Jia Baoyu's departure made Jia's mother and others sad for quite a while. The servants knew that their masters were in a bad mood, so they didn't even dare to laugh loudly during these days and they behaved much more well-behaved.

After all, Grandmother Jia was old, and Jia Min was really worried that she would hurt her body due to excessive worry, so she often brought Lin Daiyu to accompany her, giving Lin Chengyu and Xuan Zheng the opportunity to have an affair.

But Xuan Zheng was busy today and couldn't accompany him. Lin Chengyu was bored at home, so she simply followed Jia Min to Rongguo Mansion.

"How come Chengyu is free to come here today?" Grandmother Jia asked in a light tone. She was still resentful of Lin Chengyu's previous procrastination. She did not turn her face away and ignore him, but did so out of consideration for Jia Min's face.

Her words showed her unhappiness, and not only smart people like Jia Tanchun and Wang Xifeng, but even Jia Yingchun could hear it.

Lin Chengyu didn't seem to notice, still smiling, and said, "Grandma is not feeling well, I was really worried, so I followed my mother to check on her."

Ever since Jia Baoyu left, Grandmother Jia seemed to have aged several years. Hearing this, she raised her eyelids and said nothing, but there was a hint of sarcasm in her expression.

Jia Min felt very upset. Her son was so filial, but he was treated coldly. No one could stand it. "Mother, Chengyu is thinking about you. Why do you have to do this? Baoyu's matter is the emperor's will. Even if Chengyu has the ability to reach the sky, can she force the emperor to change the imperial edict?"

It would have been better if she didn't say anything. As soon as she opened her mouth, Grandmother Jia became even angrier and snorted heavily, "Yes, yes, you are both right. Now you are eating delicious and spicy food, but my Baoyu may still be hungry. You are his aunt, don't you feel sorry for him at all?"

Jia Min remained silent. She felt distressed, but not much.

Jia Baoyu is her nephew, how could she not feel sorry for him? But no matter what, he can never compare to her own children.

"I feel sorry for him, but what can I do? Does mother want me to kneel down and beg the emperor to take back his decision?" Jia Min's face turned colder. "I heard that after the imperial edict came down, my second sister-in-law was still in the mood to go out for a stroll in a carriage. As a mother, she is not anxious. As an aunt, even if I am anxious, what can I do?"

Grandmother Jia couldn't help feeling guilty, but Madam Wang seemed to have been wronged. She said anxiously, "I really had to go out for something urgent that day. All the carriages at home were sent out, so I had to do something stupid. My sister is too petty to remember it for so long."

After that, Mrs. Wang stood up helplessly, pretending to be concerned about the overall situation, and reluctantly apologized to Jia Min, "Sister, please be magnanimous. Please forgive me for the fact that I was so worried about Baoyu at that time."

But Mrs. Wang was not apologizing at all; she was clearly putting Jia Min on the spot.

She felt that as her sister-in-law, she had been so humble and submissive. If Jia Min still continued to be petty, outsiders would only criticize Jia Min if they knew about it.

Whenever Mrs. Wang thought about outsiders pointing fingers at Jia Min and how Jia Min was furious but helpless, she felt much better.

But Jia Min's reaction was beyond everyone's expectations. Instead of getting angry, she laughed when she heard this.

"After not seeing you for a few days, your eloquence has improved a lot. I really admire you." Jia Min clapped her hands in admiration. "But I heard that your sister-in-law rode in a car and strolled around the street for several times, and only came back after Chengyu was taken away by Prince Linhuai. This is really strange and coincidental. If you don't know, you might think your sister-in-law did it on purpose."

Mrs. Wang's face changed. She didn't know who was so talkative. She didn't want to let her know who it was, otherwise that person would regret it.

She was so angry that she wanted to continue to argue with Jia Min, but was stopped by Jia Mu's dissatisfied look.

Mrs. Wang couldn't help but think that it was Jia Min who was obviously the aggressive one, but this old woman sided with her again and again, which was really hateful.

But whether Grandmother Jia really feels sorry for Jia Min or is weighing the pros and cons, I'm afraid only she herself knows.

The two sides were in a standoff and the situation was a little awkward for a while. If it continued like this, there would be no way out.

Wang Xifeng could only bite the bullet and change the subject, but she couldn't help sighing in her heart. Whenever these two were together, she couldn't have a moment of peace.

But her words were not wasted, as she managed to get the two of them to temporarily cease fighting.

Jia Min also felt that it was boring to get entangled with Wang Fu-ren, an unreasonable person, so she ignored her and only talked to other people.

Mrs. Wang's temper became more and more strange and severe. Not only the girls, but even Wang Xifeng and Li Wan tried to avoid her whenever possible. As a result, no one spoke to her at this moment, as if she was isolated.

She looked at the group of people surrounding Jia Min, chattering non-stop, and was so angry that she called them snobs in her heart.

Jia Min and the other two came to see Grandmother Jia. Seeing that she was in good spirits and had some energy, they knew that she was not seriously ill.

After dinner, Grandmother Jia was too lazy to talk to anyone, and Mrs. Wang looked as if her eyes were not eyes and her nose was not a nose. There was really no point in staying any longer.

Jia Min said, "Mother, we have something else to do at home, so we will go back first."

In the past, Grandmother Jia would have reluctantly pulled Jia Min aside to talk for a while, but this time she just said "hmm" faintly, obviously harboring resentment towards the Lin family.

Jia Min just thought it was ridiculous. Wang was not willing to risk her life for her son, so why should she, as his aunt, ask the emperor to beg her life at the risk of her life?

It's really baffling.

Just as Jia Min and the others were about to leave, Grandmother Jia suddenly seemed to remember something and said, "Wait a minute, I have something to ask you."

Jia Min turned around and looked at her in confusion, "Mother, just say it."

Everyone in the room was looking at Lady Jia, wondering what she would say. In short, looking at the expression of this old ancestor, it didn't seem like anything good was going to happen.

Grandmother Jia pondered for a moment, then turned her gaze to Lin Daiyu, "The day before Baoyu left, he went to the Lin family to look for you. Why did he come back crying?"

Lin Daiyu wanted to ask her: "Is there anything wrong?"

This sounded as if she was bullying someone. Jia Baoyu was such an old man, why and when did he cry? What did it have to do with her?

Even if she cried to death, it had nothing to do with her.

But can she say this?

No.

Lin Daiyu thought a lot and was about to say something tactful to save everyone's face, but Lin Chengyu said with a cheerful look on her face: "I know."

In an instant, everyone in the room's eyes were focused on Lin Chengyu.

For some reason, when Lady Jia saw the expression on Lin Chengyu's face, she felt her scalp tingling. Just as she was about to open her mouth to stop him, Lin Chengyu told her everything that happened that day in a clear and understandable manner.

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