Chapter 416 Who is this little girl?
The old lady of Weibei Hou asked someone to call the fourth lady over.
The fourth branch of the Weibei Marquis's Mansion was the one that married the eldest sister of Earl Qin An.
The fourth wife, Qin, had received the news of Qin Anbo's death early in the morning. Although Qin Anbo was the son of the second wife, to be honest, the relationship between the two was not very deep.
But no matter what, Qin Anbo is Qin's biological brother. The woman's family is her support in her husband's family. With the death of Qin Anbo, he only has one daughter. It is unclear how the Qin Anbo Mansion will react.
Qin was very upset, and just when she was about to go out to the residence of Qin Anbo, a little devil in the side courtyard of their fourth room learned some new Huxuan dance from someone, and seduced the fourth master to dance wildly. As a result, she had bleeding in her lower body and had a miscarriage, only then did she find out that she was already a month pregnant.
Qin was troubled by the affairs of the rear house and had been dealing with them until now. Just as she breathed a sigh of relief, she heard a servant come to tell her that the old lady wanted to see her. Qin was so frightened that she trembled.
Although the old lady of Weibei Marquis usually doesn't care much about the affairs of the mansion, it would be a big mistake to think that the old lady is easy to fool.
Let alone anything else, just look at how majestic the wife of Marquis Weibei was in the Marquis Weibei Mansion before. Ever since Zhou Yunyi disrupted the old lady's birthday banquet, hasn't she been humbled and flattered to the old lady every day?
The fourth lady, Qin, did not dare to neglect the matter and felt uneasy in her heart, wondering if the matter of the miscarriage of the little devil in the side courtyard had reached the old lady's ears and the old lady was here to punish her?
But - this shouldn't be the case. When did the old lady start to care about such trivial matters?
The more Qin thought about it, the more uneasy she became, and finally she went to the old lady's courtyard with a pale face.
When Qin came in, the expression on her face was uglier than crying.
"Mother, do you have any instructions for your daughter-in-law?" Qin didn't dare to raise her head after entering the room. She stood there with her hands behind her back, her voice trembling slightly.
The old lady of Weibeihou frowned deeply.
What’s going on with the fourth family?
Is she that scary?!
Judging from the situation, if she says something harsh, the fourth brother will burst into tears!
The old lady of Weibei Marquis couldn't help but ask, "What's the matter? What are you worried about?"
As soon as these words came out, Qin's legs went limp and she knelt on the ground: "Mother, please understand clearly that I really didn't know that Fourth Master's concubine was pregnant... If I knew, even if I was beaten by Fourth Master, I would stop Fourth Master and not let that concubine drink and have fun with Fourth Master, which led to the loss of the child... If mother blames me for not noticing, I will take the blame."
The old lady of Weibeihou: "..."
She is not confessing a crime, she is clearly making a complaint!
"That's enough." The old lady of Weibei Marquis frowned in disgust. "In broad daylight, the fourth son and his concubine were drinking and having fun in the yard. It's not your fault that the child was lost. I'll ask the eldest son to find a job for the fourth son in the Ministry of Industry. It's better for him to work than to stay at home doing nothing all day."
A glimmer of joy flashed across Fourth Madam Qin's eyes. She kowtowed to the old lady of Weibei Marquis gently and said, "Thank you for your understanding, mother."
"Get up now," the old lady of Weibei Marquis said coldly, "I didn't come here to pick a fight with you. I have something to discuss with you."
Qin stood up and stood aside respectfully: "Mother, please give me your instructions."
The old lady of Weibei Marquis asked, "Have you heard about your brother's affairs?"
Qin shed two tears and choked up, "I heard that my unfortunate brother was killed by bandits... I wanted to go back to my parents' home early this morning, but I didn't expect that the fourth master's concubine had a miscarriage, so I was delayed until now..."
The old lady of Weibei Marquis did not want to hear about the mess in the courtyard of the fourth son any more, so she said in a cold voice: "Since such a thing happened in your mother's family, as the aunt of the Qin Anbo Mansion, you must go back to your mother's family to pay your respects. You don't have to worry about the fourth son for the time being, just go back to the Qin Anbo Mansion."
Qin's heart skipped a beat, and she couldn't help but look at the old lady of Weibei Marquis: "Mother..."
The old lady of Weibei Marquis asked the delicate and pretty girl beside her to stand up and said, "Just, when you go back to Qin Anbo's house, take her with you. Just one thing, she is my distinguished guest. If she suffers any injustice in your Qin Anbo's house, you don't have to come back."
Qin's eyebrows twitched twice, her face turned pale, and then she looked at the little girl next to Marquis Weibei.
The little girl was obviously a daughter of a wealthy and noble family. She was wearing a piece of smoke-cloud satin that cost several hundred taels of silver, but was made in the most common style and looked like something she would wear casually on a daily basis.
Ordinary nobles wouldn't dare to wear this!
Qin only felt that the little girl looked familiar, but she had a bad memory and couldn't remember whose daughter this little girl was.
Qin hesitated and said, "Mother, what shall I say then..."
The old lady of Weibei Marquis glared at him and said, "Just say that you are my distinguished guest, and you are here to burn incense in front of your brother's spirit on my behalf. Why, you don't want me to go there in person, do you?"
Qin was startled and lowered her head quickly: "My daughter-in-law dare not, dare not--"
How dare she!
How could her brother afford an old duke's wife of the highest rank to burn incense for him!
Qin was extremely excited - it seemed that this little girl was really loved by her stepmother, and she was determined not to treat her poorly.
Qin was thinking about something in her mind, and she heard her mother-in-law gently admonishing the little girl, and the little girl responded obediently.
Qin couldn't help but look at the little girl, muttering in her heart, her mother-in-law liked Gong Qingniang very much before, but she never treated Gong Qingniang like this. If this little girl wasn't obviously still young, she would have suspected that this little girl was the new fiancée that her mother-in-law found for Zhou Yunyi!
Who is this little girl?
With such doubts, Qin took Xingxing on the carriage to Qin Anbo's Mansion.
Qin looked at the little girl sitting obediently in the corner of the carriage and couldn't help but ask, "...Little girl, which family are you from?"
Xingxing gave Qin a faint smile and said, "Fourth Madam, I am the sister of General Zhenxi. My name is Yu Xingxing."
Qin suddenly remembered that when her mother-in-law celebrated her birthday, the little girl who was with her mother-in-law was the one in front of her.
She was standing far away at the time and only vaguely remembered that it was a very pretty and lovely little girl.
——No wonder people can wear the Yanxia satin which costs only a few hundred taels of silver!
General Zhenxi was a young general who broke into the royal court of Xidi. There were so many good things in the royal court of Xidi. What was a piece of Yanxia silk worth a few hundred taels to him?
Qin resolved one of her doubts, but couldn't help but ponder another.
——It seems like this Zhenxi General’s sister has nothing to do with her mother’s family, right?
Her natal family is currently an idle house. If it were not for the help of the in-law relationship of Weibei Houfu, it would have fallen into decline long ago.
What is the purpose of General Zhenxi's sister going to her parents' home?