Chapter 39:

Su clan was startled first, then afraid.
She was surprised that Qin Jiu really found out the problem with the account books?
What's afraid is that Qin Jiu actually told Queen Wei about this!
Su Clan felt like a knack in his throat, and this Qin Jiu was still so annoying. Doesn't she know what a ugly family is? !
"So that's the case." Empress Wei said quietly, "However, this is the housework of the Qin family, so I won't need to ask about it."
Su Shi breathed a sigh of relief.
Her heart was up and down today, and she felt like her heart was going to be sick, but before she could let her heart down, she saw Queen Wei looked at her.
"Mrs. Hou, she has a bad character. If a woman is not a godmother, you have to take care of her when you go back."
"If you can't manage it well, don't be a Madam Hou, either."
Queen Wei said lightly, Su Clan's heart plummeted, his pupils shrank sharply, panicking.
When Queen Wei looked at Qin Jiu, she was smiling again with a loving face, "Xiao Jiu, your mother’s dowry belongs to the three of your brothers and sisters, and no one else can move. If this matter is unfairly handled by the Qin family, don’t blame it. This palace is now."
"My Wei daughter's dowry also dared to move, and the Qin family really had the courage of the bear heart and leopard."
The two sentences of Queen Wei were actually meant for Su Clan, and Su Clan's expression was even more ugly.
Yes, the daughter of Wei's family, the Wei of the long room is the sister of Queen Wei!
This matter must not be kind.
Queen Wei gently patted Qin Jiu's hand, and said: "Xiao Jiu, you go back first. You will come back to the palace tomorrow."
Su's heart became even more panic. Empress Wei meant clearly that she was waiting for the result of the Qin family's disposal.
Su Shi tried his best to wink at Qin Jiu and told her to stop talking nonsense.
However, Qin Jiu didn't even look at the Su clan at all, and nodded to Queen Wei with a smile, and said meaningfully: "Don't worry, my grandmother will deal with it impartially."
"..." Qin Xin was in a mess, unable to think.
Afterwards, Queen Wei sent them back.
Su's family took Qin Jiao and Qin Xin back to the Hou Mansion as if they were lost.
Mrs. Qin had waited anxiously for a long time in Ronghe Hall, and Qin Zeyu was there.
Seeing them coming back, Mrs. Qin asked hurriedly, "How is it? What happened?"
"Grandma!" Qin Xin burst into tears without saying a word, and threw herself aggrieved into Mrs. Qin's arms. Seeing Mrs. Qin's heart was extremely uncomfortable.
"What the is going on?" Mrs. Qin scolded at Su Clan, "Peiyao, so are you, you mother, why don't you protect this child."
In addition to the three years of exile in the place of exile, the Su family has been considered pampered in this life. After kneeling for so long in Fengluan Palace today, when he came back, Mrs. Qin said indiscriminately. The fireball jumped up.
Su Clan said impatiently and bluntly: "Mother, ask what good she did. Qin Xin bought out Yun Guang and praised her life in front of the Queen Mother. Now Yun Guang confessed her life, and the Queen Mother was furious. Xin was demoted as a concubine."
This was the first time that Su clan called Qin Xin by his first name, and his unhappiness was evident.
"She will be a lowly concubine from now on! She is so embarrassed to cry when she is crying!" Su Clan snapped, but he still didn't feel happy in his heart, but was even more depressed.
Qin Xin is now in his own name, and Qin Xin has become a nameless concubine, so what kind of marriage can his biological daughter find? !
Mrs. Qin was stunned and said in disbelief: "This, how can this be! Sister Xin is the second imperial concubine who was married by the imperial decree, so how can she be demoted as a concubine."
Mrs. Qin was so stupid, she couldn't believe her ears.
"Sister Xin, tell your grandmother, is this true?"
Qin Xin's face was flushed, shameful, annoyed, and hated. What he hated was that the Su Clan didn't even give her any face, and the people of Ronghetang hadn't been sent out yet!
At this time, everyone in the house should know that she was demoted to a lowly concubine from the second dignified concubine. Her dignity was trampled on the soles of feet again!
What would people think of her?
What would the noble ladies of Jingli think of her...
From now on, is she really going to be like a concubine, kneeling down to the future concubine of the second prince?
Thinking of such a future, she was at a loss and anxiety.
Since rebirth, she has not encountered setbacks, but every time she has cleared the obstacles, every time she can turn the danger into a breeze.
That is to say, after Qin Jiu appeared, she would not go well, Qin Jiu really is her nemesis...
She listened in a daze as Su had told Mrs. Qin about everything in the palace, and watched Mrs. Qin's eyes turn from distressed to disappointed.
"Grandma," Qin Xin whispered, kneeling down beside Madam Qin, "I was wrong..."
Her hands were attached to Mrs. Qin Tai's knees, and she looked at her blankly.
Mrs. Qin looked at Qin Xin, remembering that when she accidentally broke the vase when she was a child, she looked at herself in this way, and she couldn't help but feel relieved.
Mrs. Qin sighed a long sigh, and reached out to touch the top of her soft hair, feeling mixed.
"Grandma, let this matter aside first." Qin Jiao interrupted their grandparents and interjected, "The granddaughter thought, it's better to count the mother's dowry first, so that I can explain it to the queen tomorrow."
"Dowry?" Madam Qin returned to her senses, frowning and asked, "What happened to the dowry?"
Qin Xin's heart jumped, and he quickly said: "Grandma, I..."
Qin Jiu knew that Mrs. Qin Tai's ears were soft, and did not intend to give Qin Xin a chance to quibble, let alone waste time on this matter. He interrupted her directly, and then said, "Grandma, Yun Guang confessed, second sister. She was given ten thousand taels of silver to seal."
"Grandma, you said earlier that the dowry that the second elder sister misappropriated was to make up for the father-in-law, then where did the ten thousand taels of silver she gave Yunguang come from?"
"A total of seven objects are missing in the warehouse, including a golden jade bowl with a golden cover, a plum blossom picture of Li Sui, a finest century-old ginseng, an emerald paperweight, a bloodstone button, and a sky green glaze. Flower goblets, a gold collar inlaid with eight treasures, and a gold inlaid jade bracelet. The total value of these objects is more than four thousand taels. Does the public need to pay so much?"
Qin Jiu stroked his sleeves and said faintly: "Grandma, if it is to supplement the father-in-law, the granddaughter has nothing to say. After all, we are spending it in the house with the three siblings, even if the subsidy is a little bit more. I can only recognize it."
"But if my mother's dowry is to take Feng Yunguang's mouth, then the granddaughter will have to settle for it."
"Second sister, am I right?"
Qin Jiao looked at Qin Jiao condescendingly, and his high eyes made Qin Xin bit her lower lip.
Mrs. Qin Tai slowly put down her hand stroking Qin Xin's hair.
She stared at Qin Xin in a daze, and squeezed a voice from her teeth with difficulty: "Is your third sister true?"
"Grandma..." Qin Xin felt a chill in her heart and was scared.
She can no longer lose her grandmother's asylum, otherwise, she will only get more difficult in this Hou Mansion.
Qin Xin knew that now Qin Jiu had taken the lead, and she couldn't quibble.
Qin Xin knelt on the ground and choked: "Grandmother, it's all the granddaughter's fault. It was the granddaughter who was obsessed with her, and asked Yun Guang to speak for her granddaughter in front of the empress dowager. The granddaughter also gave Yun Guang ten thousand taels of silver to seal her mouth. Lied to grandmother."
Qin Xin only cared about Mrs. Qin Tai, completely ignoring Qin Zeyu, who was sitting aside, looking at her steadily, expressionless and disappointed in his dark pupils.
Qin Zeyu finally believed it completely. What the eldest brother said was true. It was the second sister who bought through Yun Guang and slandered the third sister as the lone star of the of evil, and because he wanted to seal Yunguang's mouth, he secretly took his mother's dowry out. when.
The second sister lied to him!
Qin Zeyu pressed his lips tightly, and forced himself to continue sitting here, watching and listening with his own eyes!
"Grandma, it's more than that!"
Qin Jiu's voice caused Qin Zeyu to look at her. Qin Jiu stood gracefully with his hands down, calm and relaxed, with a small smile, as if he were two people with the girl who was chasing him with the scabbard.
Qin Zeyu's eyes were in a daze, and suddenly he felt that the back that had been beaten by Qin Zhuo before was faintly painful, and a trace of grievance appeared in his heart: his third sister was too painful to hit someone! !
Qin Jiu was still talking: "In addition to the pawned objects in the warehouse, the granddaughter also found out that there was a gap of six thousand taels of silver in the past three years."
Six thousand taels? ! Su Clan was shocked, Qin Xin, a dead girl, dared to lie to her!
They had said that the money they moved out was divided between four and six. In the past three years, one after another, she also received fifteen hundred taels of silver! Qin Xin secretly swallowed so much? !
Qin Xin was even more stunned.
Where are six thousand taels! !
Obviously there were only three thousand nine hundred taels, and she only got 60% of it!
Qin Xin looked at Qin Jiu subconsciously, and wanted to ask her whether she had sorted out her account books, but she said nothing!
Qin Jiao lowered his head and looked at Qin Xin, calmly facing her eyes, and at an angle that Mrs. Qin Tai and Su Clan could not see, the corners of his mouth curled up.
She just didn't sort out the specific number, so what? !
Anyway, this does not prevent her from saying a number casually, anyway, as long as she says nothing less!
"Sister Xin, say it! Say it!" Madam Qin looked at Qin Xin disappointedly, her heart sinking a little further.
Qin Xin's shoulder trembled slightly, gritted his teeth and admitted, "Yes. But grandmother, I only embezzled 3,900 taels of silver!"
Qin Jiu did not argue with Qin Xin, but looked at Mrs. Qin Tai and asked:
"Grandma, do you believe in me or in second sister?"
This is the second time Qin Jiu asked Mrs. Qin this question.
Last time, Mrs. Qin Tai did not hesitate to choose Qin Xin, who was raised by her own hands, but this time, Mrs. Qin Tai thought of Qin Xin's disappointment.
Qin Jiu didn’t care about Mrs. Qin’s answer, and said:
From the perspective of the account book, these silvers have been misappropriated since three years ago. In the past three years, the account book of the dowry has been in the hands of the second sister, but the card is right. In the hands of the second aunt, every year when the income from the villagers, shops, and fields are sent up, it is the second aunt's hands. Does the second aunt know about this?"
Qin Jiao raised his eyebrows and looked at Su Clan again.
"It's two... it's mother." Qin Xin said quickly, as if he had found a silver lining, "Grandma, my mother asked my granddaughter to do this. At that time, my eldest brother did not return in the army, so Ayu and I had to be under my mother's hand. To live, granddaughter has to do this!"
"Qin Xin!" The blue veins on the back of Su's hand burst, and the heart that killed Qin Xin is all there, "You shameless little..."
"Mother," Qin Xin interrupted Su Shi quickly, looking at her helplessly, "Just accept it. When I found that there was a deficit on the account, I went to you and persuaded you to take the deficit. Fill in the account, but you..."
Qin Xin's words were only half said, and it was already imaginative. Mrs. Qin squinted to look at the Su family.
Su Clan panicked suddenly, Qin Xin's words were half true and half false. Did she mean to imply that if she didn't admit it, she would explode the fact that she would use her father's silver to put the seal money?
The imperial court official is strictly forbidden to release stamp money. If he is stabbed in front of the emperor, it is hard to say whether the title of Lord Marquis can be kept! The long room has been coveting the title, in case they catch this handle, then...
Su Shi quickly weighed the pros and cons in her mind, and she obviously had no choice.
"Yes... it's the daughter-in-law's fault. It's the daughter-in-law who was tempted for a while." Su Clan clenched his fist in his sleeves, bowed his head and said, "Daughter-in-law will definitely fill in this money."
Su's heart was bleeding.
Six thousand taels! She has only gotten 1,500 taels in total, but she has to take out a full 6,000 taels! !
Qin Jiao noticed the eyebrow lawsuit between Qin Xin and Su clan, and raised his eyebrows.
It seemed that Su Clan had a handle that was pinched by Qin Xin, and even Liu Qianliang was willing to recognize it.
Qin Jiu's eyes were sparkling, and he felt that he had made a lot of money this time.
"..." Mrs. Qin's face was pale, her chest felt like she was crushed, and she felt the blood rushing above her head.
She raised her hand to cover her chest and shook her body, and Mother Ning hurriedly gave her comfort.
"Kneel down!"
Mrs. Qin yelled and Su hurriedly knelt down.
"Grandma, calm down first." Qin Jiao said insincerely.
She could see that Mrs. Qin Tai was indeed irritated, but there were only five points true and five points false, but she just wanted to make herself retreat.
But for the vain six thousand taels of silver, she can't return it!
Therefore, Qin Jiu said sincerely: "No matter how urgent it is, it's useless. Anyway, it's all a family. As long as the second aunt and the second sister pay for the six thousand taels, the granddaughter will not report to the official."
The implication of Qin Zhuo's words is that if the money is still not available, she will report to the official.
Mrs. Qin took a deep breath.
She knew that Qin Jiu did not have too deep feelings for the Qin family.
Also, since Qin Jiu came back, apart from Qin Zening, who in the Qin family has treated her well?
Therefore, she is afraid that she will not consider the reputation of the Qin family...
Just like she unveiled Qin Xin's life experience in the Shenghua Pavilion in public, when she was pressing, she would really report to an official, making the entire capital watch the Qin family's jokes!
Even if she doesn't report to officials, there will be a queen!
"Peiyao," Mrs. Qin Tai almost exhausted all her strength and said to the Su family, "within today, return six thousand taels of silver to the long room."
"Also, the things that Sister Xin took to pawn, are converted into silver for four thousand taels, and you will also return them to the long room."
"Mother," Su clan was shocked, and said unconvincedly, "Why does Qin Xin have to pay back his daughter-in-law?!"
"Qin Xin is your daughter now!" Madam Qin said coldly in an unquestionable tone.
Su: "..."
She bit her posterior molar forcefully, her eyes burst into a fierce light like a beast, and she almost wanted to swallow Qin Xin.
Ten thousand taels of silver, how can she get ten thousand taels!
"Sister Xin, and you..." In the face of Qin Xin's pitiful eyes, Mrs. Qin hardened her heart, "Come here, go to the family law."
A little maid immediately led her away.
"Grandma!" Qin Xin blurted out injured, his eyes staring to the extreme.
Grandma wanted to beat her, because she became a concubine, did her grandmother no longer love her? !
Mrs. Qin turned away her eyes, half-cast her eyes, slowly twisting the red sandalwood beads in her hand with a solemn expression.
If Qin Xin is wrong, she has to punish her. If she doesn't punish her, she will not have a long memory.
Qin Xin's heart became colder, and a chill quickly spread to his limbs.
She was in Lingnan exile in her previous life. She did not know how many times she was beaten.
There, these sin slaves were the most humble group of people. Everyone could step on a foot. Once, because she walked a little slower, she was almost beaten to death...
After rebirth, she said to herself that she would never let herself fall into such a situation, but now, the nightmare of the previous life has come again!
Qin Xin's pretty face was as pale as paper, with no trace of blood. She just watched as the little maid brought up a ruler that was three fingers wide and about a foot and a half long.
Qin Zeyu stared at the little maid handing the ruler to Mother Ning, and suddenly noticed that Qin Jiao was looking at the ruler, and suddenly felt a little flustered: Sister Sister, shouldn't she also want to get a ruler?
This ruler is half an inch thick, and it must be as painful as the scabbard of the older brother when hitting someone!
Qin Zeyu jumped up from the chair, dropped the sentence "Grandma, I still have something", and ran away.
At the same time, Mother Ning waved the paddle high in her hand...
"Snapped!"
The crackling sound of the paddle ruler hitting his back clearly penetrated Qin Xin's ears.
She felt a fiery pain in her back.
This is not only the pain in the flesh, but it has been painful to her soul...
Qin Xin bit his lower lip firmly, and twisted his hands tightly together, almost deformed, preventing tears from falling.
"Flap! Pop! Pop!"
The ruler hit her again and again.
Every time it slashed at her like a knife, heartbroken.
She was suffering, but her grandmother looked on with cold eyes, and her younger brother abandoned her like a shoe...
Are these her relatives? !
In their eyes, there is only the so-called blood, even if she treats them sincerely, but now, reality tells her that she is too naive!
She was beaten so much, but her heart hurts even more!
Sister Ning beat and counted, hitting the ruler fifty times before she stopped.
Mrs. Qin opened her eyes and said, "Sister Xin, you can go to the small Buddha hall and kneel for three days and reflect on yourself."
Qin Xin almost used all of her strength to keep her from losing control. She suppressed all the negative emotions in her heart and cleverly knocked her head, "Grandmother, granddaughter knows wrong."
Mrs. Qin Tai looked at Qin Xin with satisfaction, but couldn't see the yin bird that flashed under her eyes when Qin Xin's forehead was on the ground.
Qin Xin retired following Mother Ning. Mrs. Qin Tai felt exhausted and raised her hand to dismiss both Su and Qin Jiu.
As soon as Qin Jiao left Ronghetang, he saw a familiar little maid waiting there, and the little maid stepped forward and said: "Miss San, the uncle has just returned, please come to Yijiayuan."
Qin Jiu followed the little maid to Yijiayuan in the front yard to find Qin Zening.
In order to facilitate the discipline of Qin Zeyu, Qin Zening moved to Qin Zeyu's Yijiayuan to live with him three days ago.
"Xiao Jiu, you keep it."
As soon as they met, Qin Zening handed Qin Jiu a ten thousand tael bank note.
Before, Qin Zening deliberately asked someone to say those things that meant Qin Xin in front of Shuxiang’s parents. The purpose was to lead the snake out of the cave. Sure enough, Shuxiang went to Xuanqingguan to find Yunguang’s associates. Qin Zening used Qin Xin's fame beat him up, and robbed him of the ten thousand taels.
Qin Jiao confiscated it, and she stuffed the bank note back to Qin Zening.
"Brother, take it and buy back the last few things. Moreover, you still owe Master Pei Qizi's money!" Qin Zhuo said that Qin Zening asked Pei Qi to help buy the money for the shop. There are those few things in the pawnshop that were not worth the money last time.
"..." Qin Zeyu looked at his elder sister and didn't hold back a word.
This kid has always been squeaky and crooked, and he talks a lot. His abnormal silence will inevitably attract the attention of Qin Zening and Qin Jiu. The siblings exchanged glances in silence, knowing that this little kid was too much stimulated today.
Qin Jiu: "Big Brother, haven't Ayu's book boy and young man come back yet?"
Qin Zening nodded.
Qin Zeyu languidly leaned on the back of his chair, and said without sitting down, "The little horse is fast, those people are slowing down, it's harder than a snail..."
Halfway through the conversation, Qin Jiu bluntly rewarded him, "Who are you?"
Qin Zeyu touched his head faintly and changed his words: "Sister!"
She is his father, that's all right!
Qin Jiao looked at the unreliable bear boy and suggested: "Brother, these people were arranged by the second aunt, so let's change them all."
Qin Zening immediately responded: "In these two days, I will personally choose this kid."
Qin Zeyu, who was lying lazily on the back of the chair, jumped up and objected: "Big brother, no!"
"Baoyan and Xiaodao have been with me for so long. They know my habits best. How inconvenient to change people!"
"I don't think they are clever if I change people. When I get to the place, I will arrange everything properly, where it is delicious and fun... Whoops."
Qin Zeyu wanted to praise his little servant and the book boy, but he accidentally missed his mouth and ushered in a thunderstorm.
This time it was Qin Zening who did it.
"Did your two little boyfriends take you to play with you all day?" Qin Zening said angrily, "Which ‘fun’ places have you been to?"
Qin Zening increased the volume on the words "fun".
Qin Zeyu looked away with a guilty conscience, but met Qin Jiu's smiling eyes again.
Qin Jiu pursed his lips and smiled slightly, but he felt cold in his heart when he saw Qin Zeyu's heart.
His sister is really scary! !
Qin Zeyu touched his nose and said, "That is to say, some restaurants, theater troupes, gambling houses...Big brother, I just walked into the gambling house for half a circle and opened my eyes, I didn't gamble!"
He was afraid that Qin Zening would not believe it, so he added two more words: "Really."
"It's better to split up quickly." Qin Zening was cold every word.
Su Clan killed Qin Zeyu in such a way, he didn't believe his second uncle didn't know!
Having said that, it is not easy to separate families.
The grandmother is still alive and they have the duty of filial piety as children and grandchildren.
Moreover, since the second uncle has inherited the title, for the sake of his reputation, he would not agree to split the family even if he was killed.
Besides, the Hou Mansion is the most prosperous branch of the Qin family, and the clan will definitely stand on the side of the second uncle, and it is impossible for them to invite themselves out of the clan.
Qin Jiao smiled: "The eldest brother is not appropriate, so let the second uncle to mention it."
Her delicate little face had a bright smile, a bit sly and bright.
Qin Zening: "..."