Chapter 25: Ten Thousand Taels
Lin Qingyun was on holiday just in time for the holiday. After the scandal of secretly keeping a concubine, he became much more obedient after being severely scolded by his father-in-law.
Today was a day off and he didn't have to go to the government office, so he didn't dare go out and just stayed at home obediently.
When Lin Qingyun heard the doorman report that the daughter of Mr. Song from the Ministry of Revenue was coming to visit, he felt a little strange.
Although he had accepted bribes from Song He in the past, they usually pretended to be strangers and did not interact much.
Why did the Song family suddenly come to the Lin Mansion?
Since it was a female relative who came, he asked the doorman to take the guest to Wang's place.
As for the housekeeper of the Song Mansion, he brought him to the study so that he could ask him what had brought the Song family here.
Song Wanzhen was a very direct person. After paying her respects to Wang, she took out the gifts for everyone in the Lin family one by one.
The gift for the old lady was expensive incense, the gift for Wang was a small screen embroidered with colorful camellia, the gift for Lin Baozhu was a beauty cream sold by Qingcheng Rouge Shop, and the gift for Lin Qianqian was a very beautiful gold crown.
Just look at the sparkling diamonds on it and you will know how valuable this gold crown is.
The gifts for other people were all carried by maids, but the one for Lin Qianqian was packed separately in a red brocade box, and was held in Song Wanzhen's hands personally.
Wang was very unhappy. She felt that the Song family girl was not very good at dealing with things and could not even tell the difference between what was important and what was not. She treated a little girl raised on the farm as a treasure, but treated her, the real mistress of the Lin family, as a weed. She also did not take her own daughter Baozhu seriously.
Song Wanyi spoke very directly: "I heard that your second young lady is a blessed person, I want to make friends with her."
Wang's smile was a bit forced. "Qianqian is often out during the day, running around all day long. No one knows where she goes to hang out."
"Then I will take my leave first."
After Song Wanzhen finished speaking, she held the box containing the golden crown and walked out of the room without looking back.
"Mother Sun, please see us off."
Wang's face turned pale as she watched Song Wanzhen's back as she left, feeling very unhappy.
Mother Sun sent Song Wanzhen to the door of the mansion, but received a reward of two golden peanuts. She was so happy that she told Song Wanzhen about Lin Qianqian's whereabouts.
After Song Wanzhen left, Mother Sun walked to a remote corner of the mansion, put the golden peanut in her mouth and bit it. The teeth marks were very obvious, indicating that it was real gold.
It's all thanks to Qianqian. If Miss Song didn't want to find out Miss Qianqian's whereabouts from her, she would never have been so generous.
Not long after, Lin Qingyun returned to the main house and told Wang and Old Lady Lin what the Song family's housekeeper had said.
Wang's face was full of sarcasm: "A blessed man? Lord Song thinks that Jiang's daughter can cure his illness by visiting the Song Mansion? This is really a big joke."
Old Madam Lin also said, "If that girl was a blessed person, then Jiang, who gave birth to her, would not have disappeared for no reason. If that girl was a blessed person, her maternal grandfather's family would not have been convicted. I think she is clearly a disaster."
Old Madam Lin knew the whole story. After the Jiang family learned the truth about Lin Qingyun abandoning Qianqian, they had been looking for trouble with Lin Qingyun. That was why Prime Minister Wang had to take action to convict the Jiang family.
All the misfortunes of the Jiang family were caused by that girl.
Lin Qingyun: "I have sent people to keep an eye on the Song Mansion. I want to see whether that girl is a lucky star or a bad star. I heard that Song He is very ill. He may die soon after seeing that girl."
Song Wanzhen met Lin Qianqian at Jiang's house.
At that time, Lin Qianqian was discussing the drawings with the person in charge of renovating the house.
Song Wanzhen suddenly felt like she was meeting someone of her own kind. This Miss Lin, like her, was good at doing business and managing household business.
After Lin Qianqian finished her work, Song Wanzhen said:
"Miss Lin, my father heard that you are a lucky star, and he hopes you can come to our house as a guest. He wants to get some of Miss Lin's blessings and get rid of his stubborn illness."
This statement couldn't be made more bluntly.
Lin Qianqian likes to talk to people who are straightforward and don't need to think.
She knew that Song He was the one who bribed Lin Qingyun and now worked in the Ministry of Revenue.
People who know how to bribe are bound to engage in corruption.
There is nothing wrong in getting money from Song He.
"Ten thousand taels, I want ten thousand taels of silver. Why don't you go back and discuss it with Lord Song first? If Lord Song's illness doesn't get better after seeing me, don't take a penny. If he really gets better because of my blessing, then give me ten thousand taels of silver."
Song Wanzhen smiled. Lin Qianqian was even more direct than her.
This is great and saves time.
"Miss Qianqian, please allow me to go back and tell my father first. If my father agrees, I will immediately send someone to pick up Miss Lin, okay?"
"Okay, it's a deal. We need to sign an agreement regarding the money. I'm afraid the Song family won't acknowledge it later."
"That's natural."
The Song family's shop is managed by Song Wanzhen, and she is very supportive of signing agreements when doing business.
Song Wanzhen returned to the Song Mansion and told Song He about the ten thousand taels of silver. Song He thought it was a good deal.
When his illness was not cured, the girl refused to take a penny from him, but only took ten thousand taels from him when he recovered.
To be honest, if it cost 50,000 taels to cure his illness, he would be willing to do so.
After all, I really have money.
"Wanzhen, use the most luxurious carriage in our house to bring Fuxing home. By the way, I heard from Dachang that the entire Feng family went out to welcome the distinguished guest. Please make arrangements. We can't be worse than the Feng family."
Lin Qianqian saw Song He riding in a carriage on the street a few days ago. At that time, Song He was already seriously ill.
So before she went to the Song Mansion, she brought a small yellow pill with her.
When they arrived at the Song Mansion, they saw more than a dozen wives and concubines of different styles standing outside the gate, and Song He also had more than a dozen children.
More than a dozen children saluted Lin Qianqian at the same time, and the scene was quite impressive.
"Wanzhen, tell the people in your house not to make things too complicated. I need to go see Master Song right away. The Jiang residence is still busy and can't do without me."
When Lin Qianqian saw Song He, she quietly put a small pill into the tea Song He was drinking while no one was paying attention.
The small pill dissolved when put into tea. The color of the tea soup did not change at all, but the aroma of the tea became stronger.
Lin Qianqian picked up the teacup and brought it to Song He: "Since I am a blessed person, I will serve a cup of tea to Lord Song, so that Lord Song can share in my blessing."
Lin Qianqian just took a cup of tea and left.
The night after she left the Song Mansion, Song He began to have diarrhea and did not leave the toilet all night.
I had diarrhea for four days in a row and lost a lot of weight.
At the Lin Mansion, Lin Qingyun had always sent people to keep an eye on the situation at the Song Mansion, so he learned in time that Song He had suffered from diarrhea for four consecutive days.
Most people would not be able to bear three people suffering from continuous diarrhea, not to mention that Song He was already seriously ill and was probably dying.
Old Madam Lin: "I said that girl is a disaster star. She has harmed the entire Jiang family. Look, now she has harmed Lord Song. Don't let her cause trouble for our Lin family."
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