Chapter 82 I Want You to Make a Fool of Yourself
At this time, Su Qing was standing in the reception hall in the inner courtyard of the Pingxi Marquis' Mansion, accompanying Meng Qi, and watching the eldest daughter-in-law of the Shen Prince's Mansion named Xie Fen, who was pregnant with a big belly and held Meng Qi's hand and talked very affectionately for almost half an incense stick of time.
"Everyone in Beijing says that mother is the kindest person. Your wedding is still half a year away, so I ordered people to tidy up Qingheju. The materials were sent to the mansion in carts.
"The Third Master also specially brought back many rare ornaments from various places, many of which came from Southeast Asia. Even my mother said she had never seen them before.
"And Yingning, I know you like small animals. A few days ago, Third Master and his friends went to the mountains and hunted several snow-white rabbits. Oh, and there was also one that was completely black. Yingning insisted on keeping it for you, and now she is raising it in her yard."
Meng Qi listened to Xie Fen in boredom. Although she had a great decision to make today, it was not the right time yet. She could not throw a tantrum and could only listen patiently. She was not interested in anything that happened before, but the rabbit at the back attracted her.
"She really kept it for me. Is it really all black?"
"Of course I am jealous. I didn't get this kind of treatment when I first got married. I am really happy for you."
“Even the claws are black?”
"Well, that's why it's so strange. It's said that after the Third Young Master finished beating it, a friend offered 50 taels of silver to buy it, but the Third Young Master didn't agree and directly brought it back to Yingning. But he didn't expect Yingning to be so sensible. She said that such a precious thing should be left for her second sister-in-law as a gift!"
Su Qing rolled her eyes speechlessly in the back, looking at Meng Qi's smug expression, thinking about the eldest daughter-in-law of Prince Shen's mansion.
Xie Fen's father was Xie Qingzhong, the Junior Secretary of the Zhanshi Palace, who was a 4th-rank official. Xie Fen was his eldest daughter, very beautiful and said to be very good at dealing with people. Although she was a concubine's eldest daughter-in-law, Hu liked her very much and even took her out to show her face when she was pregnant.
At this time, the girl next to Xie Fen walked in, without saying a word, but just stood behind Xie Fen. However, her distance from Su Qing and Meng Qi was different, she stood closely to them.
Su Qing thought the posture was really awkward. There was so much space next to him, couldn't he just stand there? Why did he have to stick to Xie Fen?
Thinking of this, they paid more attention to her, especially before they came, Mother Liu specifically reminded them that they must pay more attention and not stare at Meng Qicai.
Su Qing was very puzzled as to why Xie Fen attended the wedding with a big belly. If the family really loved their daughter-in-law, how could they allow her to go in and out at such an advanced stage of pregnancy? It wasn't necessary for her to come.
Moreover, Xie Fen kept talking as soon as she saw Meng Qi. She only talked about topics that Meng Qi liked to hear, which made Meng Qi almost cling to her. This was too abnormal. Normally, Meng Qi was the legitimate son's wife, and Xie Fen was the illegitimate son's wife. Even if there was nothing wrong, they couldn't be so intimate before anything happened. Xie Fen didn't even give outsiders a chance to interrupt.
Thinking of this, Su Qing became particularly alert and deliberately changed positions with Yuan Yue, now facing the girl who just came in. Looking at her from the side, she saw the older girl holding a bag of soft things and handing it to Xie Fen's left hand.
Su Qing looked at Xie Fen's big belly and Meng Qi's right hand that she was holding. She rolled her eyes and lowered her head to whisper something to Meng Qi.
Meng Qi was stunned at first, then nodded, stood up, bowed to Xie Fen and said, "Look at me, I was so happy to see Grandma that I didn't realize she is so heavy. It's not good for her to stay here and chat with me. Go to the inner room and have a rest."
Seeing Meng Qi suddenly stand up and want to go out, Xie Fen obviously didn't expect it, and held Meng Qi's hand but didn't let go. Su Qing saw this and went to Xie Fen's left hand to support her, while supporting her, she said,
"I've heard from our Fourth Miss a long time ago that the Eldest Young Madam is the most amiable person. Now it seems that she is really happy for our Fourth Miss. Once you get married, you two will get along like real sisters." After saying that, she laughed.
Su Qing's voice was quite loud when she said this, attracting the attention of other people in the room. Wang frowned, thinking that Su Qing was a maid who knew her limits. It was not appropriate for a maid like her to speak so loudly in a room full of women. Just as she was about to speak, she heard Su Qing softly exclaim, "Oh, sister, what's wrong with you? Why are you bleeding so much? I feel uncomfortable somewhere."
It turned out that Su Qing wanted to support Xie Fen's left hand, but how could Xie Fen let Su Qing help her with the object in her left hand? So she refused to hand her hand to her, and at the same time hurriedly winked at her maid, but Su Qing stood next to Xie Fen before her, and the girl couldn't get in at all.
Su Qing held Xie Fen's wrist and gently pressed the Yangxi acupoint. Xie Fen loosened her hand as she felt numb, and the object fell into Su Qing's hand. Su Qing slowly supported Xie Fen, and felt that there was a bag of liquid in her hand, but she didn't have time to think about it. It must be something bad if it was sneaky. So she threw it at the big girl behind her, and the girl's jacket and skirt were stained with red liquid.
Yuan Yue and Yuan Dong only reacted at this time and hurried forward to support Meng Qi. Xie Fen didn't even bother to hold Meng Qi's hand. The girl looked at her at a loss, "Grandma, I..."
"Okay, why are you still out here when you're having your period? Go find some clothes to change into." Xie Fen scolded sternly.
The girl had no choice but to lift up her skirt, bump into Su Qing hard, and run out.
Su Qing was almost knocked on top of Xie Fen by her, what a bastard. Su Qing tried to keep a safe distance from Xie Fen, but he didn't take his hand away until Meng Qi was safely separated from Xie Fen, and then he let another girl brought by Xie Fen take over.
"Sister Fen, is it okay? Don't be angry with the girl. You are pregnant. We will teach her a lesson when we get back." Princess Hu of Shen County spoke quietly at this time.
Xie Fen saw that although Mrs. Hu was smiling, she could not hide the coldness in her eyes. She shuddered for a moment, then adjusted her hair, touched her belly and said,
"I'm really sorry to disturb everyone's fun. I didn't expect this girl to be so careless. If you feel unwell, just tell me. It's all because I indulge them too much in my daily life." After Xie Fen said these words, the expression on her face had recovered a lot. She raised her head to look at Su Qing, who had let go of her hand and was standing beside her with a well-behaved look on his face.
"The maid next to the fourth young lady is really great. Thanks to her carefulness, otherwise she would be embarrassed when she goes out."
"Of course, the girls around me are all good. Thanks to her for reminding me just now that you are in your advanced stage of pregnancy and should not be overworked, so she asked me to persuade you to rest!" After saying this, Meng Qi looked at Su Qing with a proud look on his face, saying, "Look, how nice of me to praise you in front of outsiders."
Su Qing couldn't help but hit Tofu, my lady, can't you be more careful, just say what you want to say, why are you hanging around me? She doesn't dare to do anything to you, but she dares to do anything to me!!!
"You, how dare you say that? You're holding onto your future sister-in-law and won't let go. If she really gets a miscarriage, be careful that your grandmother will punish you when she gets back." Jiang looked at Wang's somewhat livid face. It was not good to stand up at this time, so she stepped forward, held Meng Qi's hand and said with a smile.