Xie Qing's eyes were dim. In his previous life, Bai Wanyi had hidden this trick, which led to his complete failure.
Now, she still has some skills in her own workshop, so what's the problem?
As the night deepened, candles were already lit everywhere, and the lights flickered. Qin Wan took the chess manual and placed a black piece on the board. "Is the servant who slipped away called Song Shao?"
"yes."
Qin Wan picked up another white piece and thought for a moment before saying, "Send someone to keep an eye on it. Don't let him touch the important areas. If he does anything wrong again, get rid of him."
"Yes." The messenger came and went.
Qin Wan placed a few more pieces, watching the ever-changing chessboard, and said quietly, "The Bai family's vision is still too small."
Although they had been away from the Marquis' Mansion for several months, Tao Yao still had a good idea of the accounts and could roughly estimate: "They spent at least thirty to fifty thousand taels of silver that Madam Li left behind."
"The two shops didn't make much money, but today we made quite a bit. However, we still have a long way to go to repay the emperor. She's definitely not willing to spend a fortune to apologize."
Qin Wan propped up her chin and slowly picked up the chess piece. "It was such a mess today. I didn't see which girl was murdered. What a pity."
Qin Wan really felt sorry for the girl. She was attending a flower-viewing banquet and her reputation was ruined.
Zhenzhen poured her a cup of scented tea and soothed her, "Young lady, there's no need to overthink it. Those who went there yesterday were all concubines' daughters. This young lady's experience was probably condoned by her family, or perhaps out of necessity. In short, it was their own choice."
Qin Wan's frown relaxed, but she still disagreed with her words: "A girl who has suffered such a thing is probably ruined. If it was voluntary, it would be better. But even if she ruined her reputation by finding such a marriage for herself, who knows if she will just escape from the wolf's den and fall into the tiger's den again."
Tao Yao then advised: "Miss, please don't think too much."
Qin Wan nodded. That's right. Why should she think so much about other people's affairs? It has nothing to do with her. She is not the Buddha, who is compassionate and can save all living beings.
Zhenzhen was afraid that she would not sleep well, so she lit some calming incense for her.
This night, many people are destined to be unable to sleep peacefully.
The Mansion of the Earl of Sucheng.
Just as Mrs. Lu drank the medicine to calm her nerves, she received the apology gift sent by Bai Wanyi. She saw that inside was a few bars of exquisite soap, a box of lip balm, and some snacks, and she was disgusted.
Madam Lu was frightened. Seeing this cheap apology gift, she leered at the housekeeper from the Pingyang Marquis's residence who had come to deliver the gift. "Our family is so worthless! I brought two people with me, and this is the only gift they gave as an apology. Isn't this putting me, as their legal mother, in a difficult position?"
"Who should I give the things to or not? If I don't give anything, you can accuse me of being petty and ask for a gift to apologize to the concubine to calm her nerves. If I divide it inappropriately, you can accuse me of being partial and treating someone unfairly."
The housekeeper didn't even dare to breathe and just let Mrs. Lu talk.
Madam Lu calmed down and finally let the housekeeper go: "Go back and tell your master that concubines are worthless in your Pingyang Marquis Mansion, but our Sucheng Earl Mansion, although impoverished, treasures every child."
"Thank you, Madam, for your guidance. I'll take my leave." The housekeeper wiped her sweat off her forehead, bowed, and walked out. After getting on her own carriage, she looked at the things in the carriage and became worried again.
The driver did not wait for the order to start and asked, "Can we go?"
The housekeeper sighed and said, "Let's go. This is nothing serious. There are still many families behind us. I don't know how much scolding we will receive."
The housekeeper of Pingyang Marquis's Mansion must have endured more than just this one sarcastic rebuke.
Mrs. Lu was very scared today. She was standing at the door of the greenhouse listening to Bai Wanyi talking about her rouge and powder. She saw from close range that the greenhouse had collapsed and her two daughters had escaped from inside. Fortunately, the children were fine, otherwise she would have made Mrs. Bai pay!
Looking at the things on the table, Madam Lu said to the maid, "Send someone to see if the second and fourth young ladies have rested. If they have, forget it. If not, come over."
After a while, the two sisters came.
Miss Lu smiled and said, "My fourth sister and I were just talking when mother sent someone to look for us, so we came here together."
When Miss Lu Si saw the things on the table, she immediately recognized the good luck emblem on the snacks and Avril's unique crooked mark on the rouge and powder.
She smiled and said, "But is there anyone coming from the Pingyang Marquis' Mansion?"
Madam Lu nodded. She did not miss the opportunity to visit Pingyang Marquis' Mansion again. "The three of us were frightened, but you only sent me one apology gift. This is really not a humane way for me, your legal mother."
Miss Lu Er glanced at the dim sum and said with a smile, "Mother treats us sisters very well. Others may not know it, but we sisters always remember it in our hearts."
Mrs. Lu smiled comfortably. Her family was harmonious with her wives and concubines, and her children were filial. The only problem was that her children could not read and had no jobs. Today's marriage might be used to help the family.
But after something like this happened, Mrs. Lu didn't have any other thoughts. She pointed at the things on the table and said, "Pick your own."
The two sisters looked at each other, looked at the things on the table, then looked at their stepmother's attitude, and both laughed.
Miss Lu Er said, "Mother, you don't have to be angry. Fortunately, our daughters were not hurt."
Miss Lu opened her mouth and wanted to say something, but swallowed it back.
Seeing this, Miss Lu smiled and said, "You have something important to tell Mother. I'm not very good with my words, so it's better not to listen to such things. I'll be leaving now."
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