Chapter 48: The Concubine Enters the House, and the Master Takes the Blame
Seeing that Qin Luan was about to leave with Shen Qing, the young man in Tsing Yi immediately stepped forward and stopped in front of Qin Luan, "Master is out and away, is Madam going to pass it on to someone else?"
Qin Luan glanced at him coldly, and a chill flashed through his eyes, "My husband Mu Yuan is Mu Linyuan, the Marquis of Chaoyang Ling. Do you understand what I say?"
The boy in Tsing Yi obviously didn't believe it and wanted to stop him again, but was directly held down by Shen Qing's people.
With no one to stop him, Qin Luan turned around amidst the surprise on the young man's face and walked straight towards the sedan chair behind Shen Qing.
Seeing Qin Luan getting further and further away from him, the young man in Tsing Yi became anxious and tried to break free, but to no avail. So he could only shout at Qin Luan's back, "Madam, you left so decisively, have you forgotten?" The long-term friendship with the master?"
Seeing his persistence, Shen Qing kindly took him along, "Since you don't believe it, then go to the Yangling Marquis Mansion to watch the ceremony together, so as not to think that I abducted your wife."
After saying that, Shen Qing told the bearers to lift the sedan chair more steadily, then turned around and got into the carriage.
Chanyi opened the cloth bag she was carrying, and it was filled with broken silver. Under the sunlight, it glowed silvery white.
The crowd didn't know why, but they saw Chanyi walking towards the crowd, distributing broken silver and saying, "Today is the day when our Lord Marquis will carry my aunt into the house. My aunt is pregnant, so she is even more happy, so Our young lady has said that everyone present to watch the ceremony will be rewarded."
Everyone's eyes lit up immediately, and they crowded forward one after another, for fear that they would not receive the money.
After distributing the broken silver, Shen Qing and his party left Qingyun Lane.
I thought the matter would come to an end here, but I didn't expect that before walking far, Chanyi took out two bags of broken silver from the carriage, distributed the broken silver to the crowd of onlookers, and briefly described the whole story.
For a time, there was a lot of discussion in Shengjing City, and soon it spread to most of Shengjing.
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Yanglinghou Mansion, main hall.
Mrs. Yanglinghou looked at the refilled tea cup, her brows became more and more impatient. She had already drank four cups of tea, but Shen Qing had no intention of showing up.
With anger boiling in her heart, Mrs. Yangling Hou immediately threw the white jade tea cup in her hand to the ground. With a crisp "pop" sound, the tea cup fell into pieces and the hot tea splashed all over the floor.
Aunt Qiu signaled her maid to come forward and clean up the debris on the ground, and then looked at Madam Yanglinghou with a smile on her face, "Madam Mo Nu, the Young Madam has just sent someone to pass the news, saying that she and Aunt Xu are already coming back. We're on the way, and we'll arrive at the gate of the Hou Mansion in a short time."
Because she had to go out to pick up Qin Luan, and Aunt Liang was taking care of Mu Lingyue at the He family, Shen Qing left the entire responsibility of 'entertaining' everyone to Aunt Qiu.
Madam Yanglinghou had obviously run out of patience. She gave Aunt Qiu a hard look, stood up and wanted to leave, but was blocked by Aunt Qiu, "Madam, the Young Madam has an order that no one is allowed to leave the main hall until she comes back."
Madam Yanglinghou's eyes widened, her face filled with disbelief, "You dare to stop me?"
Aunt Qiu's expression remained unchanged and her tone was respectful, "I don't dare. It's just the young lady's order, and I don't dare to disobey it."
Madam Yanglinghou was filled with anger. She raised her hand and wanted to slap Aunt Qiu, but Aunt Qiu grabbed her palm and pushed her back to her seat. "Madam, there is no need to be angry. When the young madam comes back, if you feel that I have behaved inappropriately, Okay, madam, it’s not too late to fight.”
Looking at Aunt Qiu's extremely calm face, Mrs. Yanglinghou had a complicated expression on her face. In just half a month, had even Aunt Qiu turned her back on Shen Qing?
Knowing that she couldn't leave the main hall, Mrs. Yanglinghou simply stopped fussing and thought carefully about what Aunt Qiu said just now. If she heard correctly, what Aunt Qiu said was... Aunt Xu?
Frowning her brows fiercely, Mrs. Yanglinghou turned to look at Mu Ziqian, who looked sick, and asked, "Do you want to take a concubine?"
Mu Ziqian was confused, "No matter what my mother said, I already have a concubine, so why would I still take a concubine?"
Seeing that Mu Ziqian didn't seem to be lying, Mrs. Yanglinghou was even more confused. If it wasn't Mu Ziqian, who else could take a concubine?
Could it be that... Yanglinghou is planning to bring a brothel prostitute into the palace?
Thinking of this possibility, Mrs. Yanglinghou's face immediately turned pale, but then she thought about it, but it was wrong. Taking a concubine was not a trivial matter. Even if Yanglinghou really had such thoughts, there was no reason not to inform him.
So what kind of medicine is sold in Shen Qing's gourd?
Just when Mrs. Yanglinghou was puzzled, she saw Shen Qing and Qin Luan slowly coming from the door.
Looking past Shen Qing, Mrs. Yanglinghou's eyes fell directly on the beautiful woman supported by the maid behind Shen Qing. With picturesque features and red clothes, she was undoubtedly the Aunt Xu mentioned by Aunt Qiu.
But judging by his age... that is, he looks about sixteen or seventeen years old, so there is no doubt that Mu Ziqian was responsible for this crime!
Mrs. Yanglinghou had already made up her mind and glanced at Mu Ziqian coldly. Lin Xuefu had just had a miscarriage, and Mu Ziqian had caused such a mess. There was a high probability that Lin Xuefu would be hurt. Heart.
Sure enough, Mrs. Yangling Hou looked towards Lin Xuefu and saw her eyes were red, her hands were tightly twisting Luo Pa, but her eyes were fixed on Qin Luan's bulging belly.
Even Mu Ziqian had some doubts about himself. He was the only young master in the family, and it seemed that no one else could meet the requirements except him. However, although he was a bit of a promiscuous person, there were also many yingyingyanyans outside. But he has never seen this before!
He promised that the woman in front of him was definitely not his woman, and the child was definitely not his!
Feeling the accusatory eyes of Lady Yangling and the silent accusatory eyes of Lin Xuefu, Mu Ziqian was immediately annoyed, "Shen Qing, what are you doing? Do you want to force a concubine into my house for no reason to destroy the relationship between me and Fu'er?
I tell you, don't even think about it!"
Mu Ziqian said firmly, making his position clear.
But even so, Lady Yangling and Lin Xuefu's suspicions did not diminish at all.
No one knew better than them what kind of virtue Mu Ziqian was. He was definitely capable of being affectionate and getting someone pregnant!
Aunt Qiu looked at Qin Luan's extremely familiar face, and her confusion gradually became clear.
She thought that she had probably guessed the identity of the woman.
I just didn't know how Lady Yangling would react after knowing the truth.
Thinking of this, Aunt Qiu actually felt a little bit of expectation in her heart.
Shen Qing glared at Mu Ziqian coldly, "Since you know it has nothing to do with you, don't interfere."
After being retorted by Shen Qing, Mu Ziqian not only did not show any anger on his face, but instead looked at the wife of Yangling Marquis and Lin Xuefu excitedly, "Look, I said this woman has nothing to do with me!"
However, before the wife of Yangling Marquis could breathe a sigh of relief, she saw the Yangling Marquis in court clothes striding in from the door, looking at Qin Luan's face with shock, and subconsciously said, "A Luan?"