen's house as a slave, and she didn't become a good citizen from a slave until the ancestor asked Chengze to pick Jinglan back.

Second, the man named Ah Hu standing in the hall was once engaged to Jing Lan, but later Jing Lan's adoptive parents went to withdraw the engagement.However, the Geng family who was divorced was not convinced, and now they personally went to the Lu family to ask Jing Lan for an explanation.

As the eldest daughter of the second wife of the Lu family, Jing Lan once entered the Shen family as a slave, and was engaged to a man from the countryside. If these two things were publicized, it would have a considerable impact on Jing Lan's reputation, at least in Jinling City. Reputable officials and rich families would not ask to marry a young lady like Jing Lan into their house.

Yuan Shi returned to the Lu family because of Qi Jinglan and asked her to take out all the money she had saved in the past few decades. She wished that Jinglan would marry into a messy family.

I don't want to, now that Geng Shi and his son are here, what they say is enough to prevent Jing Lan from getting married, which is worse than what she originally expected for Jing Lan.

So, should we listen to the words of Geng Shi and his son, and ask Jing Lan to confront them?

Or report this matter to the ancestors and see what the ancestors say?

After thinking about it for a while, Yuan decided to ask Jing Lan to confront Geng Shi and his son first, so that more people would know about this matter in the Lu family, and then report to the ancestors.

Because she wanted to report to her ancestors first, for the purpose of protecting Jing Lan, the ancestors might categorically deny that what Geng Shi and his sons said was true, and even said that Geng Shi and his sons spread rumors and wanted to arrest them and send them to officials.

The Gengshi father and son in front of them are just farmers in Qingxi Village, with no money and no power. If the ancestors really want to accuse them of spreading rumors and send them to the government for punishment, they can only bear it.

Yuan Shi was a little curious, could it be that Geng Shi and his son were stupid, they didn't know that the Lu family in Jinling came to Jing Lan to discuss an explanation, and they might face a lawsuit, so they just came here.

Perhaps, they dared to come because they heard what some people said, and they came to the Lu family to ask Jing Lan for an explanation, and the Lu family would spend a large sum of money to silence them for the sake of Jing Lan's reputation?

Thinking of this, Yuan asked her maid to invite Jing Lan to the women's school.

She didn't ask Geng Shi and his son to sit down and wait for Jing Lan to come, but let them just stand in the hall. In Yuan's heart, she actually looked down on them, and of course she would not treat them with courtesy.

At that time, Jing Lan was listening boredly to Mr. Hu's lecture on the Four Books for Women, when Yuan's maid came and told Mr. Hu that her master wanted to invite Jing Lan to Qingyuan Hall.Mr. Hu asked Jing Lan to go see her grandmother for a while, and then come back to study after finishing the work.

Jing Lan put down the book and came out to Qingyuan Hall with the little girl Guoer and the big girl beside Yuan.On the way, Jing Lan asked the big maid why her grandmother was looking for her.

After all, this was the first time she was reading a book after returning to Lu's house, and she was called by her elders.

Of course, Jing Lan wondered what her grandmother told her to do, and she needed to interrupt her studies to go to her place if something was so urgent, which made Jing Lan feel a little uneasy.

The maid who took Jinglan to Qingyuan Hall said that she didn't know what was going on, anyway, she came to pass on Jinglan after listening to her master's order.

In fact, the servant girl knew and would not tell Jing Lan, otherwise it would be a big taboo.

Seeing that she couldn't find anything to ask, Jing Lan stopped talking and just followed the maidservant.

After entering Qingyuan Hall, Jing Lan was surprised when she saw Geng Shi and Geng Hu father and son standing under the hall, and then immediately thought that her grandmother Yuan called her, maybe it was related to these two people.

Why did Geng Shi and his son come to the Lu family?

Jing Lan suddenly appeared in front of Jing Lan's eyes, when she left Qingxi Village and sat on the carriage to say the cruel rejection to Ahu who was standing below, Ahu was crying sadly.

At that time, I said that I asked him to find someone else, but I didn't like him.

Before they left, the adoptive parents also said that they had verbally agreed to be married to the Geng family and had not made a formal decision, so they would withdraw from the Geng family.

Could it be that the adoptive parents didn't inform the Geng family about the resignation, so now Geng Shi and his son are here?

Jinglan received Shen Wan's letter a few days ago, Shen Wan reminded Jinglan in the letter, let Jinglan be prepared, Xiao Yulang will come to Lu's family to use their personal relationship to blackmail Jinglan.

Unexpectedly, it was Geng Shi and his son who came now. They had only two possibilities for coming to find themselves. One was because of their engagement with Ahu back then, they were unwilling to withdraw their marriage, and they wanted Ahu to marry them.The second is that it is fake not wanting to divorce, the real purpose is to use this matter to threaten Jinglan and the Lu family, asking them to pay a large sum of money for hush money.

Geng Shi and Geng Hu's father and son saw Jing Lan coming in from the outside, they only took one look at Jing Lan, and then looked away, looking a little guilty.

Jing Lan looks more and more like the eldest lady of a famous family, with luxurious clothes and elegant temperament.

May I ask if Geng Hu is worthy of Jing Lan?

Geng Hu felt ashamed of himself, and buried his head very low.

This trip was dragged to Jinling by his father, and Geng Hu also knew that someone came to give money, and asked his father and him to come to Lu's house together to trouble Jing Lan, so that Jing Lan's reputation would be damaged so that she would not be able to get married.

Geng Hu still has a glimmer of hope, that is, if Jing Lan's reputation is damaged and he can't get married in the future, he still has a chance to own Jing Lan.

But seeing Jing Lan again now, his chest felt like he had been hit hard by a big hammer, causing dull pain and stuffiness.

She is a tall and beautiful lady from a noble family who is as beautiful as a fairy, while he is a humble and humble mud leg.

After realizing this, Geng Hu was very frustrated, but at the same time he was so unwilling.

Passing Geng Shi and his son, Jing Lan walked up to Yuan Shi and bowed to her, then asked, "I don't know why grandma called her granddaughter here?"

Yuan Shi pointed to Geng Shi and his son standing under the hall, and asked Jing Lan, "Do you know them?"

Jing Lan didn't look back at them, but said, "Yes, they are the Geng family father and son who are next to my adoptive father."

Yuan Shi hummed, and then said: "They came to Lu's house to find me today, saying that before you went to Shen's house to be a maid, you were engaged to Geng Hu, and when Cheng Ze picked you up to return to Lu's house, you thought you were poor and loved the rich and wanted to marry you." Geng Hu resigned. They said they didn't want to resign..."

"Grandmother, what they say is one-sided. If you really want to find out about this matter, you can call my adoptive father and adoptive mother and ask." Jing Lan said calmly, "However, I can talk to grandma first. How did Geng Hu get engaged..."

She talked about the verbal engagement between the Lin family and the Geng family, and said that what her adoptive father and mother had said was only a verbal agreement at the beginning, and it was not made up. I understand, let Geng Hu find someone else.

After listening to Jing Lan's words, Yuan Shi immediately sent someone to Qingxi Village to invite Lin Gensheng and his wife according to what Jing Lan said.

As for Geng Shi and his son, let someone take them down first to wait. As for Jing Lan, he can go back to his room and wait until Lin Gensheng and his wife arrive.

Jing Lan took her little maid Guo'er back.

She came back before noon today, and Mother Lin and Qingyao Qingluo naturally wanted to ask her why she didn't eat in the school today, so they went home.

Jing Lan didn't hide anything from Mother Lin and Qingyao and Qingluo. She went to sit down in Xici Room, drank half a bowl of tea from Qingyao, and then told the ins and outs of Geng Shi and his son's coming to find her. told them all.

It's quite different from Jinglan's normal person, both Mama Lin and Qingyao Qingluo were shocked when they heard it.

Mother Lin said angrily: "The Geng family father and son came to Lu's house to ask the girl for an explanation. If this happens, the girl's marriage will be difficult. The Geng family father and son are so hateful. What they did was to ruin the girl. But your grandmother not only Instead of letting the Geng family father and son be taken down and sent to officials for punishment, they called the girl from the school to confront her, and even sent people to pick up the girl's adoptive father and mother. She did this to make this matter a big mess. Everyone in the Lu family knows about it. Even if the Geng family father and son are dismissed afterwards, the girl's reputation has been damaged. Is she your real grandmother, and she actually hurt you like this!"

Mama Lin, who treats Jinglan wholeheartedly, disregards her superiority and inferiority at the moment, she is very dissatisfied with Yuan's actions, and she speaks disrespectful words.

Qing Yao asked Jing Lan if her grandmother had sent someone to Qingxi Village to pick up her adoptive father and mother.

Jing Lan nodded and said that someone had been sent there.

As soon as Qing Luo stomped her feet vigorously, she said: "Girl, according to my servant, you have to go to see your ancestors quickly and ask her to order that the Geng family father and son who came to make trouble be taken down and sent to the officials, and then send someone to stop them halfway." Your adoptive father and adoptive mother, tell them not to come to the Lu family, and go back quickly. In this way, maybe you can cover up this matter. Otherwise, when your adoptive father and adoptive mother come, confront the Geng family father and son. The matter of Ah Hu's marriage will be known to all members of the Lu family. If they know, someone will go outside and say that if this matter is leaked out, it will be very detrimental to the girl's marriage."

Jing Lan was not in a hurry at all, instead the old god was saying: "I think it would be good for grandma to pick up my adoptive father and mother. I haven't seen them for a long time. I can still see them here. Treat them to dinner." It's a meal. As for the fact that I was engaged to Ah Hu and then divorced, it's not a big deal, why should I cover it up? I, Lu Jinglan, can walk upright and sit upright, and my body is not afraid of the shadow, those monsters can't do anything to me .”

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