Chapter 049 Chapter 49

It is located in the central hall of a girls' school.

Xu Duanyi and Qu Zhiwei each sat in a main seat, while Xu Duanyi arranged for Xie Changning to sit a little behind him.

Not far.

If you turn your face slightly, you can see it.

As for Qu Shang and others, they were all standing in the house with their heads buried.

There were seven people in total, three of whom were daughters of the Qu family, and the other four, like Xie Changning, came to study at the Qu family.

These girls all come from relatively good families.

Naturally, he has a pretty bad temper.

The group of little girls who usually were arrogant and loved to gather together to bully others, now all kept their heads down, trembling with fear, and did not dare to look directly at Xu Duanyi who was sitting in the upper seat.

A maid came over and served them tea.

Xu Duanyi asked someone to bring some cakes to Xie Changning, and then looked at Qu Zhiwei beside him.

Qu Zhiwei knew what she wanted to say.

She spread her hands and said, "Don't look at me. You can judge me however you want. I won't interfere."

As soon as she said this, Qu Shang and the other two couldn't help but raise their heads.

They originally thought that their cousin was here. Given the relationship between their cousin and the eldest princess, the eldest princess had to give their cousin some face.

I didn't expect my cousin to say this...

The three young girls, who had been spoiled since childhood, finally couldn't help themselves and looked at Qu Zhiwei, pleadingly calling out, "Cousin..."

They must be really scared now.

I thought that even if I was scolded by my cousin and grandfather, it would be better than making a scene outside.

What's more, the person they are facing now is Princess Jiashun.

If she really scolded them...

How will they still have face if this gets out?

However, Qu Zhiwei still had that unapproachable look on his face, and had absolutely no intention of speaking for them.

Not only that.

She also said directly to Qu Shang and the other two with a cold face: "Don't call me. If you want me to intervene, I will call people to use family law."

As soon as the word "family rules" was uttered, Qu Shang and the other two turned pale.

The Qu family's family rules were revised by their grandfather himself, and they were not something that ordinary people could bear.

Their faces turned pale and they dared not speak for a moment.

Qu Zhiwei was irritated by them and started to mock the three of them: "I usually ask you to study, but why did you study so much that you just end up with nothing?"

"As the master of the Qu family, not only do you not know how to treat guests properly, but you even dare to team up with others to bully others. I think you really need a lesson!"

As Qu Zhiwei spoke, he really got angry and wanted to call for someone to take them to the ancestral hall.

I planned to wait for my grandfather to come back and report the matter in person, asking him to handle the matter.

But before he could finish his words, a series of chaotic footsteps were heard outside.

As soon as she saw the two leading people, Qu Zhiwei frowned secretly, and she turned to look at Xu Duanyi beside her.

Although Xu Duanyi seldom came to the Qu family.

But she also knew what the ladies of the Qu family looked like.

There are three wives in the Qu family.

The eldest lady of the first house was Qu Zhiwei's mother, but she was in poor health and had been kept in the house all year round. She had a somewhat distant relationship with her husband and daughter, not to mention other people.

Xu Duanyi had only met her twice.

The head of the Qu family today is the second wife of the Qu family, who is also the mother of the leader Qu Shang.

The other one is the wife of the third wife, who is also the only illegitimate wife in the Qu family.

There is a pair of girls below, they are the daughters of Mrs. Qu San.

Xu Duanyi had dealt with these three ladies before.

Mrs. Qu usually worships Buddha and doesn't care about worldly affairs. She has a rather aloof personality and doesn't like to see people.

Mrs. Qu Er is very good at networking and making friends and dealing with people.

Every time Xu Duanyi attended a banquet, if there were people from the Qu family, it would definitely be the Second Madam Qu who would come forward.

As for Mrs. Qu San, her family was not of high status, so she always followed Mrs. Qu Er's actions and always followed her lead.

The relationship between sisters-in-law cannot be called really close.

The two people leading the group now are the wives of the second and third branches of the Qu family, and they are also the mothers of the three girls of the Qu family.

Feeling Qu Zhiwei's gaze looking at me.

Seeing her frowning impatiently again, Xu Duanyi smiled at her.

She had expected this, so she was not surprised.

Seeing her like this, Qu Zhiwei said nothing more.

After the two ladies of the Qu family came in, she stood up and greeted them in a lukewarm manner.

This would be a normal time.

Qu Zhiwei's two aunts would definitely be sarcastic about Qu Zhiwei's attitude, but today, they were not in the mood to do so.

He didn't even bother to talk to Qu Zhiwei.

Mrs. Qu Er walked in front and heard a wronged "mother" as soon as she came in. This book is exclusively compiled by the LK team. Mrs. Qu Er looked in the direction of the voice and saw her daughter, who had always been raised in a pampered way, turning her head to look at her. She saw that her eyes were red and her face was full of tears. Not only that, but even her clothes were wet with sleeves and skirts for some reason.

Mrs. Qu took a breath of cool air.

But this was not the time to talk about this, and Mrs. Qu Er did not dare to openly defend her daughter in front of Xu Duanyi.

Therefore, she only glanced at him and then looked away, not paying any attention to her. Instead, she turned to Xu Duanyi who was sitting in the upper seat and bowed, saying, "Princess."

She had heard that Princess Jiashun had arrived, so she came over to greet them.

He thought that if his daughter Shang'er could be looked after and guided by the eldest princess, it would not be difficult for her to find a good marriage in the future.

But he never expected that halfway through the journey, he would hear that his daughter had been captured by Her Royal Highness the Princess.

After further inquiries, I found out.

The girl from the Nan'an Palace was actually bullied by her daughter!

He was caught red-handed by the eldest princess...

When she heard the news, she almost fainted, but she managed to hold on and hurried over with her third brother's wife, as they were afraid that the matter would become too big a fuss and that the princess would really punish their daughter.

If this matter really gets out of hand, how will Shang'er be able to save face in the future?

The one who was particularly offended was Princess Jiashun, who was the most favored by Empress Dowager Zhaoyu. It became difficult to find a good husband for her in the future.

Mrs. Qu thought that they were the elders after all.

Come here first to confess your crime and beg for mercy, then the matter can be let go and nothing will be done.

Therefore, after the ceremony, before Xu Duanyi could speak, Madam Qu II rushed to Xu Duanyi and continued, "We just heard about this halfway through the journey, and we really couldn't believe it. Although it's normal for women to get angry and quarrel, after all, Shang'er and the others were at fault first, so it's inevitable that the princess is angry."

After Madam Qu Er finished speaking, she turned her head and shouted to Qu Shang behind her: "Why don't you come over here, kneel down, and give gifts and apologize to the princess and your sister Xie!"

Qu Shang usually acts like the king among this group of girls and is very arrogant.

But at this moment I am really scared.

Bewildered.

This book is exclusively compiled for you by LK team. She did not dare to disobey her mother and hurried over.

Now I can't remember that I have always looked down on Xie Changning.

When Mrs. Qu San saw this scene, she also shouted to her two daughters: "You two evil beasts, what are you still doing? Come over and kowtow to the princess and apologize!"

Xu Duanyi did not say anything to stop them. He let the three men kneel down, but he did not respond to what Mrs. Qu said.

She just held a cup of tea and drank it slowly with her eyes lowered.

She didn't speak.

Naturally, no one dared to speak.

The room suddenly became quiet.

Mrs. Qu Er was a little at a loss when she saw her like this, but she also realized that it would be impossible to let this matter go lightly.

She also didn't expect that their eldest princess would value her sister-in-law so much.

Isn't it said that the relationship between this couple is not good?

If she had known this earlier, she would have warned Shang'er every day to take good care of the girl from the Xie family.

Who knows, you might even win the favor of the eldest princess.

How could it be like this now...

But it's no use regretting it now.

Mrs. Qu gritted her teeth, and suddenly, she knelt down as well.

When Qu Zhiwei saw this scene, he frowned.

She stood aside, looking at her second aunt, without saying a word.

"In the final analysis, this matter is due to my failure to discipline my children strictly, which caused such a thing. If Your Highness is angry, you can punish me as you please, and I will not say a word!"

Mrs. Qu San saw her second sister-in-law like this, hesitated for a moment, and wanted to kneel down as well.

But before her knees completely bent, Xu Duanyi spoke indifferently to Shi Yu who was behind him.

"Go and help the Second Madam up."

He still held the tea bowl in his hand and had not put it down.

Shi Yu immediately agreed and stepped forward.

Mrs. Qu Er originally wanted to kneel down and not get up, hoping to force Xu Duanyi to let the matter go, but as a woman in the inner house, how could she be a match for Shi Yu?

Shi Yu didn't even have to put in much effort to lift the person up easily.

Just like what I said before about her daughter.

This attitude is really embarrassing.

Mrs. Qu has always valued her reputation, so her expression turned a little unhappy on the spot. However, because of Xu Duanyi, she did not dare to lose her temper and could only hold it in.

Mrs. Qu San, who was standing next to her, was afraid that she would be treated like this, so she bent her knees and stood up straight without being told.

She doesn't have much of her own opinion.

Seeing that her second sister-in-law was at a loss, she didn't know what to do anymore.

The first shot is shot.

At this moment, she simply said nothing, lowered her head, and stood aside without saying a word.

"Second Madam has come up here and is apologizing and admitting her mistakes, but I would like to ask you, do you know what Xiao Ling'er has done?" Xu Duanyi said as he put the teacup aside, then sat leisurely looking at the Second Madam Qu in front of him.

"This……"

When Mrs. Qu Er heard this, she couldn't help but become a little suspicious.

Naturally, she didn't dare to say she didn't know.

她先前一來就說了，此刻若說不知，也實在太過牽強了一些。

何況她這女兒，私下是個什麽樣，她也不是不清楚。

她平日事情繁多，也無暇管她。

何況她也相信裳兒的分寸，不會鬧出什麽大事，更不會讓旁人知曉，哪想到今日這麽不巧，竟會被嘉順長公主看到……

但要說知道。

那她這個當人娘的，還是屈家的當家夫人，就實在太不應該了。

她心下遲疑，一時不知道該怎麽回答，才比較好。

徐端宜見她如此，倒是也沒有逼着她回答，只又同人說了一句：“我先前不去喊二夫人，便是想着孩子們做錯事，那就由她們自己解決，但既然二夫人和三夫人這會都來了，那我也不介意把這事說與兩位夫人聽一聽。”

“兩位夫人聽完之後，再決定該如何做，可好？”徐端宜語氣溫和，還是平時那副好脾氣的模樣。

但屈二夫人卻覺得自己的後背，立刻變得涼津津的。

後背幾乎是立刻竄起了一股涼氣。

從前只聽說，這位長公主是再好脾氣不過的人，幾乎沒人見她生過氣，可如今看來，這好脾氣也分人。

她的确好脾氣。

坐在那，既不發怒，也不訓斥，還是那副沉靜溫柔的笑臉。

可就是這樣軟和如水的一個性子，卻愣是讓人找不出什麽好法子去應對。

只能聽憑她的吩咐。

屈二夫人沒了法子，自然只能點頭稱是。

徐端宜看了一眼芙蕖。

芙蕖明白王妃的意思，立刻走上前，把昨日于臨風閣中與王妃說的那番話，又重新在這說了一遍。

“自兩年前開始，屈家三娘子便開始夥同自己的兩位堂妹，欺負我家女郎。”

“最開始是因為我家女郎下棋下得好，她們便開始故意堵着我家女郎的路，推搡、辱罵，還故意把我家女郎的東西扔掉，為得就是不想讓我家女郎，在課堂上受先生的誇贊……”

她每說一個字，底下衆人的臉色便難看一分。

這下就連另外四個女娘，也都軟着身子，跪在了地上。

她們雖然不是，最開始欺負謝長寧的人。

但之後，不管是被屈裳脅迫威逼也好，還是自己也想欺負也好，總歸，她們也是對人作了惡。

一行七個小女娘，此時皆慘白着臉，跪在地上，顫顫巍巍打着擺子。

屈家兩位夫人的臉色，也都變得不好看起來。

屈三夫人跟着白了臉，身子也跟着軟了，若不是身邊有婢子扶着，恐怕她這會也得軟在地上。

屈二夫人雖不似屈三夫人那般，卻也有些撐不住了。

她死死掐着自己的手背，好讓自己冷靜下來。

雖然知道裳兒的脾氣，但她也沒想到，裳兒竟然從兩年前就開始欺負人了……

之後芙蕖把這兩年發生的事，與衆人全盤托出。

起因不過是些女娘之間的嫉妒争扯，但其行為之惡劣，已足夠令人側目。

徐端宜早在芙蕖說話的時候，便輕輕包握住了謝長寧的手。

此刻感覺到她身形的僵硬，便安撫似的，輕輕拍了拍她的手背。

謝長寧被安撫着，紅着雙眼，看了徐端宜一眼。

見她眼中俱是柔軟安慰，她那不安的心，似乎也漸漸變得平和起來。

屈知微卻是發了脾氣。

她雖知曉端宜今日過來，替她那小姑子做主，必定是她這幾個蠢妹妹做了對不住人的事。

先前在竹林，她也不是沒瞧見。

但沒想到，她們竟然會這麽惡劣。

故意冷落、為難、孤立那謝家的小女娘，但凡人顯出一點才能，被人誇贊，便嫉妒生恨，要人掩蓋壓抑自己的才華，要她們一直都是頭籌才好！

屈知微平生最厭惡的，便是這樣的人。

人可以不聰明，卻不該惡毒成這樣，更不應該脅迫旁人，讓旁人遮掩自己的才華，好讓自己一直被衆人贊譽。

便是平時瞧見這樣的人，屈知微都不齒與其為伍。

更不用說，這還是她屈家的女娘，她的堂妹！

“我們屈家怎麽會養出你們這樣的東西！”屈知微冷臉怒斥，全不顧這兒還有她兩個長輩。

她只覺得丢人至極。

“自己不足，不去努力攻克學習上進，只想着要把別人拉下來，我們屈家就是這麽教你們的？我看你們也別姓屈了，改明日就給自己換個姓，免得傳出去，壞了祖父的名聲！”

她這話有些嚴重了。

至少屈家那兩位夫人，聽不得這樣的話。

嘉順長公主那，她們不敢說，但對于屈知微，即便她深受公爹的喜愛，但說到底也還是他們屈家的晚輩。

屈二夫人故意沉默不語。

屈三夫人卻受不了屈知微這話，當即便扯開嗓子，沖着人嚷道：“知微，你這說得都是……”

話還沒說完，就被徐端宜出聲打斷了。

“屈三夫人，現在是在說幾個孩子們的事。”

屈三夫人一聽她說話，當即臉色一變，哪裏還有剛才的怒不可遏？

她不敢再吱聲了，忙低頭答着是，便把看向屈知微的不滿目光，又給收了回來。

徐端宜也沒理她。

那七個人，以屈裳為主。

而這屈家兩位夫人，自然也有做主的那個。

徐端宜看着屈二夫人問：“二夫人如今聽完了，覺得這事該怎麽處置？”  本書由LK團隊為您獨家整理　　屈二夫人知道今日之事，想善了是沒法子了。

她心下思緒百轉千回。

忽然，她咬着牙，轉頭朝屈裳看去。

“娘？”

屈裳不解擡頭。

忽然，她瞧見一向疼愛她的母親，拉着她起來後，又高舉起手。

大約是從未經歷過這樣的事情。

屈裳一時竟反應不過來，她娘究竟要做什麽。

倒是謝長寧緊張地攥緊了徐端宜的手，有些不敢看的，側過頭。

徐端宜也蹙了眉。

她一面安撫地輕拍謝長寧的手背，一面看着前面的母女倆，淡淡說道：“二夫人想打罵自己的孩子，還是帶回去再教訓，這裏人多眼雜，小女娘臉皮薄。”

“何況我今日來屈府，要得也不是這樣的結果。”

屈裳這會才反應過來，她娘要對她做什麽，她一臉不敢置信的樣子，瞪着眼睛，看着她娘問道：“娘，您、您要打我？”

屈二夫人此時煩不勝煩。

對着自己這個從小疼愛長大的寶貝女兒，也失去了最後的耐性。

要不是這混賬玩意，惹出這樣的事，她又何必在這被人訓斥？到現在還搞不清楚狀況，還來問她這樣的話。

但凡是個聰明些的，這會就該哭着下跪，對那長公主和謝家的女郎道歉了。

偏她生了這麽個糊塗玩意！

屈二夫人沒理會屈裳，卻也沒再打她，她松開手，果斷地跟徐端宜說道：“這孽畜做出這樣的混賬事，是臣婦管教不嚴，長公主想怎麽處置就怎麽處置，臣婦絕無二話！”

“娘……”

身後屈裳又在喊了。

屈二夫人沒理她，她很聰明，知道什麽最重要。

何況她膝下，不僅只有這個女兒，女兒的名聲前程重要，可她丈夫、兒子的前途更重要！

她自然知道該選擇什麽。

屈裳見到此景，也知曉她娘是不準備幫她了，她再次軟倒在地上，整個人就如被抽走了魂魄一般。

哪裏還有從前的精氣神？

徐端宜沒立刻說話，而是轉過頭問謝長寧。

“長寧。”

她輕聲喊人。

謝長寧呆呆看着徐端宜，眨了眨眼，才幹巴着嗓子出聲：“嫂、嫂嫂，怎，麽了？”

徐端宜柔聲問她：“你是想嫂嫂替你做主，還是自己來解決這件事？”

她把決定權交給她。

謝長寧目露遲疑，這還是她第一回，被人這樣詢問。

她骨子裏還有些膽怯。

但在嫂嫂那雙柔軟明眸的注視下，謝長寧又想起當日嫂嫂與她說的那番話，猶豫片刻，她忽然捏着自己的小拳頭，說：“我、我想，自己來。”

這倒是令人驚訝。

不說旁人，就連芙蕖也驚訝地看了一眼自己的主子。

顯然沒想到女郎竟會有這樣的決定。

徐端宜倒仍是目光柔和地看着她，臉上神情也未有什麽變化。

“好。”

她把決定權交給謝長寧後，便果真沒再管這事，由着她做主去。

謝長寧仍舊捏着拳頭。

她鼓起勇氣看向面前的那群人。

從前她瞧見就要躲着走的那些人，這會全都跪在地上，與她眼神相接時，她們反而先驚得躲開了臉。

就跟從前的她一樣。

身份互換。

謝長寧的心裏，卻并沒有大仇得報的感覺，也并不覺得興奮。

她只是第一次，認認真真看向她們。

她忽然覺得，這些人，其實也沒那麽可怕。

“你、你們跟我，道歉。”

她開了口。

衆人吃驚，別說地上的屈裳等人，就連屈二夫人也驚訝地朝謝長寧看去，似乎沒想到她的要求，竟然這麽簡單。

“女郎……”

身後傳來芙蕖的聲音。

她皺着眉，覺得女郎實在太好說話了，對付這樣的人，豈能這樣輕拿輕放？但未等她繼續說，便見王妃偏過臉，看了她一眼。

immediately.

Fuqiu also fell silent.

"What are you still standing there for? Why don't you apologize to Miss Xie?" Mrs. Qu Er was the first to react and hurriedly spoke to Qu Shang and others behind her.

Mrs. Qu San also reacted and shouted along.

For a moment——

The room was filled with the voices of women apologizing.

Mrs. Qu waited for them to finish apologizing, then hurriedly and shamelessly said to Changning, "Changning, is this all right? Do you have any other instructions? Auntie is here today and will definitely make the decision for you!"

Xie Changning did not respond to her.

She was nervous and subconsciously pulled Xu Duanyi's sleeve again.

Xu Duanyi turned around and looked at her.

Under Xie Changning's dependent gaze, she said softly, "Say whatever you want to say, do whatever you want to do, sister-in-law is here."

As a result, Xie Changning's nervousness dissipated a lot.

She summoned up her courage again.

First, he said to Mrs. Qu Er: "I, I have something else to say, let's talk to them."

She was no longer in a hurry this time.

He was no longer like before, when people laughed at him for speaking slowly, he would blush and stutter even more.

Mrs. Qu Er would not stop her, and hurriedly said, "You can say whatever you want, and Auntie will make the decision for you!"

Xie Changning glanced at Xu Duanyi again.

At her nod and smile, Xie Changning held her sister-in-law's hand and stood up.

She looked at Qu Shang and the others and said, "I, I was afraid of you before, but I, will no longer be afraid of you in the future."

"I will not take revenge on you either."

"I won't be like you. I will still come to school in the future. I will study hard. I won't hide it just because you don't like it!"

"If you want to surpass me, then you should study hard on your own. Your method is wrong."

"I, I look down on you!"

This was the first time she spoke so much in front of so many people.

His body had already gone stiff, his face was extremely red, and his heart was beating so fast, as if it would jump out of his throat at the next moment as she spoke.

After she finished speaking, she could no longer hold it in, her face flushed, and she sat back down.

She still held her sister-in-law's hand and refused to let go, and it was obvious that she was still nervous.