Chapter 323: Hidden Evil
Mu Qing watched Hu Xin'er chatting and laughing, his eyes full of love and nostalgia.
Yun Qiu often sent people to pass on messages, telling them that Hu Xin'er was being bullied by the eldest wife in the Liu family.
He was very worried about Hu Xiner, but he could only suppress the urge to take her home, even though this might cause misunderstanding and complaints.
What he didn't say was that there had been frequent intrusions into the house recently. If it weren't for Taoist Master Yiqing and the shadow guards borrowed from the eldest princess, the Lu family would probably be in great danger.
The prince was losing his patience. Ever since Hu Xiner left the Lu Mansion, he seemed to be becoming more and more unscrupulous.
At this time, we must not take Hu Xiner back!
"I'm sorry, Xin'er." He apologized silently in his heart.
Mu Qing left reluctantly, and Dou Niangzi handed the manuscript to Hu Xiner and followed him away.
The doorman and others only then slowly emerged from places like the wall. Hu Xiner slapped her head, feeling a little annoyed.
I was too emotional just now and forgot a lot of things that I shouldn't say in front of others.
If she had known earlier, she should have welcomed him into Lanxin Garden!
She winked at Yunqiu, who immediately understood and took off the purse from her waist to give the servants hush money.
Just in case, she pretended to be fierce and said, "What happened today must not be leaked to anyone, otherwise you should know the result!"
The servants all responded in unison, smiling happily.
One of the clever doormen bit his silver coin and said with a smile, "Following Sister Yunqiu, you have money to spend. Only a fool would talk nonsense. Brothers, don't you agree?"
Yun Qiu spat at him: "What are you making such a fuss about?"
After dealing with these servants, she trotted a few steps, held Hu Xiner's hand, and the two of them walked briskly towards Lanxin Garden.
However, Yun Qiu always felt that something was uneasy. She turned around and saw an old lady with a hunched back, leaving in a hurry.
And that old lady was the old lady's personal servant!
Hu Xiner happily took the banknotes back to the house, completely unaware that all this was seen by the servants sent by the old lady.
"What did you say, three thousand taels?!" Liu Zhi and her daughter couldn't sit still when they heard the number.
The eldest old lady was so worried about the hundred gold coins a few days ago, but now she took a sip of tea leisurely and said, "It's just some silver, why are you so anxious?"
"Grandma, you were selling hairpins a few days ago, why are you so indifferent now?" Liu Qingyi directly hit the old lady's sore spot.
The old lady's expression changed slightly: "I think your grandfather is right, you are just too uneducated!"
Liu Zhi hurriedly protected her daughter: "Mother, have you thought of a solution?"
The eldest old lady said calmly, "She has such a lucrative business, yet she insists on coming to our Liu Mansion. Why do you think that is?"
"He is greedy for the wealth of our Liu family!" Liu Qingyi answered without hesitation.
The old lady suddenly showed an expression that was difficult to describe.
Liu Zhi was also a little embarrassed. Their Liu family was simply all show and no substance. Hu Xin'er didn't do her own business, but instead came to covet the Liu family's money. She was simply picking up sesame seeds and losing watermelons.
Liu Qingyi looked at them both unhappily: "Mother, Grandmother, what are you looking at? It's not like our family is really poor. Did they spend all their money on poetry, books, calligraphy and paintings?"
Thinking of this, Liu Zhi was speechless: "Dad is just a nerd. These poems, books, calligraphy and paintings are so valuable, but they can't be exchanged for money... Wait."
Suddenly, an idea came to her mind.
The three of them looked at each other.
Liu Qingyi said angrily, "Could it be...she wants to steal the paintings and calligraphy from the mansion and sell them?!"
Liu Zhishen agreed with this.
"She's just so greedy!" The eldest old lady thought the same thing. She slammed her teacup down hard. "Her own Lu family has such a lucrative business, yet she still covets our Liu family's wealth!"
Liu Zhiye was so angry that her breathing became rapid. "I've always wondered why she came here when she already has a husband but she doesn't want to live with him... This time it was obviously her husband who came to pick her up, but she refused to go back."
The old lady narrowed her eyes and said, "She must be here for the Liu family's property."
"Grandma, what should we do?" Liu Qingyi said worriedly, "Should we go tell Grandpa about this right now?"
Liu Zhi was about to scold Hu Xin'er for being shameless, but upon hearing this, he hit her on the head and said, "Why did I give birth to such a stupid daughter like you?"
Liu Qingyi cried out of grievance: "Mom, why did you hit me again?"
"Your mother was right to hit me," the eldest old lady said with disdain. "If I tell your grandfather now, he definitely won't believe it and will use it to severely suppress our eldest branch."
"Why? We are obviously the eldest son of the family." Liu Qingyi knew that what her grandmother said was true, but she still couldn't help feeling sad. "Why is grandpa so partial?"
Liu Zhi gritted his teeth and said, "Isn't it because your uncle was incompetent that he couldn't give our first wife a son? The second wife's family is full of beauties, and we are upright, so your grandfather was seduced by them!"
Liu Qingyi began to sob: "Mom, I don't want to be a good person anymore..."
"Yier, it's all my fault." Liu Zhi couldn't help but feel sad when she saw her daughter like this. "We must keep a low profile from now on. We must not fall for Hu Xin'er's trick like last time!"
Thinking of the money that Hu Xiner had cheated her out of last time, the old lady felt a pang of pain in her heart. She had paid for all that money!
She touched her gauze-wrapped head, and a chilling hatred suddenly burst out of her eyes: "What they took from our eldest wife, we must take back tenfold and a hundredfold!"
Liu Zhi wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes with a handkerchief: "Mother is right, if she wants to fight for our family property, she must be prepared to have her own family property taken away!"
Thinking of the shop's dividend of three thousand taels, both of them felt a surge of excitement in their hearts.
"If there were a shop as good as this, I would definitely be able to revive all the businesses under the Liu family!" The eldest old lady thought so. She didn't look like a scholar at all. She looked like an old woman full of greed.
Liu Qingyi stopped crying, her eyes full of longing. With three thousand taels every month, how wonderful her life would be!
Liu Zhi also harbored ulterior motives. The three of them conspired quietly for a while before saying to the old woman, "Keep watching Hu Xin'er's every move and report any disturbances!"
Hu Xiner suddenly felt cold.
She was now sitting next to the second old lady, with the scent of sandalwood burning in the room. The Liu family had always been very particular about these things, so the decoration of the second old lady's room was also elegant and luxurious.
The second old lady noticed her movements and asked with concern, "Xin'er, what's wrong?"
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