Chapter 360 Improper behavior
Xiao Xixi stopped Qin Qixuan from punishing Brother Qiting.
[It was obviously me who made the mistake, and since both my elder brother and my second brother could go to Qingfeng Tower, why couldn’t Xiao Xixi go? Why should we be punished just because Brother Qiting and Xixi went to Qingfeng Tower?]
Qin Qixuan heard Xiao Xixi’s thoughts and felt a headache.
Could he really explain to Xiao Xixi what Qingfeng Tower was and why Xiao Xixi couldn’t go in? Qin Qixuan decided to pretend that he didn’t hear Xixi’s thoughts.
Qin Qiting also understood Qin Qixuan's dilemma, and he did make a mistake. He shouldn't have indulged Xiao Xixi so much and taken her everywhere. So Qin Qiting held Xiao Xixi and asked her not to quarrel with Qin Qixuan for him. Xiao
Xixi was a little depressed, but until Qin Qiting was taken to the ancestral hall, Xiao Xixi was still a little confused. Why... the eldest brother and the second brother could so easily know that she and brother Qiting were next door to Zhao Zemo.
When everyone thought that the matter had been settled, Pei Xuanyi quietly entered Qingfeng Tower from its secret door.
He was dressed in black, as if to conceal his presence. He didn't bring any guards with him and just quietly slipped into Qingfeng Tower.
The owner of Qingfeng Tower, the gorgeously dressed old mother, was already waiting for Pei Xuanyi at the inner gate.
The old mother was very cautious in her attitude towards Pei Xuanyi, and seemed to be very jealous of Pei Xuanyi's identity.
"Reporting to His Royal Highness, just now the young lady of the Qin family pretended to be her father and was having fun in Qingfeng Tower, and mother sneaked into Qingfeng Tower without knowing anything. This old servant specially arranged a private room next to Zhao Zemo for them, and not long ago, the eldest and second sons of the Qin family also came to Qingfeng Tower, as if they wanted to discuss something with Prince Ze. Later, the negotiations seemed to have broken down, and the eldest son of the Qin family left Qingfeng Tower with a few people."
The old mother told Pei Xuanyi what had just happened. Pei Xuanyi held his head and thought for a while, realizing that the Qin family seemed to have offended Zhao Zemo because of something, and Zhao Zemo's attitude was not very clear.
While Pei Xuanyi was thinking, a maid suddenly rushed in in a panic. When she saw the old mother, she knelt down and kowtowed, begging her to save their young lady.
"Please save my young lady, my young lady is about to get into trouble!"
Normally, these maids would not be so rude to break into the old mother's room directly. There must be a reason for their rashness at this time. The old mother couldn't help but cast an apologetic look at Pei Xuanyi, and then hurriedly asked what happened.
"For some reason, Zhao Zemo's thing couldn't stand up today. He got angry and wanted to kill my young lady."
Obviously, her young lady was the dancer who was dancing in Zhao Zemo's room just now. Maybe Zhao Zemo was in a good mood and wanted to do his business, but suddenly he found that something was wrong with his body and was disturbed.
And this situation did not happen to other people. Why did he suddenly fail to stand up when he was having fun with this dancer? Well... Zhao Zemo wanted to kill her.
The old mother thought this matter was very strange, but Pei Xuanyi looked thoughtful and had some guesses in his mind.
This matter was probably caused by Xiao Xixi. Pei Xuanyi was a little helpless, but he still had to cover it up and not let Zhao Zemo find out that it was related to Xiao Xixi.
"You can handle this matter."
Pei Xuanyi never showed up in Qingfeng Tower. The real boss of Qingfeng Tower in name was always the old mother.
"But you should be careful not to let others mention the fact that Xiao Xixi appeared in Qingfeng Building. You must ensure that after today, everyone believes that no child has ever entered Qingfeng Building."
"Well... if possible, try to spread this news so that more people know about Zhao Zemo."
The old mother was a little shocked when she heard Pei Xuanyi's last words. Did Zhao Zemo offend Pei Xuanyi and force Pei Xuanyi to take action against him?
Compared with this reason, the old mother would rather believe that Xiao Xixi is very important to Pei Xuanyi. In this regard, the old mother couldn't help but feel lucky that she was very friendly to several people in the Qin family just now.
When the old mother hurried to Zhao Zemo's room, the girl was already shivering in the corner.
Zhao Zemo was obviously very angry at this time, holding a special whip made at home, and was about to swing it at the girl.
The dancer's body was obviously covered with many scars, all caused by Zhao Zemo. The old mother's eyes were crossed, and she was also a little angry.
She ordered someone to go forward and stop Zhao Zemo, and then she spoke to him in a cold voice without any fear of Zhao Zemo.
"If Master Zhao wants to kill someone somewhere else, this old servant has no right to interfere. But if it happens in my Qingfeng Tower, then this old servant must warn Master Zhao that the girls in Qingfeng Tower are not someone you can kill."
"Don't even mention beating and killing. Master Zhao is now hurting the women of my Qingfeng Tower, which is already causing trouble in Qingfeng Tower. Please think twice, Master Zhao, and don't make enemies with my Qingfeng Tower because of this."
If someone else had said this, Zhao Zemo would have been so angry that he would have wanted to whip him to death, but the old lady in front of him, although she looked inconspicuous, was also kind. But Zhao Zemo knew that the people behind the old lady and the actual owner of the entire Qingfeng Tower were people that he and even the Jinnan Palace could not afford to offend.
Zhao Zemo really did not dare to offend the people in Qingfeng Tower, so he could only swallow this humiliation, looked at the dancer hatefully, and ran out of Qingfeng Tower, covering his lower body.
As for the reason why Zhao Zemo temporarily lost his humanity... it was naturally because of the handful of powder that Xixi sprinkled before leaving.
They all remembered it wrong. This powder was not a drug that attracted insects, but...
Until the next day, Xiao Xixi and the others did not think of this matter, and Qin Qiting had been kneeling in the ancestral hall for a whole night and could no longer walk.
The next morning, Xiao Xixi came to Qin Qiting's room. When she saw him, she found that Qin Qiting's entire knee was bruised. She was immediately very worried and a little guilty. She thought that it was because she urged Qin Qiting and Xixi to go to Qingfeng Tower together that Qin Qiting was seriously injured.
[Wuwuwuwu, Brother Qiting is too pitiful. If it weren't for Xixi's instigation, Brother Qiting and Xixi would go to Qingfeng Tower together, Brother Qiting would not have been injured so badly.]
Xiao Xixi saw the ointment placed next to her, so she sincerely wanted to use her own strength to help Brother Qiting.
"Come and help pigeon apply medicine!"
Qin Xixi felt distressed when she saw that Qin Qiting's knees were already bruised. She couldn't help but think helplessly in her heart.
[Oh, Brother Qi Ting is so honest, he doesn't even know how to take a break. Big brother didn't ask anyone to supervise him, he just wanted to warn Brother Qi Ting, he didn't really want him to get hurt. Now look, Brother Qi Ting can hardly walk! ]
Qin Xixi thought so in her heart, and she really said it out loud.
Qin Qi Ting listened silently to her resentment towards Qin Qixuan, and couldn't help but smile. He felt that Xixi was really worried about him, and his heart suddenly became very happy. However, he still shook his head and "hissed" again - Qin Xixi hurt him when she applied the medicine.
Although Qin Xixi was very serious in applying the medicine, she was still young after all, and she would apply the medicine carelessly from time to time. But Qin Qi Ting still let her do whatever she wanted.
"Although it is true that no one is supervising me, I can't really not kneel in the ancestral hall. After all, this is the punishment given to me by my elder brother. Since my elder brother did this, he must have his reasons."
Qin Qiting is very stubborn about some things, especially the tasks assigned to him by the Qin family. Qin Xixi saw that she had no way to convince him, so she could only accept this fact helplessly.
"Besides, even if no one is watching me, I have to be worthy of myself. Today I just kneeled in the ancestral hall. I will just bear with it."
Qin Xixi was a little helpless. Before she finished speaking, a maid suddenly ran in hurriedly. This maid was one of the maids who served Qin Qiting personally.
Qin Qiting usually didn't have any airs to his servants, which made the maids in his courtyard lively. And they were very supportive of Qin Qiting.
"There is news from outside that the young master of the Zhao family is impotent after yesterday."
The maid's tone was somewhat happy. The reason why Qin Qiting went to the ancestral hall to kneel down yesterday was because he went to Qingfeng Tower to inquire about Zhao Zemo's news. Now that Zhao Zemo has encountered such a thing, the maid is naturally a little schadenfreude.
But when Qin Qiting heard this, instead of showing a happy expression, he frowned abnormally.
He looked at the maid who ran in in a panic to pass on the message, with a trace of dissatisfaction in his eyes.
"Xixi is still here, how can you speak so rashly? Some things should be said and some things should not be said. Haven't you learned it after so long?"
Qin Qiting seldom spoke to them in such a serious tone. The maid's face turned pale immediately, realizing that what she said was inappropriate, and she knelt down to admit her mistake.
Although Qin Qiting was dissatisfied with the maid's rashness, Qin Xixi was very happy. If it weren't for this maid, she would not know that the medicine she sprinkled yesterday actually had this effect.
[Haha, I didn't expect that Zhao Zemo, who had been wandering among flowers all his life, would be impotent because of the powder developed by the fifth brother, hahahaha!
Qin Xixi couldn't help but feel a little saccharine. Now he would see how he could touch Sister Wen. This way, he wouldn't have to worry about Sister Wen being hurt in Jinnan Palace. It was simply a happy thing for everyone. The
eldest brother actually punished Qin Qiting for this matter. In their opinion, this was the best thing they did when they went to Qingfeng Tower this time. Zhao Zemo didn't have the confidence to take action, and Sister Wen wouldn't be threatened even in Jinnan Palace.
Qin Qiting didn't want Qin Xixi to hear about this. After hearing Qin Xixi's voice, Qin Qiting was even more depressed and fined the maid a month's salary.
"No one is allowed to say dirty words in front of the young lady in the future. These words can only be said in private on weekdays, but they cannot be shown in public."
The maid kowtowed and apologized, and retreated.
However, when Qin Qiting heard about this, he was relieved. Now, no matter what, his elder brother can finally put his mind at ease.
After Qin Xixi carefully applied the medicine to Qin Qiting, the housekeeper came to Qin Qiting's yard and asked them to go to the front hall to eat together.
Qin Qiting was a little confused. These days, there are not always enough people at home, so if not everyone is there, or if it is a special day, they usually don't gather in the front hall to eat. Everyone solves the problem in their own yards, so what happened now that made the housekeeper come in person to call them to the front hall?
"The head of the family said that a big order was negotiated today, and a family banquet is going to be held to celebrate."
Qin Xixi's eyes widened. According to the family background of the Qin family, the company behind this big order... Qin Xixi couldn't imagine it.
[Wow, mother, what a big order it is. ]
Qin Qiting didn't tell Qin Xixi and the others how big the order was, but the dishes tonight were richer than any other day. Qin Xixi guessed, could it be that mother did business with the royal family this time?
Everyone raised their glasses to celebrate, thinking that this was a very good thing, but Qin Xixi was very sensitive to find that the third child's expression didn't seem to be very good, but a little gloomy.
Mother seemed to have mentioned that the third brother went out this time to accompany him to discuss business, but why did mother act so happy this time, while the third brother...
Qin Xixi ran to the third brother and poked his face, wanting him not to be so sad.
[Oh, third brother, you are always smiling, but now you are suddenly so serious. Xixi is still a little uncomfortable. Third brother, please smile, don't be like this.]
Unexpectedly, Qin Xixi tried her best to make the third brother laugh, but it had the opposite result.
No one expected that the third brother would suddenly stand up, slam his chopsticks on the table, and look very angry.
"What's good about it? What about such a big order?"
Everyone present was startled and looked at the third brother with some worry. Qin Shu's face became even more unhappy.
"Such a large order, such a high profit, it is obviously all the credit of the Qin family, but all this money has been filled into the national treasury. The national treasury is full, but what about our Qin Mansion? Don't you want any benefit at all?"
The third brother felt very aggrieved. They had been planning this business for a long time and had very serious negotiations with the other party, but they didn't expect that the final result would still fill the national treasury with most of the profit and give it to the royal family. Their Qin family only got one thousandth or even less.
The third brother didn't understand. Does being a royal merchant mean working for the royal family?
Qin Shu saw that the third brother did not give in, and she became angry.
"What do you mean? Third brother, do you still have the royal family in your heart? Do you know that saying this is enough to implicate our entire family?"