Chapter 36
Mrs. Cheng has passed the state of being angry and scolding people for a long time, waiting for the new noodle to come, looking for her grandson and not coming back for a long time.

When the little maid came in and said, "The eldest young master has come with the second young lady," Mrs. Cheng had just woken up from her nap. After hearing this, she put the tangerine peel orange water for mouthwash on the saucer and said slowly: "Tell them to wait. a little while."

The little maid came out and said to Cheng Yu'an who was standing at the door: "Young Master, the old lady still needs to freshen up. You and the second lady will wait a moment."

Xin Nuo asked: "Is there a cool room? It's so hot outside, I don't want to bask in the sun."

The little maid was in trouble, and the old lady had been quite angry in the morning. If she really didn't want the young master and second young lady to be exposed, she would have just asked them to go in.

But this second young lady obviously doesn't understand the twists and turns involved.

Cheng Yuan said: "Go down."

Then he looked at Xinnuo, who was standing still, and said, "It's the right thing to wait for your elders outside."

Xin Nuo waved her hand and fanned her cheeks, and said, "Grandma is a person who loves the younger generation. It's so hot outside. She would definitely feel bad if she knew we were waiting outside stupidly."

Cheng Yuan looked at the sunny place where people outside could barely keep their eyes open, and thought to himself, you really can choke.

"Grandma won't keep us waiting."

Xinnuo glanced sideways at Cheng Yuan, "Then let's wait and see."

Then about a quarter of an hour later, the bamboo curtain at the door didn't move. Xinnuo didn't wait any longer and walked eastward along the corridor and found a shady room.

Before entering, he asked the little maid in the courtyard to bring him two cups of herbal tea.

It was also the first time for Cheng Yuan to be left alone by his grandmother, and when he saw his sister who sat comfortably in the chair when she entered the room, she couldn't help feeling more pity for her mixed with guilt.

Maybe the servant reported that Xin Nuo had gone to a side room to rest. She hadn't even taken two sips of the cup of tea in her hand when the little maid trotted in and called them.

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"Didn't your father tell you that you have to come to my place to learn the rules from today on?"

Xin Nuo entered without greeting, but the old lady who was sitting on the imperial chair and slowly drinking tea said this.

"Say it," Xin Nuo said, "but it's already time for me to get up. After washing up, I'll do some chores. It's noon. I can't disturb grandma's meal. You are getting old, and you always have to take a nap after dinner." , I can’t bother you anymore. Therefore, this is only now.”

Mrs. Cheng opened her eyelids and glanced at Xin Nuo, and said with no hint of happiness or anger: "You do know how to talk."

Xinnuo folded his hands obediently: "That's what I thought."

Cheng Yu'an said: "Grandma, my sister is pure in nature. I didn't come until now. I am really worried about disturbing your rest."

Mrs. Cheng was still very satisfied with her eldest grandson. When she saw him speaking for Xinnuo, she sighed and waved her hands: "That's all, she just came home after all. I won't be harsh on this aspect. You go first..."

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by the energetic little girl below, "Thank you grandma, I know grandma is the best, then I will come back at this time every day."

Mrs. Cheng forgot what she was going to say next, and only one sentence came out of her mouth: You really know how to climb.

The grandma next to her said with a straight face: "Miss, it is a rule not to interrupt the elders when they are talking. Even when we are with children of the same generation, it is also an education we should have not to interrupt or interrupt."

Xin Nuo smiled and said, "I'm sorry, I'm just too happy."

Mrs. Cheng suddenly felt that she was making things difficult for her by asking her granddaughter to learn the rules.

"Yu'er, go about your business." Mrs. Cheng said.

Cheng Yuan was not at ease. This sister would probably make his grandmother angry.

He was worried about the old grandmother's mood, but also worried that the girl would be punished.

But before he spoke, the girl smiled and waved to him, signaling for him to leave.

"Listen carefully to your grandmother's words," Cheng Yu'an said.

Xin Nuo nodded.

If the Cheng family's most sincere person to her is here, it will inevitably affect her performance.

After Cheng Yuan left, Mrs. Cheng ordered: "Show the second lady her seat."

Then a maid wearing pink and yellow armor with a silver hairpin in her bun put a vermilion-lacquered embroidered stool in front of Xin Nuo.

Xinnuo looked at it and said, "I can just sit on this chair."

In the first two rows under the main seat where Mrs. Cheng sat, there were two chairs each, and there was a small tea table between the chairs, on which was placed a plate of purple-red crystal grapes.

"That's the guest's seat," Mrs. Cheng's majestic voice sounded, "You are here to learn the rules. First of all, I want to tell you that in the future, a little girl like you will not have a seat when you go out as a guest."

Xin Nuo still sat down on the chair next to him, eating grapes and listening to the lecture.

It was as if she had not said it before. Mrs. Cheng only felt her temples twitching on both sides. She rubbed them and said, "Forget it, I won't teach you the rules today. Let me first tell you about respect and inferiority. What is respect and what is humility?" ? How should the venerable behave to be venerable, and how should they treat the humble?"

Xin Nuo heard something interesting, and while eating the grapes one by one, he did not forget to raise his hand to ask questions.

Mrs. Cheng talked dryly for half an hour. Looking down, she saw that the granddaughter who grew up in the country had finished eating the grapes and was looking at the green glazed porcelain plate containing the grapes.

"Do you remember?"

"Remember," Xin Nuo said: "The venerable must be self-possessed and have the aura of not being angry but being powerful. When dealing with the humble, one must not only have sympathy for the weak, but also control them."

Mrs. Cheng: I’ve been talking for a long time, is this all there is?
"Grandmother, you said that the embodiment of the honor of the venerable is still in the cost of food and clothing." Xinnuo held up the plate in his hand, "I don't have any good things that can be withdrawn from the venerable, can this be my tuition fee for today?"

"What?" Mrs. Cheng opened her eyes wide, "This is what I asked you to learn."

Xin Nuo: "I have no intention of learning at all."

A feeling of disgust rose from the bottom of her heart, and Mrs. Cheng said: "Here you go."

Xin Nuo left happily holding a green glazed porcelain plate. Mrs. Cheng didn't wait for her to go far, so she said to the servants beside her: "The family spirit engraved in the bones is difficult to change."

Xinnuo heard it, but didn't care at all.

Isn't it embarrassing to insist on being favored by people who don't like you?

And it's normal for the Cheng family to look down on her.

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The summer sun sets very late, it is almost half past unitary hour, and the sun is still high in the west.

In Neem Tree Lane, many people formed a circle in a large courtyard. From time to time, a woman could be heard whispering shyly but not too lowly: "Marquis Ruiming's voice is so beautiful."

"She's really handsome. She's much more handsome than what I've seen by chance before."

Chu Wei had already finished asking, and said to Wei Qing, the leader of Wei Qing's opera troupe, who was standing aside: "Isn't that makeup girl of yours back yet?"

Wei Qing looked outside and said, "She takes on outside work and should be back in half an hour. Well, Yao Huang and Wei Zi, who's house did you two go out to look for?"

A woman with peonies and silk flowers on her temples stepped forward and said, "She didn't specify which house it was, but it should be relatively far away."

(End of this chapter)

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