Chapter 675: Leaving the Father and Keeping the Son
Conspiring with the Queen Mother, plotting against the Duke Dingguo and his wife, and murdering the Crown Prince, any one of these would make it impossible for the Cui family to recover.
Mrs. Cui hesitated for only a moment, thinking of Cui Qi's indifference to her during this period, the Cui family's harsh treatment and ridicule of her, and her father-in-law Cui Lin's attempt to interfere in the affairs of the eldest house even though he was seriously ill in bed. After taking her son away, he used the issue of upbringing to alienate the relationship between mother and son.
Mrs. Cui's face grew increasingly ruthless.
Since the Cui family is in dire straits, it would be better for her to take power.
It would be better for Cui Lin to lie down and die immediately. And since Cui Qi is so filial to his father, he should accompany his biological father to the underworld. Now that she has a son, she doesn't need a father who is estranged from her.
It is not impossible to leave the father and keep the son.
"Xunqiao, where did you put the box that the people from Duke Dingguo's Mansion sent you?" Madam Cui asked in a low voice.
The maidservant next to her suddenly changed her expression: "Young Madam..." She paused when she met Madam Cui's cold gaze, "I'll put it away for you."
Madam Cui said, "Go back and find it. Father and Master haven't been feeling well lately. Ask the kitchen to make some ginseng soup to nourish them."
Xunqiao's heart suddenly started beating like thunder. The thing in the box...
Her palms were covered in cold sweat, but after a moment she gritted her teeth and said, "Okay."
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After leaving the palace, Princess Ji, Madam Liang and the other ladies were all confused. What happened in the palace was really too sudden. After they returned home and saw their own people in charge, they learned about the turmoil caused by the sudden change in the palace.
Take the palace for example. After everyone left, Xiao Yan ordered people to send Concubine Zhao back to her palace.
After Madam Qin examined the injuries of several people in the side hall and waited until they were all bandaged and found to be no longer seriously injured, the wife of Marquis Wenxin invited Madam Qin to the inner room alone, saying that she was there to examine her own injuries, and asked Zhou Yuchang to accompany her.
Xiao Yan felt the extremely low air pressure in the room, as well as the angry faces of Qian Qiyue and the others, and turned his head to Tang Ning and said:
"Commander Yu and I are going to settle things in the palace. Feng Lai hasn't been seen for a long time, so I'm afraid something must have gone wrong. I have to send someone to look for him."
Tang Ning knew that Xiao Yan had probably guessed something and didn't want to embarrass Zhou Yuchang and the others, so she took the initiative to avoid them. She tilted her head slightly and said, "Be careful."
"good."
Xiao Yan reached out and gently rubbed the blood off her forehead with his thumb. He bent down and kissed her without any hesitation. Their breaths blended together, dispelling the fatigue and blood on their bodies. He then turned and went to the outer room, leaving with Yu Yanfeng who had been waiting outside the door.
After the door was closed again, only Tang Ning and a few others were left in the room.
Qian Qiyue, who had been patient for a long time, looked at Fu Jinrou who was dragged into the house by Yue Jian, took a few steps forward, kicked her in the heart, and knocked her over.
"Bitch!"
Qian Qiyue rarely cursed people like this. Even if she really disliked someone, she would mostly just make a few sarcastic remarks, but she rarely used such words to describe women.
But at this moment, facing Fu Jinrou, Qian Qiuyue wanted to throw all the vicious words at her.
"Since you came to the capital, Yuchang and I have never let you down. We knew that your marriage in Lingnan was blocked and you came to the capital, so we were worried that you would feel awkward and unfamiliar. Whenever we met, we would always protect you. Although it was Madam Fu's order, Yuchang and I treat you sincerely."
"How has Yuchang wronged you to let you hurt her like this?!"
Fu Jinrou was hit so hard that she felt her heart aching as if it was about to explode. She fell to the ground, raised her head and moaned softly, whimpering and trying to explain.
Tang Ning asked Yue Jian to take the thing out of her mouth.
Fu Jinrou cried and said, "I didn't, I didn't mean to hurt her, it was just a coincidence..."
"You fart!"
Qian Qiyue was furious: "Yu Chang is the most polite person. She would never go to see the prince privately. Moreover, she is protected by people like me provided by Tang Ning. If you hadn't deceived Yu Chang and hadn't had an affair with the prince and then instigated the prince to capture Yu Chang and use her to trick me over so that the prince could control the Qian family, how could Yu Chang be in trouble?!"
As she spoke, she became extremely angry and grabbed the whip and hit Fu Jinrou hard.
"You and the prince have a shameless affair, but you want to use me and Yu Chang as a raft."
"Yu Chang could have been fine, but it was you who stopped her. It was you who instigated the confused Crown Prince to leave her in the porch, making it difficult for him to leave when the drug took effect. It was you who harmed Yu Chang!"
Bang!
Bang!!
Qian Qiyue whipped Fu Jinrou twice, leaving her clothes covered in blood.
Qian Qiyue hissed, "You bitch, I'll beat you to death!!"
The whip became heavier each time, making Fu Jinrou roll on the ground.
She screamed miserably in pain, but Shi Lan was guarding outside the room, and there was no palace servant in the yard. Outside the round-moon archway were all the black-armored guards left by Xiao Yan. They were already accustomed to the screams coming from inside, and just stood there quietly with swords in hand, turning a deaf ear.
Fu Jinrou saw blood on her body and fell to the ground crying.
"It's you, you were the one who plotted against me first!"
Her face was covered with tears, and she trembled in pain and screamed:
"If you hadn't deliberately harmed me after entering the palace, causing me to embarrass myself in front of the Queen Mother and offend Princess Huan, and then be troubled by them, if you hadn't deliberately embarrassed me and almost offended the Queen Mother, why would I harm you? You were the one who harmed me first..."
“Bang!”
Tang Ning couldn't help but slapped Fu Jinrou in the face.
The usually gentle and aloof little girl was now filled with anger: "Sister Qian plotted against you, why didn't you tell me how you used her before?"
"Since you arrived in Beijing, Sister Qian and the others have treated you sincerely and have always been considerate of you. Yet, you used them as stepping stones, eager to use them to hook up with the powerful and influential sons of the capital. It's fine that you've befriended the brothers of those women, but you even wanted to go after He Jin, who was engaged to Sister Zhou. And you still have the nerve to blame Sister Qian?"
Fu Jinrou's face changed drastically: "I didn't!"
"You know clearly whether you have it or not!"
Tang Ning stood in front of her, looking at the panic on her face. "How secretive do you think you are about what you've done? Or do you think you're the only smart person in the capital? If it weren't for the Fu family and Madam Fu's face, you would have been unable to hide the fact that you were befriending those gentlemen everywhere."
"You pride yourself on your intelligence, thinking everyone is inferior to you. You look down on the women in the capital who are of higher birthrights than you, flaunting your shallowness and ignorance everywhere. How could you possibly know that in the eyes of others, you are nothing but a joke!"
Tang Ning's words were so cold and vicious that they almost stripped Fu Jinrou of her dignity.
"You're talking nonsense!" Fu Jinrou hissed.
Tang Ning sneered, "I'm talking nonsense? Then why don't you think about it, those gentlemen you used to be friends with, apart from chatting with you a few times, have any of them ever come to the Fu family to ask for marriage? And those high-class women you seem to be friends with, how many of them would take the initiative to invite you to their banquets and parties?"
"Since you came to Beijing, every time you showed up in public, it was because of the Fu family. If it weren't for Sister Qian and the others taking you with them, how would you have been qualified to set foot in those people's houses?"
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