Chapter 60 Madam Xiao is here
Mrs. Xiao came prepared.
As soon as he grabbed Chunxi's hand, he put a translucent green jade bracelet on Chunxi's hand, and then asked someone to bring in two large boxes full of things.
One box was an apology gift, and the other was a wedding gift from her, the "cousin's wife", to her younger brother and sister-in-law.
The two boxes of things were taken from Mrs. Xiao's dowry. They were all good things, much better than the clothes that Mrs. Mo had bought for herself by stealing Mrs. Xiao's dowry over the years.
Mrs. Mo was jealous.
She had tried to please Madam Xiao a lot over the years, but Madam Xiao had never given her and Shen Qingchi anything, not a single thing!
Chunxi hadn't expected Madam Xiao to be so generous. After all, she had pinched Xiao Qingyue several times during the chaos, and she felt a little guilty: "Madam, these things are too expensive. I can't accept them."
"What you are given is what you deserve, so take it with peace of mind."
Madam Xiao patted Chunxi's hand and saw a blood mark on the back of her hand. She immediately ordered someone to go back to the mansion to get Yurong ointment to remove scars. Then she looked coldly at the maid behind Xiao Qingyue and asked, "Who hurt Madam Shen?"
Everyone lowered their heads and pretended to be cowards. The situation was so chaotic that they were busy getting beaten and couldn't remember how the small scratches came about.
"Since you won't tell me, then beat me!" Madam Xiao's tone was filled with murderous intent. She then looked at Madam Mo, "After all, this happened in the Marquis' Mansion. Madam, please lend me a few men to punish this wicked slave."
Although Mrs. Xiao said please, her tone was firm and tolerant of refusal. Mrs. Mo did not dare to object and quickly asked the steward to bring a bench and took the Xiao family's servant to be beaten with a stick.
Madam Xiao supervised the situation personally, and the people in the Marquis' Mansion did not dare to hold back. With each blow of the stick, these people were beaten so hard that they cried for mercy.
Xiao Qingyue didn't expect Madam Xiao to support Chunxi so much. Her face turned red and then pale. She said anxiously, "Mother, it's all my fault. Please forgive them."
"Where did you go wrong?"
"My daughter shouldn't have brought people to the Marquis' Mansion to cause trouble."
"What else?"
Mrs. Xiao's expression was cold, and she had no intention of saving face for Xiao Qingyue.
Xiao Qingyue had never been so embarrassed in front of outsiders. Tears welled up in her eyes. She glanced at Chunxi, bit her lip and said, "My daughter shouldn't be disrespectful to her elders and her aunt."
Madam Xiao kept a stern face and did not respond. After a moment, Xiao Qingyue walked up to Chunxi and said, "Auntie, I'm sorry. Yue'er was wrong. Please forgive Yue'er."
This feeling was really humiliating. Xiao Qingyue couldn't help crying after she finished speaking. She didn't want Chunxi to laugh at her, so she wiped her tears away with her hands, but the more she wiped, the more tears came.
Xiao Qingyue looks a bit like Xiao Qinghe. When she cries, her eyes are filled with tears. It doesn't look like she was the one who threatened to cripple Chunxi's hand not long ago.
Chunxi handed her the handkerchief and said lightly, "It's okay, it's okay. It's just a small matter. There's no need to forgive."
Anyway, it was Mo who was beaten by the maids of the Xiao family, and Madam Xiao also gave so many good things as an apology. Chunxi didn't think Xiao Qingyue was willful at all, but instead felt that she was like a fairy who brought wealth.
The time before that it was Ye Er’s gold ingots, the time before that it was His Royal Highness the Crown Prince’s three hundred gold and a personal jade pendant, this time it was Madam Xiao’s two boxes of dowry, what will it be next time?
Thinking of this, Chunxi looked at Xiao Qingyue with expectation in his eyes, which turned into provocation in Xiao Qingyue's eyes.
Xiao Qingyue couldn't help but glare at Chunxi, but was caught by Madam Xiao, who said solemnly, "Why, you're still not convinced?"
Xiao Qingyue quickly lowered her head: "My daughter doesn't dare."
After her family members were punished, Madam Xiao looked at Madam Mo and said, "What do you think of this farce?"
Madam Xiao had already seen that Mrs. Mo wanted to use Xiao Qingyue as a pawn. Now that Mrs. Xiao asked her about it, Mrs. Mo didn't dare to play dumb anymore. She immediately fined all the servants in the main courtyard two months' wages. Even the doorman and the steward were implicated and fined half a month's wages.
After Mrs. Mo finished dealing with the matter, Madam Xiao looked at Shen Qingyuan and said, "Yuan'er, your wedding was really too low-key this time. Many people don't know that you have a new wife. In a few days, He'er will host a promotion banquet for Ze'er at the Wei family. When you bring your sister-in-law to the banquet, I will personally introduce her to the ladies of the aristocratic families. Then things like today will not happen again."
Madam Xiao has always been a model of a lady from an aristocratic family, and she has a say even in front of the royal nobles. She is willing to introduce Chunxi to everyone in person, which means that the Xiao family values Chunxi.
This is much more valuable than those two boxes of gifts.
Shen Qingyuan nodded in agreement.
Only then did Mrs. Xiao take Xiao Qingyue away.
After getting on the carriage, Xiao Qingyue still felt aggrieved and wanted to cry. Madam Xiao gave her a sidelong glance: "How dare you cry? What have I taught you all these years?"
"Mom, you have no idea what's going on. That Cao Chunxi is incredibly powerful. My men couldn't hurt her at all, and she even pinched me!"
Xiao Qingyue was about to lift her skirt to show Madam Xiao her injuries when Madam Xiao interrupted her coldly, "You brought a few people to someone else's house to cause trouble. If you don't get beaten, who will?"
Madam Xiao showed no sympathy at all. Xiao Qingyue burst into tears, "Mother has always been like this. She only knows how to reason and consider the overall situation. That's why my sister has to compromise so much. On the day she returned home, her hand was badly injured, but she still smiled and said it was okay. Don't you feel sorry for my sister at all?"
These words touched Mrs. Xiao's heart.
Mrs. Xiao frowned slightly. Both of her daughters were born after she carried them for ten months. They were so beautiful and sensible. How could she not feel distressed?
It was precisely because of the heartache that when Wei Lingze was seriously injured and paralyzed, Mrs. Xiao would rather divorce Xiao's father than break off the engagement with the Wei family. It was Xiao Qinghe who knelt on the ground and threatened her with his life, forcing her to only postpone the wedding date and not break off the engagement.
In the past three years, Madam Xiao had advised Xiao Qinghe countless times to give up Wei Lingze and choose another husband, but Xiao Qinghe did not listen to a word she said.
Madam Xiao's expression softened as she wiped away Xiao Qingyue's tears. "Of course, I feel sorry for your sister, but she chose this path herself. You can't blame anyone else."
"How can we not blame others? If Cao Chunxi hadn't been restless, how could my brother-in-law..."
"Yue'er!" Madam Xiao shouted, her expression becoming serious again. "Even if she's not here, there will be others to take care of your brother-in-law. Since the Xiao family postponed the wedding, your brother-in-law and your sister can no longer go back to the way they were before. You also know how much your grandmother loves Shen Qingyuan. Be more respectful to your aunt in the future."
Xiao Qingyue was a little dissatisfied. She opened her mouth but couldn't say a word of rebuttal.
As soon as the Xiao family left, the front hall suddenly became a little empty.
Today's beating couldn't be in vain. Mo was just thinking about how to get Chunxi to hand over the two boxes of things when she heard Shen Qingyuan's clear and cold voice: "Since mother and third brother don't regard us as family, then let's split up!"
Mo: “…”
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