Chapter 048 Chapter 48 (Additional update)

The next day.

Not long after Xie Changning left the house, Xu Duanyi simply packed up, asked Shi Yu to take the cakes prepared by the kitchen in advance, and took a carriage to Qu's house.

The Qu Mansion is located in Mingzhaofang in the south of the city, which is not far from the royal palace.

It took Xu Duanyi less than two quarters of an hour to reach Qu's residence.

Although Mr. Qu is the Grand Tutor and the previous Prime Minister, the Qu family's residence does not look luxurious.

Others all have vermilion doors and gilded copper rings.

Some families even use door knockers made of pure gold.

There is also a stone beast sitting in front of the door.

But the Qu family only had two simple black doors, and the paint seemed to be peeling, giving them a very old look.

If there are people who don't know Master Qu, I'm afraid that just by looking at this door, they would never imagine that the head of the family here has such a noble status.

Just as Xu Duanyi had thought beforehand.

Qu Zhiwei did not tell anyone that she was coming to the Qu family.

The servants at the gatehouse of the Qu family were just wondering why their mistress was standing at the gatehouse today, looking as if she was ready to welcome guests.

When Xu Duanyi's carriage had not yet passed.

The servant at the gatehouse was still talking to Qu Zhiwei politely, "Madam, do you have any important guests coming to visit today? It's sunny now, why don't you go to the waiting room next door to rest first, and I will call you when your guests arrive."

"Just do your thing and ignore me."

Qu Zhiwei said this casually, then ignored the servant and continued to look outside.

The servant at the gatehouse also knew the temper of their lady, so after hearing this, he dared not say anything more.

I just answered yes lightly.

But I couldn't help but complain in my heart.

I don't know who the guest of the lady today is. The lady doesn't like to make friends. She has never taken the initiative to greet people at those informal gatherings, no matter what status the scholars are.

The last time the lady did this, she was welcomed by a man who was well versed in astronomy and astrology.

Could it be that some great man is coming to visit the Qu family today?

As the servant was thinking this, he suddenly heard a clear sound of a bronze bell not far away. He just turned his head to look outside and saw the lady beside him striding out.

The servants also quickly put away their thoughts and followed.

The carriage stopped.

The servant hurried forward and helped to move the footstool.

Qu Zhiwei stood aside, watching the curtain lift up and a familiar face appear before her. She looked at Xu Duanyi and snorted, "You are so arrogant that you made me wait for so long."

Xu Duanyi calculated the time and realized that he was not late.

But Qu Zhiwei always cherished her time, and she thought she had waited for her outside for a while longer and became anxious.

Xu Duanyi would not bother with these trivial matters.

Hearing this, he just smiled and said, "Take the cakes you like, and don't be angry with me."

The servant was still surprised when he heard the voice.

——The guest of their lady today is actually a female guest!

Their eldest lady usually doesn't interact much with her sisters at home, let alone the girls outside.

In these years, it has only been seen that the eldest lady has a better relationship with Princess Jiashun.

Could it be that...

The servant guessed in his heart, quietly raised his head and took a look.

I didn’t expect it to be true!

The servant's eyes widened with an expression of disbelief, and he stammered, "Princess?"

After he finished speaking, his knees felt weak and he quickly knelt aside to greet everyone.

Qu Zhiwei looked at this scene, frowned, and said "out of your league" in a cold voice. He ignored the servant and handed his hand to Xu Duanyi.

Xu Duanyi did not refuse.

She smiled and put her hand in Qu Zhiwei's palm, letting Qu Zhiwei help her get off the carriage.

"Let's go. I knew you were coming, so I prepared some good wine to celebrate." This book is exclusively compiled by the LK team. After she finished speaking, she glanced at the food box in Shi Yu's hand and snorted again: "I hope your pastries can live up to my good wine."

Xu Duanyi followed Qu Zhiwei towards Qu's mansion.

When she heard the word "wine", she thought of the promise she made to Xie Qingya that night.

Although she knew that what Qu Zhiwei prepared for her would definitely not be any strong liquor, Xu Duanyi still felt sympathetic and did not agree immediately.

"What?" This book is exclusively compiled for you by the LK team. Qu Zhiwei didn't hear her voice, and turned his head to look at Xu Duanyi beside him.

But he didn't stop walking.

When Xu Duanyi heard her voice, he put away his thoughts and said to Qu Zhiwei, "Don't rush to drink, I still have something to do."

Qu Zhiwei suddenly stopped, looked at Xu Duanyi, raised his eyebrows and asked, "Are you here to do business at my house?"

Xu Duanyi also stopped, looked at her and nodded.

Qu Zhiwei was never a stupid person.

She just doesn't like to spend too much time on meaningless things, but Xu Duanyi is not just another person, she is one of her few good friends.

It's a good idea to meet Xu Duanyi.

She was not angry with her, she just said, "I was just saying, you wrote to me out of the blue, well, I have nothing to do today anyway, so I'll stay with you."

Xu Duanyi was moved.

She said to Qu Zhiwei: "I really want to come and see you. Even if this matter had not happened, I would still come to see you. It's just that because of this matter, I came a little earlier."

Qu Zhi WeChat her.

If Xu Duanyi was also one of those people who are eloquent and full of cunning schemes, she would not treat her as a close friend.

He led her back inside.

Qu Zhiwei asked as he walked: "So what's going on?"

Before Xu Duanyi could say anything, a voice came from the front.

"princess!"

Fuqiu had been waiting at the gatehouse for news today. When she saw the princess coming with the eldest lady of the Qu family, she hurried over to them.

Although Qu Zhiwei usually didn't take care of the household affairs, she had taught at a girls' school for a few days in the past, so she knew who Fuqiu belonged to.

She only knew beforehand that her good friend was married.

As for who she was marrying, she only heard about it once and didn't take it to heart.

Anyway, her good friend is always sober and will not let herself marry badly.

Now hearing the maid's address, she finally realized who her good friend had married.

I didn't judge how Xu Duanyi married.

She just looked at Xu Duanyi and asked, "So you came here today for your sister-in-law?"

Xu Duanyi did not deny and nodded.

"Let's go in first." Xu Duanyi said.

She was afraid that the people over there would get wind of it first.

However, after entering Qu's house, Xu Duanyi still said to Qu Zhiwei: "You don't have to accompany me later. Go to your room and wait for me. When I'm done, I'll come and talk to you."

Qu Zhiwei sneered: "Why? Are you worried that it will be difficult for me to handle it later?"

Although he didn't know what exactly happened, Qu Zhiwei had guessed something from his friend's attitude.

Therefore, before Xu Duanyi could speak, she said, "Don't worry, there is no one in this family who can make things difficult for me."

Even her parents can't control her, let alone other people.

There is someone who can take care of it.

But her grandfather and she have always been on the same page.

If he knew that the people in their house dared to bully others, I'm afraid my grandfather would be even more disrespectful to them than she was.

Seeing her like this, Xu Duanyi stopped trying to persuade her.

The group walked towards the girls' school. On the way, there were indeed people who wanted to inform the police, but they were all captured by Fuqiu and Shi Yu in advance.

Haven't reached the girls' school yet.

Xu Duanyi suddenly heard a voice coming from the front: "I said, Xie Changning, didn't I tell you? Bring your copy of Wen Dajia's piano sheet today. Aren't we good friends? Why can't good friends even share this?"

I just heard this sound.

Xu Duanyi and his group all frowned.

Bi Xi, in particular, was so angry that she couldn't help shaking all over.

She clenched her fists, her face full of anger, and wanted to leave on the spot, but she was afraid of disrupting the princess's plan, so she could only lower her voice and whisper to Xu Duanyi: "Princess."

Xu Duanyi knew what she meant.

She nodded, and said to Shi Yu behind her, "You go too."

Shi Yu couldn't hold back since he knew about this yesterday. When he heard his master's order, he immediately ran out with a knife in hand.

After a while, several screams were heard over there.

"ah!"

"What are you doing!?"

"Let go, let me go! Ah, it hurts, you twisted my hand!"

Several little girls couldn't bear the pain and cried out immediately.

They didn't expect that they would encounter such a situation out of the blue.

My mind went blank and I had no idea what was going on.

One of them recognized Fuqiu's identity first and shouted to Xie Changning, "Xie Changning, let this slave of yours let go! Let go, it hurts me so much!"

Xie Changning was also shocked.

She was still dodging their shoves, but suddenly two figures emerged from the bamboo forest. This book is exclusively compiled by the LK team. She thought she was dazzled.

Then the few people who were pushing her with their hands were all taken down.

"Fuqiu, you..."

She also saw Fuqiu's figure at this time.

She also didn't expect Fuqiu to come over at this time. She had clearly told her before not to get involved in these matters, so as to avoid making things worse.

But before she could finish, another familiar voice rang in her ears.

"You are so young, but your mouth is so dirty. Why don't I brush it for you?" Shi Yu said, and then he grabbed the person who had just led the bullying of Xie Changning and wanted to send him to the tank next to him for viewing koi.

The woman was the third lady of the Qu family, named Qu Shang, and she was Qu Zhiwei's cousin.

Qu Shang never thought that someone would dare to treat her like this in her own home!

But she was like a little chick in Shi Yu's hands. No matter how she struggled, it was useless. Just when she was about to curse, someone recognized Shi Yu's face and asked in surprise, "Isn't she the maidservant next to Princess Jiashun?"

Qu Shang was about to curse "bitch".

Hearing this, she couldn't help but turn her head to look over. She had met Princess Jiashun with her cousin before, so she was naturally more familiar with Shi Yu's face than them.

“You, you…”

Her rosy little face suddenly turned pale.

Qu Shang's mind went blank. Where was the arrogant attitude just now? She wanted to ask why she was here, but she couldn't even utter a complete sentence.

Think of a possibility.

Her eyes suddenly widened and she stopped moving, not even caring that she was about to be sent into the vat.

The other women also had their own guesses.

Only Xie Changning stared at Shi Yu blankly, not realizing what was going on.

Why is Shi Yu here?

It was at this time that footsteps were heard in the bamboo forest.

When everyone heard the noise, they looked in the direction of the sound. They first saw Qu Zhiwei walking out from behind the bamboo forest with a sullen face. Among them, several girls from the Qu family turned pale with fear when they saw their eldest sister.

My eldest sister has the same personality as my grandfather, and sometimes she is even more serious than him.

They were always afraid of her.

I don't like to interact with this elder sister on weekdays.

Since she saw what happened today, her grandfather naturally couldn't keep it a secret either.

Just as everyone was feeling sad, they suddenly saw a beautiful and elegant woman in a yellow shirt behind her.

After seeing her face clearly, the group of people who had bullied Xie Changning before fell to their knees. Even Qu Shang, who was still in Shi Yu's hands, was so scared that she started shaking all over.

"Princess, Princess..."

A group of people looked at Xu Duanyi and murmured.

Only Xie Changning was still staring blankly at Xu Duanyi, without any reaction.

Xu Duanyi ignored the others.

She looked at Xie Changning, smiled and stretched out her hand to her, her voice as soft as the wind: "Why don't you come to my sister-in-law's place?"

Xie Changning is not stupid.

What was there for her to not understand at this point? Zhixiao's sister-in-law guessed that something had happened to her outside, so she followed her to the Qu family today.

Tears welled up in her eyes immediately.

I was pushed just now and didn't shed any tears, but now when I see the people I care about and who are close to me, I can't control my tears.

She trotted towards them, tears streaming down her face, and she choked with sobs as she called out, "Sister-in-law, sister-in-law."

Xu Duanyi held Xie Changning in his arms and stroked her back to comfort her.

When the rest of the people saw this scene, their faces naturally turned even paler.

They dared to bully Xie Changning, firstly because Xie Changning was easy to bully and never dared to complain to anyone; secondly, they thought that Princess Jiashun was not satisfied with this marriage and naturally would not stand up for Xie Changning.

Who would have thought...

They were all girls who were about the same age as Xie Changning, and they couldn't help but start to get scared.

Before Xu Duanyi could even question them, a group of people began to shirk responsibility.

Xu Duanyi ignored them.

She just held a handkerchief and wiped Xie Changning's tears. When Xie Changning had almost finished crying, she quietly told Shi Yu and Bi Xi: "Capture them first."