Chapter 108 All Expected

Mrs. Huo turned around and saw Qiao Chushan staring at Mrs. Xu. She couldn't help but speak with a hint of jealousy.

"You're staring at me. You can't see clearly sitting here. Why don't you sit in your daughter's seat, which is right in the middle and more convenient for you to see people."

Qiao Chushan turned around helplessly .

She knew that he had no intention of doing that to Mrs. Xu, but he always managed to talk about it in this way.

It's been so many years.

Even when he didn't know the truth, he never stopped in Mrs. Xu's yard.

Mrs. Huo didn't buy it.

When he married her, it was Qiao Chushan himself who said that he would never take a concubine in his life.

These were his promises. What's wrong for a man to keep his promises?

In other words, if a man can't even do what he said, what kind of man is he!

Qiao Chushan was even more helpless.

He diligently put a piece of roasted suckling pig into Mrs. Huo's bowl and coaxed her.

"This suckling pig is roasted crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. It tastes great. Try it."

He had no choice.

He just liked his wife's overbearing and unreasonable appearance.

Because he knew that this was a manifestation of Mrs. Huo's care for him.

If one day, when he looked at other women, Mrs. Huo could remain calm, then he would really doubt Mrs. Huo's feelings for him.

Qiao Niannian knew that her parents had a good relationship. Seeing that her mother did not give face to her father, Qiao Niannian could not help but feel sorry for her father, but she would not say much.

This is the way of husband and wife.

They are so sweet!

The sweetness here, in Qiao Niannian's eyes, was the love between father and mother, but in Xu's eyes, it was extremely dazzling.

Although Xu didn't like Qiao Chushan in her heart, she was Qiao Chushan's woman now, but Qiao Chushan didn't give her any face, which made Xu very uncomfortable.

At least, in the past, Qiao Chushan was mostly very gentle when he saw her.

Qiao Yueying was even more so.

She looked at Huo and Qiao Niannian with endless resentment. If she had a knife in her hand, she would have wanted to take the knife and stab the two of them.

But she was her father's child.

Just because Qiao Niannian was a legitimate daughter, she had to be pampered.

And she was a concubine's daughter, so she had to be despised.

Since she was a child, Qiao Chushan took the initiative to bring all the good things he had to Qiao Niannian.

But she had to fight for everything she wanted.

Qiao Niannian didn't have to pay anything, but she had to pay everything.

Qiao Yueying hated him to death.

The hatred in her eyes almost became real.

"Yueying."

Aunt Xu was frightened by Qiao Yueying's eyes, and then called her.

Qiao Yueying came back to her senses.

Her eyes swept across Yuan Buluqi opposite, and immediately suppressed the hatred in her heart.

She shouldn't argue with Qiao Niannian now.

Anyway, after today, Qiao Niannian will completely become her foil.

Thinking of this, Qiao Yueying breathed a sigh of relief and patted the back of Xu's hand soothingly.

"Aunt, don't worry, I'm fine."

Aunt Xu didn't move or speak.

Because whether she said or acted, it was not what she really meant.

After a brief interlude on Qiao Niannian's side, Yuan Buluqi and Emperor Jing'an exchanged a few pleasantries and got down to business.

"Your Majesty, I heard that people in Daxia are good at music. I happen to be a music lover. On the way here, I heard that the daughter of the Marquis of Mingyuan Mansion is an excellent zither player. I wonder if I can play a piece for her."

"Who is the daughter of the Marquis of Mingyuan Mansion?"

Everyone's eyes fell on Qiao Chushan, and they were a little confused.

How could they not know that the daughter of the Marquis of Mingyuan Mansion was an excellent zither player.

The emperor also looked at Qiao Chushan, and he saw Qiao Niannian, who was sitting on the seat, well-behaved.

Qiao Niannian blinked her well-behaved eyes at the emperor, and then set her eyes on Qiao Yueying.

The emperor directly pointed to Qiao Chushan: "My dear Qiao, I wonder which daughter of your family is good at playing the piano."

Qiao Chushan said in a crisp voice: "My concubine's daughter, Qiao Yueying, has loved playing the piano since she was a child."

Qiao Yueying was stunned.

Isn't it Qiao Niannian?

Qiao Niannian has been learning music from a teacher since she was a child. She has a very good talent in this area and is often praised by her teacher.

Qiao Yueying used to secretly envy Qiao Niannian. Later, in order to surpass Qiao Niannian, Aunt Xu found a master for her.

But she usually practiced the piano secretly, and Qiao Chushan didn't know.

So when the emperor asked, Qiao Chushan should naturally answer Qiao Niannian.

After Qiao Niannian went up and embarrassed herself, she made her move again, shocking everyone, including Qiao Chushan and Mrs. Huo.

But what did Qiao Chushan just say? He said that she was a great piano player.

Not to mention Qiao Yueying, even Aunt Xu herself was confused.

She taught Qiao Yueying to play the piano, and no one in the whole mansion knew about it except Qiao Chaosheng. Why did Qiao Chushan mention Qiao Yueying?

Before the two of them could figure it out, the emperor directly mentioned Qiao Yueying's name.

"Qiao Yueying, since Prince Yuan Buluqi likes it, why don't you play a song for him!"

Xu finally reacted and looked at Qiao Chushan: "Master, Yueying can't play the piano."

At this time, her irony was somewhat useful.

Qiao Chushan didn't look at Xu, but at Qiao Yueying: "Yueying, you really can't play the piano?"

Qiao Yueying didn't know how to answer for a moment.

If she answered no, she would not have the opportunity to play today.

The answer was that she would go up and play the piano immediately.

But this was not at all what she had planned before.

In the end, Qiao Yueying had no choice but to go up.

Although she would feel a little regretful if she could not defeat Qiao Niannian, her status in the mansion was getting worse and worse. If she did not perform well, everyone would only remember Qiao Niannian, the daughter of Mingyuan Marquis Mansion.

Who would remember her, Qiao Yueying?

On the high platform, the queen mother did not expect that Prince Yuanbuluqi of Yue State was talking about Qiao Yueying. She did not know that Qiao Yueying could play the piano.

Thinking of the time when she was chanting scriptures in the Taoist temple, she was bitten on the calf by a poisonous snake that came in from the back mountain. If Qiao Yueying had not sucked out the venom with her mouth, she would probably have died of the poison.

Seeing that Qiao Yueying was a little nervous, the Queen Mother could not help but comfort her.

"I have never heard Yueying's zither, so I am going to enjoy it today."

After saying that, she looked at Mrs. Huo with dissatisfaction.

She had warned Mrs. Huo before, asking her to treat Qiao Yueying well, and Mrs. Huo agreed at that time, but today, at the Mid-Autumn Palace Banquet, Qiao Yueying and Mrs. Xu were both wearing old clothes.

Old clothes that had been washed many times.

Even at the palace banquet, they were dressed like this, which showed that Mrs. Xu and Qiao Yueying's life in the Marquis' Mansion was not easy.

Qiao Yueying was her savior, and Mrs. Huo knew it.

But she still treated Qiao Yueying like this, which was simply not taking her words seriously.

The Queen Mother had decided to settle accounts with Mrs. Huo after the palace banquet.

Qiao Yueying felt much better after being comforted by the Queen Mother. She bowed to the Queen Mother and sat down in front of the piano stand.

Qiao Niannian saw this scene and couldn't help but sigh.

[Qiao Yueying's method is still as effective as before. It seems that the Queen Mother is already dissatisfied with my mother. After the palace banquet is over, she will definitely ask my mother about it.]

Mrs. Huo was stunned when she heard it, and then looked at the Queen Mother, and saw that the Queen Mother was staring at her with dissatisfaction!