Chapter 90 Settled (Middle) One More Pink Added

  Ronghua thought for a moment, today Erniang came to her house and mentioned the marriage of several Tao family misses, and then reflected on another family's daughter's marriage, and sighed, "It's all for the sake of the family's reputation, can't help it." Although she said so, it doesn't concern her but still has a hint of regret? It's just watching a joke.

  Most people in the government have such an attitude, and Yao Hua has always been held in high esteem.

  Besides, it was indeed Gu Gongzi who proposed to Yaohua. What does this have to do with anyone else? If the one being married into the Gu family wasn't Yaohua but her instead, there wouldn't be so many twists and turns. She would probably have been taken away by the Gu family long ago.

  If Yao Hua were as kind as she usually appears, she would definitely feel sorry for herself. Now that she has gone through so much, she can't wait for Yao Hua to marry that Mr. Gu immediately, just so she can taste the consequences of harming others and ultimately harming herself.

  Think about it, Fourth Aunt and Old Lady Ma already know about this, so why bother asking for her opinion.

  Shouldn't someone as ruthless and cruel as Yaohua be punished? And yet, over the years, Yaohua has done even more than that. Why should others who have done nothing wrong be sent to sacrifice for the family, while Yaohua, who has made so many mistakes, is forgiven again and again?

  Now that Eldest Sister is ill like this, if Yaohua can be punished early on, perhaps the family will still have some peace.

  Rong Hua raised her head, with a hint of redness at the corners of her eyes, and a face full of difficulty.

  The old lady smiled and said, "It doesn't matter, just say what you think."

  Rong Hua nodded slightly, "My granddaughter doesn't quite understand these things either, she just feels that Second Sister shouldn't marry him, that man will come to threaten our family, it's easy to imagine what kind of person he is."

  The old lady's face fell at this thought, "How would I not know?"

  Ronghua said: "A person with such a character, we will marry our second sister to him. If others find out, what will they think of the Tao family? In the future, if that man marries our second sister and doesn't give up, he'll ask for more from us. What can we do? If Father can't find evidence to refute his accusations, and he goes to the court to file a complaint, we won't be able to respond. If we say that man is making false accusations, why would the Tao family be afraid of him and still marry our daughter to him? Isn't this even more humiliating?" As she spoke, her eyes turned red. "The most pitiful one is still Second Sister. After this incident, how can she face others in the future."

  After hearing Rong Hua's words, the old lady showed a resentful expression on her face. "You children don't understand the severity of this matter, you only know about deep brotherly love, but you don't know the difficulties we elders face. Which elder doesn't want to see you all doing well? I also had no choice but to resort to this last-ditch measure."

  Ronghua was scolded and looked a bit downcast, but still couldn't help saying, "After all, it's about Erjie's whole life, maybe there are other ways to solve it."

  The old lady's eyes sparkled, "What can you do?"

  Rong Hua lowered her head, furrowed her brow and thought for half a day before saying: "What can a granddaughter like me understand? I just feel that..." but then she had nothing more to say.

  The old lady sighed, "You kids are still far from being in charge of your own households."

  The implication is that she's still too young and inexperienced to make any major decisions.

  Ronghua stopped talking and went to pour tea for the old lady, then sat for a while. Just as she was about to leave, footsteps were heard outside, and Ruiqing lifted the curtain and came in saying: "Third Aunt has come to see Old Lady."

  The old lady immediately smiled and said: "Quickly let's get you inside." She stretched out her hand to help Ronghua sit up.

  Ronghua hastily lifted the curtain to greet Liao Shi.

  Liao wore a peach-red auspicious dress with a lucky pattern, saw Rong Hua coming over, and flew up a familiar smile on her face, gently saluting Rong Hua.

  Rong Hua smiled and nodded slightly, then the two of them went into the house together.

  When she saw the old lady, Liao immediately went forward and paid her respects. The old lady kindly stretched out her hand and called to Liao, "Get up, get up."

  Liao sat down and talked to the old lady, Liao seemed to have something to say but was hesitant with Ronghua by her side. Ronghua then made an excuse, "I still want to go see tenth sister."

  The old lady smiled and said: "Go quickly! At the gate of the bridal chamber, you should be close to each other often. In the future..."

  Ronghua's face turned red, and she hastily bowed to Old Lady Lao and Mrs. Liao.

  After Rong Hua left, Liao said: "Rong Hua is a good kid, and he does things steadily."

  The old lady smiled and nodded, "It's just a pity that you entered the mansion a bit late."

  Liao's eyes flashed, the old lady's intention was that she was afraid of not grasping the true temperament of Eighth Young Lady in a short time. In the future, if Eighth Young Lady marries into the Hou Mansion and refuses to listen to her words, either she will not be able to stand firm in the Hou Mansion or she will not be able to rely on her natal family, then this marriage would be in vain.

  She entered the Tao family, and it wasn't late either. The whole Tao family was also on guard against her... Thinking of this, Liao Shi felt more close to Rong Hua, so she smiled: "I think Eighth Young Lady is very good. People all say that adversity reveals true feelings. What Eighth Young Lady has done these few times can be talked about, and she doesn't have much temper on a daily basis. Is such a temperament not good? Although it's true that the time of entering the mansion was short, some people may not be able to see through in a lifetime."

  The old lady heard Liao's words, the front was still good, but the back half sentence made her heart a shock, immediately raised her head to look at Liao, and saw that there was nothing on Liao's face, knowing that she had inadvertently said it.

  The old lady nodded and smiled warmly: "I'm getting old, I don't have as much insight as you."

  Liao knew the old lady was teasing her and blushed.

  The old lady asked again: "How about the thing I asked you to ask about the other day?"

  Liao said, "As it happens, when my second and eighth nieces were visiting the Hou residence, my second niece accidentally slipped and almost fell into the water. It was my eighth niece who reached out to save her, but in doing so, she herself ended up falling into the water. Fortunately, Lord Hou witnessed the whole thing and even took off his own cloak to have it passed over to my eighth niece."

  The old lady raised her eyebrows slightly upon hearing this, and the big daughter-in-law didn't mention a word about it when she returned to the mansion. If not for the maid by her side mentioning that Rong Hua changed his clothes when he came back, she wouldn't have let Liao Shi sneakily ask around.

  Liao didn't notice the subtle expression on the old lady's face and continued to smile, "When my eighth niece saved me earlier, fortunately, Lord Hou arrived in time! This is also a fate."

  The old lady hesitated slightly, adjusting the yellow chrysanthemum-patterned robe on her body, before saying: "I'm not worried about anything else, it's just that Ba Yatou is after all a concubine-born child, I don't know if the Madame and Mistress of the Hou Mansion will be satisfied, afraid that in the future if...

  Liao smiled and said, "Don't worry, mother. I know my sister's temper well. If she didn't agree, she wouldn't have asked someone to speak on her behalf. Besides, my sister has already told me that as long as the prince likes it, and the other party comes from a good family with a suitable social status, she won't say anything. The matter of the eighth niece was only settled because the prince himself agreed to it. No one can go against the prince's temper."

  Looking at the old lady's expression, Liao Shi added: "Madam is satisfied with the marriage of Changning Bo's family, and only then will she invite Changning Bo's fourth daughter to dinner together. However, it seems that the Marquis is not very fond of Changning Bo's fourth daughter, so we can only give up. But if our side doesn't work out, it will be difficult to...". In terms of status, Yao Hua is indeed higher than Rong Hua, but can Yao Hua's high status surpass that of Changning Bo's fourth daughter? If Changning Bo's fourth daughter is not good enough, would they replace the eighth niece with the second niece just because of her status? The Hou family probably values the eighth niece's character, and no matter what, character cannot be replaced. If we force it, this marriage might not work out after all.

  Liao said his intention clearly and looked at the old lady's face, the old lady's face floated a smile, and kindly said: "That's good, I just worry about Ba Mianzi suffering in the past, rather than not making this marriage."

  Liao smiled and said, "Don't worry, old lady!" He happily told her the good news, "Sister said that Baoshan will come again in two days."

  The old lady raised her head, somewhat unexpectedly, "The Hou Mansion handled things so quickly?" Logically speaking, a household like the Hou Mansion would consider everything carefully before acting, and marriage was no exception. It was common for such matters to drag on for several years. How could they have come back so soon after just a few days of Bao's visit?

  Liao met the second madam at Xue's residence, and the second madam was also actively promoting this marriage. Although she felt that the second madam's enthusiasm must have had ulterior motives, after careful consideration, it became clear that the third son of the second branch had also reached the age of marriage. The marquis would not marry, so how could the third son dare to mention it? It was still her sister who told her that the second branch had set their sights on the fourth miss of Changningbo. These words Liao naturally couldn't say in front of the old madam, so she just smiled and said: "That's a good thing, the marquis is not young anymore, the Xue family wants to marry a daughter-in-law into the main branch early to carry on the family line, and in the future, the main branch will also have someone to inherit."

  Liao's words were sharp as a needle, and the old lady knew that Liao had some private motives. Now, Ronghua was indeed closer to the third house, but thinking carefully, what Liao said wasn't wrong at all.

  The old lady had asked enough questions and changed the subject after taking a sip of tea, "How's the Zhang family doing?"

  As for Jinghua's marriage, Liao smiled again, "It was agreed that in the next two days, they would prepare gifts and come to pay respects to the old lady."

  The old lady deliberately put on a stern face, "I've only just arrived, how can I so readily accept their gifts?"

  The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law both burst out laughing again.

  Liao left, and Rui Qing returned to the house to attend to Old Lady's change of clothes. Then she brought in a steamer with nourishing supplements for Old Lady to eat. After eating, Old Lady lay down to rest. Rui Qing moved a footstool over to massage Old Lady's legs. The other maids in the room withdrew, and after a while, Old Lady said, "She is a child who knows how to cherish familial relationships and doesn't have too many thoughts..." Rui Qing knew she was talking about Eighth Miss, and didn't interrupt.

  The old lady let out a sigh and finally fell asleep.

  Rui Qing covered the old lady with a quilt and just quietly exited when Yatou rushed over in a panic, saying: "Something's wrong, Second Miss has had an accident."

  ……

  Ronghua came out of Qinhua's courtyard and returned to her own room. Hongyu and Hongying, two clever girls, found an excuse to slip away.

  Jinxiu followed him out, and Mugen had been waiting anxiously for a long time. Seeing that there was no one else in the house, he hurriedly came up to ask, "How is it?"

  Jinxiu nodded slightly.

  Mu Ge's face immediately lit up with joy.

  Ronghua also let out a sigh of relief. Although the old lady seemed to have given up on Yaohua, her feelings for her were still there and she would definitely not want to hear any hurtful words. She couldn't appear indifferent or too clever, yet she had to care about the fate of the Tao family while relying on her elders at home. Only then could she wholeheartedly devote herself to the Tao family in the future when she got married.

  The old lady pretended to be blaming, but it was just a fake appearance. As long as she accompanied him to sing this play well, that's all.

  As for the one with the surname Gu, the old lady said it was a false accusation, and Father wasn't so easily intimidated either. This matter isn't easy to resolve, and she also doesn't want the Tao family's boat to sink so soon. After all, she is also on this boat, not to mention that there is also Hong Ge who relies on the Tao family now.

  Now that the old lady has intervened, there will naturally be a way to resolve it.

  Ronghua was speaking when Hongyu lifted the curtain and came in. Jinxiu and Muxin saw Hongyu with some estrangement, but Hongyu didn't have a bad temper, and formally greeted Ronghua before coming over to say in a low voice: "Just now, I heard from the courtyard that something has happened on the side of the second young lady."

  Rong Hua's eyes flashed, and in this way, Yao Hua would be able to see the old lady.

  ……

  The old lady heard the sound, opened her eyes and shouted loudly at Rui Qing.

  Rui Qing hastily brought in Xiang Zhu from beside Yao Hua.

  The old lady saw Xiang Zhu furrowed her brow, "What's wrong?"

  Xiang Zhu immediately knelt down on the ground, "Old lady, please go and take a look at Second Miss! Second Miss's illness has relapsed again, it looks more serious than before, I'm afraid it's going to..."

  The old lady heard this and saw Xiang Zhu's red eyes and despondent face, and her heart also became anxious. She suddenly sat up from the soft couch, didn't even put on her shoes, stood up and said: "What are you talking about? I saw her a few days ago and she was fine."

  Xiang Zhu cried, "But also didn't know, Second Miss these days has been dazed and confused, for several days hasn't eaten a single grain of rice, except to see Old Lady, usually doesn't dress up, just sits in the corridor staring blankly, occasionally talks to the birds sent by Old Lady, and ignores us."

  "Yesterday, in the middle of the night, I woke up to check on Second Miss, but she wasn't in bed. After searching the entire courtyard, I finally found her hiding behind a Taihu stone, her whole body chilled to the bone. I wanted to report this to Old Madame and Madame, but Second Miss refused to let me, saying that if anyone breathed a word about it, they would never be allowed to see her again." Xiangzhu wiped away tears as she spoke, "They've been keeping a close eye on us all day, and today Second Miss's illness has taken a turn for the worse. She can barely get out of bed now, and I had to sneak out to see Old Madame."

  Rui Qing went forward to help the old lady put on her shoes, holding onto the old lady's foot, feeling that the old lady was slightly trembling all over, and was greatly startled in her heart, fearing that the old lady would suddenly get anxious about something, so she hurriedly comforted her, "Don't worry, old lady, we'll go take a look and then you'll know."

  The old lady couldn't hear this and only asked Xiang Zhu, "If the second girl didn't let you come, would none of you have come? If you had come to me early and told me, how could it have ended up like today?" As she spoke, she bypassed Xiang Zhu and hurriedly walked forward.

  Rui Qing and others hurriedly followed him.

  Everyone arrived at the second lady's courtyard, and a sobbing sound came from inside the house. The old lady suddenly stopped, not daring to push open the door. Instead, someone inside heard the noise and opened the door first. Seeing that it was the old lady, everyone fell silent and hastily stood aside to let her walk straight into the inner room.

  The window was open in the inner room, and the green gauze curtains were floating in the air with the wind, making people feel sad when they saw it. The old lady walked to the bedside to visit Yao Hua, Yao Hua lay on the bed, her long hair scattered down, a layer of dark blue around her eyes, her eyes dim and without light, her lips had no blood color at all, and there was no vitality.

  The old lady saw this situation, her nose was sour, her eyes were blurred, she pulled Yao Hua's hand that was exposed outside and called out twice, "Yao Hua, Yao Hua, Grandma has come to see you."

  It took half a day for the elegant and refined gaze to gather, falling on the old lady's body, seemingly filled with great joy, squeezing out some smiles on her face. "Grandma... you... have come. You... didn't... make me... angry?"

  The soft words were finally spoken with great difficulty, but they asked if she was still angry with her. The old lady couldn't bear it anymore, and tears fell onto Yao Hua's hand.

  Rui Qing saw this situation and hastily instructed Xiang Zhu, "Quickly go and invite Lang Zhong over, don't make a sound."

  Xiang Zhu hurriedly left, and Rui Qing also sent all the maids in the house away, "Don't come up without being summoned."

  The old lady complained: "You child, you don't know how to cherish your body. In just a few days, you've turned yourself into this state. If I had known you'd end up like this, the night you were born, I wouldn't have held you in my arms."

  "Grandma... Bai... raised me... I shouldn't have lived to this day and caused grandma so much heartache."

  The old lady raised her eyebrows, "What are you talking about? Do you want all my efforts over the years to be in vain? I've worked hard to raise you to this age, and now you're going to cut off your own life?"

  Yao Hua coughed for a while, took a deep breath, and grasped the old lady's hand tightly. "I know... Grandmother is blaming me... but I have to fight for it... Grandmother... you're getting older... if I don't make something of myself... who will support you in the future? If I don't become strong, who will pity me? I absolutely cannot bear to see Grandmother grow old and helpless," she said, her voice growing smaller. "I also want to stay by Grandmother's side forever and share a happy family life..." She struggled to finish speaking, then her hand dropped limply.

  The old lady's eyes widened, and she swayed back and forth, barely managing to steady herself. Her face had turned deathly pale. "Quickly go call the doctor over, quickly go call the doctor..." As she spoke, she went forward to pick up Yaohua. "Yaohua, Yaohua, my child, you absolutely cannot have anything happen to you! Whatever you want to do, go ahead and do it, Grandma won't stop you anymore."

  Complaint: The network card is useless and can't find a signal.

  No way to find an internet cafe everywhere that can insert a U disk...

  Also promised two more updates, must be at least 5,000 words. Let's combine the two updates! ~

  There is 80 pink plus inside.