The Duke's Daughter is Reborn

Yang Qi would not tolerate Yang Jing and An's nonsense now, and immediately retorted: "Sixth sister, now you know that I am the third sister. I want to ask you, which of the things that the second sister said just now did I not tell you?"

Yang Jing was young and had just returned home, so the words she used to describe Yang Qi were probably what she had heard and learned from An Shi. The old lady looked at the movements in the room and pondered secretly.

Looking at the tea and wounds on Yang Qi's face and listening to Yang Lan's words, the old lady was also very angry. If Yang Qi's face was injured by An today, all the efforts that the Duke Song's Mansion had invested in Yang Qi in the past few years would have been wasted.

With a cold face, the old lady looked at An and said, "Tell me, what's going on with the wound on the third girl's face and the tea."

An felt her eyelids twitch. She was afraid that she had fallen into the hands of Yang Qi today. "Mother, I saw the wound on Jing Jie'er's face and wanted to ask Yang Qi to come over to ask. Unexpectedly, Yang Qi refused to obey and talked back on the spot. I was also very angry and lost my temper."

The old lady snorted coldly: "Yang Qi is not your biological child. You have never treated her well in all the years since she entered the mansion. Do you think that since this child is not your biological child, her future prospects and appearance in this life have nothing to do with you!"

The old lady's words were too harsh. If these words were to spread, not only would the reputation of the mistress of the house, Mrs. An, be ruined, but both the Song Mansion and the An Mansion would be implicated. One tolerated the stepmother's harsh treatment of her children, while the other raised a stepmother who was unfaithful.

Xu came to the main house at this time. Logically speaking, Yang Qi's discipline was the business of the first wife, and Xu, as the wife of the second wife, should not interfere in this matter. But Yang Qi grew up under Xu's guidance. Over the years, Xu had already regarded Yang Qi as her own daughter.

Today, Xu was worried that if she didn't show up, no one would support Yang Qi.

As expected, the moment she saw Xu, Yang Qi started crying again. She didn't cry quietly in front of the old lady and Yang Lan. This time, she threw herself directly into Xu's arms and said, "Aunt, Aunt."

Seeing Yang Qi's small body trembling constantly, Xu felt very distressed: "Okay, okay, the old lady and I will do justice for you."

Yang Qi was really wronged. Whether in the Han Mansion in her previous life or in the Song Mansion today, the one who loved her the most was probably her aunt.

Xu carefully comforted Yang Qi, and then asked An, who was standing beside her, "Sister-in-law, I understand a little bit about what happened today. Originally, as a member of the second house, I shouldn't say too much about the affairs of the first house, but Yang Qi has been loved by everyone since she was a child, and I raised her as my own child. Let me ask you, are you jealous of the good care of the girls in the mansion, and are you afraid that Yang Qi will block the way for your own child, so you want to deliberately destroy Yang Qi?"

Hearing what Xu said, An's face turned pale: "What my sister-in-law said is definitely a false accusation against me. I have been married to the Duke of Song's mansion for so many years, and I have always treated Yang Qi and Yang Lan as my own daughters."

No one present believed what An said.

Xu sneered: "Humph, do you believe this?"

If the second daughter-in-law is allowed to continue talking, the relationship between the first and second houses will become strained. This is something the old lady is very reluctant to see. She coughed and said, "Second daughter-in-law, please say less."

Under the triple questioning of Yang Lan, the old lady and the second aunt, Yang Jing felt extremely aggrieved. It was obviously Yang Qi who was at fault in this matter, and as Yang Qi's mother, her mother could not discipline her. Filial piety is the most important virtue. Even if her mother beat Yang Qi today, who outside could say anything about it?

Yang Jing wanted to say something, but An noticed it and quickly grabbed Yang Jing's hand to stop her from speaking further, making the situation in the room worse.

The old lady looked at Yang Jing's unwillingness to admit defeat and said, "What happened today is that the maidservants around the sixth girl were not attentive enough and did not teach the young lady well. Madam Rong, you should kick out everyone around the sixth girl and assign some new people to come over later."

Rong's mother responded, "Yes."

An was relieved. It seemed that the old lady did not want to use heavy hands. Today's incident might still be resolved as long as the Duke returned home. Today, An beat Yang Qi because she lost control of her emotions. The most important thing was that An knew that the Duke did not care about his daughter.

When Yang Jing heard what the old lady said, she was completely dumbfounded. Jin Ling had grown up with her since she was a child and was no different from her sister. Why did she want to drive Jin Ling out now?

As soon as the conversation changed, the old lady continued, "Also, the sixth girl must copy the "Disciples' Rules" fifty times. Without my consent, you are not allowed to leave the house."

Looking at An, the old lady felt a little conflicted. What happened today clearly showed that An was not a qualified mistress of the house. Ever since An became the housekeeper, the servants in the mansion had been talking and expressing dissatisfaction.

However, if An's housekeeping power was taken away because of this incident, it might be a small matter that would become a big one, and An would lose face in the mansion. The old lady did not like An from the beginning, one of the reasons being that An came from a merchant family, which limited An's vision and destined An not to regard the daughters of the previous two husbands as her own daughters.

The old lady was worried about this, worried that the brothers and sisters in the mansion would be alienated in the future. If everyone worked together and pulled together, the power of the Songguo Mansion would be maximized, but if everyone in the same room had their own thoughts, I am afraid that the Songguo Mansion would not be far from decline.

After thinking for a while, the old lady said to An: "An, please clean up a courtyard in the house and use it as the sixth girl's courtyard from now on." An was not a good mother. If Yang Jing was kept by An, she might have raised the child astray. In fact, the old lady was worried that the child had already been raised astray, and hoped that the remedy would be effective.

Taking Yang Jing away from An was also a lesson and punishment for An.

Xu felt that the punishment given by the old lady was too weak, but since the old lady had spoken, she could not refute it: "What about Miss An?"

An Xiaoqiu was not a pushover either. The old lady said unhappily, "She is not a proper young lady in the mansion. She will return to the northwest after staying here for a few days. There is no need to clean up the yard alone. Let her live with the sixth girl."

Yang Qi knew that he did not hold a high position in the old lady's heart, and he had no objection to the old lady's decisions. Anyway, he did not expect from the beginning that he would be able to get the old lady to punish An through this incident.