Chapter 139 was truly man-made.
As a result, Qiao Family Winery turned misfortune into good fortune, and began selling this clear and fragrant yellow wine, making a fortune instead.
Later, the men from Vice Minister Qiao's residence captured Yue Wu and used torture to force him to reveal what he had put in the yellow wine. Yue Wu couldn't withstand the torture and told the truth.
After repeated experiments, the people in Vice Minister Qiao's residence successfully obtained a clear wine. In order to keep this secret, they killed all the brewers who knew about it.
The reason Yu Qingci knew so much detail was because in her previous life, Qiao Yuantao had been working for the Qiao family and had inadvertently learned the inside story. One time, he got drunk at home and blurted it out in a moment of pride.
At that time, the Qiao family was already thriving. She only felt sorry for the brewers for a while before letting it go. She was already overwhelmed with her own life and had no ability to do anything for the strangers who died unjustly.
But things are different now. The Qiao family hasn't had the chance to get rich yet, and the brewer named Yue Wu hasn't gotten into trouble either.
So if she didn't do something to stop the Qiao family from making money at this time, wouldn't she be letting herself down?
Yue Wu should still be working at the Qiao family winery now, and hasn't been forced by his master to do something like throwing lime in a fit of anger. I can get there first and test the sake to sell. It will definitely become a hit in the capital and make me a fortune again.
She felt no remorse for stealing the Qiao family's business. In her previous life, the Qiao family, backed by the powerful Qiao family, had done countless things to take advantage of her misfortune and even harm her and her siblings. Moreover, Qiao himself was not an honest and upright official.
The better the Qiao family prospers, the more difficult the future path will become for the three of them.
Now that I've decided to open a winery in this life, I need to plan it out carefully.
When the distillery opens, we still need to invite my father to preside over the ribbon-cutting ceremony. The distillery will be based on the names of the General's Mansion and the Earl of Nanping Mansion so that it can gain a foothold in the market and make money peacefully in the future.
After arranging the rest of the affairs, Yu Qingci left the account book and sent them out. She then went to the front yard to find Steward Lu to collect a reward before leaving.
With the New Year approaching, she prepared various amounts of reward money for all the servants inside and outside the mansion, intending to distribute them one by one so that they could have a good New Year.
The reward was secondary; what she wanted was for everyone to know that although the two generals were gone, the prestige of the General's Mansion would not fall, and life would become more and more hopeful.
Everything went smoothly at the General's Mansion, but the atmosphere at the Su Mansion in Liuli Lane was tense.
Yu Jingsheng sat there awkwardly, unsure of what to say.
Su Chengniang looked back at him with a face full of grief and indignation, her teeth clenched in hatred.
The investigation into his son Qingbai's injury revealed that it was indeed caused by someone; the carriage Qingbai was riding in that day had been tampered with.
That carriage belonged to the Earl's mansion, and it was usually used most by the eldest son, Yu Qingyun. Moreover, the servant who tampered with it originally intended to harm the eldest son, Yu Qingyun, but unfortunately, Qingbai stumbled upon it instead.
That servant was bought into the household a few years ago. He seemed honest on the surface, but somehow a seed of resentment had been planted in his heart.
It is said that he was publicly flogged by the matriarch, Madam Qiao, for making a mistake and was almost sold off. He then harbored resentment towards Madam Qiao and conceived a wicked plan to teach her a lesson.
Yu Qingyun was Qiao's eldest son, whom she doted on like the apple of her eye, so he planned to harm him.
That day, he spotted the carriage the eldest son would be using and secretly tampered with its axle, fully expecting that the eldest son would inevitably encounter misfortune once he got into the carriage.
But who would have thought that just as the eldest son was about to set off, he was suddenly summoned by the old lady, Madam Zhang, to Shouyin Hall to copy scriptures for her, so he was unable to leave the mansion.
Unfortunately, Yu Qingbai was about to take a carriage to see the Master that day. The coachman had already harnessed the carriage and was waiting for the eldest young master to depart, but he received news that the eldest young master could not go out at the last minute. Just as he was about to unharness the carriage shaft, he saw that the seventh young master was about to go out, so he used the carriage.
When the affair was exposed, the treacherous servant, knowing he was doomed, committed suicide the night before he was discovered.
Since the person is already dead, it seems that this matter can only be left unresolved.
Su Chengniang didn't believe it at all, thinking things couldn't be that simple. So when Yu Jingsheng finished telling her, she immediately got so angry that her eyes turned red.
"Someone died? How could it be such a coincidence? How could that servant die so easily? Lord, do you believe it?" Su Chengniang stared at Yu Jingsheng and finally asked.
She would never believe that this matter had nothing to do with the Qiao family.
Yu Jingsheng: ...
Seeing that the man remained silent, Su Chengniang was extremely disappointed and wished she could rush to the Marquis's mansion to settle accounts with Madam Qiao.
Thinking of her son, who is still lying in bed unable to move, Su Cheng's mother felt heartbroken. She really wanted to point her finger at the man and scold him for not being a father and for only trying to smooth things over when things went wrong.
But she couldn't. She remembered what her daughter had told her: the Qiao family had been operating in the Earl's mansion for many years and had a powerful maternal family backing them up, while she and her son could only rely on the Earl. Therefore, they absolutely could not turn against the Earl without evidence.
So for now, she can only endure it, but one day she will make the Qiao family pay back everything they owe her.
In fact, not only Su Chengniang didn't believe it, but Yu Jingsheng himself was also very suspicious of the result. However, after investigating the matter, there were no other suspicious points. The servant had already committed suicide out of fear of punishment, so even if he wanted to avenge his son, there was nothing he could do.
Seeing Su Chengniang crying heartbrokenly with her handkerchief covering her face, he felt extremely bad and even more guilty towards the mother and son.
It was all my fault; I failed to protect them, the mother and child, and their daughter.
He knew that Cheng Niang harbored resentment towards him and suspected that Qiao Shi was involved in the matter, but without concrete evidence, he could not arbitrarily punish Qiao Shi.
Moreover, he also felt a little guilty towards the Qiao family.
When he learned that Chengniang had been kicked out of the Earl's Mansion by his mother, he ran out to look for her without a care in the world. When he returned home, he learned that Qiao Shi had already been welcomed into the family.
The die was cast, and he couldn't do anything to disobey his parents, but he also didn't want to betray Cheng Niang, so he neglected Qiao Shi for a while.
Later, he finally got news of Chengniang, and disregarding everything, he managed to get a posting to a remote area from the court. He stayed there for more than ten years, only occasionally returning to report on his duties and staying in the mansion for a while before leaving again.
Over the years, the entire household has been managed by Qiao Shi through her hard work, but she has never complained in front of him. She always presents herself as a virtuous wife and loving mother. Whenever her mother talks about the affairs of the household, she always praises Qiao Shi, her daughter-in-law.
As time went on, he softened and his attitude towards the Qiao family softened considerably.
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