Minglan is reborn, this time with no regrets!

Not long after Molan left, Fang Mama came over with the old lady's people.

"The old lady said that she was worried that the Sixth Miss would not be able to handle the work herself, so she sent someone to help. This is Cuiwei, the first-class maid in the old lady's room. Cuiwei, come and meet the Sixth Miss."

Minglan was very familiar with Cuiwei in the old lady's courtyard, but now it seemed as if they were meeting for the first time. Minglan said politely, "Sixth Miss, how are you?"

"Hello, Sister Cuiwei. Sorry to trouble you in the future."

"You are too polite, Miss Six. This is all my duty."

The people in the courtyard saw this and thought that Cuiwei was not favored by Minglan. They became arrogant and were slapped by Cuiwei. They went to Minglan to make trouble, but Minglan just said, "Sister Cuiwei will be the supervisor of Mu Cang Zhai in the future. Even Danju and Xiaotao who are by my side cannot go beyond her. You deserve to be beaten for your mistakes. Don't make things difficult for me."

When the people below heard Sixth Miss actually say something "difficult", they immediately felt that she was a softie.

"Oh, I didn't expect the Sixth Miss to be so easy to manipulate. If only Cuiwei hadn't come! How comfortable we would be in this courtyard!" a maid said regretfully.

"Dream on. Didn't you hear what the people from Linqi Pavilion said today? The housekeeper power will return to Lin Xiaoniang sooner or later. Even if you feel relieved now, you will still have to work hard to become Lin Xiaoniang's housekeeper, unless you don't want to stay in this family anymore." Another maid poured cold water on her.

"You went back to see the third brother? You went back to see the third brother without telling me?"

"What nonsense are you talking about? I ran into someone from Lin Qige on the road. I wanted to go back, but now Miss Lin is guarding the door of Third Brother's house like an iron barrel. Who can get in?"

"Okay, then what did the people at Linqi Pavilion tell you?"

"This morning, several girls went to pay their respects to the eldest lady. The fourth girl gave the sixth girl a humiliating lecture at the entrance of Weiruixuan. Everyone thought the sixth girl was getting arrogant, but on the way back, the sixth girl caught up with the fourth girl and apologized to her and begged for mercy, saying that she couldn't be a head of the Sheng family for the rest of her life, and that she would definitely let someone who was dedicated to the Sheng family run the household in the future. Isn't this referring to Miss Lin?"

"She is doing the best for the Sheng family? How can this be called Miss Lin?"

"Think about it, Madam Wang used the family's money to support her sister, and almost got into a lawsuit that brought disaster to the whole family. How can she be so disloyal to the Sheng family?"

"How do you know such a thing? And you said you didn't go to see Third Brother!"

"Oh, it was Yunzai who was beside the fourth lady who said that! Even the third brother may not know about this kind of thing!"

"That's right... When it comes to scheming, the third brother can't compare to his sister."

"It's easier to please a person who has no ulterior motives, otherwise how could we get him to the master's house so quickly? Don't be so ungrateful!"

"You got the advantage! I was the first one that Third Brother took a fancy to!"

……

Within half a day, the rumor that "Mrs. Lin will be the housekeeper again one day" spread throughout the Sheng Mansion, and everyone felt that it was just as expected. When they saw that the Sixth Miss hung the painting given by the Fourth Miss in the center of the main hall of Mu Cang Zhai, they felt that the Sixth Miss was afraid of the power of Lin Qige, and those who wanted to show off their power to the new housekeeper gave up - anyway, she would have to return to Lin Qige one day, so there was no need to make trouble now.

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Half a month later, after much urging from Old Madam Sheng, the old lady from the Imperial Hospital, Zheng He's family, finally brought her grandson to the Sheng Mansion.

Wang Ruofu followed the previous discussion with the old lady and tricked Hualan out of her mother-in-law's clutches on the pretext that her grandmother was ill. She also led her into the house on the pretext of looking at some fabrics, but in fact she wanted Old Lady He to take Hualan's pulse and prescribe medicine.

Minglan and Mrs. He's grandson He Hongwen greeted each other and were thrown into the main hall of Shou'an Hall to wait for the people who came to "look at the materials" to come back.

Minglan didn't want to talk to He Hongwen, so she lied that something was stewing in the kitchen and she wanted to go and see. She didn't care how awkward it was for the male guest to be alone in this women's house, and just walked away.

When she came back, Mrs. He, her grandparents, and Wang Ruofu and her daughter had all left, leaving Mrs. Sheng alone sipping tea.

"Why are you leaving Brother He here alone?" Grandma pouted, looking a little unhappy.

"I made delicious osmanthus cake for grandma." Minglan held the plate and presented it with both hands.

"When can't you make osmanthus cake? Does it have to be made when guests come?" Grandmother wouldn't let her go.

"Oh," Minglan finally gave up, "He is a man and I am a woman. It is so awkward for the two of us to look at each other in this room and have nothing to say..."

"Then why do you talk so much to Gu Er?" Grandmother raised her eyebrows and looked at her.

"Mr. Gu is Second Brother's good friend. He has something to talk to Second Brother about." Minglan argued.

"I heard that Molan exposed the affair between you and Gu Er in front of your father that day. If you hadn't used me as a cover, you would have been in trouble as well." Grandma continued to expose.

"How could I be using my grandmother as an excuse? Miss Lin should be beaten to death for her rude words and insulting my grandmother! If my father and mother cover up for her and condone her, they would be unfilial!" Minglan really had a clear conscience on this matter.

The old lady took Minglan's hand and said kindly, "I know you feel sorry for me, but there's no need to force yourself against the people from Linqi Pavilion for me. Your leg injury cost me a lot of money! I bought the best medicine to heal you. Do you want to compensate me?"

"Compensate! Grandma said that no matter how much compensation you want, your granddaughter will accept it!"

"Then you should listen to your grandmother and look at the good boys from other families."

Minglan stopped smiling: "Grandma...what do you mean..."

The old lady said sternly, "I know you are stubborn. Once you set your mind on one thing, you can't see the others. This is really like me... But if Gu Er joins the army, he will have to live with his head hanging on his waist from then on. If something happens, won't you think of a way out?"

Minglan curled her lips: "Then I will stay with my grandmother for the rest of my life."

She holds the memories of her past life, so of course she knows that there is a high probability that nothing serious will happen to Gu Tingye in the future, but the old lady doesn't know, and Minglan doesn't want to say too much and scare her grandmother.

"Nonsense!" The old lady couldn't bear to hear Minglan say that to her, "You have a bright future ahead of you! How can you waste your time with an old woman like me?"

Minglan smiled and said, "Then grandma means that nothing will happen to Gu Tingye!"

"You rascal!" The old lady wanted to be more rude to Minglan, but she softened her tone after a few words, "I know, I know, you do your own thing and I will make mine. It's me who wants to see He Hongwen and I want to meet more men for my granddaughter. It has nothing to do with you, okay."

The old lady herself placed all her hopes on the old scholar of the Sheng family in her lifetime, but ended up with scars all over her body. He was unfaithful and favored his concubine over his wife, and almost caused the whole family to die unjustly in prison. If it weren't for the old lady's efforts to save him and spend most of her life to raise Sheng Hong, the Sheng family would have been ruined long ago. The old lady didn't want Minglan to live such a hard life in the future. She wanted to find a man who loved Minglan more than she did, so that Minglan would not follow her old path.

Minglan knew what her grandmother meant and didn't want to make her worry anymore, so she quickly said, "Don't worry, grandma. I have my own plans."

The old lady said, "Your elder sister said that there will be a party in a few days at the Jinming Pond outside Xinzheng Gate. It will be hosted by Mrs. Wu of Yongchang Earl's Mansion. There will be polo, chuiwan, and fishing. How about you go with your elder sister to play and have fun and take a look?"

Minglan's eyes lit up: "So that's what happened! This is great! Grandma, why didn't you tell me earlier? Your granddaughter is absolutely delighted!"

The old lady laughed: "You naughty boy! You forget everything when you hear about playing polo."