Heartstrings Resonance: The Beloved Princess of the Female Power

Seeing Liu following her, Xiao Yao forced a smile and said, "Sister, you can go and do your own thing. Just let a maid lead the way for me." Hearing that Xiao Yao was still willing to call her sister, she knew that Xiao Yao did not vent her anger on her, so she felt relieved.

She did have something to do right now, so she had to tell Qin Donglai about it and ask what he thought.

She called over Mother Qin, who had been waiting, and introduced her to Xiao Yao, "This is Mother Qin, the Qin family's servant. She's been obeying your orders these days. If you have anything, just tell her."

"Your servant greets Madam." Mother Qin bowed.

"Okay, lead the way." Xiao Yao was not polite.

Liu summoned a sedan chair and asked Xiao Yao to sit in it. When Xiao Yao and her group disappeared, she got on another sedan chair. As for the aunt and niece and the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law inside, she didn't have the heart to deal with them.

The Qin family is rich and has a big house, but usually no one at home uses a sedan chair except a few elders. They prepared one today because Mu Yunxi was injured, but it didn't make sense for the younger generations to sit while the elders walked, so they prepared a few more sedan chairs. This was also Liu's thoughtfulness.

In the dining room...

"Aunt, what do you think we should do? Madam Mu seems really angry." Little Qin Wang asked anxiously.

Qin Wang glared at her with dissatisfaction and said, "Why are you so anxious? Although she is an official's wife, she needs our help now. She won't stay here for just a day or two. She will definitely wait until her daughter is well before leaving. Let's take it slow. I'll go tell my father-in-law later. He will definitely be happy to marry this Miss Mu. Besides, since my father-in-law has asked, I think Xiao Yao won't be embarrassed to refuse."

"But... doesn't our family owe the Xiao family a favor?" Little Qin Wang said unconfidently.

This made Qin Wangshi look disgusted. She rolled her eyes at her, "The Qin family owes the Xiao family, not the Mu family. It's the Mu family that owes our Qin family. Besides, the young lady of the Mu family seems to be seriously injured. I saw that the people Xiao Yao brought with her were all big and strong, and they were all very capable. Even so, they were able to protect the young lady of the Mu family like that."

Qin Wangshi's voice gradually faded. "Maybe he offended someone. Last night, your eldest brother went to your grandfather's house and passed by our gate on his way back. Your father-in-law asked about it, and I heard..." Qin Wangshi asked little Qin Wangshi to lean over and whispered, "I heard your eldest brother say that the steward named Sun came to ask your grandfather for help. He said he was chased all the way to Jingzhou and several guards were killed! Those people even chased him to the gate of the county town."

After hearing this, Xiao Qin Wangshi opened her mouth wide and asked in surprise, "Someone is dead?"

"That's right. There must be more than just these guards when she goes out. And Miss Mu must have brought her maids with her. Look now, except for Madam Wu, there is no maid around her. She must be gone." The more Qin Wangshi spoke, the more certain she became of her guess.

"So, that's why! We saved the life of a fifth-rank official's family! There's nothing wrong with marrying a daughter to our family as a way of repaying his life-saving grace. She won't lose out either. Our family is considered a top-tier wealthy family in Shuanglin Prefecture. Marrying her here will only bring her happiness. Besides, our Hua brother will definitely have a promising future. With the support of his future father-in-law, he might even become a high-ranking official!" Qin Wang's wife was so proud of herself that they both couldn't help but laugh out loud. The servants beside them were all their trusted confidants, and they felt like this was their territory, so they were even more carefree.

Little Qin Wangshi seemed to be thinking of something, "Aunt, Ran Ge'er's... can it work?"

"It doesn't matter whether it succeeds or not. That girl seemed okay at first, with excellent looks. She's a cousin of the Mu family, so her family background should be good too. But she behaves like a seductress. Now that I think about it... if she seduces Ran Ge'er and he can't study, wouldn't that hinder his future?" The more Qin Wang thought about it, the more she felt it was right. "That's exactly the way it is!"

Little Qin Wangshi also agreed: "That's right, she's posing and flirting like the girls in a brothel." The aunt, niece, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were talking more and more outrageously, and they were talking about things that were not related to their past very well.

Don’t you think about which girl in a brothel can be so noble?

As for Liu, she didn't go to the front yard, but returned to the courtyard where they lived with a cold face. As soon as she entered the courtyard, Tian's mother came to greet her. Liu asked, "How are the arrangements? Are you satisfied?"

"No one said anything. Miss Mu is the hostess and she is fine with any arrangements. Miss Luo Ran seemed a little picky, but she didn't say anything." Mother Tian replied carefully.

"Well, just serve him well. Keep an eye on him to make sure he doesn't make any mistakes." He then asked, "Is the eldest young master back?"

"I just came back and met me at the gate of the courtyard. I asked about the arrangements over there and asked Madam to come back and look for him in the study." Mother Tian replied.

"Okay! I got it. Mom, go get busy!" Then she quickly went to the study.

Liu came to the study room in a rage, and frightened the young official at the door so much that he couldn't even speak straight. "Young Master..." She pushed the door open with the word "Madam" still in her mouth. Qin Donglai was looking at the account book! He looked up and took a breath of cold air. The anger that turned into substance gave him a headache. The corners of his mouth twitched, and he tried to ask with a forced smile: "Haha, Madam, what's wrong? Who offended you?" He was so cautious! He comforted himself in his heart, "I asked for this wife myself, so just bear with it!"

Qin Wangshi wasn't a particularly impressive person, but her two sons were quite good. The eldest son ran the household, while the younger son assisted, maintaining a level of non-competitiveness. Neither son took concubines. The eldest, Qin Donglai, married the woman he loved and refused to take any. The younger son married Qin Wangshi's niece, also without a concubine. Aside from the two aunts and nieces disliking Liu Shi, the family was quite harmonious. As for why they disliked Liu Shi, it was probably because she outperformed them in terms of ability. Simply put, it was jealousy.

Qin Donglai quickly stood up and helped Liu sit down and poured her a cup of tea. "Calm down, calm down. Who made you so angry?" He thought, could it be his mother or his sister-in-law? "No way? Every time we have an argument, my wife doesn't bother to care. Could it be Madam Mu?"

Mrs. Liu still didn't speak. She picked up the teacup and drank a sip of tea to calm her anger. She looked at Qin Donglai with a stern look, and Qin Donglai's hair stood on end. Mrs. Liu asked him, "Do you know what your mother-in-law is planning?"

Qin Donglai was completely bewildered, a huge question mark written across his face. "What? No, wife, what's going on? Tell me!" Qin Donglai was also getting anxious. He knew his mother was self-righteous and liked to show off. Thinking of this, Qin Donglai was startled, his eyes widened, and he asked, "Did Mom offend someone?"

Liu said angrily, "Of course I am! I have offended you so much."

Qin Donglai was even more confused, "What did mother say?"

"What else do you have to say? Your mother gets cocky just because she can help others with a little favor! She even makes a fuss about it, saying that she wants to marry into the Mu family as an elder, but they refused on the grounds that Hua Ge'er is young. It would be fine if they refused when you just mentioned it, but your mother insists on saying that they can get engaged first and get married after they reach the age of 15. She insists on it and even wants to introduce Miss Luo Ran to her cousin, without caring about the girl's reputation at all. I wanted to stop your mother from talking anymore, but my second brother's wife pinched me, hum! She said I don't wish well for them." Liu was so angry that she didn't even call her mother-in-law. She pushed Qin Donglai away and sat there angrily waiting for him to speak.

Qin Donglai's brows were furrowed at this moment, "What did Madam Mu say?"

Liu glared at him unhappily: "What else can I say? You gave me all the respect and kindness before, but you didn't give me any at all later. You even said that your mother likes to joke around now that she's old. That's it." Seeing that he frowned, Liu simply picked up the teacup and drank tea.

"Don't you care about it anymore?" Qin Donglai asked.

"No." Liu sighed. "But he didn't look very happy either."

Qin Donglai breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this. "Fortunately, Madam Mu didn't make a fuss, otherwise it would be troublesome." As he spoke, he paced around the room.

"What should we do now? My mother-in-law will definitely not change her mind easily." Liu said worriedly.

Qin Donglai thought for a moment, "I'll go talk to my father and ask him to persuade my mother. After all, this matter concerns the relationship between our two families, so we can't act rashly."

After saying that, Qin Donglai walked towards his father's study. He decided to explain the situation to his father, hoping that his father could persuade his mother to avoid affecting the relationship between the two families because of this matter.

Before she even left the house, she was stopped by Mrs. Liu, "Send someone to guard grandfather. I'm afraid that mother-in-law will go to grandfather to negotiate, and what she says may be unpleasant and make grandfather angry. So... you go and test grandfather's attitude first to see what his attitude is towards this matter. After all, it would be a good thing if this matter could be accomplished. But judging from Sister Yao's attitude today, it seems that it won't work. She is the legitimate daughter of a fifth-rank prefect, and her family is not a simple wealthy family. How could she possibly marry into our Qin family? Mother-in-law is so bold." Mrs. Liu analyzed and sighed at the audacity of Mrs. Qin.

Qin Donglai pondered for a moment, "Madam is right. I will go and test Grandfather's attitude first. Send someone to watch Mother and make sure she doesn't do anything out of line."

"Hmph!" Liu snorted in annoyance. Before Qin Donglai even left the house, Xiao Si came to report, "Mother Tian is here. She said she has something urgent to discuss with the eldest young lady." Before Liu could even speak, Qin Donglai directly ordered, "Let Mother Tian in." Qin Donglai instinctively felt that it had something to do with his mother. Mother Tian came in and greeted, "Greetings to the eldest young master and the eldest young lady."

"Don't be polite. Isn't this an urgent matter? Tell me what it is." Qin Donglai said anxiously.

Liu nodded, signaling her to speak. Madam Tian took a breath and spoke quickly, "The maid guarding the dining hall just now came to report that...that..." She then repeated what the aunt and niece, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law had said, "They also said...that they were whispering for a while. I don't know what they talked about. Now the old lady and the second young master's wife have gone to the old master's courtyard to pay their respects." She then glanced at Qin Donglai's dark face.

Liu was shocked and said, "How dare you, mother-in-law! What are you still standing there for? Go quickly. If your mother tells grandpa what she said, he will be so angry that he will die." As she said that, she pulled Qin Donglai and told him to go quickly.