“What? Say it,” asked Madam Di.
“I just want to ask why these bowls which the porridge is poured into are the same. If there is a mistake, then what should we do when the unborn boy in mother’s belly might be hurt?”
Qin Wanru said calmly.
“Madam, why would you want to have bird’s nest porridge like mother’s especially? I remember that you used to do not like that porridge. I still remember once that the kitchen misunderstood your meaning and cooked bird’s nest porridge instead of bird’s nest thick soup. Then because of this, you even beat the supervisor of the kitchen and threw the porridge directly upon the supervisor. Do you remember this event?”
This event happened in Jiangzhou and even made an uproar because Madam Di threw the scalding bird’s nest porridge upon the supervisor of the kitchen. As for why this event would go viral, it was because this supervisor actually was not a child of a servant who was born in the Qin’s Mansion but a servant who did a better job than others and then was appointed to be the supervisor for a time.
Although Madam Di had made compensation to the supervisor, the families of the supervisor were not satisfied. Therefore, the event had escalated. Fortunately, Qin Huaiyong was very powerful in Jiangzhou so this event finally was repressed. Even so, people in the Qin’s Mansion all knew about this.
After hearing her words, Qin Huaiyong’s face became stern!
If that was true, what Madam Di did today was very dubious. Considering Madam Di’s attitude in the past, and thinking about this event which was caused by the bird’s nest porridge, Qin Huaiyong gradually looked very serious when glancing around at the four same bowls. Madam Di’s target might be the unborn baby in Shui Ruolan’s belly.
Otherwise, what was she doing when she didn’t like the bird’s nest porridge at all?
She first asked the purchaser to buy some bird’s nest especially and didn’t cook those sent by the Duke Yong’s Mansion. Then the new old maid confronted Qing Yue and Qionghua while Qing Yue was all right and Qionghua was caught into trouble. Or was that Madam Di’s purpose? If so, then those vague explanations before could be very clear now.
“She has prepared the plan very early and just waits for me to ask about these!”
“Madam Di does have bad intentions!”
Shui Ruolan finally relaxed. Although she said nothing, she feared that Qin Wanru was unable to handle Madam Di. Nanny Zhou’s words before sounded that Madam Di was very innocent and she seemed to be wronged by them. Moreover, her people got involved in this event so she’d better not to meddle in this and only could pin her hope on Qin Wanru.
Hearing Qin Wanru’s words, Madam Di quickly knew that thing went wrong as she knew that Qin Huaiyong gradually distrusted her. In Qin Wanru’s words, there were doubtful points everywhere. When Madam Di raised her head and saw Qin Huaiyong’s angriest, sternest and worst look, she could not pretend a calm and kind expression any more. She immediately shouted at Qin Wanru, “Wanru, what do you mean? Couldn’t I turn to like having porridge now even though I didn’t like it before?”
“Well, of course you could like it or hate it as you want but don’t you think that everything is too coincidental? You even came faster than any servant here. Compared the distance from your court to the kitchen with that from my court to here, I suppose that I should be faster than you. However, when I arrived, I saw that you just finished the interrogation and wanted to punish Qionghua 20 flogs!”
Qin Wanru said softly.
However, the slight words heavily smashed Madam Di’s heart, which made her unspeakable. There were too many coincidences, too many abnormalities and standing friction between Madam Di and Shui Ruolan. If she still wanted to argue that she was concerned with Shui Ruolan, she could be unspeakable now.
“Madam Di prefers light taste recently!” Seeing thing went wrong, Nanny Zhou quickly helped Madam Di and explained, “When the servant girl came to report, Madam Di happened to be in a place which is quite near here but not in her yard!”
“Quite near here? Where is it? When the First Young Master of the Qi Family came to our mansion to look for Lady Qi, Madam Di even sent the maid to tell us and reminded that we should be away from them. What? Madam Di yourself did not avoid them, did you?”
Raising her beautiful eyebrows, Qin Wanru asked.
Madam Di did let others warn them before. She said that though Qin’s Mansion and Qi Family were old friends, it would be better to avert suspicion when in the capital city. Her purpose was definitely to not let others encounter the scene that Qin Yuru and Qi Tianyu were together.
However, this now became her unspeakable reason. She never expected that this would be tangled with the matter happened in the kitchen.
Taken by surprise, she had to explain while gnashing her teeth, “I watched Qi Tianyu grow up and there is no need for me to avert suspicion. When we arrived in the capital city, his mother even asked me to take good care of him!”
“Then you went to see the First Young Master of the Qi Family?” Qin Wanru pushed her harder and quietly nudged the conversation towards Qi Tianyu!
“I was late and didn’t see him. Then I ran into this matter here.” Madam Di gnashed her teeth as a ferocious look appeared in her eyes. She wouldn’t admit it and would tackle problems quickly and effectively when the next problem came.
“Then mother you need to talk to the First Young Master of the Qi Family, don’t you?” Qin Wanru continued to lead the topic towards Master Qi. Her every word carried a question. Madam Di had to answer them all.
“Nothing. Just want to see him!” Thinking for a while, Madam Di answered.
“Well, if there’s nothing, then what kind of attitude would you treat the First Young Master of the Qi Family with as you think it is great when you encounter him while it is okay when you fail in seeing him?” Qin Wanru slowly ripped off the wound she targeted as a hint of sarcasm came into her eyes. This was also an unspeakable and inexplicable thing for Madam Di though she knew there was a question.
There was not only Qionghua who was unspeakable!
When Madam Di saw the sarcasm in Qin Wanru’s eyes, her eyes even trembled with anger and her voice became sharp. She said, “Qin Wanru! This is not your business! You, a little girl, doesn’t learn something good but knows how to push your foster mother. Or are you going to force me to admit that this thing is true?”
“No, I dare not. Madam, I am only telling a truth. Now just let father investigate what happened when First Young Master of the Qi Family came to our mansion. We could know where he went to, where you went to or who he met. Then we could figure out the whole thing!”
Qin Wanru smiled slightly and advised Qin Huaiyong. When she found out that it was a good time to quit, she went back and stood beside Shui Ruolan. She looked at Qionghua who was the cause of this matter, so it was able to lead the matter towards Qionghua again now. Madam Di wanted to handle this matter slowly so she could not hurry and flurry!
Seeing Qin Wanru gave a sign, Qionghua quickly stared at Madam Di warily.
Madam Di’s eyes were bloodshot because of anger. If Qin Huaiyong were not here, she would have slapped Qin Wanru in the face for several times!
She didn’t fear that Qin Huaiyong would know something but feared that others would know!
Duke Yong’s Mansion sent her several right hands and some of them followed her now. However, she couldn’t ensure that nobody would tell this matter to people in Duke Yong’s Mansion. If her sister-in-law knew Qin Yuru dated with Qi Tianyu privately in the yard, the engagement between her mansion and Duke Yong’s Mansion would fail.
“General! Please listen to my explanation! It is not what you think!” When seeing Qin Huaiyong’s livid face, Madam Di hurriedly explained. She couldn’t say it out in public but she could tell Qin Huaiyong in privacy.
“Madam, you just asked me what the old maid spoke evil of my madam and I could not say it out in front of people. However, I also could tell Madam Shui and General in privacy!”
Qionghua was waiting for Madam Di’s words. When she said that, Qionghua quickly answered.
She was unspeakable before. She not only let the old maid have an advantage in the matter but also was caught by Madam Di who even tried to punish Qionghua immediately. If Qin Wanru had arrived here late, Qionghua would have been punished by them. If she became disabled, it would be considered as a mistake. What could she do? Even if Shui Ruolan wanted to seek justice for Qionghua, she could do nothing.
However, Qionghua caught this chance and used Madam Di’s words to prove her innocence. Moreover, there were too many coincidences in the truth that Qin Wanru said. Qin Huaiyong would definitely believe that this matter was another trouble planned by Madam Di. He would not want to hear her explanation.
He shouted at her very angrily, “Leave!”
Then he turned back and left, leaving Madam Di standing there with a pale look. She set her malicious eyes on Qin Wanru and Shui Ruolan, gnashing her teeth and then followed Qin Huaiyong and left.
During the lunch time, someone reported to them that Qin Huaiyong had a quarrel with Madam Di in her court and he even kicked her heavily. Now she had to lie in bed and was unable to get up.
Qin Yuru went to see her mother and then went to Qin Huaiyong’s study room to ask him to send a doctor to treat Madam Di.
One doctor was not enough and then they asked several doctors to come. It just seemed that Madam Di was dying. In Madam Di’s Yulan Pavilion, everything was in a mess.
Even though how it was in a mess in Madam Di’s Yulan Pavilion, the old maid who led to this trouble was punished very heavily. After flogging her twenty times, the mansion asked her families to bring her back.
When the servant trader sold this servant, they both signed a death contract that it was okay even if the servant was beaten to death.
Moreover, she was trying to plot against the unborn baby in Madam Shui’s belly.
The matter went so viral that everyone in the mansion knew. It happened in the kitchen and there were lots of people there. Though Qin Huaiyong didn’t say directly who should be responsible for this, many people saw Qin Huaiyong left with Madam Di. After that, Madam Di was kicked heavily and the old maid came to a really bad end.
Then, all servants who just came to the mansion felt afraid. They were new here and then saw a new old maid beaten to be disabled. If they didn’t try their best to accomplish their task, they might have a worse end.
A mess was in the mansion. Then there came fear. However, there were too many people in the main kitchen and some couriers would deliver vegetables to the mansion from outside. They might stay in the mansion for several hours and subsequently, some words about this matter was spread outside.
People of Duke Yong’s Mansion came Qin’s Mansion in the afternoon. It was Duke Yong himself who came to visit Madam Di with his own son.
Qin Huaiyong invited Duke Yong to his reading room in the outer court while Di Yan visited Madam Di in Yulan Pavilion.
“Huaiyong, I still remember that when you asked me to let my sister marry you, you said that you would always treat her well. You even told me that there are strict family rules in your mansion. So are you gonna tell me that this is your so-called family style? How dare you kick her! What a great general you are!” Duke Yong was Madam Di’s natural bother. He used to favor his sister very much. Without saying anything, he banged the cup heavily on the table, and said to Qin Huaiyong with his fierce eyes.
When his sister married Qin Huaiyong, Madam Di’s status was higher than Qin Huaiyong’s. Duke Yong’s Mansion, as an aristocratic family was to look down upon Qin Huaiyong. However, they had to let Madam Di marry Qin Huaiyong in that situation!
Qin Huaiyong was well-prepared. He raised his head and looked into Duke Yong’s eyes with a bad expression. He said, “Brother-in-law, you know I don’t have a son. I had waited too long until Madam Shui was pregnant. How could Madam Di be intolerable! She always wants to kill that child! Look, how could I calm down! Moreover, it was an accident! When I left, she suddenly rushed to me and I kicked her accidentally!”
“If killing this baby is good for your career?” Duke Yong sneered and said directly. He knew what his sister was thinking about!
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