Aunt Chen is back from the world of cultivation

It was already midnight.

Leaving behind Doctor Huang and the famous doctor from the capital, the Marquis's Mansion paid the other doctors generous medical fees and sent a carriage to take them back to the clinic.

For a time, many doctors became more favorable towards the Jingnan Marquis Mansion.

Early the next morning, the wind direction in the city suddenly changed.

Many people are saying that when the wife of Marquis Jingnan learned of the rumors of adultery, she committed suicide by slitting her wrists last night. Her blood was all over the floor and her life was in danger.

Marquis Jingnan was extremely anxious and rushed to invite famous doctors from all over the city to save the patient.

Moreover, Marquis Jingnan did not believe the rumors at all. He even said that the marquis' wife must survive and he would face all the rumors with her.

"She was willing to die to prove her innocence. This shows how chaste the wife of Marquis Jingnan was!"

"Marquis Jingnan is really magnanimous. He still has faith in his wife despite such a thing! This is what a great man does!"

Many women actually envied the wife of Marquis Jingnan.

To be fair, if they encountered such a thing, their husbands would probably beat them half to death and then force them to commit suicide to save the family's reputation.

Lady Jingnan Marquis is so lucky to have met such a good husband.

No one knows how much contribution the group of trusted men sent by Marquis Jingnan made to all this.

*

Reversing the public opinion situation is not enough to save the reputation of the Jingnan Marquis Mansion.

The Jinyiwei in the Southern Capital, the garrison in the Imperial Household Department, and the Right Deputy Censor-in-Chief of the Supervisory Office, everyone needs to be taken care of.

Otherwise, if this matter had become such a big deal and someone reported it to the emperor, it would have brought great trouble to the Marquis of Jingnan's Mansion.

For some matters, the government will not investigate unless the people report them.

Things like allowing slaves to hurt people are common among powerful families.

However, government offices generally do not handle such cases, and ordinary people do not have the ability to make a big deal out of it, so they can only consider themselves unlucky.

But once the matter comes to light, the nature of the matter becomes completely different.

Given His Majesty's attitude of frequently suppressing the nobles in recent years, it was difficult for him to guarantee that His Majesty would not take the opportunity to strip Jingnan Marquis of his title.

That is a title that our ancestors obtained with the blood of countless people. It is to be passed down from generation to generation, so how can it be lost?

Even though Pei Xiao had always been arrogant, he had to humble himself and give expensive gifts to the Jinyiwei and factory supervisor whom he hated.

Of course, the Inspection Office was not left behind.

When he returned home, he ordered his butler:

"Tomorrow you will take five thousand taels of silver from the account and send it to Cihang Temple with great fanfare. Tell them that my mansion will compensate Cihang Temple tenfold for its losses as an apology!"

In this way, the people in the city will no longer criticize the Jingnan Marquis' Mansion for allowing slaves to set fire. Instead, they will praise the Marquis' Mansion for being sensible and envy the Cihang Temple for receiving ten times the compensation.

Of course, in addition to restoring the reputation of the Jingnan Marquis' Mansion, it was mainly because he had no idea about the details of the Cihang Temple.

Before he knew the other party's strength, he would rather use the five thousand taels to show weakness temporarily.

After the storm has passed and we have figured out where the other party came from, it won’t be too late to take revenge today.

This time, he spent nearly 30,000 taels of silver on the arrangements.

Even though the Marquis of Jingnan's Mansion has assets worth millions, many of them are in the form of land, shops, jewelry and antiques, and there is not that much cash.

It is hard not to feel the pain of giving away thirty thousand taels of silver.

Pei Xiao had just returned from patrol and had not had time to rest.

Because of Zhang's injury, he didn't sleep all night, and he also had to deal with the aftermath of the arson case caused by the slave.

After a busy day, I am exhausted both physically and mentally.

When he closed his eyes, he couldn't help but think of his original wife.

Although she was a little arrogant, she had never caused him so much trouble.

Even if he was reported to the government, he would be able to handle it with ease and would never be caught by anyone, causing such a big fuss or even being forced to commit suicide to prove his integrity.

After all, Zhang's upbringing was limited and his abilities were inadequate.

I just hope she will learn from her mistakes, grow up quickly, and stop causing him trouble.

*

"Guanzhu!"

Hearing the shouting outside the door, Chen Qingzhu opened his eyes from his meditation.

It was Huiyun's voice.

If it wasn't an extremely urgent matter, she wouldn't come to disturb her meditation.

She stood up and opened the door, and saw Huiyun with a sad face saying:

"Master, the chief steward of Jingnan Marquis's Mansion has arrived and said that he will give us ten times the compensation as a token of sincerity!"

"Moreover, they brought dozens of people to watch the fun, saying that they welcome people to come and supervise them to apologize to our Cihang Temple."

If it were an ordinary person, seeing that the marquis's mansion paid ten times the compensation and sent the chief steward to apologize, he would definitely be very proud of himself.

But Huiyun saw a crisis.

When they are victims, the people will indeed share their hatred for the enemy.

But when they see that Cihang Temple received a huge amount of compensation for the arson, many people easily become jealous, and thus blame or even hate the original victims.

This money is very hot.

But after all, the amount is huge and she can't take charge of it.

Chen Qingzhu felt sad in his heart, thinking that this was probably not something Zhang could do.

After all, she should still be dealing with the rumors at the moment and has no time to do such things.

She wasn't that generous. After all, she had only said double compensation in front of everyone in the court.

The only one who could have such means was Pei Xiao, Marquis of Jingnan.

"Do you think we should accept this money?"

Huiyun said without hesitation:

"You shouldn't accept it, and you can't accept it!"

He elaborated on his concerns in detail.

Seeing her serious face as if facing a great enemy, Chen Qingzhu smiled and tossed the beads in his hand leisurely.

"Such a large sum of money has been delivered to your door, why don't you accept it?"

Huiyun is puzzled:

"Master, the reputation of Cihang Temple..."

The reputation of Cihang Temple is actually not that important to Chen Qingzhu.

But how could she fall into Pei Xiao's plan?

"Go tell them that it is a great honor for the Jingnan Marquisate to admit their mistakes and improve. I hope they will do good from now on and stop bullying and oppressing ordinary people!"

"As for the compensation, since the Marquis of Jingnan Mansion can easily give so much, it must not be a big deal for them. Then our Cihang Temple will accept it!"

"I think this money will be used to establish a charity to take in homeless orphans. This will help the Marquisate to absolve itself of all the sins it has committed in the past!"

Huiyun's eyes lit up, and she immediately understood the intention of her temple master.

"The abbot is very smart. I guarantee that the Marquis of Jingnan will lose more than he gains! I'll go and tell them right away!"

Returning to the Taoist temple, which was crowded with dozens of onlookers and a dozen sword-wielding guards from the marquis's mansion, Huiyun loudly conveyed Chen Qingzhu's words.

Every word of those words implied that the Marquis of Jingnan had done a lot of bad things and that they were wealthy, so five thousand taels was nothing.

The common people, who were originally praising the Marquis' Mansion for being sensible and generous, suddenly changed their tone.

Why did they sympathize with the powerful people in the Marquis' Mansion who exploited the common people?

The fact that someone could casually give away five thousand taels shows how wealthy his family is.

Is the salary of Marquis Jingnan really that much?

Isn't it just like other powerful people who get it by exploiting the people?

The reason why they are willing to spend so much money is that they see that the matter has become a big deal and they want to shut the people up.

They were almost deceived and used as pawns by the Jingnan Marquis Mansion!

The people who felt they were being fooled immediately began to criticize Jingnan Marquis's Mansion and praise Cihang Temple.

"The master of the temple said it well! Since they insist on giving it to you, why can't you accept it!"

"This money, if left in the Marquis' Mansion, would only be a few pieces of clothing and jewelry for the nobles, but if it is put in the hands of Cihang Temple, it can save many homeless orphans!"

"The Marquis' Mansion can accumulate so much virtue just by spending a little money. It's really a bargain for them!"

"This Cihang Temple is indeed a place outside the secular world. The temple master is so indifferent to fame and wealth, and does not covet money!"

"It is truly compassionate to use such a large sum of money to establish a Salesian Church!"

The chief steward of the Marquis's Mansion was so angry when he heard these words.

But I can't refute it.

It is said that the Marquis' Mansion does not have that much money, and the five thousand taels were all pieced together?

Not only would that bring down the prestige of the Marquisate, but the common people would simply not believe it.

Moreover, after saying this, the masters of the Marquis' Mansion will be criticized whenever they buy something good in the future.

Who the hell is this faceless master? He is so cunning.

She received so much money and gained fame, but she still refused to let the Marquis of Jingnan get some benefits!

How is he going to report to the Marquis when he returns?