As Xu Qinyu walked out of the second room's hanging flower gate, she saw Xu Qinhui standing under a nearby locust tree. Hearing the noise, Xu Qinhui turned around and saw that it was Xu Qinyu. She immediately smiled and greeted her. "Second sister, are you going out?"
Xu Qinyu realized that Xu Qinhui was waiting at the door on purpose, and it was obvious why.
Xu Qinyu had no intention of paying any attention to her and continued to walk out with Lianhua. She was going out with Lianhua today. Her fourth brother was worried about her safety, so Lianhua had been following her since she returned to the capital. Even when she returned to the Dechang Marquis Mansion, Lianhua basically never left her side.
Now Lotus is basically hers.
Seeing that Xu Qinyu had no intention of paying attention to her, Xu Qinhui secretly pinched her palms. Even though she was angry, she didn't dare show it on her face. She smiled and approached Xu Qinyu, "Second sister, you haven't been back to the capital for a long time, and your second aunt is not with you today. Where do you want to go? I'll take you there, okay?"
Seeing that Xu Qinhui was still unwilling to give up, Xu Qinyu looked up and said, "You don't have to accompany me, Xu Qinhui. You don't have to be like this. No matter what you do, I will never forgive you. Right now, we are just living together temporarily because we haven't separated yet. It's good for us to live in peace. If you insist on coming to me to say something, I will be upset and there's no telling what I will do. So we should just pretend that we don't know each other."
The original body died because of Xu Qinhui.
Without Xu Qinhui and the wife of Marquis Dechang secretly contacting the palace, Emperor Shengyuan would not have issued an edict to let the original body marry the fourth brother, and the original body would not have died on the way to exile. So it was impossible for her to forgive these people on the original body's behalf. She even wanted to avenge the original body, but she didn't know what to do. Xu Qinhui did not break the law, and it was impossible to bring her to justice.
Xu Qinhui's eyes were red. "Second sister, have you misunderstood something? None of this was my idea. Back then, Second Aunt was locked up by Grandmother, and you were also sent to Prince Shu's mansion in a sedan chair. But you know what? I was also locked up by Grandmother at that time. If it weren't for this, I would have rushed out long ago. The emperor was my fiancé at the time. I loved him and had feelings for him. I never thought of letting you marry in his place."
She was almost twenty-two and had been waiting for seven years. This was her only chance.
Otherwise, she would be made a laughing stock by everyone in the capital, so she had to marry Pei Weixuan no matter what.
Lianhua was stunned watching from the side. The third lady of Marquis Dechang's Mansion was too shameless.
They are secret guards, so naturally they know a lot of things that outsiders don't know.
When the emperor was still the fourth prince, he had just reached the age of marriage, so the late emperor chose Xu Qinhui for the fourth prince from among the daughters of many ministers.
Because at that time Xu Qinhui was ranked among the top in the capital's aristocratic families in terms of music, chess, calligraphy, painting and appearance, so after much deliberation, Xu Qinhui was chosen. At that time, Xu Qinhui was actually a little unhappy, because the Fourth Prince had been in poor health since childhood and was a sickly person. He would definitely not be able to compete for the throne in the future, so Xu Qinhui was unwilling. However, this was a marriage granted by the late emperor. However, at that time, seeing that the Fourth Prince and Xu Qinhui were not old, the imperial edict was not issued, and the late emperor only verbally told Marquis Dechang.
Unexpectedly, two years later, the late emperor was killed. However, many people knew about this marriage, almost half of the capital knew about it.
Until the Fourth Prince was named Prince Shu and was about to be exiled, Xu Qinhui had been unwilling to get engaged to the Fourth Prince before, and now she was even more unwilling to be exiled with him, so she found a way to go to the palace, meet Emperor Sheng Yuan, and then seduce Emperor Sheng Yuan with her beauty. Only then did Emperor Sheng Yuan issue an edict to let the Empress marry in his place.
But in order to achieve this, Xu Qinhui naturally also paid other costs.
When she went to the palace to beg Emperor Sheng Yuan, she had already had an affair with him. So even if she deliberately broke her leg and disfigured herself and went to the palace to be Emperor Sheng Yuan's concubine, Emperor Sheng Yuan didn't think it was a big deal. After all, he had already received his reward.
This is also something that the secret guards don't quite understand. It was clearly Xu Qinhui's own request, but when the prince was exiled, she suddenly changed her mind and was unwilling to enter the palace to be Emperor Sheng Yuan's concubine. However, the emperor seemed to have guessed the inside story, but he just didn't tell them.
It's ridiculous and shameless for Xu Qinhui to say that she has feelings for the emperor. Isn't this trying to destroy the relationship between the queen and the emperor? The emperor hasn't contacted her in all these years.
Xu Qinyu was also a little annoyed. At this time, Xu Qinhui still dared to touch the fourth brother. It was too much. She was about to say a few words, but Lianhua was already furious and said, "Xu Qinhui, what are you talking about? How dare you destroy the relationship between the Empress and the Emperor? The Emperor has finally shown affection once in all these years, and he likes the Empress. You still want to deceive the Empress with your little shit. When the late emperor wanted to grant you a marriage with the Emperor, you were not happy at all. Later, when the Emperor was about to be exiled, you hurriedly went to ask the old lady of Dechang to come to the palace. After entering the palace, what did you do? Don't you know why Emperor Shengyuan helped you issue an edict to let the Empress marry in your place? Don't you know it in your heart? Do you have to make me say it in public and pollute the Empress's ears?"
Xu Qinhui's face suddenly turned pale.
How come this maid knows everything?
Could it be someone close to the Emperor? If everyone around the Emperor knew about her, then wouldn't the Emperor also know that it was her who begged Emperor Sheng Yuan, and that between her and Emperor Sheng Yuan... the Emperor also knew about it?
Seeing that Xu Qinhui's face turned pale and she was speechless, Xu Qinyu ignored her and walked past her with Lianhua.
But Xu Qinhui was not willing to accept it. Watching Xu Qinyu's figure getting farther and farther away, she shouted, "Second sister, could it be that you have forgotten Song Bingjian? He has never forgotten you in his heart. Ever since you went to the border town, he was forced by his family to marry another wife, but he has always been thinking about you. He even divorced his wife two years ago and has never remarried. He is still waiting for you. Second sister, were all the things you told me before, that you loved Song Bingjian and hoped to become his wife, all lies? Could it be that you have forgotten him just to become the queen? Or does His Majesty know about all this?"
What she said was true. Song Bingjian did divorce his wife, but that was because his wife saw that he was a hypocrite.
When Song Bingjian was originally exiled to the southwest, he immediately married someone else.
At that time, Song Bingjian was actually hooking up with several girls, all using the same routine: he would inquire about the girls' backgrounds and then meet them by chance, then write poems and start pursuing them. Xu Qinyu had the highest status among the girls. After all, she was the granddaughter of the Marquis. Song Bingjian was ready to send a matchmaker to propose marriage, but he didn't expect that the original girl was suddenly granted marriage and exiled to the border town, and then Song Bingjian married another girl.
The girl's family was from a noble family and she was also a legitimate daughter. Her family did not agree at first, but she was bewitched by Song Bingjian and cried and made a fuss about marrying him.
Later, the girl's family had no choice but to agree.
But unexpectedly, after getting married, he still often went to brothels. Not only that, he was dark and narrow-minded. He took out the anger he suffered at his wife's home on innocent animals on the roadside, and killed many wild cats and dogs. When his wife found out, she realized that he was not a good man and divorced him.
Because of this incident, no one was willing to marry into the Song family after Song Bingjian's divorce.
It was not until Song Bingjian learned that Xu Qinyu had become the queen, and that she owned a Xuji Restaurant and a dinning hall in the border town, and that he knew that the two restaurants and dinning halls also had other businesses, and that Xu Qinyu was making at least ten thousand taels of silver for free every year, that he became interested.
Of course, he wasn't so audacious as to dare to steal the emperor's woman. He just wanted to use their previous friendship to coax Xu Qinyu into giving him some money, or to coax her into giving him some of her restaurant and wine shop. But these days, he had been wandering around the gate of the Marquis's mansion, but he hadn't run into Xu Qinyu. However, he had run into Xu Qinhui a few times. Xu Qinhui saw him and chatted with him. He begged Xu Qinhui to tell Xu Qinyu that he wanted to meet her.
Xu Qinhui even coaxed Song Bingjian into writing a letter to Xu Qinyu, but Song Bingjian didn't dare. If communicating with the empress were to be known to others, it would be a capital crime. How could he dare not even think about it, and he just wanted to get some money.
Xu Qinhui mentioned it several times, but Song Bingjian disagreed, so Xu Qinhui had no choice but to give up.
Now Xu Qinhui naturally has to mention Song Bingjian, and she also hopes that Xu Qinyu may have some feelings for Song Bingjian, and perhaps give her a chance.
When Lianhua heard this, her expression changed a little. She turned around and glanced at Xu Qinhui. She hadn't expected Xu Qinhui to be so bold as to even dare to say such a thing. If she hadn't said this, she might have been able to live a peaceful and stable life in this life. Now, she was afraid that it would be difficult...
Xu Qinyu ignored Xu Qinhui. She was not the real second daughter of the Marquis of Dechang's Mansion, and had no feelings for Song Bingjian. No matter what happened to this man, it had nothing to do with him even if he died.
Song Bingjian was the man that the original body almost married, but he was a scumbag who deceived several girls at the same time.
Fortunately, the original body was quite self-respecting and self-loving. Before getting married, she did not dare to have too close contact with Song Bingjian. She did not even give Song Bingjian letters or personal handkerchiefs. They only met at the market, and then went to restaurants to have meals and talk about music, chess, calligraphy and painting.
Xu Qinhui was anxious. Seeing Xu Qinyu about to leave the yard, she immediately shouted, "Second sister, aren't you worried that this matter will become known to everyone? Aren't you afraid that this matter will be known to the emperor?"
Lianhua finally couldn't bear it anymore, so she turned around and slapped Xu Qinhui twice in the face. As a martial artist, she was ruthless. The two slaps immediately made Xu Qinhui's cheeks swell up, and blood was flowing from the corners of her mouth.
Lotus cursed, "How dare you make such a accusation against the Empress?"
Xu Qinhui was shaking with pain, and she was more and more certain that this maidservant knew martial arts and must be someone close to the emperor. However, she didn't dare to say anything at the moment. She was anxious just now and forgot that Xu Qinyu was the queen now. The situation was different now. It was a serious crime to dare to make up stories about the queen.
Xu Qinyu also turned around. She really didn't understand Xu Qinhui. Things had already come to this point. Why did she have to think about marrying Fourth Brother instead of just living a good life? Was it just for power?
There is nothing wrong with seeking power and influence, but the problem is that the methods she uses are all about hurting others in exchange for her own interests and opportunities to climb up.
After the lotus fight, he raised his foot again and kicked Xu Qinhui directly to her knees in front of Xu Qinyu.
Lianhua said, "Why don't you apologize to the Queen right away?"
Xu Qinhui endured the humiliation and kowtowed three times to Xu Qinyu. "I beg the Queen to forgive me. I offended the Queen by speaking without restraint. Please forgive me this time."
Xu Qinyu looked at Lianhua and said, "Lianhua, let's go."
Lianhua then glared at Xu Qinhui and left with Xu Qinyu.
After the two left, Xu Qinhui looked up, her nails digging deeply into her palms. She had never hated someone so much before. She also hated this master. Why didn't he let her be reborn before she broke off the engagement, so that she would be the one sitting on the throne now.
Ping'er, who was standing by, was terrified and wanted to help her mistress. However, Xu Qinhui stood up and kicked Ping'er, cursing, "You lowly servant, you're like a dead person, watching me get beaten, aren't you?"
Ping'er's face was pale, and she didn't understand why her master had become like this.
Xu Qinyu was interrupted by Xu Qinhui and lost all desire to go out for a stroll. However, she still walked around outside, looked at the shops and restaurants in the capital, and finally went to her uncle's house for a while before returning home.
At night, Pei Weixuan came to the Marquis Dechang's mansion.
On weekdays, Fourth Brother would come to the Marquis Dechang's Mansion to rest, and Xu Qinyu would prepare the evening meal for him. She wanted Fourth Brother to eat more. Fourth Brother had been eating the evening meal she prepared recently, and he had gained some weight, but he was still thin and felt hard to the touch.
When the two fell asleep, Xu Qinyu told her fourth brother about what happened in the afternoon when Xu Qinhui stopped her at the gate of the second courtyard, and everything Xu Qinhui said.
She didn't want to hide it from her fourth brother and wanted to talk to him about it.
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