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 are now 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 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 became a little suspicious.
Naturally, she didn't dare to say she didn't know.
She had said it when she first arrived, so it would be a bit too much to say she didn't know now.
Besides, she knew what her daughter was like in private.
She is busy on weekdays and has no time to take care of her.
Moreover, she believed that Shang'er would not make any big trouble and would not let others know. But she never expected that today, Princess Jiashun would see her...
But to say you know.
For her, as a mother and the head lady of the Qu family, this is really inappropriate.
She was hesitant and didn't know how to answer.
Seeing her like this, Xu Duanyi did not force her to answer, but just said to others: "I didn't call the second lady before because I thought that if the children did something wrong, they should solve it themselves. But since the second and third ladies are here now, I don't mind telling them about this."
"Madams, please listen to this and then decide what to do, okay?" Xu Duanyi said in a gentle tone, still looking good-tempered as usual.
But Mrs. Qu Er felt her back immediately become cool.
Almost immediately, a chill ran down my back.
In the past, I only heard that the eldest princess had the best temper and almost no one had ever seen her angry. But now it seems that this good temper depends on the person.
She is indeed good-tempered.
Sitting there, neither angry nor scolding, but still with that calm and gentle smile on his face.
But it is such a soft and gentle temperament that makes people unable to find any good way to deal with it.
I can only follow her orders.
Mrs. Qu had no choice but to nod in agreement.
Xu Duanyi glanced at Fuqiu.
Fuqiu understood what the princess meant, and immediately stepped forward and repeated what she had said to the princess in Linfeng Pavilion yesterday.
"Since two years ago, the third lady of the Qu family has teamed up with her two cousins to bully our daughter."
"In the beginning, it was because my daughter was good at chess, so they started to deliberately block her path, push her, insult her, and even throw away her things. They just didn't want her to be praised by the teacher in class..."
With every word she spoke, the faces of the people below became uglier.
Now the other four girls also fell to their knees on the ground.
Although they were not the ones who initially bullied Xie Changning.
But afterwards, whether they were coerced or threatened by Qu Shang, or they wanted to bully others, in the end, they did evil to others.
The seven little girls in the row, all with pale faces, knelt on the ground, trembling and waving their hands.
The faces of the two ladies of the Qu family also turned ugly.
Mrs. Qu San's face turned pale and her body became limp. If she hadn't had a maid to support her, she would have fallen to the ground.
Although Mrs. Qu Er was not as bad as Mrs. Qu San, she was also unable to hold on any longer.
She pinched the back of her hand tightly to calm herself down.
Although she knew Shang'er's temper, she didn't expect that Shang'er had actually started bullying people two years ago...
Afterwards, Fuqiu told everyone everything that had happened in the past two years.
The cause was nothing more than a jealous dispute between some girls, but the behavior was so bad that it was enough to attract attention.
Xu Duanyi had already gently held Xie Changning's hand while Fuqiu was speaking.
Feeling the stiffness of her body at this moment, he patted the back of her hand gently as if to comfort her.
Xie Changning was comforted, his eyes red as he glanced at Xu Duanyi.
Seeing the tenderness and comfort in her eyes, her uneasy heart seemed to gradually calm down.
Qu Zhiwei, however, lost his temper.
Although she knew that Xiao Duanyi came today to make the decision for her sister-in-law, she believed that her stupid sisters must have done something wrong.
She had seen it before in the bamboo forest.
But I didn't expect them to be so vicious.
They deliberately neglected, made things difficult for, and isolated the little girl from the Xie family. Whenever someone showed a little talent and was praised, they would become jealous and hateful, and they wanted others to cover up and suppress their own talents, and they wanted them to always be the first!
The kind of people Qu Zhiwei hated most in his life were people like this.
A person may not be smart, but he should not be so vicious, and he should not coerce others and let others cover up his own talents so that he can always be praised by everyone.
Even if he saw such people in normal times, Qu Zhiwei would not associate with them.
Not to mention, this is the girl from her Qu family, her cousin!
"How could our Qu family raise something like you!" Qu Zhiwei shouted angrily with a cold face, not caring that her two elders were present.
She just felt extremely embarrassed.
"You think you are not good enough, and instead of working hard to learn and improve yourself, you only want to pull others down. Is this what our Qu family taught you? I think you should stop using the surname Qu and change your surname tomorrow, so that it won't get out and ruin your grandfather's reputation!"
Her words were a bit serious.
At least the two ladies of the Qu family couldn't bear to hear such words.
As for Princess Jiashun, they didn't dare to say anything, but as for Qu Zhiwei, even though she was loved by her father-in-law, she was still the younger generation of their Qu family after all.
Mrs. Qu Er deliberately remained silent.
Mrs. Qu San couldn't stand what Qu Zhiwei said, and she immediately opened her voice and yelled at everyone: "Zhiwei, what you said is..."
Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by Xu Duanyi.
"Mrs. Qu San, we are talking about the children now."
When Mrs. Qu San heard what she said, her face changed immediately. Where was the fury she had just now?
She didn't dare to say anything else, and quickly lowered her head and answered yes, then she withdrew her dissatisfied look from Qu Zhiwei.
Xu Duanyi ignored her.
The seven people were led by Qu Shang.
Among the two ladies of the Qu family, naturally one of them makes the decision.
Xu Duanyi looked at Mrs. Qu and asked, "Now that you have heard what has happened, how do you think we should deal with this matter?" This book is compiled exclusively for you by the LK team. Mrs. Qu knew that there was no way to make peace with what had happened today.
Her mind was full of thoughts.
Suddenly, she gritted her teeth and turned to look at Qu Shang.
"mother?"
Qu Shang couldn't help but raise his head.
Suddenly, she saw her mother, who had always loved her, pulling her up and raising her hands high.
Probably never experienced anything like this before.
Qu Shang was unable to react for a moment. What on earth was her mother going to do?
Instead, Xie Changning nervously held Xu Duanyi's hand, and turned his head away, not daring to look.
Xu Duanyi also frowned.
She patted the back of Xie Changning's hand soothingly while looking at the mother and daughter in front of her. She said calmly, "Second Madam wants to beat and scold her own child. You should take her back and teach her a lesson. There are too many people here and the little girl is shy."
"Besides, I came to Qu's house today, and I didn't expect such a result."
Qu Shang only realized what her mother was going to do to her. She looked incredulous, staring at her mother and asked, "Mom, are you going to hit me?"
Mrs. Qu was extremely upset at this time.
He also lost his last bit of patience towards his precious daughter whom he had loved and raised since childhood.
If it wasn't for this idiot who caused such a thing, why would she be scolded here? He still doesn't understand the situation, and he still asks her such questions.
If anyone was smart, he would have knelt down and cried and apologized to the princess and the girl from the Xie family.
But she gave birth to such a stupid thing!
Madam Qu Er ignored Qu Shang, but she didn't hit her again. She let go of her hand and said decisively to Xu Duanyi: "This evil creature did such a stupid thing because I didn't discipline him strictly enough. The princess can deal with him however she wants, and I won't say no!"
"mother……"
Qu Shang was shouting again behind him.
Mrs. Qu ignored her. She was very smart and knew what was most important.
What's more, she has more than just this daughter. Her daughter's reputation and future are important, but the future of her husband and son is more important!
She knew what to choose.
When Qu Shang saw this, she realized that her mother was not going to help her, so she fell to the ground again, as if her soul had been taken away from her.
Where is the former spirit and energy?
Xu Duanyi did not speak immediately, but turned around and asked Xie Changning.
"Changning."
She called out softly.
Xie Changning stared at Xu Duanyi blankly, blinked, and then spoke in a hoarse voice: "Sister-in-law, sister-in-law, what's wrong?"
Xu Duanyi asked her softly, "Do you want your sister-in-law to make the decision for you, or do you want to solve this matter yourself?"
She left the decision to her.
Xie Changning looked hesitant. This was the first time she was asked this question.
She is still a little timid at heart.
But under the gaze of her sister-in-law's soft and bright eyes, Xie Changning remembered what her sister-in-law had said to her that day. After hesitating for a moment, she suddenly clenched her fist and said, "I, I want to do it myself."
This is surprising.
Not to mention others, even Fuqiu looked at her master in surprise.
Obviously he didn't expect the girl to make such a decision.
Xu Duanyi continued to look at her gently, with no change in his facial expression.
"good."
After she handed over the decision-making power to Xie Changning, she really stopped caring about the matter and let her make the decision.
Xie Changning still clenched his fists.
She mustered up her courage and looked at the group of people in front of her.
Those people whom she would have avoided in the past were now all kneeling on the ground, and when they made eye contact with her, they turned their faces away in fear.
Just like she used to be.
Identity exchange.
Xie Changning did not feel any sense of revenge, nor did he feel excited.
It was the first time she really looked at them.
She suddenly felt that these people were not that scary after all.
"You, you guys come to me and apologize."
She spoke.
Everyone was shocked, not to mention Qu Shang and others on the ground, even Mrs. Qu looked at Xie Changning in surprise, as if she had not expected her request to be so simple.
"Girl..."
Fuqiu's voice came from behind.
She frowned, thinking that the girl was too easy to talk to. How could she be so gentle with such a person? But before she could continue, she saw the princess turned her head and glanced at her.
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.
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