Chapter 45 Enormous Grievance
“Biaojie, Xuan’er is merely a business girl, and there aren’t any elders in Yun family, thus loosing face is also a trivial matter. But you don’t seem to understand this kind of affairs at all. It would be biaojie, an official young miss, who would be losing face, and jiujiu’s face would also be lost. As such in future, you must not speak in this manner!” What do we call hitting someone yet flaunting off for being well-behaved, it’s precisely the mannerism of Lingxuan.
Originally, Shangguan Yunlan wanted to scheme against her, but in the end, contrarily she was lectured, that too in deadly earnest manner. Looking at Shangguan Yunlan’s anger and appearance of controlling temper, it truly made her satisfied.
“Mother,” When Shangguan Yunlan boarded the carriage, the tears she resisted with a great difficulty, finally rolled down of her delicate, white and small face, making her look quite pitiful.
“Lan’er don’t cry, Yun Lingxuan that bastard, what kind of thing is she” Jiao-shi’s heart was filled with distress as she pacified her own family’s bullied daughter, and cursed angrily: “Didn’t you see what kind of trash she is? Is she even worthy of attending Runan wangfu’s little princess’ birthday? You, ah! You truly are good-hearted, why bother with her? “
Shangguan Yunlan became was even more angry in her heart when she saw that her own mother didn’t understand her thoughts at all.
Where did she truly wished for Yun Lingxuan to attend the banquet. She merely wanted Yun Lingxuan to give her jewellery to her, so that she could put herself in the limelight at the banquet.
However, originally well-behaved and obedient Yun Lingxuan, after her gugu[1]’s and gufu[2]’s death, unexpectedly became now like this, truly displeasing.
姑姑 (gūgu): father’s sister
姑夫 (gūfu): father’s sister’s husband
Without Yun Lingxuan’s support, when the moment comes, what was she supposed to wear? Thinking of this, she got a head ache.
“Lin mama[3], where’s young lady’s bird’s nest congee?” After the Shangguan family walked out, Lingxuan indifferently glanced at the Lin mama standing at the side and asked.
嬷嬷(mā mā): wet nurse
Lin mama’s complexion at once changed, without delay she deferentially asked: “The kitchen has already prepared it. Don’t know if young lady would wish to have to eat it now?”
“Let the small kitchen send it to the second young miss,” Lingxuan didn’t rebuke Lin mama for shooting her mouth off. Anyway, her heart was over there, this little thing, she was disinclined to bother about it.
“Yes,” Lin mama replied, feeling little ease in her heart.
Although the eldest miss’s age wasn’t much, the aura around her and her way of doing things were truly imposing, making her often hold her breath, not daring to negligently move.
Looking at the back of Lin mama as she turned around and walked away, Lingxuan pair of eyes squinted. She then called Uncle He, who had returned back after seeing the guest out, and briefly said to him a few words in a low voice. His whole face became flabbergasted as he pursued his lips with a smile. Her each and every moved filled with grandeur, made uncle He to worship her.
On the other hand, the uproar caused by Yun Bo in the capital soon reached Yun fu. Everyone was anxiously waiting for him to come back, but when Jiang-shi saw that he was slow in coming back, she was unable to sit. Regardless of her mother-in-law’s presence, she began to walk to and fro in the hall, unable to keep even a thread of calmness.
“This child, where did he go? Such a thing has happened, yet he hasn’t returned, I am truly anxious!” At the thought of the son, who she had raised in the palm of her hands, being humiliated by others, Jiao-shi’s heart ached.
She too was aware that Yun fu was getting worse with each generation, but good or bad that was her son, ah! Regardless of how his future prospects are, he was her precious, the treasure in the palm of her hand.
“Stop walking around, it’s making people dizzy!” Yunke-shi finally was unable to bear, and grumbled to Jiang-shi.
“Mother,” Jiang-shi also didn’t care about Yunke-shi’s dissatisfaction, and turned around to ask: “Can you not send people to search for the child, ah!?” This child’s temperament is stubborn, if by any chance if he was met with a mishap, would everything be alright.
She only has this one son. Usually, her heart would be distressed even if he suffered a little bit, not to mention, this day he had suffered such an enormous grievance.
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Footnotes:
[1] 姑姑 [gūgu] paternal aunt
[2] 姑夫 (gūfu) father’s sister’s husband
[3] 嬷嬷(mā mā): wet nurse
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