"Serving you day and night, is that what you call living well? All I wanted was to live Xiaojun's life, is that what you call greed?"
"You are the ruler, enjoying good food and drink and being waited on hand and foot every day. If you were a servant, I don't believe you wouldn't want to climb the ranks!"
Wenzhu became more and more agitated as she spoke, her eyes seeming to want to devour Linxi.
"You always pretend to be so generous and kind. I told you to be careful of other minor nobles, but you didn't care. Now, I want to share some of the spoils with you, but you won't let me! Since you're so generous, and the patriarch has seen me naked, why don't you ask him to take me in?!"
"Pah! Stop pretending to be compassionate!"
After he finished speaking, he relaxed and stopped struggling, but his eyes remained fixed on Lin Xi.
While cursing him in her heart, she also hoped that her words would provoke him and that he would actually plead for her in order to maintain his former magnanimous image.
But all of this was just wishful thinking on his part.
Hearing his words, Lin Xi was utterly disappointed and filled with regret, wondering why she hadn't discovered his true nature for so long.
"My lady, I don't want to see him anymore. Can you send him away immediately?"
He turned his back to Wenzhu and looked at Su Qinghe with a sincere expression.
"Also, I don't want him to take anything from the manor anymore, but I don't want anything he's touched either. Could you pawn everything? Or store it in the storeroom?"
He looked at Su Qinghe with shame, ignoring Wen Zhu's hysterical rant behind him.
Su Qinghe looked at him for a while, then nodded with a smile. "Of course!"
With a wave of his hand, Wenzhu was gagged and taken away.
"Alright, we've had our fill of the show this morning, and I'm sure everyone's starving. Eat up, the porridge was a bit cold, but now it's at the perfect temperature!"
The hall was cleaned up. Seeing the few people sitting there blankly, Su Qinghe changed her previous seriousness and cheerfully invited them to eat.
"I'll go pick out a servant for you later. If you find someone suitable, just let me know. Don't think about the past anymore, relax."
Seeing that Lin Xi was in a low mood, Su Qinghe smiled and put a piece of pickled radish on his plate.
"Mm." Lin Xi nodded gently.
Breakfast was served late today, so the group didn't eat much, and the meal was over quickly.
With everyone present, Su Qinghe first summoned all the servants in the mansion.
This time she looked carefully, and the other men also helped to look. After careful selection, they finally settled on a steady-looking man named Hongluo.
After giving him a detailed warning, Su Qinghe believed that even if he was extremely secretive, after today's example with Wenzhu, he wouldn't dare to do anything excessive.
With the matter settled, the group sunbathed by the stone table by the lake, a spot they would gather for a while almost every time they finished breakfast.
As always, Ji Yuan stayed with Lin Xi, explaining things to him while looking at the account books.
Ji Qingyu and Qin Ange, meanwhile, were locked in a fierce struggle with their embroidery needles.
Ling Feng, having nothing to do, sat there bored, genuinely just sunbathing.
A few days passed in a flash, and Su Qinghe suddenly remembered the promise she had made to Qin Ange that day—to go on a spring outing.
Seeing that the men in the family had nothing else to do, she quickly sent a message to Qin Anmin, inviting him to go on a trip together.
Since Qin Ange entered the family, she only took him back to the Qin residence on the day of her homecoming. Nearly half a month has passed, and he hasn't gone back on his own initiative, as if he has forgotten about his family home.
Adding to the fact that Ling Feng approached her a few days ago, there have been constant assassination attempts.
She was busy developing firearms and had hardly ever visited Shili Xiang. In fact, she hadn't seen Qin Anmin for quite some time.
Now that he's practically her brother-in-law, and they live in the same city so close by, they still need to keep in touch and maintain their relationship.
I just don't know if she'll have time tomorrow... Judging from the weather these past few days, tomorrow's weather should be pretty good too.
Su Qinghe was worried that Qin Anmin might be too busy with official duties when she received a message from the other end saying that he had agreed.
As agreed, Su Qinghe told everyone about the trip the next day, which made everyone look forward to it.
The most excited one was Qin Ange. He was so happy to hear that his older sister's family was also going that he was overjoyed and kept saying that he wanted to go back and pack his things.
After discussing it for a while, the group listed all the things they needed to bring for their spring outing, especially since there were three pregnant men in the family, so there were quite a few things to prepare.
...
The next morning, at Lingyan Mountain.
A carriage twice the size of an ordinary carriage slowly came to a stop at the end of a row of carriages.
The carriage curtain was lifted, and Su Qinghe jumped off the carriage first. After helping each man (except Ling Feng) off the carriage, she followed the crowd to the intersection.
Lingyan Mountain is the mountain where Lingyan Temple, the most famous temple in Tianhe County, is located.
Although it is a mountain, it is the gentlest one in Tianhe County, which is surrounded by mountains. The government office even built a road to the mountainside.
Therefore, the temples built here are the easiest to reach and are very popular with the common people, especially the wealthy.
The place where Su Qinghe and the others are now is halfway up the mountain.
Today, the sky is clear and the air is crisp. There are many people coming to enjoy the spring scenery and offer incense. The large open space is already filled with carriages, mostly from wealthy families who have come to pray for blessings.
With a few men by her side, Su Qinghe found a high spot to stand, raised her hand to shield her eyes from the light, and searched for Qin Anmin's family in the crowd.
"My sister and the others are over there!"
Before Su Qinghe could be found, Qin Ange had already jumped up excitedly and waved.
Su Qinghe looked in the direction he was looking and sure enough, she saw a square-faced man grinning broadly, surrounded by a group of beautiful women.
"Sister Qin!" Su Qinghe called out loudly, and when she saw Qin looking over, she quickly waved back.
"Hey! They're here!"
Upon seeing Su Qinghe, Qin Anmin's grin widened even further, and he quickened his pace, followed by a group of his husbands.
"Oh my! My dear sister, it's been so long! What have you been up to lately? Why haven't you brought An Ge to see me?"
Qin Anmin's laughter pierced through several groups of people around him, and as soon as he reached Su Qinghe, he gave her a big bear hug.
Su Qinghe smiled awkwardly, and only after she finished hugging her did she glance at the group of people behind her.
"Uh... these all belong to Sister Qin..."
"My husband! It's perfectly normal for a woman to be so brave and strong, serving her country.
Qin Anmin put his arm around Su Qinghe's shoulder and said something that seemed perfectly natural.
Turning her head to look at what she called "a few," Su Qinghe felt somewhat embarrassed.
How truly majestic and awe-inspiring!
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