In the evening, when Shen Nian came back, she found out what Xia Tian had done today, but she didn't say anything, only asking her to be careful when she was in the mansion.
The next day, Chen Nian went to court. Xia Tian got up early to pay her respects. Liu found an excuse to make her stand outside the door as punishment.
Xia Tian ignored her and turned to go to the old lady.
When Liu heard the maid come in and say that the prince's wife had left, she was so angry that she threw the teacup in her hand to the ground.
The other concubines and illegitimate children who came to pay their respects were so frightened that they dared not even breathe.
Liu was in no mood to scold anyone, so she asked her aunt to go back, and she took the young masters and young ladies to pay their respects to the old lady.
When she arrived, Xia Tian was talking with the second lady in the old lady's room.
When the old lady saw Liu come in, she said with some displeasure, "Liu, you are becoming more and more powerful as the mistress of the house!
"Xia Shi spent her own money to make the soup, why didn't you give it to her? And you even let your maid beat her?"
Liu was stunned and didn't understand what he meant.
"What does this mean, mother?"
As soon as Liu came in, before she could figure out the situation, the old lady started questioning her, which made her a little confused for a moment.
"Oh, sister-in-law, isn't what mother said clear enough?" Third Madam Ye interrupted, "Mother is talking about the incident yesterday when you asked Qiuyue to beat someone up with Xia's tonic soup."
The Third Madam sounded somewhat gloating. During this period, Liu was not as patient with her as before.
Naturally, she no longer rushed to stick to her cold butt.
She was also happy to watch the old lady scolding Liu.
"What did my third sister-in-law say? When did I ask Qiuyue to make Xia's tonic soup?"
Liu still didn't understand. What was going on?
It's not Liu's fault that she didn't understand. She had originally gone to find trouble with Xia Tian because she beat Qiu Yue yesterday, but before she could even ask her the whole story, Xia Tian was so angry that she felt dizzy and started beating her right away.
Later, Xia Tian gave her a lot of trouble, so she wanted to teach her a lesson, but in the end, it was left unresolved.
Third Madam Ye thought her sister-in-law was pretending not to understand and sneered, "Sister-in-law, such obvious words, and you still don't understand? You've already done this, what are you afraid to admit?"
Xia Tian wanted to applaud the Third Madam. This was such an infuriating assist!
Liu's expression was already bad, and now it looked even worse. "Third sister-in-law, if you have something to say, you'd better speak clearly and don't beat around the bush."
Third Madam Ye was also displeased by Liu's questioning tone, so she repeated what she had said when she went to complain to the old lady in the morning.
After saying that, he even sneered at her, "Sister-in-law, I'm not saying anything bad about you, but you are too narrow-minded."
This time, Liu understood that it was Xia who had talked nonsense in front of the old lady, which caused her to be scolded for no reason.
"Xia, how dare you slander me?"
This damn girl is really not afraid of death. She actually dares to spread rumors about her without any evidence!
"What did I say wrong?" Xia Tian looked aggrieved. "I didn't want to say it originally. I only told it because the old lady asked about yesterday. You can't ask me to lie just because the old lady asks me, right?"
Before Liu could reply, she continued, "Madam? Did Qiuyue make my soup yesterday? Did I pay for that soup myself?"
"So what if you paid for it? So what if Qiuyue made your soup? It's still you..."
Xia Tian interrupted Liu before she could finish her words.
"Madam, you've already admitted that I was right, and I didn't ask Qiuyue to pay any money. Why are you still so persistent and even made me stand in the corner this morning?"
"Ah? Sister-in-law, you actually let Xia stand in the corner as punishment?" The third lady asked curiously.
The second sister-in-law was right. The eldest sister-in-law was only pretending to be magnanimous and kind on the surface. It turned out that she was actually a narrow-minded person.
Liu was almost mad. "How dare you say that? I asked you to stand in the corner, where have you been?"
She had never seen such a young person who didn't respect his elders and refused to listen to anything they said.
"Madam, what you did was wrong. I naturally cannot let you bear the reputation of being unreasonable and petty. If this gets to the ears of outsiders, wouldn't it damage the reputation of our mansion?"
Xia Tian explained the matter from the perspective of the Marquis' Mansion, and immediately left Liu speechless.
The old lady felt that what Xia Tian said made sense. "Liu, you should be more careful in the future. You are the mistress of our Wu'an Marquis's Mansion. Your every word and action affects the reputation of the mansion. You must not be careless."
"Mother, my daughter-in-law doesn't have one." Liu was anxious to explain.
The old lady interrupted her and waved her hand, "Okay, let's go back. I'm tired."
Seeing that the old lady was impatient, Liu shut up tactfully.
Everyone bowed to the old lady before leaving.
Xia Tian didn't want to argue with Liu anymore, so he walked away quickly as soon as he got out of the door.
Liu originally wanted to find Xia Tian to have a good talk with him, but when she came out, he had already run away.
Liu was very angry that morning. She returned to Huaruitang and smashed a set of tea sets before she felt a little better.
After venting, Liu sat dejectedly on the chair. She couldn't understand what was going on.
Why has everything been going wrong for her since Shen Nian came back?
Whether she sent people to assassinate or to cause trouble, she never succeeded once?
On her side, bad things kept happening one after another.
Either Shen Ke was stabbed or he broke his leg while riding a horse!
And here, none of the people she sent out have come back, and none of the people around her, whether it is Madam Qi, Mrs. Li, or Manager Qi, have a good ending!
The only thing to be thankful for was that the sterilizing drug she asked Mrs. Li to give to Xia Shi was successful.
Thinking that Shen Nian and Xia Tian had been married for so long, and Xia Tian’s stomach still had no reaction, she felt a little relieved.
Little did she know that Xia Tian had already given the sterilizing medicine to her precious son Chen Ke to drink.
The reason why Xia Tian hasn’t gotten pregnant yet is because she and Chen Nian have discussed not having children for the time being, so she is specifically using contraception.
They both felt that the mansion was not peaceful at the moment. If they had a child, it would give Liu a handle to use against them, and they would be even more cautious in doing things in the future.
Liu didn't know that Xia Tian didn't drink the sterilizing medicine, and she was still feeling lucky.
In the summer, I returned to Jinglan Garden and was thinking about going out to the restaurant.
She hasn't been to the restaurant since it opened after the New Year.
I don’t know what the situation is now.
And in Linglong Lane, I wonder how Uncle Chen and Aunt Chen are doing these days?
Also, she hasn't taught the Crown Prince, the Second Prince, and the little princess to paint for a month. I wonder if they miss her?
Xia Tian was thinking about all sorts of things and didn't know where to go first.
He was also afraid that if he went out, Liu would come and cause trouble, and Ningxiang and the others would get into trouble again.
Just when she was struggling over what to do first, someone came from the palace and said that the emperor had summoned her.
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