lcionline Chapter 111 West Wing
Chapter 111 West Wing
The group chatted idly inside for a long time, and the sky gradually darkened.
After dinner, the third girl stayed by the window.
Looking at the snow falling heavier and heavier outside the window, she said excitedly,
"Oh dear, everything outside is white, the mountain roads are covered in snow!"
Everyone looked out the window and saw that in less than two hours, the whole world had turned white and the temperature had dropped several degrees.
Seeing that the mountains were blocked by heavy snow, Aunt Chen couldn't hide her joy. She said,
"Young lady, it gets dark early today, and it's snowing so heavily. Why don't you go back to your room and rest?"
At this moment, Master Wukong slowly walked in and said...
"The rooms have been arranged. The four rooms on the left side of the backyard are for the women of the Qiao family to rest in."
Aunt Chen quickly chimed in,
"Then let the eldest daughter have one room, Aunt He and the third daughter have one room, the second daughter and I have one room, and the maids and servants have another room."
This arrangement seemed reasonable, and no one suspected anything.
Aunt He and the Third Miss were mother and daughter, and they were close in the past, so they were naturally very happy to share a room.
Qiao Qingle smiled and stepped forward to take Aunt He's arm, then leaned her head on Aunt He's shoulder and acted coquettishly.
Although Qiao Qingqiao was not happy about it, she could not ask to stop living with Aunt Chen.
Aunt Chen is a troublesome and short-tempered person. If she causes a scene here because of this, wouldn't that bring shame to the Qiao family?
Qiao Qingqiao bit her lip, not wanting to cause any trouble or add to her older sister's worries, thinking that she could just endure it for one night.
So he lowered his eyes and remained silent, which was taken as tacit agreement.
Seeing that no one objected, Aunt Chen immediately smiled and took Qingqiao's hand to lead her to the side room to rest.
"Qiao'er, come with me! We still need to make the bed, don't let it delay your rest."
But no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't pull his daughter up.
He frowned and tugged again, but still couldn't budge it.
She turned her head and saw that Qiao Qingshu was holding Qiao Qingqiao's other arm.
Qiao Qingqiao looked at her older sister with a puzzled expression.
Qiao Qingshu suddenly pulled her second younger sister behind her and said to Aunt Chen,
"Aunt, I'll sleep with my second sister, you can sleep in your own room."
Aunt Chen frowned deeply and couldn't help but shout.
"That won't do! Qiao'er will definitely disturb your rest, Miss! Let her come and sleep with me!"
She hurriedly reached out to grab the second young lady, but was blocked by Granny Gui and Xia Zhi.
Xia Zhi crossed her arms in front of her chest, blocking her view, and said to Aunt Chen...
"Our young lady has already given the order, so Auntie should just listen to it!"
Xia Zhi was a head taller than Aunt Chen, and his broad shoulders and thick waist blocked her way like a wall.
Seeing the authoritative and intimidating power of her words, he couldn't help but take a step back.
She frowned as she watched Qiao Qingshu and Qiao Qingqiao leaning against each other, and a surge of anger welled up inside her.
She really wanted to throw a tantrum and make a scene. Why couldn't she even share a room with her own daughter?
Qiao Qingshu is ruining her plans at every turn!
But she gritted her teeth and dared not openly provoke him. At present, Qiao Qingshu was the most powerful and had the highest status in the Qiao family.
Even Old Madam Qiao can't do anything about her now, so how can a mere concubine like her compete with Qiao Qingshu!
With countless grievances stuck in her throat, Aunt Chen gritted her teeth so hard she almost broke them, but dared not utter another word in rebuttal.
Everyone went into their rooms to rest.
Master Wukong secretly imitated a few cat meows outside Aunt Chen's room window.
Aunt Chen, already furious inside, hurriedly opened the door and went out, huffing and puffing.
"Stop yelling! Damn it, Qiao'er isn't in the same room as me!"
Wu Kong was taken aback and hurriedly went into the room to check. He found that only Aunt Chen was there with her belongings on the bed.
He wondered,
"Hey, wasn't it all planned out long ago? How could this happen?"
Aunt Chen said with a sigh,
"It's all because of my meddlesome eldest daughter; she insisted on sleeping with my Qiao'er!"
"We've been planning this for days, and she ruined it all with just one sentence! I'm so angry!"
He slammed his hand on the table in anger, sat down, and gulped down a large mouthful of tea.
However, the image of that peerless divine face he had seen during the day floated into Wu Kong's mind.
He had seen hundreds, if not thousands, of women, all of whom were from wealthy and noble families, but a beauty as stunning as Qiao Qingshu was truly rare.
He rubbed his hands together, a lewd smile spreading across his face.
"To be honest, there is a way."
Aunt Chen was taken aback upon hearing this, then looked up at Master Wukong's face with delight, her hand grasping his sleeve.
She said in a sweet, delicate voice,
"You have a solution, master?"
Master Wukong then pulled Aunt Chen into his arms and rubbed her back, saying...
"Since the eldest and second young ladies live together, let's resolve this together."
"You always complain to me that your eldest daughter bullies you, right? Today I'll make sure she's utterly disgraced!"
"The second daughter will be given to Prince Jing, but as for your eldest daughter, I will decide what to do with her!"
Aunt Chen's eyes lit up with surprise, and she jumped up to kiss Master Wukong.
Although she dared not provoke Qiao Qingshu, she was still jealous and disliked her. If she could really make Qiao Qingshu lose her reputation before the wedding, wouldn't that be wonderful!
After this incident, let's see how Qiao Qingshu will act arrogantly and put on airs in front of her from now on!
She happily raised her head and said...
"What should I do?"
Monk Wukong glanced sideways and said,
"I'll just wait until the night is deep and quiet, then I'll drug these two, take the eldest girl away, and leave the second girl for Prince Jing to enjoy."
Aunt Chen squinted and thought this was a really good idea.
When the time comes, she will kick the door open and not only secure Qingqiao's marriage, but also ruin Qiao Qingshu's reputation.
This is killing two birds with one stone!
West wing
Qiao Qingshu was sitting on the couch, holding a hot water bottle and squinting.
Qiao Qingqiao was very happy to be living in the same room as her older sister, and she didn't let the maid make the bed. She happily made the bed herself.
Seeing that Qiao Qingshu was squinting, and worried that she would get cold, he quickly took a tiger-skin blanket and draped it over his older sister's knees.
Qiao Qingshu slowly opened her eyes and asked,
"Qiao'er, how is your relationship with Aunt Chen?"
Qingqiao was taken aback by this sudden question. She slowly sat down next to her older sister, thought about it seriously for a moment, and then said...
"Although my aunt gave birth to me, I should be grateful. But she is mean and undignified, I really..."
Qingqiao choked up a little, and after a moment her eyes filled with tears.
“She always hits my brother, always hits him, and takes her anger out on him. I’ve tried to talk her out of it several times, but she ignores me. I actually hate her quite a bit.”
“She’s not good to my brother and me. Now she wants to marry me off to Prince Jing as a concubine. She seems to care nothing for my life or death, only about her own future.”
“I tried to treat her well, like I would treat the second wife, but I found that I couldn’t. She treated us badly and schemed against us. I couldn’t blindly be filial to her without holding a grudge.”