Rebirth of the Banshee Concubine

Chapter 24
When Qi Tianjiao heard this, she immediately understood, with an indignant expression on her face: "Mother, where did you come from? Could it be that father punished his daughter last night, and even you were not spared?"

As soon as Qi Tianjiao opened her eyes, the maid next to her said that when she was unconscious last night, her father punished her for copying the "Nv Jing" twenty times.She was unwilling, so she wanted to discuss it with her mother.However, listening to what mother said, it turned out that both mother and daughter were punished!

Aunt Lian was even more annoyed when she heard the words: "That little bitch Qi Tianqing dared to fight against me! Her mother, that vixen of Zhuo's family, is tyrannical and won't let him go. I never imagined that this little vixen would break ground on my head! If I don't give them two Just look at it, from now on, won't everyone in the government think I'm easy to bully?"

Qi Tianjiao still couldn't believe it: "Mother, are you sure, it's really Tianqing, that boring gourd who did something bad to father?"

"Hmph!" Aunt Lian said displeased, "Why is she bored? She's serious, and her mouth is even more tricky than Ji's country bumpkin! I think she's usually silent, just pretending to let us relax our vigilance! We don't know what kind of tricks we are playing with that bitch Zhuo!"

Resentment flickered in Qi Tianjiao's eyes: "She dares to do everything she wants, and trip you up like this, I think she's really tired of living!"

Aunt Lian cursed viciously for a while, but her arrogance finally dissipated a lot.Then he remembered the Hundred Flowers Banquet last night, and immediately asked anxiously: "By the way, Tianjiao, how did you perform at the Hundred Flowers Banquet last night? Did you shine so brilliantly that the princes and nobles noticed you? Do you have any rewards?"

Qi Tianjiao immediately put on a bitter face when she heard the words, with resentment and grievance on her face: "Oh mother, don't mention it! I don't know who made the trouble last night, let the daughter count in public, and made the daughter lose face. The daughter asked Questioned, not only did the emperor not change the topic, but that Prime Minister Wei even insulted his daughter. And that Qi Tianxiang was even more hateful, stole the limelight from her daughter, and figured it out in public..."

Qi Tianjiao blamed others one by one, even the current emperor was at fault, as if everyone bullied her and felt sorry for her.While crying, while complaining indignantly.

Aunt Lian also felt the same way, she hoped that her daughter's Hundred Flowers Banquet would make a big splash, so that she could further ascend to the seat of the royal family.Let alone messing up now, Qi Tianxiang has won praises from the Holy One many times!How could this not make her hateful!

"Qi Tianxiang, why is it her again? I asked myself that I never treated her badly. Why did she insist on fighting against our mothers without repenting? Since you don't know good and evil, and always make my daughter lose face, don't blame me for turning against her." ruthless!"

"Woooo..." Qi Tianjiao cried and wailed, "Mother, what should I do! So many people are watching, my daughter can't wait to bump her head to death! From now on, how dare I go out!"

Aunt Lian hugged her daughter distressedly, thinking in her heart, she must control these two little bitches, Qi Tianxiang and Qi Tianqing!Let them regret coming to this world!
Sister Lan reminded in a low voice: "Madam, I heard that the old lady is coming back from the Buddhist temple today, do you think you need to prepare?" Sister Lan is an old man in the mansion, she has a lot of eyeliner, so she naturally got the news earlier .

Aunt Lian immediately became vigilant when she heard the words, that old lady is a ruthless character.Don't look at the large and small affairs of the mansion that are now entrusted to her, but many important matters still need to be decided by that old woman.Moreover, the old matriarch is getting older and her prestige is not lacking, and there are a large group of loyal slaves in the mansion who are loyal to her.

"Nurse Lan, hurry up and pick it up. When the old matriarch returns home, send it over immediately!" Over the years, Aunt Lian has always endured the pain to please the old matriarch by giving generous gifts. Don't do it.

Sister Lan immediately responded, greeted the two maids in a hurry, and went to the storeroom to pick out gifts.

Aunt Lian and Qi Tianjiao embraced each other, viciously planning how to make life worse for Qi Tianxiang and Qi Tianqing.

The news of the old matriarch's return from the Buddhist temple immediately spread in the mansion. Qi Tianxiang was practicing writing at this time, and raised her eyes and asked, "So, old matriarch, is grandma going back to the mansion?"

"Yes, miss, the entire Duke's Mansion has heard the news early in the morning." Liu Nian handed over a cup of tea and continued, "I've inquired, and the masters of each courtyard have already prepared gifts for the old lady." Woolen cloth!"

"Yes." Qi Tianxiang responded, and continued to paint and paint.

Nanny Gui asked: "Miss, should I go down and get ready?" In fact, Nanny Gui resented the old matriarch in her heart. As a grandmother, she shamelessly occupied more than a part of the dowry of the eldest lady's mother.It's just that the old matriarch in the mansion still has the right to speak, and must not be offended, and can only be treated with caution.

Qi Tianxiang said nonchalantly: "Didn't the emperor bestow you with a lot of things last night? Save yourself the trouble of preparing them. I'll bring them all when I see them. Just send them over!"

Gui Momo looked surprised: "Miss, it is a gift from the emperor, how can you give it to others at will?"

"Since the emperor gave me a reward, it means that I can control it freely. What's more, what's wrong with me giving it to my grandmother as a filial piety? Even if it reaches the emperor's ears in the future, I'm afraid it's just my filial piety. I respect filial piety the most. , the emperor will only praise and not criticize!" Qi Tianxiang continued to practice calligraphy indifferently, without being affected at all.

Although Nanny Gui felt a little sorry for those good things, she couldn't help being happy.Since my young lady had a serious illness, she has opened up her senses, and her exquisite heart has become more and more intelligent.

"Mommy, remember to go to each courtyard to inquire if you have time to see if there are any credible maids, and take them for your own use!"

"Yes, the old slave will do it now!"

Liuying and Liunian were brought from the General's Mansion by their mother Ning. They are lively and intelligent. Qi Tianxiang observed them for a long time, and found that they were trustworthy, so she stayed by her side with confidence.

"Liuying, take out the pair of goldfish and gold step shakers in a while, and help me comb my hair and put them on. In a while, grandma and her old man will return home, so don't take it lightly!" Qi Tianxiang reminded after thinking for a while.

"Okay, miss." Liuying agreed, and then opened the jewelry box, but after looking for it, there was only one goldfish, Jinbuyao. Panicked, Liuying said: "Miss, your pair of goldfish, Jinbuyao, is missing a piece." Only, only this one is left!"

When Qi Tianxiang heard that one of Jin Buyao was missing, she felt depressed and was not in the mood to continue practicing calligraphy. "What's going on? I remember seeing two of them together a few days ago, why did you lose one of them all of a sudden?"

When Fleeting Nian heard the words, he immediately looked horrified: "Miss, there shouldn't be a thief breaking in, right?"

Luo Tianqi's face immediately flashed in Qi Tianxiang's mind, and then he vetoed it.That person would not care about such a golden step, let alone not very precious.Pursing her lips, Tian Xiang calmly ordered: "Go and check the count first, whether there are other things missing."

Liuying and Liunian immediately started counting together, and then said in amazement: "Miss, I have counted, but I just lost one of the pair of goldfishes, and the rest are still there."

"But this servant feels strange, why did that thief only steal one of the golden steps?" Liu Nian said puzzled, "Since they are a couple, why didn't they steal them all?"

Qi Tianxiang frowned and thought for a while, then pursed her lips and ordered: "Liu Nian, you go out to the pawn shop to find out if someone has pawned this golden step. After all, the golden step has the seal of Duke Qi's mansion on it, if you find it, Don't make a fuss, just ask who took it as a pawn."

"Yes!" Fleeting Nian went out immediately.

Liu Ying said puzzledly: "Miss, you think this thief is really strange. Why didn't you steal the whole jewelry box instead of just taking a golden step?"

Qi Tianxiang's eyes flashed, and she said with a smile: "That can only mean that this thief is a thief in the house!"

"Ah—" Liuying exclaimed, and immediately covered her mouth again.

Tianxiang glanced at her, knowing that she had already believed her words.So he pursed his lips and said, "Don't worry, I won't doubt you. It's just that there are not only you in this yard, but also other people who don't know their roots. You must be cautious!"

Liuying immediately said angrily: "I don't know which one is not open-eyed, even dare to think about your things, Miss! If someone is caught, I will not let it go lightly!"

Qi Tianxiang pursed her lips and smiled, but said nothing.The old matriarch is already on his way back to the mansion. As the old matriarch of Duke Qi's mansion, his grandmother has always been very strong in his impression.And it was really not easy for her to be promoted from a concubine's room to a wife's wife.It is conceivable how deep her scheming is.

However, the old matriarch treated her pretty well, except that she took part of her mother's dowry.After all, Tianxiang is the prostitute of the Duke's Mansion, and she is both talented and beautiful, so she will marry someone one day.According to the feeling of the old lady, no matter how poorly Tianxiang marries, she will be a respectable family in Kyoto, so at that time, the Duke's Mansion will have to support Tianxiang's husband's family.

Nanny Gui came back from the outside and immediately ordered: "Miss, the old matriarch has already returned to the mansion, and everyone in the mansion welcomes them out of the mansion, let's hurry over too!"

"En!" Qi Tianxiang straightened her clothes, and rushed out of the mansion with her maid and mother.

The carriage that the old lady was riding in was resplendent and magnificent, even the outer wooden frame was inlaid with gold.At first glance, it is truly luxurious and dazzling.There was a sneer in my heart, going to a Buddhist temple to worship the Buddha, such a luxury, will the Buddha make her wish come true?

"Oh, old matriarch, you are finally back!" The old matriarch just got out of the carriage, and the fourth aunt, Ji, twisted her waist and greeted her with anticipation and surprise.Due to the large range of movements, the old lady's close maid was squeezed so that she almost fell down.

Qi Tianxiang was contemptuous from the bottom of her heart, this Ji family was really petty, she only bluffed and made fun of her.

Qi Zhongqing greeted him respectfully and said: "Mother, you have been exhausted all the way, go inside and rest quickly!"

"En." The old lady seemed to enjoy the whole mansion circling around her like holding the moon, and entered the Duke's mansion surrounded by everyone.

Qi Tianxiang followed without saying a word, and entered the Yinghe Tower of the old matriarch in the mansion.After going up to the old lady one by one to salute according to the rules, everyone sat down according to seniority, seniority, and inferiority.

The old lady leaned comfortably on the soft couch, while chatting with Qi Zhongqing first, while carefully observing her granddaughters.After half a cup of tea, Qi Zhongqing resigned to take care of official duties, and only the old lady, aunts, and the ladies of the Duke's Mansion were left in the room.

As the only granddaughter, Qi Tianxiang is the closest to the old matriarch. After winking at Nanny Gui, Tianxiang took the old matriarch's hand and said, "Grandmother, why did you go so soon?" So many months? Tianxiang thinks of you every day, and misses you so much!"

The old lady was secretly surprised when she heard the words. Although Tianxiang was not as taciturn as the old Tiantianqing, she was also dignified and restrained. This was the first time she was so playful and acted like a baby to herself!It seems that during the days when she was not in the mansion, many important events must have happened!

"Look, grandma, this pair of black gold bracelets was a gift from the emperor at the Hundred Flowers Banquet. It is engraved with blessings of longevity and well-being. At first glance, it is a mascot that an old Taishan like you, grandma, should wear. There is nothing else that can be sold for Tianxiang. Objects, let me be lazy and borrow flowers to offer Buddha, and I will give you this pair of bracelets!" After speaking, he took the initiative to put the bracelets that Nanny Gui took out on the old lady's wrist.

The old matriarch was overjoyed from the bottom of his heart, but he evaded on the face: "You child, since it is a gift from the emperor, how can grandma keep it!"

(End of this chapter)