Qiao Yuyan has lived two lives and has seen many shameless and troublesome people, but this is the first time that a woman of Zhou's status can turn right and wrong in front of so many people without caring.
Mrs. Wen couldn't be a Bodhisattva anymore. She became a widow within two years after coming to the Wen family. She usually lived in seclusion, but she didn't understand her third sister-in-law.
Back then, in order to gain respect in front of Mrs. Wen, she made many obstacles for herself.
Wenshi always kept her identity to herself and could not speak out many things, but Zhoushi had no such worries. Between the two of them, Wenshi suffered more in the end.
At this moment, she almost endured the nausea in her heart, and together with her confidant maid, she helped Zhou to the chair, half persuading and half pulling, "Third sister-in-law, you might as well talk to me if you have anything to say. There are so many people here, you...
You look so decent, if you spread the word tomorrow, these people below will laugh at you for nothing."
Mrs. Zhou glanced at the people around her and cried even louder, "What kind of dignity do I have?! This Mrs. Qiao has trampled all my dignity away long ago."
She pointed at a few of them and said, "The eldest daughter-in-law has an official life and went to the palace to mourn. My man is incompetent, so I can't compare with it. The second daughter-in-law is far away, free and easy, and I can't compare with her either."
But apart from the old lady and these two, I should be the one who counts in the mansion now! But look at who I can compare to in the mansion now?!
Fourth brother and sister, you are going to be a widow. You obviously have no intention of going out to do things, but you have been dragged out. Qiao has only been here for two months, and she has great power. Even the two younger ones and the old lady are relieved, but not alone.
Don't worry, I don't have any dignity in this family."
Although Mrs. Chu's arrangement is good, what Zhou said is also true. When this arrangement came out, there were rumors about Zhou everywhere in the house. This does not mean that it would not exist if you close your eyes and ignore it.
Seeing that they were silent, Mrs. Zhou immediately started crying again, "The old lady misunderstood me, and now that I am a filial piety to the country, I am not that ignorant person, so I have to make a fuss at this time.
If you feel aggrieved in your heart, just feel aggrieved! When the big thing gets serious, I will go to the old lady to complain and express my inner grievances. The old lady is always sensible and will always understand my feelings.
But Mr. Qiao, you..."
She suddenly reached out and pointed at Qiao Yuyan, "You are clearly taking advantage of the fact that the old lady and sister-in-law are not at home and can't care about me, so you take advantage of the fact that few people in the house care about me, and you are now bullying even the people around me.
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If I can't even protect the two women beside me now, I might as well die. Anyway, one day, you will be able to bully me. Today it is them, and tomorrow it will be me."
For the sake of a mother-in-law, Zhou made such a big fuss. Qiao Yuyan really didn't know what to say to her.
He simply sat on a chair nearby, reached out and took the tea handed to him by Qixi, and drank it slowly, turning a blind eye to the eyes of others and Zhou's accusation.
The room was in a mess, Mrs. Zhou was crying, Mrs. Wen was persuading, and Mrs. Chu and Mrs. Chen were embarrassed. Seeing that Qiao Yuyan seemed to be unable to explain for a moment, she simply took yesterday's enthronement book and quietly
Look through it.
Mrs. Zhou cried loudly at first, but Mrs. Wen also comforted her attentively.
But no matter who he is, there is always a time when his strength is exhausted. No matter how loud Zhou is, his voice will become quieter after half an hour, and Wen loses the patience to comfort her and imitates Qiao Yuyan, sipping tea next to her.
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The sisters-in-law Chen and Chu, who disliked each other, had a tacit understanding for the first time, and they actually checked the account books together.
The servants and women watching the excitement in the mansion were usually preoccupied with this kind of thing. At this moment, they couldn't see the situation clearly. They all pretended to be looking for something and discussed with each other in low voices.
They were discussing, but the corner of their eyes was still looking at the movement in the room.
Only a few servant girls from Zhou's courtyard were left standing there in embarrassment, neither entering nor pushing.
Ms. Zhou finally realized that something was wrong, her voice gradually lowered, she looked around, her face that had been heartbroken and aggrieved just now turned red immediately, and she suddenly slapped the table, "Ms. Qiao! You actually..."
Qiao Yuyan looked back at her from the book, her face cold and expressionless, "Sister-in-law, are you done crying?"
Mrs. Zhou suddenly looked embarrassed and gasped in anger, "Is this your Qiao family's tutor? I am your eldest sister-in-law after all, and you actually treat me like this?!"
"Third sister-in-law is indeed here," Qiao Yuyan finally turned around and sat upright to face her, "but when third sister-in-law came in just now, I had already saluted you, and I was not disrespectful to you at all.
Even with those nonsense words you slandered me just now, I thought it was because you were ranked above me, so I didn’t say a word, so as not to embarrass you in front of so many servants. What else do you want, third sister-in-law?"
Zhou didn't expect Qiao Yuyan to suddenly become so tough on her. She was speechless for a moment, just staring at him and breathing heavily.
Qiao Yuyan pointed to the standing servants again, "The old lady and the eldest lady are currently mourning for the country. There is really no one to help with the affairs in the house, so they asked us to help.
What you said just now, third sister-in-law, is correct. Fourth sister-in-law has been a widow for a long time. I have just arrived, and my two nieces and daughters-in-law are young. They are indeed not suitable for housekeeping..."
She paused as she spoke. Seeing the resentment on Zhou's face, she changed her subject and said, "But what can be done? The old lady just trusts us soldiers and generals. The third sister-in-law is extremely capable and thoughtful.
You are so concerned about family affairs, so instead of complaining here, why not wait until the old lady comes back in the evening, and go over and give her some advice in person, hoping that she will understand your thoughts."
Zhou's face suddenly turned red and white when she said it. The most annoying thing was that the bunch of people in the room acted like they had nothing to do with them and didn't want to get involved. They asked her again.
Even if you want to mess around and ruin Qiao's reputation, it won't work.
Qiao Yuyan did not let her go, and then talked about the other thing she said, "As for the relationship between Naier and the third master and Naier's death, she was my maid after all. To be honest, she ended up like this.
As a result, I was not happy either.
Previously, it was because she was involved with the third master, so I didn’t have much to say, so I could only treat it as a confusion. From this point of view, it turns out that the third sister-in-law misunderstood that it was me.
Then we can't continue to fool around with this account. Don't worry, when the old lady comes, I will express our wishes to her and we will definitely investigate this matter clearly!"