I am the stepmother of my son, and the little villain has changed into a little cotton-padded jacket

As soon as Zhao Fu said this, everyone present looked at the sachet in her hand.

At first glance, Wen Shutang felt that the sachet was very delicate and could vaguely see the exquisite embroidered words on it.

When Qing Niang saw the sachet, her expression suddenly changed. She walked forward tremblingly and took the sachet from Zhao Fu's hand.

When her fingertips touched the delicate embroidered words on the sachet, Qingniang's eyes welled up with tears and her voice choked with sobs.

"This is it, this is it, it's really Qu Lang, he hasn't forgotten me, he really hasn't forgotten me."

Qingniang sat on a stool holding the sachet in both hands, crying. Her choked words made everyone present feel distressed.

Zhao Fu knew the whole story and why Qing Niang was crying so sadly. She also felt a little sad for Qing Niang.

Although Wen Shutang didn't know why Qingniang was so sad, he had a rough guess in his mind when he heard her mention Qu Lang.

Lian Ye stood beside Zhao Fu. She was also infected by the sad atmosphere and frowned slightly.

When Xiao Wan saw that her aunt, who had just been coaxing her gently, was now crying, she immediately walked forward, covered the back of Qing Niang's hand, and comforted her in a childish voice.

"Auntie, don't cry. My eyes hurt."

Hearing the little girl's comfort, Qingniang's grievances became even more out of control. She raised her head, stretched out her hands, hugged Xiao Wan in her arms, and cried silently.

Xiao Wan didn't move, letting her hug him and cry. Xiao Wan felt that the clothes on his shoulders were wet.

"Aunt, don't cry, Wan'er is here with you."

Qingniang did not respond, and no one else spoke. The only sound in the entire hall was Qingniang's sobbing.

After a while, she calmed down, stared at Zhao Fu with a pair of red and swollen eyes, her voice still trembling.

"Did Qu Lang say anything else to you? Tell me quickly."

Zhao Fu nodded, then took out a letter from her bosom and handed it to Qing Niang.

"Lord Qu asked me to give you this letter. He said that he would never forget the oath he made to you. He has already paved the way for you in the capital and will take you there in a few days. He never wants to be separated from you again. This is what he asked me to tell you."

Zhao Fu took a step forward, stretched out her hand and held Qing Niang's hand, and said softly: "I know there may be some estrangement between you and Lord Qu, but you have to believe in Lord Qu. He is definitely not the kind of ungrateful and despicable person."

Qing Niang looked at Zhao Fu with red eyes, was slightly stunned, then pursed her lips and said nothing, tears falling again.

"Um..."

She lowered her head and opened the letter. Just seeing the familiar handwriting, Qingniang couldn't help but tremble slightly.

"My dear Qingniang, I am glad to see you. I wonder how you have been these days..."

She slowly read the contents of the letter, tears in her eyes kept falling, blurring the neat handwriting on the letter.

"Back then, I was the top scholar in the imperial examination and became a rising star. I went to the capital to take up a post. You have suffered a lot during this period. I knew that there would be many difficulties and obstacles on the way to the capital, so I left you in Fengzhen. But now I have overcome all the difficulties and dangers. You are the only one in my heart. Now I entrust Miss Zhao to deliver this letter to you. I wonder if Qingniang is still willing to go to the capital with me and grow old together. Written by Qu Lang himself."

She murmured as she read the entire letter, and before she knew it, her face was already in tears.

Zhao Fu was moved by the content of the letter. Her nose felt a little sore for a moment. She walked forward, put her hands on Qing Niang's shoulders, and looked at her straight.

"Qing Niang, apart from my father and brother, I have never seen a man as upright as Lord Qu. He rejected all marriage proposals. He once said in public that he had a wife far away in his hometown. He only has one wife in this life, and he will never take another one, even if it is a concubine. I think there must be some misunderstanding between you two."

Qing Niang looked up at Zhao Fu blankly. She was still digesting the contents of the letter.

It took her a while to react. She wiped away her tears and shook her head vigorously.

"No, that's not the case. I was wholeheartedly waiting for Qu Lang to come back because he said he would come to marry me on a tall horse. But not long after he left, I received a letter saying that he had married another wife."

Hearing this, Zhao Fu frowned and said without hesitation: "This is impossible. Lord Qu is a man of integrity, and he is well-known in the capital. He has rejected many marriage proposals from nobles, so how can he get married?"

Hearing what she said, Qingniang was also stunned. She suddenly remembered something, turned around and walked to the counter, took out a letter from the drawer, and hurriedly opened it to compare the handwriting with the letter brought by Zhao Fu.

After a moment, Qingniang shouted in surprise: "This is not Qu Lang's handwriting. This letter was not written by Qu Lang."

She handed the letter with the false news to Zhao Fu: "When I received this letter, Qu Lang had been gone for a year. When I received the letter, I was overwhelmed with joy and did not read the handwriting carefully."

Zhao Fu took the fake letter and looked at it carefully, then frowned: "Someone must be trying to interfere and alienate the two of you."

Qing Niang tightly held the letter sent by Zhao Fu, and said with some guilt: "It's my fault. I didn't recognize Qu Lang's handwriting carefully, and I believed the slander of others. I misunderstood Qu Lang. I haven't written a letter to him in two years. I really..."

"It's not your fault. The person who wrote the fake letter should be blamed." Zhao Fu comforted.

Listening to the conversation between the two, Wen Shutang roughly understood something.

After becoming the top scholar, Doctor Qu went to the capital to take up a post. He knew that he would encounter difficulties on the way to the capital, so he asked Qingniang to wait for him in Fengzhen. However, he did not expect that someone spread lies along the way, causing Qingniang to misunderstand Qu Lang.

This is the guess, but I don’t know what happened.

Wen Shutang squatted down and touched Xiao Wan's head: "Guai Wan'er, go upstairs to have dinner with your brother and father. We won't go to the poetry street today. I have something to do."

Xiao Wan looked at Wen Shutang, then turned to look at Qing Niang, then nodded and said obediently.

"it is good--"

After she finished speaking, she walked up to Qingniang and raised her head: "Auntie, please don't cry anymore."

Seeing Qingniang nod, she turned around and went upstairs to find Xiao Yizhuo.

After Xiao Wan's figure disappeared around the corner of the stairs, Wen Shutang turned to look at the two of them and said helplessly.

"Now can you guys tell me what happened? I'm totally confused."

Qing Niang wiped the tears from her face and looked at Wen Shutang gently. She knew that this girl was not a bad person.

"This is not the place to talk. Come on, follow me."

Qingniang led a few people into an empty room.