IBTSOME Chapter 64 Part 2

I BECAME THE STEPMOTHER OF MY EX-HUSBAND

 

Chapter 64 Part 2: Maternal Relatives

 

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Lin Wei Xi came out of the Empress Dowager’s place, and was surrounded by people again when she showed up. Lin Wei Xi sighed. It seemed that she could not take a rest this whole day.

 

After finally leaving the palace at night, Lin Wei Xi happened to meet the people from Duke Yingguo Mansion when she went out. The Duke Yingguo Mansion’s people froze when they saw Lin Wei Xi's face. Obviously, they still remembered Gao Ran’s matters a while ago. Yan Wang's Mansion and Duke Yingguo Mansion were in-laws. Just now in the palace it was impossible not to say hello, but at that time they greeted each other in passing then separated. Unlike now the two families met, and there was only one way out of the palace, which made it very awkward. .

 

Although the Duke Yingguo old madam had a dull expression, she still greeted Lin Wei Xi first: "Greetings, Yan Wangfei."

 

"Greetings, Old madam." Lin Wei Xi couldn't help but feel amused when she saw this familiar people. Lin Wei Xi stood still. She used to be the junior, but now it should be the Duke Yingguo Mansion’s people who came to salute her. Obviously, they also understood this. After the madam and young lady of Duke Yingguo Mansion saluted Lin Wei Xi one by one, Gao Ran took a step from behind Lin Wei Xi and said, "This child pay respect to grandmother, aunt and sister-in-law. Greetings grandmother."

 

The Duke Yingguo old madam felt embarrassed when she saw Gao Ran. That time the old madam aggressively led people to Yan Wang Mansion to support Gao Ran, but it turned out it was Gao Ran who was unreasonable, the Duke Yingguo Mansion seriously losing face. The old lady was angry with Gao Ran, so she didn't want to see her, took the people back to the house directly. Since that time, this was the first time everyone in the Duke Yingguo Mansion saw Gao Ran.

 

It was also in the palace. Last year, when the Duke Yingguo Mansion met the third girl on the Dragon Boat Festival, they were so pleased, to recognized each other as grandparent and granddaughter in front of everyone, it lifted up their status. However, only half a year later, when the Duke Yingguo Mansion met Gao Family’s third girl and the third girl's mother-in-law, the mood was completely different.

 

Gao Ran disliked the Duke Yingguo Mansion for their uselessness, and treated their daughter as a commodity. It was great when she was well-off, but when she need the support of her maiden family, one by one ran away quickly, really a proper house that sold their daughters for glory. Everyone in the Duke Yingguo Mansion also felt that Gao Ran was not forthcoming. She did something wrong, but without telling the truth, she urged her maiden’s family to come and fight with her mother-in-law, completely using her family as a tool. Duke Yingguo old madam lost such a big face in front of Lin Wei Xi, and the old madam herself was also angry. But now she looked at Gao Ran’s lukewarm attitude, she become more frustrated.

 

Lin Wei Xi's eyes moved slightly, she looked back at Gao Ran, then turned to the front to look at the Duke Yingguo Mansion, and finally turned around, a smile poured out of her eyes: "The old madam hasn't seen Shizi Consort for a long time, today just happened to meet. I’m also not the kind of unreasonable mother-in-law. From here to go out of the palace is still long anyway. Shizi Consort might as well go over and talk to her maiden family, no need to follow after me."

 

"How can this be done." Before Gao Ran could speak, the Duke Yingguo old madam said firmly, "It’s only right for daughter-in-law to serves her mother-in-law. She is a junior, how can she leave her mother-in-law and act on her own? Shizi Consort although surnamed Gao, but now married to Yan Wang Mansion, then she is Yan Wang Mansion’s people. How can she at the drop of a hat return to her parent’s home.” After Duke Yingguo old madam said this she looked at Lin Wei Xi, “She is a daughter-in-law. If she do something wrong, please ask Wangfei to correct her. The younger generation is ignorant, and her di mother also went early, so she has to rely on you as her mother-in-law to teach her."

 

Gao Ran originally didn't want to talk to the Duke Yingguo Mansion’s people, but she should be the one that reject it instead of being rejected by her family. The anger in Gao Ran's heart became more and more violent. She originally had a good feeling for the Duke Yingguo Mansion. After all, her cheap father helped her get a good marriage, but now she heard the old madam say such selling daughters for glory thing and tried to curry a favor, a bit of good opinion for Duke Yingguo Mansion in Gao Ran’s heart was gone.

 

Gao Ran was unhappy, and it couldn’t be help showed in her tone: "What grandmother said is right, I am a member of the Gu family now, so I shouldn't be with the Gao family all day."

 

As soon as this was said, the atmosphere became colder again. Lin Wei Xi saw that the two groups were in deadlock, and said quickly: "Gao Mansion understands the righteousness, and Shizi Consort is also sensible. This is really a blessing for Yan Wang Mansion. It is cold today, the old madam pay attention to your feet."

 

After that, Lin Wei Xi felt very weird. Gao Ran and the Duke Yingguo Mansion all had the surname Gao, and Lin Wei Xi was the step-mother-in-law, according to reason she was the weak target. How could she become the one that mediated and interceded?

 

Lin Wei Xi reminder for Duke Yingguo old madam was not an empty words. It was snowing before the New Year, and now the sky was dim, the west wind was getting stronger. The road out of the palace was indeed not easy to walk. There was dark ice hidden in the cracks of the bricks, people need to walk carefully. After Lin Wei Xi became the mediator, the Duke Yingguo old madam thanked Lin Wei Xi, and then she was silently supported by her maid and daughter-in-law to go. Lin Wei Xi also didn't want to talk. They were walking silently, when suddenly a little palace eunuch approaching from behind, he shouted from a long distance: "Yan Wangfei, please stay."

 

Lin Wei Xi heard the sound and turned around strangely to take a look. It was forbidden to make noise in the deep palace, and the eunuch would not dare to yell like this if it wasn’t for being anxious. The eunuch slid up in front of Lin Wei Xi and after bowing to Lin Wei Xi he continued to say: "Wangfei please stop for a while. The road to go out of the palace is far. His Majesty specially ordered the sedan chair to come and send Wangfei out of the palace."

 

The rest of the people heard couldn’t help but gasped, and Lin Wei Xi twisted her eyebrows and said, "This is not in line with the etiquette. His Majesty is busy with government affairs every day. How could I dare inconvenience gonggong (eunuch) in front of the Holy One? This subject wife thanking for the favor, but let’s forget about the sedan chair."

 

"Wangfei must not refuse. His Majesty listened to Yan Wangye's words, and then sent a sedan chair to pick you up. If you refuse, Yan Wang will come in person. His Majesty will surely put the blame on this slaves."

 

It turned out that it was because of Gu Hui Yan, and Lin Wei Xi thought how could the Emperor remember her, this one womenfolk. In the presence of so many people, Lin Wei Xi blushed a little, and she tried to make up a proper reason for Yan Wang’s behavior, but the Duke Yingguo old madam had already answered very tactfully: "Since gonggong are going to send Wangfei out of the palace, then this old body will no longer disturb. Yan Wangfei, this old body will be going ahead."

 

Lin Wei Xi became more embarrassed and her face redden. The Emperor gave Yan Wangfei a sedan chair because of Gu Hui Yan, but Gao Ran this Shizi Consort was no one. Gao Ran could only salute everyone from Duke Yingguo Mansion, and after watching them leave, she personally sent Lin Wei Xi off, and then walked out alone.

 

Gao Ran walked alone on the twilight palace road, there were dark ice under her feet from time to time, and the coldness from the soles of her feet gradually surged into her heart. People are more dead than others, comparing goods get thrown away¹. A lot of anger in life came from comparison. It's okay if you didn’t know, once you have a comparison, the gap between each other made it very easy to anger you to death.

TN: HAPPY NEW YEAR

Wishing you all a happy and healthy New Year, and hoping this will be a prosperous year for all of us.

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1 People are more dead than others, comparing goods get thrown away, it means people are different, goods are not the same, don’t compare people with each other because everyone has their own advantages.^↩

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