Chapter 12: Chapter 12: Slapping the Worthless Mother and Daughter
Ye Qichi watched calmly as Bi Qing hurriedly left.
Lu You was on the verge of tears from frustration.
"Ignore her, let's go to my mother's place," Ye Qichi called to Lu You.
"But..."
"I will take responsibility for everything, what's there to fear!" No sooner had Ye Qichi spoken than she strode directly towards Qin ngxi's courtyard.
Lu You was sowhat at a loss, but seeing the Princess's determination, she gritted her teeth and followed.
Upon arriving at the courtyard.
Qin ngxi was still not awake.
However, Nanny Zhang, who attended to Qin ngxi, hurriedly ca forward, "Princess, you woke up before dawn, and madam is still sleeping."
Ye Qichi truly felt so disdain for this lack of urgency.
Zhou Ruotang had gotten up early and had started to dress herself, yet Qin ngxi was still able to sleep.
No wonder she is bullied like this.
She said to Nanny Zhang, "Wake my mother up. Today is father's birthday celebration, she needs to get up early to dress."
"Yes," Nanny Zhang did not dare to oppose.
She then led Ye Qichi into the house.
Qin ngxi finally got up, though still very drowsy, she did not refuse under her daughter's persistence.
Speaking of which, ever since marrying Ye Zhengde, she hadn't seriously dressed herself up.
In the first few years of marriage, preoccupied with treating diseases and pregnancy, she had no mind to dress up.
After Zhou Ruotang entered the door, she scorned dressing up. Coming from a literati family, this well-known young lady did not want to lower her status to compete for favor and naturally, she would not deliberately please Ye Zhengde.
At that mont,
A servant girl from the house ca, respectfully saying, "Princess, madam, Madam Zhou has requested Miss Lu You to co over."
Lu You was startled.
Her hands trembled while doing Qin ngxi's hair.
Ye Qichi looked at Lu You without giving the servant girl a glance, "Tell Madam Zhou that Lu You is busy and can't co."
The servant girl naturally did not dare to disobey Ye Qichi and hastily went back.
Lu You's eyes were sowhat red.
Clearly out of fear.
"Focus on dressing up my mother, I will handle the other matters," Ye Qichi comforted.
"What happened?" Qin ngxi also noticed sothing was off.
"Just a small matter," Ye Qichi dismissed it with disdain.
Seeing the Princess this calm, Lu You also relaxed a little.
A little while later.
Zhou Ruotang personally ca over.
Ye Zhilan was with her, as well as Bi Qing and several other servant girls.
Upon entering the room, Zhou Ruotang still perford a greeting, "Princess, sister."
"This early in the morning, does Madam Zhou need sothing?" Ye Qichi ca out from behind the screen, approaching Zhou Ruotang.
Zhou Ruotang looked at Qin ngxi who seed to be dressing up inside and felt sowhat contemptuous in her heart.
This woman, she even starts dressing herself up!
She has no part in today's event, who is she dressing up for?
Zhou Ruotang kept her composure, she looked at Ye Qichi, "Just now Bi Qing ca back saying that Lu You broke my hairpin. Actually, it's no big deal if a hairpin breaks - I never fuss over such things with servants, knowing they are accidents. But one of them was the only heirloom my mother left
before she died, very precious. I just wanted to call Lu You to ask about the situation, but I heard from my little servant girl that the Princess wouldn't let Lu You co, so I had to co over myself."
"Is that so?" Ye Qichi looked at Zhou Ruotang, she said, "From start to finish, Lu You has been with ; she didn't break Madam Zhou's hairpin."
"It was her who broke it!" Bi Qing interjected, accusing, "Right in the front courtyard, Lu You deliberately bumped into , causing
to drop the hairpin onto the ground, which then broke in two!"
Ye Qichi's eyes narrowed, "Bi Qing, you better think carefully before you speak! Lying will get you a slap in the face!"
Clearly determined, Bi Qing insisted, "I, Bi Qing, swear to the heavens, it was Lu You bumping into
that caused the hairpin to break! If I lie, may the heavens strike
with lightning!"
Ye Qichi sneered coldly.
What kind of servants one has simply reflects what kind of master one is.
Acting skills perfect to a tee.
Ye Qichi rarely bothered, "The Princess already said there was none. Early in the morning, my mother dislikes being disturbed, all of you withdraw!"
"Princess, by shielding a servant like this, don't you feel you're being unfair! By doing so, how will we command respect among the servants in the future!" Ye Zhilan suddenly spoke aggressively.
"I said, Lu You did not break it!"
"Whether it broke or not, just call Lu You out to confront!" Ye Zhilan pressed vehently.
Ye Qichi's expression turned ugly.
Ye Zhilan absolutely didn't put An Ning in her eyes, speaking to Zhou Ruotang, "Mother, the hairpin is the only keepsake left by grandmother, we cannot let this matter go so easily..."
The words were not even finished.
"Slap!" A hard slap landed on Ye Zhilan's face.
Ye Qichi exerted all her strength, Ye Zhilan's face imdiately swelled red, and she was still stunned.
Zhou Ruotang did not react for a mont.
No one in the room reacted.
Ye Qichi shouted sharply, "Ye Zhilan, your mother is inside, who are you calling 'mother'! In this household, is there no discipline at all?!"
It was a rebuke of how Ye Zhilan addressed Zhou Ruotang.
In ancient tis,
Children born from concubines could only refer to their natural mothers as 'auntie,' and call the principal wife 'mother' or 'mam'.
Zhou Ruotang's status absolutely could not bear this title of 'mother'!
But now, as Zhou Ruotang was in charge of house affairs, Ye Zhilan had always been addressing her as such.
At this mont, she was simply stupefied.
She stared directly at Ye Qichi, her eyes turning red.
Since childhood, it had always been her bullying Ye Qichi. This woman never dared to bully her.
And now, she actually hit her.
Hit her so forcefully!
Ye Qichi did not even glance at Ye Zhilan one more ti, she turned her gaze directly towards the equally stunned Bi Qing, "I give you one more chance. Who actually broke the hairpin!"
Bi Qing was so frightened that her body trembled.
It was the first ti she found out the Princess was so formidable.
In her mory, she was still that straw bag bullied by Auntie Zhou and the legitimate young lady!
Although sowhat scared, having already co this far, she had no choice but to continue lying, "It was Lu You who deliberately bumped into , causing
to break the hairpin!"
"Whose hairpin did it break?"
"Madam's!" Bi Qing blurted out.
At that mont, panic naturally didn't allow her to think too much.
"Since it's my mother's hairpin, and my mother isn't pursuing the matter, what right does Auntie Zhou have to seek punishnt!" Ye Qichi declared assertively
Bi Qing was taken aback.
The next second she hurriedly tried to explain, "No, no, it was Zhou ..."
"The Princess doesn't want to waste ti early in the morning here! The Princess will only say it once, Auntie Zhou and my sisters listen clearly," Ye Qichi did not give Bi Qing a chance to speak further, her presence overwhelming, "Just now in the courtyard, the Princess and Lu You indeed ca across Bi Qing, who because of us dropped the jewelry box she was holding on the ground. As for her claim that Lu You deliberately bumped into her, that's completely baseless! Plus, every ti Bi Qing ntioned who damaged the hairpin, it was always the Madam's. Now, does Aunt Zhou have any business questioning this?!"
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