Chapter 20: Drawing the Sword in Class
A few days later, Madam Yue suddenly sent someone to call Chen Tang to Yujin Hall. Qi Huaijing was in the study. Bai Lu immediately sent a message, and he also went.
Not a single step left behind.
Qin Jiangyun was there too, and when he saw the couple come in together, he started laughing.
"My brother from my mother's family went out of town for business a few days ago. He just came back these two days. He said he missed your wedding day, so he brought some gifts with him."
The Qin family and the Qi family are old friends, and it is common for them to exchange gifts.
Chen Tang thanked him with a smile, and Qi Huaijing felt a little relieved.
"Brother Qin is thoughtful. I will definitely treat him to a good drink tomorrow and let my second brother accompany him. He should not be too busy."
Qin agreed with a smile.
"What's the point of inviting or not? Just ask your brother to treat. If his brother wants to drink, he has to make time for it no matter how busy he is."
There was a small square table in the center of the main hall, on which were placed two brocade boxes, one square and one long.
Qin asked the maids to open them and see that in the square box was a box of fine bird's nests, and in the long box was a long sword.
Qi Huaijing smiled and said, "Thank you for taking the trouble, Brother Qin. You still remember that I like these swords and sabers."
Mrs. Yue also had a brocade box in her hand, which contained two wild ginsengs. It was probably a gift from the Qin family.
Seeing everyone talking and laughing, she coughed lightly and told her son not to forget that she was still sitting there!
"It's OK to play with them when you were young, but now it's enough to just look at them. My son, put them away carefully. Listen to your mother, if they get bumped or dented, they are not for fun..."
Qi Huaijing originally wanted to have someone put it away, but after hearing this, he insisted on picking it up and playing with it for a while, which made Madam Yue frown.
"It just so happens that I have a carefully selected gift here that I am planning to give to you. You can take it as well... Put it down! Stop playing with that!"
Qi Huaijing wanted to play it more and more on the spot.
Chen Tang asked the maid to collect the brocade box, quietly patted Qi Huaijing on the shoulder, told him not to be so childish, and pulled him to sit down.
Seeing the couple sitting down, Madam Yue winked at Nanny Sun, who understood and clapped her hands.
Two maids came out from behind the screen, walked into the main hall, and knelt down on either side of the square table.
The couple looked at each other.
Are you trying to stuff people in?
Mrs. Yue was not in a hurry. She picked up the teacup, skimmed off the foam with the lid, and spoke slowly, but only to Chen Tang.
"Jing'er, you are learning how to be a housekeeper, and you are missing a right-hand man to help you. These two are maids I picked myself. They are smart and can learn quickly. Take them back and use them - this is a gift I specially gave you."
As soon as the words fell, the two maids kowtowed to the couple.
"I will serve you wholeheartedly."
Chen Tang didn't rush to speak, and pondered what Madam Yue meant.
She specifically said that this was a gift for her maid, who didn't look alluring, so it was probably not to put someone in Qi Huaijing's room, but to plant two spies in a legitimate way.
If you don't accept it, you can use Bai Lu to cover it up and say that you don't lack capable helpers.
If they were collected, these two people would never be allowed to enter the house, but if they were only placed in the outer courtyard, would they...
Just as she was distracted and hadn't thought it through, the person next to her spoke.
"don't want."
Qi Huaijing's voice was cold but high, so that everyone in the hall could hear it clearly.
Seeing this, Chen Tang hurriedly picked up the teacup at hand and pretended to drink tea, letting him speak first while he watched for the time being.
After all, it's his family, and he is more arrogant.
Mrs. Yue put down the teacup leisurely.
"This is a gift from me to my daughter-in-law. It's none of your business."
"Her business is my business. If I say no, I mean no."
Chen Tang kept silent, secretly praising him in his heart, he was worthy of being him.
He was only thinking about playing chess well, and he didn't even let his opponent sit next to the chessboard.
Mrs. Yue was a little annoyed by his choking.
"Why not? With two more maids, wouldn't you and your wife have two more people to serve you?"
Qi Huaijing was still the same, speaking coldly.
"No reason, it just makes me upset."
Mrs. Yue persisted and her voice became louder.
"A maid only knows how to serve others. Why should she be upset? Is it you who is upset, or is it others?"
"I'm upset."
"What kind of maid doesn't bother you?"
"I don't mind picking out my own maid!"
"Then call all the maids in the house and you can choose one yourself."
"I have seen all the maids in the house, and there is not a single one I like!"
"Then I'll buy some new maids and you can choose whatever you want."
"That's not necessary. If my family is short of a maid, I will buy one myself!"
Chen Tang and Qin Jiangyun, the sisters-in-law, listened to the mother and son talking back and forth, and pretended that they were not there.
At this moment, they were all stunned at the same time.
He actually said to his own mother, my home?
Mrs. Yue became even angrier. She slammed the table and raised her voice immediately.
"What do you mean your family and my family? Aren't we one family?"
She couldn't hold back her anger and immediately added another sentence.
"This is the Qi family. If it continues like this, it will soon become the Shen family!"
She shouldn't have added the word "shen" to her name.
The people around were silent for a moment, and all looked at Qi Huaijing's reaction.
Qi Huaijing didn't say anything, picked up the sword beside him, and stood up.
He took a step forward, drew his sword, and slashed at the square table in the hall.
“Crack!”
He swung his sword swiftly, and a corner of the yellow wood and red lacquer table was chopped off. It fell to the ground with a bang and broke into pieces.
Everyone was shocked and dared not speak.
The two maids were splashed with wood fragments and were so frightened that they trembled and took several steps back screaming.
Qi Huaijing stood in the hall, looking at the blade of the sword.
"Oh, nice sword."
For a moment, everyone really thought he was going to test whether the sword was sharp.
The cold light on the sword flashed by, making his originally handsome features look especially stern.
The whole room was silent.
Qi Huaijing sheathed his sword, turned around to look at Madam Yue whose face was pale, and when he spoke again, his voice was filled with bone-chilling coldness.
"I'll say it one last time, we don't need any maids! If you dare send one, just look at this table!"
After that, he took Shen Tang and left.
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