Asking Lu Yan, the Marquis of Pingyang, to apologize to the Marquis of Chang'an may be an attempt to use his power to coerce others. After all, the Marquis of Chang'an's two sons work under him.
Lu Yan was transferred to the Five Military Commandery to serve as an official judge, and these two people also followed him to the Five Military Commandery. In the past year or so following Lu Yan, not only did they grow a lot, but they also went to Shenyang with him, gained a lot of experience, and received rewards.
If Lu Yan went there, Marquis Chang'an would definitely not be angry, and would even be happy to make things right.
Qin Wan watched Lu Yan stride out of the main hall, opened her folding fan, shielded her face, and turned to Xie Qing, saying, "What a pity I can't go closer to see the fun."
"It's nice to watch and listen here." Xie Qing felt that the five taels of silver were well spent. It felt great to watch the fun and participate in the discussion on the spot.
The whole yard was filled with people talking about the descendants' cakes, and the people around were also laughing at the Pingyang Marquis Mansion, saying that things were done in a weird way.
As the two were about to leave, they heard the sound of porcelain breaking coming from the main hall.
Oh, there’s an extra show!
Xie Qing and Qin Wan looked at each other, then they immediately stood up, walked to the door of the main hall, and looked inside.
Old Lady Lu glared at Wu Ziya, "Wu! What are you up to? You can't even complete the task assigned to you, and look at the dowry you've prepared for your sister! You've embarrassed yourself!"
Wu Ziya's face turned pale. Of course, she couldn't push the wet nurse out to take the blame. Her eyes reddened: "I didn't do it on purpose. I just heard that it had a good meaning, so I asked someone to do it. Who knew they would frame me!"
The wet nurse appeared behind Wu Ziya at the right time and stepped forward to apologize: "This is my fault. Madam heard that the cakes for descendants are auspicious and auspicious, so she asked me to find someone to make them. However, I am not familiar with many things in the capital, so I handed it over to the cook in the small kitchen. The cook used this thing to fool us, and we didn't know it!"
The wet nurse pushed four, five, six.
Bai Wanyi watched the show from the side, adding oil at the right time: "I heard that a few days ago, the maids and servants in the main courtyard were so tired of eating steamed buns that they wanted to vomit. It seems that they eat too much every day, right?"
The meaning of this sentence is very clear. If the cook can't cook, just make more, and everyone will eat the spoiled ones.
Who among those present could not understand what this meant?
Wu Ziya turned around and glared at Bai Wanyi: "What do you mean, sister?"
"No." Bai Wanyi covered his mouth and smiled, saying: "I just think that after all, it is something from a foreign race. If you don't understand it, you should find someone who does. Otherwise, it's easy to be fooled."
Her words seemed fine at first, but after thinking about it again, something seemed wrong.
Wu Ziya gnashed her teeth in anger: "Sister, if you are dissatisfied with me, you can speak directly, please don't be sarcastic!"
Bai Wanyi was surprised and looked at Old Lady Lu innocently: "Grandma, is my granddaughter-in-law being weird? She's just concerned about her sister."
Old Lady Lu was quite dissatisfied with Wu Ziya, so she naturally spoke in Bai Wanyi's favor: "We're both granddaughters-in-law, but look at you. Your vision is not as great as that of an orphan girl from the Bai family!"
Wu Ziya was stunned. This was tantamount to saying that she had no upbringing! This was a slap in the face of the Wu family!
Wu Ziya's face turned pale, but she couldn't say a word to defend herself. It was indeed her fault that she didn't do it well. She gritted her teeth and said nothing.
The cook was brought in and tremblingly confessed everything as soon as she entered the room: "It was the Madam who ordered the 'Children's Cakes'. I went out to look for them, but no one could make them in such a short time. The Madam wanted them urgently, so I looked at the cakes and thought I could make them, so I made them. Who knew I couldn't do it well? I beg the old Madam to have mercy on me! I beg the old Madam to have mercy on me!"
Old Lady Lu glanced at Wu Ziya and knew that this cook was just being pushed out to take the blame, but in this situation, she couldn't really do anything to Wu Ziya.
Her face was gloomy as she said, "Originally, with such a serious incident that brought such disgrace upon the Pingyang Marquisate, it wouldn't be excessive to beat you to death! However, now that the family is celebrating a great occasion, it's inappropriate to shed blood, so I'll spare your life for now. While you can escape a living crime, you can't escape the death penalty, so sell you off."
Old Lady Lu looked at Wu Ziya again and said, "Is it okay with you if I sell your dowry?"
"Of course my granddaughter-in-law has no objection." Wu Ziya replied gritting her teeth.
Old Madam Lu nodded with satisfaction and winked at the old nanny beside her.
Immediately, the servant girl who was accompanying Old Lady Lu came forward and took the cook away.
Seeing this, Qin Wan pulled Xie Qing's sleeve, and the two of them quietly followed the group.
When they arrived at the cook's house, several servants turned her house upside down.
The cook came as a dowry with her husband and children, and lived in the back street of Pingyang Marquis's Mansion. She cooked delicious food and saved a lot of money over the years.
Because he took all the blame, he was given twenty taels of silver by the wet nurse.
All of this was turned out by the servant girl and put into her arms.
Not only that, the cook's own clothes and jewelry, the children's clothes, shoes and socks, food, clothing and daily necessities, anything that was pleasing to the eye were all taken away by the servants.
The cook was stunned and cried while holding the child: "You can't take everything away! This is our lifeblood!"
The servant sneered, "You are all from the Pingyang Marquis's Mansion, and naturally your things are too. If you want to sell them, can you really take these things to other houses?"
The servants were like locusts swarming across the border, leaving them with not even a piece of cloth.
Xie Qing looked at Qin Wan: "You want to help them?"
Qin Wan was a little puzzled: "Why should I help? She has to bear the consequences of her own actions."
Xie Qing asked curiously, "So you pulled me here just to watch the fun? Not to help her?"
"Of course." After watching the excitement, Qin Wan pulled Xie Qing away from Pingyang Marquis Mansion.
Xie Qing scratched his head and laughed again: "I thought you were going to be kind."
"I'm not a saint." A new word came out of Qin Wan's mouth. It must be said that some of Bai Wanyi's adjectives are really vivid.
Xie Qing started to giggle again.
Qin Wan looked at Xie Qing curiously. Why was this guy so stupid?
The next day, Xie Qing came to Xuanwu Hou's mansion again, and Qin Wan realized what he was doing.
Because the Imperial Astronomical Observatory calculated the wedding date!
Qin Wan looked at the booklet in her hand, then at Xie Qing: "You want me to choose the wedding date?"
"Of course, our marriage is decided by the two of us. If you don't choose, who else will?" Xie Qing took it for granted. He just wanted Qin Wan to be happy and at ease.
Qin Wan didn't look at the booklet, but asked, "Have you met your grandfather, father, and mother? What did they say?"
In Qin Wan's view, marriage is a major matter, and matters like parents' orders and matchmaker's words, so things like the wedding date should naturally be decided by parents and elders.
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