This is just a delaying tactic; she will not leave the Gao family!
She had nowhere to go except the Gao family, and the Gao family also bore responsibility for the torment she suffered!
If the Gao family hadn't been in debt, the original owner of this body wouldn't have been beaten to death, and she wouldn't have been imprisoned in court as soon as she transmigrated.
The servant went in to report, and the gate was closed again.
In the freezing cold, blood kept seeping from the wound, and Shen Qing gradually lost her strength.
The door opened again quickly, but this time only a crack. The servant poked his head out, and before he could speak, Shen Qing knew that she would not be allowed to enter this time.
A fire ignited within her, and suddenly she found strength, took a few steps forward, and said to the servant, "Go and tell the madam..."
In the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, Shen Qingren was already standing in front of Madam Gao.
The copper stove was burning warmly, and she felt a little more alive.
Gao Liushi lay diagonally on the bed, dressed in a black and brown silk jacket and skirt, her black hair combed back into a bun, her brows filled with sorrow.
Seeing Shen Qing enter, she, who had been calm, suddenly became agitated, her eyes reddening, and she said excitedly, "You said you knew..."
Before he could finish speaking, his lips trembled, and he could no longer continue.
Shen Qing took a deep breath, calmed himself, and said calmly:
“I don’t know. I only said I knew who killed your husband and son because you wouldn’t let me in, so I just made up an excuse to come in.”
Gao Liu's eyes widened, she froze for a few seconds, then covered her mouth and burst into tears.
After venting his anger, he yelled at her, "You shameless bastard! You've defiled yourself by coming into my Gao family! Get out!"
Shen Qing sneered: "Don't you know why I've gotten myself dirty? Your son borrowed 100,000 taels of silver from someone, and that's why they came to occupy the house and molest me! If your son hadn't borrowed money, would they have come to your house and molested your wife?"
Lady Gao was illiterate and ignorant of reason; she only knew the Three Obediences and Four Virtues, and believed that a daughter-in-law who had been defiled should be discarded.
She disregarded Shen Qing's grievances and insisted, "You've already defiled yourself! You can no longer enter my Gao family!"
Shen Qing crossed his arms and shook his head with a wry smile: "You said that now, the Gao family is just you and me left. If you kick me out, do you think you, an old woman, can live well? With me here, at least when someone comes to cause trouble, it's me who gets arrested, not you."
At this point, she pulled up her skirt to show Gao Liushi her bleeding wound.
Madam Gao Liu was so frightened that she covered her mouth again, turned her face away, and said stubbornly, "I have already decided to adopt the youngest grandson of the third son's family to be part of our bloodline! Anyway, you have no children, so just leave the Gao family! The Gao family doesn't need you!"
"The third family?"
Shen Qing searched deep in his memory for a shrewd old face full of wrinkles.
That was Master Gao's younger brother, who always did business next to the Gao family.
The Gao family made silk, so the task of purchasing raw silk was entrusted to him.
The Gao family ate meat, while he drank some soup.
Did the person drinking the soup already have their eye on the meat in the pot?
Now that all the men in the Gao family are dead, their bloodline is cut off, and there is no one to inherit their business and house. If they propose to give away their grandson now, wouldn't that be just taking advantage of a family without heirs?
It's just that their methods were more subtle compared to those of Master Zhao's gang of bandits.
Shen Qing gathered his thoughts and bent down to straighten his robe: "In that case, the debt of 100,000 taels has nothing to do with me. You can have the third son's grandson pay off your debt!"
She slowly walked to the door and raised her hand to press the bolt.
Before opening the door, he turned back to Gao Liushi and said, "Oh, right, I forgot to remind you that the monthly interest is due in five days, a total of five hundred taels. Remember to tell that grandson of the third son to prepare the money, otherwise they will come to take back the house."
Upon hearing this, Gao Liu swallowed hard.
The Gao family has nothing left but this house. Where is she going to find five hundred taels of silver?
Seeing her like this, Shen Qing knew she was wavering, and smiled: "Originally, I was thinking that after returning to the Gao family, I would recover and then go into business to pay back the 100,000 taels as soon as possible. That way, at least you and I would have a house to live in, instead of being homeless. But since you insist on adopting the third son's two-year-old grandson, I have no choice but to leave."
After saying that, he stopped looking at her and reached for the door bolt.
"Stop!" Gao Liushi said. "Then...then pay off the debt of 100,000 taels and leave."
Shen Qing gave a cool, curt smile.
They really eat people alive without spitting out the bones! she thought to herself.
She didn't say anything, opened the door, and strode out.
Back in her room, she immediately lay down on the bed.
Chunju cleaned her wounds and applied medicine.
She pondered what path to take next.
Although Master Zhao has been imprisoned, given his relationship with the corrupt official, he will surely be released on some pretext within two or three days. At that time, he will definitely cause trouble for the Gao family again.
As long as the people behind him don't give up on the Gao family's house, they will definitely find other ways to kill her.
Why does it have to be the Gao family's house?
It wasn't a particularly luxurious house; it was just a typical courtyard house that can be found everywhere in the Jiangnan region.
Could there be some treasure buried under this house?
Shen Qing couldn't understand it, so she rested her chin on her hand and sighed softly.
“Young Madam,” Chunju stopped, put the cap back on the wound medicine, and said softly, “If you had married the second young master of the Cheng family back then, you would be the second young mistress of the Cheng family now, and you wouldn’t have encountered these things.”
Shen Qing knew this referred to the original owner's previous marriage agreement.
Before marrying into the Gao family, the original owner had a marriage agreement in her hometown of Yongzhou. She liked the man very much, but something happened on his side and he insisted on breaking off the engagement, which made her the target of ridicule in the local area. That's why she hurriedly married into the Gao family in Jiangzhou and never returned to Yongzhou after that.
These were all things from the original owner's past, and Shen Qing had no interest in inquiring about them. Right now, he was only concerned with how to survive.
If the monthly interest cannot be repaid in five days, the events in court today will inevitably repeat themselves.
The thought of that disgusting prison cell and the original owner of this body being beaten to death with a board sent a shiver down Shen Qing's spine.
She wanted to live; she didn't want to be beaten to death.
So, ignoring the medicine still on his buttocks, he got up and got out of bed.
Chunju quickly helped her up.
With her backside burning, she walked to the brown, carved wardrobe, opened the door, and looked the items inside up and down: "Where do I usually hide my secret stash of money?"
Chunju bent down, took out a red jewelry box from the bottom of the wardrobe, presented it to her, and said respectfully, "Young Madam, it's all here."
Shen Qing opened it and found only some loose silver inside. He had Chunju count it, and there were only ten taels.
But this was all the original owner's wealth.
Four hundred and ninety taels are still short of the monthly interest...
Shen Qing's legs went weak, and she steadied herself by holding onto the edge of the table. She said angrily, "Don't you get a monthly allowance? How come you've only saved so little?"
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