Chapter 115 Setting Up the Trap
Xia Xue's stomach instantly turned upside down. When she thought of the face of the wife of Dingbei Marquis,
That's enough.
Qing Ping paused for a moment and continued, "Later, I heard them say that the Queen Mother wanted us to slowly disappear."
"Slowly disappearing?" Xia Xue repeated.
"Yes, that's what they said. Lady Dingbei also said~ and also said~"
"What?"
"She said she wanted to send me to the Queen Mother. The Queen Mother likes my type the most. If the Queen Mother saw me, she would definitely not let Ouyang Du marry me." Qing Ping said with tears in her eyes.
"Depend on!"
Xia Xue couldn't help but swear. What's the so-called open-minded customs in the south? It's simply nonsense!
It seems that the wife of Marquis Dingbei really loves her son. Xia Xue thought, since the wife of Marquis Dingbei wants to ruin the marriage so much, and Qingping is also preparing to cancel the engagement, why not let the Marquis Dingbei's mansion bring it up?
"Qingping, do you care about the impression that the wife of Marquis Dingbei has of you?" Xia Xue asked.
"The engagement is about to be called off, what else do you care about! Besides, if it is really like what the wife of Marquis Dingbei said, and Qingping is sent to be the queen mother to be pampered, Qingping might as well die." Qingping looked as if dead.
It was bad enough that she was sent to the southern country by her family to marry into the family in order to serve as a foundation for her eldest sister. But before she even arrived, she was almost framed for being pregnant before marriage. She finally cleared up the misunderstanding with the help of Xia Xue, but ended up jumping into the next fire pit.
It is so painful to have no control over anything and to have your destiny controlled by others all the time!
"If you don't mind, then we will set a trap for the wife of Marquis Dingbei!" Xia Xue said calmly. She remembered that Marquis Dingbei said that day that it was extremely difficult to enter the Southern Kingdom Palace. Even he had reported it again and again, so in the end only they entered the palace that day, and Marquis Dingbei was not summoned.
The wife of Dingbei Marquis doesn't like Qingping so much. If they add some more ingredients, the wife of Dingbei Marquis, who loves her son as her life, will definitely find a way to see the Queen Mother. She can't get in, but it doesn't mean that the Queen Mother can't get out~
A naughty gleam flashed in Xia Xue's eyes.
Three days later, Xia Xue had Xia Chun basically figured out the whereabouts of Marquis Dingbei. Because he inherited 10,000 elite soldiers from the old marquis, Marquis Dingbei went to the training ground during the day and came back around 3:30 in the evening to have dinner.
Recently, the wife of Marquis Dingbei has been in conflict with Marquis Dingbei over the matter of his eldest son. The two of them live in separate courtyards and have not seen each other for nearly three days.
The wife of Marquis Dingbei led a simple and regular life. She gossiped every morning and listened to opera every other afternoon. The opera she listened to most often was "The Drunken Concubine" because one of her old lovers was in the troupe of "The Drunken Concubine".
On days when I don’t have opera, I go to the small garden after lunch to stroll around and play with the parrots.
Xia Xue laughed when she heard this. The wife of Marquis Dingbei could also be considered "romantic", although all her lovers were women.
Counting the days, today should be the day to play with the parrot.
"Meng Ya, let's go!"
Meng Ya was confused.
Xia Xue raised her eyebrows and muttered quietly for a while.
On the other hand, after finishing her meal, the wife of Marquis Dingbei suddenly felt very depressed. The prince's marriage has always been a thorn in her heart. Why would a woman like that marry such an outstanding son?
The most infuriating thing was that she didn't know what the Marquis was thinking. He actually agreed and even took the initiative to ask the Emperor to set a date, which really pissed her off.
I had been thinking of going to the palace to beg the Queen Mother one day, but before she could even start her petition, the Marquis, who had an inappropriate mind, messed things up.
The more I thought about it, the more depressed I became, and I lost my appetite for lunch.
"Madam?" The head maid looked at her unhappy face and was a little worried.
"Please take it away. I'm going out for a walk." Lady Dingbei Marquis waved her hand.
"I will accompany you!"
"No need!" After saying that, the wife of Marquis Dingbei walked out by herself.
The head maid looked at the back of Marquis Dingbei's wife and sighed.
Madam has been reluctant to let them follow her recently, and I don’t know if they have made any mistakes.
Lady Dingbei was walking and sighing when she suddenly saw two figures sitting beside the lotus pond.
These servants are becoming more and more outrageous. They even dare to slack off here in broad daylight!
The depressed Lady Dingbei seemed to have found an outlet and walked over quickly.
"Miss, you said that the wife of Marquis Dingbei is really discerning. She looks down on Princess Qingping. Could it be that she knows?" Meng Ya said with her back to the wife of Marquis Dingbei.
The wife of Marquis Dingbei was stunned. Anyone who called her "the wife of Marquis Dingbei" must be from Da'an. Who in their mansion dared to call her that?
Was it her keen eyes that the maid just mentioned? Did she also mention Qingping?
Thinking of this, Lady Dingbei Marquis stopped and hid behind the nearest locust tree.
"Tsk~" Xia Xue looked around seriously.
The moment she turned around, Mrs. Dingbei saw clearly that it was the woman who had ridiculed her to pieces! How despicable!
"Don't say that for sure. Be careful, there are ears on the other side of the wall. After all, this is not Da'an. If the wife of Marquis Dingbei knew about Qingping, she would definitely ask for a break-off on the engagement." Xia Xue's voice was not loud, but it was loud enough for the wife of Marquis Dingbei to hear.
A hundred questions popped up in the wife of Marquis Dingbei's mind. What was going on?
"Alas, I heard that Princess Qingping had a pitiful life story. She was abandoned by her biological parents when she was young. Later, Prince Li adopted the princess for the sake of good fortune. But since the adoption of the princess, Prince Li's mansion has fallen into decline. Now it is not even as powerful as a second-rank minister. Moreover, I also heard that this time, the prince of Dingbei is the princess's third engagement. Is it true or false?" Meng Ya said seriously.
"Oh, it's true." Xia Xue sighed. "The princess is indeed pitiful. Because of her adoption, Prince Li's palace has been in trouble. Later, they invited a master to try to resolve the situation, but the master said that the princess had a hard life and would bring bad luck to her husband and mother. They had no choice but to find a former student of Prince Li who won the first place in the imperial examination and got engaged to the princess. But who knew that the first place in the imperial examination fell into the water and died just over a month after the engagement."
The wife of Marquis Dingbei, who was hiding behind a locust tree, opened her mouth wide. She had always believed in the theory of Yin and Yang and the Five Elements, and she immediately felt something was wrong.
Meng Ya was also shocked and covered her mouth. "What about the princess's second marriage?"
"One of the masters said that the princess was too strong-willed and that the civil officials could not resist her, so he asked Prince Li to quickly find a military official to arrange the marriage.
Because of the matter of the top scholar, who would dare to get engaged? After asking around, only the deputy general guarding the city of Seabuckthorn was willing to marry Prince Li, so he took the initiative to ask for her hand in marriage. "
"And then?"
"Prince Li was grateful to this deputy general and wanted to promote him, but he had no reason, so they proposed to suppress the bandits. You have to know that there are still bandits around the capital. They are just pretending."
"Indeed, Kyoto is prosperous and the gangsters dare not gather openly. So what then..."
"Then~" Xia Xue sighed again and said slowly, "It's weird. They encountered a wolf on the way to suppress the bandits, and the deputy general was bitten to death..."