Chpater388 She Had No Choice but to Play Her Trump Card
Qiu Yelan returned to the first branch’s house sullenly. At that moment Marquess Qin was asking them what had happened. It was not her turn when Qiu Yelan came in. She finally came to realize that she looked down upon her mother-in-law after she listened for a while. The reason why she brought a hammer was to kill Jiang Tianao in the mess.
But it was Madame Dou who was eager to protect her husband. She took a blow for him.
“Though Yashuang is excellent, you are just a mother-in-law. Aren’t you afraid of being killed by your father-in-law?” Qiu Yelan heard the first branch complaining hysterically. She was in a mess. “Or are you willing to sacrifice yourself to avenge your daughter’s death?”
She was anxious about how to explain for her mother-in-law. Madame Zhuang said, “Nonsense! The wound in Madame Dou’s head is made by something blunt. How could I hurt her without a weapon? I heard my daughter-in-law coming to find me. I was in a rush to meet her. It was you who made the wound and tried to slander me!”
Qiu Yelan nearly vomited blood. If the hammer hadn’t been in her sleeve, she definitely would have believed that Madame Zhuang had been slandered when she saw Madame Zhuang was so a.s.sured now.
“I finally understand why Zhuang Man can still pretend to be innocent when she does something wrong.” Qiu Yelan was speechless, “It is because of inheritance!”
Even her daughter-in-law gossiped about her like that, not to mention the first branch. They were so mad, “We saw you in front of the public…”
“You saw it?” Madame Zhuang looked around. “Were you the only one who was there? Mrs. Qu, what did you see?”
Those nannies who were taken by her laughed, “You were worried about madame. So, you went out. After that Young Lady Jiang Huizhi took out a hammer and then…”
“Are you clear?” Madame Zhuang touched her headwear which was made of pearls. She said calmly, “It is lucky that I have kept an eye on it. When I left, I asked several nannies to stay. Otherwise, I would be set up.”
People from the first branch were almost out of their minds. Madame Dou was about to die while Madame Dou junior was taking care of her. At that moment it was Jiang Huizhi who was a representative of their branch. Jiang Huizhi shouted, “Why are you shameless?”
“Shut up!” Madame Zhuang turned to be ferocious, “Do elders in your branch die? You are just a junior. Do you dare to talk to me in such an impolite way? Do they want me to help them discipline her?”
“Shut up!” Marquess Qin unbearably shouted after seeing them arguing for a while, “Shut up Madame Zhuang. I want to hear the truth. Did you hurt Madame Dou on her head?”
Madame Zhuang raised her hand and then covered her face. She burst into a rage of tears at once, “My poor daughter! I feel so pity! I’ve been apart from you for over 20 years. And I even have no chance to compensate. Why do you leave me so early? I bring your letter written in the blood back. I want to ask for justice for you. I don’t expect that I fail to ask for justice while your grandfather is annoyed with me. Why do none of the family members think of you? Why are they standing by the side of the first branch? D*mn the first branch. They have done so many disgusting things. They made you so tragic. Why does your grandfather take them as treasures? Why aren’t they struck by lightning?”
Qiu Yelan looked at Marquess Qin, whose expression turned from being sullen to mad. He pointed at Madame Zhuang with a shiver without a word. Qiu Yelan was anxious, “Don’t make Marquess sick because of madness. Will he kill my mother-in-law if he is so angry?”
She pushed her way out from the crowd to hold Madame Zhuang in her arm. “Mother, mother. Please calm down. My grandfather must love us. You can tell him about the grievance of Qizheng. He will hold the scales even. Please calm down!”
It was lucky that she showed up in time. Otherwise, Marquess Qin would ask someone to drag her out and beat her to death. Marquess Qin saw the granddaughter-in-law who was pregnant show up. He recovered his self-possession and said in a trembling voice, “Your uncle has gone to Shazhou to investigate the death of your daughter. Jiang Yazhu and Jiang Yashuang both agreed on it. Now your uncle has not returned. None of us know the truth now. Why are you so sure that the first branch murdered Qizheng just according to b.l.o.o.d.y letters? Even if the first branch is relevant to her death, is it all your sister-in-law’s fault? You came back from the distance. You have not even gone to your own home. You even have not greeted your mother. You went directly to the first branch’s home to hurt your sister-in-law with a hammer. You…”
Though Marquess Qin was polite and modest, when he thought of what Madame Zhuang did, he felt dazzled, “You… You, son of b*tch, are not worthy of being my daughter-in-law!”
All the people at that moment changed their expressions after hearing his words.
The members of the first branch were delighted and they also hated her so much. Jiang Tianao gnashed his teeth in anger, “You are right, my uncle!” He used to think that Madame Zhuang was just a shrew. If his wife hadn’t protected him, he would have been the one who was dying. Thinking of that scene he started to burst into a sweat. At that present, if he got a chance to drive Madame Zhuang away from the Jiang Family, he would do it immediately.
“After you are kicked out from this family, I will kill you!” Jiang Tianao swore it in his heart maliciously.
“Grandfather, please recall your command.” Qiu Yelan was restless and uneasy. Maybe her mother-in-law was too aggressive. Marquess Qin had a bad impression on her. Why did she so aggressively create the disturbance? Moreover, their sympathy for Jiang Qizheng’s death was segmented because Madame Dou was about to die as she was hurt. Now she was still in conflict with Marquess Qin. Did she want to be maltreated by Marquess Qin?
At that moment she had no choice but to kneel in front of Marquess Qin and beg him, “My mother doesn’t mean to offend you. It is because that she is sad about my sister’s death. So, she acts so abnormally. If you kick her out, will my husband, his sisters, and his brothers stay here securely? And even their spouses like me will have no dignity to stay here, not to mention their kids. Please forgive my mother-in-law. After all, what she has done is all because that she loves her children so much…”
Seeing Marquess Qin was still mad, she had to play her trump card. She took a deep breath, changed her face, stroked her stomach with her hands, and then grunted.
As she expected, Marquess Qin, who didn’t look at her on purpose, became worried about her, “Help her stand up!”
Mrs. Zhou didn’t know that Qiu Yelan pretended to be sick. She freaked out. She even didn’t mind where she was as she pounced on. Su He and her supported Qiu Yelan with their hands. She asked how Qiu Yelan felt and then she stamped, asking where the doctor was. Marquess Qin didn’t want to punish Madame Zhuang anymore. His face was livid as he waited for the doctor’s diagnosis.
The doctor diagnosed that Qiu Yelan was fine. However, she said she was uncomfortable. The doctor had heard what happened there and so he knew her purpose. He said, “She is so anxious that she even affected the baby.”
Even Madame Zhuang looked pale, “Does it matter?”
“Emm. Just a little. She may be fine. But she cannot be provoked anymore.” The doctor looked around and said discreetly.
“Take her back!” Marquess Qin looked at the noisy hall as his eyebrows flashed. He was silent for a moment and then shook his sleeve, saying to Madame Zhuang, “Take good care of your daughter-in-law! You’re not allowed to go anywhere again until Qizheng and the others get back!”
It was not known that whether Madame Zhuang was unwilling to look at others’ faces or not. Otherwise, she just wanted to annoy him deliberately. She took exception to him, “I come back scarcely. It is proper for me to visit my parents, Empress Dowager, and the relatives like my fifth sister.”
“…” Qiu Yelan saw Marquess Qin was about to explode with anger and then she interrupted, “Doctor, can I sit in a sedan to go back?”
She tried her best to draw their attention. Su He supported Qiu Yelan to get out. They were about to take Madame Zhuang to leave. When they pa.s.sed by Jiang Hui Zhi, she said suddenly, “Aunt, what’s in your sleeve?”
Qiu Yelan was shocked. She looked down. She just wanted to rely on Su He to play weak but ignored that if she did so, her arm would be on Su He’s shoulder. The hammer was so heavy that the shape of it was shown!
“I was just eating walnuts with the maids. And then we went out in such a hurry that we brought the hammer with us. I didn’t remember it until I got to the door, but I didn’t have time to put it back. So, I tucked it up to my sleeve!” Qiu Yelan’s reaction was so fast. Seeing that all eyes now focused on her sleeve, she simply took the hammer out, shook it, and then quickly put it back again. She felt the hammer was dry and so she believed it wasn’t stained with blood. However, she was afraid of accidents and so she dared not to let them look at it carefully.
Though her action was fast, the members in the first branch all recognized that Madame Zhuang almost used that hammer to kill Jiang Tianao. Jiang Huizhi was so angry that she even laughed, “I hear my aunt’s dowry is generous. Why don’t you even have a little golden hammer to hit the walnuts? Why do you have to use such a big hammer which is usually used by a craftsman?”
“I am pregnant. I am easy to be exhausted.” Qiu Yelan said seriously, “Though the little golden hammer is delicate, it is not as convenient as the big hammer.”
Mrs. Zhou was anxious after seeing Jiang Huizhi was about to talk. “Young lady, my madame is pregnant. She can’t be exhausted. Can we talk about the hammer later?”
Would there be a chance to talk about it later? Jiang Huizhi believed that they were faking it and tried to get away with it. She shouted, “Grandmother was injured by this hammer just now.”
“My madame even didn’t get in the yard where the first madam was hurt!” Su He said without hesitation.
“Madame Zhuang went out at that time. That was when she handed the hammer to my aunt!” How could Jiang Huizhi not figure out the process? No wonder Madame Zhuang was unwilling to admit that she hurt Madame Dou. She planned to be frisked if Qiu Yelan didn’t stand out so as to prove that she didn’t have the tool to hurt Madame Dou!
How could the daughter-in-law and mother-in-law in the fourth branch be so malicious? Jiang Huizhi was so mad that her hands and feet were chilled!
What got her so mad was that Madame Zhuang supported her daughter-in-law by herself, saying “Unreasonable!” After she said it, she took Qiu Yelan and their servants to leave.
“Grand uncle!” Jiang Huizhi could not stand it any longer. She cried loudly and turned to Marquess Qin, “Help me! You see them!”