Chapter 16 Sister will definitely protect you and mother
Chapter 16 Sister will definitely protect you and your mother
The Zhong family took the servants away.
Qiangwei stood in the yard, still touching her hands in a daze.
Did she really...beat the old lady?
God, I can't believe that a year ago, these servants didn't dare to express their anger in front of the old lady, and now she actually beat her?
Thinking of the way the old lady glared at her with a swollen old face before she left, she only found it funny and relieved.
At this moment, Mrs. Zhong and Aunt Zhuang both had lingering fears.
Ms. Zhong couldn’t believe that what just happened was true.
She blamed her daughter: "Why are you so confused? Now, aren't you offending all the Zhong family?"
Mu Qingchao was sitting in the room drinking tea, as if nothing had happened. She said, "If you offend me, just offend me. Anyway, you can't rely on them for anything if you live here.
From now on, everyone will live their own lives, right? The money I gave you will be enough for at least a period of time, right?"
"That's not what I'm worried about." Zhong said.
"I'm worried about you. I'm afraid your uncle won't give up if you humiliate your grandmother like this. I'm afraid he will do something bad to you."
When Mu Qingchao heard this, he felt even more funny.
"Even if I don't do this, can uncle let me go? Doesn't mother know? Uncle has already been tricked and wants to 'kill the demon concubine'."
Of course Mrs. Zhong didn't know, and was shocked when she heard this: "Your uncle really did this?"
Mu Qingchao was noncommittal.
"Since my uncle has long been unwilling to let me go, and this hatred has been forged for a long time, and will never end, then why should I swallow my anger? At least doing this makes me happy."
Mu Qingchao took a sip of tea and said.
She looked calm and composed, but Mrs. Zhong looked worried.
He took her hand and asked: "Yaoyao, tell me the truth, are you really living well in the palace...?"
She is not a fool. She is a wolf in front and a tiger in back. How can she be good as a woman who is helpless in the harem?
"Mom, don't worry. Since I'm right in front of you now, it means that uncle can't touch me."
"Can……"
"I remembered something else."
Zhong wanted to say something else, but was interrupted by Mu Qingchao. She turned to look at Mu Qingyan behind her.
"Qing Yan is in his early ten years this year. According to this age, he should go to school. I bought him the Four Treasures of the Study, some books, and this."
Mu Qingchao took two ingots of gold and put them on the table: "This is for Mr. Xiu. You can take these things to the Imperial College tomorrow."
Mu Qingyan stood opposite her, lowered his head and said, "I'm not going."
"What did you say?" Mu Qingchao frowned.
Mu Qingyan was a little afraid of his sister from the bottom of his heart, and he was even more frightened when he saw her like this, but in the end he stubbornly said: "I won't go!"
"Nonsense!" Mu Qingchao slapped the table.
"You are still so young. If you don't go to school, what will you do?"
"Those kids in the back streets don't go to school."
"They are them, and you are you. Their parents are either walking on the street or walking in the alleys. Your father is Mu Changting, and he is the third-grade censor Zhongcheng. Can you be the same as them?"
Mu Qingyan murmured in a low voice: "What's different? Dad is dead and can't care about me now."
"It's worthless!"
When Mu Qingchao heard this, he sternly rebuked: "Others have no chance. No matter how hard it is for my sister in the palace, I still have to give you money to study. Is this how you repay me?"
Mu Qingchao looked calm even when facing Mrs. Zhong, but now he was so furious.
Mu Qingyan was originally afraid of her, so now he didn't even dare to say anything.
Mrs. Zhong was on the side to comfort her.
She said to Mu Qingchao: "Don't blame him. A few days ago, we went to the Imperial College to inquire, but they didn't want him.
People say that there is no one in our court. Although your father used to have a good official position, the dead people are not counted. Your brother does not want to embarrass me, let alone those people in the front yard, so he deliberately fails to say so."
When Mu Qingchao heard what Zhong said, most of the anger in his heart disappeared.
Suddenly I understood what Mu Qingyan meant when he said, "Father is dead and he doesn't care about me anymore."
She looked at Mu Qingyan and Nuonuo standing aside, and felt a little regretful in her heart.
"Is this really true?" she asked Mu Qingyan.
Mu Qingyan lowered his head and said nothing.
But Mu Qingchao said: "Who said there is no one in your court?"
When Mu Qingyan heard this, he whispered: "Uncle, they won't help us."
"Who said he was uncle?"
"Who else is there?" Mu Qingyan asked.
"Shen Muchi!"
"Huh?" Mu Qingyan was startled by these words and suddenly raised his head to look at Mu Qingchao.
But Mu Qingchao looked at him with a calm expression and said, "Tomorrow, go and ask your husband, you have a nephew who is the emperor in the court. Do you want to ask him if he is considered someone in the court?"
After Mu Qingchao said this, he looked at the young boy with his head lowered and felt soft again.
"Come here." She called.
Although Mu Qingyan was scared, he walked up to her with slow steps.
But he heard Mu Qingchao say: "You must study. My father is no longer here. You are the only male in my Mu family. In the future, my stepmother, aunt, and younger sister will all need your protection."
If you can't read well and will be a white lady for the rest of your life, what can you do to protect them?"
"But……"
Mu Qingyan raised her head and looked at Mu Qingchao: "But isn't Sister the Queen Mother?"
Mu Qingyan had just seen Mu Qingchao's majestic appearance, facing Old Mrs. Zhong alone and without any fear in the face of dozens or hundreds of servants.
His momentum and courage were unmatched by ten men.
"Sister, can't you protect us?" the little boy asked what Wuji said in his childhood.
"Sister, that's..."
Mu Qingchao was speechless for a moment, and suddenly stopped mid-sentence.
She looked at Mu Qingyan lovingly, with a gentle smile on her lips.
"Yes, sister is the current Queen Mother."
As she spoke, she touched Mu Qingyan's head with one hand: "Sister A will naturally protect you, mother, and Qingyan..."
**
Mu Qingchao sat in the room for a while, and had lunch with Mrs. Zhong. It was already getting late, so he took a sedan chair and went to the palace.
At this time in the afternoon, the streets are lively and bustling.
When he came, Mu Qingchao was pretentious and not in the mood to see this worldly wealth. Now he lifted up a corner of the sedan curtain and looked at it with gusto.
By the way, she also took out a small handkerchief and opened it layer by layer. Inside was a few pieces of Suxiangzhai's butter candies. She twisted one and put it in her mouth, and the sweetness spread in her mouth. , it seems that even my mood has improved.
Not to mention, Suxiangzhai’s pastries are indeed delicious.
It's just too expensive.
She couldn't bear it, so she just put a few pieces in the bag she gave to Mrs. Zhong.
Seeing that everything is empty, I'm afraid I won't be able to eat this snack again.
Mu Qingchao felt regretful and cherished the pieces of butter candies even more.
You have to think of some way to make money.
Mu Qingchao was thinking when he suddenly looked up and saw mountains and mountains in the distance wherever he looked...
Mu Qingchao suddenly remembered something, pointed his hand forward and asked Chun Ya beside him: "Look at that mountain, is it called Wuya Mountain?"
Chun Ya stared blankly for a moment.
"It seems so. This servant is not sure. Why do you ask, Queen Mother?"