Chapter 872
In the following days, Huo Zhao canceled his morning and evening greetings, and finally got a good night's sleep.
However, Qi Jing was not in a good mood.
Because she spent huge sums of money, Granny Liu, who guarded the side gate, was only concerned with collecting the money and wouldn't let her go at all!
You should know that Qi Jing didn't bring much silver with her this time, but Granny Liu was like a bottomless pit. No matter how much silver Qi Jing threw in, she couldn't hear a sound.
Qi Jing could no longer tolerate it. This time, when she went to the old woman again, she didn't bring any money. Instead, she immediately questioned her, "Old Woman Liu, what do you mean by taking money without doing anything?!"
Granny Liu leisurely cracked melon seeds, and upon hearing this, she glanced at the woman from head to toe: "What do you want me to do? When you gave me the money, didn't you say that you were only giving me some money because you couldn't bear to see this old woman working so hard? You didn't say that I should do anything for you!"
"If I had known you weren't getting this money for nothing, I wouldn't have taken it!"
Qi Jing was so angry that smoke was practically billowing from her head.
That's just one way of saying it!
Otherwise, she couldn't just openly accept the money and say that she was there to win people's hearts, could she?
Besides, Qi Jing didn't believe that Granny Liu hadn't encountered something like this before, so why was she pretending to be confused in front of her now?!
However, given Granny Liu's seemingly impervious attitude, Qi Jing didn't dare to do anything to her.
After all, if this matter blows up and reaches Huo Zhao, he won't side with her.
Therefore, Qi Jing had no choice but to swallow her anger, turn around and leave, never to return.
Granny Liu smugly spat the melon seed shells from her mouth onto the ground.
Little girl, you still want to fight with her?
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Qi Jing was so bored staying in the Marquis's mansion that she was practically growing mushrooms. She tried everything she could but couldn't leave the mansion, and she became completely listless.
She calmed down, but outside, Doukou was also a little confused.
After all, she knew Qi Jing to some extent and knew that Qi Jing was not an easy person to deal with, but Qi Jing had been too quiet for so many days.
It was so quiet it was almost eerie.
So on that day, Doukou sent Huo Zhao an invitation and paid him a visit.
Huo Zhao instructed Jixiang to personally go to the front and bring Doukou to the backyard.
Looking at Doukou's slightly protruding belly, Huo Zhao said, "Why did you come all the way here in person? You should move around less now that you're in such a condition."
"There's something on my mind that I can't let go of, something I think about day and night. If I don't come to see you, I'm afraid I won't be able to sleep well when I get back."
"Is it that serious? Tell me about it."
Doukou looked around and lowered her voice, saying, "It's about... Miss Qi. She hasn't been making any moves lately, and I'm worried that she might have other plans, so I came over to ask her about it."
As soon as she finished speaking, Ji Xiang and Le An exchanged a glance and burst out laughing.
However, there was a hint of bitterness in that smile.
"Don't worry, she won't bother you anymore."
Huo Zhaodao.
Huo Zhao's words were so certain that Doukou became even more puzzled.
Seeing this, Jixiang said, "That Miss Qi used some tricks and is now the young master's concubine. The young mistress also personally warned her not to have any improper thoughts and instructed everyone in the mansion not to let her go out."
Hearing Jixiang's words, Doukou's eyes widened even more: "Qi Jing has become a concubine?! But, but wasn't she already—"
Doukou stopped speaking abruptly, but the fear in her eyes was still very real.
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