A crisp slap landed on her face. Aunt Qiu turned her head away, clenching her fingertips in humiliation.
The Lady Hou spoke coldly, her eyes concealing a ruthless glint: "The Marquis and I trusted you and put you in charge of the household, yet such a major incident occurred right under your nose. You cannot escape the blame!"
Aunt Qiu bit her lip, wanting to explain: "It happened so suddenly, I..."
"Shut up! Are you trying to shirk responsibility? Let me tell you, this isn't going to end so easily!"
As soon as Lady Hou finished speaking, Marquis Ningyuan walked in with a sullen face.
"I could hear your voice from far away. What are you yelling about? Don't you think the house is messy enough already?"
Lady Hou looked at him incredulously: "Does the Marquis think I'm causing trouble? You put Aunt Qiu in charge of the household, but she's managed it like this!"
Marquis Ningyuan glanced at Aunt Qiu, whose expression was one of suppressed resentment. Aunt Qiu pursed her lips and looked up at him, her eyes clearly showing her grievance: "My lord."
Compared to Lady Hou's aggressive manner, the difference in their levels is immediately apparent.
He scoffed, "She has a responsibility, but don't you have one too?"
Lady Hou's eyes widened as she heard him say coldly, "If you hadn't found the house too peaceful and hadn't brought Jingyu another concubine, would the inner quarters be in such chaos?"
"..." These words left Lady Hou speechless.
Yun Que was indeed given to her son by her, but the other party was cautious and would never have a conflict with Shen Xiwei. In her opinion, there might be something fishy going on here!
If Shen Xiwei were to really joke about the child in her womb, wouldn't that be a bit too reckless?
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Chi Kyung-ok woke up in the middle of the night.
He opened his eyes, a deep and unfathomable light flowing within them, staring at the top of the tent with a somewhat dazed expression.
At first, the servants didn't notice, but when he made the slightest movement, the servant was startled awake, jumped up, and his eyes lit up with joy: "The young master is awake! That's wonderful, the young master is awake!"
Chi Jingyu grabbed his hand, his eyes bloodshot: "Where is Madam?"
The servant was taken aback: "Madam came to see you last night, but left after dark. Young Master, do you wish to see Madam? I will go and fetch her right away!"
Chi Jingyu stared intently at his departing figure, then leaned back, her expression pained, breathing heavily.
Before long, Lady Hou, having received the news, rushed over. Upon seeing him, her eyes welled up with tears: "It's wonderful, son! You've finally woken up!"
When Chi Jingyu first saw Madam Hou, he felt something was amiss, because his mother looked much younger than he remembered.
But he didn't care about such details and asked in a hoarse voice, "Mother, where is Tang Ning?"
Lady Hou was taken aback, then frowned in disgust: "Why are you bringing up that woman out of the blue? She's living the high life right now!"
Chi Jingyu breathed a sigh of relief; she was still alive…
He knew it; how could she possibly be dead?
"Mother, please have Tang Ning come over. I want to see her."
Lady Hou gave him a rather strange look: "What are you doing seeing her?" Suddenly, as if remembering something, her expression changed. "You're not still hung up on her, are you? Son, I'm warning you, she's married now. Don't make a mistake..."
Chi Jingyu paused, then forced a smile: "Mother, what are you saying? Who... did she marry?"
Lady Hou touched his forehead with surprise and doubt: "Jingyu, don't scare me! You don't have a fever, what's wrong with you? Quick, get the doctor to come and take a look!"
Chi Jingyu's eyes held a strange, almost obsessive look: "You haven't answered my question yet."
She was so anxious that she blurted out, "Who else could she marry? Of course, Chi Yan!"
His voice suddenly became somewhat hoarse: "Chi Yan?"
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