Chapter 18 "It's all Qingwu's fault"
Ji Qingwu quietly held her cold hand.
Whispered in her ear: "Sister, please don't reveal anything about what you already knew. The Madam came over on her own initiative, which means she can't sit still for now. We'll wait and see what happens."
Ji Qingrong looked at her and calmed down.
Ms. Cui brought in two maids, one of whom was Zizhu, the maid who had just been splashed with soup by Ji Qingwu.
"Mother."
"Mrs. Tai."
After the two greeted each other, Mrs. Cui walked to the main seat in the main hall and sat down. Zizhu stood beside her and fanned her.
Cui's skin was white, with deep lines at the corners of her eyes and mouth. She looked at Ji Qingwu from head to toe.
“This is Qingrong’s girl, look at her tender face, it looks like she can squeeze out water.”
Ji Qingwu said nothing, just letting Cui look at him with a smile.
Ji Qingrong motioned her to sit down at his head. After taking a breath, he tried to speak in a normal tone: "Mother is busy with work every day, how come she has time to come to Ninghua Hall."
"I heard from your second sister-in-law that your fifth sister came to visit the house. I hope you can come and sit down while you have nothing to do.”
If the incident with Tang had not happened, Ji Qingrong would definitely have stood up and thanked her mother-in-law for caring so much about her mother-in-law and even coming here. But now I just feel cold in my heart, my mother-in-law is so scheming.
So, Ji Qingrong just smiled and didn't answer.
Seeing that both of them ignored her, Cui's expression changed subtly.
Then he found something to say: "Zizhu said, did your fifth sister drink the bowl of soup delivered at noon?"
Ji Qingwu lowered his head, thinking about this Mrs. Hou definitely came here not just to take a look at her, but because of the bowl of soup, she wanted to test whether the eldest sister knew the inside story.
It seems that she is not completely unscrupulous.
Ji Qingrong said: "Mother, the smell of the soup you made for your daughter-in-law is so tempting. Fifth sister is a greedy person and wanted to take a bite, so I gave it to her."
Mrs. Cui exclaimed and said strangely: "But why did I hear that your fifth sister didn't like to drink, so she spilled the soup all over Zizhu and dropped the bowl."
Zizhu whispered. : "Madam, I don't know where I offended Miss Fifth. She wants to pour hot soup on me."
As soon as he finished speaking, Mrs. Cui pretended Zuo said sternly: "Zizhu, you are too unruly! Qingrong's sister came to the Marquis Mansion as a guest, so what if she spilled a bowl of soup? It was me who spoiled you."
It seemed like he was scolding himself. The actual word for the maid is Ji Qingwu. She is a guest of the Hou Mansion, but she is rude to the maid next to Mrs. Hou. She is the one who is spoiled.
Seeing Ji Qingrong stand up respectfully, Cui's eyes flashed.
"Mother, Zizhu is indeed spoiled. If you are not satisfied with her, you can send it to Zhuangzi or sell it."
Ms. Cui did not expect that she would answer like this. Ji Qingrong usually treated her very well. He is filial and always tolerant.
She frowned and said: "Qingrong, it is the ancestral motto of the Hou family to be lenient to the servants, but you are too harsh."
This lady is very good at deflecting conflicts. After a while, she She became Ji Qingrong and treated her servants harshly.
Ji Qingwu also stood up and said with a smile: "Madam, who said I don't like to drink it? Did your maid say so? I have never tasted such fresh soup, it's just..."
Ms. Cui asked: "Just what?"
Ji Qingwu wrung his fingers in grievance, "It's just the Zizhu sister next to you who has been staring at me fiercely, as if she wanted to drop her eyes into my hand. The soup in it was just like water. I was startled by her and dropped the bowl.”
Zizhu’s eyes were big and slightly protruding. When she stared, they looked exactly like Ji Qing. Wu's description is somewhat similar.
Zizhu was panicked when he first heard his wife say that he wanted to betray her, and then heard Ji Qingwu say that he had frightened her.
In anger, he said the words he usually used to beat and scold the little girl. "You bitch is talking nonsense!"
Ji Qingrong immediately turned cold and said seriously: "Mother, look, Zizhu is disrespectful to the distinguished guests of the Hou Mansion in front of you. If word gets out, I will think that you are disrespectful to my fifth sister. What do the Ji family have to say? "
Once things reach a certain height, it becomes difficult to handle.
Ms. Cui gouged out Zizhu and said comfortingly: "I came here specifically to meet Qingwu and express the attention of the Hou family."
It was just what Zizhu said just now Ji Qingrong's cruelty offended Ji Qingrong, and she would never forgive him lightly.
"The Marquis Mansion cannot tolerate servants who insult the master!"
Cui said the discussion with a tough attitude, "Okay, don't hurt the whole family because of the nonsense said by an unworthy girl. People are kind, don’t you think, Qingrong?”
If she gets angry again, it’s because she’s being unreasonable.
Ji Qingrong was already angry and did not want to lower his head so easily. Suddenly he heard the person behind him sniffing.
She turned her head and saw that Ji Qingwu had tears in his eyes and his nose was wrinkled, looking pitiful trying not to let the tears fall.
Her voice was soft and authentic: "Madam, you have made a thousand mistakes, and they are all Qingwu's fault."
This admission of mistake made it seem like Mrs. Hou was bullying a young girl like her.
The more Ji Qingwu talked, the sadder he became, his eyes filled with water and watery.
When Lu Juan, the crown prince of Zhongyong Hou, came in, he saw this scene.
My mother, Ms. Cui, was sitting on the main seat with a frosty face.
On weekdays, the wife who was calm and composed also lost her good expression. She frowned and looked at a slender woman with distress.
This woman should be the fifth girl of the Ji family. Qingrong mentioned it to him last night.
When he was at the door just now, he heard her tone of voice that was full of grievance and pretended to be strong, which made people feel pitiful.
Ji Qingrong was facing the door, so she was the first to notice Lu Juan coming in, but for the first time, she did not go up to him or call him.
Ms. Cui said in surprise: "Isn't it said that there is a palace banquet today, why are you back so early?"
Lu Juan replied: "It has been canceled temporarily. The Emperor has important matters to deal with. The person behind the case of the prince falling into the water a few days ago has been found out."
Ji Qingwu's ears moved, causing harm. Have you found the little guy? Don't know how it will be dealt with.
Ms. Cui breathed a sigh of relief, clasped her hands together and recited a few lines of Amitabha, "Your Highness, your Majesty is in good health." Then he introduced: "This is Qingrong's fifth sister."
Ji Qingwu He quickly held back his tears, took a step forward, and bowed respectfully.
“Qingwu has met his eldest brother-in-law.”
Lu Juan's skin resembled that of Cui's, he was fair and fair, his facial features were handsome, and his face was like a crown jewel. It was no exaggeration to use the word "Jade" on him, and he had an aristocratic and otherworldly temperament all over his body.
Ji Qingrong is also very beautiful, standing there like a flower in the sky. The two of them are in the same room, and the room is much brighter.
Lu Juan nodded and asked, "What happened just now? I think someone seems unhappy."
When he said this, his eyes fell on Ji Qingrong.
Seeing her frown, he also frowned.
Ji Qingwu's "sadness" was so obvious that anyone with eyes would see it.
The "someone" Lu Juan said was unhappy was Ji Qingrong.
(End of this chapter)