Old Xu took out a silver note from his sleeve and said, "Boss Shen, even though you've been arrested, you still remember to return these five hundred taels to me. I..."
He wasn't good with words, so he could only stuff the silver notes into Shen Qing's hand: "Now that you're out, I'll leave this silver with you!"
Shen Qing looked down at the silver note in his hand.
This scene seems familiar.
Six months ago, at the post station on her way from Shanghai to Jiangzhou, she was worried because she couldn't sell her silk and didn't have the money to pay the monthly interest. It was Old Xu who took the initiative to lend her five hundred taels of silver.
If it weren't for that initial five hundred taels, she wouldn't have thought of persuading the Gao family to invest, and the factory wouldn't have been able to be established.
These five hundred taels of silver turned her into Boss Shen.
Although the factory didn't make much money in the end, it did provide her with cash flow, which allowed her to afford the high monthly interest rates.
Old Xu's five hundred taels had brought her good luck from the very beginning!
Will the five hundred taels of silver she receives today bring her continued good fortune in her future career?
Shen Qing was unaware of this, but cherished Lao Xu's trust.
She carefully put the silver note into her purse, looked up at Old Xu and said, "Old Xu, don't worry, I promise to give you a thousand taels of silver with interest before your son's wedding. I will definitely do it! Please believe me!"
She is determined to make a comeback!
Putting everything else aside, just look at Lao Xu's trust and support!
Old Xu chuckled sheepishly, "Alright! Thank you, Boss Shen!"
Shen Qing waved goodbye to Lao Xu and walked into the Gao family's gate.
From afar, Chunju came running over in a panic and grabbed her, trying to run outside.
"Young Madam, the rest of the Gao family are here! They say you dragged the entire Gao family down with you in court today, threatening to wipe them out. They're arguing with the Old Madam and wanting to kick you out!"
Upon hearing this, Shen Qing's suppressed emotions surged, her eyes turning fierce and ruthless. She shook off Chunju and strode inside.
Several branches of Gao's relatives sat in the outer hall, threatening Gao Liushi with a barrage of words, making her unable to lift her head.
Shen Qing kicked the door open with one foot and walked in with her hands behind her back.
With a loud bang, the door was kicked open, and everyone looked over.
Upon recognizing her, someone immediately stepped forward to grab her hair and beat her, but she deftly dodged.
She walked to the main seat next to Gao Liushi and sat down, crossing her legs like a man, and coldly looked at everyone: "What do you all want so late at night?"
Gao Yuanqi's mother rushed up, pointing her finger at her nose and shrilly, "It's all your fault! You vicious woman! You got arrested for your own crimes! And now you've dragged my Yuanqi into this mess too..."
Shen Qing grabbed her index finger and twisted it to the side, almost breaking it.
"Your stupid son used 200,000 taels of silver to instruct Gao Yuanxiang to steal my seal and forge letters to falsely accuse me of treason! Don't you realize that I am also a member of the Gao family? If I were to commit treason, my entire family would be executed. Would you have survived?"
Someone said angrily, "But the magistrate only intended to kill you from the beginning, he didn't intend to arrest us. It was you who made a scene in court and demanded that everyone be executed along with your entire family!"
Shen Qing sneered: "If I don't scare Gao Yuanxiang, will she tell the truth?" As soon as she finished speaking, she caught a glimpse of Gao Yuanqi's mother rushing up again, raising her foot and kicking her in the stomach.
She rolled up her sleeves and coldly glared at the crowd who had come to interrogate her: "So you think I should die myself, sacrifice myself, so that Gao Yuanxiang, Gao Yuanqi, and all of you can stay out of it?"
Gao Yuanqi's mother roared, "You already have no offspring, so living is practically the same as being dead! If you're considerate of the bigger picture, we'll still let you be buried in the Gao family ancestral graveyard! You're so vicious now, after you die, just wrap your body in a straw mat and throw it outside! Let the wolves carry it away!"
"Pah!" Shen Qing spat. "Who wants to go into the Gao family's ancestral tomb? If you want to go in, you'd better bury yourself in there right now! You old idiot!"
Gao Yuanqi's mother was so angry that she couldn't say another word.
Shen Qing was already seething with anger, and tonight these people just happened to be in the line of fire.
She glared at Gao Yuanqi's mother: "I may not have any children, but I'm determined to live! Why should I die just because I don't have any children? You're the one who should die because you raised such a son who's worse than a pig or a dog!"
After she finished speaking fiercely, she got up, returned to her seat, and picked up the covered bowl of hot tea beside her to drink.
She placed the covered bowl on the table and said coldly, "If you have nothing else to say, you may all leave! This is none of your business, so please go!"
The crowd then looked at Gao Liushi and urged her with their eyes to kick out this daughter-in-law who didn't understand the bigger picture and hadn't even given birth to a child yet!
Gao Liushi glanced at Shen Qing with red eyes, but didn't dare to say a word.
She still remembered the last time she kicked Shen Qing out, her life was worse than a dog's, how could she dare to kick Shen Qing out again?
Seeing that she remained silent and that Shen Qing had a volatile, aggressive look about her, everyone left in embarrassment.
Anyway, the ones arrested this time were Gao's own daughter and Gao Yuanqi from the third branch of the family, and it didn't have much to do with other people.
Gao Yuanqi's mother refused to leave, lying on the ground and throwing a tantrum. Shen Qing called over two servants, who grabbed her by the arms and threw her outside.
The chaos finally subsided.
Although she had vented her anger, Shen Qing felt even more exhausted.
She sat down next to Gao Liushi and said calmly, "I believe you have heard about what your daughter and Gao Yuanqi did together. The reason she harmed me for 200,000 taels of silver was because your son-in-law had accumulated a huge debt from gambling and whoring, and she was trying to help him pay it off."
Gao Liushi lowered her head and wiped away her tears, remaining silent.
"In this situation, do you think your daughter and son-in-law are reliable? Just like they said, I sacrificed myself to protect your daughter and Gao Yuanqi. Do you think you can live a good life with your daughter and son-in-law?"
Shen Qing looked around the room and said, "I'm afraid that once I die, they'll immediately sell this house and use the money to pay off their debts. Where will you live then? Will you go live with your daughter at her husband's house, living under someone else's roof and having to be subservient to them?"
Gao Liu burst into tears, sobbing, "I know everything, that's why they forced me to kick you out, and I didn't agree..."
Shen Qing sighed and stood up: "It's good that you know. Get some rest."
She returned to her room, ate the dinner that Chunju brought in, washed away her fatigue, and went to bed to rest.
With something on my mind, I tossed and turned and couldn't sleep. I got up before dawn, quickly washed up, and went straight to the prefect's office.
The guards at the gate recognized her and knew she was there to see Lord Qi, so they didn't question her and immediately let her in.
In the courtyard, Qi Zhenheng, dressed in white shirt and black pants, with his long braid wrapped several times around his neck, was practicing martial arts bare-handed in front of his subordinates.
Shen Qing was taken aback.
She thought Qi Zhenheng was just a scholar, but she didn't expect him to be skilled in martial arts.
No wonder he has such a muscular physique.
Qi Zhenheng made a roundhouse kick, but when he caught sight of her out of the corner of his eye, he immediately stopped and signaled his subordinates to get out of the way.
Shen Qing stepped forward, clasped his hands in a fist salute, and said, "Lord Qi, I wish to see Gao Yuanqi. Could you make an exception for me?"
Qi Zhenheng frowned, untying the braid wrapped around his neck, and said seriously, "Gao Yuanqi is a first-class criminal. It may be dangerous for Madam to meet with him alone."
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