Chapter 51: Fighting Back
"You still dare to be presumptuous, your mother has said ......"
"What did grandmother say? Did she say I bought the inferior fish? Qu Miaoling asked rhetorically.
Wu Dehou choked, "That's not true." β
"That's it." Qu Miaoling turned around and ordered, "Gentle, you go and call the mother-in-law who is in charge of purchasing, and I will confront her face to face." β
"Yes."
Qingrou has been waiting for a long time, and she has already controlled the two mothers-in-law, for fear of running away.
The two mothers-in-law were pressed over, and when she saw everyone in the door, her face was pale, and her forehead was sweating.
"Let me ask you two, are you in charge of the procurement in the house?"
"Miss Hui, exactly, but this is all arranged by Madame, and we just do it."
"Oh, Madame arranged it!"
"What nonsense are you talking about, I let you buy low-quality fish!" Wen stared.
"No, no, where can that."
"Don't talk nonsense, let's talk about it, who asked you to buy these bad things, is it because you don't have enough money to buy them, or are you filling your own pockets, say!"
Qu Miao said sharply.
The two mothers-in-law who were pressed trembled, and they looked at each other.
"Miss, you just spare the slaves and maids, the slaves really don't know!"
"I don't know!" Qu Miaoling sneered, and she shouted, "Gently, go and bring the evidence." β
Softly responded, "You go and search for me." β
Soon, the person who went to search came back and took the heavy silver from the two of them, she put it in front of the two mothers-in-law, and said coldly: "Don't tell me, this is your moon silver!" β
"It'sβit's saved by the slaves."
The voices of the two of them trembled, and they looked weak.
"Oh, I know, you like to gamble, but you have barely won, and you owe a lot of debt, how can you have so much money in your hand?"
"And you, your son is useless, and he still has to rely on you to make up for it every month, how can you have so much silver in your hands?"
Qu Miaoling's reasoned and well-founded questioning made the two mothers-in-law speechless.
"We-"
"Alright, don't make it up, let's be honest! Otherwise-" Qu Miaoling threw the silver on the ground, her movements were ruthless, not like a little girl who had not left the cabinet.
The two mothers-in-law were scared.
"We said that we said that it was our fault that we made the two of us obsessed with the money before we got into it, and asked the eldest lady to spare her life."
The truth of the matter was revealed, Wen was speechless, and the old lady and Wu Dehou were relieved.
They were about to cure the unspoken sin of the Wen family, so the Wen family preemptively said: "Old lady, the daughter-in-law is at fault, but Qu Miaoling ignored your orders and didn't even help her daughter-in-law with a vegetable leaf, should she also be guilty?" β
"Who said I didn't do anything!"
"What are you doing!"
Qu Miaoling sneered, "Gently, go and bring my things." β
Gently opened the gift box prepared by Qu Miaoling, revealing one after another copied Buddhist books inside.
"Grandmother, this is Miao Ling's birthday gift to you."
Qu Miaoling offered it with both hands, and the old lady flipped through them one by one, very happy.
"Good, good."
After shouting three times in a row, the old lady took Qu Miaoling's hand and said, "It's my grandmother's good granddaughter!" β
This piece of paper is ironclad evidence, which is enough to prove Qu Miaoling's intentions.
"Mother, next time if grandmother still holds a birthday party, you must not monopolize the power and even rob Miao Ling of the opportunity to perform!"
Qu Miaoling deliberately aggrieved.
"You ......"
Wen secretly hated in her heart, but when she noticed the strange eyes of others, she still endured it.
Qu Miaoling had seen enough of Wen's stupid appearance of daring to be angry and dare not speak, and she continued: "These two people are the mother's dowry, so the woman will not overstep her bounds, and ask her mother to send it down." β
What the? It's Wen's dowry!
Once again in the center of everyone's attention, Wen stiffened her body, and she looked at Wu Dehou beggingly, but he looked away.
The old lady stood up and walked over with an angry face, "Wen, I'm guilty!" β
At first, she thought that these two mothers-in-law were from the Hou Mansion, so she broke her teeth and swallowed them in her stomach, but now she learned that this person was brought into the mansion by the Wen family, and he made such a big scandal and ruined her birthday banquet, where could she bear it.
"Old lady, I ......"
"Don't explain, say, what do you want to do!"
"Second daughter-in-law ......"
This time, Wen knew that if she didn't solve it properly, her image in front of the old lady and Wu Dehou would be all over.
Qu Miaoling watched coldly from the side, she watched Wen's eyes gradually dim, and her body was shaky.
Not far away, Situ Huaizhu looked at Qu Miaoling like a little milk cat who had stolen fish, and he was almost satisfied with licking his paws, and he couldn't help laughing.
Just now, when Qu Miaoling immediately asked Qingrou to ask for a doctor, Situ Huaizhu understood that this matter might have been arranged by Qu Miaoling a long time ago, and he was waiting for the Wen family to drill into it.
Sure enough, the two mothers-in-law were brought over so quickly, and the two must have been detained a long time ago, waiting for this moment.
This girl.
Situ Huai sighed in his heart, and then waited quietly.
At this time, Situ Huaibo stood up and said: "Today's matter, when I look at Mrs. Wen, I didn't mean it, and she has also married into the Hou Mansion for so many years, and she doesn't need to be punished like this if she has done her best for the Hou Mansion." β
Saying that, Situ Huaibo helped Wen up, and when the old lady saw King Huai speaking for Wen, she glanced at Wen like a knife in her eyes, but she took it lightly.
"Wen, today's matter started with you, you must give everyone an explanation!"
After crying for too long and kneeling for too long, Wen leaned on Taolei, and his body had no strength.
Hearing this, she knew that the old lady would not embarrass her, and while she breathed a sigh of relief, she turned her vicious gaze to the two mothers-in-law.
These two people hurt her face today, she was reprimanded, and she was scolded by Mrs. Hou, how could she let go of these two.
Suddenly, the old lady was silent for a while, and then continued: "But the death penalty can be avoided, and the living crime cannot be escaped, from today onwards, your stewardship will be handed over to Miao Ling, you should reflect on it first!" β
The old lady turned around as she spoke, she patted Qu Miaoling's hand and said, "Miaoling, grandmother believes in you!" β
Qu Miaoling didn't say anything, but Wu Dehou stopped him: "Mother, Miaoling is still young, how can she take on such a heavy responsibility, please take back your life." β
"Why, my old lady can't even dispose of the housekeeping rights of the family now?"
"My son didn't mean that, how could I misunderstand, after all, the Wen family has been a housekeeper for many years, and he has a foundation in the house, if he rashly lets Miao Ling manage it, I'm afraid it will cause a commotion in the house, mother think twice!"
The old lady thought about it, and it seemed that this was really the case.
She was silent.
But Qu Miaoling said: "Grandmother, Miaoling is still young, she really can't afford this housekeeper, if the mother is angry, she will punish the people to kneel in the ancestral hall, whatever, just don't give this hot potato to your granddaughter!" β
The front was fine, but when it came to the back, Qu Miaoling was completely lazy.
The old lady was amused, "You girl! β
"Well, today it was Miao Ling who interceded for you, and I only spared you once."
"Thank you, Mother."
Wen tilted his head, "Thank you Miao Ling too." β
Wen swallowed the resentment in his heart, and thanked him in the end.
Qu Miaoling helped Wen up, "Mother, what are these words, my mother is worried about the house, Miaoling is very distressed." β
Wen barely managed to squeeze out a laugh.
She let go of Qu Miaoling's hand and took all her anger out on the two mothers-in-law.
"Although the two of you are the people I brought from Wenfudi, but you ignore the family law of the Hou Mansion in vain, fill your pockets, come to someone, take them away and lock them in the firewood room, and wait for the fate!"
"Yes!"
A farce ended like this, and several ladies gradually woke up under Langzhong's treatment.
He returned to the banquet again, and was picked up by the carriages of the various families.
The banquet went on as usual, and the old lady returned to her seat, her face smiling, but what had just happened made him palpitate, so that even when she was watching a play, her face was stiff.
Over there, Wu Dehou shook off the Wen clan and walked straight to the officials' pile to greet them.
Wen's face was embarrassed, because the eyes of those ladies had changed when they looked at her, and she stood aside with a cower, and for a while, a vacuum area with a radius of one meter was formed around Wen's.
Only Qu Chensi, seeing his mother isolated, was still indignant: "You people, have you forgotten how you echoed my mother just now? β
Wen hurriedly covered his son's mouth, and saw Wu Dehou's unkind gaze, Wen hurriedly asked Tao Lei to take the young master away, Qu Chensi struggled, but was told by Wen in his ear, "Chen'er, mother's Chen'er must be good." β
When he said this, Wen's eyes were red, Qu Chensi struggled recklessly, and was obediently taken away by Taolei.
On Qu Miaoling's side, she sat down beside the old lady, stretched out a hand and put it on the back of the old lady's hand comfortingly, and pressed it slightly, so that the old lady looked at her.
"Grandmother, good luck and good health."
Qu Miaoling's voice is gentle, like the warmest jade, beautiful, clear, and nourishing.
The old lady smiled, she nodded, and turned her gaze back to the stage, only this time, there was less panic in her eyes, but more genuine happiness.
The change in the old lady, Qu Miaoling's posture could be seen clearly, she withdrew her hand and watched the play seriously.
But I couldn't help but think about it in my heart.
My grandmother's hands were cold, and I didn't know if the toxin was still invading my grandmother's body.
Thinking like this, Qu Miaoling frowned, and she glanced at Wu Dehou who was talking to someone again, and her brows tightened.
Looks like he shouldn't know.
I haven't seen it for so long, although Lang Zhong of the medical hall is a divine doctor, but among the doctors in this world, who can compare to the imperial doctor of the palace?
It's just that although she can dispatch the imperial doctor, she has to report to the palace, and she is not sure that she can seal the mouth of the imperial doctor.
Qu Miaoling thought to herself secretly for a while, and then she walked in the direction of Prince Jing.