Chapter 51 Looking for trouble
In the General Guarding the Country’s Mansion, inside Zhixue Courtyard.
Shan Yu was asking her personal maid Hong Yun to apply the juice of Impatiens balsamina on her nails.
Since she came of age, she has to repaint her nails every two weeks. Only in this way can her nails always keep their bright red color.
Hongyun is already very familiar with this job and does it very smoothly.
"Hasn't the mother and son already entered Chixiao Court? Why is there no movement at all?" Shan Yu stretched out his fingers and flipped through it, asking Hongyun nonchalantly.
Logically speaking, regardless of whether this mother and son had anything to do with the eldest brother, Song Qingci, as the eldest brother's wife, shouldn't be so quiet. She would definitely make some noise. She had a deep understanding of this woman's jealousy.
Otherwise, all she did would be in vain.
Hong Yun kept moving his hands and replied, "The people sent out only found out that the mother and son were taken back to Chixiao Court by the Major General, and they couldn't find out what happened after that. Since the Major General's wife entered the mansion, Chixiao Court has been like an iron barrel. Basically, no news from inside can be leaked out."
In a large mansion, who wouldn't go to other people's yards to get some information? This is an open secret.
"I underestimated the eldest daughter of the Song family." Shan Yu secretly grumbled, and the coating on one of her nails was distorted by her clenched fingers.
She was able to control the people of Chixiao Court in such a short time. Now, she couldn't get any news from Chixiao Court.
In the past, Shan Li was away from the mansion all year round, and Chixiao Courtyard had no proper master most of the time, so no one thought of placing their own people there.
Now I am in a passive position.
Once the gate was closed, she knew nothing.
Shan Yu had suffered at the hands of Song Qingci, so she didn't dare to confront her rashly.
But she didn't think she was worse than her, she just lacked a little luck.
"What does grandma say?"
"The old lady didn't make any special moves. She just asked the young general to take the person away, and no extra words were said. It looked like usual, nothing special." Hongyun reported dutifully.
After Shan Yu heard this, an annoyed look appeared on his face.
Why doesn't the grandmother react? Shouldn't she blame the eldest brother?
Three days ago, she accidentally ran into a woman with a child who came to see her eldest brother, but at that time her eldest brother and his family had not returned home yet.
The servant guarding the door would naturally not let them into the mansion.
Shan Yu looked at the mother and child. The woman was quite pretty and the child was about three or four years old.
She thought that the mother and son must have some unknown relationship with her eldest brother. For example, an illegitimate child. The eldest brother has been away for the past few years and has just returned. Otherwise, how can she explain why the mother and son came to visit the eldest brother?
She thought about it in her heart. As a wife, she would feel embarrassed no matter what. What's more, it was Song Qingci, who was known as the most famous lady in the capital.
She felt that this was an opportunity to embarrass Song Qingci, so she quickly called her personal maid to discuss how to deal with this matter in order to achieve the greatest effect.
She had wanted to make a good plan, but she didn't expect that her elder brother would bring that bitch Song Qingci back home the next day, and Shan Xi also came back with them, and it was said that she was seriously injured.
Shan Xi returned home injured while trying to save Song Qingci, and he couldn't hide it from his family.
She also didn't expect that the idiot Shan Xi could be so brave to save people. What a pity, why didn't that arrow kill her directly?
There is no need for so many young ladies in this general's mansion. Without Shan Xi, she could become the eldest young lady from the second young lady. It's such a pity.
She was afraid that if time dragged on, the mother and son would leave when they saw no hope of seeking refuge, so she could only hastily send Hongxia to bribe Qiuju, the maid from the outer courtyard, and then find someone to guide the mother and son to the General's Mansion.
She also informed her grandmother of the situation she had found out about Shan Xi and led her to Chixiao Courtyard.
Then Qiuju saw the right opportunity and reported the matter of the mother and son to her grandmother.
In this case, Song Qingci, the bitch, will have to face it.
Whether she dealt with the mother and son privately or brought them into the house, it was enough to disgust her.
I just got married, and my husband's mistress and illegitimate child came to my house. I am so sick of it!
She put a lot of thought into preventing Song Qingci from suppressing the matter.
Even her grandmother was part of her plan.
She has done so many things, but it seems like she hasn't made any waves at all.
Shan Yu feels very bad now.
"By the way, where is Qiuju?"
After Hongyun painted the last fingernail with flower juice and wrapped it, she replied respectfully, "I don't know. It was originally agreed that she would wait for Hongxia at the old place after the matter was completed. But when Hongxia came back just now, she said that she didn't wait for Qiuju."
Shan Yu felt a slight sense of uneasiness in his heart.
The matter seemed to have fallen into oblivion, and there was no news at all. Even Qiu Ju could not be found now.
Song Qingci's reaction wouldn't be so quick.
Shouldn't she be anxious to deal with the mother and son now?
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Chixiao Courtyard, firewood room.
Qiu Ju was now extremely regretful. She slumped on the ground, her eyes unfocused and her hand unconsciously touching her lower abdomen.
Her child is in here.
I originally wanted to give my child a good future, but I didn't expect it to turn out like this.
She is about to be sold off, so can she still keep her own child?
The more she thought about it, the more scared she felt. Her hands began to shake unconsciously. Did Brother Niu know about her current situation? Would Brother Niu come to save her?
She banged her head against the door frame she was leaning against. How could she be so possessed? How could she think that the young lady was just bluffing? How could she dare to bump into the young lady directly?
It must be the young lady's harmless face that bewitched her.
There was really no way out now. She was really scared. If something happened to her, would her child still be able to survive?
How could she believe Hongxia? !
But now it was all over.
Suddenly, the door of the woodshed opened.
The light shone directly in from the door, making the dim woodshed suddenly bright.
Qiuju raised her eyes and looked towards the light, and saw two beautiful shadows standing one in front and one behind.
Although she couldn't see their faces clearly because of the light behind them, Qiuju knew that the people coming were the young lady and her personal maid Yinxing.