Chapter 438 A Bit Confused
If it weren't for Deng's identity, she would have wanted to go.
The Crown Prince's wife is now the head of the family, so when her family comes, there are naturally not so many rigid and inflexible rules to follow.
The gatekeeper invited the guest into the mansion with a polite smile, and at the same time sent someone to the second gate to report.
Zhao Liya had just met with the housekeepers in the mansion and explained today's affairs. She was chatting and laughing with Nanny Lian and Chunfen. When she heard that Madam Qu and Madam Hu had arrived, she was overjoyed and hurriedly ordered them to come in!
"Aunt! Cousin!"
"Aya!"
Zhao Liya affectionately pulled Qu Yutao and smiled, inviting Widow Qu to sit down. "I was just thinking about chatting with you guys, and you happened to be here!"
Although they were all in the capital, Zhao Liya couldn't afford to go to her parents' home all the time. The second and third wives were watching her closely, waiting to find her doing something wrong. She was naturally happy that Widow Qu and Qu Yutao had come.
Qu Yutao smiled and said, "What a coincidence! We were all thinking about my cousin. My aunt specially prepared a lot of side dishes and asked me to bring them to my cousin to satisfy her cravings. They are all her favorites!"
Zhao Liya was even happier, "Mom knows me best!"
The three of them chatted and laughed for a while. Seeing Widow Qu's eyes looking around, Zhao Liya knew that her aunt must have something to tell her. She smiled and found an excuse to send everyone away. She also told Chunfen and Chunxia to guard outside.
"Aunt, do you have anything to tell me?"
"Our Aya is truly an extremely intelligent person. Look, I didn't say anything!"
Qu Yutao couldn't help but smile and join in the fun: "Isn't my cousin always like this?"
Otherwise, my aunt and uncle wouldn't have been confident in letting her marry into the Duke of Liguo's mansion, right? Although it was a first-class, powerful family, who couldn't see how complicated and difficult things were inside?
It was also thanks to the Crown Prince's special affection for my cousin. Otherwise, without his full support and help, it would not have been so easy for my cousin to fight against the second and third wives on her own.
Old Mrs. Zhou alone was enough to suppress her to the point of suffocation.
"That's right, didn't your mother and I go to Xunyang Marquis's Mansion as guests the day before yesterday?"
Widow Qu has always been a straightforward person. She immediately told everything that happened that day in detail.
When Zhao Liya heard that the two ladies of the Mi family were deliberately looking for trouble, her expression turned a little unhappy.
Widow Qu stopped talking when she saw this and comforted her, "We haven't suffered any loss. Don't worry! Your mother is a kind-hearted person and never takes such trivial matters to heart. Even if the Mi family is now in power, they don't have much connection or conflict with our family. We don't have much friendship. At most, we might bump into each other occasionally at other people's banquets. I don't believe they can still find fault every time. I think they must have suddenly become angry. They think everyone thinks they are superior and expect others to curry favor with them, but your mother doesn't have that intention, so they feel uncomfortable. I think they will be fine after a while!"
In her heart, Widow Qu also looked down upon the Mi family. That was what was called a villain succeeding.
Zhao Liya smiled bitterly and shook her head after hearing this. "Aunt, you don't know, there really is a reason behind this. I originally thought it unnecessary to tell you, but if I don't tell you, I'm afraid there will be trouble in the future."
Zhao Liya then told him about how the eldest lady of the Mi family had come to visit the Duke's wife and how she was trying to send the girl from the Mi family to the Duke's mansion to marry the Crown Prince.
Both Widow Qu and Qu Yutao were a little shocked when they heard this.
"This, this is too shameless! Where does the Mi family get their confidence from?"
Zhao Liya smiled, "It must be the confidence given to them by the Imperial Concubine."
Widow Qu and Qu Yutao wanted to laugh but couldn't.
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Qu Yutao's eyes were a little complicated, and she secretly thought that she was lucky that the Duke's wife did not agree. If it were someone else, I'm afraid, I'm afraid they would never refuse.
It was just a concubine, and my son not only did not suffer any loss, on the contrary, he got a great advantage. Anyway, no matter what happened to the Mi family in the future, if there was benefit, my family would get it, and if there was no benefit, I would not be implicated.
Only those who truly care about my cousin would refuse.
Presumably, even the Mi family themselves did not expect this result?
So, when they saw my aunt, they couldn't help but vent their anger on her.
Zhao Liya smiled: "Aunt, go back and tell my mother too. Then we'll have a plan for when we meet them again. If they continue to provoke me, we won't have to give them face."
I was just worried that I couldn’t make any noise!
In fact, Zhao Liya was really hoping that the Mi family would make trouble.
If she didn't make a fuss, how would she let people know what kind of people the Mi family was? Coincidentally, she couldn't tell anyone about their family's flattering gift of a concubine, so if she made a fuss, she could reveal a little bit.
Where will Concubine Mi put her face then?
You must be very angry, right?
Widow Qu nodded without hesitation: "Don't worry, I'll tell you when I get back. They clearly don't do anything of their own, yet they still have the nerve to blame others? Who's pampering them?"
Zhao Liya smiled and said yes.
Indeed, no one owed them anything. So what if Concubine Mi was so powerful? Did everyone have to flatter her?
"By the way, the second and third wives in your house," Widow Qu continued with the previous topic.
Zhao Liya was stunned, but became somewhat interested.
Zhao Liya was at a loss whether to laugh or cry when she heard the widow's words, which showed that she was relieved and happy for herself.
Her two aunts weren't actually stupid; on the contrary, they were quite creative. It was just that she was a very purposeful person. No matter how many tricks or how fancy the other party used, she basically didn't care. She only focused on her own goal.
So no matter how many tricks those two aunts had, no matter how well they sang, chanted, acted and fought, it was all useless to her.
But it was different for my mother and aunt, their performance was sincere and genuine enough to move them.
Fortunately, my aunt was kind enough to come all the way here.
Otherwise, she was really worried that the two aunts would contact her family in private and cheat her mother and aunt.
"Aunt, they're not that kind!" Zhao Liya sighed softly, "Don't forget, they're Madam Zhou's legitimate daughters-in-law. The second and third wives are the real family. Over the years, if the Duke hadn't been so tough, if the second and third masters had been a bit more capable, who knows what they would have done to this mansion! No matter how eloquent they are, the conflict of interest between us and them is unchangeable!"
"After so many years, they haven't been able to ease up. How can they change their ways and become a new person just because I suppressed them?"
Widow Qu was stunned. "This—what you said does make sense, but, but. This can't be possible. I see they are really upset. They just can't save face."
(End of this chapter)
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