Old Mrs. Xu was also unhappy and said, "Second son's wife, what you did is wrong. We didn't ask you to serve tea, cook or do laundry. We just came to visit us and greet the old people, but you all pretended to be sick..."

Xu Lanyin quickly said, "Grandpa and grandma misunderstood. My mother has been taking medicine, and she just felt a little better this morning, so I dragged her out for a walk on the street. Look, my mother also bought a lot of things, and she said she would give them to you tomorrow."

The old couple's complexion looked better.

She asked the maid to take the children to rest, and Xu Lanyin went to the bathroom, so Qin chatted with them.

Old Man Xu earnestly educated Qin, "My second son is a high-ranking official, and he has brought honor to the Xu family. Your good life now is all thanks to him. You should cherish your blessings to be able to marry into our official family. One of my new neighbors has a brother who is an official outside. His wife wants to take care of her parents in her hometown, so she took two concubines for him..."

Old Lady Xu quickly stopped him, saying, "You old fool, you've been drinking some dirty water and are talking nonsense again. We are a small family like the Xu family, and we don't care about concubines."

Old Man Xu said, "Why not? My second son even has a concubine. If Zhou were here, she would be virtuous and understanding, and would definitely not let my second son suffer all alone in the capital without a woman to take care of him. Humph, the lower one's background, the narrower their mind..."

Qin was already in a bad mood because of Qin Che, and the old man made her even more angry. She swayed and felt breathless. She held her chest and said, "How can I be of a bad background? Father-in-law, I swear to God, I am the daughter of an honest family. This is not nonsense." She stood up, held on to the table and said, "I am not virtuous and my health is not good. I ask my father-in-law and mother-in-law to buy a concubine and send it to Brother Yan in the capital."

When Xu Lanyin came in, she saw that Qin's face was pale, sweat was dripping down her face, and she could not even walk. She was frightened and quickly ran over to help Qin go to the bedroom, and asked the servants to go to the clinic to call a doctor.

There was a clinic at the corner of the street, and Mrs. Lu quickly brought the doctor over.

Qin's behavior also scared Old Man Xu and others, and Old Mrs. Xu cursed Old Man Xu in a low voice.

Xu Lanyin went out and said to Old Man Xu angrily, "Master, you are deliberately trying to piss my mother off to death, right?"

She was so angry that she almost died. Ever since Xu Qingyan became an official and had a daughter named Zhou who was granted a title, the old man felt that his son had lost out by marrying Qin, who came from a poor family, and he bullied Qin even more.

Old man Xu cursed, "Bullshit, I just want to teach her to be a good wife, it's just her own fault."

Xu Lanyin's eyes widened with anger as she said, "My mother is a good wife and mother. My father and my three siblings all know it. If my father is truly dissatisfied with my mother, then let my father marry her out, or you can do the same for him. Lan Zhou and I will accompany my mother out of this family. If my father remains single, the Xu family can find someone better. But I won't allow my mother to die of anger in this family. At worst, everyone will suffer."

She was so angry that she didn't care about filial piety anymore, and choked Old Man Xu so much that he jumped up and down.

Old Mrs. Xu quickly grabbed Old Man Xu, who was about to rush over to hit Xu Lanyin, and said, "Don't be angry, girl Yin. Your grandfather has drunk too much wine and is talking nonsense. You are a girl, stop saying those things that are not suitable for a wife, and stop talking about your parents." She said to Old Man Xu, "Let's go home, let's go home. I told you not to come, but you insisted on coming, and now you are annoying. You are really going to piss off the second son's wife to death. What good will you get..."

The old lady and Xu Qingming helped the cursing old man out of the Xu family.

The commotion was quite loud, and several children came running out crying. Huazi also got angry, barking and threatening to bite Old Man Xu, but Zhaoqi held him tightly.

Zhangqi and Baoqi took Xu Yuan and Xu Man out and handed them over to Xu Qingming.

Even after Old Man Xu walked out the door, he could still be heard cursing.

Xu Lanyin said to the frightened Min Jia and Xu Lanyue, "It's nothing, go and rest."

She took Xu Lanting to Qin's room, and the brother and sister persuaded Qin with gentle words.

I don't know when the rain started outside the window, the drizzle was silent and covered the entire courtyard. It was just the beginning of the evening hour and the sky was already dark.

Qin drank the medicine and slept for a while. Feeling better, she sat up and leaned against the headboard to talk to her two children. She couldn't figure it out and kept wiping away tears.

Xu Lanyue didn't dare go in, and sat alone in the living room picking out the feathers from the bird's nest, which was also considered as a filial piety for her mother. She knew in her heart that because of her biological mother, her mother definitely didn't want to see her now.

Min Jia had been taken back to the Min Mansion by Liu Ma, and she promised to come back in two days. There had been a quarrel at home, and the adults were so angry that they were sick, so they felt embarrassed to continue living here.

Normally, Li Luo would have come to the Xu family by now, waiting for dinner while chatting with Qin and Xu Lanyin. But today, he didn't come, and he even told the servants to say that the weather was bad today, so he wouldn't be coming for dinner.

Xu Lanyin knew that it must be because of the noise in her house that Li Luo heard it and was too embarrassed to come over.

In the afternoon, Qin Che and his son, along with Min Hu and others, went to Xinyu Tea House to drink tea and did not go home until it was dark.

Qin Che was eager to go home, but was too embarrassed to leave early.

When he got home, he told his wife Wu and his daughter Qin Hongyu about how Xu Lanyin's mother looked very much like Chai Qingyan, "and her little son, he looks exactly like Qingmei when she was a child."

Wu was also shocked and said, "How could there be such a resemblance in this world?" She then said to Qin Ru and his sister, "Before Qingyan went to the capital, I was already engaged to your father and I met her several times. The little girl was pretty and well-behaved, and we got along very well. It's pitiful that she had to meet such a cruel stepmother and a selfish father... However, I still don't think Madam Xu is Qingyan. Qingyan can't swim, how could she survive if she fell into the river?"

Qin Che said, "What if my cousin knew Chai Zhengguan and Shen Shi wanted her life and ran away first? Chai Zhengguan couldn't explain himself, so he had someone pretend to be her and jump into the river to commit suicide. That way, he could get my aunt's dowry and put all the blame on the lustful Wang Yi. The Beiyang Princess Mansion wouldn't even dare to take back the betrothal gifts."

Qin Hongyu said, "That's really possible. I noticed before that Sister Xu treats me very well, even better than she treats Min Nan. Maybe she already knows about our relationship."

Qin Ru said, "Anyway, let's first verify whether Madam Xu is my cousin. If so, it would be a blessing."

Wu also said, "How about this, Hongyu, Ru'er, and I will go to the Xu family first. If Madam Xu is really Qingyan, we will send someone to invite the master. If not, let's just consider it a good relationship. After all, they look so similar, and both have the surname Qin. The relationship between the two girls is good, so we can interact more often in the future."