Tan Weike gave Mr. Xue some Double Ninth Cake on the Double Ninth Festival, saying that he cooked it himself, and Mr. Xue naturally beamed. When the two were chatting, Tan Weike mentioned Qi'er again. Xue's words showed her willingness to obey Gongsun Yu. Knowing that Gongsun Yu liked Qi'er, she stopped talking about Qi'er and wanted to give her the title of concubine. Mrs. Xue felt that it was a very high gift for a beggar to be Gongsun Yu's concubine in Gongsun Mansion.
Tan Weike could also hear what Xue meant. Xue also wanted her to accept Qi'er. After all, she was Xue's favorite daughter-in-law. If Qi'er became a concubine, the wives and concubines must be harmonious, so that Gongsun Yu's family would be peaceful.
Tan Weike felt disappointed and sad when she saw the eldest lady's attitude towards Qi'er had changed. She looked ugly and said she was going to Boyunxuan to deliver Double Ninth Festival cakes to Gongsun Yu.
The eldest lady saw that she was disappointed, and also knew that she had been fond of Gongsun Yu since she was a child, so she comforted her with a few words of distress. After all, monogamy and multiple concubines were normal at that time, and she thought that she would be able to accept Qi'er in the future.
Even though Tan Weike was unhappy, he endured it and went to Boyunxuan after resigning as First Lady.
Tan Weike brought the Double Ninth Festival cake to Gongsun Yu. When he arrived at Boyunxuan, he realized that Gongsun Yu and Qi'er had gone out early in the morning, and Luan Yue did not follow him. Luan Yue had followed Gongsun Yu almost inseparably since she was a child, but this time she didn't Take him there?
Tan Weike was a little disappointed. She sat on the stone table outside Boyunxuan in a daze. Luan Yue asked Huilan to serve some tea and snacks, but Tan Weike had no intention of eating, so she just sat and waited. What did she want to see about them? Time to come back.
Tan Weike knew that Gongsun Yu was protective of Qi'er. If Qi'er had a place in Gongsun Yu's heart, would he still have his own place? She had known Gongsun Yu since she was a child. If he liked Qi'er, nothing she said in the past could change it. But knowing that children's marriages are all done by matchmakers, if their parents don't agree with Gongsun Yu and Qi'er being together, can he help himself to block them? But it seems that the eldest lady has accepted Qi'er? Although she still recognized that she was the daughter-in-law-to-be, but Gongsun Yu didn't recognize it? Tan Weike was thinking deeply.
Qi'er was holding a large bouquet of flowers and chatting happily with Gongsun Yu. As soon as they entered Boyunxuan, they saw Tan Weike sitting in front of the stone table. Tan Weike saw Qi'er and Gongsun Yu chatting harmoniously, especially Gongsun Yu. The look in Qi'er's eyes made Tan Weike even more jealous of Qi'er.
Tan Weike felt even more disappointed when she saw Gongsun Yuyi looking at him coldly, but he immediately smiled and said, "Brother Yu, you can try the Double Ninth Festival cake I made myself."
Gongsun Yu said lightly, "I don't like it too sweet. You can give it to my mother. She likes it." After saying that, he picked up a book and started reading.
Tan Weike said, "Where did I come from, the eldest lady? Naturally, I have to stay with her."
Qi'er was putting flowers into the vase. Gongsun Yu glanced at Qi'er. Qi'er also saw Gongsun Yu looking at her. She knew that Gongsun Yu wanted him to go over and translate. Was this tantamount to driving Tan Wei away?
Qi'er hurriedly continued to take care of the flower branches, pretending not to notice.
Tan Weike naturally saw the look in Gongsun Yu and Qi'er's eyes just now. She knew that Gongsun Yu wanted to issue an eviction order. Her heart sank and something suddenly occurred to her, and she deliberately said, "I heard that Qi'er knows a lot about the scriptures, and I want to hear it too. Isn’t it convenient?”
Qi'er said naturally, "Then I have to ask Mr. Yu if he allows me to take a holiday?"
Gongsun Yu said, "I'm a little tired, you go out and chat."
Tan Weike deliberately invited Qi'er to sit in the eldest lady's yard. As soon as they entered, they heard from Liu's mother that the eldest lady had already taken a nap.
Tan Weike could only chat with Qi'er in the side hall. Mother Liu asked someone to serve some tea and snacks and then left.
Qi'er knew that Tan Wei was not sincere, because sometimes Tan Wei looked at her and looked down on her, but why did she let herself do it?
Tan Weike naturally asked Qi'er about the content of the Buddhist scriptures. Qi'er dealt with it helplessly, thinking about how to withdraw quickly.
Tan Weike naturally saw that Qi'er wanted to leave, so she deliberately said to Xiaoju, the maid of Gongsun Mansion, "The water is a bit cold, go and boil the water."
"Yes." Xiaoju said and left.
Tan Weike wanted to go on her own for convenience, and Ying Qiao left with her. Qi'er was left alone in the room. Qi'er also felt that Tan Weike was acting strange today, and was thinking that she would go back to Boyunxuan when Tan Weike came back.
Tan Weike entered the room and before Qi'er could say anything, Tan Weike said that his gold bracelet was missing from the table just now.
Yingqiao deliberately framed Qi'er for stealing her lady's bracelet and wanted to search her body.
Qi'er couldn't argue, knowing that Tan Weike and his servants did it on purpose, saying that they had no stolen goods on them and not allowing Yingqiao to search them.
The two were arguing and in a stalemate, which alarmed the people in the yard.
Naturally, Ms. Xue was alarmed and went into the side hall. Listening to the arguments of both Yingqiao and Qi'er, Yingqiao said, "She went out with the lady to put the gold bracelet on the table. Qi'er was the only one in the room at that time. Qi'er must have stolen it." I got my lady’s gold bracelet.”
Qi'er said that she had never seen the gold bracelet, and the two sides were in a stalemate.
After Mrs. Xue knew the reason, she felt that Tan Wei was a well-known lady and could not wrongly accuse Qi'er, and there was also Yingqiao who was a witness. The eldest lady originally thought that Qi'er was a beggar. Maybe she stole Tan Weike's gold bracelet after seeing it? Although her son likes her, she really doesn't like this kind of behavior.
The eldest lady still looked at her son and said to Qi'er, "If you took it, just hand it over. I guarantee that no one will know except the people in the house."
Qi'er said firmly, "I said I didn't take it. How valuable is a gold bracelet? Don't think that I haven't seen the world. The mutton-fat white jade Master Yu gave me can be exchanged for a gold bracelet on your arm." , why would I steal?" Qi'er looked at Tan Weike angrily and said.
Everyone looked at Bu Yao on Qi'er's head. The piece of mutton-fat white jade was bright and transparent, and it looked like excellent jade at first glance.
Qi'er's words further stimulated Tan Weike and said, "I don't know whether it was given as a gift or stolen."
The eldest lady knew that Gongsun Yu didn't have any women around him, and it was impossible to have girls' things around him. The Bu Yao on Qi'er's head was indeed not something she could afford, but she would definitely be angry if she used her son as a pretext.
Tan Weike was secretly pleased with the madam's anger, and deliberately said gently, "Forget it, it's indeed not a valuable thing."
Yingqiao said, "How can you do that, Miss? That gold bracelet was given to you by your mother for your birthday, and it was his dowry." After saying this, she glared at Qi'er and said, "No matter how good your things are, you don't necessarily want to take them away from me." What if our eldest lady knew that the gold bracelet was stolen? Wouldn’t you think that Gongsun Mansion is hiding evil?"
Tan Weike saw that Yingqiao said something very well, and said more gently, "I just don't want my mother to know. It's better not to pursue it, so as not to embarrass the eldest lady."
After hearing this, Mrs.
At this time, several women came over and walked towards Qi'er. However, there were many people. The more Qi'er resisted, the tighter she was pressed. She was a little overwhelmed.
But Qi'er didn't know Kung Fu and couldn't break free. She didn't know who caught her when she had a hot temper. A woman stood up with her hands over her ears.
This angered Ms.
I also heard Tan Weike say, "Why did the assassin who broke into Gongsun Mansion that day go to Qi'er's room when no one was there? Gongsun Mansion is heavily guarded. How could he escape if he wasn't someone from the mansion?" In fact, Tan Weike suspected that that day The assassin is Qi'er.
After hearing this, Mrs. Xue thought about the scene she saw that day. Could it be that that person was Qi'er?
Seeing the eldest lady's suspicion, Tan Weike said, "The assassin seems to have been injured on his shoulder. There must be scars in such a short period of time."
Mrs. Xue has always suspected Qi'er's identity. She is a translator. Why is she willing to do what the maid did?
When I heard Tan Weike's words, I thought that she was there that day. Did she know that she was injured because of negligence and did not pay attention to it? Thinking that if there was an assassin in Gongsun's house, it would be impossible for him to leave so easily. One is to verify whether there are scars on Qi'er's shoulders, and the other is to see if there are any stolen goods on her body. The eldest lady ordered people to check carefully and not let her harm the Gongsun Mansion.
This isn't a body search or a shoulder look, it's clearly the rhythm of stripping off clothes. Five or six aunts pushed Qi'er to the ground for fear that Qi'er would bite someone.
Qi'er actually didn't have the strength to resist at all, and she felt like she wanted to cry without tears. She really wished someone could come and help her. She shouted, "Help, help! Help! It's murder!"
When the eldest lady entered the side hall and quarreled with Qi'er and Yingqiao, Xia Zhu was worried that Qi'er would suffer a loss, so she immediately went to notify Gongsun Yu. Gongsun Yu knew that his mother did not like Qi'er, and Xue's favorite future daughter-in-law was Tan Wei. However, after hearing Xia Zhu's simple explanation of the reason, he immediately ran away.
It happened that as soon as he arrived at the verandah, he heard Qi'er calling for help. He quickly went to the side hall and kicked the women away. "Mother, what happened to do this to Qi'er?"
Mrs. Xue saw her son's partiality for Qi'er and said, "I heard that she was related to the assassination in the house last time. I just checked to see if there were any injuries on her shoulders. Wei Ke's gold bracelet was lost. , we are just searching..."
"The bracelet is missing, so you suspect it's Qi'er?" Gongsun Yu said a little uneasily.
Tan Weike could tell that Gongsun Yu was angry and said: "She is a low-grade beggar, and she can't help but have selfish motives when looking at such a good bracelet..." Tan Weike hadn't finished speaking yet.
Gongsun Yu glared at Tan Weike: "What's wrong with the beggar? Do you look down on people so much?"
The eldest lady looked at Gongsun Yu and looked at Tan Weike bitterly. Tan Weike was too scared to speak. After all, his favorite daughter-in-law-to-be is Tan Weike. The most he can do is let Qi'er be his concubine. How can a concubine compare with his wife? He said for her, "She and Wei Ke were together at the time. Unless she could prove her innocence, she would have to give Wei Ke an explanation. There is also the matter of the assassin."
Qi'er also shouted angrily, "What do you mean, madam? If I prove that I am not an assassin and have not stolen Miss Tan's things, how can I give you an explanation?"
Everyone was silent for a moment. How dare the little beggar ask for an explanation?
"Is it Miss Tan who is apologizing to me?" Because she was the one who said these two things, Qi'er was striving for this tone. "You don't want to say anything, right? Then let me prove it. Miss Tan is just waiting to apologize!"
Qi'er and Tan Weike looked at each other, Qi'er's eyes widened with anger, and Tan Weike was actually a little frightened.
"Don't you all suspect that I am an assassin? Then see clearly whether I have any sword wounds on my body." Qi'er said as he took off his coat, revealing his white shoulders.
Tan Weike was surprised to find that there was no injury on Qi'er's shoulder?
Women in ancient times were not allowed to show their skin to outsiders. Although Gongsun Yu was the only man in the room, this made Gongsun Yu angry. He quickly grabbed Qi'er's clothes on the ground and put them on Qi'er. He was so angry that he said, "Get out of here." go out."
The ladies hurriedly exited. Gongsun Yu gave Tan Weike a cold look. Tan Wei was frightened by Gongsun Yu's temper and had to leave.
The eldest lady has never seen her son lose such a temper, and she also knows the status and weight of Qi'er in his heart. He didn't know how to answer the question, because there was no scar on Qi'er's shoulder at all. If there is an injury, it cannot be healed so quickly.
Gongsun Yu quickly calmed down his tone, "Mother, Qi'er is someone close to me. I hope you won't embarrass her in the future." After saying this, he saluted Mr. Xue, grabbed Qi'er's hand and left.
Mr. Xue looked at Gongsun Yu in shock. His son, who was always calm, had just been furious because of Qi'er. He was so protective of Qi'er, and it seemed that he had a familiar feeling. Tears flowed out unconsciously.
