Chapter 286 Dealing with Officials

Qin Xiangnuan couldn't believe that as an official, he had not heard about what was happening nearby, especially since this matter was more or less related to him.

"Third Miss, just tell me who has offended you. I will send someone over to seek justice for you." The official still spoke to Qin Xiangnuan with an ignorant look on his face.

Qin Xiangnuan sneered, "I was still wondering about the reason when I came here, but I understood it when I saw you, sir. So you haven't heard of it yet?"

The official suddenly understood what Qin Xiangnuan was talking about after hearing the incoherent words, and his face became a little uncomfortable.

"Third Miss, you also know that life is not easy for everyone in this cold and bitter place." The official also put away his enthusiasm towards Qin Xiangnuan and turned around to sit in the armchair.

Qin Xiangnuan frowned and stared at the official, "What do you mean?"

The official raised his eyes, glanced at Qin Xiangnuan, and then sighed, "Third Miss, why do you have to embarrass me?"

Qin Xiangnuan just wanted to sneer, but she didn't. She clasped her hands over her chest, looking as if she was listening attentively.

Seeing that Qin Xiangnuan didn't say anything, the official withdrew his gaze and said earnestly: "Third Miss, although you are a woman, your abilities are much stronger than many men. You..."

"Sir." Qin Xiangnuan said in a distant tone, "Stop the compliments and get to the point."

The official paused before continuing, "We must praise what is due. Let's not talk about three months from now. No, there's only one month left."

The official looked up and smiled at Qin Xiangnuan, "But we don't need to wait until later to see. We can already see that the harvest is good."

The more Qin Xiangnuan listened, the more she could guess that the official's appetite had grown, and he wanted Qin Xiangnuan to help him do more things.

As expected, the official continued, "You have fulfilled the three-month agreement. I will also keep my promise and not restrict the freedom of your Qin family. However, the house your Qin family recently built is too ostentatious."

"Your Excellency knows very well that our house was bought by my father and uncles with their daily hard work. How can it be said that we are showing off?" Qin Xiangnuan's aura changed, and she looked at the official coldly.

I thought this official was a good person, but now it seems that he is just a greedy person who just wants to climb up the social ladder.

"Don't be angry, Third Miss." What the official wanted to say was forcibly interrupted by Qin Xiangnuan, but he didn't bother to continue speaking. He could only comfort Qin Xiangnuan, otherwise the conversation would only become more difficult.

"How can I not be angry?" Qin Xiangnuan didn't give him any face, but she didn't want to tear his face apart. "My lord, you must have heard the rumors outside, right?"

"It's as ridiculous as it can be." Qin Xiangnuan loudly rebuked the official when he was wondering what the rumors were. "What kind of dirty deal could there be between me and the adults?"

"Sir, let me ask you, do we have it?" Qin Xiangnuan asked again while the official was stunned after hearing what he said.

The official was stunned and shook his head. He had heard these words before, but he couldn't stop the rumors. Besides, he was not the biggest victim, so he would not pay attention to them.

Qin Xiangnuan continued, "So why did you listen to their rumors? They said our house was ostentatious, but they were just jealous. Why should we argue with these villains?"

The official frowned as he listened, feeling that something was off, but Qin Xiangnuan didn't give him a chance to speak.

"Your Excellency is wise. You can't just tear down our house or build the same house for every family just because others say we're ostentatious, right?" Qin Xiangnuan said indignantly, "That's simply wishful thinking."

It was not until this moment that all of Qin Xiangnuan's words came to a point, and indirectly blocked the words that the official wanted to say but had not yet said.

Because the conversation was far different from what they had expected, the officials did not react in time after Qin Xiangnuan did not say anything.

Until Qin Xiangnuan coughed dryly.

"What the third lady said makes sense." The official nodded again.

The official was also misled by others' words for a while. When he first knew that Qin Xiangnuan wanted to build her own house, he secretly laughed at her for overestimating her abilities. What could a group of people who were used to living a wealthy life do?

However, as time went on, the house took shape and had a relatively complete appearance, and the officials realized that they were wrong.

Then, someone whispered in his ear that an official's life was not as good as that of a person condemned by the emperor, and he was moved.

But Qin Xiangnuan's words stopped him from bringing up these dirty thoughts.

"My Lord, what's the problem?" Qin Xiangnuan said sympathetically, "If it's not convenient for you to come forward, we Qin family can handle it ourselves. I just hope that you can turn a blind eye when the time comes."

"What is the third lady going to do?" The official was in a bad mood at the moment. He just wanted to send Qin Xiangnuan away and think about what to do next, but Qin Xiangnuan's words made him doubtful.

No official wants bad things to happen in his territory. Although he may not pay attention to it if it happens, it is still bad.

"Don't worry, sir. I'm just giving a little warning to the troublemakers." Qin Xiangnuan smiled, "Your Excellency won't be implicated."

It just so happened that the official was in a state of frustration and didn't want to get involved too much, so he nodded and let Qin Xiangnuan handle it herself.

Qin Xiangnuan quickly left the yamen, with the corners of her mouth still raised as she left, but the official shuddered inexplicably.

"Nuannuan, how is the situation going?"

After Qin Xiangnuan went to chase someone, Qin Guang called everyone back to the tent. After waiting for a long time, he finally saw Qin Xiangnuan.

"Dad, it's okay. I'll go find that family tomorrow." Qin Xiangnuan said, "You guys can rest tomorrow too. You don't have to go over there."

"Okay." Qin Guang nodded, "I'll go with you tomorrow."

Qin Xiangnuan did not refuse this request.

When Old Lady Qin learned that the matter was finally coming to an end, her face finally showed a bit of rosy glow.

Qin Xiangnuan saw this and walked over to Old Madam Qin, "Grandma, let me take your pulse. You still have to take care of yourself."

Madam Qin waved her hand nonchalantly, "I've just been too worried these past few days. Nuannuan, don't worry."

Qin Xiangnuan nodded and smiled when she heard this, but she still pulled the person to sit down and examined Old Madam Qin, and then simply prescribed some tonic medicine.

"You still need to rest more. You will recover in about half a month." Qin Xiangnuan said.

Old Madam Qin praised it repeatedly.

Qin Xiangnuan had been back for so long but hadn't seen Liu and the others, so she asked Qin Guang.

"When you were away, Dashu asked Wang Laoer to carry him to see you once. Your mother felt sorry for the child and stayed to play with him for a few hours. After that, she started playing with Beibei and the others." Qin Guang smiled.

But then he sighed, "Since there's no peace at home, let them take their children to play under the big tree every day."