To Be A Virtuous Wife

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The side hall was very quiet. Qu Qing Ju sat on the chair as she looked at the shattered cup on the floor, her expression dark.

He Heng indicated for the servants to sweep away the broken shards of porcelain. He rarely saw such a dazed expression on Qu Qing Ju's face. But he didn't want to see it anymore so he couldn't resist going up to her and deliberately rubbed her face, smiling as he teased: "What, you don't have any more energy after that outburst?"

Qu Qing Ju raised her head to look at the mirth on his face. She looked seriously into his eyes and from his purposely relaxed expression, she found the concern that was hidden behind his smile. She forced a smile: "I have just discovered that he's not worthy of my mother and I." She wasn't clear as to why the Tian Family had married their daughter off to the Qu Family, but she'd heard that it was due to a promise made by the previous generation.

These parents, because of their own feelings, didn't care for their children's desires and carelessly gave them away in a marriage. They glorified the marriage of their children as a means of proving their friendship with each other. Or did they believe that because the elders were friends, their children would be happily married and the husband wouldn't neglect the wife?

The reality was always harsher than the ideal. Qu Tian shi didn't receive gentle treatment from the Duke of Chang De just because their elders had been friends. Did the old Marquess of Xiang Qing, who hadn't passed away at that time, ever regret it?

She wasn't a person from ancient times, so she couldn't understand their mentality. But if she had children in the future, she would be reluctant to treat them that way.

"I know," He Heng gathered the person into his arms, quietly promising, "The people who had bullied you in the past, I will remember them for you. We will live for a long time so don't harm your body for these people. We will find an opportunity for you to bully them back."

Qu Qing Ju sat on the chair as she put her head into He Heng's lap. She listened to the man holding her tell how she could bully the people who once bullied her. That bit of grief in her heart had already disappeared without a trace. She turned to wrap an arm around him, laughing as she rubbed her head on his waist.

The servants all cautiously lowered their heads, not daring to look at the two zhuzi. But a smile was on the mouths of Mu Jin and the others. It seemed that no matter how Chang De Gong Fu was, wang ye wouldn't lessen his affections for wang fei.

These days, all the servants of Rui Wang Fu were trembling with fear. It was an open secret in the fu, which they didn't dare to spread outside, that wang ye and wang fei weren't on good terms. The fact that wang feiextremely disliked Qu ce fei of Xi Ce Yuan was something that everyone knew. But because Qu ce fei was favoured by wang ye, no servant dared to offend Qu ce fei.

In the days after the details of Chang De Gong Fu’s circumstances leaked, there was more idle talk among the servants. Even though they didn't dare to openly mention it in front of Qu Yue Su, Qu Yue Su could still detect that the eyes of the servants as they looked at her weren't right. As she faced the curious or disdainful stares of the servants, she could only bitterly endure and not show even a hint of discontent.

"Qu ce fei, wang fei asks to meet you," A taijian came in and bowed to Qu Yue Su nonchalantly. He said in a neutral tone, "Wang fei said that if Qu ce fei doesn't have the time, it's fine not to go, but then wang fei will reject the card of the Duchess of Chang De."

"It must have been an inconvenience for gonggong to pass on the news. I will go immediately," Qu Yue Su didn't seem to notice the slight the taijiangave her, smiling as she stood from the chair. She also let Yao Xi shove a pouch to the taijian.