Chapter 188 Return to the Marquis' Mansion
Three more days passed like this.
Guanqi brought new news, "She's sick. She says she vomits everything she eats and can't take any medicine. Her temper is getting worse and worse, and no one wants to be around her."
Qu Ling smiled slightly, "Madam Mu's medicine is really effective."
At noon, just after trying on the wedding dress, a servant came to report, "Someone has arrived from the Dingxiang Marquis's Mansion."
"Who's coming?"
"Madam Wang."
"Let her in." Qu Ling said.
Wang was taken to a side hall. She was so excited that she didn't know what to do with her hands and feet.
There are too many people who want to enter the princess's mansion.
She walked in under the watchful eyes of the crowd, and when she came into the eyes of the ladies of the other families, they would look at her with more respect.
She didn't want to make this trip, but there was no other way.
After the new emperor ascended the throne, the ladies in the capital who had originally treated her coldly changed their attitudes one after another.
I even received messages from several people.
The words were very cordial and he praised Qu Lianmeng highly.
Wang knew that they were all doing this for Qu Ling's sake.
The new emperor's favorite princesses, besides Princess Jiaping, are Princess Jia'an.
Princess Jiaping was difficult to get close to, so everyone's attention was on Qu Ling.
The Wang family really needs this honor.
This would allow their family of four to gain a foothold in the capital, and would also allow Qu Lianmeng to marry into a good family.
Qu Ling was going to marry out of the princess's mansion, and she couldn't change that.
But she had to go back to the Marquis' Mansion.
It doesn't matter if you do nothing, as long as so many eyes can see that the princess has the Marquis' Mansion in her heart, that's enough.
She waited for most of the hour.
From initial tension and anxiety to impatience.
"She is so lucky," Wang murmured in her heart, "a girl with no education is being held in the palm of the new emperor's hand."
"My daughter is both virtuous and beautiful, well-educated and well-mannered. If she is given a chance to come before the eyes of a noble person, she will have a bright future."
The pearl curtain moved slightly, and Qu Ling came.
Wang stood up immediately.
"I was going back to the Marquis' Mansion today. It's a pity for you to make such a trip." Qu Ling smiled kindly.
She stopped Wang from speaking.
"But what happened in the Marquis' Mansion?" Qu Ling asked.
Wang said what she had prepared, "You haven't been home for a while. The Marquis misses you and refuses to take medicine. He has also caught a cold and is ill. So I came to ask you to come back to the mansion to see him."
Her words would force Qu Ling to go back.
If a daughter doesn't visit her father when he is sick, she will have a bad reputation.
"How did Qu Yao serve you?" Qu Ling frowned.
"Before he was born, the Marquis was fine. How come he became ill now that he has this son?"
Wang was stunned.
She never thought that Qu Ling would start blaming people as soon as he opened his mouth.
"Ayao is very dedicated, but he is still young, so it is inevitable that he may not be considerate in some ways." Wang forced a smile.
In fact, after Qu Ling left the Marquis' Mansion, Wang Shi was reluctant to let her son serve him.
There are so many servants in the mansion, how can we let the future prince serve a madman?
"I'll know whether you've done your best or not when I get back home and ask." Qu Ling said.
Wang was dumbfounded.
She knew that Qu Ling and the Marquis were not close, so she didn't let Qu Yaolian deal with it.
She didn't think that Qu Ling would really care about the good or bad of the Marquis.
Why did you suddenly change your temper?
Wang felt a little frightened by her smile, and a trace of nervousness ran through her heart.
Originally, she was happy to see Qu Ling willing to return to the Marquis' Mansion, but now she was feeling uneasy.
After entering the Marquis' Mansion, Qu Ling went directly to Qu Xi's courtyard.
Qu Yao was indeed not there.
"It seems that everything you said was a lie," Qu Ling touched the texture on the Buddhist beads, "Qu Yao is very irresponsible."
Wang's face looked very ugly.
Qu Ling called Nanny Li over and asked, "During the time I was away, has Qu Yao been serving the Marquis well and being filial to him?"
When she left the Marquis' Mansion, she instructed that the people coming from Hedong should not be restricted and should be allowed to go wherever they wanted.
Nanny Li spoke frankly, "Young Master Yao has arrived in the capital and is so excited about everything. He's been out sightseeing with his servant and hasn't come to see the Marquis for several days."
She also said, "She spent a fortune at a jade shop, buying three jade Buddha statues, all of which were charged to the Marquis's Mansion. She also got into a dispute with the son of the Minister of War over a singing girl at Zuixianlou."
"Besides that, he also flirted with the maid in the Marquis's courtyard."
Wang stood aside, her face turning from red to white.
She didn't know any of these things.
Qu Yao was indeed a bit unruly in Hedong. He was still young and it was his nature to be playful.
"Princess, I will definitely discipline him well in the future." Wang was a little anxious.
Qu Ling's tone was very calm, with a hint of mystery in it. "Who are you to discipline him? What qualifications do you have to discipline him?"
The expression on Wang's face froze.
"Go find Qu Yao," Qu Ling turned to the other servants, "where's Qu Lianmeng? She's staying here. When I return, won't she come to see me?"
This time, she said to Wang, "Your daughter really needs to be disciplined. She is so ignorant of etiquette. I don't want her to live in the Marquis' Mansion."
Wang's breathing became difficult.
After a while, two maids brought Qu Lianmeng in.
"Let me go! I have an appointment with the girl from Master Liu's family today. Can you afford to be late?"
As soon as she entered the room, Tingqin blurted out, "How did the second lady's clothes and jewelry end up on you?"
When Qu Lianmeng saw Qu Ling, his arrogance instantly subsided.
His eyes rolled rapidly, "I just arrived in the capital and haven't had time to buy clothes. Several ladies have sent me invitations, and I can't lose face for the Marquis' Mansion."
She didn't expect Qu Ling to suddenly want to see her.
She had taken the initiative to go to Nuanshanju before, but was turned away.
After she finished speaking, she looked at Wang as if asking for help.
Wang's heart tightened, and she tried to make amends, "It's all the servants' fault. I asked them to find some old clothes worn by the girls, and they took the second girl's clothes."
She wasn't brave enough to touch Qu Ling's things.
Qu Lianzhi’s stuff is also excellent.
Moreover, the princess and Qu Lianzhi were at loggerheads, and she forced Qu Lianzhi to become a nun, so it was nothing to take her things.
Qu Lianmeng felt a faint rage in his heart.
She was jealous of the wealth of the Marquis's Mansion, and hated Qu Ling for being too meddling.
The second young lady whom I have never met has become a nun. It would be better to keep these precious clothes and jewelry for her to show off.
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