After receiving the report of Mrs. Qin's visit, Mrs. Xie was stunned: "Mrs. Qin?"
The Xie family and the Qin family have never been on the same side. The relationship between the two families is average and they rarely have close contact. They only have a nod of friendship when they meet at banquets occasionally. Why did Mrs. Qin pay a sudden visit?
The maid nodded: "Yes."
Mrs. Xie pondered: "Did Mrs. Qin say what the reason was?"
The maid shook her head: "Mrs. Qin didn't say anything. She only said that I took the liberty to come to the door. Please be considerate, madam, but please be sure to take some time to come out and see her."
Mrs. Xie thought for a moment, then turned and walked out: "Please invite people in first."
"yes."
Mrs. Xie ordered someone to make the best tea in the house, and quickly welcomed the guests into the inner hall. She smiled and asked politely: "Mrs. Qin came to the door suddenly, but do you have something important to discuss?"
Mrs. Qin took the tea from the maid and forced a smile: "I wonder if Mrs. Xie has heard the rumors outside?"
"Rumors?" Madam Xie was puzzled and glanced at her maid subconsciously, then shook her head at Madam Qin, "I have been busy preparing a dowry for Danshu these past few days, but I didn't pay attention to the outside. I wonder what the rumors are? With Danshu related?"
Mrs. Qin's expression was a bit sarcastic: "I don't know who outside suddenly spread rumors, saying that Zhilan pushed your daughter into the water, and that Zhilan canceled her marriage to Prince Rong for a logical reason. They were sarcastic, as if they were everywhere. It’s all Zhi Lan’s fault, Zhi Lan’s reputation has been completely ruined.”
Mrs. Xie heard her unkind tone and heard her talk about why the rumors started. She couldn't help but smile: "I haven't gone out today, so I don't know about the rumors."
Mrs. Qin's eyebrows were gloomy: "Mrs. Xie knows now."
Mrs. Xie hummed: "So, what does Mrs. Qin want to do when you come to me today?"
"I want to know who spread the rumor."
"I don't know about this matter. Madam Qin asked the wrong person." Madam Xie shook her head slowly, raised her eyes to meet Madam Qin's eyes, and something gradually emerged in her eyes, "Mrs. Qin suspected that it was passed down by the Xie family?"
Mrs. Qin said calmly: "Only Zhilan was present when Miss Xie fell into the water. Only the Qin family, Xie family and Prince Rong's palace were involved in this matter. There shouldn't be anyone else spreading rumors for no reason."
"Since Mrs. Qin knows that it is a rumor, those who know it or those who don't know it can talk nonsense at will." Mrs. Xie raised her lips slightly, "Perhaps someone who has a quarrel with the Qin family will use this opportunity to spread some rumors that are unfavorable to the Qin family. Or they may be a group of villains who are afraid of the world being in chaos, and they are talking nonsense in order to bring dust to the noble family."
Mrs. Qin's expression darkened: "Mrs. Xie, you mean that this matter has nothing to do with the Xie family?"
"It is indeed not us who spread the rumor, because we have no reason to do so." Mrs. She really doesn’t want to marry the eldest son of Prince Rong, and she should know best in her heart.”
Mrs. Qin's expression changed, and she obviously understood what she meant: "Mrs. Xie suspected that Zhi Lan pushed your daughter?"
"I just said, your daughter knows this best." Mrs. Xie smiled calmly, "As for the rest, Mrs. Qin wants to clarify the rumors and find other ways to suppress them. We will not stop them, but There’s no way to cooperate.”
Mrs. Qin's hand holding the tea cup tightened slightly: "But these rumors are hurting Zhilan's reputation. I hope Miss Xie can help clarify it and prove that she fell into the water by herself that day, not Zhilan who pushed her."
"I'm sorry." Mrs. Xie apologized, "I don't know where the rumors came from yet. I don't want Danshu to wade into this muddy water. As a mother, I am also worried that someone is plotting against my daughter."
Does this sentence mean that the Qin family deliberately ordered people to spread rumors and then put the blame on the Xie family?
Mrs. Qin's face was ugly. How stupid could they be to use their own daughter's honor to plot against others?
She heard that Mrs. Xie had no intention of helping at all. Regardless of whether the Xie family did this or not, she planned to stand by and let the baseless rumors hurt an innocent noblewoman from a noble family.
She finally understood the Xie family's bearing.
"In that case, I won't disturb Mrs. Xie." Mrs. Qin suppressed her displeasure, maintained superficial courtesy, and stood up to leave.
Mrs. Xie nodded: "Let's go slowly without seeing you off."
Mrs. Qin walked away quickly with anger that could not be vented. After a while, Xie Danshu walked in from the back door: "Mother, what are the rumors outside?"
"I don't know." Mrs. Xie glanced at her and shook her head slowly, "I wonder who suddenly made such a fuss. What good will it do to him?"
"Could it be my uncle?" Xie Danshu suddenly had an idea, "My uncle always does things quietly, and no one can find out."
"Why would he do this?" Mrs. Xie was puzzled, "Besides, he just came back from providing disaster relief, so there is no reason to muddy the waters."
Xie Danshu said nothing.
She also thought it was unlikely, but her intuition told her that this matter must have something to do with her uncle.
…
There were a lot of rumors outside, but the initiator could not be found.
Anyway, as long as someone talks about the marriage between Prince Rong's Mansion and the Xie family, someone will definitely compare it to the Qin family's legitimate daughter.
After a few days, almost the entire Shengjing knew that Taifu Qin’s granddaughter was a bitter girl who looked down on the crown prince of Prince Rong and wanted to marry the crown prince but couldn’t. She wanted to break off the engagement but was worried that the marriage was a gift from the emperor, so she came up with the inference. The Xie family girl fell into the water.
As word spread, Qin Zhilan's reputation plummeted in Shengjing, and even the Queen Mother in the palace heard about it.
She ordered people to invite Emperor Mu over and asked him face to face: "Is the incident about the Qin family girl true?"
"Girl of the Qin family? What's wrong with her?" Emperor Mu looked confused, "What is the queen mother asking about?"
"The Ai family heard that the heir apparent of Prince Rong was originally the fiancé of the girl from the Qin family, but later the engagement was broken off because of the girl from the Xie family?"
Emperor Mu understood: "There is another hidden reason in this matter. The Queen Mother does not need to pay attention to it. It has been dealt with now."
"Now that it has been dealt with, why are there still so many rumors?" The Queen Mother looked unkind, "Your Majesty, even if the Xie family is now unrivaled and the prince relies on the support of the Xie family, he cannot let them do whatever they want. The queen is in the middle palace. , why don’t you restrict what your family does?”
Emperor Mu frowned: "What is the Queen Mother talking about?"
What rumors? Why do whatever you want?
What happened to the Xie family?
"Rumors are flying outside the palace. They are all saying that Miss Qin deliberately pushed Xie into the marriage in order to cancel the marriage granted by the Emperor. They say that the Miss Qin family has scheming plans and likes the prince..." The Queen Mother became more and more angry as she spoke, her voice cold. Leng, "The Ai family knows better than anyone else what kind of character Taifu Qin had in the past! How could his granddaughter be such a scheming person? Aren't these rumors deliberately spread by the Xie family? Who else would dare to do this? "
Emperor Mu was silent. Is there such a rumor spreading outside?
