Chapter Forty-Nine: The Seizure of Power Pondered
"Mrs. Shizi." After all, Li Ningshuang is the daughter of the Duke of Qi, and these ladies of the family naturally recognize them, so as soon as they saw Mrs. Xu and Xu Changan getting off the carriage, they immediately stepped forward and wanted to cry.
When Mrs. Xu saw it, she hurriedly stepped forward and said in surprise: "Madam, what's the matter?" ”
"I think you've heard of it, my sister ......" Duanmu Zi's beautiful face was full of sorrow, adding a lot of touching gestures.
With a decent smile on her face, Mrs. Xu smiled slightly, "It must be a rumor!" ”
Li Ningshuang was afraid that people would not believe it, and immediately said: "Things have happened to this part, if I am not worried about Qing'er's safety, how can I inform Jing Zhaoyin?" It's just that I haven't come back this night, I'm just afraid ......"
Mrs. Xu couldn't help but sigh in her heart, Duanmuqing's stepmother was really vicious.
"What is Madame afraid of?" A cold voice came from the carriage behind Mrs. Xu.
For Li Ningshuang and Duanmu Zi, it was like a sudden thunderbolt.
Duanmu Qing was supported by Cai Wei and slowly got out of the carriage, with a faint smile on his face, but the smile fell in their eyes, but it was so dazzling.
"Sister Qing, wait a minute, I'll hold you, your feet are not for playing."
A crisp voice came from Duanmuqing's carriage, and immediately after, a **-year-old girl jumped out and held Duanmuqing's left hand with a worried face.
"Princess Fu Zhen!" Li Ningshuang didn't expect Fu Zhen to follow, her face stiffened, what happened?
When Duanmu Zi's gaze moved over, he happened to meet Fu Zhen's gaze, and there was some disdain in his proud eyes.
I secretly shuddered in my heart, and the last time I was slapped by her came to mind.
Looking at her affectionate appearance towards Duanmu Qing again, the chill slowly turned into hatred, all because of Duanmu Qing!
Xu Changan walked away from his mother and hugged Duanmu Qing's side, "Sister Qing, the princess is right, you were not lightly injured yesterday, and the doctor said that you should recuperate." ”
This sentence suddenly reminded Li Ningshuang, quickly suppressed the unhappiness in her heart, and said with a worried face: "Miss, you were kidnapped yesterday, right?" I was worried all night, what the hell was going on? ”
"Abducted?" Mrs. Xu was obviously surprised?
"That's right!" Li Ningshuang nodded, "Someone came to inform me last night, saying that they saw that the carriage of the Hou Mansion was taken away, and I sent someone to look for it, but there was no whereabouts, and the Hou Ye was not in the mansion, I really don't know what to do." ”
"Madame is kidding!" Mrs. Xu's face was a little ugly, "I am dignified in the Guogong Mansion, what are you doing to kidnap your eldest lady?" ”
Duanmu Qing immediately took over her words, "Mrs. Xu, don't be angry, I think our wife misheard." ”
At this time, Li Ningshuang was dumbfounded, and obviously heard the people from her mother's side report that they had seen Duanmuqing and several people taken away, "Zhenguo Mansion?" But our Li Mansion said that they saw Sister Qing being taken away! ”
"I think you really want the young girl to be kidnapped!"
When Li Ningshuang was surprised, she suddenly heard the voice of the old lady behind her.
But the old lady's words made her be doused with a basin of ice water from head to toe, and when she turned around, she saw Duanmu Jun walking from behind with a gloomy face and supporting the old lady with the same angry face, followed by Duanmu He and Duanmu Cang.
"Grandmother!" Duanmu Qing limped towards the old lady with the help of someone.
The old lady immediately changed her face, and said with distress on her face: "Don't move, don't move, your father has already asked someone to carry the soft sedan chair over." ”
"Mrs. Xu, thank you so much, otherwise our young girl will not only not be able to see the doctor in time, but I am afraid that her reputation will be ruined." The old lady stepped forward and held Mrs. Xu's hand.
Shaking her head, Mrs. Xu said: "The old lady is polite, but it's just a gesture, it just happened that the eldest lady's car overturned in front of our door, in fact, it is fate, it is nothing." ”
Saying this, he suddenly glanced at Li Ningshuang twice, and changed the topic, "Your wife is probably too worried about doing things, so she will be so impatient, fortunately, we have already asked people to go to Jingzhao Mansion to talk about it, otherwise the eldest lady will ...... I really don't know what it will be like! ”
The old lady's eyes swept over Li Ningshuang sternly, and she endured it for a long time before she didn't scold directly in front of the guests.
Seeing that things were almost over, Mrs. Xu took her daughter and the princess to say goodbye.
Before Princess Fu Zhen got into the carriage, she looked at Li Ningshuang and said, "I thought that Madame would be as smart and virtuous as the queen mother!" In the end, it was not born by a mother, when will you go to the palace to greet the queen mother! ”
In this place, only Fu Zhen's identity is the most noble, but she looks like a child, and she says it explicitly, but no one dares to say her.
Li Ningshuang's face was red and white for a while, but she could only bend her knees to send off the guests.
In the Rongxi Hall, a group of people stood overwhelmingly, and all the people in the second and third rooms of the big house arrived, and even Duanmuyi, who had just returned from office, sat next to the Zhou family.
Aunt Qin waited carefully behind the old lady, looking at her unhappy face, and she didn't dare to make a sound.
Li Ningshuang knelt on the ground, and her face seemed to be covered with many folds in an instant.
"Let you preside over the feed, originally because you are from a big family and are sensible, who knew that now you would do such a thing, so that our Yongding Marquis Mansion will be humiliated in front of the world."
The old lady's tone was unprecedentedly harsh, even Duanmu Jun Duanmu Yi had never seen her like this.
It's just that both of them understand in their hearts that their mother's anger is not only because of Li Ningshuang's doing, but also because of her heart knot over the years, so neither of them can speak.
"If you don't figure out the facts, listen to the nonsense of others, and run to Jing Zhaoyin in shame, what do you know as a woman? Or did you do it because you knew the consequences? ”
Li Ningshuang's face turned pale, although the old lady didn't treat her very much now, but she was also her aunt, how could she ever say this?
I was very worried about what would happen next after this lecture.
"You should think about this matter yourself in Wen Yaxuan, why do you want to do this, you don't have to worry about the affairs in the house, just let the eldest daughter-in-law take care of it first!"
The last sentence can be regarded as an explanation of the punishment, and the people in the room are not very surprised, after all, Li Ningshuang is wrong this time.
Duanmu Zi was annoyed in his heart, but he was not very worried, as long as his grandfather's family was still there, as long as the queen mother was still in the middle palace, was he afraid that there would be no day when their mother and daughter would come out.
Looking at Duanmu Qing again, snuggled next to the old lady, there was no expression on his face, but the victory posture was so obvious.
On this day, there was a rumor in Tianjing, saying that the eldest lady of the Yongding Marquis Mansion overturned the carriage on the way back to the mansion of Zhenguo and injured her foot.
The Duke of Qi had to say that the eldest lady had been kidnapped, and sent someone to tell Mrs. Yongdinghou, but Mrs. Yongdinghou immediately reported to Jing Zhaoyin, wanting to discredit the eldest lady.
For a while, rumors about Li Ningshuang being a vicious stepmother were flying all over the sky, and even the Qi State Mansion was on the cusp, and she didn't go out for three days.
Mrs. Li was full of anger, slapped the table and said twice, but the mud couldn't support the wall.
Originally, she secretly sent someone to tell Li Ningshuang, but she didn't let Li Ningshuang immediately spread the rumors, and then talk about it for two days, who knew that she couldn't hold her breath like this, but put herself in.
At this time, compared to Wenhuaxuan's doors, Wumo Pavilion and Xianfangzhai are like a city.
Since her rebirth, Duanmu Qing's temperament has changed a lot, and the relationship with the top and bottom of the house is no longer cold, plus she has been a fortune boy from time to time, and many people have already become her eyeliner.
At this time, the news of her foot injury came out, and the medicinal gifts sent everywhere were piled up like a small mountain.
Even the queen, Concubine De, and Yi Zhaoyi in the palace also had things sent.
Zhao Yuhong sent two boxes of good ointment, and Duanmu Qing felt very satisfied with it.
It's just that I didn't expect Zhao Yufeng to send something over, looking at those hundred-year-old mountain ginseng, Duanmuqing didn't know what to do.
Because of her foot injury, even though it was the new year, she didn't have to go out to socialize, and sat in the Wumo Pavilion every day to recuperate and settle accounts.
Wanzhuang Yinlou has now begun to make a profit, because Duanmuqing invested 30,000 taels of silver in one go, and immediately became its second largest shareholder, and at the current rate, there are tens of thousands of taels of income a year.
Lu Xi had been carefully sent east by Duanmuhe, and it was said that Yun Qian was in a small city over there.
Because she was not there, there was one less big girl in Wumo Pavilion, but Duanmu Qing didn't care, and when the old lady asked about the Lin family, she just shook her head, saying that she was waiting for Lu Xi to come back from visiting relatives.
Time passed in a flash, and soon it was the Lantern Festival.
According to the tradition of Xiqi, on the day of the Lantern Festival, every household can go to the street to enjoy the lanterns, and the emperor and queen will have fun with the people on the city wall, scattering the first copper coin made this year.
Whoever picks up this copper coin will regard it as a kind of auspiciousness, and many scholars will also collect it, hoping to bless their high school.
At this time, Duanmuqing's feet were already healed, and Duanmuhe was afraid that she would be bored, so he invited her to go outside to enjoy the lanterns together.
These days, life is also comfortable, Li Ningshuang has been seized of power, thinking about it in Wenhuaxuan, she herself has been bored for several days, and when she encounters such an opportunity, she really wants to go outside but breathe.
In the evening, after dinner, they hurriedly went back to Wumo Pavilion and Cai Wei to change their clothes, and followed Duanmuhe outside.
When I walked to the door, I saw Duanmu Zi in a purple skirt that dragged the ground to look at the fairy, lining her skin like congealed fat, and her slender waist was tied, making her look even taller and more graceful.
But the moment he saw Duanmu Qing, his face suddenly became ugly, and he simply turned his face away, as if he didn't see it.