Chapter 43 Rules of the World
One stone can cause a thousand ripples.
Jiang's gaze suddenly shifted from the falling beads to Taoist Zhihui, and a flash of surprise appeared in her eyes, which had not yet lost their coldness.
Upon hearing this, the second and third branches of the Qin family stared at the kneeling Taoist Zhihui with sharp eyes.
The gloom on Xie Jing's face deepened.
"I was originally traveling in Lingcheng, but five days ago I received a letter from Shangguan Yao, asking me to come to Bianjing." Taoist Zhihui said truthfully, "Because I received a favor from Shangguan Yao's father, Shangguan Yao asked for something, so I didn't refuse."
"What are you talking about?" Qin Fengyuan said coldly. He couldn't interfere in the affairs of the first house, but if a person who hadn't even entered the house wanted to murder the future mistress of the Marquis' Mansion, he should be killed!
Taoist Zhihui swore an oath as he spoke, his tone filled with anxiety: "I swear, I swear, I won't tell a single lie!"
Xie Rongying stared at Taoist Zhihui deeply. In fact, she had another reason why she wanted this person to tell the truth.
That is Shangguan Yao’s identity.
If it is really as she thought, the things involved behind it are enough to shock the world.
If it was really as she thought, it would explain why Qin Junyi in his previous life was not afraid to return to Bian Jing despite being guilty of deceiving the emperor.
What if the emperor knew that Qin Junyi was alive?
What if in her previous life she was just a pawn in the hands of the one in power above millions of people, an insignificant pawn used to appease the meritorious officials?
Of course, she also knew that this Taoist priest did not really know Shangguan Yao's true identity.
The only way to clarify the doubts in my heart is...
"Since you said that it was Shangguan Yao who instructed you, then why was it Shangguan Yao who was possessed, and not Xie Rongying?" Bai asked curiously.
This is really getting more and more interesting. Bai sat back in her original seat and said, "Could it be that you colluded with Xie Rongying to slander Shangguan Yao?"
"No, no." Taoist Zhihui felt a chill in his heart when he heard what Bai said. He didn't dare to look Xie Rongying in the eye. His gaze was fixed on the black and white beads scattered all over the ground, just like the turmoil in his heart at the moment: "I have a letter from Shangguan Yao here."
As he spoke, Taoist Zhihui took out a letter from his bosom and said pleadingly, "Young Madam, although I came to the Marquis' Mansion with a purpose, in the end you were unharmed. Please let me go, and let my grandson go."
When everyone heard the word "grandson", except Xie Jing, they all stared at Xie Rongying with strange eyes.
There was a sense of sudden enlightenment.
No wonder this charlatan started targeting Xie Rongying. It turned out that Xie Rongying had a backup plan.
With the grandson of this charlatan in his hands, this charlatan naturally would not listen to Shangguan Yao.
Jiang looked at Xie Rongying strangely, and her heart tightened. Why was Xie Rongying always avoided?
Xie Rongying looked at Bai and said, "Since Third Aunt thinks that I and this Taoist priest have conspired to frame Shangguan Yao, let's go directly to Kaifeng Prefecture to report it to the authorities."
Jiang stood up suddenly: "No!"
Xie Rongying stared at Jiang, who looked terrified, and stared at her strangely: "Why not?"
"Yes, sister-in-law." Bai said, looking like she wanted a harmonious family and good things to happen. "If we want to get to the bottom of this matter, going to Kaifeng Prefecture is the wisest decision."
Qin Beiyuan scolded coldly, "Don't you think what happened today is shameful enough? You still want to go to Kaifeng Mansion? Shangguan Yao is a disaster. She schemed as soon as she entered the house. How can Junyi's harem be safe from now on?"
Seeing that Qin Beiyuan was really angry, Bai wisely shut up.
"Today is a great day for Junyi." Jiang said, pointing to the pool of blood on the ground. "You are fine, but she can't even keep the baby in her belly. Why won't you let her go?"
It seems to be saying that even if Shangguan Yao is wrong, you, Xie Rongying, are not in trouble, right?
Why are you still so aggressive and won't let go?
"Isn't this Third Aunt questioning that I teamed up with this Taoist priest to slander Shangguan Yao?" Xie Rongying stared at Jiang and smiled.
Judging from Jiang's reaction, we can roughly guess that Jiang knows Shangguan Yao's identity.
"Alright." Xie Jing looked at Xie Rongying calmly, "Since this mansion is so restless, Rongying will go back with me and stay for a while."
As he spoke, Xie Jing looked at Jiang and said, "Madam, I will send Rongying back after you have dealt with the affairs of the mansion."
Although the tone was gentle, it was firm and could not be refuted.
Seeing that Xie Jing was determined to take Xie Rongying away, Jiang's eyes darkened. When she was about to say something,
Qin Fengyuan said in a deep voice, "Sister-in-law, Junyi and Xie married Shangguan as his concubine shortly after their marriage. This was unkindness first, and Shangguan then tried to harm Xie. Xie should go back and have some peace and quiet. Once we have resolved this matter thoroughly, we can go and bring Xie back. This is how we can truly befriend the Xie family."
Qin Fengyuan didn't want the Yongyi Marquis' Mansion to have a bad reputation for treating its daughter-in-law badly, as his son hadn't even gotten married yet!
"Master Qin is a man of broad-mindedness." Xie Jing bowed and praised.
Qin Fengyuan's face turned red at what Xie Jing said. He smiled awkwardly, "My dear, we are all family and have children. We can understand your approach."
"In that case," Xie Jing chuckled. "Then bring my daughter's dowry back today. I'll take care of it for her first, so she won't be put to death because of her personal belongings."
As the words fell, the main hall fell into silence, yet there was a faint sense of weirdness.
Jiang's expression gradually became stiff, and she even felt ashamed that her sinister plot had been exposed.
Qin Fengyuan and Qin Beiyuan's expressions also became strange.
Zheng lowered her head in shame.
Mrs. Bai sneered, thinking that the hole in the Yongyi Marquis's mansion would still have to be filled with Xie Rongying's dowry. She said sarcastically, "My dear, what do you mean by doing this? Do you think that our Qin family is going to embezzle Rongying's dowry?"
Xie Jing pondered for a moment and said in a serious tone, "Since your Qin family has no such intention, what does it matter if I take my daughter's dowry with me or not?"
"If you take us away, how will the other noble families view our Yongyi Marquisate?" Mrs. Bai said fiercely, "It's our Qin family who's been eyeing your daughter's dowry. Do you think your in-laws want the Yongyi Marquisate to be reviled by the world?"
Xie Jing swung his sleeves and sneered, "Either I take my daughter and her dowry away today, or I go to Kaifeng Prefecture and beat the drum to complain, and bring Qin Junyi's concubine with me!"
Jiang clenched the handkerchief in her hand. She had a promising future, so why was it that things were not going well recently?
Why didn't everything go as she expected?
"Master Xie, what are you going to do? Are you going to push the Yongyi Marquis Mansion into the public eye and poke its back?" Qin Beiyuan asked coldly.
Xie Jing chuckled, "So when you, the Yongyi Marquis' Mansion, were doing all sorts of things that disregarded the Xie family, did you ever consider that my daughter still had the entire Xie family behind her?"
This means that Qin Junyi was impatient to marry a concubine less than a month after marrying Xie Rongying. Where did this put the Xie family?
As expected, everyone in the Qin family fell silent.
"Pack your things and go home!" Xie Jing stared at Xie Rongying coldly and said angrily, feeling disappointed in her.
Xie Rongying felt a bitter taste in her stomach. She seldom expressed her feelings towards her father, and her father was the same. Because of her mother, she even resented him. In her memory, her mother seldom returned to the Xie family, and her father had too many concubines in the harem. Since she was a child, she had been close to her mother and grandmother only.
Also because of her parents, she is averse to matters between men and women.
Subconsciously, we think that all men are like that, but the rules of this world are that women have to get married, manage their husband's household, regard their husband as their God, follow the three obediences and four virtues, and use rules and regulations to restrain an independent soul.
In her previous life, she also obeyed the rules of this world, what a woman should do.
But living a whole life is nothing but a joke.
"Yes, Dad." Xie Rongying felt unprecedented ease when she said this.
When Mrs. Li and Yunniang heard what Xie Rongying said, a hint of joy flashed across their faces.
"Master, I will arrange the carriage right away." Yunniang said happily.
Mrs. Li clenched the key in her hand, glared at Yuan Liu fiercely, and said, "I will also go and make arrangements."
Xie Rongying looked at Taoist Zhihui and said, "You should come with me."
Jiang suddenly stood up and pointed at Xie Jing: "You want everyone to come and see me, Jiang Ling, make a fool of myself, right? Just because the Marquis is not at home, you let your father and daughter bully you, right?"
Xie Rongying said coldly: "If mother doesn't want today's incident to get out of hand, then stop saying those self-righteous words."
After saying this, Xie Rongying seemed to have thought of something and laughed, "Shangguan Yao, I think my mother wouldn't dare to move either."
Jiang's hand holding the handkerchief began to tremble as she stared at Xie Rongying intently.
What does Xie Rongying know?
What does Xie Rongying know about Shangguan Yao?
The reason why she was so nervous to interrupt Xie Rongying's idea of reporting to the police was because of Shangguan Yao's identity.
If Shangguan Yao's identity is used well, her son will have a bright future and even live a life of wealth and prosperity. However, if it is not used well, it will become a sharp weapon to retaliate against the Qin family.
It’s just that Jiang believed more that Shangguan Yao’s identity could bring endless benefits to the Qin family.
"What are you going to do!?" Jiang roared, then laughed again: "What can you do?"
"I can't do anything." Xie Rongying put away the curve at the corner of her lips: "But mother probably doesn't dare to make a big deal out of this."
"Bastard!" She stared at Xie Rongying and cursed as if she had grasped Jiang's lifeline.
Xie Jing's face turned cold, and just as he was about to say something, Xie Rongying stepped forward and said, "Let's go, Dad."
Upon hearing this, Xie Jing glanced at the cold faces of everyone in the Qin family, then strode out of the main hall with a sullen expression.
After Xie Jing and his daughter left, Bai sneered and began to make sarcastic remarks: "Sister-in-law really picked a good eldest daughter-in-law for our Qin family. Instead of filling the hole, the Qin family has become a laughing stock in Bianjing!"
"What do you know!" Jiang shouted angrily, "If each of you had behaved a little better these past few years, I wouldn't have had to covet other people's daughters' dowries!? Don't play dumb in front of me. When the emperor issues an order to collect the money owed by the Yongyi Marquis's Mansion, do you think you can stay out of it?!"
"Sister-in-law, we all understand the principle of shared prosperity and shared suffering. Now that things have come to this, what should we do?" Qin Fengyuan sighed heavily. "If Junyi had just coaxed Xie Rongying and filled the hole with her, and waited until the Qin family's affairs were settled, what would be wrong with marrying Shangguan?"
"What should we do?" Jiang stared at them with a sullen face and shouted angrily, "All of you, go find a solution! Go!"
Bai stood up and sneered, "Since my sister-in-law is the mistress of the Yongyi Marquis's mansion, I have to think of a solution. As for whether we can stay out of trouble as you said, that depends on our own ability."
"You!" Jiang stared at Bai in anger, "You bitch!"
This was the first time Bai had seen Jiang so uneasy. She taunted, "Sister-in-law, things are different now. If I insist on dividing the family, what can you do to me?"
After saying that, Bai snorted coldly and walked out of the main hall.
Qin Beiyuan saw this and stood up and bowed to Jiang: "Sister-in-law, Bai has always been a fierce and aggressive person. Don't bother with her. We will find a way. I will leave now."
Qin Fengyuan also stood up: "Sister-in-law, don't worry, we will find a way. I will go back first."
Zheng followed Qin Fengyuan out of the main hall in silence.
After a while, the main hall became quiet. Jiang sat in her seat in a slightly embarrassed manner. She straightened her back with a cold look on her face, as if only in this way her pride would never be trampled underfoot.
"Madam." Mother Yuan stepped forward and called softly.
Yuan Liu knelt before Jiang and explained, "Madam, Madam, it was Cuizhi, who was beside the Young Madam, who deliberately led me to the East Garden and asked me where the key to the Young Madam's storeroom was. I heard from my mother about your concerns, and I thought that if I could get the key to the Young Madam's storeroom, I could..."
Bang!
Jiang slapped Yuan Liu in the face: "Idiot! Xie's warehouse is in her East Garden. Xie has surrounded the East Garden like a solid wall. Do you think you can just get the key?!"
Mother Yuan looked at her daughter distressedly and scolded her coldly, "When will you learn your lesson? The young mistress couldn't even handle the mistress, yet you believe everything the people around her say!?"
Yuan Liu started to cry: "This servant, this servant just wants to relieve Madam's worries."
Jiang glared at Yuan Liu coldly, but suddenly laughed. She no longer just wanted Xie Rongying's dowry.
Since Xie Rongying dared to spy on Shangguan Yao's identity, and since the Xie family wanted to openly break off relations with the Yongyi Marquis' Mansion.
Then let’s see who can beat whom!
"Madam, where are you going?" Mother Yuan asked when she saw Jiang stand up.
Jiang ignored Mother Yuan and walked out of the main hall. Seeing this, Mother Yuan scolded Yuan Liu in a low voice: "Get out of here, and don't show up in front of Madam for the time being."
After saying that, he trotted after him.
On this side, after Qin Junyi brought Shangguan Yao back to the room, the doctor began to get busy.
Finally, after the doctor gave her injections one by one, Shangguan Yao's condition improved a lot, but the baby in her belly could not be saved.
Shangguan Yao collapsed, and Xueqing sent the doctor away.
Qin Junyi hugged Shangguan Yao and comforted her.
"It's okay, Yao'er, we will have children again, it's okay."
After Xueqing sent the doctor away, she was about to enter the main house when she saw Jiang walking towards them with an imposing manner. Her face changed slightly and she bowed, "Madam."
Jiang walked past Xueqing and went straight into the main house, saying coldly, "Get out!"
"Mother," Qin Junyi stared at Jiang with a complicated expression: "What are you going to do?"
Shangguan Yao, seeing this, tearfully said to Qin Junyi, "Go out first. Mother must have something to tell me."
"But……"
"It's okay." Shangguan Yao shook her head, indicating that nothing would happen.
Qin Junyi stood up and walked straight past Jiang.
The moment the door closed, Jiang sneered, "So, is Xie Rongying easy to deal with?"
Shangguan Yao's expression changed slightly: "I don't know what mother is talking about."
"She knows your identity." Jiang stared at Shangguan Yao intently. "Tell me, if she tells others about your identity and the news that your father, who is far away in Longxi, is still alive, how will your Shangguan family explain it to the Guan family?"
"How can the government reverse the situation now that the truth has been revealed?"
Shangguan Yao's scalp tingled. After a moment of shock, she said coldly, "No, the emperor will never let anyone affect his overall situation!"
Jiang's eyebrows twitched slightly, and he sneered, "Only the dead in this world will not reveal secrets. You should know what to do, right?"
Shangguan Yao suddenly looked up and stared at Jiang.
"Go tell the emperor that as long as the Xie family is raided, not only will there be peace, but countless silver will flow into the national treasury." Jiang tempted lightly.
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