"There's nothing bad about it." Duchess Ding's eyes and eyebrows were full of smiles. "You don't know that girl, but I think she has the ability to handle it well."
"Grandmother, you have so much confidence in her?" Sun Yu smiled playfully.
Duchess Ding said, "I just think that this child is very good. She has suffered a lot in the outside world over the years. I think that a girl who has experienced the wind and rain and can survive strong will be able to withstand the destruction better than those delicate flowers born in a greenhouse. In addition, she is smart and has a good mind. Her nature is very pure. I think this matter can be regarded as a good karma between us and her. On the other hand, it can be regarded as a test so that I can understand her thoroughly. "
"Grandmother, you praise her like a flower. Forget it. In fact, it's nothing. Although it's a big matter, my cousin is just a girl in the boudoir. It doesn't involve anything else. At worst, she will lose a shopkeeper. It won't hurt her. "
"Yes. I think so too. " Duchess Ding looked solemn and said, "If she can't handle it well, she will lose a shopkeeper at most. She is the daughter of the Prime Minister. Even if those old antiques in Qingliu want to blame her, they can't blame her. After all, her father can take the blame. Besides, with your position in the court, this matter is too difficult to handle. Why don't you throw it aside and let a little girl deal with it? So that others won't say that you are afraid of the powerful. "
"That's right." Sun Yu nodded and said with a sigh, "But the Tang family has ruined things. The people of Qingliu are all staring at me. But I just shrunk my neck and gave the property to others. In the end, it's not good to hear. Besides, mother knows uncle's character. I'm afraid that he will turn his back on us and use cousin as a scapegoat."
"Even if nothing happens, Qin Meng has long been against those people in Qingliu. Besides, can the Tang family's matter be a small matter? What a big crime it is to murder the Empress! Not to mention that the Emperor only favors the Empress, can Grand Preceptor Cao let the person who murdered his daughter get away with it? Even if he has the ability to get the person from King Ning, how can he avoid Grand Preceptor Cao? "
Sun Yu's face turned cold. He said indignantly, "I know what grandmother said is reasonable. However, I don't think Qing Liu did anything wrong. She could only blame the Demon Empress for having such a tough life. Imperial Physician Tang had sacrificed his entire family, but she was only half dead from the poison. His Majesty has become more and more muddle-headed these years, truly … "
"Brother Ming, watch your words!" Duchess Ding stopped Sun Yu's words and said in a deep voice, "There are some things that you should know in your heart. There's no need to say them out loud. If you're so careless outside, aren't you afraid of causing trouble? You're too stubborn. You need to learn how to deal with things tactfully in order to have a long term. "
Sun Yu hurriedly stood up and saluted, "Yes. Grandson will follow Grandmother's instructions. "
Duchess Ding saw that the atmosphere was too depressing, so she brought the topic back to family matters.
**
Inside the carriage, Qin Huining was looking pitifully at the Sun Clan.
The lipstick on her lips had been wiped off. Coupled with her plain dress and pitiful expression with tears in her eyes, she looked like a little animal that had been bullied.
Her soft eyes kept looking at the Sun Clan, which finally made the Sun Clan sigh.
"Sister Hui, you can't do this again in the future. In front of your maternal grandfather's family, you should at least consider the dignity of our family. You know that your maternal grandfather's family doesn't like our Prime Minister's Mansion, and they do things differently. Why do you have to call Sister Yi Xiaoxi in front of your sister? Sister Yi has been back for so many days. Why can't you remember her name? "
The tears in Qin Huining's eyes fell down like broken beads. "I just called her daughter out of habit. The first time I called her Xiaoxi, so I got used to it. It wasn't intentional."
Qin Yining, who was at the side, looked down and pretended not to hear anything.
The Sun Clan glanced at Qin Yining and saw Qin Huining crying like a pear blossom in the rain. They thought that this child had a hard life. She had been swapped since she was a baby. What did a little baby know? It wasn't her fault at all. It was understandable that she would be frightened and uneasy.
Thinking of this, the Sun Clan's heart softened. She took a handkerchief and wiped Qin Huining's tears. "Why are you crying? You look like a cat. How are you going to face people later? Those who don't know will think that the Duke Dingguo's Mansion is bullying you. "
Qin Huining hurriedly wiped her tears and anxiously said, "I won't cry. I didn't mean it that way."
"I know. You should pay more attention to what you say in the future. A normal joke can offend everyone. What you said just now, I don't know what our sisters will think. "
"The people of the Duke Dingguo's Mansion are kind and honest. They definitely won't think too much." Qin Huining blew her nose and smiled innocently at the Sun Clan.
The Sun Clan choked. They didn't know how to respond.
Hearing this, Qin Yining finally opened her eyes. She looked at Qin Huining with a faint smile and said, "Miss Huining, don't confuse the definition. When you say something wrong, others don't care. That's because they are magnanimous. If you can say something like that, it means that you have a bad character. How can you confuse the two? Mother is lecturing you about your character. Do you think that because the people of the Duke Dingguo's Mansion don't care about it, you are justified? "
Qin Huining's tears gushed out again as if a gate had been opened. She sobbed and said, "Xiaoxi … Yining is right. I, I didn't do it on purpose."
"Not doing it on purpose is more terrible than doing it on purpose. If you did it on purpose, at least it means that you still have some basic sense of right and wrong. At least you know in your heart that what you did was wrong. You just couldn't help but do it out of jealousy. But if you didn't do it on purpose, it means that you don't even have a sense of right and wrong. You don't know what you did was wrong. You can still put on an innocent face after harming others. That's more hateful than doing it on purpose. "
Qin Yining was like a cannon as he looked at Qin Huining with bright eyes. Qin Huining was speechless. She could only cover her face and cry.
She couldn't not cover her face! Because she had been beaten up by Qin Yining, Qin Huining would feel cold all over as soon as he met her eyes. He felt that her fist would fall on him at any time.
Moreover, she couldn't find any words to refute Qin Yining's fallacious reasoning!
The Sun Clan on the side looked thoughtful when they heard this.
Qin Yining's words just now were like a large bell that struck her heart. She was a bit impulsive, but she didn't think that she was stupid. It was just that sometimes she would let her emotions affect her decisions and be easily coaxed by a few words. Sometimes she would be blinded.
Her mother said that Qin Yining could see things clearly. She didn't think much of it at first, but now that she heard a few words from Qin Yining, she had to admit that her mother's judgment of people was never wrong.
However, was the nature of the girl she raised actually like this?
The Sun Clan couldn't accept it. In her heart, Qin Huining had always been dignified and gentle. She was modest and sensible towards her sisters. However, ever since Qin Yining came back, she seemed to have changed into a different person. She became like a needle hidden in silk floss.
As a mother, although she could understand the source of Qin Huining's uneasiness, today in the Duke Dingguo's Mansion, Duchess Ding's wife's words had already shown that even if she was not in front of her, she could see that there was something wrong with Qin Huining's character.
Now, in the carriage, Qin Yining was even more open about the matter …
The Sun Clan felt that their minds were a bit messy.
Qin Yining didn't want to see Qin Huining silently shed tears as if she was being bullied. Therefore, she lowered her eyes to observe the patterns on the corners of her skirt again and continued to look down.
The carriage sank into silence for a moment. It was so quiet that Qin Huining was surprised to find that her sobbing had become the only sound in the carriage. She felt a burst of embarrassment and couldn't help but fall silent.
After falling silent, Qin Huining looked at the Sun Clan, who was still in a daze, and then looked at Qin Yining, who lowered her eyes and didn't say anything. She felt that she had lost too much face.
Just as she opened her mouth to say something, the older female servant outside the carriage said loudly, "Madam, Young Miss, we've arrived."
Qin Huining felt stifled in her heart. She angrily bit her lower lip. It wasn't until she got off the carriage that she managed to control her emotions. She didn't let herself appear too ugly.
When the group returned to the fu, they naturally had to go to Ci Xiao Garden to pay their respects to old madam.
Old madam was just about to set the table for dinner. The Sun Clan hurriedly took off their cloaks and served the dishes with Second Madam and Third Madam.
Qin Huining and Qin Yining stood at the side with their heads lowered. Old madam was eating and sizing up the two's expressions. She couldn't help but frown when she saw Qin Huining's red eyes.
"What's wrong with Sister Hui? Why are you crying? Did someone bully you? "
Old madam put down her chopsticks and waved at Qin Huining.
With the scene in the carriage just now, Qin Huining didn't dare to sow discord in front of her. She only shook her head, "No, what is grandmother saying? How could anyone bully their granddaughter? It's just that the wind and sand got into my eyes. "
"The wind and sand got into your eyes? How come I don't see anyone else getting into it? If you have any grievances, just say it. Grandmother will support you! "
At the side, Second Madam and Third Madam looked at each other with some interest. With old madam's words, they didn't know what kind of grievances this girl had suffered in Duke Ding's fu.
The Sun Clan looked at the scene in front of them. Old madam's reaction just happened to confirm what Qin Yining had said in the carriage just now. She became more and more annoyed in her heart.
In front of her in-laws, how could the Sun Clan let her maternal family lose face like this?
"Mother, don't misunderstand." The Sun Clan came forward with a smile and said, "Sister Hui made a mistake, but her maternal grandmother's family didn't say anything. It was I who taught her a few words in the carriage. It's not a big deal, so how could it disturb you?"
Qin Huining gritted her teeth so hard that they almost broke, but she didn't dare to anger the Sun Clan. She couldn't lose the Sun Clan's support, so she quickly took the lead, "Yes, I did something wrong."
The Sun Clan continued, "Today, when we went to Duke Ding's fu, Sister Yi's maternal grandmother gave her a big gift and gave her the entire Zhao Yun Agency to manage." Speaking of this, the Sun Clan proudly straightened her back. Her voice became lighter as she joked, "In the future, our family's Sister Yi will also be a millionaire."
This sentence made everyone's attention shift to Qin Yining.
Old madam said in surprise, "In-law, you're so generous!"
Second Madam and Third Madam also smiled and complimented, "It's rare for Duchess Ding to care so much about our Sister Yi."
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