Chapter 615 The Lively Scene at the Qian Family

Sheng Xia smiled meaningfully, "That Young Master Yu has a pointed mouth, monkey cheeks, squinty eyes, a hunched back, and loves to shake his leg... His appearance and image are both unsightly."

Qiao Qinghe could almost picture what a sleazy young master Yu must be.

"Go on."

"Of course, being ugly isn't the key point. The most crucial point is that this young master Yu started mistreating the maids in his household when he was only thirteen years old."

"Without exception, anyone who was even remotely good-looking fell victim to his cruelty."

"Two of them refused to submit, and he killed them both."

"The Yu family has kept all these things a secret."

"But what wall is completely sealed? Some things inevitably leaked out."

"Therefore, after the Qian family found out who had come to propose marriage, they didn't even let the matchmaker into the door."

"However, after being rejected, Young Master Yu did not give up. He repeatedly created chance encounters in an attempt to win the beauty's heart."

"We were just there by chance yesterday."

Qiao Qinghe smiled. "Since it was a coincidence, it means your original target wasn't Miss Qian. So what else did you do?"

Sheng Xia looked at Qiao Qinghe with bright eyes and said, "Old Madam is really amazing! Yesterday, the carriages of several young masters from the Qian family were in an accident on their way home from school. They crashed into the carriage of the First Madam of the Zhou family."

"The Zhou residence? Which Zhou residence?" Qiao Qinghe asked subconsciously, "Could it be the Zhou residence of the Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice?"

Sheng Xia smiled and said, "It is the Zhou family that produced a concubine of the King of Chu."

Qiao Qinghe asked in surprise, "How could it be such a coincidence?"

"It really is too much of a coincidence." Sheng Xia explained with a smile: "Originally, I just wanted to cause an accident with the Qian family's carriage to scare the young masters of the Qian family."

"Who knew things would happen so coincidentally? Madam Zhou's carriage just happened to be turning around the corner, and the two carriages collided like that."

"The Qian family's sons only suffered minor scratches, but Madam Zhou broke her arm in the fall, caught off guard."

"If the Qian family cannot handle this properly, I'm afraid the Zhou family will not let it go. They will inevitably drag Consort Zhou and the Yongchang Marquis's mansion into it."

Qiao Qinghe was genuinely pleased to hear this.

The Zhou family is no pushover; otherwise, they wouldn't have sent their eldest daughter to be a concubine even though they knew the King of Chu had already chosen his principal wife.

Just then, Shengxia spoke up again: "Madam, is there anything else?"

Qiao Qinghe was startled: "There's more!?"

These two matters alone should keep Old Madam Qian busy enough, and there's more?

"What else did you do?"

Sheng Xia said with a smile, "The Qian family had a problem with their food last night. Everyone was scrambling to use the toilet all night, and they're probably all exhausted from defecating."

"Right now, the young master of the Yu family is causing trouble at the Qian family's gate again. I wonder if the Qian family still has the strength to deal with it."

Qiao Qinghe said worriedly, "If there's a problem with the food at the Qian family's house, and we call a doctor to investigate, what if they find out someone poisoned it?"

Sheng Xia said confidently, "Don't worry, Madam. Even if the imperial physician investigates, he will only find that the food is incompatible, and he will not find any signs of poisoning."

Qiao Qinghe was completely relieved: "Is there anything else?"

Shengxia smiled and said, "That's all for now. If needed in the future, Nuanchun and I are always ready to lend a hand."

Qiao Qinghe smiled and accepted the reward from A Shuang before telling the man to leave.

After everyone left, Ah Shuang happily said, "I suppose Madam Qian is too busy this time to make sarcastic remarks to you."

Qiao Qinghe smiled, feeling a sense of relief.

Seeing that Qiao Qinghe was in a good mood, Ah Yan rolled her eyes and said with ill intent, "Madam, didn't the First Madam say yesterday that Miss Qiao's marriage should be discussed with Changxing Street in advance?"

"Look, we don't have anything to do today anyway, so why don't we go see the old lady and discuss Miss Cousin's marriage with her?"

Upon hearing this, Qiao Qinghe knew what A Shuang was up to and couldn't help but laugh, "You want to go and see the Qian family's misfortune, don't you?"

Ah Shuang gave him an exaggerated look, as if to say, "You're amazing, you even guessed that!" She said, "Madam, didn't Madam Qian say that our cousin is only fit to be someone's concubine? Let's go and see what kind of good family her daughter can marry into!"

Don't make the gloating too obvious.

Qiao Qinghe smiled helplessly, "I won't go. If you want to go, go by yourself. And while you're at it, take some freshly harvested fruits and vegetables to the old lady."

She truly loathed Old Lady Qian and was happy to see her suffer. However, she didn't think she was that heartless as to personally push the Qian family's youngest daughter into a pit of fire.

Therefore, in order to avoid being provoked by Old Lady Qian into saying something outrageous that could ruin the young girl's life while watching the play, it's best if she doesn't go.

Not going doesn't mean she doesn't want to see the old woman getting anxious and angry to the point of madness.

Therefore, the best option is to let Ah Shuang, the original storyteller, go to the live performance and then vividly recount the story to me upon her return.

Ah Shuang quickly understood Qiao Qinghe's meaning and immediately replied with a smile, "Then I'll go and deliver the things to the old lady. I'll tell her a story when I get back."

"Go on," Qiao Qinghe waved her hand to shoo them away.

Ah Shuang quickly curtsied and ran out.

Qiao Qinghe couldn't help but chuckle at his eager expression, as if he were afraid of being late and missing the show.

After A Shuang left, Qiao Qinghe had someone bring Qian Ge'er and Zhen Jie'er over to play with the children.

Half a day passed in the blink of an eye.

Around noon, Ah Shuang returned with a big smile on her face.

Seeing her so happy, Qiao Qinghe couldn't help but ask, "So happy? Did you just watch a good show?"

Ah Shuang nodded vigorously, like a chicken pecking at rice, and began to recount what had happened in front of the Qian family's house.

So, the young master of the Yu family, with drums and gongs, deliberately led a group of people to the Qian family's door to propose marriage in public?

The Qian family members were weak and their legs were trembling. They looked terrible, and several of them lost their balance and fell to the ground. How embarrassing!

The old lady of the Qian family was so angry that she fainted on the spot.

That was incredibly vivid and engaging, and he spoke fluently and at length.

"How was it finally resolved?" Qiao Qinghe asked curiously.

Ah Shuang laughed and said, "What's there to resolve? The expression problem hasn't been resolved at all!"

Qiao Qinghe didn't believe it. "You can't come back until you see the results?"

Ah Shuang smiled sheepishly before explaining, "Young Master Yu made such a scene, claiming that he and Miss Qian are in love and that Miss Qian took the initiative to throw herself into his arms yesterday, forcing the Qian family to agree to the marriage."

"That young master Yu was being unreasonable. The Qian family couldn't reason with him, and they couldn't get rid of him either. In the end, they had no choice but to send someone to the Yu family to invite young master Yu's mother over."

"And guess what happened?"

Qiao Qinghe glared at A Shuang, who was keeping everyone in suspense.

Ah Shuang then obediently said, "As a result, after Madam Yu Liu came over, not only did she not stop her son, but she also helped her son put pressure on the Qian family. She said things like, after all this commotion, the Qian family's daughter will never be able to get married, so it would be better for her to marry her son instead."

"Old Madam Qian was so angry that her eyes rolled back and she fainted. Only then did Madam Yu quickly leave with her son."

Before leaving, he left a message saying that he would ask a matchmaker to come and propose marriage when he got back.

"I think this matter is going to escalate further."