plumnovel Chapter 387
Chapter 387
Chapter 387
Qin Zeyu was very proud to receive the admiring look on his sister’s eyes, and eagerly poured tea for her, feeling that he was really a good younger brother.
Just as Qin Jiu and the others guessed, Madam Su completely ignored Qin Zening’s advice. After leaving the Qin mansion, she immediately went to the clan to file a complaint, and so that same day, the clan head and a few of the clan elders also came to find Qin Zening. But after talking and reasoning with the clan head and elders, they all concluded not to care about this matter.
After Madam Su learned about it, she became furious and smashed everything she could in her room, cursing the siblings of the Qin family again.
Madam Su had no choice but to return to her mother’s mansion again, however, Madam Su’s family stated that there was no way for them to help her husband without money and dismissed Madam Su.
Disappointed, Madam Su racked her brain thinking about all the relatives, friends, and old acquittances that she could think of but none come to mind. Left with no choice, she decided to go to the second prince’s mansion to ask Qin Xin for help and blame Qin Jiu and Qin Zening at the same time.
“Those siblings in the eldest house are heartless. Seeing someone in need but refusing to help!”
“Xin’er, the marquis treats you well, you must try to help the marquis!”
Madam Su humbled herself as she looked at Qin Xin pleadingly. In just a few days, the pampered Madam Su lost a lot of weight, aged several years, and looked haggard.
Qin Xin helplessly sighed, “Mother, you also know that I can’t make the decision if the second prince is not here.”
Truth was, Qin Xin was more anxious than Madam Su.
Qin Xin knew that Gu Jing had been treating her lukewarm since the last incident in Jingzhao Hall, and even if he covers it up by staying in her room every day, her life seems to be even more difficult.
Sooner or later, Gu Jing would establish the main consort and she heard that it was likely to be the daughter of Princess Yongle, Fang Hanjun. They were just waiting for her to finish her filial piety.
Fang Hanjun came from a noble background and was the granddaughter of Empress Dowager Liu, not to mention, the emperor’s biological niece. When she marries the second prince, Qin Xin would have no place in the Second Prince’s Mansion.
What Qin Xin means was, besides being dismissed, it was also possible to seize the title of the Qin family?
Madam Su felt her throat rugged as she said. “No, the emperor is someone who remembers old friendships.” That’s right, the late marquis was as kind to the emperor, so it was impossible for the emperor to not care about the late marquis and his descendants.
“Yes, the emperor has always been magnanimous.” Qin Xin nodded as if thinking of something, and continued, “I heard from the second prince that the former left minister of the Ministry of Justice, Yang Tianyu was also corrupt and received bribes, but ‘died a violent death’, the emperor thought that since he was still at least an elder for three dynasties he did not pursue the matter.”
Madam Su frowned upon hearing this, she also knew about Tang Tianyu’s violent death two years ago, so it turned out that there was this kind of inside story.
Qin Xin was still talking with deep emotion, “It’s a pity that his eldest son who just placed second on the imperial exam has to observe mourning for his father. However, the second prince said that stopping his exam for mourning is also a good thing since the Yang family can also start all over again.”
Mourning? Madam Su’s heart jumped and beats faster, her hand holding the teacup paused mid-air and looked at Qin Xin again.
“If only the second prince is here, I am a woman who stays at home, and my vision is not always as broad as that of a man. Second Prince must know how to help father.” Qin Xin frowned, looking worried and hopeless.
However, Madam Su was not listening anymore. Her eyes were getting darker as if she remembered something.
There were precedents in this dynasty. If an official commits a crime and their parents pass away, they could propose to resign from their position as long as the crime was not heinous, and the emperor would pardon them, though this was tantamount that his official career would be cut off.
This was set by Emperor Xuanzong back then, the said emperor was fatuous in his later years, and only doted on his royal concubine Wang Gufei. He even conferred his concubine’s father the title of marquis and lavished rewarded him.
Because of this, Wang Guifei’s father and brother were arrogant and domineering in the capital, causing a murder case, killing an official. This incident caused a sensation in the capital, at that time, Spring Festival was approaching, and those officials ran to the palace gate in indignation to sit in protest. In order to protect the father and brother of Wang Guifei, Emperor Xuanzong used the excuse that Wang Guifei’s grandmother had gone west without waiting for the court to open, and sent them to the Wang family’s hometown to mourn.
This case was also unresolved.
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