But you two sisters-in-law colluded with each other and secretly sold the products from my workshop to the Wen family. You even gave them some of the product secrets. How could this not be treason?
Aqiu's elder brother looked at his wife and his younger brother's wife in disbelief. How dare they sell the secret recipe secretly? Are they really going to hang themselves?
"You loser woman, you are courting death!"
"It was my idea to be the husband, not me. It was my sister-in-law. I didn't dare to do it at first, but she said that if someone gave her five hundred taels of silver, she would buy a secret recipe. Even if she made it later, she wouldn't sell it here, and no one would know about it."
"Sister-in-law, you are so heartless to say this now. Why didn't you say this when you took the money?"
The two sisters-in-law actually started biting each other in public.
There was an uproar in the crowd.
"Oh my god, no wonder you're tempted. Five hundred taels, how many years does it take for an average person to save up five hundred taels?"
"That's someone else's family. Ah Qiu is the chief steward. His annual salary, plus the rewards from his master, is almost one hundred taels. Add to that her wife and her eldest brother and his wife. It will only take a few years for this family to save up five hundred taels!"
"Yeah, this guy is just mean, we can't be too nice to him......"
When the two men saw the evidence before them, they finally realized the seriousness of the problem. They struggled to step forward and plead for mercy, but were stopped by the Qiao family's guards.
"Madam, you are the kindest person. Considering how Qiu risked his life for the Qiao family, please forgive us this time. I promise I won't dare to do it again!"
Qiao Xin ignored them and said to Aqiu who was already standing at the door: "Aqiu, do you think I should be lenient too?"
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