Chapter 388
Madam Su’s heart pounds faster and faster, and its sound echoes in her ears like a drum as she drank several sips of tea without tasting it.
When Qin Xin saw Madam Su’s restless expression, she knew that the other party heard her right, and couldn’t help the corner of her lips slightly curled while her eyes shone brightly.
She quickly lowered her gaze and drank tea in disguise.
After putting down the teacup, her face once again looked worried. She said, “Mother, father is a lucky person and will surely get help from heaven. He just got transferred to Taipusu, perhaps he can still get away with this unscathed…”
Meanwhile Madam Su’s mind was already elsewhere and wasn’t paying attention to what Qin Xin was talking about. Her eyes stared blankly at the teat leaves floating in the tea water, her thoughts were still on mourning, thinking about a certain possibility.
If in any case…
Madam Su’s heart violently raised even more, and before she could finish her tea, she couldn’t sit still and got up to leave. Qin Xin ordered Shuxiang to help her see off the guest.
As soon as Madam Su left, Qin Xin relaxed as a cold smile curled on her lips.
At this time, a fair-skinned woman dressed in clean green clothes walked from behind, it was Zhao Aman.
Zhao Aman heard the conversation between Madam Su and Qin Xin just now, and looked in the direction of the door curtain as she said softly, “Daya, how can you advise the marquis about dingyou*?”
(*mourning after the death of the parent)
Although Qin Xin didn’t make it clear just now, Zhao Aman heard Qin Xin’s intention. She wanted Old Madam Qin to die so that Qin Zhun could observe his filial piety which was mourning, and avoid trouble.
And since, the old madam in the marquis mansion was Qin Xin’s nominal grandmother, if the old madam dies, not only Qin Zhun would observe mourning but so was Qin Xin as her filial piety.
Qin Xin casually said, “I am well aware of the situation. Mother, without the Marquis of Loyalty, I would have no one to rely on.”
Zhao Aman eagerly took Qin Xin’s hand, frowning she advised. “Daya, I know the marquis can help you, but this time, you must not observe mourning, you have to take advantage of the fact that the main consort has not passed through the door yet. Hurry up and give birth to a royal grandson in order to solidify your position.”
“Daya, listen to Mother, these men like new and dislikes the old. The second prince likes you now, that’s why he treats you well, but what about the future?”
“Family flowers are not as fragrant as wildflowers*. There are many little sluts in and outside who want to climb high branches, when the second prince changes his mind, it’s too late for you to regret!”
(*wives at home are not as good as women outside)
“For a woman ah, the most important thing is still having a son. Your son is what you can rely on, so a mother regards her son as the most important thing.”
Zhao Aman poured out her maternal kindness all for the sake of her daughter’s benefit, so she talked incessantly.
When Zhao Aman mentioned giving birth to a son, Qin Xin’s pretty face turned deathly pale.
Qin Xin couldn’t give up her current position, but when facing Gu Jing she panicked especially at night when they were lying on the same bed. She often had trouble sleeping through the night, and simply didn’t dare to even move a bit.
Truth be told, Qin Xin was relieved after knowing that Gu Jing would lead the troops to suppress the bandits in Jinzhou.
However, since the bandits in Jinzhou weren’t that threatening Gu Jing would soon return to the capital rather than later. But if she wants to observe filial piety, then Gu Jing won’t be able to sleep in her room for the time being.
Hearing Zhao Aman mention “royal grandson” on the right and “son” on the left made Qin Xin increasingly impatient.
However, there were some things that should not be said, so Qin Xin could only endure her irritability and just vaguely said, “Mother, you don’t understand. There are priorities, and mourning is the only way to save the Marquis. Also, I’m still young…”
When Zhao Aman heard this, she thought her daughter was right. She was only fifteen years old, and she looked gorgeous so she could afford to wait for a year. Smiling, Zhao Aman said smilingly, “Daya, it’s good that you’re aware of your situation.”
The room then fell into silence, Qin Xin looked up at the courtyard through the window, and this time Madam Su could no longer be seen outside.
Madam Su had already gotten into the carriage, after coming out from Qin Xin’s place, she had been absent-minded and was lost thinking about Qin Xin’s words. She originally wanted to return to the Marquis mansion but halfway, she changed her mind and went back to her maternal home before visiting Qin Zhun in the prison again.
When she came out of the prison, Madam Su was even more dazed, feeling that the sunlight outside was piercing her eyes, causing the rim to sore.
This time, she sent the carriage directly back to the Marquis’s mansion, and by this time, the sunset had already set halfway, dyeing the clouds in the sky red.
“Mother, how is it? Did second sister refuse to help?” Qin Sheng had long been waiting impatiently at the Marquis Mansion, and when she learned that Madam Su had returned, she eagerly greeted her.
“……” Madam Su didn’t say anything, as if half of her soul had gone.
Qin Sheng thought that Madam Su’s silence was an affirmative response making her pretty face livid with anger, gritting her teeth she said, “Good Qin Xin, you are ungrateful! She should be thankful I helped her much and treated her like my own sister. Father and mother even went through a lot of trouble to get her married to the second prince.”
“I didn’t expect that after what happened to the marquis, she turned her face away from us, just like Cousin Brother Zening and Qin Jiu, they are all the same.”
“……” Madam Su walked in towards the main courtyard as if she hadn’t heard any of it and still not speaking.
Qin Sheng knew that Madam Su had been running around to ask for help these past few days, and felt that her mother, she, the daughter, and her young brother were the only family members who sincerely care for her father.
Taking a deep breath, Qin Sheng calmed herself but the more she thinks about it the angrier she was, and couldn’t help but complain. “These people are throwing stones at us now that were are down. Cousin Brother Zening is like this, Qin Jiu is like this, and Grandma is the same.”
Speaking of Old Madam Qin, Qin Sheng became even angrier but could only bite her lower lip.
“Mother, I just went to beg my grandmother again, but she won’t let me in at all… What do you think, what exactly does she mean by this?”
“We have always been filial to grandmother, serving and nurturing her to the best of our ability. Father also got into this mess for the sake of the Qin family, and now that disaster has come to our door, grandmother is doing nothing, is she going to abandon father too?”
“I know, grandmother is not worried at all, anyway, even if father is incriminated, grandmother still has cousin brother, and can live with them.”
“I think, this time, grandmother flatter herself with cousin brother, it must be so that cousin brother can take care of her in the future.”
Qin Sheng muttered angrily, feeling that whether it was Old Madam Qin, Qin Zening, Qin Xin, or others, they were all indifferent individuals who could only share wealth but not hardship.
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