Chapter 177: Reconciliation
In Qinyi Courtyard, Mrs. Wu sent away Jiang Ke, who had just come over to admit her mistake, but her heart was even more gloomy than when she was in Yuyuan during the day.
"Madam, since the second master already knows that he is wrong, you can forgive him this time!" Mother Lu persuaded beside her.
"You heard it just now, do you think he's really admitting his mistake?" Mrs. Wu pointed in the direction of the door, still angry. At this time, Jiang Ke had been gone for a long time, and he had long since disappeared.
Lu's mother was speechless.
"It's his fault every sentence, let's not anger the second lady of the Yanguo Mansion...... He also said that no matter how the Yanguo Mansion intended to know about this matter, he had no objection. I think he can't ask for it! The more Mrs. Wu spoke, the more angry she became, "I tried my best to help her marry the county lord of Kangning, and he actually dismantled the stage himself!" It's only been a long time since you got married, if you take a concubine at this time, wouldn't you offend the princess's mansion! And does he think it's something he can do on his own? ”
"Madame, don't be angry, be careful of hurting yourself." Mother Lu didn't feel so strict, "According to the slave maid, before the Duchess of Yanguo left today, her feelings were already very normal, and she didn't seem to plan to hold on to this matter." And although the Yanguo Mansion has changed in recent years, after all, the status is there, and a princess has just been born...... Although this second lady is a concubine, she may not be willing to let her be a concubine, right? ”
Mother Lu hollowed out her mind, and she could only come up with so much.
As everyone knows, these words not only made Mrs. Wu half relieved, but even more mind-reading.
Duchess Yan Guo's appearance today obviously means "this matter is not over", although she didn't say a few words from beginning to end, but every sentence hit the point, making it even more difficult for people to be vague about the past. If she didn't force the Marquis of Jingyuan Mansion to give an explanation today, she would be able to make Mrs. Wu feel more at ease, and it would be even more worrying to say goodbye like this.
And what made Mrs. Wu even more heart-wrenching was the words behind Lu's mother.
What does it mean to "even if she is a concubine, she may not be willing to let her be a concubine"? Today, they came to the Hou Mansion as guests, what kind of calculation they are making, everyone knows it, how to change it to Jiang Ke, it is natural that they should be "unwilling"?
Although he didn't want Jiang Ke to take a concubine at this time, deep down in Mrs. Wu's heart, what she didn't like to hear the most was that others intentionally or unintentionally compared Jiang Ke with Jiang Xuan. This feeling of being a dwarf forever, she has experienced too much, and she can't let her son continue like this no matter what! Mrs. Lu swore secretly in her heart.
Early the next morning, Mrs. Wu invited the second lady of the Chengping Marquis Mansion to go to the Yanguo Mansion to reconcile the matter.
Although Mrs. Wu had prepared that the Yanguo Mansion would not give up, the reply that the second lady brought back still surprised her.
"You mean to say that you don't do it if you are not a flat wife?" Mrs. Wu held back her anger.
"Duchess Yan Guo is very persistent." The second lady confirmed: "It is said that she is the young lady of the Guogong Mansion, and she can't be a concubine no matter what, it would be too embarrassing." ”
"Since they know that they are afraid of face, they are not afraid that if this matter spreads, what should they do?" Mrs. Wu asked rhetorically, she didn't think that the Yanguo Mansion had the capital to coerce.
"What the Duchess of Yanguo means is that justice is in the hearts of the people, and if it really wants to spread all over the capital and let the people of the world judge it, they are not afraid......" The second lady relayed with great difficulty.
These words really shocked Mrs. Wu, she really didn't expect that Duchess Yan Guo would be so insistent. Treat others with herself, that second lady is not the Duchess of Yanguo's own child, maybe she can really give it out.
Mrs. Wu absolutely did not allow Jiang Ke's reputation to be ruined in any way, and at this moment, the words of direct refusal were on her lips, but she couldn't say it anyway.
"I would like to ask the second lady to go again, just say that the matter is very important, we still need to think about it more, and we will be able to give an answer in a few days." Mrs. Wu finally said.
The second lady was already difficult to ride the tiger at this time, so she could only agree to come down.
Saying that matchmaking was originally her most handy thing, but it was always the original match in the main room, and this family affair really gave her a headache.
At the same time as Qinyiyuan saw off the second lady, Yuyuan came to a rare guest.
Qiu Jinting had just had breakfast today, and went straight to Yuyuan.
When Jiang Ke returned to Fengyuan last night, he didn't have a word of explanation for the events of the day, and fell asleep on the bed, making Qiu Jinting so angry that he didn't sleep all night. And this grievance has nowhere to complain, so I want to see He Qingwan more and more.
Since Mrs. Wu asked her to find Lu Qingrong if she needed anything, she didn't plan to be polite.
This is the first time she has set foot in the Yuyuan, and as soon as she came in, she found that there was something different here, first the maids were obviously dressed much more beautifully, and then when she looked closely, they all looked good. Seeing this scene, Qiu Jinting's mood inexplicably changed a lot, and this good mood reached its peak when he saw Cai Mei and Cai Lian.
Therefore, when Lu Qingrong looked at Qiu Jinting, who had suffered this encounter yesterday, he actually stood in front of him with a smile on his face, and that smile did not seem to be fake, he inevitably felt very weird.
"The county lord only invited the imperial doctor yesterday, why did he come out and walk around!" Lu Qingrong first expressed his concern, "If there is anything, send a maid over, or invite me to Fengyuan." ”
"Sister-in-law, don't be so polite!" Qiu Jinting smiled even more, "I'm already well, but staying in the house is boring, it's better to come out and take a walk!" ”
This is the truth, as soon as he saw Jiang Ke's face as if nothing had happened today, Qiu Jinting was extremely depressed.
Of course, Lu Qingrong knew that she was not just going out to go around, but he no longer greeted her, and after ordering Luzhu to serve tea to Qiu Jinting, he sat there and waited for her to express her intentions.
Qiu Jinting saw that Lu Qingrong was no longer stubborn, so he had to take the initiative to speak.
"My mother told me to come to my sister-in-law if I needed anything...... I wonder if my sister-in-law is willing to do me a favor? Qiu Jinting asked.
Although it is a request, there is no humble tone at all, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is instructive.
"It depends on what it is." Lu Qingrong was noncommittal.
"When I was in the princess's mansion, every once in a while, I would ask Qingwan to come over for a few days, which has become a habit. Now I haven't seen her for many days, and I think strangely, so I think about inviting her to Fengyuan as a guest. Qiu Jinting showed his intentions.
"Is it a normal visitor, or is it a small stay like in the past?" Lu Qingrong felt that there was a big difference between the two.
"Naturally, it's the same as before." Qiu Jinting said it as it should be.
"That's not going to work." Lu Qingrong refused bluntly, "At this time and that time, now you are the second grandmother of the Marquis of Jingyuan's mansion, and Fengyuan is also different from the boudoir where all the women are in the past, although you are cousins, but after all, she is still a young lady in the boudoir, so if you go to live in someone else's house, I am afraid it is easy to cause gossip, and I hope that the county lord will think twice." ”
"You!" Qiu Jinting didn't expect that she would directly refuse herself, and she didn't listen to what Lu Qingrong said later, and only cared about saving her face: "You don't want to use chicken feathers as an arrow!" It's a big deal, I went directly to my mother, but it's just a small stay for a few days, and it's not a big deal! ”
Lu Qingrong was completely unmoved.
"I'm just helping my wife to serve in the mansion now, so naturally I don't have the right to stop you from going to her." Lu Qingrong said with a smile: "It's just that since you found me first, my opinion is that I don't agree." If you want to go to Qinyi Yuan again, I still have to remind you that this lady is probably worried about other things now, especially if you want to invite a female guest to stay for a while. ”
When Qiu Jinting heard this, he suddenly realized that this request was a bit out of place, after all, yesterday's female guest had just made trouble......
"Maybe Mrs. Wu will agree!" Qiu Jinting did not admit defeat and left.
But she didn't really go to Qinyi Temple, but went back to Fengyuan.
"How's it going?" Qiu Jinting asked Xiangqiao after a while.
"The second lady of the Chengping Marquis Mansion has just left, and it seems that the Yanguo Mansion does not intend to give up." When Xiangqiao said this, she raised her head and looked at Qiu Jinting's face carefully, and then said softly: "They seem to want the second lady to be a wife......
"She wants to be beautiful!" Qiu Jinting couldn't control the anger in her heart anymore, "She doesn't look in the mirror herself, she is a concubine, and she wants to be a wife in the Hou Mansion!" ”
"What the second grandmother said is that the Yanguo Mansion is indeed a lion's mouth." Xiangqiao echoed on the side.
"What did Mrs. Wu say?" Qiu Jinting stopped shouting "mother".
"There was no promise, but there was no refusal either. Said it would take some time to think about it. Xiangqiao replied.
When Qiu Jinting heard this, he couldn't help but fall into deep thought, and didn't speak for a long time.
After a long time, she slowly raised her head, her eyes became much clearer than just now, and there was a strange smile on the corner of her mouth: "Since she can't make up her mind to directly refuse this excessive suggestion, then we will help her make this decision!" ”
"What do you mean by the second grandmother?" Xiangqiao didn't understand at all this time.
"You send someone to find Dr. Zou tomorrow, and say that I feel that my body has improved, and I am not sure if I can stop taking the medicine, and ask him to come and check my pulse in two days." Qiu Jinting commanded.
Xiang Qiao responded as if she didn't understand.
On the day that Imperial Physician Zou came to the Hou Mansion, after asking for a pulse, the Fengyuan immediately sent out the good news: the second grandmother who had been in the door for nearly a month had a happy pulse!
Mrs. Wu was not surprised, but she didn't expect things to come so early, and couldn't help but ask Imperial Doctor Zou: "It's only been a month, can you be sure?" ”
Of course, Imperial Physician Zou had prepared a rhetoric and said a lot about the pulse, which meant that there was already an obvious pulse, but if you want to be sure, it would take another month before it was secure.
Now that Jiang Ke has confirmed, Mrs. Wu does not intend to demolish Qiu Jinting. R1152