Behind her, Chi Ling'er was still shouting, trying to show her concern and filial piety, but Old Madam Chi just felt it was pretentious and disgusting.
When she returned to her room, Madam Chi looked worried.
Are you still sad?
Grandpa Chi looked at his wife with concern.
"I just never imagined that our eldest daughter would be this kind of person!"
She was so disappointed.
"Sigh, her personality, I guess she's been like this since she was very young, we just didn't notice it back then."
Grandpa Chi sighed. The two of them had been loving and affectionate all their lives, but they didn't have many children, only three sisters in total.
But who could have imagined that the eldest daughter would be so heartless?
"I'm just a little worried. When did Ling'er change? If we had discovered it sooner, Qiao'er wouldn't have been missing for so many years and suffered so much."
"Yes, I hadn't noticed that before either."
"Grandpa, Grandma!"
Four little kids hopped and skipped in through the door. The two old people smiled kindly at the children.
All four children belong to Chi Hongcai.
Grandpa Chi sighed, "Our son may not be good at anything else, but he's quite good at having children."
Upon hearing this, Old Madam Chi's lips twitched violently. "Isn't that right? He has many wives and concubines at home, and I heard he's keeping two more outside."
There was a woman who was also heavily pregnant. Her son was nothing like either of them; he was a womanizer and a philanderer.
"Why did you all come here?"
"Grandpa and Grandma, there's a temple fair outside today! I heard it's very lively, and we'd like to go out and see it too."
Temple fairs in Beijing are not held all the time; they are usually only held on the first day of each month.
The temple fair was bustling with people buying and selling things. The crowds and the shouts of vendors created a lively atmosphere.
There were also some jugglers, but they've all disappeared in the past year.
This is the first temple fair of the year. Many people went out, and a few children wanted to go out too when they heard the news, but unfortunately they couldn't find their father, so they could only come to find their grandparents.
Madam Chi didn't want to go out, but Grandpa Chi smiled and said, "Let's go, let's go out for a walk to clear our heads."
"I've been in a bad mood these past few days. Maybe going out for a walk will cheer me up."
"Besides, Yunniang and Xueya are both in the capital. Maybe we'll run into them."
Hearing this last sentence, Madam Chi became more interested.
The little girl seems to enjoy lively places; she might actually run into someone.
After they left last time, they didn't bother them. Their attitude was already quite clear then: if they could help Yunniang get justice and deal with Chi Ling'er, there was a chance they might forgive them.
If they were to cover for Han Luoxue and Yunniang, they wouldn't be so easy to talk to.
Even though Madam Chi knew that Chi Ling'er was in the wrong back then, they couldn't bear to hand her over.
Yunniang has a gentle nature, so she might be easier to talk to.
But that girl Han Luoxue...
Madam Chi was very worried that Han Luoxue would kill the person.
After all, given their relationship with Zhou Jie, even if they really killed someone, the Zhou family would have ways to clear Han Luoxue of any wrongdoing.
However, what Madam Chi didn't know was that compared to Han Luoxue's status, what was Zhou Jie?
Han Luoxue's identity is currently unknown. If one day everyone finds out, it's likely...
If Old Madam Chi found out, she'd be terrified!
The two elderly people led the four children out, and Chi Qingqing looked at the group of people leaving with a fierce gaze.
"Miss, while they're all out, let's go see Madam first!"
The maid whispered a reminder, but Chi Qingqing was still resentful. Before, she was the most favored person in the family, but now…
Those four little brats dared to linger at the front; they must be asking for trouble.
It's all her mother's fault. I don't know what she did that angered everyone, but she was locked up and no one is allowed to visit her.
She only found out where her mother was being held after a lot of trouble.
Recently, Chi Qingqing's days at the mansion have not been easy.
Even the servants in the mansion are all sycophantic and despicable. Her mother hasn't even completely lost power yet, and they're all kicking her while she's down?
Chi Qingqing carefully avoided the servants in the mansion.
Having never experienced hardship since childhood, this was the first time she had ever been so passive.
Finally, after a long and arduous journey, they reached the door. Chi Qingqing asked softly, "Is the person inside my mother?"
Hearing the voice from inside the house, Chi Ling'er hurriedly called out, "Qingqing, is that you?"
"mother……"
Upon hearing her mother's voice, Chi Qingqing burst into tears.
Before, she thought she was the eldest daughter of the Chi family, the rightful eldest daughter, and that everything in the family would be hers.
But after her mother's accident, she realized that without her mother's protection, she was nothing in the household.
How did you get here?
Having been silently locked up here for so many days without a single person coming to visit, Chi Ling'er knew she was being hidden away.
It wasn't easy for her daughter to find her after all that hard work.
"Mother, why are you so heartless, Grandfather and Grandmother? I've been trying to find out about you these past few days, and I finally found out you were here. Just now, I saw you and Grandmother go out, leading those four little bastards!"
"What did you say?"
Chi Ling'er's voice rose several octaves; she couldn't believe it.
"My maternal grandfather and grandmother took those four little bastards out, and I don't know what they went to do."
As soon as Chi Qingqing finished speaking, the maid behind her hurriedly said, "Madam, Miss, there is a temple fair outside today. I think the old lady must have gone to the temple fair."
Chi Ling'er became even angrier upon hearing that it was a temple fair; her originally pretty face contorted into a ferocious expression.
"How dare those two old geezers?"
Chi Qingqing was startled; it was the first time she had ever seen her mother look so frightening.
In the past, my mother was always calm and composed at home.
"mother……"
Chi Qingqing was terrified, and her voice trembled, but Chi Ling'er didn't notice at all.
"Damn it, have they abandoned me?"
Chi Qingqing was puzzled. How could she possibly abandon her mother?
For so many years, my mother has been in charge of all the family affairs, while my uncle only knows how to spend money and play around with women.
"Let me out, Qingqing, find a way to let me out."
Since Chi Ling'er is inside, she naturally can't go out, but Chi Qingqing can.
"Ah, but these are my maternal grandfather and the others..."
"Do you want me to fall out of favor completely? I'll have nothing left, Qingqing, will you have an easy time then?"
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