Mrs. Chen looked at the woman in front of her in a daze.
"Yue Niang, listen to me. I will find a better family for you. Don't listen to the old lady and don't marry the prince." She said eagerly, reaching out her hand to hold the woman's hand.
No, it's not, it's the girl's hand.
The person in front of her looked the same, but with a bit of timidity, just like she had always done since she entered the house, always looking down at people, let alone a bright smile.
She put her hands away from her side and in front of her, gently twisting her belt, but said nothing.
"Yue Niang, listen to me." Mrs. Chen was so anxious that she wanted to cry and held her hand again.
This time, she was even more frightened. She pulled back her hand and was about to avoid it. She raised her eyes and glanced at Chen, her eyes were like a little rabbit's dodge, but with stubbornness.
Mrs. Chen understands this stubbornness.
This kind of girl, underneath her timid appearance, is almost paranoid and stubborn.
She let go of her hand dejectedly.
I went round and round, but I was still spinning in the same place.
"Aunt, take good care of yourself. Don't you want to be nice to me? My good life is the result of your kindness to me." Qi Yue said, getting up and arranging the pillows behind her.
Mrs. Chen reached out and grabbed her.
"Why are you living a good life? Is it okay to marry that Chang Yun?" She said tremblingly, a little out of breath, "Yue Niang, why don't you listen to me?"
As I spoke, I couldn't help but burst into tears.
Qi Yue sat down and frowned slightly.
"Logically speaking, Chang Yuncheng should be very good in your eyes, right?" she asked.
Putting aside his bad temper at the beginning, his birth, appearance and status are really rare and good. Why does Mr. Chen just look down on him.
"How can a harmonious woman like me be better than Chang Yuncheng?"
She always thought that Mrs. Chen wanted to ask her for the imperial edict because she couldn't see her being wronged by Chang Yuncheng and Mr. Xie. She didn't expect that the things before asking for the edict were also her idea, which clearly meant that she should leave the Dingxi Marquis' Mansion.
For a woman like Qi Yueniang, is this really a good step to take?
"Yes." Mrs. Chen's eyes lit up and she held Qi Yue's hand tightly, "Listen to me, it really is. It will be there soon."
Qi Yue smiled and patted Chen's hand.
"Aunt, you still don't understand. What I mean is that the good life I want to live is the life I want to live, not the life you think I want to live." She said, as if she was afraid that Mrs. Chen wouldn't understand.
So I spoke very slowly.
Chen's hands were strong.
"Yue Niang!" she shouted, her face a little restless, she thought of something again and sighed, letting go of her hand and leaning back, "Yue Niang, I know that to you, I am nothing, and I don't care.
No, but what if I say that all this is for your father?"
She raised her head and looked at Qi Yue.
There was no surprise on Qi Yue's face.
"I know that I am not a simple beggar." She nodded and said, "I also know that my aunt knows my father and relatives."
She smiled when she said this.
"So, my aunt is actually doing it for my father, not for me?" she asked with a half-serious smile.
Mrs. Chen was stunned.
"I'm not interested in knowing about my father, nor my life experience. I won't be able to meet anyone even if I think about it." Qi Yue spread her hands and said, "Anyway, people still have to do their own thing. Now that those things are in the past and those people are gone, Qi Yueniang
She is just a little beggar, so let her be a little beggar forever."
Mrs. Chen looked at Qi Yue in shock. How could someone be so indifferent after hearing this?
Life experience, relatives, and bloodline, aren’t the things a person cares about the most?
Why did the woman in front of me react like this when she heard this?
Surprised, frightened, excited, excited, happy, sad, nothing, nothing!
Is that human being?
Mrs. Chen is right, these reactions are what Qi Yueniang should have and will definitely have, but it is a pity that the person in front of her is not Qi Yueniang.
Mrs. Chen watched the woman stand up, turn around, and walk out the door.
"What if." She sat up suddenly, grabbed the quilt with her hands, and said, "What if you can bring disaster to Chang Yuncheng and the entire Dingxihou Mansion?"
Qi Yue stiffened and stopped.
The air in the room seemed stagnant.
Mrs. Chen watched the woman turn around slowly. She already regretted it in her heart. She already regretted it when she said these words.
She actually threatened her, threatened his daughter, his only flesh and blood...
Mrs. Chen put her hand on her heart and watched the woman turn around and look at her.
"Then, I would like to thank Madam Lao Hou and my aunt even more." Qi Yue said with a slight smile, then with a solemn expression, she lowered her head and gave a solemn salute to Mrs. Chen.
Mrs. Chen lay down slumped back, covering her mouth with her hands, tears falling like rain.
At this time, in the Grand Scholar's Mansion, after hearing what Mrs. Huo said, Mrs. Rao Chen was shocked and angry.
"What? Actually..." She stood up awkwardly.
Mrs. Huo also looked complicated.
What happened today really opened her eyes. She had lived in the capital for half her life, and she had seen a lot of rare things, but none of them were as shocking as today.
"This Dingxihou Mansion is really ridiculous. The couple didn't even discuss it, and each proposed marriage to their child." She shook her head and said, looking at Rao Chen again, with a bit of seriousness in her words, "You should be cautious about this marriage.
How good, such an elder is really..."
She shook her head and stopped saying what she meant.
Who doesn’t want to be cautious about this marriage? However, it’s not impossible, it’s already so embarrassing!
Mrs. Rao Chen looked embarrassed and managed a little smile. She didn't know what to say. She listened to Mrs. Huo's thoughtful and nagging words about choosing a mate and a son-in-law, especially the words that emphasized that Rao Yufang was a foster child.
The person in her name was not her biological child, so she had to be more careful and not let others point her out with gossip. Rao Chen felt anxious, angry and depressed in her heart, but she could only thank her again and again.
After finally seeing Mrs. Huo off, Rao Chen turned around and went to her husband's study, sat down and cried.
Academician Rao put down the book in his hand helplessly and twisted his beard.
"What's going on? Why do you start crying every day after entering Beijing?" He asked, "If this is the case, you might as well go back to Shandong."
Mrs. Rao Chen put down her handkerchief.
"It's not because of your niece!" she said.
Academician Rao frowned and sighed, saying that his niece was not good. This was not morally justified. He should reprimand his wife. What she had done over the years was really not a bad one.
"I know, I have wronged you." He finally said, stood up, poured a cup of tea and brought it to Mrs. Rao Chen.
When Mrs. Rao Chen saw that her husband had given her enough face, she felt a lot less aggrieved and did not dare to accept his tea.
"It's good that you know." She said.
"I know." Academician Rao sat down next to her, "Everyone in the family knows that you have done your best to Yu Fang and sent her out properly, so we can take care of your worries."
Speaking of this, Mrs. Rao Chen became anxious again.
"This marriage is really hopeless." She said, "There is no way we can save our face this time!"
"What? Isn't everything agreed upon?" Rao Xueshi asked in confusion, "Then what does the Xie family want? We will not be short of dowry. In addition to the original ones, we will add two more dowries, so that their family can give more
Those betrothal gifts will not be lost, we don’t care about the money, we just want to save face."
"I've lost face, what face do I have!" Rao Chen said angrily, while telling what Mrs. Huo said, "Master, tell me what to do! This is simply embarrassing!"
Academician Rao was also shocked.
"Damn it!" He slammed the table, anger appearing on his usually elegant face, "This Dingxihou Mansion is going too far!"
"Bullying others, so what if they bully others? What else can we do? We can only live with it!" Mrs. Rao Chen was angry and helpless. She stretched out her hand to press her forehead, "The editor of the Hanlin Academy was such a good person.
, isn’t it just that the family is poorer, but with the support of you and me, how can the future be worse? As long as the person is good and has a future, can this life be difficult? The dowry alone can ensure that she will not have to worry about food and drink.
.Why is this child so disobedient!"
Under the pomegranate tree outside the back window, a small figure quietly turned around, crept out from under the tree, and ran away quickly.
Under the flower vine corridor, Rao Yufang turned around.
"Is that true?" she asked in a low voice.
The little girl nodded.
"The lady said it herself." She whispered.
Rao Yufang was slightly focused. She didn't put on makeup because she was shut up and thinking about her faults. Her eyelids were red and swollen from tears, and she looked miserable.
"Go ahead." She came back to her senses and said, handing a handful of money to the little girl, "Buy some fruit to eat."
The little girl happily thanked her, took the money and ran away.
Rao Yufang sat down aside and slowly stroked the vines with her hands.
"Miss." A girl of seventeen or eighteen years old with thin eyebrows and a long face came over, looked around, and whispered, "The third young master has something to tell you."
Rao Yufang glanced at her.
"Are you talking about Qi Yueniang?" She said, pulling off a twig fiercely, "Tell him that I already know."
The girl responded yes.
"Miss, what should we do?" she asked in a low voice, with a bit of uneasiness, "I heard that the adoptive father Qi Yueniang recognized is a medical order from Taiyuan Hospital."
"So what about the medical order? Is it higher than my uncle's official position? Isn't he just a doctor?" Rao Yufang said impatiently. He tore up the branches and leaves in his hands and threw them to the ground before standing up.
The girl hurriedly answered yes.
"But, miss, the third young master said that Dingxihou is on Qi Yueniang's side." She couldn't help but say.
After all, it is the man who is in charge.
If it hadn't been for her uncle's decision, how could Rao Chen have dared to refuse the proposal of marriage from Dingxihou Mansion and instead marry her to that poor and ugly ghost!
With Ding Xihou being tough and Rao Chen taking advantage of the situation, things might be over again this time...
Rao Yufang slowly walked back and forth a few steps, but she didn't know what to do.
"Go and tell the third young master that he has to handle this matter." She finally said irritably, "otherwise, he will never get over it."
The girl responded and walked away quickly.
Mrs. Dingxi Hou and Chang Yunqi were right. It took Qi Yueniang three years of hard work to win Chang Yuncheng's favor. If she could do it, why couldn't she do it? And she must do even better!
All she lacks is the qualification to stick to it. This qualification is finally coming to her, and she must not let it fly!