Quick Transmigration: The Cannon Fodder Female Supporting Character's Revenge

Chapter 173 The Vicious Young Lady of a Noble Family (9 pages)

Qi Yuan chuckled twice: "Why don't we match Du Yaowu and Qi Ning up? They're both of marriageable age anyway. That way, Qi Ning will naturally be on our side and won't dare to disobey us."

Madam and Qi Jinglin certainly knew what kind of person Du Yaowu was. He was a dissolute playboy who did nothing but make a living. But the more dissolute he was, the easier it would be to control him if Qi Ning were married to him.

"That's a good idea," Qi Jinglin immediately chimed in. "You always have so many good ideas, little sister."

Qi Yuan was very proud of herself. She raised her chin and said, "Of course."

The First Madam also thought it was a good idea: "In that case, the old lady's birthday banquet will be coming soon, let's invite Du Yaowu over then."

Just as they were about to discuss the details, someone suddenly knocked on the door.

The three exchanged a glance and stopped talking.

"Come in," Qi Jinglin said to the outside.

Soon, a servant boy pushed open the door and came in. It was Deshun, the servant boy who often served Qi Jinglin.

Qi Jinglin frowned when he saw him: "What happened? Didn't I say that you can't come in and disturb me when I'm discussing matters with my wife and young lady?"

De Shun bowed and replied, "Madam, Young Master, Miss, something has indeed happened."

"Today, the Second Madam had someone bring a doctor from outside the manor into the Marquis's residence. It is said that the doctor came from Yangzhou City. The Second Madam had that doctor treat the Second Young Master's leg ailment."

"What! Treatment for leg ailments?"

Before De Shun could finish speaking, Qi Jinglin interrupted him.

"Indeed, young master."

"What were the results of the diagnosis? Can it be cured?" Qi Jinglin asked anxiously.

De Shun replied, "I heard that the doctor is a miracle worker who can cure the Second Young Master's leg ailment on the spot."

Upon hearing this, the three women, including the First Madam and her son, were all taken aback.

After a moment, the doctor finally spoke: "De Shun, you may leave now."

"Yes," De Shun replied, then left and closed the door behind him.

"Mother, what should we do?" Qi Jinglin stood up anxiously.

Qi Yuan found it strange: "Wasn't Qi Jingyu's leg ailment congenital? How could it actually be cured?"

The First Madam slammed her hand on the corner of the table and snorted coldly: "Qi Jingyu is nothing but a concubine's son. If his concubine's mother hadn't passed away back then, and there hadn't been anyone to discipline him outside the manor, Qi Congming wouldn't have brought him back to the Marquis's manor."

"No one paid attention to his leg ailment before. Even after he returned to the Marquis's mansion, no other doctor was found to see him. Everyone thought it was incurable. In the end, we were the ones who didn't think things through."

"Mother, you can't say that."

Qi Yuan said, "Although no one has seen a doctor for him since he returned to the Marquis's residence, I vaguely remember that when Qi Congming first brought him back, he mentioned his leg ailment, saying that he had seen doctors for him, but they all said that they couldn't cure it, so we didn't take it seriously."

"In my opinion, it's because the doctor Zeng Wanqing found for him this time is unusual. Wasn't he supposed to be from Yangzhou?"

Qi Jinglin paced back and forth twice with his hands behind his back. He felt that what Qi Yuan said made sense: "No matter what, it's all because of that Zeng Shi. Ever since she married into the Marquis's mansion, everything has become somewhat out of our control."

But they couldn't easily take action against the Zeng family.

Moreover, even without Zeng Shi, Qi Congming would marry someone else.

"Mother, what should we do?" Qi Jinglin asked again.

The First Madam's face darkened, and she said with some displeasure, "What kind of behavior is this, all flustered and panicked? Sit down!"

"Yes."

Hearing the tone of the First Madam's voice, Qi Jinglin knew that she had a solution, so he quickly and obediently sat down.

The First Madam then spoke up: "We'll deal with whatever comes our way, one by one. Since there are obstacles in our path, let's tackle them one by one."

Her eyes gleamed with a fierce light.

"The old lady's birthday banquet is just around the corner. Let's deal with Qi Ning's matter first, and then find another opportunity to deal with Qi Jingyu."

For the next period of time, the Marquis's residence appeared calm on the surface.

The two sisters-in-law, Madam and Zeng Wanqing, were busy preparing for the old lady's birthday banquet. Although they were busy, everything was in good order.

As for Qi Jingyu, he received treatment according to the prescription given by Doctor Su. Every day, Yinqing Pavilion brewed medicine, and the strong smell of medicine could be smelled by people passing by outside the courtyard.

Of course, Qi Jingyu didn't actually drink those medicines; he was just going through the motions.

Meanwhile, Qi Ning had already learned about the eldest son's plan from the system.

The current situation has changed slightly from the original plot.

In the original story, at this point in time, the original owner had not yet accepted Zeng Wanqing. Due to the machinations of the eldest son's wife, she would occasionally trip up Zeng Wanqing.

Therefore, the eldest son was quite satisfied with the original owner's performance. Although he also wanted to match the original owner with Du Yaowu, he was not ready to take action so quickly.

Things are different now. Qi Ning is no longer so easily provoked by them. They want to control Qi Ning as soon as possible, so they naturally decide to devise a plan to tie Qi Ning and Du Yaowu together.

Their plan was to have Qi Yuan lure Qi Ning to the lakeside on the day of the old lady's birthday banquet, then have Qi Yuan pretend to fall and lean on Qi Ning, and then push Qi Ning into the lake.

Meanwhile, Du Yaowu was instructed to hide nearby, and as soon as he saw Qi Ning fall into the water, he would immediately jump in to save her.

Qi Yuan then attracted more guests to watch Du Yaowu and Qi Ning embracing each other while completely soaked. Qi Ning's reputation was ruined, and she had no choice but to marry Du Yaowu.

When Qi Ning learned of this plan, her first reaction was that the eldest son's family wasn't too vicious, as they hadn't used aphrodisiacs directly.

But then I thought, if they used aphrodisiacs, we'd definitely find out later. That would be too deliberate a scheme, and it might even lead to a falling out.

Pushing someone into the water and then having Du Yaowu rescue them seems more natural.

They can then say that Qi Yuan was drunk and accidentally bumped into Qi Ning, or that Qi Ning lost her balance and it was an accident, which would make it difficult to hold anyone responsible.

On the morning of the old lady's birthday banquet, before Qi Ning changed her clothes, she asked the system, "What color clothes will Qi Yuan wear today?"

The system immediately replied: "Host, it is a light green long dress."

Qi Ning responded. Willow green is a common color, and she naturally had clothes of this color as well.

So she instructed Dongxue beside her, "Today I want to wear a willow-green dress, go and find it."

Dongxue immediately replied, "Yes, Miss, I'll go right away."

Not long after, Dongxue brought over the willow-green dress and helped Qi Ning put it on.

After everything was ready, Qi Ning was about to go see Qi Tang when Qi Tang came skipping and hopping over to find her.

"Sister!"

Qi Ning turned around and saw Qi Tang.

"Tang'er, it's rare for you to get up so early today. Your older sister was just about to go find you."

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