Chapter 20 Fake
When Xu Qingyan was sitting in the carriage with the gifts from the princess, returning to the Duke's Mansion in glory, Xu Qingyue was sitting in the carriage behind, almost biting her teeth off along the way.
Pei Jingyuan also had a gloomy face and was very unhappy about the accident that happened today.
When the two returned to the house, Pei Jingyuan slammed his hands heavily on the table, venting all his anger and saying: "This Xu Qingyan is really an eyesore! Not only did she steal the dowry, but now she has also ruined such an important thing!"
"So we have to find a way to get rid of her. As long as she dies, everything will be solved, and I can get my dowry back!" Xu Qingyue said hatefully as she sat aside.
"I'm afraid it's not that easy. Now father, mother and eldest brother like her very much. It may be difficult for us to take action." Pei Jingyuan said with difficulty.
Xu Qingyue couldn't help but frown when she heard this. "Is there no one in this huge Duke's Mansion who can control her? Oh, right, I heard that there is a lady in the Duke's Mansion before?"
Pei Jingyuan's eyes lit up instantly when he heard Xu Qingyue's words, and he said to Xu Qingyue: "Your words remind me that my grandmother and mother were very at odds a few years ago. Whatever she liked, my grandmother would definitely not like. However, my grandmother went to live in a temple two years ago and rarely came back. She just sent her monthly salary on time."
Xu Qingyue listened to Pei Jingyuan's words, thought for a moment and said, "Is there any way to get grandma to come back? Husband, what is grandma's attitude towards the prince? If she knew that the prince married a concubine, and she misunderstood that Xu Qingyan was scheming, would she hate Xu Qingyan even more?"
"My grandmother comes from a scholarly family and has very high standards for women. Xu Qingyan's background is indeed something she cannot bear. I can write a letter to tell her about the latest situation in the mansion, but as for whether she can come back, I cannot guarantee it." Pei Jingyuan thought about it and said uncertainly.
Xu Qingyue pinched her fingers, tilted her head and thought, and after a while she said, "If someone secretly robbed the monthly money sent to grandma, and then intercepted the letter she sent back asking for money, she would definitely be angry and come back immediately, right? Anyway, Xu Qingyan is still the housekeeper now, and she will probably blame her for doing something wrong."
"This is a really good idea, Qingyue, you are so smart!" Pei Jingyuan was delighted when he heard it, and immediately ordered someone to do it.
At this time, on the other side, Xu Qingyan didn't know that Xu Yunyue was starting to plot against her again. Since returning from the princess's mansion, she had spent a few days of comfortable and leisurely days in the mansion.
As for the housekeeper's affairs, Pei Jingchuan sent another capable young man to help, which made Xu Qingyan's job much easier.
At the same time, the second and third wives in the mansion also received an increase in their monthly salary and treatment, which made them very satisfied with Xu Qingyan, and no one bothered her anymore.
A few days later, the maid came to her in a hurry and said, "Madam, the old lady is back and wants you to go to the front hall right now."
Xu Qingyan replied to her, "I understand," and then stood up and went to the front hall.
When Xu Qingyan arrived, she saw the Duke, his wife, and Pei Jingchuan standing by with bated breath. All the people from the second and third rooms of the Duke's Mansion also came over.
There was an old lady with a sullen face sitting in the most honorable seat in the middle. When she saw Xu Qingyan coming in, before she even bowed to greet her, the old lady's eyes stared at her like a poisonous snake.
"Is this the prince's new wife married by Jingchuan? She is so rude and doesn't even know how to perform formalities when she sees an old man. This concubine's daughter from a poor family is so lowly!" The old lady didn't even wait for Xu Qingyan to perform the formalities before she started to speak harshly.
Xu Qingyan was speechless when she heard this, and muttered quietly: "It's funny, I was just about to salute, wasn't I? You scolded me before I knelt down to salute, and you are still scolding me? Is that unreasonable!"
Pei Jingchuan, who was standing by, was also quite dissatisfied with the old lady's words. He was about to say something but was stopped by the Duke.
Xu Qingyue and the others were standing on the other side at this time. When they saw Xu Qingyan being scolded, they felt like they finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Why don't you kneel down?" Seeing Xu Qingyan stunned and not moving, the old lady scolded her again.
Hearing this, Xu Qingyan knelt down helplessly and greeted the old lady, saying, "I, your granddaughter-in-law, greet you here. May you be healthy and well."
After Xu Qingyan finished speaking, she was about to stand up, but unexpectedly the old lady shouted coldly: "Kneel down, who told you to stand up!"
Xu Qingyan frowned when she heard this, and said in her heart: [Damn! Fake, why are you so fierce! Ugly people are really ugly, you are a character with no sense of existence in the book, but you are showing off? You are just a foot-washing maid, what is there to be proud of! However, the Duke is really pitiful, he doesn't even know that his own mother has died tragically, and now the one showing off in the Duke's Mansion is just a foot-washing maid wearing a human skin mask. ]
As soon as Xu Qingyan spoke, the bodies of the three people including the Duke froze instantly, especially the Duke's expression, which almost couldn't be tensed.
Pei Jingchuan was a little calmer. He knew that as long as Xu Qingyan said that the old lady in front of him was a fake, then it must be true, and the real old lady must have been killed by someone.
"Grandma, Qingyan was slightly injured when she rescued the princess some time ago. Her body is not suitable for kneeling for a long time. You should let her get up first!" Pei Jingchuan found an excuse and walked up to the fake old lady and said.
The fake old lady looked unprepared, but when she heard Pei Jingchuan actually used the princess to pressure her, she had no choice but to let Xu Qingyan stand up. If someone spread the news, she was afraid that the princess would come to support Xu Qingyan.
Although he let Xu Qingyan stand up, it didn't mean that he would let her go. This Xu Qingyan dared to cut off his silver without permission, leaving him with no money to spend in the temple.
So, she confronted Xu Qingyan and asked, "You just started to manage the family, and you actually have the guts to deduct my monthly salary!"
Xu Qingyan was a little confused when she heard the fake old lady's words. She explained, "Grandma, you must have misunderstood. My granddaughter-in-law didn't deduct the monthly salary. Everything is the same as before!"
After hearing what Xu Qingyan said, the fake old lady picked up a teacup and threw it at her, saying angrily: "You still dare to quibble. I didn't receive any money this month. I wrote back to ask for it, but you didn't respond, so I had no choice but to rush back from the temple!"
After hearing what the fake old lady said, Xu Qingyan couldn't help but wonder: "Now that the corrupt housekeeper Zhou is gone, who else would embezzle the money? Could it be that... this old lady is lying? After all, she has a lover in the temple, and that lover has another one outside, all of whom are supported by the old lady's money. Could it be that the lover asked her for money, and she didn't have enough, so she came back to cheat money?"
The Duke and the others were extremely shocked when they heard Xu Qingyan's words. Looking at the fake old lady, they thought: Isn't the old lady in seclusion in the temple? How come she has a lover?
They wanted to continue listening to Xu Qingyan talk about the follow-up, but suddenly Xu Qingyan stopped talking.
When the Duke saw Xu Qingyan stop talking, he said anxiously, "Why don't you continue? Tell me what happens next!"
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