After Xu Qingmo returned to the courtyard, he heard a message from a servant. It turned out that He Qianwen, who lived in the courtyard next door, had been crying all afternoon, and later even had a tendency to die.
After listening to the servant's message, Xu Qingmo drank a cup of tea with a solemn expression, and then sighed: "I understand, I understand, he doesn't understand the rules, he still doesn't understand the rules. It's probably because his aunt has pampered her too much these years, Let her mistakenly think that if she cries, makes a fuss and hangs herself, everything in this world will be hers!"
The servant thought about it for a while, and finally said: "It is said that the trouble has been brought to the eldest lady. It just so happens that Madam Meng is still there, and the eldest lady lost her temper over this."
"It is understandable that mother would lose her temper when she is embarrassed and thrown into someone else's house!" Xu Qingmo was not surprised at all, "Did aunt say anything?"
"Just coaxing, Mr. He hurried over just now. He was also very angry. He beat and scolded her for a few times, and then the He family girl calmed down!" The servant lowered his head and said softly.
"Beating and scolding?" Xu Qingmo frowned, "Is it possible that you started taking action?"
"Let's do it!" The servant nodded, "Young Master He and Madam He even reprimanded him. What are you talking about? My sister doesn't understand the rules. Could it be that my mother doesn't know that the sky is too high? This is the capital city, not Hangzhou city. No. In a place where everything is up to us, my mother only thinks about clinging to the powerful, but she doesn’t even think about whether she has the ability!”
Xu Qingmo touched his nose: "Auntie just listened and didn't refute?"
"She refuted it, saying that if Mr. He hadn't failed to live up to his expectations and couldn't even pass the examination, why would she have to go through so much trouble to get along with her? She would have to work hard to get along with this relative. She wouldn't be favored by her mother-in-law, and she would suffer. I got the supercilious look from my husband, and now I have to be scolded by him, the supercilious wolf... It’s all a mess!” the servant repeated softly.
Xu Qingmo nodded, glanced at Hua Ying, and Hua Ying stuffed a purse into the servant's purse with a wink: "Thank you for your hard work, brother, I'm going to have a drink and relax!"
The servant smiled and accepted it, then left.
Xu Qingmo was sitting there with a gloomy look on his face. Hua Ying looked at it and couldn't help but ask: "I think this time Mrs. He came to Beijing because she had a falling out with Mrs. He and her uncle. She came here to have her own way. , but happened to meet the girl who was engaged to Marquis Ningyuan, it is true and quite aggrieved!"
"She brought the grievance on her own! It's said in the book that you need to be self-aware. Our house is a marquis' house, and our girl only has one legitimate daughter. If we really count her status, she can enter the palace and get married. We girls don't even look down on the royal family and the position of princess, so how can we look down on the He family!" Qu Lian snorted.
Xu Qingmo glanced at Qu Lian: "You seem to dislike my aunt and the others very much, don't you?"
"I don't like it! Both the old lady and the uncle are trying their best to treat the girl better and better, but this Mrs. He always wants to plot against the girl! He himself knows that he My son is a good-for-nothing, he couldn't even pass the exam, but he wants to let her marry a girl. Isn't this just taking advantage of your status, girl, and using her as a stepping stone?" Qu Lian's face was full of disgust, " Selfish villain!"
Xu Qingmo and Hua Ying looked at each other with helpless expressions on their faces. Xu Qingmo said softly: "Master Zuo said: 'Parents love their children for far-reaching reasons.' For us, my aunt is indeed selfish, so as his children , but I have no right to blame her, because I just want my children to have a better future, so I am not a villain!"
Qu Lian hummed and said nothing.
Xu Qingmo didn't particularly care about them. After washing, he prepared to go to sleep.
But after turning off the lights, I heard a thin sound coming from the roof.
Xu Qingmo quietly got up and hid behind the bed, holding a dagger in his hand, with a hint of murderous intent in his eyes.
"It's me!" The black shadow immediately spoke out the moment it landed.
Xu Qingmo paused and put down the dagger in his hand: "Why are you here again? You are really not afraid of being beaten to death by my father!"
Meng Hetong touched the darkness and listened to the voice and walked up to Xu Qingmo. He leaned in front of her and smelled the faint scent of osmanthus on her body: "The ointment you used is osmanthus-flavored. It is very fragrant."
The moment Meng Hetong approached him, Xu Qingmo smelled a faint smell of alcohol. He couldn't help but frown slightly: "Have you been drinking?"
"Yes! I went to drink with your eldest brother. You know, he is very powerful. If I didn't drink with him, I might have to get beaten again. I could fight back and fight before, but now I can't. He is my future uncle, so I can't beat him!" Meng Hetong said, slowly approaching Xu Qingmo, even in the dark, Meng Hetong's eyes were still shining.
"So, after you and my eldest brother had a drink together, you came to my place to climb over the wall?" Xu Qingmo raised his eyebrows, "You don't think that with the marriage decree, my father and my eldest brother won't beat you, do you? "
"Of course I know they will beat me, but I also want to see you!" Meng Hetong stared into Xu Qingmo's eyes and said softly.
Xu Qingmo raised his eyebrows slightly: "Why do you want to see me?"
"I don't want to do anything, I just want to see you!" Meng Hetong just looked at Xu Qingmo for a moment.
Xu Qingmo paused, then walked aside and lit the lamp: "Since you are here, I might as well talk to you about He Qianwen!"
"He Qianwen? What happened to her?" Meng Hetong looked at Xu Qingmo's back and frowned.
Xu Qingmo turned around and looked at Meng Hetong with his back to the light: "What, my eldest brother has already told you about her?"
"He Qianwen wanted to throw dirt on you, but ended up throwing it in the face of the princess. I already know that your eldest brother is so protective of his wife. He clearly knows that it is her who makes the princess so angry that she keeps crying, but he hinders his relatives. Because of the relationship, I can't come to confront him. I've been mumbling about this all night." Meng Hetong said with a look of helplessness on his face.
"This happened this afternoon, not tonight." Xu Qingmo looked at Meng Hetong and raised his eyebrows slightly.
Meng Hetong's forehead jumped: "Is there anything else to do tonight?"
Xu Qingmo looked at Meng Hetong and raised the corners of his lips slightly: "It is said that because of you, He Qianwen was making a fuss in the house and accidentally got in front of your mother. I can't help but be a little curious. How is our Yongchang Marquis? Jiang Nan, what on earth did you do to my cousin to make him do this for you?"
Meng Hetong touched his nose with some guilt: "When I was in Hangzhou City, weren't you there?"
