Qin Wan felt even more sympathetic towards these girls: "It's already difficult to make a living under the mistress, and they can't even decide their own marriage. Now they have to endure such a thing. It's really regrettable."
The two of them sighed in the carriage, and in Pingyang Marquis Mansion, Bai Wanyi was also sighing.
Mrs. Wu was the Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Personnel and the wife of Lord Wu. The victim was the third daughter of their family and was quite favored.
The Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Personnel is a third-rank official, and he holds real power.
Among the guests coming today, although he is not from the most aristocratic family, he is the highest in terms of official position and actual power.
Mrs. Wu was admired by everyone, and Miss Wu San also received orders from her parents to establish a good relationship with Bai Wanyi.
But now that her face was injured, Miss Wu San even hated Bai Wanyi: "I said I wouldn't come, but you insisted that I come, saying it was the Fourth Prince's order. Now my face is ruined!"
Miss Wu San spoke without thinking, and Mrs. Wu didn't realize there was anything wrong with her words. She just kept asking the doctor, "Will it leave scars?"
Bai Wanyi was also very nervous. She knew too well how much women cared about their faces. "Don't leave any scars. If that doesn't work, I'll go to the palace and ask His Majesty for medicine."
When the chaos was just happening, Lu Yan came back and followed the housekeeper to see the messy garden. Then he went to the front hall. Unexpectedly, Mrs. Wu and Miss Wu San were still there, and he ran into them red-handed.
Today he was wearing the official uniform of the Beijing Guard Commander-in-Chief, with a leather belt around his waist, and he walked with the gait of a dragon and a tiger, looking exceptionally handsome.
Miss Wu San was distracted for a moment, and suddenly she felt that the wound on her face no longer hurt. She even smiled: "This is..."
Madam Wu said, "This is Lord Lu."
"Greetings, Lord Lu." Miss Wu San blushed and stood up and knelt down to bow.
Seeing this, Mrs. Wu was confused. She pulled her daughter and said to Bai Wanyi, "Your Lu family must give us an explanation for what happened today. We're leaving first."
Mrs. Wu took Miss Wu San and left without even taking the medicine prescribed by the doctor.
Bai Wanyi's hand holding the medicine was in mid-air, and no one called out to him, "You haven't taken the medicine yet."
Lu Yan asked the doctor to leave first, pulled Bai Wanyi to sit down, and asked first: "Are you scared?"
Bai Wanyi nodded. She had many questions: "Why did it collapse?"
Lu Yan said without hesitation: "At the beginning, the government had no money, so we saved money wherever we could when we built it."
Bai Wanyi's face turned cold. "This is Aunt Qi's problem. She was the one who was in charge of the house reconstruction, right? Come here! Call Aunt Qi!"
After Qi Jing handed over the housekeeper's power, he moved to the ancestral hall to copy scriptures and never left the house. He ate his daily meals in the small kitchen of the ancestral hall, and the food was very simple.
Bai Wanyi was very satisfied with the sensible Concubine Qi, but now she was dissatisfied. She looked at Qi Jing, who had obviously lost weight and looked even more frail but in excellent condition, and said coldly, "Kneel down!"
Qi Jing knelt down, holding up the hem of her skirt. "I wonder what business Madam has called me here for?"
Bai Wanyi threw the account book at her feet and said, "You've heard about what happened in the garden, right? You were the one who built it, weren't you? Can you tell me how you built it?"
Qi Jing pretended to be confused: "I have been copying scriptures in the ancestral hall and have never left, so I don't know what happened."
"Okay, what a clueless person!" Bai Wanyi looked at Qi Jing: "You did it on purpose, didn't you? You deliberately made me look bad, so you handed over the housekeeper's power so readily!"
Qi Jing did not respond to Bai Wanyi, but only looked up at Lu Yan: "My Lord, what happened?"
Facing Qi Jing's trusting gaze, Lu Yan turned his head away and said, "Today is the flower viewing banquet. The flower room, corridor, pavilion, and rockery have collapsed."
Qi Jing understood, bent down, picked up the account book, and pointed out each item to Bai Wanyi: "To build the garden, since the family doesn't have much money, we used the cheapest materials. The prices and the shops where they were purchased are all here. Madam, you can send someone to check."
"Even the cheapest ones have to be safe!" Bai Wanyi was furious. She had lost face today! She pointed at Qi Jing's nose and said, "Kneel down! I'll deal with you when I'm done!"
"Yes." Qi Jing responded respectfully and knelt obediently. Her maid looked at her worriedly, and she shook her head slightly.
No one else noticed the actions of the master and servant except Chu Yun. She was cautious, took two steps back, called over a little maid, gave her a few words of instruction, and quickly caught up with Bai Wanyi.
Lu Yan couldn't bear to see Qi Jing kneeling, and after leaving the door, he turned back to look at her: "Why don't you let her get up? I know about this."
"You know?" Bai Wanyi glared at him. "This Concubine Qi was promoted by Qin Wan. I think it was Qin Wan who did this. She's here today too!"
At this point, Bai Wanyi suddenly had an idea: "Do you think he could have done this? He's here to laugh at me!"
Lu Yan instinctively denied it: "Although Qin Wan is a naughty person, she is upright and would never do such a thing."
Bai Wanyi didn't believe it: "She has been in the Marquis' Mansion for eight years. Everyone in the mansion belongs to her. Isn't it easy for her to do something?"
Lu Yan didn't understand Bai Manyi's logic. "The servants in the Marquis' Mansion have all signed indentures. What good would it be for them to side with Qin Wan? If you don't find them useful, just replace them."
Need I tell you? Of course it has to be changed.
Bai Wanyi is now in charge of the housekeeping power, so he doesn't need Lu Yan's consent for this matter.
But since he had agreed, Bai Wanyi didn't mind carrying his banner to do things: "You said that, I will change the people in various places later, don't say that it is not convenient to use it and come to ask me for people."
Lu Yan hugged her and said, "Since I said so, it won't be like this. Don't worry."
Bai Wanyi was very satisfied with Lu Yan's attitude, but she still wanted to ask him if he still had feelings for Qin Wan. Seeing her calling her by her first name again, she felt a little relieved. "Chu Yun told me not to call someone by their first name, as it's tantamount to insulting them. You've been taught this for many years, so why are you following me and calling them by their first name?"
Why?
Lu Yan couldn't help but think of the grudge he had with Qin Wan many years ago, and a smile appeared in his eyes: "I have always called her that."
"She's been naughty since she was little. Marquis Xuanwu, the Crown Prince of Qin, and the Crown Prince's wife all call her by her first name. After she came of age, she chose a courtesy name, and she hasn't changed it."
Bai Wanyi was very unhappy to see Lu Yan immersed in his thoughts of the past: "You know a lot about their family."
Lu Yan caressed her head lovingly, enjoying her jealous look. "My grandfather and her grandfather fought on the battlefield together, and we had a life-and-death relationship. Our two families often visited each other, but after my grandfather passed away and Prince Qin was transferred to a distant place as an official, our interactions became less frequent."
Bai Wanyi snorted coldly: "I'll let you go today, but if he finds out you've lied to me one day, you'll be in trouble."
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