Regent, please maintain your aloof image.

Just then, Liu Meng walked in and went straight to the old Marquis and his wife, saying, "Daughter-in-law greets Father and Mother."

The old marquis ignored him, picked up his teacup, and pretended to drink tea.

The old lady ignored her completely, as if she hadn't heard anything, and didn't even glance at her.

Liu Meng seemed to be used to it and didn't take it to heart. She turned to Su Jing'an and Lin Rong and said, "Greetings, Second Brother and Second Sister-in-law. Second Brother and Second Sister-in-law are finally back. If there is anything you don't understand in the future, Second Sister-in-law, you can come to me. I will answer all your questions."

"Thank you for your kindness, Third Sister-in-law."

"Second sister-in-law, there's no need to be so polite. After all, you've lived in Yangzhou for over ten years, so you probably don't know much about the capital. I'm just thinking of our Marquis's mansion to prevent you from making a fool of yourself and losing face for our mansion."

“Since Third Aunt is so considerate of the Marquis’s mansion, why didn’t she send someone to pick us up at the dock today? We even arrived at the gate of the Marquis’s mansion, but the gate was still closed. I wonder what the people in the city will say about the Marquis’s mansion if word gets out,” Su Qianrou said unhurriedly.

Liu Meng was speechless for a moment.

The old lady glared at Su Qianrou, scolding her for bringing up such a sensitive topic.

"Whose idea was this today?" the old marquis asked in a deep voice.

However, no one answered.

The old Marquis was no fool; he understood the situation perfectly. Therefore, he said, "If there is a next time, I would not mind changing the person in charge of the manor's affairs."

"I don't know what my daughter-in-law did wrong to make my father so angry," Lin Xiaoran was still pretending to be stupid.

The old marquis snorted coldly, then looked at the old lady and said, "Don't think I don't know about your little schemes."

The old lady said dismissively, "So what if we didn't send anyone to pick them up? Is it necessary to get so angry? It's not like they don't know the way back. Besides, they've all come back, haven't they?"

"Ignorant and stupid woman."

"Since you value them so much, why don't you send someone to the dock to wait for them?"

"You... are simply unreasonable."

"They came back late on their own, who can they blame? They said they would arrive two days ago, but they only came back today. I haven't even said they played us for a fool yet."

Upon hearing this, Song Shiyu stepped forward and said, "It is my fault. I felt unwell on the way back, which delayed my return. Please forgive me, Grandfather and Grandmother."

The old lady looked her over and said with some disdain, "You must be that woman from the Song family."

"Mother is probably mistaken. Now, poetry belongs to our Su family."

"Ha, just an abandoned one."

Upon hearing this, everyone's expression changed.

"Shut up," the old marquis scolded.

The old lady was still unconvinced and wanted to argue back, but she was intimidated by the old marquis's stern gaze and didn't say anything more.

Su Qianrou sized her up, guessing that because of her comfortable life and her usual laziness, she had become quite overweight. Her round face made her eyes appear even smaller, her brows were furrowed, and her nose was sharp, giving her a mean and sarcastic look that made her seem unapproachable.

And as it turned out, she was indeed not someone to be trifled with; she threw tantrums and acted out quite often, becoming a notorious shrew in the capital.

Although Su Mingxuan was dissatisfied with the old lady's words, as a junior, he could not criticize her, so he could only hold Song Shiyu's hand and comfort her.

Song Shiyu gave him a reassuring look, indicating that she didn't care.

This made Su Mingxuan feel even more heartbroken.

However, just because he dared not speak did not mean that Su Qianrou dared not speak either. "Grandmother's words are unreasonable. Everyone knows that my sister-in-law went to Yangzhou to fulfill her filial duty to my father. As for abandoning her, that is utter nonsense. Over the years, Madam Song has sent people to Yangzhou to deliver things to my sister-in-law almost every month, for fear of mistreating her. After she and my elder brother got engaged, Madam Song even went to Yangzhou six months in advance to make preparations. Not only that, as the wedding date approached, apart from Lord Song, who was too busy with official duties to go to Yangzhou, everyone else in the Song family was present. This shows how much the Song family values ​​my sister-in-law. On the other hand, our Marquis's family, my grandparents are old and not suitable for long journeys, so it's understandable that they didn't go. My eldest uncle and aunt, my third uncle and aunt, and my brothers and sisters in the family were not present either. In addition to what happened today, in my opinion, we are the ones who were abandoned."

"Very well, this is the kind of daughter you've raised, openly defying her elders."

“I was just telling the truth, how could I be accused of talking back?”

"How dare you! You have no right to speak here."

"It turns out that in the Marquis's mansion, I didn't even have the right to speak."

"Rou'er," Lin Rong called out, signaling her to stop talking.

Su Qianrou didn't say anything this time.

The old lady already disliked her, and now she loathed her even more.

However, Su Qianrou didn't care.

“Mother, Rou’er is still young, please don’t take it to heart,” Su Jing’an said.

The old lady snorted coldly and said nothing.

"Alright, you all go to Rainforest Garden first, and we'll have dinner together in the evening," the old Marquis said.

"Yes".

At this moment, in the Rainforest Garden, the old lady was waiting anxiously, glancing at the door every now and then.

Aunt Xu stood beside her and comforted her, "Mother, don't worry, Master will be here soon. Please wait a little longer."

"It's been almost half an hour, why haven't they arrived yet?"

"I guess the Marquis kept them to talk, so it was a little late. Don't worry, now that the master has been transferred back, you'll have plenty of opportunities to see him in the future, so there's no need to rush."

"Yes, you're right," but the old lady still couldn't help but look towards the door.

After a while, a familiar yet unfamiliar figure finally appeared in sight, and the old lady couldn't help but get excited, gripping the chair tightly.

Then, Su Jing'an and the others came in.

When the old lady finally saw her long-awaited son, she couldn't help but burst into tears.

Su Jing'an walked up to her, knelt down, and kowtowed deeply, saying, "Mother, your son has returned."

The old lady looked at him and choked up, saying, "It's good that you're back, it's good that you're back." Then she added, "Get up quickly, we can talk about it when you're up."

Then, under everyone's watchful eyes, Aunt Xu walked to Su Jing'an's side, helped him up, and shyly called out, "Master."

A hint of displeasure flashed through Lin Rong's mind, but she quickly adjusted her mindset and pretended not to see it.

When Aunt Liu saw this, she couldn't help but curse inwardly: Shameless.

Then, Lin Rong said, "Daughter-in-law greets mother."

Immediately afterwards, Su Qianrou and the others also bowed.

"Grandson/granddaughter/granddaughter-in-law has met grandmother."

"This humble servant greets Mother."

"No need for formalities... This is Xuan's wife."

Upon hearing this, Song Shiyu stepped forward and said softly, "Greetings, Grandmother."

"Yes, he's a good boy."

They chatted for a while longer before leaving.