Chapter 63 Watching the Show with Cold Eyes
Sure enough, not long after Qin finished speaking, a maid half-supported and half-pulled Aunt Xue to the main room.
The maid helped her to the center of the hall. As soon as she let go, Aunt Xue knelt down on the ground in an awkward position, looking extremely weak.
Chen Tang had long heard that Aunt Xue's health had been severely damaged since her miscarriage, and now after a closer look, it was indeed true.
The last time we met on Mid-Autumn Festival, the beautiful face that was as white as fat had now become as yellow as waxy paper, her eyes that were once as clear as water now had a few streaks of red bloodshot, and even her cheeks were slightly sunken.
I guess it’s because I can’t eat or sleep well.
Chen Tang heard from Bai Lu that when Aunt Xue was pregnant, she raised a lot of canaries and green parrots, and she always fed them herself, keeping them shiny and plump.
Today, when Chen Tang was helping Madam Yue to the main room, he took a careful look and saw that the door to the west wing was closed and there were several empty bird cages hanging under the corridor.
I don’t know whether the captive birds died or flew away.
In the main hall, in front of everyone, Qin, with a smile on her face, personally went forward to help Aunt Xue up.
"Sister, it's rare for Madam to come here today. Even if you are unhappy, there is no need to vent your anger in front of our mother-in-law. Come, pay your respects to Madam. This is also a filial piety from your sister."
It was not known whether Aunt Xue didn't want to move or she didn't have the energy to move. Qin gave her a light support, but she didn't get up.
Qin's smile faded a little. When she let go of her hand, Aunt Xue collapsed to the ground, tears streaming down her red eyes.
Qin straightened up, and a maidservant beside her immediately spoke up.
"Auntie is so rude! She doesn't listen to grandma all the time, and she's so arrogant in front of Madam. If someone knows, they'll say that Auntie is not in good health. If someone doesn't know, they'll say that Auntie is used to bullying people by taking advantage of her power, and she even wants to step on Madam."
Qin waited for her to finish listening to every word before she stopped her quietly.
"Isn't it embarrassing enough to say nonsense in front of the wife?"
Mrs. Yue heard everyone in the hall singing in unison, and every sentence mentioned her, so she really started to ask questions.
"Zhou's daughter-in-law, there are still people like this in your courtyard who don't even take their master seriously? Why don't you sell them off as soon as possible and pick out better ones to serve you."
When Aunt Xue heard that she was going to be sold, she suddenly raised her head, her eyes filled with tears, and she made a sound of gurgling, but she could not utter a word.
Qin looked at her, smiled silently, then turned and walked forward, covering her eyes with a handkerchief, her tone full of embarrassment.
"Madam, you don't know that she is not an ordinary maid. She was originally a servant of the Second Master. I have no say in whether she can be sold or not."
Mrs. Yue curled her lips and showed disapproval.
"You are the main wife's grandmother, why do you care whether she serves you or not? Can you let others step on your head?"
Qin looked left and right and lowered her voice again.
"Madam, she is ill, with a dry mouth and a hoarse tongue. She can't even speak recently. Last month, the Second Master invited a lot of doctors, but none of them could cure her... It doesn't matter if we drive her away now, whether inside or outside the courtyard, but I'm afraid the Second Master will have something to say."
When Mrs. Yue saw Aunt Xue kneeling on the ground with her body tilted, she really looked very sick. And when she heard what Qin said, she felt even more unhappy.
Madam Yue was just about to clean up the mess for her illegitimate son, but Chen Tang, who had been watching the show coldly, spoke slowly.
"No wonder my second sister-in-law is in such a dilemma. After all, she got sick because she was pregnant. If she sells the girl without getting well, I'm afraid people will criticize her."
Qin paused when she heard this.
This sentence hit the snake right in its most vulnerable part.
Chen Tang originally didn't want to get involved in this matter, so it wasn't difficult for him to just stand by and watch.
But on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Aunt Xue stretched out a jade-white hand from the shore, and together with Chen Tang who was soaking in the water, saved Luan Jie'er's life.
No matter how cunning or arrogant Aunt Xue is, she is still Sister Luan's savior.
Now that she is so sick, she will die no matter where she is sold.
Chen Tang is the daughter of a scholar. Not only can she not do such cruel and ruthless things as Qin, she can't stand such ungrateful behavior.
When Madam Yue heard Chen Tang's words, her expression suddenly changed.
"This is Zhou'er's aunt who just lost her child?"
Mrs. Yue was only focused on Qi Huaijing and never paid much attention to what was happening in Qi Chengzhou's courtyard.
Although she seldom had the opportunity to enter Wutong Garden on weekdays, she could call out the name of every maid in Wutong Garden, and even remembered the new maid Huaping clearly.
When she met Aunt Xue this time, Mrs. Yue only vaguely remembered that she was someone she had seen with Qi Chengzhou, and she also seemed to have heard someone say that a child had recently passed away in this courtyard.
After Chen Tang said this, the two matched up and Mrs. Yue knew it was her.
Although Qin didn't want to mention this matter, she had to respond when she saw Chen Tang continue the conversation.
"That's exactly her."
If it were someone else, sending away a woman who had had a miscarriage wouldn't be a big deal.
Unfortunately, Mrs. Yue was a mother who had lost a child.
"But you can't find out the reason. How could a healthy child just disappear?"
Qin had a clean hand this time and was not afraid of Madam Yue's questioning. There was a maid who had served Aunt Xue beside her, who told her everything.
"I don't know what happened. My aunt had abdominal pain and vomited. Second Master thought it was common vomiting during pregnancy and ordered her to drink sour plums to suppress the symptoms. But it got even worse. My aunt vomited everything out. First it was sour plum soup, then blood... The doctor came and said she couldn't be saved... Then she had a fever for a few days, and now it's hard for her to even speak."
“What a pity!”
Mrs. Yue thought of her firstborn child who died before she was one year old, and she shed two tears sincerely.
"Children are the apple of their mother's eye. If they were to die for no reason, she would definitely be seriously ill!"
Qin didn't expect Mrs. Yue to change her personality so much, and she couldn't help but grit her teeth.
She wanted to let Madam Yue see how unruly Aunt Xue was and how useless her body was. Unexpectedly, she hit Madam Yue's heart right away, and they felt a sense of sympathy for each other instead.
"Zhou's daughter-in-law, please find some doctors to take good care of her and take good care of her. If God has mercy, the child will come back."
Her child came back.
Although I am not a child who came to repay my gratitude, at least... he still remembered to send me red plum blossoms today. I heard that he picked them by himself. In such a cold day, he still thought of his mother. Who can say he is not a good person!
Madam Yue gave an order to have Aunt Xue helped back to her room to rest, and she also told Qin Jiangyun to take good care of her.
Qin gritted her teeth and agreed with a smile.
Mrs. Yue was deeply moved when she recalled the past. She was still wiping away tears even after she walked out of the gate of Mingfang Courtyard.
Seeing his mother-in-law like this, Chen Tang was too embarrassed to say goodbye, so she pulled his hand and went to Yujin Hall together.
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