When He Xiang and Chun Rui stopped the carriage at the gate, Mrs. Qiu was in a good mood, playing with her trophies.
In the morning, the Kaiyang Hou Mansion only sent people to deliver gold, silver and jade in five lacquer trays.
But she went to Kaiyanghou Mansion to cause a big fuss, but she wanted back ten lacquer plates of gold, silver and jewelry.
Gold, silver, jade hairpins, etc. have already been inserted into the bun.
Various accessories are also hung around the waist.
At this moment, she was putting gold rings, silver rings, and jade rings on her fingers one by one.
The carriage was suddenly stopped, and the inertia of the sudden stop caused her to fall forward. The hairpins in her bun fell to the ground with a crash.
Ignoring the pain of falling to the ground, Mrs. Qiu picked up all the hairpins distressedly, carefully pinched her sleeves, wiped off the non-existent dust on the hairpins, then angrily raised the car curtain and cursed: "How do you drive?" Yes, the hairpin I gave you is broken, be careful I peel off yours... Oh, Miss Chunrui, why is it you?"
In the middle of the scolding, when she saw Chun Rui in front of the carriage, Qiu immediately hurriedly took out the hairpin still inserted in her bun and said with a smile, "Is there anything wrong with Miss Chun Rui?"
Chun Rui asked with a smile: "I wonder if Madam is still used to riding in this carriage?"
Only then did Mrs. Qiu remember that she was still riding in the carriage of the eldest princess's residence. After laughing twice, she quickly explained: "The carriages in the residence were all occupied. When I was in a hurry, I occupied the carriage of the eldest princess's residence. , Please also ask Miss Chunrui not to be offended."
Chun Rui still smiled and said: "Don't be surprised, I can't be the master. The eldest princess transferred the carriage to Miss Chen Er, so naturally it was Miss Chen Er who had the final say. It just so happened that Miss Chen Er also had something important to see Chen. Madam, please ask Madam Chen and your servants to go to Qingzhiyuan."
When Qiu heard that she was going to see Chen Anning, she subconsciously covered all the accessories around her waist, "I've been sweating a lot since I went out, so I'd like to trouble Miss Chunrui to tell An Ning that she's waiting for me." After you go back and change your clothes, go find her immediately.”
"It's okay. Miss Chen only has a few important words to say. It won't take up much of Mrs. Chen's time." Chunrui said with an unchanging smile, "Mrs. Chen, please."
Mrs. Qiu didn't want to go, she was afraid that if she went, the ten lacquer plates of gold and silver jewelry she wanted to come back would not be hers.
I was thinking about how to get away and go back, hiding the gold, silver and jewelry first.
Chun Rui spoke again: "Second Miss Chen is Mrs. Chen's daughter after all. If you don't mind, Mrs. Chen will get over it with just a few words of coaxing. But if the matter of the carriage is reported back to the eldest princess's house and the eldest princess comes to ask, I'm afraid it won't be that easy to get over. What do you think, Mrs. Chen?"
Qiu's heart trembled, and she followed obediently to Qingzhiyuan.
Chen Anning was drinking tea in the main hall and admiring the carp swimming in the bucket. Hearing the footsteps, she raised her eyes and looked over. Seeing Mrs. Qiu's cautious look, she smiled and asked, "Is mother back?"
Mrs. Qiu had already taken off her hairpin, jewelry, and rings and put them all back on the lacquer plate. She had also thought of various excuses on the way to Qingzhiyuan. So when asked, she responded very naturally: "Yes, I'm back."
Chen Anning raised her lips and asked, "Where is mother?"
Qiu knew that she couldn't hide it, so she answered calmly: "I went to Kaiyang Hou Mansion."
After Chen Anning motioned for her to sit next to her, he asked, "What are you doing?"
"Did you go fishing?" Mrs. Qiu abruptly changed the subject, "This fish looks familiar, it seems to be the fish in the lotus pond. The fish in the lotus pond were all raised by your grandmother. You, fishing Just come up and play with them, but don’t kill them, otherwise your grandma will know about it and she won’t know how to punish you.”
Chen Anning looked at her with a half-smile.
Mrs. Qiu clenched her fingers guiltily and changed the subject again: "I went out just now and heard people chewing your tongue in the streets."
Chen Anning raised the corners of her lips and asked cooperatively: "Then tell me, what part of my tongue are you chewing on?"
Mrs. Qiu deliberately said: "It's nothing. It's just some nonsense made up by some idle people who are full and have nothing to do. Don't take it to heart."
"Since you don't have to take it to heart," Chen Anning said slowly, "then let mother talk about going to Kaiyang Hou Mansion."
Mrs. Qiu quickly said: "There are rumors outside that you, like Ziling, made an appointment with Mr. Xie in the middle of the night to forcefully commit yourself to him. I saw that they were spreading the rumors, and I even argued with them several times."
"You also know that it's not that I don't look down on Mr. Xie. He was born in the Guangling Palace. He is very outstanding in both status and appearance, but he is too ruthless in his actions."
"If you don't talk about it from afar, let's talk about Ziling and Prince Zhao."
"Whether it is Prince Zhao who is scheming by Ziling or not, Ziling is always the one who suffers. How important is a woman's reputation? As the minister of Dali Temple, how can he not know?"
"Ziling is not an ignorant person. If he breaks the case of murdering the grandson into pieces and tells it to her, Ziling will definitely plead guilty."
"But what do you think he did? In order to force Ziling to plead guilty, he actually used tricks on her, a weak woman."
"Such a person, no matter how important he or she is, cannot help the Chen family. Therefore, whether it is for your own reputation or for the sake of the Chen family, you should stay away from him."
Chen Anning said sarcastically: "Master Xie interrogated my sister a little too harshly just because of his duties, and my mother defended her like this. I was just a little slow in learning the rules. My mother either beat or scolded me, and even indulged my servants. Bully me and humiliate me.”
"In the eyes of my mother, the only reputation is my sister's reputation?"
"Of course not." Mrs. Qiu quickly denied, "I am your mother. How can I not be heartbroken if I beat you and scold you? But if I don't beat you and scold you, it will be your grandmother and father's turn to beat you and scold you. . I beat you and scold you, but at least I can give you a place to live. If they beat you and scold you, they will sell you out."
"After all, today is not as good as it used to be." Chen Anning joked, "In the past, when you hit me and scolded me, you never found a reason."
"Now that I can get gold, silver and jewels in exchange, I am even willing to make up some lies to coax me."
"It's just not very well written."
"How can this be a lie? This is me...Okay, okay, if you don't like to hear it, I'll just stop talking. In short, remember to stay away from Mr. Xie from now on. If others ask about last night, you should also You must answer that nothing has happened between you and him!" Thinking of the cruel words Mrs. Kaiyang Hou said when giving her gold and silver jewelry, Mrs. Qiu looked at Chun Rui and Chuntao carefully, and couldn't bear it. He suppressed his voice and said, "Since you are a disciple of Liu Xiuzhu and Yin Xiruo, you must have many ways to prevent yourself from getting pregnant."
"Your father has been deprived of his official position. You can't follow in Ziling's footsteps and leave him without a chance to make a comeback."
"So this is the reason why mother went to Kaiyang Hou Mansion?" Chen Anning asked.
Qiu denied: "Of course not."
Chen Anning put down the tea cup and tapped the tea table twice, "Then tell me, mother, what did you do when you went to Kaiyang Hou Mansion?"
Qiu avoided her gaze and replied stiffly: "I'm going to Kaiyang Hou Mansion..."
"It's okay if you don't want to say it," Chen Anning said slowly and leisurely, "but everything in the carriage will belong to me."
Mrs. Qiu immediately said: "I went to Kaiyanghou Mansion just to ask Mrs. Kaiyanghou for some compensation. You cured the eldest princess's head ailment, and the eldest princess rewarded you with so many clothes. You saved the grandson, and Mrs. Kaiyanghou But he didn’t express anything, it’s really too much of a lie!”
Chen Anning looked at her, "So, the people who came to the house to give gifts this morning were not from the Kaiyang Marquis Mansion?"
Qiu was short of breath and said, "They are from the Kaiyang Marquis Mansion."
"What are the people from the Kaiyang Marquis Mansion doing here?" Chen Anning casually took out the dagger used to stab Sun Prince and placed it on the tea table.
Mrs. Qiu was so shocked that she stood up immediately and said, "It's not me, it's your father. It's him who accepted the betrothal gift from the Kaiyang Marquis Mansion! It's also the marriage he agreed to between you and your grandson!"
