The cannon fodder original wife's bad story

Chapter 362

It's another rainy day in summer.

Everyone in the yard was doing their own thing, quietly. Xu Lingqiao came with Lianhua Xile under an umbrella in the rain. Rendong hurried forward to greet them, "It's raining so hard, why are you here, cousin? The road is slippery, you have to be careful."

"Don't worry, sister. The two little girls are looking after you, holding an umbrella and supporting you. Only your shoes and socks are wet."

Ren Dong hurried to the main room. Xu Lingqiao looked around and asked, "Is Guan Zhou not up yet?"

This question made Rendong laugh.

"It rained a little last night, so I guess you slept well. Before the fourth young master went on duty, he specifically asked us to keep our voices down so as not to disturb the young lady's peace."

Xu Lingqiao shook his head and laughed.

"These days, I just watch the boats passing by."

After saying that, she changed into the shoes and socks that Lianhua brought, and sat down in the small pavilion outside. Honeysuckle was afraid that the wind and rain would soak her and hurt her body.

"It's okay. The rain has been coming in fits and starts. Now that there's light in the sky, I'm afraid it won't rain any more."

The maids were afraid of disturbing Song Guanzhou, so they simply took padded curtains and tidied up the small pavilion that Song Guanzhou had never liked very much. They surrounded Xu Lingqiao and each of them did their needlework.

Xile was young and didn't know how to do these things, so she followed Qingfang and Qingfei to make loops and weave flower ropes.

Soon, there was movement at the door. Everyone looked over and saw Qin Qingdong and his servant, holding yellow oil-paper umbrellas, standing at the gate of the courtyard, avoiding the moisture on their feet.

Hehua and Qingfang hurried out to greet them. Qin Qingdong brushed off the raindrops on his body and asked casually, "Is your young mistress up?"

"Still resting."

Qin Qingdong snorted, "It's time to eat soon, she can sleep, who is in the pavilion upstairs? Talking and laughing——"

"Replying to the Second Young Master, she is our cousin."

Qin Qingdong stopped and looked up, but the trees blocked his view and he couldn't see clearly. "Is it just your cousin?"

Lotus was puzzled, but nodded.

"Only my cousin is doing needlework with the slaves."

He snorted, "Forget it, it's not the right time for me to go up. You can just set up a chair for me under the eaves, pour a pot of hot tea, and wait for your young mistress to get up."

Qin Qingdong felt guilty about Xu Lingqiao.

He knew that the girl had suffered and lost her innocence, and it was most likely Jin Fuyun who sent Zhu San to do it. As for Zhu San being tempted by her beauty, that was bullshit!

Qin Qingdong didn't believe a word of it.

But what can we do?

Song Guanzhou had expressly forbidden that the future should not be ruined because of Xu Lingqiao's disappearance, so he could not question Jin Fuyun in front of her, why did you treat Xu Lingqiao, a woman with whom you had no grudges, like that?

Even if Jin Fuyun admits it, what can he do?

What a lie that a prince who breaks the law is subject to the same punishment as the common people. Anyone who believes this will lose his entire family line!

Therefore, every time he saw Xu Lingqiao, he felt a little guilty and embarrassed, and would try to avoid her if possible.

Of course, there are times when you can't avoid it.

As soon as the hot tea was served, Lianhua came up to him, knelt down and greeted him, "Second Master, my cousin invites you to come up and have a cup of hot tea."

Hot tea?

He looked at the white porcelain bluebird teacup in his hand and couldn't refuse. As soon as he nodded, the little girl came up and picked up the teapot and snacks that she had just put down, and stood aside waiting for him to take a step.

"...and now you are serving your cousin?"

Lotus smiled and replied, "Young Madam thinks highly of me, saying that I am quick and nimble, and can speak well. She was afraid that my cousin was reserved and didn't talk much, so she asked me to go over and help."

Sure enough, she is a talkative little girl.

Qin Qingdong sighed slightly and went up to the pavilion. As soon as he entered, the maids put away the sewing kits in their hands, stood up, bowed, and left.

For a moment, the only people left in the pavilion were Xu Lingqiao and him standing in front of him.

"Miss Xu, this is——"

Xu Lingqiao slowly knelt down, said thank you and other words, then stood up and asked Qin Qingdong to sit down, "There are some things that Lingqiao is ignorant of, and I can't figure out the answer no matter how hard I think about it. If I ask Guanzhou, she is smart and it will make her worry. So I dare to ask Mr. Qin Er, please forgive Lingqiao for being presumptuous."

So——

"Just ask. As long as Qin Er knows and can speak, he will definitely not hide it."

Xu Lingqiao held the handkerchief in both hands and placed it on her knees. She asked solemnly across the small table, "Second Master, may I ask what grudge the eldest daughter of the Jin family had with Guan Zhou?"

Qin Qingdong pondered for a moment after hearing this question, and then asked, "Miss Xu, have you ever seen the two of them get along? Why do you think they are incompatible?"

"Guanzhou didn't hide it from me, and Sister Rendong also told me to be careful of Miss Jin. I had no one to ask, and I knew that the Second Young Master and Guanzhou were close friends, so I dared to ask."

"It's not a big deal, maybe it's just a misunderstanding."

Qin Qingdong picked up the words that could be said and told Xu Lingqiao, "After you got into trouble, Guan Zhou was extremely worried. I don't know where she got the gossip from, but she just thought that Miss Jin had harmed you. She didn't care and brought her subordinates to attack the Princess's Mansion--"

It turns out that there is such a thing.

"After you came back, it was thanks to the help of Master Jin and his wife that Guan Zhou invited several masters from the Xiao family to take you and Brother Lingbai to the Jin family to express our gratitude."

Xu Lingqiao lowered her head, thought deeply, and then asked, "Before that, Miss Jin went to watch the boat together--"

"There's a festival."

Qin Qingdong looked at the girl who looked a bit like Song Guanzhou and couldn't help but hide it. "Guanzhou has always been jealous, saying that Fuyun and Pei Si have some inexplicable feelings for each other. They quarreled several times. Both of them have their own opinions and personalities. After a while, there was indeed a rift between them."

"Guan Zhou is right about this."

Xu Lingqiao said this out of the blue, and Qin Qingdong was a little surprised, "Did Guan Zhou tell you that?"

"No."

"Ok?"

Xu Lingqiao raised her head and answered seriously, "On the day of the math competition, Sister Rendong was told by Guanzhou to stay away from Miss Jin, fearing that she would get involved with me because of her feud with Guanzhou. Therefore, I kept watching Miss Jin that day."

"this--?"

Qin Qingdong was stunned. He had always been like Pei An, firmly believing that there was only brotherly love and friendship between the two of them. How could there be such vulgarity between men and women...

"It's true. Second Young Master, I'm a woman, and I know how a girl looks at her beloved. That day, the eldest girl and the Crown Prince's wife sat behind Guan Zhou and his wife. Whenever her cousin-in-law asked Guan Zhou about his well-being, her face looked very ugly, so much so that she simply made an excuse to leave the table."

Qin Qingdong was greatly shocked. "Miss Xu, this... maybe you saw it wrongly. There were many guests that day, and there were also foreign men like me sitting opposite. I'm afraid Fuyun was looking at-"

"...My maid and I saw clearly that day, she only had eyes for the fourth master Pei, my cousin's husband."

Qin Qingdong slumped down in his chair, as if he didn't understand anything. The ambiguity of the past suddenly became clear at this moment. He said, "Miss Xu, look forward to life. Guanzhou treats you like a sister. Please believe Silang. No matter how other women treat him, he only has Guanzhou in his heart."

There is only one Song Guanzhou in this world.