Chapter 321 Take Really With Us
When she heard that Lady Yongning had arrived, Lady Min Qiao was taken aback.
Ever since that day in the Dali Temple court, when Lady Yongning sided with her and confronted Marquis Yongning, some unpleasant things have been happening in the Marquis Yongning's residence.
It is said that after returning home that day, the Marquis of Yongning beat his wife and threatened to divorce her.
Fortunately, the young masters of the Yongning Marquis's mansion protected the Yongning Marquis's wife, which suppressed the Yongning Marquis's idea of divorcing her.
But the news eventually got out.
Upon hearing this, Madam Min felt somewhat guilty, but she didn't want to personally comfort him. Instead, she sent Ah Shuang to visit him.
As a result, Ah Shuang couldn't even get through the door.
Lady Min Qiao did not know whether this was an order from the Marquis of Yongning or whether the Marquis's wife harbored resentment towards her.
Due to the tight schedule of leaving Beijing, she didn't have much energy to pursue an answer. So, the matter was put on hold.
Upon hearing from a servant that Lady Yongning had arrived, Lady Min Qiao was both surprised and delighted. She had thought she wouldn't be able to see her again before leaving the capital.
So they quickly had someone invite the person in.
"Madam," Lady Yongning Marquis's eyes reddened as she curtsied, "You sent someone to our door before, but I hadn't even received the message before the gatekeeper chased them away. Please don't be angry. It was all my master's orders. It wasn't my idea."
Madam Min Qiao personally helped the man up, saying, "Speaking of which, you were implicated because of me. If it weren't for me, you and your husband should have been a harmonious and happy couple. Now look what's happened... sigh!"
"Madam, please don't say such things again. Yu Bin and I have long had a falling out because of his mother. Even if we don't make a scene now, we're bound to have one in the future."
Lady Yongning said nonchalantly, "Don't worry about me. I know what I'm doing and I've already made preparations."
“The heir of the Yongning Marquis’s mansion is my eldest legitimate son, and my second and third sons are also my own flesh and blood. The remaining two illegitimate sons and two illegitimate daughters were all raised by me. My words carry more weight than those of the Yongning Marquis.”
“With them protecting me, the Marquis of Yongning can only vent his anger on me, but he can’t do anything to me.”
Lady Min Qiao gave Lady Yongning a thumbs up, expressing her admiration and complete relief.
It's good that Lady Yongning Marquis wasn't really implicated by her!
"You've come so late, is there something you need?" Madam Min Qiao asked, changing the subject.
Lady Yongning waved to the people behind her, "You may all leave."
Soon, three of the four maids who had come with them left.
The last one stood there, head down, motionless.
Just as Madam Min Qiao was wondering, she heard Lady Yongning Marquis say with a choked voice, "What are you still standing there for?"
As soon as she finished speaking, the maid knelt down directly in front of Lady Yongning and kowtowed heavily.
"Thank you for your kindness, Mother!" Her voice trembled slightly with reluctance.
"Really!?"
Upon hearing that familiar voice, Madam Min was startled.
Then, the maidservant raised her head and looked at Madam Min Qiao, "Madam, Zhen Huan is back."
Min Qiao was taken aback. What did those words mean?
She turned to look at Lady Yongning, only to see that Lady Yongning was already covering her mouth and crying her heart out.
"What's going on here?" Madam Min Qiao looked at Zhen Huan, then at Lady Yongning Marquis. "What are you and your daughter doing?"
He glanced at Lady Yongning, and though he felt a pang of reluctance, he gritted his teeth and said resolutely, "Grand Madam, I want to leave the capital with you."
"This, how can this be?" Madam Min Qiao instinctively refused, "You are now the fourth young lady of the Yongning Marquis's mansion, how can you come with me?"
"Besides, how many tears has your mother shed for you over the years, and how much worry has she had for you these days? How can you bear to abandon her?"
He crawled on his knees to Lady Yongning's feet, reached out and hugged her, "Mother, I'm sorry. In this life, please pretend you never gave birth to me. In the next life, I'll be your daughter again."
Just as she was about to let go, Lady Yongning Marquis swiftly grabbed her and hugged her tightly, crying out, "You heartless girl! You heartless girl!..."
Lady Yongning cried and muttered to herself, her hands still pounding on Huanzhen's back.
"If you want to leave with the Grand Madam, then leave. Why say such hurtful things?"
"I finally managed to find you, how can you say you don't recognize me?"
"You heartless little bastard!"
He actually let Lady Yongning hit and scold him until she had vented her anger, then whispered, "I want to follow the Grand Madam, I can't stay by your side." His tone remained firm.
Lady Yongning, annoyed, punched her twice more before letting go. "If you want to follow the Grand Madam, then follow her. I didn't say I wouldn't allow it."
Lady Yongning glared fiercely at Huanzhen and continued, "You following the Grand Madam doesn't affect your status as my daughter. As long as you write me a letter occasionally and come back to see me once or twice a year, that's enough."
"Who said that just because you're with the Grand Madam, you have to sever your mother-daughter relationship with me? Tell me!"
They really stopped talking.
Is it inappropriate for the daughter of a marquis to serve as a bodyguard for the matriarch?
However, between the daughter of the Marquis and the Grand Madam's bodyguard, she preferred to be the latter.
Therefore, she had no choice but to abandon the former!
I just didn't expect...
Min Qiao was dumbfounded by what she saw.
It took her a long while to come to her senses. She looked at Lady Yongning in disbelief and asked, "Are you really planning to let Huanzhen come with me?"
The Marquis of Yongning sighed helplessly, "You've seen Zhen Huan's attitude. If I don't agree, she might disown me as her own mother."
Seeing the change in Min Qiao's expression, she quickly added, "Yu Bin was unable to get justice for his mother in court before, and he's in a fit of anger right now. I'm afraid that one day he might do something rash."
"So, it's not a bad thing to let Zhen Huan leave with you for the time being."
“After a few years, when things have calmed down, she’ll really be of marriageable age. Then you can bring her back, and we’ll find her a good husband.”
Madam Min thought for a moment and then nodded. “You’re right. However, Zhen Huan is now the daughter of a marquis, while I’m just a commoner. Wouldn’t it be inappropriate to have Zhen Huan be my bodyguard?”
Lady Yongning smiled nonchalantly, "Didn't we agree before that we would become godparents? Now that time is short and conditions don't allow it, why don't we have Zhen Huan kowtow to you and offer him a cup of tea?"
Madam Min was not one to mince words, and immediately nodded, "Since you don't mind, let's do it this way."
Soon, Ah Shuang had hot tea brought up and a futon placed on the ground.
He actually knelt on the prayer mat and kowtowed to Madam Min Qiao. He then took the tea that Ashuang handed him, raised his hands above his head, and offered it to Madam Min Qiao.
"Grandmother, please have some tea."
Madam Min Qiao took the tea, took a sip, put down the teacup, and then took an envelope from the tray in Ah Shou's hands and handed it to Huan Zhen, saying, "This is a gift from your grandmother."
He accepted it respectfully, saying, "Thank you, Grandmother."
The simple family recognition ceremony was thus completed, just like when Su Rongrong recognized her family back then.
I actually looked inside the envelope and was shocked.
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