Chapter 27: Cold Eyes
How did this money come from?
It's funny.
Xiao Yuan took the low-quality jade pendant out with him when he took it out from his sleeve pocket, but the situation was chaotic at the time and they were all immersed in their own emotions, so no one noticed the pen that fell on the ground.
She only discovered it when she went to pick up the jade pendant that she had knocked to the ground. At that time, she wanted to destroy it. When she saw it, she thought of Xiao Yuan and the ruthless torture they had inflicted on her in her previous life. How could she bear it?
Just as she was about to strike, she suddenly felt that if she let these two off so easily, how could she be worthy of her previous life? Hence the scene just now.
Lin Yingxue was slapped hard by Lin Zhi, but how could this slap ever repay even a fraction of her pain? But it didn't matter, there was still time to come, right?
"Miss, what should we do with Auntie? Madam is not someone to be trifled with. Now that the eldest daughter has been beaten again, will they vent all their anger on Auntie?"
Xiaotao became worried again.
Who says it isn’t true? Qi is not a kind-hearted person.
Lin Qingjun's eyes were cold.
My aunt had a miserable life. Her grandparents had passed away long ago, and when she was only a few years old, she walked hundreds of miles alone to seek refuge with her uncle and aunt. Her uncle and aunt disliked her because she was a girl, so they sold her to the Lin family for two taels of silver to do cleaning work.
From then on, the concubine became the lowest-ranking maid in the mansion. Not only was her status low, but she was also bullied by the servants in the mansion who flattered the powerful and looked down on the weak. She had to do the most tiring and dirtiest work, eat the least and worst food, and sometimes she couldn't even get any food and had to go hungry.
She had suffered for so many years without saying a word. She just wanted to leave the house as soon as the ten-year contract was up, but unfortunately, fate was unfair.
On this day, Lin Zhi and Qi had another big fight over the issue of offspring. Lin Zhi went to the study in anger and slept for a month. Qi was also young and hot-tempered. She said that the issue of offspring had nothing to do with her. She couldn't swallow his indifference and walked away. So she wanted to humiliate him, so she found the concubine who was pouring night fragrance, knocked her unconscious and sent her to Lin Zhi's bed.
Qi thought that using a lowly maid would be enough to humiliate Lin Zhi and make him bow his head.
But who would have thought that after this night, she would miraculously become pregnant?
Qi was ashamed, annoyed and furious. She smashed everything in the room and wanted to give the concubine a bowl of baby soup. Fortunately, Old Lady Lin came over and did not know how she persuaded her, but the concubine and her unborn daughter were kept together. When the concubine was pregnant, Qi was diagnosed with pregnancy, and that was how Lin Yingxue was born.
That's right, if you count it seriously, she, Lin Qingjun, is the eldest daughter. But in such a family, with Qi as powerful and Lin Zhi as respectable, how could there be such a thing as a concubine's eldest daughter?
So, when Lin Yingxue was one year old, her identity as a concubine's daughter was suddenly revealed. Because the child was young and had been raised by Qi to be thin and small, the age difference between them was not noticeable. Therefore, the eldest daughter of the Lin family, Lin Yingxue, and the second daughter of the concubine, Lin Qingjun, were decided, and no one dared to say anything against it.
But.
Lin Qingjun smiled sadly.
But, if it weren't for Qi's move, she would have left the house long ago. In another month, she would be a free person. She could marry a rough man and become someone else's legal wife, instead of being a concubine who can be bullied by everyone here.
Every time Qi saw the aunt, she acted as if she had been bestowed with some great gift from heaven. But has anyone ever asked the aunt if she was willing to be the aunt's concubine?
Lin Qingjun's nails dug deep into his palm again.
"Don't worry, Xiaotao. I will definitely rescue Auntie."
"Also, the most important thing for Qi Shi right now is not to torture my aunt, but to think about how to explain to my father about this outsider's trespassing."
Lin Qingjun smiled coldly, then turned back to Qijun Courtyard to make preparations.
When Qi learned that Lin Yingxue was beaten, she was so angry that she trembled all over. She rushed out of the house and ordered people to beat Concubine Liu, who was punished to kneel in the yard, to death with sticks. She cursed Concubine Liu as a bitch and called the children she gave birth to a bastard. She wanted to make them die a miserable death.
Aunt Qi quickly stopped her.
Qi was blinded by anger, but she was not, she knew it very well.
"Madam, the most important thing right now is the Master and the Young Lady. It's never too late to deal with the bitch Liu Yi Niang in the mansion."
"A foreign man breaking in would definitely be punished no matter which mansion he's in. Maybe..."
Aunt Qi's face turned pale as she thought of something.
Maybe they would call the old lady who was recuperating at the farm over. Then, wouldn't the household expenses in the hands of the lady fall on the old lady again? You know, when they gave Concubine Liu the soup to cause her to fall pregnant, the old lady had taken the household expenses back. At that time, the lady had no household expenses and it was difficult for her to move forward in the mansion.
Could it be that Madam wants to come again?
Qi's face turned pale and she also remembered what happened that year.
She had been married into the Lin family for more than three years, but she hadn't laid a single egg. Rumor had it that she was an old hen that didn't lay eggs. Lin Zhi refused to listen to her explanation and went to sleep in the study angrily. She had been pampered at home since she was a child, so how could she bear this kind of humiliation? So she wanted to humiliate him.
But who would have thought that the night-scented woman would actually win right away? Even more infuriating was that she had originally thought that Liu Xing was ugly, but after freshening up, she hadn't imagined she was actually a delicate beauty? Her complexion was even two points brighter than hers.
She really regretted it. Why did she do such a thing in a fit of rage? However, this was also because of Liu Xing. Why was she so beautiful? It was all her fault.
And there was Lin Qingjun, who inherited her aunt's beauty and was three points more beautiful than Yingxue. It was really that she and her daughter were overshadowed by that pair of slutty mother and daughter.
Now, Lin Qingjun had caused Yingxue to be beaten again today? She really couldn't swallow this breath, but what the nanny said was right. The most important thing right now was to deal with the problem of the outsider intruding. She had to think about what to do.
Qi tightened the handkerchief in her hand, her mind kept working, and finally, her eyes fixed on a certain place.
"Go, call Xiao Yuan over to me. I want to ask him who made him so bold as to stay in front of my daughter's courtyard."
"It would be best if he personally admitted that he did all this and that my daughter had nothing to do with it."
Even if he doesn't admit it, it doesn't matter. Can't we just force him to admit it? Use his future as a threat, or even use his parents and relatives as a threat. I don't believe I can't bring him down.
Also, he'd better not have any other thoughts, especially towards Yingxue. Yingxue is going to marry into a wealthy family. How can he, a poor scholar, be worthy of her daughter?
Nanny Qi accepted the order and left.
Qi was not idle either. She got up and went to find Lin Zhi. She was determined to settle the matter.
However, Lin Zhi had no time to see her as he was busy chopping trees.
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