Chapter 136 Grandma returns to Beijing!
Mrs. Zheng's words determined Xi Qingbai's mind. It was indeed as his mother said, he was the eldest son of the Xi family, and no one could shake his position.
However, after studying for so many years and understanding the principles of propriety, righteousness, integrity and shame, Xi Qingbai still felt a little guilty.
"Mother, I still want to go to the palace to see Sister Qingwu."
Hearing Xi Qingbai mention Qingwu again, Madam Zheng was silent for a while, but in the end did not stop him, she only said: "Since you are going to see your sister, you should go to the Song family as well. It's not right to favor one over the other."
The phrase "favoring one and neglecting the other" makes the love and the lack of love appear vividly at this moment.
If you love someone, you will fight for every detail for it; if you don’t love someone, you will not care about any difficulties.
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Xi Qingbai bid farewell to Madam Zheng and headed for the Song residence. The doorman naturally recognized him and, while ushering him in, said, "What a coincidence! Madam is at Xu Zhuangyuan's residence today, and I don't know when she'll be back."
Xi Qingbai frowned slightly upon hearing this, but still politely said to the doorman, "No problem, I'll ask my cousin for some advice."
Because he had been used to calling him that since he was a child, he never changed his name even though Song Yunhe had married his sister now.
He walked through the familiar corridor with ease, secretly thinking about what to ask. However, as he turned around the hanging flower door, he saw Song Yunhe standing under the eaves outside the study, chatting and laughing intimately with a little maid, and even touched the little maid's face in a frivolous manner.
Xi Qingbai didn't expect to see this scene as soon as he came in, and couldn't help but cough twice.
Song Yunhe looked up suddenly and saw that it was Xi Qingbai. A panic flashed across his face, and then he calmly left. The maid calmly came forward and said, "Why is Qingbai here? You didn't even tell me in advance."
"My mother suddenly asked me to come back, so I thought I'd stop by and see my cousin. He seems to be in a good mood... Does Tong'er know about this?"
Although he pointed this out, he did not look too angry. In his mind, it was normal for a man to have three wives and four concubines, even if the man in front of him was his sister's husband.
Song Yunhe secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He raised his hand and invited Xi Qingbai inside while smiling, "She's just a maidservant, not worth mentioning. She's been busy making friends with the top scholar's wife these days. It's not worth worrying her about this matter."
Hearing this, Xi Qingbai nodded and said, "It's good that my cousin knows his limits." He didn't know what to say. If his cousin hadn't agreed, Tong'er might have had to go to the palace to suffer. So he didn't know how to make any tough demands on his cousin.
The two men tacitly put the matter behind them, no one mentioned it, and went straight into the house to discuss academic matters.
Poor Xi Qingtong was still at Xu's house, being dragged by Shanshan to prune flowers and catch insects. Before she was about to go and mix manure herself, she escaped from Xu's house, cursing all the way.
"It's so dirty! It's so dirty! I'm never going there again!"
"If it weren't for my cousin, I wouldn't have gone to that Lin family and put on airs..."
"vomit……"
Just as Xi Qingtong's carriage arrived near the Song Mansion, its speed gradually slowed down. A white-haired old woman suddenly walked out from the side of the road, scaring the coachman so much that he hurriedly pulled the reins, causing the carriage to shake violently.
"What's going on?!" Xi Qingtong was already filled with rage, and this shock only made him even more furious. He lifted the car curtain, leaned out, and after seeing the situation clearly, he immediately cursed: "You blind old thing! Stay away from me! Don't dirty the door of my Song Mansion..."
The old woman standing in front of the carriage's expression gradually froze from joy to gloom, and her eyes were as sharp as knives, piercing straight at Xi Qingtong.
This person was none other than Qingwu's grandmother. She had been away for two months and finally returned to the capital. Without having time to do anything else, she went to inquire about her apprentice's news. When she learned that she had married the new top scholar, she felt quite relieved and so she came to the door of the Song Mansion.
It just so happened that a carriage was about to stop, so she decided to go forward and try her luck. Perhaps her beloved disciple was in the carriage. She did see the disciple's face, but of course it was only his face.
With just one look and one sentence, grandma knew that it was not her apprentice, even though the face looked exactly the same.
Her apprentice would not speak to an elder in such a tone, nor would she fail to recognize her.
The person in front of me is my apprentice’s twin sister, her name should be Xi Qingtong.
After figuring out the identity of the girl in front of her, the first thought in grandma's mind was not to feel offended or angry, but - having such twin sisters, her little apprentice must be in a difficult situation, right?
Her beloved disciple had such a good temper, which was completely different from the one in front of her. She was afraid that he would be bullied, right?
Grandma was lost in thought for a moment, standing there calmly, showing no joy or sadness at Xi Qingtong's attitude. However, in Xi Qingtong's eyes, this looked like a madman or a fool. He quickly waved his hand and ordered, "Don't let this crazy woman leave. We don't allow beggars in front of our Song family."
Grandma didn’t pay attention to this sentence before, but when she heard the three words “my Song family” for the second time, she became confused.
According to the news she had just heard, wasn't her beloved disciple married to the Song family's top scholar? Was this Xi family lady who grew up in the capital marrying the crown prince?
Why does she keep calling it "my Song family"?
Before the coachman could drive away, grandma had already walked to the side on her own. Seeing that she was sensible, Xi Qingtong just glared at grandma and walked towards the mansion.
Looking at Xi Qingtong's back, grandma felt an ominous premonition in her heart. She suppressed her uneasiness and hid in the corner of the alley to observe for a while.
Grandma didn't have to wait too long. After half an hour, a group of people came out of the Song family's gate again.
It turned out that Xi Qingbai was going back to the Xi family, and Xi Qingtong and Song Yunhe came out to see him off. The scene of the couple seeing him off fell completely into the eyes of the grandmother.
Grandma's heart sank to the bottom. Now it was Xi Qingtong who was in the Song family, so where was her apprentice?
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