boudoir

Chapter 213
The main courtyard where Dingbei Wang and his wife lived was named Rongxi Hall. It was located in the middle of the entire palace, and there were several buildings behind it.From Chaoqing Hall to Rongxi Hall, you have to bypass several winding corridors. There are soft sedan chairs in the mansion, which can be carried to and from various courtyards on weekdays, but Liuli feels that as a new daughter-in-law, she should not be rash , so as not to appear frivolous.

After walking to Rongxi Hall, a servant girl came to see her and led her in.

In fact, she had no contact with the Mei family in her previous life, and she didn't know what kind of person she was, even King Dingbei had never met him.But it was this ignorance that added to her uneasy heart. After all, this is Qi Yunhao's father and stepmother, and Qi Yunhao is her husband. He was so unscrupulous towards Yu Shi and others in the He Mansion.

Entering the hall, I didn't have time to pay attention to the decoration of the hall, I saw two people sitting on the upper end, they all recognized each other, and on the left was King Dingbei, who was wearing a crown suit and wearing a jade crown, sitting boldly and imposingly.On the right is Mrs. Mei, who is also dressed in formal attire.Qi Yunjing and his wife stood under the hall, while Qi Yunke and Qi Mulan stood on Mei's left and right, all looking at her.

Liuli regained her composure, stepped forward steadily and prostrated herself on the ground: "My daughter-in-law greets the lord and madam." King Dingbei smiled, and Mrs. Mei also nodded with a smile.Someone next to him came over with a tea tray and asked the new daughter-in-law to offer tea.Liuli knelt down again, took the tea and gave it to King Bei first: "Please drink tea, my lord." After he touched the mouth of the cup, he brought the cup over, took it back and put it away, took another cup and handed it to him in the same way. Mei's.

Mei put the teacup away, took a few boxes from another nun behind her, opened them to Liu Li and said, "This is our wish as parents-in-law, please accept it."

Liuli thanked her, someone had already moved a seat beside her, and when she was seated, it was time for her uncles and younger sisters to greet her.

Liuli was satisfied with Yu Mei's opening. After all, as the wife of Dingbei Wang, even if she had not been concubine for some reason, she had a different style after all. Regardless of her opinion of Liuli's background, the current treatment can be regarded as polite festival.But she is polite, but her second daughter-in-law may not be.

First, Qi Yunjing led Yuhua forward.Because Liuli was sitting down with her back facing Dingbei Wang and his wife, Yuhua's whole face had no smoothness, and seeing Liuli did not show any respect that a sister-in-law should have.Of course, she will be unobstructed and there will be ghosts.

If it wasn't for Qi Yunhao's absence, Liuli would still be thinking about her parents-in-law asking questions, otherwise she would have taken a good look at her sister-in-law as a sister-in-law, but right now she doesn't know how to deal with it, so she has no such thoughts. After silently accepting the gifts from the two of them, she asked Rui'er to reward them.

Aren't people living just to save face?The same goes for the meet and greet.It is inappropriate to give too much, and it is disrespectful to give too lightly.In addition to giving Qi Yunjing brothers a pair of emerald cabbages, a set of the four treasures of the study, a pair of fan pendants, a set of hair masks for He Yuhua, four bolts of satin, Qi Mulan's hair jewelry, two calligraphy and paintings, and a set of gifts for the Bei Wang couple. Two boxes of old wild ginseng, two boxes of blood swallow.The things are carefully prepared by Ruier after inquiring about everyone's preferences, not to mention whether they are important or not, but it is easy to see the thoughtfulness.

King Dingbei asked people to collect the things, and when Liu Li sat down again, he asked, "What about the boss, why didn't you come?"

Liuli sighed secretly, this question was finally posed.Can she talk about the fact that he turned around and left the house without saying a word last night?When I came, I had already thought about my speech on the way, so I wouldn't panic.At that moment, he bowed his body and said: "Return to the prince, the general has official business early in the morning, so he didn't come here." Although it is a lie, but a sensible person knows that he has heard it.The bridegroom didn't show up on the morning of the wedding, and nine times out of ten, something happened. But as parents-in-law, it's inconvenient to embarrass the daughter-in-law at this time, so as to gain the reputation of treating the new daughter-in-law harshly.

When King Dingbei heard that Qi Yunzheng was not in the mansion, his expression sank immediately, but he hummed, and when he faced Liuli, his expression eased again, "You are new here, you may not be used to it, you can go around more, and get familiar with it." Liuli Hastily said yes.King Dingbei took a sip of tea, gave a few more routine instructions, and then went out to the camp.

After seeing the ceremony, Qi Yunjing and others naturally withdrew.Yuhua wanted to stay a little longer, but Madam Mei waved her away.The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law naturally had to exchange some pleasantries before they could disperse. When King Dingbei went out, Mrs. Mei smiled at Liuli and said, "Is Grandma still used to it?"

Liuli said: "Mrs. Xie is concerned, but there is no discomfort at all."

Mrs. Mei looked at her with a smile, but stopped, stroking the jade ring on her little finger, then turned around again, gradually restrained her smile and said, "I heard that the boss left the house last night?"

Liuli raised her head, and suddenly smelled something bad about the visitor.It stands to reason that if King Bei asked this question, it would be regarded as an explanation. Mrs. Mei asked this again at this time, presumably she came prepared.At this time, he can't lie any more. Qi Yunhao's going out of the mansion at night, of course, is not because of any official business. Even if there is something in the camp, he will not not alarm the prince, but alarm the bridegroom.Liu Li's heart sank, she stood up, and said: "Don't dare to hide the truth from Madam, it is indeed the mansion that I left last night."

"Why?" Mrs. Mei asked.The voice is still slow, like all the ladies in the world.

Liuli tried her best to be calm and said: "My daughter-in-law doesn't know either. I have to ask the general."

"Ask him?" Madam Mei raised her voice slightly, the corners of her lips smiled again, looked at her, turned her head back, and said, "Nurse Gu."

Nanny Gu glanced at Liuli, and took out a snow-white handkerchief that was two feet square.

"Do you know where this came from?" Mrs. Mei stared at her, although she would not be harsh, but she was not gentle either.

Liuli looked at the veil, paused for a moment, and suddenly turned pale.

She remembered that the nanny who taught her the rules of marriage before marriage said that whenever a new couple gets married, the husband's family will put a white scarf under the quilt, and take it out the next morning to see if there is any redness, so as to test the chastity of the new wife!No wonder this Nanny Gu would push away Laurel Haitang to make the bed for her in the morning, and when she came out, her expression changed, and she found out that the veil was not stained with her... After two lives, it was so easy to breathe, but He actually fell on it as soon as he entered the door!
Qi Yunhao abandoned her halfway, where did she get something to prove her chastity?
Although Mrs. Mei is Qi Yunhao's stepmother, she is also her righteous mother-in-law, if she really wants to make things difficult for herself, what can she say?Turn around and leave, that is disrespectful.Ignore it, that's hubris!

"I heard that the boss stayed in the room for more than two hours before leaving the mansion in a hurry last night. According to the subordinates, he didn't even put on his coat when he went out. Since you have already consummated the room, why did he go out later? Blast away?"

Mrs. Mei's voice sank, she leaned on the armrest and stared at Liuli.

Liuli was in a knot in her heart, unable to speak.It is a big deal for a woman to lose her virginity, not to mention she is a bride.But how can she justify herself?Did you say you didn't consummate the marriage with Qi Yunhao?Then why he rushed out of the mansion is even more inexplicable.She herself didn't know why he stopped abruptly, so how could she explain it to her?

Even if Qifu divorced her for losing her virginity, she couldn't resist.

"Your Majesty!"

Mrs. Mei threw the veil in front of her and stood up, "Although you were married into the palace by the Holy Majesty, as the head of the palace, I cannot tolerate such a thing happening in my palace. You have lost your virginity, but you have lost your virginity, you have to know that even if this kind of thing is brought to the palace to talk about it, it can't be regarded as our unreasonable."

Liuli was overwhelmed, knelt down, tried to stabilize her voice and said: "Madam, please allow me to explain when the general returns to the mansion."

"Is there anything else to explain?" Mrs. Mei sneered, "I've heard that you were ambiguous with the young prince of Huaining Mansion, and it was rumored that it was a matter of nose and eyes. At that time, I thought that as long as the boss didn't mind That's all, now that you haven't even kept your virginity, what else do you need to explain?"

"lady!"

Liuli originally thought that as the mistress of the palace, Mei should have some respect, but she didn't expect that she would say these words in front of the servants. She has already entered the door, and if it is spread, it will be thrown away. Is it her face alone?She took a deep breath and said, "My daughter-in-law really can't explain this matter."

Mrs. Mei stared at her for a while, sat down, took a sip of tea, and calmed down, and said slowly: "Since you can't explain clearly, then I won't force you, lest you say that I am a fool. The mother-in-law made things difficult for you. It's just that if you don't explain this clearly, there is no way to get over it. "

After she finished speaking, she stood up, raised her lips and smiled at her, and led Nanny Gu out.

Only Liuli was left in the hall, and Mrs. Mei didn't speak, so she couldn't get up.

Liuli didn't know what kind of attitude Mei Shi had towards Qi Yunhao's stepson, and she didn't know whether Mei Shi was really heartbroken by marrying a daughter-in-law who had lost her virginity by mistake, or was using this matter to give her authority. Regarding the situation of this night and day, she was quite speechless.

If she had known that there was still this trouble, she would have taken the initiative to cater to Qi Yunhao to complete everything that should be done. In this mansion, no one is closer to her than Qi Yunhao. If she must cater to someone as her reliance , no one is more suitable than him, even after leaving this mansion, no one is more suitable for her to rely on, even if he has unknown purposes for her.

But, did he do it on purpose or unintentionally?She had no grievances with him, so she wouldn't marry her just to torture her, right?If it was unintentional, where did his heart go?

It's too passive now.How can she turn this situation around?
Liuli knelt silently in the hall.Although the floor was covered with wool felt, the place where she knelt happened to be the polished bluestone floor tiles next to the carpet. May Tian's clothes were thin, and her knees ached a lot after kneeling for a while.The body is still sore, this feeling is really indescribably uncomfortable.

(End of this chapter)