She wanted to use the words of the wife of Marquis Ping'an to make Wei An and Shen Chen bow their heads and kowtow to Princess Linjiang. This kowtow would mean acknowledging that Princess Linjiang is still the princess, which has a different meaning.
However, they didn't expect that Shen Chen and Wei An were so calm, and the wife of Marquis Ping'an who was invited was also a straightforward person. She didn't know how to be tactful at all and said everything so directly that it was embarrassing.
She was also a person who was unwilling to be bullied. Although the wife of Marquis Ping'an was now prominent, their Qin family was not bad either. Even if Princess Linjiang was finished, their Qin family had followed Prince Linjiang for so many years and dedicated the entire family to Prince Linjiang.
Even for this reason, King Linjiang would not treat the Qin family badly.
Otherwise, how can King Linjiang make people trust him and believe that he will treat well those who follow him into battle
She has suffered enough humiliation recently, because Princess Linjiang was in trouble, and they went everywhere to apologize to people, hoping that there would be a turnaround, that Prince Linjiang would change his mind again and allow Princess Linjiang to get through this unscathed.
For this reason, they even came to the wedding of Shen Chen, whom they had always looked down upon, and brought such generous gifts and smiled at Shen Chen's wife.
Who knew that Shen Chen's wife was not an easy person to deal with either. She embarrassed people on the wedding day and exposed her little thoughts in front of so many people. People looked at her in a different way and all the people under Concubine Yu asked them to leave in a sarcastic tone.
This can be considered a great humiliation.
Why should she continue to endure the bullying from these people? She immediately frowned and sneered, "Madam, what you said really made me understand what bias means."
She coughed, and at this point she was not afraid of boiling water, and raised her voice in front of everyone: "According to what Madam means, there is no such thing as filial piety in this world. What is the point of being filial? If your father or mother has done anything to offend you, you can just not raise them. If you are not filial, just abandon them. Is that what you mean? If Madam really means this, then I have nothing to say. After all, people with different ideals cannot work together, right?"
Mrs. Ping'an immediately raised her eyebrows and couldn't help but get angry: "What nonsense are you talking about?!"
The word "filial piety" can really crush a person. No matter how capable and proud you are, if your parents accuse you of being unfilial, you will fall from heaven to earth. In order to avoid being the target of public gossip, Shen Chen had done enough preparation early on and became more and more pious to his biological mother. He held grand memorial services for her on festivals, birthdays and anniversaries. The same was true for the Third Young Master Lin. Even though he had risen to the position of commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard and was extremely wealthy, he did not kill the wife of the Earl of Qinghe. It was simply because he had done something too ruthless. Although he vented his anger, he was also finished. It was not worth it to hurt the enemy by a thousand and lose eight hundred of his own.
Now Madam Qin San started to confuse right and wrong as soon as she opened her mouth. She accused Shen Chen and Wei An of being unfilial because she refused to persuade them to bow down to Princess Linjiang. She was so heartless because the Linjiang Palace had done something wrong in the past. She was really putting people on the spot. If you didn't know, you would think that she was the one who instigated Shen Chen and Wei An.
Madam Qin San saw that she was anxious, so she took a leisurely look at her, then looked at the people sitting in the hall, and said sarcastically, "Isn't it? What did I say just now? I just said that if the Marquis and Madam are willing, they can go and kowtow to the seriously ill princess. Did I say anything wrong? Madam, why are you being so sarcastic?"
Everyone was stunned. They didn't expect such a big thing to happen just on the second day after the wedding. They were all a little embarrassed. After they came to their senses, they started to smooth things over between the two sides.
The ladies of the Qin family were encouraged and began to join in the complaints, saying how pitiful the princess was now and how any deep hatred should disappear. The wife of Marquis Ping'an was extremely angry, but she and Madam Mei were outnumbered and powerless, and they couldn't reason with these unreasonable people, so they felt a little annoyed.
Just at this time, Wei An and Concubine Yu came in.
Everyone stood up to greet them. Concubine Yu was very kind. She asked everyone to stand up, and then she asked curiously, "I haven't even come close yet, but I heard the ladies arguing. What's going on? What happened? This is a big day for our family. If there is anything we have done inappropriately, please tell us, Jin Guan, so as not to hurt the harmony."
After Concubine Yu said this, Madam Qin San exaggerated the previous incident, and completely portrayed herself as the weaker and more reasonable party. She glanced at Wei An and asked him directly: "Madam, don't you think you should kowtow to the princess? After all, the princess is the legitimate princess!"
Concubine Yu frowned and then relaxed without leaving a trace, her voice as gentle as ever: "This... Our Lord has already ordered that there is no need to disturb the princess from recuperating..."
"That's the prince's business. Whether he does it or not is the younger generation's opinion. Just as you said, the princess is so sick now, how much impact can kowtow have?" Mrs. Qin San had no choice. Now that she was pushed out, she had to see if she could get Wei An to bow his head.
Everyone was a little worried about Wei An. Lady Ping An even coughed and said, "Why make things difficult for a new bride? She just got married, so of course she has to listen to the instructions of the elders in everything..."
Wei An did not dodge. He met her gaze and asked her in confusion, "Madam San, please forgive my rudeness, but do you know what it means to stretch your hand too far?"
Madam Qin San's expression changed, and she looked at her coldly: "I don't know what it means to stretch your hand too far, I only know... what it means to disobey elders, and what it means to be reckless."
"Audacious?" Wei An sneered, "I don't know what audacity means. Madam Qin San, please teach me, what audacity have I done?"
She stood up, her face calm but not giving in at all, and said: "I have only been married for one day. I don't know other principles. I only know that I should obey the arrangements of the elders in everything. Since my father-in-law told me not to disturb the princess's peace, I did not disturb the princess's peace. For me, this is obedience to the elders, but in the eyes of Madam Qin San, it became my disobedience to the elders. May I ask who I disobeyed? Who disobeyed the elders? Is it me, or is it Madam Qin San who doesn't take my father-in-law's orders seriously, is arrogant, and comes to my palace to make decisions about the palace's affairs?!" (To be continued)