Chapter 84 Pretending to be soft-hearted

And when she raised her hand to wipe her tears, Du Jingyi also saw the bruises on her arm.

In the mansion, even if the fifth room has no ability, there are maids to take care of her. I wonder where the bruises on her came from?

Suppressing the doubts in his heart, Du Jingyitian replied with a smile.

"Madame Dou means well. Why don't you go with her to wash up? It will help you relax."

But when she heard this, Mrs. Guo's first reaction was not to answer Du Jingyi, but to look at the fifth old lady next to her.

There seemed to be a question in his eyes.

Seeing that the Fifth Elder Madam didn't say anything, Madam Guo didn't dare to move.

She lowered her head and dared only wipe her tears with a handkerchief.

Seeing this, Du Jingyi stopped talking.

Shang Qinnan raised her head slightly and looked at her Sixth Sister-in-law.

I had only seen her a few times before at family dinners. Among all the sisters-in-law, although she caught my eye, it was only for a moment.

Neither seek to attract attention nor meddle in other people's affairs.

Therefore, Shang Qinnan did not have a deep impression of Du Jingyi and thought that he also had no sense of existence like them.

But who would have thought that with the return of her sixth cousin, she would suddenly become the most indispensable female member of the harem in the entire Duke's Mansion.

Even the fifth sister-in-law, who used to be as proud as a peacock, had to be humble in front of her.

She lived cautiously in the backyard, so she naturally knew how to read people's faces and act accordingly.

Seeing this, I breathed a sigh of relief and told myself to be more careful about my words and actions, so as not to offend others without knowing it.

While Shang Qinnan was secretly watching Du Jingyi, Du Jingyi was not idle either.

She is indeed very beautiful, and I feel pity for her.

Just as he was about to put down the teacup in his hand, he heard Wulang's wife speak.

"Ah, I know that my sister-in-law is kind-hearted, but this makeup and face-washing person can't solve Second Aunt's difficulties. She cries every time she thinks of Seventh Sister these days, and I can't stop her."

"You've seen it too. If Sixth Brother's wife doesn't help, I'm afraid Second Aunt will cry until her eyes go blind."

As soon as she came up, she started to talk about kidnapping. Du Jingyi raised her eyebrows and looked at her. Although there was a smile on her face, her eyes were much colder.

"Fifth sister-in-law, you are joking. You also said that Seventh sister and I are of the same age. In this situation, how can I help you?"

"Besides, the grandparents, parents, uncles, aunts, brothers and sisters-in-law are all here in the fifth room. I'm afraid it's not appropriate for me, a sister-in-law from another room, to intervene."

Since Du Jingyi wanted to fish, he wouldn't pull the rope right away.

You have to loosen and tighten it alternately, so that you can consume the fish's energy and get it into the net smoothly.

Hearing her evasive tone, Wulang's wife guessed it early on.

This road is not so easy to walk. The Liulang couple are not as soft-hearted and easy to talk to as their uncle.

But we are already here, we can’t just walk away after hearing this.

So he had to suppress his thoughts and said to Du Jingyi with an apologetic smile.

"Where does the idea of ​​separate rooms come from? Aren't we all family?"

When she said this, Du Jingyi had a hint of sneer on his face.

There was also a moment of embarrassment in the eyes of Wulang's wife.

But after so many years, they have enough experience in living under someone else's roof, so this little bit of ridicule is nothing compared to the huge and real benefits.

Seeing that Du Jingyi didn't speak, the Fifth Old Lady continued to pretend not to see anything and spoke to her.

"As for Qi Niang's matter, if we hadn't really run out of options, we wouldn't have come here to ask for help. You have always been kind-hearted, and you wouldn't want to see any mistakes made by your sisters at home, right?"

If soft tactics don’t work, then use hard tactics. There was a hint of threat in the Fifth Old Lady’s tone.

It seemed as if if Du Jingyi didn't help, all of Shang Qinnan's future problems would fall on her.

With such an attitude, if Du Jingyi didn't get angry, wouldn't it be a loss of face for Dongyuan? So, she put the teacup in her hand on the table, and said coldly without saying anything.

"Since Fifth Uncle Grandfather has nothing important to do, I will go back and rest first. I will invite you all to come over for tea another day."

After saying that, he stood up and prepared to leave.

Seeing that she neither accepted the challenge nor responded, not to mention Wulang's wife, even Mrs. Guo and Mrs. Ni who came with them became a little anxious.

Shang Qinnan was in a dilemma and her face turned red.

Entering the Min Palace is not a respectable thing, but compared to staying at home for the rest of her life, she would rather try her luck in the Min Palace.

Maybe there really is a way out.

So Wulang's wife pushed her from behind, which overturned all her hesitant thoughts.

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

She fell off the stool.

Shang Qinnan became ruthless and no longer cared about her dignity. She pulled Du Jingyi's skirt and started crying.

"Please help me, Sixth Sister-in-law. If I don't get married this time, I'm afraid I'll have no choice but to go up the mountain and become a nun. Please have mercy on me, Sister-in-law."

A daughter is like a flower.

With Shang Qinnan's beauty, she should have been married to a wealthy family and enjoyed love.

But now, she was kneeling in front of him and crying so miserably, like a delicate camellia being hit by a rainstorm.

But even so, Shang Qinnan still showed some sense of desperate struggle and asking for sympathy.

Seeing a woman like Du Jingyi makes everyone feel pity for her, no wonder the fifth branch would bet on her and hope to get rich overnight.

Not to mention, it is really possible that some trouble will be caused in Prince Min's Palace.

Seeing this, Du Jingyi signaled to Yingtao and Lizhu, and the two of them stepped forward and helped Shang Qinnan up.

He was still mumbling to himself.

"Miss Seven, aren't you embarrassing our young mistress?"

When Mrs. Guo heard this, she also started crying.

Madam Dou beside her had an expression of disappointment, wishing she could take her away immediately to wash her face and clean her brain! If one of the women in the room started crying, the others would not be left behind.

However, compared to Mrs. Guo’s genuine heartache, the tears of Wulang’s wife and Mrs. Ni seemed a little fake.

At this point in the play, Du Jingyi felt that the time was almost right.

Then he sighed and pretended to be soft-hearted.

"Everyone, stop crying and talk about Seventh Sister's situation. Which family has she chosen? Tell me. If I can help, it will be worthwhile for us to be sisters-in-law."

Hearing Du Jingyi's relief, the women in the fifth room quickly stopped crying.

The Fifth Old Lady looked at Shang Qinnan and pushed her two or three times but she didn't say anything, so she had to do it herself. So she spoke in a flattering tone.

"It's Prince Min's Palace."

Du Jingyi pretended to be surprised and looked at the Fifth Elder Madam, with a puzzled tone in his voice.

"I haven't heard that there are any royal grandchildren of the right age in Prince Min's Palace?"

(End of this chapter)