Chapter 14: Lord Shangshu returns home
Mrs. Shangshu and Xi Chuyu helped Lord Shangshu into the mansion.
Along the way, Xi Qingyan followed behind them, looking at the affectionate family of three in front of her, she looked like an outsider.
Xi smiled bitterly.
Lord Shangshu just greeted his daughter who hadn't seen him for five years, and sure enough, there was fatherly love, but unfortunately there wasn't much.
There is no need to look forward to this ethereal father's love.
Lord Shangshu returned home, and the servants brought the prepared meal to the table.
"Alright, let's sit down and eat together."
Lord Shangshu pulled Mrs. Shangshu's mother and son to sit beside him, Xi Qingyan sat opposite, Xi Chuyu saw the look that her mother handed her, and put the chopsticks on the table with arrogance.
"Daddy, I can't eat it."
"What's wrong with you? Are you sick or in a bad mood, did your mother call you a doctor? ”
Lord Shangshu has doted on Xi Chuyu's little daughter for many years, and when he saw that his daughter was unhappy, he asked with concern.
"Daddy......"
Xi Chuyu said Daddy's words, and the person whimpered directly.
She covered her nose with a towel and cried a pear blossom with rain.
"What the hell is going on? How did you cry? ”
Master Shangshu put down his chopsticks and asked with a serious expression.
"Daddy, something big happened in our family during the time you were out."
"Actually, my sister didn't just go back to the house today, she had already returned to the house when you weren't there a few days ago, she not only went home but also went to King Li's banquet, she made a big fuss at the banquet, offending the daughters of Song, Wu, and Chu!"
"The daughters of several adults came to the door in a hurry, and they wanted our Shangshu Mansion to give an explanation!"
"My daughter is doing her duty to abide by the rules of the boudoir, and now my sister's reputation has been ruined! Who will dare to do anything for their daughter's relatives in the future! ”
Xi Chuyu sued Xi Qingyan in front of Lord Shangshu.
Lord Shangshu's face suddenly turned extremely ugly.
Mrs. Shangshu on the side found an opportunity to add fuel and vinegar.
"Master, I am to blame for this matter, because my background is not as good as my mother, so she dismisses my words!"
"However, I deserve to be wronged no matter how much, after all, she is your daughter."
"But Qingyan did too much this time, master, you are an official in the court, she offended your colleagues in the officialdom, master, isn't that causing disaster to you, master?"
As soon as Mrs. Shangshu said this, Lord Shangshu's face collapsed directly.
He is a big husband, and he doesn't like the intrigues of the back house, but if the affairs of the back house hinder his career, he will never sit idly by!
"Xi Qingyan, you stand for me!"
"Since I married Chu Yu's mother into the mansion, she is the lady of Shangshu Mansion! Your mother! ”
"What daughter's daughter can disobey her mother's teachings?"
Shang Shu was angry and reprimanded Xi lightly.
"Let me ask you, why do you want to embarrass your sister and Shangshufu at King Li's banquet?"
"Father, what are you talking about?"
Xi Qingyan looked up at Lord Shangshu in confusion.
"There is no evidence for this matter, and there is no physical evidence, just based on a few words from Xi Chuyu, you will push the charge onto me?"
Lord Shangshu saw that his eldest daughter was neither humble nor arrogant, and she did not admit her mistakes, and she was even more angry in her heart, and she directly slammed the tea cup on the table.
Mrs. Shangshu took advantage of the situation and threw herself into her husband's arms.
"Master, don't blame the light face, she just returned home, if you want to blame me, I can't devote myself to a rich family like my sister!"
"If I had come from a wealthy background, perhaps I would have listened to me."
Lord Shangshu looked at his remarried wife in his arms, and comforted him in distress.
"I don't allow you to talk nonsense, except for the fact that the light-faced mother has a better background than you, she is not as good as you at all!"
Xi Qingyan frowned, and his eyes were cold.
Sure enough, the world is mostly infatuated women, Xi Qingyan's biological mother has done so much for the Lord Shangshu in front of her, and in the end, in this man's heart, she is not as good as a woman who remarries!
"Father, what is she like my mother?"
"The main wife is respected, even if you remarry the main mother, you are still a short wife, madam, you care so much about your father's reputation in the court, you don't even know this difference between dignity and inferiority, right?"
Xi Qingyan swept Xi Chuyu's mother and son with cold eyes, and sneered.
"You keep saying that you are very good to me, why don't you dare to let my father come to my boudoir to have a look? The amount of food and clothing left by my wife is not as good as that of the rest of the family, why don't you dare to mention it in front of your father? ”
"Treat the children left behind in the deceased main room harshly, let her live as good as pigs and dogs, if your reputation of 'virtuous' reaches the ears of His Majesty, do you think it will have no impact on your father's official reputation?"
Master Shang Shu didn't have much fatherly love for Xi Qingyan.
But Lord Shangshu cared about his official fortune and future, and Xi Qingyan attacked his shield with his spear.
She suddenly returned home today, without informing anyone, Xi Qingyan believed that her boudoir must still be in a mess and dilapidated.
"Father, their mother and son framed me and there is no evidence, but what the daughter just said has real evidence, if my father is interested in seeing what your remarried wife is like, then come with me to take a look?"
When Mrs. Shangshu heard this, she panicked instantly!
The set she set in front of the house was all made for others to see, and she didn't tidy up Xi Qingyan's boudoir at all!
"Sister, you can't blame your mother for this matter!"
Xi Chuyu saw that Xi Qingyan was making things difficult for Mrs. Shangshu, and hurriedly came forward to explain.
"You just returned home, my mother, as the head mother of Shangshu Mansion, has to deal with so many things all day, and she naturally ordered her subordinates to do such a trivial matter as tidying up your boudoir!"
"Oh?"
Xi smiled lightly and stood with his chest crossed.
"I have been back home for many days, the boudoir is still dilapidated, and the ground is full of messes, it seems that Mrs. is really a noble person after becoming the master mother of Shangshu Mansion!"
"Xi Qingyan, you are here to be yin and yang!"
Xi Chuyu saw that Xi Qingyan disrespected her mother, and immediately scolded angrily.
"You don't know what to do, you haven't returned home these days, but you have the face to talk nonsense in front of us!"
"Do you know what people outside say about you?"
"Xi Qingyan, you let our Shangshu Mansion become the talk of those people after dinner, you still have the face to quibble here for such a big crime!"
Xi Chuyu was furious and accused Xi Qingyan.
Xi Qingyan naturally wouldn't sit and let Xi Chuyu point his nose and scold.
"Father, Miss Lin, who was good friends with Xi Chuyu on the day of King Li's banquet, also went."
"During the banquet, Miss Lin Jia's posture was twisted, there were red marks on her neck, and there was a bit of spring between her eyebrows, everyone could see that she had a spring festival with a wild man, and the Lin family was even more worried that Miss Lin's ugly thing would be discovered, so they took people away from the banquet early."
"Madam, you boast that you are better than my biological mother and know how to raise children, but why didn't you teach your daughter Xi Chuyu to stay away from women?"
"Don't try to deny it, madam, everyone in Kyoto knows that my good sister Xi Chuyu has always been good friends with Miss Lin."
"If Xi Chuyu really doesn't have anyone to ask for it, then it's because others think that he doesn't know how to check like Miss Lin, right?"
There is a lot of gossip in Kyoto, but not all of them are groundless.
The Lin family's daughter's misconduct was also heard of by Lord Shangshu.
Therefore, after listening to Xi Qingyan's words, Lord Shangshu was shocked, he didn't expect that there was still something about his second daughter Xi Chuyu here!
"Daddy, my daughter doesn't have it!"
Seeing this, Xi Chuyu hurriedly explained to Lord Shangshu.
"Female ...... My daughter used to get closer to Miss Lin, but these days, my daughter has stayed at home and has not gone out, let alone seen Miss Lin! ”
Mrs. Shangshu was worried that Xi Qingyan's continued words would affect her daughter Xi Chuyu's reputation.
So he pretended to be a good person and came forward to persuade.
"Okay, okay, it's all a family, and they're just sisters arguing with each other."
"Master, you've worked hard all the way, let's sit down and eat."
After Mrs. Shangshu finished speaking, she pulled up Xi Chuyu, who was kneeling on the ground, and then stretched out her hand to smooth out her husband.
That's it.
After the meal, in order not to let herself be left behind by her husband, Mrs. Shangshu could only reluctantly change Xi Qingyan's residence.
Inside the Peony Garden.
The deflated mother and daughter sat together.
"Mother, why did you give Xi Qingyan the courtyard that shines the most sunlight in the house?"
"I've always wanted to move to that house!"
The more Xi Chuyu thought about it, the more unwilling she became, and complained to her mother.
She had already fallen in love with the Hanlian Garden that Xi Qingyan moved into today, not to mention that the courtyard was spacious, and it was always sunny, and there was good weather all day long.
However, her mother was worried that her father would be suspicious, so she refused to let her live in.
I didn't expect it, but in the end, I would have to bargain and be ugly!
"It's just a courtyard, nothing to worry about, Chu Yu, today your father on the table already suspects that our mother and daughter are treating Xi lightly, if your mother is not generous enough to send Hanlian Yuan to block your father's mouth, I am afraid that there will be some incidents later!"
Mrs. Shangshu disagreed.
I can't bear the child's wolf.
She is now Mrs. Shangshu, as long as she captures the heart of her husband, who is the head of the family, what can Xi Qingyan do with an insignificant daughter's family?
"However, today I underestimated Xi Qingyan's girl!"
"In the past, I saw that she was submissive, weak and deceitful, and she was even more of a stuffy gourd, but I didn't expect that she would dare to sue in front of the master today."
Mrs. Shangshu felt that Xi Qing's face had changed.
Although, she still has that ugly face that she can't bear to look at directly, but her temperament is very different.
"Mother, it's okay not to mention this, but when I mention this, I get angry!"
"If it weren't for Xi Qingyan's slut, why would I have fallen at my father's place today? You don't have to be suspicious of your daddy! Xi Qingyan is an ugly monster, his face is ruined and he is still a demon everywhere! Mother, we have to find a way to get out of this bad breath!"
Xi Chuyu was so angry that he pinched his handkerchief and walked around the Peony Garden.
Mrs. Shangshu looked coldly at the door.
"Do you think I'm not angry, mother? I've been in this house for so many years, and who in the house would dare to humiliate me so much in front of your father? ”
"I am your father's remarried wife, the main mother of Shangshu Mansion, and now I am not as good as a dead person in Xi Qingyan's mouth!"
Mrs. Shangshu hates the fact that others mention that she is Lord Shangshu's remarried wife.
"Let's let Xi Qingyan be proud for a few days, and in a few days there will be a palace banquet, and I will definitely make her pay the price when the time comes!"
Xi Chuyu saw that her mother was confident, and a smile also raised on the corner of her mouth.
"Okay, mother, my daughter will sit and wait for Xi Qingyan to lose face in front of everyone, I want her to know that I am the only daughter in this Shangshu Mansion, and she is not worthy of a rotten ugly bastard!"
Inside Hanlian Garden.
Xi Qingyan was lying in the spacious and bright house, thinking about how to do it to the concubine who had killed her son at the palace banquet......