What the hell is this?
Xu Yixing quickly stepped forward and pulled Old Man Xu, this rhythm is wrong!
"Dad, Dad! You're confused. There might be someone behind Si Wu, and it's time to investigate. How could you..."
"The person is dead, what's the point of investigating? Yan'er, I'm sorry for your sister. I didn't choose a good maid for her. Oh! Come back, come back for your maid. Dad will definitely choose the best one! Come back!"
Huh? How did this get to this point? Xu Yixing didn't understand his father's thoughts.
Xu Yixing wanted to say something else, but Old Man Xu had already forcibly dragged her out, and she didn't even have time to take a look at the situation in the yard.
In the end, it was Lu Anyuan who stayed behind to clean up the mess. He gave medicine to those who needed it, buried those who needed it, and comforted the people in the Sun Mansion before leaving with A Da.
Duke Sun burst into tears of gratitude, thinking of the emperor's immense grace and how much he had let the Xu family down. He didn't sleep all night. The next day, after court, he recounted the tragedy in the emperor's study and praised Old Man Xu for half an hour before he finally felt better.
Two flowers bloom, each showing its own beauty.
Xu Yixing was pulled back home by her father, but he did not let her go back to her room. Instead, she sat in the study for a long time. Even when Xu Yiwen and Gu came to inquire about the situation, Xu's father ignored them and just kept looking at her.
"Dad?" Xu Yixing suddenly felt that his father was so strange. Why did he look at him like that?
"Yan'er, you are the only daughter I have left..." After saying this, old man Xu burst into tears, which was very touching.
Huh? What does this mean? In this situation, the eldest daughter is just disfigured, so why does the father just treat her as dead?
However, while Xu Yixing was shocked, he could also find a reasonable explanation.
She is very proud. From Old Man Xu's perspective, his eldest daughter was disfigured and lost her son, and all of this was caused by people she trusted. She will definitely not be able to get over this and it is possible that she will become depressed from then on.
In this case, Dad was right when he said that there was only one daughter left.
Xu Yixing thought she had guessed what Old Man Xu was thinking, and a hint of sadness crossed her face. However, she was so caught up in her father's tears that she didn't realize his words actually had a more direct meaning.
After crying, Father Xu took Xu Yixing in his arms and solemnly promised: "Yan'er, Dad will definitely find you a good family and will never let you repeat your sister's mistakes!"
Ah, that's not necessary... Your vision is indeed average.
In the days that followed, Dad never went to see the fake one. Xu Yixing couldn't tell whether it was because her father had completely given up on her or because he couldn't bear to see his daughter.
However, this gave her many opportunities to ask Gu for money in a legitimate way, such as visiting her sister, buying tonics for her sister, and inviting a troupe to perform for her sister.
Anyway, whenever Gu looked unhappy, Xu Yixing would immediately bring up his father, telling him how sad he was and how he had chopped Si Wu that day at the Sun Mansion. He used a combination of coaxing, deceiving, intimidating and deceiving to get a lot of money out of Gu.
Xu Yixing didn't feel embarrassed at all. These were all owed to Xu Yiyan by the Gu family, and now he was helping to get them back. That was great!
After the 20th, the guest reception day of this month in the Xu Mansion did not proceed as usual. It was not because something happened to the eldest daughter, but because Gu felt that the incident on the mountain road last time had not yet subsided and she was embarrassed to invite guests; more importantly, she was short of money these days and had no money to do things.
In the main hall, Gu Shuang sat on the armchair with a bad look on his face.
"What happened this month? Why is the flow so much less all of a sudden?"
Nanny Gu stood before her, holding the account book in her hand: "Madam, this old servant has already asked around. This month, the capital has been strictly checking the taxes and business procedures of various merchants. As a result, our shop has to pay a lot of money.
There are also some that are not fully documented, and this time I spent a lot of money to obtain various permissions from the government. For example, the owner of the Treasure House is still locked up in Jingzhao Prefecture, waiting to be redeemed!
"Is Jingzhao Prefecture so short of money that it has to seize upon such trivial matters? You too, haven't you always investigated our family before? Didn't you pay them too little tribute?"
Gu Shuang's face was full of suspicion, wondering if Mrs. Gu had embezzled the money that was supposed to be used to honor her superiors.
Mrs. Gu didn't understand the implication and just continued to explain, "Oh my dear young lady! How could we possibly do without them? Last month, we presented gifts to the Jingzhao Prefecture, and they accepted the money. Who would have thought they would turn against us this month?"
Gu Shuang lowered her eyes. In fact, she also knew that her mother's family was the residence of the Minister of Revenue, and Nanny Gu specialized in dealing with silver and money. How could she have made a mistake in handling the silver and money?
It's just that there have been too many things going on lately, and with the New Year approaching, money is needed everywhere. Moreover, with what happened in the Sun Mansion, the master and the second young lady are constantly asking me for money, using excuses that I can't refuse.
She had used up all the money in the mansion's account to pay rent, and she couldn't get it back for the time being, so she could only use her own private money to give them. Now that her private money was short, she was very unhappy.
"Have you asked? Is it the same for everyone, or just our shop?"
"I asked, and it's all like this. This old servant thought, maybe it's because it's the end of the year, and the masters are also short of money for the New Year..."
Gu Shuang rolled her eyes vigorously. Even if there was a shortage, they wouldn't be so ruthless. The Jingzhao prefect was Ying Fei's man, and that meant the Second Prince's man. Could it be that the Second Prince was trying to raise money for something?
"Owner of the Treasure House, you must redeem it. Go to Jingzhao Prefecture in person, bring my fine tea, and comfort the brothers."
"Yes." Nanny Gu had always liked Gu Shuang, not just because of their master-servant relationship, but also because she was knowledgeable. She was generous when it came to matters that shouldn't be ambiguous. It was precisely because of this that she had been able to sit firmly in the Xu Mansion for decades, despite having no children.
"By the way, I heard that your daughter-in-law was beaten last time and her legs are disabled?"
When this was mentioned, Nanny Gu's eyes darkened. "Yes. But it's just that he's a little unsteady when walking. As for daily life... it's not a big deal."
"She was so careless. I taught her a lesson. You won't be angry, will you?"
"Madam is the mistress of our house, so naturally you have the right to beat and scold her."
"Well. Don't take it personally, but keep an eye on her. If there's a better candidate, I'll take her in as a concubine for your youngest son, so he won't have any regrets."
When Mrs. Gu heard this, she quickly knelt down to express her gratitude, but when she lowered her head, her eyes were full of resentment.
"Get up, get up. There's no need for this between us. But is there anything else we can save money on?"
Mrs. Gu snorted in her heart. As expected, if I hadn't been kept by you to save money and earn money, would you have apologized to me? As expected, what Xiao Cai said was right, the rabbit is dead and the dog is cooked... I don't know how long I can stay in this mansion.
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