Ci Jinzhi

  Chapter 25 Evil Retribution

   "Mother, tell me." Duan Shaoqing pretended to be listening attentively.

   Qiao looked at the old lady with a dazed expression.

  The old lady's eyes fell on the couple, and she sighed deeply in her heart.

  How did you get to this point?

Hiding her dislike and dissatisfaction towards Qiao Shi under her slightly drooping eyelids, the old lady took Xin You's hand lovingly: "My grandmother said before that you and your eldest cousin are good boys, if you can kiss each other better, I can feel at ease when I go to see your mother in the future. Now that something like this has happened, grandma knows that you are upset, but she still wants to ask, are you still willing to marry your eldest cousin?"

  Xin You was stunned.

  Not because of anything else, she felt that her skin was still too thin compared to the people in the Shaoqing Mansion.

Seeing that she was silent, the old lady thought there was something to be said, and persuaded her gently: "When you get married, you will take care of the family affairs, and don't worry about not being able to take care of them. If you don't understand, just ask grandma. As for Mrs. Qiao, she will Stay in Yaxin Garden and not come out, copy Buddhist scriptures or whatever, it's up to you."

   "Old lady!" Qiao's face turned pale, staring at Xin You.

   And Xin You almost applauded the old lady's words.

  What she meant in her previous words was that she was worried that Mrs. Qiao would stand up after many years. The old lady suggested that Kou Qingqing and Duan Yunchen should be married, and that Kou Qingqing should be the housekeeper, which meant to dispel this concern.

  If she is really Kou Qingqing, who can marry her sweetheart, control Qiao, and don't have to have conflicts with her grandmother, it may be difficult to refuse this proposal.

   Unfortunately, she is Xin You.

  Xin You slowly withdrew her hand from the old lady's hand, shook her head and said, "Let's report to the authorities."

   "Qingqing!" Xin You's refusal made the old lady unexpected.

Xin You pulled the corner of her lips: "Grandmother, although Qingqing is young, she also understands that getting married is a good relationship, not a bad relationship. The relationship between me and my eldest wife is like this, and I can really become equal to my eldest cousin. Husband and wife?"

  The old lady moved her lips, but was stopped by the question.

  A little girl who can marry someone she likes, and also has the right to be a housekeeper, is too late to be happy, how can she care about other things? Even thinking of the possibility of discord with her husband, young and competitive girls always think that as long as they have time, they will be able to win her husband's heart sooner or later.

  But at this moment, looking at the girl with a calm expression, and the indifferent tone just now, the old lady knew that the methods used on ordinary girls were not working.

   Not moved by love, not tempted by profit, her granddaughter is like this.

  For a while, the old lady's mood became more complicated.

   "Qingqing, besides reporting to officials?"

  Hearing the compromise in the old lady's words, Xin You bowed her knees: "Then grandma thinks, how to deal with the eldest wife who ordered the murder is fair?"

The old lady stared at her granddaughter who kicked the ball back for a long time, and finally she looked back at her son, and sighed: "Qiao's morals are flawed, she disobeys her parents, and she is unworthy of being Duan's wife. Wensong, you can write a letter of divorce." , take her back to Qiao's house."

   These words struck Qiao's head like a thunderbolt.

   She was not willing to let her go to Qingdeng Gufo, but she didn't expect that the old lady would want her son to marry Kou Qingqing, let alone that the old lady would let her husband divorce her!

Qiao was stunned for a moment, then tears welled up in her eyes: "Madam, my daughter-in-law has been married to Duan's family for many years. She has respected her uncle, raised children, and worked hard. She dare not relax for a moment. Even if there is no credit, there will be hard work. How can you let the master divorce me?" ah!"

  The more she spoke, the more sad and angry she became, staring straight at Duan Shaoqing: "Master, if you do this, have you ever thought about Chen'er? There is an abandoned mother, how should he deal with himself!"

  Duan Shaoqing was not mentally prepared to divorce his wife, and looked at the old lady with a look of embarrassment: "Mother—"

   "Yuzhu, take the eldest girl to change clothes." After the old lady gave orders, she got up and walked to the inner room, "Boss, follow me."

  The maid named Yuzhu helped the drenched Duan Yunwan to change clothes. Duan Yunling quietly glanced at the embarrassed aunt, and then at the father who followed the grandmother into the inner room, his palms were full of sweat.

  Compared to the crowded main room, there are only mother and child in the room, so keep your voice down so you don't have to worry about being heard. Duan Shaoqing spoke a lot more casually: "Mother, keeping Mrs. Qiao in the yard will have the least impact on our Shaoqing Mansion."

  The old lady pressed her temple: "I also know that this is the best way, but Qingqing disagrees."

   "She's a little girl—" Duan Shaoqing still had a bit of luck in his heart.

  The old lady sneered: "Little girl is not afraid of heaven and earth. If Qingqing insists on reporting to the police, what can you do? Could it be that she killed someone like Qiao's poisonous woman?"

   "How could it be my son." Duan Shaoqing's expression changed.

  What he thought of was not only the rumors that would be caused by his niece reporting to the government, but also the red dress, the young Jinlinwei Zhenfu.

   It was hot time, even though there was an ice basin in the old lady's room, beads of sweat rolled down her forehead.

Duan Shaoqing raised his sleeves and wiped his sweat, but he still couldn't make up his mind to divorce his wife: "If we divorce Qiao, it will have a big impact on the children, especially Chen'er, who is going to take the imperial examination to become an official. If he can't bear it, How can mother be dealt with by Hugh?"

  By this time, the old lady became much calmer: "Boss, haven't you seen it yet, either you should divorce Qiao, or Qiao will make amends with death, otherwise Qingqing won't give up."

   "This girl—" Duan Shaoqing gritted his teeth and squeezed out these three words, and for a moment murderous intent flashed through his heart.

   But he knew very well that he couldn't do that.

Seeing that girl's bare feet are not afraid of wearing shoes, if she doesn't give an explanation today, she can immediately report to the official, and she won't be given time to plan slowly, unless he completely tears his face and confesses in front of his mother and two daughters. killer.

  He has not gone crazy to this point, not to mention the rumors of the Shaoqing Mansion are spreading all over the capital, and it has attracted He Qingxiao's attention.

   "Originally, Qiao's 'disease and death' was less disturbing than being disturbed by Hugh, but as you said, Chen'er still has to take the scientific examination. Once Qiao's is gone, Chen'er will go home to observe his filial piety, so it will be delayed."

  Duan Shaoqing's heart shook, and he nodded slowly: "Mother is right. It's just that Qiao's divorce will inevitably spread some rumors."

  The old lady sighed: "Let's choose the lesser of two evils. If people in the world speculate that Mr. Qiao is not kind to Qingqing, it means that our family is upright. We would rather bear criticism than cover up such a vicious woman."

   Speaking of this, the old lady took a deep look at her son.

   Really thought she had become deaf and couldn't hear the gossip outside? It's just that I don't want to make noise at this juncture.

   It's just that she didn't expect two things. One was that Qiao ordered the evil slave to murder the eldest granddaughter, and the other was that the granddaughter's attitude was so tough.

  At this moment, the old lady felt a little tired from the bottom of her heart: Maybe she is really old.

   "Then follow what mother said." Duan Shaoqing finally made up his mind.

  (end of this chapter)