Chapter 8 Xu Mansion
"I didn't know that my wife could be bullied by even a servant in your Xu family. Today really opened my eyes!" Pei Jingchuan said sarcastically, then squatted down and picked up Xu Qingyan.
Xu Qingyue and the others also caught up one after another, but when they saw Pei Jingchuan angrily holding Xu Qingyan in his arms, their pupils froze and they all knew that things were messed up.
"Sister, what's wrong with you? My mother and I were just away for a while. What exactly happened here?" Xu Qingyue pretended to be ignorant and walked forward to ask with concern.
"Hmph! What else happened? Don't you know what happened? You are always pretending to be innocent. You are really good at acting!" Xu Qingyan did not say anything, but secretly complained in her heart.
Pei Jingchuan frowned slightly, looked at Xu Qingyue meaningfully and said, "This mere servant of the Xu family wants to kill the wife of the prince. I don't know who ordered her to do so."
Xu Qingyue and Pei Jingyuan couldn't help but feel a little nervous when they heard this. Pei Jingyuan asked awkwardly, "Brother, is there any misunderstanding here?"
"Misunderstanding? Do you think I'm deaf?" Pei Jingchuan sneered.
Lord Xu, who was standing nearby, was so frightened after hearing Pei Jingchuan's words that he quickly stepped forward to reprimand the old woman: "How dare you! Someone, take her away and sell her off!"
He absolutely could not offend the prince because of an old woman. Although Xu Qingyan had no feelings for him, the prince was very angry now, so he had to do something.
Madam Xu did not refute when she heard what Lord Xu said. Although she was heartbroken that she was about to lose a confidant, who could blame that little bitch Xu Qingyan for being so lucky to be met by the prince? If she didn't get rid of this old woman quickly, she would definitely be implicated later, and that would be troublesome.
How could Pei Jingchuan give up so easily? Seeing that several servants were about to drag the old woman away, Pei Jingchuan sneered: "This matter has not been figured out yet, why is Lord Xu so anxious to sell her? In any case, my wife is the daughter of the Xu family, whether she is legitimate or illegitimate, she cannot be bullied by a servant. Now even this servant is so arrogant, I am very curious about the reason behind it."
"Young Master, this..." Upon hearing this, Lord Xu felt a cold sweat breaking out on his back and didn't know how to explain it for a moment.
Madam Xu was angry and afraid, and smiled with a guilty face, "I'm sorry to make you laugh, young master. This woman is an old lady in the mansion, and she is used to being arrogant. Before the Crown Prince's wife got married, she was honest and timid at home, so this woman often bullied her. This time, she probably saw her coming home and wanted to take advantage of her, thinking that the Crown Prince's wife was still as easy to bully as before, so she dared to be so bold! We really didn't know, otherwise we would have taught her a lesson!"
"Really?" Pei Jingchuan asked quietly, with disbelief clearly written on his face.
"If the young master doesn't believe it, then you can let this unruly slave confess herself. If she dares to tell a lie, I will sell her whole family!" Mrs. Xu smiled embarrassedly and gave the old woman a warning look.
When the old woman heard about her whole family, her heart died instantly. She knew that she would die today no matter what, but if she dared to betray her wife, then her children would also be sold.
Suddenly, she seemed to be crazy and started to curse at Xu Qingyan: "I just can't stand her. She is a concubine's daughter and she dares to snatch the eldest lady's marriage. She seems to be submissive on weekdays and often gives me money. Now she is the wife of the prince, she must be even richer. Of course I want to make a lot of money from her! But who could have expected that this little bitch would not listen...ah!"
Before the old woman finished her words, blood flowed from the corner of her mouth. It turned out that Pei Jingchuan had thrown a stone and hit her in the face.
Hearing Madam Xu's words just now, he could naturally hear her threat. The lives of this old woman and her family were in her hands. She would definitely take on this matter today. Since he couldn't do anything to Madam Xu, he didn't want to waste any more time.
So, Pei Jingchuan sneered and said, "A servant of the Xu family dares to be so arrogant and doesn't take the wife of the prince seriously. It seems that we dare not come to the Xu family easily in the future!"
"Young Master!" Lord Xu shouted in panic and wanted to continue explaining and trying to please him, but Pei Jingchuan quickly picked up Xu Qingyan and strode out.
"What on earth did you just do?" Pei Jingyuan couldn't help but question Xu Qingyue angrily when he saw what was happening.
Xu Qingyue bit her lip and said unwillingly: "We were just asking her for a dowry, but we didn't expect that she would take advantage of marrying the young master and ignore us!"
This was indeed something they had not expected. After all, before she got married, Xu Qingyan in their eyes was clearly as timid as a mouse.
They thought that as long as they forced her, she would obediently hand over the dowry, but who would have thought that she would become like this!
"You said she still refuses? She is not even afraid of your mother?" Pei Jingyuan asked doubtfully.
Not getting the dowry back was indeed a loss for him. And how could the Xu Qingyan he knew before suddenly become so difficult to deal with? This was also something he couldn't figure out.
"Yes, she doesn't take us seriously at all now. Mother was almost mad at her just now." Xu Qingyue said angrily.
"Forget it, let's go back first and talk about this later. Now I just hope that big brother doesn't suspect anything because of this." Pei Jingyuan sighed and pulled Xu Qingyue to chase after him.
At this time, on the other side.
Pei Jingchuan carried Xu Qingyan onto the carriage and gently lifted her skirt. When he saw the bruise on her ankle, he took out a medicine bottle from the secret compartment of the carriage and reached out to help her apply the medicine.
[Wow... The young master is so good to me! What kind of god-like husband is this? Not only did he save me from danger, but he also applied medicine to me so gently! He is much better than my two maids. It's a pity that such a good young master only has two years left. No! I must find that mysterious doctor and let the young master live!] Xu Qingyan was so moved by Pei Jingchuan's actions that she almost shed tears.
It was the first time she felt cared for after entering the book.
When Pei Jingchuan heard her cheers, he couldn't help but curl the corners of his lips slightly, then he remembered the maid she had just mentioned, and immediately reacted.
"By the way, where are your two maids? Why aren't they following you and protecting you?"
"Their indentures are still in the Xu Mansion." Xu Qingyan curled her lips.
Pei Jingchuan's face darkened when he heard this and said, "We don't keep maids from outside in our Duke's Mansion. Since you are so disloyal, then don't go back."
He had thought that her maidservant contract was in her hands and had not expected this to happen. Now that this had happened, the two maids naturally could not be kept.
Coincidentally, at this moment, the two maids sent by the Xu family to take care of Xu Qingyan came back. Just as they were about to go forward to take care of Xu Qingyan, they were suddenly kicked away.
"The people from the Xu Mansion should stay here. Our mansion doesn't lack servants!" Pei Jingchuan said sternly.
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