The Duke of Chang De held a teacup as he sat for the time it took for half an incense stick to burn. Looking at the silent doors of the hall, he thought about how he had been treated coldly before, but now that it was his own daughter, he had to sit on the cold bench. Instantly, his expression became ugly. He heavily slammed the teacup onto the tea table, angrily declaring: "I really raised a good daughter. Her own father came and she still acted like a wang fei. All these years of raising her was a waste!"
Liang Hong's heart jumped. He looked at the servants in the room that still didn't react and urged: "Yifu, Duan Wang Fei manages such a large wang fu, she can't be as idle as she was before she married. We just arrived, don't be angry. If Duan Wang Fei heard, wouldn't she be very sad?"
"What does she have to be sad about? Ever since she married wang ye, she has never looked up to me, her father. She came to celebrate my birthday, but she still put on airs in front of the entire fu," The Duke of Chang De thought about what Tian Jin Ke had accused him of and his face flushed with anger, "She isn't my daughter. I think she shouldn't be surnamed Qu, she should be surnamed Tian!"
Liang Hong saw that his words were becoming uglier and panicked. Right now, they had come to ask for help, how did it become a tantrum? He had seen how yifu had treated Duan Wang Fei these years. If wang fei was willing to help, it would be a blessing from the Heavens. But yifu was still putting on the airs of an elder. If wang fei saw, even if Duan Wang Fei's personality was soft, she wouldn't be able to endure yifu's attitude.
He might be panicked but he didn't dare to continue persuading. He was afraid of adding oil to the fire and making yifu's words even uglier. He carefully looked at the servants in the room. These people were like statues. No matter how ugly yifu's words were, they didn't move at all as though they didn't exist. It was because of the attitude of these servants that Liang Hong felt that the rules of the wang fu were strict.
"Duke Qu, is it because the tea and pastries in this fu aren't to your taste that you are so angry," Xiao Gan Zi smiled wryly as he walked into the hall with a little taijian. He stared coldly at the yahuan serving in the hall and scolded: "Blind things, don't you see what kind of place this is? You don't even know how to serve. Go change the tea for Duke Qu!"
Liang Hong hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Eunuch, you're too polite. The tea and snacks are all ready, there's no need to trouble you anymore." How could he not hear that this eunuch was pointing at the mulberry tree and scolding the locust tree? But now they were here to ask for help. Furthermore, this eunuch was wearing a robe with a different pattern than normal eunuchs. Presumably, his position in the fu was not low. As the saying goes, the Prime Minister's doorstep is a fourth-ranked official. How could he dare to offend a eunuch with status in the Prince's Mansion?
Xiao Gan Zi turned his head to look at the young man in front of him. With a fake smile, he raised his hands to Liang Hong and said: "This young master is the young master of Duke Qu's family. This one greets you two."
"I do not dare to accept gonggong's greeting. I am Liang Hong, jiufu's nephew." Liang Hong returned the greeting and was about to ask for a pouch to give to Xiao Gan Zi.
"Liang Gongzi does not have to be so courteous. This one's words carry little weight and do not dare accept gongzi's courtesy," Xiao Gan Zi unhesitatingly pushed away Liang Hong's pouch, "Please sit for a moment. Our wang fei will arrive shortly."
"Hong 'er, sit down. Today, I want to see when this good daughter of mine will arrive. I've waited for so long and just called a eunuch to send us away. Now that she has become a wang fei, she has become arrogant, she doesn't even care for her own father." The Duke of Chang De looked impatiently at Xiao Gan Zi and Liang Hong. His words were full of disdain for Xiao Gan Zi, this eunuch.
Xiao Gan Zi didn't get angry, but smiled. He came forward and bowed, saying: "Duke Qu, don't be angry. Our wang fei isn't as leisurely as Qu san xiaojie. Usually, she has to manage the fu and the affairs of the major estates. She is extremely busy. Today, when she heard that the duke had come, she went to change and dress before rushing to see you. It can be seen how much she respects you."
Hearing this, Liang Hong felt even more bitter inside. Why wasn't he more leisurely than Qu san xiaojie? Inside, he blamed yifu for his fiery temper, his angry words disregarding the occasion, and blamed Qu Qing Ju for not giving him face. But he was very clear inside, the situation was stronger than the person. If yifu continued to make a fuss, when Duan Wang found out, the matter would be even more difficult to resolve.
The Duke of Chang De snorted coldly: "If she respects me, why would she make me wait so long?"
Just as he finished, the half-closed door to the hall was suddenly pushed open. The inside of the room instantly lit up. The Duke of Chang De and Liang Hong looked over and saw Qu Qing Ju wearing a luxurious red floor-length dress standing expressionlessly at the door. Behind her were more than ten yahuan and taijian. Without speaking, they gave people a strange feeling of pressure.
Qu Qing Ju looked coldly at the Duke of Chang De sitting steadily on the chair. Holding Mu Jin's hand, she walked into the room. When she walked to the main seat, she slightly raised her chin to look at Liang Hong who was obediently standing and the Duke of Chang De who was still sitting.
This was the first time Liang Hong saw the married Qu Qing Ju. Last time, he had heard that she had come to yifu's birthday, but he hadn't had the chance to see her. Seeing her today, he finally understood what it meant to turn the world upside down. The features of the gorgeously dressed woman in front of him didn't seem to have changed, but something was different. He even felt that standing in front of her, there was a sense of awe that came from the depths of his heart.
Suppressing the fear in his heart, after Qu Qing Ju sat down, Liang Hong stepped forward and bowed: "This student, Liang Hong, greets Duan Wang Fei."
Qu Qing Ju glanced coolly at him. She picked up the teacup on the table and took a small sip. Her brows furrowed as she ordered: "Today's tea is a bit astringent, change it."
"Yes," Mu Jin bowed as she took the teacup. She turned to hand it to the second-rank yahuan behind her. Very quickly, a yahuan came over to bring new tea to her. She then turned to bring it to the tea table next to Qu Qing Ju.
Liang Hong obediently stood with his body bowed, not daring to move.
"Liang gongzi doesn't have to be so courteous. Please sit," Qu Qing Ju raised the teacup again. She slightly raised her eyelids to look at the Duke of Chang De, "Why have you two come?"
"You are a wang fei now, don't you know what has happened to your paternal family?" The Duke of Chang De said in a heavy voice, "Or is it that you don't even care about your paternal family?"
"Oh?" Qu Qing Ju raised an eyebrow, "Are you referring to the matter of Liang shi using the power of Chang De Gong Fu to let the Liang Family do as they please in Lan Cheng Commandery, or the matter of you marrying a new wife before your di wife's body was cold, or the cause of ben wang fei's mother's death?"
She spoke very slowly, her tone very calm, but it caused a chill to run down Liang Hong's spine as he sat trembling. He looked at Duan Wang Fei's dandruff stained hand slowly caressing the teacup. The strings in his brain were so tight they almost snapped. At this moment, he regretted accompanying yifu to Duan Wang Fu.
"Is this the attitude you, as a daughter, should have towards your father?" Chang De Gong Fu felt slightly guilty, but seeing that even his once submissive daughter dared to speak to him like this, the anger in his heart grew. He stood and pointed at Qu Qing Ju, scolding, "If I had known it would be like this, I would have strangled you in the beginning. I wouldn't have left you alive to anger me today."
After Qu Qing Ju heard this, she smiled sweetly at the Duke of Chang De. She then threw the teacup in her hand onto the ground. The expensive official kiln teacup instantly shattered into pieces. The crisp shattering sound scared the Duke of Chang De back.
She reached out a hand and looked at her fingernails that were dyed bright red. She glanced at the Duke of Chang De: "Why aren't you scolding anymore? Weren't you very happy just now?"
The Duke of Chang De couldn't help but take a step back. He opened his mouth but found that his throat was numb. He couldn't say a word.
"I, I have a bad habit. I hold grudges," Qu Qing Ju put down her hand and adjusted her sleeves. She took another teacup from Mu Jin's hand and smiled as she spoke, "Liang gong zi, you've lived in Chang De Gong Fu these years. How do you think the fu has treated me?"
Liang Hong's face was covered in sweat but he couldn't say a word. He might be a member of the Liang Family, but he knew that his yimu had treated Duan Wang Fei badly before she had married. Now that Duan Wang Fei was asking him, he couldn't say yes, but he couldn't say no. He could only freeze.
"Look, even a member of the Liang Family can't say it. It can be seen how well Chang De Gong Fu has treated me," Qu Qing Ju snorted, "Today, you came because you want me to persuade wang ye to help Chang De Gong Fu?"
She saw the Duke of Chang De nod his head and the smile on her face became even brighter, "But why?"
The Duke of Chang De's tone became much warmer. He carefully looked at the shattered teacup on the ground, "I know that the fu has treated you badly in the past, but no matter what, that is your paternal family. If something happened to your paternal family, wouldn't you lose face? How could Duan Wang favor you?"
If He Heng treated her like He Yuan treated Qin Bai Lu, then this matter would have an effect on her. But who in Jing didn't know that Duan Wang Fei wasn't close to Chang De Gong Fu? Who didn't know that Duan Wang and Duan Wang Fei were deeply in love? Thinking about it this way, Qu Qing Ju suddenly wondered why He Heng treated her so well.
For the Tian Family? But the people of the Tian Family were only loyal to the Emperor. That was something that everyone in Jing knew. Why would they support He Heng just because she married him?
He Heng would treat her well because the Tian Family didn't mistreat her, so when he married the original owner of the body, he fed her well but didn't get close. The original owner's personality was soft. Before she was married, other than Tian Luo shi who taught her some things when they were together, there were no other elders who would teach her the secrets of the inner courtyard and how to interact with husband and wife. That's why when she married in, the shiqie took advantage of the loophole and caused her to lose her life.
The source of the tragedy of the original owner of the body was the Duke of Chang De. To think that he had the face to come here and shout. For a man like this to live until now, it was really the virtue of his ancestors.
The Duke of Chang De saw Qu Qing Ju lower her head in thought and thought that his words had moved her. He continued: "Don't believe the words of the Tian Family. You have to know that we are one family. Can the words of outsiders be trusted?"
Qu Qing Ju, who was so disgusted by these words that her train of thought was interrupted, said disdainfully: "Even outsiders were willing to add so much as a dowry when I married. Why is it that you, the family, aren't willing?"
"It's just the heart of a wolf and lungs of a dog, shameless!"
Qu Qing Ju heard this and suddenly raised her head to look. She saw He Heng stride in with a dark face.
At this time, the Duke of Chang De didn't dare to put on airs. He and Liang Hong obediently finished their greetings and stood in the middle of the hall, but didn't dare to look directly at He Heng's angry face.
When He Heng heard the Duke of Chang De say that he wouldn't value Qu Qing Ju because of the matter of Chang De Gong Fu, the anger inside couldn't be suppressed. He looked at the shattered teacup on the ground and walked to sit next to Qu Qing Ju. He patted her hand, declaring, "Anger harms the body. Everything has me." Finishing, he glanced at the Duke of Chang De and furrowed his brows, asking, "Duke Qu wasn't satisfied with angering your wife to death. Today, you want to come to ben wang to show off. Who gave you the guts?!"
"Wang ye, please understand. This lowly official just spoke out of anger," The Duke of Chang De wasn't sure if Duan Wang had heard what he had just said. He raised his hands and carefully responded, "The matter of the wife, it was purely Tian Jin Ke slandering this lowly official. Wang ye, you can't believe this person."
"Ha," He Heng raised an eyebrow at the Duke of Chang De, "To think that there would be such a shameless person like Duke in this world. It really broadens ben wang's horizons."
"Wang ye … …" The Duke of Chang De hadn't thought that Duan Wang's words would be so merciless. He couldn't help but look at Qu Qing Ju.
"Come, send off the guests!" He Heng smiled coldly and disdainfully snorted: "Don't dirty ben wang's place."
Qu Qing Ju looked at He Heng's state. For some reason, she laughed softly.
A few rough taijian "sent" the Duke of Chang De and Liang Hong out of the fu. Xiao Gan Zi stood in the doorway, looking down at the two people at the bottom of the stone steps. He slowly said to the people beside him: "In the future, when you receive an invitation, open your eyes wide. Don't accept just anyone. Otherwise, some people will think that they are someone important and can shout at wang ye and wang fei. If they don't know better, they would think that they are the wang ye."
Finishing, he clapped his hands and closed the doors of the wang fu in front of the two.
Liang Hong looked at the tightly closed doors of the wang fu. He suddenly remembered, from beginning to end, Duan Wang Fei hadn't called yifu "father" once. He looked at the man whose face was filled with anger and discontent, his palms gradually sweating.
If yimu had treated Duan Wang Fei more wholeheartedly in the beginning, maybe things wouldn't have reached this step today.
This time, if biao mei couldn't persuade His Highness Rui Wang, the Liang Family would be finished.
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