When there was so much commotion in the courtyard, the underlings walking outside the courtyard naturally heard it and immediately went to report to the housekeeper, who in turn went to report to Meng Yang.
Meng Yang knew about the Gu family’s affairs, and when he heard the report, he simply ordered, “Order it down, no one is allowed to go near that courtyard, and no one is allowed to chew on it, or I will have them sold out.”
Meng Yang had never said such harsh words before, the housekeeper hastily answered and quickly ordered them to go down, the subordinates were all so far away, even if they had to pass by this courtyard door, they were still running quickly.
Gu Wen cried for a long time, her voice was hoarse from crying, before she stopped. She seemed to have cried herself dry and could not even stand up, so she just sank to the ground and leaned against Kong Qing, remorseful and wanting to kowtow to Gu Yi.
“Second sister, now you are the only family he has left in this world, pull yourselves together, he must have wanted you to be well.”
Gu Wen’s tears flowed silently down again.
It was a long, long time before Kong Qing helped her up and sat back in her chair. Xiao Bao opened his arms for her to hold him, and Kong Qing carried him over and placed him on his lap.
Gu Wen looked at Song Wan Yue, her lips moved a few times before she let out a hoarse voice, “We will live well, is there anything you need from us? Little brother, little brother has left us 500,000 taels.”
Song Wangyue shook her head.
Gu Wen propped herself up on the table and slowly got up, “We’ll go back first and come back to see you another day.”
Song Wangyue didn’t stay, “I’ll see you guys off.”
“No need.”
Gu Wen walked out with mute steps, and Kong Qing followed her with the child in his arms, holding her with one hand. He wanted to leave an address for Song Wangyue, but when he saw how lost Gu Wen was, he didn’t say anything, and helped her out of the Meng house and into the carriage.
As soon as she sat down, Gu Wen collapsed on top of him and passed out.
Kong Qing panicked and held her up, urgently ordering the coachman, “Go to the doctor!”
……
Inside the house, Song Wan Yue sat quietly, cursing Chu Yun Xiao countless times in her heart, waiting and seeing how she would settle accounts with him later.
At the border, Song Yin, who was training his soldiers, suddenly sneezed, he looked up at the big sun in the sky, it was the hottest time, he shouldn’t be catching a cold, why would he sneeze? Could it be that someone was chanting about him?
Who was it? Song Yin’s mind flashed back to Song Wan Yue’s figure and he couldn’t help but shiver, thinking whether that girl would pick his skin when she saw him again.
Knowing that Gu Wen and the others had left, Meng Yang thought twice before coming over to look for Song Wan Yue. When he walked into the courtyard, he noticed the low atmosphere and sighed in his heart. The weight of Gu Yi in Yue’s heart was evident from the fact that she had gone to the capital to sue the emperor, so he had told Meng in his letter that no one should mention Gu Yi in front of Yue, but who knew that he would run into someone from the Gu family on his first day in Jinling.
He steadied his composure and walked into the house, “Yue’er ……”
Song Wan Yue looked up, her eyes flushed with red.
Meng Yang looked distressed, but didn’t know how to comfort her, “People can’t come back from death, don’t be too sad.”
“I know, don’t worry uncle grandfather, I will let go. ”
Meng Yang became more and more heartbroken, his granddaughter was about the same age as Song Wan Yue and spent her days carefree, while Yue had already experienced great sorrow on earth.
Footsteps came from outside and a young girl’s clear voice followed, “Is it sister Yue’er who is here?”
Hearing this voice, Meng Yang had a bit of a headache, this was his only granddaughter, since childhood the family had spent a lot of effort to cultivate it, the nurturing mothers, the famous female masters who taught qin, chess, calligraphy and painting, I don’t know how many of them had been hired, each one could not teach for more than three months, no matter how much money was given, they could not keep it, over time, the family had also given up, this girl became more and more windy, without any semblance of a lady’s temperament.
However, she had a talent for business, so he gave her the two workshops on the farm outside the city to manage.
As soon as the words left his mouth, the curtain was opened and a young girl walked in, looking older than Song Wan Yue, with a delicate look, a bright smile and a sunny aura that made people like her and want to get close to her at first sight.
The young girl’s gaze fell precisely on Song Wangyue, and the awe in her eyes was undisguised, “Sister Yue’er, you are so beautiful.”
The Meng family’s children were all good-looking and were considered among the best in Jiangling. This young girl was usually praised by outsiders for her beauty, but when compared to Song Wangyue, she was simply unimpressive.
Song Wan Yue fell in love with the girl after just one glance, and stood up with a smile on her face, “Sister is pretty too.”
“Not even close to you.”
There was no trace of jealousy in the young girl’s tone, she introduced herself openly, “My name is Meng Jiao, I’m your cousin, I’m thirteen years old.”
“Cousin Meng Jiao.”
“Just call me cousin.”
“Cousin.”
Meng Jiao happily answered, familiarly walking over and taking Song Wangyue’s hand to sit down.
Meng Yang covered her mouth and coughed lightly.
Meng Jiao was about to sit down when she stood up straight, looked at Meng Yang and asked with a smile, “Grandfather, you’re here too.”
Meng Yang looked at her helplessly, Meng Jiao was not only like a boy, she was even cheeky, if she didn’t look like the Meng family, he would have suspected that the child had been swapped.
“You’re not at the farm, why have you suddenly come back?”
“Didn’t you say that my cousin was coming, so I hurried back after arranging things there.”
“Your aunt and grandmother are back, have you gone to see them?”
“My aunt and grandmother haven’t returned for so long, my grandmother must be pulling her head in pain, I thought I couldn’t bother them, so I came over to see my cousin first. By the way, grandfather, you haven’t seen your aunt and grandmother for a long time either, so you’d better go and see her, I’ll just keep my cousin company.”
Meng Yang cried and laughed, thinking that with this girl with him, Song Wan Yue could forget about Gu Yi, and glared at her before getting up, “Keep your cousin company, she has not rested well after her long journey, don’t take her out of the house now.”
“Understood, grandfather don’t worry.”
Meng Yang left.
Meng Jiao took Song Wan Yue’s hand and sat down, not giving Song Wan Yue a chance to speak at all and kept talking, “Grandfather has been mentioning cousin since he came back from the capital, saying that you are very capable and that I should learn more from you. I’ve always wondered what kind of person cousin is that can make grandfather praise her so much ……”
Song Wangyue smiled as she listened, and did not interrupt her words.
Meng Jiao spoke for a quarter of an hour before she stopped, feeling thirsty, she let go of Song Wan Yue’s hand and poured two cups of tea, one for Song Wan Yue and one for herself, drinking it all in one go, only when she finished did she remember something and smiled at Song Wan Yue, “Don’t laugh at me, cousin, I’m just like that.”