Chapter 6: The Lady of the Marquisate 2
Chapter 2
In the main courtyard of the Jun family, a group of people surrounded the kneeling maid, some sitting, some standing, talking incessantly, and one person's wailing was deafening.
"Oh my God, how could this happen, ouch!" Huai Junyan's mother spread her hands on the ground, pointing at the kneeling Ginkgo and scolding Changfu, and wailing about the hard work she had put in raising her child over the years.
Qi Qi sat aside, with Hong Ping fanning him with a palm-leaf fan and serving him tea.
"Mother-in-law, we didn't want this to happen, but it has already happened. We have to find a way to help my husband get medical treatment first."
The mother-in-law widened her eyes with a pair of sarcastic words, "How dare you drink tea? If it weren't for your maid, my son would have had a stroke immediately!"
Qi Qi covered his mouth and coughed softly, "Mother-in-law, please speak more quietly. This matter... is not glorious after all..."
"It's dishonorable, but your maid climbing into the bed is glorious?"
Qi Qi sneered and became less polite. "What are you talking about, mother-in-law? You can't force my husband to sleep with my maid. Besides, I'm pregnant, and the maid is my personal servant. If people hear about it, they can only say that I'm broad-minded. As for who is dishonorable..."
She clutched her stomach and said, "Mother-in-law, you'd better get up first. The most urgent thing is to find a way to heal your husband."
The mother-in-law cursed a few times while panting. She really couldn't find any fault with Qi Qi, and besides, her son really needed Qi Qi for treatment now.
She thought about it and pointed at Ginkgo and said, "Yes, you are right, but this girl is seducing her husband and indulging in her love in broad daylight. We can't let her go."
Ginkgo fell back in shock. After regaining consciousness, she crawled to Qi Qi's feet and said, "Miss x, please, Miss, I don't know what happened. It really wasn't me."
Qi Qi leaned over and gently wiped away Ginkgo's tears. "Ginkgo, you and I grew up together. You know I always treat you as my own sister, but in this situation now, I can't help you alone."
She threw away her handkerchief and asked her mother-in-law, "Mother-in-law, tell me, what are you going to do?"
The mother-in-law sneered, "Doesn't she like men? Send her to a brothel and exchange some silver for my son's illness, and let this bitch have a good time with a man."
"This... isn't good." Qi Qi said hesitantly.
"Why not? You, a girl, have harmed my son. Can you let it go so easily?"
Qi Qi sighed, "I... I will go to my house to ask for a doctor today. Maybe mother can find a way to invite the imperial physician to come. Mother-in-law, you must forgive her. After all, Ginkgo is my maid. Over the years, even if she has no merits, she has worked hard."
The mother-in-law was about to call out when she suddenly thought of something and said, "Okay, go ahead. We must ask for the best imperial physician. After all, my son is your husband. You will rely on him for the rest of your life."
Anyway, she is the housekeeper of this family, and the main thing now is to save her son. As for Ginkgo, she will sell her to a brothel once Qi Qi leaves.
"Miss, no!" Ginkgo shook her head. "Please, take me away. She will sell me out."
Just as the mother-in-law was about to speak, Qi Qi angrily scolded Ginkgo, "What are you talking about? Would your mother-in-law lie to me? Now that you are your husband's concubine, your mother-in-law is no longer your mother-in-law. You are so disrespectful to your elders, your mother-in-law will definitely lock you up in the woodshed."
The mother-in-law's eyes lit up, and she immediately asked someone to cover Ginkgo's mouth and patted Qi Qi's hand, "My daughter-in-law is still sensible. Don't worry, when my son gets better, I will definitely let him treat you well."
"Of course, mother-in-law, my husband is my heaven. I am willing to do anything for him." Qi Qi sighed, "It's just... if only the dowry my mother gave me was still there. Among the dowry was a tiger whip that nourishes yin and replenishes yang. What a pity..."
When Qi Qi got married, she only had two loads of dowry.
At first, my mother-in-law thought it was too much, but now she thinks it was a loss.
Now the mistress of the Yongchang Marquis's Mansion is the second wife, and all the dowry left by the late wife to Qi Qi has been given to her biological daughter by her.
It was said that her son took advantage, but all the dowry was embezzled by them and taken to Prince Jing's Mansion. What did her Huai family get?
A dirty divorced woman!
Look at that little girl Yuan Liuliu. She’s not even married yet, but she’s already hanging out with her brother-in-law. She directly snatched away her sister’s marriage, and she even had to ask her son to help clean up the mess.
If Qi Qi was also a dissolute person, he might have had something going on with Prince Jing a long time ago.
After all, they were an engaged couple before.
The sister-in-law and brother-in-law can be together, and the engaged couple may already have children.
Qi Qi's tears fell as he said pitifully, "It's a pity that I'm weak-willed. If I had been stronger, my dowry wouldn't have been so small, and I wouldn't even be able to produce any medicinal herbs now."
"You are useless. I will go back to the Marquis' Mansion with you. Don't worry, I will not only get my son's life-saving herbs this time, but I will also help you get rid of this bad feeling."
Qi Qi looked at his mother-in-law in surprise, "Mother-in-law, you are so kind. You are closer to me than my mother. Don't worry, I will definitely repay you well."
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The Yongchang Marquisate is a wealthy and powerful family. Qi Qi has not returned to the Marquisate for a year since she married into the family.
After all, when she left, the people in the Marquis' Mansion thought she was disgraceful. She also knew that she was being plotted against and no longer wanted to have anything to do with the Yongchang Marquis' Mansion.
The mother-in-law pushed Qi Qi aside and walked straight in. "This is your mother's house. What are you looking at? Hurry up and go in to get your dowry!"
She pushed Qi Qi away angrily, but was stopped by servants before she could enter the gate.
Qi Qi wiped away her tears behind her, "Why, I've only been gone for a few days, and a young lady like me can't even get through the door?"
It was time to leave the court. If the master came back and saw these people locked outside the door, these servants would probably be in trouble.
The servant was so frightened that he immediately knelt down and went into the inner courtyard to greet Qi Qi and his mother-in-law.
The old lady came out with the help of a cane. The gorgeously dressed woman beside her was her niece, Hui Hongcai, the second wife of Marquis Yongchang.
The old lady is over fifty years old, but her hair is still black, her face has no wrinkles, and her eyes are clear.
She had never suffered any hardship or loss. The only thing that made her unhappy was that her son married a wife she didn't like, who later died. Finally, she was able to marry her beloved niece into the family.
Qi Qi bowed and said, "Grandmother, mother, are well."
"Well, I don't think so." The old lady raised her eyebrows. "It would be fine if you didn't go home, but once you got home you made such a scene. What? The Marquis' Mansion treated you unfairly!"
Hui Hongcai let go of the old lady. She looked at Qi Qi's frail appearance with concern. "My daughter, how come you have become so thin after not seeing you for so long? What hardship have you endured?"
"Hardship? What hardship? We in the Huai family are sincere to her. We are not like some old witches who are sweet-mouthed but treacherous. They say they are good to her but actually withhold her dowry!" The mother-in-law didn't care about the rules of the marquisate or the face of the aristocratic family.
She sat down in the middle of the yard. The gate was not closed yet, and her voice was very loud. Passers-by could hear it clearly. They could pass through the corridor and around the wall against the gate and hear her voice clearly.
"You're such a jerk! You've treated your stepdaughter so harshly, and you're pretending to be a good person!"
"How shameless! He gave all the dowry of the late wife to his own daughter, leaving his stepdaughter with no dowry."
"A married woman is being bullied even after returning to her parents' home."
Qi Qi was standing aside, her face turned away. Her shoulders were shaking. Hong Ping quickly stroked her back gently, "Miss, please don't cry. You are pregnant now. Don't cry and damage your eyes."
"What's going on? Tell me clearly!"
Yuan Shoubang and Prince Jing, who had just finished court, came over together. Before they even entered the door, they heard howling in the yard.
Yuan Shoubang was a very proud person. When he heard this, he didn't even have time to change his clothes, nor did he care that his son-in-law was still there. He walked over directly to check the situation.
Hui Hongcai stood aside with the old lady, her face pale. Qi Qi covered his eyes and cried silently. The shrewish woman sat on the ground, slapping the ground and howling like a country shrew.
"Father..." Qi Qi bowed quickly when he saw Yuan Shoubang coming in.
"What's wrong with you? You haven't been home for a long time, and as soon as you come home you cause such a scene!"
The mother-in-law stood up immediately. She cried loudly but didn't shed many tears. Knowing that Yuan Shoubang was the one who made the decision, she stopped crying and walked directly to Yuan Shoubang's side and said, "My dear, it's not that I, as a mother-in-law, am cruel, but Yuan Qingqing is the legitimate daughter of your mansion after all. When she married my son, she didn't even have much dowry. We are from the countryside and don't have that much money. We can only rely on my daughter-in-law's dowry to make a living. Now my son is seriously ill, and I don't want much. I just want my daughter-in-law's dowry!"
"What dowry!" If someone relies on his wife's dowry to make a living, he will be criticized if he says such words out loud, but Huai Junyan's mother is so righteous.
Yuan Shoubang looked at Hui Hongcai, "What's going on? Why didn't Qingqing have any dowry when she got married?"
Hui Hongcai quickly said, "Of course there are some, but the Huai family is a small family after all, and they only sent two baskets of eggs as a betrothal gift. Even if I am willing to give a dowry, I still have to..."
"Bullshit! What do you mean by giving a dowry? That was given to my daughter-in-law by my late wife, my mother-in-law. Who the hell do you think you are? Don't think I don't know that you gave all my daughter-in-law's dowry to your daughter. Oh, that Prince Jing, how shameless! He's having an affair with his own sister-in-law and still wants his first wife's dowry. Ugh! You say we country people are shameless, but I think you rich and powerful people are the ones who are truly shameless."
"Shut up!" Yuan Shoubang's chest was heaving with anger. He looked at the Prince of Jing, whose face was changing color as he stood aside. "Hui Hongcai, tell me clearly, did you really give Qingqing's dowry to Liuliu?"
Hui Hongcai quickly swore, "Without my husband, how could I have done such a thing?"
Qi Qi wiped away his tears and said with red eyes, "Mother, if you say there is no medicine, then there is no medicine. It's just that there is a medicinal herb in the dowry that my mother prepared for me. Now my husband is terminally ill and needs that thing to save his life. Mother, please be kind and give it to me."
Hui Hongcai didn't bother pretending to be a loving mother. "What nonsense are you talking about? I don't know what medicinal herbs they are! Don't make random accusations!"
"You useless person, how can you only ask for medicinal herbs!" The mother-in-law immediately jumped up, pointed at Qi Qi and cursed, then sat down again, "What do you mean you don't have any? These are the things that can save my son's life. You are a bunch of conscienceless people. What Marquis Mansion, what Prince Jing Mansion, they are all wealthy and powerful families that eat people and make it impossible for us country people to survive."
Yuan Shoubang looked at Hui Hongcai's face which changed from pale to blue. What was unclear? This man really gave all the dowry of his eldest daughter to his youngest daughter.
I thought this second wife was a good person, but I didn't expect her to do such a shameful thing.
"Okay, okay!" Yuan Shoubang sneered. He bowed to the Prince of Jing and said, "Prince, this is my family affair. Please go back first. I will take care of it."
Prince Jing was embarrassed and touched his nose awkwardly.
It was because he and Yuan Liuliu had developed a friendship that he came up with the idea of asking Yuan Qingqing to change her marriage, but he didn't expect that it would harm Yuan Qingqing.
He already felt guilty towards Yuan Qingqing, but later he felt relieved when he learned that Yuan Qingqing and Huai Junyan had already had a friendship.
Now seeing Huai Junyan’s mother acting like this, I’m afraid Huai Junyan is not much better.
He looked at Qi Qi, who was pale, with tears in his eyes, feeling wronged but not knowing what to do, and felt very depressed.
If I had known earlier, I would have taken both sisters into the house to avoid such a thing.
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