"Absolutely not."
"My mother would never do this to me. She...would never sell me out. I am her only daughter. It must be that man who lied to me!" Shen Qingqing quickened her pace and headed straight for the second floor.
"You agreed to sell your daughter to me, but she ran away."
"No, Qingqing has a good personality, and I'm her mother. I raised her since she was a child. She wouldn't do such a thing. This must be a misunderstanding."
"Misunderstanding? Look at the wounds on my face. They were caused by your daughter. She even wanted to kill me! If I hadn't brought the elixir with me, I would be dead now!
As for you, our deal is over! You can forget about that divine elixir either."
As soon as the words fell, the tightly closed door opened. Shen Qingqing held the sword and looked at the two people inside in disbelief.
Her originally pretty face turned pale, and her whole body was trembling. She stared at her mother with wide eyes in disbelief, "Mom, you, you...are actually going to sell me out!"
She had just been convincing herself that it must be a misunderstanding.
But unexpectedly, she heard the truth of the matter with her own ears.
"What did you sell? Qingqing, how could you say that?"
Madam Shuiyue was not at all panicked when her conversation was overheard. Instead, her face darkened. "Qingqing, what did I tell you last night? I told you to get along well with Master Lu. But look at what you did?"
She walked up to Shen Qingqing and angrily shouted, "But you actually injured Master Lu. Come here and apologize to Master Lu immediately!"
Shen Qingqing widened her eyes.
The shock on his face deepened.
This is her mother? !
Not only did he sell her out, he even asked her to apologize to the man who wanted to molest her?
"Shen Qingqing! Can't mother call you anymore?!"
Seeing that she didn't move, Madam Shuiyue became a little angry, "Go and apologize to Master Lu immediately!"
Shen Qingqing raised her head stiffly, looking at her completely unfamiliar mother. She cried out in anger, "Mom, are you still my mother?! I am your biological daughter, how could you do such a thing?!"
"What's going on? Master Lu was invited here by my mother after much effort. He's our honored guest, but you treat him like this?! Shen Qingqing, have all the things I taught you over the years been thrown away?"
Shen Qingqing's eyes widened after being yelled at suddenly.
From childhood to adulthood, her mother never yelled at her, let alone spoke to her in such a tone.
"Shen Qingqing, your father had an accident, leaving us alone as an orphan and a widow. For so many years, your mother has worked hard to raise you, giving you the best education, and even giving you everything you wanted. But what have you done now?!"
"Mom is just asking you to help with a small task, but you still refuse?"
Do something?!
Selling her off and making her serve a man in his sixties, you call that a small matter?!
How could she have such a horrible mother!
Shen Qingqing trembled and tears fell uncontrollably, like beads falling from a broken string.
"Qingqing, mother knows you have always been my good daughter."
Madam Shuiyue stepped forward, held her hand, and coaxed her softly, "Over the years, you've never once caused me to worry. You've always been my most sensible and proudest daughter. The happiest thing in my life is having a daughter like you."
"I've never asked you for anything in all these years. Just think of it as being for me, for me, okay?"
For her? So he let her sacrifice herself?!
Shen Qingqing was so shocked that she even slapped Madam Shuiyue's hand away. She stepped back, shaking her head and muttering, "No, it's impossible. Don't even think about it!"
"I'm your daughter, how could you do such a thing?!"
"It's because you're my daughter that I can only count on you!" Madam Shuiyue was also furious. "Shen Qingqing, I raised you up, and this is how you treat me? How can you be so selfish?!"
"Selfish? I'm selfish?!"
There is no mother in this world who would sacrifice her daughter. If we talk about selfishness, she is the only one who is selfish. Shen Qingqing sneered, "Since you think I'm selfish, then I will be selfish to the end. I tell you, don't even think about asking me to serve this old man!"
Shen Qingqing turned and left angrily.
Madam Shuiyue tried to catch her, but she pushed her away.
Even Madam Shuiyue fell to the ground. Shen Qingqing wanted to pull her up, but thinking about what had just happened, she walked out with a gloomy face. Unexpectedly, she saw a familiar figure.
Xuanyuan Che received the news.
I heard that the alchemist who provides elixirs to Jiutian Auction House is in Qinxiang Tower.
So he dressed up specially and came over secretly.
Because of the "wild boar" incident last time, his reputation in the imperial city was not very good. Although he had silenced the people, Si Fei seemed to be deliberately opposing him.
As soon as he comes out of Prince Ding's Mansion, Si Fei will appear and give him a wild boar!
He was so angry that he stayed in Prince Ding's mansion for several days without going out.
I didn't expect to see Shen Qingqing walking down from the second floor as soon as I came in. After not seeing her for a while, Shen Qingqing's face seemed to have looked a little better.
She was already good-looking and had a delicate personality, a little white flower that needed protection. Now her eyes were red and her cheeks were rosy, which made her look even more sympathetic. Xuanyuan Che's heart softened immediately.
"Qingqing, what's wrong with you?"
"Why are your eyes so red? Have you been wronged?"
The man's words were a little gentle, and Shen Qingqing suddenly felt a surge of grievance in her heart, "Prince Ding, I..."
She was really abandoned by everyone during this period. She lost her reputation in the competition, was kicked out of the Bai family, and broke off her engagement with Prince Ding. She was like a rat crossing the street, insulted by everyone, and even her mother who loved her the most wanted to sell her out.
It was rare for someone to care about her now, so Shen Qingqing didn't care about anything else. She rushed over and hugged him, crying, "Prince Ding, wuwuwu."
"What's wrong? Don't cry."
"If you have anything to say to me, I will make the decision for you."
"I, I..." Shen Qingqing hesitated whether to speak or not, but Madam Shuiyue's voice came from the other side, "Qingqing, stop being angry, come up and apologize to Master Lu!"
"Prince Ding, my mother bullied me and wanted to give me to someone else." Shen Qingqing burst into tears again, "Prince Ding, you must help me. You are the only one I have left now."
"What? There's such a thing?"
Xuanyuan Che's face suddenly darkened. He saw Madam Shuiyue coming downstairs from the corner of his eye, and he quickly sent his guards to stop her. "Even a tiger won't eat its own cubs, but I never thought a mother like you could be so cruel!"
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