Shipin Dalizheng

Now he meets Tang Tiantian, who looks like a flower grown in a greenhouse, but has the courage that is not inferior to most men. He decides to support her to the best of his ability so that she can reposition herself.

"I understand. I won't be too harsh on Madam."

Rong Tang felt that Rong Xiu might still be feeling dissatisfied with marriage because she had been engaged three times but never got married. She had been looking forward to entering that besieged city, so she particularly didn't understand why some woman had to get out.

Chuncao came over and took the gift for Mrs. Tang. The gift was not expensive or cheap, but it was enough to let Mrs. Tang know Rong Tang's attitude.

Just as Butler Tao was about to leave, he suddenly slapped his head and said, "Oh, my Lord, I forgot to tell you that the owner of the pen and ink shop has resigned and the shop has closed. Look at this..."

Rong Tang waved his hand and didn't feel sorry for the shopkeeper whom he had never met. The poor business was certainly related to the boss, but he was not a competent shopkeeper.

"Let's close it for a few days while I think of a solution. Oh, besides these four pen and ink shops, I remember there were four more that haven't been sold. Where are they?"

Steward Tao sighed deeply. His son was the least attentive of the family's assets. To this day, he didn't even know the exact location of his own shop. If he had put even a fraction of the care he put into the winery and sugar mill, he wouldn't have ended up like this.

"Eight of the shops are related to the title of nobility. Once the Earl's Mansion loses its title, the shops will be reclaimed by the court. That's why the master dares not sell them, and the Liang family dares not buy them either. In the past, except for the pen and ink shop, which was used by the master himself, the others were rented to the Liang family. Even though the two families are in such a quarrel now, the Liang family still uses the shops."

Rong Tang also gained a deeper understanding of the Liang family's shamelessness.

“When it’s due, take it back.”

Steward Tao said with a bitter face, "In the past, the lease contracts for these shops were signed directly between the old man and the Liang family, and he was the one who collected the rent. When the Jin family was raided, everything in the mansion was searched clean, and no one knows who took the lease contracts. Yesterday, I asked, and Steward Liang said that he and the old man had signed a 20-year contract and the rent had been paid in advance. If you don't believe me, go ask the old man yourself, but the old man's situation..."

Shamelessness times one hundred.

"Okay, I get it. How many houses are left?"

Steward Tao cheered up. "Fortunately, the house is still there. There's a vacant room. It's rented out to four people. They're all officials from outside the capital who have come to take up official posts. They don't dare to offend the Earl's Mansion. They've already come to this old servant to exchange the lease for a new one. The income from this is barely enough to cover the expenses of the Earl's Mansion."

Speaking of this, Butler Tao couldn't help but feel ashamed. The prince always spent what he earned himself, and the little income of the Bo's Mansion was all eaten up by the servants in the mansion.

Rong Tang also knew that the so-called "enough" meant that the Bo Mansion had no personal connections, and Rong Xiu had not yet truly integrated into the circle of noble ladies in the capital. If the master and servants of a mansion only needed food and clothing, they would not need much.

He said again, "I will find a way. You go back and take care of the Bo Mansion first."

Butler Tao heard that he was given the power to restrain the lady, so he did not dare to be careless and responded respectfully.

In the evening, Rong Zhan brought Daya and Qiaoqiao back. It was obvious that Daya had been crying, and her eyes were red and swollen.

Rong Tang asked Chuncao to take her to wash her face and asked Rong Zhan the reason alone. Rong Zhan was also very angry.

"Rong Dashan is fine, he even felt sorry for his daughter and comforted her. But I don't know what Zhou was thinking. First she slapped Daya, then she cried and cursed, saying that she might as well die to avoid being a burden to her sisters and making it difficult to find a husband. She's such a contradiction. She seems to really care about her daughter, but she seems to care more about her reputation."

Rong Tang felt very tired. Compared with the Third Grandma's partiality and preference for boys over girls, Zhou's ideas were more stubborn and corrupt. Although the Third Grandma scolded Daya, she still knew that for Daya's life, it was better to beg for mercy. If it were Zhou, she would probably wish her daughter would die.

He took several deep breaths before he calmed down.

Qiaoqiao cried, "My mother is not like this. She would be very sad if my eldest sister died. But I don't know what happened. My eldest sister didn't die, but she became like this. It shouldn't be like this. What went wrong?"

She seemed to be asking someone else, but more like asking herself, which made Rong Tang thoughtful again.

But Rong Zhan said, "Master, I have already adopted Daya as my adopted daughter and promised to give her a dowry in the future."

Rong Tang didn't even need to ask why; it was definitely because he'd been forced to make physical contact with Daya this morning when he'd saved her. No one would say anything in the short term, but over time, it would inevitably lead to gossip. For Daya's sake, adopting her as his adopted daughter was the best of both worlds.

Rong Wanli, who had just returned from escorting Tang Tiantian, overheard these words and cried out in surprise, "Brother Zhan, you're taking advantage of the master. Daya is the master's aunt, and you're two generations older."

Rong Zhan: “…”

Rong Tang: "..."

Rong Zhan pointed at Rong Wanli and said, "Come here, I promise I won't kill you."

The laughter dispelled the anger. After dinner, Rong Zhan sent Daya home and, using both soft and hard tactics, warned the Third Master's family not to provoke Daya again, otherwise the Crown Prince would be angry and the consequences would be serious.

Chuncao also pulled Qiaoqiao to sleep, but Rongtang kept Qiaoqiao behind, "Qiaoqiao, I have something to ask you."

Qiaoqiao didn't understand, but she obeyed, and Chuncao stood at the door to keep watch tacitly.

"Qiaoqiao, look into my eyes."

Qiaoqiao looked into Rong Tang's eyes, and became confused. Rong Tang used his fingertips to penetrate a trace of mysterious power into her brow, and Qiaoqiao was shocked.

"Qiaoqiao, tell me, what happened in the future?"

Chuncao was surprised. Why would the young master ask a child what would happen in the future? If he had asked what would happen in the future, it would have been fine, but he was asking what had happened, as if the future had already happened.

She stole a glance at him, and the young master's eyes were a little scary, empty, like an abyss, which made her dizzy for a moment. No, she couldn't look, so she covered her ears tightly and closed her eyes.

Qiaoqiao looked very resistant and painful. She was resisting hypnosis, as if the secret in her heart would bring her to ruin.

This was the first time Rong Tang failed with a child. Hypnosis is only effective when others are unaware. Once the other party becomes alert, the effect is greatly reduced.

Of course, it’s not a real failure, but I can’t continue to deepen the hypnosis, otherwise it will hurt Qiaoqiao.

"Chuncao, go get my piano."

Chuncao hurriedly took the Xuanlongqin, put it down, walked out of the room and closed the door tightly.

"Qiaoqiao, do you like listening to the piano?"

Qiaoqiao actually doesn't like listening to the piano. She doesn't understand it, but this is what Prince Tang wants to play! She nodded, "Yeah!"

Rong Tang thought of a cheerful song that was particularly relaxing to play. Seeing that Qiaoqiao had given up resistance, Rong Tang channeled his profound power and played the soul-calling song.

Just as Qiaoqiao blinked unconsciously again, Rong Tang looked into the depths of her eyes and saw tragic scenes. It was a little girl's short and miserable life.

As Qiaoqiao had guessed, she was reborn, but that life was too short, so short that it ended before she could even grow up. In that life, Daya married Hong Tongsheng as she wished, but she also suffered torture and died in the Hong family. Zhou cried herself blind and could no longer work. Rong Dashan worked as a laborer and contracted tuberculosis. Erya was promised to someone at a young age in exchange for a betrothal gift to build a new house for Rong Xiaobao. Sanya was sold into slavery by a trafficker and died six months later. From then on, the first wife's family was in dire straits, and soon all of them died.

The catalyst for Qiaoqiao's rebirth was the slap Qian delivered to her with such force that she actually killed San Ya. After her rebirth, Qiaoqiao decided to cling to the powerful Tang Shizi, who had never appeared in her previous life, in an attempt to change her family's fate of extinction.