Daming female local tyrant

Since Geng Shi and his son went to Lu's house to discuss with Jing Lan, more than a month has passed, almost the end of the year.

The whole Lu family started to get busy, preparing for the new year. Mr. Hu from the women's school said that the holidays would start on the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month.

On this day, there was a light snowfall. After Jing Lan and Lu Jiaqi's other girls had attended Master Wan's embroidery class, they came out of the house with a copper hand stove in their arms. When the snow wind blew in their faces, they shrunk their necks unconsciously.

Qingyao hurriedly tightened the sable fur for Jinglan, and held up an oil-paper umbrella to shield Jinglan from the wind. Jinglan said, "You don't need to hold an umbrella to cover it. How can you be so stingy? You just came out of a room that is as warm as spring. It's a bit cold to be swept away by the wind."

Guo'er, the little maid carrying a bamboo basket filled with books, pens and ink, followed behind, thinking that it had just snowed, and Qingyao would easily cover her eyes with an umbrella and the girl would fall easily.

After hearing this, Qingyao put away the oiled paper umbrella, and said with a smile: "Fortunately, I won't use it again tomorrow, and the girl can rest comfortably in the house for more than ten days."

After hearing this, Jing Lan said: "I can't rest for that long. On the fifth and sixth day of the new year, I will go to Yangzhou with Cheng Ze to go to my grandmother's house to pay New Year's greetings. We will spend a few days there and have a look at the house and fields that my uncle bought for me." village."

When Qingyao and Guoer heard this, they immediately begged Jinglan to take them with them. They also really wanted to visit Yangzhou.

Jing Lan said bluntly: "Okay, when the time comes, I will not only bring you, but also Qing Luo, Ming'er, and Mama Lin together, just lock the door of the house."

Guo'er immediately jumped up happily, and said repeatedly: "Thank you, miss, thank you..."

She was so happy that when she jumped, she slipped and nearly fell. Fortunately, she was able to hold on to a plum tree by the roadside.

If so, Guoer's face turned pale with fright, Qingyao frowned and said that she was not safe, almost joy turned into sadness.

Guo'er smiled shyly, and said: "Ever since I entered Lu's house at the age of seven, I haven't been out yet. When I heard that the girl wanted to take me to Yangzhou, I was so happy."

Jing Lan made a concluding speech: "Follow me, you will have more days to go out in the future, just pay attention to your steps now."

"Yes, girl." Qingyao and Guo'er laughed together.

Back in the house, Qing Luo said that just now a woman from Chengze had come over and sent a letter, and Jing Lan pressed it under the inkstone in the study.

As soon as she heard that the mother-in-law from Chengze had sent a letter, Jing Lan knew it was from Shen Wan.

She took off the sable fur and handed it to Qing Luo, and gave the stove to Ming'er to hold, and she changed into a pair of warm and dry cotton shoes that the maids had baked long ago, and went to the study.

A large charcoal pot was already lit in the study, and the pot was full of high-quality silver frost charcoal. After the curtain was lifted and the room was filled with heat, the room was filled with incense. The nose is especially ironic.

Jing Lan walked to the desk and sat down on the armchair with purple embroidered cushions, took away the inkstone, picked up the letter pressed under it, opened it, and took out the letter paper to read.

In the letter, Shen Wan said that the red plums in her private house on the back street of Confucius Temple were in bloom. She asked when Jinglan School would be on holiday and when she could take time to go there. The two of them would meet and enjoy the plum blossoms together Get together for wine.

After all, the two haven't seen each other for more than a month.

It turned out that ever since Geng Shi and his son came to Lu's house to make trouble, the ancestors for the sake of Jing Lan's reputation did not let her go out, and said that they would wait until the rumors outside had subsided before going out.Besides, it's cold in winter, and it's easy to catch cold when you go out, not to mention that Cheng Ze has to concentrate on his studies and prepare for the next year's exam in Beijing, so he doesn't have much time to accompany Jing Lan.

So in the past month or so, Jing Lan received a letter from Shen Wan and asked her out several times, but she couldn't go out.

Today she received a letter from Shen Wan again, she thought that maybe the day after tomorrow will be a new year, and she can go out the day after tomorrow.

It's just that she has to call Chengze if she wants to go out, otherwise the ancestors would not let her go out by herself as a girl.

Jing Lan wanted her to talk to Cheng Ze, and Cheng Ze would beg his ancestors again, most likely she would be able to reunite with Shen Wan.

I haven't seen Shen Wan for more than a month, Jing Lan also misses her very much, and this time to see her, Jing Lan still has a lot to say to her.

After making up her mind to see Shen Wan the day after tomorrow, Jing Lan immediately wrote a small note, folded it up and put it in an envelope, and asked the little girl Guoer to go to the Zhizhi Residence after Fuhaitang and give it to her younger brother Cheng Ze.

Chengze also came back from the school at that time, but now he is taught by another teacher, Mr. Li, who was recruited by his uncle and grandfather, who had been a Jinshi and had been an official for more than ten years.Inviting Mr. Li to teach Chengze, the Lu family spent a lot of money, 500 taels of silver a year.

This Mr. Li also said that Chengze will be on leave from the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, and he will go to school after the new year.

After receiving the letter sent by his sister's little maid, Cheng Ze read it, thinking that it was probably from his sister to see Miss Shen's family, to inquire about Zhang Tianshi's affairs.He remembered that his sister once said that there would be a letter by the time of the Chinese New Year. Isn't it the Chinese New Year?

Anyway, Mr. Li also gave him a vacation in the future, so he can just go with his sister for a while.

Putting away the note written by his sister, Cheng Ze went to Fuhai Hall to accompany his ancestor to have dinner, and then successfully asked the ancestor to agree to accompany his sister to the Confucius Temple and the temple fair in front of the temple.

Every year before the Chinese New Year, there is a temple fair at the Confucius Temple. There is an endless stream of people selling and buying new year’s goods at the temple fair, which is very lively.

Feng thought that Jinglan and Chengze hadn't gone shopping together yet, but on the 24th of the twelfth lunar month, when they went out, they called many young servants and women to follow them, and asked the idlers not to get close to the two siblings. .

Jinglan and Chengze went to Shen Wan's private house on the back street of Confucius Temple. After entering, as usual, a young man in charge came to meet Chengze and took him to enjoy flowers, eat wine, listen to operas and play chess.Jing Lan went into the inner house from her maid and mother-in-law to meet Shen Wan.

After the two met, their love was boundless.

The goose pear fragrance was lingering in the brocade tent, Jing Lan and Shen Wan met each other with black hair entwined, they hugged and talked.

In addition to talking about their lovesickness, they also talked about Xiao Yulang and Geng Hu.

Jing Lan first said: "Wanwan, I find it strange that you wrote to me more than a month ago, saying that Xiao Yulang came to Shen's house to ask you to ask for Jun Pei, and threatened that if you didn't give him Jun Pei, he would take you away." My affairs are made public, and An Chun is now in his hands. If he really wants to do that, the Shen family can't say that he is slandering and spreading rumors. Also, you said that he is very likely to come to the Lu family to find me, and use our Things blackmailed me. But it’s been so long, why don’t you see any movement from him?”

Shen Wan said: "I guess, maybe it was his grandfather, Xiao Yongqing, the patriarch of the Xiao family, who found out that he wanted to confront me again. He was afraid that the Shen family would confront the Xiao family again. Although the Xiao family has gone overseas in the past few years, they have made a lot of money. , but not as powerful as our Shen family. Especially now that everyone in Jinling City knows that the Shen family has a close relationship with Hu Quan, the most powerful eunuch in Jinling, if the Xiao family really opposes the Shen family, there will be no good results. With such concerns, Xiao Yongqing won't let him mess around, so he can only endure."

Not to mention, Shen Wan really guessed it right, this time Xiao Yulang originally decided to take revenge on Shen Wan, publicize the affair between Shen Wan and Jing Lan, and ruin Shen Wan's reputation.However, his father couldn't resist telling his grandfather Xiao Yongqing about it.

Xiao Yongqing called Xiao Yulang to scold him, saying that the Shen family has a good relationship with Jinling Weaving Eunuch and Guarding Eunuch Hu Quan, if Xiao Yulang targets Shen Wan to ruin Shen Wan's reputation and become enemies with Shen Wan, her patriarch Shen Chang It is impossible not to help Shen Wan.In that case, they would be on the same page with the Shen family again, offending the Shen family, and it would be a trivial matter for the two families to fight in business transactions. They were afraid that the Shen family would ask Hu Quan for help, and when the Xiao family had nothing to do, it would become a problem.

After hearing this, Xiao Yulang asked unwillingly: "Then when will the reputation of that bitch Shen Wan be ruined?"

Xiao Yongqing stroked his beard and said, "Unless Hu Quan left Jinling, or the Shen family offended someone more powerful than Hu Quan, Hu Quan would not dare to help the Shen family. Therefore, we have to wait, wait for an opportunity. Not only will Shen Wan's reputation be discredited, but the Shen family will also be pulled down from the position of the most prominent family in Jinling."

Xiao Yulang could only say: "The grandson just listens to his grandfather."

Although he promised his grandfather not to confront Shen Wan for the time being, he secretly sent someone to find out where An Lan, the maid who had an affair with Shen Wan, ended up going.

Xiao Yulang thinks that even though he can't do anything with Shen Wan now, is there anything he can do with a maid who is in love with her?

Through An Chun's mouth, Xiao Yulang knew that Jing Lan had been kicked out of Shen's house by Mrs. Li before. Jing Lan's home was in Qingxi Village at the foot of Qixia Mountain, and her father's name was Lin Gensheng...

So he sent people to Qingxi Village to look for Jing Lan, and found out that Jing Lan's real identity was the eldest daughter of the second wife of the Lu family, and she had already been taken back to the Lu family.

If he wanted to take revenge on Jing Lan, he had to go to Lu's house to find Jing Lan.

However, the Lu family is also one of the four prominent families in Jinling, just behind the Shen family, and above the Shen family in terms of financial resources.Especially when he knew that Cheng Ze, Jinglan's younger brother, had won the Juren and was a man of fame.

Knowing this, he was very happy, and thought he could take this opportunity to blackmail Jing Lan for a sum of money.

Jing Lan and Cheng Ze shared the dowry of their mother who had died of illness for many years, and he heard about being very rich.

However, according to his grandfather Xiao Yongqing's always cautious approach, Xiao Yulang felt that before he wanted to blackmail Jing Lan, he might have to act on camera.Otherwise, his grandfather must have blamed him for offending the Lu family. The Lu family also has a deep relationship with Hu Quan. Otherwise, the Lu family would not have opened so many weaving workshops to weave satin for the palace in the past few years.

Because the Shen family and the Lu family were friendly with Hu Quan, the Xiao family obviously did not dare to offend them easily. With Xiao Yulang here, he could only bear with it, and wait until Hu Quan's downfall so that he could take revenge on Shen Wan and Jing Lan. They, by the way, get a lot of money.

This is why Xiao Yulang has not taken any action since leaving the Shen family.

After listening to Shen Wan's words, Jing Lan nodded and said, "Maybe it's as you said."

As for Shen Wan, she immediately asked Jing Lan: "Lan'er, you wrote to me a few days ago, saying that your great-grandmother was afraid that someone would find out who was behind the scenes to instigate Geng Shi and his son to come to Lu's house to make trouble and damage your reputation. Why hasn't your grandmother found out after so long?"

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