220. Reparation
After the banquet dispersed, Xu Shu and Miaofan Shitai converged, and Miaofan Shitai learned that the queen did not embarrass Xu Shu, but pointed out countless calculations to avoid the empress dowager, but the expression on her face did not relax, but repeatedly told Xu Shu to stay away from the queen.
Xu Shu also noticed that the pregnant queen had a different attitude from before, and her goal had been achieved, and it was a good thing to distance herself from the queen at the right time.
The Empress Dowager's words of scolding Qi Rui for being blind in front of everyone at the palace banquet spread quickly, coupled with Xu Shu's words in front of the Empress Dowager, almost everyone in the capital knew that Qi Rui disliked Xu Shu, and the first emperor's marriage seemed to have become a laughing stock.
In fact, most men understand Qi Rui, after all, no one wants to marry a blind man in this matter, this is related to the dignity of a man, there is a blind man as the main room, and he can't hold his head up in this life.
But no matter how much they understand, it doesn't prevent them from watching the excitement, and the Qi family has been particularly lively these days.
Years ago, because of the matter of the concubine, the Qi family had been reprimanded by the Queen Mother, and now that the Queen is pregnant, it is not easy to take this opportunity Qi Rui to enter the palace, and if she doesn't take the opportunity to please the Queen Mother, she will openly oppose the Queen Mother, and the entire Qi family will be in dire straits.
While beating and scolding, "Rebel! Bastard thing! Worse than useless! β
Qi Rui was tied to the bench and couldn't move, the door was locked, all the people present were the cronies of Master Qi, and no one pleaded, the whips and whips were really hit on the meat, the first two whips Qi Rui was still able to grit his teeth and endure it, and then he began to cry wolf.
Seeing that his son didn't look manly at all, he only hit him twice and started crying, and Master Qi felt even more angry, and he started even more ruthlessly, "The first emperor gave marriage because you said you didn't want to?" How many heads do you have? Do you dare to resist and disobey? β
Qi Rui gradually cried and had no strength, and Master Qi didn't mean to stop, he was also scared in his heart, and begged for mercy again and again, "Father, I was wrong, I don't dare anymore!" β
Master Qi went down with another whip, "Say, what's wrong with you?" β
Qi Rui screamed, "I...... I'm wrong everywhere, I ...... I shouldn't ...... You shouldn't dislike Xu Shu! β
Master Qi finally stopped, "It's good to know!" Xu Shu is deaf and blind, dumb and ugly, that is also the fiancΓ©e that the first emperor gave you to marry, you dislike her is blaspheming the first emperor and despising the emperor! It's going to lose your head! The entire Rongguo Mansion is going to lose its head! β
Qi Rui only felt a hot pain from his back to his thighs, and he could only gasp for breath to disperse the pain, "I know it's wrong, and I won't dare to do it again!" β
"And later?" Master Qi glared at Qi Rui angrily, "I tell you, you go and make amends to Xu Shu immediately, otherwise I won't be able to spare you!" β
"Give...... Make amends to Xu Shu...... Qi Rui hesitated, he said so much in the palace, but now he went to make amends to her, how could he wipe this face!
Qi Rui only hesitated for a moment, and Master Qi whipped him again, and Qi Rui screamed again.
Wan, who finally smashed the door open, rushed in and saw that half of Qi Rui's body was bloody, and he cried and pounced, "Master! Tiger poison does not eat children, why do you want to be so ruthless for an outsider? β
Wan's own affairs haven't been revealed, so he ran here to intercede with Qi Rui at this moment, of course Master Qi didn't have a good face for her, and scolded, "What are you doing here?" β
Wan Shi cried, "If the concubine doesn't come again, Brother Rui will be beaten to death by the master!" β
"I discipline my son, you don't interfere!" Master Qi raised his hand, "Come on, please go back!" β
The servant woman stepped forward to pull the Wan family, and the Wan family desperately wanted to break free, "Rui Ge'er can't go to the Xu family to apologize, the Xu family is a hungry wolf who has seen blood, once we provoke it, we can't help!" β
Master Qi waved his hand in disgust, "Pull it down!" It's all you who say things out of tune in Rui Ge'er's ear all day long, instigating him to resist and disobey the order! β
In the end, the Wan family couldn't withstand the pull of a few servants, and was dragged away from Qi Rui's side little by little, and the Wan family was still making the last struggle, "Master, you believe that the concubine is this time, don't go to the Xu family!" β
Wan's voice gradually disappeared, and Master Qi asked Qi Rui to loosen his ties, "Take care of your injuries for two days first, and then go to the Xu family to make amends, you don't have to wait until the injuries are all healed before going, it is best to kneel and the wound can still be soaked in blood, the Xu family sees you in such a miserable situation, and they know that you have been taught a lesson, and they will not embarrass you too much!" But if Xu Jiaqi wants to beat you, you will be honest with me, and you can't be beaten left and right! β
Qi Rui was carried back half-dead, and sure enough, after only two days of recuperation, he was urged by Master Qi to go to the Xu family to compensate for the injury, Qi Rui dragged the lower half of his body that was difficult to walk and moved to the Xu family step by step.
As early as when the rumors of Qi Rui's dislike of Xu Shu spread, the Li family began to think about how to deal with it, and felt that this was a good time to promote Xu Ting to marry into the Qi family, so when Qi Rui came to make amends, he did not see the Xu family who looked angrily as he imagined, but smiled lovely, and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, at least he should not be beaten by the Xu family again.
Xu Hui was very angry at what Qi Rui had done, and he wanted to teach Qi Rui a hard lesson, but the Li family was full of thoughts about marrying Xu Ting to Qi Rui, who had ever been afraid of Xu Shu, afraid that Xu Hui would spoil her calculations, so she found an excuse to break Xu Hui away when Qi Rui came to the door and received Qi Rui alone.
Only the Li family was there, and on the day of the Shangyuan Festival, the Li family's attitude towards Qi Rui was very kind, Qi Rui's anxious heart gradually calmed down, according to the words of the old man Qi, he expressed his intention with a sincere face like the Li family, "The younger generation came today to compensate Miss Xu Jiu for the rampant a few days ago, and there were some changes in the family that day, and I was unhappy, and I accidentally angered Miss Jiu, please forgive Miss Nine for the offense!" β
Li smiled kindly, "Young people inevitably have a disagreement, what is the difference between two words?" It's when their sisters have quarrels! What a big deal! I really don't know what those people who talk nonsense think, but it's worth saying that everyone in the world knows about it! β
How easy it was to forgive him? Qi Rui almost believed in his ears, he was ready to let go before he came, but he didn't expect the Xu family to care at all.
Yes! How dare the Xu family care? The Xu family still wants to climb their family! And how could he be blamed?
Knowing this, the uneasiness in Qi Rui's heart disappeared completely, replaced by smugness and arrogance.