Noble Lady

Thanks to Suying's guidance, Qiuhua met Fan Wenxuan smoothly.

Hearing that Qiuhua was one of the personal maids of the eldest daughter of the Xue family and was ordered to go to the prison to see Sun Ping'an, Fan Wenxuan agreed to take her there without saying a word.

Qiuhua dressed up and disguised herself as Fan Wenxuan's maid, and followed her to the prison in Jingzhao Prefecture.

Sun Ping'an is a tough guy. He has been in prison for such a long time, and all he does is cry out for injustice. Even for the crimes of extortion for which there was already solid evidence, he still keeps saying that he is innocent.

He also claimed that he was just a heart broken into countless pieces, each of which contained a girl.

The jailers of Jingzhao Prefecture Prison: We want to beat him to death even more!

But Lord Mei, the Jingzhao Yin, had already issued an order that this man still had to perform labor service and could not be beaten to death.

Fan Wenxuan's arrival made Sun Ping'an regain his confidence. He said arrogantly that he knew the house must have been sold after such a long time, and asked her to quickly take out the money so that he could rescue him.

Fan Wenxuan turned a deaf ear and gave her seat to Qiuhua.

Qiu Hua came up and started to scold him harshly, saying things like he was worse than pigs and dogs, he had no humanity, and he was wasting his time reading the books of sages.

"Your mother is a servant in the Marquis's mansion, and you grew up in the mansion too. You ate their food and received their kindness. I never thought that you would come and harm me just as you gained some power!"

"Now you are trying to harm everyone in the Marquis' Mansion. You are such an ungrateful bastard, you are truly heartless and ruthless!"

"Harming the Marquis' Mansion? Does that mean he has already returned to the capital? Hahaha!" Sun Ping'an was stunned for only a moment, then he danced wildly with joy.

He didn't even suspect that Qiu Hua's words were false. It might be that Qiu Hua's scolding of him was so sincere that it seemed more realistic.

"Great! The Second Master is back in Beijing! As long as he comes back, I wonder how that bitch Xue Chenyu and her family can continue to act so arrogantly!"

"It turns out that the Second Master is coming back." Qiu Hua paused, then smiled calmly, "No wonder you're so arrogant. Could it be that you instigated him to invite the Old Madam back as well?"

"So what? Isn't it because Xue Chenyu relies on her status as the eldest daughter of the Marquis' Mansion that she dares to do evil and bully others? Once that old lady comes back, I wonder what use this title of the eldest daughter of the Marquis' Mansion will be."

Filial piety is the most important of all virtues. The word "filial piety" alone is enough to make the Xue Hou family unable to raise their heads.

"I didn't expect you guys would actually come up with this idea."

Sun Pingan's smile froze, "You're trying to trick me?!"

"Thank you for letting me know. I won't give you any thank-you gift. Just enjoy your life in prison from now on."

Qiu Hua bowed slightly, then took Fan Wenxuan, who was stunned the whole time, away.

Only then did Sun Ping'an react and yelled at Fan Wenxuan helplessly, "You all colluded with each other! Mr. Fan, you colluded with outsiders to murder my husband. Don't even think about getting me to sign the divorce agreement!"

Unfortunately, there were many people he disliked in the Jingzhao prison, and after his rage, he would only get a beating.

Fan Wenxuan and Qiuhua were politely escorted out by Master Chen.

Master Chen said modestly, "I hope Miss Qiuhua can say a few good words for us in front of Miss Xue when she returns."

"So that Miss Xue knows that we in Jingzhao Prefecture have never been partial to anyone, and we have never given Sun Ping'an any preferential treatment. He will definitely receive the punishment he deserves in there."

Qiuhua: "Master Chen, you're too polite. I'll definitely pass on these words."

"Then I'll trouble you, Miss Qiuhua."

Only after Qiuhua and Fan Wenxuan left did Master Chen secretly breathe a sigh of relief.

My lord, it is not easy to be the Jingzhao Yin official.

When He Minzhi was in their prison, there was pressure from the Cui family and the crown prince. One wanted him to die a miserable death, while the other wanted him to leave Jingzhao Prefecture in peace.

Now, a small scholar who was stripped of his title by the emperor himself had to be personally taken care of by Prince Cheng.

Tsk tsk tsk, it’s so hard to be an official in Beijing. Otherwise, he suggested that Lord Mei be transferred to Lingnan.

……

"I'm sorry, Madam Fan, it's my fault that your divorce has become troubled again." After they walked out of the prison and walked a little further away, Qiuhua stopped to talk to Fan Wenxuan.

Fan Wenxuan quickly waved her hand and said, "It's okay, Miss Qiuhua. I'm prepared. He won't divorce me so easily. Whether this happened or not, he won't let me go easily."

"Why do you say that?" Qiuhua was puzzled.

Fan Wenxuan smiled bitterly and said, "Sun Ping'an has nothing now, and he still wants to rely on me and the Fan family to make a comeback."

Qiuhua remembered that Fan Wenxuan had a father who was the principal of Yuelu Academy, and she understood.

Sun Ping'an has done so many unscrupulous things, and yet he still wants to monopolize a good girl. That's a nice thought.

Fan Wenxuan added, "I have to thank Miss Qiuhua for letting me see him in such a desperate and embarrassing state today. It really relieved me."

Moreover, she originally thought that she would need to rescue him from prison in exchange for getting information from Sun Ping'an.

Unexpectedly, Qiu Hua deceived him with just a few words that were 30% fake and 70% real, and easily got out of him the evil tricks he had been planning.

This is also a kind of ability. Only when Fan Wenxuan saw it with her own eyes did she know how powerful she was.

Qiu Hua: "This thing is disgusting. If I had known this, I should have punched him a few more times."

Fan Wenxuan: "That's right." But in her heart she was secretly glad that she had accepted their help.

The Miss Suying who had been helping her before, and the Miss Qiuhua this time, both seemed to be capable people, but they were just maids beside Miss Xue.

I don’t know what kind of girl their master is.

She was really getting more curious.

I heard that Miss Xue has received an invitation to the flower-viewing banquet in the palace. For such an occasion, her status has only been heard of in rumors.

If she were lucky enough to meet Miss Xue one day, she would be so happy that she would laugh out loud in her dreams.

……

Two days later, Xue Hejun went to Beijing with his family.

Just when he was feeling smug and thinking that he could kill his brother by surprise, he was stopped at the city gate by Marquis Xue himself, accompanied by Madam Xue, Uncle Fu, Mother He and others.

"Why didn't you tell me beforehand that your second brother was coming to Beijing? That way, your eldest brother and sister-in-law could prepare in advance and welcome you."

When Second Master Xue saw Marquis Xue and Madam Xue suddenly appear, his smile froze on his face. "...Brother, what a coincidence! How did we meet here?"

"Unfortunately, I was waiting for you." Marquis Xue curled his lips.

As they were talking, Mrs. Xue, accompanied by Mother He, had already gone to the carriage behind.

"My second brother was alone before he left the capital, but now he has returned with his family. Could it be that your sweetheart is in this carriage?"

Mother He just gave a look, and her two mothers acted very quickly and opened the carriage door in one go.

There were four people in the carriage.

A very young woman with a woman's hairstyle was sitting next to a girl who was even younger than her and dressed as a maid.

There was an older woman at the innermost part, holding a baby in her arms and breastfeeding.

The young woman who was accompanying the maid was caught off guard and met Madam Xue's eyes, then let out a series of sharp cries.

The breastfeeding baby was also frightened and started crying loudly, which immediately attracted the attention of passers-by entering and leaving the city gate.

Mr. Xue's heart tightened and he quickly tried to dismount and go over.

But he was frustrated that he was stopped by Xue Hou, and he angrily said, "Brother, what are you doing? There are women in my carriage, how can you do this?"

Xue Hou: "What did I do? I didn't do anything."

He was right in front of Mr. Xue, so of course he didn't do anything.

Master Xue was so angry that he couldn't utter a word: "..."

The people in the carriage at the back were blocked in the carriage by the two mothers that Mother He had called, and each of them was like a quail.

Only the child was still crying.

"He's crying, comfort him!" the little woman kept urging, "Why are you still standing there?"

The woman holding the child also wanted to comfort the child, but the child was frightened and couldn't stop crying. The carriage was in chaos.

Mrs. Xue: "Mother He, go and take a look. It's not okay for a child to cry like this."

"Yes, ma'am."

The two mothers they brought with them made way and Mother He squeezed into the car.

"Give me the child."

The woman, similar to the wet nurse, hesitated, but the young woman, annoyed by the child's crying and making noise, didn't care about her worries and urged, "Give it to her, give it to her!"

The wet nurse had no choice but to give the child to Mother He.

Mother He took the child over and judging from the child's size, he was at least half a year old.

At this time, he was frightened, crying loudly, and his face turned red.

Mother He picked up the child, patted him on the back a few times, and then held him in her arms to comfort him.

The child's crying gradually subsided, tears still hanging on his eyelashes, but he smiled at Mother He. ...