Qin was stunned for a moment, and at first wondered how she knew who sent the bandit.
But if the person had nothing to do with him or the Dao family, how could the princess suddenly come to him in the middle of the night to ask this question? Princess Kangle was never someone who would do something without a purpose.
What can be done to ruin a woman's reputation?
Noble ladies in the capital city all attach great importance to their reputation. If bandits rob noble ladies and destroy their reputation, if someone with ulterior motives gets hold of such evidence, it will not only destroy the reputation of the woman, but if the woman's family is powerful, wouldn't that also mean the family power will be seized?
Qin looked at Shen Qingqiu steadily, "Could the person the princess is talking about be my mother-in-law?"
If it was really her, wouldn't she be trying to kill all of the Dao family? Shen Qingqiu looked at Qin's nervous eyes and said, "Aunt, you are very smart."
Qin's heart felt as heavy as if someone had hit her with several heavy stones. "Princess, but my mother-in-law, even if she wanted to harm you, I'm afraid she doesn't have the ability to do so, right?" As a country woman who had just arrived, she wondered where to find someone.
"Of course she conspired with others." Shen Qingqiu said: "Don't worry, auntie, I don't need to falsely accuse her. I'm sure you know it in your heart, so it's not surprising that she would frame me."
Of course Qin knew that her mother-in-law had this possibility. She has always been a person who puts profit first, so it would be fine if she didn't know. But if someone told her that she could use her reputation to control the princess, how could a greedy person like her not be tempted.
Qin closed her eyes, and opened them again after a moment, "Thank you, Princess, for believing me."
Shen Qingqiu said: "Aunt, why do you say that?"
"If you don't believe me, Princess, you can set a trap for me and my mother-in-law to frame you, and then we can report it to the Dali Temple. Now that you are willing to tell me first, it means you believe me." Qin said.
Shen Qingqiu looked at her with increasing admiration, "I know what kind of person my aunt is, and I don't want to ruin the relationship between our two families because of something that others have done."
Dao Yue was chosen by her father, and she herself chose a satisfactory husband. The marriage with Dao's family must be successful so that the emperor can stop dividing the military power of the Marquis's Mansion. And since she must marry, the Dao family has simple relationships, and Qin is a smart and easy-going mother-in-law.
Everything is perfect except for the rotten old lady Dao.
"Princess, I understand what you mean." Qin nodded.
Shen Qingqiu said: "She is stupid and bad. This is not the first time she has done such a thing, nor will it be the last time. Now it is me, and I can also remind my aunt. If it were someone else in the future, I am afraid it would harm the lives of the entire Dao family."
Qin nodded, and stood up from the chair after a moment, "Don't worry, Princess. Since you trust me, I will give you a satisfactory answer. I'll take my leave first." She bowed to Shen Qingqiu and left quickly.
Shen Qingqiu had already said what he wanted to say, so he would not stop her.
Qin returned home anxiously. The old maid who was serving her noticed that her hands were still shaking. "Madam, what's wrong? Didn't the princess ask you to go out? Why are your hands shaking like this?"
This old woman has been with Qin for a long time, so she is naturally trustworthy. Qin held her hand, her lips trembling constantly, "She wants to kill our Dao family, she wants to kill our Dao family!"
"Madam, what are you talking about? Who wants to kill the Dao family?" The old maid quickly helped the person up, "Madam, drink some water and talk slowly."
Qin drank a glass of water tremblingly, and when she calmed down completely, two lines of tears came out.
"When Dao Yue's father died, she thought that Dao Yue and I were useless as an orphan and a widow, and that we were driven out by her. Now that Dao Yue has become successful, I took her in because she is my son's grandmother. I just thought that she is the elder after all, and she must be present at such an important occasion as her grandson's wedding. I even thought about taking care of her in her later years, but how could she do such a thing!"
"Ma'am, what happened?"
Qin cried, "She actually hired someone to ruin the princess's reputation in an attempt to control her!"
"What?!" The old maid was shocked.
How could anyone do such a thing!
"What about the princess? What did the princess say? Did she not vent her anger on the Dao family?"
Qin stopped crying and said, "If the princess really vents her anger on the Dao family, I'm afraid I can't talk to you here. The princess has given me, the future mother-in-law, the face and asked me to handle this matter, so I must give the princess a satisfactory answer." In short, old lady Dao felt that she could no longer stay in the capital.
The old woman gritted her teeth and saw Qin's thoughts. "What's the point of driving her out? Even if she goes to the countryside, she will have plenty of ways to ruin our reputation. Let me put it bluntly. When our young master is hooking up with the princess, with such a good marriage, his status in the future will surely rise step by step. What if she bites back at that time?"
Old Lady Dao is indeed capable of doing such a thing.
"In my opinion, Madam, you should be ruthless." The old maid said, "Let's not talk about what happened in the past. Just look at how much trouble has occurred since the people from the second house moved in. Those girls and boys from the second house even wanted to take away our master's practice room."
Dao Yue usually stays in the army, so he naturally doesn't bother with these things.
But if time goes on, is this their Dao family, or the Dao family of the second branch of the Dao family? "Madam, be ruthless. Not to mention the old lady, everyone in the second branch should be driven out. There is a saying that is true, wildfires cannot be extinguished, spring breezes blow and they will grow again."
Qin gritted her teeth and clenched her fists, "You are right."
The old lady did this purely for her own benefit, and she never thought about dragging them down. Since she could be so cruel, why couldn't she be so cruel? She was tired of having these people stick to her and suck her blood over the years!
"Go outside and get some medicine." Qin stood up and whispered.
The old maid nodded and listened to the lady's instructions before saying, "Don't worry, I will definitely take care of this matter."
Qin waved her hand and the old maid quickly left.
Qin acted quickly and efficiently. The next day, after taking the medicine, Old Lady Dao was bedridden.
The second wife of the Dao family and the old lady didn't take it seriously at first. After all, the old lady was in her 50s or 60s, and it was normal for her to be bedridden. But someone who had no illness in the past suddenly fell ill for several days in a row, and even didn't call a doctor, but had medicine delivered to her every day. This was not normal.
The second branch of the Dao family found this situation increasingly strange, so they gathered the entire family to look for Qin.
"Qin, what do you mean? You don't treat my mother, but just send her some soup every day. Are you deliberately dragging her illness away? Also, what kind of medicine did you give her?"
The girl from the second branch of the Dao family also said, "If you are unwilling to treat grandma, we will go out and hire a doctor for her! We won't be able to control what outsiders say then!"
This is using the Dao family's reputation to threaten myself.
Qin Shi found it ridiculous. How could these people care about the reputation of the Dao Family? She was blinded by her own blindness. She had always tolerated them for the sake of the family affection they once had, but she forgot that these people were just a bunch of leeches that could never get enough blood! "If you are not satisfied, you can leave the Dao Family." Qin Shi smiled coldly and didn't say anything else.
"What do you mean, Qin? Do you want to divide the family? If you don't divide the family while your parents are still alive, I tell you, you are extremely unfilial!" The Dao family is extremely wealthy now, and no one is willing to divide the second branch.
Qin curled her lips and said, "Don't be so arrogant in front of me. My husband died a long time ago. I am willing to recognize you to give you face. If I don't recognize you, you are nothing." After saying what she really wanted to say, Qin felt that her whole body was smooth.
The people from the second house looked at Qin with an expression as if they had never seen her before.
Qin continued to sneer, "You can stay here if you want. I will take good care of you, just like I take care of my mother-in-law. But if you still want to be as unruly as before, don't blame me for being ruthless. This is the capital, a place where rules are followed."
"You, don't scare me. Rules, even if it's a rule, there's no reason not to call a doctor!"
The old maid next to Qin spoke up, "Since the second master doesn't understand, then I will tell you what the rules are. Our master is the eldest wife, and according to reason, he gets most of the family property, and he should take care of his parents as the eldest wife, but the second wife saw our master suddenly die of illness and drove the orphan and widow out. There is no such rule!"
"This is just an old story. Why are you bringing it up?"
Qin smiled coldly, "It's all old news. You think so, but the people in the Dali Temple don't think so."
"What Dali Temple? Don't frame me. Isn't this just my family's business?"
The old maid said, "What are you talking about, Second Master? Now our son has entered the court as an official. Officials are people of the court. How can the court's affairs be said to be our family's affairs? I can only tell you, Second Master, if this matter is investigated again, Second Master will have to spend a few years in prison."
Although they have come to the capital, the second branch of the Dao family is still just a commoner. When they heard about the yamen, their first reaction was fear.
Qin had said this much and felt that it was enough. "I am also tired today."
Her eyes fell on the second wife's children who were following the second wife and her husband. She had been too tolerant of them in the past. "Since they are all young ladies and young men in the family, they naturally have to learn the rules. Didn't the princess send us some maids to teach them the rules? If anyone breaks the rules, they will be beaten or scolded."
"yes!"
Qin glanced at the Dao family members whose faces turned pale with fear, then she walked away with a sneer.
The youngest daughter of the Dao family's second branch looked at Qin's transformation and pulled her mother's sleeve in fear, "Mom, what should we do? It seems that our aunt has changed a lot."
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