Second marriage rejection
Everyone present actually believed what Qin Yuyao said, but often the most absurd things are the most believable.
There was a hint of disgust in Mrs. Lin's eyes. Obviously, she and Qin Wenxin agreed that it was all Qin Yuyao's doing.
Madam Lin tried to remain calm and said, "Yuyao, you've suffered so much over the years. You're all alone on the farm, and as your mother, I can't bear it. But you can't cause such a scene on Xin'er's birthday just because of this incident. Where do you put my reputation and your father's reputation?"
Even though every word was heart-wrenching, it made people understand Mrs. Lin's good intentions. For a moment, many people looked at Qin Yuyao with a hint of contempt.
At this time, a young lady from a noble family who had a good relationship with Qin Wenxin stood up. She was also the one whose clothes were most seriously affected.
"Miss Yuyao, Madam Lin has done her utmost to bring you back from the manor. Why did you do this today?"
He looked earnest and sincere, as if he was certain that Qin Yuyao was the one who did it.
Qin Yuyao looked coldly at the other person, as well as at Qin Wenxin, who had stopped crying at this time.
"Mrs. Lin, I was out with my grandmother yesterday, burning incense and worshipping Buddha. We didn't return until the evening. How could we have time to look for something that only appears in the early morning?"
As he spoke, without waiting for Madam Lin and Qin Wenxin to react, he continued, "If mother wants to say that I'm looking for a maid, Jinyu has been with me. Yesterday, something was lost in my yard, and Qingyu has been searching the house."
Madam Lin sneered, "According to the rules, you should have two maids. How come you don't have the opportunity to look for this □□?"
Knowing she would say that, Qin Yuyao retorted without hesitation, "Let's not even talk about why I didn't include this with other people's gifts. My remaining two maids were personally sent by you, Madam Lin, this morning. So who do they belong to?"
The two people's quick question-and-answer style of speaking made the onlookers a little confused.
Suddenly, they heard cheers from the other end. Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and recognized that the speaker was Ye Jiajia from Zhennan Prefecture.
The daughter of this prince also takes her mother's surname. If she took her father's, she should be called Qilian Jiajia.
Ye Jiajia stood up and looked at Qin Yuyao with a hint of admiration in her eyes: "I see that Miss Yuyao speaks in an orderly manner, and every sentence is accurate without any hesitation. She is definitely not the kind of person who would do such a despicable thing."
As he spoke, he turned to look at Madam Lin: "Madam Lin, I believe according to what Qin Yuyao said, this thing was probably switched by someone else. Maybe the two maids you sent were used as a trap. It would be better for you to interrogate them yourself, otherwise people will say that your Right Prime Minister's Mansion is not clean in the future."
Somewhat surprised that this stranger girl would help her, Qin Yuyao smiled at her kindly. Unexpectedly, she suddenly blushed and lowered her head.
Blinking, Qin Yuyao looked at Madam Lin and said, "As Madam Lin sees, if this matter is serious, I even think that someone deliberately made this move at this time in order to embarrass my father."
Mrs. Lin cared a lot about Qin Ziwen, and secondly, Qin Ziwen really cared a lot about his reputation. For a moment, Mrs. Lin's eyes were filled with some doubt.
Qin Wenxin didn't expect that she only said a few words, and then asked her mother to lift it up high and put it down gently, and kept pulling Mrs. Lin's sleeve in private.
But this time, Madam Lin ignored her and said to the guests with a tired look, "I am to blame for everything that went wrong with today's birthday. Ladies, please change your clothes before leaving."
After hearing this, the crowd watching the excitement understood. Madam Lin temporarily put aside her wrath and stopped holding Qin Yuyao. After all, what happened today was indeed a huge joke.
However, if Madam Lin wanted to silence them and prevent them from telling anyone about this, it would be very difficult. Even the young ladies who were on good terms with Qin Wenxin had a faint look of watching the fun.
Having seen enough of the excitement, Ye Jiajia was about to leave immediately. But before leaving, she waved in the direction of Qin Yuyao from a distance.
Seeing this, Qin Yuyao also waved in response, and then the other party turned around and left with satisfaction.
*
That evening, Qin Yuyao was about to have dinner when she was summoned by Qin Ziwen. The person arrived very quickly. Qin Yuyao couldn't delay any longer, so she looked at Madam Liang.
Nanny Liang nodded almost imperceptibly, and when Qin Yuyao followed the others out of the yard, she immediately ran towards Old Madam Qin's yard. Qin Ziwen's ability to summon people must not be a good thing. In the entire mansion, only the old lady stood on Qin Yuyao's side.
The attendants' faces were extremely serious along the way. Qin Yuyao thought for a moment and asked softly, "I wonder why Daddy called me?"
"The young lady will know when she goes there. The master only told me to take her there."
Hearing this, Qin Yuyao's heart sank. She became more alert to what was going to happen next, hoping that Nanny Liang could invite her grandmother as soon as possible.
She had never been to Qin Ziwen's study before. Although she couldn't hear any sound, a cup of hot tea was poured towards her as soon as Qin Yuyao entered.
Qin Yuyao instinctively stepped to the right, avoiding most of the tea. However, the tea that spilled on her shoulders and cheeks was still warm. If it had been any hotter, it would have immediately become red and swollen.
Mrs. Lin saw this and a hint of satisfaction flashed across her eyes, but she immediately stood up. She moved closer to Qin Yuyao and wiped the tea off her cheek with a handkerchief: "Master, Yuyao just came back, it's normal that she doesn't know about these things. Why punish her like this?"
Hearing her play the good cop, Qin Ziwen raised his chin: "As a sister, you don't think about protecting your sister. You actually do these despicable things, which really makes me lose face. Wen Bo said you bullied him before, but I didn't believe it. Now you make such a big fuss on Wen Xin's birthday?"
After a pause, Qin Ziwen took the fresh tea handed to him by the servant and took a sip. Just as he was about to speak, he was interrupted by Qin Yuyao: "Father, are you so sure that I did it? If I did it, I would never use mother's hairpin as a raft. Now not only is it lost, but father has also splashed water all over me."
Hearing her mention her biological mother, Qin Ziwen's eyelids drooped: "Buyao? Did you bring that Buyao back?"
That hairpin was once a gift from Qin Ziwen to Qin Yuyao's biological mother, Liu Qingyue, as a token of their love. Although the item still existed, the person and the love were no longer the same.
But Qin Ziwen still remembered this hairpin. It was the only thing that Madam Liang took away. He didn't expect that it would be given to Qin Yuyao so early. Thinking of the hairpin, Qin Ziwen suddenly fell silent.
This made Mrs. Lin feel uneasy. She immediately said, "This is indeed not what Yuyao did. I just said it. Let's talk about business first, Master."
I didn't expect that person was dead, but the things he left behind could still cause trouble here. Mrs. Lin pulled her handkerchief and secretly scolded Liu Qingyue with gritted teeth.
Hearing this, Qin Ziwen looked at Qin Yuyao, who was still standing at the door, with a serious expression and said, "I called you to the study today for another matter. Previously, there was news in the capital that my Right Prime Minister's Mansion and the Prince of Zhen'an's Mansion had an engagement, and that the eldest lady and the Prince of Zhen'an were of appropriate age."
Thinking about what happened in the court today and what the evil spirit said, Qin Ziwen's mouth twitched and continued, "Prince Zhen'an is very satisfied with you. What do you think of this marriage?"
Qin Yuyao frowned. She had already rejected him once before, so why did he still fall on her? After thinking for a while, Qin Yuyao knelt down neatly and put her hands on her forehead.
"Please take back your order, Father. I don't want to get married yet. And how could Prince Zhen'an be willing to marry a woman who has never lived in Shengjing for a long time?"
"Although you grew up in a manor and are not as good as the girls from the aristocratic families in Beijing in terms of music, chess, calligraphy and painting, you are the eldest daughter of the Right Prime Minister's Mansion after all. Even this status can attract many boys. How can you be unworthy?" Qin Ziwen narrowed his eyes and looked at Qin Yuyao who was kneeling on the ground.
After hearing this, Qin Yuyao said word by word: "I'm sorry, I can't obey your order."
In the entire Prime Minister's Mansion, there was no one who disobeyed him. Qin Yuyao continued to refute and contradict him. Qin Ziwen slammed the table, stood up, pointed at Qin Yuyao and said, "I gave birth to you and raised you, so how can I not be your master? I think you are used to being wild on the farm and don't know what parental orders are!"
After he finished speaking, Qin Ziwen shouted outside, "Come here, lock the young lady up in the woodshed and let her reflect on herself!"
Unexpectedly, Qin Ziwen wanted to lock her up with just a few words. Qin Yuyao stood up suddenly and said bluntly, "My daughter just rejected a man she didn't like, and Daddy wants to lock her up in the woodshed? Before I came back, why didn't there be any news in the capital about Qin Wenxin's engagement with the Prince of Zhen'an?"
The burly servants who were originally going to come in and capture Qin Yuyao didn't expect that she would stand up. They were stunned and stood aside, looking at the expressions of several people around.
Qin Ziwen and Mrs. Lin suddenly became quiet, or perhaps they were choked by these words and didn't know how to respond.
Then I heard Qin Yuyao continue, "You brought me back just for this ridiculous marriage, right? I never thought the renowned Right Prime Minister would resort to selling his daughter for fame."
After hearing this, Madam Lin took a half step back and put away the gloating smile on her face. However, she still looked at Qin Ziwen with feigned worry between her brows: "Master, Yuyao is still young. If she said something wrong, please discipline her properly..."
Before he could finish his words, Qin Ziwen picked up the teacup on the desk and smashed it directly at Qin Yuyao's feet. The flying porcelain fragments drew a small bloody mark on Qin Yuyao's chin.
Old Madam Qin hurried over and took in the entire scene, slamming the wooden cane in her hand heavily on the ground.
"Qin Ziwen! What are you doing! How could you treat Yuyao like this? You left her at the farm for fourteen years without caring about her, and now you come back and treat her like this. We are your own flesh and blood, how could you treat her like this?" Old Madam Qin walked into the house with the support of Nanny Liang.
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