Old Madam Qi suddenly grabbed Qi Yuan’s wrist, her hand trembling somewhat, and looked Qi Yuan up and down several times. No matter what, she could not stop her tears: “Good! Good! Good! It’s good that you’ve come back, it’s good that you’ve come back!”
Seeing that dishes had already been set on the table, she hurriedly pulled Qi Yuan to sit down: “Quick, eat something first!”
Old Madam Qi personally ladled a bowl of soup for Qi Yuan, then frowned again: “Have the kitchen stew ginseng black-bone chicken soup!”
Qi Yuan smiled. “Grandmother, it’s so late, forget it. Besides, if I drink it later, I won’t be able to sleep.”
Hearing her say that, Old Madam Qi finally let it go. She sat at the side watching Qi Yuan eat and hurriedly told her, “Jialang and Yunzheng come to make a fuss with me every day, asking why you still haven’t come back.”
Speaking of this, she was both annoyed and amused: “You promised to teach them horseback riding. If they knew you were back, who knows how happy those two little monkeys would be.”
Indeed, after being away for so long, Qi Yuan truly missed those two younger brothers.
She drank a bowl of soup, and Shen Mama quickly served her another bowl of noodles, saying softly, “The noodles are cooked in crucian carp soup. Eat a bowl; your stomach will feel better.”
Qi Yuan smiled and thanked Shen Mama, and soon finished eating.
Old Marquis Qi hurried over at a small trot. Seeing that Qi Yuan was well, he immediately let out a sigh of relief.
Qi Yuan called out, “Grandfather,” and Old Marquis Qi hastily responded. Only after seeing that she was completely fine did he truly set his mind at ease.
He sat beside Qi Yuan. Originally he had many questions he wanted to ask, but for some reason, when the words reached his lips, they turned into: “A batch of good beef and mutton was sent from the estate. Tomorrow let’s have hot pot!”
Old Madam Qi frowned. “Why eat hot pot for no reason? She’s finally come back. She should eat something nourishing. Tomorrow we’ll stew soup for her.”
Qi Yuan wiped her mouth. Seeing her grandparents bickering over food, she felt like laughing.
She smiled as she looked at Old Madam Qi and Old Marquis Qi.
Fortunately, Old Marquis Qi quickly reacted: “All right, all right, we’ll listen to you, we’ll listen to you.”
Only then did he ask Qi Yuan, “Did everything go smoothly?”
When serious matters were mentioned, Shen Mama hurriedly led the serving maids out.
The room quieted down. Qi Yuan gave a soft “Mm.” “Everything went smoothly.”
She lightly recounted the matter of killing Gao Qing and Eunuch Xu, and then lowered her eyes. “I said it before. I was determined to kill him.”
A person like Qi Wang is like that, if he cannot obtain something, he will try to destroy it.
And as long as you leave him a single breath, he will use that breath to continue tormenting you and causing you trouble.
She was already tired of it, so she simply sent Qi Wang to his death.
Old Marquis Qi had actually guessed it. The killing of Qi Wang had been handled so thoroughly; Xiao Yunting must have intervened.
After all, judging by how meticulous the aftermath had been handled, it was clearly Xiao Yunting’s handiwork.
But when he heard Qi Yuan say that Qi Wang had been developing firearms in his own princely residence, he could not help but feel a chill in his heart: “His ambitions were truly enormous!”
He completely understood why Qi Yuan had insisted on killing Qi Wang.
Just as Qi Yuan had said, if someone like that was not killed, there would be endless trouble in the future.
Qi Yuan sneered. “Yes. If he had truly managed to develop firearms, who knows what he would have done next. But now there’s no need to worry.”
She rubbed her temples and asked Old Marquis Qi, “Has Divine Doctor Xue examined Changting’s leg? What did he say?”
At the mention of this matter, both Old Marquis Qi and Old Madam Qi nodded quickly.
There was still a trace of anxiety in Old Madam Qi’s voice: “He said it can be cured. But Divine Doctor Xue won’t let us see Changting. He only allows us to stay in the courtyard and ask about the situation through the door. He won’t let us enter Changting’s room.”
Although they all knew that Divine Doctor Xue had also cured Qi Wang’s leg.
Still, when one cares too much, one becomes unsettled; they remained anxious and uneasy.
Qi Yuan stood up. “I’ll go take a look. Are Second Uncle and Second Aunt over there?”
Second Madam Qi had been living beside Qi Changting’s courtyard the whole time, anxious every day.
When she heard that Qi Yuan had returned, for some reason, more than half of the unease in her heart instantly dissipated.
When she saw Qi Yuan, she could not help choking up as she called, “Yuan Jie’er!”
Qi Yuan held her hand and gently patted her back. “Second Aunt, it’s all right. Changting will definitely be fine.”
How pitiful are parents in this world. These past days had been especially unbearable for Second Madam Qi and Second Master Qi.
Every day they waited for Divine Doctor Xue to come out and tell them that he had finished the treatment.
But after waiting so many days, they still had not heard those words.
So gradually they were on the verge of breaking down.
Qi Changting’s courtyard was fairly quiet. Divine Doctor Xue had only allowed two young servants to remain; everyone else had been driven away.
Exhausted, Second Madam Qi said to Qi Yuan, “There’s no way to ask how he is now, whether he’s better or not.”
Qi Yuan was clear about Divine Doctor Xue’s medical skills.
And with the previous example of curing Qi Wang, there would certainly be no mistake in his treatment of Qi Changting. Therefore, she firmly comforted Second Madam Qi: “Second Aunt, rest assured. Capable people all have big tempers. Since he says no one may see him, then just wait peacefully. Nothing will go wrong.”
Second Madam Qi nodded repeatedly. “Yes, you’re right. As long as he can cure Changting, then we won’t look.”
She glanced at the sky and only then realized that Qi Yuan had just returned home not long ago before coming over here, and immediately felt uneasy. “You’ve just come back from a long journey, why did you come to my place overnight? You should hurry back and rest!”
Old Madam Qi also urged, “You said it yourself, since Divine Doctor Xue won’t let people see him, there must be a reason. You won’t get any result in a short while. You’ve just rushed back; go rest first. We’ll talk about anything tomorrow.”
But before she could go to sleep, Qi Zhen returned first. Hearing the news that Qi Yuan had come back, Qi Zhen did not even have time to be happy before he panted and drank a mouthful of tea: “That’s excellent! Have Yuan Jie’er come with me!”
Old Marquis Qi frowned. “Go where?”
Qi Zhen’s expression was somewhat hard to describe. He could not help sighing. “The Wang family!”
The Wang family?
Old Madam Qi seemed to think of something and hurriedly asked, “What happened? You went out this morning and didn’t come back. Did something happen at the Wang family?”
Qi Zhen nodded, his expression not looking good. “Something major happened. Ah Chan committed suicide.”
What?!
Everyone could not help being shocked.
Second Madam Qi instinctively widened her eyes even more. “How could that be? Just two days ago Ah Chan came to our house and asked when our Yuan Jie’er would be coming home! How could she suddenly just…”
Commit suicide?
Qi Yuan also raised her brows and looked at Qi Zhen.
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