At the old lady's order, Qin Wanru was sent back to the Prime Minister's Mansion that same day. All the items and furnishings she had used were cleared out, leaving only an empty courtyard.
The old lady said that the young master was used to living in that courtyard and was afraid that he would not be able to adapt to moving to a new place, so she gave the courtyard to him directly. She ordered Qin to buy new furniture and supplies within three days and select reliable servants to serve her. Those who had been used by Qin Wanru could be assigned to any place they wanted, and no one was allowed to stay.
Qin agreed to all of them and said that the child should live with her until the yard was ready. The old lady disagreed and had the child and the wet nurse in Hualou sent to her yard. At the end, she said something that made Qin feel ashamed: "You have already spoiled your son, so don't bring harm to your grandson anymore."
Fortunately, there was no one else in the garden at that time, otherwise Qin would have been completely embarrassed.
The Marquis's wife was so cowardly as to do what she did. She returned to her yard, closed the door and smashed everything in the room.
Matron Cao knew that she was about to lose her temper, so she asked someone to come back in advance to collect all the valuable items and replaced them with some worthless things for her to smash.
After Qin smashed things around, she calmed down a little and sat there wiping her tears.
"Why is my life so miserable!" She held the nanny's hand and cried, "Do they all think I want the position of Marquis's wife? I didn't want to marry Zhao Jiuzhou back then, but my father forced me to marry him. Otherwise, I would be..."
"Madam!" Madam Cao called out to her in time.
Qin cried, "Mammy, there are only you and me here, please let me speak, that name, that name has been in my heart for eighteen years..."
Madam Cao was so distressed that she burst into tears. She hugged her and patted her, saying, "Madam, walls have ears. Let bygones be bygones. How many women can live their lives exactly as they wish? Madam now has both sons and daughters, and a respected status, which is beyond the reach of many women."
Qin leaned in her arms, tears falling like beads from a broken string: "It is because I cannot be happy myself that I want Wanru to be happy. Can't a woman in our Qin family marry a man she truly loves?"
Madam Cao sighed, "Madam, you are too obsessed. You can't even get what you want, so how can you control others? Stop thinking like that."
Qin wiped her tears and said angrily, "I couldn't get what I wanted then because I was still young and couldn't make the decision on my own. Now I'm the Marquis' wife and I have the ability to make Wanru get what she wants. Just wait, I will make sure Wanru and Ping'er finally get married!"
"Alas!" Madam Cao shook her head helplessly. Madam, she was just being too stubborn. There weren't so many lovers in the world who would eventually get married. What's more, the prince might not necessarily want to marry his cousin!
With his romantic habits, he wants to marry any pretty lady. All in all, this is just my cousin's wishful thinking.
And as for today's incident, although the wet nurse took full responsibility, anyone with a little bit of common sense would think that the cousin was the one who was at fault. Even she herself felt that it was the cousin who deliberately set up a plan in order to keep her. Couldn't the madam think of this
The old lady took the wet nurse back to her own courtyard. Who can guarantee that she didn't want to interrogate her in private
The young master is so young, and my cousin will do anything to achieve her goals. Just for this reason, she cannot be allowed to stay in the mansion.
When girls are young, they will always risk their lives for men, but my cousin is almost crazy. If she causes any harm to the young master, who knows what kind of trouble will be caused!
Qin had no idea what Madam Cao was thinking. After crying for a while, she felt relieved. She wiped her face and said she wanted to go back to her parents' home.
Qin Wanru was sent back by Zhao Jingping. She cried when she left. She felt that she needed to go back in person to explain to her brother and sister-in-law, and then comfort Wanru and tell her not to be discouraged.
Nanny Cao watched Qin grow up, and she understood better than anyone that Qin was shrewd and tough in other matters, but when it came to Qin Wanru, she was as stubborn as she could be, because she treated Qin Wanru as her younger self.
Madam Cao really had no idea what to do with her, so she had to bring up the old lady to scare her: "Madam, now is not the time to go back to your parents' home. The most important thing right now is to buy things for the young master. The old lady only gave you three days. If you can't take the young master away from her yard within three days, I don't know how she will embarrass you when the time comes!"
Qin sighed helplessly: "So, what's the point of me being the Marquis' wife?"
Madam Cao advised again: "It is not the same for all families with mothers-in-law. Madam, you will get through it one day."
"Yes, you are right. Even if I don't say anything else, I will outlive the old woman and make her die." Qin gritted her teeth, gathered her spirits again, and called people in to discuss the matter of decorating the yard for her grandson.
No matter what, the grandson is her own grandson, and she cannot let him suffer any injustice. As for the matter of going back to her mother's home, let's put it aside for now. After she has settled things here, she will go back and apologize to her brother and sister-in-law.
***
Xie Nanjia returned to the kitchen, feeling dazed, as if she had just had a dream in which she met her son. Now that she had woken up, her son was gone again.
She found a corner and sat down, recalling over and over again her son's pink little face, his big dark eyes, his giggling laughter and his chubby little hands tightly grasping her hair.
She put the strand of hair that her son had grabbed to her nose and sniffed hard, as if she could still smell the milk scent on her son's body.
She told herself that this was not a dream, this was real. She really saw her son and held him in her arms. Her son even smiled at her. He was crying loudly, but he smiled as soon as she held him.
How amazing!
All in all, today was a day of great victory. It was the most beautiful battle she had fought single-handedly since returning to the Marquis' Mansion. She saw her son as she wished, drove Qin Wanru out of the Marquis' Mansion as she wished, and rescued Hualou from that ghost place as she wished. She no longer had to do that kind of dirty work every day. Moreover, Hualou was now the managing aunt in the young master's courtyard, and it would no longer be an easy task for the murderer to harm her again.
Now Hualou and his son have a mutually protective relationship. The two of them guard each other's safety, even though the little guy doesn't know anything yet.
In addition, she had more opportunities to get close to the Marquis, and let the old lady know that there was such a person as her in the mansion. In the future, it would be much more convenient for her to move around in the Marquis's mansion than before, and she would no longer be restricted everywhere and have to please others everywhere.
Ah! She sighed with great relief. Today was a wonderful day.
If we exclude that scoundrel Zhao Jingyu.
Thinking of the scene of the two of them on the tree, she felt an inexplicable throbbing in her heart. She thought she must have been crazy at the time, which was why she threw herself into Zhao Jingyu's arms and cried.
Was it because of her crying that Zhao Jingyu was so rude to her? He didn't think she was throwing herself at him, did he
Thinking of this, she felt that she couldn't blame Zhao Jingyu entirely, after all, she was the one who first did something out of line.
Fortunately, it was Zhao Jingyu. If it was Zhao Jingping, he would have rushed into the room in a hurry.
She thought of Zhao Jingyu's words "Be good, don't cry", and her face felt hot. How rude! Was he treating her sister-in-law like a child? He really deserved a beating.
While she was thinking about the person who deserved a beating, the person who deserved a beating was also thinking about her.
"Wei Jun, Master, I am really confused today. What on earth is Xiu'er doing? Why am I getting more and more confused?" Zhao Jingyu leaned on the chaise longue with a frown on her face, and asked Wei Jun for the eight hundredth time, "Tell me, what exactly is she trying to do?"
Wei Jun couldn't understand it either.
Xiu'er's actions were completely disorganized. She did things here and there in a haphazard manner, and no one knew what she was trying to do.
You said she was flirting with her masters, but she obviously didn't take any of her masters seriously. You said she was unwilling to be mediocre and wanted to climb up, but she would rather go against the old lady's wishes and be a small cook than be a housekeeper in the young master's courtyard.
I guess no one except her knows what she wants to do. As long as she doesn't say it, no one will ever guess it.
"Is she really the Xiu'er we knew before?" Zhao Jingyu asked faintly, "Can a person really be completely different from when they were little?"
Wei Jun hesitated for a while, then slowly said, "It should be possible. For example, if a person is a slob when he is young, he may become a mysophobia person when he grows up. If a person is a crybaby when he is young, he may become a tough guy when he grows up. If a person is reluctant to step on an ant when he is young, he may become a murderer when he grows up..."
"Wait a minute!" Zhao Jingyu sat up suddenly, "Is she here for revenge?"
"…" Wei Jun was stunned, "What revenge? She is just a little girl from the farm. She has never left the farm since she was a child. How could she have an enemy in the mansion?"
Zhao Jingyu said, "Although she never left, she was originally stranded on the farm. Maybe she originally lived in the capital, or even one of her relatives lived in the manor. For some reasons we don't know, her family was killed, or she was implicated, so she had to leave her hometown and flee the capital, hiding her identity on the farm. Now she has grown up and came back to avenge her past."
Wei Jun: “…”
I told you to listen to the teacher and not go to the teahouse every day. Look, you can even make up your own stories after listening to books so much.
Zhao Jingyu didn't think she was making it up, and said confidently, "Don't disbelieve me. This is the only way to explain why she is not interested in anything, especially me. Apart from her, have you ever seen any girl who is not interested in me?"
Wei Jun: “…”
Zhao Jingyu glared at him, "What's with that expression on your face? Am I wrong? And her attitude towards Hua Lou, have you ever seen her treat others like this? She can kill people for Hua Lou without blinking an eye, and she deliberately transferred Hua Lou out of Qingqu Garden. I guess Hua Lou is her lost sister many years ago."
Wei Jun: “…”
Zhao Jingyu raised her leg and kicked him: "Why are you rolling your eyes? Hurry up and check for me. Within three days, I want to know the entire ancestry of Xiu'er and Hualou, not a single generation can be left out!"
(End of this chapter)