Chapter 137: Divorce Is Imminent, Something Happened at the Yining Marquis's Mansion

I don’t know when Qin Luan’s shouting gradually subsided, and Fuchun Hall fell silent again.

Suddenly, a loud baby cry sounded, and Yangling Hou’s eyes widened in shock, and his face was filled with joy.

Qin Luan gave birth!

The door was opened from the inside, and a maid came out to congratulate Yangling Hou, "Congratulations, Lord, Aunt Xu gave birth, and both mother and child are safe."

The joy on Yangling Hou’s face became even stronger, Qin Luan gave him a son!

"Reward! Ten taels of silver will be given to each maid who helped Aunt Xu give birth! Five taels of silver will be given to each maid in Fuchun Hall!"

There were eight maids in the house, not counting Grandma Zhong, all from Tinglan Courtyard, plus the ten maids and servants in Fuchun Hall, which was a full 130 taels of silver, but Yangling Hou rewarded them so happily, which showed that he was really happy.

Shen Qing couldn't bear to see him happy, so he poured cold water on him, "Did father pay for this reward?"

Marquis Yangling was stunned, "Is there no money in the account?"

Shen Qing told the truth, "Yes, but it's only enough for this month's food and clothing."

There was no money in the account, but the words had been said, and Marquis Yangling couldn't slap himself in the face, so he gritted his teeth and said stubbornly, "It's just 130 taels of silver, I can still take it out."

Shen Qing's eyes were full of admiration, "Father is generous, by the way, there is also the reward money for Granny Zhong, don't forget it."

Marquis Yangling was completely silent now.

Although Granny Zhong was invited temporarily, according to the specifications of the Marquis Yangling's mansion, she must have a reward of 50 taels of silver, which adds up to 180 taels.

To be realistic, since Yangling Hou's wife cheated him out of a large sum of money, Yangling Hou only had 300 taels of private money left. A few days ago, he pretended to be generous and gave Granny Jiang 100 taels in advance. Now, Yangling Hou has only 200 taels of belongings left.

Now he has to spend 180 taels at once, and Yangling Hou is really a little bit painful.

But Shen Qing has said so much, and Qin Luan's childbirth is the biggest happy event in Yangling Hou's mansion, so Yangling Hou still paid even if he was reluctant.

Anyway, Yangling Hou's wife still has a lot of treasures that Shen Qing sent before, so at most he can sell a few.

Qin Luan's affairs have come to an end, and Shen Qing has returned to Tinglan Courtyard. However, before leaving, Shen Qing reminded Yangling Hou, "Xu Yi Niang has been targeted by someone, and Granny Jiang's affairs are the best proof. Father should pay more attention these days."

Qin Luan just gave birth, and her body is weak, and she can't take care of many things.

Although Yangling Hou's brain is not very bright, he can always remember more after experiencing the incident with Granny Jiang.

Yangling Hou was a little unhappy when Shen Qing reminded him, but he rarely refuted.

Qin Luan gave birth for most of the day, and when Shen Qing returned to Tinglan Courtyard, it was completely dark.

Just after two bites of dinner, Haitang sent a message saying that Granny Jiang had caught someone.

The little minions had been caught, and Shen Qing was not in a hurry. After finishing dinner slowly, he got up and walked towards the firewood room.

On the way, he did not forget to let people notify the masters of each courtyard.

Just as Shen Qing expected, the person Haitang caught was Qiu Rui.

Qiu Rui still held a pair of scissors in her hand. Granny Jiang's neck was stabbed with a large blood hole. Now the bleeding has stopped, but the hideous wound is still a bit scary.

The person was caught red-handed, and Qiu Rui had no way to defend herself.

Shen Qing looked at her and asked, "Did Lin Xuefu instruct you to do this?"

Qiu Rui shook her head and denied, "I wanted to do it myself, it has nothing to do with others."

Although this result was within Shen Qing's expectations, Shen Qing was still a little curious about how Lin Xuefu threatened Qiu Rui to make her so obedient.

Qiu Rui was sold by her family when she was young, and later she was chosen by the wife of Yangling Marquis to be a maid, and then sent to Lin Xuefu to serve. Logically, she should not have any weaknesses.

While the two were confronting each other, Yangling Marquis and his son and Lin Xuefu came to the firewood room one after another.

The moment they saw Qiu Rui, Yangling Marquis and his son were both startled, and then subconsciously looked at Lin Xuefu.

Lin Xuefu pretended not to see anything and looked at Qiu Rui in shock, not pretending at all, "Qiu Rui, what did you do?"

Qiu Rui's eyes flashed with sadness, and then she said with guilt: "Auntie, I'm sorry, Qiu Rui lied to you, but Qiu Rui had no other choice. Madam has been very kind to me, so I can't watch her sick in bed while the Marquis is in love with his new lover, and I can't bear to see this child born smoothly."

In one sentence, she explained everything clearly: the assassination of Qin Luan was all done by her for the wife of Yangling Marquis, and had nothing to do with Lin Xuefu.

Lin Xuefu's eyes were slightly red, with disappointment and heartache in her eyes, "Qiu Rui, you are confused!"

Shen Qing went straight to the point, "You are a maid, how can you have 500 taels of silver on you?"

Although Qiu Rui was a first-class maid, she had a monthly salary of 5 taels of silver, but at the end of the year, she only had 60 taels.

Five hundred taels, she would have to save for nearly ten years, but how old is she now? This is too far-fetched.

Qiu Rui's eyes flashed with anger, "I stole the jewelry from my aunt to exchange for the silver. I did it all by myself. Madam, there is no need to put the dirty water on my aunt. My aunt is kind-hearted. Although Qiu Rui is just a maid, she would not repay kindness with enmity."

Hearing Qiu Rui's words, Mu Ziqian reacted immediately and glared at Shen Qing, "Shen Qing! Do you have to target Fu'er everywhere? Aunt Xu has no grudges against her, what reason does she have to do such a thing!"

Marquis Yangling also felt that what Mu Ziqian said was reasonable, and his eyes were full of unkindness when he looked at Shen Qing.

Compared with Shen Qing, Marquis Yangling obviously believed in Lin Xuefu more.

Shen Qing was too lazy to pay attention. The family of idiots deserved to be played around by Lin Xuefu.

The matter had been explained, and Qiu Rui raised the bloody scissors and stabbed her heart fiercely.

Blood gushed out, and Qiu Rui's body slowly fell to the ground.

Before she died, she looked at Lin Xuefu with a complicated emotion in her eyes.

Marquis Yangling had Qiu Rui's body thrown into the mass grave, and then stepped forward and stared at Granny Jiang, "Where is the silver that this Marquis gave you?"

Granny Jiang took two steps back in panic and dared not speak.

Yangling Hou felt even more angry and wanted to send Granny Jiang to the government, but after thinking carefully, he felt that this would undoubtedly bring shame to the Yangling Hou Mansion, so he had to give up.

He looked at the two servants behind him, "You two, take this woman home now and search for all the silver, six hundred taels, not a copper coin less!"

Of the six hundred taels, one hundred taels were given by Yangling Hou, and the other five hundred taels were given by Qiu Rui, and Qiu Rui had already said that the silver was obtained by stealing and selling Lin Xuefu's jewelry, so it naturally belonged to Yangling Hou Mansion.

Granny Jiang was obviously unwilling and wanted to resist, but was directly pulled out by the two servants.

At this point, the farce was basically over.

The Yangling Hou looked a little erratic, and it was obvious that he was still worried about the six hundred taels of silver.

Shen Qing turned and walked out. When passing by Lin Xuefu, she taunted in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "Auntie Lin is really willing to give up."

In the past ten years in Yangling Marquis's Mansion, Lin Xuefu has only cultivated three confidants. Lian Rui's death was strange, Qiu Rui was used as a scapegoat by her, and now, there is only one Xin Rui left.

Lin Xuefu pursed her lips, looking at Shen Qing with a cold look in her eyes, but she could only endure it.

As soon as Shen Qing returned to Tinglan Courtyard, Chan Yi brought a little girl in.

Shen Qing recognized her. She was the maid who served Xie Ling, named Meixiang.

Seeing Shen Qing, Meixiang seemed to have a backbone all of a sudden, and hurriedly said: "Miss, something happened in Yining Marquis's Mansion!"