Chapter 98 So Simple
The Mansion of Marquis Yongyi, East Garden.
After Xie Rongying had dealt with all the account books of Wanmiao Village, she sat on the armchair outside the screen, glancing at the potted plants in the courtyard. She looked listless, with a hint of fatigue in her eyes.
The situation at the border was not as simple as Xie Rongying thought. The Jin people were even more ferocious than in the previous life.
As the head coach this time, Xie Yi must ensure that nothing goes wrong.
Therefore, the Xie family was more concerned about medicinal materials and food than the Emperor of Dayin.
In his previous life, ever since the news of Qin Junyi's death in battle was reported back to Bian Jing, Xie Rongying had not paid much attention to the affairs of the border. However, two years after Qin Junyi's death, good news came from the border that the Jin people had surrendered.
At that time, the border war had been going on for two full years and the situation was very dangerous. The people of Dayin were all concerned about the war on the border.
Suddenly, news of the Jin people's surrender came, and the people of Dayin were in an uproar.
Xie Rongying still remembered that Jiang went to Kaibao Temple to burn incense for Qin Junyi, saying that Qin Junyi could rest in peace. Although she had no feelings for Qin Junyi at that time, she felt it was a pity that Qin Junyi died on the battlefield at such a young age.
Now that I think about it, who among the people in the Yongyi Marquis Mansion can act as well as him?
The entire Yongyi Marquis's Mansion united to deceive her, and they continuously took away food, military rations and even silver from her father, but in the end all the credit was attributed to the Yongyi Marquis's Mansion.
Thinking of all these things, Xie Rongying still felt that it was too slow to act against the people from the Yongyi Marquis Mansion.
It’s been almost two months since a Jiang died.
But she also knew that it was not so easy to destroy the entire Yongyi Marquis Mansion and clear herself of the blame.
"Miss." Dongxue walked in after counting the buyers of Wanmiao Village's medicinal herbs last year and continued, "Those buyers are distributed in Lingnan and East Zhejiang. If we send people to these two places now to collect the medicinal herbs, it will take a month."
"Now that it's sorted, let's hand it over to father." Xie Rongying glanced into the room and saw that Yunniang and Cuizhi were not there. She said, "Leave it to Yunniang."
Ever since Dongxue came to Xie Rongying, all important matters were entrusted to Dongxue.
Yunniang and Cuizhi took care of the East Garden inside and out.
Although Yunniang didn't say much and knew the reason why Xie Rongying valued Dongxue, she must have had some thoughts in her mind. After all, Yunniang was the most capable female servant around Xie Rongying before.
"Yes." I'll go right away.
When Dongxue handed the buyers of medicinal herbs from Wanmiao Village to Yunniang, Yunniang was surprised for a moment.
Yunniang soon realized that her daughter was afraid that she would think too much, and a warm feeling flowed through her heart.
"Sister Dongxue, don't get me wrong. In fact, the young lady handed over the task you were doing to me because she was afraid that you would be tired from running back and forth, and Cuizhi and I were the ones who were running back and forth for the young lady." Yunniang explained to Dongxue why Xie Rongying suddenly handed over the task that Dongxue was doing to her.
Dongxue smiled faintly: "I know, you should go quickly. This is a serious matter. Hand it over to me quickly so that I can order someone to start working on it."
Yunniang nodded: "Then I'll go first."
"Go ahead."
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After Yunniang left the East Garden, she walked quickly along the path in the front yard. In the pavilion on the west side of the path, separated from a small pond, Qin Junchen stared at Yunniang's figure with a very gloomy expression.
After Yunniang disappeared down the path, someone nearby told Qin Junchen, "The maidservant beside the young lady is a daughter of the Xie family. Her parents were born in old age. The Xie family has relocated her to a farm and even allocated some small plots of land. They live a relatively comfortable life."
Qin Junchen snorted and laughed. The Xie family had even made perfect arrangements for the servants' lives in their old age.
But why do the people in Wanmiao Village want to annex Wanmiao Village?
It was the profits from Wanmiao Village that made those people ambitious.
"The other one is called Cuizhi. She was bought by the Xie family from outside and has no weaknesses. As for Dongxue, she is the maidservant of Old Madam Xie. Her parents live in the Xie family's ancestral home." Yian said respectfully.
"So the only person around Xie Rongying who can be used is this person named Yunniang?" Qin Junchen said in a calm voice.
"Yes, sir." Yian said truthfully.
House-born children are loyal to their master's family. If you want to control them, you must exploit their weaknesses.
"Go and arrange it." Qin Junchen said calmly.
"yes."
As soon as Qin Junchen finished speaking, he heard a voice outside the pavilion.
"Brother Chen?"
Qin Junchen looked in the direction of the voice and saw that it was Zheng, so he stood up and said, "Second Aunt."
Zheng walked towards the pavilion and asked with concern, "Why is Chen'er here?"
"Why is Second Aunt here? Is there something you want to talk to my sister-in-law about?" Qin Junchen ignored Zheng's words and instead threw the question to Zheng. This road only leads to the East Garden.
"I have something to discuss with Rongying." Zheng said with a smile.
Qin Junchen jokingly said, "Second Aunt, go first." He glanced at the fishing rod propped up on the fence and said, "I heard from the people in the mansion that there are big, fat fish in this pond, so I thought I'd try my luck here."
Zheng's gaze lingered on the fishing rod for a moment, and she said, "So Chen'er is fishing. Second Aunt won't disturb you for now."
Qin Junchen nodded slightly.
After Zheng walked out of the pavilion and went away.
Qin Junchen began to ask, "I heard that Second Aunt has been very close to Xie Rongying recently."
"Yes, ever since Madam passed away, the Second Madam and the Young Madam have become very close," Yian responded.
Qin Junchen shifted his gaze from Zheng's back and chuckled softly, "It's really interesting."
Qin Junchen had some understanding of this second aunt. If Xie Rongying had no value, she would never have set foot in the gate of Dongyuan.
Zheng's frequent interactions with Xie Rongying seemed to indicate that he was determined to get something from Xie Rongying.
"Sir, do you want to continue fishing?" Yian asked beside him.
Qin Junchen's gaze fell on the water. After a moment's silence, he said, "It seems this fish won't be caught just by bait."
Yi An understood the hidden meaning in Qin Junchen's words and said, "Then I will put it away."
Qin Junchen nodded lightly, turned around and walked out of the pavilion.
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East Garden.
As usual, Zheng chatted with Mrs. Li for a few words and then entered the backyard under Mrs. Li's guidance.
Xie Rongying had a rare moment of leisure today, and she became interested in Zheng's arrival. After all, she didn't have a good impression of anyone in the Yongyi Marquis' Mansion.
She wanted to see how far Zheng could go for her daughter.
If he really cared about Qin Si's marriage, he should have gone to the Xie family with Qin Fengyuan to discuss the matter instead of looking for her.
"Second Aunt, please sit down." Xie Rongying waved to Zheng.
Zheng looked at Xie Rongying sitting in front of the stone table under the shade of the tree, and walked towards her with a faint smile.
"Rongying, I hope I didn't disturb you." Zheng walked over and sat down on the stone bench next to Xie Rongying.
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