The Concubine's Daughter Travels Through Time and Space and Takes the Road of Confrontation

Caiping had been going to talk to Xiangxing these days, and finally met Xiaoyu on the way one day. Xiaoyu was sitting in the sun under the wall at the side door of the back house in Yannian Courtyard.

Caiping walked over and handed her a piece of peanut candy. "Xiaoyu, why aren't you serving Miss Mao in the house today?"

Xiaoyu opened her eyes and saw that it was Sister Caiping. She happily took the peanut candy, carefully broke off a piece and put it in her mouth, mumbling, "Ever since last time, Miss Mao told the old lady that I was young and useless, and asked me to watch the tea." Xiaoyu spoke happily, obviously not taking these things to heart at all.

Cai Ping nodded her head. "You just love to play. Be careful in the tea room. If you get burned, you'll get scars. Some scars are red and ugly."

Xiaoyu squinted her eyes and nodded. Suddenly, she opened her eyes wide and looked at Caiping. "Sister Caiping, you are wrong. The red scar on Miss Mao's body is quite beautiful."

Caiping smiled and said, "Really? That depends on where it grows."

Xiaoyu was afraid that Caiping wouldn't believe her, so she stretched out her hand and pointed at the back of her neck. "It's right here, a small one with white fur. It's very pretty."

"Xiao Yu, who are you talking to? Come and make some tea, the girl wants to drink some water." Suddenly a voice came from the yard.

Xiaoyu curled her lips and whispered, "This is the new sister who always controls me. I'll go back first." After that, she turned around and ran into the yard with a "Hey".

Caiping looked at the sun above her head, got up and returned to Yingchun Courtyard.

In the evening, Nanny Chang came in and whispered a few words to Zhang. After hearing this, Zhang felt as if a big stone in her heart had fallen to the ground. After a moment, she began to frown and think again.

Seeing this, Jinhe carried the young lady and young master who were playing in the west room out. Lu Yun noticed Zhang's expression and knew that she might have encountered a difficult situation, so she obediently lay in Caihe's arms and was carried to the west wing.

After a while, through the window paper of the west wing, Lu Yun saw Zhang and his group holding lanterns and disappearing at the gate of the courtyard.

In the east wing, when Zhang arrived, Qin was sitting on the kang in the west room, listening to Cheng Ge'er recite his lessons. Lu Qin, lying on her side, was playing with a newly acquired pearl hairpin. Just a step away from the kang, sat Nanny Qin and several maids beside the brazier, bent over their needlework.

The maid came in and reported, "The second wife is here."

Qin was surprised. Why was she coming to me so late at night instead of staying in her own yard?

When Zhang came in and saw the scene inside the house, she paused and apologized, "I'm sorry to bother you. I didn't realize your sister-in-law was busy. I'll come back another day." After that, she was about to leave.

Qin said, "Hey," and stepped forward a few steps after getting off the kang. "It's freezing outside. Why don't you come here with me and have a cup of hot tea to warm yourself up?"

While the two sisters-in-law were talking, Nanny Qin had already left with the young lady, the young master, and a group of maids, and closed the door.

Zhang also asked Madam Chang to retreat outside and sit on the other side of the kang. "I came here on a very important matter." She took out a letter from her pocket and placed it on the small kang table.

At this point, Qin Shi didn't think anything was wrong. She took the letter suspiciously, her expression changing from joy to surprise and finally becoming solemn. As if remembering something, she gritted her teeth and said, "You've done a great job!" She then looked at Zhang Shi and asked tentatively, "How did you find out about this, sister-in-law? I sent someone to investigate, but they couldn't find out that there was a Hua Pozi behind Mao Shi."

Zhang was well prepared. She looked at Qin and said, "My master mentioned it to me by chance in a letter. At first, I was as confused as my sister-in-law. But when I think about it carefully, it only takes one day to travel from Huaizhou to Yangzhou by boat. The then Yangzhou prefect and my master were both successful candidates in the imperial examination. So..." She smiled and didn't continue.

Qin knew better and didn't ask any more questions. She picked up the letter and said in a stern tone, "I made a fool of myself today. I spent all day hunting geese and almost got blinded by them." After a while, Qin's eyes turned red and she looked at Zhang with a choked voice, "Thank you so much, sister-in-law. Otherwise, I'm afraid that all the women in the family will not be able to raise their heads and go out to see people in the future."

Zhang also sighed, "This is about my eldest brother and involves the harem. I hope my sister-in-law will take more care of it. After all, my eldest sister and Cheng brother are growing up day by day. If there is anything that needs help, my sister-in-law can send someone to let me know. I won't bother you any more."

Qin eagerly escorted Zhang out of the courtyard and stood there for a while before turning back to her room.

As soon as she stepped into the house, Qin's face darkened. She looked at the person beside her gloomily, "Madam, how long have you been with me?" Although Qin didn't know what had just happened, she knew Qin's character very well, so she answered carefully, "Madam, I have been serving you for nearly thirty years."

"It's been thirty years." Qin sighed as she stroked the letter with her fingers, and looked at the nanny. "I know you have always been thinking about me wholeheartedly. Maybe you have been deceived in this matter." After that, she slowly told the nanny the contents of the envelope in detail.

Before she finished listening, beads of sweat had already appeared on Nanny Qin's gray temples. When she heard that "Hua Pozi and her family were burned to death", her legs trembled and she almost knelt down.

Nanny Qin, who considered herself the most respectable person around the Marquis' wife, kneeled on the ground without caring about her image, crying, "I am ashamed."

It turned out that Nanny Qin had originally assigned the task of investigating the Mao family's identity to her son, Qin Da. Although Qin Da had attended school for a few years, he was a gambler and believed that women were subordinate to men. He took the silver and only wanted to go to the casino for a few rounds, completely disregarding his mother's instructions. Finally, after losing all the silver, he randomly questioned a few people in the casino and Maojia Village, scraped together some money, and took it back to report.

Qin Shi remained calm after hearing this and helped the nanny up and sat her next to her. "Qin Da is young and inexperienced. I don't blame him for not doing the job well. But I heard that Qin Er follows the steward and is very careful in his work. Why not promote him and give him a couple of years of experience so you can have someone to rely on."

Nanny Qin wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and sighed, "It's all thanks to Madam. Qin Da, this useless guy, has failed Madam's expectations, and I, an old servant, am ashamed too. He deserves a good lesson so that he will remember it." She didn't mention Qin Er at all.

Qin smiled and let go of her hand. "I understand."

Two things happened in Ping'an Marquis Mansion.

First, Miss Mao, the eldest wife, lost her baby, a nearly formed male fetus. Due to the repeated trauma, she bled profusely and died within an hour. The old lady was bedridden for several days.

The second incident involved the arrogant Mr. Qin, who relied on his mother's position as the mistress's housekeeper. The eldest master caught him gambling at night and stripped him of his trousers, lashed him with twenty boards, and then thrown into the farm outside the city that night. The servants in the east wing all applauded secretly.