Chapter 1279 The Widow Queen
As Qin Wansha finished speaking, the two suitcase guards who were originally standing behind Qin Wansha walked towards Qin Wansha in tacit understanding.
A large, solid box made a 'bang' sound and then fell to the ground.
Mrs. Rong, who was leaning on her second daughter-in-law, stared at the box, and suddenly a bad feeling arose in her heart.
This premonition was so strong that Mrs. Rong couldn't help but sit up straight with a strong breath, and then yelled at the two people who slowly opened the box: "Stop!"
It's a pity that Mrs. Rong's move did not shake the steady arms of the two people at all. All the clan elders also turned their attention to the direction of the box because of Mrs. Rong's excessive reaction.
However, to everyone's surprise, the opened box did not contain what they thought were the property, deeds of the land, or all kinds of gold and silver treasures. Instead, there were stacks of layers - ledgers?
At this time, all the clan elders were a little confused. They looked at each other hesitantly.
On the contrary, Mrs. Rong, after seeing these account books clearly, she could hardly breathe. She kept making short inhaling sounds, as if she was very scared.
The second lady's face also looked uneasy and dazed for a moment, but soon she adjusted her expression, and kept patting Mrs. Rong's back with her hands to help her breathe.
Seeing the reactions of the two people, Qin Wansha raised the corners of her lips and was about to say something when she suddenly heard a series of hurried footsteps behind her, accompanied by a male voice shouting: "Old lady! The decree is coming from outside. The noble lady?"
The person who hurried over was the housekeeper of Uncle Rong's house, and one of the strong supporters of Mrs. Rong's lineage.
When he saw Qin Wansha, the butler's originally ecstatic expression suddenly froze on his face, but when he thought of Qin Wansha's methods these days, he still had to lower his head and report back to Qin Wansha: "Miss, the eunuch who announced the decree is outside now. Well, look... let's take the old lady to receive the order as soon as possible!"
Although she didn't understand why an imperial edict suddenly came to her house, for Mrs. Rong, anything that could alleviate the situation at this moment was a good thing!
However, the third lady's eyes soon brightened up after turning around in a circle. She immediately pulled her husband and at the same time whispered to Old Madam Rong: "Old Madam, tell me, will you Huilan went to Jinchenbeile to ask for something from our house!"
In fact, there is no logical relationship between the words of the third lady, but if this were not the case, why would the emperor who had never paid attention to Rong Bo's Mansion suddenly issue an imperial edict to Rong Bo's Mansion?
Looking at the butler's look, doesn't it look like he's asking for sin?
A flash of thought flashed in the eyes of the Second Madam, but Old Madam Rong instantly settled the matter in her mind - yes, it must be her good granddaughter who knew that her ancestor was in trouble and came to help her!
As long as she thought about it, Mrs. Rong felt confident that she didn't seem to pay that much attention to the account books in the box.
Holding the Second Madam's arm firmly, Old Madam Rong said with a happy and reserved smile on her face: "Second Madam, let's go, help me to go with you to receive the order!"
After saying this, Mrs. Rong stood up, supported by her son and daughter-in-law.
The other clan elders in the main hall simultaneously focused their attention on Old Madam Rong. Seeing Old Madam Rong's expression of joy and determination, their thoughts began to change.
Everyone present knew that Rong Huilan married into the Jinchen Baylor Mansion. Is it possible that this imperial edict is really for Mrs. Rong and her second and third wives?
Many clan elders who were already on good terms with Mrs. Rong had already stood up and started to congratulate Mrs. Rong who was walking outside step by step. When passing by Qin Wansha, Mrs. Rong gave Qin Wansha a look of contempt. With a proud smile, it was as if he had seen Qin Wansha lose power and was crushed by her.
"Xinlan, let's go and go with grandma to receive the order. As for your box of account books, please give them to the housekeeper first." As Mrs. Rong said this, she was sure that Qin Wansha would take care of the account books. Give it to her look.
When saying this, Mrs. Rong even gave the housekeeper a wink.
The housekeeper immediately stepped forward and was about to touch the big box. However, the guards around Qin Wansha were not vegetarians.
The long stick in her hand was pressed in front of the housekeeper in an instant, and Qin Wansha spoke at this moment: "If stepgrandma doesn't bother, I'm afraid I won't be able to get the real account books back if you take over."
Both the housekeeper and Mrs. Rong changed their expressions because of Qin Wansha's words, and the housekeeper's eyes kept flickering at Mrs. Rong.
Mrs. Rong was furious to death, but she was not willing to have any more quarrels with Qin Wansha in front of a group of clan elders when she was about to receive an order.
When she thought that Qin Wansha would kneel in front of her and cry and beg, Mrs. Rong's confidence and momentum returned to her body. She sneered: "Okay, you said this! Don't regret it in the future!"
After saying these harsh words that she thought were extremely powerful, Mrs. Rong continued to hold the second lady's hand and walked forward without saying a word.
As for the people in the second and third bedrooms, they didn't even look at Qin Wansha, just like Qin Wansha didn't cast her eyes on them from beginning to end.
The rest of the clan elders also hurriedly followed, but the clan leader was the only one walking at the back.
In his heart, he still had doubts about the content of this imperial edict, and for this reason, he planned to sell Qin Wansha a favor.
When he came to Qin Wansha's side, the patriarch lowered his head and said softly to Qin Wansha: "I know that you are angry, but she is your nominal grandmother after all. It is indeed inappropriate for you to go against her like this, but you don't know that the family and Everything is going well, what's more, now Rong Huilan has married Lord Belle and became Belle Fujin. Even if they share the same title as yours, they are also royal relatives there, so they are much more expensive. Not to mention, who is your father? You yourself don’t have any title. If you continue to cause trouble like this, and people want to punish you, it’s just a matter of words. Why don’t you find an opportunity and turn the big thing into a trivial matter? Let’s get over it. ”
The patriarch felt that he said this from the most fair perspective. After all, in terms of seniority, Qin Wansha was indeed younger than Mrs. Rong. Even for the sake of her family's reputation, she should listen to his persuasion.