Chapter 766 indeed had this in mind.
Seeing Gu Qianhan's gloomy face, which looked like it was about to rain, Qin Xin was also feeling quite uneasy.
She wasn't afraid of the cold-blooded Gu Qianhan, but she wanted to say a few words for her master.
She usually loves to ask about all sorts of strange and interesting gossip, but for the first time today, she didn't want to ask about anything.
She was furious because she had been listening to gossip and ridicule all day in the manor. Almost everyone was talking badly about their master, and some were even spitting in their courtyard.
The things those people below said were far more unpleasant than what she was saying to Gu Qianhan, and they spread at an astonishing speed!
All of this could not have been done without Meng Yunlan's instructions!
But Meng Yunlan came to Qionghua Courtyard to play the good guy, pretending to plead for Jixiang and Mofeng. Gu Qianhan was even pulling at her there and didn't push her away. Wasn't she stabbing Shen Wantang in the back with outsiders?
Qin Xin dared not even think about what people would say about Shen Wantang tomorrow, both inside and outside the mansion!
There are some things that the mistress herself is unwilling to say, and she is used to solving problems on her own so as not to worry Gu Qianhan.
But as a maid, she should speak up for her mistress, otherwise Gu Qianhan would think that her mistress was living a very good life after marrying him!
Fortunately, although Gu Qianhan's expression was unpleasant, she didn't get angry and left with a cold face.
Shuxiang let out a long sigh, then patted Qinxin: "You silly girl, it's one thing to be sharp-tongued to others, but why are you being so aggressive to the young master? Aren't you afraid he'll punish you by making you kneel outside for a whole day and night in a fit of anger?"
No, it won't.
Qin Xin shook her head. All the thorns that had been on her body just now had disappeared. She was unusually depressed and listless: "I am, after all, one of our young mistress's dowry maids. No matter how angry the young master is, he will not punish me, just as our young mistress will not go beyond the young master to punish his subordinates. They care about each other, so even if they are offended by their subordinates, they endure it."
"The young master has tolerated your offense, so why do you seem unhappy?"
“Young Master wasn’t being lenient with me, he was just giving face to the young mistress! I wasn’t upset, I just felt that our master has it tough. The reason I offended Young Master was because his people offended our master first. In the end, our master suffered the loss first. It’s one thing to suffer the loss, but today I’ve taken the blame for him. Everyone in the manor thinks that our master made that guard kneel, and they’ve made her sound particularly bad. It’s really infuriating.”
Hearing this, Shuxiang couldn't help but sigh: "Those people in the manor are spreading rumors, and someone must have been secretly instructing them, but I don't think it has anything to do with the young master. The young master went to great lengths to marry our master, so he must truly love him. You shouldn't always be sarcastic and mean to him, lest he think that you are acting on the orders of our master, and then the two of them will develop a rift."
Qin Xin nodded: "I just couldn't help it, so I spoke too quickly. I'll be more careful in the future. If he were good to our master and always protected him, would I be sarcastic towards him? It's just that he's entangled with his sister-in-law!"
Just as Shuxiang was about to say something more, a little maid suddenly came in to report: "Sister Qinxin, Steward Sanshui is here at the second gate, saying he wants to see you!"
Qin Xin knew that San Shui must have come to deliver a message again, so she immediately composed herself, tidied her appearance, and went out.
Upon reaching the second gate, she saw Sanshui waiting there and greeted him with her usual smile: "Well done, Sanshui! I heard you rescued two children from the Tai family? The master praised you and even gave you a reward of fifty taels of silver, plus two little goldfish. You've struck it rich!"
Sanshui did indeed receive a great reward today; these gold and silver rewards were a huge sum of money that he couldn't earn even after working for the Shen family for ten years.
He was very happy, so he was full of energy and didn't feel tired no matter how hard or difficult the task was.
"Oh, Qin Xin, don't flatter me. My little reward is nothing compared to yours! I still have a lot to learn from you and need to work harder!"
"Look at Sanshui, he's so ambitious and hardworking. No wonder the master is relying on you more and more!"
"Haha, yes, yes, how can I not strive to improve myself when working for such a good mistress like the young mistress? I have to live up to her trust, don't I?"
Sanshui exchanged a few pleasantries with Qinxin with a smile, and quickly got down to business. He lowered his voice and said, "My master asked me to find out the whereabouts of the young mistress of the Marquis of Zhongjing's mansion, and I have already found out."
Qin Xin asked in confusion, "The young mistress of the Marquis of Zhongjing's mansion? Why is Master inquiring about her whereabouts?"
Sanshui whispered, "I don't know about that, but it will definitely be useful to the master. So go back and tell the master that the young mistress goes to the Guanyin Hall of Baoyan Temple to offer incense almost every first and fifteenth of the month."
"Tomorrow is the fifteenth, and I have confirmed with the people of the Marquis of Zhongjing's mansion that the young mistress will definitely go to offer incense tomorrow."
"After offering incense, she would go to the meditation room specially prepared for her at Baoyan Temple to rest, and after having a vegetarian meal, she would return to her residence. The meditation room was in the northwest corner of Baoyan Temple, which was relatively secluded."
The young mistress of the Marquis of Zhongjing's mansion was a low-key person, and she would never make a fuss about her visits to Baoyan Temple. Sanshui had to put in a lot of effort to find out about these things, and even spent several taels of silver.
Because getting someone to betray their master's whereabouts involves a great risk; without real money, who would tell you the truth?
This is why he is willing to spend money like this now that Shen Wantang has given him so many gifts; in the past, he would never have been willing to spend money like this.
When he was working with Shen Guannian, if he couldn't find out the information, he would give up and just find an excuse to get by; he would never spend his own money.
Qin Xin heard San Shui speak so solemnly and in such detail, knowing that he must have put a lot of thought into it, and she immediately said seriously, "Okay, I've got it."
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Front yard, study.
Gu Qianhan sat at the large desk with a cold expression, listening to the report from his subordinate Wumu.
"Young master, the eldest young mistress's nanny and maid have confessed that before Steward Pang came to report to her, the eldest young mistress already knew from the gatekeeper that the second young mistress's carriage had broken down and a new carriage needed to be sent to pick her up, so she deliberately avoided Steward Pang."
"It has been confirmed that the eldest young mistress deliberately let the second young mistress get wet in the rain so that she would fall ill and have difficulty conceiving. The eldest young mistress did indeed have this intention when she refused to send a carriage."
"According to the eldest young mistress's dowry maid, the eldest young mistress has been unable to conceive, which is related to the cold rain that she was exposed to in the past."
"She herself cannot conceive, and she does not want the second young mistress to conceive either."
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