The side hall was very quiet. Qu Qing Ju sat on the chair, looking at the shattered cup on the ground. The expression on her face wasn't good.
He Heng motioned for the servants to put away the broken pieces of porcelain. He rarely saw Qu Qing Ju show such a dazed expression, but he didn't want to see it. He couldn't resist going forward to touch her face. He smiled as he asked: "What, you don't have any energy after getting angry?"
Qu Qing Ju raised her head to look at the smile on his face. She looked seriously into his eyes. From his feigned relaxed expression, she found the concern that was concealed by his smile. She forced a smile: "Just feeling sorry for my mother and myself." She wasn't very clear why the Tian Family had betrothed their daughter to the Qu Family. She only heard that it was because of an agreement made by the previous generation.
These parents, because of their own personal feelings, would disregard the wishes of their children and randomly set an engagement. They even called it the order of their parents. Was the marriage of their children a method to prove their friendship? Or did they feel that if the elders were friends, then their children would definitely be harmonious, and the husband wouldn't mistreat his wife?
Reality was usually more painful than ideals. Qu Tian shi didn't receive the warm treatment of the Duke of Chang De just because the elders were good friends. Did the old Marquis of Xiang Qing regret it? Was he angry?
She wasn't truly from the ancient era so she couldn't understand this kind of mentality. But if she had children in the future, she definitely wouldn't bear to treat them like this.
"I know," He Heng pulled her into his embrace and said in a light voice, "The people that bullied you in the past, I will remember them for you. In the future, we still have a long way to go. Don't harm your body because of their anger. Otherwise, it will be good to find a chance in the future to bully them back."
Qu Qing Ju sat on the chair and leaned her head against He Heng's waist. Listening to the man hugging her talk about how she would bully those people back, the little bit of sorrow in her heart had disappeared without a trace. She turned her hand around his waist and smiled as she rubbed her forehead against his waist.
He Heng saw that she had recovered and the smile on his face relaxed.
The servants at the side all carefully lowered their heads, not daring to look at the two mistresses. But Mu Jin and the others already had smiles hanging on the corners of their mouths. It seemed that no matter what happened to Chang De Gong Fu, wang ye wouldn't lower his affection for wang fei.
These days, the servants of Rui Wang Fu were all trembling in fear. The disharmony between wang ye and wang fei was an open secret that the fu didn't dare to spread. Everyone knew that wang fei disliked Qu ce fei of Xi Ce Yuan. But because Qu ce fei was favored by wang ye, no one dared to offend Qu ce fei.
But because the matter of Chang De Gong Fu had spread these days, the servants in the fu were gossiping more and more. Even though they didn't dare to openly mention it in front of Qu Yue Su, but Qu Yue Su could still detect that the gazes the servants gave her weren't right. In the face of these servants' disdainful or curious gazes, she could only endure bitterly and not show the slightest bit of dissatisfaction.
"Qu ce fei, wang fei invites you," A taijian came in and carelessly bowed to Qu Qing Ju. He said ambiguously, "Wang fei said, if Qu ce fei doesn't have the time, you don't have to go. But wang fei has to send out the invitation from the Duchess of Chang De."
"Please gonggong, I'll go immediately," Qu Qing Ju didn't seem to see the taijian's slight. She smiled as she stood up from the chair. She even had Yao Xi shove a pouch to the taijian.
It wasn't that she wanted to swallow the insult, but this taijian in front of her was the taijian that wang fei was most useful to. She, as a shiqie, couldn't be rude to him. After the taijian left, Qu Yue Su's smile completely disappeared. She ordered, "Yao Xi, help me change."
Right now, Chang De Gong Fu must be in a mess. She didn't need to guess to know how far those so-called friends and relatives would hide.
Qin Bai Lu scornfully flipped the invitation in her hand. She smiled coldly as she threw the invitation to one side: "This Chang De Gong Fu is such a joke. They actually come to our fu to ask for help."
Behind her, Ru Hua said in a small voice: "Wang fei, if that's the case, why let Qu shi go see her paternal family?" Wasn't this giving Qu shi a chance?
"Why not let her see," Qin Bai Lu smiled coldly, "I want to let her see if wang ye will help the Qu Family and the Liang Family because of her."
Ru Hua looked at wang fei's cold gaze and couldn't speak. Right now, wang fei and wang ye were at a point where they had nothing to say. Wang fei's hatred towards Qu shi was even more evident. Now that the matter had escalated to this point, unless Qu shi was disliked by wang ye, there was no way to resolve the situation.
A short while later, Qin Bai Lu saw Qu Yue Su come in wearing a plain robe that was eighty percent new. She watched as this woman obediently bowed to her and a hint of a smile appeared at the corner of her mouth: "The Duchess of Chang De has sent an invitation to see you. I'm not a harsh person so I will let you mother and daughter meet in Xi Ce Yuan. What does Qu ce fei think?"
"Nubi thanks wang fei," Qu Qing Ju almost bowed to the ground. She looked at the disdain in Qin Bai Lu's eyes and gritted her teeth as she turned to leave the main gate of zhengyuan.
Qin Bai Lu didn't really sympathize with her, she just wanted to see her begging. For Qin Bai Lu, the more she fell, the happier she would be. Chang De Gong Fu was in trouble, the happiest person would probably be her.
Qu Yue Su returned to the main room of Xi Ce Yuan and sat for a long while before a servant led Liang shi in. She looked at her mother whose face was much more haggard than usual and hurriedly stood to welcome Liang shi.
"Su'er," Liang shi looked at her daughter, her tears falling before she spoke, "Our fu isn't in a good state right now. Even your jiujiu's family has been implicated."
Qu Yue Su helped her sit down and urged: "Mother, don't cry. Tell me first, what is the situation outside right now." Right now, she was in the houyuan of the wang fu and couldn't hear much news. She only knew that many people at court were accusing her paternal family and jiujiu's family. She didn't know anything else.
Liang shi wiped her tears and narrated the current situation of the family. When she mentioned Qu Qing Ju who wasn't willing to help, her words carried a thread of viciousness: "If I knew that that damned girl would have such a day, I wouldn't have kept her!"
Hearing this, Qu Yue Su gave a bitter smile. She said helplessly: "Mother, now that it's like this, there's no use in complaining. Right now, no one is willing to help us. We really can't call for help from the heavens and the earth. "
"Right now, even your didi, Wang Zhi, has been persuaded to leave Dong Shan Academy. I had originally wanted him to attend this year's Fall Examinations. Now that it's like this, where would he have the energy to get a good grade?" Thinking about her son, Liang shi's expression became even uglier, "Even more hateful is the Tian Family. They have to bring up what happened more than a decade ago."
Qu Yue Su felt that it wouldn't be good this time, but looking at her mother's face, she couldn't say it.
"Su'er, you are now a ce fei of the wang fu. Why don't you beg Rui Wang? Rui Wang is the most favored by the Emperor. If Rui Wang could say a few words for our family, it would be more useful than anything else," Liang shi's grip on Qu Yue Su's hand tightened, "Think of a way for our fu."
Her hand was pinched until it hurt. Qu Yue Su felt bitter inside. She was just a shiqie, what qualifications did she have for wang ye to do such things for her? But facing her mother's pleading, she could only nod in the end, replying, "I'll go beg wang ye. If wang ye doesn't agree … …"
"Rui Wang will definitely agree," The panic on Liang shi's face retreated by half. She looked at her daughter's beautiful face and said confidently, "I've heard from the outside that Rui Wang is very fond of you. If you go beg, why wouldn't he agree?"
Fond?
Thinking about how wang ye had treated her these past few days, Qu Yue Su forced out a smile, unable to say a single word.
Mother and daughter didn't have time to say much before the steward of the fu came to urge them. Liang shi assumed that wang fei was jealous of her daughter and left unwillingly. Coming out of the gates of Rui Wang Fu, Liang shi thought smugly, so what if Qu Qing Ju was a wang fei? She didn't give lao ye face and wasn't willing to help. In the end, didn't the fu's hopes rest on the daughter she gave birth to?
The moonlight was like frost. Qin Bai Lu looked at the bright moon outside the window and asked Ru Hua with a thin smile: "Wang ye went to Xi Ce Yuan?"
Ru Hua nodded, "Just now, someone saw wang ye go that way."
Qin Bai Lu suddenly laughed, seemingly carefree yet sorrowful. The smile grew larger and larger, gradually disappearing into the night.
He Yuan released the hand that was gripping Qu Yue Su's chin and drank a cup of wine with her hand. With a thin smile, he placed his hand on the softness of her chest: "Why is little beauty so passionate today, is there something you want to ask?"
Qu Yue Su's heart jumped. Then she smiled seductively and replied: "What is wang ye saying? Qie truly wants to serve you."
"Really?" He Yuan looked her up and down. When she couldn't hold back the smile on her face, he said, "What a pity. Benwang was thinking that if you had a request, benwang would be able to help a little. Since you don't have anything, a moment of beauty is worth a thousand gold. Let's just enjoy ourselves."
Falling into the man's embrace, Qu Yue Su reached out to stroke He Yuan's chest: "Qie does have a small matter. Wang ye's eyes are like a torch and saw through it."
"Oh?" He Yuan held her with one arm, the other hand holding the wine cup as he asked, "What does beauty want?"
"Qie wants to ask Chang De Gong Fu … …"
He Yuan pushed away the person in his embrace. He didn't care that she had fallen to the ground. He heavily placed the wine cup in his hand on the table, smiling disdainfully: "Ben wang didn't think that you would have the face to mention this."
"Wang ye," Qu Yue Su's expression changed. She knelt in front of He Yuan, reaching out to hug his leg as she pleaded, "Wang ye, please save qie's paternal family, qie … …"
"Ben wang, from beginning to end, has never put Chang De Gong Fu in my eyes," He Yuan snorted and kicked her aside. He slowly stood, declaring, "If it wasn't that I found your eyes pleasing to the eye, ben wang wouldn't have taken you into the fu. Just a qie, do you really think that you are ben wang's treasure?"
Finishing, he didn't look at the woman he had kicked to the ground. He straightened his clothing, "Such a disappointment. It seems that Qing Liu of the Dong Yuan is more tactful."
Qu Yue Su covered her chest that was hurting from the kick and sat up with difficulty. She only saw He Yuan's back as he walked out without hesitation. The silver moonlight shone on his shoulders, making people feel a little colder.
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