Chapter 73 Xing Dairong's Strategy for the Qin Family
Just looking at Xing Dairong makes me annoyed.
In the past, because of her, Qin and Cheng Yunshuo had fallen out with each other several times, so how could they be in a good mood?
If Xing Dairong didn't have a child, she would have kicked her out of the house long ago, no, she would have beaten her to death.
A person who cannot clearly see his own identity and status.
Xing Dairong listened to Qin's stiff tone, a trace of hatred flashed across his eyes, and he lowered his head more respectfully, "Madam is right, Dairong was wrong."
"If you make a mistake, you will have to stand for half an hour."
Qin didn't even give her a step and just cleaned up the mess.
She treats her concubine not like Lu Lingyun, she treats her concubine the way she wants.
She picked up the embroidery again and continued to embroider as if Xing Dairong was not in the room, chatting and laughing with Lu Lingyun.
"Yun'er, your embroidery is really amazing."
"I used to love embroidering to kill time."
"I can't learn it. When I was a girl, my family hired someone to teach me, but I still couldn't learn it." Qin could only embroider the simplest patterns and couldn't learn any more.
However, Qin was the legitimate daughter of the Duke's Mansion and would marry and become a mistress in the future. Embroidery was just a way for her to pass the time.
No need to bother.
If she could embroider easily and achieve something, that would make her happy enough.
Her words fell into Xing Dairong's ears, and a light flashed in Xing Dairong's eyes.
While Mo Yue was drinking a cup of tea, Xing Dairong cried out and staggered a little. Qiu Kui hurried forward to support him.
Their voices startled Qin, who raised her head in dissatisfaction. Before she could say anything, Xing Dairong spoke.
"I'm fine. I can still stand. Don't let Madam think I'm being hypocritical."
Qin sneered. This little trick was fooling her. However, she was a concubine of a different generation. Xing Dairong was pregnant with her son's child. She glanced at Xing Dairong and said, "Okay, sit down."
Xing Dairong quickly thanked Qin, "Thank you, Madam."
After she sat down, Qin began to lecture her, "You are now the concubine of the mansion. I can forgive you for all the things that happened in the past, but you must admit your mistakes when you know them."
"Yes, Dai Rong knows his mistake."
Xing Dairong responded.
"As a concubine, you must follow the rules of a concubine. You are not allowed to seduce the prince again."
"Yes, Dai Rong knows."
"You must take your young lady as your master and not disobey her."
"yes."
There were several responses in succession, and this abnormal behavior made Lu Lingyun very surprised.
How come, being grounded for a month really changed her personality?
Lu Lingyun looked at Xing Dairong, who was sitting on the chair and seemed to be more well-behaved. It was surprising that she no longer looked like her former self.
However, Xing Dairong's tightly clenched hands hidden in her half-sleeves still revealed a trace of unwillingness in her heart.
Qin was also surprised that Xing Dairong had such a temper.
She had not seen her many times before because Cheng Yunshuo protected her closely and only picked her out to teach her a lesson on rare occasions. She remembered that she was a woman who jumped up and down and could openly disobey her.
She frowned at the vulgarity and rebelliousness all over her body, and the fact that she was a prostitute in a brothel made her extremely disgusted with her.
But now, seeing Xing Dairong's obedient appearance, Qin was quite surprised.
After she said yes one by one, Qin was too lazy to embarrass her any further, "Okay, you are pregnant, just go back and rest, don't make any more noise."
"Yes, ma'am." Xing Dairong stood up obediently, saluted Qin, and then left with Qiu Kui.
After they left, Qin frowned slightly, "I really don't know what Shuo'er saw in her."
"Maybe the prince just likes it." Lu Lingjun smiled faintly.
The next day, Lu Lingyun went to Qin's room as usual. Before she entered the room, she heard laughter and Xing Dairong's voice coming from inside.
The maid opened the curtain for Lu Lingyun and talked to her at the same time.
"Aunt Xing is here again."
Lu Lingyun nodded, and as soon as he entered the room, he saw Qin sitting on the couch in the hall, and Xing Dairong standing beside her.
Xing Dairong was very close to Qin, who was embroidering something in her hands. Xing Dairong pointed at the pattern and said, "Yes, yes, that's it."
"Ma'am, look, isn't it very convenient to embroider like this?"
Qin looked at the handkerchief and said, "It's quite interesting."
At this time, she saw Lu Lingyun coming over and called out, "Lingyun, you've come just in time, come over and take a look."
"What?"
Lu Lingyun walked up to Qin and took a closer look. She saw that it was a very novel embroidery. The cloth was covered with vertical and horizontal grids with patterns in the grids. Qin embroidered the pattern inside in a cross shape. Without using many stitches, she managed to make a flower shape.
This thing looks childish and simple, completely different from formal embroidery, but at the same time it is simple and clear, and exudes novelty.
"This is called cross stitch, and I specially developed it." Xing Dairong's proud voice came.
When Lu Lingjun raised her head, she met Xing Dairong's shining eyes.
Her eyes regained some of their former radiance.
A bit of arrogance, pride and disdain.
"Yun'er, this thing suits me." Qin said.
Lu Lingyun listened and said, "I think it's pretty good, simple, and much better than those acupuncture and other methods."
"Of course." Xing Dairong's voice came again.
This time, Qin didn't punish her for talking back, but just asked her to come over and watch, "How do I embroider over here?"
Listening to Qin talking to her, Xing Dairong lowered his head and pointed, "Madam, just jump over to the back, like this, like this."
Qin listened carefully.
While teaching, Xing Dairong gave Lu Lingyun a look that was both boastful and provocative.
She made great progress this time and hid it well, but she still couldn't escape Lu Lingyun's eyes.
Lu Lingyun couldn't help but smile when she met her eyes, "Mother, I still have some accounts to check. If you have nothing else to do, I'll go back and sort them out."
"Go ahead."
Qin didn't even raise his head.
Xing Dairong, who was standing aside, had an even more smug look on his face.
After coming out from Qin's place, Chunhe followed Lu Lingyun.
"Young Madam, I think that vixen is up to no good. He probably wants to get some benefits from you now that you are back."
After listening to this, Lu Lingyun said, "Let her do it."
Lu Lingyun still didn't care.
Because, tricks and schemes are only temporary tricks, while the real power in your hands is the foundation.
No matter how likable Xing Dairong is, he is just a plaything in the eyes of others.
She returned to her own courtyard to deal with matters and firmly grasped the power of the mansion. At this time, the maid came to report.
"Young Madam, Madam Li from Duke Xu's mansion has sent someone to deliver a letter."
Lu Lingyun had said before that if Li Niyue encountered any difficulties as the head of the household, she could come to her.
It didn't take long before it really came.
"Show me."
Lu Lingjun took the letter from the maid, unfolded it and saw that it was written by Li Niyue.
Apart from the initial greetings, she encountered a big problem.
She was short of coals.