Chapter 22 Setting the Rules

"You are..." The fake old lady looked at Xu Qingyue who had just spoken in confusion.

Xu Qingyue smiled and bowed to the fake old lady, and said to her respectfully: "Grandma, my granddaughter-in-law is Xu Qingyue, Jingyuan's wife."

"Oh, it turns out to be the second grandson's wife! Yes, she is a lady from a noble family at first glance!" The fake old lady looked at Xu Qingyue and nodded with satisfaction.

At this moment, the fake old lady didn't think Xu Qingyue was so good, but she felt happy that she spoke for herself.

Xu Qingyan looked at the fake old lady and Xu Qingyue and muttered, "These two are really a nest of snakes and rats. It turns out that you two have already become like-minded."

Xu Qingyan saw the two of them and couldn't help but sigh in her heart: "No wonder this fake old lady helped Pei Jingyuan seize the entire Duke's Mansion. It turns out that you like her now. If it weren't for the help of this fake old lady, Pei Jingyuan wouldn't have been able to inherit the Duke's Mansion smoothly. After all, the prince's biological brother was almost found back to inherit the family business, but it was this fake who made trouble and caused the poor child to never have the chance to see his biological parents in his life!"

When the Duke and his wife heard Xu Qingyan's words, they looked at each other in surprise. They couldn't help but wonder: No one in the Duke's Mansion knew about this except the two of them and their confidants. Their confidants would never reveal this to Xu Qingyan, who had just entered the mansion. How did she know that Jingchuan had a younger brother? Could it be that Xu Qingyan really had such a supernatural ability that she could know the past and the future?

It turned out that the Duke's wife was pregnant with twins. She had given birth to a son just before Pei Jinyu was born. However, at that time, the Duke had an accident in the army, and the Duke's wife was worried, so she went to find him with her pregnant belly, and gave birth at a farmer's house on the way. However, at that time, the farmer did not know the Duke's wife's true identity, so he stole the child and sold it to a human trafficker.

Later, when the Duke went to settle accounts with the farmer, the farmer was accidentally hit by a mountain torrent and was killed. Since then, there has been no news about the child. The Duke was afraid that the old lady would blame the Duke's wife for this, so he concealed the news that she had a son. However, over the years, he has secretly sent people to find the whereabouts of the child, but there has been no result.

After hearing what Xu Qingyue said, Xu Qingyan looked at her and sighed, "Alas... Since that's the case, since you are so filial, why don't you apologize to me on behalf of your grandmother? As long as you apologize to me and admit your mistakes, I won't ask for anything from my grandmother."

Xu Qingyue wanted to kidnap herself morally. If she asked the fake old lady to apologize to her, she would naturally leave a bad impression in the eyes of everyone in the Duke's Mansion. She didn't want to lose more than she gained, but she didn't want Xu Qingyue to feel so comfortable.

"You..." Xu Qingyue opened her mouth wide when she heard Xu Qingyan's words. She didn't expect Xu Qingyan to suddenly ask for this. Why did Xu Qingyan ask her to apologize? She didn't do anything wrong.

"Don't you want to? Aren't you the most filial one? Why are you unwilling to do this for your grandmother?" Xu Qingyan covered her mouth and pretended to be surprised.

After Xu Qingyan finished speaking, she whispered, "Aren't you, Xu Qingyue, trying to kidnap me morally? I'm just giving him a taste of his own medicine!"

At the same time, the fake old lady also looked at Xu Qingyue with burning eyes, thinking: It would be nice if the second grandson's wife apologized on her behalf, so that she could save her face.

Xu Qingyue was almost mad at Xu Qingyan's words, but when she saw the fake old lady's hopeful eyes, she had to bear the grievance and reluctantly apologized to Xu Qingyan on her behalf.

The Duke's wife smiled quietly, covering her sleeves, and thought: This daughter-in-law really can't stand any loss, but she likes her very much!

After the Yueyin issue was resolved, the fake old lady did not return to the temple immediately, but stayed in the Duke's Mansion for a few days.

In the past few days, Xu Qingyue went to her every day to show his filial piety, and secretly said some bad things about Xu Qingyan from time to time. This fake old lady didn't like Xu Qingyan very much in the first place, and after Xu Qingyue's exaggeration, she hated her even more.

So, at Xu Qingyue's suggestion, she called Xu Qingyan to her yard to set some rules for her.

At this time, Xu Qingyan was standing in the yard of the fake old lady. The scorching sun made her dizzy, but the fake old lady refused to let her in. She could still be heard talking and laughing with Xu Qingyue outside.

"Madam, the old lady was clearly chatting and laughing with others in there, but she told you that she hasn't packed up yet. Isn't this deliberately tormenting you?" Dan Yan said indignantly, standing behind Xu Qingyan.

Xu Qingyan was so hot that she could hardly stand. She made up her mind and said to Dan Yan, "Let's go in directly. I want to see how they can pretend! I am not a pushover."

So, Xu Qingyan ignored the servants in the fake old lady's courtyard and rushed into the house. At this time, the fake old lady was talking and laughing with Xu Qingyue inside, and suddenly saw Xu Qingyan rushing in, her face froze.

The fake old lady snapped, "How dare you! Who allowed you to come in?"

Xu Qingyan looked at them, smiled faintly, and said, "Grandma, didn't you say that you haven't cleaned up yet? Why don't you look like that? When your granddaughter-in-law saw that you haven't cleaned up for such a long time, she thought that the servants didn't serve you well, so she wanted to come in and serve you herself, but I didn't expect that you..." Xu Qingyan deliberately didn't say the rest of the words, but anyone could guess it.

"You are simply fooling around. You broke into my yard without my permission. You are really ignorant of etiquette. Now I punish you to kneel outside for two hours! Come, take her away." The fake old lady immediately found a reason to punish Xu Qingyan and gave stern orders to the people around her.

Servants immediately came over to drive Xu Qingyan away, while Xu Qingyue watched all this happen with gloating. The reason they did this today was to force her to make a mistake.

Xu Qingyan knew that no matter what happened today, she couldn't reason with them, so she turned around and walked out of the yard, whispering as she walked, "I have to find evidence to expose the true identity of this fake!"

When the servants saw that Xu Qingyan was walking out of the yard instead of kneeling outside, they shouted, "Madam, it's bad! The Crown Prince's wife is running away!"

When the fake old lady heard the noise coming from outside, she immediately followed and shouted angrily at Xu Qingyan: "Stop right there, can't you hear me talking to you? Someone, catch her!"

So, as soon as the fake old lady finished speaking, a large group of servants and maids chased after Xu Qingyan.

Xu Qingyan was surrounded in an instant, and the fake old lady slowly followed behind her. When she walked in front of Xu Qingyan, she angrily reached out to slap her in the face.

Unexpectedly, Xu Qingyan shrank her body, and the fake old lady slapped the pillar behind her, and her entire palm instantly became red and swollen.

"Ouch... You bastard, you dare to hide! Catch her and beat her hard!"

At this moment, the fake old lady's face was distorted. Not only did she order the servants around her to take action, she also picked up the broom beside the yard and hit Xu Qingyan.

Xu Qingyan dodged in the yard, her movements were very flexible, and with two personal maids protecting her, the servants couldn't catch her. After struggling in the yard for a long time, she was finally caught by the servants of the fake old lady.

"You little bitch! Let me teach you a lesson! Ah..." The fake old lady was so excited when she saw Xu Qingyan was finally caught! She walked towards Xu Qingyan with a broom in her hand, but she was too excited and didn't see the road clearly. She was tripped by a stone and fell to the ground.

At this time, Xu Qingyan saw a cut on the fake old lady's face, and said excitedly in her heart: [It's bleeding! I heard that if the person wearing a human skin mask falls and has a cut on his face and bleeds, he can tear off the entire face along that cut. This is a great opportunity! If I hadn't been caught, I would have torn off the fake human skin mask! Oh God, please, someone come and expose her true face! ]

As soon as Pei Jingchuan walked into the fake old lady's yard, he heard Xu Qingyan's excited voice.