As soon as Zhong Yuqing finished speaking, the maids headed by Qingfang and those from the Duke of Yue's Palace, Prince Gong's Palace and Rong'an Hou's Palace rolled up their sleeves and went to compete with several maids from Dugu Tan.
Xia Houshu watched them grapple with each other, either squeezing their waists with their hands, scratching with their nails, or pulling their hair. Some even bit them with their mouths. Their screams were like a pig-killing scene. For a long time, he couldn't tell the winner.
As a result, her whole heart was twisted into a wrinkled ball.
In fact, there is no need to go to such trouble at all. She is enough to deal with a few maids who are only arrogant but have no skills. But she can't expose her strengths now, so as not to fall into the trap of others, she pretends to be weak and hides behind her mother.
The Zhong sisters had never seen such a chaotic scene. The two groups were fighting each other hard, and they were all frightened. At this moment, they were both huddled next to Princess Gong, seeking protection from their mother and praying silently.
Don't let this get worse, it's too scary!
Qingfang and the others were worthy of being from a family of military generals. They were agile and quickly gained the upper hand. Dugutan's maids were lying on the ground in messy clothes, crying for their fathers and mothers. Qingfang straightened out her slightly messy clothes.
He calmly stood up and opened the courtyard door.
Zhong Yuqing gave Dugu Tan a hard look and pulled her daughter towards the door.
The few concubines who were watching the excitement didn't have time to leave. When they saw the door being opened, they even wanted to get closer to watch. But when they saw Zhong Yuqing pulling her daughter out with a dark face, they quickly stepped aside. One of them because he didn't
He stood firm and even fell down. He happened to be seen by Xia Houmei and others who were walking behind.
Xiahou Mei glanced at them coldly, and said to Xu Ruolan with great disgust: "What are you doing raising these idiots who only know how to eat? I met my uncle later and told him to divorce them all and drive them out!"
Xu Ruolan nodded obediently. She had to find an opportunity to deal with them, otherwise not only would she look miserable, but her purse would also be unbearable.
The concubines looked aggrieved and couldn't help but whisper. What did they do wrong? There were noisy gongs and drums outside to congratulate Princess Zhao on her birthday. They were low-status people who couldn't get on the stage. They came over to take a look when they heard something going on in Lihuayuan.
It's just fun, why should I be fired?
Then I heard Dugutan's frantic yelling from the Lihuayuan: "You useless idiots! You can't even stop me! I'll sell you all out later!"
Several concubines were even more frightened and hurriedly dispersed before Dugutan came out.
In the east wing room, two little babies were awakened by the noise outside and burst into tears. The frightened wet nurse quickly closed the door and ran back to the bed, holding the children in her arms and coaxing them in a low voice, while murmuring.
: "Young Master, you must remember your mother and cousin in the future. They have suffered a lot for you!"
The two little ones were too young to understand, and their heads were full of anger and helplessness at being woken up from their drowsiness. The crying sound did not stop for a long time.
As soon as Zhong Yuqing and Xia Houshu arrived at Ningshou Hall, Dugutan and others followed behind.
Everyone in the hall was chatting and laughing, and when they saw Zhong Yuqing burst in angrily, dragging his daughter with her daughter whose left cheek was swollen and her eyes were red, they all started talking in low voices.
Fang was the housekeeper of Prince Zhao's Mansion. She hurriedly came up to her and said with a smile: "Princess Xuanhe, what's going on? But why did we not entertain you well?" Then she glanced at Xia Houshu behind her, surprised.
He shouted, "Ouch! Miss Xiahou, what happened to your face? Did you fall somewhere?"
Xia Houshu wanted to roll his eyes at her. With such deep palm prints, are you blind?
Zhong Yuqing hated Fang for telling lies and being conciliatory, so she turned a blind eye to Fang's flattery. Instead, she looked at the elegant Princess Zhao sitting in the first seat and said coldly: "Princess Zhao, today we are picking you up.
This is a post from my family, specially coming to wish you a happy birthday. This is the first time for your little daughter to come to visit us, so I have never offended you. You were here just now, and you praised your little daughter for being smart and well-behaved. But in the blink of an eye, she was slapped by your daughter in public. Look at your little daughter.
What kind of beating has been done to your face? Is this how your family treats guests?"
Prince Zhao's Mansion had just recovered from the compliments from others. After listening to Zhong Yuqing's words, he looked at Xia Houshu with confused eyes and murmured: "Maybe there is some misunderstanding..."
Sure enough, the whole family from old to young likes to pretend to be confused, what the hell!
Since Zhong Yuqing had made up her mind to seek justice, she would not give up just because the other party did not accept the attack, nor would she be afraid of the other party's power. She sneered and said sarcastically: "Princess Zhao didn't even ask, so she said yes.
Misunderstanding. Are you trying to deal with me, or are you trying to protect yourself and think your little girl deserves to be beaten?"
"This..." Princess Zhao's eyes moved to Dugu Tan, who had just come in. Seeing that her daughter looked flustered and hesitated to speak, there was something else she didn't understand - it must have been the evil obstacle she gave birth to that caused trouble again.
Ouch, what an enemy! When is it not good to cause trouble, and who is not good to provoke? But she wanted to provoke Zhong Yuqing at her birthday banquet. She is the only daughter of old Prince Gong and the head mistress of the Duke of Yue's palace! So big
If you can manage your family property, your children, and your servants properly, how can you be someone who can be offended casually?
As the saying goes, a good daughter is better than a mother. Princess Zhao naturally knows her daughter's temperament and character, and also knows how other brothers and sisters evaluate her behind her back. But Dugutan is overbearing to others, and she is really respectful to her mother.
, was filial in every possible way, and even after she got married, she would collect exquisite clothes, jewelry, and all kinds of food for her from time to time, and also send her all kinds of weird things, so she would indulge again and again and be selective about the complaints of other children.
of blindness.
Moreover, today is her birthday, and the guests are all here. They are all dignitaries and female relatives in the capital. If she admits that Dugu Tan is wrong, she will not only lose her daughter's face, but also make it difficult to establish prestige in her husband's family in the future, and will also lose her own face. Biography
When they go out, others will say that mother and daughter are bullying others. She has worked hard and endured for so many years to build up a good reputation as a honest and virtuous person, and she cannot ruin it like this.
Princess Zhao thought for a while and then said: "It's just a fight between the little daughters. How could they care so much? Princess, don't take it too seriously. I saw that your daughter's face was indeed a little red and swollen, so I had to think quickly.
Let's take care of it. Let me take her to the backyard to apply some medicine first, and then I'll ask my Tan'er to keep her company." Then he turned to look at Fang, "Boss, wife, please take Miss Xiahou down quickly.
Take care of it and don't neglect your distinguished guest."
Isn’t this called neglect? Xia Houshu wanted to roll his eyes again.
Fang smiled and agreed to Princess Zhao's instructions, then reached out to pull Xiahou Shu.
Xia Houshu stood aside and hid beside his mother. He glared at Fang and warned her with his eyes that if she dared to touch him again, he would look good on her.
Fang was so frightened by the look in the eyes of the little girl in front of her that she retracted her hand and said with a sweet smile: "Ms.
It’s even worse. What a beautiful face, don’t suffer anymore!”
"I'm not going!" Xia Houshu said loudly with distrust, grievance and anger, "Who knows what else you will do to me!"
Fang was stunned for a while and then said quickly: "Miss Xiahou is joking. I know you have been wronged and feel sad, but what can we do to you in public?"
Xia Houshu still looked at her warily and continued to say loudly: "In public, your family dares to beat me in front of my mother, what else can you not dare to do?"
Fang was very embarrassed and looked at Princess Zhao, hoping that her mother-in-law could put in a good word for her. Unexpectedly, Princess Zhao acted as if she hadn't seen anything and wanted to let her solve it on her own.
Zhong Yuqing also glared at Mrs. Fang and said, "Mrs. Fang also saw it. This slap on my little girl's face was not light. As the saying goes, you don't expose your shortcomings when you scold someone, and you don't slap someone in the face when you hit someone. We just met Ruolan at the banquet.
, mentioned that her two children were cute, so she went over to have a look. Unexpectedly, Princess Changning suddenly barged in. First she scolded Ruolan for being lazy, and then she insinuated that we were thieves. She didn't say a good word in her mouth. Although the little girl is young,
, but he is a filial child. He could not bear to see his elders being humiliated, so he argued with Princess Changning for a few words, and ended up being beaten like this. Since this happened in your house, and the one who beat up was Princess Changning, you are bound to
You have to give us justice. But what you are doing now is to make the big thing trivial and make it trivial so that we can pretend it never happened?"
Mrs. Fang couldn't answer for a while. She thought that even if she wanted to take care of it, she wouldn't dare. It's hard to be the eldest daughter-in-law, especially the eldest daughter-in-law of Prince Zhao's house.
Princess Zhao was no longer happy, her face gradually became colder, and she said in a deep voice: "Princess Xuanhe, your and our families can be considered family friends. After all, we have some feelings for each other. You want to fight for the sake of the fight between your children?"
What do you want to do by making such an aggressive move?"
Zhong Yuqing said: "The eldest daughter of Princess Changning is almost ten years old. Just because she acts without consideration, Princess Zhao cannot just say that she is still a little girl and not sensible, and just brush it off with the words "a fight between children"
Now. My daughter has just grown hair, and is still young, but she is definitely not someone who takes the initiative to cause trouble. And today, her aunt and I are watching, and there are a few cousins accompanying her. She has always behaved herself, there are so many people in the garden.
Everyone can testify. Princess Zhao said that I am aggressive, so I would like to ask, how can I not be aggressive? Princess Zhao herself is also a person who has raised a daughter. If the princess of Changning went out to a banquet and was inexplicably beaten like this,
Will you also put things to rest?"
"Let's see who dares!" Princess Zhao took action without thinking, and then she realized that she seemed to be a little too impulsive. It must be her words that Zhong Yuqing was waiting for.
She looked around and said in a calm tone: "I don't want to ruin the friendship between our two families because of the trivial matters between my children. I said inappropriate words because of the urgency of my life. Today is my birthday, please declare peace."
Princess, please give me some face, put aside your personal grudges for the time being, and discuss it another day."
Before Zhong Yuqing could speak, Xiahou Mei couldn't help but interjected: "Princess Zhao, you and I have been married for many years. If there is any personal grudge, it can only be between us. My niece has nothing to do with you.
There is no relationship, let alone personal grudges. Don’t slander her reputation for no reason. Also, I really can’t stand the way you deal with it, you seem to be trying to do everything, but in fact you are always protecting Princess Changning. Please also ask.
Princess, please be more fair and just, and give justice to my niece! As for the face that the princess mentioned, it’s no wonder that we don’t appreciate it. If Princess Changning cared about your face, she wouldn’t beat my niece in public. She
Now that we have taken action, don’t think that we can all swallow our anger and settle the matter. There is no such truth in the world!”
Princess Zhao did not expect Zhong Yuqing to have another helper, and was speechless for a moment.
She and Xiahou Mei have been in-laws for many years, and she knows that she can't win over each other in terms of words, so she usually relies on her more prominent family background to get the better of him, and she avoids any issues she can't argue with.
Let the eldest daughter-in-law take the stand. But now the situation was like Xiahou Mei holding a knife to her neck, forcing her to express her position. She hated her so much that she silently scolded him bloody in her heart.
Zhong Yuqing also said: "As a mother, I don't understand what my daughter did wrong to deserve to be treated like this by you. So I ask Princess Zhao to give me and my daughter an explanation for this matter today."