Chapter 789: Disaster Born from Twin Stems of Affection

Rongguo Prefecture, East Road Courtyard.

Although Yu Chuan didn't speak much usually, she was a clever person. She noticed that the wife of Qin Xian suddenly looked at her, and the gaze was very annoying.

She served by Lady Wang's side daily, so she naturally knew that Qin Xian's scoundrel son was currently planning to marry a wife all day long.

That Qin Yong was also a slave born in the prefecture. If he wanted to marry a wife, he could only marry a slave maid in the prefecture.

But the maids born in the prefecture all knew the roots and bottoms. Which one didn't know what kind of goods Qin Yong was? But any maid who reached the age avoided this matter.

Originally, the Lady didn't know what the reason was, but suddenly she was annoyed by Sheyue in the second master's room, and even thought of matching Sheyue to Qin Yong.

Because everyone was a maid of the second branch, Yu Chuan had been familiar with Sheyue since childhood, and at that time, she broke into a cold sweat for Sheyue.

Fortunately, this girl Sheyue had a good life. Although she was driven out of the second master's room by the Lady, she was miraculously taken a fancy to by the second young lady of the East Mansion, thus escaping the fate of being matched to Qin Yong.

Yu Chuan never dreamed that the disaster that Sheyue escaped from the second branch would flow to her own head.

This Qin Xian's wife actually had designs on her, secretly begging the Lady to match her to Qin Yong. Although she avoided herself and talked to the Lady about this matter.

But how could she, the close maid, be hidden from it? Although Lady Wang didn't agree for a while, Yu Chuan still felt terrified and uneasy in her heart.

If she were matched to such a rascal as Qin Yong, she might as well hang herself with a rope.

She originally wanted to discuss with her sister Jin Chuan, but as a first-class maid by Lady Wang's side, she was the only one left now, and she couldn't leave for a moment.

Whether it was visiting relatives or asking for peace in the West Mansion, the Lady only took her in and out. Even if she wanted to be lazy and leave, she couldn't.

Bihuan and Qiuwen in Bao Er Ye's room, although transferred to the East Courtyard to serve, the Lady only let them do some scattered work.

She didn't let them follow when going out, and revealed some meaning in her words, disliking that they were only second-class maids and not decent enough to follow by her side...

Although the Lady listened to the earnest request of Qin Xian's wife, she didn't loosen her mouth for a while, but Yu Chuan still had a thorn in her heart, and she felt scared and panicked whenever she thought of it.

She also heard Qin Xian's wife talking nonsense in front of the Lady, clearly provoking the first and second branches to develop a grudge, and felt more and more that this matron was hateful.

At the beginning, when her sister Jin Chuan was forced to jump into the well, thanks to the third master Cong saving her sister's life, she had always remembered the third master Cong's kindness in her heart.

Not to mention that every time she had free time to talk to her sister Jin Chuan, her sister not only talked about the benefits of her own Miss, but also often talked about how righteous and outstanding the third master Cong was.

Last time Yu Chuan went to Lixiang Courtyard to find her sister Jin Chuan, she happened to meet Jia Cong.

Such a noble master, he didn't have any airs at all, and was kind to her little maid, and even gave her a rare persimmon.

Everyone has a scale in their heart. No one is blind or stupid. Can't they distinguish good from bad?

Although she was a maid of the second branch, she couldn't stand the face of Qin Xian's wife, who only knew how to speak without a conscience and provoke.

Although she didn't dare to say it to her face, the third master Cong was much better than the second master Bao. If anyone insisted on saying otherwise, they were shameless and talking nonsense.

Yu Chuan felt somewhat restless in her heart, and heard Qin Xian's wife say, "The Lady's words are very true. Second Master Bao is a noble person born with jade, a proper grandson of the Duke."

"The second master's marriage is a major event for the Rongguo Prefecture, and it must not be simple or sloppy."

"Although the situation in the family is different from the past, the Lady doesn't need to worry too much."

"According to my shallow knowledge, if you think about it carefully, it's not that there is no way to fill it."

Lady Wang's eyes lit up and she said, "What proper method did you think of? Tell me and let me listen. If it is really good, I will certainly remember your benefits."

Qin Xian's wife said, "I heard the wind in the West Mansion that the aunt's old shops in Jin Ling were all rented to the Jin Ling Xinchun Firm because the business was not prosperous."

"It is said that the Xinchun Firm is the most prosperous imperial merchant in Jin Ling. The aunt's method is so lively. She doesn't have to do anything, just sit there and collect a large amount of rent silver."

"Which relative in the family doesn't know that the Xinchun Firm is actually the third master Cong's industry, but it is handed over to that woman surnamed Qu outside to manage."

"Since the third master Cong can give benefits to the aunt, naturally he should also give benefits to the Lady. The old master and the Lady are his blood relatives, and the relationship is much closer than the aunt's."

"The Lady has two dowry shops in the city. Now the business outside is too difficult to do, so why not rent them to the Xinchun Firm."

"Relying on the affection between the third master Cong and the old master, the shop rent shouldn't be based on the market price. How about letting some to the old master and the Lady? It can also be considered that the third master Cong has fulfilled his filial piety."

Yu Chuan, who was on the side, heard this and couldn't help but feel a bit disgusted. Qin Xian's wife was too shameless. Such words of forcibly occupying other people's benefits could also be said.

Although the old master had kindness to the third master Cong, he was not the old master's own son after all. The filial piety should be fulfilled by the second master Bao. How could filial piety be entangled?

If the Lady handled it according to what Qin Xian's matron said, wouldn't it be reaching into other people's pockets to take silver? If outsiders knew, they would laugh at the second branch.

Lady Wang heard this and felt quite moved inside, but she couldn't make up her mind for a while.

At the beginning, she saw with her own eyes that Jia Cong and Baochai were messing around, and she felt ashamed and angry in her heart, and from then on, she developed a grudge with her sister's family.

She originally wanted to take advantage of the second branch moving out of the Rongguo Prefecture to squeeze her sister's family out of the West Mansion, so as not to let Jia Cong continue to play with Baochai.

She didn't expect that the kid in the East Mansion was infatuated, and he came up with a set of good words, and kept her sister's family in the West Mansion, making Lady Wang lose face.

Now the Xue family's business has climbed onto the benefits of Jia Cong. In Lady Wang's narrow-minded speculation, it was just the tricks of an adulterer and a lecher.

Lady Wang felt very uncomfortable in her heart, and naturally, she was also very jealous and envious.

But she also knew very well that Jia Cong didn't like her in his heart, and it was very difficult for her to get such benefits.

She frowned and said, "Although my two dowry shops are not prosperous, the daily business is still okay. Besides, I have entered a lot of new goods this year."

"If the shops are rented out, the new goods in the shop are not easy to place. They can't be sold at a discount. That would be a big loss."

"Besides, the shopkeepers and clerks in the shop are all dowry slaves I brought from the south. If the shops are gone, these people are not easy to place."

"The Xue family is a merchant family, and they only calculate silver money in their work. We, the Jia family, are a Duke's family. If we do the same, we will be laughed at."

"Although your method is not bad, I can't do it this way. I must take care of the face of the Jia family's second branch and the old master."

Qin Xian's wife heard this and felt a bit bored. Now that the Jia family's second branch was in this state, what face was there to speak of?

Unexpectedly, the Lady was still so arrogant, hanging the word "face" on her lips every day, and she wasn't afraid of others hearing it and feeling cold...

But she only dared to turn these words in her heart and absolutely didn't dare to leak half a word of expression.

Because their family was also at a dead end, and they could only mix in the second branch in the Jia family.

Tracing the source, when Si Qi's grandmother, Wang Shanbao's wife, abused the third master Cong in the East Road Courtyard, and even forced the third master Cong's maid to jump into the river.

From then on, the Wang family and the third master Cong formed a deadly feud, and finally Wang Shanbao's wife was cured to death by Jia Cong, and the Wang family and Jia Cong became an unsolvable dead knot.

Wang Shanbao's wife's granddaughter, Si Qi, although she was the close maid of the second young lady Yingchun, she couldn't stand in the Jia family because of this.

She was returned her body contract by Yingchun early, and rewarded with a sum of silver, and sent away to marry herself. Wang Shanbao's family was completely swept out of the door.

Because Wang Shanbao's wife's daughter married Qin Xian's brother, Qin Xian's wife was Si Qi's aunt, and the Qin and Wang families had an inseparable kinship.

Ever since Jia Cong made his fortune in the Jia family, the Qin Xian family also became street rats, and from then on, they went downwind.

The two couples first mixed with the old master Jia She and Lady Xing, but they didn't expect that when they were unlucky, even drinking cold water would get stuck in their teeth. Not long after, the old master and the old lady also fell.

The East Road Courtyard moved to the second old master and the second Lady. The Qin Xian couple had nowhere to go, so they could only listen to Lady Wang's instructions again.

If they dared to find a way in the West Mansion, the second grandmother would avoid the feud with the third master Cong and would definitely reach out to crush them.

Over the years, Qin Xian's wife didn't know how many times she cursed Wang Shanbao's wife in secret. This short-lived matron caused trouble and harmed the Qin family for a lifetime without being able to turn over.

Although she and Lady Wang were like a turtle looking at a green bean, she didn't really feel right in her heart, she just had nowhere to go.

She saw Lady Wang wanted face, and was speechless for a while, but she had other plans, so she had to give Lady Wang an idea, so that things would be easy to talk about later.

She smiled, "The Lady's words make sense. The old master and the Lady are noble people, so how can they think like us? It was my lack of knowledge."

"Since the Lady doesn't want to rent the dowry shops, thinking about it carefully is also excellent. It just so happens that another proper method can be used."

"This method is neither ostentatious nor very decent compared to renting shops, and it can earn the Lady a large amount of silver, which will certainly be able to hold a grand marriage for the second master Bao."

Lady Wang's eyes lit up and she said, "There is actually such a good method? Tell me and let me listen."

Qin Xian's wife smiled, "The Lady is a noble person and sits in the inner chambers daily, so she doesn't know much about the idle matters outside."

"But my husband, because he manages the housework in the outer courtyard, runs around in the market every day, so he knows many things." ===== CHAPTER 790 =====