After Xiao Fubao's life was stolen, he became the favorite of everyone in the capital

Chapter 482 I don’t like it
Qin Jingshu certainly didn't want to agree to this condition.

She recalled every moment she spent with Niu Niu. If the occasional care that the Second Lady had given her in the past filled some of the gaps about her mother, then Niu Niu was her only friend.

Niu Niu taught her what a real family is and how to express herself bravely.

It was also after meeting Niu Niu that Qin Jingshu felt that her situation at home was gradually improving. She increasingly felt like a human being, rather than a tool in the eyes of her elders.

Yes, tools.

She looked at the haggard Second Wife lying on the bed and felt that she was no different from a tool.

"Is it enough for me to become the queen?" Qin Jingshu asked.

The second wife's eyes suddenly lit up with astonishing spirit, and she grabbed her daughter's hand and said, "When you become the queen, you will be able to overturn the case for the Li family. You must bring back the exiled relatives of the Li family. You must always remember that you also have half of the blood of the Li family. It is because of our hard work and planning for you that you are where you are today!"

Qin Jingshu sighed deeply.

Good kids really can't lie.

But her good friend Niu Niu also said that sometimes you have to tell some white lies, like now, she is facing a dying person.

"I promise you." Qin Jingshu said.

The Second Madam breathed a sigh of relief and said, "When you grow up... you will understand... I am doing this for your own good..."

After getting her daughter's promise, the second wife finally relaxed her tight reins, and as a result, she gradually declined.

Qin Jingshu stayed with her for another whole day. The second wife was sometimes awake and sometimes asleep. When she was awake, she would grab her daughter and ask her to promise this matter over and over again.

Qin Jingshu accompanied her obediently.

The master of the second wife did not show up all day, as if the love between the second wife and her husband in the past was just a mirage.

The next morning, Qin Jingshu had just gotten up when a maid came in with a sullen face and reported, "Miss, the second wife passed away last night. You need to change your clothes."

Qin Jingshu's nose felt sore. Even though she knew that the other party was using her as a tool, she still couldn't help feeling sad. After all, the Second Madam had indeed given her warmth over the years, and she was still her biological mother.

But from then on, her life experience was like a mountain, weighing heavily on her.

Qin Jingshu was helped by servants to change into mourning clothes, and was led into the mourning hall by the hand.

During the last years of her life, the Second Lady was tacitly allowed to die in the Xianguo Mansion. Now that she is dead, because of her surname, there is no grand funeral. Compared with her status as the Second Lady of the Xianguo Mansion, the mourning hall is decorated very simply.

Qin Jingshu was sent to kneel behind Qin Jing and her second brother as a junior.

Lady Xian Guogong frowned slightly and whispered, "Why did he die at this time? With something like this happening, I'm afraid we won't be able to hold the flower viewing banquet this year."

The old lady raised her eyelids and glanced at her daughter-in-law, then sighed and said, "The second son's wife made great medicinal food, what a pity."

Qin Jingshu felt sad in her heart. The second wife died, and it seemed that no one at the scene was truly sad for her.

Lady Xian Guogong asked the servants to bring a few more cushions: "Although it is spring now, the ground is still cold. Don't let the children's knees get frozen."

She turned back to her two sons and said, "After all, she is just your aunt. We are not that close. It will be fine after a while. If the guests are not here, you can take a rest." Qin Jing shook his head and said to his mother, "When my aunt was alive, I didn't have the opportunity to be filial to her. Now that she is gone, I should also mourn for her as much as possible."

His words stopped Qin Er, who had wanted to take the opportunity to rest, and he could only kneel down obediently again.

Lady Xian Guogong felt that her eldest son was too rigid, but he was her future support after all, so she said nothing and turned her attention to Princess Rongjia.

"Please put more effort into your crying. You can't even pretend!" Lady Xian Guogong scolded her daughter-in-law harshly.

Princess Rongjia lowered her head and rolled her eyes, then put on a sad look. If it were in the past, she might not have looked down on the position of the second young lady of the Duke of Xianguo's Mansion.

If things hadn't gone wrong at Prince Qi's Mansion, she wouldn't have to act according to the Duke Xian's wife's mood like she does now.

Princess Rongjia managed to marry into Duke Xian's mansion before the spring so that she didn't have to face exile like the rest of her family. However, there were many difficulties in the mansion.

But even though her mother-in-law was making things difficult for her and her husband's yard was full of little goblins, she had no intention of getting a divorce.

After Lady Xian of Duke Xian finished finding fault with her younger daughter-in-law, her eyes fell on her eldest son's daughter-in-law. Compared with her younger daughter-in-law's family, her eldest son's daughter-in-law was the granddaughter of the cabinet minister. Naturally, she could not find any fault with her with such a status, and she took back the scolding that she was about to say.

But the anger in her heart still did not dissipate, and finally her eyes fell on her youngest daughter.

"Cry, cry. She's gone when you came back. You should cry for her." Lady Xian Guogong said in a voice that was neither loud nor soft.

"Mother!" Qin Jing was the first to jump out to stop it.

The old lady also looked at Lady Xian Guogong with a warning look.

Although Lady Xian Guogong's words were subtle, they were not much different from accusing Qin Jingshu of killing her aunt.

"Eldest wife, if you are tired, go to the back and rest for a while," said the old lady.

Lady Xianguogong was a little embarrassed. She didn't know why she couldn't control her mouth. She certainly didn't think it was her problem. Instead, she thought that Qin Jingshu was too unpleasant, so she couldn't help but get angry when she saw her.

Qin Jingshu raised her head and looked at her mother. She had never realized so clearly as she did at that moment that Lady Xian Guogong really didn't like her.

The two people's faces don't have much in common, but Niu Niu looks more and more like the wife of Duke Xianguo. Qin Jingshu couldn't help but wonder, if Niu Niu returned to the Duke Xianguo's mansion, would the wife of Duke Xianguo treat Niu Niu well?

Qin Jingshu hasn't figured out how and who to tell about her swapped backgrounds.

Lady Xian of Duke Xian suddenly felt more and more displeased with her daughter. She frowned and looked at Qin Jingshu. The more she looked, the more she felt that her daughter's appearance was unsightly.

"Why do you look so much like your aunt..."?

Before Lady Xian of Duke Xian had finished her words, she heard the doorman coming to report.

"In reply to the masters, Lord Gu and his wife have come to offer their condolences, and they are almost at the second gate."

Lady Xian of Duke Xian glanced at Qin Jing.

Because the second wife's surname was Li, not many people in the capital came to pay their respects, and many people even avoided her. The Gu family came at this moment, obviously for Qin Jing's sake.