Chapter 96: Concubine's Behavior

Just as Song Jin guessed.

Song Xiu suddenly perked up while she was in bed recuperating, and asked to eat this and that that night.

Since she didn't have that at home, naturally no one would indulge her.

But Old Mrs. Liu actually had the patience to kill a hen and make chicken soup for Song Xiu.

Song Jin also got a bowl of chicken soup and a big chicken drumstick.

Qin Chi came back before dark, and as soon as he came back, he found that the atmosphere at home was not right.

After asking Song Jin and learning what happened, Qin Chi was stunned for a while, then calmed down again, "Madam, don't get involved in this matter, just let them do whatever they want."

"Well, I won't get involved."

If Song Jin wanted to get involved today, he wouldn't just stand there and watch the show.

Qin Chi figured it out, "From today's situation, Song Xiu's two previous faintings might have been related to her pregnancy. I guess it was because she was still young at the time, and Third Uncle couldn't take her pulse accurately."

This time Song Xiu complained of abdominal pain.

The third uncle just said that it was suspected to be a miscarriage.

In fact, there was some uncertainty, but the doctor from the town was invited and he said that there were indeed signs of miscarriage.

Song Jin and Qin Chi looked at each other.

After being tormented by the evil spirit, the couple lost their moral integrity during sex, and then encountered old Liu's mischief. The fetus had only become ill now, and Song Xiu could only say that she was well again.

No more talk about Song Xiu.

Song Jin asked what he was worried about, "Husband, how is the medicine store going?"

"Meng Qingrui had the deputy envoy drunk at a banquet, and took the opportunity to ask him about some things. He said that Yang Zhifu asked the pharmacy to purchase a batch of medicinal materials. The ambassador of the pharmacy assigned the task to him, and he was in charge of Yi County and Qimen..."

Huimin Pharmacy has an ambassador in charge and two deputy ambassadors.

The ambassador is responsible for She County and Jixi County.

Another deputy envoy was in charge of Xiuning and Wuyuan.

This deputy envoy who came to Yi County was not very popular in the pharmacy.

Qimen and Yi County are remote, and the deputy envoy was originally reluctant to come. It was the steward of Prefect Yang's family who approached him privately and asked him to have a drink. During the conversation, he mentioned the Jifang Pharmacy and that the shopkeeper was a former servant of the Song family.

Song Jin suddenly lowered her eyeshadow to hide the dark light in her eyes, and asked in a normal voice, "Is Governor Yang targeting Ji Fang?"

"It's possible, but not very likely."

Qin Chi has sent people to the capital to investigate, but no news has come back for a while. "Yang Lingyu comes from a scholarly family, and the children of aristocratic families are born with pride. Not to mention a few servants from the Song family, even if the Song family has not yet fallen, they will not take them seriously."

They have an elder who is a cabinet minister.

Song Jin was thoughtful about this, "If it weren't for him, there wouldn't be many housekeepers in the mansion who could order them around."

Then it can only be the prefect’s family.

Qin Chi also thought of this question, "We'll know when we hear news from the capital city."

"Well, we can only wait."

Song Jin had never thought that he would not be able to solve the problem since Qin Chi said he would take over the matter. At least, the second son of the county magistrate of Yi County would have no problem dealing with a deputy envoy who was almost the same as a yamen runner in the pharmacy. It was just that it showed the benefits of having someone in the yamen.

Especially for businessmen.

It's hard to run a business without a backer.

It was just a small pharmacy, and it encountered problems one after another as soon as it started to develop.

Qin Chi took the needle and thread from Song Jin's hand and said, "Don't do needlework tonight, or you might hurt your eyes."

"I'm just killing time."

Song Jin smiled and let him take it away.

Qin Chi pretended to have just remembered something, "I heard that my wife transferred some of the stored medicinal materials to Shunan Sancheng this time. Didn't I tell you that you don't have to pay for it?"

Song Jin said truthfully: "I'm not giving money, I'm repaying a favor."

Qin Chi was speechless immediately.

It is not difficult to investigate the matter of the deputy envoy of the pharmacy. The main reason is that the provincial capital is a bit far from Yi County, and it takes some time to go back and forth.

Waited until the next morning.

The news reached Qinjiagou.

Qin Chi handed the letter directly to Song Jin.

Song Jin hesitated for a moment before opening it and reading.

It turned out that it was not Prefect Yang who was behind this matter, but it was instigated by Mr. Zeng's daughter, Zeng, who married the prefect.

The Zeng family went bankrupt, and Zeng's money began to be tight.

Zeng learned from Prefect Yang that there was an insect plague in Anqing Prefecture and that there might be a shortage of medicinal materials in the future, so he wanted to stockpile some medicinal materials in advance.

I just want to do the business of buying low and selling high.

Zeng targeted Jifang Pharmacy because she was a little angry, but more because she thought it was a soft persimmon. The reason was that when Zeng returned to her parents' home, she learned that the death of Mr. Zeng seemed to be related to Jifang, and she didn't know who her father took the blame for.

Zeng, who lived in the back house, was out of touch with the news and had no idea that Jifang was protected by Shunan Commercial Bank.

If he knew, he probably wouldn't be so forceful.

"Should we publicize this matter? It doesn't matter if there is no evidence, as long as everyone in the city knows about it." Song Jin did not kill the Zeng family.

There is no wrong version in the 1619 book forum!

Only two of the culprits died.

Finally she was merciful.

When Qin Chi heard Song Jin's words, he knew the purpose of her action. It didn't take much effort to deal with a concubine. As long as the concubine affected the reputation of the master's family, she would be deposed no matter how favored she was.

Before the Zeng family fell from power, filial piety was often shown to Yang Lingyu, and she was still able to take it seriously.

Now the Zeng family is in trouble. Once the news that Zeng colluded with the deputy envoy of the pharmacy to hoard medicinal materials gets out, if Yang Lingyu fails to handle it properly, it will definitely affect his official career.

Song Jin wanted to kill two birds with one stone.

Qin Chi suddenly suggested, "Instead of spreading the news, there is actually another way, which is to collect evidence and hand it over to the governor."

"Is this possible?"

"Now is the time when insect diseases are spreading. As the prefect, he does not help the country and ask for help from the people, but abuses his power for personal gain, hoards medicinal materials, and forces people to buy and sell. This is enough to get Yang Lingyu into trouble. Even if it is finally found out that it was his favorite concubine who did it, it is also because he did not manage his family well. Don't even think about getting promoted in the next few years."

The Yang family is not without political enemies.

If this matter is handled well, it will definitely affect Yang Lingyu's performance.

Song Jin raised his eyes and glanced at Qin Chi.

He is indeed a scholar.

All she could think of was to use words to force Governor Yang to punish Zeng.

People just want to get Yang Zhifu! Very good, she likes it!

Song Jin immediately decided to do as Qin Chi wanted. Naturally, the task of searching for evidence would be handled by Shunan's people. It just so happened that the deputy envoy had used the same method to force a sale from other people before he approached Jifang.

These are all evidence.

Here the couple were discussing how to cause trouble for Prefect Yang Lingyu.

Song Xiu was lying on the bed, not quiet at all.

She asked for this and that, making Qin Daya, who was taking care of her temporarily, very busy.

People at home would occasionally hear Qin Daya's voice, "Grandma, my aunt said the white porridge is too bland and not to her liking. She wants to eat shredded chicken porridge."

"Fuck her! She's lucky enough that someone serves her food!" Old Liu was scolding everyone in the main room with full of energy.

Then Qin Daya said loudly, "Grandma! It's bad, my aunt said she doesn't want to live anymore!"

"Bang!"

Old Liu in the main room was so angry that she smashed things and said with gritted teeth: "Kill the chicken! Lin, go catch another chicken and kill it."

Now, Mrs. Liu was really under the control of Song Xiu.

So Song Xiu said she wanted to eat sesame cakes and Dingsheng cakes, then she said she wanted to eat hairy tofu and knife-cut fragrant noodles, and the most outrageous thing was that she even said she wanted to eat Tunxi drunken crabs.

Can I eat crabs when I’m pregnant?

Old Liu was so angry that she started cursing in the kitchen again.

This bitch has a gold nugget in her belly and thinks she is the gold nugget!

PS: There will be no update tonight as the author needs to sort out the plot.