Chapter 415

Qin He felt deeply resentful toward the Fourth Branch.

When Qin He first transmigrated, she saw two powerful young masters of the Marquis Fu and her heart raced with excitement.

At that time, she was merely an insignificant illegitimate daughter of the Second Branch; Qin He secretly thought that once she, the transmigrator, made her mark, she would surely attract those two powerful young masters, and she could be either a young master's wife or a young master's consort.

However, when she heard that Young Master He was discussing marriage with Qin Bi, Qin He was very unhappy and even secretly hoped the match would fail; who could have thought that Young Master He would actually take a fancy to her instead of Qin Bi.

Qin He was so happy at night that she couldn't sleep, feeling utterly triumphant; she truly was the female protagonist, yet she minded very much that Young Master He had discussed marriage with Qin Bi; she didn't say it aloud, but she was deeply displeased inside.

Naturally, Qin He clashed with the Fourth Branch at every turn.

If it had only been the initial marriage discussion, it would have been fine; Qin He was not such a petty person; mainly, later on, she was affected by a fate of killing her husband and bearing no children, spitting blood repeatedly and nearly dying several times.

Because she could not marry, the wife of Duke Yan went to the Fourth Branch again to propose, and betrothed Young Master He to Qin Bi; later, Qin Bi broke off the engagement once, then broke it off again.

Qin He became extremely sensitive about it, feeling deeply resentful.

Qin Bi stood between her and Young Master He; whenever Qin He thought of it, she felt furious; therefore, for anything Young Master He gave to the Marquis Fu, Qin He took charge and gave nothing to the Fourth Branch.

Qin He intended to sever any connection between Young Master He and Qin Bi; otherwise, she would die of anger, yet her willfulness was exposed today by Qin Yan before everyone in the Marquis Fu.

As the Young Master of the Qin family, Qin Yan was no ordinary person; he had no interest in slandering or falsely accusing anyone in the Marquis Fu, so how Qin He had treated the Fourth Branch in the past was laid bare today.

Everyone in the Marquis Fu had complex expressions, wanting to speak but holding back; the Young Master's wife clearly remembered that whenever the Marquis Fu distributed goods, Qin He participated, yet every time she gave nothing to the Fourth Branch, while only Young Master Qin would later send some items.

Today, the Fourth Branch simply refused to give Qin He any face.

This matter had escalated; had Qin He not come looking, nothing would have happened, and no one would have remembered that Qin He had deliberately clashed with the Fourth Branch, but since Qin He came looking, and Qin Yan did not cover it up or hide it, whoever was right would speak.

"If you ever gave the Fourth Branch any benefits," Qin Yan said to the silent Qin He, "the Fourth Branch has no reason not to give you spiritual vegetables; I will have the Fourth Branch compensate you. If you never gave the Fourth Branch anything, then you should not have come here."

Qin He's face turned red; Qin Xun still felt it was not enough, found a chair to sit on, and said, "I certainly do not recall the Second Branch ever giving anything to our Fourth Branch; this must be made clear. I think Sister Qin He's mind is not quite right; some things, she just forgets whenever she wants."

Qin Xun tapped the table with his finger; everyone looked over. Qin Xun said, "Today I put my words here: Qin He has never given our Fourth Branch anything. If she says she did, I do not recognize it; it never happened. Sister Qin He has a silver tongue; she says whatever benefits her. No one is a fool. If you want spiritual vegetables, buy them yourself. If someone wants to support you, Qin He, our Fourth Branch certainly will not support someone who constantly clashes with us."

As a young lady of the Marquis Fu, constantly clashing with the Fourth Branch was not a good reputation. Qin He had children; having a mother with a tainted reputation was bad for both children.

"I did not," Qin He immediately refuted. "Cousin, I did nothing to provoke you; why are you ruining my reputation? How have I constantly clashed with the Fourth Branch? I have not."

Qin Lang of the Third Branch interjected from the side, "I can see it clearly; you still refuse to admit it."

Everyone in the living room fell silent; even Young Master Qin drank tea, letting Qin He explain. Even if her explanation was weak and pale, she had to be allowed to explain, for she was the respectable Young Master's wife of Xue Wang Fu; her status was not low.

Heh, Qin Yan drank tea.

Qin He had been opposing the Fourth Branch for a long time; it was time for the people of the Fourth Branch to vent their anger.

Now, Qin Bi, the Young Master's wife of Rong, had a firm position in Rong Wang Fu. The younger generation in Qin Yan Hou Fu could not see clearly, but Qin Yan understood well: Qin He was also a Young Master's wife, but Xue Wang Fu compared to Rong Wang Fu was not on the same level.

By rights, the Marquis Fu producing two Young Master's wives of Wang Fu at once should have been a cause for great joy.

However, the Second Branch and the Fourth Branch were not on good terms.

Qin He had always been the one provoking trouble; if Qin He were smart, recalling her petty act of not giving the Fourth Branch any share of goods back then, she should have pretended today not to know that the spiritual vegetables did not include a share for the Second Branch.

But Qin He's character was too sharp; she could not tolerate even the slightest grievance.

Since she had come looking, Qin Yan did not stop her; let whoever was right argue it out.

"It's just that you don't want to give me spiritual vegetables," Qin He said. "Is it worth bringing up such trivial matters?"

Qin He's implication was that others were petty.

Qin Tang narrowed his eyes; Qin Lang struck first. "Heh, of course you don't mention it. Back then, every time goods were distributed, you bypassed the Fourth Branch and gave them nothing. Now you want their things; how big is your face?"

Jiang Shi and Lin Shi arrived. Jiang Shi stepped into the living room; a servant had already run to the Fourth Branch to tell Jiang Shi and Lin Shi what was happening, so they knew the situation.

"Qin He, before I arrived, what did you mean by those words?" Jiang Shi demanded. "Does Rong Wang Fu's goods have nothing to do with our Fourth Branch? You still call yourself a talented lady; how dare you be this talented lady, knowing neither four nor six? Rong Wang Fu has nothing to do with our Fourth Branch; does it have something to do with your Second Branch? Why do you only think of such absurd things?"

Lin Shi also said, "Whatever Young Master He gives you, you can do as you please; our Fourth Branch does not care. However, what Young Master Rong gives belongs to our Fourth Branch. You never gave us yours; therefore, our Fourth Branch will not give you ours."

Qin He's face flushed red. Qin He's legitimate sister said, "You are bullying people."

Qin He's legitimate sister looked at Qin Jue; Qin Tang and Qin Xun also looked at Qin Jue.

"Qin Jue," Qin Tang asked, "does your Second Branch have the face to ask for spiritual vegetables?"

Qin Jue felt utterly ashamed. Qin Lang added, "It would have been better to pretend not to know. Our relationships are like this; things became very strained when Sister Qin Bi married. You insist on acting as if everything is fine, wanting everything."

Good heavens; as soon as those words were spoken, everyone in Qin Yan Hou Fu avoided eye contact, all feeling awkward on Qin He's behalf.

Qin He's face turned pale; she was speechless. Qin Xun just scoffed. Where was her usual air of righteousness? Keep pretending. Today, if Qin He dared to talk nonsense, he, Qin Xun, would not mind crushing her.

Since Qin He had caused trouble, Qin Jue had no choice but to step forward to end it: "Spiritual vegetables are scarce to begin with; there is no need to give a share to the Second Branch."

Qin He dropped the matter; if she brought it up again, the Fourth Branch would certainly not be polite.

These were the Fourth Branch's goods. Before, when you had things and didn't share them with them, that was one thing; now you come asking for their things, yet refuse to admit they are the Fourth Branch's spiritual vegetables, stubbornly claiming they belong to Rong Wang Fu.

Damn it, Qin Jue covered his face; this was unreasonable.

How could Qin He have the face to say such things.