Aunt Xue not only scratched Madam Wang's face, but also the two maids beside Madam Wang were not spared. They were torn and bitten by her, leaving them covered with scars.
Qin ordered a few tough old women to capture Aunt Xue and locked her up again. She apologized to Mrs. Wang with great remorse and invited her into the house to drink tea to calm her nerves.
Mrs. Wang's face felt burning with pain and she was furious. She felt that she was so unlucky. She had been so enthusiastic about bringing together the two families, but she had not expected to be disfigured as soon as she entered the house.
Due to Qin's status as the Marquis' wife, she couldn't get angry directly. She suppressed her anger and politely refused Qin, then left angrily with her two maids.
Qin was so angry that her head was buzzing and her temples were throbbing. She watched Mrs. Wang leave and did not have the face to try to keep her.
Although he was angry, there was no point in arguing with a madman. He could only vent his anger on the old woman who was in charge of guarding Aunt Xue. He beat her with forty sticks and drove her out of the house, and then sent someone reliable to guard Aunt Xue again.
Because the old lady was still waiting for the good news from Mrs. Wang, she had to go to the old lady with Madam Cao to explain the reason and apologize.
The old lady had already received the news and was sitting in the living room with a gloomy face waiting for Qin. As soon as Qin came in, she grabbed a large pillow and threw it at her.
Qin didn't dare to hide. The pillow hit her face. It didn't hurt, but her face turned red with embarrassment.
In front of so many servants in the room, the old lady had no intention of showing her any mercy.
After Aunt Xue's fuss, the marriage with the Marquis of Hepingnan's mansion would most likely be called off. Considering Miss Chen's stain, the old lady would have been happy to see it happen if it hadn't ended in such a shameful way. But it doesn't matter now. After all, Madam Wang is the wife of a minister. She came to the mansion with good intentions to propose marriage, but was scratched on the face by a crazy woman. If this got out, how would Marquis Dingyuan put his face aside
Especially Mrs. Wang’s mouth, which could stir up a big fuss about nothing. If she suffered a loss, who knows what she would say about the Marquis’ Mansion!
"You useless thing, you can't do anything right!" She pointed at Qin who was kneeling on the ground and shouted angrily, "What's the point of you kneeling before me now? Why don't you quickly prepare a generous gift to apologize to Madam Wang? If you are a step late, I'm afraid the whole capital will know about it."
"Yes, yes, yes, mother, calm down. I will go right away." Qin Shi replied repeatedly, and then asked the old lady carefully, "Mother, what do you think, should I wait until Madam Wang goes to the Pingnan Marquis's Mansion before visiting her, or should I go and see her before she goes?"
"..." The old lady was about to get angry when she heard this, but then she froze. She thought about it for a while and said gloomily, "It has come to this point anyway, so let's wait until she comes back from the Bo's Mansion!"
The mother-in-law and the daughter-in-law had the same idea. Since they had already embarrassed themselves, they had to do it in a worthy way. They only hoped that the Pingnan Marquis' Mansion would listen to Madam Wang's words and give up the idea of marrying their daughter in. This way, the Marquis' Mansion would not have embarrassed themselves in vain.
The old lady couldn't help but complain to Qin again: "In the end, it's your fault for not thinking things through. If you had inquired about Miss Chen Er's character from the beginning, how could this have happened?"
"..." Qin was furious. It was obvious that the old lady herself had sent her confidants to inquire about the personalities of the young ladies, and the list was also selected by the old lady and given to her. If she hadn't been reminded by Xiu'er and asked Lvliu for the truth, the marriage would have almost been completed. Now that something went wrong, the old lady didn't look for the reason in herself, but threw the dirty water on her head. It was really annoying.
Seeing her angry but unable to speak, the old lady sighed and waved her hand, saying, "Forget it, forget it. If I hadn't been arranging a marriage for the prince, this wouldn't have happened. To avoid being blamed in the future, the prince's marriage will be decided by you, his mother, from now on!"
Qin was secretly delighted when she heard this, and all her grievances disappeared. It could be considered a blessing in disguise that the old lady gave up arranging a marriage for her son.
She couldn't hide the smile on her lips. She bowed to the old lady and took her leave, going to prepare a gift to apologize to Mrs. Wang.
The old lady waited until the people were far away, then sighed again and said to Aunt Hua: "Look at my daughter-in-law here. She gets resentful when she is wronged, and becomes overjoyed when she gets a little benefit. Who would want to take care of her mess?"
Aunt Hua handed the old lady a glass of water and said gently, "Don't take it to heart. Madam is just like that. The prince is her own flesh and blood. The daughter-in-law she marries back should be called mother-in-law. In my opinion, let her pick the one she likes, so as to avoid conflicts between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law in the future."
The old lady took a sip of tea and put the cup on the table. "It's not that I can't give in, but if she wants her niece to marry in, that's absolutely impossible."
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After a commotion in the mansion, peace soon returned to normal. After watching the excitement, people from all over the place went back to their own business.
In the pavilion in the middle of the lotus pond, Luliu and Xie Nanjia met again, and Luliu expressed his sincere gratitude and admiration to Xie Nanjia.
As expected of a talent carefully selected by the General's Mansion, he is truly strategic and has planned everything out. With just one move, he not only tested Aunt Xue, but also disrupted Zhao Jingping's marriage, and paved the way for tonight's action. It can be said that he killed three birds with one stone.
Not only that, she even guessed that Chen Rong would send her maid to accompany Mrs. Wang. Among the two maids that Mrs. Wang brought today, one was her maid Qiu Shuang, and the other was indeed Chen Rong's maid Si Xian.
In this way, even if Qin could find a way to shut Mrs. Wang up, Sixian would tell Chen Rong about it, and this marriage would never happen.
So, Xiu'er is really not just smart, she is simply a female Zhuge Liang with great foresight.
Xie Nanjia didn't take Lu Liu's praise seriously, and said calmly, "This isn't a difficult thing to do. As long as the timing is right, anyone can do it. I didn't act before because I didn't have the right helpers. I have to thank you for your help today. If you hadn't seen that Aunt Xue was pretending to be crazy and negotiated with her to let her attack Madam Wang, I'm afraid we wouldn't have been able to achieve our goal so smoothly."
Speaking of Aunt Xue, Luliu could not help laughing. The conditions she negotiated with Aunt Xue were very simple. She said to Aunt Xue that Madam Wang was coming to propose marriage for the Crown Prince and Miss Chen Er. Miss Chen Er was a cruel person. If she entered the mansion, the first person she would deal with would be us concubines. If you are really not the murderer of the Crown Prince's wife, then you can pretend to be crazy and make a scene with Madam Wang to disrupt this marriage. It will be good for all of us. After that, I will prove your innocence to the spirit of my lady in heaven. Please let me go and never bother you again.
"How could Aunt Xue be so stupid that she could even believe such words?" Lu Liu said with a smile.
"She's not stupid, she's desperate and is trying anything she can think of." Xie Nanjia said, "I asked Fourth Aunt, the girls in the brothel have more or less had abortions, hurt others, and done bad things, so they especially believe in those weird things. She was just scared by a ghost last night, and she's in a state of panic, so she'll believe whatever you say."
"What about Aunt Hong? Do you think she will believe it?" asked Lu Liu.
"As long as she has something to hide, she will believe it if everyone believes it." Xie Nanjia said, "So what you have to do next is to scare all of Zhao Jingping's concubines, and then persuade them to go to Yaoyueju to worship the spirit of me... the wife of the Crown Prince in heaven. I will let Feng Lun hide there first, and let him do something when Aunt Hong is worshipping, so as to make some unusual noises, and then you can act according to the situation."
Lvliu nodded solemnly: "Don't worry, I will take care of the rest."
The two separated and went their separate ways.
Shortly after they left, a figure flew across the top of the pavilion and disappeared at the other end of the garden in an instant.
Qin did not return home until lunch time. After returning, the first thing she did was to see the old lady and tell her that the marriage with the Pingnan Marquis was completely off.
This was already expected, and the old lady had nothing much to say. She just asked her whether Mrs. Wang had calmed down.
Qin said, "Mrs. Wang is straightforward, and her temper comes quickly but goes away quickly. She also promised me that she would not say anything when she goes out, but, but..."
"Just what?" the old lady said unhappily, "Just say it if you have something to say."
Qin said, "But Madam Wang told me that one of the maids who accompanied her this morning was Miss Chen's man, so she couldn't guarantee whether this matter would be spread out in the end."
"What?" The old lady couldn't help but choke up. "This Second Miss Chen is too unruly. She actually did something so outrageous. It shows that her character is really not very good. She is an unmarried girl, and it is not a fair thing for her to secretly send a maid to the man's house to inquire about the news. I don't believe she dares to say it shamelessly."
Whether to say it or not, the mouth is on the other person and no one can do anything about it. In any case, Qin finally got the result she wanted. Since the old lady gave her the decision on her son's marriage, she can legitimately send someone to the Prime Minister's Mansion to propose marriage.
After waiting for so long and enduring for so long, she finally got what she wanted. She couldn't wait to share the good news with her son. She believed that her son would be as happy as she was.
Everyone was thinking about their own things, and at this time in the west wing, Zhao Jingyu was confused by the news brought back by Huangfu.
Huangfu said that he heard with his own ears Lvliu say that Xiu'er "is worthy of being a talent carefully selected by the General's Mansion." This news shocked Zhao Jingyu and made him very conflicted. He had made many guesses about Xiu'er, but all his guesses were ultimately untenable because Xiu'er lived on the manor. If what Lvliu said was true, how to explain the fact that Xiu'er had been living on the manor
It can't be that the General's Mansion had foresight and arranged people in Zhuangzi in advance, right
But then again, Xiu'er's care for the young master and Hualou, and even her frequent contact with Lvliu during this period, seemed to be explained only by Lvliu's words.
She asked Lvliu to release Aunt Xue to scratch Lady Wang in order to disrupt the Crown Prince's marriage. Fundamentally speaking, it was for the benefit of the young master. She also helped Lvliu find the murderer of the Crown Prince's wife. If she was not from the General's Mansion, how could she be so dedicated to matters related to the Crown Prince's wife
Could it be that the real Xiu'er was really replaced by someone else in the General's Mansion
Zhao Jingyu was puzzled and could only bear it for the time being and wait until he went to the West Mountain Paddock the day after tomorrow. By then, the Xie family father and son would also go with the emperor. If Xiu'er was really a member of the General's Mansion, it would be impossible for her not to reveal something in front of her master.
By then, the truth will naturally be revealed.
(End of this chapter)