Chapter 570 Luo Tingshan comes to pick me up in person
Dai Yinlan's lips curled slightly, and she heard the old lady's voice from outside: "Why didn't anyone come out to greet us? There's no etiquette at all."
Liu Sisi was just about to defend her mother, saying that they had come uninvited today and her mother must be busy entertaining other ladies. The moment she turned her head, she saw Madam Zhu walking towards her.
Her face suddenly changed. Just as she was about to bow, she took her mother-in-law's arm and left.
But Mrs. Cheng happened to step on a stone. With the help of Liu Sisi, Liu Sisi moved her arm away and Mrs. Cheng fell directly to the ground in front of her right.
Liu Sisi was frightened and hurried to help the person, but it was too late.
Old Lady Cheng fell to the ground, her palms scraped raw. She was stunned for only a second before she immediately got up and yelled at Liu Sisi, "You wanted to kill me on purpose, didn't you? This way you could take possession of my son. You have no conscience."
He was not satisfied with just cursing, and for a moment he forgot that this was not his home. He wanted to push Liu Sisi down and let her taste the pain of being hurt.
Liu Sisi didn't check for a moment and fell backwards.
The two were now in the courtyard of the reception room. They had taken a shortcut when they came here, and now they had just come down the corridor. There were steps behind them. If they fell, their heads would probably hit the hard ground directly.
Liu Sisi was frightened and turned pale, thinking that she would be hurt, but after waiting for a moment, she felt someone holding her waist. Her eyelashes trembled slightly and she slowly opened her eyes.
He discovered that the person who saved him was none other than Madam Zhu, who was being discussed by the other ladies in the room.
The future Empress Dowager.
She was startled and quickly knelt down, but Zhu Mingqing grabbed her wrist.
"Okay, go in."
Liu Sisi wanted to express her gratitude, but she didn't want to go against the Empress Dowager's wishes, so she followed the Empress Dowager into the house like a bewildered rabbit.
"Who are you!"
But Old Lady Cheng refused to give in. She glared at Liu Sisi fiercely, then noticed the woman in front of her who was stopping her from teaching her daughter-in-law a lesson.
She was extremely beautiful and dressed in exquisite clothes, but she was only followed by a maid. Old Madam Cheng thought that she must not be an important person, otherwise why didn't the Dai family send anyone to pick her up.
But how could she know that Zhu Mingqing didn't want too many people to follow him, so he only let one servant lead the way.
At this time, Dai Yinlan and others also walked out of the reception room. Seeing this scene, they all widened their eyes in surprise.
Dai Yinlan hurriedly took three or two steps forward and wanted to ask Old Lady Cheng to kowtow and apologize, but she was unexpectedly blamed by Old Lady Cheng.
"My dear in-laws, I'm not saying anything bad about you. Just invite anyone in without worrying about ruining the Dai family's reputation. And I don't dare teach your daughter any more. I only said a few words to her on the way here. Look at the wound on my hand. It was caused by her pushing me just now!"
Liu Sisi's eyes turned red: "I didn't do that. It was clearly my mother who was walking just now..."
"If you hadn't left so suddenly, would I have fallen? I think you must have noticed the stone under my feet a long time ago. How unfilial of you!"
The label of being unfilial was put on her, and Liu Sisi burst into tears.
"I didn't. I just saw Madam... no, it was the Empress Dowager. She wanted to pay her respects, so she broke away from Mother's arms for a moment. It wasn't intentional."
Dai Yinlan hadn't witnessed the scene just now, but she had heard about the old lady bullying her daughter. She hadn't expected that she would be so open about it in the Dai family mansion. It was really too much. Could it be that she thought the Dai family had no one?!
She was furious, but she did not forget that the future empress dowager was right beside her. She received Zhu Mingqing's suggestive look, but was a step too slow, and heard the sneer of Old Lady Cheng beside her.
She was not stupid. When she heard that the queen mother had arrived, she immediately glanced at the ladies, all of whom were acquaintances.
There was no one else in the courtyard, let alone the Empress Dowager, where were the ceremonial guards and palace maids?
There is nothing, yet you dare to shout "It's too late".
"That's enough. I didn't expect you to be so reckless as to lie." Old Mrs. Cheng was feeling a headache and helpless. She acted like a good mother-in-law: "Sisi, you disappoint me so much."
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard another sentence beside him: "Why did Liu Sisi lie?"
Turning her head, she saw that the person who had just stopped her was the beautiful young woman. Old Lady Cheng disliked her and snorted coldly: "First, you pushed me and got hurt, and second, you lied that the queen mother came to try to avoid punishment. You are full of lies, it's really..."
She seemed to be extremely angry and her body was shaking.
"But I was right behind you. Sisi escaped, but you lost your balance. How could I have deliberately pushed you? It was you, old lady, who lied to Sisi. Could this be what you call a love child?"
Dai Yinlan frowned in confusion and finally couldn't help asking, "Empress Dowager, what is Lian Zi?"
"I've heard there's a type of woman who, after her son gets married, feels like her daughter-in-law has taken her son away from her. She'll go out of her way to make trouble for her, and even worse, if they stay in the same room for more than a certain amount of time, she'll try to separate them."
Zhu Mingqing explained it simply in a few words, but Dai Yinlan's face changed drastically after hearing it.
Thinking of what Sisi had said when she came back the other day, she began to look at Old Lady Cheng with caution.
Old Lady Cheng was so focused on the beautiful woman framing her that she didn't even hear the word "Empress Dowager" from Dai Yinlan's mouth. However, the ladies behind her heard it clearly.
Everyone hurried to the courtyard, knelt down, and shouted in unison: "This common woman pays homage to the Empress Dowager. May the Empress Dowager live a thousand years, a thousand years, and a thousand thousand years."
Old Mrs. Cheng looked in the direction they were going, her pupils widened, her eyes turned white, and she fainted.
He fell heavily to the ground, and no one dared to step forward to help him.
Everyone present had different thoughts.
No one expected that the future empress dowager would come alone.
And judging from her appearance, some people would believe she is in her early twenties.
Dai Yinlan respectfully led the people into the room. Old Mrs. Cheng fainted on the ground. She immediately ordered someone to tell her son-in-law to come and pick up the people. By the way, she did not forget to mention everything that happened today.
As for her daughter, she planned to stay at home for a while.
Zhu Mingqing came to the Dai family and also wanted to talk to Dai Yinlan about business in the capital. He first dealt with the other people who came today, and then the two went to a separate room.
"Greetings, Her Majesty. I'm truly sorry for what happened today. I hope Her Majesty won't blame Sisi. She..."
As soon as the door closed, Dai Yinlan couldn't wait to apologize for her daughter.
Zhu Mingqing was helpless, but he also knew that this was the impact of his identity change.
"Sister Dai, it's only been two years since we last met, why do you feel so strange towards me?"
Hearing this, Dai Yinlan was stunned. She looked up in disbelief and saw Zhu Mingqing's face with a sincere smile.
For some reason, her face turned red with embarrassment.
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When Zhu Mingqing left, everyone came to see him off, and just then they saw a spacious carriage stopped at the door.
The car curtain opened, revealing a pair of slender fingers.
"Qingqing, I'm here to pick you up."
As soon as Luo Tingshan's handsome face appeared, the ladies who were seeing him off hurriedly saluted and did not dare to look up.
As the carriage gradually moved away, these people stood up.
Madam Liu gasped, "I didn't expect the relationship between the Emperor and the Empress Dowager to be so good."
Just now she had the courage to take a look, and the two of them even smiled at each other, but she didn't expect that her master was always in a bad mood every day when he returned home.
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