Chapter 458 Qiao Xi's tough counterattack

"Mrs. Huo, please stay!"

The housekeeper hurried over, stood in front of Qiao Xi and said respectfully, "Please stay, our master would like to see you in the study."

Mrs. Guan was dumbfounded: "Old housekeeper, are you mistaken? Why would the father-in-law ask a little girl to do this?"

Even the guests watching were full of surprise.

Qiao Xi looked at Madam Guan, whose face had turned pale, and the sobbing idiot from the Guan family, and raised her lips: "Invite me? But your Madam was so rude that she asked the servant to chase me away."

Does she seem like someone who can be summoned at will?

If she just followed him to the study room, it would be a disgrace to the Huo and Liu families in Haicheng!

When she arrived in the imperial capital, she represented more than just the name Qiao Xi!

Sun Wei said loudly, "Yes. This idiot is mad at us, and there is a troublemaker stirring up trouble. Madam Guan wants to drive us away without any reason. We don't want to stay in this unlucky place."

Lu Yan angrily asked: "Who do you say is the shit-stirring stick?"

"It's up to whoever responds."

"Everyone!" The housekeeper tried to smooth things over. "Everyone, please stop arguing. Madam Huo, it's all because of our Guan family's poor hospitality that you've been wronged."

Madam Guan hugged her silly son and said angrily: "Old housekeeper, look at how Wenli was beaten! Why are you still speaking in her favor? Father-in-law loves Wenli the most. Are you sure?"

"Oh ma'am!"

The housekeeper was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot. "Please stop talking!"

Seeing the housekeeper's attitude, Qiao Xi was even more certain that Master Guan wanted to see her for something. Even Mrs. Guan didn't know about this.

Qiao Xi's face was cold and her voice was slow: "Butler, we will not attend the birthday banquet. Since I came to the imperial capital, I may have learned the pettiness of Master Lu and always like to haggle over small matters."

"You..." Lu Yan didn't expect that he would be the one being scolded.

Qiao Xi rolled her eyes and ignored her.

Sun Weimeng also assisted: "Let's go! I don't want to stay in this crappy place anymore. Unless someone can apologize in a nice way, then maybe I can stay if I'm in a good mood."

"You...you..." Mrs. Guan pointed at them with her well-maintained nails, "You beat my son and you want me to apologize? Dream on!"

"Madam! Please just give in." The housekeeper was so anxious that he jumped up and down. He had no choice but to walk up to her and said a few words in a low voice.

Never thought.

After hearing those words, Mrs. Guan opened her mouth and looked at Qiao Xi in surprise.

The old housekeeper said earnestly: "Madam, this is a distinguished guest invited by the old master. Our young master usually lifts his skirt, but today's incident sounds strange. We will find out after the old master's birthday banquet. The most important thing now is to keep this person. Just... apologize!"

Mrs. Guan's expression was distorted.

She just said something harsh and now she wants to apologize. Where is her face?

But thinking of what the housekeeper said just now...

She must get this apology!

She endured the pain and walked in front of Qiao Xi, lowering her posture and said, "Mrs. Huo, I was too impulsive and frightened you. I'm sorry. Please don't bother with someone like me. You are a distinguished guest invited by my father-in-law, and you are a distinguished guest of our Guan family."

She gave in.

There is some sincerity in his tone.

Seeing Qiao Xi remained silent, Madam Guan gritted her teeth and bowed: "I was wrong, please come in."

Everyone looked at them curiously, wondering what the housekeeper had said to Mrs. Guan that actually made Mrs. Guan, who was usually arrogant and protective of her own people, bow her head.

Qiao Xi knew when to stop and knew when to stop.

A soft voice sounded: "Then please lead the way."

"good!"

The butler wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and almost drove away the master's distinguished guest.

Fortunately! Fortunately!

"Mrs. Huo, please come this way. Let's go to the study first..."

"Um."

Qiao Xi followed him and left, and Lao Chen followed suit.

Sun Weimeng fell behind and looked at Lu Yan and cursed: "I was wrong when I said you were a shit stirrer. You are just a piece of shit who likes to harass people everywhere."

After saying this, he put his hands behind his back and walked away in a nonchalant manner.

Lu Yan's face was gloomy and he was burning with anger.

He thought that by using Guan Shazi, he could make Mrs. Guan, who loved her son dearly, kick Qiao Xi out of the banquet, and then she would lose face in the imperial capital. No matter how high her status was, she would be looked down upon.

Everyone would say that it was a joke that the traditional Chinese medicine apprentice from Haicheng was kicked out of the Guan family birthday banquet!

But I didn't expect the situation to take such a dramatic turn.

What did the old butler say to Mrs. Guan?

Seeing the lively guests disperse, Xiang Ze walked up to him and whispered, "The most important thing tonight is not to deal with Qiao Xi. Don't forget the instructions of the elders at home. We have to take down Guan Jingtan."

"Don't worry, Brother Ze. I have already arranged everything, just wait for it to happen. But I always feel that there is something wrong..." Lu Yan keenly noticed that there was something fishy going on.

"Let's check after the birthday banquet is over. Let's first find out where Guan Jingtan is."

"knew."

…

Night fell and the sky became completely dark.

Qiao Xi followed the butler into the banquet hall, holding up the hem of her skirt. The guests around her were stunned when they saw this unfamiliar face.

Then he quickly resumed the conversation, but the focus of the topic became Qiao Xi, and he would occasionally observe her out of the corner of his eyes.

The Guan family's old steward has always been very thorough and polite in his work, but he is too respectful to Qiao Xi, which is really strange.

Qiao Xi passed by the crowd, and there was a faint, refreshing fragrance in the air.

She could vaguely hear words like "Cinderella", "Chinese medicine apprentice", and "Mrs. Huo".

The housekeeper respectfully led her up the stairs made of golden nanmu wood.

"You're welcome."

"Um."

Qiao Xi followed him to the second floor and found that the layout here was unique, worthy of being a former royal palace.

The housekeeper led her along the stairs and turned two corners. Through the carved and hollowed wooden windows, she could see the artificial lake and other small courtyards inside the palace. The scenery at night was very beautiful.

The housekeeper introduced: "This is the Hundred Steps View. Every window has a different view, and the four seasons are also different. You can almost see all the scenery of our Guan family by going around. The place where Xiangfei bamboo is planted is the residence of the eldest lady, and to the left is a servant's room.

The old man’s study is in front, and there are other staircase exits here.”

Qiao Xi took a look and found that there were indeed several exits.

"You two, can you please stay? Our old master only wants to see Mrs. Huo."

The butler looked at Lao Chen and Sun Weimeng politely and stood in front of them.

"I have to protect the safety of the young lady and cannot leave."

"I also promised Huo Xingzhou. Who knows if the old man from the Guan family is a rogue?"

The housekeeper was in a dilemma.

Qiao Xi comforted her softly, "It's okay, I'll go in by myself. You just wait for me at the door, and I'll call for help if there's any danger." She had several silver needles hidden on her skirt, so she could save herself.

Qiao Xi would not look down on him just because he was a 70-year-old man.

Old men nowadays are also very powerful.

Old Chen nodded: "Then Madam, please be careful. We will stand here and will never leave."

"Um."

The housekeeper then knocked on the door and reminded, "Master, the distinguished guest has arrived."

After a moment, he slowly opened the heavy wooden door and invited Qiao Xi in.

Qiao Xi pursed her lips and walked inside alone.

The heavy door behind me slowly closed.