Xu Yanchi still wanted to stop Shen Qing and say something, but Shen Qing walked away without looking back, as if she had only come to deal with the matter here.
The show was over. What else was there for her to stay for?
A faint sense of regret welled up in Xu Yanchi's heart. He thought that he shouldn't have been so quick to embarrass her.
Oh, well.
Xu Yanchi ordered people to seal off Jin Bao's room and decreed that if anyone dared to spread a single word about today's incident, they would all be beaten to death!
Jiang Chan was secretly delighted. After today, there would be one less person vying with her for her cousin. She happily turned around and was about to say, "Cousin..."
But Juan Lian had already stepped forward first. "My lord, the young master spat up some milk today. Would you like to go and take a look?"
At the thought of Xu Chenghui, Xu Yanchi's expression softened a bit. He walked towards Juan Lian's room, leaving Jiang Chan so angry that she tore at her handkerchief for a long time on the spot.
"My lord, I'm wronged! I'm really wronged!"
The servants below remained unmoved no matter how much Jin Bao cried and shouted her innocence. "If you have anything to say, madam, you'd better say it to the lord."
But whether the lord would be willing to listen was another matter.
Late at night, there was chaos in the second branch of the family.
Because their master and mistress had gotten into a fight.
A real fight. The servants tried to stop them several times but finally gave up when they found it impossible. They just let them fight, thinking that the days in the marquis's mansion were becoming more and more hopeless.
Look at what had happened recently. One thing after another, none of them was decent.
Only the wealthy families could be so wild!
...
In a small alley in the south of the city, a house door was tightly closed.
"This should be the place."
Jiao Lu double - checked and then knocked on the door of the house in front of him.
An elderly couple lived in this small courtyard. Their son had joined the army, and their daughter had been abducted not long ago and still hadn't returned.
An old man opened the door. "Who is it?"
"Old man, if I give you a chance to seek justice for your daughter, would you like it?"
...
Early the next morning, just after a heavy rain, the morning mist had not completely dispersed when the big drum in front of the Yingtian Prefecture Office was beaten.
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
The sounds quickly attracted a lot of attention.
"Someone is beating the drum so early. Is there another injustice?"
"Isn't this the old man whose daughter went missing? He has come to beat the drum several times already."
"Ah, doesn't the government care?"
"They can't. He only said that his daughter was abducted. Without any other evidence, where can they find the person?"
"Let's wait and see. I'm afraid it won't work this time either."
"Alas... He's really pitiful..."
...
Qin Zhou was startled by the drumbeats as soon as he arrived at the yamen. He quickly ordered people to hold court. But when he saw the familiar face below, he let out a long sigh.
"Old man, it's not that I don't want to care about this matter..."
The old man said that his daughter had been abducted by the Jin family, but without evidence, he couldn't just order a search.
"My lord, I have evidence this time!"
The old man's voice was firm and powerful. He held the lawsuit paper above his head.
"I want to accuse the wealthy merchant Jin family of forcibly abducting my daughter!"
Qin Zhou ordered someone to take the lawsuit paper. After reading it, he was furious. He slapped the gavel.
"Outrageous!"
"Someone, go and verify the situation at the place mentioned in the lawsuit paper! If it's true, immediately arrest the involved members of the Jin family!"
"Thank you, my lord, for your clear judgment!" The old man kowtowed heavily on the ground, his eyes glistening with tears. His daughter was finally going to be saved!
The people from the Yingtian Prefecture Office quickly found the people in the small courtyard and took them all back.
Qin Zhou was extremely angry. How dare the Jin family abduct commoners and force them into prostitution?
A ledger was also confiscated. When Qin Zhou opened it, he broke out in a cold sweat.
...
After Shen Qing returned to her room, she sent everyone away and sat alone in front of the window in a daze.
Actually, she had many other ways to take revenge on the Xu family and Jin Bao, but she had chosen the most inferior one. So what?
She had crawled back from the underworld to seek revenge on them.
Not long after, Shen Qing opened the door herself and ordered someone to prepare dinner.
There would be another good show to watch tomorrow.
Just as she was thinking, Zhuxing ran in from outside. "Miss, the people from the Yingtian Prefecture Office have raided the small courtyard. The evidence has also been delivered to Lord Qin."
...
After reading the ledger, Qin Zhou couldn't calm down for a long time. He didn't expect that such a small Jin family could be involved in so many things. That night, he tossed and turned in bed and couldn't fall asleep. After much thought, he got up, wrapped in his clothes, and wrote a memorial. Just as he was about to order someone to send it to the palace early the next morning, he suddenly withdrew his hand and hid the memorial.
Qin Zhou's wife was woken up by the noise and was a bit impatient. "What are you doing? You're not sleeping in the middle of the night."
"Shh... Keep your voice down!"
The names on the paper were all people he couldn't afford to offend. If he offended so many people at the same time, he would have to go out only when there were a lot of people around in the future.
Mrs. Qin thought he was being overly cautious and turned over to go back to sleep.
Qin Zhou still wasn't at ease. After much thought, he scrambled into the palace early the next morning.
...
The next morning, Xu Yanchi rushed back from outside and then went straight to Jin Bao's courtyard. He ordered someone to send Jin Bao to the second branch of the family.
Mrs. Ge caused a huge scene on the spot. She wanted to disfigure Jin Bao's face. Jin Bao wasn't willing to back down either and directly got into a fight with Mrs. Ge.
Shen Qing had just heard about this.
"I heard that Concubine Jin is very tough. The second mistress couldn't beat her and was almost beaten into a pig's head." Yingxiu had secretly gone to watch the commotion and came back to tell Shen Qing, laughing uncontrollably.
A smile curled up on Shen Qing's lips.
Xu Yanchi was acting so quickly, not caring about his dignity at all. He must have known that the Jin family had been raided.
Shifting the blame. Xu Yanchi, truly as good as ever!
The Jin family was raided, and several other wealthy families were also raided along with it. Countless people were imprisoned because of that ledger.
The people in the capital were both shocked and angry. Those wealthy families were really depraved! They didn't even spare young children. These inhumane people all deserved to die!
The day after Jin Bao was sent to the second branch of the family, Xu Wei was also taken away by the Imperial Guards.
Mrs. Ge suffered one misfortune after another. She fainted on the spot with a blackout in her eyes.
Jin Bao was ordered by the old lady to be locked in the firewood shed. She banged on the door all day long, saying that she wanted to go home, which annoyed the old maids outside.
"Go home? The Jin family has been raided. Your father and family are all in prison. Do you still want to go home? Do you want to be beheaded too?!"
Jin Yu was struck like a thunderbolt. "Impossible. How could my family be raided? You lowly servant. If you dare to talk nonsense again, I'll tear your mouth when I get out!"
"Believe it or not! Since Concubine Jin has so much energy, it seems you don't need to eat today!"
The old maid spat and walked far away.
"Really think you're some young lady from a wealthy family. A merchant's daughter. You really think you're something!"
Jin Bao banged on the door even more vigorously. "Come back! You lowly servant! Come back and explain yourself! Come back!"
This time, no one responded.
In the Renshou Hall.
Shen Qing sat in her seat, listening to Mrs. Ge crying in front of her with snot and tears all over her face.
"Daughter - in - law of Chi'er, your second uncle has been locked up in the imperial prison. Your second uncle has lived a pampered life for so many years. How can he survive in the imperial prison? Think of a way. You can't just ignore your second uncle!"