Nalan Jinlian spoke casually, but Mrs. Xu felt alarmed listening to her.
She almost let it slip.
But thinking of herself and the possibility that she might be pregnant, she pursed her lips and said, "In the past, it was my fault as a mother; I was too busy quarreling with your father and neglected you. I will never do that again. You like reading books, so tomorrow we’ll go to the bookstore and you can pick whatever you want!"
Nalan Jinlian nodded.
Her heart sank a little.
Judging from Mrs. Xu’s behavior, she didn’t seem like someone who would ignore her daughter just because of a quarrel, so there must be something fishy here.
But what that something was, Nalan Jinlian couldn’t figure out for the moment.
"Alright!" Nalan Jinlian replied sweetly, and after a moment of thought, she said, "It would be great if I could visit the main study in the front courtyard!"
"It’s not impossible to visit the main study!"
Hearing this, Nalan Jinlian’s eyes lit up, and she asked eagerly, "Mother, do you have a way?"
"Go and ask your grandfather. If he agrees, you can go to the study in the front courtyard!"
Nalan Jinlian was suddenly enlightened.
"Thank you for reminding me, Mother!" She then turned to Juan Ye and said, "Go now and find out if Grandfather is at home. If he’s gone out, when will he be back?"
She pointed to two maids, "You two, pick some blooming and charming plum blossoms!"
"If we have plum blossoms, how can we not have beautiful and exquisite plum vases?" Mrs. Xu reminded, and then said to Lian Qiao, "Go to my storeroom and look, I remember there are two White Jade Long-Necked Plum Vases, bring them to Lianlian!"
Those two White Jade Plum Vases were exquisite treasures. With those as a gift, the old Marquess would definitely agree to let Nalan Jinlian go to the study in the front courtyard to pick books to read.
"Mother is really good to me!" Nalan Jinlian held Mrs. Xu’s hand, smiling charmingly and playfully.
Seeing this, Mrs. Xu’s eyes immediately turned red.
If her Lianlian were still alive, she would be this big now...
Seeing Mrs. Xu’s eyes redden, Nalan Jinlian puzzledly called, "Mother?"
Mrs. Xu came back to her senses upon hearing the call, taking a handkerchief to wipe her eyes, "It’s nothing, Mother just realized that in the blink of an eye, you’ve grown so much. After you come of age, you’ll get married and won’t be able to spend much time with me anymore!"
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Mrs. Xu laughed out loud, "That won’t do; a girl must be married, Mother can’t keep you as an old maid!"
"Haha, then Mother can help me find a steady and sincere husband, and give me plenty of dowry, so that once I go to my husband’s house, I can stand tall and no one can bully me. I can do what I want and then often return home to keep Mother company!" Nalan Jinlian said, laughing naively and romantically.
Mrs. Xu also laughed.
This is indeed the kind of marriage every girl dreams of, but how many girls in the world can marry such a good husband.
And meet a reasonable and kind mother-in-law.
"Hmm, our Lianlian is so wonderful, it will naturally be so!"
"Hehe!" Nalan Jinlian laughed, pulling Mrs. Xu to pick plum blossoms.
Mrs. Xu smiled helplessly, noticing that the maid following Nalan Jinlian today wasn’t Chunqiu or Chong Ling. Though she was curious, she didn’t ask more.
Happily, she followed Nalan Jinlian to pick plum blossoms. Mistress Zhao’s plum blossom cakes were excellent, and she also made plum blossom dew and plum blossom rouge.
After a busy round, the mother and daughter really did pick quite a lot.
Juan Ye hurried back after gathering the news, "Miss, I found out!"
Nalan Jinlian looked at Juan Ye, playing with the plum blossoms in her hand, and responded lightly, "Hmm?"
"The old Marquess is at the mansion today, currently in the main study in the front courtyard!"