Chapter 57 Dealing with Shan Yu
"How can they be the same?!" Qi still refused to accept, "They are just lowly people, how can they be compared with my Yu'er?"
Yu'er is the legitimate daughter of the General's Mansion. It is not impossible for her to enter the East Palace in the future. How can she be treated like a lowly person? They are not even worthy of carrying Yu'er's shoes.
"'Untouchables?'" The old lady's eyes on Qi really changed again and again, "'Have you forgotten that our General's Mansion exists to protect these untouchables you are talking about?'"
Just like you can never wake up a person who is pretending to be asleep, Qi simply couldn't listen to what the old lady said.
But she was tactful enough to say no more.
Passive resistance is also resistance.
Seeing that Qi had stopped talking, the old lady didn't want to say anything to her. After all, she was going to marry her son soon. Even if she didn't give her face, she still had to save some face for her son and grandson.
The old lady looked at Shan Yu again and said, "As the second daughter of the General's Mansion, you should have solved the problems for the General's Mansion, but you actually tried to sow discord and make trouble in this mansion. This is unfilial. As Yunzhi's sister, you not only did not consider your elder brother and sister-in-law when something happened, but also tried to add fuel to the fire. This is unfilial. You have no sympathy for the widowed mother and young son, but instead took advantage of them. This is unkind. You made assumptions about people without verifying them clearly, and almost ruined their reputation. This is unrighteous. Do you know your mistake? ! "
"I..." Shan Yu wanted to quibble, but when he saw the old lady's expression, he swallowed the rest of his words back. After a long time, he said, "I know I was wrong."
People have to bow their heads under the eaves. She admitted her mistakes only because she was forced to do so. Shan Yu complained in her heart.
"Since you know you are wrong, you must accept the punishment." The old lady said to Shan Yu, "I will punish you by confining you to your room for three months, and then copy ten volumes of Buddhist scriptures to calm your mind."
"Grandma!" Shan Yu looked at the old lady in disbelief, feeling very dissatisfied.
The eldest princess' birthday is in more than two months. If she is confined to her room for three months, she will miss the eldest princess' birthday party.
No! That was a party where she could shine, how could she be absent!
"Why are you not convinced?! Then add another month!" The old lady made the final decision.
Shan Yu didn't dare to argue anymore, fearing that if she said one more word, another month would be added.
Just because she doesn't dare to say it doesn't mean others don't dare to say it.
Qi was anxious. "Mother, Yu'er is the eldest princess's tutor, how could she be confined to the mansion for so long?!"
The old lady didn't care, "I will report to the Queen Mother. Shan Yu no longer needs to be a tutor. If he causes trouble in the palace with such behavior, I'm afraid the entire General's Mansion will be implicated!"
The current state-guarding general's mansion is in a state of turmoil, and it really can't stand any groundless speculation or involvement.
It is safer to quit this tutoring job as soon as possible.
Shan Yu became panicked when she heard that she could no longer be a tutor.
This is not possible.
The eldest princess's companionship is not only a symbol of status, but also can bring a lot of benefits. She is only the second daughter in this general's mansion, and she is from the second room. The head of the mansion is the eldest aunt, not her mother.
Although her mother loved her as a daughter, she loved her son more. In fact, there were not many things that belonged to her alone and that she could freely dispose of.
The eldest princess was very easy to please, and she was often rewarded with gifts. In addition, those girls who wanted to curry favor with her would also give her gifts.
If I can no longer be the eldest princess's tutor in the future, then I won't have these things anymore.
The most important thing is, those people who used to curry favor with the powerful and look down on the weak will mock her when they see her in the future.
She thought of the sarcasm she had used against other people before. No, this was absolutely not okay. She couldn't imagine what would happen if she were in the same situation.
No! She can't become like that! Absolutely not!
"Grandma, grandma, Yu'er was wrong. Really wrong. Please forgive me. I apologize to my elder brother and his wife, and I promise I will never do such a thing again. Grandma, please." Shan Yu said, and kowtowed.
Then, she turned to the other side and kowtowed to Shan Li and Song Qingci, saying, "Brother and sister-in-law, I was wrong. I was really wrong. I will never dare to do it again. Please forgive me."
When Qi saw her kneeling to the old lady, she had no reaction.
As for the old lady in the mansion, everyone should kneel down and pay their respects when they see her. This is nothing.
But when he saw her kowtow to Shan Li and Song Qingci again, he began to feel uncomfortable. They were of the same generation, so why should he perform such a great ceremony?
"Yu'er, get up quickly." She reached out to pull Shan Yu, but she couldn't move him at all.
Their maids were left outside the house, leaving only Nanny Zhang and Tan Xiang in the room. She did not dare to order the old lady's people around.
After pulling a few times, I realized I couldn't pull it up anymore, so I had to let go.
"Mother, Yu'er has already admitted her fault, what else do you want from her?!" Qi's words even carried a hint of grievance.
"Could it be that because Yu'er is the second wife's daughter, she has to be treated like this?" Unconsciously, Qi actually shouted out what was in her heart.
"You!" The old lady was choking and suddenly stopped talking.
"Grandma!" Song Qingci rushed forward, held the old lady's hand, massaged her acupuncture points, and then immediately asked Aunt Zhang to take out another pill and feed it into the old lady's mouth.
It took a long time for the old lady to calm down her breathing.
She looked at Qi. So that's it. It turned out that she had always thought like this.
It was the first time today that the old lady realized that her young daughter-in-law actually thought of her like this.
Qi realized that she had said something wrong, but it was too late to regret. She could only kneel down in front of the old lady and stop talking.
She looked at Qi who was kneeling on the ground and said, "You guys go back to your own courtyard. Shan Yu is under house arrest, so you don't need to come to my Jing'an Hall anymore."
Qi and Shan Yu Qi were actually frightened when the old lady suddenly fell silent, and now they dared not say anything.
I could only retreat quickly and run away in shame.
If the old lady is really angered by them and gets hurt, what she will have to endure may be even worse than now.
After everyone left, the room became quiet. The old lady grabbed Song Qingci and said, "Ah Ci, grandma is sorry for you. You have been wronged." This was all she could do.
How could she not see that Shan Yu was not apologizing because she truly felt she had done something wrong, but was only apologizing because she was afraid.
Song Qingci shook his head and said, "No. I am not wronged. I would like to thank my grandmother for seeking justice for me."
Song Qingci said this sincerely.
When others think you have been wronged, you really don’t feel wronged anymore, because the grievance has been digested by others’ understanding.