Chapter 440 - The Fu General Manors Old Madam Is Sick (2/2)

Her angry but cute look made the Old Madam happy. She wiped her tears and reached out to pat Luo Mingzhu with a smile. “You little girl, you’re married and you’re still making fun of me. You know that your aunt pa.s.sed away very early. Your Cousin Tong usually doesn’t even have anyone to care for her. I feel uncomfortable whenever I think of how your Cousin Tong endures all the pain in her heart.”

Tears began to well up in the Old Madam’s eyes as she spoke.

Mo Huawen had married Xu Yan and was also very good to Xu Yan. The Old Madam could not say anything about it. However, she had always hated Mo Huawen for leaving his legitimate daughter in Cloud City. She felt that Mo Huawen had a uns.h.i.+rkable responsibility for Luo Xia’s death. She could not help but bring it up now and felt that Mo Xuetong was pitiful even more.

Mo Xuetong smiled sweetly. She held the Old Madam’s hand and looked at her with filial affection. “Grandmother, Tong’er is fine now. Why would anything happen to me? Look, Grandmother, you’re so careless and caught a cold. You’re so old and you have to be more careful. Second Cousin and I are really worried about you.” The Old Madam felt sad again and started to wipe away her tears.

Luo Mingzhu hurriedly changed the topic when she saw that the Old Madam became sad again. She excitedly suggested. “That’s right. Grandmother, look at you. You feel sad about Aunt and hurt your body. She will feel bad if she sees you from up there. And there are still Cousin Tong and me. Are we two so useless that you have to think of these useless things again and again? Grandmother, I think that you shouldn’t stay at home all the time. In a few days, you should go to the temple outside the city to burn incense and have a few vegetarian meals to relax with Cousin Tong and me.”

Mo Xuetong agreed readily. Even though her nose was sore, she still pretended to be happy. “Alright. Grandmother, it just so happens that we can go together.”

The Old Madam’s interest was lifted when she saw the two of them were extremely interested. She kept saying yes and said that she would go tomorrow. She looked as if she wanted to get there right away.

Luo Mingzhu and Mo Xuetong tried everything they could to managed to persuade the Old Madam to stop talking about setting off tomorrow. At least, they had to wait until she was fully recovered before they could leave. Otherwise, no one was allowed to go.

Mo Xuetong and Luo Mingzhu only walked around the garden at noon after they had lunch with the Old Madam and served her medicine.

The two of them walked in front, and the maidservants were all sent to follow them from afar.

Mo Xuetong knew that Luo Mingzhu had something to tell her, so she also asked Mo Ye and the others to stood at a place away from her.

She secretly sized Luo Mingzhu up and felt the latter looked much better than she had seen that day. Even though she was smiling that day, Luo Mingzhu’s smile did not reach the bottom of her eyes. Now, Luo Mingzhu’s eyes were so charming that she looked very happy. Mo Xuetong could not help but sigh in relief. It seemed that Li Youmo and Luo Mingzhu had made it clear.

Luo Mingzhu took a few steps and suddenly stood under the tree. She looked at Mo Xuetong and smiled gratefully. “Cousin Tong, thank you.”

Mo Xuetong knew that she was talking about how she had gone to try to persuade Luo Mingzhu that day. She smiled and turned to look at Luo Mingzhu. She teased coyly, “It looks like you’ve made up with Cousin-in-law. It turns out that he didn’t fight for the most popular courtesan for himself that day!”

Luo Mingzhu’s face flushed when Mo Xuetong mentioned the courtesan. She felt a little guilty when she thought of how she had shut Li Youmo outside without even asking. However, she immediately felt that it was sweet. He had been locked outside the door by her. He had not told anyone anything because he was afraid that she would be reprimanded by Old Madam Li and had even ordered the people around him to shut their mouths. Only then would she be able to avoid the Old Madam’s blame.

Luo Mingzhu smiled and continued walking forward. “Your cousin-in-law told me.”

Even though she did not say it very clearly, Mo Xuetong knew that Li Youmo must have said it all. Mo Xuetong could not help but smile. It was important for a husband and wife to be honest with each other. She hoped that Li Youmo and Second Cousin could really support and get along well with each other after this incident.

An idea came to Mo Xuetong’s mind and she asked suddenly, “Did my cousin-in-law ask you to come today?”

Luo Mingzhu flushed and said awkwardly, “It’s not all about him. Grandmother is ill… We should come and see her together.”

Mo Xuetong smiled oddly. She glanced at Luo Mingzhu from the corners of her eyes and teased the latter. “I know, I know. It’s not about my cousin-in-law. It’s all because Second Cousin missed Grandmother that you called me over.”

Luo Mingzhu’s face flushed when she heard that. She said a little angrily, “Alright, then I won’t say anything. I’m just here today to visit Grandmother and I don’t have anything else to say.”

After that, she turned around and was about to leave.

Mo Xuetong hurried to reach out to hold her hand and flatteringly shook it with a sweet smile. “Cousin, I was just joking. Alright, I apologize. Will my apology do!”

Luo Mingzhu said with a serious face, “No, you don’t have a good att.i.tude.” She just smiled with her eyes curved.

Mo Xuetong blinked her bright eyes and let go of Luo Mingzhu’s hand. She backed away for two steps, looking as if she was going to salute Luo Mingzhu in the most respectful manner. “Alright. Second Cousin, you’re so generous and you should forgive me this time. I’ll bow in respect before you here.”

It immediately startled Luo Mingzhu. Mo Xuetong was an officially special-grade consort. How could a consort bow to her? She tugged on Mo Xuetong’s hand and said hurriedly, “You want to kill me? Alright, alright, you’re a smart girl. I’ll tell you what it is!”

In the past few days, Feng Yuran and Li Youmo both had been very busy. It was not easy for them to get to meet each other. As such, when it so happened that it was not a big deal, Li Youmo had only asked Luo Mingzhu to tell Feng Yuran that he’d settled the matter.

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