Chapter 70: Lifting a Rock and Shooting Yourself in the Foot

As soon as Xi Qingyan returned to the suburbs of Beijing to see tenants collecting rent, Xi Chuyu and Mrs. Shangshu became the laughing stock of the whole capital.

"Shame on you! It's a shame!"

"You two really lost all the faces of our Shangshu Mansion!"

The Ministry of Rites Shangshu looked at his wife and daughter and cursed. He used to think that although Mrs. Shangshu was not from a high background, but fortunately, she was knowledgeable, and now it seems that he, as a husband, is completely blind!

"This official is the Lord Shangshu of the Imperial Court Rites Department, I am in charge of the etiquette rules of the whole world, you are my wife, my daughter, you have become a laughing stock in the people of the whole capital because of the calculation of your stepdaughter, the calculation of the eldest sister, this kind of thing that violates the rules and etiquette!"

"You still have the face to feel wronged here? This official is the one who is really the most wronged!"

Lord Shangshu Xi of the Ministry of Rites scolded Xi Chuyu who was kneeling in front of him, and he didn't let go of Mrs. Shangshu who was standing next to him!

"None of you have the ability to manage the family of Shangshu Mansion well, she can take care of the trivial matters in the mansion, and let you do your own thing freely, since you are still here to pull her back?"

"Are you from my Ministry of Rites? You are trying your best to destroy the Shangshu Mansion of the Ministry of Rites, do you know how much effort I have put into this family?"

Lord Xi was also angry in the past because of the wrong things done by Mrs. Shangshu and Xi Chuyu, but the reason why he was angry at that time was actually just because he was angry.

Today is different from the past, for what his stepfamily and Xi Chuyu did, Lord Xi was not only angry, but he also felt disappointed.

He used to dot on his steproom and love Xi Chuyu because he felt that whether it was his steproom or his daughter, they made him feel happy and stable.

Now, Xi Chuyu and his stepfamily can't provide him with a stable and happy home, and they are ruining the reputation of the Shangshu Mansion of the Ministry of Rites everywhere, how could Lord Xi easily spare her?

"His Royal Highness Su Yiting is the chief judge of this matter, and the husband has decided not to intervene in this matter, madam, this time you will ask for more blessings."

Lord Xi's words surprised Mrs. Shangshu.

After the news that Qiu Xiang was sent to the government came, Mrs. Shangshu took Xi Chuyu to admit her mistake to her husband, in her opinion, the most serious consequence of this incident was that their mother and son were reprimanded by her husband and punished for a month.

But what caught her off guard was that her husband chose to ignore it?

Qiu Xiang is now in the prison of the government office, and all the human and material evidence is also presented in front of the government office, if this matter is really tried seriously, she and her daughter Xi Chuyu are afraid that none of them will be able to escape!

"Husband, husband, you can't leave our mother and daughter alone! Even if you are dissatisfied with our mother and daughter, you must think about the Ministry of Rites Shangshufu!"

Mrs. Shangshu tried to find out the reason not to give up their mother and daughter! .

"Now that this matter has been in an uproar, if the government is allowed to openly try Qiu Xiang, and then condemn our mother and daughter, then you will become a laughing stock in everyone's mouth!"

"Husband, the concubine knows that you have made a lot of efforts to become a good minister in your life, husband, you have studied hard for so many years, and now it doesn't matter if our mother and daughter can't get into prison or not, what matters is your official reputation, husband!"

"This time, if the government recognizes that our mother and daughter have killed Xi Qingyan, the person who will lose the most in the end is actually you, husband."

After going through several things, Madame Shangshu has fully understood that her husband, Lord Junxi, is an extremely selfish person.

If this matter only involved her and her daughter Xi Chuyu, her husband would definitely try his best to clear up the relationship.

Therefore, Mrs. Shangshu wanted to pull her husband to sink together.

"Husband, Chu Yu and I both know that this matter is wrong, but Xi Qingyan didn't do everything right, Qiu Xiang's matter is really carefully investigated, isn't that the family matter of our Shangshu Mansion? Xi Qingyan not only did not maintain the face of Shangshu Mansion, but she even ...... also deliberately found His Royal Highness Su Yiting and asked the royal family to be

I'm watching our jokes!"

After Mrs. Shangshu saw that her husband, Lord Xi's expression eased a little, she silently sarcastically mocked Xi Qingyan.

"That's it! This matter is not right with Xi Qingyan!"

Xi Chuyu sang on the side, she watched her mother's words make her father dissipate his previous anger, so she added fuel to the fire and slandered Xi Qingyan on the side.

"Daddy, my daughter has always been the best daughter in your heart, you used to be so good to me, so gentle, now, you only care about Xi Qingyan, and I am only jealous of Daddy, you are good to Xi Qingyan, so I will be hot-headed and listen to Qiu Xiang's *** slander!"

"Daddy, my daughter knows that she has done something wrong, but Xi Qingyan has also ruined her daughter's good deeds today, and ruined the bright future of our Ministry of Rites Shangshu Mansion!"

Xi Chuyu thought of the annoying look in His Royal Highness Su Yiting when he saw her arguing with Qiu Xiang, Xi Chuyu can still remember it.

"Chu Yu, what do you mean by that?"

Master Shang Shuxi originally felt that his daughter Xi Chuyu was very stupid and unwilling to pay more attention to her, but who would have expected her daughter to say such a thing.

"Daddy, don't you know, when my daughter was in danger today, it was His Royal Highness Su Yiting who personally rescued me, my daughter originally talked very happily with His Royal Highness Su Yiting, and His Royal Highness took a lot of care of his daughter this time, originally ...... Originally, it was very likely that the daughter and His Royal Highness Shu Yiting would come to ......

"Who would have thought that Xi Qingyan would come to the door with Qiu Xiang at this time, and then Qiu Xiang would talk nonsense in front of His Royal Highness, His Royal Highness had already looked at me differently, Xi Qingyan was so mixed with it, so that His Royal Highness Su Yiting's good feelings towards me all dissipated cleanly!"

"If so...... If there is no Xi Qingyan, my daughter takes the opportunity of His Royal Highness saving my life and has a good contact with His Royal Highness, then I am likely to be the princess of Su Yiting in the future! Father, you will also be the biological father of the princess!"

Xi Chuyu had so much resentment against Xi Qingyan in his heart that he was about to overflow.

"Daddy, the future of my daughter and Shangshufu is all ruined in the hands of Xi Qingyan, I just taught her a lesson today, if it is compared to the severity of his deeds, isn't Xi Qingyan more excessive than me?"

Xi Chuyu's words made Xi Qingyan, who had just walked outside the door, laugh, and sure enough, if she didn't show up, her father, Lord Xi, would definitely be taken care of by Xi Chuyu and Mrs. Shangshu.

"Papapa......

Xi Chuyu clapped and walked into the house.

"This ability to reverse black and white still depends on Xi Chuyu and Mrs. You."

"Xi Qingyan, what are you talking nonsense here, is there anything wrong with what I said to my mother just now? If you didn't have to publicize the ugliness of Shangshufu, wouldn't our family become the laughing stock of the capital?"

Xi Chuyu saw that Xi Qingyan was so sarcastic about her, so she sneered back.

"Shangshu Mansion is both prosperous and lossy, you just want to take revenge on our mother and daughter, do you know that we can't see people outside now!"

"Xi Chuyu, your words are not right, the people who can't see people in front of outsiders now are you and your wife, not including my father and me, and, as far as I know, people outside are now talking about how my father, who is the Lord of the Ministry of Rites, will deal with this matter!"

Xi Qingyan will not let Xi Chuyu and Mrs. Shangshu succeed, if the great opportunity given by the two of them for nothing is not used, it will be a real pity!

"Father, many people outside bet that their father would protect Mrs. and Xi Chuyu, and they said that my father, the Lord of the Ministry of Rites, would definitely not be able to handle this matter impartially."

"Qingyan, are you telling the truth?"

As soon as Lord Xi heard Xi Qingyan say that people outside began to bet on how he would deal with this matter, an alarm bell suddenly sounded in his heart.

If outsiders stab this matter to His Majesty, if he really believes these words at that time, then his career will be completely ruined!

"Xi Qingyan, don't be alarmist here, those street thugs are talking about this matter here, just watch the excitement!"

Mrs. Shangshu hurriedly cut off Xi Qingyan's words, and took her contemplative husband's god by the way

Akira pulled back.

"Xi Qingyan, are you gloating now? Because you don't look at the past, you are jealous of the happy women in the world, and you will also ruin the good things of your sister Xi Chuyu!"

"Xi Qingyan, you are not only ugly, but also so vicious! Don't you think that His Royal Highness Shu Yiting will threaten your status in Shangshu Mansion if he takes a fancy to my daughter Chu Yu, so he will do such a shady thing?"

「……」

Xi Qingyan found that Xi Chuyu's mother and daughter were really stupid and bad.

"Madam, are you sure that the person His Royal Highness Shu Yiting has a crush on is Xi Chuyu? Why didn't I see when I was in the Royal Annex, that His Highness admired your daughter?"

Xi retorted with a chuckle.

"Xi Qingyan, you don't have to quibble with me here! His Royal Highness is willing to save my daughter in person, and he also brought people back to the royal palace, His Royal Highness has never been too close to women, and he treats Chu Yu like this, naturally he has a heart for her!"

After Mrs. Shangshu heard her daughter's words, she felt that Xi Qingyan was the most disgusting obstacle in front of their mother and daughter!

Xi Qingyan was amused by Mrs. Shangshu's words.

Su Yiting looks personable on the outside, but in fact, he is not taboo, not to mention the maids and concubines around him, that is, at the palace banquet of the begging festival that day, Su Yiting also rolled on the same bed with the Rui nobles on the painting boat, such a man can also afford not to be too close to women?

"Chun Tao, you bring in the things that His Royal Highness Su Yiting gave me outside."

Xi Qingyan directly commanded Chun Tao outside, Chun Tao brought in a brocade box, Lord Xi is the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and at a glance, he knew that the brocade box was a royal tribute.

"Qingyan, you said that this thing was given to you by His Royal Highness Su Yiting?"

Lord Xi has never regarded the disfigured Xi Qingyan as the hope of Shangshu Mansion, but now that he has no intention of inserting willows and willows, Lord Xi is simply too surprised!

"Yes, father."

"After Xi Chuyu was sent back to Shangshu Mansion by His Royal Highness Shu Yiting's guards, His Royal Highness had to go with me, and when they parted, His Highness gave me a portion of the food around him."

Xi Qingyan was originally not going to eat the food given to her by Su Yiting, but it was still good to use these things to suppress Mrs. Shangshu's mother and daughter.

"Father, would you like to taste it with me?"

Xi Qingyan took the initiative to speak, Lord Xi was a little excited, this royal spring breeze and rain are all Jun's grace, he has not been specially rewarded by the royal family, but he didn't expect his daughter to be ahead of him.

"You kid, how can you taste this? This brocade box and the food in this box are tributes, and the Father should bring them to the front of the court and offer them."

「……」

Lord Xi's overjoyed expression made Xi Qingyan have an unexpected gain.

"Father, that lady and Chu Yu ......"

"This matter should be handed over to the government for trial!"