She walked over and called out to her grandmother.
Old Madam Qiu looked at her gently and asked, "Qi Xiuyuan is returning to Yujing tomorrow. Did you play a part in that?"
Zhu Jiayu didn't expect Qi Xiuyuan to act so quickly, already bidding farewell to Madam Qiu. But what surprised her even more was that Madam Qiu would actually summon her because of this matter.
You should know that since she last met Qi Xiuyuan at Songhexuan, Old Madam Qiu has not seen her again. During this period, she even sent several of her granddaughters to Songhexuan to keep her company every few days, without ever mentioning her granddaughters' names, as if she had completely forgotten about this person.
Zhu Jiayu was surprised, but her face showed no surprise. She just smiled obediently and said, "Why do you ask such a question, Grandmother? So what if Cousin Qi wants to leave? It's not like I forced him. Grandmother's tone is really heartbreaking."
Madam Qiu said calmly, "You already know his identity and purpose, right? Given Xing's personality, it's not surprising that she would do something to force him to leave."
She had no doubt about her granddaughter's intelligence; otherwise, she wouldn't have chosen her granddaughter, who wasn't close to the Qiu family at all, over several other granddaughters.
“Ayu,” she said earnestly, “you should know that I’m doing this for your own good. Otherwise, with your background and your looks, you’ll inevitably bring trouble upon yourself sooner or later. In a world where human life is as cheap as grass, a beautiful woman is just a commodity to a man.”
"So, it's for my own good to marry into the Marquis's mansion and live a life of widowhood?" Zhu Jiayu lowered her eyes, asking her grandmother without a trace of emotion, "Then has Grandmother considered what would happen to me, as his wife who was brought in to bring him good fortune, if Fan Yongsi dies? If he remains unconscious for years, the Marquis's wife will probably find me even more of an eyesore, but what if he recovers—"
She smiled faintly, "Grandmother, in such a large Kaiping Marquis's mansion, can you really accommodate a lady of my birth? I'm afraid that in the eyes of a Marquis's wife who loves her son dearly, it would be a stretch for me to even become the young master's concubine."
"Pushing me to the brink of despair is for my own good?"
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