Chapter 126: Return of the Silver
The next day.
At three quarters past the hour of Mao, the white belly of a fish appeared in the sky, and the servants of the Yongyi Marquis's Mansion began to get busy under the cool breeze.
Dongxue walked into the side room and saw Cuizhi dressing Xie Rongying.
He stepped forward and said, "Miss, Gu Xun has already prepared the carriage."
"Also, the person I arranged to keep an eye on Shangguan Yao has lost her. The young marquis has been going to court and meeting with the Crown Prince these past few days, and has been returning to the Marquisate."
Xie Rongying watched Cuizhi insert the hairpin in the bronze mirror, then waved her hand and Cuizhi stepped aside.
"It seems that Qin Junyi protects Shangguan Yao very well." Xie Rongying stood up and walked out of the house.
Winter snow and green branches follow.
"My mother's letter said that someone had sneaked into the mansion and asked the older mothers about her and my father. The nunnery was also being watched for the past two days. After her people discovered it, they lost it." Xie Rongying walked out of the room with an expressionless face.
Dongxue heard this and looked at Cuizhi.
After receiving the letter from the nunnery lady last night, the master just said that he would return home tomorrow and then went to rest.
I thought the lady wrote to me because she was going back home, but I didn't expect it was because she was being targeted.
Who would target the lady who had left the Xie Mansion for many years?
Are you still asking about the deeds of the master and his wife?
After the master and servants walked out of the East Garden, they met Bai and her maid walking towards them.
Perhaps neither party expected to meet at this time and place.
Mrs. Bai looked at Xie Rongying who was approaching from a distance, with a gentle smile in her eyes: "Rongying, what are you planning to do so early?"
"The accounts for last month at one of my shops didn't add up, so I thought I'd go over there." After Xie Rongying finished explaining, she asked, "Aunt San, what's going on?"
"Isn't this just to find you?" Mrs. Bai looked at Xie Rongying with a smile: "Where else can this road lead except to your East Garden?"
"What does Third Aunt want me to do?" Xie Rongying said with a faint smile.
Mrs. Bai stepped forward and first explained the recent situation in the mansion. She continued, "Rongying, you also know that when your mother-in-law was still alive, our third house gave 100,000 taels of silver to the first house."
"So what?" Xie Rongying knew that Bai was not a peaceful person.
Previously, due to the pressure from Qin Shiyuan and Jiang, the second and third wives each took out 100,000 taels of silver and asked Jiang to use it to fill the deficit of the Marquis' Mansion.
Now Jiang is gone, and Qin Shiyuan is far away at the border.
The power of the inner house of the Marquis' Mansion fell into the hands of Xie Rongying again, and the second and third wives were naturally unwilling to accept it.
According to Jiang's previous plan, Xie Rongying had to make up for the deficit in the Marquis' Mansion, and the second and third wives naturally knew about it.
Therefore, after the power of the Marquis' Mansion fell back into Xie Rongying's hands, they also believed that Xie Rongying would make up for the deficit of the Marquis' Mansion. The 100,000 taels of silver that they had taken out before was not a problem for Xie Rongying at all.
But for them, taking out 100,000 taels had already emptied their family savings.
"Rongying, you don't need the 100,000 taels. Second Aunt still has to think about your cousins' marriages. Now that you're the head of the Marquisate, the burden your mother-in-law shouldered naturally falls on you. It's your responsibility to worry about the Marquisate." Bai said this as a matter of course, not noticing the change in Cuizhi and Dongxue's expressions. "You don't have children yet. When you have children, you'll understand Third Aunt's painstaking efforts."
"Aunt San means that you want the 100,000 taels of silver back?" Xie Rongying stared at Bai with half-closed eyes.
Bai Shi was a little frightened by Xie Rongying's stare. She smiled awkwardly, "Rongying is very wealthy, so she shouldn't be greedy for the 100,000 taels of silver."
"Third Aunt." Xie Rongying's eyes were slightly cold. She stared deeply at Bai Shi: "I didn't take advantage of the deficit of the Marquis' Mansion. It is my job to make up for the deficit. You Qin family are really calculating."
"Look at what you're saying. What kind of calculations are you talking about? Aren't we all family?" Bai Shi started to get upset when she heard the word "calculation." "This mansion will belong to your son from now on, and so will the title. Isn't the mansion's deficit your and Junyi's fault? As a parent, you should learn more from your mother-in-law."
Xie Rongying listened to Bai's words, as if they were revealing how funny and stupid she was in her previous life.
In her previous life, wasn't it with this kind of thinking and attitude that she paved the way for the Yongyi Marquis' Mansion?
"Third Aunt." Xie Rongying looked Bai up and down and said lightly, "I can take the 100,000 taels of silver from the treasury, but there is a condition."
"What premise?" Bai didn't expect Xie Rongying to agree so easily.
Xie Rongying smiled faintly: "The premise is that my mother-in-law can survive, otherwise I will ask my mother-in-law for it after Third Aunt passes away."
"Thank you, Rongying!" Bai screamed, "How dare you curse me?"
"Third Aunt, how can you say such shameless things?" Xie Rongying's eyes turned cold, and she said in a deep voice, "Thanks to the protection of the Yongyi Marquis's Mansion, your third branch has been able to enjoy all the splendor and wealth in this Bianjing City, but in the end, you are so stingy when you give this mansion 100,000 taels of silver? What's the matter? You enjoy splendor and wealth, but when you are poor and destitute, your third branch is no longer surnamed Qin?"
"You!" Bai Shi really didn't expect Xie Rongying to be so sharp-tongued. She was indeed someone who could even step on Jiang Shi: "I am your elder!"
Xie Rongying chuckled softly and stared at Bai coldly: "Elder?"
The ending dragged on, with a hint of disdain in the tone.
"Xie Rongying!" Bai was furious, but thinking that Jiang hadn't gotten anything out of Xie Rongying, she suppressed her anger and said, "I'll let your third uncle and Junyi discuss this matter. I think you two don't want to take on the responsibility of your cousins getting married in the future."
Xie Rongying's eyebrows twitched slightly, and she smiled faintly: "Then Third Aunt should go and discuss it with Qin Junyi."
After saying that, he led the group out of Bai's sight.
Bai Chichi, who was standing there, looked increasingly gloomy. The maid beside her said cautiously, "Madam, do you really want to discuss this with the young marquis?"
"Didn't you notice that this couple suddenly came together?" Bai suppressed her anger and said coldly, "I don't think Qin Junyi would agree."
As if she had thought of something, Mrs. Bai said, "We still haven't found out where Qin Junyi settled Shangguan Yao."
The maid beside her shook her head.
"Then keep watching and send people to follow." When Bai thought about not being able to get back the 100,000 taels of silver and having to live under the control of Xie Rongying, she seemed to have returned to the uneasy days when she first entered the Marquis' Mansion and was under the control of Jiang.
"Madam, the Second Madam is not in a hurry, let's..."
"Why is she so anxious?" Mrs. Bai snorted coldly, "She has her family to rely on, her children are promising, and her husband loves her dearly. How can I compare with her?"
The maids listened to the resentment in Bai's words and dared not breathe.
*
At the end of the hour of Mao, the sky in Bianjing was as clear as blue jade, and a slight warmth could be felt in the breeze.
The carriage stopped at the side door of Xie's mansion.
"Master, we're here." Gu Xun got off the carriage first and said after placing the stool.
Xie Rongying bent down and got out of the carriage, and Cuizhi helped her get out.
After getting off the carriage, Dongxue went straight to the side door and knocked.
The one who opened the door was the gatekeeper. Seeing that it was Dongxue and Xie Rongying, she immediately opened the door and asked, "Why are you back, young lady?"
"Young lady, if you have something to do, just pretend you don't know and don't mention it to anyone." Dongxue took out a copper coin and stuffed it into the woman's hand: "Take it, it's what Young lady wanted."
The old woman looked at Xie Rongying who had already walked in and nodded repeatedly: "Don't worry, I won't tell anyone."
Xie Rongying went directly to Shi'an Hall, a remote place.
Mrs. Xie had just stood up at this time.
"I noticed that the old lady slept very well these past two days. It seems that the calming incense brought back by the young master is better." Mother Sun smiled as she combed the old lady Xie's hair.
Madam Xie was in a good mood: "I don't know where that bastard got it from."
Just as Madam Sun was about to praise Xie Ting, Dong Qing walked in from the outer room: "Madam, the eldest daughter is back."
Upon hearing this, both Mrs. Xie and Mother Sun were stunned.
Coming back to Xie Mansion so early?
"Madam, please go slowly." When Mother Sun saw Madam Xie stand up, she hurriedly supported her.
"Don't worry, you've suffered some injustice in the Qin family." Old Madam Xie said worriedly.
"Grandma." When Xie Rongying walked in, she saw Old Madam Xie coming out from the inner room anxiously, and she stepped forward and bowed.
Madam Xie helped Xie Rongying up and looked her up and down, "Rong'er, have you been wronged?"
"No." Xie Rongying knew what Old Madam Xie was worried about. Her grandmother knew about her situation in the Qin family, and it was even more strange that she came back so early today.
Mrs. Xie was relieved because she didn't see any displeasure or grievance on Xie Rongying's face.
"Why are you back so early today?" Old Madam Xie pulled Xie Rongying towards the couch and said, "Did something happen at the Qin family that made you want to stay for a few days?"
"No." Xie Rongying sat down and shook the old lady's hand: "Grandma, there's a letter from mother."
When Mrs. Xie heard this, there was a hint of surprise in her eyes. She asked, "Is your mother coming back?"
Xie Rongying shook her head. She knew that what her grandmother hoped most was her mother's return home, but her grandmother also knew that her mother probably would not want to come back in this life.
"What's going on?" asked the old lady.
Xie Rongying told Mrs. Xie what was written in her mother's letter.
After hearing this, Mrs. Xie looked at Mother Sun.
"Has there been anything unusual in the mansion recently?" asked the old lady.
Mother Sun looked at Dong Yu and Dong Qing again.
Both of them shook their heads.
"Everything is normal in the mansion, and the master's backyard is also quiet and peaceful." said Mother Sun.
After hearing this, Xie Rongying said, "The person behind this must have been cautiously inquiring. Mother's letter said that the person who was trying to get the information was a servant who knew about her father's deeds and that he would come to the mansion in the next few days."
Old Mrs. Xie's expression also darkened. Someone had already reached out to the Xie family's backyard.
"It seems that the people in the mansion have been living too comfortably." Old Madam Xie said in a deep voice. She then looked at Madam Sun and ordered, "Everyone in my room should keep an eye on the courtyards. Be careful not to alert the enemy."
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