Chapter 215 The son-in-law is backing up his daughter.
Yu Qingci immediately released Yu Qingyan and jumped three steps away from her. Then the curtain was lifted, and Yu Jingsheng, Su Chengniang, Qiao Shi and others filed in, including Lu Yunqi.
Su Chengniang rushed over with heartache, grabbed her daughter's arm and examined her closely, while Qiao Shi also hugged her daughter.
"Madam, son-in-law, you've finally arrived! Our young lady has been bullied to death."
Lian Qiao, who had changed her clothes, sounded like she was about to cry. It seemed that she was really frightened by Yu Qingyan's cursing words.
Lu Yunqi stepped forward and stood in front of Yu Qingci, staring at her swollen cheeks. His voice was filled with anger as he asked:
Who hit him?
Yu Qingci looked at her mother and then at Lu Yunqi, her face showing grievance as she said:
"I don't know what got into my second sister. As soon as she came in, she flipped the table and hit me. Luckily, Lianqiao was there to block me from getting burned."
Su Chengniang had seen the mess in the room and was so angry that she turned around and was about to hit Yu Qingyan.
Seeing this, Qiao could only hold her daughter in her arms and slap her on the shoulder.
Su Chengniang: "Look at the good daughter you raised! She spews vulgarities and even dares to overturn the table. She's a complete shrew! If my daughter gets burned, I'll never forgive you."
Yu Jingsheng also saw the scene inside the room. Remembering the words his second daughter had just uttered, he turned ashen with rage and pointed at Yu Qingyan, yelling:
"You wretched child, what are you trying to do?"
Qiao held her daughter and argued, "Lord, please calm down. Qingyan would never say those things for no reason. She must have suffered a great injustice to do so. They are both your daughters. You can't be biased and only help Qingci."
"Qingyan, what exactly happened just now? What wronged you? Tell me quickly, your father and mother are here, and we will definitely get you justice."
Yu Qingyan peeked at her father from behind Qiao Shi and was startled by his livid face. She shuddered. "I... I came to see my third sister out of kindness and wanted to have a good talk with her, but she said that Mother was a concubine and that Qingying and I were not legitimate daughters and only deserved to stay with Yu Lian, that illegitimate daughter."
Su Chengniang: "That's utter nonsense. My daughter would never be so ill-mannered as to say such a thing."
After saying that, he looked at Yu Jingsheng with a gaze that seemed to want to whip him.
Yu Qingci didn't want to see her father and mother turn against each other, so she quickly pulled her mother aside and said:
"Mother, please check if I've been scratched on the face. My second sister was trying to scratch my face with a shard of porcelain."
Upon hearing this, everyone in the room changed their expressions.
It's acceptable to punish sisters for arguing, but if someone actually scratches a sister's face with a shard of porcelain, that's malicious and unforgivable.
Upon hearing this, Pei Mama, who was following behind Su Chengniang, was also startled and immediately rushed forward, pulled Yu Qingyan out of Qiao Shi's arms, grabbed her hand and showed it to everyone. On Yu Qingyan's fair right hand, there were obvious red marks left by her fingers from tightly gripping the porcelain shard.
Su Chengniang was so angry that she raised her hand to slap her face again.
Madam Qiao stepped forward, pulled her daughter back a few steps, and said, "Sister, what are you doing? It's just a little quarrel between children, and you actually hit my Qingyan in front of the Lord. Even if Qingyan isn't your own child, you can't be so heartless."
Seeing that Qiao was still protecting this troublesome child at this time, Yu Jingsheng angrily pointed at Qiao and scolded her:
"Shut up! How dare you protect her? As soon as we entered the courtyard, we heard Qingyan cursing loudly in the house. It's shameful that an unmarried young lady could say such filthy things in public. She's shameful without even realizing it."
She even dared to take a weapon and try to slash her sister's face! Such a vicious mind is unworthy of being a daughter of the Marquis of Nanping! It's all your fault, you ignorant woman, for raising the child like this; you are also to blame!
If it were just his own family, Yu Jingsheng probably wouldn't be so angry. But the son-in-law stumbled upon such an unbearable scene on his first visit, and the one who was hurt was the other man's wife and the daughter he felt most guilty towards. It was truly a disgrace!
Lu Yunqi ignored his father-in-law's expression. He stared at Yu Qingci's reddened cheeks for a moment and whispered:
"It's alright, there are no scratches, but your face is swollen and needs some medicine."
After saying that, he said to Su Chengniang, "Please ask your mother-in-law to find someone to bring the medicine for my wife to apply first."
Su Chengniang hugged her tenderly and said, "Granny Liu has already gone to my courtyard to fetch it and will be back soon."
As soon as she finished speaking, hurried footsteps sounded outside, and Granny Liu lifted the curtain and came in.
"Madam, Miss, the medicine for your injuries has been brought."
The young lady Liu was referring to was naturally Yu Qingci.
Just as Su Chengniang was about to take the medicine, someone else took it before she could.
Lu Yunqi: "I'll do it."
As he spoke, he helped Yu Qingci and the other woman to sit down on the chaise lounge. In front of everyone, Lu Yunqi opened the box and focused on applying medicine to his wife's wounds.
The room fell silent. Su Chengniang and Pei Mama were deeply comforted. Their son-in-law truly cared for their daughter, otherwise he wouldn't have personally applied the medicine for her.
Yu Jingsheng felt greatly relieved, and he knew in his heart that his son-in-law did not take his daughter away to see how he would handle the matter; his son-in-law was supporting his daughter.
Seeing this scene, Qiao Shi and her daughter Yu Qingyan felt their anger flare up again. Yu Qingyan, in particular, was furious that her fiancé, whom she had longed for for many years, was now being so tender and affectionate with the woman she hated most. She was so angry that she wanted to pounce on him and lash out.
Yu Qingci was also stunned by Lu Yunqi's actions. She did not expect him to do such a thing in front of everyone. At this moment, she could no longer feel the burning sensation on her face. His slightly rough fingertips, carrying the cool ointment, rubbed it on her face. The coolness made her feel an unusual sensation from the bottom of her heart, making her tremble slightly.
Outside in the courtyard, Yu Qingying, Yu Qingning, and Yu Lian sneaked in to see if their plan would succeed. As soon as they entered the courtyard, they found that something seemed wrong in the house. Why were their father and mother here? And there was also the voice of their third sister's husband.
Looking at the servants in the courtyard who dared not breathe, what had happened? Judging from the situation, it didn't seem like Yu Qingci had drunk their tea with croton powder and gotten a stomachache or embarrassed herself.
Could it be that my second sister arrived early and accidentally drank the tea, making a fool of herself in front of my third brother-in-law and alarming my father and mother?
That would be terrible!
It has to be said that Yu Qingying has an incredibly rich imagination.
She instructed Yu Lian to bribe a maid who cleaned the Wisteria Garden to put croton powder in the tea prepared for Yu Qingci, hoping to see Yu Qingci fall down and make a fool of herself, so that she would not be able to hold her head up in front of them.
She even went to her second sister and exaggerated the story, so that when her second sister came to argue with Yu Qingci, she would also be able to see Yu Qingci's embarrassing situation.
Suddenly, they heard the Earl's furious voice coming from inside the house. The maids trembled in fright and stood there dumbfounded with the servants in the courtyard, their breathing becoming shallow.
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