Summer Palace

In the silence where the leaves could be heard, the old lady sat calmly on the warm couch, her old face was gloomy and terrifying, her eyes lowered and stared at Jiang Yingyue who was kneeling below, this silent coercion made the latter's body tremble slightly, but she gritted her teeth and looked directly at her fierce gaze, not retreating at all.

The third lady sat peacefully at the head of the old lady, the handkerchief in her hand wiping the corners of her mouth from time to time, hiding her upturned lips behind her, while her eyes showed sadness.

Qinglong and Qingxuanlei surrounded the old lady, and the eyes of the two of them contained a smile of schadenfreude, especially the former, whose arrogant appearance seemed to be examining the lowly subordinate.

Mama Gu stood behind the old lady with an expressionless face, and Qingluo and Guilu stood on both sides of the warm couch with their heads lowered, not daring to make a sound, just because they all understood that the old lady seemed to be calm, but in fact she was already angry.

"Do you still have this mother-in-law in your eyes?" Her voice was low, suppressed with extreme anger.

"What is this old lady? The daughter-in-law naturally has you in her eyes and heart. Although Jiang Yingyue knelt, she straightened up proudly.

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"In that case, the old body has already told you not to send people to look for the six girls, why don't you listen?" She slapped the warm handrail hard, making a muffled sound that made everyone in the room tremble.

"Because she has the blood of the Qing family in her body, she is a member of the Qing Mansion, a well-behaved child in the hearts of the lord and father-in-law, and she is the biological flesh and blood of the concubine, no matter whether she is taken away or not, whether something happens to her or not, the concubine must live to see people, and die to see corpses!" She had tears in her eyes, but she looked at the old lady in front of her very firmly, she didn't understand, Yan'er was only seven years old, even if she was taken away, she would not lose her reputation and dignity, and she would not discredit Qingfu, how could this biological grandmother be hard-hearted and ignore her life or death?

"Presumptuous! Even if she has the blood of the Qing family, what about it? A girl was kidnapped by a man at night, no matter whether something happened to her or not, just because she was held in the arms of a man is already dishonored, instead of finding it, let her discredit Qingfu, if you forget it like this, at least the old body can arrange a grand funeral for her! ”

"Yan'er doesn't know whether she is alive or dead, the concubine doesn't want to hold a funeral for her, and the master won't allow it." She was full of grief and anger, but she had to worry about it because of her filial piety.

"The old body said that she was dead or dead, even if she came back, it would be impossible for her to enter the gate of Qingfu!"

"You-"

She was furious, and since the old lady didn't care about her face, why did she care, so she stood up suddenly, and pointed at her to scold angrily—

"Mother-"

Qing Yan's cheerful voice suddenly sounded behind her, she quickly turned around, and saw Qing Changgui walking in with her Yan'er, although she was covered in dust, she was unscathed, the smile on her face was very bright, and her eyes were full of joy, longing, and a trace of deep apology.

"Yan'er, are you back? It's frightening to be a mother! She stepped forward and held it in her arms, and the tears that she had endured for a long time finally fell at this moment because of the joy of reunion.

"My mother doesn't cry, it's Yan'er who is not good, which makes you worried!" She let go of her, and her cold little hands wiped the tears on her face, which made her heart flutter, and she hurriedly held these little hands in the palms, warm with love.

"I've seen my mother—" Qing Changgui glanced at their mother and daughter with satisfaction, and stepped forward to bow deeply to the old lady, although he was as respectful as ever, everyone could see the anger in his eyes.

"You sent someone to find the six girls?" She looked at the little son, and her already gloomy face was filled with disgust.

"Nope! When the son and father sent people saw Yan'er standing outside the door when they returned home, they knew that she had returned, but no one came after knocking on the door for a long time, so they waited outside the door. He saw the disgust in her eyes, and the anger added to the sadness, he never understood why she didn't like him, for as long as she could remember, she looked at him with disgust every time, and even saw murderous intent in her eyes a few times.

"What did you say that she knocked on the door for a long time, Yi Long'er must have no face to go home, if she really knocked on the door, how could the people guarding the door not hear it?" Qinglong was angry when she looked at her, especially her grandfather, who was always facing the fourth room.

"Presumptuous-" Qing Sanyuan heard that the sixth girl was back, so he hurriedly rushed over, but he didn't expect to hear her such vicious words, and he was even furious.

"Father—" The third lady hurriedly hid her behind her, and called out in fear.

"Shut up! You are a good mother, how can you teach such a homeless daughter's family? What a disgrace to your father! He reprimanded with angry eyes, then walked to Qingyan's side, looked at her carefully for a moment, and found that she was unharmed before relieving himself.

"Master, it's no wonder that Long'er is in this matter, it was the six girls who were kidnapped last night, and the time of this night has passed, although she is only seven years old, but in the end, it is in the way of the festival, and Long'er is just telling the truth."

"Alas! Xiaowan, you have never been an unreasonable person, the sixth girl is only seven years old, even if she spends a night with others, nothing will happen, if you are really afraid of affecting the reputation of the house, it is the same to order the seal, why do you hold on to the past? ”

"What are these words, sir? She is not the only daughter in my Qingfu, she dares to spend a night with a foreign man, so she is naturally responsible for her own actions, and it is better to be expelled from the house. Her expression darkened, and she did not retreat at all.

"Xiaowan——, but a child, you-"

"So what?" Her lowered eyebrows opened suddenly, and tears rolled in her eyes.

"You—" He looked at the lover of his life in distress, and suddenly he couldn't say a word to refute it.

"Grandfather, Yan'er doesn't know what grandmother is talking about? Yan'er had never spent a night with a man, where did this come from? She felt that the atmosphere was wrong, and if she didn't say anything to stop it, she was afraid that her grandfather wouldn't be able to stop it.

"You still dare to quibble, the two mothers-in-law you took out saw you kidnapped by a man with their own eyes!" The old lady was so emotional that she was out of control.

"How is that possible? Yan Er had been hiding in the alley at the back door of the Drunken Immortal Pavilion before, and had never seen anyone else! Her complexion changed greatly, and then she cried aggrieved, but she sneered in her heart, it turned out that the two mothers-in-law had been following her, and she wondered why the two minions disappeared as soon as she entered the Drunken Immortal Pavilion, it seemed that there must be a plan.

"Is what you say? Who can testify for you? Qing Long stood behind the third lady, suddenly shouted loudly, and then saw Qing Sanyuan's fierce gaze, so he shrank back again.

"No one testified for Yan'er, but Yan'er felt scared because she stayed there alone, so she painted flowers on the walls of the alley to divert her mind, and then stayed until dawn and returned to the house. She burst into tears, choked up and argued, glancing at Qinglong's gaze from time to time with an imperceptible fierceness.

"Six girls, do you know the consequences of lying?" The old lady's heart sank, but she still refused to give up, and looked at her with scrutinizing eyes.

"Naturally, I know, it's just that Yan'er didn't lie!" She subconsciously put her arms around her mother's neck and whispered.

"Qingluo, you take someone to take a look!"

Without waiting for Qing Sanyuan to speak, the old lady ordered to go down, and the former shook his head helplessly when he saw this.

"Wait!" Jiang Yingyue was already extremely angry, but now seeing her react like this, she couldn't help but tremble.

"What? I'm afraid that things are not like this, don't you dare? The old lady sneered.

"Naturally not, but it can't be Qingluo to lead people there!"

"Presumptuous, you mean to say that the old people will do tricks?"

"You have always been eccentric, and the concubine has to be guarded!" She shook off Qing Changgui's outstretched hand, no one wanted to stop her from protecting her daughter today.

"You-"

"Qing'an, you go with you!" Qing Sanyuan was troubled by Jiang Yingyue, and uneasiness also rose in his heart, so he ordered to go down.

The old lady glanced at him sadly, she didn't expect that she was old, but she was estranged from her beloved, thinking of this, she glared at Qing Changgui again, it was all the fault of this unfilial son!

Qing Changgui saw everything in his eyes, the only bit of admiration for his mother in his heart suddenly dissipated, he finally understood that no matter what he did, she would not look at himself squarely, thinking of the past, in order to be able to obtain her approval, his wife and daughter suffered a lot of grievances, and now he woke up, he vowed not to let his wife and daughter suffer a little grievance.

After a while, Qingluo and Qing'an walked back at the same time, and the two bowed at the same time, and then said respectfully in the expectant gaze of the old lady:

"There is indeed a peony flower at the corner of the alley at the back door of the Drunken Immortal Building!"

"How is that possible? I saw her go to another alley, and I saw her go away by a man under her armpit. Qinglong stood up in surprise, unable to believe that this was the truth.

"Third sister, what did you say? Not to mention that I was never kidnapped at all, even so, why didn't the third sister call someone to save me in her eyes? In your eyes, isn't Yan'er a member of the Qing family? She burst into tears, even though she already knew who she was, but how old was she at this time? At the age of eleven, he already has such a vicious heart, which is really suffocating.

"I-"

"That's it! This matter has been clarified, so let's step down! ”

The old lady took Mama Gu's hand and walked to the inner room, the old man's back was as steady as Mount Tai, and she left with firm steps.

"Stand down!" Qing Sanyuan watched her figure disappear distressedly, Fang stood up and left with Qing An.

Qing Changgui held Qingyan in one hand, and led Jiang Yingyue out of the Summer Palace with the other, and none of the three of them made a sound along the way, and the quiet breath made Mama Liu, Sang Lan, Yulan, Qingning, and Qingyuan all tremble.