Chapter 383
“Mother, how was it?” Qin Zhun eagerly asked, not even greeting Old Madam Qin.
He had already schemed that it would be best for Qin Zening to agree, though he had some doubt, knowing Qin Zening and Qin Jiu, these siblings were both stubborn and cold-hearted but as long as Old Madam Qin was willing to come forward everything should be good, and in any case, Qin Zening refuses, she could accuse the latter of unfilial piety. Qin Zening had just started his official career, and unfilial piety was a serious crime, so for his future, he could only help Qin Zhun!
Just thinking of this made Qin Zhun ablaze in enthusiasm as his eyes shone as if he had already won.
When Madam Qin said lightly, “I went to Hulu Lane and told Ning’er that I don’t need him to take care of your things because you are the uncle.”
Feeling as if a bucket of cold water poured on his head, Qin Zhun couldn’t believe his ears and was dumbfounded.
Qin Zhun: “???”
Qin Zhun almost pinched himself to see if he was dreaming. Was his mother crazy or was she possessed by an evil spirit?
Old Madam Qin hoped that her son would wake up to reality, so she said reproachingly. “A’zhun, you are Ning’er’s uncle and the head of the family. It was already not right to separate an unmarried nephew and now you want him to give up his future for you?”
“Mother…”
“A’zhun, I know you are having difficulties but you still have to conduct yourself with integrity, think about how your father taught you when he was still alive. A man should be responsible.”
Qin Zhun, however, was about to go crazy, what the hell was his mother thinking ah.
Enduring a wave of overwhelming anger, Qin Zhun stiffly said. “Mother, why aren’t you thinking about the ancestral title?” Wasn’t she afraid that her family would lose the title Marquis of Loyalty?
Old Madam Qin slowly twirled the Buddhist bead bracelet in her hand, with a detached and open-minded expression, she resolutely said, “If we really lose the title, it is you who lose it.”
Her gaze towards Qin Zhun had no resentment, nor blame but only helplessness. It was because she didn’t raise this son well…compared with the eldest son who passed away, this second son was irresponsible.
Qin Zhun: “??”
Mother was blaming him?
Old Madam Qin continued, “If the title is confiscated, we will go back to our hometown. Although you have made mistakes, you will not reduce to a lowly status. Our Qin family is a scholar family, and future generations can still take the imperial examination again.”
Qin Zhun was about to flip the table upon hearing this, his whole body felt like it had been electrocuted, and every word Old Madam Qin said seemed to stab him fiercely like a knife.
His mother’s thinking was too naïve!
“Mother, you…”
Qin Zhun wanted to say something but was interrupted by a maidservant voice behind, panting. “Not good, not good! The officials from Dali Temple* are here!”
(*in charge of prison)
Qin Zhun’s pair of eyes widened that he instantly forgot what he was going to say and could only open and close his mouth in disbelief. Stammering, he said to the old maidservant who just came in skepticism, “You…what did you say?”
The old maidservant said again, “Officials are coming this way, this servant did not dare to stop them…”
As she said this, there was already a hurried and disorderly sound of footsteps outside, then seven to eight people in officials’ uniforms swarmed in led by a middle-aged official with a goatee.
The middle-aged official arched his hand at Qin Zhun and said with a smile, “Marquis, will you please come with this humble official?”
He spoke politely, but in fact, Qin Zhun had no other choice. Two tall and powerful government officials, with cold faces, approached Qin Zhun and clamped his left and right arms.
“….” Qin Zhun panicked, his forehead was instantly covered with cold sweat while his face paled and his mind went black.
Although he knew that this matter could no longer be suppressed, he did not expect them to find out the problem in Changying Treasury this soon…
It’s over, it’s all over!
In a panic, Qin Zhun subconsciously looked at Old Madam Qin on luohan bed and begged. “Mother, go find Ning’er quickly…” His eyes were full of pleadings.
Before he could finish speaking, Qin Zhun had already been dragged out by the government officials. The middle-aged official politely said “farewell” to Old Madam Qin and left. This group of people came and left in a frenzy.
“……” Old Madam Qin suddenly got up, her face pale as her body slightly trembling, and was overwhelmed with anxiety and worry that she almost fainted.
Cui momo quickly went to help her but did not know how to comfort the old madam, she could only pat her back to smoothen her breathing as she herself sighed inwardly: Old Madam Qin has been muddled-headed most of her life, it was rare to see to her this clear-headed.
Old Madam Qin stayed quiet for a long time, she just sat back again and just stared at the swaying curtain in her room.
She didn’t know how long she was like this before she heard the servant outside greeting someone. “Madam, Old Madam is…”
Before the maidservant could even finish her sentence, the curtain was roughly swung by Concubine Xiang, Madam Su and her daughter, Qin Sheng, who also hurriedly came in, and the room was suddenly chaotic.
Madam Su anxiously asked, “Marquis…mother, the lord was taken away by the people from Dali Temple…”
Old Madam Qin twirled the string of Buddhist beads and was silent in response.
Madam Su’s complexion turned pale, although she was angry with Qin Zhun because of what happened to her nephew, Su Xiyang, she still also knows that Qin Zhun was the pillar of the family, so Qin Zhun mustn’t get into any mishap.
“Grandmother, what will happen to father?” Qin Sheng asked anxiously.
Old Madam Qin also wants to know.
“Rumble!”
Outside the window came a burst of thunder, hitting the hearts of three women in the room, one after another, as the air was filled with ominous atmosphere.
The entire capital was shrouded in layers of dark clouds as if dusk had arrived earlier.
“Your Majesty, Qin Zhun has been taken away by the Dali Temple and put in jail.” Yuan Mingang, the commander of the imperial guards, reported to the emperor.
The emperor stood in front of a window with his hands behind him as he looked up at the overcast clouds in the sky, his eyes deepened.
What Qin Zhun committed this time was neither big nor small, and the emperor knew about it early on. The emperor even know more what Qin Zhun had pulled to cover it up, and seeing how big the hole in Changying Treasury was, it only shows how greedy Li Yuanchun was!
Qin Zhun was simply just too stupid!
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