Chapter 106 Retrieval
Qu Yan couldn't refute.
It was she who said it was a fake, she liked it and wanted to leave.
Shen Wu and the others were envious and jealous, and they also wanted it. Shen Wan mentioned it again in front of the old lady that it was a fake.
She, Qu Yan, knew clearly that it was a fake, but she still brought it back to her parents' home as a return gift. Minister Qu then gave it away as a gift, and it was finally discovered to be a fake. She then said that it was given to her by Shen Wan. If she said it was not intentional, who would believe it?
But she really didn't think that the colored porcelain peony vase was a fake.
Qu Yan had never encountered such a difficult situation in her life. Chen Wan sat down and wiped her tears. "I don't seek the reputation of being generous, but in my life, when have I ever been stingy with others? And now I am being criticized like this! Just because I made Fourth Sister-in-law lose face before, is Fourth Sister-in-law taking revenge on me like this?!"
The more Chen Wan spoke, the heavier her voice became, and tears of grievance fell down her face.
Yun was heartbroken and hugged Chen Wan in her arms, "It's others who have the right to talk. If Wan'er is a stingy person, then there won't be many generous people in this world."
Shen Wan couldn't coax her, "There aren't many people with a good reputation in our Duke Ding's Mansion, and you're ruining my reputation like this!"
"I must ask my fourth sister-in-law for an explanation!"
Shen Wan's eyes were fierce.
She had disliked Qu Yan in the first place. As long as Qu Yan didn't harm her elder brother, she could keep her distance from her. But as soon as Qu Yan got married, she found fault with her and provoked her everywhere, and she put up with it again and again.
Now that she has run into her hands, how could Shen Wan let her go?
Yun was also a little angry. "Knowing it was a fake, he still brought it back to her parents' home as a return gift. Minister Qu thought he could hide a fake from anyone. If it was discovered, the Qu family and the Fourth Young Mistress couldn't lose face, so he pushed my Wan'er out, right?!"
Qu Yan had no way to defend herself.
The old lady couldn't protect Qu Yan either.
He's a minister after all, how can he be so incompetent in speaking and doing things?!
The old lady was secretly angry, "This is Yan'er's fault, but she just got married..."
Shen Wan said, “Fourth sister-in-law just came in, and I gave her a fake, so it’s no wonder that people outside the mansion say I’m stingy!”
"It's fine if it's just me, but Prince Jingbei will also be laughed at, saying that he will soon have a stingy princess!"
"Before I get married, I'm being talked about like this. I don't know what the people in Jingbei Palace think of me. Mother, I don't want to get married!"
Shen Wan covered her face and cried.
After crying for a while, I simply got up and left.
There is no way, my eyes can’t take it anymore. If I don’t leave, my eyes will be blinded by the stinging.
Before Shen Wanren left, Yun's voice came, "Once you enter the Dingguo Mansion, you should abide by the Dingguo Mansion's rules! No exceptions!"
As soon as Shen Wan returned to Qingyi Garden, the maid ran in and said, "Miss, the old lady punished the fourth young lady to go to the Buddhist temple and copy the family rules two hundred times. When she finishes copying, she can leave the temple..."
For ruining her reputation, she was only punished by copying the family rules two hundred times, which was really a light punishment.
But even so, Madam Qu was still not satisfied. It was already unfair enough for her daughter to marry the fourth young master of the Duke Dingguo's Mansion. After only a few days of marriage, she was punished to copy the family rules in the Buddhist temple. If Qu Yan had not done anything wrong, Madam Qu would have come to her door earlier. She was too embarrassed to go, but that didn't mean she couldn't cause trouble. Madam Qu was sick.
When a mother falls ill, a daughter must go back to visit her.
The Fourth Madam wanted Qu Yan to return to visit Madam Qu, and begged the Old Madam to show some leniency and grant her permission. Yun, who was in Shou'an Hall at the time, immediately said, "Does Fourth Sister-in-law take the rules of the Duke of Dingguo's Mansion for granted? Is Madam Qu so ill that she absolutely must have Fourth Young Madam return?"
The Fourth Madam said, "But Yan'er just got married..."
Yun said, "Wan'er hasn't even gotten married yet, and the Prince of Jingbei is being laughed at!"
"As long as Fourth Sister-in-law can find a way to redeem Wan'er's reputation, I won't let the old lady punish Fourth Young Mistress."
The old lady said, "We will always find a way to save it."
This is to prevent the Yun family from holding on to it.
Yun was already angry, and her temper was further provoked. "House rules are not for show. Old Madam and Fourth Sister-in-law must insist that Fourth Young Madam go back to visit Madam Qu. If she comes back, the punishment will be doubled, or Fourth Sister-in-law must copy two hundred house rules for Fourth Young Madam."
Yun usually respects the old lady and never disobeys her, but she also has her weak spots.
Qu Yan ruined Shen Wan's reputation and made her cry like that. Yun felt distressed whenever she thought about it. Madam Qu knew that she loved her daughter, and she wanted the old lady to release Qu Yan so easily. She was such a failure as a mother.
She is the wife of Duke Dingguo. Apart from Chen Ji, her words are the most effective in this mansion. The old lady is second only to her. It's just that Yun usually respects the old lady and doesn't argue with her.
The Yun family's status is there, and they are in the right, so the old lady has no choice. Besides, the Yun family is not at all unforgiving. Qu Yan just needs to go back and copy 400 family rules, or the fourth lady can help copy 200. It depends on whether they are willing.
No one responded, so Yun sneered, "Don't you want to copy the family rules?"
With just one sentence, both the Fourth Madam and Qu Yan were thrown into the frying pan.
It is unfilial to refuse to go back to visit your sick mother if you are unwilling to copy two hundred more family rules.
The fourth lady kept saying that Yun wanted Qu Yan to go back and help copy the family rules, but she acted as if she had never said anything, which showed that she was not sincere.
The fourth lady complained, "When did sister-in-law become so difficult to talk to?"
Yun was about to leave, but upon hearing this, she looked at the Fourth Madam and said, "I'm having trouble talking to you? How about I take Wan'er back to the Yun family, and wait until the Fourth Madam has restored Wan'er's reputation, and then we can come back. Or should Wan'er just marry out of the Yun family?!"
The fourth lady's face was stiff.
The Yun family is going to break up with her.
The news that the wife of Duke Dingguo brought her soon-to-be-married daughter back to her parents' home was bound to spread like wildfire. In the end, it was rumored that Qu Yan had deliberately counterfeited porcelain to ruin Chen Wan's reputation. They also refused to let the Yun family punish Qu Yan. I'm afraid that everyone's saliva would drown them to death.
If Chen Ji knew how they were forcing the Yun family, he would probably be furious.
The old lady knocked the fourth lady, "Okay, stop talking."
Yun didn't say anything else. She flicked her sleeves and walked away with an angry look on her face.
In the end, Qu Yan did not return to the Qu Mansion, and Mrs. Qu did not send anyone to see her daughter again, as if this incident had never happened.
These people will test the bottom line when they have the chance, and when they find that they can't go any further, they just let it go.
In order to quarrel with Qu Yan and stop her from coveting her eldest brother, Chen Wan helped Miss Zhao. Unexpectedly, when others spoke ill of her, Miss Zhao would help her, offending the third lady of the Left Prime Minister's Mansion and causing her to be injured. Chen Wan has lived two lives and has few true friends. Miss Zhao's sincerity moved Shen Wan.
She prepared gifts and went to visit Miss Zhao.
Chen Wan's carriage stopped in front of the gate of Zhao's mansion. The servant of Zhao's mansion was a little confused when he saw that it was the carriage of Duke Dingguo's mansion. After all, the status gap between Duke Dingguo's mansion and Hanlin's mansion was too big. Even Miss Zhao couldn't easily enter the gate of Duke Dingguo's mansion, let alone Chen Wan coming to the Zhao family.
Knowing that Chen Wan was here to visit Miss Zhao, the servant of the Zhao Mansion sent someone to report to Madam Zhao and Miss Zhao while welcoming Chen Wan.
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