Chapter 7: The Lady of the Marquisate 3
Chapter 3
Qi Qi and Hong Ping temporarily stayed in the Marquis' Mansion.
With such an incident happening, Yuan Shoubang couldn't pretend to be unaware of it.
He asked someone to check and found that what Qi Qi's mother-in-law said was true.
No matter what Hui Hongcai did, whether he knew about it or not, it was all the fault of their Marquis' Mansion that such an incident occurred.
While he was busy trying to make up for Qi Qi's dowry, Yuan Liuliu was also having an argument with Prince Jing.
"Could it be that in your mind I'm such a greedy person?" She looked at Rao Cheng'an with tears in her eyes. "I've been married to you for a year, and you've never had a quarrel with me. Now, because of these fabricated things, you're asking me to return my dowry. You're not distinguishing right from wrong at all. You're just slapping me in the face."
Prince Jing's son, Rao Cheng'an, was embarrassed. "It was you who wronged Qingqing in the beginning. Now your mother is wrong to give you her dowry. I didn't ask you to return it with a big fanfare, just secretly. Could it be that my Prince Jing's Mansion is still short of this little thing?"
"Those are my things, not Yuan Qingqing's. They are the dowry for the Jingwang Mansion. What are the Huai family? Do they need so much dowry?" Yuan Liuliu didn't want to hear a word. She just felt that Rao Chengan still had feelings for Yuan Qingqing and wanted to give her his good things away. "Tell me clearly, do you still like Yuan Qingqing? Do you regret marrying me?"
Rao Chengan was at a loss for words. Seeing Yuan Liuliu becoming even more unreasonable, and thinking about Qi Qi's tearful expression, he felt extremely guilty towards Qi Qi, so he was unwilling to speak. "Alright, go ahead and make a fuss. If this gets out of hand, let's see who will be embarrassed, me or you! A concubine is using the late wife's things as a dowry for her daughter. If this gets to the ears of His Majesty, don't say I didn't warn you. My Jingwang Mansion can't protect your mother."
Rao Chengan shook off his sleeves and left. He sighed secretly, thinking that if he had known earlier, he would have married Qi Qi directly.
At first, she thought Qi Qi was dull and boring, while Yuan Liuliu was lively and cute. However, after getting married, she realized that Yuan Liuliu was just a spoiled young lady who knew nothing. The housekeeper made the house a mess and sold all the maids around him. She was suspicious all day long.
He liked it at first, but after a long time, he felt physically and mentally exhausted.
If she had married Qi Qi, even if he didn't like her, they could at least treat each other with respect.
He couldn't express the regret in his heart, but he couldn't show it on the surface, which only made him more depressed.
Yuan Liuliu was unwilling to return the dowry, but Rao Chengan couldn't afford to lose face.
He asked the official to pack up some of the things into a few boxes and prepare to return them to Qi Qi secretly.
When he was a child, he often came to play with Yuan Qingqing, and the two were childhood sweethearts.
When did it change?
Rao Chengan looked at the familiar yard and felt his head hurt even more.
Because it was delivered secretly, he asked someone to open the back door of the Marquis' Mansion and come in. No one else knew when he entered Qi Qi's yard.
Just when he was about to call Qi Qi, he suddenly heard the conversation between Qi Qi and the maid Hong Ping.
"Miss, if you had married Prince Jing, you two would have known each other well and been childhood sweethearts. You wouldn't have suffered so much."
Qi Qi sighed, "Brother Cheng'an and sister are in love, and I have helped them. As for me... this is my fate."
"Miss, how can you say that? It's obviously the Second Miss' fault. She clearly knew that the Crown Prince was engaged to you, and you liked the Crown Prince, but she chose to seduce him."
"Shh!" Qi Qi quickly asked Hong Ping to keep her voice down. "You must be dying. How dare you say such nonsense?"
Hong Ping snorted, "Miss, you are just too kind-hearted. The Second Miss treated you like this, yet you still protected her. If she hadn't given my uncle a bellyband, you would never have married that playboy."
"Hong Ping!" Qi Qi cursed softly, "Why are you still talking? I've already said it, this is between you and me, and between heaven and earth. No one else can know about it."
"Why not? It was clearly the Second Young Lady's bellyband that the uncle brought. You endured such humiliation for the Second Young Lady. Your marriage was snatched away by her, and the uncle is the Second Young Lady's lover. You... why are you so miserable?"
Qi Qi smiled sadly, "My sister has always loved competing with me since she was little. I've gotten used to it. I just hope everything is going well for Brother Cheng An."
Rao Chengan heard everything from outside.
He didn't really leave, he just felt dizzy.
It turned out that Qingqing called herself Brother Cheng'an in private.
It turns out that Qingqing was not just obeying her parents' orders, but she really had feelings for me.
After returning to Prince Jing's Mansion, before Rao Cheng'an could regain consciousness, a soft body pressed against him.
"Sir, I know I was wrong." Yuan Liuliu pitifully grabbed Rao Chengan's arm and said, "I've asked someone to count the dowry. If it's yours, I won't take it away. I'll give it all back to you. As long as you don't take the prince away from me, I don't need anything."
Rao Cheng was stroking Yuan Liuliu's hair, then he suddenly pushed her away and pinched her soft face. It was this face that seduced him to give up his marriage with Qingqing, and also caused Qingqing to replace her and marry a playboy.
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Rao Chengan could no longer hold back and pushed Yuan Qingqing away, cursing, "You shameless thing, come here, the Crown Prince's Consort is not a faithful wife and has had an affair with someone, lock her up in Qingwu Courtyard and let her reflect on her actions."
"Prince, what are you talking about? When did I have an affair with anyone else, Prince!" Yuan Liuliu didn't expect that she would be slandered like this. She immediately grabbed Rao Chengan and asked him to give an explanation.
Rao Chengan was furious. "Shut up! Do you think I don't know what you've done? When you bullied Qingqing before, I thought you were innocent and didn't understand these things. It turns out that I just couldn't understand your viciousness. You'd better stay in Qingwu Courtyard honestly, otherwise, I will give you a letter of divorce and make you unable to hold your head up for the rest of your life."
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"How dare she stay in the Marquis' Mansion and refuse to leave?" Hui Hongcai slammed the table in anger. The old lady in the upper seat took a sip of her tea. "Shoubang asked you to reflect on your mistakes in your courtyard. Why are you throwing a tantrum here with me?"
"Aunt!" Hui Hongcai shouted, "You have to make the decision for me. That little bitch is trying to climb over my head. If this continues, Aunt, my husband will really hate me."
The old lady sneered and pushed Hui Hongcai away. "Look at you, you're such a grown-up, but you still like to throw tantrums. Don't worry, I've already sent Yuan Qingqing to the temple in the name of praying for blessings. She won't be back for three months."
The old lady picked up the teacup again and said, "Over the years, I have helped you solve so many problems. You should be more careful and stop making me worry so much."
She took a sip and found Qi Qi's tea-making skills quite good. If this girl wasn't the daughter of the daughter-in-law he disliked, she would have kept her by his side to make tea for him no matter what.
"Aunt, I know you are the best to me."
Hui Hongcai was chatting and laughing with the old lady, but Qi Qi and Hong Ping were climbing up step by step.
When he arrived at the temple, Qi Qi chanted scriptures and ate vegetarian food every day, as if he really came to pray for blessings and was not in a hurry to go back.
When Hui Hongcai found out that her daughter was locked up in the yard by Rao Chengan and wanted to make trouble for Qi Qi, she had no way to do anything.
Moreover, Rao Chengan was determined to divorce Yuan Liuliu. Yuan Liuliu was unwilling, and Rao Chengan even wanted to divorce her.
Hui Hongcai learned that it was Rao Chengan who suspected that Yuan Liuliu and Huai Junyan had an affair, so she went to ask Huai Junyan to clarify.
But as soon as they arrived at Huai's house, news came that Huai Junyan had died.
However, Ginkgo still had evidence of Huai Junyan and Yuan Qingqing's affair in her hand, so Hui Hongcai asked someone to redeem Ginkgo from the brothel.
Qi Qi had been in the temple for more than five months, her belly had grown bigger, and she was about to be born.
Rao Cheng'an and Yuan Liuliu were getting divorced, Huai Junyan passed away, and the old lady was seriously ill. All these things made Qi Qi restless.
Arriving at the gate of the Yongchang Marquis's Mansion, Qi Qi got off the carriage and, with his big belly, was supported by Hong Ping to the inner courtyard. He rushed to the old lady's bedside and said, "Grandma, are you okay?"
As she spoke, she took out a pill and carefully placed it in the old lady's mouth. "If the immortal master hadn't told me, I wouldn't have known that my grandmother was seriously ill."
Before the old lady could react, she was given a pill and a sip of water. After taking the medicine, her health actually improved. She asked in confusion, "What is this..."
Qi Qi replied, "Grandmother, this is the medicine an immortal gave me when I was praying for you. He said that if you take it, you will get better immediately."
The old lady has been in a coma recently. She dreams every day that some people want to harm her. She also dreams of Qi Qi being bullied by Hui Hongcai when he was a child.
She watched those scenes day after day, and although she knew it was a dream, she felt even more distressed for Qi Qi. She even thought that Qi Qi would hate her.
Unexpectedly, the first thing she did when she returned home was to recover her body.
She stroked Qi Qi's hair and said, "Good boy, it's grandma's fault. I've wronged you all these years."
Qi Qi shed tears and said, "As long as grandma is healthy, I don't care about anything else."
The old lady had just been bedridden, but she immediately recovered. How could she not understand that she had truly met the immortal master?
She touched Qi Qi's hair. What was important was that this granddaughter was filial. Otherwise, relying on those sweet-mouthed but treacherous villains in the family, she would probably have died in the hospital bed.
When I think about how my health has been getting worse over the past few months, and how Hui Hongcai used to come to take care of me at the beginning, now she is nowhere to be seen.
Fortunately, Qi Qi was filial. If she had fed him poison, she would have died by now.
"Don't worry, grandma will protect you from now on and will never let you suffer any humiliation again."
As soon as he finished speaking, Hui Hongcai brought a group of people to the main hall for a trial.
Prince Jing also came, after all, for Yuan Liuliu's innocence.
Everyone in the mansion knew that the old lady was very ill and was busy making noise, so no one came to invite her.
The old lady sneered, asked Qi Qi to support her, and went to the main hall.
She wanted to see what Hui Hongcai was up to.
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