Chapter 142 Embarrassing Her in Public

After the two talked for a while, Zhishu came in with a bowl of medicine. Yu Jingsheng took it and gave it to Qiao Shi to drink.

Zhi Shu left the room with the empty bowl. Granny Wu pulled her aside and whispered:

"How is it inside?"

Zhi Shu said, "The Lord seems to have stopped being angry. He even personally fed the Madam her medicine."

Granny Wu smiled with satisfaction.

Her wife is truly intelligent.

Of course, the lady wouldn't be foolish enough to actually hurt herself. The physician of the manor had served the various masters in the manor for many years and naturally knew whose words to listen to most in this manor. Unless the Earl himself untied the bandages to examine her, he would never discover anything amiss.

When Yu Jingsheng came out of the inner room, he found that Granny Wu and the others were still waiting outside, so he gave them instructions:

"You don't need to stay here. Go inside and serve your wife."

As Wu Mama watched the Earl's departing figure, a relieved smile returned to her face. She gave Zhishu a wink, and the two of them then entered the inner room.

Lying on the bed, Madam Qiao no longer looked weak; her eyes gleamed with triumph. She had passed the test with the Earl.

Granny Wu: "Madam, should I still go to Liuli Lane tomorrow to deliver tonics to that mother and child?"

Mrs. Qiao: "Of course we have to send it. If we're going to put on an act, we have to do it properly."

Granny Wu nodded, then gritted her teeth and said:

"They really got off easy. They made such a commotion and still couldn't kill that brat. He'll be a menace to people in the future."

Qiao said solemnly, "They say that evil can last a thousand years, and that's really true. But we can't hit them right this time, so we have to be more careful in the future. For the next few days, we shouldn't bother with them. Let them run wild for a while longer, and we'll have a chance to deal with them in the future."

Yu Qingci soon received the news and learned that her brother's ordeal was the work of a servant. Her eyes immediately turned cold.

In fact, she had long guessed that this would be the outcome. Qiao was a very shrewd person. Since she had arranged this play, she must have had a way to clean up the mess. If things were exposed, it would be perfect to send out a servant to take the blame.

As for his father, he has always held a high position and appears shrewd and decisive, but that is only in terms of official duties. In fact, he is most impatient with matters concerning the inner quarters and can easily be fooled by Madam Qiao.

This was how it was when her family lived in Youyang. He only cared about things outside, while leaving everything in the inner quarters to his mother and never taking the initiative to inquire about them. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been so easily deceived by Qiao's clumsy methods in the previous life, and wouldn't have drifted further and further away from his mother.

Therefore, she did not expect to bring down the Qiao family with this matter alone.

However, this incident has already planted a seed of suspicion in the father's heart, and things will be quiet for a while. In the future, there will always be a way to destroy the foundation of the Qiao family in the Earl's Mansion step by step.

In the bustling streets of the capital, several ornate carriages were parked by the roadside.

The carriage curtain was lifted, and Yu Qingyan and two elegantly dressed ladies stepped out of the carriage one after the other.

The three women stopped in front of a fabric shop. One of the ladies, a noblewoman, pointed to the bustling shop and said in a lighthearted tone:

“Look, this shop also sells Xia Guang brocade. I’ve already sent my servants to inquire, and several shops in the capital that sell Xia Guang brocade all have the backing of the Nanping Earl’s Mansion. Sister Qingyan, don’t tell me that this shop has nothing to do with you.”

The speaker was the eldest daughter of the Liu family, the Minister of Works. After speaking, Miss Liu raised her eyebrows and looked at Yu Qingyan.

Miss Liu was initially excited to go shopping with her girlfriends today, but when they went to two fabric shops to browse, Yu Qingyan stopped them both with excuses, which made Miss Liu very unhappy.

Another noblewoman looked at Yu Qingyan and said, "That's right, Qingyan. Our Jinxiang Marquis's mansion also owns several cloth shops. The shopkeeper has long been aware of the Xia Guang brocade business and said that it is related to your family. But today you denied it and said that it is not your family. What's going on? Could it be that you don't want us to benefit from your fame?"

Miss Shang's gaze towards Yu Qingyan also changed.

Miss Shang is the legitimate daughter of the Marquis of Jinxiang. She considers herself to be of noble birth and always acts superior when she is with other noble ladies whose family background is not as good as hers. She is even used to speaking rudely.

"Actually, you didn't have to do that. The day after the palace's grand banquet, my mother spent money to buy two bolts of silk for each of the sisters in our household. Otherwise, where did I get this brocade dress?"

Moreover, in two days at most, the cloth shops under the name of the Marquis of Jinxiang will also sell Xia Guang brocade. I didn't originally intend to buy anything today, but I just joined in because I heard you talking about it.

If you really see something you like, then of course you'll pay the price. Three hundred taels is still affordable for me, so you don't need to hide it."

The two noble ladies' blunt words made Yu Qingyan feel extremely aggrieved. It wasn't like she was hiding anything.

Looking at the thriving shop in front of her, Yu Qingyan was seething with hatred, but she could only put on a wronged expression:

"My two elder sisters have really wronged me. It's not that I'm unwilling to take care of you, but you two elder sisters don't know that the cloth shops we visited today do indeed bear the name of our Nanping Marquis's Mansion. Unfortunately, I have no say in the matter. Not to mention me, even if my mother came, she would be a stranger."

The two noble ladies exchanged a glance upon hearing her words, their expressions filled with confusion.

Yu Qingyan sighed and continued, "As you all know, our Earl's Mansion has a younger sister who returned halfway through her marriage; she's the one who married into the Ningyuan General's Mansion."

Miss Shang's eyes lit up and she blurted out, "Of course I know. Back then, there were rumors that your Earl's Mansion brought back a brother and sister from outside in order to protect you, the eldest daughter. Later, the older sister married into the General's Mansion in your place and became a widow."

But I heard that when the Earl's mansion displayed the dowry, your father personally announced to outsiders that the brother and sister were the legitimate children of the first wife, while your mother, Madam Qiao, was only a secondary wife. Is that really true?

Yu Qingci: "Of course not..."

Yu Qingyan's pretty face flushed red and she couldn't continue speaking. At this moment, she regretted going shopping with these two people today. They had embarrassed her in public and showed no consideration for her feelings. It was a disgrace that she had always treated them as good sisters.

The two noble ladies exchanged a knowing glance, their eyes revealing amusement as they looked at her.

Miss Shang asked again with a hint of anticipation, "What is it? There have been many rumors about the identity of that third young lady, and we are all very curious. Since we've come this far, why don't you tell us? Otherwise, we won't know whether to believe you or your father, the Earl of Nanping."

Yu Qingyan's pretty face felt increasingly hot. If what she said was true, it meant that the Earl of Nanping had lied in front of everyone.

Miss Shang: "I heard that the Third Miss's birth mother, Madam Su, was your father, the Earl of Nanping's, first wife. If that's true, then wouldn't your status, Qingyan, be subordinate to hers?"

As Miss Shang spoke, a disdainful smile curled at the corner of her lips. This Nanping Marquis's Mansion is truly interesting.