Chapter 8: The Lady of the Marquisate 4

Chapter 4

Sitting above the main hall were Yuan Shoubang with a solemn look on his face and Rao Chengan who looked not very happy.

Sitting on both sides were Hui Hongcai, Yuan Liuliu and others.

There were servants kneeling in a circle in the main hall, and a Ginkgo with a dull look in his eyes.

When Qi Qi helped the old lady in, everyone looked over.

Yuan Shoubang stood up immediately and said, "Mother, you are not well yet, why did I wake you up?"

The old lady pushed Yuan Shoubang away, pulled Qi Qi to her side, and sat down at the top of the main hall. "It's a relief that you still remember that you have a mother. I thought you didn't remember that you had a mother."

Hui Hongcai's face looked a little ugly. She didn't understand when Qi Qi became so close to the old lady.

The old lady didn't even glance at Hui Hongcai, but looked at the kneeling Ginkgo. "What's going on? Didn't they say Liu Liu wanted to divorce the prince? After all this trouble, why haven't they divorced yet?"

Liu Liu stomped her feet in anger and looked at Hui Hongcai.

Rao Chengan said, "This prince wants to divorce, but Yuan Liuliu is unwilling. If the old lady agrees, then this prince will thank you."

"In that case, then..."

"Aunt!" Hui Hongcai said quickly. She could tell that the old lady seemed to be on Qi Qi's side. She was afraid that the old lady would say something agreeing. She explained, "Aunt, my son-in-law wants a divorce mainly because he suspects Liu Liu. Now I've found a witness to prove Liu Liu's innocence."

"Oh?" The old lady looked at Ginkgo. "How do you prove it?"

"Some people say that the bellyband that Huai Junyan took out was not Qingqing's, but Liuliu's. Now that Huai Guye is dead, there is nothing we can do about it. But Ginkgo saw the bellyband at the time, and she can prove that it was Qingqing's, not Liuliu's."

Hui Hongcai said this while watching everyone's reactions with empty eyes, "After all, this is Qingqing's girl, so naturally she won't speak for Liuliu."

"She climbed into my brother-in-law's bed and caused him to...die. How can we trust what she said!" Hongping said.

"The master is talking here, how dare you, a servant, butt in?" Hui Hongcai said angrily.

Qi Qi patted Hong Ping's hand and said, "Actually, this matter is very simple. What Hong Ping said is wrong, and what Yin Xing said is also wrong. Although my husband has passed away, the bellyband is still in the hands of my mother-in-law. Why not let my mother-in-law come and take it out and show it to everyone? Then we will know who it belongs to."

Yuan Liuliu sneered, "Why don't you pretend anymore, as if you are the most wronged person in the world!"

Rao Chengan scolded, "That's much better than your courtesy name."

Yuan Liuliu glanced at him coldly.

It seemed that the friendship between the two had completely worn away over the past few months, to the point where they didn't even bother to keep up appearances.

The old lady nodded and said, "Shoubang, if that's the case, have someone bring the bellyband here so we can see whose it is."

Yuan Shoubang nodded and told someone to go.

He was very quiet the whole time. No matter who the bellyband belonged to, it belonged to his daughter. His face now felt as if he had been hit on the left and right sides, and it was burning with pain.

Whether it was his wife or daughter, his son-in-law or his mother, he couldn't control any of them. He was just direct and just let them do whatever they were told to do.

Soon, Qi Qi's mother-in-law came.

Because Qi Qi went to the temple to pray, the task of taking care of Huai Junyan was given to her.

Without Qi Qi's maids and servants, the almost paralyzed Huai Junyan wasted all her time. Moreover, loan sharks and brothels came to ask for money every day, which disturbed her to the point of mental breakdown.

My mother-in-law's life was getting worse day by day, but she became much more obedient. When she heard that she was asked to bring a bellyband, she came obediently with the bellyband.

She had just put the bellyband into the servant's hand when Ginkgo, who had been motionless, suddenly went crazy and immediately grabbed her mother-in-law's hair. "It's all your fault. You sold me to a place like a brothel. I'm going to kill you, kill you."

My mother-in-law has not had a good life these days. She used to be very strong, but now her face is pale and her muscles are muscular, and she has no strength at all. She was soon pinned to the ground and beaten by Ginkgo.

Yuan Shoubang couldn't make decisions about his own family affairs, so he didn't want to get involved in other people's affairs. He simply had the two of them thrown out and left them to fend for themselves.

The bellyband was placed in the old lady's hand. The old lady took a look at it, sneered, and threw it into Rao Chengan's hand.

When Rao Cheng'an got the bellyband, he saw the word "Qing" at a glance. He was about to regret that he had wronged Yuan Liuliu, but suddenly he noticed that there were traces of stitches on the clothes, and the bellyband was embroidered with willow leaves.

He immediately understood that this was clearly Yuan Liuliu's bellyband, but someone had changed its name to Qingqing's.

He threw the bellyband to Hui Hongcai and said, "Now that the evidence is here, what else do you have to say?"

Hui Hongcai took the bellyband and was delighted to see Qingqing's name on it, but she saw Rao Chengan leaving without looking back, and the old lady also left with Qi Qi.

Hui Hongcai looked at the bellyband carefully and her face turned pale immediately.

"No, someone must have changed their bellyband. Someone must have changed their bellyband."

Yuan Liuliu was even more incredulous, but unfortunately there were only the two of them, mother and daughter, in the main hall, with no one else there.

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There was an old immortal master in the temple where Qi Qi prayed for blessings who could know the past and the future. This news soon spread throughout the capital.

After all, the old lady was terminally ill, and even the emperor was planning to issue an edict to mourn her. But in the end, the old lady recovered.

As a result, the temple became more popular, and the old immortal master had many people who wanted to ask for divination and medicine.

Qi Qi was ready to give birth, but pregnancy was difficult for women, let alone she was pregnant with twins.

Fortunately, the child knew how to feel sorry for his mother and never made any trouble.

Huai Junyan died in a woman's belly. The Huai family didn't dare to say anything about the fact that Qi Qi had been living in his mother's house.

Ginkgo was tortured in the brothel for half a year. After being redeemed by Hui Hongcai, she lived in the Huai family and served her mother-in-law.

They were living a prosperous life, and Qi Qi's life was also pretty good.

The immortal master told the old lady that Qi Qi was her lucky star. If Qi Qi was there, her health would get better and better. If Qi Qi left, she would probably die.

Moreover, the fact that the old lady was seriously ill before was also investigated. It turned out that Hui Hongcai wanted to seize the power of housekeeper, so she poisoned her.

Fortunately, Qi Qi went early. If he had gone any later, the old lady would have died at the hands of Hui Hongcai.

However, the old lady's health was getting worse day by day. After all, she was old and had been poisoned. Even if she had been detoxified, the damage to her body was irreversible.

Hui Hongcai was not divorced, but was locked up in the yard and could not come out for the rest of her life.

Yuan Liuliu finally did not get divorced, but was divorced by Rao Chengan who could no longer tolerate her. Now she lives with Hui Hongcai, and they can be said to be mother and daughter who depend on each other for survival.

Qi Qi successfully gave birth to twins. The immortal master said that this child was a lucky star, a loyal minister and general of the dynasty, who would protect the dynasty in the future.

So Yuan Shoubang decided to give the two children the surname Yuan and enshrine them in the Yuan family's ancestral hall.

"Mother, sister, I haven't seen you for a few days. You seem to have become thinner and darker." Qi Qi appeared alone in Hui Hongcai's yard. She looked around and strolled around the yard leisurely.

Hui Hongcai sneered, and she looked at Qi Qi with resentment, "If I had known you were such a bad guy, I should have killed you directly."

Yuan Liuliu stared at Qi Qi with eyes filled with poison, "Why do you treat me like this? You are such a bad person, you should go to hell."

Qi Qi burst out laughing, "You really are lenient with yourselves and strict with others."

She paced back and forth, "Didn't you steal my engagement and marry me to Huai Junyan? Oh, and you were planning to infect Huai Junyan with syphilis, and then infect me. Then, you could frame me for being fickle..."

"How did you know!" Hui Hongcai was shocked. Why did Qi Qi know about her plan which she had not yet implemented?

Qi Qi smiled, "Mother, why are you so angry? I'm just giving someone a taste of their own medicine. You put Ginkgo next to me just to create discord between us. Now that my husband is dead and I'm a widow, I can only live in my parents' home and depend on others for support. Isn't this the result you wanted? How can you not be happy?"

Huai Junyan betrayed her, so he died.

Although she lived in her parents' home as a widow, her two children were included in the Yuan family tree, and a Taoist master also predicted their fortunes.

The old lady was devoted to her.

She is not dependent on others, and her life is not unhappy at all.

Hui Hongcai gnashed her teeth and said, "You did all this, you vicious woman, you planned all this."

Qi Qi squatted down and held Hui Hongcai's shoulders. "Mother, I don't understand what you are saying. Didn't you do all these steps?"

She looked at Yuan Liuliu, "My poor sister, she's been dragged into this situation by our mother. If you hadn't given me the things she used, if you hadn't brainwashed me every day, telling me to be filial to my mother-in-law, if you hadn't pulled Ginkgo aside and said you wanted to explain everything clearly, how could my sister have ended up like this?"

A dagger fell from Qi Qi's sleeve. "Oh, I was really careless!" She looked at the dagger in surprise. "How did it fall out? This is the token of love that Brother Cheng An gave me."

"The prince gave you a token of love!" Yuan Liuliu's eyes widened, "What do you mean?"

Qi Qi replied: "Although I gave birth to two children, Brother Cheng An doesn't mind. He wants to marry me as the Crown Prince's Consort and continue the previous engagement."

Qi Qi said distressedly: "But I am not worthy of Brother Cheng An. After all, I am already married, and I married such a bastard."

"You!" Yuan Liuliu jumped up and angrily pushed Qi Qi away. "You did it on purpose. You came here to humiliate us."

As he was speaking, Rao Chengan walked in from outside, "Qingqing, are you okay?"

He supported Qi Qi and looked him up and down anxiously to see if anything had happened. When he found that Qi Qi was fine, he turned around and cursed, "Yuan Liuliu, Qingqing came to see you out of kindness, but you treated her like this? You are truly a vicious woman!"

"Yuan Qingqing, I will kill you!" Yuan Liuliu picked up the dagger in a rage and stabbed quickly in the direction of Qi Qi. Rao Chengan wanted to kick Yuan Liuliu away, but found that he had lost all his strength and stood directly in front of Qi Qi.

Qi Qi panicked and supported Rao Chengan, "Brother Chengan, you...why are you doing this? How could you block the knife for me?"

She whispered in Rao Chengan's ear, "Brother Chengan, if you betray someone who is sincere to you, you will have to swallow ten thousand needles."

Qi Qi looked at Rao Cheng'an worriedly. She said to Yuan Liuliu and her daughter, "You have harmed the Crown Prince. Prince Jing's Mansion will definitely not forgive you."

Hui Hongcai fell to the ground in fear, and Yuan Liuliu shouted, "I didn't, I didn't, I didn't want to."

But Rao Chengan had no idea of ​​all this. He slowly lost all breath the moment everyone came in.