In front of the gate of Qu Mansion, Qu Zaichen and Luo Yi came back from outside, just stepped out of the carriage, and saw another carriage also stopped in front of the door, the two waited for a while, Qu Zaifan and his entourage Meng Xuan walked down from the carriage.

Qu Zaichen looked at Qu Zaifan and said, "Big brother, have you released the government so early today?" ”

Qu Zaifan said: "I came back earlier today when the yamen had nothing to do, just right, I have something to look for you, if you have nothing to do, will you go to my study together?" ”

Qu Zaichen nodded: "Okay, I'll go to your study with my eldest brother." ”

Qu Zaifan nodded, and the two walked back to Qu's mansion together, with Luo Yi and Meng Xuan slowly following behind.

As soon as the four of them entered the Qu Mansion, a maid beside the old lady Qu saw a few people from a distance, and hurriedly hurried to Qu Zaichen and Qu Zaifan to give a salute and said: "The eldest son, the second son, the old lady said that if the two sons return to the house, please ask the two sons to go to the main hall first." ”

Qu Zaichen said: "What happened?" ”

The maid hesitated for a moment and hesitated: "Madame is making a fuss about driving the second young lady out of Qu Mansion." ”

Qu Zaichen frowned: "Reason? ”

The maid hesitated again and said, "The second young lady just now. Slap the lady. ”

Qu Zaichen, Qu Zaifan was surprised and unbelievable, Qu Zaifan said: "Don't talk nonsense, Mrs. is the mother-in-law of the second young lady, how could she hit Mrs., did you see it?" ”

The maid hurriedly said: "Eldest son, how dare I talk nonsense about this kind of thing, I do. See it from afar. Just now by the lake, the second young lady. I did slap Mrs. in the face, many servants in the family saw it, and I also saw that Mrs. and Miss San were angry and wanted to beat the second young lady, and Miss Lan threw Mrs. and Miss San away. Thrown into the lake. ”

Qu Zaifan and Qu Zaichen both frowned, and Qu Zaichen said: "The reason, why did the second young lady beat Madame?" ”

The maid hurriedly shook her head: "I don't know, I stood far away and didn't hear what they said, but after Miss Lan pushed Mrs. and Miss Lan down the lake, the second young lady and Miss Lan hurriedly left together. ”

Qu Zaichen: "Got it, you go down." ”

The maid turned and left.

Qu Zaifan frowned and hesitated: "Zaichen, if what the maid said is true, this time it is inappropriate to act inappropriately, I know that Congxi is bright and informal." But no matter what the reason, her mother is her mother-in-law, she hit people first, and then pushed her mother and Miaozhi into the lake, it seems to be too much, and now the weather is still cold, and her mother is old, and her leg bones are a little bad, and she is easy to get cold. ”

Qu Zaichen's mother said with a hint of anger: "I know, no matter what the reason, she can't be allowed to beat her mother, and when I find out what happened, I will deal with her, and I won't let her be disrespectful to her mother again, it's just. I don't want her to leave Qufu, please forgive my eldest brother. ”

Qu Zaifan said: "You are serious, she is your wife, her stay should be up to you, in fact, from Xi Lingxiu and warm, your sister-in-law and I like her very much, with her, Qufu is much more lively, as long as she doesn't act too wanton with her mother, I also really hope that you and Congxi will go on in harmony." Let's go to the main hall and ask why. ”

Qu Zaichen nodded without saying a word, and walked towards the main hall with Qu Zaifan.

Qu Zaifan and Qu Zaichen walked to the front of the main hall, and saw that Congxi, Yunxian, Lan Chu, Congran, and Chen Xing were also approaching, and Chen Xing was actually wearing Qu Zaichen's clothes.

Qu Zaichen secretly thought, he must have gone to his bedroom without authorization, took his own clothes, and gave them to Chen Xing to wear, Qu Zaichen's eyes were even more angry, and when Congxi approached, he stared at Congxi and said, "You slapped your mother?" ”

Congxi nodded frankly: "Yes." ”

Qu Zaichen suddenly approached Congxi, reached out and grabbed Congxi's arm and said, "Reason? ”

From the pain of his arm being scratched by Qu Zaichen, he locked his eyebrows and said: "Grandmother, they are waiting in the hall, go inside and say it, otherwise I have to say it again, you let me go first." ”

Qu Zaichen did not let go, but clenched Congxi's arm even harder, and said word by word: "No matter what the reason, your mother is your mother-in-law, and you beat her without any remorse?" So calm, do you think you're right? ”

I couldn't stand the pain, frowned and shouted: "Qu Zaichen, you hurt me, you let me go first." ”

Lan Chu hurriedly grabbed Qu Zaichen's arm and pulled it outward, but he didn't pull it at all, Lan Chu was angry, let go of his hand, pulled out his sword, pointed at Qu Zaichen and said, "Let go, otherwise I'm welcome." ”

Luo Yi next to him saw it and wanted to step forward to stop Lan Chu, but he hesitated, but he didn't dare to move lightly, and he was afraid that Qu Zaichen would be injured, and he was even more afraid that Qu Zaichen would hurt Lan Chu, and he was even at a loss and worried.

Qu Zaifan hurriedly stopped in front of Qu Zaichen and said, "Miss Lan, don't be impulsive. Qu Zaifan hurriedly turned to look at Qu Zaichen and said: "Zaichen, okay, let's find out the reason for the matter first, what are you doing?" You've always been shocked and calm, why are you so impulsive this time? You let go of Congxi first, and your grandmother, father, and mother are waiting for us in the hall? ”

Before Qu Zaichen could speak, Yun Xian interjected: "I know the reason for Zaichen's impulsiveness, do you want me to explain it to you now, my son promises to talk about it in a colorful and wonderful way, so it doesn't matter if the old lady waits for them, right?" ”

Qu Zaichen hesitated, let go of Congxi, took a step back from Xi, rubbed his arms, looked at Qu Zaichen with fear, met Qu Zaichen's angry gaze, Congxi couldn't help but take a step back, his eyes were more timid, his face seemed to be aggrieved and angry, Congxi took a deep breath, turned his eyes away and no longer looked at Qu Zaichen, turned around and walked towards the main hall, and everyone followed closely to the main hall.

In the main hall, Mrs. Qu has sat on the top, and Mr. Qu, Mrs. Qu, Qu Miaozhi, Feng Nianqing, Yang Sishan, and Yang Sizhen are also sitting on both sides according to the guest host. Mrs. Qu's face was calm, holding a cup with both hands, sipping tea slowly, Mr. Qu seemed to be persuading Mrs. Qu, Mrs. Qu had changed into a clean and dry clothes, only her face was full of anger, unwilling to pout, obviously just reprimanded by Mrs. Qu. There was obviously a slap red mark on the left side of Mrs. Qu's face, which was bright red, which caused everyone to glance at it from time to time. Qu Miaozhi's eyes were full of anger, and he twisted the handkerchief with both hands, and secretly thought that Qu Miaozhi should take the handkerchief as his own. Yang Sishan, Yang Sizhen, and Feng Nianqing glanced at Mrs. Qu from time to time, all of whom were puzzled.

When everyone saw Congxi, Qu Zaichen, Chen Xing and others walking into the main hall, they all turned their heads to look at them, except for Mrs. Qu and Qu Miaozhi, who glared at Congxi angrily, and the others looked at Congxi, their eyes were full of surprise.

From Xi into the hall, to Mrs. Qu, Mrs. Qu, Mrs. Qu, standing in the hall did not move, Qu Zaifan, Yun Xian, Qu Zaichen to Mrs. Qu, Qu Lao, Mrs. Qu after the salute, Qu Zaifan, Yun Xian sat down, Qu Zaichen stood next to Congxi, Lan Chu, Congran, Chen Xing only stood behind Congxi, Qu Zaichen.

Old Madam Qu looked at Congxi and said calmly: "Congxi, your mother said that the slap mark on her face was made by you, isn't it?" ”

Congxi nodded and admitted, "Yes." ”

Mrs. Qu immediately shouted: "Mother, look, I said that she beat me, mother, you still don't believe it, and now she herself admits it, this wild girl, actually beat me, a mother-in-law, she is disobedient and unfilial, deviant, mother is not in charge, now drive her out of the Qu family?" ”

Old Madam Qu stared at Congxi and frowned: "Congxi, why did you beat your mother, no matter what, she is your mother-in-law?" ”

Congxi: "It's just an accident, I wanted to slap one of Qu Miao, but my mother suddenly rushed to Qu Miao's front, I couldn't retract it, and the slap fell on my mother's face, I really didn't intend to be disrespectful to my mother, although it was an accident, I apologize." ”

After finishing speaking, he bowed down and bowed deeply to Mrs. Qu.

When Qu Zaichen heard it, he turned his head to take a deep look, and he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

Mrs. Qu shouted angrily: "What's the use of your apology, I still slapped you, no one dared to beat me since I was a child, you dared to beat me, you deviated from the norm, disregarded people, you are rebellious, and the crime should be scraped alive." Mother, this time I have to let Zaichen leave her, the Qu family has me or not, you can only choose one between me and her, no matter what, she must leave Qufu? ”

Old Madam Qu frowned and said, "Luo Yan, don't talk yet, let's figure out the context of the matter, choose one now, aren't you afraid that I will choose to follow?" ”

Mrs. Qu was shocked by Mrs. Qu's words, and she didn't come back to her senses for a while.

Old Madam Qu looked at Congxi again and said, "Why do you want to fight Miaozhi?" ”

Congxi: "Because Qu Miaozhi almost killed Chen Xing for the sake of a broken flower, she didn't know what was wrong, she only insulted Chen Xing with words, and she really couldn't see it from Xi, and she wanted Qu Miaozhi to be punished and let her understand something." ”

Qu Miaozhi said in a loud voice: "What a broken flower, that's my Tianyouxiang, it was specially purchased from the Western Regions by the eldest brother with a lot of pains, I just said, I don't have the money to buy another plant, he ruined my Tianyouxiang, shouldn't I let him suffer a little?" I didn't want to kill him. ”

Congxi said: "You didn't want to harm Chen Xing's life, so why did he almost drown in the lake, do you dare to say, didn't you and your mother let Chen Xing be thrown into the lake?" ”

Qu Miaozhi: "It was me and my mother who let him be thrown into the lake, but we just want him to suffer a little and let him suffer a little, if it weren't for your nosy, my mother and I would have let people fish him up and save him." ”

Congxi: "If I don't meddle too much, you and your mother are afraid that you will be taken to the government prison by the government, and you can still sit here and reprimand me, Qu Miaozhi, you can see the situation clearly at that time, and many servants in the palace can also see it clearly, you ask yourself, if Sister Lan and I are a few breaths late, will Chen Xing still have his life?" When you and your mother let someone fish him up, I'm afraid that we can only see his corpse, how do you save him, do you have the way to bring the dead back to life, or does your mother have the art of renewing his life against the sky? ”

Qu Miaozhi: "I. . . We, if you hadn't happened to be there, I was about to have someone pick him up, and it wouldn't be too late for a few breaths, you could save his life, and so could my mother and me? ”

Congxi: "When I arrived, I didn't hear you shouting to save Chen Xing, only to see you and your mother gloating, staring at Chen Xing's fingers floating in the lake?" You're not planning to save him a few breaths late, you're planning to save him half a mile later, right? Besides, even if you fished Chen Xing ashore at that time, were you sure you could save him? Sister Lan forced out Chen Xing's fluid in her abdomen with internal force to save Chen Xing's life? Miss Qu San, with your little bit of martial arts, are you sure you can save Chen Xing? Even if you call the Qufu Nursing Home to come over, are you sure they can come over in time to save Chen Xing? ”

From the quarrel between Qu Miaozhi and Congxi, everyone probably understood the truth of the matter, that is, Chen Xing accidentally ruined Qu Miaozhi's heavenly fragrance, Qu Miaozhi and Mrs. Qu were angry and threw Chen Xing down, to punish Chen Xing, who knew that they let Chen Xing stay in the lake for too long, and almost killed Chen Xing, fortunately Congxi arrived in time, otherwise, the matter really did not end well.