Chapter 270

Qin He's younger sister by the same mother was left speechless, unable to retort.

"But," Qin He's younger sister by the same mother said, thinking of the words Qin He always kept on her lips, "Qin He Jiejie has been waiting for the He Shizi throughout her prime years." She said it out loud: "Qin He Jiejie has sacrificed so much."

Cui Shi: "..."

The Nanny: "..."

"What has she sacrificed?" Cui Shi pressed.

"To wait for the He Shizi, Qin He Jiejie hasn't gotten engaged!" Qin He's younger sister by the same mother repeated her previous words. This was already the second time; going back and forth, it was always that Qin He waiting for the He Shizi without getting engaged was a sacrifice.

Cui Shi: "..."

Heh, so this is Qin He's so-called sacrifice.

Cui Shi sneered. Qin He's younger sister by the same mother was unconvinced: "A young lady is at her most youthful and beautiful at the age of fifteen. Qin He Jiejie could have found a good match, but she didn't get engaged in order to wait for the He Shizi. Isn't that a sacrifice?"

Cui Shi picked up her fan to fan herself. She was angry—a nameless fire—feeling the heat from the bottom of her heart: "This is what Qin He always says, isn't it? It sounds better than it is. What if the He Shizi were just a commoner?"

Qin He's younger sister by the same mother was extremely unconvinced: "Qin He Jiejie has true feelings for the He Shizi."

Cui Shi scoffed, waving her fan with utter disdain.

"If the He Shizi weren't a powerful official of Great Yan, Miss Qin He might not necessarily wait for him." The Nanny had no choice but to enlighten her young lady: "Miss Qin He knows how to do business, has a sharp mind, and is more ambitious than the heavens. She knows that after latching onto the He Shizi, she will have endless blessings. This scheme is nothing if not shrewd. If this is called sacrifice, I fear the wives of all the civil and military officials would scoff."

"Nanny!" Qin He's younger sister by the same mother shouted: "How can you say that about Qin He Jiejie? Qin He Jiejie is from our Second Branch. She has given her all for our Second Branch. How can you look down on her?"

The Nanny was choked up. What kind of love potion had Qin He fed her? A dignified young lady, always acting as Qin He's little follower.

Cui Shi pointed a fan toward the door: "Leave quickly, don't anger me."

Qin He's younger sister by the same mother didn't leave: "What about Qin Bi snatching Qin He Jiejie's fortune?"

Cui Shi couldn't suppress the fire in her heart, fanning herself vigorously to cool down: "You believe whatever you hear. Whatever fortune Qin He has was given by the He Shizi. Who is snatching her fortune? What fortune does she even have for others to snatch?"

Qin He's younger sister by the same mother was about to open her mouth, but Cui Shi glared at her and said: "Don't be paranoid just because of the recent bad luck of the Anyuan Hou Fu's Second Branch. Some people's fortune and blessings can be shared; they can bless those around them. As long as one isn't malicious, anyone with blessings can share in them. Where do all these people snatching fortune come from? Qin He really dares to imagine things."

Qin He's younger sister by the same mother left sullenly. Cui Shi took a deep breath.

The Nanny walked to Cui Shi's side and took the fan to fan her: "Madam, don't be angry. Back when our Marquis Manor was down on its luck and living frugally, Miss Qin He suddenly came up with all sorts of little gadgets and knew how to open shops to earn silver, replenishing our Second Branch. That is why our young lady admires Miss Qin He. Our young lady is honest and doesn't have as many schemes as Qin He."

"This child is like she has no brain." Cui Shi sighed: "Qin He said Qin Bi snatched her fortune, and this child actually believed it. In my opinion, Qin Bi's fortune just wasn't apparent before; she has no small amount of blessings."

The Nanny was puzzled and asked for guidance: "How so?"

"Don't you see it?" Cui Shi picked up the cooled teacup, took a light sip, and said: "The He Shi didn't treat Qin Bi as a concubine's daughter. The He Shi must have instructed Qin Tang and Qin Xun to pave the way for Qin Bi. As a concubine's daughter, how many can be valued by the legal mother? This is a great blessing for a concubine-born child."

"That is true." The Nanny nodded: "Being treated differently by the legal mother and legal brothers is indeed a blessing."

Cui Shi also values Qin He, and the Second Branch's legal son Qin Jue also values Qin He, provided that Qin He can bring benefits to the Second Branch. If it's like the trouble she's caused over the past year or so, Cui Shi and Qin Jue are not pleased.

To be struck by lightning—that shows how unwelcome one must be.

Being struck by lightning is a matter easily prone to gossip; both the Xue Wang Fu and the Second Branch are keeping it under wraps.

Qin Yan and the Third and Fourth Branches summoned rain for the farmland, and Qin He eagerly crowded over. Her words didn't hold water, and she ended up being struck by lightning. How could she have the nerve to say others snatched her fortune?

If you summon rain and someone else runs over to steal the credit, that is called snatching your fortune.

But if someone else summons rain and you run over to say you summoned it a few days ago, it's hard to say who is snatching whose fortune. Cui Shi didn't even dare to imagine how contemptuous the looks were that the Su Shizi and others gave Qin He at the time.

Therefore, with all these incidents, how can she have the face to say others are snatching her fortune?

It's already generous that they didn't say you were the one snatching fortune; you're quite good at shifting the blame.

This confidence of Qin He's is shameful.

At this time, Jiang Shi was in the He Shi's courtyard, saying in a low voice to Lin Shi: "Qin Yan and the others went to the Xue Wang Fu again."

"Whatever Qin Bi does, Qin He likes to stick to her." Lin Shi frowned and said: "She's already been struck by lightning and is bedridden; won't she run off to the savage lands to cause trouble again? Qin He is also interesting; it seems she can't function without Qin Bi."

A flash of inspiration struck Jiang Shi, and she asked: "Snatching fortune?"

Lin Shi pondered: "Whenever anyone sticks to someone else, I suspect them of snatching fortune."

Fine, Jiang Shi smiled.

Ever since a poisonous woman appeared in the Anyuan Hou Fu's Second Branch, the noble families have become suspicious. Everyone is in danger, and they can't help but be more guarded. If one is tainted by the blessings of a malicious person, it is truly bad luck.

Lin Shi didn't care what Jiang Shi thought; she had seen the bad luck of the poisonous woman from the Anyuan Hou Fu's Second Branch with her own eyes. Lin Shi had learned her lesson: one cannot be overly kind. Some people cannot be pitied; you are good to her, and she thinks of harming you.

At the Ministry of Works, the Minister's wife ate a piece of spirit melon; it was both sweet and cool.

"Buy a few more," the Minister's wife said.

"Can't grab any," the Minister of Works said.

"We should have bought more from the start."

"Indeed, the Minister of War is the most cunning; he knew the spirit melons had ice Qi."

At the Su Guogong Fu, the Su Guogong and his wife finished their melon, still wanting more.

"Go buy some more," the Su Guogong instructed the Su Shizi.

"Can't buy any," the Su Shizi said: "Wait two days; the ordinary melons in the savage lands will be ripe too."

Entering autumn, watermelons almost stop growing, and it's hard for everyone to get a melon to eat.

Now, it doesn't matter if it's a spirit melon or not; as long as it's a watermelon, it quenches thirst.

"Why aren't you hurrying to keep an eye on it?" the Su Guogong's wife said: "As soon as there are ripe watermelons, buy them quickly. Don't be sluggish again. It's not easy to eat a watermelon in autumn; take the opportunity to buy a few more."

"I'm going right now." The Su Shizi called several younger brothers to go out together and headed to the savage lands.

In the Imperial Palace, the Emperor of Great Yan was also urging the little Imperial Prince.

"Hurry to the savage lands," the Emperor of Great Yan said.

"Alright, alright." The little Imperial Prince took the pastries made by the Imperial Kitchen.

The Emperor of Great Yan picked up a pastry, took a bite, and said: "Don't be polite with the Ministers; if there are melons, buy them."