Old Mrs. Qian went to see Old Madam Jun. Seeing her sallow complexion, she couldn't help but shed tears.
"How did you get like this? What could possibly make you so angry? At our age, we have to let go of everything. Otherwise, how can you protect the people you want to protect?" Old Mrs. Qian sighed.
Old Madam Jun's hand trembled as she raised it. Old Mrs. Qian quickly held it, "Don't worry, take good care of yourself, and you'll get better."
Qi Zhenzhen's eyes also turned red. She wasn't usually soft-hearted, but seeing her grandmother like this, her heart ached as if being twisted. If it weren't for her grandmother protecting her, her mother, and Yi Ge'er, why would Madam Xiao Qin have harbored such malice? In the end, it was she who had implicated her grandmother.
"No, no, want..." Old Madam Jun mumbled incoherently.
Nanny Fang quickly stepped forward, "Second Miss, Old Madam Jun means you shouldn't blame yourself."
Hearing this, Qi Zhenzhen couldn't hold back her tears. She knelt directly by the bed and sobbed, "Grandmother, Doctor Luo of Baicaotang will return in a few days. Your granddaughter will invite her to the manor to diagnose you. The Emperor himself praises Doctor Luo's medical skills, and she will surely restore your health."
Old Madam Jun whimpered a few more times. Nanny Fang added, "Old Madam Jun said that as long as she is alive, that is better than anything."
Qi Zhenzhen was filled with mixed emotions and didn't know how to comfort her.
"Zhenzhen, you go down and rest first. I'll stay here and talk with your grandmother," Old Mrs. Qian said.
Leaving Chaohui Hall, Qi Zhenzhen stamped her foot. After thinking for a moment, she didn't return to Longxiang Garden but went to Tinglan Garden. She decided to tell her mother about what had happened today.
Madam Yun listened quietly as Qi Zhenzhen explained the whole story. Her expression was calm, showing no surprise or anger.
"When I first left the Marquis of Changping's manor, she already resented me. She was a pampered lady, and marrying your father was considered a step down. At that time, the Marquis of Changping's manor was just a name; it was sustained by your grandmother's hard work," Madam Yun said calmly. "Later, with the support of the Prince of Qin's manor, the Marquis's family's life improved. Your father respected and loved her."
"However, the Marquis of Qin's manor paid too much attention to the Marquis's manor, which gradually eroded your father's affection for his wife," Madam Yun said slowly. "After all, your father was a man with ambitions and did not want to be forever branded by the Prince of Qin's manor. Both openly and secretly, he had expressed this to his wife. But his wife and the Prince of Qin's manor both believed that without the Prince of Qin's manor, and without her marrying into the family, the Marquis's manor would not be in its current state. If your father wanted to establish his own household, it would be seen as disregarding the royal family's kindness, making him an ungrateful wretch."
Hearing this, Qi Zhenzhen felt like scoffing. Any man who could tolerate his wife thinking this way about him for a day, a year, or ten years, proved that he was truly incompetent and lived off his wife and her family. But how could Marquis Changping, a man with ambitions, tolerate this?
She was a bit confused. Didn't Madam Xiao Qin and the Prince of Qin's manor not understand this simple logic?
Or did they understand it perfectly but deliberately acted this way? It was nothing more than wanting to suppress the Marquis's manor and keep her nominal father under their control. Perhaps they were seeking her father's heart? Unfortunately, they used the wrong method. A man like Qi Tianming responded to gentleness rather than force. If Madam Xiao Qin had taken a different approach, she might have succeeded. After all, her nominal father didn't seem particularly infatuated with women. Over the years, he had his main wife, her mother, concubine Xiang, and Ru Yan.